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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1951)
12 PAGES - 2 SECTIONS • - North-Nebraska's Fastest-Growing Newspaper t VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 22. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1951. " PRICE 7 CENTS —The Frontier Photo & Engraving Melvin Ruzicka (left), O’Neill merchant, receives mail at the Coyne hardware store from Jerry Spittler, new carrier in the bus iness district. It was the first day for door-to-door delivery. INAUGURATE MAIL DELIVERY HERE 5 Mail Boxes Throughout City a Convenience to Patrons History was written here this week in the annals of the O’Neill * postoffice. Door-to-door mail delivery was inaugurated and 5 widely-dis tributed boxes for mail pickup were put in operation. The ex panded service began Monday, October 1. Under the new plan 2 mail car riers depart from the postoffice about 9 a.m. One carrier, John Hynes, works a door-to-door route west of Fourth street, including the northwest and southwest sec tions of the city. The other car rier, Jerry Spittler, departing at the same time, covers the busi ness district and a portion of the residential area on Douglas street. At 1 p.m., Hynes will leave the postoffice to service patrons east of Fourth street—the northeast -> and southeast sections. After details have been ironed out, Spittler will return from his route in time to make parcel post deliveries through out the city. Assistant Postmaster Harold E. Weier said it is hoped the parcel post deliveries will be completed before noon. With carriers working the out lying sections of the city it is j possible also to inaugurate “pick- ! up” boxes. These are placed at the following locations: Fourth I and Douglas (Golden hotel),; Fourth and Everett (Moore hotel'. Seventh and Everett (Tim Har rington corner). Seventh and Fremont (Neighborhood grocery * comer), and Madison and Doug las (south of New Deal Oil com pany). “Pickup” boxes at the Golden and Moore hotel corners are ex pected to be permanent. The others are temporary and may be switched according to the car riers’ load. Two of these will also j serve as relay boxes. This means that a vehicle will take the mail j to that point from where the car riers will distribute it. Acting Postmaster Thomas E. Sullivan explained that post office procedure requires that persons wanting door-to-door service file a change-of-address card at the postoffice. These are available upon request. “This is essential,” he contin ued, “because this mail is made up by address, not by name, and t there will be delays if mail is not properly addressed. “Anyone wanting door-to-door delivery, in residential or busi ness sections, should file this card at their very earliest conven ience,” he added. The Frontier, and other publi cations, will have to have the proper street address of persons wanting their paper delivered by postal carrier. Change of address cards for this purpose also are available upon request at the postoffice. ‘Freedom Crusade’ Coming Tuesday “The Crusade for Freedom" mo torcade will visit O’Neill, Tues day, October 9, sometime in the afternoon. The time for arrival and rally have not been definitely es tablished. * Lohaus Motor Company (the Ford dealer and Midwest Motor Co., Ltd., (the Chevrolet dealer) are working together to bring the program to O’Neill. “Help our nation bring the truth to those behind the iron curtain,” urged O’Neill’s mayor, J. E. Davis. ‘‘Enroll today to fight communism here and abroad.” Grutsch Is Civil Defense Director John Grutsch, Holt county serv ice officer, last week was ap pointed civil defense director for the county. Appointment was made by the county board. Seventy-two other counties have directors. : mi f —The Frontier Engraving John Hynet . . . daily resi dential visitor.—O’Neill Photo Co. OMAHA HEARING TODAY ON LEASES Probst’s Injunction Suit To Be Heard by 3 Federal Judges (See legal notice on page 7.) Today (Thursday) will be an important day for all state school land leaseholders. A panel of 3 federal district judges, sitting at Omaha, will hear an injunction suit against the state board of educational lands and funds. The panel of the 3 judges will convene at 10 a.m. in the postof fice building. It had been pre viously announced the hearing would be held in Lincoln. William Probst, holder of a lease on state - owned school land in Perkins county, is ask ing a court order barring the state board from auctioning the leases on the school land. Twenty-one Holt county school land leases are scheduled for the auction block within about 10 days. Thus, the outcome of to day’s hearing in Omaha is of vi tal concern to Holt countyans. There are 166 Holt county indi viduals holding school land leas es which have been renewed on a 12-year basis since 