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FALL IS FATAL TO HENRY WERNER Longtime Resident Dies from Shock Following Shoulder Injury ATKINSON—Services will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in St. John’s Lutheran church for Henry J. (“Hank”) Werner, 83, who died Sunday, November 4, in the Stuart Community hospi tal. Death was a result of shock and a weakened heart condition caused from a fall at his home late Saturday night. Rev. E. G. Ihrig will have charge of the ser vices. The late Mr. Werner was born January 1. 1868, in Frank lin Grove, 111. He was a son of Elias and Ellen Norra Werner. Most of his boyhood was spent in and near Freeport. I1L In 1885 the family moved to Holt county and settled on a farm 6 miles east and 1 north of At kinson. In 1891 Henry moved to the place where he lived at the time of his death. On May ^3, 1901, he was mar ried to Amelia Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Werner celebrated their golden wadding anniversary last May. He was helping a son, Harry, and a grandson, Kenneth Huston, with, livestock late Saturday when he fell, striking his shoul der so hard that the shoulder bone was forced out from the socket. A doctor was summoned and he was removed to the Stu art hospital, about noon Sunday. He seemed to have been resting •^easier after the bone had been put back into place, but it is thought that shock and a weak ened heart condition caused the death. Survivors include: Widow; sons —Wayne, of Spinnard, Alaska; Harry, of Emmet, and Kenneth, of Chambers; daughters — Mrs. Cecil (Mabel) Bogue and Mrs. Lila Snyder, both of Atkinson; 6 grandchildren; brother— Wayne, of Atkinson; sisters — Ida, Elsie and Carrie Werner, and Mrs. Ger trude Raymer and Mrs. Joe All brecht, all of Atkinson. Petersen-Hancock , Suit Is Aired The Charley Petersen vs. Holt County Treasurer J. Ed Hancock law suit, in which Petersen seeks to restrain Hancock from collecting the 4-mill blanket tax on Petersen’s property in rural school district 231, Wednesday j was argued for Vh. hours before Judge D. R. Mounts in Holt coun ty district court. Jfidge Mounts gave the attor neys 10 days in which to file ad ditional briefs and will take the matter under consideration. Daniel Stubbs, of Lincoln, and Julius D. Cronin, of O’Neill, pre sented arguments as attorneys for the plaintiff; William Glea son, assistant Nebraska attorney general, defended the blanket tax law adopted by the 1949 legisla ture. William W. Griffin, Holt attorney, also represents Han cock, the nominal defendant. Petersen contends the blanket tax law is unconstitutional and unfair. Hancock, according to law, is pressing collection. In district 231 Petersen’s tax is over $900 from the blanket levy. Probably 100-thousand-dollars is at stake in the issue in Holt county alone, several million dol lars in the state. Regardless of Judge Mount’s finding the matter is expected to be appealed to the supreme court. St. Mary’s Crowns Homecoming Royalty _* i Donald Donohoe was crowned king and Miss Carolyn Lee was revealed as queen of homecoming festivities at St. Mary’s academy Wednesday night, November 7. The coronation took place at the gymnasium. The king’s attendants were James DeBacker, first, and Don avan Becker, second. The king and his aides were elected by members of the pep club. The queen and her attendants, Dor othy Donohoe, first, and Suzanne Moss, second, were elected by members of the football team. All members of the royal par ty are seniors. King Donohoe is an outstanding football player, ranking as a top scorer in state 6-man grid circles. Queen Caro lyn’s home is at Brownlee. | The homecoming festivities closed with a post-game dance at the SMA gymnasium. Many former students joined in the fes tivities. St. Mary’s won, 34-15, over St. Joseph’s, of York, in the home coming game, with Don Donohoe and Jerry Wanser accounting for all O’Neill points. Don ran back a kickoff 79 yards. Slate School Chief Coming Friday— State Superintendent Freeman Decker will speak at the first meeting of the Holt county school boards Friday, 1:30 p.m., Novem ber 9. This meeting will be held in the court house assembly room. Many current school problems will be discussed. —The Frontier RnsravtnR Leo T. Adams . . . will dis perse his Angus herd. ★ ★ ★ Machinery Sale