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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1950)
* I 12 PAGES—2 SECTIONS I SECTION - 8 PAGES Rev. and Mrs. Wilson B. ("Beech") Lamb . . . they met in a primitive Kansas school room at the ages of 10 and 8. respect || ively.—The Frontier Photo. O'Neill Couple Will Hold Open House Rev. and Mrs. Wilson R. ("Beech”) Lamb on Monday, May 22, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. They will hold open house between 2 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon. The Lambs reside 2 doors •. west of Wesleyan Methodist V church in north O’Neill. Mr. Lamb, 72, was born in a Quaker settlement near Linden, Guthrie county, la. He accom panied his parents to Kansas in a covered wagon when he was still a small boy. The journey required 3 weeks. Mrs. Lamb, 70, was born at Esbon, Kans. The Lambs met in a county school room at the ages of 10 and 8, respectively. They were married in her par ents’ sodhouse on a homestead near Esbon on May 22, 1900. The couple resided with his parents for 2 years, then moved onto a farm by themselves where they stayed until 1912. * It was in that year Mr. Lamb was licensed by. the United Brethren church to preach. Two years later he was admitted in to the UB annual conference and rode a circuit in Kansas for 3 years and Washington state for o years. He was ordained by the church in 1924 at Twin Falls, Ida. They returned to the Midwest when their daughter, Margaret, became ill in the West, and they located in the Opportunity com munity northeast of O’Neill. They lived on the Den Murphy place east of town for 7 years and in 1940 the Lambs moved into O’Neill where they have since resided. Reverend Lamb has been a figure in Holt county minister ial circles since coming to the * county in 1925. He has frequent ly appeared in the pulpit at the Methodist church and at Wesle yan Methodist church. They became the parents of 3 sons and 1 daughter: Earl Lamb, of Chicago, 111.; Robert Lamb, of O'Neill, and Hobert Lamb, of LaPlatta. Mo., twins; Mrs. Paul R. (Margaret) Lu cas, of Milltown, S. D. They have 12 grandchildren. Most of their descendants will be here Monday. Earl will ar rive Saturday from Chicago. Both Reverend and Mrs. Lamb are enjoying “good” health. Mr. Lamb works at the Midwest Motor Co., Ltd., and Mrs. Lamb t keeps busy about her comfort able little house which has re cently been papered and paint ed in the interior. However, her health has not always been good. She was bed fast for 1 year and almost an invalid for 4 years while still on the farm. P-TA Plans Tennis Court in Park Ford’s park in West O’Neill, a city-owned property being im proved under the auspices of the Parent - Teachers’ associa > tion, soon will feature 1 or more cement tennis courts. In addition, a recreation play ground supervisor is being con templated for the summer months. Already, the P-TA has agreed to hire a supervisor for the month of June. Meanwhile, children have been swarming over the block square playground with term end school picnics and private outings. P-TA President Robert Kurtz said Tuesday that all the play ground equipment purchased a year ago is now installed and in use. c Victim of Hit, Run Accident on Sunday A 'hit-and-run driver early Sunday morning sideswiped a vehicle owmed by A. P. (“Sco vie") Jaszkowiak, of O’Neill, at a point 3Vi miles west of the Danceland corner, Jaszkowiak was westbound on highway 20. According to State Highway Patrolman Fay Robeson, the in vestigating authority, Jaszko wiak pursued the unknown driver for approximately 15 miles through country roads following the accident. Jaszkowiak notified Robeson after he (Jaszkow'iak) had lost the hit-and-run car m the pur A suit. F ' Officials Talk 4-H Sale CHAMBERS — The Holt County Agricultural society board of directors met here Fri day night to further plans for the 1950 Holt county fair to be held August 