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VOLUME 70.—NUMBEE 28. O'NEILL, NEBR., NOVEMBER 16. 1950. PRICE 7 CENTS
Expect Throng
at Collins Sale
45 Tractors — New
and Used—Arrayed
for Auction
Last-minute preparations are
being made for the Lloyd Collins
Implements 40-thousand - dollar
machinery auction which will be
held Saturday, November 18, at
the east outskirts of the city. Sale
site is on highways 20 and 275.
This is the third auction of this
type to be held by Mr. Collins
during the past 12 months, and
it is expected to attract the larg
est crowd of them all.
The sale will commence at
12:30 p. m. "rain, snow or
shine," according to Mr. Col
lins, a veteran implement deal
er.
Auctioneers will be Col. Ed
Thorin, of Chambers; Col. Clif
ford Nelson, of Oakland, and Col.
Harry Cooper, of Winner, S. D.,
formerly of Chambers.
To be offered will be 45 new
and used tractors, seven com
bines, 16 cornpickers, numerous
plows, listers, discs, one-ways,
mowers, binders, spreaders and
some miscellaneous equipment.
The sale is unusual in that the
auctioneers have prepared a spe
cial statement:
“This is the third sale of this
type we have auctioned for Mr.
Collins,” the statement reads. “It j
is our considered opinion that
this will be a rare opportunity to
buy machinery at your own price.
. . . To the very best of our know
ledge every purchaser in the two
previous auctions was 100 percent
satisfied. . . This is not an ordi
nary machinery auction—because
the Lloyd Collins firm stands be
hind each item exactly as it is
represented at the time of the
sale.”
(For details consult the two
page advertisement on pages 10
and 11 of this issue.)
The O’Neill National bank will
act as clerk. /
With a break in the weather a
capacity crowd is expected in O’
Neill on sale day. In the previous
sales buyers came from many
counties and three or four states. ,
Martin Angus Herd
To Be Auctioned—
Mrs. Vivian Martin, widow of
the late Henry (“Hank”) Martin
and the administratrix of his es
tate, has announced that she will
hold a public sale of personal
property belonging to the estate
on Friday, November 24. Col. Ed
Thorin, of Chambers, will be the
auctioneer.
Lunch will be served on the
grounds and the sale will begin
at 11 a. m.
Outstanding feature of the sale
will be the auction of 95 head of
Aberdeen-Angus cattle, including
90 cows, four registered bulls
(coming 3-years-old), and one
registered yearling bull.
Mr. Thorin says that this is “one
of North - Nebraska’s most out
standing herds of Augus. The late
Mr. Martin always kept the best
registered herd sires of popular
blood lines to continuously im
prove his herd. These Angus cat
* tie rank with the best ...”
In addition to the cattle, Mrs.
Martin will sell farm machinery,
some household goods, some
grain, a complete set of tools and
miscellaneous items. (For details
consult advertisement on page •
of this issue.)
McCullough to Quit
Post December 1
Miss Elja McCullough, Holt
county superintendent of public
instruction for about 13 years,
has filed her resignation with the
Holt county board of supervisors.
She has asked to be relieved of
the post December 1.
She was not a candidate for re
' election this year and her term
normally would expire the first
week of January, 1951.
Miss McCullough plans to go
to school. __
Protestants Plan
Union Worship
O’Neill Protestants will partici
pate in a union Thanksgiving
service at Wesleyan Methodist
church on Wednesday, November
22, at 8 p. m. Cooperating church
es are Methodist, First Presby
terian, Center Union and Wesley
an Methodist.
Rev. V. R. Bell, pastor of the
k Methodist Church, will deliver
the sermon. Other churches will
provide special music.
This is the traditional Protest
ant union service held at ThanKs
giving time. _
Visit Chambers—
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhfahl, Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Cavanaugh, jr.,
and family and Mrs. Maurice Cav
anaugh, sr., spent Sunday, No
vember 12, in Chambers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Cavanaugh.
marriage LICENSE
Max Gerald Mossman 22 and
Genevieve Ann Brunckhorst, 2U,
» both of Inman, November 10.
