Calf Donations
, Being Sought
Volunteer I earns to bo
into Rural Areas for
Contributions
Woman volunteer solicita
tion teams will swarm into
rural areas of Holt county
next week to obtain calf do
nations for the auction to be
held in the latter part of Sep
tember for the benefit of St.
Anthony’s hospital building
fund.
After a meeting of the sol
icitors Monday, the teams of
women will go into designat
ed rural areas in order to blan
ket the county in the short
time remaining before the calf
auction sale is scheduled, a
spokesman of the solicitation
committee, James W. Rooney,
said Wednesday.
h Until Wednesday the hospit
al committee had received
seven calves for the sale but
need more to make the sale a
success. *• ~ •
Todate, 20 to 25 women
have volunteered for the sol
icitation job.
Along with the calf sale
will be a benefit banquet
scheduled for October 3. At
the banquet will be announc
ed the proceeds from each calf
plus the net proceeds to the
hospital building fund from
the calf sale.
Tickets to the banquet are
five dollars each.
Don Cunningham, of Sioux
City, will be master of cere
monies at the benefit banquet
with some other entertain
ment.
A commitlee spokesman
also said that if the men
working in the fields would
talk the calf donations over
with those at home, it would
save the solicitation commit
lee valuable time.
St. Anthony s hospital buua
ing fund, for the week ending
August 22, received $2,261.17
in contributions to swell the
grand total to $92,689.93.
This leaves less than eight
thousand-dollars to be raised
before the minimum 100-thou
sand-dollar .mark is reached.
The minimun mark must be
reached in order to secure
federal aid funds and before
the Sisters of St. Francis will
assume “any reasonable indebt
edness.”
The Knights of Columbus are
now operating the benefit bin
go game held weekly on Sat
urday evenings in rear of the
hospital donation building on
Fourth and Douglas streets.
Donations to the building
fund for the week ending Au
gust 22 Folllow:
Anonymous, O’Neill $ 100.00
American Legion Aux.,
Simonson Post 93 248.75
Harvey Krugman, O’N 10.00
Fred E. Pedersen, Nor
folk 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. William
Derickson, Star 5.00
Mrs. Mary Vitt, O’N 50.00
Paul Beha and Clarence
Potter, O’Neill 300.00
Elsie Krueger, O’Neill 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Krueger, Inman 5.00
Eugene Sobotka, Inman 33.07
Francis Yantzi, O’Neill 15.00
Mary E. Carney, O’N 200.00
Dale Fetrow, O’Neill 50.00
Inman Teen Agers,
Inman 20.00
Lonnie Lee Sparks,
Amelia 10 00
James R. Lyons, O’Neill 59.09
Clarence P. Stevens,
Page .- —. 5.09
Community Auction 1,141.35
Total $2,261,17
Total to date $92,689.93.
Kieth Abart New
Legion Adjutant
Kieth Abart, Holt county of
ficer and auctioneer, has been
named adjutant of Simonson
post 93, according to Comman
der Gordon Harper. Announce
ment came Monday evening
following the first meeting of
the Legion’s new executive
committee.
Abart succeeds Archie Bright
as adjudent. S/Sgt. James Ly
ons, of O’Neill, has been nam
ed service officer for the post.
Both posts are appointed by
the commands.
Installation of new officers
will take place tonight (Thurs
day). New officers are: Har
per, commander; Eugene Cant
Ion, vice-commander; Jack Ar
buthnot, sergeant-at-arms; Rob
ert Eby, chaplin (reelected).
Executive committee members
are: Dorance Crabb, Bennett
Gilligan, Melvin Ruzicka, Dr.
H. L. Bennett and Elgin Ray.
Return from East—
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Artus and
family reumed Tuesday from
New York City, where Mr.
Artus has been attending a
school photography for sever
al months.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tomlin
son left Monday on a week’s
vacation trip to Osakis, Minn.
Mrs. Jennie Ward . . . came
to Nebraska from New Jer
sey.
JfeNNIE WARD,
73, SUCCUMBS
liodv Found 5 Days Aftei
Death in Home East
of O’Neill
Funeral services were held
Saturday for Mrs. Jennie
Ward, 73, at 9 a. m. from St.
Patrick’s Catholic church here.
Rev. C. J. Werner officiat
ed at the rites with burial fol
lowing in the Calvary ceme
tery.
