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VOLUME 70—NUMEER 6 __ _O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1>S0 _ _ PRICE 7 CENTO
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Wind, Rain, Hail
Strike at Deloit
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4-Inch Deluge Early
Wednesday Washes &
Damages Crops
DELOIT — A severe combina- ‘
tion wind, hail and rain storm
between 12:30 and 1:15 a.m.
Wednesday, June 14, raised
havoc in the Deloit community.
The storm was local in nature
and several miles in each di
rection away from this tiny
community the storm diminish
ed in ferocity.
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Residents Wednesday were
* clearing away the debris and
removing dead chickens, birds
and several head of livestock
that perished under the pound
ing of the ice pellets.
One resident of the commun
ity, 14 miles south of Ewing, de
clared that all of her chickens
were killed. They had been left
outside.
Mrs. Henry Reimers, The
Frontier’s correspondent, report
ed 11 dead birds under a single
tree.
At the Augie Thiele place, all
buildings were damaged with
, the exception of the house and
barn.
Many frail buildings lost their
* roofs, trees were uprooted and
some buildings were blown
from their foundations.
But the costliest damage
was to the crops. Most of the
corn will have to be replant
ed. Rye was damaged. Fields
were made smooth under the
deluge and pounding.
Run-off of the water was or
derly.
The REA lines in the com
munity went dead and until
noon Wednesday had not been
repaired.
Hupp’s store reported less
storm damage in that locality
than residents farther south.
* Mercury Climbs
To 95 Degrees—
Holt county ans had their
first taste of summer heat Mon
day and Tuesday when the mer
cury climbed to 95 and 87 de
grees respectively.
A hail storm forecast for late
Tuesday failed to materialize,
but .38 of an inch of moisture
fell, beginning about midnight
Tuesday night
Storm was accompanied by a
considerable electrical disturb
ance.
Weather summary, based on
24-hour readings taken at 6
p.m., follows:
Date Hi Low Prec.
June 6_ 88 60
June 7 _._ 84 62
June 8 - 80 58
* June 9 _ 78 53
June 10 - 76 55
June 11_ 86 65
June 12_ 95 63
June 13_ 89 73 .38
Doctor’s Degree
for Nadine Coyne
Miss Nadene Coyne, of O’
Neill, is a candidate for the de
gree of doctor of medicine at
the University of Illinois col
lege of medicine.
Commencement exercises for
the Chicago professional col
leges of the university will be
held at 2 p. m., Friday, June
16, at the Chicago undergrad
v uate division at navy pier.
Three hundred and forty
seven degrees will be confer
red by President George D.
Stoddard at the exercises.
150 4-H Club
Members in Meet Here—
Seven teams comprising 150
members of Holt county’s 4-H
clubs convened here Monday
for a practice session on the
demonstration of respective pro
jects.
Guy Davis, of Lincoln, state
4-H club leader, was on hand to
give the members pointers on
respective demonstrations. The
- day was held in preparation for
t!?e Holt county fair and other
days when teams will be called
upon to give explanation of
demonstrations.
A film “Principles in Giving
Demonstrations” was shown.
Assisting during the day-long
event were A. Neil Dawes, Holt
county agent, and Mrs. Beryl
Damkroger, Holt county home
extension agent.
Holt Soil Election
Results Not Available—
Results of the Holt county
soil conservation election, which
was held Thursday, June 8, will
not be made public until after
, the state soil conservation com
mittee in Lincoln has reviewed
and recounted the ballots.
This was announced this week
by Robert Hill, head of the Holt
soil conservation district.
Hill said “results should be
known in about 10 days.”
Election was held to choose 2
supervisors for the Holt district.
