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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1951)
.. ayr • \ * _ .• | North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper \ ^ - VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 36. O’NEILL. NEBR., THURSDAY. JANUARY 11. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS # Council Okays Parking Meters ____ ~ * Machines to Appear on Fourth Street in 60 Days The O’Neill city council in session Tuesday night voted 5-to 1 to have a go at the use of park ing meters on a "trial basis.” About “150 meters, more-or 1 less”, will be installed on Doug k las street, the main east - west • thorofare, between Third street and Filth street. In terms of landmarks, the meters will ex tend from the Knights of Colum bus corner east two blocks to the Tom-Tom corner on both north and south sides of the street. Norberl Uhl. Third ward councilman, was opposed to the resolution which was pass ed, instructing Mayor J. E. Da vis and Clerk O. D. French to enter into an agreement with the Duncan Parking Meter cor poration of Illinois. I ( t Five councilmen approved the “trial.” Cost of the meters, including installation, is $69.50 each. In stallation will be made on a lease-rental basis. Fifty percent oi the receipts from the meters will go toward cost of the meter and installation, while 50 percent will go to the city for general ex penses. After the Duncan firm has been reimbursed for the cost, diJivery and installation, all re ceipts will go to the city. Meters will be of the popular i design. A motorist can park 10 j minutes for one cent or 120 min utes (two hours) for 10 cents. H. Zelen represented the Dun can corporation in the negotia tions. He told the board installa tion would be completed in “60 to 90 days.” . "The trial provision calls for meters only on Douglas street. Thus, the north-south Fourth street will be without meters for the present, according to the council's planning. The city will be obliged to leave the meters in for at least 12 months under the agreement or pay for the delivery and in stallation expenses. In order to utilize the meters, an ordinance will have to be en acted pertaining to use of the meters. The council also ordered the city superintendent, L. C. Ander V son, to purchase post-type traffic signals for the main intersection —Fourth and Douglas streets. An effort will be made to re build the used signal, which went out of commission during a November windstorm, into a blinker to slow down Douglas street traffic. If it can be readily rebuilt, another blinker will be purchased and erected at the op posite side of town. News of the purchase of me ters spread like wildfire. There are two schools of thought: Those in favor of meters pre dict parking will be made easier for those hunting parking space; people who have the habit of prolonged parking will go to non-metered less-congested dis tricts; revenue derived from me ters will aid the taxpayers, pro vide funds for street mainten ance, street lighting and police protection. Those against the plan object to it as a socalled “nuisance” and doubt if use of the meters can be satisfactorily enforced by the po lice department. They further point out that while many cities are installing meters (mostly ci- I ties larger than O’Neillj, others are having them uprooted. In the latter case the “experiment” has proved rather expensive. Lt. Baker Gets Air Recognition Lt. John L. Baker, of O’Neill, has been recently awarded the air medal for having completed 10 combat missions against the enemy over Korea as a pilot of an F-80 type aircraft, it was re cently announced by headquar ters, 5th air force in Japan. His citation read: “Lieutenant Baker did distinguish himself during tne period 25 September 1950 through 5 October 1950 by successfully completing 10 com bat missions against the enemy over Korea. Flying at a very low altitude, Lieutenant Baker stafed and rocketed enemy tanks, trucks, troops and artillery in the face o f concentrated enemy ♦ground fire, contributing im measurably to the efforts of the United Nations forces. By this display of skill and heroism, Lieutenant Baker has brought great credit upon himself and the United States air force.” Lieutenant Baker more recent ly served as ground control offi cer for UN aircraft providing close support for troops with drawing from North Korea. Lieutenant Baker is the son of \ Mrs. H. J. Lohaus. MARRIAGE LICENSES Alvin Albert us Ott, 20, and Mary Marjorie Bauld, 18, both of O’Neill, on January 