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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1951)
12 PAGES —2 SECTIONS « • 0 4 i North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 71.—NUMBER IS._O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 16. 1951. PRICE 7 CENTS — l!y John II. MnCarville New king and queen of the Kingdom of Hay are Miss Vivian Lemmer, 17. of Atkinson, and Gene Livingston* G ft. 5 in. Atkin son rancher. Their attendants are Sharon Gaylord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaylord, and Michael McKay, son of Mr. 4 and Mrs. E. C. McKay.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving. ★ ★ ★ Record Throng Watches Parade Livingston and Lemmer Are New Royalty in Hay Kingdom (See parade photos below, also on page 9.) ATKINSON—A crowd of over * 3,500 persons was present in the Atkinson ball park Monday eve ning when the identities of the new king and <queen of Atkinson hay days were revealed. The honors went to Miss Vivian Lemmer, 17-year-old Atkinson beauty, and Gene Livingston, young Atkinson rancher. Winners in the parade float competition were also announc ed. The grand prize and first place w'ere awarded to the Pelcer & Spence market for their entry, “Over the Rainbow.” “The Last Roundup,” entered bv the Atkin son Livestock market, won sec ond place and the third prize went to the Ellenwood Motor Court for their float based yn the Hawaiian melody. “Aloha. The hay days festivities began * at 19:30 a.m. Monday with a con cert by the Atkinson band. The concert was fnkowed by whis "'tr judging by the hay queen candidates. n_,tc At 2 p.m. a parade of 84 floats, 3 bands and the Stuart Saddl club began wending its way through the city’s streets. The theme of this year’s parade was “Songs of Yesterday and Today. A crowd of 8,000 witnessed the colorful procession and thousands more heard the description of the parade via a “Voice of The Fron tier” special broadcast over sta tion WJAG in Norfolk. Duke Perry, of the WJAG staff, did the 3 to 4 p.m. commentary. Floats were judged 50 percent on the song portrayal, 25 percent on beauty and 25 percent on or iginality. , Parade judges were: Anton I Kaup, commander of the Stuart American Legion; Robert Her man, commander of the Boyd county American Legion, and Noal E. Long, of Simonson post 93 of the American Legion at O’Neill. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. the Rosebud Indians presented tri bal dances in the streets. The coronation of hay days royalty, the announcement of the prize-winning floats and the Russ Morgan show provided the en tertainment for the evening. Tuesday’s activities began at 10 a.m. with the children’s pa rade which was followed by the children’s bicycle and tricycle races. The Midwest death driv ers’ thrill show was held in the afternoon. The feature attraction of the evening, a baseball game between Atkinson and Plainview. could not be played because of 1 wet grounds. A dance brought the 2-day celebration to a close. , The festival was sponsored by ' *the Legion post. Howard Dean Will Head Iowa School Howard Dean, principal at O’ Neill school the past 2 years and former Clarinda, la., high school football coach, has been elected superintendent of schools at Stanton, la. A graduate of Nebraska State Teachers college at Peru, he was a star athlete there. He has a master’s degree from the Univer sity of Nebraska. MARRIAGE LICENSES James Franklin Butts, 18, and Miss Mary Lou Gartner. 18, both of Chambers, August 9. ( Vernon Lee Freouf, 18, of At itinson. and Miss Ida Mae Ben ash, 18, of O’Neill, August 9. Former Resident Dies in Washington Mrs. Blanche Miechell, 52, died Saturday, August 4, in a Belling ham, Wash., hospital. Mrs. Mit chell, the former Blanche Abbott, of O’Neill, had been the owner manager of the Windsor hotel in Bellingham for 9 years. Survivors include: Sons—Don ald and Robert, both of Belling ham, and Merle, of Mt. Vernon, Wash.: daughters — Mrs. Phyllis Thorpe, of Bellingham, and Mrs. Margaret Hill, of Seattle; 8 grand children; brother—John Abbott, of Bellingham; sisters—Mrs. Mar garet Feezer, of Casper, Wyo., and Mrs. Marjorie Bashara, of Port land, Ore. GETS SEPARATION Robert Lowery, former air force sergeant, returned to O’ Neill Monday. He was separated from the air force last week at the Francis E. Warren air force base, in Cheyenne Wyo. A mem ber of the reserves, he had been recalled to active duty a year ago. _ , Mr. and Mrs. Edward Camp bell and son, Edward, left Mon day for a vacation in Minnesota. HAIL AGAIN VISITS HOLT Number of North - Holt Farmers Suffer from Storm A hail storm about 5 p.m., Sunday afternoon wrought con siderable damage, particularly in north-Holt county. Among farmers hardest hit were Leo Tunender, Walter De vall, John Pruss, John Jansen, James Conway, Mrs. Joe Ram old, Kenneth Braasch, Frank Mc Donald, Joe Madura, and A. H. Johnson. Probably the hardest hit was the locality north of Midway. The damage, mostly to corn, was spotted. In several in stances the corn was totally de stroyed. Isolated hail reports also came from other sections of the coun ty, including Ivan Heiss at Page. There was also hail between At kinson and Stuart. In O’Neill there was a trace of hail and \xk inches of rain fell in about 30 minutes. Water over flowed the storm sewers Stuart j reported a 3-inch rainfall Sun day. Early Tuesday evening more rain fell here, accompanied by a violent wind. A bolt of lightning knocked, out lights in the down town O’Neill district for a short time. Tuesday’s precipitation to taled 1.45 inches. About 8 inches of moisture fell at Deloit between Wednesday, August 8, and Tuesday night, August 14. The week’s weather summary, based on 24-hour periods ending at 6 p.m., daily, follows: Date Hi Lo Mois. August 8 - 89 56 August 9 _ 88 54 .09 August 10--- 79 58 .22 August 11 .. 