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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 16. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 23. 1951. " --„ -
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The Lybolts . . . their romance blossomed at old Gates col
lege.—The Frontier & Engraving.
' CHAMBERS H R
WED 50 YEARS
A. T. Lybolt and Wife
Observe Open-House
on Anniversary
(By a Staff Writer)
CHAMBERS—Their neighbors
and friends find it difficult tc
believe.
Because Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
(Bert) Lybolt are “too young” tc
celebrate a golden wedding an
niversary.
But Monday, August 21, was
their golden wedding day and all
A members of their immediate
family and scores of friends drop
ped in for the open-house ob
servance. The Lybolts have an
apartment in the Mrs. Sarah Ad
ams home.
Mr. Lybolt was born in
Saunders county, near Wahoo,
a son of William and Marian
Lybolt, later living in the
Brunswick community. Mrs.
Lybolt was born in Illinois, a
daughter of Albert and Sarah
Conway.
She traveled to Nebraska with
her parents in a covered wagon.
Her father homesteaded in Keya
Paha county.
Their romance blossomed at
old Gates college at Neligh, a
Congregational school long since
dissolved. Mrs. Lybolt attended
both the academy (equivalent to
a grade school) and the college
(roughly equivalent to a present
day high school).
It was while she was teaching
in the Brunswick and Orchard
communities that the romance
culminated in marriage. Rever
end Clifton, of Orchard, perform
ed the rite at the United Breth
ren church on August 21, 1901.
A few years later they succeed
ed his mother in running the
Brunswick postoffice. Mr. Lybolt
was postmaster for several years,
later was in the real estate and
insurance business there.
Twenty-one years ago Mr. Ly
bolt moved to Chambers; Mis.
Lybolt coming later.
4 The Lybolts hav<L a son, Gerald,
who is with a Chicago, 111., iron
works, and a daughter, Mrs. J. E.
(Helen) Barrett, of Brunswick.
There are 4 grandchildren: Kath
leen Lybolt, 17; Gerald E. Lybolt,
jr., 11; John Tracy Lybolt, 5, and
Mary Jane Lybolt, an infant.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Lybolt en
joy fine health and keep busy
each day. Mr. Lybolt keeps ac
tive by doing painting and his
wife clerks in the Reninger
store.
In a coy way they declined to
give the reporter their ages, dis
missing the question with a
“hint” they were “over 25 and
under 100.”
One would guess they are a
bout 50—and life is just begin
ning!
Receive Death Message
While on Vacation—
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter
and niece, Patricia McKenzie, re
turned Saturday evening after
spending a 2-weeks’ vacation in
Yellowstone national park, Twin
Falls, Ida., Montana and South
Dakota.
While vacationing at Sheridan
with Mrs. Streeter’s sister and
husband, Mr. and Hrs. Ray Wil
liams, they received word of the
death of Mrs. Streeter’s brother
in-law, Ernest Perkins, of Twin
Falls, Ida. They attended the fu
neral, returning by way of Jack
son Hole, Wyo., stopping at Lead,
S. D„ to visit Mrs. Streeter’s
brother, George Murray, and
family and sister, Martha Sou
kup.
Mrs. Bernard Matthews accom
panied them but remained in
Sheridan for a longer visit.
t 4 Delegates Go
to Legion Parley—
Four O’Neillites, members of
Simonson post 93, of the Amer
ican Legion, were delegates to
the state Legion convention in
Omaha last weekend. They were;
Julius D. Cronin, John Grutsch,
P. B. Harty and Glea H. Wade.
Top speaker at the convention
was retired Lt. - Gen. Albert C.
Wedemeyer, native Omahan and
author of the famous 1947 “Wede
meyer’s Report on China.’
WEATHER SUMMARY:
.Date HI Lo Prec.
August ,16 - 74 59 .13
August 17_ 80 57
August 18-81 60
August 19 - 82 64 1.28
August 20 80 fi?
August 21 ; 72 Id
* August 22-75 52
Total-- "14i
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New Date for Basin
Meet September 17
The new date for the 5th an
nual meeting of the Niobrara
Basin Development association is
September 17. The meeting will
be held at O’Neill in cooperation
with the Chamber of Commerce.
