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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1951)
. 12 PAGES — 2 SECTIONS * North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 42. O'NEILL, NEBR., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 195L " PRICE 7 CENTS —■■■—. ■ --- - - - - -■ _ Anxious Mixer (above), a July 12. 1949. bull consigned by Whitaker & Whitaker, of Chambers, was chosen grand champion of the annual Holt County Hereford Breeders' association show held here Monday. Grand champion female was Miss Carey Mix er 2d (below), calved September 10. 1949, shown by S. R. Robert son, of O'Neill. The champ sold for $900; champion female brought $700. Averages on both bulls and females establish a new high for the association. (See slorybelow.)—The Frontier Photos. .. ... .... ..•A/Xv./,v.*iva6 . 'MKv.MUb' ..va4V'. . .. i'Stov. < —-t—— Herefords Set High Averages Overflow Crowd at 10th Annual Spring Sale Here An overflow crown attended i the 10th annual spring sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association held on Monday, Feb ruary 19, in O’Neill. Sixty head of cattle sold for $32,750—48 bulls for $27,520, an average of $573; 12 females for $5,230, an average of $435. Averages on both bulls and females set a new high The 10 top bulls sold for an average of $874.50 and the top 10 females sold for an average of $474.50. Emil Rezac, of Tabor, S. D., the judge of the show, chose Anxious Mixer, a July 12, 1949, bull as his grand champion. This bull was shown by Whitaker & Whit » aker, of Chambers. The reserve champion bull, VH Adv. Silver, calved September 18, 1949, was shown by H. A. and Robert E. Van Horn, of Page. The grand champion female, Miss Carey Mixer 2d, calved Sep tember 10, 1949, was shown by S. R. Robertson, of O’Neill. The re serve champion female, Miss Eclipse, calved April 13, 1950, was shown by George Rowse St Son, of Chambers. The cup, presented by the Chamber of Commerce to the best bull and female of the show, was won by S. R. Robertson, of O’Neill, on Miss Cary Mixer 2d and SR Proud Domino. L. M Diehlman, president of the O’ Neill Chamoer, presented the cup to Mr. Robertson. Mr. Robertson gains possession of the cup for one year. A breeder must win the cup three times to win perma nent possession. The champion heifer was pur chased by F. W. Frost, of Wol bach, for $7U0. The reserve cham pion heiier was purchased by Kenneth Meyer, of Niobrara, for $550. George Rowse paid $605 ior a heifer sold by Henry Wood, of Ewing. Clarence Ernst, of O’ Neill, paid $600 for a heifer shown by Whitaker & Whitaker. C Bar M Hereford ranch, of O’ Neill, sold a heifer to Earl E. Kee [ & Sons, of Brunswick, for $500. The first four heifers listed broke all previous sale records for j prices paid. * Other sales reported by James W. Rooney, sale manager, in cluded: F. W. Frost, of Wolbach, pur chased the champion bull for $900. D C. Schaffer, of O’Neill, paid $1,000 for the reserve cham pion bull; Leo J. Prososki, of Clarks, paid $1,000 for a bull con signed by C. V. Robertson, of Chambers; W. D. Nelson, of Wal nut, paid $1,000 for a bull con signed by Whitaker St Whitaker; Wilbur E. M o o n, of Stuart, bought a bull consigned by Hen ry Wood for $1,000; D. C. Schaffer paid $850 for a bull shown by Whitaker & Whitaker; Ralph L. Ernst, of Miltonvale, Kans., pur chased a bull from S. R. Robert (Continued on page 8) V BRINKMAN RITES HED IN ATKINSON 1 __ Well-Known Farm Woman. Ill 2/z Weeks, Dies in Omaha Hospital ATKINSON—St. John’s Luth eran church could not accomo date the relatives and friends who gathered Sunday afternoon, February 18, to pay last respects to Mrs. August H. Brinkman, 54, who died at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15, at Clarkson hospital in Omaha. She had been ill only 2!£ weeks—stricken with a brain tumor. Rev. E. G. Ihrig, church pastor, officiated and burial was in Wood Lawn cemetery. Pallbear ers were Ralph Ries, George Oh de, Ottmar Poessnecker, John Warner, A u gust Rohrs and Adolph Mlinar. The late Mrs. Brinkman was born at Norfolk, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Karo. Elisa Karo and August H. Brinkman were married at Syra cuse on February 28, 1916. The Brinkmans resided for many years on a farm 1 % miles east of Atkinson. Mrs. Brinkman was active in the Atkinson Wom an’s club, Dorcas society of St. John’s church and in communi ty events. Survivors include: Sons—Ern est, of Kearney, formerly of O' Neill; Arthur, of O’Neill; three grandchildren; parents—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Karo, of Atkinson; brothers—A. Max Karo, of Stu art, and Fred Karo, jr., of