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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1951)
Changes Listed in City Directory _- A ■ ■ - 12 PAGES — 2 SECTIONS I SECTION — 8 PAGES jjjj ■ North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 37. O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS Donovan and Durr Are Newcomer* to O’Neill A number of personnel chang es in the O’Neill business direct ory have been announced during the past week. Affected by the changes are variety, home appli ance and jewelry fields. Cletus Durr, of Glenwood, la., has been named to succeed Har old L. Bumann as manager of the Lee variety store. Bumann, who came to O’Neill in the sum mer of 1948 and opened the new Lee store in August of that year, has been promoted to manager of the Hested store at McCook. Bumann is a native of Osmond where he was reared and gradu ated from high school. He left O’Neill Sunday. Durr has been with the Hested Lee chain for about 10 years. He is married. James (“Jim”) Donovan, of Grand Island, has been made sales manager of Jacobson’s ap pliance store. Mr. Donovan, who arrived Monday, has been in the appliance field for 10 years. He is married and is the father of four children: Billy, Carol Ann, Rob ert and Susan. Mr. Donovan arrived several j days before the store's founder, j M. E. Jacobson, departs for an extended tour of the West coast. He will be accompanied on the trip by his wife and their son, Paul. Marvin Johnson, assistant manager of Gambles, has an nounced the purchase of the Mc Crary Jewelry from N. O. Mc Crary and will assume operation of the store February 1. t Mr. Johnson has been with Gambles for 15 years and is well known throughout the territory in the merchandising field. The McCrarys will go to Iowa. They came to O’Neill from Iowa in March, 1948, having purchased the store from O. M. Herre. Mrs. McCrary, who has oper ated the Mode O’Day shop since February, 1950, has sold her in terest to Mrs. Frank Murray, of Neligh, and Mrs. Murray will take possession February 1. For a time the McCrary’s op erated Tiny Town, a children’s store. The McCrarys have two chil dren. ' Meter Petition Bears 210 Names A petition bearing 210 names was filed Monday with City Clerk O. D. French. The signers — “taxpayers and freeholders of the city of O’Neill” —asked the council to reconsid er its action on the parking me ters and withdraw its recent res olution which provides for in stallation of 150 parking meters on Douglas street. Sumner Downey, O’Neill pho ^ tographer, circulated the peti tions last weekend. In the council’s January 9 meeting a resolution was adopt ed directing the mayor and clerk to sign an agreement with a parking meter manufacturer. A representative of the company told the council that the meters would be installed “within 60 to 90 days.” The agreements were signed on Wednesday, January 10. Perfect Plans for Government Day Plans for the annual Holt coun ty student government day activ ities were made Monday night at a meeting in the district court room here. It is an annual event sponsored by the Nebraska de partment of the American Le gion. Juniors in the various high schools are “elected” to “county offices” and actually move in for an all-day “tenure” at the court- i house. They work alongside the regular officials and learn the functions of county government. Lawrence Hamik, of Stuart, was made chairman of the gen eral committee; Miss Viola Haynes, of ONeill, and John Ward, of Atkinson, are other members. Program committee includes: Miss Alice French, of O’Neill, i chairman; Glea H. Wade, of O’ Neill, and E. V. Hickok, of At kinson. February 19 is the date set for the student government activities and schools already are prepar ing for the “elections.” Holt county attorneys will vol unteer services in helping the various schools interpret the “election” machinery. 'Prairieland Talk' Author to Coast— Romaine Saunders, author of “Prarieland Talk,” left Lincoln, 1 last week fdr an extended visit on the West coast. Initially he was to go to Burbank, Calif. This explains a temporary in terruption of the regular feature which appeals to hundreds of Frontier readers. I , James ("Jim") Donovan . . . new sales manager at Jacob son's. (Story in column 1.) J. E. VINCENT, 60, ! EXPIRES IN IOWA Hotel Proprietor Dies in Hospital At Ft. Dodge J. E. Vincent, 60, proprietor of the Western hotel here, died Monday afternoon, January 15, in a Ft. Dodge, la., hospital where he had been a patient for several weeks. He had suffered a fingering illness and went to Ft. bodge