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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1949)
I North-Nebraska s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 63—NUMBER 12. O NEILL. NEB.. THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1949. PR ICE 7 "cEHTS 37 Teachers Plan to Tour 6 States • A ■ ■ — Group to Leave O’Neill August 8 on an 18 Dav Excursion Thirty - seven Holt, Boyd, Boone and Wayne county pub lic school teachers will leave August 8 on an educational six - state tour of the West, Elja McCullough, tour manager, announced Wednes day. The course is under the aus pices of Wayne State Teachers’ college with Miss Lula Way, education instructor at Wayne, in charge of the course. From O’Neill the group will go by chartered bus througn the Badlands of South Dakota to the Black Hills and then, via the Cody road, to Yellowstone national park where they will spend two nights. After the Yellowstone stop, they will tour Grand Teton, Jackson Hole, in Wyoming; Salt Lake. City, Ut.; Bryce Zion and Grand Canyon and Gallup, N. M. On the return trip the group will stop at Mesa Verde Canyon, Royal Gorge, Colorado Spring?, and Denver, arriving back in O’ Neill August 25 via North Platte. The 18-day tour will credit the teachers with three hours that may apply on any teaching or master’s degree, two year or re- J newal of a teaching certificate. Transportation and lodging will cost each individual $100 with food extra, the Holt coon- j ty school superintendent said. ; City vs. Sewerage; Trouble Ahead The city of O’Neill once more is on top in the struggle with its inadequate sewerage disposal facilities. How long the present facilities can hold out remains the question. Last week the sewerage began “backing up” in the South sec- j tion of the city, overflowing in , some places. When the clog was released the “backing up” ceased and once more the sewerage is flow ing normally. Temporary repairs already have cost the city in the neigh borhood of three-thousand dol lars in the sewerage problem. Most observers predict that ul timately the 1911 river-dumping installation will have to be a bandoned and a sewerage dis posal system installed. Legion Will Elect Officers Tonight The annual election-meeting of the Simonson post 93 of the American Legion will be held here tonight (Thursday), ac cording to Commander John R. Gallagher. W. W. Griffin is chairman of the committee for drafting a ! slate of legionnaires for posts t in the unit. However, late Tuesday there had been no report of the list of the potential officers. Other members of the com mittee are: Emmett Carr, Leo Carney, and Robert Miles. Fractures Leg in Park Mishap Shirley DeGeorge, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John DeGeorge, of Omaha, broke her left leg Tuesday evening when she fell from a slide in Ford’s park. Shirley was climbing on the slide and apparently slipped and fell. Her condition was reported by the family as “fair” Wednes day. Mrs. DeGeorge and Shirley have been visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mc Kim. Mr. DeGeorge anived Wednesday. Strychnine Symptons in Death of Dog A half-dozen dogs are report ed to have died during the past few days in West O’Neill. At least one of these, an ani mal owned by Harold William s o n, showed “symptoms of strychnine poisoning,” accord ing to Dr. George R. Cook, vet erinarian, who was summoned Another dog. owned by Paul (“Slats”) Beha, may have died from the same cause, according to John Kemp, who is in charge of Slat’s cafe while the Eeha family is vacationing. Kemp enumerated at least four other dogs that had been “stricken suddenly” in that sec tion of the city. BUSINESS SOLD Rodney Tomlinson and Ron ald Carson, both of Dorsey, are owners of a Lynch beer parlor and package liquor store former ly owned by Don and Zella Bare. The sale included the building, furniture and fixtures. They will have a farm sale soon and will take possession of the new business on or before Octo ber 1. Mrs. Bessie Klingler was a dinner guest in Columbus on Sunday at the Walter Behlen home. ANSON FAUQUIER, 51, SUCCUMBS Holt County Pioneer on Farm Near Chambers for 36 Years Fun eta 1 services will beheld for Anson Fauquier, 51. a resi dent of O’Neill since October, 1948, from the Chambers Met hodist church todav (Thursday) at 2:30 p. m. Rev. Soderstein, of Clearwa ter. will officiate with the IOOF lodge of Chambers in charge of graveside rites in the Chambers cemetery. Mr. Fauquier had suffered a heart ailment for three years and died Tuesday at the O’ Neill general hospital. Born in Archer on July 16, 1898, Fauquier came to Holt county in 1900 and took resi dence South of the Chambers community on a farm with his parents. In 1910 he became engaged in farm work and continued