1947. The state’s breaking of the leases, result of a recent supreme court ruling that a 1947 Nebraska law is invalid, is the basis for the in junction order being sought be fore the panel of federal judges. Officials of the Holt county as sociation met Monday evening in O’Neill. The Holt group has not yet filed a legal action but will back, morally and financially, the Probst suit. Meanwhile, lease sales in Holt county are scheduled as follows: October 12—SW14 16-30-16, Joy Greenfield, Stuart; SE!4 16-30 16, Vernon Heyne, Stuart: E% SWy4 16-29-13, Walter Welsh, Emmet: SWy.SWy4 16-29-13, Wm. O’Connor, Emmet; E'aSW1^, SWy4SEy4 36-31-12, Leo Burival, O’Neill; NW%NE'/4 36-31-12, John Claussen, O’Neill; NE'/t NEy4 36-31-12, John Claussen, O’Neill; SWy4. S%SE% 36-25-11, Roy & Ross Rees, Ewing; N%, NVzSEVi 36-25-11, Roy & Ross Rees, Ewing. October 13—NEy4NEy4, SWVi NEV4, NEl4NWV4, 16-25-9, How ard Daniels, Ewing; NWy4NEVi, SEy4NEy4 16-25-9, Howard Dan iels, Ewing; NVfeSWVi, SWV4 SWy4 16-25-9, Fred Forslund, Ewing; all 16-28-12, D. C. Schaf fer, O’Neill. October 15 — SWV4 36-32-10, Edw. Carson, Redbird; NWVi 36 32-10, C. L. & W. L. Brady, Dorsey? all 16-29-9, Hester Edmisten, Middlebranch & Lydia Backers, North Platte; all 16-32-14, Edna Hendricks, Atkinson; NEy4SEy4 36-27-9, Nellie Connor, Ewing; SWy4 36-27-9, Francis Tomjack, Ewing: Sy>SEy4 36-27-9, Geo. Montgomery, Ewing, NWy4SE!4 36-27-9, Howard Montgomery, Ewing. Visit Bruder Home in Atkinson— Mr. and Mrs. Herman Janzing and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bruder, of At kinson on Sunday. They also stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Janzing. JOHN KELLAR, 79, DIES IN MICHIGAN Rites for Chambers Pioneer Held Monday CHAMBERS—John Kellar, 79, a pioneer resident in the Cham bers locality, died Wednesday, | September 26, in Flint, Mich., ! where he was visiting his son, j Bernard. He died in a hospital. The body reached O’Neill ear ly Saturday where it lay in state at Biglin Bros. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday, October 1, at the Methodist church in Chambers with Rev. Ralph Gerber, pastor of the O’Neill Presbyterian church, officiating. He was as sisted by Rev. L. R. Hansberry, pastor of the Chambers Metho dist church. A quartette composed of Er [ nest Farrier, Stanley Lambert, Mrs. C. V. Robertson and Mrs. j Ed Eisenharuer, with Mrs. Lela Corcoran as pianist, furnished the music. Pallbearers were Louis Harley, William Turner, II. B. Hubbard, Robert Gartner, Glen Adams and Kenneth Adams. John Kellar, son of John S. and Anna E. Kellar, was born at Peoria. 111., February 1, 1872. He resided there until the spring of 1883, when the family moved to Holt county. He was married October 2b. 1898, to Luella Mae Fluckey. In the spring of 1894 he and his wife moved to Peoria, 111., where they lived until 1904 when they returned to Chambers. To this union 4 children were born: Sons— Orville, of Cham bers; Bernard, of Flint, Mich.; Lois, of Whittier, Calif., and Vi ola, who preceded her father in death in 1942. Early in life he joined the Presbyterian church and was a member at the time of his death. His wife passed away Decem ber 14, 1937, after an illness of several months. He was married June 22, 1939, to Etta L. Cooke, of Chambers. Survivors include: Widow — Etta; sons—Orville and Bernard; daughter—Lois; 3 grandchildren —John Bernard Kellar, jr.. Pat sy Coleen Kellar and Sharon Lee Catlett; sister—Mrs. Bertha Do herty, of Lincoln. Relatives from a distance at tending the funeral were: Ev erett Cooke and Mrs. Howard Jenkins, of Springfield, Ore ; Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hanna, ol Roseburg, Ore.; Bernard Kellar and daughter. Pat, and son. Jack, of Flint, Mich.; Mrs. Wayne Catlett, of Whittier, Calif.; Mrs. George Ressell, of Oklahoma Ci ty, Okla.; Mrs. Bertha Doherty and Mrs. Floyd Anderson, of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Basil And erson and children, of Columbus; Will Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Green, of Burwell; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Edwards, of Cush ing; Donald Gibson, of the air force; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cooke, of Bartlett; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Adams, of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Hiatt, Miss Ruth Hoff man, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray and Mrs. C. M. Eason, all of O’Neill. 'Sing' Will Be Held Here— There will be a "sing” held Friday, October 5, at 1 p.m., at the O’Neill public school, it was explained this week by Miss Alice L. French, Holt county superin tendent of public instruction. Mrs. Walters will have charge of the lower grades and Mr. Welsh will be in charge of the upper grades. Teachers must accompany pu pils, but attendance is not re quired. This will count as school. Mrs. Fred Heerman and Mrs. Dora Doyle spent the weekend visiting relatives at Brocksburg. Mabel Gat* (left) and Winnie Barger, new —The Frontier Photo A EngrAving owners of the Apparel Shop, a fashion center . . . they need no introduction to O'Neillites. * a * A > .. ...*-—-----. -■■■■■ ------ - -- New Ownership for Apparel Shop The Apparel Shop, ladies’ fash ion store near the corner of Fifth and Douglas streets, Monday went into the hands of new own ers. They are Mabel Gatz and Win nie Barger, who are well-known in O’Neill. The former owners, Miss Ruth Case and Mrs. W. A. Doering, announced they had made the sale because distances were too great between the 3 Doering stores—O’Neill, Scottsbluff and Albion. Miss Case and the late Mr. Doering established the O’Neill store in 1947. The Scottsbluff store was added only a week be fore Mr. Doering’s sudden death in June due to a heart ail ment. Miss Case, meanwhile, had gone from O’Neill to Scottsbluff to manage the store there. Mrs. Doering is operating the Albion store. The Doerings have lived in Albion for a number of years. The new owners say they will strive to carry on the Apparel Shop's tradition—“a shop of fine fashions.” Miss Case and Mrs. Doering spent 3 days in O’Neill this week winding up their affairs. Congressman Stefan Dies Unexpectedly Karl Stefan, Nebraska’s Third congressional district representa tive since 1935, died at George Washington university hospital in the nation’s capitol on Tuesday, October 26. He felt rundown after a long seige of virus influenza. Holt county was included in Stefan’s district until the redis tricting which followed the 1940 census. At that time Holt was switched to the Fourth district. Survivors include: Widow; son —Dr. Karl, of Portland, Ore.; daughter—Mrs. Robert Askren, of Chicago, II.; brother—Dr. William Stefan, Omaha; 2 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were not completed Wednesday. _J__ —The Frontier Engraving Verne Grenier, jr„ 5 . . . might have been fatally burned. BOY, 5, TUMBLES INTO HOT WATER Verne Grenier, jr., 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Grenier, sr., is in University hospital, Omaha, recovering from first and second degree burns suffered about 7:45 p.m. Saturday at his home here. His father was preparing a bath for his son and had poured scald ing water into a tub on the floor. While the father war. getting cold water, the child tumbled back ward into the tub. He was severely burned on the back from his shoulders to his knees. One hand also was burned when the child attempt ed to get out of the tub. He was not burned on the face. Dr. J. P. Brown administered first aid and the boy was rushed to the Omaha hospital'. Little Verne had begun school 3 weeks ago. He is a member of the kindergarten it O’Neill pub lic school. Hospital attendants late Tues day reported that no blood trans fusions were believed necessary. The board of directors of the Holt County School Land Leaseholders maps plans to fight lease auctions. Seated—James W. Rooney, secre * -JaESBWi • • w . .x tary-treasurer; Ira C. Watson, i,president; Guy F. Cole and Floyd Whitaker, directors; standing— John Dick and Dr. H. L. Bennett, directors. Treasurer Files Answer to Suit Holt county’s treasurer, J. Ed Hancock, the nominal defendant in a law suit started by Charley W. Peterson, Atkinson rancher, has filed his answer in Holt county district court. In short, he admits most of Peterson's charges and allega tions and frankly asks the court to tell him whal to do. In stating his position in the answer, Hancock said he was per forming his duties under Ne braska statute law relating to the collection of public revenue, and, in accordance with the order of the county superintendent of public instruction, has paid and will continue to pay returns de rived from the levies of the tax authorized by said statutes. Crux of the suit is a test to de termine the validity of the 1949 4-mill “blanket” tax law, adopt ed by the Nebraska legislature. The law authorizes treasurers to collect a 4-mill school tax on real estate and personal property. Peterson, who is a substantial property owner in rural school district 231, said in his petition that his property in that district was valued at $235,995 and that the 4 - mill tax amounted to $943.98. He paid the other taxes, leav ing the $943.98 balance. He then asked the court to restrain the treasurer from collecting the bal ance. Peterson charges the 4-mill tax is “not levied uniformly and proportionately” and the law “provides for a 4-mill levy with out regard to the needs of the district." (Continued on page 4.) Holt 4-H’ers Rank High at Ak-Sar-Ben Holt county 4-H clubbers and their livestock entries made a good account of themselves at the Ak-Sar-Ben. Five head of livestock