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VOLUME 69.—NUMBER 23 O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 PRICE—7 CENTS ★ ★ ★
Hospital Office1
Remains Open
9 Room Memorials Have
Been Pledged for
Hospital
—
The building fund commit
tee is still accepting contribu- '
tions for St. Anthony’s hospit- 1
al.
Even though the drive for
funds has gone over the mini
mum mark, the hospital build
ing fund headquarters o n
Fourth and Douglas streets
here is still open and accept
ing donations, Mrs. Glenn
Tomlinson, secretary of the
building fund committee, said
Wednesday.
Last week the Knights of
0 Columbus pledged a room
memorial and the fact was in
advertently omitted from the
eight other room memorials
recorded in The Frontier.
This week sales swelled the
total to around 107-thousand
dollars.
The drive for the 100-thou
sand-dollars, the peoples’ part
of St. Anthony’s hospital, was
revived the latter part of May.
The building fund committee
reached its goal October 3,
after four months of solicited
and unsolicited contributions,
benefit auctions, dances, base
ball games, and a variety of
other promotions.
On hand when the drive for
funds was revived was 56-thous
thousand- dollars that had
and-dollars that had been popu
larly subscribed in 1946.
ARC Workers Meet
New Representative
'There was a meeting of the
Holt county chapter of the
American Red Cross in O Neill
Tuesday evening. Workers
were present from Stuart,
Chambers and O’Neill.
Purpose of the meeting was
for the Holt workers to meet
Mrs. Betty Jane Darby, o f
West Point, who succeeds Glen
D. Custer, of Crawford, who
has been assigned to a Rocky
Mountain region.
Plans were discussed for
1950. A banquet is tentatively
scheduled later in October to
be held here.
City and town chapters
were urged by Mrs. Darby to
bring their officer roster up
to-date.
J. W. Walter, of Chambers,
promptly called a meeting for
Monday, October 24, in the
Chambers fire station. Meet
ing will begin at 8 p.m. and
there will be an election of
officers.
Current officers in the Holt
county chapter are; Glea
Wade, chairman; John R. Gal
lagher, vice - chairman; J. B
Grady, treasurer, and Mrs. C.
V. Sullivan, secretary, all from
O’Neill.
Jubilee Royalty
Wins Recognition
from Governor
Gov. Val Peterson this week
forwarded congratulatory let
ters to O’Neill’s Jubilee royal
ty—King Sam Thompson, 76,
and Alice Minton, 75.
From the state executive’s
office the governor wrote:
“Congratulations on having
been crowned King and Queen
in the O’Neill Diamond Jubi
lee celebration. My very best
wishes to you.
Sincerely,
VAL PETERSON.”
The royalty was chosen on
the basis of longest continu
ous residence in Holt county.
There were a dozen conten
ders for the title.
Truck and Twister
In a ‘Collision’
About midnfght Sunday Pat
Hynes, O’Neill trucker, was
driving his machine West of
Plainview, near the Brunswick
comer, when he ran head-on in
to a small twister.
According to Hynes, his truck
literally lifted off the road and
set down across the road, where
it upset. The cab was nearly de
molished and the dashboard
was pressed against the seat.
Mr. Hynes was hemmed in in
such a way that he spent 10.
minutes freeing himself, escap- j
ing through a broken window. |
The windshield was damaged
and a fender was torn off. Al
though shaken by the violence,
Mr. Hynes was uninjured.
Visitors Here—
Mr and Mrs. George F. Dwy
er, of Waterloo, spent several
days visiting at the home of the
latter’s sister, Mrs. J. W. Hick
ey, and family, and other rela
tives. __
Mrs. Elma Evans returned
Monday from Belden where
she had been visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Cunningham.
JOHN CARR, 45,
ATKINSON, DIES
Well-Known Holt M a n
111 for 18 Months
Burial Wednesday
ATKINSON — Funeral ser- ,
vices for John Carr, 45-year
old Atkinson farmer-rancher,
were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday
in the Evangelical Lutheran
church here. Burial was in
Wood Lawn cemetery.
The late Mr. Carr died Sun
day about 7:15 p.m. at his place,
located six miles South and three
miles East of Atkinson. He had
been in failing health for 18
months.