until 1946 when his health forced his retirement. He continued to live on his farm, but rented the land. He moved to O’Neill in October, 1948. Members' of the IOOF lodge will act as pallbearers. They are: Fred Catron, Charles Green, Mark Gribble, Leon Hertel, Alfred Walters Alvin Tangeman. Ruben Peltzer and! Arthur Tangeman. He is survived by: Father— Charles A. of O’Neill; brothel's — Delbert and Charles, of Chamber's; sisters—Mrs. J. F. Coleman, of Woodbury, Ore.; j Mi's. Margaret Elkins, of O’ Neill, and Mrs. A. B. Hubbard, of O’Neill. PARADE TO BE . JUBILEE FEATURE $1,175 Already on Hand for Chamber-Sponsored October 12 Show In a meeting held Monday night at the Golden hotel, the Diamond Jubilee celebration committee of the O’Neill I Chamber of Commerce ap pointed various committeemen to investigate sources and possibilities of varied forms of celebration entertainment, ac cording to R. V. Lucas, co chairman of the committee. Chairman Lucas said he would be able to determine a “great deal more” at the Wed nesday, August 3, meeting af ter committeemen had sub mitted their reports. Dormant since the eaTly part of June, the Jubilee com mittee Said there would be a “big” parade on October 12, i the celebration date. The committee has todate $1,175 to work with for the I celebration. The other co - chairman of the celebration committee is H. J. Lohaus, of O’Neill. Death Takes Holt Countian at Norfolk Lena Zaborowski, 52, died at a Norfolk hospital after a prolonged illness, Monday. Born in Poland, she came with her parents to Holt coun ty in 1902. Funeral services will be held from St. Patrick’s Catho lic church Friday, July 29, with burial following in the j Calvary cemetery here. Besides her father, Joseph, of Ewing, Miss Zaborowski is survived by: Brothers—Mitch ell, of Wichita Fails, Tex., and Theodore, of O’Neill; sis ters— Mrs. Staley Chmeil, of Ewing; Mrs. Fred Closen, of Mountain View, Mo., and Irene, of Los Angeles, Calif. Herb Jansen to Sell Personal Property Herb Jansen, 71, well-known longtime O’Neill farmer, will dispose of his personal property in a public sale to be held Wed nesday, August 3. (For details see advertisement on page 6-A.) Mr. Jansen and his wife will continue to reside on their place, located seven miles North of O’Neill on highway 281 and 1% miles West. Jim Moore, of O’Neill, and Ed Thorin, of Chambers, will be the auctioneers. Mr. Jansen was born in Gei* many, near the Netherlands bor der. He came to the United States at the age of 10 and for more than a half-century has been farming in Holt county. New Equipment Added— EWING— New playground equipment is being installed on the school grounds here. The equipment, which con sists of a merry-go-round, a slide and a swing set, was do nated to the school district by the Ewing Commercial club. BENEFITS SWELL HOSPITAL FUND Hall Game, Food Sale, Calf Sale, Dance Highlight Week’s Activities Benefit activities— including an all-star baseball game, dan ces, sales and bingo—continue to swell St. Anthony’s hospital building fund. The largest single benefit that has yet been staged was the North-Central day - and - night league all-star baseball game, which netted $1,357.90. The game was played last Thursday evening at Carney park. It was ! under the direction of Dick Tomlinson, Matthew Beha and Laurence Haynes. The Catholic Daughters of , America totaled $1,151 for the | I week ending July 27. Saturday night’s food auction brought $143; bingo, $305.91; and the sale and reselling of a calf totaled $652.50. The Calholic Daughters sold $250 worlh of tickets on the calf with Mrs. Cleia Rills, of O'Neill, holding the winning stub. She declined the critter and again it was put on the auction block. J. H. Carney bought and returned the calf as did L. D. Putnam, Dick Tomlinson, H. J. Lohaus and Raymond Eby. M. J. Wallace was the last buyer. A dance sponsored by the j KFAB club Tuesday evening at ; Danceland netted $275. Charles ; Fleming donated the use of the hall and its facilities, according to Mrs. Delbert Robertson, pres ident of the club. The community food sale held Saturday, sponsored by the O’* Neill extension clubs, turned in $205.23 to Mrs. Glenn Tomlin son, secretary of the building fund committee. The late Addie Kiltz, of Chambers, prior to her death, requested that money to be spent on flowers for her funer al be divided and sent to the hospital building fund and the Nebraska Children’s home at Omaha. This request was honored Ly the family and $103 was given to the hospital building fund. In a letter to James M. Corkie, the building fund drive chair man, Ray Siders, owner of the Steel Creek stock farm North east of O’Neill, said he would donate the top purebred heifer of his 1949 crop for the benefit of the building fund. Mr. Siders said in