re cently to be under the care of his son, Dr. J. E. Vincent. The late Mr. Vincent was a victim of can cer and had been afflicted for 3% years. Body was returned to O’Neill Tuesday and was taken to Biglin Bros, funeral home. The late Mr. Vincent was bom on December 16, 1890, at Gretna. He came to O’Neill in 1910. He was a barber by trade. On April 4, 1915, he married Miss Amelia Gatz. They became the parents of two sons —John and Kieth E. Survivors include: Widow; sons—Dr. John F. (“Jack”) Vin cent, of Ft. Dodge, and Dr. Kieth E. Vincent, of St. Louis, Mo.; brother — A1 Vincent, of Springfield; sister — Mrs. Fred Schneider, of Elkhorn. Pallbearers chosen are Ralph Davidson, F. N. Cronin, A. H. Doerning, P. B. Harty, Stanley Soukup and Woodrow Grim. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10:30 a. m. today (Thursday) at First Presbyterian church. Rev. Ralph Gerber will officiate and burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. Kenneth Carl New Priest Here Rev. Kenneth Carl, of Omaha, arrived Tuesday to succeed Rev. A. A. Onak as assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here. Father Carl served as assistant pastor at St. Philomena and Sa cred Heart parishes in Omaha follownig his ordination in De cember, 1946. He attended Kenrick seminary at St. Louis, Mo. Father Onak succeeded Rev. Cyril Werner in February, 1950. He left O’Neill Sunday and will be assigned in California. Father Onak’s home is in Omaha where he will visit before going to the West coast. Announcement of the change was made Sunday by Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church pas tor. Murray Infant Brought Here for Burial— Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p. m. Monday, Janury 15, for Ethel Helen Murray, 6 months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Murray. The little girl died Thursday, January 11, at Climax, Colo. The rites were held at Biglin Bros, funeral home and burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. The father is a son of Mrs. Tess Murray and the mother is a daughter of C. E. Adamson. The parents have been resid ing at Climax but are planning to return to O’Neill. William J. Kubitschek Gets Call— William J. Kubitschek, a sen ior in the Creighton university school of medicine, has been call ed to duty as an infantry army captain. He is a reservist and served in Europe during World War II. Relatives say he may be permitted to finish his medical studies before reporting for ac tive duty. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Sullivan, Mrs. M. R. Sullivan and Miss Genevieve Biglin went to Sioux City Thursday, January 11, to attend the funeral of Mrs. Sulli van’s cousin, Charles M. Clark. E. J. Wallace, of San Jose, Calif., arrived Wednesday, Jan uary 10, to visit at the home of friends and relatives here. ‘MIKE’O’DONNELL ! BURIAL MONDAY Dies At Home N o r t h of Atkinson After Brief Illness ATKINSON — Michael J. (“Mike”) O’Donnell, .73, died Fri day, January 12, at his home 7 miles east and 1 mile north of Atkinson. He had been in failing health for several months, rela tives said. Funeral services were conduct- j ed Monday morning at the Church of the Epiphany at Em met with Rev. A. A. Urbanski of ficiating. Burial was in St. Jo seph’s cemetery at Atkinson. Pallbearers were Thomas and William Troshynski, William Mullen, Louis Goeke, Orville Sie bert and Joseph Wagman. The late Mr. O'Donnell was born on July 25, 1877, at Lans ford. Pa., a son of Michael J. and Emma Gallagher O'Don nell. He came to Holt county as a young man. In 1907 he took a homestead at Wall, S. D., where he resided until 1942, when he leturned to Holt county. In 191b he married Agnes Alfs in South Dakota and she preceded him in death. Survivors include: Brothers — Anthony, of Atkinson, and James, of Emmet; sisters —Miss Ellen and Miss Margaret, both of Atkinson, and Sr. M. DeChantal, of Poplar Bluffs, Mo. As a young man Mr. O’Donnell was known as “Mike the Pitch er”, having enjoyed a good repu tation as a baseball player. Knights of Columbus took part in a 3 p. m. rosary at the farm home on Sunday afternoon and Father Urbanski conducted a ro sary rite at 8 p. m. A large crowd attended the funeral rites, including many persons from O’Neill, Emmet and Atkinson. Pinnt Sale Draws Wide Interest The auction of the :1,520-acre ranch north of O’Neill belonging to John and Leona Pinnt is at tracting widespread interest. Nu merous inquiries have been re ceived —some from a consider able distance, according to Cols. Ed Thorin, of Chambers, and Verne