Originally the meeting was
scheduled for July 17. Oscar
Chapman, secretary of the in
terior, was scheduled to be the
principal speaker. When Chap
man was forced to change his
plans, the meeting was postpon
ed.
An invitation is being sent to
Hugh Bennett, chief of the agri
cultural conservation service.
Chancellor R. V. Gustavson, of
the University of Nebraska, also
is being invited to the September
17 meeting.
An informal meeting was held
in O’Neill Tuesday night in re
gard to the Niobrara meeting and
in regard to a statewide Nebras
ka caravan tour, which is being
organized. The tour, emphasizing
Nebraska development and agri
culture, will coincide here with
the Basin meeting.
Attending the Tuesday night
organizational meeting were; Val
Kuska, of Omaha, CB&Q rail
road agricultural development a
gent; Clyde Noyes and Ray Rus
sell, of the extension department
of the University of Nebraska
college of agriculture; Ralph Wil
liams and Fred Dauber, of the
reclamation service. Representing
the Chamber at the session were:
D. D. DeBolt, president; William
McIntosh, C. R. Hill, Ed Wilson,
Harry Ressel and William Mat
lern.
MRS. MICHAELSON,
PAGE, EXPIRES
_
Dies Few Hour* After
Apoplectic Stroke;
Funeral Not Set
PAGE— Mrs. Henry Michael
son, Page resident, died at her
home about 11 o’clock Monday
evening, August 20. She had suf
fered an apoplectic stroke during
the afternoon.
Funeral arrangements late
Wednesday were not yet com
plete.
Mary Hillborn was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Hillborn. She was born in Iowa.
She married Henry Micnaelson
at Plainview on December 27,
1897. They farmed for a few
years near Plainview and Or
chard and later moved to Drap
er, S. D. In 1920 the Michaelsons
came to Holt county.
Survivors include: Widower;
daughters—Mrs. Orville (Alma)
Finley, of Los Angeles, Calif.;
Mrs. Harold (Thora) Miller, of
Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Eva Huston,
of Sunland, Calif.; son- -Everett
H. Michaelson, of Nyssa, Ore.
Youth Hurt in
Tractor Spill
LYNCH—Wilbur Elsasser, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Elsasser,
living 6 miles northeast of Lynch,
last week was pinned under his
overturned tractor for hours
before his family found him.
He had been mowing. He is
suffering with a broken collar
bone, crushed nose, skull frac
ture and possible internal injur
ies.
He is in the Sacred Heart hos
pital, Lynch.
Young Elsasser was a 1950
Lynch high school graduate.
OHS Students Will
Register Aug. 30-31
The O’Neill public schools will
hold registration for all high
school students on Thursday and
Friday, August 30 and 31, from 9
a.m. until 3 p.m. in the high
school library.
Tuesday morning, September 4,
at 9 a.m. all high school students
will meet in the gymnasium for
introductions, announcements and
home room assignments. Regular
classes will start at 8:45 a.m. Wed
nesday morning, September 5.
Registration for grade school
and kindergarten students will
start at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning,
September 4, and will continue
until noon. Regular classes will
start at 9 a.m. Wednesday morn
ing, September 5.
The state law requires a child
be 5 years old on or before Octo
ber 15, of the current year, to en
ter kindergarten.
Please bring birth certificates
for all kindergarten youngsters,
Supt. D. E. Nelson explained.
These 4 - H'ers discuss fitting and showing
sheep . . . (left-to-right): Russell Miner, Fancy
Ropers; James Judge. Elkhorn Valley; Thomas
Kelly, Eagle Hustlers; Robert Bowman, Willing
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Workers; Perry Dawes, Willing Workers; Billy
Putnam, Fancy Ropers; Jimmy Corkle, Fancy
Ropers; Charles Geary, Victory; James Mellor,
Clover.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving.
Studying an Angus Cow . . . Lavern Prit
chett, Willing Workers (back to camera). Daniel
Putnam, Fancy Ropers; Benton Mellor, Clover;
★ + +
Fred Mulford, Cleveland Community; Lois
Strong, 212 South Fork; Marlene Ermer, 212
South Fork.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving.
375 Attend 4-H
Achievement Day
Three hundred seventy - five
4-H club members, leaders and
parents gathered Thursday for
the annual achievement day and
judging activities.
