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VOLUME 70.—NUMBER 50. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951. PRICE: 7 CENTS
\ THE EGG AND THE FRONTIER . . . Dan Troshynski, who lives
1 Vi miles south and a half-mile east of Page, brought an oversized
egg (above) to The Frontier office the other day. He swears the
oval is the product of a 1-year-old Leghorn Hamp hen at his farm.
• The egg measures 3% inches long (tip-to-tip) and 7% inches in
diameter.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
Assessing Brisk
, Before Deadline
Holt People Queue
to Interview
Assessors
Friday, April 20, is the dead
line for personal tax assessments.
If you haven’t contacted your
precinct or county assessor by
that time, and told him the story
of your personal property worth
as of March 10, you can be penal
ized 50 percent.
Holt Assessor Wm. F. ("Bib")
Wefso, in the throes of the
first experience of county as
t sessing, reported Wednesday
that many taxpayers had put
off until the 11th hour their
visits with the tax man.
Queues of people at the county
offices have been common
throughout the week. Some town
ship and precinct assessors re
port similar experiences.
But in Holt Creek and Rock
Falls townships, the assessment
business was wrapped up several
days ago. Harold Shaw, of Holt
Creek, brought his returns in first
followed by Levi Hull, of Rock
Falls.
Meanwhile, several other town
ship assessors—or legally regard
ed as assistant county assesors—
since have completed their work.
k "It is too early to determine
how the assessments will com
pare with 1950," said Mrs. Ned
Allendorfer, deputy Holt as
sessor.
H. W. Tomlinson is handling
the assistant assessor’s duties in
O’Neill. He is stationed at the A.
Marcellus garage.
Collins Sale
Big Attraction
All roads will be leading to the
j fifth Lloyd Collins farm imple
ment and farm machinery sale to
be held in the Collins lots on
Saturday, April 24.
These big auctions have been
attracting buyers from several
hundred miles and usually fill
the city with shoppers.
Included in the offering will be
tractors, combines, plows, mow
ers, hay rakes, hammermills, one
ways, cornpickers and many oth
er new and used items.
This week’s sale will be at a
new location. The earlier Collins
auctions have been held on the
east outskirts of the city. The
Collins lots are located 2 blocks
south of the traffic signals (O’
Neill’s main intersection) — or
near the Collins store.
Col. Ed Thorin, of Chambers,
and Col. Harry Cooper, of Win
i ner, S. D., will be the auction
eers; O’Neill Natioal bank, clerk.
(See ad on page 6.)
Also listed on The Frontier’s
calendar is a close-out of person
al property by Thos. Thompson,
who lives 12 miles southwest of
Chambers. Mr. Thompson has se
lected Wednesday, May 2, as his
sale date. Colonel Thorin will be
the auctioneer; Chambers State
bank, clerk.
New Traffic Signals
Being Installed
The new post-type traffic sig
nals, ordered several months a
^ go by the city of O’Neill, are be
ing installed this week. They
will replace the overhead auto
matic signal, which hung for
many years at the comer of
Fourth and Douglas streets.
The new lights will be located
at the First National bank cor
ner and the old Nebraska State
bank corner. The lights will be
I synchronized and will control
pedestrian and vehicle traffic
from 4 directions.
When the guidewires were torn
from their moorings last fall, the
overhead signal had to be taken
down.
Luckily the city has escaped a
tragedy at the busy downtown
corner during the period no sig
nal was in action.
Try Frontrier want ads—as low
as 35c per insertion.
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TO GIRLS' STATE . . . Miss
Claryce Johnson (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Johnson, of Walnut, will be O’
Neill’s delegate to the annual
Cornhusker girls’ state activi
ties in Lincoln in June. She is
an O’Neill high school junior.
—O’Neill Photo Co.
$225 INCREASE TO
GRADE TEACHERS
9 Faculty Members Get
Salary Hikes;
1 Resigns
Blanket salary increases of
$225 per year have been granted
to nine O’Neill public school ele
mentary teachers. An increase al
so was granted to another teach
er, who declined and at the same
time handed in her resignation.
