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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 26. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951. PRICE: 7 CENTO
MRS. LAMASON, 70,
BURIED AT PAGE
Born in Indiana, She
, Came to Holt As
Young Girl
PAGE—Funeral services were
conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday,
October 27, for Mrs. Leslie Lam
ason, 70, who died Thursday in a
Norfolk hospital.
The rites were held in the
Methodist church at Page with
burial in the Page cemetery un
der the direction of Biglin Bros.,
of O’Neill.
Rev. C. E. Wilcox officiated.
Pallbearers were Gus Robinson,
Jesse Kelley, Floyd McIntosh,
Harry Harper, Lyman Park and
Harry Park. In charge of the
flowers were Mrs. Robert Gray,
Mrs. Ivan Heiss and Mrs. George
Slasey.
’ The late Mrs. Lamason, whose
maiden name was Mary E. Skel
ton, was born March 25, 1881, at
Princeton, Ind. She came to Holt
county in 1885 as a small child,
locating at Inman. They later
moved to Page where her father
operated the first store.
Some of her early life was
spent at Moneth, Mo., where she
joined the Baptist church at the
age of 14. She was a member of
the WSCS of the Page Methodist
church.
Leslie Lamason and Mary Skel
ton were married June 4, 1901,
on a farm 3 miles northwest of
Page, now occupied by Ben Ste
vens. The couple resided on a
farm until October, 1950, when
they moved into a small resi
dence in Page.
In June of this year they
observed their golden wedding
anniversary by holding open
house.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons—Roy, of Lincoln, and Mel
vin, of Page; daughters — Mrs.
Carl (Mildred) Jeffers, of Lincoln,
and Miss Frances Lamason, of
Lincoln, and 6 grandchildren;
sister—Mrs. Susan Hathaway, of
Hartington.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, 3 sisters and 2 broth
ers.
Among the out-of-town rela
tives attending the services were:
Roy Lamason, Mrs. Mildred Jef
fers and daughter, Miss Frances
Lamason, Hugh Murphy and
daughter, Shirley, and Mrs. D. Z.
*Marx, all of Lincoln; Mrs. Susan
Hathaway, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Anderson and Frances Pine, all
of Hartington; Lulu Buhk and
Max Buhk, both of Beemer.
Plan Grassland
Research Project
Dean Burr, former dean of the
University of Nebraska college of
agriculture, Lincoln; Doctor
Kime, present head of the agron
omy department at the Universi
ty, and E. M. Brause, superin
tendent of the Valentine substa
tion, visited Holt ■ county this
week concerning the proposed
grassland research project which
is tentatively set to get under
way next spring.
Several farms and ranches
were visited where proposed
grassland sites and grasses were
inspected. Dean Burr and Doctor
Kime felt there was definitely a
need for research on grass in this
area. Doctor Kime was interested
in these proposed sites since this
research will be through his de
partment. Mr. Brause will be w
charge of the research in the
field.
Former Holt Woman
Expires in Wyoming
A former Holt county woman.
Mrs. Belle Nelson Dodd, about
83 died early Sunday at Therm
opolis, Wyo., where she had been
'residing for a number of years.
Mrs. Dodd’s first husband, the
late Samuel Nelson, died 15
ypsrs 3go.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Phillip Allendorfer, of O -
Neill, and Mrs. Nell Darnell, of
Los Angeles, Calif.; 4 grand
children; widower—Henry Dodd.
Mr and Mrs. Allendorfer de
parted Sunday for Thermopolis
to attend the funeral. Burial
was made there.
Mrs. Dodd and her first hus
band were pioneer settlers m
northern Holt county.
Federal Judges to
Study Lease Issue
^ 3-judge Federal court panel
in Omaha took under advisement
Tuesday the question of whether
to issue a permanent injunction
blocking the state from selling
school land leases.
Circuit Judge Joseph W. Wood
rough, presiding jurist, rnean
while gave attorneys . for both
7des until Monday to file addi
tional written briefs on the case.