his letter that anyone Corkie chooses may “pick out the heifer” and sell the critter “in any manner they see fit." Meanwhile, Chairman Corkie issued a call for more donations of calves, that will be held for a large benefit auction to be held later. Corkie said if donors are un able to get to town at this time, a letter stating the number of calves to be donated would be sufficient. The following is a list of do nors for the week of July 16 | through July 25: Bill Yantzi, of Sidney; Wm. } Pinkerman, of O’Neill; Berna J dette Brennan, of O’Neill; Ber i ard Pongratz, of Emmet; Pete ! Weber, of O’Neill; John Lans ! w o r t h, of O’Neill; Catholic Daughters, of O’Neill; McIntosh Jewelry, of O’Neill; Mrs. Ber nice Kinsman, of Columbus; Clear C. Golden, of Cheshire, Conn.; Mrs. Peter F. Morgan, of O’Neill; Mrs. F. J. Dishner. of O’Neill; M. J. Golden, of O’Neill; Mrs. John P. Pribil. of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hynes, of O’Neill; Riverside Community 4-H club, of O’Neill; Eugene Cantlon, of O’Neill; Louis L. Peter, of O’Neill; Zitella Kesten holts, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Sausers, of O’Neill; M. W. Rutledge, of Ewing; Eric Dankert, of Chambers; Kenneth Werner, of Chambers; Ed Flood, of O’Neill; Mrs. Alice Mathews, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brennan, of Omaha; Fred Grage, of O’Neill; G. W. Stephenson, of O’Neill; L. G. Gillespie, of O’ Neill; E. C. Weller, of Atkinson; Andrew Wettleafter, of Page; Wilma Weber, of Atkinson, Clarence and Nettie Tasler, of Atkinson; Henry Albrecht, of Atkinson; Cyril J. Werner, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Von asek, of Star; Mr. and Mrs. Loy al Hull, of O’Neill; Starlight Ex tension club, of O’Neill; Meadow Gold Products, of O’Neill; John Nikolite. of O’Neill; Ed Wilson, of O’Neill; Thos. L. and Berna dette Brennan, of O’Neill; H. A. Miller, of Sioux City. Kin Dies— Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. V. C. John {son were called to Table Rock Tuesday, July 19, by the death of their brother, Henry John son. They returned Saturday. Crash Victims Are Getting Along Fine’ DELOIT — Homer Stearns and his son, Sammy, are “get ting along fine" since their plane crash recently. Sammy was able to operate the tractor a week ago and will have his wrist out of the splints in a week. Homer uses a crutch and is able to go where he wishes. He also drives the car. He has a cast on a leg and an arm and both jaw bones were broken. The Stearns operate a farm a fewr miles Southwest of Clearwater. U of N Awards Regents Scholarships Two students from the O’Neill region at University of Nebras- j ka Tuesday were awarded re gents scholarships by Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student af fairs, chairman of the universi ty’s committee on general schol | arship. , The two students are Stanley J. Lambert, of Ewing, and John S. Shaw, of Lincoln, formerly of Atkinson. Lambert and Shaw were a mong Z60 students receiving University of Nebraska scholar ships. REED fr AMiLY IN ANNUAL REUNION 4 Births, 1 Wedding and • 1 Golden Wedding Counted in Year PAGE— The descendants of the late Pulaski and Elizabeth Reed held their 14th annual re union at the Page park Sun day, July 24, with a basket din ner at noon. The afternoon was spent visiting. There were 67 in attendance. There were no deaths in the family during the past year, but there were four births: Kathryn Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Weber; Diane Kay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Deever; Cynthia Lynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heiss, and Douglas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack I Kimball. There was one marriage — Miss Joan Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Reed celebrated their golden wedding June 6. It was the first golden wed ding that had occurred among the Reed relatives. The eldest one present was Allen Haynes, 76. The youngest was Cynthia Lynne Heiss, four-weeks-old. Those from the greatest dis tance attending were: Mrs. David Deaver and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kottmeier and fam ily, of Des Moines, la., and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Deaver and family, of Richfield, Minn. Others from out - of - town were: Mrs. C. F. Storm, E. E. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Web er and family, Mr. and Mrs. Eloit Blackmore, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harper and family, Roberta and Jeanette Klaben cs» Those from Page were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Heiss and Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Heiss and family, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heiss and Cynthia, Mr. and Mrs. Mer wyn French and family, Mrs. Duane Dorr, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heiss and family, Mr. land Mrs. Frank Beeleart and .family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Heiss and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stauffer and sons, Rev. and Mrs. T. O. Brownfield, Miss J.’annine Waring and Richard Asher. The group decided to hold the reunion at the park at Neligh next year._ Sunday-School Unipn to Meet The annual group gathering oi the Union Sunday-schools of Holt county will be held on Sunday. July 31, in the grove on the Ralph Ernst farm. 18 miles North of O’Neill. The program will begin with a combined service at 10 a m. Speakers will be: Delbert Dick, of Center Union Sunday school, and Rev. Kenneth Son der, of Belden. The male quartet will sing several selections. The entire meeting will be under the su pervision of Rev. George E. Hol lingshead, of Long Pine. INSPECTS CORN . . . John Dic k, of O’Neill, is keeping a close check on his corn crop to guard against infestation and burn ing.—The Frontier Photo by John H. MeCarville. No Objections to Budget Proposal A hearing on Holt county's proposed new budget for the year July 1, 1949, to June 30, 1950, was conducted Wednesday by the county board of supervis ors. No objections were filed. There is a proposed increase of .22 of a mill in the levy to meet principally, the estimated rising cost of unemployment re lief and the increasing amount expected to be spent from the bridge fund. There is a proposed 3.76 mill levy on all real and personal property in the county. This le vy represents $3.76 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. A proposed .36 of a mill in crease for the county unemploy ment relief fund is called for, along with a .66 of a mill in crease in the bridge fund. However, the proposed budget can be changed after the coun ty receives from the state boaid of equalization the total valua tion. This is expected to be re ceived during the first part of August, according to J. Ed Han cock, county treasurer. Total estimated expenditures, for Holt county is $377,282 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950. ‘Snowbound’ Officer Makes Return Visit Capt. Marion A. Ramage, of Ft. Riley, Kans., deputy com mander of the Fifth army sub area headquarters here during Operation Snowbound, paid O' Neill a return visit Thursday and Friday. Captain Ramage was enroute to Sheldon, la., to join his wife, and from there they were going to Northern Minnesota on a fishing trip. During his stopover Captain Ramage was a guest of L. C. Walling and Glea H. Wade. During last Winter’s emergency, Captain Ramage and Maj. James H. Harper, sub-area com mander, made their residence with Mr. and Mrs. Walling. Captain Ramage went from O’Neill to North Dakota for sim ilar storm relief work. This Fall he will, in addition to other duties, tutor the Ft. Ri- j ley post football team. He is a cavalry officer. Music Teacher Elected At Ewing— EWING — Miss Esther | Schram, of Ponca, has been * elected to teach vocal and in strumental music in Ewing high school. Miss Schram is a graduate of the Uuiversify of Nebraska school of music and taught music in the Peterson, la., schools last year. According to Supt. A. S. Ev- ; ans, complete courses will be offered in normal training, | commercial, home economics, manual training, music, col- | lege preparatory and the gen eral high school course. grass fire The O’Neill volunteer firemen were called Thursday afternoon, July 21, to extinguish a grass fire East of town, near the Dick Tomlinson home. No damage was caused. WILLIAM BERGER DIES AT NORFOLK Funeral Services Are Held Here Wednesday with Interment in Calvary Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9 a. m. from the Catholic church here for Wil liam Berger, 65, who died in th* State hospital at Norfolk Mon day. Rev. C. J. Werner officiat ed with burial in the Calvary cemetery here. A former resident of O’Neill for “about” 15 years, Mr. Berg er was born in Carroll, la., in December, 1883, and had been employed as a salesman for the Knapp and Spencer hardware firm out of Sioux City and at the Coyne hardware company here in O’Neill. Survivors include a sister in Camoll, La., and a brother. Pallbearers were: John O’ Connor, John Grutsch, Norbert uhl, Joe Fernholtz, Thomas J. Joyce, Thomas F. Nolan. Importance of Scout Law, Oath Told At the regular meeting of Boy Scout troop 210 held on Wednesday at the American Legion auditorium, speeches on the importance of the Scout oath and law were brought out, according to Scoutmaster A. L. McMaster. The third lesson on first aid was given by William Beha, a registered nurse, of O’Neill. The lesson covered the plac ing, fixing and administering of splints for broken bones. Scoutmaster