Miss Luverne Schultz, fourth
grade teacher for the past 4
years, will not return to O'Neill
next term. Her home is at Mag
net.
All of the grade teachers were
reelected six weeks ago by the
board of education. At that time
no salary increase was stipulated.
At a meeting of the board last
week, the blanket raises were
voted.
Teachers are:
Mrs. Leo (Winnie) Mullen,
eighth grade; Mrs. Ralph (Alice)
Fritton, seventh; Mrs. Leona
Shoemaker, sixth; Mrs. Ray (Ra
chel) Battenhausen, fifth; (vacan
cy) fourth: Miss Hilda Gallagher,
third; Miss Loretta Enright, sec
ond; Mrs. A1 (Catherine) Fritton,
first; Mrs. Harry (Grace) Peter
sen, kindergarten; Mrs. Florence
Schultz, special room.
Mrs. Harold (Helen) Dono
hoe, teacher in the socalled
"overflow" room, was not re
elected because school officials
are not certain an "overflow"
room will be required for the
1951-'52 term.
Meanwhile, the board has not
signed for replacements for Supt.
Ira George and Prin. Howard
Dean.
George has not announced his
plans after his contract expires
August 1 and Dean will enter the
insurance business irf Iowa.
Rocks Longest
Resident Dies
BASSETT — Harry Green, of
Newport, believed to be Rock
county’s longest resident, died
about 4:30 p.m. Monday, April
16, in the Bassett hospital. He had
been confined to the hospital for
some time. Recently he submit
ted to a leg amputation.
The late Mr. Green was a
rancher who lived 6 miles north
and a mile west of Newport.
Funeral services will be held
today (Thursday) or Friday.
To WCTU Meeting
Miss Meta Martin went to
Grand Island Monday to attend
a mid-year executive conference
of Nebraska’s WCTU which was
in session Tuesday and Wednes
day.
HOLT RESIDENT
63 YEARS DIES
Michael Curran Buried
Monday in Calvary
Cemetery
Funeral services for Michael
Curran, 65, a longtime resident of
the Amelia community, were
conducted at St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church at 10 a.m., Monday,
April 16. Mr. Curran died Thurs
day, April 12, in the Stuart Com
munity hospital, where he had
been a patient for 5 weeks.
Relatives said the late Mr.
Curran, who never married,
had been in failing health for 2
years.
Rev. A. A. Urbanski, of Church
of the Epiphany, Emmet, officiat
ed. Burial was in Calvary ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Francis Cur
ran, George Curran, Arde Cur
ran, Bernie Kennedy and Arthur
Doolittle.
A rosary was offered at Biglin
Bros, funeral chapel Sunday eve
ning.
The late Mr. Curran was
born in Platte county on June
10, 1885, a son of Thomas Cur
ran and Mary Loftis Curran.
He came to Holt county at the
age of 2 and spent 63 years in the
county, mostly in the southwest
ern part. He was a carpenter by
occupation although he was rear
ed on a farm.
Survivors include: Brother —
James Curran, of O’Neill; sisters
— Mrs. Delia Ernst, of Amelia;
Mrs. Edward (Clare) Connors, of
Broadwater; Mrs. Gertrude Min
ahan, of O’Neill; a number of
nieces and nephews.
Among those from a distance
attending the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Weber, of Genoa;
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Connors, of
Broadwater; Rich Lewis and Bill
Lewis, of Decatur, and others
from Amelia and north of O’
NeilL
No New Information
on Doyle and Wife
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Police in three states—Nebras
ka, Kansas and Oklahoma—still
are searching for John Doyle and
his wife.
The Doyles forged a check for
$225 to be used as a down pay
ment in the purchase of a used
car from an O’Neill dealer 12
days ago.
