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1,800 Musicians
Will Compete
17 Bands and 40 Glee
Clubs To Appear
April 12, 13, 14
—
Approximately 1,800 music
contestants are expected at the
O’Neill music contest on April
12, 13 and 14. Nearly that many
contestants were registered by
April 2 with at least 2 more
scnools expected to send en
tries.
• Seventeen bands and 40 glee
• clubs will appear on the pro
gram. There will be 225 aolos,
both vocal and instrumental,
and 105 small groups will also
be heard.
The piano contest will be
held on Wednesday, April 12,
commencing at 4 p. m.
All class C and D schools will
compete on Thursday, April 13,
and all class B schools will ap
pear on Friday, April 14.
Solos will be heard at the
morning sessions, small groups
and vocal large groups at the
afternoon sessions, and the
bands will compete at the eve
ning sessions.
' g The following 35 schools have
7 sent in their entries: Ainsworth,
Atkinson, Brunswick, Burwell,
Butte, Center, Chambers, Clear
water, Creighton, Elgin, Eric
son, Ewing.
Inman, Keya Paha county
high school (Springview), Long
Pine, Meadow Grove, Neligh,
Niobrara, Oakdale, O’Neill, Or
chard, Page.
rvociv. wuuiu>
(Bassett), Royal. Spencer, St.
Agnes academy (Alliance), St.
Frances de Chantel (Randolph),
St. Joseph’s hall (Atkinson), St.
Mary’s academy (O’Neill), St.
Patrick’s academy (North
Platte).
Tilden, Valentine, Verdigre,
WheeleT county high school
. (Bartlett), St. Ludgers academy
' (Creighton).
The contest judges are: Ed
ward Kurtz, chairman of music
department, Iowa State Teach
ers’ college instrumental
judge; Paul MacCollins, chair- j
man vocal department, instruct
or Morningside college, Sioux |
City, vocal judge; James M.:
Reistrup, Morningside college,
Sioux City, piano judge; and
T. J. Streira, also vocal judge,
chairman vocal music depart
ment, University of South Da- J
kota, Vermillion, S. D.
Supt. Ira George, of O’Neill
public school, contest manager,
has announced the following
facility committees:
General chairmen of local
arrangements: F. N. Cronin and
James W. Rooney; chairmen of
* door committee: Mrs. J. J. Ber
igan and Mrs. P. B. Harty;
chairmen of entertainment of
judges: Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Bur
gess; chairmen of good will j
committee: D. H. Clauson, Rev.
Ralph Gerber, Rev. V. R. Bell
and Rev. Alex Onak; chairmen
of stenographic committee: Ted
McElhaney and Mrs. Ira Moss.
Members of the district man
aging committee are: Greeley
Price, of Pierce, superintendent
of Pierce schools, chairman;
Melvin Olson, of Springview,
superintendent of Keya Paha
county high school, vice-chair
man; A. G. Peterson, of Plain
view, superintendent of Plain
view schools, secretary-treasur
% er; Ruthven C. Anderson, of
Madison, superintendent of
Madison schools, member of
board of control.
Tomlinson’s Sell
Bus Line Interest
Glen Tomlinson announced
Saturday that he had disposed
of his one-half interest in the
Rapid Transit bus lines, operat
ing between O’Neill and Nor- ,
folk. Tomlinson’s interest was■
purchased b y Rudolph and
Douglas Nuttelman, Norfolk
brothers.
► The Nuttelmans are sons of
the late Mahlon Nuttelman,
with whom Tomlinson founded
the Rapid line in 1930. At that
time 2 roundtrip schedules were
inaugurated, since increased to
3 round trips.
Line will continue to operate
as Rapid Transit and there will
be no change in schedule. Own
ership change was effective Ap
ril 1.
Mr. Tomlinson has not an
nounced future business plans.
Stores To Close
For 3 Hours '
O’Neill stores, offices and
shops will close at noon on Good
Friday, April 7, in accordance
with the usual custom of ob
serving the day. Doors will re
main closed for 3 hours, reop
ening at 3 o’clock.
ROLLIE PARKS JOINS
LLOYD COLLINS FIRMS
Rollie Parks, of Page, former
ly of Lynch and Orchard, has
joined Lloyd Collins Imple- j
ments, of O’Neill, as outside
salesman.
Mr. Parks is h veteran farm
machinery salesman, according
to Mr. Collins, and is well
known throughout the O’Neill
region.
WJAG . . . 780 on your dial.