McMaster has ordered arm bands for the Scouts who will assist in the supervision of Ford’s park. The arm bands, McMaster pointed out, are for identifica tion of the Scouts as sub-su pervisors of the playground. Meanwhile, D. R. Mounts, district chairman of the Cov ered Wagon Council, will con fer Thursday with the execu tive committee at Camp Ce dars, Southwest of Fremont, in an attempt to secure funds to improve the 40-acre tract of land given to the Scouts by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Asimus. With the conference at Camp Cedars, Troop Commit teeman M. E. Jacobson is in vestigating the possibilities of a meeting building on the site the Scouts accepted last week rom the Parent-Teachers asso ciation at Ford’s park. However, with the growing enthusiasm of the 35 Scouts now enrolled in troop 210, there is still room for manjf more boys from the O’Neill re gion to join, McMaster said. It is one of the best founda tions for a good, sound com munity citizen, he concluded, Visits Here— D. N. Loy spent Sunday vis iting his family here. Mr. Loy has been doing carpenter work in Grand Island. Edward Reinhardt, of Oma ha, came from Omaha Satur day to visit his aunt, Mrs. Matt Hynes. FARMERS PLEAD FOR MOISTURE Corn Will Deteriorate Rapidly If Rain Doesn’t Come Soon Holt county needs rain. Reports from most sections of the county indicate that the need is general. Most observers say n rain in the next few days would insure a corn crop. On the other hand, prolonged heat and dryness will witness a stea dy deterioration of the corn outlook, which, until now, has been considered “good.” Putting up of the county's 1949 hay crop is rapidly nearing the half-way mark. Early in the week County Agent A. Neil Dawes estimated haying "35 to 40 percent complete." The yield and quality are “good." “If next week is like the past one, in regard to heat, the Holt county corn crop is likely to be in a serious condition." So said John F. Dick, Tuesday, a farm er 5Vz miles West of O’Neill. Dick continued. "If it had not been for increased amount of sub-surfece moisture iast Winter and this Spring, the corn would be burned up by this time." “Surface moisture is needed badly,” Dick went on, “if we are to obtain ‘healthy’ corn." He said his corn had been stunted because of lack of proper a mount of seasonal moisture. Dawes said Wednesday that the entire county needs an inch to two inches of rain to obtain a good corn crop this year. While the corn throughout the county i s needing moisture, Clifford (“Cliff”) Dick, younger son of John F., said that their wheat averaged more than 60 pounds to the bushel. The Holt county agent said that 60 pounds to the bushel of wheat would be “right around" the Holt county average. "Cliff,” a Future Farmer of America, has been physically applying some of the tricks of the farming profession that he learned in the classroom last year. He put in underground irri gation in a garden plot directly back of the family house and has had outstanding results. “Cliff” is interested in working on the farm and education in the classroom to help put the family place in the top bracket of Holt county production. Farmer Dick, owner of the 560 - acre Fairview farm, bought hi» place two years a go and has enjoyed his 50-odd years of farming in Holt coun ty He has improved his place with construction of new fences, painting and cleaning, and a three-year rotation of crops. One year of corn, followed by wheat and then oats is the rotation method Dick follows. Dick says this gives plenty of time for the different crops to put elements back into the soil what another extracts. As farmers were hopefully looking skyward for needed moisture, the hottest mark of the season was recorded on Tuesday. The mercury soared to 99 degrees. Meanwhile, an electrical storm hit Boyd the early part of the week and lightning destroy ed one Consumer Public Power district light pole and hit two more three miles North of Butte, according to Robert Kurtz, line man. of O’Neill. This week’s weather summa ry, based on 24-hour periods ending at 8 a. m., daily follows: Date Hi Lo Prec. July 21 89 57 .09 July 22 84 53 July 23 86 66 July 24 92 72 July 25 96 73 July 26 99 69 July 27 83 67 T Goes To Lincoln— Mrs. L. A. Burgess and her i mother, Mrs. Laura Walker, drove to Lincoln Wednesday to bring back Mrs. Warren Burgess and daughter, Kathy Sue, for a visit. Mr. Burgess, who is attending Summer I school at the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, will join his family at the close of the j session. DUNAWAY SIGNS EWING— Donald Dunaway has been elected to teach the Riverside school near here. I Donald graduated this Spring. At present, he is employed in Omaha. Visits Sioux City— Miss Ilene Kloepper spent 'Tuesday in Sioux City*