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VOLUME S3—NUMBER 47 _O'NEILL, NEBR., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950 ___ PRICE 7 CENTS
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Second and Third Wards List 2 Candidates
For Council Positions
O’Neill voters will trek to the polls Tuesday, April 4, in
a city and school election that promises to be only slightly more
interesting than usual.
The city will vote on a mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, 3
councilmen, police judge and 2 members of the board of education.
Eleven petitions were filed Friday—closing date for filing.
Candidates, all petition candidates, are:
For mayor—Jack E. Davis.
For city clerk—O. D. French.
For city treasurer—John C. Watson.
For councilman. First ward—L. M. Diehlman,
For councilman. Second ward—Tony Asimus and Raymond
Eby.
For councilman. Third ward—DeEtta Beilin and C. E. Jones.
For police judge—H. W. Tomlinson.
For board of education—L. A. Burgess and George Shoe
maker.
Incumbent Mayor H. E. Covne ,
was not a candidate for reelec
tion. A veteran of 18 years on
the city council and a term of
mayor in the 1930’s, Coyne was
“drafted” for mayor in an in
formal caucus in 1948 and was
subsequently elected. He suc
ceeded F. J. Dishner, who was
ill.
Jack E. Davis’s candidacy
was solicited by several mem
bers of the present city council
and a number of prominent citi
zens. He is junior partner in the
Midwest Motor Co., Ltd.
O. D. French and John C.
Watson, bank officers, are csm
didates for second terms as city
clerk and city treasurer, res
pectively.
L. M. Diehlman, who came to
O’Neill 2 years ago from Texas
to become manager of Tri-State
Produce, is the sole First ward
candidate for council. The posi
tion is being vacated by James
M. Corkle, who declined to run.
Corkle, a hatchery man and
feed store operator, has been
heading the St. Anthony’s hos
pital fund-raising drive and felt
he could not spare the time to
1 serve further on the city coun
cil.
Tony Asimus and Raymond
Eby are the Second ward
council candidates. A council
man will be selected to suc
ceed Merle Hickey, who is not
a candidate for reelection.
A woman has entered the pic
ture from O’Neill’s turbulent
Third ward. Mrs. DeEtta
(Charles) Beilin is a candidate
for the post being vacated by
James W. Rooney, who declmed
to run again this year.
H. W. Tomlinson is a candi
date for a second term as police
judge. During the past year the
post has been burdened with
considerably more court busi
ness than ever before in mod
am times.
All city vacancies are for
year-terms. The voting on the
school board members will be
for 3-year-terms.
L. A. Burgess, present chair
man of the board of education,
and George Shoemaker are can
didates to succeed themselves.
O’Neill’s municipal affairs are
curious in the respect that for
mal caucuses are not usually
held. Candidates’ names appear
on the ballot through the peti
tion process.
Petitions bearing names of
Davis, Diehlman, Asimus and
Jones were circulated and filed
simultaneously last Thursday
and Friday. Earlier, petitions in
behalf of French, Watson, Tom
linson, Burgess and Shoemaker
were circulated and filed.
Petitions for Beilin and Eby
were circulated and filed indi
vidually.
Polls will open at 8 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
Voting places are: First ward
Holt county courthouse base
ment; Second — A. Marcellus
garage; Third—City hall.
Final Hospital
Sketches Arrive
Final preliminary sketches for
St. Anthony’s hospital reached
O’Neill Wednesday.
Fund Chairman James M.
Corkle said that the architect,
Frank N. McNett, of Grand Is
land, had conferred Saturday in
Denver, Colo., with Mother
Erica, head of the Sisters of St.
Francis provincial mother house,
and her council.
Meeting of local, federal,
3tate officials and Mother Erica
has been scheduled for April 21
in O’Neill.
Construction is expected to
begin by July 1. When finished
the 40-bed hospital will cost in
the neighborhood of 400-thous
and-dollars.
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Until Easter
Fire Damages
Elite Cafe Here
Fire early Sunday morning
gutted the kitchen of the Elite
cafe here in the downtown sec
tion and caused considerable
damage to the dining room por
tion of the building. Miss Mary
G. Horiskey is owner of the
building and Max Berger is the
operator. No one was injured.
The blaze broke out in the
south part of the building,
where the kitchen is located,
sometime between 11:30 p.m.
Saturday and 12:45 a.m. Sun
day when the O’Neill volunteer
fire department was summon
ed.
