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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1950)
12 PAGES—2 SECTIONS jg’ * \ . STATE HIST SOC ^ Killing Frost Damges Corn Mercury Dips to 25 Early Wednesday; Com Soft A killing frost on 2 successive nights inflicted plenty of dam age on the 1950 corn crop in the O’Neill region. Early Tuesday morning the mercury dropped to 29 degrees. Damage wasn’t as great as ex pected — in fact, the cold nip, shortlived as it was, might have helped dry out some of the lag gard corn. But early Wednes day’s freeze, which saw the temperature slip to 25, was a killer and will be responsible for lots of soft corn. While 80 percent of the corn in the state was expected to be safe. Holt and Boyd coun ty averages will not be as bright. But, observers say, there will be lots of corn. Already farmers with soft com are making plans to spe cially handle it as feed. The freeze is expected to cause a loss of yield and quali ty, and increase the demand for feeder cattle. The killing frost came about 5 or 6 days ahead of the aver age date—October 10. The O’Neill area was fog bound again last Thursday eve ning, making driving conditions hazardous. Showers through the week netted more than an inch of moisture. Summaiy based on 24 hour periods ending at 6 p. m.: Date Hi Lo Prec. Sept. 27_ 72 51 Sept. 28_ 68 55 Sept. 29_ 67 54 .11 Sept. 30 _ .. 77 45 .43 Oct. 1_ 50 40 .54 Oct. 2_ 50 36 Oct. 3___-_ 45 29 ___ Total_ l-08 Goranson-Jenny Sale Next Tuesday The big farm sale scheduled by M. B. Goranson & Son and Joseph Jenny will be held on Tuesday, October 10, southeast of Chambers. To be sold are: 320-acres im proved Holt county farm, 78 head of cattle, Herefords and Holsteins, a complete line of » farm and haying machinery, and some household goods. (See ad • vertisement on page 6.) Col. Ed Thorin will be auc tioneer; Leo T. Adams, clerk. They will also work a sale of real estate and household goods in the village of Amelia on Fri day, October 13. Mrs Gertrude Minahan will sell a house, 7 j village lots and some personal j property. (See advertisement j on page 5.) Baker Flies First Mission Against Reds Lt. John Lee Baker, son of Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, on Septem ber 24 flew his first jet aerial I mission against the North Kor ean Reds. Baker had been stationed in the trouble zone since the out break in Korea, but didn’t get into action until recently. His first mission was attacking a bridge and strafing. Baker is based in Japan. WCTU Meets With Miss Martin— The WTCU met at the hornie of Miss Meta Martin on Tues day, October 3. Miss Martin gave a report on her trip to the WTCU conven tion in Fairbury. and Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr., gave a report on her trip to the Denver, Colo., convention. Mrs. Ivan Cone read a letter she received from the Veter an’s hospital in Grand Island, f Miss Martin seved a lunch at the close. Ressels Go South for Trip— Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressel left Monday on their vacation. They will go to Kansas to visit Mrs. Ressel’s brother. Charles Harris, and family, and to Mis souri to visit her mother, Mrs. S. W. Harris, and then to Mar shall. Tex., to visit their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Ressel. ATKINSON IN '51 ATKINSON— Farley-Tushla post of the American Legion . will be host to the district II ^ American Legion convention in • September, 1951. Invitation was made last Thursday at the an nual district meeting in Albion. POTTER HURT Clarence Potter, 45, of O’Neill, is in a Norfolk hospital suffer ing a cracked rib on the left side as a result of an automobile ac cident Friday night near Win side. Emmet Streets Are Graded— EMMET— Ae streets in the village of Emmet are being graded. Workmen spent several days last week on the job. {• GOP CARAVAN COMING FRIDAY ■ — Peterson, Wherry, Miller Lead Republicans to Holt The Republicans are coming to town. Virtually every GOP Nebras ka candidate for state and na tional offices will be aboard the Republican caravan when it ar rives Friday at 3:45 p. m. for a street meeting at the corner of Fourth and Douglas streets. The entourage will include: Gov. Val Peterson, Lt. - Gov. Charles Warner, U. S. Sen. Ken neth Wherry, Ur S. Representa tive A. L. Miller, Secretary of State Frank Marsh, State Audi tor Ray C. Johnson, State Treas- I urer Frank Heintze, Attorney General Clarence Beck, Rail way Commissioner Harold Pal mer, all condidates for reelec tion; Mrs. Arthur Bowring, of Merriman; Mrs. Edna Basten Donald, of Grand Island, and Joseph Wishart, of Lincoln, na tional committeemen