were en tered with the folowing results: Charlotte McVay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clare McVay, of O’Neill—Hereford heifer, 3d blue ribbon (6th in class of nearly 50 entries); Hereford steer, 1st blue ribbon (3d in class of 70 steers). Don and Diane Hoffman, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoffman, of Chambers — Hereford steer, red ribbon. Bobby Beelart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beelart, of Page— Hereford steer—red ribbon, high in class. Charlotte McVay was invited to compete for showmanship honors. Charlotte wron a purple in the baby beef show at the Holt county fair at Chambers and a blue at the state fair in Lincoln. She also won a top purple award j at the tri-county fair at Stuart. Holt county was well repre sented with 4-H’ers and adults at the 1951 Ak. Other Ak-Sar-Ben winners in the region were; Curtis Nelson, of Bristow (Boyd county)—Hereford steer, red rib bon. Eberhart children, of Bassett (Rock county)—Herefords, 2 reds and a white. PAUL MONTGOMERY KILLED IN CRASH Former Hardwareman Here Dies in Oregon When Truck Hits Ditch Paul F. Montgomery, 45, of Baker, Ore., former O’Neill hard wareman and husband of the for mer Doretha Grady, died instant ly Thursday, September 27, in a truck accident near Baker, Ore. Mr. Montgomery had stopped a truck he was driving to discharge a passenger. He resumed his trip over rough highway, the machine left the road and plunged into a ditch. The driver was thrown free of the machine. His brother, Francis, O'Neill hardware merchant, was in a passenger car ahead of the truck. He did not witness the accident. But the discharged passenger, a man for whom Montgomery's crew had been doing some work, saw the ma chine leave the road. Further details are not known here. Funeral services were con ducted Monday, October 1, at Baker and burial was made there. The late Mr. Montgomery was born at Creighton. He attended school there and at Ohio state university and Armour Tech, Chicago, 111., where he was trained as a civil engineer. He spent more than a year in engineering in Co lombia, South America. The late Mr. Montgomery help ed found the Montgomery hard ware stores in O’Neill and Creighton, coming here in the spring of 1933. In 1935 he married Miss Dor ehta Grady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady. Leaving O'Neil he went to Baker where he resumed engi neering in the construction field. Survivors include: Widow — Doretha; daughters—Mary Claire, 8, and Julia Ann, 5; brother— Francis, of O’Neill; sister—Miss Kathleen, of Ainsworth. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady de^ parted early Friday for Baker to atend the funeral rites. Francis Montgomery remained there for the services. George L. Lines, Inman, Succumbs INMAN—Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, for George Leonard Lines, 88, retired former, who died abut 3:30 n,m., Monday, Oc tober 1, at the home of his son, Dana Lines, 2 miles south and 2 miles west of Inman. He had not been seriously ill and had been active up until the time of his death. Rev. C. C. Chappell officiated in the rites at the Methodist church here. Burial was in the Inman cemetery under the direction of Biglin Bros. Pallbearers were James Kelly. William Kelly, Harvey Harte, Er nest Brunekhorst, George Harold and Charles Young. The late Mr Lines was bom at Auburn, N. Y., on March 23, 1863. a son of Levi and Sarah Burton Lines. On March 13, 1896, he wag married to Belle May Nicewanner at Ainsworth, and he came to Holt county from near Sprin gview in 1899. Mr. Lines farmed and ranched in the Inman locality for many years, retiring 5 years ago. Survivors include; Widow — Belle May; son—Dana Earl Lines; daughter—Mrs. Alma Ross, both of Inman; 10 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren 2 nieces. One son, Lloyd, died 55 years ago, at the age of 2, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Ethel Stevens, died in 1940. Gets Transfer Meets Holt Men— Pvt. Lyle C. McKim, jr., has been transferred from Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., to Atlanta, Ga., where he will attend schooL Hadold Pribil, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Jacob Pribil, of O’Neill, was trans ferred with him. Among Holt county men Lyle has encountered at Atlanta are: James Coker, of O’Neill; Frank Soukup, of O’Neill; Dale Mlinar, of Atkinson, and Eugene Kaup, of Stuart. 5,518 LICENSES, ISSUED The Holt county treasurer’s of fice has renewed 5,518 motor ve hicle licenses since the old li cense expired eptember 1. Oper ators will have to take a test to be eligible for a license if not ap plied for before October 30. Mrs. Martin Feted— A birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hickey in honor of Mrs. Hickey’s mother, Mrs. Irene Martin.