MARKET REPORT
Wednesday noon. June 14
(Prices subject to change)
Corn, No. 2 yellow - 1.25
, Oats --
Wheat -- 1-90
Rye---108
Barlejy-1 03
Butterfat, No. 1-5]
* Butterfat, No. 2--54
Eggs-1-24
Lay Cornerstone
For New Church
CHAMBERS — Services were
held at 8 o’clock Monday morn
ing, June 12, at the new Baptist
church when the cornerstone
was laid. Enclosed in the box
placed in the cornerstone was
the history of the church and
names of officers.
Present for the occasion was
Mrs. Alma Farrier, of Cham
bers, who was a charter mem
ber of the old Harold Baptist
church, 7 miles southeast of
Chambers. This building was
later moved to town and has
been used since as the Baptist
church.
Pictures were taken. Taking
part in the services were Leo
Adams, Frank Porter, Vernon
Smith and Rev. L. M. McElher
on.
ANNUAL GOLF
TOURNEY OPENS
Qualifying Matches to Be
Played on Sunday;
Bridge for Ladies
Entries for the 26th annual
open golf tournament, which
will be held at the O’Neill Coun
try club Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, June 18, 19 and 20,
are pouring in, according to
Joe McCarville, jr., and H. J.
Lohaus, comanagers.
Eighteen holes of qualifying
play are scheduled for Sunday,
June 18, followed by 72 holes of
match play on Monday and
Tuesday.
McCarville and Lohaus said
there will be flights of golf for
every participant and trophies
and prizes will be awarded win
ners.
Other activities include a
dance Monday evening, June
19, and bridge for ladies is slat
ed during the afternoons.
Kermit Mortenson, of Albion,
is the defending champion, and
he will be on hand to defend
his crown. Harold Johnson of
Norfolk, was last year’s runner
up.
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Newport Host to
District Rebekahs
ATKINSON— The Rebekah
district 50 convention was held
in Newport on Tuesday, June
13.
Mrs. James Kubart, of At
kinson, served as president oi
the district for the past year
District includes Atkmson and
towns west to Valentine.
Also present at the meeting
were Mrs- Lois Harris, oi
Lynch, assembly state treasur
er, and Mrs. Julia Blackmore,
of Atkinson, assembly warden.
Francis Gilg
Heads KCs—
Francis Gilg, O’Neill con
tractor, Thursday, June 8, was
elected grand knight of the
Knihts of Columbus chapter
701 here at O’Neill. Gilg suc
ceeds Herman J- Janzing.
Other officers elected for the
coming year include: Matthew
J. Beha, deputy grand knight;
Leonard Shoemaker, chancy? -
lor; James Mullen, recorder;
Ray Bosn, treasurer; Norman
O mderinger, advocate; Leo
Tomjack, warden; Andrew
Schacht, inside guard; George
M Carthy, trustee; Harbcrt
Hammond, financial secretary;
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan,
chaplain.
Following the election of of
ficers, a short business session
concluded the meeting.
Here from Hastings—
John Protovinsky, of Hast
ings, is spending 2 weeks vaca
tion with his daughter and son
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John
Grutsch.
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GRADUATE NURSE . . . Miss
Maxine Golden (above) daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Golden, of O’Neill, graduated
from St. Catherine’s hospital
school of nursing in Omaha
on June 1. She will return to
O’Neill July 7 and remain for
3 weeks. Miss Golden is a St.
Mary’s academy graduate,
class of 1947.
MRS. S. E. HICKS
O’NEILL, EXPIRES
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Services To Be Held
Today (Thursday)
At 2 PM.
Funeral services will be held
today (Thursday) for Mrs. Ste
phen Hicks, 77, a pioneer resi
dent of Holt county.
Services will be held at 2 p
m. at the O’Neill Presbyterian \
church with Rev. Ralph Ger
ber, church pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in the Paddock
Union cemetery.
Mrs. Hicks died Tuesday,
June 13, at her home at 10:40
a. m. following a week’s ill
ness.
Pallbearers will be P. B
Harty, Henry Martin, Merrill
Hicks, Woodrow Hubby, Gus
Seiber and George Krikac.