and com mitteewomen. The caravan will leave O’Neill at 4:45 p. m., arriving in Atkin son at 5:05 p. m. for another street meeting. The GOP lead ers will go to Bassett for dinner and spend the night at Ains worth. William W. Griffin, Holt GOP chairman, is in charge of ar rangements. DRAFT TAKES 2 ON OCTOBER 18 50 Go to Omaha Tuesday for Preinduction Physicals Two Holt county selective service resgistrants have been ordered to report for duty on Wednesday, October 18. They are: Merle L. Foreman, of Emmet, and Lathan O. Rohdes, of Stu art The order to furnish 2 for mid - October induction, was smaller than anticipated by Holt draft officials, Mrs. W. H. Har ty, chief clerk, explained. Meanwhile, 50 are to report Tuesday, October 10, for prein duction physical examinations. While mobilization by draft has been slowed recently, the calling up of reservists and the voluntary enlistments have pro v i d e d substantial manpower contributions in the new emer gency. Reservists called not hereto fore chronicled in The Frontier include: John Protivinsky, of Sioux Falls, S. D., formerly of O’Neill, will report Thursday, October 5, at Treasure Island, Calif. He is a navy reservist, was twice wounded in World War II. Leon Wetzler, of Omaha, for merly of O’Neill, a signal corps reservist, reports for army duty on October 17. Delinquent Tax List in This Issue On pages 10 and 11 of this is sue of The Frontier will be found the delinquent real estate tax list for 1949. This is the official publication in the county’s official newspa per. The delinquent list is slightly larger this year compared to 1948’s delinquent list. Considerable late news mat ter has necessarily been omitted from this issue but will be pub lished in full in next week’s Frontier. ‘Scout Fund Drive Lags’ — Jacobson M. E. Jacobson, head of the Chamber of Commerce-sponsor ed Boy Scout fund-raising com m i 11 e e, reported Wednesday that the drive is lagging consid erably behind last year’s mark. Because of this, he said, the drive is being extended an extra week. Stays with Grandmother— Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Adamson spent last week in Sioux Falls, S. D.. and Cherokee, la., visit friends and relatives. Judy stayed with her grandmother, Mrs. Brinkard, at Butte, while Mr. and Mrs. Adamson were gone Gillespies Hosts— Mrs. N. M. Stewart and Ber nice and Mrs. Lyle King and son, visited Mrs. E. J. Eby Sun- , day, September 24. They were i all dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gillespie. Chicagoan Here— Miss Kathleen Shorthill, of Chicago, 111., is visiting her mother. Mrs. Jettie Shorthill, and other relatives in O'Neill. BUSINESS BRISK FOR CITY COUNCIL Grant Gas Franchise, Buy School Traffic Signals Business was brisk at Tues day night’s meeting of the O’ Neill city council. Here’s what happened: The council— (1.) Granted a franchise to the Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas company; (2.) Authorized the purchase of 2 school traffic electric sig nals to protect O’Neill children; (3.) Decided to place gravel on some city streets that are not hardsurfaced; (4.) Adjourned—finally— at 1 a. m. A representative of the Kan sas-Nebraska firm earlier had contacted all the councilmen and at Tuesday’s session formal ly appealed for a franchise. The company plans to extend its gas lines from Grand Island to Ful lerton, Albion, Elgin, Neligh, O’Neill and to Atkinson and will include other intermediate points. He told the council they planned to build next year. Committees from the Cham ber of Comerce, Lions club and Parent - Teachers’ association were present to urge the council to install automatic traffic sig nals at the corners of Third and Douglas (Knights of Columbus) and Fifth and Douglas (Lohaus Motor Co.) These signals would regu late traffic during the morn ing, noon and afternoon peri ods when school children are crossing Douglas street. Gravel of non - hardsurfaced streets where needed was decid ed upon. Already some of the heavily- traveled streets and mudbound streets have receiv ed gravel surfacing. It was nearing 1 o’clock in the morning when the weary eouncilmen emerged from their smoke - filled chamber. A ma chinery salesman tried to sell the city a snowplow but no ac tion was taken. CARDlMs BURY INDIANS, 39-12 St. Mary’s Wins Handily from Dakotans in Fogbound Park A peasoup fog enveloped Car ney park Friday evening. The elements didn’t deter the re bounding St. Mary’s academy Cardinals, but the fog never lifted as far as the visiting Marty Mission Indians were concerned. St. Mary’s downed the Wag ner, S. D., academy, 39-12. Marty received, lost the ball