Reynoldson, of O’Neill, the auctioneers. The sale will be held on Fri day, January 26. Besides the land, personal property also will be sold, including 40 head of cat tle. (For details consult big adver tisement on page 2 of this issue.) Two farm sales are scheduled next week besides the Pinnt auc tion. On Wednesday, January 24, William Farewell, residing north of Atkinson, will offer his per sonal property at auction, in cluded are 24 head of cattle. Thorin is the auctioneer. (See ad vertisement on page 6.) The same day, John Nekolite, living south of O’Neill, will hold a cleanup sale in which Buv and Max Wan ser are auctioneer and clerk, re spectively. (See page 3.) This week The Frontier de livered handsome, colored cat alogs to the Holt County Ab erdeen - Angus Breeders' asso ciation, which has scheduled a sale of 69 registered Angus at O'Neill on Tuesday, Febru ary 6. The catalogs were produced by The Frontier’s printing depart ment, and are available by in quiry to Freeman L. Knight, of O’Neill, association secretary. Two registered Hereford sales are on The Frontier’s calendar in February as well as several farm sales which are not yet an nounced. Annual spring sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ asso ciation will be held at O’Neill on Monday, February 19; annual spring sale of the North-Central Nebraska Hereford association will be held at Bassett on Satur day, February 24, and the an nual spring sale of the Niobrara Valley Hereford Breeders’ asso ciation will be held at Butte on Tuesday, March 13. In each of these registered Hereford sales The Frontier will handle catalog, colored handbill and radio advertising. Meanwhile, Gilbert Strong, of O’Neill, will sell at auction a new residence on Monday, Janu ary 29. Keith Abart will be auc tioneer. (Details will be an nounced.) “Voice of The Frontier” . . . WJAG (780 k. c.) L AERIAL GLOBETROTTER . . . Mrs. Augusta McPharlin, 82, wid ow of the late J. H. McPharlin and a well-known O’Neill resident, boarded a chartered plane at the Municipal airport here Monday at 3:55 p. m„ and headed for Denver, Colo. Mrs. McPharlin will visit her daughter, Mrs. Alfred (Hazel) Severson, at Denver and then fly to the West coast to visit her son, Dr. J. H. McPharlin, jr., at Salinas, Calif., and a son, Eldon McPharlin, a Los Angeles attorney. She will be gone for the winter. Mrs. McPharlin has flown to the coast before. The pilot, a Denver man, is with her. CALIFORNIA-LIKE WEATHER ENJOYED But Nobody Will Order Moisture Lest Storms Move In Holt county’s winter of 1950 '51 stands a good chance of mak ing history of a different kind. Fresh in the minds of most of the citizenry are the rugged win ters in recent years. But Califor nia-like weather has been the rule thus far this year. Tuesday the mercury climb ed to 63 degrees—an unusual ly high mark for this time of the year. Snow has been negli gible here since winter arrived and there is considerable dry ness. Nobody’ll order moisture, however, because they fear it might touch off a prolonged seige of snowstorms. Shirt sleeves have been com mon, awnings are lowered be cause of brightness of the sun and kids frolic in the yards and streets. Ranchers have ample feed sup plies. Cattle are not requiring the hay that would be needed if the ground were covered with snow. Most cattle are on winter range. Everybody knows the honey moon will be over anytime. But folks are keeping their fingers crossed and thankful that each day that passes reduces the pos sibility of a repeat of the Recur ring Blizzards of 1948-’49. Week’s summary based on 24 hour periods ending at 6 p. m. daily, follows: Date Hi Lo Prec. January 10 45 17 January 11 _ 46 15 January 12 _ 35 19 January 13 45 25 January 14 _ 60 15 January 15 .. 42 21 T January 16_ 63 30 Chancellor Gustavson Coming on March 5 Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, of the University of Nebraska, will speak in O’Neill on Monday, March 5. He will appear on a program sponsored by the Holt Soil Con servation district and the exten sion service. Details will be an nounced later, according to a statement made this week by C. R. (“Bob”) Hill, of the SCS, and A. Neil Dawes. The chancellor’s topic will con cern problems related to agricul ture. JOSEPHlRUDERS WED 50 YEARS Couple Lived North of Emmet on Farm for 44 Years ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Bruder, longtime Holt coun ty residents, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, January 23. The celebration will begin with a 9 o’clock mass in St. Jo seph’s Catholic church followed ; by a family dinner. A reception will be held at the Bruder home between 2 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon for relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bruder are inviting their friends to the mass and reception but request that no gifts be sent. The Bruders were married Ap ril 23, 1901, at St. Patrick’s Cath olic church in O’Neill by the late Rt. Rev. M. F. Cassidy. They re sided on a farm 6 miles north of Emmet for 44 years. For a time Mr. Bruder was committeeman, for the Church of the Epiphany. In 1947 the couple moved to Atkinson where they have con tinued to reside. The Bruders have five daugh ters: Mrs. Will Murphy, of O’ Neill; Mrs. Herman Janzing, of O’Neill; Mrs. Walter Ries, of At kinson; Miss Bertha Bruder, of Boulder, Colo., apd Mrs. George Shald, of Atkinson. There are 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Crop Group to Meet January 26— The Holt County Crop Im provement association will hold its annual meeting at the annex building on Friday, January 26, at 1:30 p. m. President George Mellor, of Atkinson, will preside. Three directors are to be elect ed. Members will hear John Fur er, of the college of agriculture, , and Claire Porter, of the state crop improvement organization. Frontier for printing! !< Lions Club Boasts 60 Members— The O’Neill Lions club now counts 60 members. Regular meeting was held Wednesday night, January 10, at the Legion club. A. Neil Dawes and C. R. ("Rob”) Hill reported on Chancellor R. G. Gustavson’s coming to O’Neill on March 5. Rev. V. R. Bell and district D. R. Mounts testified to the chancellor’s ability to orate. Selretary A. E. Bowen report ed that the basketball team “is doing a good job” raising money for the milk fund. The P-TA requested Lions aid in providing prizes for the bene fit amateur contest in connection with the polio drive. Mr. and Mrs. Noal E. Long and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Diehknan were in Sioux City Tuesday. ‘Voice* Restores Dog to Owner A spaniel pup drifted to the Rev. R. W. Olson home re cently. The parson had no idea who the rightful owner was. So he asked George Ham mond of “The Voice of The Frontier” to announce the lit tle dog’s arrival. Within a few minutes after the Wednesday morning “Voice” program (WJAG, Nor folk, 9:45 a. m.), Mrs. Dale Cur ran was on the telephone speaking with Reverend Olson. The dog belonged to Judy Kay, her little daughter, and a few minutes later Reverend Olson had reunited the dog with its mistress. The Frontier want advertise ments are equally effective. Joe Kubik, a Star farmer, last week ordered a “for sale” ad pertaining to a light plant and i accessories. Next day he wrote: “Cancel the ad. I sold this equipment soon after Thurs day’s paper came out." Among prospective custom ers for the equipment (al though he came too late) was a rancher from Swan Lake, who ( drove more than 65 miles to inspect the property. The disappointed rancher, who had been the sixth pros pective buyer at the Kubik place after the equipment had been sold, thpn contacted a Plainview advertiser who had similar equipment advertised in the same issue. Belgium Pictures Shown — Joan Skucius, member of the Nebraska state 4-H club depart ment, Tuesday evening showed pictures to a crowd of 50 persons at the Holt county annex build ing. She spent last summer in Belgium living on four different farms and observing agricultural methods. RUZICKA NEW SCOUT HEAD Becomes Chairman Troop Committee, Succeeding Jacobson Melvin Ruzicka, O’Neill hard ware man and past-president of the Chamber of Commerce, has been named chairman of the Boy Scout troop committee here. He succeeds M. E. ("Jake”) Jacob son. The Boy Scout movement is i under the sponsorship of the ' Chamber of Commerce. Other troop committee mem bers are: J. E. Davis, institution al representative; Verne Rey noldson, finance; C. R. (“Bob”) Hill and W. W. Waller, ad vancement; Albert D. Sipes and Dale Fetrow, outdoorsmen; Rev. V. R. Bell, chaplain; A. E. Bow en, training. H. J. Lohaus and Harry Peter sen were elected to assist District Judge D. R. Mounts, who is chairman of the district Scout committee. Those interested in scouting met Sunday afternoon at the dis trict courtroom to map the reor ganization of the troop commit tee. Present were A. E. Bowen, Dale Fetrow, Albert D. Sipes, W. W. Waller, Rev. V. R. Bell, J. E. Davis, Ralph Fortner, C. R. Hill, Verne Reynoldson, H. J. Lohaus, D. R. Mounts and M. E. Jacobson. 