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VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 42. O'NEILL, NEBR., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 195L " PRICE 7 CENTS
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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.
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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
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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.
