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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1951)
36 PAGES — 3 SECTIONS jjH?.E FRONTfffe North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 14. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS * Rail Service Cut • Okayed for NW _ a_: Discontinuance May Go Into Effect On September 1 The Nebraska state railway commission by a 2-1 decision has Riven permission to the Chicago & North Western railroad to dis continue passenRer trains 21 and 22 between Norfolk and the Ne braska-South Dakota line The discontinuance effective date is September 1. The C&NW has a simi lar application pertainin') to % the South Dakota end of the Norfolk-Winner branch pend ing before the Dakota commis sion. In Nebraska the line measures 114 miles; in South Dakota, 61 miles. Nebraska towns that will find themselves without rail pas senRer service are Butte, Spencer, Bristow, Lynch, Verdel, Verdi Rre, Creighton, Plainview, Fierce and other smaller communities. The South Dakota points are Fairfax, Bonesteel, Gregory, Burke and Winner. The railroad contended that in « 13-month period from January 15, 1950, to February 15, 1951, the entire line lost 63-thousand dollars. In Nebraska the loss for that period was set at 35-thou sand dollars. . Commissioners Harold Palmer * and Walter Roberta voted to let the railroad drop the trains. Com missioner Larsen dissented. Larsen stated: ‘The record is clear that the public not only uses and need;, the service between Norfolk and the state line, but needs and uses this service between such pomts and from points between Norfolk and Omaha and beyond.” Atkinson Ready for Hay Days Throngs ATKllNSON — Farley - Tushla post of the American Legion is set to entertain thousands of hay days visitors here Monday and Tuesday, August 13 and 14. , The 2-day festival opens at ' 10:30 a.m. on Monday with a band concert, followed at 11 by a whis parade starts at 2 p.m. and in the ker contest. The famous hay dajs evening Rosebud Indians will per form tribal dances. Russ Morgan and his orchestra will furnish bowery imusic for public dancing Monday night. The coronation of new hay royalty will take place Monday at 8:15. The children s parade will be gin at 10 o’clock Tuesday morn ing followed by races. Death driv ers feature the afternoons pro gram with dancing again Tuesday night. _ Engine Spits Fire; 2 Burned Dewayne Landis, O Neill yer" vice station attendant, received second degree burns on the right hand when the engine of a car on which he was working suddenly backfired. „ A bystander, Roland ( Hurky ) Closson, 15, son of Mr. and Mis. Anson Clo-sson, received first and second degree burns. Hurky was hospitalized Wednesday after n°The accident occurred Monday morning at a downtown O Neill service station. Landis was pour ing gasoline into the auto s air intake and the backfire shot flames back into the container. Rev. Swires Now At Ballagh Church AMELIA—Rev. and Mrs. Wil ton Swires are. now serving the Ballagh community church. Reverend Swires is a recent graduate of the Omaha Bible in stitute. They are living on the Gordon Ballagh place, known formerly as the Fred Seery place. Reverend Cole Helps With Meetings— Rev. Walter Cole, of Glenwood, la., a native Holt countyan, is helping conduct the Pine Creek camp meetings now in progress. The Pine creek camp is located north of Long Pine. Today (Thursday) will be the annual missionary day at the icamp, and the meetings will continue each day through Sunday, August 12. kaycees to picnic Charles Carroll of Carrollton council of the Knights of Colum i bus will hold its annual picnic at * the Detterman grove, located a miles north of the northeast cor ner of Emmet, on Sunday, August 12. The picnic lunch will be served at 1 o’clock followed at 2 o’clock by races, free ice cream for the kids, and softball games. HURT IN ACCIDENT Mrs. James Cavanaugh, of O’Neill, was hurt late Sunday when she fell from a moving car near Spalding. She fell out a front door when the machine her husband was driving rounded a corner. The injured woman was taken to Spalding for medical at tention. She suffered a cut on her head and some bruises. Miss Barbara Strong is spend ing the week at Bristow visiting Connie Pereboom and Miss Shar ju on is vacationing at the Fred ** Lindberg home. The girls are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ver non Strong. MARTHA V. HECK, INMAN, EXPIRES 52 - Year - Old Widow Dies Suddenly Burial Monday INMAN—Death came suddenly early toatunaay, August 4, to Mrs. Martha V. Heck, 52, widow of the late Robert C. Heck. She died at her home. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Monday at the Meth odist church in Inman with Rev. V. R. Beil, of O’Neill, officiating. Burial was in the Inman ceme tery under the direction of Biglin Bros. Music was furnished by a trio composed of Mrs. Elwin Smith, Mrs. Leon Tompkins and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins with Mrs. Lew'is Kopecky, jr., as piano ac companist Pallbearers were Thos. J. Davis, Herbert Nielsen, James McMahan, A. N. Butler, George Colman and David Morsbach. The late Mrs. Heck was born at Wisner May 13, 1899. At Stanton in 1917 she married Robert Charles Heck, and they became the parents of 5 chil dren. Her husband died in a highway accident between Inman and O’Neill in December, 1949. Mrs. Heck had been in failing health since the death of her hus band. In recent months she had made an extended visit with her daughter, Kathryn, in Montana. She had been confined to her bed only 2 days when she died. Survivors include: Sons—Ken neth, of Warwich, R. I.; Raymond, of Inman; Delmont, w'ho is in the navy stationed at Guam; daugh ters — Mrs. William (Kathryn) Crowe, of Missoula, Mont.; and Mrs. Kenneth (Delma) Kesten holtz, of Inman. To Okoboji— Miss Tillie Bartos and Miss Dena Knight, of O’Neill, end Miss Barbara Trowbridge, of Page, went to Lake Okobo]i. Ia., Sunday for a short vacation. They planned to return today (Thurs day). DRIVE-IN THEATER SOON TO BE BUILT Sioux Cityan Announces Plan for Present Danceland Site O’Neill soon will have a new drive-in theater. E. W. Anderson, of Sioux City, Wednesday advised The Frontier that arrangements have been made to purchase the Danceland location on highways 20-281, 2 miles north of here, where a drive-in theater will be con structed. E. C. Weller, of Atkin son, has been the recent owner. Tearing down of the old Dance land building will begin within a very short time and construction of the new drive-in theater will begin. Anderson said the corner was considered ideal for such a ven ture. Mr. Weller informed The Fron tier that the Danceland structure will be “salvaged” by Septem ber 1. Theodore Kemper At 77th Milestone PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kemper were pleasantly sur prised Sunday, when 41 relatives gathered at the Page park to help Mr. Kemper celebrate his 77th birthday anniversary. A picnic dinner was served at noon. The birthday cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Herbert Kemper. The afternoon was spent visiting. Among the guests present were 3 of Mr. Kemper’s sisters, Misses Louise, Ida and Emelia Kemper, of Wisner. Other guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Benne and Phyllis, Mr. and .Mrs. Elmer Benne, all of Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benne and Deloy, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pagels. Mr. and Mrs. Gor dys Theitje and family, all of West Point, Mrs. Aria Mae Jacob son, of Wisner; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Winkler, Duane, Eugene and Rita Lvnn and Terry Gallagher, all of Tilden; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wat terman, Cecil and Naomi, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kemper, Gary, Gregg. Dennis, Diane, DeVon and Marlene, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kemper and Dolores. M/Sgi. Roy Johnson Back in States— M/Sgt. Roy D. Johnson landed in Seattle, Wash., Sunday accord ing to word received on Mon- | day by his wife and by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr. A reservist Who was recalled ' to active duty last fall, he ex pects to be separated from the service soon. i During the past few months Sergeant Johnson has been sta tioned on Eta Jima, off the coast 1 of Japan. His wife and children i are residing here. / - Frontier for printing. FORD'S PARK ATTRACTS 'EM . . . Busiest place in town this summer is Ford’s park in West O’Neill where small fry frolic from early until late. On the merry-go-round are Carol Crook, Linda Mae Johnson, Donald Crook, Cur *r —By John H. McCarvtlle tis Peacock, Betty Rodman, Randy Bell, of Kearney, Karen Bridge, Kenneth Peacock (with back to camera) and Kile Johnson. The young sters are members of a Methodist church group. —The Frontier Photo & Engraving. TOMLINSONS MARK 55TH ANNIVERSARY Descendants Honor O’Neill Couple with Picnic in Park Mr., and Mrs. Henry W. Tom linson, of O’Neil], Sunday were honored by their descendants in a picnic dinner at Ford’s park. The occasion was the Tomlinsons’ 55th wedding anniversary. Vinnie France and Henry W. Tomlinson were married in O’ Neill by Reverend George on Au gust 6, 1896, in the residence now occupied by Ralph Walker. Mr. Tomlinson, who was born in Wisconsin, had reach ed Holt county at the