Frontier for printing!
TOMJACK, HANCOCK
STRETCH MARGINS
Make Gain Over Their
' Opponents in Count
of Mail Ballots
Leo S. Tomjack, sheriff-elect,
and J. Ed Hancock, reelected
treasurer, registered gains over
their general election opponents
as a result of the official canvass
of the vote by the Holt county
canvassing board.
Originally, Tomjack, a Demo
crat, held a 31-vote lead over A.
B. Hubbard, Republican incum
bent. Tomjack, an O’Neill butch
ei and athletic official, gained 10
when the mail and disabled bal
lots were tallied, boosting his
margin to 41.
Hancock barely eked out a
22-vote decision over James J.
Mullen, Democrat, in the race
for treasurer. The mail count
was good to Hancock, increas
ing his margin to 38 votes—a
gain of 16.
Unofficial tally the day after the
election gave Tomjack 2,797 and
Hubbard 2,766; Hancock 2,765 and
Mullen 2,743.
No other races were close
enough to focus attention on the
canvass, which began Monday
and will be completed today
(Thursday).
Meanwhile, three candidates
filed their expense accounts with
County Clerk Ruth Hoffman.
Frank Nelson, of O’Neill, who
was returned to the non-political
state legislature, declared he
spent $112.65 in his four-county
campaign.
E. L. Watson, of Inman, unsuc
cessful Democratic candidate for
county clerk, posted a $97.04 ex
penditure.
Ira H. Moss, of O’Neill, unop
posed Republican candidate for
clerk of the district court, none.
TRAIN MISHAP
PROVES FATAL
Ralph Merriman, Former
O’Neill Man, Hurt
at Ashland
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, November 15, in St.
Michael’s Catholic church at
South Sioux City for Ralph Mer
riman, 57, former O’Neill man.
He died Saturday evening in a
Sioux City hospital from injuries
suffered when he fell from a
train at Ashland about two weeks
ago.
An autopsy showed that Mr.
Merriman suffered injury of a
lung, a fractured skull and
other injuries.
He was a conductor on the
Burlington railroad.
The requiem high mass was
held at 9 a. m. with Rev. Francis
Price, church pastor, also former
ly of O’Neill, officiating. The ros
ary was recited Tuesday night at
a funeral chapel in South Sioux ;
City.
Pallbearers were Harold White, 1
Arthur Manley, Jack Dryden,
William Mullins, Andrew Davis
and William Dunn, several of
whom were fellow rail workers.
The late Mr. Merriman was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Merriman, who were ear
ly O'Neill business people.
His widow is the former Anna
Kilmurry, of O’Neill.
Survivors include: W i d o w;
daughters—Mrs- Patricia Scur
lock, of South Sioux City;, Mrs.
Loretta Bauer, of Azufa, Calif.;'
Mrs. John Bottai; Mrs. Margaret
McClure, of Elzo; brothers — L.
M. Merriman, of O’Neill, and
Floyd Merriman, of South Sioux
City.
Mr. and Mrs. L- M. Merriman
and Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Harty at
tended the fuerral.
Cornpicking Slow
in O’Neill Area
Gathering of the 1950 corn
crop is slow. Most farmers are
simply “letting the corn hang”
awhile. Some are picking a little
for feed, others have begun pick
ing in earnest. But it can be said
that the harvest is just getting
underway.
Some farmers find their corn
too soft; others find it too dry
for mechanical pickers.
But the yield is fairly goSd
despite the late plantings and
early freeze.
Temperatures have been rela
j tively mild during the week —
although early Saturday and Sun
day the mercury dipped to 14 and
116 degrees, respectively.
Date Hi Lo Prec.
November 7 - 58 32
November 8_ 55 22 T
November 9-46 18
November 10-49 14
November ill-32 16
November 12 —35 27
November 13-45 19
November 14 — 61 24 T
Picker Accident Proves Fatal
RETIRED O’NEILL
BUSINESSMAN DIES
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Lod Janousek, 59, Expires
in Ambulance Enroute
to Hospital
Lod Janousek, 59-year-old re
tired O’Neill businessman, died
at 11:05 a. m. Friday, November
10, enroute in a Biglin Bros, am
bulance to the Veterans hospital
at Grand Island.
