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VOLUME 71._NUMBER 6. " O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS
Phone Company
Seeks Rate Hike
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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.
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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
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I limbus hall in Atkinson. There were 179 members of the family
| and 21 guests registered.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving,
pictures on page 11.)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.