age of 8 with his parents, Joseph and Phoebe Tomlinson, who were pioneer settlers in northeast Holt. His bride had been born at Keswick, la., came with her peo ple to the Dorsey community in 1880 and in 1890 moved to near Bristow, after Boyd county was openeu to settlers. The couple resided northeast of here for many years. Mr. Tomlin son was a member of the Holt county board of supervisors be tween 1911 and 1916. in 1916 they moved to O’Neill and for 11 years they operated a rooming house in the south part of town. During 6 years of that time he held the appointment of consta ble of the county court. For the past 20 years he has served as township assessor and justice of the peace. Their 4 sons and 3 daughters and most of the members of their families were present for Sun day’s gathering. lheir sons are: Glen, of Spen der; Arthur, of Inman; Rodney, of Lynch; Ralph M., of West Point; daughters—Mrs. William (Alice) Turner, of Chambers; Mrs. Henry (Isabelle) Bruhn, of North Platte; Mrs. James (Mil dred) Coventry, of Inman. Present Sunday, besides the honored guests, their sons and daughters, wives and husbands, were: Mrs. Rita Young and daughter, Rae, and Mrs. Shirley Robey and son, Terry, all of North Platte; Joan, Kay and Bill romlinson, of West Point; Mrs. Coventry, of Inman; Catherine Willard Tompson and daughter, Susan, and son, Kenneth, of Chambers; Mrs. Robert Turner and son, Roger, of Chambers; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Tomlinson and daughters, Bonnie and Jack uline, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. loe Schollmeyer, sr., Mrs. Vannie Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bahl, Mrs. Mable Tomlinson and Dliver Hill, all of O’Neill, and Larry Tomlinson, of Lynch. There are 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Two grandsons, Robert Turner, of Chambers, and Henry W. Bruhn, of North Platte, are in the army. The Tomlinsons held a formal observance of their golden wed ling in 1946. Mr. Tomlinson is ’6, his wife is 73 and both enjoy »ood health. rravel for Event— Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross and amily of Gothenburg, came Sun lay to help celebrate the 6th oirthday anniversary of Miss Maryann Coenen, small daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coe len. Tune in! “Voice of The Fron tier” . . . Mon., Wed., Sat., 9:45 Bayard Is a ‘Buckle’ Too Bayard, Nebr. August 6, 1951 Editor, The Frontier, O’Neill, Nebr. Glancing through the “Pub lic Pulse” in the World Herald, I notice exceptions to your O' Neill slogan. It really is “much ado about nothing” inasmuch as the slo gan has belonged to Bayard for some 15 years or more and still is being used on business sta tionery. It was submitted by my ne p h e w, now a resident of Ft. Worth, Tex. However, this is not a hay country, so ours is “Bayard, the Buckle of the Beet Belt.” Respectfully, NELHE C ROTH Flood Relief Fund Hits $398 Holt countyans during the past 7 days have contributed $39b to the American Red Cross disaster appeal fund. This was announced Wednes day by Glea H. Wade, of O’Neill, Holt chapter chairman. Estimates received by the ARC from the Kansas, Missouri, Okla homa and Illinois flood relief op eration show that more than 26 thousand families will register for ARC emergency and rehabilita tion assistance. Estimates of the Red Cross expenditures for relief purposes have doubled since the disaster fund appeal for 5 million dol lars was launched. “Holt county has been called upon for $600,’ Wade explained. “In the light of the latest Red Cross estimates, the Holt county chapter wants to attain that goal —and exceed it—right away so the funds can be immediately put to work by the ARC.’’ Contributions to date: Emmet Chapter, ARC $ 50.00 Am. Leg. Aux., O'Neill_.. 50.00 Edith Davidson, O’Neill .... 5.00 Mrs. Phil Cohn, O’Neill __ 3.00 Mrs. Gordon Harper, O’Neill .___ 1.00 Mi s. Grace Borg, O’Neill_ 5.00 A. S. Hoffman, Chambers . 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Johnson, Stuart 2.0Q Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady, Star ..._ 5.00 First Nat’l Bank, O’Neill.... 25.00 Arthur Grass, Page_ 5.00 E. L. Watson, Inman __ 5.00 O’Neill Chapter, ARC . 