The lawsuit was brought by
William Propst, of Grant one"f
2,300 farmers granted - year
leases on school land, in accord
ance with a legislative act of
1947. _ _
SPECIAL SERVICE
There will be church services
in the Meek store, sponsored ny
the young people of the Butte
Full Gospel church, tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Frank Kreycik, of Niobrara,
was n guests at the home of Mr.
*7nd Mrs. C. E. Melena on Mon
day. I
—The Frontier Photo & Engraving
Mrs. Lamason . . . wed SO
years last June. (Story at left.)
Lions Will Stage
Home Talent Show
The O’Neill Lions club is spon
soring a home-talent minstrel
show. Date is Wednesday, No
vember 14.
Tickets are on sale at the fol
lowing firms: Lohaus Motor Co.
(see Roy Johnson), Petersen’s
Clothing, McDonald’s, Council
Oak, Gillespie’s, McIntosh Jew
elry, Johnson Drug, Knight Elec
tric, Gambles, Midwest Motor Co.
(see Ray Eby), Foree Bros. Recap
ping, First National Bank (see
John C. Watson), O’Neill National
Bank, (see Woodrow Melena), Dr.
H. D. Gildersleeve, Spelts-Ray
Lbr. Co. (see Elgin Ray), D. H.
Clauson, New Outlaw Grocery
(see Phil Cohn), Laurence Jonas,
O’Neill Livestock Market (see
Leigh Reynoldson), Matt Hynes,
Hugh Benson and Jack Everitt.
Thomas S. Howell, of Emporia,
Kans., will arrive Sunday to di
rect the production. He has been
in this type of work since 1917.
CHRIST LEIB, 89,
ATKINSON, DIES
Dies Early Friday in
Sleep; Funeral Held
Monday
ATKINSON— Christ Leib, 89,
was discovered dead in bed ear
ly Friday by his wife at their
home here. Death was caused by
a heart attack.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday, October 29, at 2 p.m.,
at the Methodist church. Rev. E.
G- Hughes officiated and burial
was in Wood Lawn cemetery.
The late Mr. Leib was born
near the present site of Council
Bluffs, la.
Mr. Leib farmed for many
years in the Middlebranch lo
cality and retired 17 years age,
moving to Atkinson.
Pallbearers were A. G. Miller,
Fred Hitchcock, Herb Bitney,
Fred Morgan, Fred Mack and C.
G. Funk.
Survivors include: Widow; sons
—William, of O’Neill! Ernest, of
Atkinson; daughters—Mrs. Elmer
Schaffer and Mrs. Lee Marlow,
both of Atkinson, and Mrs. Lip
skey, of Antelope county.
Corporal Shiffbauer
Wounded in Korea
EWING—Word has been re
ceived in Ewing that Cpl. Wil
liam Shiffbauer was wounded in
battle in Korea and is now hos
pitalized in Japan. Corporal Shiff
bauer has been on active duty in
Korea since February. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shiff
bauer, of Madison, former resi
dents of Ewing.
2 YOUTHS ASPHYXIATED
Two Antelope county youths,
Robert Ganskow, 16, of Neligh,
and Miss Georgia Lee Mathews,
14, of Oakdale, were found dead
of asphyxiation in a parked car
near the Oakdale cemetery be
tween 1 and 2 a.m. Monday.
Ganskow’s father, Louis Gan
skow, went in search of the pair
when his son did not return
home. The girl was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mathews.
—The Frontier Engraving
RETURNS FROM KOREA . . .
Sgt. Edgar J. Boyle, son of Mr,
and Mrs. James Boyle, of O’
Neill, arrived in O’Neill Tues
day. He reached the U.S. last
weekend from Korea, where he
had been with the 25th infan
try division. He was separated
from the service at Camp Car
son, Colo.
Lutherans Launch Building Project
1. A A . » A_ . L
Gothic Edifice Will
Rise at Seventh
and Clay
Work has begun on a new
house of worship for Christ Luth
eran church parishoners.
