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VOLUME 70—NUMBER I _ O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. MAY 11. 1950 ~~ PRICE 7 CENTS
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Yeggs Fail in
PO Break-In
Gain Entrance Thru Postmaster’s Window;
Blasting Powder Fails on Vault
A bold breakin at the O’Neill postoffice during the early
hours Saturday netted thugs no cash and a lot of headaches.
They gained entrance into the government building by break
ing an east window in the office of Postmaster Agnes E. Sullivan.
From the postmaster’s office they moved into the grilled finance
section and from there assaulted the safe.
The dial was knocked off but the vault failed to yield.
Finally, a charge of blasting powder was touched off—still no
results. Apparently the frustrated yeggs abandoned the idea
and left via the same route they entered.
G. C. Schoep, of Norfolk, a postoffice department inspector,
estimated the breakin occurred sometime between 1 and 3 a.m.
n _i a
wno came to UJNeilr
several hours after the incident
and has been here since help
ing with the investigation, de
clared “no cash . . . not a thing”
was taken.
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion agents and U. S. postoffice
’.nspectors came to the scene
immediately, some of them by
air.
Until presstime Wednesday
they would make no comment
concerning progress of the
investigation.
Late Monday, March 27, or
early the following day robbers
| gained entrance into the New
Outlaw Grocery in West O’Neill
and escaped with a loot of cash,
bonds, checks and jewelry.
Techniques in both instances
were believed to be similar.
The postoffice breakin was
discovered by 2 employees who
opened the office about 7 a.m.
They reported the incident to
the Holt county sheriff’s office
and to the postmaster.
Two holes, about 2 inches in
diameter, were made in a win
dow in the northeast corner of
the building.
Hospital Contracts
To Be Let June 8
Specifications for O’Neill’s
new 35-bed, 400-thousand-dol
lar hospital are on file at the
office of Frank N. McNett and
Co., architects, in the Clinic
building, Grand Island.
James M. Corkle, chairman
of the St. Anthony’s building
committee, said Wednesday that
anyone wishing to submit
bids on construction and equip
ping the new hospital may se
cure necessary information from
Mr. McNett.
Date for the contract letting
has been set for Thursday, June
8, at St- Mary’s academy.
Only part I of the hospital’s
j equipment will be contracted
for at this time. This includes
“permanent” equipment such as
garbage disposal, laundry equip
ment, hot water heaters, etc.
Heating fixtures and equip
ment comes under the plumb
ing contract.
Hospital beds, furniture and
other “loose furnishings and
equipment” will be contracted
for at a later date, Corkle ex
plained.
HEA Holds First
Annual Banquet
First annual banquet of the
Holt county educational assoc
iation was held Friday at the
' American Legion auditorium
here.
Featured speaker on the pro
gram was Neal Gomon, field
man for the Nebraska school
education association.
Fifty-nine rural teachers at
tended. However, Miss Elja Mc
Cullough, Holt county superin
tendent of public instruction,
said inclement weather and ad
verse road conditions restricted
attendance.
Toastmaster was Mrs. Jeanne
Livingston. Other teachers on
the evening’s program includ
ed: Twila Whaley, Greeting;
Mae Hanel, Answer; Maxine
Bauer, Narrative; Leslie Sweet,
► Song, “I Want A Girl”; Barbara
Trowbridge, New and Old
Songs; Etha Walters, Everyone
Enter; Inez Weichman and De
loris Karo, Timely Tunes; and
Eileen Krysl, song, “Enjoy
Yourself.”
Present officers of the HE A
are:
Twila Whaley, president; Gen
evieve OTNeill, vice-president;
Barbara Trowbridge, secretary;
Jeanne Livingston, treasuser;
Begin Surveying for
New White Way—
Consumers public power dis
trict surveyors Wednesday aft- j
ernoon completed the first step
s in preparing for the installation
of O’Neill’s new white way.
L. C. Walling, CPPD manager
at O’Neill, said the surveyors
were laying out points where
poles for the new lights would
be erected.