9 Men to Report for Duty Jan. 31 Nine Holt county men have j been ordered to report for induc tion on Wednesday, January 31, j under the selective service act. j They are: James Determan, of Atkinson; Robert G. Sobotka, of Inman; James E. Miller, of Atkinson; James H. Coker, of O’Neill; Eu gene F. Kaup, of Stuart; Harry Lambert, of Orchard; Frank E. Soukup, of O’Neill; James P. Mullen, of Atkinson, and Dale W. Mlinar, of Atkinson. When these men have been in ducted, the number of men fur nished by Holt county todate will be 39 since the new emergency began. Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief clerk 1 for the selective service board, stated Wednesday that no orders have been received for supplying men for preinduction physical examinations during February. Returns from Trip— Mrs. Ellen Phalin arrived home Sunday after spending the holi days with her son, Gerald, at Freeport, 111., and her daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Laue, of Chicago, 111., and Mrs. Otto Reising, at Gary, Ind. MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE UNDERWAY Amateur Program, Dance, Social, Basketball Game Are Slated The annual March of Dunes fund-raising campaign for com batting infantile paralysis open ed Monday in Holt county. Monday in Holt county. The drive will extend through January 31. Mrs. Robert Martens, of Atkinson, is director of the countywide drive in behalf of the Holt county chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The following persons are di recting the campaign in their re spective communities: Mrs. Merle Hickey, chair man, and Mrs. Larry Johnson, vice - chairman. O'Neill; Mrs. Ivan Dickerson, Atkinson; Mrs. John Mattson. Inman; Mrs. J. W. Walter, Chambers; Mrs. Blake Ott, Amelia; Mrs. Don ald Krolter, Stuart: Mrs. Anton Nissen, Page; Miss Jane Roth erham, Ewing; Miss Helen Martens, Emmet. Members of Simonson unit 93 of the American Legion auxiliary Monday touched-off the drive in O’Neill with a door-to-door cam paign. A series of special events has been arranged in O’Neill with proceeds going to the polio fund. Other events and money-raising techniques are being arranged in other localities. On Sunday, January 2A, the Legion and auxiliary here are sponsoring a box social and dance at the club. Boxes will be auctioned and dancing will fol low. All ladies bringing boxes will be admitted free. On Monday, January 29, an amateur contest will be staged at the O’Neill public school audi torium. All school pupils in the O’Neill community are eligible to compete in this elimination competition. Individuals and groups are limited to a 5-minute perform ance. All entries must be filed by 4 p. m. on Monday, January 22. St. Mary's academy pupils will file entries at the principal’s office, O’Neill high school entries with Miss C. Spaulding, O’Neill grade schoolers will list entries with their respective teachers, and rural schools are to post their en i tries with County Agent A. Neil | Dawes. Finalists will compete in the countywide amateur contest on February 9 at O'Neill. On Wednesday, January 31, the O’Neill Lions amateur bas ketball team will face the Bone steel (S. D.) Towners m a benefit game, it was announced this week by J. H. (“Arnie”) Deem ing, manager of the Lions. At the same time, the Legion team will face a foe not yet announced. Leo Tomjack will contribute his services as official. Methodists To Bold Addition Rev. V. R. Bell, pastor of the Methodist church here, announc ed this week that an addition is being built on the south side of the present building to house the church’s Sunday-school de partment. The construction has been con templated for sometime, he said, and materials have been arrang ed for. Excavation will begin imme diately for the 30- x 40-Jt. base ment. Francis Gilg, contractor, will be in charge of the work. A $5,000 building fund will be raised. Page IOOF Officers ! Are Installed— PAGE—District Deputy Grand Master D. A. Baker, of O’Neill, installed the following Page IOOF lodge officers last week: R. V. Crumly, noble grand; Glen Stewart, vice-grand. J. E. Smith, secretary; H. J. Stevens, ! treasurer. After the installation the group I enjoyed an oyster supper. __ Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Black more and Mr. and Mrs. Enul Col fack and family, of Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs. “Tex” Beck with and Connie, of Page, spent Sunday with the Roy E. Margritz family north of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Cody Simonson, of Riverton, Wyo., arrived Satur day, January 13, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McElvain and other relatives.