Most of the activitiy took place
at the O’Neill public school audi
torium, but livestock judging was
done at the E. L. Miner farm,
southeast of here. K. C. Fouts,
animal husbandryman of the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of ag
riculture, demonstrated fitting
and showing of livestock.
A shower Thursday morning
enabled many to suspend haying
and farm operations and drive to
O’Neill for the affair.
Mrs. Arthur O’Neill, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, of Page,
judged the home economics ex
hibits. The agricultural judges
were Harry Ressel, Bill Wefso,
and C. Stone. The home econo
mics demonstrations were judged
by Mrs. Stauffer and Mrs. Twila
Sobotka, of Inman.
Walt Sire, Boyd county agent,
was judge of the agriculture dem
onstrations. Judges of the style
review were Mrs. Arthur O’Neill,
Mrs. A. Neil Dawes, and Mrs.
Blaine Garwood.
Others helping with the day’s
activities were Mrs. Clay John
son, jr., of O’Neill, Mrs. J. P. Mel
lor, of Atkinson, Mrs. Bayne
Grubb, of Chambers, Mrs. Vern
Sageser, of Amelia, Mrs. Grant
Peacock, of Emmet, Mrs. Helen,
Martens, of Atkinson, and Mrs.
Carl Christson, of Ewing.
Winners in the style review
were Judy Trowbridge, of Page,
and DeMarus Wefso, of Atkinson.
Don Fullerton and Don With
ers, Betty Coxbill and Doris
Ward, Gene and Duane Shermer
were the top 3 teams in team
demonstrations.
Winners in the individual dem
onstrations were Joellen Back
hous, Kay Dvorak, and Carolyn
Russell.
Benton Mellor won first in live
stock judging with Ronald Hick
man placing second and Fred
Mulford, third.
In the clothing judging contest
Darlene Grimes placed first, Ar
lene Ruroede and Patty Mosel
tied for second, and Jackie Tag
gart, third.
Kay Coventry was first, Linelle
Tompkins second, and Caroline
Tams third in judging homemak
ing.
In the dairy judging contest,
Jackie Mosel won first, Milan
Welke second, and Neal Scheer
third.
Joan Lansworth placed first, Ila
June Coon won second, and Carol
Schultz placed third in judging
cooking.
In the crops judging contest,
Bobby Ries was first, Jackie Ries
second, and Norma Ruroede third.
These winners are eligible to
attend the state fair at Lincoln.
Voth Taken by Kansas
Authorities—
Earl W. Voth, of Elyria, Kans.,
who was arrested in Holt county
August 7 on a $36 check forgery
charge, was tak
en to Marion
l ~ <M county, Kans.,
•fX . - • ■ Saturday. He
had been lodged
in the Holt
county jail for 2
v/eeks pending
the arrival of
Kansas authori
ze ties.
/jl Recently Voth
• * had been a la
votri borer near At
kinson. He had a complicated
record with the law for misde
meanors, bad checks, and viola
tion of the Dyer act.
Kansas authorities told Holt
County Sheriff Leo Tomjack that
Voth would be prosecuted as a
habitual criminal.
Return to Illinois—
Mrs. H. M. Christiansen and
twins visited over the weekend
with Mrs. Christiansen’s mother,
Mrs. Edna Coyne. Monday they
went to Chappell where they will
visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Christensen for 2 weeks before
returning to their home in Cha
nute Field, IU.
9 Receive Draft
Induction Orders
Nine Holt county men have
been ordered to report for mili
tary induction on September 5 by
the selective service board.
They are:
Walter Sievers, of Chambers;
Arthur E. Rinrichsen, of Ewing;
Robert E. Matthews, of O’Neill;
Harold J. Coburn, of O’Neiil;
Frank Zenor, of O’Neill; Joe C.
Kamphaus, of Amelia; Victor
McKenzie, of Dorsey; Norman L.
Uhl, of O’Neill; Richard E. Shoe
maker, of O’Neill.
Meanwhile, on September 4, 20
Holt men will report for prein
duction physical examinations.
On October 1, 11 men will report
for induction. Those names, how
ever, will not be announced for
several weeks.
Hospital Floors
Are Now Finished
This week the St. Anthony’s
hospital cement floors were fin
ished. Carpenters will be apply
ing metal lath and plasterers will
go to work Monday.
