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VOLUME 70.—‘NUMBER 18._O’NEILL. NEBR.. THURS., SEPTEMBER 7. 1950. _PRICE 7 CENT*
Atkinson Man
Dies in Crash
Robert W. Carr, 55,
Killed When Truck
Makes Plunge
ATKINSON—Robert W. Carr,
56, an Atkinson man, died late
Saturday, September 2, as a re
sult of injuries received when
his truck went out of control
near Long Pine and crashed
down a steep embankment.
Carr was pinned in the cab
and died before rescuers could
reach him.
An Atkinson farmer, who liv
ed 4 miles west of there, he had
been to Ainsworth earlier to at
tend a livestock sale.
The eastbound truck was de
scending a long hill on highway
20 near Long Pine when the i
truck went out of control.
Investigating authorit i e s
from Ainsworth theorized
that a spring on the loaded
truck may have broken caus
ing the brakes to lock. The
machine careened into a
guardrail and down about a
30-foot embankment into Pine
creek canyon.
Mrs. Cedar McAllister Ander
son, passenger in the ill-fated
vehicle, was shaken up but not
seriously hurt. She was taken
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Robert ("Bob") Carr . . .
killed in freakish accident .. .
pictured with grandson.
to the Ainsworth hospital and
dismissed the next morning.
Seven head of cattle were in
the truck when the accident oc
curred.
Carr’s body was taken to
Ainsworth and later removed
to Seger’s funeral home in At
kinson.
Robert Wallace Carr was born
in Hamilton county, Iowa, on
August 7, 1894, a son of George
M. and Mary Walker Carr.
On July 3, 1915, he married
Pearl lliff at O’Neill.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at
the Methodist church in At
kinson with Rev. A. Hughes
officiating.
Survivors include: Sons—An-!
dy, of Yuba City, Calif.; Wal
lace, of Atkinson; Donald, of
i Atkmson; daughters — Rita
Carr, of Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Ora
(Imo) Akins, of North Bend; 1
Mrs. Robert (Lola) Jonas, of1
Atkinson; and Mrs. Hans (Ruth) 1
Braun, of Atkinson; brother —
Russell, of Atkinson; sisters —
Mrs. Joe (Tessie) Sherfey, of
Racket; Mrs. Fred (Mabel) Ba
con, of O’Neill; and Mrs. Jess
(Luella) Osborne, of Lander,
Wyo.
State highway patrolmen
from Ainsworth investigated. It
was reported Mr. Carr stopped
breathing about the time help
arrived.
Carr had the reputation of be
ing a careful driver.
This was the first major acci
dent in tne u Neill region uur
ing the long Labor day holiday.
3 Schools Are
Without Teachers
Until Tuesday 3 Holt county
rural schools were without
teachers, according to County
Superintendent E 1 j a McCul
lough.
Districts and the board of ed
ucation directors where teach
ers are lacking are: 208, Cecil
Miller, of O’Neill; 10, William
Meusch, of Butte; 245, Ira Lier
mann, of Atkinson.
Pre-opening day was observ
ed in O’Neill on Saturday when
approximately 145 teachers
gathered for last-minute instruc
tions and supplies.
Mrs. Ruth Kittle, a book pub
lishing house representative,
demonstrated the penmanship
method that bears her name.
Return from Coast —
Joe Biglin, Charles Fox and
Bill Kelley arrived home Sun
day, September 3, from a 2
weeks’ vacation in California.
They were accompanied home
by Miss Marie Fox and Mrs.
Leonard Fox, who came for the
Fox-Bosn nuptials.
TRAFFIC COURT
Lyle E. Herrick, of Grand Is
land, employee Inland Construc
tion Co., fined $20 and costs for
overloading truck, September 5.
2 Dakotans Are Hurt
As Motorcycle
Strikes Car
EWING — Two South Dakota
men, Clinton Palmer, 20, of
Colome, and Harry Sikes, 27,
of Winner, were critically in
jured at 11:20 a- m. Monday
Labor day—in an unusual acci
dent on a Ewing intersection.
They were taken to a Nor
folk hospital in a Biglin Bros,
ambulance, of O’Neill.