29-30-31 and Sep tember 1. , There was consideraBle dis cussion relative to a 4-H live stock sale in conjunction with this year’s exposition. County Agent A. Neil Dawes, of O’Neill, was present and entered into the talks. Fair officials are making plans to repair the old portion of the grandstand which was damaged by the March 7 gale. Gus Obermire, of Stuart, vet eran rodeo manager who has contracted to run the rodeo again this year, has gone to Florida in quest of suitable live stock for the show. Secretary Edwin Wink said he had entered into agreements for several concessions. JOHN MLINAR IN HOLT 64 YEARS Retired Rancher Buried Monday Following Rites at Stuart ATKINSON —• A Holt county resident for 64 years, John Mlinar, 78, died Saturday, May 13, at his home. He had been ill for some time, relatives said, and had been a patient in St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha 3 weeks ago. Funeral services were held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. Boni face Catholic church at Stuart and interment was in St. Jo seph’s cemetery in Atkinson. His parents were the late Frank and Caroline Mlinar. The late Mr. Mlinar had been a well-known Holt coun ty rancher, but had been re tired for several years. Survivors include: Widow; son — Harry Mlinar, of Atkin son; daughters — Mrs. Darrel (Josephine) Bright, of O’Neill; brothers — Joseph and Fred Mlinar, both of Atkinson; sis ters — Mrs. Cora Tasler, of At kinson; Mrs. Mary Reiser, of Butte: Mrs. Pauline Davis, of Atkinson: grandchildren — Don ald and Mary Ann Mlinar (twins), of Atkinson. Pallbearers were Anton Tas ler, Arthur Pache, Ray Ceams, Edward Mlinar. Lawrence Jon ; as and Adolph Mlinar, all neph ews. Stock Finally Gets to Range Not until this week have many stockmen been able to turn their livestock out onto summer range. Normally, by mid-May the stock has been on the range for a fortnight or more. The stockman, however, is not the only one who has been retarded by the backwardness of the spring. Farmers in most places in the Midwest are far behind with their spring work. “In Holt county the oats will come along fast with the warm er weather and recent rains,” according to County Agent A. Neil Dawes. This week farmers were get ting into their fields to list corn. Rye hasn’t looked good all spring, but many farmers ex pect the rye to “perk up” with the favorable weather. Water stands in the lowlands, and the coldness and wetness have prevented working the soil. O’Neill reported three fourths of an inch of moisture 1 Monday night. Weather summary, based on | 6 p.m. readings, follows: Date Hi Low Per i Mav 10_ 65 40 May 11 _ 64 45 I Mav 12 ... 75 40 May 13.. 75 47 T I Mav 14 _ 73 51 j May 15 69 49 Mav 16 73 58 .76 Youth Center Push Underway PAT BOYLE, SR., DIES IN IDAHO Native of Ireland Lives On Holt Ranch for Many Years Patrick Boyle, sr., 84, died late Monday in Buhl, Ida., at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edward Turner. He had been “quite ill” since last December, relatives said. Body will arrive in O’Neill today and funeral services will be held Saturday under direc tion of Biglin Bros. Rites will be hold in St. Patrick’s Catholic church and burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan will offici ate in requiem high Mass. A rosary will be offered Fri day evening at Biglin’s The late Mr. Boyle was born in Letterkenny, county Done gal, North Ireland, on St. Pat rick’s day, March 17, 1866. He came to the United States at the age of 12. Fifty-four years ago he mar ried the former Anna Mat thews, of Deloit. The marriage rite took place at Clearwater. The Boyles resided for many years on the Holt-Wheeler coun ty line on a ranch 4 miles east and 8 miles south of Chambers. Mrs. Boyle died in 1931 and Mr. Boyle retired from active farm and ranch life about 12 years ago. During late years he made his home in O’Neill at the Mrs. Edna Coyne residence. In Aug