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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 7. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 21. 1951._ PAGE 9.
state Hist soc
SCHAFO AGAIN
VICE-PRESIDENT
| O’Neill Stockman Returns
to Post Another
Year
Dewey C. Schaffer, of O’Neill,
one of Holt county’s most prom
inent livestock men, Friday was
reelected vice - president of the
Nebraska Stock Growers’ associa
tion at the annual meeting held
| in Soiux City.
Schaffer had held the same
post the past year. J. H. Vinton,
of Gordon, was reelected presi
dent, and W. A. Johnson, of Al
liance, was reelected secretary
treasurer.
The ranchers formally called
upon congress to repeal the
wage and price stabilisation
program, lift slaughter quotas
and cancel all livestock roll
backs.
A resolution asking for the
death of the government’s anti
inflation program was one of a
number passed during closing
sessions.
Other resolutions:
1. Protested the present parity
price for cattle and urged a new
price “for some certain United
' States standard grade of cattle
instead of the present fallacious
parity price based upon the av
erage of all cattle.”
2. Urged abolishing of Nebras
ka’s nonpartisan legislature
3. Asked for fair consideration
by the government in drafting
livestock industry labor.
4. Opposed all payment s,
grants-in-aid apd subsidies by
the government to livestock men
in view of other huge govern
ment expenditures.
5. Called for legislation toward
attainment of a better highway
system in Nebraska.
6. Protested the 62 to 88 per
cent hike by Nebraska county
assessors of the valuation of cat
tle for tax purposes.
7. Endorsed the work of the
Christian rural overseas program,
> the national livestock loss pre
vention board, the American
meat institute, the national live
stock and meat board, the nation
al livestock tax committee and
their own officers and executive
council.
Raymond Moley, contributing
editor of Newsweek, and William
B. Huie, editor of the American
Mercury magazine, scored Presi
dent Truman and his administra
tion harshly for conduct of for
eign and domestic affairs.
85 Enrolled in
Religions Classes
i ______
EWING— St. Peter’s Catholic
church’s annual religious vaca
tion school is in session with 85
children enrolled.
Three nuns from St. Mary’s
academy, of O’Neill, assisted by
Mrs. Martin Van Conet, are the
instructors. Sister M. Seraph
ica, Sister M. Flores and Sister
M. George are working with the
Ewing children for 2 weeks.
The school is being held in 2
of the classrooms in the Ewing
public school due to seepage of
water in the rooms of the church
basement, which ordinarily are
used for this purpose.
Seven little boys and girls
t made their their first holy com
munion on Sunday, June 17.
They were: Sharon Hobbs, Kay
Jeffers, Clifford Juracek, Larry
Noffke, Annette Rotherham, Jo
seph Weber and Catherine Wo
slager.
Summer school brings to a
close the year’s religious instruc
tions for the children. Each
Saturday afternoon during the
school term the grade school
children are instructed in 3
groups. The pastor, Rev. P. F.
Burke, Mrs. Frances Shaw and
Mrs. Martin Von Conet are the
regular instructors.
Rockets Lose
to Bartlett, 2-7
The O’Neill Rockets were
thumped, 2-7, Sunday at Bart
lett in a (North-Central baseball
league fracas.
Don Godel went 6 innings on
the mound for the Rockets and
struckout 4. Darrell Graham
finished, whiffing 2.
The winning pitcher, Kenne
dy, was credited with 9 strike
outs and gave up no walks.
Lefty McCain is the other end
of the Bartlett battery.
Meanwhile, Page blanked
Bassett, 10-0, at Page. Darrell
Heiss was the winning pitcher
and Dick Trowbridge got 3 hits
in 4 trips. Bassett’s battery was
a father-and-son combination—
Fisher and Fisher.
At Chambers, the lowly south
Holt countyans pulled one out
of the fire, defeating Inman,
8-2. Chambers outhit Inman,
8-4. G^rry Grimes got credit
for the win while Hilligas pun
ched out 4 hits in 5 trips
Inman saw 13 men die on
bases; Chambers had 9 left on.
Stuart defeated Long Pine, 13
2, at Long Pine in another Sun
day game. Tielke was the win
ning pitcher; Lentz the loser
Stuart had 7 men die on the
bases while Long Pine saw 9
left on.