80 60 August 12 78 61 1.75 August 13- 81 54 1.38 August 14 _ 82 54 .52 Total --- 3.96 Don Hill Books Sale August 31— First sale listed on The Fron tier’s fall sale calendar is that of Don Hill on Friday, August 31. 5 miles south on highway 281 and 1 mile west and V4 mile south. ! This is a complete closeout and will have a complete offering of j livestock, farm machinery and household goods. Wallace O’Con nell is the auctioneer and the O’- I Neill National bank will clerk. Tune in! “Voice of The Fron a.m., WJAG, Norfolk, 780 kc. Many from Distance Attend Noble Rites Funeral services for Mrs. Ray Noble, 50, were conducted at 2 p.m., Friday, August 10, at the Methodist church in O’Neill. Bur ial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery. Mrs. Noble, who lived virtual ly all of her life in northeast Holt county, died late Monday, Au gust 6, in the Lynch hospital. ; Biglin Bros, were in charge of arrange ments. She was born near Star Au gust 6. 1901, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sprague. Survivors i n clude: Widow er; 2 sons and 3 daughters; parents, sever Mrs. Noble e r a 1 brothers and sisters. Among those from a distance coming for the funeral were; Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sprague and Don ald Sprague, all of Valentine; Mr. and Mm Glen Sprague, of Inman; Mrs*. Verna Gattenby and Raymond Sprague, both of Kansas City, Mo.; Joseph Noble, of Council Bluffs, la.; Mrs. Pete Burda, of Redondo Beach, Calif ; Mr. and Mrs. Pete Pederson, of Gregory, S. D.; Mrs. Grace Jones, of Presho, S. D., and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hartz, of Newhail, la. Pastor in Norway Writes Holt Friends EW.NG — A letter from Rev. and Mrs. Hofmo, of Stavanger, Norway, dated August 2, says, in part: “Dear Friends: “We have been home nearly 2 weeks, and the tftne is going fast. Our meetings started Sunday. On Wednesday night the place was filled to the galleries with people standing up. It was an experience never to be forgotten as we em barked from the plane at Stavan ger and saw our parents and rela tives for the first time in 28 years. —The Hofmos.” Last summer, Reverend and Mrs. Hofmo held evangelistic meetings in Ewing, leaving many friends on their departure. --- * Scouts on Trip — The O'Neill Girl Scouts are tak ing a 2-day outing at Long Pine and plan to return to O’Neill this evening (Thursday). They were accompanied by Mrs. Lowell Johnson, Mrs. Gordon Harper, Mrs. A. J. O’Donnell, and Mrs. Loretta Hynes. Grand champion of hay days parade . . . "Over the Rainbow. —The Frontier Photo. ! - v »' ■ -<-■ ■ ■ '• - * 1 - V, i g . I ■ P II 1. * -7 Winner in 4-H Division . . . "I'm Looking Over" . „ , by Clover Club.—The Frontier Photo. *"*'•*• - ■*** • - • ’ “ • ’ •- ' * - Impact oi passenger car did this . . . truck burst into flame. —The Frontier Photo & Engraving. ★ ★ ★ California pair met sudden death when car struck gas trans port near Osceola.—The Frontier Engravings. Collect Furniture for Flood Victims At the regular monthly meet ing of Simonson post 93, of the American Legion, its members decided to open the auditorium for the collection of furniture for Kansas flood victims. John G. Stuifbergen, new com mander presiding for the first time, named Gene Cantlon and Cletus Durr to head the drive. Glea H. Wade. Holt county Am erican Red Cross chairman, stressed that only furniture is wanted for the Legion drive. “Please do not bring clothing,” he said. The ARC already has collect ed enough clothing elsewhere for the present. Twenty - six thousand families are being re habilitated. These figures do not include people with re sources to help themselves. Dates to bring furniture to tne Legion are Thursday, Friday and , Saturday, August 16, 17 and 18. Cash donations also will be ac cepted and turned over to the Red Cross. Donations may be made at the Gamble store. Lee store, Mr. Wade (American Red Cross flood relief, O’Neill), or The Frontier. Holt county’s ARC fund-raising drive in behalf of flood-stricken victims in the 4-state disaster area this week amounted to $513.21. Holt’s quota is $600 and Glea H. Wade, of O’Neill, county ARC | chairman, explains that it is urg I ent that the county “substan j tially exceed the quota.” Contributions: Previously acknowledged $398.00 Clarence Ernst, O’Neill— 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny. Atkinson - 2.00 St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Chambers _ — 31.21 John A. MacLachlan, At kinson 35.00 I. L. Watson, Inman —- 5.00 Star