Mary Gertrude Hubby was
born in Polk county, la., Janu
ary 1, 1873, the daughter of the
late John and Mary Hubby.
She came to Holt county dur
ing 1879 with her parents.
On Marcty 24, 1892, she mar
ried Stephen Edward Hicks
here and they became the par
ents of 3 children.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks farmed i
for njore than a quarter cen
tury rwsstr Paddock, northeast
of ONeTIl. They farmed Mr.
Hicks’ father’s place.
During 1925 the couple mov
ed to O'Neill where they have
been living since.
Survivors include: Husband;
daughters—Mrs. Edward (Ju
lia) Hubby, of Hastings, and
Mrs. Max (Adeline) Sporn, of
Glendale, Calif.; son—Clarence
Hicks, of O’Neill; 8 grandchil
dren; 12 great-grandchildren;
sister—Mre. Dude Moyer, of
Seattle, Wash.
Haystack Fire
Threat to Buildings
AMELIA — A fire which
started in an old haystack and
spread through the barnyard
at the Maudie Hansen farm
created considerable excite
ment before the blaze was
brought under control.
Mrs. Hancen was alone at
the place on Tuesday, June 6,
when the fire broke out. She
suffered a few minor burns in
attempting to extinguish the
flames.
Neighbors promptly answer
< ed the call for help and the
fire was put out before there
was any damage to buildings—
although for a time it was fear
ed the buildings would be de
stroyed.
I Miss Birmingham
: Receives Honors—
Miss Barbara Birmingham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. |
Birmingham, was cited recently
at Barat college, Lake Forest,
111., where she has completed
her sophomore year. Miss Bir
mingham received recognition
for 2 scholastic honors. These
honors were announced at the
college’s convocation exercises.
Miss Birmingham, who is a
graduate of St. Mary’s academy,
was in the upper 10 percent of
the sophomore class and in the
upper 10 percent of the entire
college of over 300 students.
She is a member of the choir
and chorus and is active in the
Sacred Heart sodality. She was
also presented a medal for be
ing elected to Infante de Marie
sodality.
District Judging Day
Slated June 21—
District 4-H judging day is
slated to be held here Wednes
day, June 21, at the O’Neill pub
lic school, beginning at 10 a m ,
according to A. Neil Dawes, Holt
county extension agent.
The district is made up of
Holt, Boyd, Wheeler and Gar
field counties. About 200 4-H’ers
are expected to attend.
Livestock judging will be held
at both the O’Neill Livestock
Market and on farms near O’
Neill.
Other project judging will be
held at the O’Neill school.
K. C. Fouts, of Lincoln, and
other officials of the University
of Nebraska college of agricul
ture are scheduled to attend.
TREES COMING DOWN
Trees that might obstruct
overhead power lines in con
nection with O’Neill’s new
“white way” street lighting
system will be removed next
week. City council gave Con
sumers Public Power district
instructions to fell trees where
necessary, and remove other ob
structions.
Dakotans Here—
Mrs. Claude Johnson and
sons, Joseph and James, of
Sioux Falls, S. D., are visiting
Mrs. Johnson’s sister, Mrs. John
Grutsch. They plan to stay un
til Saturday, June 17.
Atkinson's controversial high tension elec
tric transmission line (looking southeast) . . .
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now completed and ready to be energised.—
The Frontier Photo.
Council Establishes
New Tax Levy
O’Neill taxpayers for the
next fiscal year will pay 25.5
mills to finance the city’s obli
gations. This new levy, which is
a 4-mill increase, was establish
ed at the last regular meeting
of the O’Neill city council. The
1949 levy was 21.5 mills.
Although the ordinance was
passed by the members of the
city council at the June 5 meet
ing, the levy actually became
effective the first Tuesday in
May, 1950.
In addition to the establish
ing of the new mill levy, the
council passed an ordinance for
bidding the sale or the dis
charging of fireworks within the
city limits.