They beelined for the South
land. In Wichita, Kans., they
wrecked the car and their 3-year
old daughter had to be taken to
a hospital. The Doyles vanished.
The little girl presumably is
now with Doyle’s mother, who
lives in Wichita.
Following the accident Wichi
ta police combed a section of the
city in which they believed the
Doyles might be found, but the
pair eluded the net.
Mr. Doyle had been working
with a hay baling crew near At
kinson.
Milford Roberts,
Atkinson, Dies
ATKINSON—Milford Robert11
82, a native of Waterbury, died
at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, April 17,
in the Stuart Community hospi
tal. He had been a patient in the
hospital for 8 days.
Mr. Roberts went to Atkinson
33 years ago. He was a carpenter
by trade.
Mrs. Roberts died more than 9
years ago.
Survivors include a son—Fred,
and a daughter—Mrs. Clyde Nel
son, both of whom live near At
kinson. There are several other
sons and daughters.
The body is at Segers’ funeral
home.
The funeral i s tentatively
scheduled for 2 p.m. today
(Thursday) at the Presbyterian
church .in Atkinson with Rev.
Orin C. Graf officiating.
This funeral date is tentative
because several of the Roberts
sons may be arriving from the
West coast.
Watson Home After
Quick Korea ‘Tour’
John C. Watson, assistant cash
ier at the First National bank,
was back at his desk Tuesday
following a quick “tour” of duty
in World War III. After 10 days
in Korea, the army told Watson
it was “all a mistake” and load
ed him aboard a U.S.-bound ves
sel.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira C.
Watson, of Inman, John had a
rough go for 8 months in Europe
during World War II. He got ov
erseas rather late in that conflict,
but was decorated with 3 battle
stars including the ordeal of the
Battle of the Bulge.
At war's end he came to O'
Neill and became an officer in
one of the banks. The army
still claimed him, however, as
a master sergeant in the re
serves.
When the Korean affair broke
out, John was called up again.
He left for active duty on
October 19, 1950. He reported for
duty at Ft. Lewis, Wash., was
later transferred to Ft. Riley,
Kans., and finally sent to Camp
Stoneman, Calif., for overseas
processing.
On February 15 he sailed from
San Francisco, Calif., harbor and
choked a bit when the Golden
Gate disappeared from view.
Arriving in Japan in early
March he was subsequently sent
across to Korea where he was as
signed to a military police out
fit. The unit’s job was to keep
open the supply lines from the
Port of Pusan to the battlefront.
Watson, who never nad mili
tary police experience, applied
for a change. *~
Lt.-Gen. Matthew Ridgway’s
Eighth army headquarters, re
viewing the O’Neill man’s com
bat record — the battles of the
Ardennes, Central Europe and
the Rhine—decided it had made
a mistake. In 8 days he was pro
cessed and headed homeward
and he was back in the U.S.
Mrs. Watson and their daugh
ter, Ruth Ann, had been residing
with Mrs. Watson’s parents at
Wells, Minn., during John’s ab
sence. Now they are househunt
ing in O’Neill and John is di
vorced— he believes “for good”
—from the army.
During World War II he fought
with the 84th infantry divisioa
of the Ninth army.
John had glowing praise for
the work of the United Nations
forces. He said he was particular
ly impressed with compliments
he heard for U.S. airmen.
Casualties of U.S. forces
have been “very heavy,” he said.
Wounded Korea Vet
Off Again to Wars
Marine Pfc. Luther Larson, for
mer Atkinson youth and brother
of Robert E. Larson, of O’Neill,
has completed a two-weeks’ visit
with relatives and has headed
back for the wars.
Private Larson was the first
known combat veteran to return
from the Korean war front. He
went the route with the gallant
First Marine division, was
wounded and was hustled back
into the front lines in a hurry.
Larson, even to his brother,
was not very talkative about
the Korean hardships.
But a visit with him about the
places he’d been and the times
he was there suggested a bloody
career for the durable guy who
was a mere Holt county kid a few
months ago.