Our Lady of Lourdes hospital
attendants early Wednesday
announced that the condition of
both cyclists was “satisfactory.”
Their westbound motorcycle
crashed into a new’ automobile
owned and driven by George
McMahon, 24, of Stanton. Mc
Mahon, who was entering high
way 275 from the side street
that passes in front of the hotel,
said he stopped his car for a
stop sign and was just driving
into the highway when the
cycle smashed into the car. Mc
Mahon was uninjured.
Sikes has a right lef frac
ture between the knee and
thigh, a deep cut on the leg
and other cuts. Palmer has a
right ankle fracture (his
ankle was underneath his chin
when help arrived), forehead
lacerations, an eye injury and
he suffered from shock.
Observers said Palmer was
hurled through the air for about
30 feet off the highway.
County Attorney William W.
Griffin, of O’Neill, who inves
tigated, said late Monday he
did not contemplate charging
McMahon with “criminal negli
gence” with evidence that he
had at hand.
Griffin said witnesses were
Roy Rotherham and George
Black, both of Ewing, and Al
lan Pollack, of Mehaska, Kans.
Rotherham’s car had pulled
up to a highway 275 stop sign
on Ewing’s main street and the
crash occured directly in front
of his vision.
McMahon, a traveling sales
man, was alone in his car.
John B. Wrede, 79, |
Dies in Washington
John B. Wrede, 79, well
known former O’Neill man, j
died Wednesday, August 16, at
his home in Orchards, Wash.
Requiem high mass was offer
ed Monday, August 21, at 9 a. m.
at Sacred Heart Catholic church
at Battle Ground, Wash., and
burial was in St. James Acres
at Vancouver, Wash.
The late Mr. Wrede was born
August 10, 1871, at Iowa City,
la. As a small child he moved
to David City, later moving to
a farm southeast of O’Neill. A
few years later he moved to
Garwin, la., where he was in
the flour milling business.
From Garwin he moved to
Redbixd where he farmed for
2 years after which he pur
chased the Redbird store. In
1943 he moved to Washington.
Survivors include: Widow —
Jeanette; sons—John, of Port
land, Ore.; Donald and Garold,
both of Vancouver, Wash.;
daughter—Mrs. Clyde Johnson,
of Kelso, Wash.; brothers—An
drew, of Portland, Ore.; Louis,
of Divide, Sask., Canada; Jo
seph, of Garwin, la.; George, of
Galt, Calif.; sisters—Mrs. Lena
Ruppencamp, of Garwin, la.;
Mrs. Carrie Ruppencamp, of
Iowa City, la.; Mrs. Katherine
Snodgrass, of Iowa; Mrs. Ade
line Murman, of Omaha; Mrs.
Mary Anderson, of Sheridan,
Wyo.; and Mrs. Flora Ridgeway,
! of O’Neill.
Among relatives attending the
‘ funeral were 2 brothers, George
and Andrew, their families, and
all of the late Mr. Wrede’s de
scendants.
Swan Pearsons
Wed 50 Years
BRISTOW—The golden wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Swan Pearson, prominent
residents of Bristow, occurred
Wednesday, September 6, but
the family observance of the
event was held Sunday so that
relatives from a distance could
be present over the Labor day
holiday.
After Mr. and Mrs. Pearson
and their family and other rel
atives attended the morning
service at Rosedale Lutheran
church a dinner was served for
them in the church parlors.
Swan Pearson and Miss An
nettte Danielson were married
September 6, 1900, at Immanuel
Lutheran parsonage in Omaha.
The couple began housekeep
ing at Omaha where they lived
until 1907. They then moved to
a farm 4 miles north of Bristow.
They were the parents of 3
daugters and 3 sons. One son,
Clarence, died at the age of 214
years. Those living are Mrs.
Merle Roach, of Maywood; Mrs.
L. S. Campbell and Miss Inez
Pearson, ' o f Omaha; Lester
Pearson, of Bristow, and Carl
Pearson, of Fairfax, S. D. There
are 3 grandchildren.