Excavation is nearly complet
ed at the corner of Seventh and
Clay streets (immediately east of
the Holt county courthouse an
nex) where a new Gothic edifice
will arise.
Rev. Robert W. Olson, church
pastor, said Wednesday the 38 x
74 foot basement will be com
pleted before winter and the
basement will immediately be
put to use.
In recent years the Luther
ans. of the Missouri synod, have
been using the former Episco
pal church, which was moved
to West Clay street a number
of years ago from near the
present postoffice site.
Members of the building com
mittee, besides Reverend Olson,
are Lowell Culver, Robert Mil
ler, Paul Krugman, Harvey
Krugman, Durvin Kipple, Dale
Fink and George Oetter.
The new church will face east.
It will be of hollowstone tile
construction and will have art
glass windows.
The basement will include a
complete kitchen, which Luther
an ladies have been obliged to
get along without in the past.
The main floor will include a
study for the pastor.
Reverend Olson, who succeed
ed Rev. Clyde O. Cress in July,
1950, said plans for the building
were launched in July. Most of
the labor will be volunteer, ex
cept for ‘“2 or 3 masonry and
carpentry" specialists.
Reverend Olson said it was the
church’s plan to immediately
make the basement an activity
center for youth of the communi
ty, even before the mam portion
of the church is completed. There
will be ping-pong tables, darts,
shuffleboards and other equip
ment available for young folks
under adult supervision.
Reverend Olson has been ac
tive in Boy Scout work since
coming to the city.
The old church will be sold to
the highest bidder when it is a
bandoned.
Eventually, the Lutherans plan
to construct a manse near the
church.
Lloyd Collins Books
Another Big Auction
Lloyd Collins, head of the Holt
County Implements firm, has set
Friday, November 9, as the date
for another big machinery auc
tion. Sale will be held on the
east outskirts of the city, at the
junction of U.S. highways 20-275
and state highway 108, beginning
at 12:30 p.m.
Included in the offering are 18
used tractors, 12 used cornpick
ers, 5 combines, numerous plows,
listers, one-ways, elevators, wag
ons, boxes, spreaders, loaders,
some tires and miscellaneous
items.
Auctioneers will be Cols. Ed
Thorin and Wallace O’Connell,
both of O’Neill, and the O’Neill
National bank will clerk. (See
big advertisement on page 10.)
Other sales on The Frontier’s
auction calendar include:
Wednesday, November 7: Clu
ford Olson, 10 miles west and 3
miles south of Chambers, will sell
133 head of cattle, 9 horses, farm
machinery, tools and shop equip
ment. Col. Ed Thorin, of O Neill,
auctioneer; Chambers State bank,
clerk. (See ad on page 6.)
Saturday, November 10: Twen
ty-first annual fall sale of North
Central Nebraska Hereford
Breeders’ association, Bassett, of
ferin'* 70 head — 68 bulls and 2
females. For catalog write: Tug
Phillips, secretary-manager, Bas
c-ett (Catalogs have been pub
lished by The Frontier’s printing
department.)
Saturday, November 17: Leo l.
a,dams, of Atkinson, will sell 70
head of purebred Angus cattle.
(Catalogs, printed bv The Fron
tier. will be available for distri
bution soon.)
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Raymond Charles Haskin and
Miss Rena Maxine Brandt, both
of Creighton, on October 27.
Peter E. Nisseu and Mrs. Myr
ta Van Conett. both of Page, on
October 29.
Harrv Harold Hood, of Butte,
and Miss Maxine Ruth Weich
man, of Stuart, on October 29.
Kenneth Gene Small, of Am
elia, and Miss Jo Ann Ruth
Humphrey, of Atkinson, on Oc
tober 31.
Tune in! “Voice of The Fron
tier, Mon., Wed. and Sat., 9:45 a.m.
Among the volunteer workers on the new
Christ Lutheran church are (left-to-right) Paul
Krugman, Harvey Krugman, Robert Miller, Earl
Miller and W. G. Kraft, all parishoners.