Next step Walling said would
be to install a concrete base for
new poles at these points.
The new street lighting sys
tem will follow Fourth street,
north and south from the rail- ;
road tracks to the public school
auditorium corner, and east and
west along Douglas street, O’
Neill’s principal street.
Mrs. M. E. Jacobson and Paul
left Monday for a visit in Sioux
City and Vermillion, S. D., with J
k relative*
McCarthy Named
K of C Secretary
George M. McCarthy, veteran
route 1 O’Neill mailcarrier,
Monday evening was elected
secretary of the Nebraska
Knights of Columbus at the
conclusion of a 2-day session at
Norfolk.
Cyril P- Shaughnessy, of St.
Paul, was elected state deputy
to succeed George W. Dittrick,
of Norfolk.
George M. Ponton, of Elgin,
was elected state warden; Law
rence Weides, of Lexington,
state treasurer, and John F.
Kerrigan, of Fremont, state
advocate.
McCarthy has been active in
KC affairs for many years.
Most Rev. Gerald T. Ber
gan, D. D., archbishop of Om
aha, spoke to the Knights
Sunday night. He admonish
ed them to "be crusaders for
a better world and save Christ
for America and the world
and America for Christ."
Among those at the 46th
annual convention were Mr.
and Mrs. George M. McCarthy,
H. J. Hammond, Francis Gilg,
Leo Carney, Herman Janzing,
Robert Moore, and Simon Bosn.
CHARLES RICHTER,
CARPENTER, DIES
Suddenly Taken Saturday
At Home; Came to
Holt in 1886
Funeral services were held
here from the Methodist church
for Charles Richter, a 69-year
old carpenter. The rites began
at 2 p. im- and were conducted
by Rev. V. R. Bell. Burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The late Mr. Richter had been
working in his garden Saturday
morning and complained of not
feeling well. He had returned to
his house to rest when he died
suddenly.
Pallbearers were: John Grut
sch, Ronald Carson, Dave and
Carl Widtfeldt, Ralph Pinker- j
man, Roy Lanman, Phil Allen
dorfer, and George Calkins.
In charge of floral offerings
were: Mrs. Glen Tomlinson,
Mrs. George Calkins and Mrs. j
Ronald Carson.
Born in Werndorf, Germany,
October 10, 1880, the late Mr. j
Richter came to the United
States during 1882. He came to j
O’Neill and Holt county dur- J
ing 1886
On December 25, 1906 the J
late Mr. Richter was married |
to Elizabeth Schmidt at O’Neill, j
To them 3 children — a
boy and 2 girls —were born.
Mr. Richter’s first wife died
July 28, 1948.
Richter was well Known in
Holt county and an active car
penter up until his death.
Remarried, Richter’s survivors
include; son — Charles, jr., of
O’Neill; daughters — Mrs. Rod
ney (Mary) Tominson, of Lynch;
and Mrs- Frank (Louella) Frit
ton, of O’Neill; 7 grandchildren;
brother — Ernest, of Sherwood,
Ore., who is visiting here; sis
ters — Mrs. Ralph (Rose) Chase,
of Porterville, Calif.; and Mrs.
Frank (Minnie^ McDonald, of
Dorsey.
'Kitchen Tour'
Slated May 17—
Members of the Holt county
extension clubs and other in
terested women Wednesday,
May 47, are scheduled to take
a “kitchen tour” of a number
of Holt county homes.
The tour will start from the
Holt county court house at 1:30
p. m. on the scheduled date,
according to Mrs. Beryl Dam
kroger, Holt home extension
agent.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Frank J. Synowiecki, 23, of
Omaha, and Rose Mary Slezo
ski, 20, of Ewing, May 5
Robert H. VrOoman, 22, and
Clara Josephine Deermer, 24,
both of Atkinson, May 2.
Wayne L- CadwalLader, 24,
and Mrs. Roma Bebout Hand,
24. both of Stuart, May 8.
