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VOLUME 69—NUMBER 7 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS
Miss Patricia O'Donnell . . . packs for a Summer's visit in
Europe. She sails from Quebec on June 30.—The Frontier
Photo by John H. McCarville.
Sails Soon for Europe
A tour of at least six Europ
ean countries, an audience with
Pope Pius XII and five weeks
of study in Switzerland awaits
Miss Patricia O’Donnell, daugh
ter of Edward L. O’Donnell, of
this city.
A fortnight ago Miss O’Don
nell graduated from Rosary
college at River Forest, 111., and
the V'iP abroad culminates her
four years of college work.
She leaves O’Neill Sunday for
Quebec, Canada, from where
she will embark on June 30
aboard the SS Bolenbon, a
Dutch passenger ship. Also on
the tour will be 700 other college
students from various schools in
the land. Miss O’Donnell’s tour
has been arranged in coopera
tion with the National Catholic
Welfare Council.
The tourists will disembark
>at Rotterdam, Holland, on July
10. From there they will visit
various points in Holland and
Belgium before going to France
and Switzerland. Cities Miss O’
Donnell plans to visit besides
Rotterdam include Brussels,
Paris and Rome.
The students will study at the
University of Fribourg, in Swit
zerland. The Council has ar
ranged for a journey to Rome
where the students will see the
Pope. There will be several
other stops in Italy.
Miss O’Donnell hopes to make
private arrangements for a side
trip to Erie, Ireland. She plans
to go to Dublin and visit rela
tives near there.
The touring youth group will
sail from Rotterdam on August
31 and reach New York City
the first week of September.
MRS. POST DIES;
BURIAL FRIDAY
Former Dustin Resident,
80, Dies at Taylor in
Home of Daughter
ATKINSON — The body of
Mrs. Alma A. Post, 80. widow
of the late George Post, Sr., will
be brought to Atkinson Friday
for burial in Woodlawn ceme
tery. She died Tuesday in
Taylor at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Wiley.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:30 a. m. Friday in the
Evangelical church aj Taylor,
followed by services in the Se
ger chapel in Atkinson Friday
at 3 p. m. Rev. Stephens, of
Taylor, will be in charge.
The late Mrs. Post was
born at Westside, la., near
Manning, on April 21, 1869,
a daughter of Henry and
Katharine Grant. She mar
ried Mr. Post near Armour,
S. D., in 1888 and came to
Nebraska about the turn of
the century.
The Posts settled on a farm
24 miles North of Atkinson in
the Dustin community. For
nine years they operated the
Dustin store. About eight years
ago they moved into Atkinson
to retire. Her husband died in
1941.
Two years ago, Mrs. Post
went to Taylor to make her
home with her daughter.
Survivors include: Daughter
—Mrs. Frank Wiley, of Taylor:
son—George Post, jr., of Mont
esano, Wash.; nine grandchil
dren; 10 great-grandchildren;
brothers—C. E. Grant, of Stu
art, and K. G. Grant, of Ket
tle Falls, Wash.
Finger Is Amputated
After Stripper Mishap
CHAMBERS —Virgil Delan
ey, of Stuartsville, Mo., had
the ring finger of his right
hand amputated below the
first joint, June 15, after he
had mangled i t unloading
bluegrass strippers.
The accident occured across :
the highway, North of the
Lloyd Gibson place near here
He was taken to the O Neill
hospital.
Falls from Trailer;
Leg Is Pierced —
EMMET—Ronnie Murphy, of
Emmet, was painfully injured
Sunday evening when he feu
from a trailer of a truck.
Ronnie’s leg was pierced by
a steel stake as a result of the
fall.
New Celebration
Date to Be Set
President Melvin Ruzicka of
the Chamber of Commerce
said Wednesday that the new
date for O’Neill’s Diamond
Jubilee celebration will be fix
ed today (Thursday).
Ruzicka said the board of
directors will arrange a date
that will not conflict with oth
j er celebrations in the region.