The victors outhit their ap
ponents, 11-4.
Neligh Plans Big Fourth —
A motorcycle race meet will
feature the Fourth of July cele
bration at Neligh this year.
Emmet Soldier on .
Train Catches Afire
EMMET— Pfc. Merle L. Fore
man, of Emmet, was aboard a
troop train near Batavia, N.Y.,
last week when the diesel loco
motive caught fire.
The train “coasted” into the Le
high Valley station at Batavia
where firemen doused the blaze.
Attempts to revive the locomo
tive failed and the 220 men a
board the troop train were delay
ed 2 hours enroute to Camp Kil
mer, N.J. Firemen said the fire
broke out in the diesel’s super
charger. The troops were enroute
from Ft. Lewis. Wash.
Judge Mounts Is
in Casper Hospital
District Judge D. R. Mounts is
in a Casper, Wyo., hospital for a
medical checkup.
Accompanied by Mrs. Mounts,
the judge was enroute to Casper
last week when he became slight
ly ill. He voluntarily went to the
hospital to consult doctors.
Judge Mounts was due back in
O’Neill Tuesday but has postpon
ed his appoitnments this week.
DOUG DALE, ORD,
TOURNEY WINNER
I
; Defeats Fellow Townsman,
A1 Blessing, in
Title Play
(Photo on page 9.)
Doug Dale, of Ord, winner of
the 1950 O’Neill open golf toum
; ament, again captured the top
| honors here when he defeated
, A1 Blessing, also of Ord, 4-3 in
; the championship flight finals
Monday afternoon. It was the
27th annual O’Neill tourney.
Dale polished off Jute Stras
heim, of Norfolk, in the first
round; Red DeWitt, of O’Neill,
1-up in 20 holes in the second;
and Bill Fox, of Albion, 1-up
in 19 in the third round before
title match.
Both Dale and Blessing are
members of the golf team at the
University of Nebraska. Dale
played in the college invitation
al tournament on the Broad
moor course at Colorado Springs
this year and took third place
honors in the Big Seven confer
ence tourney at Kansas City, Mo.
During the O'Neill compet
ition. Dale won the long driv
ing contest and took the
prize for being closest to the |
pin on the 5th hole.
In the first flight finals, Gor
don Elkins, of Norfolk and for
merly of O’Neill, dropped H. J.
Lohaus, of O’Neill, 4-2.
In the second flight finals,
Dixon Pourier, of Pine Ridge, S.
D.. eased out D. Graber, of Nor
folk.
Third flight honors went to
Gale Whitney, of Ainsworth,
who defeated Marvin (Miller, 3-2.
Bill Carlson, of O’Neill, won
in the 4th flight over Arnie
Doerning, also of O’Neill, and
A. W. Carroll took the 5th from
John H. McCarville, 1-up. Both
5th flight finalists were from
O’Neill. Medal honors went to
Red DeWitt.
Eighty - seven golfers took
part in the competition over
the weekend, and from this
number 57 were from out-of
town. Although records are
not available, this is believed to
be the largest turnout in the his
tory of the O’Neill club.
Heavy rains Sunday night
threatened to make the course
difficult for the finalists, but
they reported that the course
was in good condition by Mon
day morning.
’83 ‘God’s Country’
Edition Is Found
Mrs. W. E. Ripley, of Spring
view, has a copy of The Frontier
dated March 8, 1883.
It is one of “Doc” Mathews’s fa
mous “God’s Country” edition,
and tells the story in column af
ter column of the the material
wealth and natural beauty of Ne
braska in general and Holt coun
ty in particular. Each town and
community settlement in the
county of that period are dealt
with in language both pictur
esque and forceful, grammatical
ly and rhetorically faultless.
The paper is a 4-page affair, 8
columns to the page, no adver
tising. The columns are 13 ems
in measure, speaking in printers’
terms, which means in days be
fore machine set type columns
were 2 and 1/6 inches wide in
stead of the present 2-inch col
umn.