Ralph Tomlinson brought
George and Sharlene Shoemak
er from West Point Sunday to
visit relatives. They are the
children of Mrs. Russell Shoe
maker and the late Mr. Shoe
maker.
Holt Retail Sales Are Trebled
78 SENIORS IN
O’NEILL SCHOOLS
Omaha Central Principal
To Address School
Graduates
The whirl of activities cul
minating the 1949-’50 school
term and bringing to an end
the prep careers for seniors, is
in full swing at St. Mary’s acad
emy and O’Neill public school.
The O’Neill schools count 78
seniors—51 at O’Neill high; 27
at St. Mary’s.
Meanwhile, O’Neill rural and
city eighth graders will gradu
ate with other Holt county
eighth graders in ceremonies
here on Tuesday, May 23.
Sunday, May 14, beginning at
8 p.m., baccalaureate services
will be held for 51 public school
seniors in the high school audi
torium.
Invocation and benediction
will be delivered by Rev. Ralph
Gerber. The scriptures and ser
mon will be read by Rev. V. R.
Bell.
Wednesday, May 17, at 8 p.
m., public school commence
ment will be held for high
school seniors and eighth grad
ers.
Arthur Nelson, principal ot
Omaha Central high school, will
deliver the commencement ad
dress. Invocation will be read by
Rev. Wayne Hall and Rev. M.
H. Grosenbach will pronounce
the commencement benediction.
Top 6 students—all girls —
in order of scholastic standing
in the 1950 graduating class are:
Verna Pruss, Irene Searles,
Beverly Boelter, Geral dine
Fredrickson, Dorothy Burival
and Marilyn Holsclaw. Class
sponsor is Miss Esther Kinnier.
Dr. L. A. Burgess, president
of the public school board of
education, will present the high
school diplomas. Howard Dean,
principal, will present the schol
arships and Ira George, super
intendent, will hand out the
eighth grade diplomas and 4
square grade school awards.
Graduating seniors at the O’
Neill public school are:
Waunita Anspach, Marjorie
Bauld, Ida Mae Benash, Bever
ly Boelter, Glea Bowden, Pa
tricia Cullen, Iona Ernst, Ger
aldine Fredrickson, Maxine
Gallagher.
Marie Guthmiller, Marilyn
Holsclaw, Shirley Johring, Bet
ty Passieux, Verna Pruss.
Joyce Miller, Leona Howard,
Darlene Patterson, Irene Sear
les, Doris Sterns, Inez Young,
Patty Johnson.
Donald Beckwith, Shirley
Brandenburg, Bill Marcellus^
Darrell Wiengartner, Stan Berj.
son, Dorothy Burival, Claude
Cole.
Don DeGroff, Richard Hynes,
Betty Johnson, Janine Jones,
Darlene Kallhoff, Don Lanman,
Clayton Layh, Ralph Lindberg,
Don Morlan, Ronald Ressel, Al
ice Scofield, Maxine Shaw.
Bernard Spry, Don Wagnon,
Nancy Yantzi, Tom Sullivan,
Lewis Pierson; Allen Porter.
Tom Ressel, Donald Riley,
Robert Shaw, Kenneth Wrede,
and Lawrence Young.
Thirty-eight eighth graders
will be advanced to high school.
Eighth graders who will re
ceive diplomas are:
Evalyn Asher, Pat DeBolt,
Marilyn Fetrow, Kay Hogen
camp, Lynette Johnson, Ber
nice Kallhoff, Esther Kaiser,
Velma Layh, Shirley Anne Mor
lan, Marian Niles, Mary Anne
Nekolite, Marjorie Norman,
Frances Reimer, Carol Seger. .
Janice Sanders, Janet Strong,
Kartherine Summers, Lois Sar- j
gent, LeRoy Asher, John Bauld,
Duane Booth, Sidney Benash. 1
Ted Chambers, Harold Dex
(Continued on page 8)
Brownies Elect
New Officers—
Brownie Scout troop I met
Tuesday at the O’Neill public
school. Mrs. M. E Jacobson was
out-of-town so Mrs. Howard
Dean assisted.