Luther was awarded the pur
ple heart for shrapnel wounds he
received. The manpower short
age accounted for his being hus
tled through a first-aid station
and right back into the see-saw
battle with North Korean and
Chinese reds.
He received the decoration at
Treasure Island.
Young Larson was among the
first of 1,800 Korean combat vet
erans to be returned to the U.S.
for rest and recuperation.
His father is Luther Larson, sr.,
O’NEILL STUDENTS
TO ARTS FESTIVAL
O’Neill and SMA Music and
Speech Pupils Seek
State Laurels
Students from the O’Neill pub
lic high school and St. Mary’s
academy are attending the fine
arts festival being held in Lincoln
this week.
Bruce McElhaney and Barbara
Bennett will represent O’Neill
high in the instrumental division.
Marde Birmingham, Bernadet
te Hynes, Lorraine Simonson,
Mary Ellen Steele, James De
Backer, Bob Hynes, Tom Donlin
and Fritz Flood, of St. Mary*s,
and Vernyce Dye, Lois Harder,
John Bowen and Donna Crabb,
of O’Neill high, will take part in
the vocalists’ competition.
Phyllis Seger, of O’Neill high,
and Rose Anderson and Bernard
Moore, of St. Mary’s, will per
form in the piano division.
Delores Hull and Esther Kin
ner will go with the group.
Students from both schools
will also take part in the dramat
ic presentations at the festival.
Barbara Bennett will give
the dramatic reading, "The
Crucifixion," by Lew Wallace.
Lorraine Simonson, of St. Ma
ry’s, will present a humorous
reading, “The Soldier Lover;”
Marde Birmingham, a dramatic
reading, “My Ever-Long Crea
tion;” Jack Carney, a radio news
cast; and Mary Lois Kelly, a
poetry reading.
Each school will also present a
one-act play.
O’Neill high will present “High
Window.” with John Bowen,
Donna Crabb, Lois Harder, Leah
Serck and Don Petersen.
The play to be given by the
students from St. Mary’s will be
“Gray Bread” with Mary J. Jar
man, Bernadette Hynes, Mary
Lois Kelly and Marde Birming
ham.
Frontier for printing!
Private Larson . . . wounded
. . . back up front in a hurry.
of Lucas, la., who came here to
visit his son.
Early Monday the young Ma
rine boarded a bus and headed
for Anaconda, Mont., where he
will visit two brothers and their
families. From there he will pro
ceed to San Diego, Calif., for as
signment.
Stuart Man Driver
of Death Auto
STUART—William Hytrek, 23,
of Stuart, was driver of a car in
which Rosemary Hoffman, 21, of
David City, lost her life Monday
while traveling south on U S.
highway 281 near Platte Center.
A second Stuart man, Robert
Jensen, 23, was a passenger.
The machine Hytrek was driv
ing plunged into a deep ravine
after veering off the right side of
the road, and smashing through
a guard rail.
The death brought Nebraska's
highway toll to 77 for 1951, com
pared to 60 at this time last year.
Hytrek and Jensen were taken
to a Columbus hospital to receive
treatment for shock, cuts and
bi uises.
Postoffice Ready
for Mail Delivery
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In reply to a number of in
quiries that he has received con
cerning the beginning of house
to-house mail delivery in O’Neill,
Acting Postmaster Thomas J.
Sullivan reported this week that
the plan has been officially ap
proved and will become effective
as soon as the numbering of the
houses has been completed and
mailboxes have been installed.
The O’Neill Lions club has un
dertaken the task of numbering
the houses and the major portion
of the work has been done, Mr.
Sullivan stated.
All the necessary postal sup
plies for inauguration cf the ser
vice have been received.
Door-to-door mail delivery,
once a day, is expected to relieve
a lot of congestion at the postof
fice. Queues of patrons are fre
quently to be found at the gen
eral delivery and parcel post win
dows during the peak periods of
the day.