A motorcycle smashed into this vehicle
Monday on a Ewing street intersection. Two
cyclists are in "satisfactory" condition in Our
Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk. Injured
were Clinton Palmer, of Colome, S. D., and
Harry Sikes of Winner, S. D. Car driver was
George McMahon, of Stanton. (Story at left.)
—The Frontier Photo.
CHAS. SCHMOKER,
ATKINSON, DIES
Native of Switzerland
Buried Monday in
Woodlawn
ATKINSON—Charles Schmo
ker 81-year-old Atkinson car
penter, died Saturday, Septem
ber 2, in Atkinson. He had been
ill about 6 months, including a
time in a Sioux City hospital.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in St. John’s
Lutheran church with Rev. E. G.
Ihrig, church pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Woodlawn ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were William Se
ger, Herb Bitney, Otto Gloor,
Jacob Siegler, Adolph Mlinar
and S. W. Schaaf.
The late Mr. Schmoker was
born at Inierlochen, Switzer
land, on July 1, 1869, a son of
Fred and Margaret Hoagler
Schmoker.
He was a carpenter by trade.
For the past 18 years he lived
at the Mrs. Bertha Glazier
home.
Survivors include: Daughter
—Mrs. Urshel Nordlan, of Stras
bourg, Colo.; son— Erwin
Schmoker, of Velmet, 11.1; (Chi
cago suburb); sister—Mrs. Felix
Timm, of Chandler, Ariz.; bro
ther — Fred Schmoker, of Lin
coln.
All of the survivors except
Mrs. Timm were present for the
funeral. Arrangements for the
rites were in charge of Segers
mortuary.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Hi Lo Pxec.
August 29_ 77 57
August 30_ 82 53
September 1 _ 96 58
September 2 _ 81 60 ,
September 3 _ 78 60
September 4 75 58
September 5 .. 75 56
Livestock Exhibits
Top Attractions
Fairgoers Pleased with
Rodeo Entertainment;
Winners Named
CHAMBERS — “Highly suc
cessful” is the manner in which
officials of the Holt County Ag
ricultural society described the
58th annual Holt county fair
and rodeo, which closed here
Friday night.
Despite a delayed haying sea
son, which found a good many
folks in the Chambers commu
nity preoccupied with the task
of cutting and putting up hay,
large crowds made their way
through the turnstiles to witness
outstanding displays of live
stock, produce and handiwork.
The fair opened on Wednes
day and continued through
Thursday and Friday.
Fair Secretary Edwin Wink
said that attendance was “good”
considering the late haying sea
son. He said officials expected
a “slight shrinkage” over last
year’s fair from the financial
standpoint.
Fairgoers were pleased with
the entertainment, too. They
liked the rodeo, probably the
best in recent years, and en
joyed the carnival, baseball,
band music and festive at
mosphere.
In baseball, Chambers turned
back Inman, 5-2, in Thursday’s
offering, and on Friday Atkin
son topped Chambers, 9-3.
Entries in livestock far ex
ceeded any previous year. Near
ly a hundred head overflowed
the pens. These were entered
by 70 Holt county boys and
girls.
The rodeo was, as usual, one
of the popular features. Contests
were staged in bronc riding,
bulldogging, calf-roping, bull
riding and steer-tagging. Among
the local riders and ropers who
were winners were Vern Whit
aker and Melvin Bell.
Riders competed from
Chambers. Burwell. Ains
worth, Valentine, Ogalalla.
Arena. Colo., Wolf Point,
Mont.. Flagstaff, Ariz„ and
Paris, Tex.
Gus Obermire, of Stuart, fur
nished the rodeo stock.
Results of the judging in the
various livestock divisions were
announced as follows:
4 - H stocker-feeder division,
Hereford steers—Purple ribbon
winners, Dale Garwood, of Am
elia, and Gary Holcomb, of
Chambers; fat calf class, Wayne
Hoffman, of Ewing, purple;
purebred breeding heifer, Char
lotte McVay, of O’Neill, and Ny
j al Rowse, of Chambers, purple;
breeding cow and calf, Willard
Van Buren, of O’Neill, purple.
4-H swine division: Hamp
shire littef, Keith Halsey, of
Chambers, purple.
4-H sheep division: Marlene
Ermer, of O’Neill, purple.