Mrs. Ward, who lived East
of O’Neill near a turkey farm
died Saturday evening, August
13, according to W. W. Griff
in, Holt county attorney
The county attorney based
the date of death on a package
of unopened groceries the lat<
Mrs. Ward had purchased Sat
urday, August 13.
Mrs. Ward was last seen
Saturday, August 13. when
she was carrying water to
her home. A passing neigh
bor, who had not seen her
during the week, Thursday,
August 18, saw her front
door open and received no
response to a call to Mrs.
Ward.
Both the opened door and
receiving no response were
unusual.
The neighbor informed Mrs.
Matthew Hynes, who drove to
the home.
The body of the late Mrs.
Ward was found in the kitchen
of her home. She apparently
died during the evening. She
was dressed in preparation for
retiring.
Mrs. Ward was born in Mor
ristown, N. J., in 1876 and
came to Holt county in 1880.
Her father homsteaded South
of Emmet and shortly after
moved to the family place
eight miles North and three
miles West of O’Neill.
The late Mrs. Ward had liv
ed on her place East of O’
Neill since 1926.
In May, 1920 Jennie Kelly
married Lewis Ward at Om
aha. Mr. Ward died in 1930.
The late Mrs. Ward is sur
vived by: sisters—Mrs. Eliza
beth Angel and Mrs. Mary
Langan, both of Spencer; and
half brothers—Thomas, James
and John Kelly, all of Seattle,
Wash.; nephews Matthew and
Austin Hynes, both of O’Neill
# # epidemic.
Reporter Finds Frankness in Back-to-School Proposition
.. * * ■ Kl'i l ! . - ....
“School days, school days, dear
^ld golden rule days . .
When interviewing the youth
of O’Neill on how they felt about
the opening of school, the Fron
tier’s roving reporter found ans
wers frank and unbiased. One
fellow, age 9, who preferred to
remain anonymous if his ans
wers were to be printed, replied,
“I didn’t want it to start. I like
to go huntin’ and fishin’.” When
told his answer would appear in
The Frontier, his plea was, “Oh
gee, put down I like school. If
my teacher reads that, she’d give
me heck!” and he hung up the
receiver in a hurry.
Eleanor Hoehne . . . likes
arithmetic and singing.
Betty Lou Schultz, 8, daughter
of Mrs. Florence Schultz, fourth
grade, public school: “I want
school to start and yet I don’t.”
Eleanor Hoehne, “I’ll be 10 a
week from Friday,” daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. O’Donnell,
fifth grade, St. Mary’s: “I want
school to open because I like
school.” Asked what her favorite
subject was, she replied, “Arith
metic; I also like singing.”
Jerry Dexter, 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Dexter, first
grade, public school: “Well, I’m
ready to go, but I don’t know if
I want to go all day or not.”
(Jerry attended half day sessions
in kindergarten last year and
likes to play outside.)
Peggy Aim, 14, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aim, fresh
man, public school: “Yes, in a
way ” Asked how she felt about
entering high school, she re
plied, “Oh, I think I’ll like it.”
Peggy wants to be a secretary
or something similar. She co
cluded. “I haven’t done much
this summer, so I’ll be glad in a
way.”
Jack Gatz, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Gatz, St. Mary’s sen
ior: “Well I want school to
start so I can play football.’
Jack said his favorite subject
last year was history. “This year
I won’t be taking history ... I
guess it will be English.” Jack
is undecided on a career in med
icine or law.
“Patty” McMaster. 12, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie L.
McMaster, seventh grade, public
school: “ I don’t want it to; I’d
rather have Summer. I just don’t
like school.” Patty told us how
ever. her favorite subject is geo
graphy. Perhaps when she sees
those As in geography on her
report card, she’ll smile and
change her story.
Nan Deha, 5, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs William J. Beha, first
grade. St. Mary’s: “I like to go
to school.” Asked what her fav
orite subject was, she said: “1
like to work the most, but the
very most I like to read my
book."
Jerry Leidy, 8'*, son of Mr.
i and Mrs. Ralph Leidy, third
Jerry Dexter. 8 . . . played
half day session.
grade, public school: “I don t
like it very much.” (Jerry was a
little skeptical of the telephone
interviews as he was home alone
at the time.)
Wilma Kloepper, 15, daughter
of Mrs. Rose Kloepper, sopho
more, public school: “Well, lei s
see, I think we could use a cou
ple more months of vacation.