on downs and St. Mary’s scored quickly. Backs John Joe Uhl and Don Donohoe and Linemen Jerry Wanser and Jack Carney got into the scoring column. Rev. A. J. Onak and Shorty Miles ran the team in the ab sence of Coach Jack Arbuth not, who was laid up from participation in scrimmage. The Indians showed occasion al flashes of good football but lacked the fire. St. Mary’s was smarting under the Lincoln Cathedral reversal handed out a week earlier. The Saturday morning “Voice of The Frontier” program aired 7 minutes of play-by-play de scription recorded by George Hammond. O’Neill high Eagles were to have engaged Greeley h i g h school in a practice game Friday, but due to the wet field and bad road conditions the re hearsals were called off. Both clubs had open dates. OHS Eagles Tackle Creighton Friday The O’Neill high school Eagles will entertain Creighton Ma roons Friday night in Carney park. O’Neill had an open date last week while Creighton was bumped 7-0 at Hartington. Attend Dick Family Reunion— Mr. and Mrs. John Dick and children. Esther, Delbert and Clifford left Thursday, Septem ber ?.R for Henderson to attpnd a family reunion of the Dicks. They returned Monday, Sep* tembere 2- Mr. and Mrs. Wan Cofie cared for the farm during the Dicks’ absence. v w . wiJF *< *•.*• * ~ J . -•» ** V > - ... Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler . . . quiet celebration com pared to 40th wedding anniversary 10 years ago. —The Fron tier Photo. KLINGLERS ARE MARRIED 50 YEARS O’Neill Man, Wife Were Born 14 Miles Apart in Iowa I Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler quietly observed their golden wedding on Saturday, Septem ber 30. They received scores of con gratulatory messages and a number of personal visitors in their comfortable little home in the southwest residential sec l tion of O’Neill, and at noon | were feted with a family din j ner at the home of thir son, Melvin. The golden anniversary cele bration was unlike the 40th an niversary affair when the Klinglers lived on a farm 6 miles north of Emmet- Scores of neighbors gathered, brought food and gifts and a^ houseful stayed for the night. It was shortly after that the Klinglers decided to re tire and moved to a new home i in O'Neill — getting settled February 22. 1941. Mr. Klingler, who will be 80 years-old on October 20, was born at Donaldson, L«e county, Iowa. Mrs. Klinger, who is 68, was born at Cottonwood, la , only 14 miles away. The Klinglers were married at Cottonwood on September 20, 1900. It was a high noon lawn wedding at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Mary Pichard. Mr. Pichard had died several years before. They farmed on a small Iowa acreage for several years and in December, 1910, moved to Holt county. Object of the move was to seek a higher altitude for a member of their family. The Klinglers enjoy "fairly good health*. Mrs. Klingler does her own housekeeping and Mr. Klingler tends a large well-kept yard, enjoys caring for bees which he keeps in the backyard. Together they keep a gar den in the summer and look af ter a towering willow tree which they have watched grow dur } ing the past 10 years. Mr. Klingler’s chief hobby is fish i ing- He’d rather do less lawn work and less beekeeping in favor of more and more fish I ing. Day before his golden wed ding celebration he walked dowm to the Elkhorn river and ‘‘caught a nice batch of fish’. The Klinglers have 2 sons— Herman and Melvin — both liv ing in O’Neill. Lay Cornerstone for New Hospital ATKINSON — Raw, damp weather restricted attendance Tuesday as the cornerstone for Atkinson’s new Memorial hos pital was laid at a 10 a. m. cere mony. Dr. N. P. McKee, Atkinson physician, acted as master-of ceremonies. Speakers included Mrs. Bilse Robinson, past presi dent of the Nebraska Federation j of Women’s clubs, and Mrs. C. H. Adee, Sixth district presi dent of the Federation. The municipal band played as j pupils of Atkinson public school and St. Joseph’s hall marched in the streets. Moores Entertain— Guests Sunday, October 1, of Mr. and Mrs Leo Moore were Mrs. Moore's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Higley, of A Ilian-e, and her brother and wtfo. Dr. and Mrs. A L. Bur chell, of Glendale, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Enright an^ son. Jimmie spent the * in Omaha. 