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VOLUME 71._NUMBER 10. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS
WITH GREATEST OF EASE ... “Batman” Red Grant will do his
famous “bat” jump Sunday at O’Neill Municipal airport, descend
ing with “bat” wings at rate of 180-miles-per-hour, then pulling
the silk cord to land gently (above).—The Frontier Engraving.
ANNA MAE CLARK,
ILL 6 MONTHS, DIES
Burial Here on Saturday
for 76-Year-Old
Resident
Miss Anna Mae Clark, 76, died
at 10:i5 a.m., Thursday, July 5,
at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Agnes E. Sullivan. She had been
i ill 6 months and had been critic
ally ill for several weeks.
Requiem high mass was held
'f Saturday, July 7, at 10 a.m., in
St. Patrick’s Catholic church
with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sulli
van officiating. Burial was in
Calvary cemetery.
The late Miss Clark, a dress
maker by occupation, was born
April 1, 1875, at Clinton, la., a
daughter of Patrick and Bridget
O’Connor Clark. She came to
Holt county 48 years ago from
Iowa.
Survivors include: Sisters —
Mrs. Agnes E. Sullivan, of O’
Neill; Mrs. Mary Kesterscn, of
Ft. Morgan, Colo.; Mrs. Margaret
Thomas, of Portland, Ore.; broth
) |rD~ Frank Clark’ of Buffal°
A rosary was offered Friday
evening at Biglin Bros, chapel.
Fallbearers were: J. B. Grady. A.
P, Jaszkowiak, H. J. Lohaus, M.
J. Golden, Edward Hanley and
John R. Gallagher.
Among friends and relatives
attending the funeral from out
of-town were:
Mr and Mrs. Frank Clark, of
Buftal0, s.D.; Frank Kest erson, of
Norfolk; Mrs. Tessie Cranny and
UeSeYleve BigJin, Of Sioux
City, and Mrs G. S Gravhif>l
1 i$rS- ?' .Classen and daughter!
( Miss Patricia, all of Chicago, 111.
missionary Harris
Back from Shanghai
Miss Ruth Harris, daughter of
Mrs. Esther Cole Harris, of O’
4’ftdl, once more is back in O’
>«ill after 44 years as a Metho
dist missionary in China. Miss
Farris was one of the last to a
bandon the mission in Shanghai
and head back to the United
States because of impossible dif
ficulties in Red China.
With several missionary com
panions, they reversed the cus
tomary method of returning from
the Far East to the States. In
stead of crossing the Pacific,
they went the opposite direction,
I stopping in India, the Holy Land,
Italy, Switzerland, France, Eng
land and then New York City.
Miss Harris will be in O’Neill
until September 1 when she v/ill
go to Westminster college,
Princeton, N.J.
NEW ASSISTANT
- Mrs. George (Opal) Bosn is the
few assistant in the office of
County Clerk Ruth Hoffman. She
succeeds Mrs. Kenneth Hart.
Sunday Drink
Voting Close
EWING— The socalled “drys”
defeated the socalled “wets” in
an intrafamily squabble at Ew
ing when a Sunday beer problem
was placed on the ballot and set
tled in an informal election.
But the vote was close, 163-107
— after virtually every eligible
voter in town had gone to the
polls.
For several weeks interest had
been running high on the issue.
Finally, the village board was pe
titioned by both sides to conduct
an informal election and let the
voters decide. The voters marked
their ballots “for” or “against”
the sale of beer in the taverns on
Sundays.
Sunday sale has been legal in
Ewing for several years. The
“drys” wanted to revise the ordi
nances to eliminate the Sunday
sale; the “wets” were happy with
the status quo.
The election was not conduct
ed as an official referendum.
Friday, July 20, will be 4 - H
club demonstration day in Holt
county, beginning here at 10 a.m.
FIRST WHITE - CHILD . . .
John (“Jack”) O’Donnell, 72,
(above) is visiting O’Neill rel
atives after having been away
from here since 1914. He holds
the distinction of being the
first white child born in O’
Neill. He was born in the so
called Valley house on Douglas
street, which since has been
torn down. Mr. O’Donnell now
resides in Oakland, Calif,
with his daughter, Mrs. Mareh
mont (“Marchie”) Schwartz.