Originally, the Jubilee event
was scheduled for the Fourth
of July, but the date was a
bandoned because of previous
I ly arranged festivities at Stu
art. Neligh and other points.
LOUIS F. SCHACHT
DIES SUDDENLY
Heart Attack Fatal to
Farmer, 74, Native
of Germany
PAGE—Louis F. Schacht, 74,
died at his home, three miles
Southwest of Page, about 5 p.
m. Sunday following a heart
attack. He had been visiting
with a friend when he was
stricken suddenly. Dr. E. J.
Bild was summoned but the
attack proved fatal.
Funeral Services were held
Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the
Methodist church in Page with
Rev. P. J. Wirth, of Orchard,
officiating. Burial was in the
Page cemetery. ,
The late Louis Frederick
Schacht was born in Hanov
er. Germany, on November
13, 1875. He lived in Dixon
county for about 15 years
before coming to Holt coun
ty 35 years ago.
In 1917 he married Christine
Londer at Page. The family
has resided on an 80-acre tract
between Page and Inman for
a number of years.
Survivors include: Widow;
foster son — Roy Harold
Schacht, of Page; cousin—Hen
ry Schacht, of O’Neill; several
nephews. (
The late Mr. Schacht leaves
no living brothers or sisters in
the United States.
Free Balloons to Be
Given by Stuart Boosters—
Entertainment and free bal
loons for the children will be
given by the Stuart booster
delegation that will be here on
Saturday, June 25.
The boosters will arrive a
round 5 p. m. to give the an
nual American Legion spon
sored rodeo, to be held July 2
3-4 at Stuart, a boost.
ilANNARD UPPED
iO VICE-PRESIDENT
Native Son Advances to
Vice - President of
Occidental
William B. Stannard, a na
tive of O’Neill, was elected a
vice - president of Occidental
Life Insurance company, of
California, at the June meet
ing of the board of directors
of that company, it was an
nounced Wednesday in Los An
geles by President Dwight L.
Clarke.
Mr. Stannard is the son of
Mrs. D. Stannard, longtime
resident of O’Neill, and his a
chievement to the executive
family of Occidental Life In
surance company, the 18th
largest life insuror among 484
in America, marks another in
a stead)' stream of merit pro
motions since he joined the
Los Angeles firm 12 years ago.
Prior to his election as an
Occidental vice • president.
Mr. Stannard was division
manager for the company in
charge of its agency opera
tions on the Pacific coast, in
the Rocky Mountain arc-a
and in the South and South
west. In his new post he will
take on broader responsib:l
iiies in the agency opera
tions of the company.
Mr. Stannard was bom in
O’Neill on September 10, 1895,
the son of the late Dave Sun
r.avd and Mrs. Stannard. After
service as a lieutenant in the
A; my in World War I, he set
tled in Bakersfield, Ca'if.,
where, after a brief banking
career, he became a leading
life insurance salesman. In
1927 he moved to Los Angeles
where he entered supei vision
and managerial work in life
insurance. His mark in this
field brought him to the at
tention of Occidental and led
to his joining that company in
1937.
Mr. Stannard is married and
resides with his wife and a
son and daughter in Long
Beach, Calif. Tne daughter, Glo
ria, was graduated from the
University of Oregon this week
and the son, William B., jr„
is a sophomore at Long Beach
City college.
Mr. Stannard is a graduate
of O'Neill high school. Dur
ing his youth he was em
ployed in the O'Neill Nation
al bank. He has not been a
resident o f O'Neill since
World War I.
George A. Stannard, a
younger brother of W. B. Stan
nard and also an O’Neill na
tive, is branch manager for Oc
cidental Life at San Diego,
Calif.
Last Fall William B. Stan
nard paid his most recent vis
it to O’Neill.
New Sewer Pipe
Helps Situation —
It has cost the city approx
imately $3,500 to $4,000 to re
place some of the inadequate
sewer pipes in South O'Neill,
according t o Mayor Hugn
: Coyne Wednesday.