He had suffered a stroke sev
eral hours earlier.
His wife was accompanying
her husband on the ambulance
trip when he died.
Requiem high mass was held
Monday at 9 a. m. in St. Pat
rick's Catholic church. Burial
was in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were Merle Hick
ey, Norbert Uhl, Harden Ans
pach, Louis Novak, William Mer
riman, Stanley Holly, Gerald
Dusatko and Matt Hynes.
The late Mr. Janousek was
born June 28, 1891, at Zlab, Bo
hemia, a son of John and Mary
Bubak Janousek. He came with
his parents to the United States
at the age of six months, the
family settling near Brainerd. He
was reared near there and at the
outbreak of World War I he en
listed at Lincoln, serving until
the war was over.
On October 7, 1922, he married
Josephine Rathovic at Lincoln. |
The couple moved to Greeley,
Colo., where they resided until
1929, when they came to O’Neill.
Except for two years—1933-’35
—the Janouseks lived in O’Neill
where Mr. Janousek operated a
tavern, retiring in 1946. During
the two year interval away from J
O’Neill tie operated a restaurant i
in Omaha.
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Mr. Jancusek was in failing
health during the past few
months, having been hospital
ized in Lincoln twice and Om
aha once. About 4 a. m. Friday
he suffered the stroke which
was to prove fatal.
Survivors include: Widow; son
—George A. Janousek, of Col
umbus; daughters—Mrs. Edward
(Mary Ann) Schmit, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Joseph (Martha Mae)
Beckwith, of North Platte; four
grandchildren; three brothers and
two sisters.
Friends and relatives from
out-of-town attending the funer
al were:
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Janousek,
of Lincoln; Mr. and MYs. John
Janousek and James Janousek,
of Brainard; Mrs. Charles Novak, i
of Bristow; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry I
Halva, of Lynch; Mr. and Mrs.
James Rathovic, Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Ratkovic, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Schwartzlander and Mrs.
Stanley Bulkus, all of Omaha;
Mrs. Henry Schultz and sons, of
Ogalalla, and Mrs. Mary Cufal, of
Shelby.
Valentine People Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Don Asher and
daughter, Susan, of Valentine, ar
rived Wednesday, November 8, to
visit friends and relatives. They
returned home Thursday.
Go to Creighton—
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Naprstek
went to Creighton Sunday, No
vember 12, to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Naprstek.
MAJOR OVERHAULS . . . Many of the tractors
to be sold in the Lloyd Collins Implements auc
tion to be held here Saturday have been “torn
down’’ and completely overhauled. Three Col
lins machanics—(left-to-right) Arnold Gehring,
Fritz Howard and Carroll Bjornsen—are shown
working on a John Deere which will be in the
auction lineup. (See story in column 1.)—The
Frontier Photos.
I
8 HOLT MEN ARE
ARMY INDUCTEES
9
10 Others Report This
Week for Preinduction
Physical Exams
Eight Holt county selective ser
vice registrants departed from
O’Neill at 3:45 p. m. Tuesday en
route for the army induction cen
ter at Ft. Omaha. They travelled
by bus.
This is the third group of draft
ees to be sent from Holt during
the new emergency.
Members of the group are:
Walter R. Slaymaker, of Atkin
son; Laverne A. Miller, of Stuart;
Donald C. Snowardt, of O’Neill;
Donald J. Vandersnick, of Ew
ing; Francis J. Schaaf, of Atkin
son; Francis L. Hershiser, of O’
Neill; William L. Rossman, of At
kinson; Robert R. Pease, of At
kinson.
Meanwhile, the following day
10 other Holt registrants were
sent to Ft. Omaha for preinduc
tion physical examinations.
They are:
Frank Burival, jr., of O’Neill;
Eldon L. Waldo, of O'Neill; Ro
land E. Harvey, of Page; Bernard
A. Schroeder, of Ewing; Elwin
Babl, of O’Neill; Don Gartner, of
Chambers; Charles R. Shald, of
Dustin; Eugene J. Ziska, of At
kinson; Duane F. Sanders, of O’
Neill, and Max G. Mossman, of
Inman.