Schwartz, now in the real es
tate business, was an illustrious
athletic figure at Notre Dame,
later coached football at
Creighton and Stanford univer
sities. Mr. O’Donnell’s wife’s
name was Phoebe Mullen.
When he left O’Neill he went
to Omaha as an accountant,
later to California, specializing
in income tax work. The
Frontier Photo & Engraving.
Stage Set for
Big Celebration
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The 3d annual American Le
gion-sponsored 2-dav celebration
is only a matter of hours away.
Everyone connected with the
show, from the top stunt man in
the air show on down to the low
liest entry in the mammoth pa
rade, is hoping the weatherman
will smile long enough to give
the show a break.
Festivities will begin at 2
p.m. on Saturday, July 14, with
the big parade. More than 50
floats have been entered in the
parade and officials expect the
float entries might go as high
as 100.
The parade will form at 1 p.m.
at the First and Douglas street
corner and move out exactly at
2 p.m. There will he 5 cups pre
sented—one to each of the win
ners in 4 divisions and a grand
humorous award.
The parade divisions are: Class
I — Business firms; class II —
churches and extension clubs;
class III—4-H clubs; class IV—
miscellaneous.
Parade will be led by the O’
Neill Municipal band directed by
John Berigan. Arrangements
might be made for a special
broadcast by the “Voice of The
Frontier” (WJAG, 780 k.c., 2 p.m.)
The band will march east on
Douglas street and return. Re
viewing stand will be at the cor
ner of Fourth and Douglas streets.
.cvi p.m., me kj iMeiii nuns
ets will face the Inman Towners
in a baseball game on the north
diamond, and at 3 p.m., a troupe
of 11- to 15-year-old girls from
the White Horse ranch at Naper
will present the first of 3 spec
tacular trained horse perform
ances. These will take place west
of the Legion club and will be
free.
There will be dancing both
nights and other entertainment at
the Legion club. Music will fea
ture the Aces of Rhythm orches
tra.
Sundays’ feature will be roar
ing air action by the outstanding
air troupe in the country —■ the
National Air Shows, of Colum
bus, O. Incidentally Saturday’s
crowd, with weather permitting,
will have a preview of Sunday's
offering scheduled for 2 p.m at
the Municipal airport.
Bill Sweet, famed announc
er - director, and his group
reached O'Neill early this
week, coming from Liberal,
Kans.
The show is considered the
“greatest show on wings and
wheels.’’ The aerial artists will
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Mrs. LaPage, 60,
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Florence LaPage, of Lin
coln, died suddenly last Thurs
day afternoon while in the Lin
coln shopping district. She was
the former Florence Ritts, of O’
Neill.
She was born in Washta, la.,
in February, 1891. At the age of
7 she came to O’Neill with other
members of her family and resid
ed in the O’Neill community un
til her marriage.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon, July 7, at 3
p.m., in Lincoln, and burial was
in a Lincoln cemetery.
Survivors include: Son —Nor
man: daughter—Mrs. A1 Bioster,
of Grand Island: sister—Mrs. S.
L. Thompson, of O’Neill. Her
husband died within the past
year.
CHARLEY ERMER,
RANCHER, EXPIRES
Lifelong Holt Resident
Dies Few Hours After
Reaching Hospital
Charley Ermer, 64-year-old ex
tensive Holt county landowner
and cattle raiser, died suddenly
late Saturday, July 7, at O’Neill
hospital. He had become ill about
11 a.m., that day, was removed
from his home to the hospital
during the afternoon and died at
6:30 p m.
Death was attributed to a
heart ailment. He had been
suffering from a heart condi
tion for years and had been
semi-retired.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 10,
at the Methodist church in
Chambers with Rev. L. R. Hans
berry, church pastor, officiating.
Biglin Bros, were in charge and
burial was in the Ermer family
plot in the cemetery.
A large crowd attended the fu
neral. A quartette, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo T. Adams, Ray Hoffman and
Mrs. Letha Cooke, sang, accom
panied by Mrs. Lela Corcoran. In
charge of the flowers were Mrs.
