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14 PAGES — 3 SECTIONS „. 1 i North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper -:ilV4T . > ! r f* , . : . • VOLUME 71._NUMBER 6. " O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS Phone Company Seeks Rate Hike ——————— » Application Follows Offer to Up Wages Northwestern Bell this week made an offer of increased wages for its employees and immediate ly thereafter filed an application with the Nebraska state railway • commission asking for “fair and reasonable rates that would per mit the company to earn an ade , quate return on its Nebraska properties.” The wage offer came during negotiations with the union which have been in progress since April 25. Reasons for the filing were covered in the following state ment by Leonard Arstad, general manager of the company for Ne braska. "Most other businesses raise ■ prices promptly to meet in creased costs. Our prices, which are regulated, have been in creased only twice since 1925, * the last time in 1949. “Wage boosts since 1941 have raised annual costs $4,636,000, while rate increases for our ser vice have brought in little more than half that amount—$2,384, 000. j , “In order to attract and keep the kind of people needed to op erate the business we have just made a wage offer that will add another half million dollars to our yearly costs in Nebraska. This will bring the annual wage and salary costs added since the last price increase for telephone service to about $870,000. “Material costs are up also. On the average, these increases a mount to over 90 percent, or al most double since 1941. Since ihe Korean war started the average 1 rise in costs has been 15 percent. "Our lax bill has also dou bled in the last 10 years. Fed eral corporate income tax rates have gone from 38 percent to 47 percent in the last year and there are indications that these will be raised even more. We have no margins to absorb such increases. “With the very large job still to be done to meet the military and civilian demands, reasonable earnings are vitally needed. Ac cordingly, we have asked the Ne braska railway commission to set telephone rates that are fair in view of the increased costs of furnishing service.” r Mrs. Gene James, 27, Dies Suddenly Mrs. Gene James, 27, a former resident of O’Neill, died late Monday, June 11, at Nortn Platte. Mrs. James was the former Betty McNally, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNally. She attended school at St. Ma ry’s academy in O’Neill until 1939, at which time her parents moved to North Platte. Survivors include: Widower, son; daughter; parents; 2 broth 4 ers, James, of North Platte, and Bernard, of Denver, Colo, sister, Mrs. Dick Tomlinson, of O’Neill. The late Mrs. James, who has not been in “good health,” was stricken while shopping and died before reaching a hospital. Funeral services were held in North Platte Wednesday morn ing. • Rev, Gerber At Bellevue Conference— Rev. Ralph Gerber is teaching this week at the Bellevue con ference being held at Dana col lege in Blair. He will return Sat urday. f Miss Norma and Miss Naomi Senn, of Bartlett, left Friday af ' ter visiting for a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Krutz. NEW CHURCH LEADER . . . Rev. Luvern Jay (above), for mer Alliance minister, comes to O’Neill this week to become first superintendent of the newly-created O’Neill district. The Methodist leader’s resi dence and headquarters will be the former P. J. McManus home. —The Frontier Enslav ing.__ Only 2 of Original Babl Family Living ATKINSON—The Babl family gathered Sunday for a biennial reunion in the Knights of Colum bus hall in Atkinson. One of Holt county’s largest and best-known clans, the rela tives came from near-and-far for the 1951 gathering. Only 2 members of the original family are still living, and they were on hand. They are Mrs. Grace Wallinger, 81, of Stuart, and Alois Babl, 71, of Newport. Their brothers and sisters who are deceased are: Mrs. George Weber, of Stuart; Mrs. John Brau, of Stuart: Joseph Babl, originally of Emmet, and Max Babl, of Mapleton, la. Joseph Babl died several years ago and his wife died in January, 1951, at the age of 94. Mrs. Joe Winkler, of Emmet, and Mrs. Henry Schaaf, of At kinson, organized Sunday’s party, which featured an indoor picnic dinner. There were 200 registered—179 were members of the family and there were 21 guests. The original Babl family came from Bavaria, but some of the family remained in Germany. Mrs. Wallinger, whose husband died 8 years ago. was the eldest person present at the reunion. She crossed the Atlantic at the age of 17, lived in Cass county for a time before coming to Holt. Mrs. Wallinger and her husband lived south of Stuart more than 40 years. Mrs. Wallinger enjoys good health and has a keen memory. The youngest present was Con nie Babl, 2-weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Babl, of New port. She enjoyed proceedings in a basket on one of the tables and posed for several pictures. Among those coming the great est distance were: Sister M. Bere nice, of Alverno college, Milwau kee, Wise; Sister M. Francita, 2118 South 32d street, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brau, of Scott City, Kans. ★ ★ ★ hi ii ii n w A portion of the 200 persons who attended the biennial Babl family reunion are shown (above) gathered in the Knights of Col (More Babl reunion \ I limbus hall in Atkinson. There were 179 members of the family | and 21 guests registered.