Enjoying the thrill of r,'siting with Santa Claus are (left to right)
Karen, Katherine and Sandra Perry, daughters of Mrs. Dale
Perry, (leaning over children.)—The Frontier Photo.
FRANK KAUP, 74,
DIES AT STUART
Burial Wednesday for
Well - Known Holt
County Farmer
STUART—Requiem high mass
was said in St. Boniface Catho
lic church here Wednesday
morning for Frank Kaup, 74,
who died Sunday. He succumb
ed in Our Lady of- Lourdes hos
pital at Norfolk where he had
gone for treatment for a liver
ailment. He had been ill since
December 8.
Burial was in St. Boniface
cemetery under the direction of
the Seger mortuary, of Atkin
son.
The late Mr. Kaup'* *on.
Rev. Joseph Kaup, of Omaha,
was celebrant of the mass.
Resv Herman Kaup. of Ran
dolph. the celebrant's cousin,
was deacon, and Rev. C. J.
Kaup. of St. John's (Deloii),
another cousin, was sub-dea
con. Fifteen priests were in
attendance at the rites and
Rev. Joseph Suneg. of Omaha,
delivered ihe funeral sermon.
The late Frank Kaup was born
in the Monterey community in
Cuming county on April 15,
1875. As a young man he came
to Holt county. His wife is the
former Gertrude Bose, who also
came from Cuming county.
They became the parents of
seven sons and four daughters.
One son, Henry, died in 1933.
Living children are: Sons —
Frank, Aloys, Paul, Bernard,
and Wilfred, all of Stuart, and
Reverend Kaup, of Omaha;
daughters—Mrs. J. P. (Sophia)
Murphy, Mrs. Clement (Mary)
Murphy, Mrs. Ed (Loretta)
Schneider, and Mrs. Sylvester
(Frances) Kramer, all of Stuart.
He also leaves: Brothers—Ber
nard. Joseph, Ferdinand and
Aloys, all of Stuart; sisters —
Mrs. Mary Leuning, of Creigh
ton; Mrs. Sophia Kreikemeier, of
Monterey; Mrs. Frank (Katie)
Steinhauser, of Stuart; and Mrs.
Mary Hamik, of Atkinson.
There are 35 grandchildren.
Six nephews seived as pallbear
ers.
Th'; late Mr. Kaup farmed
one mile Southeast of Stuart
for many years. About four
years ago he retired, moving
into Stuart.
An overflow crowd of rela
tives and friends gathered at
the requiem rite to pay final
respects to this well-known Holt
farmer.
Extension Board
Leaders Reelected
All officers of the Holt county
extension board were reelected
Tuesday afternoon in a reorgani
zation meeting held in the
courthouse assembly room.
They are:
Ora Yarges, of Stuart, chair
man: Clarence Ernst, of O’Neill,
vice-chairman; Mrs. O. A. Ham
merberg. of Atkinson, secretary;
Charles Mulford, of Stuart,
treasurer.
Members of the fiscal com
mittee are Yarges and Mulford.
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter, of Cham
bers, chairman of the Holt coun
ty project clubs, was a guest at
Tuesday’s meeting, but as new
chairman she will become an
official member of the board aft
er the first of the year.
All of the board members
were present, except Glen
White, of Amelia. Other board
members, besides the officers,
are: George Rost, of Page; Ray
Siders, of O’Neill, and Mrs. Ed
gar Stauffer, of Page, retiring
project chairman.
1,008 Kiddies
Greet Santa Here
Santa Claus greeted 1,008
youngsters—and some oldsters
too—in his O’Neill visit Satur
day.
The kiddies filed into the O -
Neill public school main build
ing, had a glimpse of the be
whiskered gent, some of them
climbed upon his knee and had
a heart-to-heart talk, and re
ceived treats in the form of
candy, gum, oranges and apples.
Five Chamber of Commerce
members helped Santa with the
distribution of gifts.