The Scohts practiced their
program for next week.
New officers were elected: 1
Rita Hoehne, secretary; Jane
Peterson, treasurer; Diane Cork,
scribe.
—
Crop Improvement
Association Meets—
Directors and officers of the
Holt county crop improvement
association met Wednesday eve
ning at the assembly room of
the court house here.
Plans for the coming year
were made and commercial
fertilizer test plots were discus- :
sed. j I
'MIKADO' COMING . . . St. Mary’s academy
Sullivan’s ‘Mikado” tonight (Thursday) and
music students are presenting Gilbert and
Friday. Panel at left is from a scene in the be
ginning of the second act—braiding of the rav
en hair at the time of wedding of Yum Yum
and Nankipoo. Standing is Pitti-Sing (Kathryn
Steele)^ foreground—Peep Bo (Lorraine Sim
onson). Meeting of Yum Yum and Nankipoo
(Larry Morris) is shown in panel at right.
“Mikado” is considered a difficult production
for high school students.—The Frontier Photos
by John H. McCarville.
ARCHBISHOP
CONFIRMS 2 0 0
Most Rev. G. T. Bergan
Goes from Here to
Emmet, Atkinson
Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan,
D D., archbishop of Omaha,
Wednesday confirmed a class of
more than two hundred in a
confirmation rite and benedic
tion at 10:30 a m. in St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church. It was
the first confirmation here in
4 years. Class included both
children and adults.
Archbishop Bergan came to
O’Neill Monday from Norfolk.
Following the rite he went to
the Church of Epiphany at Em
met for a 2 o’clock confirmation
and to Atkinson for a 4 o’clock
confirmation.
Today (Thursday) he is
scheduled to confirm classes
at Stuart. Spencer. Butte and
Lynch.
All Roman Catholic priests
in the O’Neill deanery were on
the altar in Wednesday’s cu-e
mony. These included: Very
Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church
pastor, and Rev. Alex J. Onak
assistant pastor, both of O’Neill;
Rev. C. J. Kaup, of St.
John’s (near Clearwater); Rev.
Roger Hayes, of Clearwater;
Rev. Peter Burke, of Ewing;
Rev. Anthony Urbanski, of Em
met; Rev. A. J Paschang, of
Stuart; Rev William Condon,
of Spencer; Rev. John Wieczor
ek, of Lynch, and Rev. Charles
Knippen, of Butte.
Noxious Weed District
Schedule Meeting—
Holt county noxious weed
district Wednesday, May 17,
will hold a directors’ meeting
in the county courthouse annex
here.
The morning session will get
underway at 10 a m. with the
after-noon meeting beginning at
2 o’clock- The joint afternoon
meeting will be with the Holt
Soil Conservation service, dis
trict spokesmen said.
New Chambers Board
In First Session
CHAMBERS — The reorgan
ized Chambers village board of
trustees met Friday night.
Glen Taylor was elected chair
man (or mayor); W. D. Reniruger*
clerk; Frank M Porter, treasur
er; Kenneth Werner and Walter
Brown trustees.
Taylor succeeds Ed Thorin as
chairman of the board.
Visits and Attends
Star Meeting—
Mrs. Esther C. Harris left
last Thursday for Lincoln to
visit her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Deraid May
and her son, Guy, a student at
Nebraska Wesleyan.
She also attended the Eastern
Star grand chapter meeting.
Arrives from Denver—
Miss Marjorie McElhaney,
who is employed in Denver,
Colo., arrived Monday to visit
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ted
McElhaney. for a week. Her
grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Will
Clifton, of Orchard, visited her
Tuesday.
Ferris May Lose
Hand, 2 Fingers
Edward Ferris, 45, O’Neill
man who came in contact with
a 7,200-volt power line near
here on April 27, is “improved”
in University hospital at Om
aha, and is no longer in “criti
cal” condition.
Attendants say they will have
to amputate his right hand and
2 fingers on his left hand.
For more than a week after
the mishap doctors were un
able to operate because of the
man’s shocked condition.