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving, pictures on page 11.) * ■ *<* DEBOLT BECOMES CHAMBER HEAD William McIntosh Named Vice - President in Annual Election D. D. DeBolt, manager of the Wm. Krotter Co. of O’Neill firm, Tuesday was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce for the next 12 months. DeBolt has been acting presi dent since the departure of L. M. Diehlman in April. William McIntosh was elected first vice-president; Melvin Mar cellus, second vice - president; Woodrow Melena, treasurer; Cal Stewart, Dr. C. M. Eason and Dr. II. D. Gildersleeve, directors for 3-year terms; Cletus Durr, direct or for 1-year term to fill a vacan cy. James W. Rooney is the Cham ber secretary—a post he has held for a number of years. The group confirmed a propos al by the board of directors to a bandon the annual farmer-ranch er stag night party. Instead an all-family entertainment will be held, tentatively planned for No vember 16. All the school children will be entertained by a professional con cert troupe in a matinee and their pops and moms will be entertain ed by the same troupe in the evening. 150 Friends, Kin Honor Dorsey Pair DORSEY—Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wiley, of Dorsey, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the Dorsey church on Tuesday. June 12. More than 150 fripnds and relatives were present from coast-to-coast. Mrs. Wiley wore a gray suit dress, with black accessories. She wore a corsage of yellow/ tea roses. Mr. Wiley wore a &uit of con ventional gray' with a yellow rose boutonniere. The churcl* was decorated with gold and white streamers. The rostrum was decorated with bas kets of yellow roses and gladioli and vases of iris and peonies. The guest table was set for 20. Mr. and Mrs. John Pmkerman. of Lynch, were also honored as it was their 55th wedding anniver sary. The table was decorated in gold and white. Three decorated cakes adorned the table. The waitresses were Cleon Cole, Betty Osborne, Claryce Johnson, Hazel Marie Johnson. Beverly Ann Carson and Marga ret Kruse. They wore little gold aprons. Mrs. Carrie Hunter was in charge of the guest book. Rev. John Graham led the devotionals, followed by a short program, consisting of songs and readings. A dinner was served at 1 p.m. Each guest was gvien a gold in scribed napkin. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley received many gifts and congratulatory cards, including a purse of mon ey. Guests from a distance in cluded: Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wiley and family, of Grand Island; Mrs. Mary Ferguson, of Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Blaisdel, of Iowa; Mrs. Judith Pickering, of Ottawa, Kans.; Miss Harriet Lor is, of San Diego, Calif. S— PRINCIPALS IN UNIQUE CELEBRATION . . . These are the principals in the triangular wed ding anniversary celebration here Saturday, June 9, in which an O’Neill couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and their 2 daughters and their husbands completed 25 years of wedded life. Left-to-right: Mrs. William J. Froelich, Mf. Froelich, Mrs. C. E. Stout, James and Charles Froelich (altar boys), Very Rev. Timothy O'Sullivan (who officiated when the couples renewed their vows), Mr. Stout, Mrs. If. J. Birmingham and Mr. Birmingham. Picture was taken outside St. Patrick’s Catholic church after the 3 couples had received the pa pal blessing.—O’Neill Photo Co. (More pictures of this event on page 11.) Three of the 4 publishers who are pooling the use of an elaborate Fairchild electric engraving machine are Emil W. ReuizeL jr„ of The Ne ligh News; Carroll ("Cal") Stewart, of The Frontier, and James Cornwell, of The Stanton Register. (Not present when picture was taken was Jack Lough, of The Albion News. Whan machine was ordered many months ago. only 88 were in use in the United States. Only a handful of weekly papers in the nation do their own engraving. — The Frontier Photo & En graving. -*> + + + Visit Columbus— Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hynes and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Nissen went to Columbus Sunday. Mrs. Joe Lan gan went with them and remain ed to visit her husband until Wednesday. Ralph Gray Goes to Blue Hill INMAN—Ralph Gray, superin tendent of the Inman consolidat ed school for the past 6 years, will leave Tuesday for Blue Hill. He wiU lead a faculty of 17 at his new location and also have charge of the school band during the school term and municipal band during the summer months. Mr. Gray taught at Arcadia before going to the army. Mrs. Gray will not teach at Blue Hill, although she taught at Inman 4 years. Mr. Gray is a son of Mrs. Eve lyn Gray, of Page. Atkinson Scouts Fail to Register— Fifteen O’Neill Boy Scouts re turned Saturday after spending a week at the Boy Scout camp at Johnstown. The campers were j Paul Fetrow, Fred Fetrow, Rog er Niemeyer, Ivan Kaiser. Jim McClasson, Dick Davis, Wayne Strong, Matt Hynes, Don Malloy, Bob Malloy, Skip McKenny, Frank Fetrow, Bobby Lawrence, Dan Putnam and Dean Clyde. A north-central district meet ing was held at O’Neill Monday night. Failure of the Atkinson troop to register obliged the of ficials to drop the Atkinson Scouts from the records. A motion picture on “Rural Scouting” was shown. Districl Judge