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VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 33. O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1950. --PRICE 7 CENTS
INTEREST AND DISINTEREST ... Monty Ray (left) and his twin
sister, Marlene Fae, children' of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Pickering, of
Redbird, registered both interest and disinterest when they called
on Santa at the O’Neill public school Saturday afternoon. Both have
I red hair. Their mother is in the background. The twins are 3%
I years-old. Monty wants a tractor, Marlene a dolly.—The Frontier
I Photo.
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Terry Bosn. 7. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bosn, of O'
Neill, told Santa she wanted a "set of dishes" or a "doll buggy"
come Christmas eve. Santa talked with Terry and 949 other young
sters Saturday under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce.—
The Frontier Photo.
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YULE BUYING
HITS NEW HIGH
5 Leading Firms Here
Establish A11 -
Time Records
Tlhe 1950 yule buying season
will draw to a close with at
least five of O’Neill’s leading
firms establishing new records.
Peak buying took place on
Saturday, December 16, but at
least one major store established
an all-time record the preceding
Saturday.
Checks clearing in the O'
Neill banks indicated that buy
ers from as far as a hundred
miles were making O'Neill
their Christmas shopping head
quarters.
Never in the city’s history
have stores been as well stocked
as they were this year. Most mer
chants last spring and summer
thought they had purchased ad
equate stocks, but the buying
this year exceeded most expecta
tions.
Indication of the business in
crease showed up at the postof
fice, too. Postmaster Agnes E.
Sullivan told The Frontier that
Monday, December 18, “may
have been an all-time record on
volume of mail and parcel post.”
The rail strike in centers east
of the Mississippi river had no
effect on postal service here.
Nine hundred and fifty chil
dren were issued goodies by Ol’
Santa when he made his annual
trip to O’Neill to see the small
fry. Traveling by jet plane, he
landed at the airport and rode
into town aboard a fire truck,
arriving promptly at 2 p. m.
A|Hundred more children were
served this year than a year ago.
They received fruit, candy and
gum.
Santa was aided and abetted
by the Chamber of Commerce.
O’Neill’s Christmas dress was
completed last week when mul
ticolored strings of lights were
stretched across Fourth street
and Douglas street at intervals.
Meanwhile, the true Christmas
story will be retold in Holt coun
ty churches in worship and song.
Most churches have planned
special Christmas programs and
details of these can be found on
pages 8 and 11 in this issue.
• MARRIAGE LICENSE
John William Leist and Miss
Lois Jean Parks, both of Page,
on December 15.
Ryan's Remains
Are Brought Here
Remains of Eugene Ryan, 63,
of Superior, Wise., a former O’
Neill resident, reached O’Neill
early Monday, December 18, and
brief rites were held preceding
burial in Calvary cemetery.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
offered a prayer at Biglin Bros,
funeral home. A requiem mass
was said earlier at Superior.
The late Mr. Ryan’s widow and
his sister, Miss Mary Belle Ryan,
accompanied the remains here,
They departed later in the day
for North Bend.
Mr. Ryan was born in O'
Neill, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William Ryan. His father
was an early saloon-keeper
here and died when Eugene
was 2-years-old. His mother.
Belle Ryan, died five years a
go. Both parents are interred
in Calvary cemetery.
Mr. Ryan went to school here
and attended Creighton univer
sity at Omaha where he studied
pharmacy. Later he established a
drug store in Superior. His wife
also was a pharmacist.
Mr. Ryan’s estate owns the
business property on Douglas
street now occupied by Matt
Hynes’ pool hall. Until the past
few years Mr. Ryan owned resi
dential property here and made
frequent trips to O’Neill.
O’Neillites Attend
Funeral at Burke
A number of O’Neillites at -
tended funeral rites Saturday,
December 9, at Burke, S. D., for
Mrs. Neal Ellston, 53, mother of
Kenneth Ellston, of O’Neill.
Mrs. Ellston, who had been a
Gregory county courthouse em
ployee for eight years and re
cently employed by the Burke
hospital, had been ill only a
week. She died December 6.
Burial was in Graceland ceme
tery at Burke.
Among those from here attend
ing were: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Ellston, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Long, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Col
lins, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Murphy
and son, Mrs. T. M. Harrington
and Miss Bea Murphy.
Survivors include: Widower;
son—Kenneth, of O’Neill; daugh
ters — Mrs. Lawrence (Beverly)
! Williamson, of Austin, Minn.;
Miss Betty, of Burke; mother —
Mrs. M. Squires, of Minneapolis,
Minn.; two brothers and one sis
ter.
RANCHER DIES AT
STEERING WHEEL
Heart Attack Proves
Fatal to A. R. Bell,
Chambers Man
CHAMBERS— A heart attack
about 7 p. m., Tuesday, Decem
ber 14, proved fatal to A. R.
Bell, 68, well-known Chambers
rancher. He was driving his
truck away from the O’Neill
Livestock Market and was near
ing the Bazelman Service Station
when he was stricken.
