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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1950)
2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES SECTION I — PAGES I -8 f ! North-Nebraska’s F astest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 69_NUMBER 41 O’NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950_ _PRICE: 7 CENTS Hereford Sale Tops Calendar _ < Ca>llins, Jutte, Ernst and ** David Also List Sales With The Frontier Next 10 days are Jam-packed with sales ranging from a regis tered Hereford sale to a gigan tic machinery auction and 3 prm sales in between, f First sale on The Frontier’s #ale calendar is the annual gjring sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association to be held Saturday, February 18, at the O’Neill Livestock Mar ket. Show will begin at 10 a.m. and the sale will start at 1:30 Included in the offering, ac cording to Sale Manager James IV Rooney, of O’Neill, are 57 bulls and 20 females. These in clude 4 aged bulls, 9 two-year old bulls, 12 senior two-year-old bulls, 11 junior two-year-old -bulls, 5 yearling bulls, 16 bull calves, 2 two-year-old heifers and 18 heifer calves. These Hereford* come from the following lines: Prince Dominos, Mischiefs. Thicksets. Regents. Anxieties, North Stars. Stanways, Paladins, Pioneers. Via Carlos, WHR's, Caspers, Lamplighters and Aladdin*. * Charles Corkle will be auc tioneer and Emil Rezac, Tabor, I S. D , is judge. Cattle will be judged but cattle lacking qual ity and breed characteristics will not be sold. Breeders selling in the sale are: Francis Andrei, of Inman; D. F Bowen & Son, of Page; Albert Carson, of Redbird; S. S E. Dexter, of Amelia; Forrest Farrand, of O’Neill; Ray Hoff man, of Chambers; Clarence Ernst, of O’Neill; Emil Klaben es, of Ewing; Edward Krugman, of O’Neill; Harlan Larson, of Ewing; Hen-y Miksch, of Stu art; Arthur H. O’Neill & Sons, of O’Neill; C V. Robertson, of Chambers; Elwyn Robertson, of Chambers; George Rowse, of Chambers; George Rowse & Son, of Chambers; Zane Rowse, of Chambers; Vem Sageser, of Amelia; C F Small & Sons, of Amelia, Marvin Snyder, of Page; Ben Turek, of Amelia; Harold Van Vleck & Sons, of Clearwater; Joe M Wadsworth, of Spencer: Whitaker & Whit aker, of Chambers and Henry Wood, of Ewing Five hundred 28-page 2 oolor catalogs mere printed by The Frontier for the Hereford aaaociatioia. In addition. The Frontier has provided 2-color posters, radio and newspaper advertising in "package** form. Laurence Buller and Hi Mack ey will be fieldmen at Satur day's sale, which is expected to attract a large crowd. Lloyd Collins Implements, of O’Neill, will hold another big new and used machinery auction on Saturday. February 25. Sale will feature 30 new and used tractors and hundreds of other miscellaneous items. (See -ad vertisement on page 8 and news story elsewhere on this page.) Three farm sales are booked on The Frontier’s “package" sale calendar. Ralph L Ernst, who recently moved to Miltonvale, Kans., will 'sell his personal property at auction on Tuesday, February 21 Place is located 20 miles north of O’Neill on highway 281. Included is a complete line of v'nn machinery and some Vtousehold goods. Col. Ed Thor in, of Chambers, is auctioneer. (See advertisement on page 6.) William Jutte. well-known Chambers farmer, will hold a cleanup farm sale at his place, located 12 miles south and 2 miles west of O'Neill on Wed nesday, February 22. bale will begin at noon and lunch will be served by the Lutheran Ladies I Aid. Mr. lutte will sell 45 head of Angus cattle. This herd has been culled for 37 years and consists of some of the finest big-boned Angus cows in the country. In addition, he will | » sell 8 head of horses, 17 head of shoats. some prairie hay, machinery and equipment and some household goods. Thorin is the auctioneer and Leo T. Adams, also of Chambers, will clerk. (See advertisement on page 7.) On Friday, February 24, Verle David will sell personal prop erty at the place located 2 miles north and 2 Vs miles east of Chambers Offering includes 6 head of cattle, some practical ly new and some used farm ma chinery. David is moving from the farm into town. Colonel Thorin is the auctioneer and Mr. Adams will clerk. (See adver a tisement on page 4.) Red Crow Drive To Begin Soon EMMET—Mrs Guy O. Cole, of Emmet, chairman of the Holt county American Red Cross drive "for 1950. said Wednesday the drive would begin soon. hew patrolman A new Nebraska safety pa trolman has been assigned to O’Neill. He is Patrolman Frank Dineen. He will serve with Pa trolman Faye Robeson, who has been stationed here for several fears I August Primary Filings Continue August primary election fil ing continued thi? week as 3 more people posted their fees. The new