8. PATIENT IN HOSPITAL STUART—Mrs. Nick Simons is a patient in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Norfolk. p , ’Copter Pilot Saves 18 Men Chief Aviation Pilot D. W. Thorin, of Chambers, was the pilot of a helicopter which made seven trips to snatch 16 shipwrecked Thailand sailors and two American airmen from a Korean east coast beach Monday, according to an Asso ciated Press dispatch from Tokyo, Japan. The beach was under com munist fire when Pilot Thorin set down for the rescues. The stranded airmen were members of a helicopter crew which was wrecked in initial rescue operations. Thorin’s name appeared in earlier press dispatches when he figured in rescue operations. Cronin Reelected Bank President F. N. Cronin was relected pres ident of the board of directors of the O’Neill National bank Tues day foliownig the annual stock holders’ meeting. Emma D. Weekes was reelect ed vice - president; J. B. Grady, reelected cashier; O. D. French and W. D. Melena, reelected as sistant cashiers. Members of the board are Mrs. Weekes, Julius D. Cronin, E. F. Quinn, Mary I. Cronin and F. N. Cronin. 4 AUCTIONS ON SALE CALENDAR -- I Registered Livestock and Land Auctions Are Top Bookings Two big registered livestock sales and one land auction top me Frontier s sale calendar dur ing tne next five weeks. In addi tion, there are several farm ciose-out sales on tne auction a genda— several of which have not yet been announced. First of tne two registered cat tle auctions will be the annual sale by the Holt County .aoer aeen-.rt.ngus Breeders’ association on iuesuay, February o, at tne O’Neill Livestock Market. aecona registered livestock auction will be the annual spring sale of tne Holt Couml Hereford Breeders’ association on Monday, F'ebruary iy, also at O’iSeili. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, January 24, William Farewell, living 7 miles north and three fourtns of a mile east of Atkin son, will dispose of his personal pioperiy in a iarm close-out. Col. Ld Thorin, of Chambers, will be the auctioneer. (.Details will be found in Tne Frontier next week.) On Friday, January 26, the l,52U-acre John and Leona Pinnt ranch, located about 22 miles northwest of O'Neill, will be offered at auction. The land will be sold as a unit with the improvements. The Pinnts will also offer their livestock and other personal | property for sale at the same time, ine selling will take place on the U. E. Owens place in the same locality. Cols. Ed Thonn, of Chambers, and Verne Keynold son, of O’Neill, are the auction eers. (Details will be published in next week’s issue of The Fron tier.) In addition several other sales j already are booked on The Fron tier’s sale calendar. In both registered livestock sales The Frontier’s printing de partment is publishing attractive multi-colored catalogs with pedi grees of the animals to be sold. The Frontier’s auction service in cludes newspaper, handbill and radio advertising. Subsequent issues of The Fron tier will carry full details of each sale. Mrs. H. O. Jackson Dies in Los Angeles Mrs. H. Orr Jackson, 58, of Los Angeles, Calif., the former Letty Gillespie, of O’Neill, died Sun day, January 7, in Los Angeles, following a four-year illness. She was a daughter of the late Bennet S. and Nellie A. Gilles pie and was bom on an Oak creek farm about 20 miles north of O’Neill. In October, 1900, she married Mr. Jackson, an insurance man. They resided in Omaha, Denver, Colo., and Provo, Utah, before going to Los Angeles about 20 years ago. Survivors include: Brothers— Lloyd G. Gillespie, of O’Neill; Frank Gillespie; sister — Mrs. George (Sue) Whitney, of Ains worth. CARRIER IS ILL DELOIT—Charles Rotherham, Deloit mailcarrier, has been ill and unable to make the route re cently. Gordon Sholes, who is employ ed in Gordon, spent the weekend visiting relatives and friends at I Inman. * HERBERT 0. RUSS RITES HELD HERE Holt Resident Since 1910 Dies Early Saturday; Burial at Chambers Herbert O. Russ, 63, a Holt county resident since 1910, died at 2:j4 a. m. baiurday, January 6, at his home here. He had been ill about six months. f uneral services were held Monday, January S, at 2 p. m. in the O’Neill Methodist churcn with Rev. V. R. Hell, church pas tor, officiating. Burial was in the Cnambers cemetery under the direction of Biglin Bros. HaliDearers cnosen were Omar McCiellanan, C. V. Robertson, Charles Grimes, Thomas New nouse, Lloyd Gleed and Claire Grimes, all of Chambers. Herbert Oliver Russ was one ot 10 children born to Mr. and Mrs. n. B. Russ near Sloan. Onawa county, la. He was born on April 111, 18s7. “Herb,” as he was affectionate ly known, moved with his par ents to Randolph, where he re sided for a time on a Wayne county farm. He later moved to Chambers and spent the next 40 years m Holt county. For a time he was postmaster at Amelia. Mr. Russ was baptized and confirmed in the Norwegian Lutneran church at Albaton, la. He married Mrs. Zada bchreier at Herrick, S. D., on August 21, 1924, and to this union one daughter was born. The late Mr. Russ’s favorite hobby was fishing and he spent considerable time in that type of recreation. burvivors include: Widow-r Zada; daughter — Mrs. Thomas (Herbertta) Hutton, of Cham bers; stepdaughter — Mrs. John (Henrietta) Luben, of Crawford; three grandchildren; brothers — Sam, of Norfolk, and William, of Fernsdale, Wash.; sisters— Mrs. Emil (Christine) Luth, of Butte; Mrs. Ray (Dorthea) Medcalf, of Alliance; Mrs. Paul (Bessie) Mil ler, of Douglas, Wyo. Among relatives and friends from a distance attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Emil Luth, of Butte; Mr. and Mrs. Russel Luth, of Butte; Sam and Peggy Russ, of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Medcalf, of Alliance; Mrs. Paul Miller, of Douglas, Wyo.; C. C. McElvain, of Fairmont; Mrs. Manford Catner, of Waco; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Baker, Mr. and Mrs. James Platt, Mrs. Lillie Herzog and Mrs. R. K. Platt, all of Chambers. Sageser New Fair President CHAMBERS—President Verne Sageser, of Amelia, and Secre tary Edwin Wink, of Chambers, will go to Lincoln next week i'» attend the annual meeting of Ne braska county fair officials. They are officers of the Holt County Agricultural society, sponsors of the annual Holt fair, which is held at Chambers. Other officers, elected last month at the annual meeting, are: Steve Shavlik, of Chambers, vice-president, and Lloyd Gleed, of Chambers, treasurer. The society has closed its books on another successful year. Mrs. Gertrude Minahan left Monday for Omaha where she boarded a plane for Temple, Tex., to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Keeney, and sons. 1 5 LATEST DRAFTEES . . . Five more Holt county seelctive ser vice registrants are in the army now. They are: Rear (left-to nght): Frank Burival, jr., of O’Neill; Andrew Ramold, of Atkin son, and Harold Krugman, of O’Neill; front row: Eugene Lewis Sobotka, of Inman, and Robert Scott, of Chambers. Nine more Holt county men will be inducted before the end of January.— The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville. Betty Jean Knoell Wins Derby Stork Procrastinates; Friedel Infant Close Second The temperamental, unpre diciaoie sturK turned Holt coun ty’s lyol baby derby into a Iree for-all and had almost everybody in a dither, including prospective parents, doctors, nurses and The Frontier’s first baby contest ed itor. Not even the wise doctors, who are usually “in the know” on the stork’s actitvities, could have guessed who would be the win ner of The Frontier’s fifth annual frst baby contest. But it’s official now. Betty Jean Knoell said "hel lo. world" at 9:10 a. m. on Sun day, January 7, in O'Neill hos pital and thus broke a seven day period in which the long legged, long-nosed bird had been conspicuous only by his absence. Thus little Miss Knoell, who has dark hair, blue eyes and a chubby chin, is the one to be showered with a variety of gifts by O’Neill merchants in cooper ation with The Frontier. Mr. and Mrs. Knoell live on a farm 13 miles northeast of O’ Neill. Betty Jean will have plen ty of company. She has a broth er, Ronnie, 6, and a brother, Johnnie, 3. Betty Jean weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces at birth and Dr. O. W, French was her doctor. Both mother and baby are “doing fine,” hospital attendants report. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Friedel, of Stuart, at 5:50 p. m. Monday, January 8, in the t>tuart Community hospital was Betty Jean’s closest competitor. ! The second child in the Ffiedei family, he weighed 7 pounds at birth. Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Drueke, of O’Neill, became parents of a son born at 10:45 a. m. on Tues day, January 2, but the little fel low was not eligible for honors because he was born in a Boyd county hospital. A son bom to Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Jansen, of Atkinsoh, barely missed the laurels. He ar rived Sunday, December 31. Here’s the shower lineup pro vided by O’Neill merchants: Coyne’s Hardware will give a baby bottle sterilizer complete with rack. McIntosh Jewelry offers a 10 karat gold baby ring. First one in '51 ... Betty Jean Knoell. ;>orn at 9:10 a. m. on Sunday, January 7, takes healthy yawn In arms of her mother, Mrs. T. J. Knoell, O'Neill farmwife.