William Wood, Mrs. Grover Shaw
and Mrs. Glen Adams.
i diiucdi wert XL m m e i
Crabb, Roy Backhaus, Fred
Tucker, William Reitz, Glen Ad
ams, Frank Nekolite, Leonard
Peterson and A. B. Hubbard.
A son of the late Fredrick and
Louisa Kierig Ermer, who were
natives of Germany, the late
Charley Ermer was born near
Chambers January 1, 1887. His
parents had settled in Holt coun
ty in the 1880s.
Never married, he lived with
his brother. William, and family
13 miles south of O’Neill on U.S.
highway 281 in the South Fork
locality.
Survivors include; Brothers—
Fred and William, both of O’
Neill; sisters — Mrs. W. Edgar
(Anna) Jones, of Chambers, and
Mrs. A. E. (Emma) Elver, of
Lewiston, Ida.
Dakotan Buys
Saunto Store
Donald C. Petersen, of Lake
Andes, S.D., Monday, July <)
took possession of the Fred Saun
to store on Douglas street. Peter
sen, 24. is a former student of the
University of South Dakota and
has experience in the men’s clo
thing and shoe lines. He is mar
ried.
Saunto’s selling of the store re
moves from the O’Neill business
directory another old name. Mr.
Saunto has not announced future
plans but will remain in O’Neill.
Petersen spent 4 years in the
navy during and after World
War II.
WATSON BUYS RESIDENCE
John C. Watson has purchased
from Willard Naprstek a new
residence on Eighth street, be
tween Benton and Clay. The
house was finished within the
past year. Mr. Naprstek has pur
chased a Plainview drug store
and will vacate the house by
August 1.
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Mrs. Claude Marr, of Walthill,
won a $1,000 prize recently in a
national limerick contest spon
sored by a radio program. Her
maiden name was Helen Sauser.
and she attended school here.
'DOING FINE. THANK YOU!' . ' .Going has
been rugged for Michael Kevin (left) and
Marice Kathleen, twins of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
(“Bob”) Moore, of O’Neill, but things should
be different from now on. Their mother, the for
mer Vira Eidenmiller, spent 5 weeks in a Nor
folk hospital before the premature births. Kevin
and Kathy arrived on March 29 although the
stork had scheduled their arrival for Memorial
day—May 30. Kathy weighed 2 pounds 12
ounces and Mr. Kevin tipped the beam at 3
—A.I I I i—II—
pounds. Then came 6 long weeks living inside
those fancy gadgets called incubators. Out of
the incubators they stayed on at the hospital
still another 2 weeks. Kathy today weighs 9
pounds 13 ounces; Kevin weighs 10 pounds .7
ounces; and they’re doing fine! Kathy is trail
ing in the poundage department, but she holds
the distinction of producing the first smile.
Kevin has a tendency to preside over goings
on like an old man. The twins have a sister,
Barbara Joan.—•' Frontier Photo & Engraving.
RAINS PLAGUE
FARMERS IN AREA
If folks in the O’Neill region
emerge in the next few weeks as
a web-footed race of people you
can understand why.
There has been excessive mois
ture throughout the spring and
early summer. Lots of moisture
and prolonged cool weather have
retarded growing crops and many
farmers and ranchers are regard
ing the situation as serious.
Haying has been delayed con
siderably and bluegrass stripping
and drying have been slowed.
Com is far behind in growth for
this season of the year.
Many farmers, however, are
eyeing good small grain crops
— barring hail and with lha
hope that some day the mer
cury will climb high enough to
ripen the grain.
Pasture and range, however,
are lush for about the middle of
July and seldom has vegetation
been greener at this season of the
year.
Monday evening oarK sioim
clouds gathered and threatened
a repetition of the hail storm that
cut a swath in northeast Holt the
week before. But a devastating
storm never materialized.
Late Tuesday evening rain set
in and showers continued through
out most of Wednesday.
Summary, based on 24-hour
periods ending at 6 p.m. daily,
Hi Lo Mois.
July 4 _ 72 58 .48
July 5 . - 69 60
July 6 . 89 68 .02
July 7 _ 90 70 T
July 8 . 80 59
July 9 75 54
July 10 . 70 50 .66
Total ... 1.16
McIntosh, Knight
in New Locations—
The McIntosh Jewelry and
Knight Maytag store this week
are in new locations.
