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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.