4-H pony division: Charlotte
McVay, of O’Neill, blue.
4-H club group entries: Mar
tha, blue ribbon; Amelia, red;
South Fork 212 club, white.
4-H showmanship contest:
Velma Abney Kelly, of Inman,
first; Wayne Hoffman, of Ewing,
second; Sally Christon, of Ew
ing, third.
4-H dairy breed division:
Vel ma Kelly, of Inman; Lyle
Chipps and Levon Bunter, of
Ewing, purple.
Open class, Angus females:
Sharon Miner, of O’Neill, grand
champion; Dillard Van Buren,
of O’Neill, reserve champion.
Open class. Shorthorns: E. R.
Carpenter, of Chambers, showed
the grand champion and reserve
champion in both bulls and fe
males.
Open class, Hereford: Whitak
er and Whitaker, of Chambers,
(Continued on page 4.)
4-H GRAND CHAMPION AT FAIR .. . Wayne
Hoffman, of Ewing, exhibited “Buster,” Here
ford steer calf which copped grand champion
honors in the 4-H division at the Holt county
fair last week in Chambers. Wayne bought
“Buster” last fall at Bassett, washed him 8
times in grooming him for the fair, Wayne
began feeding “Buster” about December 1 and
he has gained a little more than 2 pounds per
day. “Buster" tips the scales at 1,000 pounds.
(More r air Pictures on Page I U.)
750 Pupils in
City's Schools
70 Hoarders Come from
4 States to Attend
St. Mary s
St. Mary's academy opened
its doors Wednesday to 148 high
school students and 214 grade
pupils.
Sister M. Antonella, SMA
principal, said these figures, not
yet final, represent a gain of
about 12 pupils in the grades
and "about the same” high
school enrollment as last term.
There are 70 boarding pu
pils this year, coming from
Montana. Wyoming, South
Dakota and Nebraska points.
A 10-year-old girl, M e 1 s a
Clifton, 5th grader, comes the
greatest distance to board. Her
nome is Glendive, Mont. Anoth
er boarder from a distance is
Jean Smith, 16, a junior, whose
home is at Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Registration was completed
Tuesday and classes were in full
swing Wednesday.
MRS. ART SNYDER
BURIAL AT EWING
Ill for Many Years ;
Survivors Include 4
Sons, 3 Daughters
EWING — Mrs. Arthur Sny-!
der, 72, died Friday, September
1. She had J>een in “poor” health
for many years and had been
critically ill for 2 weeks.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, September 3, at the
Methodist church with Rev.
Charles Chappel in charge.
Mrs. Harriet Welke and Mrs.
Vera Anson, accompanied by
Mrs. Chappel at the piano, sang,
“Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s
Love,” ‘“It Is Well with My
Soul,” and "Beyond the Sun
set.”
The pallbearers were Leland
Welke, Arthur Kropp, Gene
Fields, Faye Gemmill, R. B.
Crellin and Everett Ruby. In
terment was made in the family
lot of the Ewing cemetery.
Georgie Booth, daughter of
Emetine and Alonzo Booth,
waz born March 31. 1878, in
Boon county, Illinois. WhUe
still a small child, she came
with her parents, brothers and
sisters to Holt county.
She married Arthur Sanders
at O’Neill.
To this union were born 6
daughters and 4 sons. She was
preceded in death by a daugh
ter, Freida, who died in infancy;
her parents, 3 sisters and 1 bro
ther.
She was a member of the
Methodist church.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons—Raleigh, of Tulsa, Okla.;
Denzel, of Paxton; Marcus and
Jarold, both of Ewing; daugh
ters—Mrs. Frances Porter and
Mrs. Verna McClenahan, both of
Chambers; Mrs. Vesta Adams, of
Austin, Tex.; Mrs. Thelma Al
derson, of Boise, Ida.; and Mrs.
Lois Osborn, of Meadow Grove;
25 grandchildren; 4 great-grand
children; brothers—Jay Booth,
of Portland, Ore., and Paul
Booth, of St. Edward.
Mrs. Snyder was well-known
in both the Ewing and Cham
bers communities.