W. D. Mathews was the found
er and owner and also at the time
was O’Neill’s postmaster. There
is little or no local news in this
number, but Mathews gives the
schedules of mail arrivals. The
railroad, with 1 train a day earh
way, was known as the C. & P.
There were stage i cutes to and
from Keya Paha, Paddock, Nio
brara and Creighton.
ENGINEER TO QUIT?
State Highway Engineer F. H.
Klietsch Tuesday reportedly
was about to quit. The Lincoln
Star said that his resignation
and the appointment of a suc
cessor are all set. Questioned,
Kleitsch would neither confirm
nor deny that he planned to re
sign.
Large Crowd Attends
Cub Scout Circus —
Cub Scout officials Wednesday
held in Ford’s park a “big suc
cess.” The circus began with a
parade.
Clearwater Youth 18, Drowns
SPANISH-AMERICAN
WAR VETERAN DIES
John Slaymaker, 79, Came
to Holt County at
Age of 8
ATKINSON—Military funeral
services were conducted Monday,
June 18, for John Slaymaker, 79
year-old veteran of *.he Spanish
American war. He died Saturday,
June 16, at his home 14 miles
southwest of Atkinson, having
suffered a lingering illness.
The rites were held at the home
at 1 p.m., and in the Atkinson
Methodist church at 2 p m. Burial
was in Wood Lawn cemetery
with Rev. E. G. Hughes officiat
ing.
The late Mr. Slaymaker was
born in Minnesota on October
20, 1871. He came to Holt coun
ty in 1879 with his parents,
John and Susan Slaymaker,
when he was 8-years-old. He
volunteered for service during
the Spanish-Amercian war.
On April 16, 1913, he married
Agnes Neibauer. The couple re
sided southwest of Atkinson for
many years. Mr. Slaymaker’s
hobby was sports and he was rec
ognized as a fishing enthusiast.
Survivors include: Widow —
Agnes; sons — Robert, of Atkin
son; John and Ray, at home;
Walter, who is in the army;
daughter — Mrs. Carl (Edith)
Smith, jr., of Atkinson; 4 grand
daughters; brother— E. O. Slay
maker. of Atkinson; sister—Mrs.
Anna Newton, of Atkinson.
The body was removed from
the mortuary to the Slaymaker
home at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
VICTORIA WORTH
DIES SUDDENLY
Stricken W h i l.e Eating,
Expires Upon Reaching
Omaha Hospital
A 28-year-old O’Neill woman
died suddenly late Tuesday.
Miss Victoria Worth, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E.
Worth, was stricken while eating
lunch at her home Tuesday noon.
She was rushed to University
hospital in Omaha latd* in the
day while in a state of uncon
sciousness and died a few min
utes after reaching the hospital.
With her were her parents
and her brother, Roy.
Death was believed to have
been caused by a brain tumor.
The body was removed from
Omaha to O’Neill late Wednes
day by Biglin Bros. Funeral ar
rangements are incomplete, but
the services will be held at the
Assembly of God church, where
she was a member.
The late Miss Worth was bom
and raised in the O’Neill vicinity
and graduated from O’Neill high
school.
She was active in Assembly of
God activities, taught in the Sun
day-school and was secretary of
the youth group.
Survivors include: Parents;
sisters—Mrs. Daniel Page, of O’
Neill; Mrs. Adolph Wetzler, of
Lead, S.D.; Mrs. Benny Wetzler,
of O’Neill; Mrs. Orville Miller, of
O’Neill; brothers — Roy, of O’
Neill; Junior, of O’Neill, and
Robert, who is in the army.
Old Siren Moved;
New One Goes Up
Henceforth the fire alarm in
O’Neill and the customary 6
p.m. signal will sound differ
ently.
The natives will be hearing 2
signals instead of 1.
The socalled old siren, locat
ed many years near the city
hall on South Fourth street, is
being moved to the rear of the
Lohaus Motor Co. lots. A new
siren is being installed in the
rear of the Texaco service
station.
Purpose of the change is to
enable most residents to readi
ly hear the alarms.
FLASH FLOOD HITS
A flash flood struck the town
of Bloomfield shortly before
noon Tuesday, filling many
basements with water. The wat
er was the highest in the aown
in more than 25 years.
