RED RIBBON WINNERS . . . Janice Hall (left) and bnarron
Swanson, of the Amelia Lucky Clover Ranchers, demonstrate
the technique of making muffins at the 4-H club achievement
day activity held Monday here.—O’Neill Photo Co.
HOLT FAIR PLANS
BEING COMPLETED
Rodeo, Concerts, Carnival,
Exhibits, Judging
on Agenda
CHAMBERS — Last - minute
preparations are being made for
the 1949 edition of the Holt
county fair to be held at Cham
bers August 31, September 1, 2,
3.
Sponsor of the fair is the Holt
County Agricultural society.
Highlights this year will be
4-H club, school and open-class
exhibits and judging, a rodeo,
baseball games, parade, band
concerts, carnival on midway,
and an array of grandstand per
formers.
Edwin Wink, secretary of
the Holt County Agricultural
society, Wednesday declared
that every member of the so
ciety and many residents of
Chambers are working hard to
make the 1949 fair a "tremen
dous success."
Official program for the event
may be found on page two of
the tabloid supplement to this
issue of The Frontier.
Entry day will be Wednesday,
August 31, with Thursday de
voted to 4-H club and livestock
judging.
Many of the ribbon winners at
the annual 4-H achievement day
activites held in O’Neill will re
appear to give everyone in the
county an opportunity to see the 1
past year’s work by many 4-H-1
ers.
Friday’s program will include
music by the O’Neill municipal
band, a baseball game at 2 p.m.
between O’Neill and Lynch, par
ade, carnival, rodeo and grand
stand acts by Harry Villeponte
auex (acrobat), Charles McCaul
ey (juggler), Walter Graham
(magician), Madeline K i ng,
“Mss Omaha” and “Miss Ne
braska” of 1947. (Note: In offi
cial program the parade is des
ignated for Thursday. This is
wrong. Plans now call for the
parade on Friday afternoon.
Competition will be open.) Skip
Beckerbauer and his orchestra
will furnish music for the dance
Friday evening.
Saturday's menu will in
clude music by the Atkinson
band, Atkinson vs. the winner
of Friday's game in a baseball
lilt, carnival, rodeo, grand
stand acts, dance with Johnny
Mullen's orchestra.
George Rowse, fair president,
pointed out that the rodeo and
grandstand acts will be com
pletely different on Friday and
Saturday.
Boiler Explodes,
Woman Is Burned
EWING — Monday evening
Mrs. E. H. Harris was severely
burned about the arms, neck and
face when a double-boiler she
was using exploded. A Clear
water doctor administered medi
cal attention.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Stewart J. Warnke, 38, ol
Long Pine, and Miss Ruth L.
Wallace, 21, of Long Pine,
August 12.
Harney A. Scott, 21, of Ver
del, and Mrs. Joyce Beckner,
27, of Verdel, August 12.
Robert J. Krysl, 22, of Stu
art, and Miss Iris N. Wilson,
24, of Stuart, August 15.
Marlin Clarence Grossnick
laus, 29, of Platte Center, and
Miss Gladys Valeska Thomson,
of Chambers, August 15.
Leist to Appear
in Iwo Jima Film
PAGE—Pfc. John W. Leist,
j son of Earl Leist, of Page, has
been chosen to take part in the
movie version of the famed Iwo
Jima flag-raising. Private Leist
was one of three men picked to
complete the six-man “patrol.”
The scene will be an exact dup
lication of the original flag
raising, the original flag will be
borrowed from the Marine corps
museum at Quantico, Va. It will
appear in the film “Sands of
Iwo Jima” produced by a Hol
lywood studio at Camp Pendle
ton, Calif. J 41
Private Leist is visiting his
father at Page. He will report to
Camp Pendleton September 14.
75TH CELEBRATION
PLANS DROPPED
Lack of Interest Cancels
Committee’s Actions in
Jubilee Celebration
Plans for O’Neill’s Diamond
Jubilee celebration scheduled
for October 12, have been
dropped.
This was brought out in a
special meeting of the spon
soring organization, the Cham
ber of Commerce. Friday
night, according to President
Melvin Ruzicka. Lack, of inter
est was blamed.
Chairman of various sub
committees on the celebration
met Wednesday morning, Aug
ust 10, with the board of di
rectors of the Chamber of
Commerce and it was decided
that a special general meet
ing should be called Friday
evening, August 12. This meet
ing, Ruzicka pointed out, was
for the membership of the
Chamber to express its feel
ing on the celebration.