Get-to-Gether Club. Star 2.00 Biglin Bros.. O’Neill 10.00 Bessie Burge, Emmet 5.00 James C. Parker, O’Neill 10.00 P. B. Ilarty, O’Neill 5.00 Total todate - $513.21 (Editor’s note: Last week’s $5 acknowledgement listed Mrs. Herbert Steinberg, of Page, as the donor. The credit should have been given to the Chatter Sew club, of Page t Mother Erica Comes to St. Mary’s At St. Mary’s academy many new faces will be found among the faculty when the 1951-52 term opens. Sister M. Fides, jun ior sponsor, mathematics and sci ence teacher for the past 13 years leaves St. Mary’s for St. Agnes academy at Alliance. Replacing Sister Fides will be Sister M. Emilia, coming to O’Neill from Denver, Colo. Sister M. Jolenta leaves the academy for St. Elizabeth’s in Denver. Sister Jolenta has taught the 8th grade at St. Mary’s for the past 8 years. Sister M. Mildred, who will replace Sister Jolenta, comes to the O’Neill post from the Holy Rosary mission in South Da kota. Sister M. Helenita, second grade teacher for the past 2 years, will be replaced by Sister M. Anne, also coming from the Holy Rosary mission. The new superintendent at St. Mary’s for the coiming year will be a St. Mary’s graduate. Mother M. Erica, formerly Agnes Hughes, was a 1915 graduate of the aca demy. For the past 12 years Mother Erica has been mother provincial of the Order of St. Francis wifti offices in Denver, Colo. Mother Erica will replace Mother M. Boniface, who has been transferred to Immaculate Con ception at Rushville. Meanwhile, at O’Neill public school, vacancies still exist in the faculty for a band instructor and vocal instructor. Members of the board of education have several applications under advisement for the instrumental position. Dakota Commission Okay’s Suspension Permission was granted to the Chicago & North Western railroad to suspend passenger service from the South Dakota line to Winner, S D. This announcement was made known Tuesday by the South Dakota railway commis sion. , , The suspension is effective on September 1. This abandonment of passenger accommodation follows the grant ing of a suspension by the Ne braska state railway commission earlier this month. The line in volved is the Norfolk-Winner branch of the C&NW. Frontier for printing. n 2 DIE IN CRASH; VAN EVERY UNHURT California Auto, O’Neill Truck Collide Near Osceola LaVern Van Every, 25, driver of a Seger Oil & Transport com pany truck, escaped unhurt in a highway accident Monday morn ing near Osceola in which 2 Cal ifornians were killed. Dead are: LEROY CHALKER, 29. MRS. LEROY CHALKER. a bout 29. Injured were the Chalkers’ 2 children, a girl. 6, and a boy, 4. The girl is in an Osceola hospital suffering a fractured leg and arm and internal injuries. Hospital attendants late Tuesday told The Frontier the little girl is in “se vere pain” but will recover. Her condition was described as “ser ious.” The boy suffered mostly from shock. The slate highway patrol re ported that the truck, a west bound oil transport, was mak ing a left turn about 10 a.m. and the car was traveling east when the collision occurred. The Chalkers were enroute to Pittsburgh, Pa., to visit Mrs. Chalker's parents. The Chalker’s home is in North Hollywood. The truck caught afire and burned and the car was virtual ly demolished. Van Every had only cuts and bruises. He said the Chalkers were kill ed outright. The deaths brought to 176 the Nebraska 1951 high way deaths. The Chalker bodies are at an Osceola mortuary. The chil dren are being kept at the Os ceola hospital. Witnesses said the tractor of the tractor - trailer burst into flames as it was hit broadside by the car. Check Artist Is Returned to Kansas Earl W. Voth, of Elyria, Kans.,. a recent laborer in the Atkinson community, Wednesday was tak en from O’Neill by Marion coun ty, Kansas, authorities to await charges. He was arrested here Tuesday, August 7, by State Patrolman Frank Dineen on a tip from Po lice Chief Jack Babbs, of Atkin son. Voth had passed a $36 forg ed check in Atkinson and headed east. Dineen nabbed Voth at Danceland corner. Voth has a complicated record with the law. dating back to 1937. He had been arrested a number of times in Kansas for misdemeanors, bad checks and bigamy, and twice for violation of the Dyer act, once in Washing ton and once in Nebraska. NEWS, PICTURES OMITTED A combination of vacations and illness on The Frontier’s staff this week confines this is sue to 12 pages. Normally this would have been 16 pages. Consequently con s i d e r a b 1 e newsmatter and a number of pictures must be omitted. As much of this material as possi ble will be carried over until the August 23 issue. Among pictures omitted were 6 of the Atkinson hay days parade. These will appear next week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Svatos and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Dank's, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Savage, Mrs. Jessie Miller and Mrs. Lelah Palmer, all of Lake Andes, S. D., were Sunday callers at the Olaf Mathisen home. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Marcellus and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Haral McCoy, of Hay Springs, from Friday until Sun day.