BOMBERS FLY OVER
Several flights of the world’s
biggest bombers—B-36’s— flew
over O’Neill about 9 o’clock Fri
day, attracting widespread at
tention.
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8 Candidates for
Queen Stuart Rodeo
STUART—Eight candidates for
rodeo queen were chosen at the
nominating dance held by the
American Legion on Wednesday
night, June 13. The candidates,
chosen by popular vote are:
Shirley Shald, Doris Davis, Vi
ta Marie Weiehman, Betty Kra
mer, Patricia Engler, Arlene We
wel, Maureen Batenhorst and Jo
an Burhans.
The rodeo queen will be se
lected by a board of 5 out-of
town men on July 3 and will be
presented with a $25 defense
bond by the American Legion at
the annual rodeo July 3-4.
WORLDWARH
VETERAN DIES
David E. (‘Bud’) Newton
a Lukemia Victim;
Burial Monday
David E. (“Bud”) Newton, an
Emmet veteran of World War II,
died about 10 o’clock Saturday
morning, June 16, in the Veter
ans hospital at Grand Island. He
had been suffering from lukemia
for several years.
The late Mr. Newton was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Newton, of Emmet. He was born
on a farm near Hartington on
January 7, 1907.
He enlisted in the army in
March, 1942, and spent most of
the war in the European thea
ter.
Survivors include: Parents —
Mr. and Mrs. William Newton, of
Emmet; brothers — Paul and
Clyde, both of Emmet; Howard,
of O’Neill, and Alvin, of Laurel;
sisters— Mrs. Marvin Clouse, of
O’Neill; Mrs. Walter Lindberg, of
Laurel; Mrs. Rollie Brittell, of
Laurel.
He was preceded in death by 2
sisters and a brother. One deceas
ed sister was Mrs. Fred Perry;
the other died in infancy. The
deceased brother, Dewey, died in
World War II.
"Bud" lived in the Emmet
community for the past 20
years. He spent 4 years of that
time in the army, including a
bout 24 months in Franco and
Germany.
After his return from the ser
vice he was a lukemia sufferer
and spent most of the interven
ing months in Veterans hospitals
in Nebraska and South Dakota.
He was 44.
The body was removed from
Grand Island to Biglin Bros, on
Sunday.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m. Monday, June 18,
at Biglin’s funeral chapel.
Rev. Wayne Hall officiated and
burial was in Prospect Hill cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Frankie Frit
ton, Oliver Maring, Dean Beck
with, Harry Warner, John Con
ard and Bob Cole.
Among the relatives here from
a distance for the funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. John Cormely, of
Kingley, la.; Misses Maude and
Minnie Mills, of Sioux City; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Puntney, of
Hartington; George and Will
Peck, of Coleridge; Miss Jennie
Peck, of Coleridge; Mr. and Mrs.
Don Brittell, of Laurel; Mrs Joan
Goiter, of Orchard; Mr. and Mrs.
Rollie Brittel, of Laurel; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Lindberg, of Laurel:
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Newton, of
Laurel: Mr. Seyl, of Laurel.
Reunion of Strong Family
At Ford Park—
The C. A. Strong family reun
ion was held at Ford park Sun
day, June 17. Among the 59
members of the family present
were 10 sons and 2 daughters, 32
grandchildren and 2 great-grand
children.
Dinner was served at noon and
the afternoon was spent with
games and visiting.
Those attending the reunion
were:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Strong and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Strong and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Strong and family. /Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Strong and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Strong and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Strong and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Strong and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Strong and family. Clarence A.
Strong sr., Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Klingler and Mrs. Bessie Kling
ler, all of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Strong and family, of
Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Strong, of Chambers.
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tier” . . . Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:45
a.m., WJAG, Norfolk, 780 kc., a
program direct from O’Neill.
Drowning victim was given artificial respiration by the riv
erside for half-hour to no avail. Boyd Ressel is administering.—
The Frontier Photo & Engraving.
North Platte Rites
for Mrs. Gene James
(Picture on page 11.)
Requiem high mass was held
in St. Patrick’s Catholic church
at North Platte cn Thursday,
June 14, at 10 a.m., for Mrs. Gene
James, 28, the former Elizabeth
Ann McNally.