H. J. Lohaus and R. V.
Lucas, cochairmen of the
event, repocted that it was
"impossible to get attend
ance at the celebration com
mittee meetings."
L. D. Putman, chairman of
the fund solicitation commit
tee for the Diamond Jubilee
celebration, said some business
firms were “reluctant” to con
tribute.
It was voted unanimously
by the attending mem
bers at the Friday night ses
sion, that plans for the 75th
celebration be abandoned.
Previous plans wore laid for
the celebration on July 4, but
that date was dropped in fa
vor of the annual celebrations
at Stuart and Neligh.
In June The Frontier pub
lished a 64-page Diamond Ju- j
bdlee edition commemorating i
the anniversary year. Extra
copies of the mammoth edi
tion, largest single weekly edi- j
tion ever to be published in
North - Nebraska, are still
available at The Frontier of- 1
fice for $1 each. Postage will
be prepaid anywhere in the
United States.
Persons contemplating tak- !
ing out a new subscription to
The Frontier may obtain a
copy of the Jubilee edition
without extra charge for a
limited time only.
Edward Porter Candidate
For Safety Patrolman—
Edward E. Porter, of O’
Neill, was among 56 men se
lected as a candidate for Ne
braska safety patrol training,
according to C. J. Sanders.
A patrol training camp for
new troopers will start Sep
tember 1 at Camp Ashland.
The camp will run five weeks. !
Holt County Fair Edition
This is The Frontier’s Holt county fair edition—
heralding the coming of the 57th annual four-day
exposition at Chambers. Dates for the 1949 fair are
August 31 (entry day), September 1, 2, 3.
This issue features the official premium list and
official fair program. The premium list has been
published in tabloid form by officers of the Holt
County Agricultural society, fair sponsors, and is
being distribute^ as a supplement to The Frontier.
The 24-page supplement will be preserved at least
until fair time by many exhibitors and fair-goers.
This issue of The Frontier, together with the
tabloid supplement, will enter virtually every post
office box in the county.
Leading business firms throughout the county
have cooperated to make this edition possible.
(For more on the Holt county fair see stoxy
elsewhere on this page, editorial “It’s Fair Time
Again on page 2, and the tabloid premium list
supplement).
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PAGES THIS ISSUE
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3 SECTIONS
North-Nebraska s Fastest-Growing Newspaper Section I—Pages I to 8
VOLUME 69—NUMBER IS _ _O'NEILL, NEBR.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 1949. PRICE 7 CENTS
W. W. WATSON,
84, SUCCUMBS
Pioneer Businessman Came
to Holt County in
1886
INMAN — Funeral services
were held Tuesday morning
for William Wr. Watson, 84,
from the Methodist church
here. Rev. Roy M. Wingate of
ficiated with burial in the
cemetery here.
Mr. Watson died Friday,
August 12, in Lincoln where
he had been living in retire
ment.
Mr. Watson and his wife ob
served their 50th wedding an
1 niversary November 10, 1940.
Born in Binghampton, Wis.,
June 10, 1865, William Wallace
Watson moved to Holt county
in 1886 to a locality known as
Mineola. He moved a few
years later to Inman, where
he remained until he retired.
Upon going io Inman he
managed a general store and
later purchased a general
store for himself. Later he
operated a general merchan
dise, hardware and lumber
company with an uncle.
On November 9, 1890, Mr.
Watson married Ella Baldwin
and to them five children were
born.
In 1904 he established the
Watson Hay company and re
tained his business interests
in it.
Mr. Watson was a member
of the Methodist church and a
charter member of the Odd
Fellows lodge at Inman.
Mr. Watson is survived by
his widow; two sons, I. L. and
E. L. Watson, both of Inman;
daughters Mrs. Verna Warner
and Mrs. Aneita Ruehle, both
• of Lincoln; 11 grandchildren
I and four great-grandchildren;
j sisters, Mrs. Abbie Downey and
Mrs. Ella Butler, both of In
dependence, Mo., and Mrs.
Minnie Davis, of Upland, Cal.
A daughter, Myrtle died in
infancy.
Pallbearers' were; James
Coventry, Karl Keves, Cecil
Keyes, W. E. Kelley and Ray
mond Gannon.
A quartet composed of Ken
neth Smith, Manuel Crosser,
Clarence Harrison, and Harvey
•Tompkins sang hymns with
Rosara Aopecay accompanist.
In charge of flowers were
Mrs. James Coventry and Mrs.
Eugene Clark.