Tops Auction Calendar Lloyd Collins’s big machinery and farm equipment auction on Friday, November 9, heads The Frontier’s sale calendar. Sale be gins at 12:30 p.m. at east edge of city. Included in the offering are 18 used tractors, 12 used corn pickers, 5 combines, plows, discs, and many other items. Cols. Ed Thorin and Wallace O’Connell are auctioneers; O’ Neill National bank, clerk. Saturday, November 10: Twen ty-first annual fall sale of North Central Nebraska Hereford Breeders’ association, Bassett, of fering 70 head — 68 bulls and 2 females. For catalog write: Tug Phillips, secretary-manager, Bas sett. (Catalogs have been pub lished by The Frontier’s printing department.) Wednesday, November 14: A combination sale, Bethany Pres byterian church and M. F. Grib le. (See advertisement on page 11) Friday, November 16: R. E. Dunkelberger, who resides 2Vz miles north of Page and 3 miles west, will offer 31 head of cattle and some other personal prop erty at auction. Col. Buv Wan ser, auctioneer; Max Wanser, clerk. (See advertisement on page 4.) Saturday, November 17: Leo T. Adams, of Atkinson, will sell 70 head of purebred Angus cattle. Sale will be held at the Atkinson Livestock M.arket under direction of the Weller - Adams Auction Service. Mr. Adams has been a pioneer Angus breeder over the years and he is dispersing his ' herd because of his new affilia tion in the auction business. (See, advertisement on page 6. Cat alogs, printed by The Frontier, are available). George Crawford Dies Suddenly ATKINSON—Funeral services ' were conducted at 2 p.m., Mon day, November 5, for George Crawford, 84-year-'old Atkinson resident, who died late Thursday following a heart attack. He was seated in an easy chair at his home when he was fatally strick en. , Survivors include: Son — Jay Crawford, of Atkinson; daugh- , ters—Mrs. Carlton Davis, of Er- ( icson, and Mrs. John Bennett, of Hay Springs. The late George Crawford’s . wife died several years ago. There are 4 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Walter Estleford } Dies in Michigan— Mrs. Ralph Bauman received , word that Walter Estleford had , passed away on Thursday, Octo ber 11, at the home of his daugh- . ter in Wayland, Mich. Mr. Estle ford formerly lived north of O’- ( Neill and his wife, the former , Jessie Bellinger, is Mrs. Bauman’s cousin. They had been visiting their children at Wayland and were ( planning to return to their home in California when he had a j stroke and never recovered. MANY STORES OPEN « The retail trade committee of the O’Neill Chamber of Com- ( merce decided this week that most O’Neill retail stores will be ] open on Monday, November 12. . Some firms, however, plan to 1 close in observance of Armistice day. A meeting of the Chamber < of Commerce is scheduled for I Monday, November 12, at 7 p.m. < There will be musical entertain ment on the program. I C BAR M HEREFORDS TOP FUTURITY . . . Entries from the C Bar M Hereford ranch (above), located £ miles south of O’Neill, established a new mark in the 10-year history of the Cornhuskej Hereford futurity at Broken Bow, called the state’s biggest Here ford show. The C Bar M, with Clair McVay, of O’Neill, and J. F. Contois, of Clearwater, as partners, showed both grand champion bull and female in last Thursday’s competition, then got the top . iirr «*.«. 0 —The Frontier Photo & Engraving prices for both animals in the sales ring Friday. This is the first 1 time any exhibitor has made a clean sweep of futurity laurels. The * grand champ bull was CM Modern Mischief, selling for $5,000; the j grand champion female was CM Mixer’s Lass, bringing $2,000. Me Vay was elected vice-president of the Nebraska Hereford associa tion at the annual business meeting. t I ' * * 4 * •- -*> r «* ' 12 PAGES — 2 SECTIONS VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 27. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1951. PRICE: 7 CENT* HOME TALENT IN M1NSTRE Lions Charity Show Will Be Loaded with Music and Comedy An old - fashioned southern minstrel with black end men, folk song soloists and a “mili tary” squad in a comedy stunt will show before O’Neill fun-lov -rs next Wednesday evening, No vember 14, at the O’Neill public school auditorium. The Lions club-sponsored pro duction, with net proceeds going to charity, is under the direction af Tom S. Howell, of Emporia, Kans., whose profession is reviv ing minstrels from Canada to the 3ulf of Mexico. Recently he was featured in an article in The American magazine. The interlocutor will be the "Voice of The Frontier" an nouncer, George Hammond. Six end men, who will sing songs, spring gags and do com edy skits, are Roy D. Johnson, jr., Charles Yarnall, Grant Pea cock, John C. Watson, Roy Lundgren and Matthew G. Be ha. Vocal soloists will be Kathleen Flood Hansen, Rev. R. W. Olson md John Bowen. J. H. Doerning witll be “Par son Gumbo.” Allan VanVleck will “captain” he military squad, which will be geared to win laughs, not wars. Privates” in the outfit will be Robert Moore, Burl Munsell, Ar o Hiatt, John Bowen, Raymond Eby, John Donohoe and Charles Rouser. To clinch the novel nature of ;he show, the curtain time has aeen set for 8:12% p.m. Tickets are on sale at most business firms and from individ ual Lions club members. rB Committees Ready Campaign Headquarters of the Nebraska ruberculosis association have seen set up in the basement of the Holt county courthouse. A jroup of about 30 women of O’ Neill and surrounding towns has /olunteered services for the mail ng of Christmas seals through )ut the county about November 19. The proceeds of the seal sale his year as always will be used ;o finance the program of the Nebraska Tuberculosis associa ion. This year the seal carries a hcture of a Jolly Santa Claus a ong with the double-barred cross vhich is the international symbol )f the fight against tuberculosis, he registered insignia of the na ;ional tuberculosis organization, is well as its affiliate, the Ne braska Tuberculosis association. Buy these stamps and ask for nore to help prevent and stamp jut the most deadly of com nunicable diseases. Tuberculosis s the disease which takes a 'reater annual toll than high vays. Among the volunteer workers ire: Mesdames James Rooney, F. N. Jronin, M. J. Golden, John Con ird, Guy Cole, H. J. Hammond, r. J. Fischer, H. E. Coyne. Mesdames J. P. Brown, L. A. 3urgess, C. E. Lundgren, T. A. Jreene, A. W. Carroll, Ira Moss, 3. B. Harty, A. P. Jaszkowiak, lenry F. Martin, George Head, j. D. Putnam. Mesdames Frank Parkins, J. L. sherbahn, H. L. Lindberg, John Watson, Robert Evans, Bennett Jillespie, C. J. Gatz. Mesdames William B i g 1 i n, lardin Anspach, Tony Asimus, fohn Stuifbergen, William Mcln osh, O. W. French. Mail opening committee in cudes Mesdames Dale Kersen jrock, James Carney and E. M. Jallagher. Miss Bernadette Brennan is mblicity chairman. Mr. Loguidice . . . shown with the Greenfields several years ago. (Story at right.) Chorus Will Present Handels Oratorio Do you like to exercise your vocal cords in the shower? Are you a basso profundo, a contralto, or do you “just sing”? It doesn’t matter as long as you enjoy it, if you’ll go to the high school auditorium Wednesday night, November 14, at 6:30 o’ clock for the first rehearsal of Handel’s Messiah” to be present ed in December. The first rehearsal was set at an early hour in order not to in terfere with the Liops club min strel rehearsal later in the eve ning. Subsequent rehearsals will be scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Director Charles B. Houser an nounced plans for this first an nual presentation, which is be ing made possible through the cooperation of the O’Neill Cham ber of Commerce, School Super intendent D. E. Nelson and Sister Antonella, of St. Mary’s academy. Each and every person, old and young, in O’Neill and surround ing towns and areas, is invited to join this community choir. There will be no vocal auditions given for membership. The only pre requisite is that you like to sing, Mr. Houser said. Music has Deen oraerea ana will be on hand Wednesday night. If you have your own copy of the music, however, pleast bring it for your personal use. With the cooperation of the church choirs and their directors, the vocal music departments headed by Sister Flores, of St. Mary’s academy, and James Bas tian, of the public school, and townspeople who enjoy singing, it is intended the city should ben efit by this effort. Mr. Bastian will be pianist and organist for the presentation. Soloists will be announced later. Everyone who can sing is urged to come and make this first an nual civic chorus project a huge