filings are: Esther Cole Harris, of O’Neill, incumbent registrar of deeds, Republican, filed February 21. Andy Clark, of Grattan town ship, incumbent, supervisor from tne Third district, posted his fee February 9. John Grutsch, of O’Neill, fil ed February 10, for county clerk, Grutsch filed on the Democratic ticket. Filings have mounted to 23 with this week’s entries. Thus far 7 have filed for county sheriff—4 Republicans and 3 Democrats; 2 have filed or supervisor from the Seventh ! district—a Republican and a Democrat; 3 have posted their fees for the state legislature (28th district); 1 has filed for I county attorney on the Repub- j lican ticket; 4 have posted their j fees for assessor —2 Democrats ! and 2 Republicans; 1 besides ; Grutsch has filed for county | clerk, on the Republican ticket; j and 1 each, Republican, for county treasurer and clerk of e district court. EDWARFSTRACKE STROKE VICTIM Stuart Man, 63, Dies At The Wheel Of a Pickup Truck STUART — Edward Stracke, :s. died Monday morning about 11:10 o’clock while driving a rorkup truck into Stuart. His brother, George Stracke, was with him. Mr Stracke, who lived in Stu rt, had gone to the ranch about 2 miles from Stuart to feed cat tle and was returning from the country when the heart attack occurred. He had been “ailing some" recently, relatives said, and “was not feeling well” earl ier in the morning. He retired from the farm and moved into town about 5 years ago. A rosary service was held Monday evening at the Coats funeral chapel. Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock Wednes day morning in St. Boniface Catholic church and burial was in St. Boniface cemetery. Rev. Urbanski, of Emmet, officiated in the absence of Rev A. J. Pas chang, who is in a Yankton hos pital Sur^i'Tor* include: Widow; daughters — Mrs. George (Mary) Wallinger and Mrs. Stanley (Charlotte) Cobb; son — LaVern. all of Stuart; brothers—George and Fred, both of Stuart. The late Mr. Stracke was born in Rock county, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stracke. He was reared in Rock county. His widow is the former Ethel Greenfield. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cobb were enroute home from Chica go. Ilk, when Mr. Stracke was stricken. They learned of the death upon their return to Stu art. Collins Schedules Machinery Auction Lloyd Collins, head of Lloyd Collin.- Implements in O’Neill, as announced that he will con- , iuct another big new and used machinery auction. Date set is Saturday, February 25, Sale will begin at 12:30 p.m. and will be held at the east edge of the citv on highways 20 and 275. Mr. Collins said he arranged for the sale in response to many requests. In November. Mr. Col lins ran a similar sale that was acclaimed “a great success.” Billed as a pre-inventory sale, the event attracted buyers from several states. “Next week’s sale promises to be as big, if not bigger,” Mr. Collins said Wednesday while making final arrangements with The Frontier for handling all the advertising. This includes huge posters, newspaper and radio announcements. Many O’Neill merchants are joining in a bargain day pro motion for that date—Saturday', February 25—coinciding with .the Collins sale. Full details, in cluding a listing of all the ma •hinery and farm equipment and scores of bargain aay spec- ! i; Is, will be found in the Febr- j wary 23 issue of The Frontier. 80 Names Drawn By Board— The Holt county board of su- ; per visors recently drew 80 names from which will be se- . lected the March district jury panel, according to District Judge D. R Mounts. The jury term is scheduled to get started March 6, Mounts 1 said. The panel members must ‘ be chosen 10 days prior to the beginning of the term 11 INCHES SNOW BLANKETS HOLT Contains Much Moisture; Crewe Clear Highways And Streets Scenes reminiscent of the blizzards of 1948-’49 blew mto Holt county and the O’Neill re gion Saturday and Sunday. Some roads were partially blocked and some communica tions were disrupted. Balmy, springlike tempera tures disappeared Saturday aft ernoon about 1:30 when snow began to fall. Snow fell almost continuously until early Mon day morning. During that time the O’Neill region received ap proximately 11 inches of snow. Other parts of the county re ported from 9 to 11 inches of snow. The Celia community, north of Atkinson, reported about a 10-inch snow with no drifting. J. D. Osenbaugh, resident en gineer for the state department of roads and irrigation, said Monday that drifting had oc curred along all main highways. Maintenance crews worked Sun . iay and by Monday at 9 a.m. j ighway 20, wast of O’Neill, was open to Valentine. East of O - Neill on highway 20, snow clear ing crews had some difficulty before they conquered an 18 