The blaze spread rapidly but
it was confined to the kitchen.
Firemen brought the blaze
under control by 2:30 a.m., but
remained at the scene until
around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. A sub
sequent call at noon Sunday was
to extinguish some paper sacks
that were smouldering.
Firemen battled the flames
i with water from 3 sources.
Mr. Berger said he had
closed the cafe for the night
about 11:30 p.m.
Smoke and heat damaged the
north end of the building. The
fire had run from the kitchen
through the attic of the one
story frame structure to the
were singed by the blaze and
north end. Adjoining buildings
other buildings suffered smoke
damage.
Miss Horiskey and Berger
said Tuesday they did not have
an estimate of damage to the
building, which was covered by
insurance.
Fire Chief G. E. Miles esti
mated the loss would exceed 5
thousand-dollars.
Some tenants of nearby
buildings made preparations to
evacuate.
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BRIDGET CARR,
O’NEILL, DIES
Settled At Stafford After
Coining from Ireland
In 1893
Funeral services were held
here Monday at 10 a.m. from
St. Patrick’s Catholic church for
Mrs. Bridget Carr, a 74-year
nld resident of Holt county.
Very Reverend Timothy O’
Sullivan, church pastor, offici
ated and burial was in Calvary
•emetery.
Mrs. Carr died Saturday morn
ing at 8:30. She had been ill
since December.
Pallbearers were: Melvin Ru
zicka, P. B. Harty, G. E. Miles,
H. E. Coyne, Norbert Uhl, all
> of O’Neill; Joseph Gallagher
and John Gallagher, of Inman.
Bridget Carr was born at
Letterkenny, County Donnegal,
Ireland, on July 12, >1875. Her
husband-to-be, John Carr, came
to the United States some years
before and settled in Holt coun
ty shortly after Gen. John O’
Neill’s colony had arrived.
Carr returned to Ireland
and married Bridget Galla
gher on August L 1893. They
came to the United States and
to Holt county during the
same month in 1893. They
homesteaded on a ranch near
Stafford. Stafford was located
near the junction of highways
20 and 275. east of Inman. To
them 15 children were born.
Nine are deceased.
During 1920 the Carrs moved
i into O’Neill but retained the
ranch. Mr, Carr died September
5, 1930
The late Mrs. Carr was one
of the last of the original Irish
settlers of the O’Neill colony.
Survivors include: Daughters
—Mrs Fred (Ellen) Grage, of
O’Neill: Mrs. Lee (Mary) Lay
man, of Long Meadow, Mass.:
Mrs L. R. (Agnes) Sutcliffe, of
Rapid City, S. D.; Mrs. Charles
^Loretta) Shatto, of Penbrook,
Pa.; and Mrs. Max (Sheila) Wan
ser, temporarily living in O’
Neill; son—Emmet, of O’Neill;
23 grandchildren; 3 great-grnnd
children; sister — Mrs Ellen
: Haggerty, of New York, N. Y.
the FRONTIER’S EDITION -1950
Spring . , . that magic season when Mother Na
ture comes forth with her welcomed “new look" ...
is here!
In welcoming spring and the joyous Easter sea
son, The Frontier, in cooperation with most of O -
Neill’s leading business firms, presents this week its
annual Spring Edition. In it you will find 20 pages
jam-packed with the latest news, features and pic
tures from all comers of the O’Neill region, you 11
find all the latest shopping news wtth accent on the
fashions.
This big Spring Edition is entering more than
4,000 homes in the O'Neill trade territory—a warm
invitation to all to come to O’Neill . . . the Queen
City of North Nebraska . . . the little city that of
fers the shopping advantages of a big city.
Virtually every rural boxholder in Holt and Boyd
counties, as well as many in Knox, Antelope and
Rock counties, will receive a copy of this issue—the
compliments of the O’Neill business firms, whose ad- I
vertisements appear, and The Frontier.
O’Neill stores today are bulging with bright new
spring merchandise that has been painstakingly ac
cumulated through the long winter months. Most of
the merchandise was purchased last fall, shipped dur
ing January. February and early March.
Every member of the family will thrill in seeing
what the advent of spring has brought to O’Neill
stores and display windows.