Atkin son. Martindale Makes Good on Checks Douglas Martindale, 27, o f Scottsbluff, who was brought to O’Neill a week ago to face a check charge, was released Wed nesday from the Holt county jail. Martindale “made good” on an insufficient fund check and paid costs and was released by Holt authorities. The Scottsbluff man raised $545 for the “make good.” In De cember he issued an insufficient fund check to Wesley Cobb, of Stuart, in the amount of $150. Martindale’s costs totaled $125. He was also fined $35 in justice :ourt for falsifying an affidavit to secure a certificate of title on a vehicle here last summer. Patrol Head an O'Neill Visitor— Capt. C. J. Saunders, head of the Nebraska safety patrol, Wed nesday made a routine visit to O’Neill. President L. M. Diehlman and Secretaary James W. Rooney, of the Chambe rof Commerce, en tertained Captain Saunders and three patrolmen at lunch. POLIO DRIVE ENDS; HOLT HITS $5,226 Drive Chairman Grateful for Cooperation in Exceeding Quota Holt county’s 1951 march of dimes drive, although extended more than a week, has gone over its quota in an impressive way. The quota was five thousand dol lars but total receipts amounted to $5,226.52. This wai reported Tuesday by Mrs. Robert E. Martens, of Atkin son, chairman of the fund-raising drive in behalf of the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis. A week ago The Frontier re ported the county about one hundred dollars short of its quota—chiefly because of the slow responses to the direct mail appeal to rural people. Before week's end, when the 1951 drive books were closed, the response was very gratify ing, Mrs. Martens explained. Campaign directors in the vari ous communities and contribu tions follow: Amelia—Mrs. Blake Ott $ 126.20 Atkinson — Mrs. Ivan Dickerson and Mrs. E. C. Weller . 1,053.65 Chambers — Mrs. J. W. Walters . . 280.78 Emmet — Miss Helen Martens_ 100.79 Ewing — Miss Frances Rotherham_ 638.22 Inman—Mrs. John Matt son _ 129.97 O’Neill— Mrs. Merle Hickey and Mrs. Larry Johnson . 1,770.08 Page—Mrs. Anton Nissen 261.03 Stuart — Mrs. Donald Krotter and Mrs. Al vara Kamm _ 345.70 Rural schools—Miss Al ice French_ 379.20 County amateur contest 140.y0 Grand total_$5,226.52 Mrs. Martens said she person ally wishes she could thank the people in Holt county — “ both those who worked and those who gave to make our 1951 drive such a success.” John H. McCarville, of O’Neill, publicity director, stated that 50 percent of the money collected is retained in the county and the other 50 percent goes to the Na tional Foundation. Among tne Holt county ama teur contest judges whose names were omitted last week were Mrs. K. L. Bouiler, of Atkinson, and Ivan Goochey, of Stuart. 19 Public School Teachers Reelected Nineteen members of the O’ Neill public school teaching staff were reelected for the 1951-’52 term Tuesday night in a meet ing of the board of education Teachers not included in Tues day night’s business were Supt. Ira George, who had earlier re signed after being reelected; the veterans’ instructor, Beryl Dam kroger, whose contract differs from the other t e a c h e r s’; Mrs. Harold Donohoe, who teach es the temporary “overflow” room which might not be neces sary next year; and Miss Netta Bellinger, home economics in structor, who was informally re elected but the board cannot en ter into a contract at present be cause of her qualitications. Salaries were to remain the same except in the cases of Principal-Coach Howard Dean and Instructor-Coach Marvin Miller. No salaries were stipu lated in their cases. The 19 teachers icnlude: How and Dean, principal, basketball, science; Marvin Miller, general science, Amercian history; Miss Rosemary Vondracek, vocal;: Cleamon Stone, vocational agri- i culture; Miss Esther Kinmer, commercial; William J. Schwmck, mathematics; Miss Cecily L. ; Spalding, English; Miss Viola M. ! Haynes, visual aids, science, so cial science; Miss Claire Tom jack, normal training; Miss Lor etta Enright, second grade; Miss Hilda Gallagher, thitd grade; Miss Luveme Schultz, fourth grade; Mrs. Florence Schultz, opportunity room; Mrs. Kay Batenhausen, fifth grade; Mrs. Harry Petersen, kindergarten; Mrs. Alice Fritton, seventh grade; Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, sixth grade; Mrs. Winnie Mullen, eighth grade. Salaries range from $2,050 in the lower grades to $3,900 for the principal. Meanwhile, more than a dozen written applications have been received for the superintendent's post and several oral. War veterans' disabilities and claims dom inated the lesson for Holt county's Corahusker boys' and girls' government class Monday at the office