He arrived at the school at
2:35 p.m. with the aid of an
O’Neill fire department truck,
which had met him at the air
port. During a portion of his
hour-long stay Santa held a
“Voice of The Frontier” micro
phone and the conversations
with a dozen of his starry-eyed
guesrs were tape recorded. The
interviews were played back on
Monday morning’s “Voice of
The Frontier” program on
WJAG. '
The throng of kiddies was
nearly twice that of a year ago.
FORMER HOLT
RESIDENT DIES
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock at St. Francis Catho
lic church in Neligh for T. J.
Curran, 75, a former resident of
Holt county. Rev. Hayes offi
ciated and burial was in Cal
vary cemetery here at O’Neill.
Active pallbearers were: Ir
vin Magner, Victor Waly, Paul
Sonnenfelt, Roy Conger, Elvin
Butterfield, Jack Dragoo, all of
Neligh.
Honorary pallbearers were:
Oscar Hanson, Ray Good, R. V.
Sheets, George Ziemens, Herman
Walters and Nick Mechaley, all
of Neligh.
The lale Mr. Curran died
Monday morning at 1:30 o'
clock after a lingering illness.
He had been in failing health
for some time.
Boin July 20, 1874, in Illi
nois, he came to Antelope coun
y *8 years ago. For a time he
lived in Holt county in the
Chambers community. He farm
ed near Oakdale most of his
life until retiring four years ago.
He was married to Rose Mc
Donald at Erina, in Garfield
county.
Survivors include: Widow—
Rose; sisters—Mrs. Delia Ernst,
of Amelia; Mrs. Clair Connors,
of Broadwater, and Mrs. Ger
trude Minahan, of O’Neill;
brothers—James, of O’Neill, and
Mike, of Amelia.
‘Voice’ Schedules
Christinas Program
The 90-voice O’Neill high
school mixed chorus and the O'
Neill public school band will be
featured on the “Voice of The
Frontier’s” Christmas program
Saturday, December 24.
Because of the special music,
i the regular program is schedul
ed to be extended from 15 to 30
minutes. Broadcast will begin
as usual at 9:45 a.m., but will ex
tend until 10:15 instead of ter
minating at 10 o’clock.
The recorded voices of the
chorus and band will be featur
ed in a variety of selections ac
cented with the Christmas carol
theme. A quartet composed of
Lois Harder, Phyllis Harmon,
John Bowen and Claude Cole
will be featured in a number of
familiar carols.
The public school chorus is
under the direction of Miss
Rosemary Vondracek while
Supt. Ira George conducts the
band.
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
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VOLUME 69—NUMBER 33 O'NEILL. NEBR., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1949 PRICE: 7 CENTS
KIN KILLED IN
SWIFT CO. BLAST
Mrs. Ruth Teaser, 54,
Relief Nurse, One of
20 Victims
Mrs. Don (Ruth) Teager, 54,
of South Sioux City, sister of
E. A Harshfield, of Atkinson,
was one of the fatalities of the
explosion at the Swift & Co.
plant at Sioux City on Wednes
day, December 14,
Mrs. Teager, a relief nurse on
duty her first day, was killed
instantly. Her body was muti
lated, according to Mrs. E. A.
Harshfield, who later viewed the
corpse.
Mr. Teager worked in South
Sioux City. They had no child
ren.
Funeral services were held
Friday at First Presbyterian
church in South Sioux City and
burial was in Graceland ceme
tery at Morningside. Six neph
ews, including Neil Harshfield,
of O’Neill, acted as pallbearers.
Two of E. A. Harshfield’s
nephews narrowly escaped
death in the blast that already
has taken a toll of 20 lives. Stu
art Harshfield, an employee of
Swift’s, was absent from his post
at the time of the explosion, and
Richard Harshfield, a truck driv
er, had pulled away from the
loading dock ahead of another
trucker who was killed.
Cause of the explosion was
blamed on a natural gas leak.