.miMMJ i'juiimill.w—
The new Gothic church, ai corner ot bevenin
and Clay streets, will measure 38x74 feet, face
east. The site is immediately east of the Holt
± ± -x
—The BYontler Photo & Engraving
couniy courihouse annex. Portion ot the excava
tion is shown above.
Rev. Robert W. Olson . . . building project launched 12
months after his arrival.
Stroke Proves Fatal
to L. C. Genung
ATKINSON—A stroke several
weeks ago proved fatal about 5
p.m., Tuesday, October 30, to
Louis C. Genung. 73, retired
Atkinson farmer. He died at his
home.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Novem
ber 2, at the Methodist church.
Survivors include: Widow; son
—Louis, jr., of Atkinson: daugh
ter—Mrs. Bernard (Julia) Black
more, of Atkinson.
The late Mr. Genung was born
in Iowa and resided for a time at
Glen wood.
Douse Prairie Fire
At Clearwater—
CLEARWATER—A prairie fire
which broke out on an acreage
northwest of here Sunday after
noon was extinguished shortly
after 3 p.m. by Clearwater fire
men.
Although little or no damage
was done in the area, the Clear
water fire truck got stuck in a
muddy meadow and considerable
work was r. ieded to retrieve it.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Date Hi Lo
October 24 65 30
October 25 55 38
October 26 43 30
October 27 .. 50 33
October 28 60 38
October 29 50 34
October 30 42 33
Characters F rolic
in Masquerade Party
Mrs. Dale Curran, apearing as
“Mammy Yokuim,” member of the
illustrous family of “Lil’ Abner”
comic strip, won first prize in the
masquerade party Tuesday eve
ning, sponsored by the American
Legion.
Second prize went to Fred Ap
pleby, who was clad as a hedious
primitive caveman. Mrs. H. D.
Gildersleeve received third place,
as a masked beauty from an Or
iental harem.
A dance followed.
The Legion, togeth* with the
Chamber of Commerce, Lions club
and auxiliary, entertained high
school students at the club Wed
nesday night.
Frontier for printing V
Holt Angus to
Ft. Robinson
Dr. Marvel Baker, associate di
rector of the University of Ne
braska agricultural experiment
station, has purchased 18 head of
Angus heifers from Holt county
Angus breeders for use in re
search work at the north-central
states cattle research station at
Ft. Robinson.
The purebred heifers will be
used as a basis for an additional
line of Aberdeen - Angus in
breeding research. The heifers
were purchased from Ray Siders,
Fora Knight and Freeman
Knight, all of O’Neill.
The other line of Angus at the
Ft. Robmson station is based on
animals given to the University
of Nebraska by Nebraska and
South Dakota breeders.
The station is operated coop
eratively by the University of
Nebraska agricultural experi
mental station and the bureau of
animal industry of the U.S. de
partment of agriculture.
The Ft. Robinson station com
prises about 20,000 acres. About
350 head of female Hereford and !
Angus now are being used in
breeding research.
Mrs. Anna Coover, 80,
Expires in Illinois
PAGE—Word has been receiv-1
ed at Page of the death of Mrs. |
Anna Coover, 80, who was mak
ing an extended visit with her)
sister, Mrs. Martin Hall, and
family, of Braidwood, 111.
She died Thursday morning,
October 25. She had made her
home in Page since her marriage
to S. G. Coover.
Mr. Coover passed away May
31, 1951.
Prayer, Self-Denial
Service Held—
CHAMBERS — The Women’s
Society of Christian Service
held a program in observance of
the week of prayer and self
denial at the church Sunday eve
ning, October 28.
The theme of the meeting was
“Thy Will Be Done.” Mrs. Louis
Neilson was in charge of the
program with Mrs. Sarah Adams
leading the devotionals.
MRS. OHMART, 78,
ILL A YEAR, DIES
Burial Here for Widow
of Longtime Minister
in Community
Mrs. Luella Mae Ohmart, 78,
widow of a minister, died late
Saturday, October 27, at her home
in O’Neil!. She had been in fail
ing health for a year.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday, October 30, at
- p m. at the Assembly of God
church here. Burial was in Pros
pect Hill cemetery under direc
tion of Biglin Bros.
Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Hall of
ficiated. Singers were Mrs. Roy
Sauers, Reverend Hall, Mrs. C.
E. Worth and Junior Worth and
Mrs. Floyd Spindler was pianist
Hymns sung were “Shall We
Gather at the River”, ‘The Solid
Rock", and “It Is Well With My
Soul."
Pallbearers were Floyd Spind
er, of Atkinson; Reuben Redling
'r, of Page; Melvin Johring,
clarence Ernst, Homer Ernst and
Jtto Lorenz, all of O’Neill.
The late Mrs. Ohmart, whose
naiden name was Luella Mae
3uck, was born October 11, 1873,
at Vicksburg, Mich. She lived in
Michigan for a time, where on
January 11, 1893, at Chippawa
Lake, she married Rev Samuel
McClellan Ohmart.
Her parents’ names were Am
mon Minor and Laura June Buck.
The Ohmarts became the par
ents of 7 children. Three daugh
ters, Mrs. Erma Hansen. Mrs.
Florence Bradley and Darleigh
Ray, and an infant son preceded
her in death.
The Ohmarts came to Holt
county in 1904, first settling at
Atkinson. They then lived in
the neighborhoods of Phoenix,
Eagle Valley, Emmet, Center
Union and O'Neill.
Throughout their 53 years of
married life the Ohmarts labored
in gospel work. The late Rever
end Ohmart was pastor for a time
at Center Union church.
Survivors include daughters—
Mis. Velma Crawford and Mrs.
Merle Pore boom, of Pomona, CaL,
and Mrs. Arnold (Elsa) Redlinger,
of O'Neill; 8 grandchildren; 2 sis
ters—Mrs. Melintha Bedell, of
Diamond Dale, Mich., and Mrs.
Marcena Kendricks, of Grand
Lodge, Mich.; brother—William
Buck, of Orchard.
Retired Merchant
Dies at Stuart
STUART — A retired Stuart
merchant, Frank Root, 74, died
Tuesday afternoon, October 30,
in the Community hospital at
Stuart. For a number of yeara
he operated a harness shop at
Stuart.
Mr. Root had been in poor
health several years .and had
been hospitalized about a week.
He was born at Eagle on March
25, 1877, and came to Holt coun
ty with his parents in 1891.
Survivors include a sister and
a brother.
No funeral arrangements have
yet been made.
Go to Reunion
in Arkansas—
Mr. and Mrs. Don Lyons re
turned Sunday night from a trip
to Rogers, Ark., where they at
tended a family reunion of Mrs.
Lyons’s relatives at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Buell Skaggs.
Besides Mrs. Don Lyons, her 5
brothers and 2 sisters and their
families were there. Several she
had not seen for-14 years. There
were about 42 relatives at the
dinner and family pictures were
taken during the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Lyons alse
visited Mr. Lyons’s mother, Mrs.
Nellie E. Lyons, and his uncle,
Lee Pryor, of Kodiak Island,
Alaska, who was a guest of Mrs.
Nellie Lyons.
Harrison-Olson to Vie
for Stefan's Seat—
R. D. (“Bob”) Harrison, of
Norfolk, walked off with the re
publican nomination for Third
district congressman in a state
post-primary nominating conven
tion Tuesday at Columbus. The
democratic nominee is Carl F.
Oison, 40-year-old Fremont may
or, who was chosen at a meeting
of democratic delegates at Nor
folk.
Harrison and Olson will com
pete in a special election Decem
ber 4 to determine who succee&r
the late Congressman Karl Stef
an.
Attends Kaycee
Party—
Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy
went to Omaha Saturday, and on
Sunday Mr. McCarthy attended a
Knights of Columbus meeting of
the 1st and 2d districts, with a
dinner at a hotel. They also vis
ited with their daughter, Misa
Beverly, and son, Edward.