The Frontier’s Spring Edition is an interesting,
entertaining preview of what’s in store for you on
your next trip to O’Neill. Consult its advertising col
umns as a guide to better buys for the Easter parade
... for the kiddies’ date with the bunny ... for the
table ... for the home ... for everything associated
with spring'
—The PUBLISHERS. j
OUTLAW GROCERY
ROBBERY SCENE
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‘Loss Heavy’ as Thugs
Crack Safe and Take
Cash, Bonds, Jewelry
Thugs gained entrance into
the New Outlaw Grocery some
! time Monday night or early
Tuesday morning, cracked the
j safe, and escaped with an undis
closed amount of cash, bonds,
! jewelry and some checks.
The robbers broke, into the
store by breaking a glass win
dow near a rear entrance. Thus,
i they were able to unlock the
i door and march in.
Employees opening the store
Tuesday morning discovered
that a cash register had been
rifled. Later, the cracking of
the safe was discovered.
Phil Cohn, proprietor of the
j store, promptly notified authori
ties and finger print experts
were called in from the Nebras- !
ka safety patrol and Federal i
Bureau of Investigation.
Cohn did not disclose the
extent of the loss but said it
was “heavy.”
Investigating officials were
confident the safe-breaking was
the work of professional thieves,
who operated methodically.
There has been a wave of simi
lar crimes in North Nebraska in
recent weeks, most of the jobs
were west of here.
Attendants at the New Deal
Oil Co. station nearby, manned
night-and-day, were not aware
that a robbery had taken place.
There was a strong wind
and weather was raw, thus few
persons could possibly have
heard the commotion.
Mr. Cohn pointed out that
much of the loot included
checks that had been passed at
the store during the weekend
and on Monday. He said auth
orities would appreciate any in
formation that might be gained
from any “irregular” clearing
of those checks. Stopping of pay
■ment of any of these checks
would aid in the pursuit of the
criminals.
Police Chief Chet Calkins
said it appeared that safe had
been forced with “bars and
other professional tools.”
25 O'Neill High Students
To Attend Meet—
Twenty-five O’Neill public
high school students will partic
ipate in an academic, music and
speech contest at Kearney Fri
day, March 31. The students will
be under the supervision of
Supt. Ira George.
The academic contest is based
on fundamentals of basic high
school courses. Music contest
will feature vocal as well as in
strumental divisions, for seniors
only.
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Go to Omaha—
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Ray went
to Omaha Sunday. _
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BUTTE CHAMPIONS . . .There was a double
top price of $675 for the grand champion bull
and reserve champion bull in Saturday’s Nio
brara Valley Hereford association sale at Butte.
One of the Fritz Bros., of Niobrara, exhibits
the champ, Sheridan Paladin 35th (at right)
and Fritz Lechtenberg, of Anoka, displays the
reserve, LH Invader. Other consignors were:
Albert Carson, of Redbird: C. J. Dopheide, of
Butte; A. M. Engelhaupt, of Butte; E. M. En
gelhaupt, of Butte; C. H. Fisher, of Spencer;
Louis Juracek, of Niobrara; Marvin Larsen, of
Butte; E. J. Lechtenberg, of Butte; Joe Lech
tenberg, of Butte; L. J. Lechtenberg, of Butte;
Henry Miksch, of Stuart; Riverview Hereford
ranch, of Butte; S. R. Robertson, of O’Neill, and
Walter G. Sire, of Butte—Raymer Studio Photo
for The Frontier.
After Aerial Tour of South America and
Caribbean, Dennis Murphy Quits Flying
Dennis F. Murphy, 59, O’Neill
farmer, late Monday returned
from a flying trip—literally —
to South America.
Mr. Murphy left O’Neill the
first of March for a visit with
a nephew, Donald Goff. 34, at
Texarkana, Tex Mr. Goff, who
has visited here several times,
is pilot of a huge passenger air
craft. He induced his grey-hair
ed uncle to accompany him on
a tour of South America.
Goff set the big plane down
at many points—"so many
places I can't remember them/'
explained Mr. Murphy.
The Holt farmer was given
an aerial glimpse of the mouth
of the Amazon river, which he
described as several miles in
width. They made several stops
in Brazil.
In South America he encount
ered a brother of Charley Peter
son, Atkinson rancher. A tour
ist, Mr. Peterson had left his
car in Texas. Later, Murphy and
Peterson reunited in Texas and
drove to Holt county together.
When Goff visited O’Neill
about 3 years ago he pursuaded
his uncle to “take a nop”—the
first flight for Mr. Murphy.