(Laughing heartily.) I’d like to
see school start, but I’m wonder-;
ing about my teachers.”
“Marde” Birmingham, 1516,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Birmingham, St Mary’s junior; |
“I’m sick! I don’t mind school,
but it’s the work.”
Donna Rae Asher, 6, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Asher, sec
ond grade, public school: “Yes, I
like school because 1 know a lot
more children in school than in
the Summer.” “Tot’s” school
friends live too far to continue
friendships over the Summer.)
| Her favorite subject is “color
ing.”
Kicnara uiCKie L_ee oauiscu.
! t>, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgjl L.
Laursen, second grade, public
school: “I’ll be glad. Yes, I like
i school.” He replied he “liked to
| study” best in school. (Editor’s
note: His teacher should wel
come him.)
Karen McKim, 8, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Orville McKim,
I fourth grade, public school: “Yes,
I’m glad. I like spelling best.”
Lorna Marcellus, 9, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M B. Marcellus.
fifth grade, public school: “I
aon i Know, one saiu sue u«vcu
school pretty well.” Her favorite
subject is arithmetic. We asked
her what she liked best in Sum
mer. She said, ‘‘All the Summer,
but sometimes it gets pretty
hot.”
‘‘Francie" Kelly, 6, daughter
of Mrs. Dorothy Kelly, first
grade. St. Mary’s: “I’m*glad that
it will open." She told us she
“liked to write best."
Bruce McElhaney, 15, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney,
sophomore, public school: “Well,
I hope it opens in a hurry so we
can have another vacation
again!” He likes “band” and is
sure he’ll like biology this year.
Peggy Aim. 14 . . . wants to
be a secretary.
Deiore w inter arrives.
Engineer Price offered to
the council alternate plans that
would run the cost up to 141
thousand-dollars. The 33-thou
sand—dollar program, he felt,
was the minimun amount that
could be spent to relieve the
situation. The more elaborate
plan calls for a system of tanks
in which the sewerage is me
chanically pumped from one to
the other before it finally ar
rives at the river dumping
point.
At Tuesday's special session
the council also authorized the
purchase of a new truck for
$1,500.
(First publication of a no
tice on the Resolution of Nec
essity may be found on
page 8 in this issue.)
Legion Provides
Assistance to Vets
in Dividend Claims
Commander Gordon R. Har
[ per, of Simonson post 93 of
the American Leigon, Wednes
day announced that the post
will provide assistants for vet
erans wanting to make appli
cations for GI insurance divi
dends.
Harper said that a clerical
staff will be on hand Monday
j and Tuesday, August 29 and
30, between 9 a. m and 9 p.
m. to help fill out the forms.
(For a detailed story on the
veterans’ dividend payment,
turn to page 10.)
Frontier
2 SECTIONS
v North-Nebraska s f astest-Growing Newspaper Section I—Pages I to 8
VOLUME 69— NUMBER 16 ________ O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949. _ PRICE IENTS
SCHOOL FACULTIES
|, HERE COMPLETE
40 Vacancies to Date in
Holt County Rural
Teaching Posts
Faculties at both the St.
Mary’s academy and at the O’
Neill public schools are complete
and ready for the opening day,
September 6, accord ing to
spokesmen from both institu
tions.
Enrollment at both schools
will be "approximately the
same” as that of the 1948-49
school term.
Sister Antonelle, principal at
St. Mary’s academy, said that
total out-of-city enrollment will
drop but the O’Neill enrollment I
will be up to balance the normal
enrollment at that institution.
, Supt. Ira George, of O’Neill
public schools, said Monday
about 200 high school students;
and 300 grade school pupils will
constitute the regular enroll
ment for the school year. Super
intendent George pointed out,
however, this may be slightly
higher.
The only new addition to the
St. Mary’s faculty this year is1
Hie second grade teacher, Sister
Helenita.
Other members of the faculty
are Sister Brigid, first grade;
Sister Ferdinand, third and
fourth; Sister Casilda, fifth and
sixth; Sister Jolenta, seventh
and eighth; Sister George, ninth.
.Sister Christiana, 10th; Sister
Fides, 11th; and Principal An
11 tonelle, 12th.