No new orders to furnish men
to the army have been received,
according to Glea H. Wade, chair
man of the Holt selective service
board.
Following induction at Ft. Om
aha the men are sent to various 1
training centers throughout the
country—many of them going to
Ft. Riley, Kans.
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Magician Show Is
Held-Over by Legion
Mitchell Cain, a world-famous
magician, escape artist, illusion
ist and comedian, appeared at the
American Legion auditorium on
Tuesday night with a two-hour
fun and mystery show.
“Because of the high calibre of
the entertainment, the show is
being held-over and will again be
presented on Saturday night, No
vember 18, beginning at 8 o’
clock,” according to Glea H.
Wade, club manager.
Fern Ritts’ Bond
Reduced to $1,000
Mrs. Fern Ritts, who was being
held in Holt county jail on charg
es of participating in a knife hold
up behind- an O’Neill tavern on
October 21, was arraigned Wed
nesday before Judge D. R.
Mounts in Holt county district
counrt.
She pleaded innocent—as she
did in a preliminary hearing in
justice court following the inci
dent.
Judge Mounts reduced her bond
from $5,000 to $1,000. John R.
Gallagher, O’Neill attorney who
was appointed by the court to
represent Mrs. Ritts, said the
bond will be furnished today
(Thursday^ and Mrs. Ritts will be
released.
Her husband, Joseph Ritts, 25,
is in the men’s state reformatory
beginning a five-year sentence.
He pleaded guilty to the same
charge in which Lee Rein, of Os
ceola, lost $63.
Both Ritts and his wife are
from O’Neill. County Attorney
William W. Griffin pressed the
charges.
“Voice of The Frontier,” 780
k. e., Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:45 a. m.,
(WJAG).
Seven of the eight Holt county selective ser
vice registrants who were inducted this week
are: Standing—Walter R. Slaymaker, of Stuart;
Laverne A. Miller, of Stuart; Francis L. Her
shiser, of O'Neill, and Francis J. Schaaf, of At*
kinson; kneeling—Robert R. Pease, of Atkinson;
Don C. Snowardt, of O'Neill, and Donald J.
Vandersnick, of Ewing. (Not in photo is William
L. Rossman, of Atkinson.)—The Frontier Photos.
YULE WINDOWS
TO BE UNVEILED
Date I s November 24;
Firms to Compete
for Honors
The second, annual window un
veiling, marking the formal ar
rival of the Christmas shopping
season, will take place on Friday,
November 24, at 7:30 p. m.
The event is sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce which Will
again post prizes for the best
windows.
Event comes the day after
Thanksgiving. All O’Neill stores
will be closed on Thursday in ob
servance of the holiday.
At the Friday noonday meet
ing of the Chamber plans for
the Christmas treats lor kiddies
—an annual event—were out
lined by the retail trade com
mittee.
The 22 members present heard
George E. Morrison, of Huron, S.
D., assistant manager of the
northwest division of the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce. He spoke
for 25 minutes on the “American
Opportunity.” He stressed the
necessity for a better understand
ing for Americans of the Ameri
can way of life.
He thanked the members for
their attendance at the Friday
session. Normally the Chamber
meets the second Tuesday of each
month.
Morrison was born in Montana
and has had considerable ranch
ing experience there. He was in
troduced by L. M. Diehlman,
Chamber president.
0. F. Herring Dies;
Burial Here Friday
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| O. F. Herring, of Eugene, Ore.,
died early this week in the West.
The body will reach O’Neill
early today (Thursday) by rail
and burial will be Friday after
noon in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The remains will lie in state at
Biglin Bros, funeral chapel until
the funeral hour.
Mr. Herring’s widow, the for
mer Lettie Ritts, of O’Neill, will
accompany the body to O’Neill.
Funeral arrangements will not
be completed until she arrives.
‘Go to School’
Program Topic
A “Go to School” program was
enjoyed by those attending the
Monday night meeting of the
Parent-Teachers’ association. The
parents visited the rooms and
discussed the work with the
teachers.