Going to Colorado •—
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Morgan
expect to leave Saturday for
a vacation in Estes Park. Colo.
They will stop enroute at Col
umbus where they will be
joined by Mr. and Mrs. I. J.
Kinsman.
GEODETIC SURVEY TOWER
. . . Above is a photo of a 92- |
foot portable geodetic survey
tower on the Cyril Peters
place, four miles South of O’
Neill on highway 281. The
towers, manned by civil engi
neers and spotted around the
county, form triangles with
which is determined, by use
of the three towers forming
triangles, the exact position of
geographical features and the
curvature, shape and dimen
sions of the ground area with
in the triangle.—O’Neill Photo
Co.
Achievement Day Attracts 240
Approximately 240 Holt
county 4-H’ers attended
achievement day activities at
the O'Neill public high school
Monday.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
said this was an increase over
last year’s attendance. Dawes
and 'Home Extension Agent
Mrs. Beryl Damkroger were
in charge of arrangements.
Achievement day is the
demonstration of projects and
judging by the 4-H’ers to se
lect the Holt county represen
| tative to the Nebraska state
1 fair.
The livestock judging con
! test by the 4-H’ers was “so
| close” Dawes said, there will
I be anoher judging contest j
among the winners. In Mon
day’s judging there were ties
in several categories and ties
must be broken to determine
state fair representatives.
According to press reports,
today, (Thursday) is the en- j
try deadline for 4-H club live- j
stock for the state fair.
Practically all phases of
4-H activity were judged
here Monday, Dawes com
mented. This included agri
culture, cooking, clothing
and homemaking demonstra
tions; a style show and judg
ing contests in canning,
dairying, homemaking cloth
ing, learning to cook, and
livestock judging.
In the canning division,
based on how well tomatoes,
beans, pears and apricots were
put up, Jacqueline and Mary
Taggart placed first and sec
ond, respectively, with Joan
Beed, third. All are from
Chambers.
Lynette Helmricks, of Or
chard, was the first place win
ner in the dairy judging con
test with Jackie Mosel, of Ew
ing, second; Sally Christon, of
Ewing, third and Velma Ab
ney, of Inman, fourth.
First and second class Hol
stein cows and Holstein heif
ers comprised the livestock
judging.
Carol Leidy, of O’Neill, took
top honors in the homemak
ing judging contest. Harlen
Sawyer and Marilyn Fetrow,
both of O’Neill, tied for sec
ond place. Homemaking was
judged on tea towels, dresses,
scarfs, silver cases and lunch
cloths.
In the clothing judging, Ada
DeHart, of Chambers, received
first place while Maxine Pet
erson, of Amelia, took second
place honors with Vickey
Hutton, of Inman, in third
place.
Mary L. Osborn, of Dorsey,
took first place in the learn
ing-to-cook judging contest
with Jeanne and Lorraine
Farrier, of Chambers, in a tie
! for second place. In fourth
place was Shirley Herrington,
of Budwell. Learning to cook !
was judged on menus, muf- !
fins, cookies and measuring
cups.
The hotly contested livestock
judging was won by LaVerne
Engler, of Stuart, with Duane |
; Engler, of Stuart, second; Tom
Kelly, of Page, third; Law
rence Engler, of Stuart,
fourth; Benton Mellor, of At- i
kinson, fifth; Bobby Reimers,
! of Inman and Murray Mellor,
of Atkinson, tied for sixes and
i seventh places; James Mellor,
of Atkinson and Ronald Han
sen. of Inman, tied for eighth
and ninth places1; and Harold
Tegeler and Robert Beelaert,
both of Page, tied for 10th
and 11th places.
(Continued on page 4).
j PARADE OPENS
HAY FESTIVAL
Thousands Line Streets of
Atkinson for Color
Pageantry
ATKINSON — Thousands of
people were on hand Wednesday
morning for the grand Hay Days
parade, inaugurating the annual
'.wo-day color spectacle here.
More than 60 floats were en
tered and persons came from a
dozen states to witness the hay
country pageantry.
In the afternoon, the O’Neill
and Atkinson entries in the
North-Central day-and - night
baseball league clashed with At
’ Inson winning 5-1.
In the evening on the Atkin
! son high school football field
, there was a coronation pageant
entitled, “A Salute to the Hay
Lands,” presentation of the Hay
king and queen, and a fireworks
display.
Alex Frickel was elected 1949
hay king and Miss Beth Sloan
lected hay queen. The royalty
as presented Wednesday night
the Hay Days coronation pag
ant.