The whole project was to
have been finished by late
Wednesday afternoon. Mayor
Coyne said.
During the middle part of
May, the city’s sewerage was
“backing up” in the pipes and
spreading out in Carney park
Mayor Coyne pointed out
that sewerage was running in
to the Elkhorn river “all right”
after eight or 10 sewer pipe
joints had been replaced.
Jubilee Edition
Coining June 30
Thursday, June 30, is publi- !
cation date for The Frontier’s
Diamond Jubilee Edition,
which will commemorate the
75th anniversary of the arrival
of the first colony to O’Neill,
The edition will be jam
packed with stories and pic
tures. Telling the story of the
birth and growth of O'Neill is
in a sense the story of Holt
county. Romaine Saunders, 78,
editor-in-chief of the edition,
has spent many months in re
search, in soliciting first-per
son stories from capable writ
ers and in editing and assem
bling the data.
The edition will be by far
the greatest journalistic effort
ever made in this region. In
size the edition will be more
than half again as large as
The Frontier's Spring Opening
edition in March, 1948. That
edition smashed all records in
volume of newsmatter and ad
verising.
Portions of the Diamond Ju
bilee Edition have been print
ed two months in advance of
publication date.
(For order blanks and details
turn to page 4, section 1.)
MICHAEL MULLEN
DIES NEAR EMMET
Lifelong Holt Resident Is
Fatally Stricken with
Heart Attack
EMMET—Michael E. Mullen,
58, of Emmet, died at 1:15 p.
m. Friday at his farm home
five miles North of Emmet.
Mr. Mullen had suffered a
heart attack during the morn
ing and after eating lunch he
had gotten up, but then col
lapsed.
A lifelong resident of the
Emmet community, Mr. Mul
len had been engaged in
farming since he was marri
ed in 1914. He was born on
the same farm in 1891, a son
of James and Mary Hennessy
Mullen.
Survivors include: Widow;
daughters—Regina, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. John Dvorak, of At
kinson; sons—John, of O’Neill,
I and James, of Atkinson; sisters
| —Mrs. Mary Baker, of Boul
der, Colo.; Katie Mullen, of O'
Neill; Mrs. Jennie Shorthill, of
O’Neill; Mrs. Alice Regall, of
Emmet; Mrs Irene Jurgens
meier, of O’Neill: brother—
William, of Emmet, and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
, from the Church of the Epiph
| any in Emmet at 9:30 Monday ;
morning with Father Urbansky [
officiating. Burial was in the !
Calvary cemetery in O’Neill.
Among the out-of-towners
who attended the funeral I
ere: Mrs. Charles Baker and
Leo McCaffer.'-, of Boulder,
Colo., and Mr. and Mrs. Guy j
White, of Casper. Wyo. Pall
bearers wer ' Jo Welsh, John
Murphy, Michael Troshynski.
Edward Etherton, Albert Hav
anek and Anthony O’Donnell.
Raise $360.75 for
Pheasant Pens
Solicitat '>n has netted $360.75
for use in building pheasant
pens near here, according to
Robert Moore, president of the
O’Neill Gun club. _
JUDSON HERTEL
BURIED SUNDAY
(’ o m e s to Holt County,
Settles Southeast of
Chambers in 1886
CHAMBERS — Funeral ser
vices were held Sunday after
noon in the Methodist church
for Judson A. Hertel, 87-year
old Holt county homesteader,
who died early Friday, June 17,
at his home in Chambers.
The late Mr. Hertel who with
his wife had retired from the
farm in 1943 and who celebrat
ed together their golden wed
ding anniversary in 1947, had
suffered a lingering illness dur
ing late years.
He was born on February
20, 1862, at Mansfield, Pa., a
son of Charles and Margaret
Hertel. His father, a Civil
War veteran, died from effects
of the conflict and from Oc
tober 6, 1871, to June 29, 1875,
he resided in Mansfield Sold
iers' Orphans home.