Normal training at the acad
emy will be under Sister Laur
ita; Mrs. Ira George, English and
dramatics; Sister Flores, music;
Rev. C. J. Werner, religious in
i structor and head athletic coach
with Jack Arbuthnot as assistant
coach.
September 3 will be registra
tion for day students at the
(Continued on page 4)
J. T. Tompson ... to be
buried today. (Story at right.)
AWAIT OPENING
OF HOLT FAIR
CHAMBERS — Final touches
have been added and last min
ute details have been made for
the 1949 Holt county fair here.
Edwin Wink, secretary of the
Holt county agricultural society,
said Wednesday.
The agricultural society is
the sponsoring organization.
The fair is scheduled to get
off to a historic start Wednes
day, August 31, with a large
volume of 4-H livestock en
tries.
Handling the publicity and
distribution of fair handbills
Wednesday were Wink and
George Rouse, fair president.
The initial day will be de
voted to entering the livestock
and 4-H club work, with the
second day scheduled for jud
ging the entries, plus a carn
ival on the midway.
On the fair calendar for the
third day—Friday, September
2—will be music by the O’
Neill municipal band, a base
(Continued on page 8)
Sewerage Crisis Requires
Resolution of Necessity
INMAN RESIDENT
DIES MONDAY
J. T. Thompson, 71, Active
Real Estate Broker
For 30 Years
INMAN—Death came to an
other longtime Holt county resi
dent this week.
James T. Thompson, 71, died
at his home at 1:45 p.m. Monday
after a prolonged illness of over
a year. .
The late Mr. Thompson was
associated and active in the real
estate business for over 30 years.
He was a licensed real estate
broker for 1949 but his illness
forced his retirement.
He also operated a business
here for a number of years be
fore the late war.
James Thomas Thompson
was born May 6, 1878, at
Climbing Hill, la. Twenty
three years later he came to
Holt county from Woodbury
county in Iowa and settled at
Inman.
On November 9, 1904, he mar
ried Lottie Conard at Stanton
and to them four children were
born.
Funeral services are being
held today (Thursday) at 10:30
a.m. from the Methodist church
with burial here.
Survivors include: widow;
daughters—Mrs. Della Britell, of
Inman, and Mrs. Darlene Coop
er, of Orchard; sons—William F.,
of Norfolk, and J. T., of Water
town, S. D.; four grandchildren,
two brothers and three half-sis
ters.
Pallbearers are: Leon Tomp
kins, Earl Watson, George Cole
man, Floyd Keyes, Lewis Ko
pecky and A. N. Butler.
Rev. Harley Accepts
North Dakota Call
Rev. Vernon Harley has as
cepted a call from the Miss
ouri Lutheran church at New
Salem, N. D., and will assume
his new duties in a month.
Reverend Harley with
his wife and three children
returned in December, 1948,
from eight years spent in
South America. The Harleys
were five and one-half years
in Paraguay and two and one
half years in Argentina. Since
their return to the United
States, the Harleys have wel
comed an addition to their
family—Eldor, born April 15.
Their other children, all born
in South America, are Juanita,
8; Paula, 6, and Nathan. 4.
Reverend Harley left
Wednesday for Boulder, Colo.
He has spent the Summer in
school at Concordia college,
at Seward, and lecturing and
ministering. The Harleys have
been residing at Stuart. _
City Council in Spec
33-Thousand-E
The O'Neill city council i
ning unanimously passed a “resc
towards alleviating a critical se\
The city’s consultant engir
submitted a proposal for a “wet
will cost in the neighborhood of :
tion of the “resolution of neces:
city officials to attack the grave
able plan.
Several councilmen exprei
ultimately will lead to issuance
serious opposition is encounterec
Tuesday evening's actit
health menace that is posed
sewerage system presently in
Several weeks ago the cit;
and recommendations on a sur
erage problem. He has propo:
MRS. PORTER,
CHAMBERS, DIES
Injuries Suffered in Fall
Fatal to Well-Known
Holt County an
CHAMBERS—Mrs. Edward
F. Porter. 84, died Monday at
4:45 p m. in St. Joseph’s hos
pital at Sioux City. She died
as the result or a fractured
j hip and complications from a
fall she experienced at her
home Thursday, August 18.
Funeral services will be held
i today (Thursday) from the
| Methodist church at 2 p.m.
with Rev. V. R. Bell, of O’- |
Neill officiating Burial will
be in the Chambers cemetery.