of Holt Service Officer John Grutsch (seated at his desk). Assisting in instructing the junior "officers" for a day was E. V. Hickok (seated, at right), representative of the Atkinson American Legion post and member of Holt ser vice board. Young "service officers." represent ing eight Holt county high schools, were: Seat ed—Josephine Wewel, of St. Joseph's hall (At kinson), and and Faye Moses, of Stuart: stand ing—John Osborne, of Atkinson; Donald Hagen sick, of O'Neill; William Zempel, of Page; El mer Schwager, of Chambers; Gene Tomjack. of Ewing, and James Kelly, of St. Mary's acad emy (O'Neill),—The Frontier Photo. The junior "county superintendents of pub lic instruction" had just returned from a visit to a rural school when the photographer snapped this picture of the group examining sample text books. Miss Alice French, superintendent, is pictured at right. Seated—Rosetta Boies, Ewing; Wilda Stamp. Inman; Adella Walnofer. SI. Jo seph’s; Donna Stowell. O'Neill; Vivian Lemmer, Atkinson; standing—Maureen Mahoney, Stuart; Kay Eisenhauer, Chambers; Fred Coates. Stu art; Norma Cullen, Page; Joyce Clasey, Page. Picture was taken in Miss French's office.—The Frontier Photo. ADMITS ENTERING SPELTS-RAY OFFICE Rex Burrell, 28, Sentenced 2- to 10 - Years in Men’s Reformatory Rex Burrell, 28, a transient plumber by trade who gives Indi ana as his home state, Wednes day was sentenced from 2 to 10 vears in the men’s state reforma tory on a burglary charge in Holt county district court. Burrell admitted breaking and entering the Spelts-Ray Lumber company office about 11:30 p.m. on Thusday night, February 15. A few hours later he was arrest ed for parole violation and heid for investigation. Sunday he ad mitted the Spelts-Ray burglary and waived preliminary hearing. Before District Judge D. R. Mounts, Burrell was charged only with breaking and enter ing. He will be taken to Lin coln today (Thursday) by County Sheriff Leo S. Ton jack. Burrell, a World War II vet eran separated from the army in 1945, climbed over a fence into the lumber yard, forced his way mto a lumber shed by breaking a window. He then made his way to the office by forcing a door. Elgin Ray, of the Spelts - Kay firm, said $57.60 was stolen from the cash drawer. Nothing else was molested. Heel prints in soft ground was the principal clue in leading to Burrell’s arrest. Several months ago Burrell got into Holt county courts on check charges and he was paroled. Back from Mexico— EMMET—(Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole and Mr. and Mrs. John Conard returned this week from a two weeks’ trip to Texas, Louisana and Mexico. At Lack land air base, near San Antonio, Tex., they made an effort to see Ret. Keith Anspach, whom they missed by a few minutes. Return to California— Leaving Friday for their home in Longmont, Calif., were John Martfeld and his daughter, Miss Elaine. 150 Participate in Government Class One hundred fifty Holt county high school juniors participated in the Comhusker county gov ernment program here Monday. District Judge D. R. Mounts, who helped organize and direct the program, declared it was the “most successful yet.” He ex plained that the junior “officers, ’ most of them elected or appoint ed from their respective schools, were “very serious-minded” and were “good students.” Other Holt county officials praised the group for their inter est in county government func tions. Lawrence Hamik, of Stuart, was in charge of the event spon sored by the Nebraska depart ment of the American Legion. Lunch was served the group at the American Legion auditorium by Simonson unit auxiliary. Competition Keen for County 'Offices'— EWING — The junior class of Ewing high school participated in the Comhusker boys’ and girls’ county government program in O’Neill on Monday, February 19, under the auspices of the Amer ican Legion. The cl&ss was enthusiastic in filing for office, the primary elec (Continued on page 4) Chancellor R. G. Guslavpon . . . principal speaker here March 5. (Story at right.) EXTENSION BOARD WILL ELECT TWO Ag Groups Ready Plans for Chancellor Gustavson’s Appearance Here The combined annual meetings of the Holt county extension ser vice and the Holt county Soil Conservation District will be held Monday, March 5, at the American Legion auditorium, be ginning at 1 p.m., Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, of the University of Nebraska, is to be the guest speaker. The afternoon activities in clude musical entertainment, col ored pictures showing tjie work of soil conservation and the ex tension service. The board mem bers of both organizations will give reports on activities