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Hospital Steel
* Coming Monday \
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Bricklaying Crews
Will Then Move
Into High Gear
St. Anthony’s hospital con
struction has been slowed in re
cent week because of a delay in
delivery of vital steel.
But James M- Corkle, head of
^ the hospital building committee,
W- stated Wednesday that the bal
| ance of the steel delivery will
* be made Saturday or Monday—
; probably Monday.
A host of bricklayers will
move into high gear as soon as
the steel is unloaded. Only two
or three bricklayers have been
at work during recent weeks
because of the holdup.
The Busboom & Rauh Con
I struction company has been try
I ing hard to enclose a portion of
I the building before the snow flies
3 in order that workmen can carry
’ on through the winter months.
^ It is a race against time, but
™ Olaf Mathieson, construction fore
| man, is hopeful the race with Ol’
ifr Man Winter can be won.
* ; St. Anthony’s will be a $420,
# 000 40 - bed medical center
I when it is completed. Building
1 site is immediately north and
I west of St. Mary’s academy. Sis
| ters of St. Francis will own and
I operate the hospital. *
Meanwhile, plumbers and elect
j1 tricians have been making steady
j progress with basement installa
i tions. Boilers for the heating
§ system already have been instal
<£?f led.
All the face brick — buff in
S color—is on the location.
Chamber Plans
New Yule Dress
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The Chamber of Commerce in
H session Tuesday noon at Slat’s
| cafe authorized an expenditure
j| for special brackets and for nat
| ural Christmas trees to dress up
f O’Neill’s main streets during the
4: Christmas holidays.
The brackets will attach to the
“y new street light poles. It is plan
ned to spray the trees with alum
v inum paint to give the city a
f unique yuletide dress.
Multicolored bulbs will criss
cross Douglas and Fourth streets
y as in previous years.
Committee reports were heard,
including a report from F. E.
J Parkins, cochairman of the farm
t er-rancher stag party which will
be sponsored by the Chamber on
Wednesday, October 25.
Entertainers signed include
Doris, a dancer; V-Roy, a magi
sian; Johnny Gunier, master-of
ceremonies, and several others.
Affair will be held at the Amer
ican Legion club and details will
be announced next week.
’ Enthusiastic Basin
Meet in Atkinson
ATKINSON— The Lions club
was host to Clyde Burdick, engi
neer, and 3 leaders of the Nio
brara Basin Development associ
ation at a meeting Monday night.
Twenty Lions who attended
were unanimous in their enthus
iasm for irrigation. Holt county
has the greatest irrigable acreage
of any county in the basin.
Besides Burdick visitors pres
ent were: E. A. House, president
of the Nebraska Reclamation as
sociation and Niobrara Basin D -
velopment association; Harry
Thorley and Roy D. Raitt, all o
Ainsworth.
John C. Heenan
Dies in Omaha
John C. Heenan, 67, former O'
Neill resident, died last week m
Omaha- He had been in failing
health for sometime, relatives
said. Mr. Heenan was reared near
^Funeral services were held Fri
day in Omaha. His nieces, Mrs.
’ Lloyd Ritts and Miss Viola Gra
ham, both of O’Neill, attended
the rites.
Join Husker
Pep Gtoup—
Miss Phyllis Rzeszotarski,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Games
Rzeszotarski, of Emmet, and Max
ine Peterson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Peterson, and
Shirley Withers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. T. Withers, both of
Amelia, are among a J
number of freshmen at the Uni
versity of Nebraska chosen for
i j membership in the Comhusk
^The Pepsters form a large red
“N” on the student side of Me
morial stadium at football games.
Polio Group to
Meet Tonight—
■ A meeting of the Holt county
I chapter of the Infantile Paralysis
r I Foundation will be held
1 (Thursday) in the lounge at the
““ American Legion club.
Mr Eddington, of the state
Foundation office, will be pre
sent and outline plans foothe 1951
.und-raising campaign.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moore
I moved to O’Neill from Bartlett
K Recently.
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THRONG WELCOMES
REPUBLICAN GROUP
Musicians Disband Because
Caravan Arrives 45
Minutes Late
The state Republican caravan
came to town Friday afternoon—
45 minutes late.