His wife, Myrtle, who was with
him, summoned a physician. The
body was taken to Biiglin Bros.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p. m. Monday, December
18, at the Methodist church in
Chambers with Rev. Ralph
Gerber, of O'Neill, officiating.
Burial was in the Chambers
cemetery.
Amos Reed Bell was bom on
June 6, 1882, in Pottawattamie
county, Iowa (near Red Oak).
His parents were Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Robinson Bell, who origi
nated in Ohio.
On August 28, 1904, he was
united in marriage to Myrtle Jef
fers, of Chambers, and to this
union one son was bom.
Mr. Bell came to Holt county
from Dorrance, Kans., in 1887
and was a lifelong farmer and
rancher.
The Bells for years resided at
the edge of Chambers.
From youth Mr. Bell has been
a member of the Kellar Presby
terian church. He affiliated with
the IOOF lodge in April, 1909.
He had been engaged in ranch
ing and trucking.
Survivors include: Widow; son
—Melvin Bell, of Chambers; bro
ther — Dale Bell, of Chambers;
sister—Mrs. Hazel Miller, of Chi
cago, 111.; granddaughter-*- Lana
Alden Bell, of Chambers.
Reverend Gerber’s text was
taken from John XIV:l-4.
Music was furnished by a mix
ed quartette comprised of Mrs.
Ed Eisen Lower, Mrs. C. V. Rob
ertson, Ray Hoffman and Ernest
Farrier. The following selections
(Continued on page 8.)
Atkinson Marine
Wounded in Korea
ATKINSON — Marine Pfc.
Ralph Eugene Farewell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Farewell,
of Atkinson, has been wounded
in action in Korea, the depart
ment of defense announced Mon
day.
No further details are known
by the parents.
Holt County Service Officer
John Grutsch said that the Fare
well casualty is the first among
Holt countyans in the Korean
war.
On October 3 Army Pfc. Rob
ert C. Wright, son of Mrs. Dora
M. Mat ing, Atkinson, was listed
as missing in action but subse
j quently returned to duty.
Corn Is Picked
For Ewing Farmer—
EWING—Neighbors of Wilbur
Bennett gathered at his farm
near here Monday morning and
completed harvesting his corn
crop. 1
Those who took part in the
project were DeWitt Hoke, Leo
Miller, John Napier, Ralph Shra
der, Lynn Fry, Roger Bennett,
Wayne Shrader, Carl Chrisiton,
Alton Gunter, Harold Bennett,
Wilbert Napier, Alfred Napier,
Gordon Shrader and Mr. Ben
nett.
Members of the Bennett family
were injured in an automobile
accident Novmber 27, and were
hospitalized. They are now at
home again.
Miss Virginia Bennett, who
works in the county extension
office at O’Neill, is now back at
her duties.
DIES FROM POISONING
Mrs. Anna Wehde, 55, step
mother of Mrs. Glea Wade, died
Wednesday, December 13, in a
Des Moines, la., hospital. She be
came ill after eating an Omaha
baked pie. On November 18 sev
eral score of persons were strick
en, but Mrs. Wehde’s death is
believed the first among the vic
tims. Mrs. Wade attended the
funeral.
SUPERVISORS MEET
Members of the board of su
pervisors of the Holt County Soil
Conservation district met Wed
nesday at the annex.
JOHN KENNY, WIFE
WED 50 YEARS
Couple Spends 43 Years
in Atkinson Vicinity;
Plan Reception
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
John Kenny will hold a recep
tion for their friends at the
Knights of Columbus hall on
Sunday, December 24—marking
their golden wedding anniversa
ry.
There will be a family dinner
at noon. The reception will be
from 2 to 4 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenny were mar
ried December 24, 1900, near Al
bion by Rev. D. J. Pointer.
They resided with Mrs. Ken
ny’s father, Zeb Woodgerd, for a
time, then moved to a farm eight
miles west of Albion. After
spending five years in Custer
county, the Kennys came to Holt
in 1907, residing first near Am
elia then onto their present place
about six miles southwest of At
kinson.
The Kennys have two sons —
Raymond, of Amelia, and
Dwight, of Atkinson, and two j
daughters—Mrs. Gertrude Carr,
of Atkinson, and Mrs. Ruby O’- j
Connell, of Emmet.
Induction Orders
for 6 Holt Men
The Holt county selective ser
vice board has announced the
names of six registrants who
have been ordered to report for
induction on January 2.
They are:
Robert H. Scott, of Chambers;
Andrew Ramold, of Atkinson;
Harold R. Krugman, of O’Neill;
Dale Mliner, of Atkinson; Eugene
L. Sobotka, of Inman, and Fred
Burival, jr., of O’Neill.
When these six men are in
ducted the total number of Holt
countyans drafted during the
new emergency will be 31.
Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief clerk
for the Holt draft board, said
Wednesday no new quotas for
preinduction physicals have been
assigned to the county.