Mrs. Porter is the wife of a
former Holt county official.
Born in Broad Head Wise.,
Susan H. Fleek came to Ne
braska in 1884 and settled in
Butler county. On Christmas
day, 1887 she married Edward
F. Porter at Brainerd and to
them two children were born.
The couple came to Holt
county in April. 1889 and
have lived in the Chambers
community since. On Dec
ember 25. 1947, the couple
celebrated their 60th wedd
ing anniversary at Cham
bers.
Mr. Porter is a charter mem
ber of the Winona Rebekah
lodge at Chambers and a
member of the Methodist
church.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Porter is survived by: daugh
ter—Mrs. H. W. Hubbard, of
Chambers; son—C. W., of O’
Neill; six grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are: Seth Her
tel, Omar McClenahan, Joseph
Daas, Merle Fagan, Walter
Richards and Earl Medcalfe.
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WJAG . . 780 on your dial!
" *
ial Session Approves
>ollar Program
n special session Tuesday eve
lution of necessity” with a view
verage problem.
eer, Donald D. Price, of Lincoln,
’ well and pumping station that
10- to 33-thousand-dollars. Adop
sity” helps prepare the way for
sewerage situation with a work
sed the thought that the course
of a sewer bond, provided no
1.
>n was based on the serious
oy a sluggish and inadequate
use.
r ordered Price to make a study
able solution to O’Neill’s sew
>ed a "wet” well and pumping
station. Three 300-gallon pumps
re intended to keep the “wet”
well at a proper level and
force the sewerage through a
pipe into the Elkhorn river.
Required will be pumps,
floats, pipes for controls, ven
tilation for pumps, sump pump,
electrical motors, piping, di
version manhole, outfall sewer
to river.
Price estimates the wet well
will be 17 feet deep with a
29-foot outside diameter and a
28x28-foot pump house with an
eight-foot ceiling.
Total cost of the pumping
station, “wet” well and equip
ment will be 30 to 33 thousand
dollars.
Location of the proposed
new pumping station is to be
South of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad tracks
near the Northeast corner of
Carney park. The 10-inch pipe
line to the Elkhorn river will
run along the West side of
the old mill race.
Estimated distance the pro
posed pumping station will be
from the river is around 2,200
feet, according to the engineer.
Of the footage from the pump
ing station to the river, the
last 100 feet will be raised to
approximately four feet above
the level of the river.
If the resolution of necessi
ty meets no opposition, Price
estimated that after approval
by the state health authorities
a contract could be let some
time in October.
One of the city officials es
timated that at least four
thousand-dallars has already
been spent in the past year in
temporary repairs for the fac
ilities which were installed
in 1913. Money already spent
in temporary repairs has been
“almost a total loss”, the spoke
man said.
In recent months the sewer
age, which empties into the
Elkhorn river at the South
west edge of the city, has been
“backed up” into basements
in the residential and indust
rial areas in South O’Neill. The
situation has been a serious
threat to the city’s health and
many persons have been a
roused over possibility of an
Terwilligers Anxiously Await Voyage
to Europe Aboard Queen Elizabeth
Holt County Woman to See
Mother After Long
Separation
CELIA—Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Terwilliger and son, Perry, have
reservations to sail on the Queen
Elizabeth September 4 for a visit
to Germany.
They will go by auto to New
York City where they will visit
a sister of Mrs. Terwilliger. They
will board the Queen Elizabeth
there and dock at Cherbourg,
France. From there they will
travel by rail through Paris to
Hamburg, Germany, on the Elbe
river in the province of Schles
wig-Holstein.
In order to enter occupied
territory they need a military
entry permit which is granted
only for 30 days. They were un
able to get return reservations
until October 29 so they will be
allowed to stay 60 days.
Hamburg is in the British-oc
cupied zone of Germany ?nd was
almost destroyed in the late war.
According to instructions
from Washington, they are
each allowed to take along the
following food items: Two
pounds coffee, two pounds tea,
two pounds cocoa, four pounds
sugar, 250 saccharine pellets
and any amount over that is
subject to confiscation.
When entering Germany, a
special food ration is issued and
if they eat in a restaurant thel/
coupons will be clipped so they
can purchase less in a food store.
Now, nearly all fresh vege
ables are ration-free and plenti
ful.
They will arrive in Cherbourg,
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