ust, 1949, he went to Buhl to visit his children. He took ill there and died. Survivdrs include: sons—Gar ret Boyle, of Elgin; Patrick Boyle, jr., of Lexington; Joseph Boyle, of Vancouver, Wash., Jas. Boyle, of O’Neill; daughters — Mrs. Edward H. (Mary) Turner, of Buhl, Ida.; Mrs. John (Anna) McManaman, of Buhl, Ida-; Mrs. Clarence (Goldie) Gokie, of O’ Neill. Two children died: Agnes, who passed away at the age of J 4, and John, who died in in | fancy. The late Mr. Boyle was a member of St. John’s Catholic church for many years, later a member of St. Patrick’s. Mrs. Turner and Joseph Boyle will accompany the remains to | O’Neill. Beauty Contest Entries to Close— Entries in the O'Neill Lions club - sponsored contest for Li ons queen will close Saturday, May 20. Winners will represent O’Neill at the state Lions con vention in Scottsbluff Young lady must be a resi dent of O’Neill community be tween ages of 16 and 22, unmar | ried, no more than 5 feet 8% inches tall, and have a brother, father or uncle or cousin eligi ple for Lions memgership. Entries todate: Jeanine Jones. D e 1 o r i s Schultz, Kathryn Ann Golden, Leona Troshynski, Jeanne Head, Hope Condon, L;j Ann Fritton, Lorraine Simonson, Ivalyn Brady, Barbara Becker, Bema l dette Hynes. Barbara Muff, ; Mary Lois Kelly. Wednesday night, May 24, will be ladies’ night with the Lions. There will be a party and dance at the American Le gion club. Rev. Ralph Gerber was in O maha attending the final camp and conference committee meet ing of the Nebraska synod. Rev. i erend Gerber will be an in structor at camp in Blair. -- —■ ■ — ■ . " •£. < a.. • Mil) ii i ir— WMMwawdw, mm - O'Neill's 7th church . , . now only a base ment. Church of Christ is located 3 blocks south of Grattan township library. A. C, Utter, back, of Clearwater, is pastor. Evangelistic meetings begin here tonight (Thursday) and regular worship services will be held Sundays at 8 p.m. (See CHURCHES on page 10.)—The Frontier Photo. wm ■mWMrnmt n Leaders in the movement for a recreational center for O'Neill's youth are William McIn tosh, jeweler; L. D. Putnam, liveslockman and D. R. Mounts, Fifteenth judicial district judge. Outline of 40 x 70-ft. cement block building. m m rr HHHP proposed home for Boy Scouts and other youth groups, can be seen in background. Building is located 4 blocks north of Lohaus Motor Co., Va block east. (See story at right.)—The Fron tier Photo. HUBERT L. SMITH, CHAMBERS, DIES Life-Long Resident Was Prominent Truck Operator CHAMBERS — Funeral ser vices were held here for Hubert L. Smith, a 62-year-old promi nent truck operator, Saturday afternoon, May 13, at 2:30 o’ clock. Rites were conducted by l Rev. Lawrence McElheran in the Baptist church. Burial was I in the cemetery here. Smith died Thursday, May 11, in an O’Neill hospital following a week’s illness. The late Mr. Smith was ac 'tive in the trucking business up until his sickness. Pallbearers were: Frank Por ter, Omer McClenahan, George Rowse, Alvin Johnson, Glen Taylor, James Rasmussen, G. W. Gibson and Omer Gibson, all ; of Chambers. Music was furnished by a quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Adams, Mrs. Letha Cooke and Robert Turner, the latter of Lin coln, with Mrs. Turner as ac companist A lifelong resident of this community, the late Mr. Smith w'as born in Chambers April 20, 1888. On February 21, 1912, he married Cordia Davis, at Grand Island. To them two sons were born. The late Mr. Smith became a member of the Baptist church when a young man and he ser ved for many years as a dea con. He was a member of the board of deacons During the first 8 years of their married life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived on a farm near here. They later moved to town where Smith had engaged in the trucking business. Survivors include: widow: sons—Rev. Ward R. Smith, of Honduras, Central America; Vernon L. Smith, of Chambers; 3 grandchildren: brothers—Wil son, Fred, George and Ldwrard, all of Chambers: and sisters— Mrs. Cliff Marquis, of Bend, Ore., and Miss Nellie Smith, al so of Chambers Mr. and Mrs. William W Mc Intosh and son visited their re spective parents, Mr and Mrs. E. L McIntosh, of Meadow Grove, and Mr and Mrs. George Beaty of Madison, for Mother’s day. Council Reviews Job Applications O’Neill’s city council met lr special session Wednesday night, to review more than 52 applica tions for the post of city super i visor. Mayor J. E. Davis said all the applications would be "screen ed.’’ Meanwhile, work is progres sing satisfactory on the city’s new outfall-lift station to im prove the sewerage situation One official Wednesday estim ' ated the project one-third com I plete. Poppy Day to Be Held May 27— Bright red popples are bloom ip profusion at the home of Simonson post 93 of the Am erican Legion as preparations go foward for observance of poppy day on Saturday, May 27. Mrs Dean Streeter is pop py chairman. Harold Hunt, 29, Attorney, Dies Harold Hunt, a 29-year-old native of O’Neill, died sudden ly Monday morning at 11 o’ clock at Omaha. A graduate of the O’Neill high school in 1939. Hunt was an outstanding athelete. He lettered 4 years in football on the public school team. Hunt also participated with the bas ketball and track teams during his prep career. Hunt was in the top quarter > of his high school graduating class and was interested in pub lic speaking. Following his graduation from O’Neill high, he entered Creigh ton university at Omaha where he graduated in 1944 from law college. He had been practic ing in Omaha since his college graduation. Funeral arrangements are in j complete. Survivors include: father — Douglas, of O’Neill; 6 brothers and 5 sisters NEWS OMITTED Because of a late volume of advertising, some correspond ence was omitted from this is sue. However, all omited news items will be printed in the May 25 issue. N-C BASEBALL CIRCUIT^ FORMS Dick Tomlinson, of O’Neill, Elected President Of League North-Central day and night baseball league has been organ ized after a pair of unsuccess ful attempts. Team representatives at a re cent meeting of the league elected Dick Tomlinson, well known O'Neill baseballer, as president; Bill Troshynski, of Atkinson, was reelected vice president and Chuck Apgar, of O’Neill, was chosen secretary treasurer. Tomlinson said Tuesday the schedule will be drafted and play is to get underway Sunday, May 28. Member teams and managers are: O’Neill — Warren Taylor; Page — Richard Asher and Euv Wanser; Inman — Milo Gorgon; Stuart — Ernie Smith; Long Pine — Doyle Hallenback; At kinson — August Troshynski. The Chambers manager has not been announced. Inman and Long Pine replace Ainsworth and Valentine in the circuit. O’Neill Up, Atkinson Down in Census O’Neill's population won’t reach much over 3,000! Those were the words Tues day of Thomas Sullivan, who is in charge of compiling the cen sus report of Holt county. Although the “nose count” in O’Neill and throughout Holt county is incomplete, Sullivan said the county as a whole would lose population. Holt’s 1940 population figure showed 16,552. Meanwhile, enumerators here have completed counting haP of the town- Divided into 4 quarters, the northwest quart errand the southeast quarter enumerating is now complete. In this half, the report shows there are 1,400 people. Northwest quarter borders on the south by Douglas street and on the east by Fourth street. The southeast’s border line on the north is Douglas street and on the west by Fourth street. In other Holt towns where enumerators have completed the count shows most of the towns losing while 2 towns i gained inhabitants. Inman and Stuart gained a total of 30 persons each. That would make Inman’s i population figure at 236 and Stuart’s at 790. Thus far, of the towns com pleted, Page has lost the great I est number of people. Accord ing to Sullivan, Page lost 