—The Frontier Photo. Midwest Furniture & Appli- | ance will provide the honor in fant with a child’s training chair. The J. M. McDonald company says “Nothin’s too good for first baby” and will present a Sluin ber-Gro safety sleeping bag. The Neligh Creamery has ear marked one case of vitamin D homogenized milk. Spelts - Ray Lumber company knows that baby must keep warm—hence 500 pounds of coal. The New Outlaw Grocery will herald the first one’s arrival with a case of Gerber’s baby food. O'Neill Photo company offers photographs valued at $15, in cluding one 8”xl0” tinted en largement and 12 3”x5” mount ed prints. Saelhamer Foods will make a vailable with their compliments one case of Heinz baby food. Gambles have set aside a plas tic covered crib bumpei pad lor the lucky one. Montgomery’s Hardware, like last year, will give a porcelain baby bath, 30-quart size. R. H. Shriner Insurance agen cy wants baby to start the thrift habit early, will provide a sav ings bank and money in it. Mr. Shriner will start the bank with 25 - cents for each pound baby weighs. Gilligan & Stout drug store wants Holt’s honor infant to have a good hot water bottle, so a special gift package has been wrapped and is waiting for the derby winner. MeCarville’s have a pair of Red Goose shoes for “his maj esty” or “her highness." And just for good measure, The Frontier will issue a year’s subscription. The Knoells have until Janu ary 31 to claim the gifts for Bet ty Jean. County Government Date February 19 Monday, February 19, has been designated by the Holt county Comhusker government committee as the date for the high school juniors to move in at the courthouse and serve as “of ficers” for a day. This was announced Tuesday by District Judge D. R. Mounts, who is assisting with arrange ments. A meeting will be held at the district courtroom on Monday, January 15, at 8 p. m. to perfect the county government plans. Superintendents of each high school, commanders of each Am erican Legion post and the mem bers of the county government committee will attend the meet ing. Juniors are elected to the county “offices” from their own schools. Guest at Lowry Home— Mrs. Mamie O’Neill, of north of O’Neill, was a weekend guest at the Roy Lowry home. THOMAS GRADY DIES IN DENVER Former O’Neill Man 111 2 Months; Rites Scheduled Today Thomas F. Grady, 64, of Den ver, Colo., a native of O’Neill, died late Monday, January 8, in Denver where he had been ill for two months. Funeral services are scheduled for today (Thursday) in Denver where burial will be made Mr. Grady was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Grady, born on a homestead near O' Neill (where the Municipal air port is now located.) After being reared here, Mr. Grady went to Norfolk where he served for several years with the police department. In the early 1930’s he moved to Denver where he continued to make his home. His occupation was owner of an apartment house and he worked in a sporting goods store. Survivors include: Widow — Margaret (formerly Margaret Smith, of Atkinson); daughters— Mrs. Madeline Perry and Miss Maureen Grady, both of Denver; brothers—John Grady, of Ever ett, Wash., and H. D. Grady, of O’Neill; sisters—Mrs. H. J. Ham mond, of O’Neill; Miss Mayme Grady and Miss Katherin Gra dy, both of Denver. One son, Owen, died in 1942. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady, who went to Denver during the holidays, will attend the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond i left O’Neill early Tuesday to be j present for the rites. OLD STYLE DISTRIBUTOR John G. Stulfbergen, manager of the O’Neill Beverage Co., Wednesday announced that l Heileman’s Old Style Lager, a product of the G. Heileman Brewing Co., has been added to j the list of products distributed by his firm. O'Neill Beverage’s other lines include Country Culb, Blatz and Hamm beers. New Plymouth to Be Shown in New Showrooms— The 1951 Plymouth cars will be shown in O’Neill Saturday in the new Lloyd Collins show rooms. To be shown are the four door Cranbrook—the deluxe Ply mouth sedan. Mr. Collins’ Plymouth and De Soto agency and John Deere im plement store are now located in the former O’Neill Rollerdrome building. The building has been com pletely remodeled and redecorat ed, features a