The tardiness cost the service
The tardiness cost the services
of the Municipal band, which
turned out en masse to greet Gov.
Val Peterson, U. S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, Rep. A. L. Miller and
other members of the touring
GOP group.
Arrival was scheduled at
3:45 p. m., but the band had an
appointment in the evening at
the Creighton-O'Neill football
game and was dismissed.
But the GOP’s made up in ora
tory for what was lacking in mu
sic.
Gov. Val Peterson asked the
Fourth and Douglas street corner
crowd for support of his road
program which is a referendum
issue in the November election.
The governor estimated that
motorists averaging 8,000 miles
per year in driving would pay
only about $5 per year extra for
better roads assured by the pro
gram. lie compared present day
registration fees with fees pre
vailing during the 1920’s and ear
ly 1930’s and pointed out that the
highway program would bring
registration fees to “about the
same old level.”
wnerry s larger was me com
munist menace and the infil
tration of reds into national
government.
Representative Miller spent a
few hours in O’Neill and joined
up with the caravan here as it
moved from the Third into the
Fourth congressional district.
A dozen others made up the
entourage.
Walter C. Raecke, of Central
City, Democratic nominee for
governor will be in O’Neill Fri
day evening.
Raecke will speak at Butte to
night (Thursday). He will be
feted in a dinner Friday night
by Holt Demo Chairman John
Sullivan and Secretary John R.
Gallagher.
4 Auctions Listed
on Sale Calendar
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Four public auctions are listed
on The Frontier’s sale calendar.
Advertising arrangements for
all four sales are being handled
by The Frontier—including sale
bills, radio advertising and, in
one instance, catalogs.
Friday, October 13: Mrs. Ger
trude Minahan will sell a house,
7 village lots and some personal
property in the village of Ame
lia. Col. Ed .Thorin, auctioneer;
Leo T. Adams, clerk.
Wednesday, October 18: Wayne
L. Martz, who lives 23 miles south
of O’Neill on U. S. highway 281,
will dispose of personal property
including farm machinery, 29
head of cattle, 90 acres of corn in
the field, and some household
goods. Col. Ed Thorin, auctioneer;
Leo T. Adams, clerk. (See adver
tisement on page 15.)
Friday, October 27: The J. J.
Harrington land near O’Neill will
be sold at auction. Col. Ernie
Weller, auctioneer; John R. Gal
lagher, attorney. (See advertise
ment on page 4.) __ ..
Monday, November 6: Holt
County Hereford Breeders’ asso
ciation will offer 48 bulls and 12
females in the annual fall sale.
James W. Rooney, sale manager.
(Details will appear in a subse
quent issue.) The Frontier s print
ing department is producing a
handsome two-color catalog for
the association.
In an auction held Tuesday by
M. B. Goranson & Son and Jo
seph Jenny southeast of Cham
bers, “excellent” results were a
chieved. Two-year - old heifers
brought $273. A registered bull
| for which $465 was paid several
months ago in a sale went lor
$655 in Tuesday’s auction con
ducted by Thorin. Adams was
clerk.
Makes Plans for
Achievement Day—
The Star Light extension club
met Tuesday night, October 10,
at the home of Mrs. Charles Bei
lin. Plans were made for achieve
ment day. Mrs. Bill Strong and
Mrs. Andy Schacht were leaders
in a meat cookery lesson. Cover
ed dishes were brought to round
| out a f ull dinner with the meat
used for the lesson.
Firemen Hold
Annual Feed—
Members of the O’Neill volun
I teer fire department turned out
Monday night for the annual
fireman’s feed.
An impromptu water fight in
volving several members of the
department was a highlight. '
The annual firemen’s ball will
be held tonight (Thursday).
Edwin McClasson returned
home from St. Paul, Minn., Fri
iday, October 6.
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Magnitude of the new St. Anthony's hospital in O'Neill can
be imaoined from this view of the construction thus far. Delivery
of critical steel has delayed construction somewhat but workmen
wsamw* w >
are continuing their race aqains* time to enclose a portion of the
building before the snow flies. (See story in column 1.) — The
Frontier Photo.
NAPER MAN DIES
FOI OWING CRASH
Paul D. Cunningham, 20,
Injured in Accident
Near Waterloo
NAPER — Paul D. Cunning
ham, 20, of Naper, died in a Fre
mont hospital Monday of injuries
suffered Sunday in a collision a
mile north of Waterloo, near O
maha.