70 people, making the number of residents living there now 265 as compared to 335 during 1940. Atkinson lost 5 residents from its 1940 population figure of 1,350 The count at Ewing and Chambers is incomplete. Holt county census enumer ators include; Clara O'Connell, of O’Neill; Rose Minton, of O'Neill; Alexa Gokie, of Shields precinct; Ed (Continued on page 8) $6,000 Sought to Turn North Side Building To Recreation A drive for funds was touch ed-off Saturday to raise money for a youth recreational center on the north edge of O’Neill's residential district. Proponents seek $6,000 to con vert an abandoned automotive repair shop into a well-equip ped center for Bov Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, 4-H clubs. Rural Youth groups, and other youth organizations. Already $2,200 has been rais ed and the push is in full stride. District Judge D. R. Mount* and L. D. Putnam organized the kick-off breakfast Satur day attended by 16 parent* and others interested in O' Neill youth. They proposed purchasing a 40 x 70-ft. cement block build ing which formerly housed the now-defunct O’Neill Auto Re builders, operated by Lindquist & Son. R H. Shriner, who held a mortgage on the property, has foreclosed on the property and has placed the deed in escrow in the event the building was wanted for youth purposes. The proposition immediately caught fire and after lVi days of solicitation $2,200 had been raised. Real estate is described as lots 4 and 5, block 50, McCafferty’s addition. The cement block building, built with steel gird ers, was constructed about 3 years ago. It is presently being used for storage by a construe 11UI1 ill III. Shriner has agreed to sell the building for $2,400. Back taxes amount to $160. Installation of plumbing facilities and equip ping the building will boost the total cost into the neighborhood of $6,000. Equipment will in clude a locker system for indi vidual clubbers. Presently, the Scouts, for ex ample, are homeless and their gatherings in the American Le gion building, school and church auditoriums are subject to oth er commitments by owners of these buildings. Putnam headed the solici tation committee and thus fax has been assisted by Judge Mounts. William McIntosh, John H. McCarville, Albert Sipes. Raymond Eby and Mel vin Ruzicka. Mrs. Eugene Sullivan on Tues day called a meeting of Brown ie Scout mothers and other Scout mothers to further the money-raising plan. Contributions may be made to any of the above-mentioned workers or to Mrs. Roy Shel hamer or Mrs. Arthur Dexter, Scout mothers who helped de velop the plan. Contributions also are being accepted at the McIntosh Jew elry and McCarville store, Put nam said. Contributions reported to The Frontier until noon Wednesday include: S150 D. R. Mounts. $100 L. D. Putnam, D. C. Schaffer, O’Neill National Bank, Biglin Bros., First National Bank, Ju lius D. Cronin, William J. Froe lich, O’Neill Photo Co. $S0 Dr. O. W. French, Coyne Hardware, Shelhamer Oil & Equip. Co., Phil Cohn, Lloyd Collins, Tony Asimus, Ray Eby. S40 Shelhamer Foods. $30 Mr. and Mrs James R. Lyons, Archie L. McMaster. $25 Merri Dr. Pepper Bottling Co., James Davidson & Sons, John Turner, W. B Gillespie, William W. Griffin, W. F. Finley, C. J. Gatz, McCarvilles, Earl Rod man, M B Marcellus, O’Neill Grain Co., Fred O. Heerman, Seger Oil & Transport Co., R. V. Lucas, Dr. C. M. Eason, Wm. Krotter Co of O’Neill, Jim Kel ley, P. B. Harty. $15 Val Darling. R W. Weisser, Ted McElhaney, Fritz Bazelman, Apparel Shop i $10 Melvin Klingler, J. E. Davis, Hurley Jones, Dr. H. L. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz, L. W Reimer, P. C. Donohoe, H. L. Lindberg, Matt. Hynes, Ralph McElvain, The Frontier. $7.50 William McIntosh, Coker1* Lockers. $5 Rev. Ralph Gerber, John Con* ard (Emmet), O. D. French, W. D. Melena, Dorranc* Cr»bb, J. i D. Osenbaugh, V*rn Key no id son, H. G llumrieh, Ed Thorln . ' (Continued on page 8.)