large showroom, several private offices, an elabor ate parts department, and a large shop. Holt County Implements have taken over the former home of John Deere. This firm will han dle Oliver and New Holland im plements and machinery. Ex - Communist Makes 2 Addresses Kenneth Goff, of Denver, Colo., a former communist agent in the U. S., spoke to two O’Neill audiences this week. His topic was “From Communism to the Church.” In his initial appearance here Monday night, he addressed an overflow crowd at the Assembly of God church. A loudspeaker system was installed in the church basement to accomodate his listeners who were unable to get into the auditorium. On Tuesday morning he ad dressed a joint convocation of O’Neill high school and St Ma ry’s academy high school stu dents in the O’Neill public school auditorium. Mr. Goff told how communists have threatened his life on sev eral occasions in efforts to “si lence” him. He is appealing to Americans to awaken to the dan gers of communism. As a one - time agent of the reds, Goff said that the infilra tion of communists into key places in government and indus try places the nation in “great peril.” Goff said there were commun ist cells in several Nebraska cities. FRANK CRONK NEW CHAIRMAN Succeed Sterns As Head of Holt Supervisors; Committees Named Frank Cronk, of Page, Repub lican supervisor from the Fourth district, Tuesday became chair man of the board of supervisors. He succeeds Albert Sterns, Dem ocrat, of O’Neill. Mr. Cronk is serving his sec ond term on the board. He is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cronk, who were prominent Holt county pioneers. The new board chairman is a lifelong resident of the county. Other members of the hoard besides Cronk and Sterns, are: Andy Clark. Axel Borg, Alex Frickel, H. W. Hubbard and Alphonse Batenhorst. The Frontier was designated with the Ewing Advocate to pub lish proceedings of the board during 1951. The Holt County independent was made the offi cial paper for the yea*. Committees appointed by Chairman Cronk at the reorgan ization session included: Courthouse: Clark, Borg and Frickel. Finance: Hubbard, Sterns and Batenhorst. frinting; Frickel, Clark and Hubbard. Tax: Clark, Hubbard and Sterns. Bonds: Hubbard, Sterns and S Borg. Bridge: Batenhorst, Clark and Frickel. Hoad: Borg, Hubbard and Sterns. County oificers: Clark and en tire board. Claims; Batenhorst and entire bo aid. Meanwhile, the courthouse has been the scene of lbe tra ditional beginnmg-of-the-year rush on new automobile licens es and tax payments. County Treasurer J, Ed Han cock slated Wednesday that to date 2,050 sets of plates have been issued. His office expects to sell 7,200 sets this year. Fees col lecvted so far amount to $15,086. Other receipts at the treasur er’s office since the advent of the new year Wednesday reached $69,476.12. Hancock explained that the 1 processing of tax payments that | have been mailed in may require up to “one or two weeks" in some instances before the payer has received a receipt. Hast week there were long lines of people at the windows, but the “land office rush’’ has ta pered off this week. The novelty of the license plates with the “new look” is be ginning to wear off. The new plate, with fewer digits and more alphabet, is being received with varied reactions. Most persons shrug their shoulders and agree the new plates are okay. Mrs. Martens Heads 1951 Polio Drive Mrs. Robert Martens, of Atkin son, has been appointed director of the 1951 march of dimes drive for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The drive will get underway Monday, January 15, and extend through January 1. The following community chairmen have been appointed to work with Mrs. Martens and officers of the Holt county chap ter during the 1951 campaign: O’Neill—Mrs. Frank Clements, chairman; Mrs. Merle Hickey, % vice-chairman; Atkinson —Mrs. Ivan Dickerson; Inman — Mrs. John Mattson; Chambers— Mrs. J. W. Walters; Amelia — Mrs. Blake Ott; Stuart — Mrs. Don Krotter; Page—Mrs. Anton Nis sen; Ewing—Miss Jane Rother ham; Emmet— Miss Helen Mar tens. Stuart Man Burned When Fuel Ignites STUART—Ernest Dodd was the victim of a fuel oil fire early Monday. He spilled some tractor fuel on his clothing while refuel ling Mr. Snyder’s tractor at the Dodd service station. The men went inside the station where Mr. Dodd lighted a match for a smoke. The flame ignited the saturated clothing and Mr. Dodd receiv ed burns on his hand and leg. Mr. Snyder smothered the flames before they gained much headway.