D. R. Mounts presided. Californians Here— PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sno eck and family, of California, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher, of Page, were Sunday dinner guests at the Ben Asher fartm. Mrs. ISnoeck is the sister of Ben Asher and the daughter of the Neil Ashers. The Frontier Does Its Own Engraving All of the pictures you’ll see in this issue of The Frontier were produced on a new Fairchild electric engraving machine. The Frontier together with The Neligh News, The Albion News and The Stanton Register have installed a machine to be operated jointly. Wheh the order for the machine was placed many months ago, only 88 had been produced and were in service in the nation. It is a product of the Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp., Jamaica, N.Y., and is the first successful departure from the century-old chemical engrav ing process. The Fairchild firm. is famous for its cameras that are used in combat and domestic aircraft. The finished product is a plas tic engraving that mounts on a block of wood. With the installa tion of the Fairchild, The Fron tier will expand several times its use of pictures, and photo graphs of general interest are solicited by the editors. All pictures will be returned upon request and in no way dam aged or defaced. J. M. Langan Buys Columbus Concern — It has been announced that J. M. Langan has purchased the Night and Day cafe and filling station at Columbus. He took possession of the new business Wednesday, June 6. The Langan family will move to Columbus as soon as living quarters are available. Mrs. Russell Shoemaker return ed Saturday after spending a week in Lincoln. PAPAL BLESSING FOR 3 COUPLES Stouts, Birminghams and Froelichs Count 100 Years Wedded Life One hundred years of wedded life were celebrated Saturday at a mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic church and at a reception in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stout cele brated their golden wedding an niversary and their 2 daughters, Mrs. H. J. Birmingham and Mrs. William J. Froelich, and their husbands celebrated their silver wedding anniversaries. They re newed their vows inside the sanc tuary, which was decorated with gold flowers to honor the golden jubilarians. The 2 side altars, were decorated with white flow ers to honor the silver jubilar ians. Ferns decorated the front pillars of the church. Crosses of gold flowers were on the hacks of the chairs of Mr. and Mrs. Stout. White flowers forming, crosses were on the backs of the silver jubilarians’ chairs. Mrs. Stout wore a peonv rose lace gown and a white orchid corsage. Mrs. Birmingham ap peared in a grey lace gown with a lavender orchid. Mrs. Froelich’* gown was beige lace and she had a green orchid. The husbands wore blue suits with white carna tion boutonnieres. The ushers were Edward T. Campbell, Dale French, Joseph Biglin, James Earley and Robert Berigan, of Atkinson. Two grandsons served as altar boys, James and Charles Froelich Six grandchildren formed the choir. Miss Margaret Demaris Birmingham sang a hymn Mrs. Stout sang as a girl, “Holy Mary, Mother Mild.” Miss Nancy Froe lich sang “Panis Angelicus” and her brother, William Froelich, sang “Ave Maria.” The Misses (Continued on page i) ■ '■ >mm,m | Frank J. White Dies at Norfolk ATKINSON—Funeral services for Frank J. White, 83, will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church in Atkinson. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery with Rev. Orin Graff officiating. Mr. White died Tuesday, June 12, in Norfolk, where he had been living 18 years. Mr. White was born in October, 1887, a son of James and Claris sa White, at Fairfield. He was one of 9 children. Mr. White never married. Survivors include a brother, Allen, of Atkinson, and several brothers and sisters. Premium List Date Is Fixed Thursday, August 9, is the date set for publication of the annual Holt county fair premium list The list will be published as a supplement to The Frontier. The fair board met Friday night at Chambers at the call of President Vern Sageser, of Am elia. Plans for the 1951 exposition are going forward. The board learned that the Ak-Sar-Ben has increased its premium money for each fair by $137. Cyclists Escape Serious Injury Two O’Neill motorcyclists es caped serious injury about 3:45 p.m. Sunday on U.S. highway 2d. a half-mile east of Emmet. Their machine decided to leave the highway, plunged across a shallow ditch, through a fence, and came to rest about 20 feet inside the pasture. The driver, Ed Young, and his passenger. Cliff Burival, suffered only scratches and walked away from the accident—although an ambulance, a doctor and the Holt county sheriff hurried to the scene. 5 Men Ordered to Report July 5 The selective service system has ordered 5 Holt county men to report for induction on July 5. They are: Harold R. Pribil, of O’Neill; Lyle C. McKim, jr„ of O’Neill; Rolland E. Hughes, of Dorsey; Algie Quentin Cavanaugh, of O’NeilL Meanwhile, 5 Nebraska doctors have been ordered to report for duty in July. Holt county will furnish Dr. Keith E. Vincent, of St. Louis, Mo. He will report Ju ly 25. HURT IN BUS MISHAP PAGE—Miss Hariet Simmons, who was returning to her home at Page after teaching at Broad water the past year, was in a bus wreck near Albion Tuesday eve ning, June 5, and received severe bruises about the head.