Hay King FricVl is a farmer
nd rancher liv ng 13 miles
lortheast of here for the past
36 years.
Queen Beth Sloan is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char
ley Sloan, who live 11 miles
Northeast of here. She has
taught one term of school in
district 81 six miles South of At
kinson. * > m
Program today (Thursday) be
gins at 10 a.m. with the 4-H club
and children’s pet parade follow
ed by a free amateur show.
“Uncle Sam Holding the
World” and the “Ship of State”
floats tied for first place honors
of the grand parade. The “Un
cle Sam” float was sponsored by
the Smith Clothing company and
the “Ship of State” was sponsor
ed by Pelcer and Spence.
Second place honors were tak
en by the Ellenwood Cabin’s
float, “Horn of Plenty,” with the
“God Bless America” display of
the Horner Lumber company in
third place.
George B. German, WNAX in
quiring farm reporter, presented
the George Hitchcock’s as the
honor Holt county farm family
of 1949.
The Hitchcock family lives
l12 miles Northeast of Stuart
and have three children, Gary,
age 9, Connie, age 8, and Renne.
age 3. Mr. Hitchcock was a 4-H
leader in 1948. Son Gary is vice- j
president of his 4-H poultry club
this year, and daughter Connie \
is a member of a 4-H sewing
(Continued on page 4)
Guests in McManus Home —
Mrs. Claresse Sullivan and
children, Mrs. Lois Saindon
and children and Boyd Rus- j
sel were dinner guests Sun- \
day at the Edward McManus
home.
I
Fractures Hip in
Fall During Storm
Mrs. J. L. McCarville, sr., is
in St. Joseph’s hospital recover
ing from an operation on a
broken left hip. She fell in the
upstairs hail way of her home
early Monday morning as she
was dosing some windows dur
ing the storm.
Thinking she had torn the lig
aments of the injured Kip, she
returned to her bed.
Early Monday morning she
was taken to the Sioux City hos
pital in the Biglin ambulance for
observation and X-rays. These
revealed the broken hip, and ar
rangements were made for an
operation Wednesday morning.
She was reported in “good”
condition late Wednesday. The
operation was “very success
ful.”
CALFDOMTIONS
ARE SOUGHT
More Critters Needed to
Be Marketed in
September
Approximately three months
ago the hospital committee ap
pointed a new chairman to head
a new—and final drive for funds
for St. Anthony’s hospital.
Since the middle of May, when
the new drive for funds was re
vived, $34,089.06 have been
raised for the building fund.
Together with the $56,339.70
that was raised three years ago,
there is now less than 10 thous
and dollars to be obtained before
the 100 thousand dollar mini
mum mark is reached.
Sunday Simonson unit 93 of
the American Legion auxiliary
sponsored a potluck dinner which
totaled $247.75; Saturday a mer
chandise auction brought a total
of $1,144.35, and outright contri
butions this week reached $1,706.
One more Hereford heifer was
donated by Russel Shoemaker,
of O’Neill, and James Conway,
of O’Neill, contributed a Here
ford steer.
This makes a grand total of
seven calves donated for the |
public auction to be held some
time during September for the
benefit of the hospital.
"More calves are needed,
Mrs. Glenn Tomlinson, secre
tary of the building fund com
mittee. said Wednesday. This
will be one of the last auctions
of the drive.
“To make it the biggest sale
of its kind, there must be more
contributions of calves,” the sec
retary said. Mrs. Tomlin^m says
that if the donors are unable to
get into town, but wish to donate
a calf, prospective donors may
write a letter to the St. An
thony’s hospital building fund
Another benefit dinner will be
given September 3. Women from
various organizations will be
making trips into the rural areas
(Continued on page 4)
PARCHED HOLT
WELCOMES RAIN
Severe Electrical Storm
Accompanies Monday’s
Downpour
Biggest—and best—news on
the weather front this week was
a 2.30 inches rainfall which
drenched the parched O’Neill re
gion.
The rain, accompanied by a,
severe electrical storm, began
about midnight Sunday night
and continued until about 5 a.m.
Immediately thirsty vegetation
responded. The rain probably
saved (or made) a great deal of
corn, except in portions of
Northeastern Holt where the
earlier heat and prolonged
drought ruined the crop.
The Monday morning rain,
however, was spotted. Arthur
Olberding, living 17 miles North
of Stuart, reported two inches
of rain while R. C. Gabler, of
Winetoon, residing between Ve
nus and Creighton, stated no
rain was received at his place.