Christ Lutheran
Gets New Pastor
Rev. Robert W. Olson will be
the new resident pastor at
Christ Lutheran church in O’
Neill and Immanuel Lutheran
church in Atkinson.
A recent graduate of the
Springfield, Ind., Missouri sy
nod theological seminary, he
has just been ordained, and this
will be his first post.
Reverend Hartmann, o f
Bloomfield, will preside when
Reverend Olson is Installed on
Sunday, July 2.
Reverend Olson succeeds Rev.
Clyde O. Cress, who transferred
to Cleveland, O., 2 months ago
Meanwhile, the 2 Holt churches
have been without a resident
pastor. The new minister will
reside in O’Neill.
‘Freak’ Accident
Involves 3 Cars
Two Ewing men Monday were
fined $10 and costs when they
pleaded guilty to “indifferent
reckless driving” after they
were involved in a “freak” ac
cident near Ewing Friday, June
9. The men are William Steskal
and William W. Evans.
Charges, which were filed by
State Highway Patrolman Fay
Robeson, grew out of a mishap
that happened east of Ewing
near the intersection of state
highway 108 and Ewing’s main
street.
According to the investigating
authority, Steskal was traveling
north on highway 108 and he
was about to make a left-hand
turn onto Ewing’s main street
Patrolman Robeson said Stes
kal failed to signal for the turn.
At the time Steskal was
about to turn left off of the
highway, Evans w'as passing
the Steskal vehicle.
Evans at this point attempted
to turn onto Ewing’s main .
street to avoid an accident.
Robeson said he (Evans) was
traveling “too fast” to make the j
corner so he veered off to the
northeast into a driveway where j
he slid 92 feet into the rear of j
a car owned by Mrs. Josie Ver- ,
saw, of Ewing.
The truck driven by Evans
and the vehicle driven by Stes- :
kal did not collide.
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QUARTET GOES ON AIR
BUTTE — The Butte Full
CJospel quartet will go on the !
iir each Saturday morning at
3:15 over radio station KCOM, I
Sioux City, beginning June 17
Members of quartet are: Loris
H. Anderson, first tenor; Carl
sn Anderson, second tenor;
Bob Anderson, baritone; Alvin
Jones, bass, and Darlene And
erson, pianist.
DISPUTED LINE
READY FOR POWER
Consumers Workmen Get
‘Go Ahead' From
City Council
ATKINSON—The now - fa
mous high tension power line
entering Atkinson from the
east (O’Neill) is now complet
ed and ready to be energized.
Consumers Public Power dis
trict workmen swarmed over
the poles and substation last
week after the Atkinson city
council reversed its earlier
standing and gave the “go a
head” signal to finish the line.
Routing of the line to the new
substation had been a matter
of controversy for several
weeks.
Opponents o£ the present
route held that the 23.000
volt line through the heart
of the city was a hazard and
would interfere with radio
reception. These persons, in
. eluding 3 members of the
council, wanted the line rout
ed in the “back door" where
it would not be near resi
dential properties.
Backers of the present rout
ing, including Consumers engi
neers, said that high tension ■
linps into the middle of cities
and towns is imperative now to
assure adequate service.
Workmen had been off-again
on-again as far as the Atkin- |
son power picture was con
cerned, so when the council on
June 5 gave the “go ahead” no
time was lost in completing
construction ana readying for
power.
Former Atkinson
Businessman Dies
I
ATKINSON — Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday,
June 14, at- 3 p.m. at the Seger |
funeral home for Herman A. [
Towers, 75, a former business
man and farm resident of this |
community. Rev. Orin Graff of
ficiated and burial was in V/ood-1
lawn cemetery here.
Tower died at the home of
his daughter, Iris, Saturday,
June 10, at Morristown, N. J.
The remains were shipped here
for burial.