O’Neill Man Want*
to Be Santa Claus
An O’Neill man, a goodfel
low indeed, came to The Fron
tier office Wednesday and de
clared:
"I want to be Santa Claus
for a family of O’Neill chil
dren. Help me locate a needy,
deserving family, will you?”
We said we’d try.
If you know of an O’Neill
family where the stockings
will be wanting for gifts come
Christmas morn, why not for
ward the names to The Fron
tier? We’ll turn the corre
spondence over to this O'Neill
man whose own family—a son
and a daughter— already are
grown.
This Santa Claus in a work
ing man’s clothing asked that
he be not identified. Like oT
St. Nick himself, this man has
his limitations but he wants to
help someone.
Girl’s Eyesight Will
Not Be Impaired
ATKINSON —The eyesight of
Eileen Wagman, 12, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagman, of
Atkinson, will not be impaired as
a result of injuries suffered when
struck in the left eye with an air
rifle shot.
She was accidentally shot Sun
day by her brother, Christy, a
bout 10.
The shot apparently went a
round the eye, Norfolk hospital
attendants said.
The girl’s condition is reported
as “good.” She was taken to the
hospital Sunday evening.
DRAW PAY EARLY
Holt county employees will
draw their monthly pay checks
the day before Christmas in ac
cordance with a long-established
custom. The board of supervisors
met Wednesday to allow the
claims and perform sntuf other
routine business. Regular month
ly meeting, however, will not be
held until next week.
Here for Holidays—
Robert Allen, of Omaha, an
employee of the United Benefit
Fire Insurance company, came
Friday to spend a two weeks va
cation with relatives and friends.
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NEW PLATES TO
GO ON SALE JAN. 2
‘New Look’ Will Feature
White Numerals on
Black Background
The 1951 automobile license
plates with the "new look” will
go on sale January 2, 1951.
Instead of the traditional "36”
numerical county prefix, the 1951
plates will designate the county
by the letters “HL.” Holt has
been "36” since 1922.
The original numerical refer
ence determined the county’s
rank in population, but the rank
ing has long since been outdated.
The 1951 plates will be is
sued in the same order as your
present number, except no one
wiU have a number over ”999."
But there will be a suffix (or
letter following) to designate
the thousands. "A." "B." "C
etc.
County Treasurer J. Ed Han
cock explains, for example, that
the 1950 number “36-1234” in
1951 will become “HL-234B”; the
1950 number “36-2234” will be
come “HL-234C"; the 1950 num
ber "36-3234” will become
"HL-234D,” etc.
All passenger plates will be
the same in size with white nu
merals on black background.
The recent general election has
created a change in fees for 1951.
The change will affect all vehic
lee except diesel licenses and
light trailer licenses.
A passenger car with a rated
weight of less than 2,800 pounds
will be $3; 2,800 pounds and over,
$5.
Farm truck and commercial
vehicles, dealers licenses and
hearses will be the same fee that
was charged in 1949.
Motorists can receive licenses
'through the mail by forwarding
the 1950 certificate, the proper
fee, the tax amount and eight
cents for postage.
Hancock said that beginning
Tuesday, January 2. the door
of the county treasurer's office
will not open until 10 a. m..
enabling the office force to
spend two hours each morning
to work the mail, make depos
its and perform some book
keeping.
Nine hundred more motor ve
hicle certificates were issued in
i950 than in 1949.
A change has been made in the
dates for examination for driv
ers’ licenses. Change is from the
first and third Saturday fore
noons of each month to the first
and third Tuesday afternoons.
The change will take effect Jan
uary 1.
A. Marcellus Buys
Horiskey Building
A. Marcellus, O’Neill automo
bile dealer, has purchased from
Mary Horiskey the frame Horis
key building which was damag
ed by fire last spring. The build
ing is situated on the south side
of Douglas street between Fourth
and Fifth.
It was occupied by the Elite
cafe at the time of the fire.
Mr. Marcellus said he plans to
erect a one-story fireproof brick
building on the site, 22 x 75 feet.
A new building is nearing
completion on the lot immediate
ly east of the Elite site. It will
be the new home of the Gilligan
drug store. Homer F. Mullen is
the owner.
Erection of the two buildings
in the heart of the business dis
trict will be major improvements
for the city.
Consumers Rebuilds
Li n e to Emmet
Consumers Public Power com
pany construction crews are
working on the project of re
building the high tension line
from O’Neill to Emmet.
The new line has a greater ca
pacity for conducting current to
meet the load requirements.
L. C. Walling, manager of the
O’Neill district, said the O’Neill
Emmet link had been badly
i damaged by sleet and wind in
i the past and some serious dam
age had been done to the old line
i by pranksters with gunshot.
Work has been done night
and-day to prevent service dis
ruption. The improvement will
I cost about 14-thdusand dollars.
Gets Promotion—
F. W. O’Connell is visiting his
| parents. Dr. and Mrs. F. A. O’
j Donnell, until after Christmas.
| He has been promoted to the
rank of sergeant and is station
ed at Qffutt air force base, Om
I aha.