Having been impressed with
stories of the West, he left his
native Pennsylvania to “come
out here and look around”, as
the late Mr. Hertel used to ex
press it. After a year’s trial, he
decided to locate permanently
and in 1886 he took a homestead
on a place five miles East, two
South and one-half East of the
site of Chambers. Here he was
destined to reside until retire- I
ment in 1943.
On February 17, 1897, he was
united in marriage to Miss Or
rie Porter in O’Neill. The Her
tels became the parents of four
children—Leon, Seth, Ella and
Marjory.
The late Mr. Hertel knew all
privations and difficulties of
pioneer life and contributed to
the development of South-Holt
county.
A male quartet, composed of
Ray Hoffman, Robert Turner,
Rev. L. M. McElheran and Leo
T. Adams, sang “Rock of Ages”,
“Shall We Gather at the Riv
er?” and “When the Roll Is Cal
led Up Yonder.”
Palbearers were: Hubert and
Wilson Smith, Clifford Gillet
te, Reverend McElheran, John
Albers, Jr., and John Honey
well.
Mrs. Robert Turner played at
the piano and Mrs. John Albers,
sr., and Mrs. John Honeywell
had charge of the flowers.
Survivors include: Widow:
sons—Leon Herlel and Seth
Hertel, both of Chambers;
daughters—Mrs. Ella Covey,
of Chambers, and Mrs. Mar
jory Bratton, of Mt. Sterling,
111.; nine grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hertel’s parents, three
brothers and one sister preced
ed him in death. He was bap
tized as a member of the Metho- (
dist church.
Out-of-town relatives and
friends here to attend the fu
neral of Mr. Hertel were; Mr.
and Mrs. Miller Potter and
family, of Creighton; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Rech and daughter,
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Rech, all of Fullerton; George
Porter, of Fremont; Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Peterson, Mrs. Floyd
Whaley, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Bostron, all of Sioux City; Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Edwards,
of Cushing; Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Starr, of St. Paul; Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Neilson, of O’
Neill; and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Gibson, of Neligh.
Hospital Fund Reaches $73,000
St. Anthony’s hospital build
ing fund this week mounted
to 73-thousand-dollars.
Little more than 27-thou
sand dollars is needed to attain
the minimum goal of 100-thou
sand - dollars. After the 100
thousand-dollar mark has been
attained by popular subscrip
tion, a government grant of
100-thousand-dollars is avail
able. Sisters of St. Francis, who
will own, staff and operate the
hospital, will assume any “rea
sonable” indebtedness.
Helping to swell the total
during the past week has
been $904.34 in proceeds
from a box social sponsored
Sunday night by the chapter
of the Catholic Daughters of
America here, and a $500
gift from Dr. E, E. Galla
gher, of LaCrosse, Wise., a
rormer resident and uncle of
the Misses Hilda and Hflen
Gallagher, of this city.
In the Sunday evening box
social, 54 boxes were auction
ed. The highest priced box sold
to Phil Cohn for $50, and sev
eral boxes sold to Axel Borg
for $71. The grand' total for
the evenfrig was $904.34, which
has been turned over to the
hospital headquarters. This
does not include a $500 dona
tion, which was made earlier
in the hospital drive.
Previously acknowledged con
tributions totaled $68,613.70.
In the week ending Saturday
night contributions totaling
$1,675 were received, acknow
ledged as follows:
Name Address Contrib.
Mrs Ray E. Coburn, O’N $ 20.00
Mrs. Chas. O. Briggs, Red
Oak, la. 10 00
Leonard Juracek, O Neill 25.00
Don Mudloff. Page 50.00
Frelent Pribil. O’Neill aO.OO
James T. Early and Mrs.