However, on Saturday night
Gabler’s locality received a half
inch of moisture.
Gabler declared there's "lots
of good corn" in his commun
ity, although the heat damaged
it some.
Four miles Northeast of Page
farmers reported a half-inch
early Monday. Ewing reported
1 Vi inches.
The week’s weather has been
characterized by hot, humid
days and cool nights.
Precipitation here during the
week ending af 8 a.m. Wednes
day totaled 2.39 inches. Precipi
tation for the corresponding per
iod a year ago was .64 inches.
The week’s summary, based on
24-hour periods ending at 8 a.m.
daily, follows:
Date High Low Prec.
August 11 ..... 89 70
August 12 97 67
August 13 98 65 .09
August 14 90 68
August 15 86 66 2.30
August 16 __ 84 65
August 17 90 60
Total 2.39
ACWC Meets
At Hammerbergs—
CELIA—The ACWC met last
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Mabel Hammerberg, of Celia, j
There were 16 members present.
Mary Fullerton conducted the
roll call “Some Heirlom in Your
Home.” Some interesting facts.
were revealed. Some of the heir
looms were 100 or more years j
old. The asisting hostess was j
Mrs. Nelle Stevens. They dis- J
played a float Wednesday, Aug- ,
ust 17, in Haydays at Atkinson.
Ed Bridges returned home
Tuesday after spending two
and a half months visiting his
father, Ed Bridges, of Sedro
Wooley, Wash.
BLACKTOP TALKED
NORTH OF O’NEILL
Gov. Peterson Conducts
Conference with
Delegates
A 15-member delegation of
the Highway 281 association
met Monday with Gov. Val
Peterson in Lincoln to discuss
future plans for improvements
of that North-South arterial
highway.
District Judge D. R. Mounts,
O’Neill, attended the session
and said the state’s chief ex
ecutive talked favorbly on
suggested improvements for
the highway.
However, Judge Mounts
continued, there must be
more immediate letters to
the executive office from
communities and people in
terested in the improvement
of the highway.
Governor Peterson will con
duct a meeting with his advis
ers at a later date to discuss
allocations of funds for var
ious roads throughout the
state, according to reports.
At the session, Governor
Peterson “practically” assured
the assocciation of six miles
of hard surface North of the
Southern Nebraska border,
Mounts said, he reiterated this
is one of the "bad spots.”
Judge Mounts said that
there will be a definite re
routing of the highway over
the Ft. Randal dam in South
Dakota. This is imperative”
because the bridge that now
spans the Missouri river on
the highway will be under
water when the Ft. Randel
dam is completed and the
Water backs up.
There must be a survey by
federal highway engineers be
fore federal funds will be
granted to improve the high
way North of O’Neill to the
junction of highway 12 and
281 about 12 miles East of
Spencer, a spokesman said.
Governor Peterson recom
mended construction of “black
top” on the stretch of O’Neill
to the junction East of Spen
cer, but there was no confirm
ed assurance this would be
started.
Emphatically, the Governq^
pointed out, there would bd
no expenditure of state funds
unless matched by federal
funds.
Judge Mounts paralleled the
association’s feelings after the
meeting in that there would
be no work started or com
pleted unless the communities
and people concerened with
the highway would get be
hind the move and write to
the executive office in Lin
coln, as to the need for the
proposed improvement.
He also fell that there
had been a great deal gain
ed through attending the
session and only if commun
ities and individuals will
gel behind the move as a
unit the proposed improve
ments will become a reality.
Other members of the O’
Neill delegation attending the
the session were: A. E. Bow
en, and State Senator Frank
Nelson. Among the 15 repre
sentatives at the meeting
were delegates from Butte,
Spencer, Greely, Bartlett, Gr
and Island, Red Cloud. Hast
ings and O’Neill.
Orchard Lutherans
Lay Cornerstone
ORCHARD — Cornerstone
laying ceremonies were conduct
ed Sunday at the new St. Peter’s
English Lutheran church here
bv the pastor, Rev. Phillip J.
Wirth.
A congregation of about 400
attended the event. Reverend
Wirth spoke on “With Thankful
Hearts We Lay This Corner
stone.” Music was furnished by
the men’s quartet composed of
William Mosel. Joseph Zimmer
man. John Scheunener and
Chris Stelling and the girls’
chorus. They were accompa
nied by William Zimmerman,
organist.
Miss Margaret Halva, o f
Denver, Colo., is visiting at the
home of Lydia and Fred Halva,
of Omaha, this week.