100.00 Paddock Comm. Aid 25.00 Mrs. Francis Musil, O’Neill 5.00 Mrs. Herbert Steinberg, Page 5.00 Chambers Chapter, ARC 102.00 Total $398.00 (All contributions will be ac knowledged in The Frontier. Checks should be made payable to: American Red Cross Flood Relief, O’Neill, Nebr.) Go to Fremont— Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Doose and Mrs. Mary Clausen, of Fremont, left Sunday after visiting for sev eral days with Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gallagher and Mrs. Mildred Honke. Attend Reunion— Mrs. Dorothy Socha and girls were weekend guests ol Mr. and Mrs. Joe Socha. of Primrose, where they attended a family re ar, ’on. GROTHE SUFFERS SEVERE BURNS Lighted Cigarette Ignites Gasoline Fumes ; Now in Hospital Norman Grothe, of Beaver Val ley, received serious burns in an accident which occurred late Monday afternoon at a service station, 7 miles north of Bartlett. Flames resulted when Grothe, who had filled a container with gasoline, stepped back to light a cigarette. Bystanders helped to extinguish the flames and Grothe was taken immediately to the O’Neill hos pital. Monday evening he was transferred to the Dodge county hospital at Fremont in a Biglin Bros, ambulance. There have been no further re ports as to Grothe s condition. Mr. and Mrs. Gr-othe are the owners of the Beaver Valley transport service. Scofield Becomes Press Secretary Vernon (“Red”) Scofield, for mer publisher of the Neligh News, ex-army officer and currently a Lincoln laundry-owner, is new secretary-manager of the Nebras ka Press association. He succeeds Scott Greenwood, who has en tered into the weekly newspaper field at Bayard. • Scofield, son of a veteran Ne ligh News publisher now de ceased, attended the University of Nebraska. He made a varsity debut on the football team against Minnesota and his grid career was abruptly ended by an injury. Later he attended the University of Minnesota. Selection of Scofield was made last Thursday night at a meeting of the NPA board of directors held at Columbus. Announcement of his selection was made Friday by R. F. Kennedy, NPA presi dent and publisher of the Colum bus Daily Telegram. Mr. and Mrs Kennetn Harding and family, of Ogallala, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Free man L. Knight BACK FROM KOREA . . . Cpl. Paul Hartigan, of Page, landed in Seattle, Wash., Thursday, August 2, after serving 9 months in Korea. Hartigan was recalled to service September 28, 1950. From Seattle, Harti gan went to Caimp Carson, Colo. Mrs. Paul Hartigan and Miss Mary Hartigan left Tuesday morning for Camp Carson and will return with him to Page.— The Frontier Engraving. Fair Premium List to All Rural Homes MRS. RAY NOBLE DIES AT LYNCH Well - Known Holt Farm Woman Expires on 50th Birthday Mrs. Ray Noble, 50, of Star, died at 9:50 p.m., on Monday, Au gust 6, in Sacred Heart hospital 1 at Lynch where she had been a patient since June 26, Dea*h came on her 50th birth day anniversary. Funeral services for the late Mrs. Noble will be conducted at 2 p.m., on Friday, August 10, at the Methodist chu.'-M in O'Neill. Burial will be in Pros pect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin Bros., and Rev. V. R. Bell, church pastor, will officiate. Hazel Belle Sprague, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sprague, wras born at Star on August 6, 1901. She was reared in Holt county and attended school here. On January 26. 1922, she mar ried Rav Noble in Knox county. They lived for many years in the Star locality. Mrs. Noble was well - known in northeast Holt county, where she spent all of her life. They became the par ents of 6 children. One child died in infancy. Survivors include: Widower; sons—Raymond J. Noble, of Star; Joseph H. Noble, of Council Bluffs, la.; daughters—Mrs. Pete (Ida Mae) Burda, of Redondo Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Albert (Mura Laurabelle) Stoffer, of O’Neill; Mrs. Bonnie Waldo, of O’Neill, 6 grandchildren; parents — Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sprague, of Val entine ; brothers — Donald Sprague, of Cody; Kenneth Sprague, of Valentine; Otto Sprague, of Valentine; Glen Sprague, of Inman: Raymond Sprague, of Kansas City, Mo.: sisters—Mrs. John (Althea) Tay lor, of Newport, Wash.; Mrs. Verna Gattenby, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Harry (Sylvia) Rossler, of Salem, Ore.; Mrs. Albert (Ruth) Pederson, of Ashland, Ore. One brother, Winfield, died in the Philippines during World War II. 2 Music Vacancies Exist on OHS Staff The O’Neill high school facul ty is now complete with the ex ception of the music department, it was stated Wednesday by Supt. Delbert E. Nelson, who ar rived last week to assume his du ties. There will be 12 teachers on the high school staff for the 1951 ’52 term. Nelson said. The 10 teachers already signed are: Joel Lyman, of Jefferson, S. D., principal: Joseph George, jr., of Orchard, social science and English; Paul Baker, of Culbert son, basketball coach and sci ence; Marvin Miller, of O'Neill, football and track coach and his tory; Miss Patricia Conway, of Lincoln, commercial; Mrs. Don old Cavanaugh, of O’Neill; Miss Viola