Early, O'Neill 100.00
Chas. Mahoney. Ch'mbers 10.00
Gerry Sauser. O'Neill 200.00
Wm. Gurtsch. O'Neill 25.00
John M Grutsch, O Neill 2o.00 ,
James W Rooney, O Neill 50.00 i
H. J. O’Connor. Atkinson 25.00
Anthony O’Donnell, Em 25.00
Rev. Peter F. Burke, Ew 100.00
Everett Hale, Atkinson 5.00
Ed Boshart, O’Neill 25.00
Minnie Park. Page 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tomp
kin, Inman 25.00
Mrs. Mabel M. Shobe &
Marjorie, Page 10.00
Don Lyons. O’Neill 5.00
James B. Harty, O’Neill 20.00
Midwest Motor Co., O’N 300.00
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Shaw, Ewing 50.00 ;
A. L. McMaster, O’N 10.00
Paddock Community Aid.
O’Neill . 50.00
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D.
Hansen, O’Neill 15.00
James Curran, O’Neill 15.00
Margaret Thiele, 519 Ol
ive St., No. Little Rock,
Ark. 5.00
Edwin Hoerle, Ewing 5.00 !
James F, Conway, O’Neill 15.00
Casper Winkler, Atkinson 100.00
F. N. Cronin, O’Neill 250.00
Mike Mullen. Atkinson 50.00
Totals $1,675.00
Total to date $70,288.70
Father and Son
in Air Crash
Chambers State Bank
Opens in New Home
CHAMBERS — Wednesday,
June 29, will be declared a
banking holiday at the Cham
bers State bank. Doors will be
open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
for inspection by the public.
During recent months the
bank has undergone extensive
remodeling, enlargement and
modernization.
The institution was founded
in 1901 by the late Edward
Adams, who died in 1941.
From a modest beginning the
bank has grown to one of the
outstanding banks in the state
for a town the size of Cham
bers.
Officers are: Leo T. Adams,
president; Mrs. S. Z. Adams,
vice-president; G. H. Adams,
cashier; Robert W. Turner, as
sistant cashier, and Lela Cor
coran, bookkeeper. •
CONRAD SCHAFFER
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Cancer Victim’s First
Family Wiped Out
in Tragedy
Conrad Schaffer, 54, World
War I veteran, died Monday
in Hines general hospital near
Chicago, 111.
The remains reached O’Neill
Wednesday morning and fu
neral services will be held at
10 a. m. today (Thursday) in
St. Patrick’s Catholic church.
Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara will
officiate. Burial will be in
Calvary cemetery.
Simonson post of the Ameri
can Legion will be in charge.
Tha late Mr. Schaffer was
born in Russia on May 3.
1895. coming to tha United
states es an infant with his
parents.
On March 17, 1917, he enter
ed the Army from Madison
county and joined Company F
of the 109th Engineer regi
ment. He trained at Camp
Coady, N. M., and Ft. Dix, N.
J., before sailing for France
on September 17, 1918. At the
time he entered the service he
was residing at Tilden.
After his remarriage, he liv
ed continuously in Holt coun
ty, coming to O’Neill six years
ago. Until two years ago he
was employed as night clerk
at the Golden hotel. Ill health
and successive trips to hospi
tals forced him to retire from
active work.
He was also employed part
time at the American Legion
club.
The late Mr. Schaffer spent
a large portion of his time in
the veterans’ hospitals since J
coming to Holt county.
He had /eturned from the ;
Hines veterans’ hospital the j
first part of May and was go
ing back for his regular 30-day
chedkup when death came.
The last three days he was
unconscious and unable to rec
ognize his wife when she ar
rived.
Mrs. Schaffer f 1 e w to
Chicago when the news was
received of her husband's
critical condition. She return
ed by train.
Mr. Schaffer was an active
member of the American Le
gion here, affiliated with the
Knights of Columbus and a
member of the Catholic
church.
In 1942 an operation removed
all but one-eighth of his over
active thyroid. This resulted in
the growth of a tumor that de
veloped into cancer.
Schaffer was given nine
months to live early in 1947.