14th Annual Calf Show-Sale Planned ^ The 14th annual Holt county I 4-H calf show and commercial 1 stocker-feeder calf sale will be held Wednesday, October 11, at O’Neill Livestock Market. The 4-H members are making plans to show and sell their calves at this time. Ranchers are selecting top quality calves to show and sell for club purposes. The show is to get underway at 9:30 a. m. with the sale at 1:30 p. m. This is the highlight of the year and Sale Managers Lyle Dierks and Neil Dawes feel that it will be the largest and best stocker-feeder show. All the premiums and ribbons are be ing given by the O’Neill Cham ber of Commerce, sponsors of the show and sale. Dawes states that he is get ting reports from last year’s buyers and that the calves are doing "very well” in shows in the neighboring states. Cattle will be judged in the pens as singles or pens of 5. 3 HOLT LEADERS PLAN SOUTH TRIP To Attend National Meet At Biloxi; Return from State Meet The Holt delegation to the state home demonstration coun cil meeting on Septemebr 26, 27, and 28 at North Platte re turned home last Thursday. Attending were: Mrs. Vein j Sageser, of Amelia, state presi dent, and 3 delegates from the county: Mrs. Robert Martens, of Atkinson; Mrs. Albert Car son, of Redbird; and Mrs. E R Carpenter, of Chambers- Also making the trip were Mrs. Berl Damgroger, of O’Neill, county home agent, and Mrs. M. L. Sag eser, of Chambers. Over 400 stale leaders of extension clubs registered on Tuesday a. m. at the Hotel Pawnee for the meeting. Four members of the Univer sity of Nebraska faculty ap peared on the program: Chan cellor R. G. Gustavson, who spoke on “Your Nebraska Uni versity.” Dr- William Hall, pro fessor of educational psychology, who sooke on Training the Child for Good Citizenship.” and Clarence Miller, professor of Agricul*ure economics who pre sented a “Food and People’’ dis cussion. and Ray Taible director of special education, who spok'' on “The Education of Handi capped Children.” Robert Crosby, a North Platt" attorney, was invited to talk about a “Democratic Govern men*,” and Mrs. C. E. Rosen quist, of Lincoln, discussed wrork done th’-ough the League of Women Voters. in? Dusiness meeting was opened by a message from the president. Mrs, Sageser. A style review of clothes. some over lOO years old, wras a highlight of Wednesday after noon. This was followed by a rsnemet b?ld in the Lutheran church parlors that evening. Miss Florence Atwood, stab? home extension leader from Lin coln, closed the meeting Thurs day noon with a summary of the year’s work. Three of Holt county’s home demonstration leaders, Mrs. Vern Sageser, Mrs. M. L. Sa geser and Mrs. Robert Martens, are making plans to attend the national meeting of home dem onstration clubs which will be held at Biloxi. Miss., October 16-20. Visits Sioux Falls— A. F. Stanton left Thursday, September 28, for Sioux Falls S. D , to visit his daughter an# husband, Mr. and Mrs. John o,,j jv and children and son. and family. Farmer Loses LifejnJJ rash MAN SUFFERS 2 BROKEN LEGS George Garhart, 55, Hurt in Unusual Accident in Rail Yards George Garhart, 55, O’Neill laborer, submitted to sur gery early Wednesday in Meth odist hospital at Sioux City. He suffered 2 broken legs in an un usual accident in the O’Neill railroad yards on Thursday, September 28. Garhart had finished helping unload a carload of coal for the Moore-Noble Lbr. & Coal com pany and had returned to the car to gather up his tools. He said that the empty car started to roll, collided with another car downtrack and the impact loosened steel trap doors in the car in which he was riding. The doors struck him in the legs, breaking 1 leg in 2 places and the other in 1 place—below the knees. He was treated by local phy sicians and taken to a Sioux Ci ty hospital in a Biglin Bros, ambulance. No surgery was at tempted until Wednesday morn ing. Garhart, who is married ana has a grown family, resides in the northeast section of the city. He has been unloading freight for a number of years. 5 Generations at Family Reunion EWING—The yearly Fenske family reunion convened at Ta hazuka park lodge at Norfolk, on Sunday, October 1. The sen ior member of the family, Mrs. Caroline Breclet Fenske, 88, mother of 12, still enjoys good health and resides with her eld est daughter, Mrs. Anna Fletch er, at Hoskins. Present at the council table were: Mrs. Caroline Breclet Fenske and Mrs. Anna Fletcher, of Hoskins; Mrs. Lizzie Pellzer, of Mt. Grove, Mo.; Fred Fenske, of Norfolk; Mrs. Mary Griot, of Springfield, Mo.; Mrs. Emma Kruger, of Winside; Walter Fen ske, of Hoskins; Ben Fenske, of Winside; Ernest Fenske, of Hos kins; Clarence Johnson, o f Grand Island; Conda Fenske Belmar, of Ewing. • There were 14 grandchildren, 22 great - grandchildren and 1 great - great - grandchild. Pa tricia Ann Heirschman, of Nor folk, present, making a 5 gen eration reunion. Highway 91 Work Being Advertised Reconstruction of state high way 91 between