“It was a wonderful trip,” Mr
Murphy says, “but it’s my last.
No more flying for me!”
While he was in the sunny
clime, Mr. Murphy read of the
Hurricane Blizzard of March 7.
Despite the extraordinary pub
licity, Mr. Murphy said he was
proud to point out that the
town pictured on the front page
of the newspapers was “the
place where 1 was born.”
Mr. Murphy said he was
"surprised to find Brazilian
people so highly civilized."
Goff’s mother is the former
Leanor Murphy, who was also
reared at O’Neill.
Enroute back across the Car
ibbean sea, the party stopped
briefly in Florida. Mr. Murphy
said he had always heard a
great deal about Florida cattle,
but the milk cows he saw were
small—“I could lift one under
my arm.”
“They can have all of South
America, I’ll take Holt county.”
That’s the way Mr. Murphy ap
praised the country he saw on
a hurried tour of the Western
hemisphere.
300 Attend
Music Clinic—
PAGE — Approximately 300
people attended a high school
music clinic here in preparation
for a North-Central Nebraska
music contest that is scheduled
to be held at Norfolk the sec
ond week in April.
Clinic critics were Miss Rose
mary Vondracek, Miss Esther
Kinner, Miss Alice French and
Supt. Ira George, all of the O’
Neill public schools.
Frontier for all kinds of
printing . . . prompt deliveries
. . . reasonable prices.
Man, 70, Assaulted with Gun
William (“Bill”) Cuddy, a
bout 70, a longtime resident of
O’Neill who moved to Sioux
Falls, S. D., about 10 years ago,
was slugged with a pistol barrel
in a $180 holdup at Sioux Falls
on Tuesday night, March 21.
A 26-vear - old Tallahassee,
Fla., man later confessed to po
lice that he had committed the
: robbery at the Cecil Pfeiffer li
quor store where Cuddy was a
clerk.
Clemons T Davis is held on
| a first degree robbery charge.
Cuddv said the man accosted
him in the store shortly after 7
| p. .m., grabbed a fistful of bills
from the cash register and forc
ed him to walk into a parking
lot behind the building.
The intruder enforced his or
der by waving a .45 Colt auto
matic. While outside Cuddy was
hit on the head and dazed. That
was the last he saw of Davis
until recognizing him at the po
lice station.
Mis. Joe Maddox, of Sioux
Falls, entered the store as Cud
dy came back in with blood
streaming down the side of his
head. She called police and
Cuddy was treated at a hospi
tal.
Davis had his gun in his pock
et when the notion to hold up
the liquor store overtook him.
“I forgot what words I used
when I went in the place,” he
said "I let him (Cuddy) know
i it was a stickup.”
A man came in the store
while Davis was stuffing cur
rency into his jacket pocket.
| Davis pretended to be a “part
ner” standing by while the vis
itor made a purchase. Keeping
his weapon out of sight, he cau
tioned Cuddy “not to say any
thing.”
When the man was gone, Da
vis directed Cuddy through the
back door. As he raised his gun,
Cuddy begged, “Don’t hit an
old man and let him lay in the
aUey.”
“I said ‘Okay,’ ’’ Davis told
detectives, “but I hit him
twice.”
Mr. Cuddy’s wife died about
2 years ago. His daughter, Mrs.
John Jensen, resides near O’
Neill.
Mrs. Charles Shatto and 2
children flew from their home
in Pennsylvania to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Shatto’s moth
er, Mrs. Bridget Carr. Another
daughter and her husband, Dr.
and Mrs. L. R. Sutcliffe, of Rap
id City, S D, also attended the
funeral.
THEO. THORSON,
FARMER, DIES
Heart Attack Fatal To
Holt Resident of
31 Years
Theodore Thorson, 82, a res
ident of the O’Neill commun
ity for over 30 years, died Tues
day at 8 a.m. at his farm home
li miles north of here.
Thorson died suddenly of a
heart attack. He arose and
came downstairs for breakfast
and complained of feeling weak.
He died immediately.
Funeral services will be held
Friday, March 31, from the O’
Neill Methodist church. The
rites will begin at 2 p.m. and
Rev. V. R. Bell will officiate.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
The late Mr. Thorson was
born October 19, 1867, at
Sandnes, Norway. About 1898
he came to the United States.
On July 9, 1898, he married
Cora E. Thorson in South Da
kota and to them 3 children
were born. It is customary in
Norwegian families for the
sons to change their names.