Ferris and 2 other workers
were moving a house into O’
Neill when the accident oceur
ed He was given first aid at
O’Neill and rushed to Omaha.
MRS. PETER F \M
BURIAL SATl DAY
Amelia Woman, 111 for
Many Months, Came
From Germany
AMELIA — Funeral services
for Mrs. Peter Frahm, 49, a res
ident of the Amelia community,
who died at noon Wednesday,
May 3, were held Saturday at
3:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran
church in Chambers and burial
was in the Chambers cemetery.
Earlier brief funeral rites were
held at the Frahm home. Mrs.
Frahm had been ill more than
a year.
Rev. L. A. Dale, church pas
tor, officiated. Pallbearers were
Lee Gilman, Harold Gilman,
Frank Pierce, Lee Sammons,
Blake Ott and Elmer Oetter, all
of Amelia.
The late Mrs. Frahm, nee
Margaret Ziehm, was born on
April 21, 1901, at Silverstadt,
Germany, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hans Ziehm. She
came to America in June,
1923, settling in the Creighton
community. On February 24,
1924, she married Mr. Frahm.
In 1935 the Frahms moved to
Amelia. She spent most of her
life on a farm.
Survivors include: Widower;
daughters — Mrs. Keith (Marie)
Shellhase, of Avoca; Mrs. Jer
ome (Hilda) Krutz, of Stanton;
son — Heinrich Frahm, of Ame
lia; 3 grandchildren; brother —
Hans Ziehm, of Hastings, and 1
brother and 2 sisters residing in
Germany.
Two members of her family
died in Germany in recent
months.
Among relatives from a dis
tance attending the funeral
were: Mr. and Mrs. Keith Shell
hase and family, of Avoca; Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Krutz and
daughter, of Stanton; Hans
Ziehm, of Hastings; Mrs. Kath
erine Schlunsen and Henry, of
Hastings.
Return to Omaha—
Mr. and Mrs. John DeGeorge
and Shirle>’ left Saturday for
their home in Omaha after hav
ing visited Mi's. DeGeorge’s
parents, Mr and Mrs. Lyle C.
McKim Lyle C. McKirn, jr.,
left with them He has taken
a job in Omaha.
RAY RESIGNS 1
FROM COUNCIL
16 Applications Received
For Supervisor’s
Position
Hugh Ray, First ward city
councilman now serving his sec
ond term, Tuesday night an
nounced his resignation from
the city council. He said coun
cil duties took “too much time."
Meanwhile, the council in
Tuesday evening session re
viewed 16 applications for the
post of city supervisor. The city
has been advertising for a man
to head the water, street and
sewer departments. The super
visor, according to tjie plan, will
work directly under the council.
Mayor J. E. Davis said that
applications will be received
through the remainder of the
week.
Already several out-of-lown
applicants have been here for
personal interviews with
councilmen.
Unofficially the starting sal
try is expected to be in the
neighborhood of $300 - per -
nonth. Purpose of the supervis
ir is to relieve councilmen from
ame-consuming chores.
Several local men are includ- ,
id among the applicants.
O’Neill Firing Hold
Merchandise Event
O’Neill merchants today
(Thursday), Friday and Satur
day, May 11, 12 and 13 are of
fering an array of special gift
bargains for the Mother’s day
and graduation town-wide mer
chandising event.
A recently organized retail
trade committee of the Chamber
of Commerce coordinated the
event with O’Neill merchants.
See page 4 this issue of The
Frontier for full page of adver
tisements of special bargains
for the event.
'Grandma' Zakrxewski
Is Honored—
Justin "Grandma” Zakrzew
ski visited here from Friday
until Tuesday. Saturday a lunch
was given in her honor at the
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Zakrzew
ski home. Sat. evening the fam
ily had dinner at Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Zakrzewskis. Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. William Podany and
family, honored “Grandma”
Zakrzewski at dinner. Monday
evening was spent at the horn
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fox,
1 of Orchard Mrs. Zakrzewski
•eturned to Ogallala Tuesday
morning.