O’Neill Stores To
Be Open Nights of
December 22, 23
,#
Member firms of the O’Neill
Chamber of Commerce indicat
ed at their last meeting they
would remain open Thursday
and Friday, December 22 and 23,
until 9 p.m. for the convenience
of late Christmas shoppers.
That means most stores in
O’Neill will be open from 8:30
a.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, December 22 and 23.
Christmas eve, Saturday, De
cember 24, all member firms
indicated they would close at
5:30 p.m. and remain closed un
til the regular opening hours on
Tuesday. In this manner they
will observe Monday, December
26. as a legal holiday, since
Christmas falls on Sunday.
ERECTS TV TOWER
EWING—R. G. Rockey has
| completed installation of a tel
| evision tower here—the first
| in this vicinity. Mr. Rockey is
a farm implement dealer.
FATHER O'SVLLIVAN ARRIVES . . . Very Rev. Timothy O’
Sullivan, formerly of Jackson, is shown (at right) as he assumes
pastorate at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here. Standing is Rev.
C. J. Werner, assistant pastor. Father O’Sullivan succeeds the
late Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, who died November 2. The new
pastor appeared in the pulpit Sunday for the first time.—The
Frontier Photo by John McCarville.
lames Golden
Holdup Victim
Two men armed with pistols
held up the office of the Amer- j
ican Loan Plan, City National
bank building, in Omaha last
Thursday afternoon.
James Golden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Golden, an employee j
of the finance firm, made an un
timely entrance into the room,
found himself looking into the
muzzle of a .45-caliber revolver
and was obliged to scoop up
cash for the daring thugs. They
escaped with about two thous
and dollars.
It was the fourth time one of
the men had been in the office,
employees said.
Golden was one of six in the
office. One of the bandits took
cash from the change drawers
behind a counter while the other
“covered.” They also took a sack
from the safe containing one
hundred dollars in change.
Golden. 23. a St. Mary's
academy graduate, said one
man ordered as they left:
"Don't stick your head out
the door or we'll blow it off.”
The men ordered Golden to
get the money from the safe,
told others to stay at their desks.
Stairs to the ground floor are
only a few feet from the office
n trance.
Golden talked with his par
:its here by telephone follow
ing his hair-raising experience.
Mercury Ranges
From 3- to 41-Above
Winter needed no introduc
tion to the O’Neill region Wed
nesday—the day officially des
ignated as the first day of Win
ter.
This week, temperatures rang
ed from a high of 41 degrees to
a low of 3-above. The low was
recorded early Wednesday. The
high readings were recorded on
Friday and Monday
Even though temperatures
rose to the melting stage, resi
due of the season’s first heavy
snow' remains.
Early Monday morning snow
flurries were seen in the O’Neill
region. As the temperature hit
a high of 41, the snow gave way
to rain by evening. Tempera
tures dropped rapidly and the
rain froze as it hit. The condi
tion made driving hazardous
through the night and motorists’;
visibility was limited as the
rain froze to the.windshields.
Despite the frigid tempera- \
tures, many Christmas shoppers
thronged to O’Neill to complete
their Christmas buying this
week.
Many farmers said they
were happy over their stack
ing the hay close to the house
and having the callle in a
range adjoining their farm
homes despite the "open" Win
ter thus far.
(Continued on page 4)
Churches Prepare
For Christmas
C. E. TENBORG, 73,
DIES SUDDENLY
Emmet Farmer Drops
Dead Late Friday
At Home
EMMET — C. E. Tenborg, 73.
well - known Emmet farmer,
dropped dead about 11:30 p.m.
Friday at his home.
He had not been ill but com
piained earlier in the day that
he was “not feeling well.” Ear
ly Friday Mr. Tenborg had
made a trip to Atkinson. A
heart ailment was blamed for
the death.
Funeral services were held at
the Tenborg home Tuesday,
December 22, at 2:30 p.m. Rev.
W. C. Birmingham, of Atkin
son, officiated. Burial was in
Woodlawn cemetery at Atkin
son under the direction of the
Seger mortuary.
Clarence Eugene Tenborg
was born on April 22. 1876, at
Ilhica, in Saunders county, a
son of Frank and Sophia Ten
borg.