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SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR
1ST . . . D. H. (“Den”) Mur
phy (above) returned Monday,
March 27, from an aerial tour
of South America and the
Caribbean. His nephew, Don
ald Goff, 34. of Texarkana,
Tex., is pilot of a 50-passen
ger craft, took his uncle along
on a whirl through Brazil, the
Amazon country and southern
states. In a story last week The
Frontier erroneously identi
fied Mr Murphy as Dennis
F. Murphy. The latter resides
in town, while Den farms and
raises livestock immediately
north of O’Neill.—The FYon
tier Photos.
ICE JAM ALLOWS
FISH TO ESCAPE
Fingerlings Sweep Down
River When Dam
Suffers Damage
ATKINSON — Recent ice
jams in the Elkhorn river on
Sunday, April 2, caused some of
the sheet piling at the dam at
Atkinson’s new recreation
grounds to give way.
Frank Brady, of Atkinson, a
member of the state game, for
estation and parks commission,
said the damage was “not too
extensive.’’
Carl F. Andersen, supervisor
of land and water for the com
mission, was here Tuesday to
make arrangements for needed
repairs.
The dam is located % mile
west of the Atkinson cemeteries
on the Elkhorn river The lake
was stocked writh fingerings
early in December, 1949. It
normally covers an area of
about 14!£ acres and contains
20 to 35 acre-feet of water.
When the ice caused the wa
ter to back up, the fish swam
merrily on dowmstream.
Lake probably will be re
stocked soon.
Geraldine Fredrickson
2d in Typing Contest—
Geraldine Fredrickson, daugh
ter of Janies G. Fredrickson,
placed second in a field of 80
in a speed typing contest Friday
at Grand Island.
Twenty-six O’Neill high school
students competed with 1.500
other students from 125 Nebras
ka schools in an all-day inter
high school scholastic competi
tion.
Five O'Neill contestants fin
ished in the first 10 of their re
spective divisions:
Leah Serck, American histo
ry: Paul Fetrow, world history;
fune Ernst, advanced algebra;
Irene Searles, normal training:
Claude Cole, typing II.
Four teachers accompanied
.he O'Neill group
Results of music and 1-act
play competition were not
known here until Wednesday
morning.
Frontier for printing.
Jones Wins Over Beilin, 84-83
WALTER SCOn
DIES SATURDAY
Lifelong Holt Resident,
III 15 Month-, Dies
At Sister’s Home
CHAMBERS — Funeral ser
vices were conducted at 2 o’
clock Monday afternoon, April
3, from the Methodist church
here for Walter Scott. 56, life
long Holt county resident. Mr.
Scott died about 2 a. m. Satur
day at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Duane Carson, west of
Chambers.
Burial was in the Chambers
cemetery.
The late Walter Scott was
born October 29. 1893, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Scott, at the
family place located 4 miles
west of here. He spent virtual
ly his entire life on the farm
where he was born. He was en
gaged in farming and trucking
as an occupation.
Mr. Scott’s father died in 1934
and his mother died in 1939.
He had been in ill health
for the past 15 months and in
critical condition for approx
imately 8 months.
Pallbearers were F. N. Cron
in, of O’Neill; George Atkinson,
Lyle Childers, Blake Ott, Henry
Walter, Alfred Walter, C. V.
Robertson and Lloyd Gleed, all
of the Chambers and Amelia
communities.
Survivors include; Brother —
Harry Scott, of Chambers; sis
ters — Mrs. John Harley, of
Grand Island, and Mrs. Carson;
3 nephews; 3 nieces.
A quartet composed of Leo
Adams, Mrs. Leo Adams, Mrs.
Letha Cook and Ernest Farrier
sang at the funeral rites.
Winner Line Rail
Service Disrupted
LYNCH—The North Western
train service on the Norfolk
Winner (S. D.) line has again
been delayed on account of new
washouts between Lynch and
Monowi. Resumption had been
anticipated Friday, but ice gor
ges and South Dakota snow wa
ter sent the Ponca creek out of
its banks over roads and tracks
again that day.
Saturday many Lynch resi
dents again moved out of their
homes when flood waters forc
ed them to evacuate.
It was the second successive
weekend that the Ponca went
on a rampage.
Dean Pern.', of Emmet, has
been transporting the mail from
O'Neill to Winner.
'Prairieland Talk'
Omitted This Week—
Romaine Saunders’s popular
“Prairieland Talk” column has
been omitted from this issue be
cause of the author’s illness.
Mr. Saunders wrote:
“For the second time this win
ter I have been the victim of the
‘flu.’ I’m now on the way back
to normal and will give ‘Praine
land Talk’ the usual attention.” |
Mr. Saunders resides at 4706
Meredith avenue, Lincoln 6.