inch drift about a half-mile long The drift started at a point 3 miles east of O’Neill. Highway 20 east was opened by noon. Osenbaugh said. Highway 281 north and south of O’Neill had minor drifts on ft but traffic was not delayed i-n those roads. Some new drifting occurred Monday night but by Wednes day evening maintenance crews had cleared all main highways and secondary roads. Spokesmen for bus com panies running in and out of O'Neill reported that most busses were running behind schedule Sunday and Monday with 4 runs being cancelled. Sunday evening and Monday morning runs to Sioux City and Norfolk were cancelled. How* ! ever, all busses are now on I schedule. Chicago & North Western railroad officials said both pas senger and freight trains were running slightly behind sched ule Sunday evening and Mon day morning | City crews have been clearing j snow from the city streets. Some rural schools did not | hold classes for the day and I various clubs and groups were ! forced to postpone meetings be 1 cause of the adverse weather I and road conditions. Orchard Man Creates Violin ORCHARD — Phil Burton, ot Orchard, has made for him | self a violin on which he al ready has played several ”oon certs.” Tht; crudte instrument was fashioned from an abaci j doned apple crate. He is using conventional violin strings and a regular bow. Andy Schacht. of O’Neill, (on pole) and Thomas Courtney, of Lynch (at base of pole) are shown "tying-in" the Mrs. Alice Matthews farm for electricity from the REA lines. Presi dent William Blakkolb, of Naper. president of . .mi Minimum I the Niobrara Valley Electric Membership cor poration, is shown (inset) connecting the meter. Ceremony marked beginning of rural electrifi cation in Holt county. (See story below.)—The i Frontier Photo*. CHAMBER HEARS i M A1L REPORT Survey Satisfies Postal Official Who Will Recommend Delivery The Chamber of Commerce in regular monthly session Tuesday noon at Slat’s cafe heard a report from A. E. Bow en, member of the Chamber’s mail deliver committee. Bowen pointed out that a par tial house-to-house and busi ness-to-busineas survey showed an "overwhelming desire" for mail delivery service in the city. Three hundred and fifty family heads and firm heads have in dicated a desire for this service, Mr. Bowen said J. C. Shoep, of Norfolk, pos tal inspector for this region, will recommend to the postmaster general that mail delivery be provided in O’Neill, Bowen re ported. Meanwhile, citizens wanting service will have to provide their own mail boxes, mark . their own houses with num hers, the city will have to mark streets, etc. This will take considerabh preparation and planning,” \i Bowen reported. Mail delivery as it is planned will not embrace the entire rity, Mr. Bowen said. The s< rvice will he provided in the business dis trict and 2 blocks south of Doug las street from one end of the ity to the other. Service will extend 3 blocks north of Doug ‘as street except in the Ford’s park area, where it will be con (Continued on page 4) Rural Power Comes to Holt A brief, simple ceremony at 11 a.m. last Thursday, Febru ary 9, marked the coming of rural electrification to Holt county. Setting was the Mrs. Alice Matthews farm, 1 xh miles north cast of O’Neill. Two REA linemen accom plished the “tie-in” of the Mat thews farm to the REA line that passes the Matthews place. A "step-down" transformer was booked up, reducing the high voltage to 110-volts for domestic use. At the same time, President William Blakkolb, of Naper, president of the Niobrara Val ley Electric Membership cor poration, connected the meter m a symboic gesture. About 40 persons witnessed the ceremony, which was arranged by Ed Wil son, Niobrara manager. Eight other farms along the same line, in the vicinity north and east of O'Neill, were hooked up the same day. By Wednesday. 35 farms had been connected. Several O’Neill appliance ! dealers were on hand at the i Matthews farms with electrical displays. Several numbers of the Nio brara’s board of directors— m eluding Carroll O'Neill, of O’ Neill, Vern Sageser of Amelia, Joseph Rocke of Spencer; Har ry J . Ressel, of O’Neill; Charles Mulford, of Stuart and John T. Murray, of Spencer, attorney — were present for the informal ceremony. Eventually, officials said, they hope to have a “majority” of Holt countv farmers energized by REA JOHN KROHN, 62, FARMER EXPIRES Funeral I>clayed 24 Hours Because of Weather Conditions Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Biglin Bros, funeral home here for John Krohn, 62, a far mer. Rev. V. R. Bell officiated and the body was taken to El gin for burial. Originally the services hac. been scheduled for Monday morning, but because of adverse weather conditions, the rites I were delayed