At the age of 7 he accompa
nied his parents, his two broth
ers—Fred and William, and his
sister—Mrs. Minnie Tenborg, to
Holt county. This was in 1883.
He spent most of his life in
Emmet and on a farm near
there.
In 1906 he was married to
Rose Malloy, also of Holt coun
ty. The ceremony took place at
St. Peter’s church in Omaha. To
this union three children were
born.
Survivors include: widow,
daughter—Mrs. John (Eileen)
Hyland, of Omaha; sons—John,
of Houston, Tex., and Francis, of
Emmet.
He also leaves two brothers,
Fred and William, both of Em
met.
Mrs. John Tenborg sang two
vocal solos at the funeral rite.
Honorary pallbearers were
Joseph Winkler, Alex McCon
nell, James O’Connor, Michael
O’Donnell and Henry Winkler,
all of Emmet, and Matthew
Cleary, of Atkinson.
Active pallbearers were Dan
iel O’Connor, Joseph Pongratz,
Cai 1 Hoppe, Eli McConnell, John
Conard and William Mullen, all
neighbors and friends of the
late Mr. Tenborg, who lived
about 4 miles North of Emmet.
These Kids Make Known Their Wants
Y oungsters Thrill in Talk
With One of Santa’s
Helpers
■.. i ■
One of Santa’s helpers this
week decided that she could
best aid the busy Ol’ Fellow by
quizzing some of the small fry
in the O’Neill community re
garding their Christmas wants
and wishes.
As to be expected, the help
er (who happens to be a Fron
tier reporter) met with a var
iety of answers. Most of the
youngsters were overwhelmed
with the idea of talking to one
of Santa’s workers. When they
composed themselves they pour
ed out their hearts.
Cheryl Clyde, 3, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Clyde:
“a doll buggy and a kiddy
car.” Anxious to know exactly
when Christmas would come,
she asked her mother, “How
many years until Christmas?”
Larry Dawes, 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs1- A. Nei] Dawes; “Oh,
a new tent and a bicycle.”
Robert (“Bobby”) Dean, 3,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Dean: “A choo-choo train, a
big tractor and candy.”
Clarence Hill, 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bennie Hill: ‘“I want
a semi with little pedals and
some roller skates, cowboy
boots and a cowboy suit like
Red Rider.”
Richard (“IJichey”) Hill, Clar
ence’s brother: “Roller skates,
cowboy boots and a suit like
Red Rider.” (He thought his
Beryl Gerdes . . . wants a
motor scooter.
brother’s ideas were worth re
peating.)
Paul Jacobson, almost 3, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Jacobson:
“A big train, a caboose and a
cowboy.’’
Mary Susan Harbottle, 19
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Harbottle: “A horsh
(rocking horse) and a dolly."
Mary Susan knows who Santa
is and insists on calling him
“Pete.”
Doreen Hansen, 2, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hansen:
“A rocking chair, a dolly, dishes
and a rocking chair for baby
sister.” She was visiting her
grandparents, the George Han
sens, when interviewed.
Carol Fredrickson, 10, daugh-1
Carol Jean Klein ... "A bug
gy and a doll."
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Fred- |
rickson: “I’d like a red suit, a
finger nail set and a big rubber
doll. I’d like a very, very pret
ty dress made of taffeta.”
Barbara (“Bobbie”) Jo Nichol
as, almost 3, daughter of Mr. j
and Mrs. G. R. Nicholas: “I want j
a dolly and a buggy and a ted
dy bear and a blackboard and a
merry-go-round.”
Linda Sue Haynes, 8, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Haynes: “Let’s see—a whole
bunch of clothes for a doll. I
want roller skates and a new
pair of pajamas and let’s see—
a necklace and a paint book and
paints.”
Laurell Haynes, 3, sister of
Linda Sue: “I want a doggie
Eugene Farr . . . remembers
poor people.
that says ‘bow wow’.”