Rev. Clyde O. Cress, of O’Neill,
officiated in the rites. The
church choir sang. Pallbearers
were Clarence Gilg, Herman
Kaup, Henry Gathje, Emil John- j
son and Frank Osborne, all of
Atkinson, and Thomas Malloy
of Emmet. The church auditor
ium could not accommodate all.
of the persons who came to pay j
respects.
A native of the Talmage com
munity, Mr. Carr married Miss
Gertrude Kinney in O’Neill on
December 24, 1929. She is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kinny, of the Atkinson com
munity.
Survivors include: Widow —
Gertrude; daughter — Caroline,
16, and Loraine; son — David,
6; brothers — Robert and Rus
sell, both of Atkinson; sisters—
Mrs. Mabel Bacon, of O’Neill,
Mrs. Jesse (Lulla) Osborne, of
Lander, Wyo., and Mrs. Joe
| (Tressie) Sherffey, oi Raccett.
Two sons died in infancy.
_
Spencer Dam Gets
New Waterwheel
A new 2,000-kw waterwheel
is being installed this week at
the Spencer hydro-electric po
wer plant on the Niobrara
river, North of O’Neill.
When installation is com
pleted, the plant’s output will
be almost doubled. Diamond
Construction Co., of Grand
Island, holds the installation (
contract and works under
supervision of Consumers'’ en
gineers.
L. C. Walling, Consumers’
public Power district manager
for the O’Neill region, exp
lained that the increased ef
ficiently of the new wheel
develops the additional power
without an increase in water
volume.
Meanwhile, Consumers is
preparing to bring to O’Neill
the 25 - thousand - dollar new
“white way” stredt lighting
system. The O’Neill city coun
cil last week approved final
plans for the installation.
Scout Troop 210
To Hold Inspection
Scout troop 210 of the Cov
ere Wagon council has set
Wednesday, October 19, as' the
rate for troop inspection, ac
cording to M. E. Jacobson,
troop committee chairman.
The troop will be inspected
by three members of the Sim
onson post 93 of the American
.jegion and the O’Neill Cham
ber of Commerce, the sponsor
ing organizations.
Saturday morning. Octob
er 15. the scouts, under the
supervision of the troop
committee, will go to the
Norfolk YMCA for swimm
ing tests and instruction.
Jacobson pointed out troop j
210 will have the pool from ;
10 until 11:15 a.m., but trans- j
portation for the Scouts is
lacking.
Any person or persons go
ing to Norfolk on Saturday,!
October 15, who would be
able to take Scouts is urgent
ly requested to contact Jacob
son.
‘Voice’ to Follow
St. Mary’s Team
The “Voice of The Frontier"
will follow St. Mary’s academy
football team to David City
when the Cardinals take on
Dwight Assumption Friday
night, October 14.
A tape recording will be made
of the highlights of the crucial
tilt and will be played back ov
er the regular program at 9:45
a.m. Saturday, October 15, on
WJAG, 780 kc.
The program will be extended
to a half-hour.
O'Neill business firms spon
soring the program are: Lo
haus Motor Co., Elite Cafe,
Arbuthnot Oil Co., Elite Cafe.
Dick Tomlinson and Rapid
Transit Lines.
Unofficially the Dwight As
sumption club is rated foqrth
in the class “A” six-man football
circle of Nebraska.
The program will be subject
to technical difficulties.
Monday's Gale Does Damage
A r*artially dead cottonwood tree chose Ed
ward Moos's automobile (above) to break its |
fall during Monday's high wind. Raymond Ve- I
quisi's cub n’ane was torn from its moorings
and flopped on its back 50-yards away.—The
Frontier Photos by John H. McCarville.
(See slory in column 7.)
P-TA OPENS NEW
MEMBER DRIVE
50 Already Signed Up;
Discuss Equipment
Transfer
Fifty persons already have
signed for membership in the
Parent - Teachers’ association,
it was announced Monday at
the regular monthly meeting
of the organization. A mem
bership campaign is being re
newed and Mrs. W. B. Gilles
pie, secretary, is in charge.