The car Cunningham was driv
ing was in collision with an emp
ty gasoline transport driven by
August J. Eilers, of West Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Eilers were unhurt.
Cunningham was the 224th
highway fatality in the state this
year, it has not been decided
whether charges will be filed.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Naper.
He formerly attended school in
Spencer.
‘Voice* to Present
Game Highlights
—
The regular Saturday morning,
October 14, edition of the “Voice
of The Frontier (WJAG, Norfolk,
780 kc) will present recorded
highlights of the O'Neill - Ains
worth high school grid game to
be played Friday night under the
lights in Carney park.
George Hammond will do the
tape-recorded descriptive and the
excerpts will be played back on
Saturday morning. Program will
be extended for an extra 15
minutes* (from 9:45 to 10:15) to
make room for the football. Spon
sors of the football broadcast
will be announced.
On Friday afternoon, October
20, WJAG will broadcast a live
play-by-play description of the
St. Mary’s academy-Lynch high
six-man football game to be play
ed on the Lynch gridiron. Broad
cast time is 2 p. m. Evans Meyer
of the WJAG staff will be at the
; microphone for the two-hour pro
grams
Cards to Engage
North Loup Today
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The St. Mary’s academy Car
dinals, after a week’s layoff, will
go to North Loup tonight (Thurs
day) for a six-man encounter.
North Loup was plastered last
week by Wood River, 35-0. Wood
River, however, is rated as a top
man team in the state. •
Coach Jack Arbuthnot said he
had no changes in lineup con
templated. The Cards lost to Lin
coln Cathedral in the opener,
bounced back to whip Marty
(S. D.) Mission Indians.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Delbert Joseph Kallhoff, 23, of
Elgin, and Miss Eva Josephine
Kmiecik, 21, of Orchard, on Oc
tober 5.
Richard Wayne Myers, 28, of
Ewing, and Mrs. Helen Louise
Mallice, 28, of Clearwater, on Oc
j tober 7
Louis Clinton Zastrow and Jean
Frances Biglin, both of O’Neill,
ion October 11.
Get New Draft
Instructions
Members of the Holt county
selective service and the chief
clerk, Mrs. W. H. Harty, Wednes
day attended a district meeting
of selective services officials held
at Norfolk.
Purpose of the meeting was to
bring local boards up-to-date on
latest regulations and draft plans.
Board members are: Glea H.
Wade, of O’Neill, chairman; Fred
EAGLES BATTER
CREIGHTON, 26-6
Blues Enjoy Fat Evening;
McConnell Goes
90 Yards
Coach Marv Miller’s O’Neill
high school Eagles, after and in
auspicious start for the season,
got hot Friday night in Carney
park and rolled past the Creigh
ton Maroons, 26-6.
After a see-saw early first
quarter, Don Calkins chucked a
flat pass to Don Godel who sped
20 yards for O’Neill’s first touch
down. Calkins added the extra
point on a plunge.
In the second quarter, O’Neill
systematically worked the ball 65
yards for a touchdown with Godel
plunging from the 5. Try for ex
tra point via the air was no good
and the half ended 13-0.
O'Neill kicked to Creighton
to start the second half. The
Maroons connected on a long
pass that took the ball to O'
Neill's 15. In a series of line
plays the visitors punched the
oval across but missed the
point.
Later, Creighton was threaten
ing a gain, working the ball to
the Blues’ 15. A pass was shot in
to the flats and intercepted by
O’Neill’s Jay McConnell. Don
Kloppenborg executed a neat
block that sprung Mr. McConnell
who sped for 95 yards for O’
Neill’s third TD.
O’Neill’s reserves got into the
fr^y during the final stanza. A
Creighton fumble in the endzone
was recovered by Jim McKenny,
sub O’Neill lineman, and the
count was 26-6.
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Joins Husband on
Active Duty—
Mrs. Edward Quinn returned
; home Wednesday, September 26,
i from San Diego, Calif., where
| she visited her son, Edward
Quinn, for 3 weeks. She also vis
; ited friends in San Bernadino,
Calif. Mrs. Edward Quinn, jr., and
, son, who were with her, will stay
on for an extended visit with her
, husband in San Diego, where he
is stationed with the army.