President Robert Kurtz presid
ed over the business session. Mrs.
DeEtta Beilin and Mrs. Andy
Schacht gave a report on their
recent attendance at the P-TA
district convention at Norfolk.
Miss Hilda Gallagher’s third
grade won the award for parents’
attendance.
A lunch was served by the
committee.
“Voice of The Frontier,” 780
k. c., Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:45 a. m.,
(WJAG). s, J*
Walter Young Dies
Within Hour After
Accident
ATKINSON— Walter Young,
29, son of Mr, and Mrs. Fred
Young, died on the operating ta
ble at the Stuart hospital about
11 o’clock Wednesday morning
following a cornpicker accident
in which he lost his left hand.
The Youngs lived 20 miles
northeast of Atkinson.
A neighbor, Milton McKathnie,
was working in a field about 75
yards distant from Yonng and saw
the man caugnt in the machine.
He went tor help.
Conrad Frickel and John
Schwindt, neighbors, helped
release the victim from the
picker and rushed him to the
Stuart hospital.
They succeeded in stopping the
blood flow but Mr. Young suf
fered greatly from shock.
Dr. F. J. Clark, Stuart surgeon,
said death was caused from
shock and that the whole left
! hand was destroyed.
The accident victim died 30
minutes after reaching the hos
I pital.
The body was taken to Bloom
field pending funeral arrange
ments. The Young family former
ly resided in the Bloomfield com
munity, moving to the Celia lo
cality several years ago. He was
an only child and served in the
armed forces during World War
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‘Lady of Fatima’
Coming to O’Neill
Friday, November 24, St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church par is hon
ors will venerate the statue ut Our
Lady of Fatima at 7:30 p. m. at
the church. School children will •
meet Saturday morning, Novem
ber 25, for the same purpose.
O’Neill is one of eight or 1C
parishes in Nebraska to be visited
by the Pilgrim Virgin statue, '
which, since it was blessed at
Fatima and brought to North
America in 1947, has been vener
ated by millions in 60 dioceses of
the country.
It is modeled after the descrip
tion of Mary as given by Sister ,
Lucy, the only one of the three
children? of Fatima living today.
"The purpose of the pilgrimage,”
said Rt. Rev. William C. Mc
Grath, who accompanied the stat
ue to Omaha, "is to invite mil
lions of people to join a crusade
conversion of Russia and for
world peace, as promised by Our
Blessed Mother at Fatima in
1917.
“Six times, from May to Ucto
ber, 1917, she appeared to three
little shepherd children, Lucy,
Francis and Juanita, and gave to
them for the world a peace plan
from heaven . , . outlining in de
tail the nature of the prayer and
reparation she requested. Our
Blessed Lady told the children
that if her requests were heard
Russia would be converted and
there would be peace; if not, an
other and more terrible war
(World War II) would break out
in the Pontificate of Pope Pius
XI; different nations would be
destroyed; the faithful would be
come martyrs; the Holy Father
would suffer much; and Russia
spread her terrors throughout the
entire world.
“On the other hand, if men
heeded her request, Russia would
be converted and there would be
peace. She left no doubt about
the ultimate triumph of her Im
maculate Heart and the conver
sion of that great country . .
The statue, which when crown
ed is about 50 inches high and a
bout 12 inches square at the base,
will be accompanied by the Very
Rev. Gabriel R Salinas, ORSA,
pastor of Holy Ghost church, Om
aha. He is in charge of the tour
in the archdiocese of Omaha.
Visit Ainsworth—
Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Ray went to
Ainsworth Sunday, November
12, to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Waits./
Norfolkans Here—
Mr. and Mrs Henry Frank, of
Norfolk, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Don McKamy Sun
day, November 12.
Visit Norfolk—
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perry and
Mrs. Frank Occuhitto spent Tues
day, November 7, in Norfolk.
Visitors at Stuart—
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Pruss went
to Stuart Sunday, November 12,
to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Krysl.
Visiting in Newport Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. D. D. DeBolt
and Patricia and Mr. and Mrs.