Olof Mathieson, building super
intendent for Busboom & Rah,
general contractors, says the pro
ject is proceeding “about on
schedule.” Two months ago a fin
ish date was set for October 1.
Already considerable equip
ment for the new half-million
dollar health center has arrived.
Some of it is stored in the new
building, some . in St. Mary’s
academy.
Landscaping also will De un
derway very shortly, Mathieson
said.
Brennan Passes
100-Mission Mark
•Capt. Herbert O. Brennan, O’
Neill jet-fighter pilot in the Far
East theater, has rounded the
100-mission mark, according to
word received by his mother,
Mrs. F. M. Brennan.
Captain Brennan, who was
promoted from first lieutenant
last week, went to Korea in
March. He graduated from the
U.S. Military academy, West
Point, N. Y., in 1947.
MAN, 59, HURLED
INTO DITCH, DIES
Rodney Perigoy Killed
in Unusual Truck
Accident
STUART — Rodney Perigoy,
who had celebrated his 59th birth
day anniversary the day before,
was killed about 5:30 p.m., Friday’
August 17. while enroute home
from a day’s work with an REA
brush-clearing crew. He was rid
ing in the rear of a small truck,
was thrown about 30 feet through
the air, suffered a skull fracture
and died almost instantly.
He was a resident of Royal and
had been employed by the Force
Construction company, which has
temporary offices in O’Neill.
Perigoy and 5 companions in
the truck had been clearing
trees for an REA right-of-way.
The accident occurred 5.3 miles
north of Sfuart on the Stale
maintained highway.
Driver of the truck was Henry
A. Wilke, of Homer, temporarily
residing in O’Neill.
Wilke said Perigoy had been
standing on the truck platform.
The machine hit a rough place in
the road and Wilke lost control.
Perigoy’s son, Kenneth, 16, and
a brother-in-law were members
^ of the crew.
They rush
ed to Mr.
■ Perigoy,
found him
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PERIGOY
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, August
22, in the Methodist church at
Royal. Burial was in the Royal
cemetery.
The late Mr. Perigoy was born
in Little Rock, 111., on August 16,
1892. He was a veteran of World
War I.
Survivors include: His widow,
the former Edith Grow, of Clear
water; sons—Marine Cpl. Leon
ard, 21, of Cherry Point, N. C.;
Marine Pfc. Claude, 23, of El
Toro, Calif.; Robert, 24, of Atkin
son; Herbert, 19, of Bassett, and
Kenneth, 16, of Royal; daughters
—Mrs. Gene Haines and Mrs. Al
vin Jessen, both of Royal: 3
grandchildren; mother — (Mrs.
Denny Perigoy, 80, of Duff;
brothers—Roe, of Billings, Mont.;
Porter, Jule and Gilbert, all of
Montana; sisters — Mrs. Vivia
Longcor, of Duff, and Mrs. Anna
Watson, of Absorokee, Mont.
Pickup Planned in
Furniture Drive
The public’s response to the
American Legion’s appeal for
used furniture for flood-stricken
Kansas residents has been nil.
Hence, Simonson post 93 has
decided to increase interest by
changing the basic plan.
Instead of donors bringing their
used furniture to the Legion
auditorium, the Legion has made
arrangements for a pickup ser
vice. If you have a used item
that will help rehabilitate one of
the 26,000 flooded homes all you
have to do is phone 434 (Western
Union office) between 8 a.m. and
5 p.m„ or 380 (American Legion
club), between 5 p.m. and mid
night.
Sauser’s pickup and delivery
service will call for your offer
ing. The Legion will ready the
gifts for shipment and send one |
or more truckloads of furniture
to the beleaguered neighbors in
the Kaw, Saline and Missouri
river valley communities.
Meanwhile Holt county’s Red
Crosss flood relief drive has in
creased to $564.21, according to
Glea H. Wade, Holt county Amer
ican Red Cross chairman.
“Much more is needed, though,
and we hope the donations keep
coming in,” states Mr. Wade.
Previously acknowledged $513.21
Keller Presbyterian Aid,
Ewing 10.00
Mr. and Mrs Henry Benze,
Emmet 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shel
hamer, OTNeill _ 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merri
man, O’Neill 5.00
Fancy Roper’s Club,
O’Neill 15.00
C. L. Summers, O’Neill 5.00
Pleasant Day Club . .. 5.00
Total _$564.21*
59th Holt Fair
Ready to Open
New 4 - H Stock
Barn Nears
Finish
It’s fair time again!