Burwell and Taylor was among the projects to be included in a letting Octo ber 26, according to an an nouncement Wednesday by the state highway department. Bids are being asked for grad ing. installing culverts and building 2 bridges on the high way and for grading, gravel surfacing and building a tempo rary bridge on the detour route. The work will begin at the in tersection with U. S. 183 about of a mile south of Taylor and will continue eastward to the intersection with state highwav 11, about a half-mile south of Burwell. Visit Holly Springs— Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froelich spent the weekend in Holly Springs, la., visiting their daughter and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Bev Wanser and chil dren, Cherie, came home with Mr. and Mrs. Froelich. Go to Petersburg— Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Oik, of Petersburg, visited their daugh ter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stutz, and children last week. Jolene and Ellen return ed with them for a visit Brother Wounded— Mrs. J. H. Doering received word last week that her broth er, Arthur Cullen, was recent ly wounded in Korea. He is now ia a hospital in Hot Springs Ark. ^ Mr and Mrs. Elgin Ray went to Lincoln Friday, September 29, where they attended the Nebraska-Indiana football game. They returned Sunday. Herman Becker, 33, Killed on Highway Near Niobrara Herman Becker, a 33-year old O’Neill farmer who had Jived in Holt county only a few months, was instantly killed a bout 7:45 p. m. Saturday when struck by a car driven by Nor ris McColly, 17, of Niobrara. The accident occurred 1% miles east of Niobrara on highway 12. No charges will be filed a gainst McColly, If was an nounced Sunday by W. Keith Peterson. Knox county attor ney. following a coroner's jury. Becker was crushed to death between the rear of a parked truck and the car driven by young McColly. McColly suffer ed a scalp injury and shock. Charles Gilkenson, 27, of Mid dlebranch, and Becker were driving from the west toward Niobrara when the endgate on the gravel truck dropped open, spilling out some bridge planks. They stopped the truck and were lifting the planks back into the truck when McColly aproached them. McColly ap parenUy didn’t see the parked truck in tune to avoid the crash. McColly was said to have been blinded by lights of an ap proaching truck. It also was re ported there were no flares a bout the parked truck. Gilkenson and Becker both saw the ear approaching and the former moved clear of the road. Gilkenson believes Becker thought the car would pass and stepped behind the truck where he was struck as the automobile rammed head-on against the rear of the truck. McColly's 1937 car was de molished and a bridge plank driven through the windshield and out the rear window. An other plank was driven through the side of the car. Becker, a native of Crofton, operated a tavern at Center for several months. Funeral aservices were held Tuesday at Sacred Heart Cath olic church at Wynot with Rev. Adrian Van Veen officiating. Becker was a member of St. Patrick’s parish at O’Neill. He was residing on the Max Berger farm near Opportunity. Survivors include: Widow and 2 children. O’Neillites Witness Hu&ker-lndiana Tie A host ofjO'Neillites were in the Memorial stadium stands Saturday at Lincoln to watch the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers pain a tie, 20-20, with the visiting Indiana Hoos: ers. Indiana was a pregame fa vorite. Among the sp:ca<crs r " re members of the O’Neill high school football squad—23 in all —escorted by Principal Howard Dean, Dr. H. D. Glldersleeve, Everett Miner, Mrs. Arthur Dex ter and Llovd Godel. Among others attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Ray, P. .B Harty, M. J. Golden, Marvin Miller, M~. and Mrs. Berl Dam kroger. University Speaker Coming to P-TA— Parent-Teachers association will meet Monday, October 9, in the band room at 8 p. m. Doctor Hall from the Univer sity of Nebraska, will speak. His topic will be “Child Psycholo gy" October is the month for Par ent-Teacher association mem bership drive. All present mem bers are urged by officers to bring as many new members as possible. MARRIAGE LICENSES Duane Curtis Miller, 19, of Emmet, and Doris June Smith, 20, of O’Neill, September 27. Alton George Thoene. 28, of Hartington, and Dolores Irene Steinhauser, of Stuart. October 3. . Frank Henry Disterhaupt. jr., 21, arid Miss Jo-Ann Wonder check, 20, both of Atkinson. Oc tober 4. PRACTICE PLAYOFF The O’Neill high sehoo’ junior Hass is conducting try-outs for the class play, “Dear Ruth.” Frontier for pristine.