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ANOTHER HOSPITAL REPORT . . . O’Nt ill's new 420-thou
sand-dollar St. Anthony’s hospital continues to take shape.
Workmen have stayed by their job through all kinds of winter
J
weather. September 1 is the arbitrary completion date for the
40-bed medical center to be staffed by the Sisters of St. Francis. i
—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville. i
AWAIT ALL-HOLT
ATHLETIC BANQUET
Nagel, Franklin and
Films Will Feature
Program
One hundred fifty Holt county
high school athletes —represent
ing all the schools in the county
—and that many more parents
and businessmen are pointing to
the second annual all-Holt coun
ty athletic banquet to be held at
the American Legion auditorium
Wednesday night, April 25.
^ The event, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, climaxes
the athletic activities for the
school term.
Special guests will be Fraa
Nagel, quarterback on the Uni
versity of Nebraska 1950 foot
ball team and one of ihe ablest
ball handlers and field generals
in collegiale circles last fan,
and 'Preacher" Marvin Frank
in, of the Husker coaching
staff.
The honored guests will be ath
letic lettermen from the various
prep schools in the county.
A. P. Jaszkowiak, committee
chairman, told the Chamber
Tuesday that all was in readi
ness. The ladies’ auxiliary of Si
monson post 93 will serve the
banquet.
Approximately three hundred
persons are expected.
Highlights of the 1950 Nebras
ka university football campaign
will be shown on a film. Com
mentary is recorded on the film
A full-size screen will be used.
Showing will be in charge of
John H. McCarville.
i„« 1 TUesdaI “ Chamber meet
ing. it was decided to appoint
a committee to solicit funds far
membership in the Highway 20
association, like last year.
General road conditions were
discussed. Deterioration of the
hardsurfaced roads in the area
Wm.vl£orously deplored.
The Chamber has requested the
municipal band to appear on May
i 10 when the Lincoln Sowers—a
| booster group from the Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce — visits
here.
Secretary James W. Rooney
reported that hardsurfacing of a
(Wwvm U-s- highway 281 north
fl°™ O Neill, originally sehedul
?d f2r^a11 °? .1951> will be de
aved. No official explanation has
been made, he said.
Two representatives of the Ne
braslca office of price stabiliza
Lon will be at the O’Neill public
I°°m on Thursday.
«3at 8i>m> Jt was stated
by Secretary Rooney.
Personal Effects
Lost in Fire
Alt personal effects belonging
to members of the Orville Neal
amily, in the northwest sectidn
of the city, were destroyed in a
fire Saturday afternoon.
The dwelling, located east of
™L£?Unty garage, burned whil ■
nobody was home. Mrs. Neal had
C °hUdree„,,!hb0r'S *° ,el
Fire started near the chimney
The house was a frame building.
Mrs Cleta Ritts and Mrs.
pel strong are accepting contri
butions of clothing or cash in he
half of the stricken Neal family.
The O’Neill volunteer firemen
were summoned to the O jj
French residence at 11:35 a.m.
J uesday to extinguish a hot
grease fire. Smoke caused some
burned0' A Sma11 cupboard was
At 9:58 p.m. Tuesday firemen
were summoned to the northeast
section of the city where a junk
ed car was ablaze. The machine,
in a junk lot, was owned by Ver
non Strong.
Dozens of curious motorists
violated the law by preceding or
following the fire trucks to the
scene of the blaze.
One city official expressed
fear that a tragedy might occur
one day when sightseers inter
fere in this manner with firemen
and fire equipment reaching the
scene of a call.
J. R. Russell, Wife
Plan Open - House
PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. J. IL
Russell will celebrate their gold
en wedding anniversary at their
home in Page on Sunday, April
22.
They will observe open-house
from 2 until 5 o’clock in the ad
;ernoon and from 7 until 9 in the
evening.
'lies to Indianapolis—
Ned Allendorfer, of O’Neill,
ast week made a roundtrip air
light to Indianapolis, Ind. He
vas there several days on busi
less.