Miracle of the Risen Christ will be observed
Sunday with special Easter worship services
throughout the Christian world. These mem
bers of First Presbyterian church's choir—
Miss Verle Ralya, alto; Miss Margaret Redd,
soprano, and Miss Maria Guthmillar. soprano
—will blend their aoices with hundreds of
others in Easter song. (See CHURCHES on
pages 10 and 11.)—The Frontier Photo.
Election at a Glance
1st W. 2nd W. 3rd W. Tot
For Mayor—
J. E. DAVIS .... 91 137 137 — 365
For City Clerk—
O. D FRENCH 131 185 166 — 482
For City Treasurer—
JOHN C. WATSON 127 174 155 — 456
For City Council—
L. M, D1EHLMAN 116 — 116
TONY ASIMUS 140 — 140
RAYMOND EBY 63 — 63
C. E. JONES 84 — 84
DE ETTA BELLIN 83 — 83
For Police Judge—
H. W. TOMLINSON . 120 173 145 — 438
For Board of Education—
L A BURGESS 111 135 138 — 384
GEORGE SHOEMAKER 112 158 141 — 411
Women Marooned
In ‘Sinking’ Car
ATKINSON—When the BiU
Vrooman car stal ed in a wash
out several miles south of At
kinson Thursday March 30, Mr.
Vrooman and his son, Bill, jr.,
started a search for a means of
removing it.
On their return, they found
that sand washing away had
let the front wheels drop and
jam the 2 front doors. Water
was high enough that it enter
ed the front seat.
Mrs. Vrooman and Clara
Deermer, of Atkinson, were
waiting in the car and were
pleased when help came to pull
the car backward from the
washout.
They returned home without
completing thei: journey.
NEW DEPUTY
A1 Sipes. 36, of O’Neill Sat
urday was named deputy by
Hoit County Sheriff A. B Hub
bard.
Married, Sipes has 4 children
—Janice, 10; Nancy, 8: Marlene.
6, and Albert, 5 Mrs. Sipes is
the former Maude Tomlinson,
of O’Neill
Recognition Day
To Be Held Today
The O’Neill t Chamber o f
Comerce will be* host to presi
dents of Women’s project clubs
in this area today (Thursday)
at the third annual rural Wom
en’s Recognition program
Women from Blaine. Boyd,
Brown. Cherry. Garfield, Grant.
Holt. Hooker, Keya Paha. Loup.
Rock, Thomas and Wheeler
counties have been invited. The
event will be held at the Am
erican Legion auditorium.
Mrs. M J. Golden and Mrs L.
M Diehlman are cochairmen of
the affair.
The day’s program:
Registration—10:30 a. m. to
11 a. m.
Shopping hours—11 a. m. to
12 45 p m.
Luncheon—1 p. m.
Featured speaker on the af
ternoon program will be Mrs.
Blanche Spann Pease, of Atkin
son. In addition, vocal and in
strumental numbers will be pre
sented by pupils from O’Neill
high school and St Mary’s acad
emy, of O’Neill
Original Blizzard
Writer Surrenders
The ‘ Mrs. W. H.," a Creighton
woman who touched off a live
ly exchange of letters in the
Omaha World-Herald’s Public
Pulse column, has surrendered
Shortly after the Hurricane
Blizzard 'Mrs.. W. H.” wrote
and complained that O'Neill had
grabbed all the blizzard publici
ty and ironically asked: “If O’
Neill had a blizzard what was it
i Creighton had?”
Ensued a series of letters in
which letter-writers from O’
Neill. Osmond and Omaha took
part. Incidentally, the letters
unanimously defended O'Neill’s
blizzard and publicity position
Friday’s World-Herald carried
i MrS. W H.’s” second letter in
' which she “concedes defeat”:
Creighton Surrenders
Creighton Nebr.: I am out
done. I quit. I concede defeat.
I throw in the glove where “The
O'NeUl” is concerned. Contrary
to Osmond’s notion, however,
we are not jealous of O’Neill
From nowr on the song shall
I go like this:
The storms are the noisiest,
The wind is the blowiest,
The snow is the heaviest
The rain is the wettiest:
That’s O’Neill' MBS M W
ROBBERY UNSOLVED . . . Authorities are
still pressing a search for the thieves who
broke into the New Outlaw Grocery in West
O’Neill late Monday. March 27, or early Tues
day. March 28. cracked a safe and escaped with
j: . gy ■, ..
loot. They took cash, bond. . checks and jewel
ry. Police Chief Chet Calkins said the work
l was probably that of "professional thugs.”
Owner Phil Cohn described the loss as 'heavy.”
The Frontier Photo by John H McCarville
J. E. ("Jack") Davis ... O'
Neill's new mayor.