Monday’s meeting was held
in the O’Neill public school
band room. It was voted to
move some of the playground
equipment from Ford’s park
to the school grounds. The
equipment was installed at
Ford’s last Summer and will
be returned there after the
school term ends in the Spring.
Only equipment that can be
“practically moved” will be
transferred.
The P-TA decided to spon
sor a Hallowe’en party for
grade school chilren.
Parents of second graders
were best represented at the
October meeting. Henceforth.
President Robent Kurtz said
the winning "class" will re
ceive a prize.
Robert Nicholas, member of
the public school faculty,
spoke briefly concerning par
ental backing of school activ
ities. He introduced the cast
of “Nine Girls”—a forthcom
ing stage production.
Mrs. Eva E. Covert, of Nor
folk, director of the Nebraska
Parent - Teachers’ association,
spoke informally. She discuss- i
ed needs for underprivileged
children and suggested ways
of helping meet these needs.
The P-TA organization at
large is supporting child wel- i
fare for mentally and physic- I
ally ill. 1
Mrs. Covert invited the O’
Neill group to send a delega
tion to the district conference
to be held next Tuesday, Oc
tober 18, in Wakefield.
Mrs. A. Neil Dawes and Mrs.
W. W. Waller were in charge
of refreshments following the
program, which was arranged
by Mrs. Ralph Gerber.
GETS TRANSFER
CHAMBERS — Pfc. Darwin
Harley, of the Marines, has
moved from Cherry Point, N. C.,
to Memphis, Tenn., and has en
rolled in radio radar school for
a seven-months’ course in elec
tronics. While in Cherry Point,
he was a radio operator in the
2d Marine air wing.
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter
Is New Chairman
Extension Council
The Holt county council ofj
extension clubs was in session
Tuesday in O’Neill.
Arrangements were made for
Holt county achievement day
exercises to be held in the O’
Neill public school auditorium
on Wednesday, October 19.
Achievement exercises will be
an all-day affair.
Extension ciubs tnroughout
the county will be represented
with exhibits and demonstra
tions. In addition there will be
other program features.
A state convention of exten
,ion club officials will be held
.1 Hastings November 1, 2 and
. Appointed as delegates from
olt county are: Mrs. Edgar
i.iuffer, of Page; Mrs. Robert
artens, of Atkinson, and Mrs.
-y Snell, of Page. Alternates
re Mrs. Elwyn Robertson, of
Jhambers, and Mrs. O. A. Ham
lerberg, of Atkinson.
Election of officers culminated
Tuesday’s meeting New officers
or the council for 1950 are:
vlrs. E. R. Carpenter, of Cham
oers, chairman; Mrs. Duane
Carson, of Amelia, vice-chair
nan; Mrs. Lawrence Pacha, of
\tkinson, secretary - treasurer;
Mrs. Conrad Frickel, of Atkin-1
son. health chairman; Mrs. A.
Neil Dawes, of O’Neill, music
leader; Mrs. Bayne Grubb, of
Chambers, 4-H chairman; Mrs.
Robert Martens, of Atkinson,
publicity chairman.
Past county chairman elected
is Mrs. G. H. Grimes, of Cham
bers.
About 30 attended the meet
ing held in the assembly room
at the Holt county courthouse.
MRS. RUTHERFORD
OF PAGE DIES
Longtime Holt Resident
Came from Iowa
in 18%
PAGE—Funeral services were
held Tuesday at 2 p. m„ from
the Methodist church in Page
for Mrs. Della C. Rutherford,
83, who died Sunday morning
at 1 o’clock at the home of a
laughter in Page.
Rev. T. O. Brownfield offici
ated at the rites and burial was
in the Page cemetery.
Born in Dewill, la., on June
Rulherford, January 1, 1884,
and Ihe couple came to Holt
county in 1896 from Council
Bluffs, la.
They settled on a farm six
miles Southeast of Page. To
them eight children were born.
Fourteen years ago Mrs. Ruth
erford’s husband died.
Survivors include: Sons —Du
ran and R. Homer, both of
Page; Harvey E., of Omaha;
daughters—Mrs. Prudence Al
bright, of Page, and Mrs. Con
stance Wood, of Mesa, Ariz.; 15
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: William
Gray, Neven Ickes, Herbert
Nubauer, Hal Farnsworth, J. I.