Survivors include: widow:
and a daughter, Iris, of Morris
town, N. J.
Open House Planned
At Reclamation Office—
The bureau of reclamation of
fice in Ainsworth will hold
open house to the public Satur
day afternoon, June 17, from 2
to 5, in observance of the 48th
anniversary of the reclamation
act of 1902.
Clyde E. Burdick, area engi
neer in charge of the Niobrara
Basin project office at Ains
worth in announcing this open
house observance, stated that
movies will be shown and all
departments in the Ainsworth
office will be explained to those
attending.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Chace, of Atkinson, went Sun
day, June 11, to see R. E. Chace,
who is a patient in a hospital
in Sioux City. They returned
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Mangan .
and family, of Hastings, visited '
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moore Sun
day, June 11. Mrs. Moore re
turned with them and went on (
to Lincoln. She returned Mon- .
day.
2 Republicans
File for Positions
Mrs. Esther Cole Harris, Re
publican register of deeds who
had filed for reelection on Mon
day, June 12, filed for the posi
tion of county clerk. Mrs. Harris
on Saturday, June 10, filed her
withdrawal of nomination for
register of deeds. A position
for which she had originally
filed on February 14.
George E. Collins, of Atkin
son, Friday, June 9, posted his
filing fee for the position of su
pervisor of the Seventh district.
Collins filed on the Republican
ticket.
Primary election will be held
August 8.
Highway 20 to
Have Info Booth
Setting up a tourist informa
tion bureau at Sioux City was
the aim of representatives of
U. S- Highway 20 association
in session Tuesday, June 13, at
Sioux City.
O'Neill, which is a member
of the association, sent 2 dele
gates. They were: H. J. Lohaus
and Paul Bella. They joined a
12-car caravan that originated
at Lusk. Wyo.
Purpose of the information
bureau would be to direct
tourists and traffic along high
way 20 to the Black Hills and
Western states.
Highway 20 association *is
composed of towns and vil
lages which are situated along
the route.
Calling of the Sioux City
meeting forced postponement
of the regular monthly meet
ing of the O’Neill Chamber.
Meeting was scheduled for
Tuesday, June 13 Meeting was
postponed until Tuesday, June
20
President Melvin Ruzicka
announced that at the June 20
meeting officers would be
elected for the ensuing year.
Lorenz Family
Holds Reunion—
The Lorenz family held a re
union picnic Sunday, June 11,
at the Bill Ernst home. Among
those attending were; Mr. arid
Mrs. Fred Lorenz and Leonard,
of Inman; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Lorenz and family,of Cham
bers; Mr. and Mrs. William
Dieckmann, of Aurora; Mr. and
Mrs. Pascal Snarr, of Trum
bull, Wyo.; and Mr, and Mrs.
Otto Lorenz and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Ernst and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lor
?nz, Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Searles, Mrs. Melvin E. Lorenz
and Loren, Mr. and Mrs. Ver
lon R. Lorenz and family, and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ernst arv
laughter, Evelyn, all of O’
Neill.
Bolt School Boards
In Annual Meeting—
All Holt county school dis
:riets met Monday, June 12, in
their annual meeting, as pre
scribed by state law.
The meetings were held to
;lect officers of the board; to de
;ide on next year’s levies; length
pf 1950-’51 school terms and oth
;r issues necessary for the func
:ioning of the school district.
Mrs. R. H. Shriner and Bob
rlolsclaw drove to Omaha Sat
irday afternoon, June 10, and
eturned Sunday. Mrs. Shriner’s
lister, Mrs. L. C. Riley, and
laughter, Peggy, came with
hem. Mrs. Riley has been hos
pitalized the past 7 weeks in
Dmaha. After a stay at the
shriner home, they will return
;o their home at Hay Springs.