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L. M. ("Mike") Diehlman . .
. . . newcomer to city becomes
First ward councilman.
C. E. Jones . . . victor over
wcnnn candidate in "Turbu
lent Third." Tony Asimus.
new Second ward councilman
was out of the city and pho
tograph was not available.
GRASS FIRE
Fire starting from the city
| dump east of O’NeiLl Wednes
day morning burned a quarter
j mile strip 200 feet wide of a
meadow belonging to Lloyd
Gibson, of O’Neill. O’Neill vol
unteer fireman answered the
all at 11:15 a m
Recount Necessary Before
Winner Is Determined;
Davis ‘ Neu Mayor
O'Neill's turbulent Third
ward ran true to form Tuesday
and packed more interest than
all the other municipal ballot
i ing combined.
In the "Bloody Third" it was
i C. E. Joney Central Finance
i Cum manager, vs. Mrs. De Et
ta Beilin, housewife and paper
: hanger. Jones won by a slender
| 1-vote count.
The election board at the ci
ty hall, working behind closed
doors, counted the ballots twice
and found a deadlock at 83-all.
On the third count, Jones was
£ju£,d t0 haye a 1-vote lead—
! 84-83.
The interest mounted as the
day progressed and by 4 p.
m. baby sitters and transpor
tation were made available
to vote prospects.
Both Jones and Beilin were
petition candidates.
J. E. (“Jack") Davis, 40, jun
ior partner in Midwest Motor
Co Ltd., was elected mayor,
while L. M Diehlman, Tri-State
Produce manager and a resi
dent of the city only 2 years,
‘.nd Tony Asimus, prominent
;Vest O Neill businessman and
armer, join Jones as new mem
bers of the council.
uavis succeeds H. E. Coyne,
hardware dealer, veteran coun
cilman and mayor who was not .v
a candidate for reelection;
Diehlman supplants James M.
Corkle, hatchery and feed store
operator who was not a candi
date: and Jones succeeds James
M. Rooney, O’Neill Production
Credit secretary, also not a
candidate
Davia and Diehlman were
unopposed. Also unopposed on
the ballot were O D. French,
for city cierk; John C. Watson,
for city treasurer; H W. Tom
linson, for police judge; L. A.
Burgess and George Shoemak
er. for O’Neill board of educa
! tion.
Asimus was opposed by Ray
mond Eby in Second ward city
council balloting. Asimus poll
ed 140 votes, Eby, 63.
A mild "write-in” movement
developed for mayor late in the
day in behalf of Bennett Gilli
gan. O’Neill druggist. Gilligan,
who was reared in O'Neill and
returned to the city 18 months
ago to enter business, collected
25 votes in the First ward. 54
in the second and 3 in the Third,
totaling 82.
J. H Carney counted 9
“write-in" votes for police judge
in the first ward.
Keeping with recent tradi
tion. all printed names on the
ballot were petition candi
dates. No caucuses were held.
Petitions on behalf of French,
Watson. Tomlinson, Burgess
and Shoemaker were circulat
ed and filed simultaneously a
bout 10 days before filing dead
line. Later, petitions in behalf
of Davis. Diehlman, Asimus
and Jones* were circulated and
filed. Petitions bearing names
of Eby and Beilin were circu
j lated and filed individually.
Atkinson's Third
At Half-Strength—
ATKINSON — Atkinson’s
Third ward voted at about half
strength Tuesday, giving H J.
! O’Connor a 107-88 edge over
Fred R Mack.
Francis D. Lee. attorney, be
1 eornes Atkinson’s new mayor,
, defeating Dr W J. Douglas
I 223-164 Douglas served as may
I or for many years, retired, then
I was elected again in 1948 for a
I 2-year-term. Lee was endorsed
j by the Peoples party, Douglas
; by the Citizens.
I. R. Dickerson collected 336
votes and H A. Snyder gather
ed 333 Both endorsed by both
aueuses thev were returned to
their offices for another term,
Newell Pock defeated Fred
Hitchcock, 235-’49, for police
magistrate: W P Carroll, unop
•id p-snaged ^122 ballots for
justice of the peace.
R O. Jarvis, Peoples party,
won over Arthur Humpal, Citi
zens party, 68-48 for councilman
in First ward. C. C Raymer re
ceived 66 votes and was unop
-i,v?.»d in Second ward council
balloting
N P McKee and James w.
(Continued on page 4)
Start Building
New Church Soon—
CHAMBERS—About 40 mem
bers of the Baptist church were
on hand Thursday, March 36,
when the work of razing the
old church building commen
ced
Plants are complete for the
erection of a new brick and tile
building