for 24 hours. Mr. Krohn died early Friday morning at a hospital here Pallbearers were: Fred Grage, Den H. Murphy, William Han ley, William Kraft, Fred Carey and Ralph Van Buren, all of O’Neill The late Mr. Krohn, who had never married and was a vet- j • ran of World War I, was born October 15, 1887, at Elgin. He was a son of the late John and Mergratha Krohn. He came to Holt county dur inn 1342 from Madison. Since coming to Holt he had been farming a place 2 miles east ;nd 1 mile north of here. Survivors include: brothers Cluis Krohn, of Portland, Ore.; Harry Krohn, of Madison; Roy. of Norfolk; sisters Mrs. Carrie Harbottle, of Albion, and Mrs Giatha Kinkly, of Norfolk Z. G. Butterfields Wed Half-Century VENUS — Mi and Mrs. Z.\ G. Butterfield, of Venus, will | observe their golden wedding , anniversary at their home on j Sunday, February 26 A dinner will be served at 12 o’clock noon to the children, brothers, sisters, and other near relatives. Between 2 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon and between 7 , and 10 o’clock in the evening the Butterfields will observe open house. The Venus couple has two , children: Elven A. Butterfield, of Neligh who is Antelope coun ty attorney, and Mrs. Frank , Reed, of Lincoln The Butterfields still reside ; on the place they brought in ! the spring of 1900 when they I were married. They have resid ! ed there continuously. - — - -__ Benefit Basketball Games Tonight Two benefit basketball games ire on tap tonight (Thursday) in the O’Neill high school gym nasium. Gaines are under the -ponsorship of the Lions club. In a preliminary, beginning at 7:30 o’clock, the O’Neil! Irish seconds will tangle with the Clearwater Towners. In the main event, beginning at 8:45, the O'Neill Irish, speedy ama teur outfit, will entertain the Winner (S.D ) Aces. Two more benefit games, al so Lion-sponsored, are set for | Sunday, February 19. The O' Neill Irish will meet the Atkin ' son Towners at 2:30 p.m., and the Irish seconds will square off against the Lynch Towners at ' 3:45 p m. (For further details see ad vertisement oc page tl.) Valentine's Day Brings Memories. By MRS. R. J. HERING Special Correspondent ORCHARD — Valentine dis- j plays in shop windows is a chal- j lenge to youngsters and teen- j agers to remember loved ones, friends and sweethearts. But Valentine’s day, 1950, brought memories to Mrs. Dora Walmer, now in her 78th year.. Turning the pages of the old Bible, a gift from her parents on her wedding day 55 years ago—May 12, 1895, Mrs. Wal mer found two yellowed enve- ■ lopes. Thicked away in each was a lacy Valentine in pink, white and blue. One bore the inscrip tion “From John to Dora.” and the other “From Dora to John,” each dated in 1895, 3 months be fore their marriage. Let us peep inside the lacy cover to see what young men of a half-century and more ago were thinking: LOVE I need not declare it, already you know, I love you, I love you' For joy or for woe. • For joy if you love me, ! O idol of mine; For woe if you leave me In anguish to pine. And since we have dared to read this tender message, we shall be bold enough to read the message from Dora to John TRUE LOVE I love you with a fond love, I give you my first vow. I’ll never love another. If you forsake me now Ah! No; if you desert me, ’Tis the end of joy for me, My first love, and my last love, All! All: I give to thee. Beautiful words were these ’ end the sincerity implied was never to be doubted for the mar riage endured for almost 50 1 years. John died two years prior to the golden wedding date. Her parents left the farm later on and moved to O'Neill when she was 15-year»-oldL said Mrs. Walmer. She enter ed school and it was there she later became acquainted with the young man, her brother s friend, who was to become her husband. Mrs Walmer’s father, George Jones, operated a livery barn in | O'Neill for several years. Recalling her wedding day, i she stated that she was married j on May 12, 1895, at high noon in the Methodist church, Rev. E. E. Hosman officiating Her broth er, Charles Jones, and Mr. Wal mer’s sister, Lou (now Mrs. Charles Kinman, of Colorado Springs, Colo.) were witnesses. Her husband had the home ready and it was there the brid al party went for dinner. O’Neill and Holt county con tinued to be their home for a number of years. Her husband was employed first by the Ga lena Lumber Co. and worked his way up to be head man Lat er, he operated the Stillwell ranch, 17 miles from Ewing and was there for 11 years. Returning to O’Neill he op j erated a dray line and bought I coal and hay Later, said Mrs. W aimer, he bought a farm which he eventually traded lor a store in Orchard which was known as Walmer’s general mer chandise store. Still later, and within the memory