Among those from Chambers
attending the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Porter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rowse,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Clair Grimes, Mrs.
Sarah Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Adams, Mrs. Lloyd Gleed,
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gribble, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Hoffman, Mr.
and Mrs. Seth Hertel, Mr. and
Mrs. William Reninger, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Letha Cook,
Arnold, Mane and Erna Zuelke.
Deloit Couple
Leaves for Europe
DELOIT —Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest Spahn, of Clearwater, were
scheduled to sail Tuesday, Sep
tember 5, on the Holland liner
“New Amsterdam,” from New
York City, bound for Rotterdam,
Holland. They will also visit
Germany, Switzerland and oth
er European countries before
starting the return trip.
Regina and Mardelle. daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vltt,
spent the past week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Plantz in
i Omaha. Mrs, Plantz is the for
I mer Helen Vitt.
Public School Enrollment
Off Slightly from
Last Term
O’Neill public school’s en
rollment for the 1950-’51 term is
down slightly, it was announc
ed Wednesday by Supt, Ira
George as students were com
pleting registration.
Because of conflict with the
Nebraska state fair, which has
attracted a number of rural
students,, complete enrollment
figures will not be available
until next Monday.
Superintendent George ex
pects the high school enroll
ment to reach the 190 mark
compared to 201 during the
last term. One hundred and
eighty-two registered Tues
day—opening day of school.
Last term there were 320
grade school pupils and this
term enrollment is expected to
be in the neighborhood of 300.
Kindergarten class is smaller
this year than a year ago; also
the freshman class is smaller.
Forty-seven freshmen are al
ready registered with several
others expected.
School opened this week with
out the agriculture instructor,
but Lawrence Stone, of Stillwa
ter, Okla., a graduate of Okla
homa A & M, will arrive Friday.
He succeeds Beryl Gerdes, re
signed.
Stone and his wife will occu
py the residence vacated by
Gerdes. Stone has been teaching
the veterans’ class at Pierce.
Students reported Wednesday
for assignments and classes will
be underway in earnest today
(Thursday).
Blind Nonagenarian
IKes in Atkinson
ATKINSON— Miss Nellie O’
Connell, 92, an Atkinson resi
dent who had been blind for
many years, died Sunday, Sep
tember 3, about 9 a. m. She was
ope of the city’s oldest residents.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, September 6, at 10
a. m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic
church with Rev. A. A. Lehman,
church pastor, officiating.
The late Miss O’Connell was
born in County Cork, Ireland,
on March 17, 1858, a daughter of
John and Ellen Dempsey O’
Connell.
For many years Miss O’Con
nell and her sister, Nora, also
single, lived together. Nineteen
months ago the late Miss O’Con
nell moved to the home of Miss
Nora Maroney i n Atkinson
where she was cared for while
her health declined.
Survivors, besides her sister,
Nora, include: Sister—Mrs. A.
F. Dick, of Coosbay, Ore.; bro
thers — Timothy O’Connell, of
Atkinson, and Cornelius O’Con
nell, of California.
Her parents, 5 sisters and
brothers are deceased.
■
3 Men Sentenced
for Hog Stealing
Three Holt county men were
sentenced in Holt county dis
trict court Tuesday on charges
growing out of a hog stealing in
cident at the Gene Carr farm,
north of Atkinson, on June 20.
Sentenced were: Art Fuhrer,
38, of Atkinson, 1 year in the
state penitentiary; Joe Scripter,
46, of Atkinson, 1 year in the
state penitentiary; and Benny
Braun, 29, of Atkinson, 1 year
in the state men’s reformatory.
District Judge D. R. Mounts
pronounced the sentences.
They were taken to the insti
tutions Wednesday.
County Attorney William W.
Griffin, who persecuted, said
Fuhrer had been sentenced in
1931 from Hamilton county on
burglary charges and in 1934
W3S charged with counterfeit
ing in Boyd county.
Legion to Fete
New Draftees
Simonson post 93 of the Am
erican Legion will fete the
group of 11 draftees who will
be leaving next week for induc
tion. The fete will be m the
form of a party - dance at the
Legion club on Sunday night,
September 10, according to
Commander Dorranee Crabb.
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