Haynes, of Page, English; Miss Claire Tomjack of O’Neill, normal training; Clemenson Stone, of O’Neill, vocational ag riculture, and Superintendent Nelson, mathematics. Mr. iNeison said an announce ment pertaining to the music per sonnel will be issued “in about a week.” The grade staff will be virtual ly the same as last year with the exception of Miss L a v e r n e Schultz, who resigned. Mrs. Cole Hurt in Stepladder Fall Mrs. Guy Cole, of Emmet, in jured her back in a fall from a stepladder at her home Wednes day morning. She was brought to the O’Neill hospital for an exam ination and was then taken to St. Vincent’s hospital in Sioux City. Dakotans Visit— Dr. and Mrs. Ray Harris and family and Miss Shirley Kline tobe, all of Rapid City S. D., re turned home Wednesday, August 8, after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Anson Closson and fam ily. Mrs. Harris is a niece of Mrs. Closson. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Crum, of Cheyenne, Wyo., were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Krause. ( New 4 - H Building Goes Up On Grounds This week’s issue of The Fron tier includes a 24-page fair sup plement. The supplement is the official publication of the Holt County i Agricultural society, sponsors of the annual Holt county lair and rodeo. Prospective fair exhibitors of livestock, farm produce and han diwork will find detailed explan ations on several thousand dollars of premiums. The premium pay ments this year will aggregate several hundred dollars higher than any previous year. Fair dale* are Thursday. Fri day and Saturday. August 30, 31 and September 1. Rodeo will show on Friday and Saturday. The fair grounds at Chambers are being readied for this year’s exposition, which will include Walt Plugge’s famed rodeo stock, grandstand acts, carnival, and un excelled exhibits of all kinds. Workmen are building a new 4-H exhibit building and other changes are being made in line with the society’s plan to con stantly improve the fair. All program details are not yet completed but will be announced "in just a few days,” according to Edwin A. Wink, of Chambers, secretary of the board. The Chambers and Stuart bands have been scheduled to provide imusic. Buck Robinson’s animal troupe, including Bunky the bill, the two-tone mule, Sadie the bear, Irene the skunk and a clown bull fighter will provide grandstand acts. The 1951 fair officers are: Vern Sageser, of Amelia, presi dent: Sieve Shavlik, of Cham bers, vice-president: Edwin A. Wink, of Chambers, secretary; Lloyd Gleed, of Chambers, treasurer. Board members, besides the of ficers. are: Henry Wood, of Ew ing; Harry Ressel, of O’Neill; C. V. Robertson, George Rowse and T. E. Alderson, all of Chambers. Superintendents are: Henry Wood, livestock; Carl Lambert, farm produce; Bernice Grimes, fruit and flowers; Mrs. Lea Hub bard, needle art; Neil Dawes, 4-H club; Mrs. Paul Roth, pantry stores. Walt Plugge has developed some portable chutes that will be employed at the 1951 rodeo. These chutes were used at the Wheeler county fair and rodeo in Bartlett earlier this month and proved very valuable. The chutes enable a speeding up of the events and save con siderable time. The portable chutes already have proved how they increase spectators’ interest. {For details consult section 3.) 95 Highest Mark in Past 7 Days Highest temperature, officially, during the past 7 days was 95 de grees — but sweltering natives were confident the thermometers were wrong. On street corners people said Ol' Sol was beating down to the tune of at least 100, but Government Weather Observer Elmer Bowen reported Sunday was the hottest of the week but 2 degrees “cooler” than a high of 97 established sev eral weeks ago. Summary, based on 24-hour periods ending at 6 p.m., daily, follow: Hi Lo Mois. August 1 _91 65 August 2 _ 90 62 August 3_. 87 62 August 4 _85 60 .06 August 5_94 70 August 6 _95 72 August 7 .93 70 August 8 _94 68 Garden Club Studies Flower Arrangements— CHAMBERS — The Chambere Garden club met Wednesday, Au gust 1, at the home of Mrs. Helen Honeywell with Mrs. Jean Shav lik as cohostess. There were 20 members, 2 visitors and 2 chil dren present The lesson was in four parts on flow'er arrangement by Mrs. Ruth Dankort, Mrs. Genevieve Gillette, Mrs. Betty Wintermote and Mrs. Jean Shavlik. Mrs. Helen Honey well displayed an altar arrange ment. Mrs. Gilbert won the door prize. A lunch was served at the close of the meeting by the host ess. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Lizzie Reninger on September 5. Here from Denver— Mr. and Mrs. Ray Klein and family, of Denver, Colo., arrived ruesday to spend a few days with VTr. and Mrs. George Klein.