She died suddenly following a
heart attack while shopping in
North Platte.
Elizabeth Ann, youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mr. Fred McNally,
was born May 4, 1923, at O’Neill.
She attended school at St. Mary’s
academy until December, 1940,
her senior year, when the family
moved to North Platte. She grad
uated from St. Patrick’s high
school in the spring of 1941. She
married Gene Janies, of North
Platte, in 1943 and lived in North
Platte until her death.
She had suffered from dia
betes for 5 years and several
times she was seriourly ill and
little hope was held for her re
covery. The last several months
she appeared to be "much bel
ter," relatives said.
Monsignor Murray officiated
at the rites and the music was
furnished by the St. Patrick’s
high school choir.
Pallbearers were Phil Brene,
Jim James, Bob James, Bud Hall,
Bill Moran and Bob Conray,
friends of the deceased.
Survivors include: Widower —
Gene; daughter — Judy; son —
Jerry; parents — Mr. and Mrs.
Fred McNally, of Scottsbluff; sis
ter—Mrs. Dick Tomlinson, of O’
Neill; brothers—Jimmy McNally
and Bernard, both of Denver,
Colo. Two children, Jane and
John, preceded her in death.
Betty, as she was known, be
longed to and was active in the
Catholic Daughters, the Altar so
ciety of St. Patrick’s church, the
American Legion auxiliary, and
the National Guard auxiliary.
She also belonged to several so
cial clubs.
Relatives from out-of-town in
cluded: Mrs. John Dowd, Harry
McNally, Mrs. John McNally, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo McNally, James
McNally, Nadine McNally, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Dowd, Mr. and
Mrs. George McNally, Mr. and
Mrs. William McNally and
daughter, Donna, all of Schuy
ler: Mr. and Mrs. George McNal
ly, of Grand Island; Bill McNally,
of Gordon; Mrs. Fred Wesch, of
Correctionville, la.; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Litel, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Dunningun, Mabel McNally, all
of Lincoln: Jim Webster and Ger
aldine Webster, of Cedar Rapids;
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Webster, of
St. Edward; Mr. and Mrs. Bryon
Braughton, of Albion: Mrs. Vira
Gavin, of Julesburg, Colo., Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Higgins, of O’- i
Neill; Melvin James, of Gering;
Mrs. Edna Scott, of Bayard: Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Snooks, of Lin- |
coin; Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNally,
of Scottsbluff; Mr. and Mrs. Jim- 1
my McNally and Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard McNally, of Denver,
Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tomlin
son and Mrs. Clarence Benash, of
O’Neill.
i
48 Take Test —
Selective service deferment
tests were given to 48 college
students at Wayne Saturday.
Mrs. Sadie Shanner
Expires in Arkansas
Mrs. Sadie Shanner, who is a
bout 90 years old, died Tuesday
at Charleston, Ark., where she
had been residing in recent years.
Mrs. Shanner, whose hu3fcand is
dead, resided for many years in
the Page vicinity.
The body will reach O’Neill
early Friday and Biglin Bros, -vill
have charge of funeral arrange
ments, which are not yet com
plete.
Survivors include: Sons—Luth
er and Paul.
maryTharrison
RITES TUESDAY
North -Holt Resident
Suffers Heart Attack,
111 Only 4 Days
Miss Mary Lucinda Harrison,
46, died at 3 p.m. Sunday, June
17, at her home 16 miles north
east of O’Neill. She had suffered
a heart attack and had been ill
only 4 days.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, June 19, at 2 p.m., at
the Pleasant Valley church north
of O’Neill. Rev. Ralph Gerber, of
O’Neill, officiated.
Pallbearers were Estel Thomas,
Walter Devall, Axel Bory, Hiram
Johnson, Merrill Hicks and Art
Remter.
The late Miss Harrison was
born August 12, 1904, at O'
Neill. a daughter of Orville and
Delia Harrison.
Survivors include: Mother —
Mrs. Delia Harrison; sisters —
Mrs. Ed (Nellie) Thomas, of O'
Neill; Mrs. Clarence iPearl)
Hicks, of Gothenburg; Mrs. Or
ville (Myrtle) Peterson, of O'Neill;
Mrs. William (Lillian) Hoban, of
North Platte, and Mrs. Elmer
(Dorothy) Devall, of O’Neill.