They add the suffix “son” to
the surname of their father.
Thorson’s father’s first name
was Thore.
Mr. and Mrs. Thorson came
to Holt county from Meckling,
S. D., during 1919 and have
lived here since.
Survivors include: widow;
daughter — Mrs. Harold (El
nora) Hunt, of La Mesa, Calif.;
sons — Orville, of O’Neill; and
LaVerne, of Vermillion, S. D.; 1
grandchild and three sisters.
Drives Motorcycle
From California—
S/M Ronald Reed Tomjack,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tom
iack. arrived Saturday from the
Oakland naval hospital, Oak
land. Calif., to spend a 30-day
furlough with his parents. Tom
jack hadn’t seen his parents in
j 23 months.
He was accompanied by a
I f r i e n d, Daniel Maekall, of
j Johnstown, Pa., who was re
; eently discharged from the na
| vy after having served six
years. The boys travelled all the
way on their motorcycle. They
encountered snow in Wyoming
and had to push the motorcycle
three miles.
They visited Reed’s grandpa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tom
jack and A. E. Ponton, in Ew
ing Sunday.
MARKET’S FORMAL
OPENING TODAY
O’Neill Merchants Array
Prizes to Be Given
In Novel Manner
—
Formal opening of the O’Neill
Livestock Market’s new sales
pavilion today (Thursday) will
be heralded with a special live
stock sale and with a shower
of prizes that will be given to
farmers, ranchers and stockmen
attending the sale.
Over 70 prizes were donated
by O’Neill merchants to lend
color and enthusiasm to the
first sale to be held in the new
pavilion.
Distribution of the free gifts
will be on an alarm clock basis,
according to a spokesman for
the business firms.
The alarm clock will be set
at various intervals throughout
the sale. When the alarm rings
a free gift certificate is to be
awarded. Certificates with the
firm name on them will be ex
changed for a prize the mer
chant has made available Se
lection of recipients will be
done on a novel, spontaneous
I basis.
In addition to the lire*toe*
sales promotion, O'Neill mer
chants are holding a bargain
day merchandising event.
Bargains galore are offered by
O'Neill firms. (See page 18 for
bargain day advertisements.)
Although livestock sales were
resumed on Thursday, March
23, the formal opening of the
pavilion was held up until
'construction of the new frame
structure was completed The
original pavilion was destroyed
by fire February 18.
The new, 50- x 75-foot frame
structure has an increased seat
ing capacity of approximately
300 more persons. The old pa
vilion’s seating capacity was
near 650.
New auctioneering vantage
point has been moved to the
center of the south wall, be
tween the livestock in-and-out
doors. Formerly the stand was
on the east side of the sale ring.
Office, permanent wiring and
some inside cement work was
completed this week, according
to Leigh and Verne Reynoldson,
the managers of the market.
Shingling and siding also be
gan this week.
Contributing firms and prizes
are:
McIntosh Jewelry, alarm
clock: J. M. McDonald Co., man’s
hat; Spelts-Ray Lumber Co.,
1 gallon of yellow enamel; Big
lin Bros., bed lamp; McCar
villes', necktie
Shelhamer Foods, 50-pound
bag flour; Montgomery’s Hard
ware, 2-calf-eteria weaner pails;
New Deal Oil, five 10-pound
pails of gun grease.
Lohaus Motor Co., spring au
to cleanup kit; Coyne Hard
ware, $5 in trade; Green Arrow,
$5 in trade: Apparel Shop, 3
pair nylon hose; O’Neill Photo
Co,, 6 rolls black and white
film and 1 roll colored film;
Union store, gallon canned cher
ries.
(Continued on page 8)
Expect Good Cattle,
Hog Run for Sale
Verne and Leigh Reynoidson,
comanagers of the O’Neill Live
stock Market, said Wednesday
they expect the usual “strong
run” of hogs and some outstand
ing packages of cattle for the
formal opening sale today,
(Thursday.)
Already, several nice con
signments of steer calves, heif
ers and short yearlings are in.
Five registered, coming 2-year
old bulls have been consigned
by the C Bar M Hereford ranch
south of O’Neill. These bulls are
of the popular blood lines.
Also to be sold, are a 4- and
5-year-old Domino and regia
tered Hereford bull, respective
ly. The sale will get underwit?
at 12:30 p.m. \