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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