con ducted this past year. There will be an election of two extension board members to succeed the expired terms of Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg, of Atkinson, from supervisory district 7, and Ora Yarges. of district 6. Any taxpayer in the county may vote at this elec tion. This combined meeting is an effort to eliminate so many in dividual annual meetings and the boards felt that by combined efforts it would be possible to present an outstanding day’s pro gram that will be of more inter est to more people. Clarence Ernst, of O’Neill, chairman of the Soil Conserva tion district, and Ora Yarges, of j Stuart, chairman of the extension board, in a joint statement said, j “This is an opportunity for town and rural people alike to come together and find out what is be ing done in agricultural fields.” They also stated, “Chancellor Gustavson is interested in doing all that he can to improve Ne braska agriculture and our Ne braska university to benefit all af us. Let’s show him that we are interested, too.” The Lions club and the Cham ber of Commerce are supporting these organizations in thi§ meet ing. Full details will be published in next week’s Soil Conservation issue of The Frontier. PARKING METER CASE CONTINUED To Be Heard Again After March 12; City Still Restrained Another chapter in the history of O’Neill’s dormant parking me ters was written Friday in Holt county district court. In a hearing before Judge D. R. Mounts, the suit of Sumner Downey et al vs. the city of O' Neill was continued until after March 12. Bond was increased from $500 to $1,000 and Downey furnished the new bond on Mon day. Meanwhile, the city is still restrained from erecting the meters, which have arrived and are being held at the fire station. The suit for a temporary in junction was filed on February 10 after the city had entered in to a lease-purchase agreement on January 9 with a parking meter manufacturer. The courtroom was half-filled for Friday’s short-lived hearing. About 200 persons signed an informal petition requesting the council to reconsider its action. Later, a group of 25 others, as plaintiffs, launched the tempo rary injunction suit. The parking meter firm pro vided no counsel for Friday's hearing. There is speculation as to whether the meter company will engage in the legal contro versy. Sumner Downey et al charge that the contract between the ci ty and the.parking meter manu facturer is illegal. Former Holt Woman Dies at Age of 95 ATKINSON—Funeral services were held in Alvin, Tex., Sun day, February 18, for Mrs. Al berta Uttley, 96, who passed a way Friday, February 16, at the home of her son, George, in Al vin. Mrs. Uttley became ill at Christmas time. Previous to that time she had enjoyed “very good health.” in the late 1890’s she lived at O’Neill. Her two sons, George, of Alvin, and Clinton B., of Wash ington, D. C., and her two daugh ters, Coila Uttley Walrath and Darlene Uttley Stewart, were bom at O’Neill. She is survived by her tw» sons, 12 grandchildren, one of whom is Mrs. John Silverstrand, of Atkinson, and several great grandchildren. ' The late Mrs. Uttley is believ ed to have bepn a charter mem ber of Eden Rebekah lodge at O’Neill. Jury Drawn for Spring Term Jurors have been drawn for the spring term of Holt couni/ district court, which convenes March 5; Mary Claussen, Atkinson; Carlton Davis, Atkinson; Mrs. Harry Mitchell, Stuart; Mrs. Vern Wilburn, Atkinson; Waldo Davies, Ewing; Thaine Mitchell, Chambers; Mrs. Charles Spath, Chambers; Mrs. Guy F. Cole, Emmet; Mrs. Alvin Tangeman, Chambers; Gerald Harding, O Neill; Mrs. Alice Turner, Cham bers; Alois Kaup, Stuart; Emmet Crabb, O’Neill; Alfred James, Amelia; Mrs. Clarence Gilg, At kinson; Mrs. Earl Coxbill, Atkin son; Eli McConnell, Atkinson; Mrs. Joy Greenfield, Stuart; R. G. Gray, Page; N. A. Lindqusit, Star; Joe Kaup, Stuart; Henry Walter, Chambers; James Con way, O’Neill; Levi Yantzie, O’ Neill; Fred Moon, Stuart; Frank Dobrovolny, Atkinson; Glen Tomlinson, O’Neill; Mrs. Leo Gokie, O’Neill; Elmer Devall, O’Neill; Earl Collins, Atkinson. The jury will hear three crim inal actions — first jury term in 2 '/2 years. In addition, the spring term includes about 50 equity cases, according to Ira H. Moss, clerk of the district court. Senator Nelson's Brother Dies— Arthur P. Nelson, 55, brother of State Sen. Frank Nelson, died Tuesday night at Lutheran hos pital in Omaha. He had suffer ed a heaijt attack. The late Mr. Nelson has visited O’Neill fre quently and spent one summer on the farm here with h|s broth er. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. Survivors include one brother and two sisters.