Lonna Lou Haynes. 5, Laur
oll’s sister: “A trike and a whole
bunch of doll clothes and a new
doll”
Carol Jean Klein, 3, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Klein: “A buggy, a doll.”
Eugene Farr, 7, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Farr: “I want a
basket and ball and something
for my little brother and bring
the poor people something, too.”
Joseph McCarville, 2, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. McCar
ville, jr.: “A bike.”
Bonnie Lawrence, 7, daugh
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. Law
rence: “Some doll dresses, a
sewing machine and books to
read.”
(Continued on page 4)
Hirth of Christ Child Will
He Retold in Story
Anti Song
(See Church Notes on page
13 for more details)
Once more Holt county ana
join the rest of Christendom in
observance of Christmas.
Story of the birth of the
Christ child in the Bethlehem
manger more than 19 centuries
ago, will be retold in story and
song in all Holt county churches.
Special Christmas programs,
featuring music and dialogues
by the children, will be offered
by many churches.
Here is how Christmas will be
observed by many of the
churches:
ONEILL
ST. PATRICK’S: There will be
the regular schedule for the
Christmas weekend. Saturday
confessions will be heard from
2 p.m. until 6 p.m. and from 7
p.m. until all are heard. Christ
mas morning masses will be
said at 6, 8 and 10 o’clock. The
6 and 10 o’clock masses will be
high masses. The choir will sing
special Christmas music.
Music for the high masses fol
lows:
Processional, “Silent Night”;
hymns before mass, “Gesu Bam
bino” and “Pietro Yon,” by the
choir; "Thou Art Come Little
Saviour,” vocal solo, by Miss
Kathleen Flood; “Lo, How a
Rose" and “Praetorius,” by the
choir. The mass. Propers. In
troit, “Dominus Dixit," by Tog
er; “Kyrie Gloria,” from Christ
mas mass, by A. J. Korman;
Gradual, “Tecum Principium,"
by Tager; credo, from Christmae
mass; offertory, “Laetentur
Coeli," by Toger; offertory an
them, "Adeste Fidelis,” arrang
ed by Novello; "Sanctus Bene
dicts Agnus Dei,” from Christ
mas mass; communion, “In
Splendoribres," by Toger, com
munion anthem, “Nino-Nana,”
by Mauro Cottone (Lorraine
Simonson, Bernadette Hynes,
Marde Birmingham, Nancy Be
lla); recessional, "Gloria,” a
French noel.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD: An
nual Christmas program will be
held on Friday evening, De
cember 23.
METHODIST: The Christmas
program, “Christmas Every
wnere,” will be presented Fri
day evening, December 23, at
7:30 p.m. At 11 a.m. Sunday
there will be a special Christ
mas worship service with spec
ial music by the choir.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN: An
nual Sunday - school Christmas
program will be given in the
church on Friday evening, De
cember 23 at 8 o’clock. Pro
gram will include a dramatiza
tion, "Why the Chimes Rang.”
Sunday morning, 11 o’clock,
special Christmas sermon and
anthems.
WESLEYAN METHODIST &
| CENTER UNION: The Sunday
schools combined in presenting
' a Christmas program at Wesle
yan Methodist church on Sun
| day evening, December 18.
CHAMBERS
METHODIST: There will be
no services on Christmas morn
ing.
A special candlelight service
is being planned by the choir
for Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.
The annual Christmas eve pro
gram will be presented by the
(Continued on page 5)
Postoffice Receipts
At All-Time High
Postmaster Agnes E. Sullivan,
of O’Neill, said late Wednesday
evening that postal receipts for
the month of December were at
an all-time high. However, Mrs.
Sullivan added it was too early
to determine the increase in pos
tal traffic over previous years.
Dr. Finley
Flies East—
Dr. W. F. Finley left Omaha
early Tuesday by air for Phila
delphia, Pa., where he will spend
Christmas. He will spend a por
tion of the holidays in Chicago^
111., and St. Paul, Mnn., return
ing to O’Neill in about two
weeks.