The McIntosh firm moved a
half-block west into the new
Marcellus building on Douglas,
across from the Golden.
The Knight Maytag firm mov
ed from South Fourth street into
the former McIntosh location.
NEWS OMITTED
All newsmatter omitted from
this issue will appear in the July
19 issue of The Frontier.
Travelogue Would Fill Volumes
The Misses Veronica and Mary
Kathryn Coyne, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne one
day in August will be back home
w ith memories of their European
tour that would fill volumes.
But right now they’re in a
whirl of seeing the high spots,
the sacred places, and meeting
interesting people. This weekend
will probably see the windup of
their stay on the continent, but
they will visit England and Ire
land before heading homeward.
These O'Neill young ladies
j are seeing Europe the casual,
blueblooded way. They have
no particular schedule. And if
Madrid or Rome take more-or
less of the time they allotted,
it makes no difference.
Ronnie and Kay, as they’re
best - known to homefoiks, left
Chicago, 111., on May 26. After
the North Atlantic crossing by
vessel they disembarked at La
Havre, France.
Their initial impression of
Europe was gained on the train
journey from the port to Paris.
“Everything seemed much dif
ferent than I expected,” Tlonnie
wrote. “All the buildings are
brick and stone and seem to go
straight up in the air (like Aunt
Nell’s on the farm).’’
In Paris they were impressed
by St. Chappelle’s stained glass
windows, the open - air mar
ket place, Marie Antoinette’s fa
vorite home—Petit Trionon— and
the gardens at Versailles.
Next came Biarritz, the inter
nationally-famous French city of
learning. From there the sisters
made their way to Irun and Ma
drid in Spain.
They were told they were rid
:ng the world’s fastest train, but
the Coyne girls, who know mid
western rail transportation, knew
better but were content to let the
Spanish think so. In fact, the
girls seriously doubted the Span
ish train in which they were rid
ing would long hold together in
view of the condition of the road
bed.
Next Seville, then up the bor
der to Barcelona. They cut short
their allotted time in Spain and
flew to Nice, France, in a Dutch
airliner .
"A visit to Spain makes one
realize . . . that ours is a won
derful country . . . that the
opportunity to be educated and
1c have a choice between one
kind of life or another is price
less."
Thus was Kay’s written im
pression of Spain .“Spain is prob
ably a good example of a police
state,” she added.
The trip from Nice to Genoa,
Italy, was made along the moun
tainous Riviera bus route—one of
Europe’s spectacular journeys.
The French - Italian border was
closed to many GI tourists dur
ing the late war.
They arrived in Rome on July
24 and attended Roman Catholic
mass that morning at the famous
Santa Marie Maggorie cathedral.
Highlight of the Rome visit for
the 2 Catholic ladies was an audi
ence with Pope Pius XII on June
27. At the Vatican the Swiss
guards erred in seating the O’
Neill visitors. By special arrange
ment they were to have been
seated near the aisle and were to
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Mrs. Antonia Rzeszolaiski
. . . born in Chicago.
(Story at right.)
GEORGE McNALLY
STROKE VICTIM
A former O’Neill resident,
George McNally, 75. died Wed
nesday, July 11, following an ap
oplectic stroke. He had been in
good health, relatives said, until
he was stricken. He died a short
time after the stroke.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed late Wednesday,
but rites and burial probably will
take place at Grand Island.
The late Mr. McNally was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam McNally, who were pioneer
settlers in Colfax county. He
lived at O’Neill for many years
where he worked on roads.
His first wife died 29 years
ago. They became the parents of
a daughter and a son. Later he
married the former Agnes Sholes.
Survivors include: Widow —
Agnes; son—William, of Gordon;
daughter— Nadine, of Schuyler;
brothers — Harry, of Schuyler;
Fred, of Scottsbluff; Ray, of Los
Angles, Calif.; sisters—Mrs. Al
vira Gavin, of Julesburg, Colo.;
Mrs. Rose Dowd, of Schuyler,
and Mrs. M. B. Higgins, of O’
Neill.