c f most folks in the Orchard community, the Walmers operated a bakery in Orchard where Mrs. Walmer plied her culinary skill in mix mg up pic dough and batches of I cookies and cakes too numerous j to mention She recalls one afternoon when she made 27 pies. "I was so tired of pie I never wanted to see another one!" she ex plains. In later years the Walmer greenhouse attracted widespread attention. The construction of the building was most unique and was effected by using glass from the doors and windshields of junked cars. In speaking of this last ven ture, Mrs. Walmer said, “1 planted 48 peach trees. At the end of 5 years we gathered 20 bushel of beautiful fruit.” Mrs. Walmer’s husband died in 1943. Then she disposed of the greenhouse to Mr. and Mrs. Venticher, who operate it. Mrs. Walmer has 6 children: Mrs. Rollie (Blanche) Brittain, of Keystone, S. D.; Mrs. A. L. (Lila) Hamilton, of Santa Cruz, Calif., John, of Royal; Hom er, of Spencer, la.; Mrs Gordon (Doris) Blenderman, R. N., of Sioux City; and Laurence, of the , army, stationed in Washington i D. C. She also has 10 grand ; children, and 4 great -grand - (Continued on page 10) CHURCH FILLED FOR FUNERAL iiurial at Hassett for Mrs. Fredrickson, 35, Mother of 4 An overflow crowd of rela tives and friends Sunday gath er ed at the Methodist church to attend funeral services for Mrr James G. Fredrickson, 35, O' Neill housewife and mother of 4 children. Mrs. Fredrickson was found dead in the basement of the ianiily home on East Douglas street when children returned from school Thursday afternoon, February 9. She died from sejf •nflicted shotgun wounds. County Attorney William W. Griiiin. acting as coroner, in vestigated. Me said Mrs. Fred rickson had left a note and an nounced there would be no inquest. Rev. V. R. Bell, Methodist church pastor, officiated in the 2 p m. tiuieral rites directed by Biglin Bros. Despite the heavy snowfall, the church could not accommodate the persons who came to pay final respects. Reverend Bell said “Mrs. Fredrickson was a kind and loving mother and her departure is a severe loss to the family . . she will be missed by a large circle of near relatives and friends.” Burial was in the Bassett cemetery. Pallbearers were: Harry Gorbal, of Bassett; Gene McDermott, of Long Pine, Ar thur Rurode, of Ewing; Earl Bauld, William Brewster, Virgil Laursen. Lee Blake and George Layh, all of O’Neill. The late Mrs. Fredrickson, daughter of Frank and Erie Fern Moore, was born at New port on January 9, 1915. She was reared at Newport and gradu ated from the Rock county high school at Bassett. On June 15, 1932, she married James G. Fredrickson in a nup I t/al rite that took place in O’ Neil!. They became the parents of 4 children. Geraldine, Gene, Carol and James Allen The family lived at Bassett for sev eral years during which time the 3 oldest children were born. In the spring of 1946 Mr. Fredrickson moved bis fam ily to O'Neill where he as sumed management of the livestock market, which he designated as the Fredrickson Livestock Commission com pany. On December 1, 1949. he relinquished management of the market and prepared to move to a ranch near New port. Survivors include; Widower; daughters-—Geraldine and Car ol; sons—Gene and James Al len; mother—Mrs. Frank Moore, of Bassett; brothers — Glenn Moore, of Mariavilte, Dean Moore and Hugh Moore, both of Newport; sisters—Mrs. Rob ert (Elva) Clausen, of Omaha, [ and Mrs. Walter (Grace) John son. of Newport. She was a member of the O - | Neill Methodist church, having transferred her membership i horn the Bassett Methodist I church in December, 1946 Mr Fredrickson had taken i Mrs. Fredrickson’s mother, Mis. Moore, back to Bassett the day I of the tragedy and he had not 1 returned when it occurred. Mis. j Moore had been at the Fredrick son home for several days. On Saturday. January 14, Mr. and Mrs. Fredrickson became the parents of a son, James Al len. born in a Bassett hospital. Efficient Firemen Prevent Big Loss CHAMBERS — The Cham bers fire department was call ed to the Wayne Smith home 1 mile south of Chambers last Thu.sdrn evening, February ft Mr. Sin.ith ha3 taken a lan vrn and placed it on the ground several feet from the oil barrels, from which he was getting trac tor fuel and putting into the traitor. Another barrel, which had not been in use since last summer, suddenly exploded. Tre fire caught in the trees near by and also along the corn crib near the barrels. The esr in the corncrib was burned oft one side. The quick work of the fire department, which was on th* _ scene in a matter of minutes, 1 saved the family serious loss. Go to Omaha Mr. and Mrs- H. EL Coyne de parted early Wednenky for O maha where they will attend a state hardware dealers' con vention