Burial was in Pleasant Valley
cemetery under direction of Big
lin Bros.
Her father, the late Orville
Harrison, died August 16, 1938.
Relatives and friends who at
tended the funeral from out-of
town were:
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hicks,
of Gothenburg; Mr. and Mrs.
William Hoban and family, of
North Platte; Mrs. Oscar Finney
and Mrs. Burt Benton, of Fre
mont; Merrill Hicks, of Holdrege;
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwaid Hub
by and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Hubby and daughter, all of Hast
ings.
Spilled Gas Ignites;
Firemen Are Called
O’Neill firemen were summon
ed about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to
a point 2 miles south of Midway.
A truck-dragline outfit had gone
into the ditch, spilling a 50-gal
lon drum of gasoline.
The fluid ignited and resulted
in the fire alarm.
The state-owned rig was driv
en by Lavern Stevens. No one
was hurt.
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tier” . . . Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:45
a.m., WJAG, Norfolk, 780 kc., a
program direct from O’Neill. i
Harold A. Schueth
Perishes While
Aid Sought
(See picture on page 13.)
Harold A. Schueth, 18, a farm
youth who lives 9\4 miles south
west of Clearwater, Sunday be
came the first drowning victim
of the year in the waters of the
upper Elkhorn basin. He died
about 3 p.m., while bathing near
the U.S. highway 20-275 bridge,
2 miles east of O’Neill.
With him were 3 companions,
none of whom was a proficient
swimmer. They were: Robert
Bartak, of Ewing; Misses Mary
Ann Schroeder and Alice Young*
both of O’Neill.
After Schueth apparently
was in trouble, the trio went
for help. Several fishermen
downstream about 150 yards
were non-swimmers and sev
eral passing motorists were
stopped, but no one could aid.
Finally they sent to O’Neill'
for the police and fire depart
ments. Assistant Police Chief
Joe Wert took along James Mc
Kenny, 18, a 1951 O’Neill high
school senior, who promptly re
covered the body in approxi
mately the same location where
it was seen to go down.
Schueth’s companions estima
ted the body had been submerg
ed at least 20 minutes. They be
lieved he had stepped into a
deep hole. A husky redheaded
youth, he had been bathing in
bibless overalls. His companions
theorized that the weight o£
Harold A. Schueih, 18 . . .
stepped into i hole.
the wet overalls might have
been partly responsible for the
drowning when he got into deep
water. The foursome had en
tered the water about 1:30, ac
cording to Miss Young.
The O’Neill fire department’s
respirator was employed for a
time and artificial respiration
was administered for more than
a half-hour. Dr. O. W. French
examined the body about an
hour after the accident. A doc
tor was not immediately avail
able.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June 20. at St.
John's Catholic church in the
rural Deloit community. Rev.
C. J. Kaup, the church pastor,
officiated. Burial was in Sa.
officiated. Burial was in St.
John's cemetery near the
Harold Albert Schueth was
the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Schueth, of Clearwater.
The family lives a half-mile east
of St. John’s church.
He was a member of St.
John’s church, a (member of
Blessed Dominic’s CYO group
and sang in the church choir.
Harold attended school in the
Sunnybrook rural school and
was living at home with his
parents.
Survivors include: Parents;
brothers—Kenneth and Donald,
both of Clearwater; sisters —
Mrs. Wayne (Genevieve) Mitch
ell, of Albion; Mrs. Delmont
(Mary Ann) Hoefer, of Elgin;
and Alberta, at home.
A rosary was offered Tues
day night at the Schueth farm
borne.
Pallbearers were Robert Bar
tak, Jack Bartak, Joseph Mil
ler, Leonard Koenig, Alvin Thra
mer and Joseph TTiiele, all of
ivhom were young friends of
foung Schueth.
A large crowd attended the
(uneral. Many persons were
obliged to stand.
3'Neillites in Hospital —
LYNCH— Two O’Neillites are
aatients at Sacred Heart hospit
»1. They are: O. A. Kilpatrick,
ind Miss Mae McGowan.
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