Steinberg, and Duane Allen, all
of Page.
A quartet composed of Mrs.
Alton Braddock, Mrs. C. E. Wal
ker, Mrs. Ray Snell and Mrs.
Gerald Lamason sang hymns
and Mrs. Harold Kelly accom
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Atkinson Council Okays Street
Surfacing for 30c Running Foot
ATKINSON—Property own- j
ers whose lots adjoin either |
of Atkinson’s two principal
streets, which were surfaced
in the operation ending two
weeks ago, will pay 30-cents
per running foot to finance;
the project, it was decided
Monday evening at a special
meeting of the town council. !
Mayor W. J. Douglas point- j
ed out that actually this j
would amount to only 15 |
cents per running foot for j
each property owner since the I
cost will be divided by per
sons living on each side of
the street. The final amount I
will depend upon the width
of the lot. The city will pay
the cost for intersections.
The surfacing project in
the residential section was
undertaken at the request
of residents in two areas of
town when the Gee Con
struction company had its
equipment at Atkinson for
a $12,000 resurfacing job in
the business district.
The two areas were divided
into “paving districts,” and
the surface was made by run
ning hot oil on the graded
streets and then adding grav
el. Persons living in the two
districts believe the dust will
be substantially lessened.
Paving districts include the
street extending North from
the depot to the highway and
six blocks North and South
past the Catholic church, ac
cording to Mayor Douglas.
FORMER O’NEILL
MERCHANT DIES
Daniel Harrington Had
Grocery Business
Here
Daniel D. Harrington, 73, a
former O’Neill businessman,
died Tuesday morning at 8
o’clock at his home in Wisner.
The late Mr. Harrington came
to O’Neill from Illinois during
boyhood, and in 1900 started
working at the J. P. Mann gro
cery store here.
About 1909 he purchased a
grocery store where the O'Neill
beauty salon is now located. At
that time he was 33-years-old.
In 1912 Harrington married a
Wisner girl and to them a
daughter was born.
During 1915, P. B. Harty, a
business associate, bought the
Harrington grocery store.
Immediately after he had sold
his O’Neill grocery business,
Harrington and his wife moved
to Wisner and purchased a gro
cery and mercantile store there.
He retired nine years ago, but
came out of retirement for three
years and worked for Paxton &
Gallagher as a salesman in
North-Nebraska.
Survivors include: Wife;
daughter—Mrs. William Burke,
of Sioux City, a brother, James,
in California and a sister.
Drug Stores Are
Damaged by Wind
ATKINSON — The freak
wind caused at least two At
kinson merchants inconveni
ence Monday.
At mid-morning when the
winds seemed to reach a cli
max the large front plate
glass window of Schultz drug
store was blown out, and be
fore the vacancy could be
boarded up, considerable
rain had been blown in.
The same accident threat
ened the Wilson drug store,
at about the same time, but
Dr. A. M. Wurtz held the glass
in place. However, an hour or
so later the glass did give
way, and Doctor Wurtz suf
fered a minor cut on his
wrist.
Farmers coming into town
reported one quarter section
hay field on which only two
of the numerous stacks remain
ed standing, and North of the
town cottonwood trees were
said to be partially blocking
the roadways.
Power was off in the North
part of Atkinson from 7 a.
m. through the breakfast hour
and well into mid-morning.
At the Atkinson Livestock
Market some of the cattle
consigned for Tuesday’s sale
had to be sold Monday since
not all Monday consignees
could get their cattle to mar
ket on schedule because of
the storm.
Huge Sweet Potato
Puk in Boyd County
A three-pound swe£t potato,
measuring 19 inches around the
tips and 14'/i inches around the
middle, was uncovered this week
in Boyd county by J. T. Olson,
who lives in Bristow.
Mrs. Lydia Erickson, of O'
Neill, Mr. Olson’s sister, brought
the specimen to The Frortier
office for display.
Worst Storm in
History At Celia—
CELIA—Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg, The Frontier’s Celia cor
respondent, said M o n d a y ’ s
storm was the “worst in histo
ry” in that locality.