With this in mind he offered his
life—one of three volunteers—
for the use of experiments of
radio active iodine to help curb
the malignancy.
Survivors include: Widow;
daughters—Rose Ann Frances,
Alice and Cathleen; son—Dav
id. all of O’Neill: mother, of
Norfolk; brothirs — John, of
Brookfield. 111.; Jacob of Mad
ison: Edward, of Haskins, and
Herman, of Norfolk; sisters—
Miss Fernie Schaffer. Mrs. Ann
Curry, of Chicago, 111 ; Mrs.
Lois Kendall, of Brookfield,
111.: Mrs. Amelia Biddel, of
Norfolk: Mrs. Betty Kendall,
of Norfolk.
Pair Aloft to Watch
Bluegrass Stripping
When Crash Occurs
DELOIT—Homer Stearns, 38,
and his son, Stanley, 15, are
in a Norfolk hospital receiving
treatment for injuries received
in a plane crash about 8 pm.
Sunday near here. Condition
of Mr. Stearns Wednesday was
“fair"; his son, "good”.
The plane in which they
were riding, piloted by the fa
ther, crashed in a soggy field
on the Huffman - Seymour
ranch, situated about 17 miles
South of Ewing in Wheeler
county.
They had been aloft for an
aerial view of bluegrass strip
ping operations when the ac
cident occured. Earlier they
had been w-orking with th#
stripping crew on the surface.
The elder Mr. Stearns was
jammed into the wrecked
plane, which did not catch fire.
Workers in the fields had to
use pliers to cut the fuselage
in order to free Mr. Stearns.
Apparently, observers said,
the pilot got too close to the
ground and the plane went
into a stall when he attempt
ed to gain altitude. The ma
chine plunged to earth.
The soft ground Is believed
1 to have prevented more seri
ous consequences. One of two
ambulances which went to the
scene was mired down four
times before it could reaqh the
wreckage. The ambluances —
from Clearwater and Elgin —
took the injured passengers to
Norfolk, accompanied by Dr.
Graham.
Homer Stearns was in an air
accident on March 7, 1945, in
which Donald Ellison, of Elgin,
was killed.
Thosa who reached the
wreckage first were amazed
that both passengers had not
bean instantly killad and
that fire had not hroken out.
The ground was soaked with
gasoline.
The father was badly smash
ed in the crash and the doctor
said it was “too early” to
know the probably outcome of
his injuries.
Hospital attendants describe
the injuries as follows:
Homer Stearns: Fracture of
both bones in his lower right
leg, both bones in his lower
right arm, a jaw fracture, a
probable skull fracture and
deep and extensive bruises and
lacerations, chiefly on his
head, but over most of his
body.
Stanley Stearns: Fracture of
both bones of his right arm
and bruises and lacerations on
his head.
Playground Fund
at Half-Way Mark
Officials of the Parent
Teachers’ association this week
saw their drive for funds for
playground equipment reach
the half-way mark. Solicitors
turned in $521.60 as the result
of a week’s canvassing.
Immediate goal is one-thou
sand dollars. Equipment will
be erected temporarily on the
O’Neill public school play
ground and at a later date re
moved to Ford’s park
Recently the P-TA group
appeared before the city
council and was granted a
franchise to maintain and
supervise the park as a mu
nicipal playground. The city
council agreed to consider
purchase of a fence around
the park.
Robert Kurtz is president of
the association. Mrs. A. W.
Carroll, Mrs. Virgil Laursen.
Mrs. James Sullivan and Mrs.
Kurtz were in charge of solic
itation.
Additional money will be
needed and solicitation will be
gin in the residential area in
a few days.
Named to the equipment
purchasing committee are:
Robert Nicholas, Arthur Dex
ter and Vernon Tietsort.
Several P-TA members have
been working evenings in the
park, clearing the grounds and
filling the sandboxes. Tables
are being made and will be
ready for use in a few days.
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