Here for Weekend—
Edward McCarthy, of Omaha,
came Friday, October 6, to spend
the weekend w-ith his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy.
J. Jungman, of Atkinson, and W.
E. Wulf, of Ewing, members.
Fifty Holt registrants left O'
Neill at midnight Monday for
Omaha for preinduction physical
examinations, returning Tuesday
afternoon.
Two will Jeave this week for
induction: Merle L. Foreman, of
Atkinson, and Lathan O. Rohdes,
of Stuart.
Meanwhile, more Holt county
reservists have been summoned
for active duty.
These include: Andrew Hyr
trek, of Stuart, who reports Oc
tober 17 at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Roy Dickerson, a first lieuten
ant in the army reserves, has
been recalled to active duty and
has resigned as staff member of
The Atkinson Graphic and mem
ber of the Atkinson city council.
2 New Members i - I ! -
In Troop I— ""
Brownie Scout troop I met
Tuesday afternoon, October 10,
at the O’Neill public school. We
held an election of officers. The
new officers are: Nancy Sipes,
treasurer; Patty Allen, secretary,
and Nancy Fetrow, scribe.
We practiced for the Brownie
fly-up program.
We had two new members,
Mary Helen Benze and Lillian
Fleming, according to Nancy Fet
row, scribe.
Brownie troop II met Wednes
day, October 4, at the school.
We made packets for flower
I seed and also crayoned' them, pc
, cording to Elizabeth Fritton,
scribe.
Altar Society
Sees F*llm—
The Altar Society of St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church met Thurs
day evening, October 5, at the
Knights of Columbus hall for a
regular monthly meeting with a
bout 200 in attendance.
After the business session
members were entertained by a
program consisting of a reading
by Mrs. William McDonough and
a movie. Mrs. John H. McCarville
gave the story of the picture and
Mr. McCarville showed the film.
Lunch was served by St. Rita’s
i guild.
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Guests of Hoveys—
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Pittack
and son, of Tilden, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Bright and Ardel Bright
were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hovey
Sunday, October 8.
Club to Meet—
The O’Neill Woman’s club will
meet Wednesday, October 18, at
2:30 p. m. in the home of Mrs. D.
C. Schaffer. A musical program
will be presented.
Cares for Home—
M. B. Krause, of Albion, ar
rived Saturday, October 7, to care
for the home of his son, Milton
Krause, while Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton Krause are in Albion.
STRONG WINDS
DURING WEEK
Indian Summer Arrives;
Corn Damaged
by Freeze
Strong autumal winds have
characterized the weather in
the O’Neill region during the past
week.
On Saturday gusts were esti
mated from 25- to 30-miles-per
hour.
Monday afternoon the mercury
climbed to 72 degrees—the high
for the week. Temperatures dur
ing the week were generally mild
compared to the preceeding week,
pared to the preceeding week.
The successive freezes on the
nights of October 3 and 4 inflict
ed heavy damage on the corn
drop. However, post-freeze in
spections of many fields indicate
there will be lots of corn in the
territory.
Week’s summary, based on 24
hour periods ending at 6 p. m.
daily, follows:
Date Hi Lo Prec.
Oct. 4_ 48 25
Oct. 5 .. 55 43
Oct. 6_ 72 28
Oct. 7 - 58 43
Oct. 8_ 62 39 *.05
Oct. 9_ 72 43
Oct. 10 70 45
m'
Pope Honors
Dr. DeBacker
Dr. L. J. DeBacker, Hastings
physician and surgeon and bro
ther of G. C. DeBacker, of O’
Neill, has received one of the
highest honors the Roman Catho
lic church can bestow on a lay
man, the Knight of St. Gregory
the Great.
Announcement of the award
was made this week by Bishop
Louis B. Kucera at Lincoln, who
was informed that Pope Pius XII
has made Dr. DeBacker a Knight
of St. Gregory for his charitable
and bieritorious work.
Dr. DeBacker has been a prac
I ticing physician in Hastings for
; the past 25 years, going there
September 25, 1925.
The doctor was born in Omaha
j and raised in St. Mary’s Kans.,
where his father was a physician.