Thousands of fair-lovers will
file through the turnstiles at
Chambers on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday, August 30-31 and
September 1, for the 59th annual
Holt county fair and rodeo. Wed
nesday, August 29, will be entry
day.
. Each year the fair at Chambers
■s gaming in stature as a show
place for fine livestock, garden
Produce and handiwork. A new
4-H livestock barn has been com
pleted and will be in use this
year enabling an expansion of
the livestock exhibits.
awards of more
than st.700 await the winners
tk *he .,?xLhibit competition.
There will be 4-H. school and
open-class entries.
Among the fair attractions are
onnv.TSlcAby the Stuart band
on Pnday, August 31, and by the
Chambers band on Saturday,
September 1, and a carnival on
the midway all 4 days. There will
be a ferrls - wheel, merry-go
rounds, side shows, lunch stands,
and refreshments.
T*__ • « _
ai z p.m. on Friday
and Saturday there will be a ro
deo with bronc riding, calf rop
ing, bulldogging, Brahma steer
riding and bareback bronc riding.
Walter Plugge, of Wheeler coun
ty, will bring 100 bucking bron
cos, steers and calves to take part
in the rodeo. W. B. Lorance. of
Sulfur, Okla., will be the an
nouncer and $1,000 in purses will
be awarded to the performers.
The rodeo will feature Plugge’s
portable chutes—the first time in
use m Holt county.
The grandstand shows will be
gin at 8 p.m., Friday and Satur
day, and will feature Johnny
Cress and his company of acro
bats.
Fair visitors will see: The Tip
lop 1 rampoliners, 2 men and a
girl who perform many original
spectacular stunts, including dou
ble somersaults, double twisting
somersaults, and somersaulting
into and out of a hoop; the
Swinging Sensations, a man and
a girl zipping through giant
swings, fly-aways, tricky vaults,
solo circles and other difficult
feats, the only girl in show bus
iness who actually does horizon
tal bar routines; the Aristocrats
of Balance, 2 performers who
do double and single hand-bal
ancing stunts, high hand-to-hand
balance, contortion stunts, tum
bling and feats of balance on »
chairs, tables, bottles and ped
estals; the Atlas trio, with their
mostly aerial performance of a
variety of balancing, ground
tumbling pitches and pyramids.
A highlight of the evening's
entertainment will be Princess
Betty, the youngest pole top
performer in show business.
Buck Robinson, famous rodeo
clown and bull fighter, will ap
pear with the Bucky Bull, the
Two-Tone Mule, Sadie the Bear,
Irene the Skunk and others.
There will be dancing under
the stars on Friday and Saturday
evenings to the music of the Sep
tones orchestra.
The fair is sponsored by the
Holt County Agricultural society.
Officers are: Vern Sageser, of
Amelia, president: Steve Shavlik,
of Chambers, vice-president; Ed
win A. Wink, of Chambers, sec
retary: Lloyd Gleed, of Cham
bers, treasurer.
Directors are: Henry Wood, of
Ewing; Harry Ressel, of O’Neill;
Vern Sageser, of Amelia; Lloyd
Gleed, C. V. Robertson, George
Rowse, T. E. Alderson, Steve
Shavlik and Ray Hoffman, all of
Chambers.
The official 24 - tabloid page
premium list for the fair was
published at The Frontier plant
on August 9 and entered virtual
ly every rural home and hun
dreds of city and town homes.
Visits Birthplace
After 50 Years—
Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch re
torned Tuesday after spending 2
weeks at Stratford, Can., the
town in which Mr. Grutsch was
born and which he had not vis
ited for 50 years.
While there they visited Mr.
Grutsch’s’ sisters, Mrs. William.'
Eckert and Mrs. Sid Mitchell.
Before returning to O’Neill, the
Grutsches visited Niagara Falls,
N. Y., stoped to see a niece, Mrs.
Don Ulmer, of Chicago, 111., and
spent some time at Oakland with.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stevens.
Recent Visitor—
Mildred Stoneking, of Ottum
iva, la., visited recently with Mrs.
Lottie Stoneking.