The late Mr. McNally had been
a member of the Grand Island
police force until recently. He j
left O’Neill about 10 years ago.
Warrant Issued m
Forgery Incident
An arrest warrant was Issued !
Wednesday by Holt county au- j
thorities in connection with an
$80 check forgery 2 weeks ago.
Bill McClaskey, who had been
selling magazine subscriptions,
was arrested this week by Kan
sas City, Mo., authorities. He
will be returned here and charg
ed with forging Joe Pritchett’s
name on a check and cashing it
at the Page Co-Op Credit associa
tion.
Leaving for West—
STAR—Charles Cole and fam
ily and Herman Harkze are plan
ning to leave Friday for a 2
weeks’ trip to Oregon and Cal
ifornia. The Edward H. Thamish
family, of O'Neill, will be on the
Cole farm during the 2 weeks
the Coles are away.
RZESZOTARSKI
RITESARE HELD
Atkinson Farm Woman
Expires at Home
of Her Son
ATKINSON—Funeral rites for
Mrs. Stanley Rzeszotarski, 74.
were held Saturday. July 7, at
9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Catholic
church. She died Tuesday, July
3, at the home of her son, Natch
el.
Rev. A. J. Paschang, of Stuart,
officiated in the solemn requiem
mass, assisted by Rev. Richard
Parr, church pastor, and Rev. A
A. Urbanski, of Emmet. Burial
was in St. Joseph’s cemetery.
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Mrs. Rzeszotarski had been
in ill health about 18 monihs
and had been bedfast about 4
weeks.
Antonia Bednarek was bom in
Chicago, 111., on November 14,
1876, and was married on Feb
ruary 3, 1897, to Stanley Rzeszo
tarski. They resided in Chicago
until 1908, when they came to
Holt county and took up farming
9 miles northeast of Atkinson. A
son, Natchel, still resides on the
old place. She made her home bn
the farm until recent years.
To this union 8 children were
bom.
ourviviurs inciuue; ouns—
mund, of Chicago, 111.; Edward,
of Omaha; Gaines, of Emmet;
Natchel, of Atkinson; daughter—
Mrs. Felix (Chestera) Liable, of
Stuart; 11 grandchildren; broth
ers — Joseph, of Chicago, 111.;
Stanley, of Fennville, Mich.; sis
ters—Mrs. Mary Garski, of North
Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Anna Karen
and Mrs. Tillie Kaszczewski,
both of Chicago, 111.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Stanley, who died
in 1931; 2 children who died in
infancy; son, Ted, who died in
1920 at the age of 17; sister, Mrs.
Pauline Paris; brother, Rev. Vin
cent Bednarek.
Among relatives and out-«f
town friends attending the fu
neral were: Mr. and Mrs. Zig
mund Rzeszotarski and son, Ed
mund, Mrs. Mary Garski, Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Karen, Mrs. Til
lie Kaszczewski, Mrs. Irene Nicd
zieski, Bruno Rzeszotarski arid his
2 daughters, Hattie and Zena.
Miss Chestera Remisczewskl arid
Miss Lillian Seracke. all of Chi
cago; Mrs. Isabelle Lewane, of
Racine, Wise.; Mrs. Max Biester
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rzeszotarsiu
and family, of Omaha; Mr. and
Mrs. Sylvester Zakrzewski and
daughter, Angela, and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Jaraske, of O’Neill.
Pallbearers were: Pete Gonder
inger, Theodore Kubart, Mike
Schaaf, all of Atkinson; Joe Lia
ble, of Stuart; John Heinows ki.
of Emmet, and Sylvester Zakr
zewski, of O’Neill.
Ewing Soldier
Wounded in Korea
A Ewing soldier, Sgt. f/c Er
nest H. Durre, jr„ a son of Mk_
and Mrs. Ernest H. Durre, sr..
was reported wounded in action
during the weekend.
Durre was drafted on Septem
ber 13, 1950.
4 DRAFTEES DEPART
Four Holt county men were in
ducted Thursday, July 5, under
the selective service system. They
are: Harold Pribil,,Lyle McKim.
jr., Quentin Cavanaugh and Rol
land Hughes.