KANSAS FIRM
GETS CONTRACT
$243,700 Low Bid for
General Construction
At St. Anthony’s
Bids for the construction of
St. Anthony’s hospital here
were opened Thursday, June 8,
in a meeting of hospital com
mittee members. The meeting
was held at St. Mary’s academy.
Low bidder on the general
construction of the building was
Busboon and Rauh, contractors,
of Salina, Kans. They submit
ted a bid of $242,700.
James Davidson & Sons, of
O’Neill, was the low bidder on
the plumbing, heating and ven
tilating contract. It was $78,985.
Lester Electric company, of
Wayne, submitted the low bid
for the electrical contract. The
bid was for $17,798.
Jame* M. Corkle. general
chairman of the hospital build
ing committee, pointed out
that these low bids do not
constitute the awarding of the
contracts. Bids must be ap
proved by state and federal
agencies.
Overall cost of the completed
hospital was set at $420,000.
Construction will get under
way as soon as bids on contracts
have been approved, Corkle ex
plained.
Other bidders on the general
construction contract were:
Kealy Construction Co., of
Hastings, $262,550; John Claus
sen & Sons, of Grand Island,
$242,786; and Geer-Maurer Con
struction Co. of Grand Island,
$257,797.
Other bidders on the plumb
ing and heating contract were:
Natkin & Co., of Omaha, $90,
750; Tyner Engineering Co., of
Mitchell, S. D., $85,400; and
Master Plumbing Co., of Grand
Island, $94,843.
Other electrical bidders were:
Electrical Engineer Co., of Lin
•coln, $22,650; Vogel Electric,
Blair, $21,981; A. E. Irwin, of
Kimball, $28,328.94; Krueger
Electric, of Norfolk, $21,833;
Battin Electric, of Yankton, S.
D.; Nystrom Electric, of Sioux
City, $21,750; and Weaver Elec
tric, of Sioux City, $18,990.
People of O’Neill and of Holt
county during the summer of
1949 raised more than a hund
red-thousand-dollars as their
part of the financial burden.
The federal government will
grant $200,000 and the Sisters
of St. Francis, who will own and
operate the hospital, will as
sume any reasonable indebted
; ness.
Site of the hospital is to be
immediately west of St. Mary’s
academy.
Atkinson Juniors
Win in Overtime
The Atkinson American Le
gion juniors eked out a 6-5 win
over the O’Neill juniors in an
8-inning affair Sunday after
noon on the O’Neill lot.
Don Godel on the mound for
O’Neill gained 14 strikeouts,
but poor support in crucial mo
ments cost the ball game. Torn
Slattery went most of the way
for Atkinson and yielded 7 hits.
In the last half of the 8th O’
Neill got 2 aboard but couldn t
score. Game was originally
scheduled for 7 innings.
Line score:
O’Neill .. 201 200 00—5
Atkinson 103 010 01—6
Batteries: Atkinson—Slattery,
Buterfield and Schaff; O’Neill—
Godel and Grimes.
BAND CONCERT
Saturday. June 17
1. ‘The Star Spangled Ban
ner,” Key. , ,
2. March, “Purple Carnival,
Alford.
3. Novelty, “The Mouse and
the Clock,’'' Whitney.
4. Waltz, “Alpine Sunset,
King.
5. March, “Washington
Gravs.” Grafula.
6 * Trombone trio, “The Cav
ali rs,” Johnson, (by Don Pet
ersen. Bruce McElhaney, Eliz
abeth Schaffer) ,
7. Overture “Bagdad,’ Buch
68 Accordian solo, selected,
by Miss Rosemary Vondracek.
9. Hymn, “Abide With Me,
Monk. . , _
10. March, “National Em
blem,” Bagley.
Plan to Sail
For Europe— . ,
Mrs. Sumner Downey and her
nieces. Misses Leah and Dorothy
Iler, will leave on July 14 for
an extended tour of Europe.
They will be gone more than
a month. _
H. J. Birmingham returned
Tuesday, June 13, from St.
Louis, Mo.