He was graduated from the
Creighton university school of
medicine in 1918 and spent 1%
>Wrs in the Naval medical corps
during World War I. Dr. DeBack
er taught at the Creighton med
1 ical school for 4 years before go
' ing to Hastings.
The DeBackers have 7 children,
including Dr. Leo DeBacker who
is associated with his father at
Hastings in medical practice.
Dr. DeBacker has long been
active in church work in St. Ce
cilia’s parish. He helped organize
the present finance board, of
which he was chairman a number
of years and trustee 12 years.
Lions Meet—
The O'Neill Lions club met
Wednesday night, October 11, at
the American Legion club at 7:30
p. m.
KAREN GARWOOD
SHOWS CHAMP
Amelia Youths Win Many
Honors in Annual
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Show and Sale
Amelia’s delegation to the an
nual 4-Iiclub stocker-feeder show
and sale, held Wednesday, Octo
ber 11, at the O’Neill Livestock
Market, captured numerous hon
ors.
Miss Karen Garwood, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Garwood,
won the grand championship with
an Angus steer calf which sold
for $50 per cwt. to Mrs. Rafert,
of Gresham. Her calf weighed
390 pounds.
Reserve championship honors
in the show went to Miss Bever
ly Small, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Small, also of Amelia.
Her Hereford steer, weighing 420
pounds, was purchased by Gene
va Swift, of Woodbine, la., for
$50.75 per cwt.
Karen is a member of the
Sandhill Billies club; Beverly a
member of the Southfork club.
Blue ribbon winners were:
Bobby Revell, of Star, whose
calf, weighing 330 pounds,
brought $55.00 per cwt.; David
Garwood, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine Garwood; Gary Holcomb,
son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hol
comb; Richard Grimes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Grimes; Dale
Doolittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art
Doolittle; Lois Strong, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong;
Dale Garwood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Garwood; Dean Gar
wood, son of Mr. and Mr& Blaine
Garwood; Rudy Dale Dvorak,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Dvor
ak; Linda Shaw, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Shaw; Benton
Mellor, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Mellor; Kenneth Small and Gary
Small, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Small; Demaris Strong, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong:
Gleason Grimes, son, of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Grimes; Donald
Frickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Con
rad Friekel.
Showmanship laurals went to
1 Beverly Small and she was pre
sented the showmanship halter
and comb provided by the
Chamber of Commerce and pre
sented by Hugh Ray, lumber
man, in behalf of the Chamber.
Second place showmanship
honors were awarded to Kenneth
Small, who received a Tri-State
Produce halter presented by L.
M. Diehlman, manager; and third
place honors went to Benton Mel
lor, who received a comb set from
Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co.
Ninety stocker - feeder calves
were shown, 75 sold. Lyle P.
Dierks and A. Neil Dawes were
sale managers.
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Street and House
Marking Begins
Street and housemarking pre
paratory to inauguration of door
to-door mail delivery Service has
begun.
The city is erecting street cor
ner markers and the Lions club
has worked out an arrangement
with the Boy Scouts for the dis
tribution of house markers.
Scouts will call on residential
owners and business firms next
week and will sell the numerals.
The Scouts will approach the
property owners with the proper
numeral.
CDA to Serve
At KC Banquet—
Catholic Daughters of Ameri
ca business meeting was held on
Tuesday evening, October 3, at
the Knights of Columbus hall.
Plans were made to serve the
breakfast for the Knights of Col
umbus on Sunday, October 15,
and committees were appointed
to prepare for the initiation on
November 5.
Lunch was served by the com
mittee. Mrs. John Donohoe was
chairman.
Attend Funeral—
Mrs- J. L. McCarville, sr., and
John H. McCarville went to Om
aha Monday to attend funeral
services early Tuesday for Mrs.
Anna Curran, 85, widow of the
late Patrick Curran, who died in
1927.
Mr. Curran was a North West
ern railroad employee for many
years. Both are buried at Nor
folk.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Hickey, of
Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Tom
Carberry, also of Hollywood, vis
ited relatives here Friday, Octo
ber 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Brede
meier, of Valentine, visited here
Thursday, October 5, on their
way to Omaha for an Ak-Sar-Ben
! show.