O'Neillites Hear
Navy Band—
Among those attending the
navy band concert in Norfolk
Monday w'ere: Mrs. H. J. Bir
mingham, Mrs. M. J. Golden,
Miss Bernadette Brennan, Mrs.
P. B Ilarty, Mrs. Edward M.
Gallagher, Mrs. Mabel Gatz,
Mrs. R. H. Parker, Mrs. J. P.
Brown, Miss Hilda Gallagher,
Miss Loretta Enright, Miss
Rosemary Vondracek, Mrs. Har
ry Petersen, T-a George, Mrs.
C. D. Harmon, Mrs. L. O. John
son, Miss Betty Johnson, Mr.
| and Mrs. A. P. Jaszkowiak.
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Jump from $3,500,000 in
1939 to $13,200,000
In 1948
Retail sales in Holt county dur
ing the last decade almost treb
led, the census bureau has re
ported.
Retail, wholesale and service
establishments in the county
showed a big expansion in dol
lar volume of trade from 1939
to 1948, according to prelimi
nary figures from the 1948 cen
sus of business released by the
department of commerce.
Retail sales in the county
during 1948 aggregated $13.
200,000, an increase of 277 per
cent over the $3,500,000 figure
in 1939, when the preceding
census of business was taken.
Wholesale sales in the county
reached a total of $19,400,000 in
1948 as compared to $800,000 in
1939.
The service trades included in
the census of business recorded
receipts totaling $320,000 in
1948 compared to $138,000 in
1939.
Employment in the county al
so rose over the 9-year period
between 1939 and 1948 for the
above trades. Establishments in
these trades reported a com
bined total of 667 paid employ
ees for the workweek ended
nearest November 15, 1948. This
compared with a total of 407
employees reported for the week
of November 15, 1939.
These preliminary figures
have been derived from a census
report on Holt county, which
also included data for the city
of O’Neill. Final figures, super
seding the preliminary data for
Holt county, will be included in
a bulletin for the state of Ne
braska to be issued in several
months. Similar data will be
made available this year in pre
liminary and final form for each
of the counties and states. A
single copy of the preliminary
release for Holt county as well
as an order blank for other
area releases may be obtained
by writing to the bureau of cen
sus, Washington 25, D. C.
Snow, Sleet and
Rain Visit Holt
Holt countyans witnessed a
variety of weather over the
weekend, Including blowing
and drifting snow, partially
blocked roads and heavy winds.
Highways were blocked Fri<
day morning in the Valentine
and Winner, S. D., areas.
Snow, sleet and wind were in
the air most of the day and Sat
urday was clear. Sunday and
Monday followed with overcast
skies. More than a half-in^h .of
rain fell on Monday.
The moisture, totaling 1.18
inches for the week, is welcome,
but the unseasonal icold has
been a deterrent to farmers.
During Friday’s storm the
barometers in O’Neill dropped
to approximately the same low
reading preceding the March 7
storm. Winds mounted to 40-and
45-miles-per-hour.
Some hail fell last Thursday
evening, but not enough to
cause damage.
Summary, based on 24-hour
periods ending at 6 p. m daily,
follows:
Date Hi Lo Pre.
May 3 _ 58 35 .03
May 4 __ 47 40
May 5 . 45 30 .43
May 6 .,. 60 30 .14
May 7 .. 45 32
May 8 47 39 .58
May 9 64 38
Total 1-13
Junior Baseball
Meeting Friday
Commander Gordon O. Har
per of Simonson post 93, of the
American Legion, Tuesday an
nounced that a meeting will be
held Friday night at the Le
gion club in behalf of junior
Legion baseball.
Harper has appointed Lau
rence Haynes and Bob Apple
by to direct the kid baseball
program.
All boy*s 17-years-old or
younger who are interested in
Legion ball are urged to at
tend, Harper said.
Return from Spearfish—_
Mr. and Mrs. D. H Clauson
returned Thursday evening,
May 4, after spending a week
with her sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs H. F. Plank, at
Spearfish, S. D.
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