Green trees were found to be
uprooted in several places and
tops of many straw stacks were
blown away.
A large sliding door, thought
to be well-fastened, was torn
from the barn at the Kilmurry
place. It was demolished. Some
windows were blown-in, too.
Bernard Blackmore’s hay
stacker was completely wreck
’d. Wooden windbreaks were
damaged' and shingles were
loosed.
A stack of hay on an under
slung was moved several feet
by the force of the wind, Mrs.
Hammerberg reported.
Visit Ainsworth—
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kaiser
and family and Miss Shirley
Kaiser, of Atkinson, visited the
former’s uncle, Fred Kaiser, of
Ainsworth, who is ill. They also
visited Mr. and Mrs. John Tur
ner and son, Larry, also of Ains
worth.
70- to 80-Miles-Per_Hour
Wind Topples Trees,
Damages Corn
The O’Neill region bore the
brunt of a combination wind
| rain-electrical storm sweeping
out of the Northwest late
Sunday and early Monday,
and since the embattled citi
zens have been occupied with
cleanup chores.
According to the weather
bureau stations at Valentine,
gusts of wind mounted up to
89-miles-per-hour on the flat,
open country West of here.
Frequently gusts hit a velocity
of 78-miles-per-hour.
Left in the wake of the
hurricane-like gale were top
pled cottonwoods, strewn
i?trawstacks, , twisted commu
nication lines, damaged wind
mills and hay stackers.
L. C. Walling, manager of
the 13-county Consumers Pub
lic Power district headquar
ter here, reported that the
center of the storm seemed
to be in the O’Neill area. He
said their power grid with
stood the pressure “remark
ably well,” but several points
East of here had brief inter
ruptions.
Six huge transmission poles
gave away during the wind.
In 'some instances falling
trees caused trouble for line
men.
Lightning burned out coils
at the Ainsworth substation
and caused some local service
difficulty there.
The Northwestern Bell Tel
ephone Co. reported little
storm damage.
In the city of ONeill a
common sight was tree
branches and limbs and
sometimes trees blown down
and hurdling sidewalks and
streets.
At the Clarence Booth res
idence a partially dead cot
tonwood yielded to the gale
an it fell across an automo
bile owned by Edward Moos.
At the municipal airport
George Naehtman, an em
i ployee estimated wind ve
locity at 70- to 80-miles-per
hour.
A 1946 model J-3 Piper cub
was torn from its rope and
stake moorings, spinned and
was flopped on its back. Fu
selage on the machine was
completely destroyed, Nacht
man said. Th‘e plane is own
ed by Raymond Vequist, of
O’Neill.
Gordon Harper, airport
manager, explained that the
hangar was filled to capacity
and two planes had to be left
outside to weather the storm.
One of these was Vequist’s.
The storm was precipiated
by a cold wave that ushered
in considerable snow in Rocky
Mountain states. Mercury be
gan dropping Friday and top
coats and house fires were
commonplace. The tempera
ture dip was accompanied by
mist and rain.
At 8 a. m. Saturday the
weather station here had re
corded .15 of an inch moisture
and during the ensuing 24
hours .80 of an inch fell. For
ty degrees was the low tem
perature reading, but the raw
wind accentuated the cold.
The state highway patrol
reported after the storm had
subsided that the region was
free from any serious automo
bile accidents. Low visibility
accompanied the storm and
motorists proceeded cautiously
when travel was necessary.
Some motorists on the road dur
ing the rain, which was driven
by the high wind, said seldom
ha dthey experienced such dif
ficult highway conditions.
By Wednesday afternoon In
dian Summer had returned. The
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CROP Organizational
Meeting Date Set
An organizational meeting
for the Holt county Christain
Overseas Program (CROP)
will be held on Thursday, Oc
tober 20, in the assembly room
at the Holt county courthouse
annex building. Session will
begin at 2 p.m.
This was announced this
week by Rev. E. G. Ihrig, of
Atkinson, who heads the move
ment in five North-Nebraska
counties.
County Agent A. Neil Dawes
will preside at the O’Neill ses
sion until officers are chosen.
All faiths are united in the
CROP move. Last year Holt
countyans sent more than a
carload of beef as well as cash
to distressed Europeans.