success! School Hearing Here December 8 The Nebraska legislative coun cil’s education committee has scheduled a public hearing at O’ Neill on Saturday, December 8. Announcement was made in Lin coln Saturday by State Sen. Glen Cramer, of Albion, chairman of the legislature’s education com mittee. Senator Cramer said the group is planning a series of such meet ings, the first of which was held Friday in Lincoln. The commit tee heard recommendations for equalization of assessments, more redistricting, state aid for schools and higher certification stand ards. Return to Omaha— Mr. and Mrs. Henry Godek re turned to Omaha, Sunday after spending 2 weeks in O’Neill vis iting relatives. MAN’S BODY FOUND FROZEN IN DITCH Soldiers’ Home Resident Dies from Natural Causes Leo Logiudice, 65, a resident of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ home at Grand Island, was found dead in a ditch beside a road here a bout 10:30 a.m. Friday. The discovery was made by Ira Summers, who found the body, the head partly submerged in water, near the Burlington rail road tracks on the Tenth street road, between the city and the O’Neill livestock sales pavilion. Authorities, who investigated, said death was caused by natural causes. The body was removed to Bas sett where funeral services were held Sunday. Mr. Logiudice was born in Italy Sept. 30, 1887, and immi grated to this country at the age of 14. He entered the U.S. military service during World War I> Only survivors in this part of the country include a step-daugh ter, Mrs. Floyd Greenfield, who resides near Bassett. The late Mr. Loguidice married Mrs. Green field’s mother. He Is survived by several brothers and sisters in New York City. He went from New York City to Bassett 5 years ago to reside with the Greenfields. He stayed with them for about 4 years, and has been residing for the past year at the home at Grand Island. Mrs. Greenfield said he was enroute to their heme at the time of his death. She theorized that her step-father, who had been in failing health, started to walk south from the edge of O’Neill, thinking he was on the road to the Greenfield place from the east edge of Bassett. He had reached here by bus and had asked the bus driver to discharge him at the east edge of town. Holt County Attorney William W. Griffin said Mr. Loguidice died from natural causes and that his frozen body showed no evidence of violence. Jerry Brennan Finds Uranium Jerry Brennan, 28, a native O’ Neillite and son of Mr. and Mrs Neil P. Brennan, has reported finding considerable carnotite— the principal low-grade uranium ore—while hunting for artifacts in the Black Hills. Location is 10 miles north of Edgemont, S.D., in the Harney national forest. Young Brennan is assistant U.S. district attorney at Rapid City and an instructor at the South Dakota School of Mines. Radioactivity in the ore was reported as good as the average in the Colorado carnotite, which is being mined extensively for the atomic energy commissions. Observers say if, as the discov erer believes, the deposits are extensive the find could be as important and probably produc tive of excitement as the discov ery of gold near Custer back in the 1870s. The government has posted a reward of $10,000 to any discov erer of uranium deposits. Mr. Brennan has made no attempt to claim mining rights where he made the discovery. A former Holt resident, Mrs. J. A. Pfeiler, 209 South Fifth st., Hot Springs, S.D., reported to The Frontier that Brennan’s discov ery has created ‘‘a lot of excite ment and rush for claims.” Young Brennan’s father, who now lives at Gering, formerly operated a hardware store here. The Frontier for printing. 1 John Siler, 5, Hit by Moving Auto ATKINSON—John Siler, 5, an Atkinson boy, was struck by a moving automobile driven by Charles W. Witt, 33, cf Lincoln. Witt, a jeweler, was driving east on U.S. highway 20, near the mo tels on the northwest edge of the city, when the incident occurred. State Highway Patrolman Frank M. Dineen reported that the lad was standing on the north side of the road and dashed onto the highway when a westbound stock truck had passed. The passenger car was braked and skidded a short distance tc avoid striking the child. The boy suffered a broken right leg, a broken collarbone and possible other injuries. He is in the Stuart hospital. JOHN SLADEK, 30, DIES SUDDENLY Young Rancher Reenters Hospital for Surgery; Rites Here A 30-year-old Chambers ranch er. Jahn Sladek, died early Fri day in Our Lady or Lourdes hos pital, Norfolk. The young ranch er had been hospitalized for a time following a major surgical operation and he was released Tuesday, October 30, from the hospital. Later in the week he reentered the hospital, submitted once more to surgery and died unexpectedly. The body was removed to Big lin Bros, funeral home in O’Neill where it lay in state un til 10 a.m., Monday, Novem ber 5, when fu neral rites were con ducted at St. Pat rick’s Catholic church. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. John Sladek A rosary was offered Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at the Big lin chapel. The late Mr. Sladek was born at Verdigre on February 24, 1921, a son of John and Julia Kaleno Sladek. He came to Holt county from Knox couty in 1931, His fa ther preceded him in death. Survivors include: Mother — Mrs. John Sladek; brothers—Lod, of Chambers; Stephen of Atkin son; George, of Chambers; sisters —Mrs. Helen Pokorny, of Atkin son; Mrs. Cecelia Peters and Mrs. Marie Peters, both of O’Neill. Pallbearers were Richard Leh man, Lawrence Tangeman, Rob ert Koci, Larry Pribil, Louis Peters and Frank Peters. Ag Class Ownership Averages About $400 The O’Neill vocational agricul ture class of 39 boys took an in ventory of their livestock and crop ownings. The result was im pressive. The list of their own ings follows: Beef cows _21 Beef calves .. 18 Beef heifers_' 8 Sows and litters_28 Barrow'._14 Beef steers __■_18 Breeding ewes_:_ 6 Dairy cows _ 2 Dairy heifers _ 14 Chickens 395 Com 45 acres Oats _ 45 acres Rye 8 acres Wheat _ 8 acres Bees 30 hiyes The value of the crops and livestock is estimated to be $16, 900, making an average of about $400 per boy. Some of the upper classmen have a net worth of ! over $3,000. The main objective of this course is to develop and increase a farming program that will en able the boys to begin farming 3bter they graduate without bor rowing a large amount of money, an hdelp develop their ability to ipake the business of farming a success. While developing farming pro grams the boys obtain technical knowledge of agriculture and the practice necessary to make it work. The ooys receive the lat est improved practices and put them to work on their borne ’arm. Mir. Giedd Honored— Mr. and Mrs. Arcb Densber jer, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Yusten, Clayton Nesner and daughter, Sleta, were Friday night dinner ;uests at the home of Mr. and ,frs. Albert Giedd, in honor of ; Ir. Giedd’s birthday anniversary. Tune in! “Voice of The Fron- < ier, Mon., Wed. and Sat., 9:45 a.m. LEASE BIDDERS ‘THREATENED’ Senator Nelson Makes Charges Friday in Lincoln O’Neill’s State Sen. Frank Nel son tossed a grenade into the squabble between state school land leaseholders and the board of educational lands and fund* Friday in Lincoln. He doggedly charged super visors of school land lease auc tions with “threatening bidders" —and the statement touched-off reverberations in the state press. Senator Nelson, himself a school land leaseholder until an attorney-general’s opinion a few months ago held that legislators were not eligible lessees, said the “threat” was in the form of warnings that $1 and $5 bids would not be approved by the board of educational lands and funds. “I don’t think that’s right," he said. The board has rejected bids which it felt were too low. John Kleckner, supervisor of sales, has told the board there had been evidence of collusion in some counties to hold down the site of the bids. In Cherry county, bidders offered only $1 per lease as "buyer resistance.** Gov. Val Peterson, chairman of the board, said he did not care to comment on Nelson’s remarks. Senator Nelson said the auc tioning of leases—in compliance with a supreme court decision invalidating leases written after 1947—had created “neighborhood grudges." He said that some farmers had maliciously “run up the bidding" against holders of the void leases “because they knew the poor fellow couldn’t operate without that school land.” Nebraska, observed the senat or, “can’t afford neighborhood enmity.” The school land dispute is “such a mess,” he said, “that if I were to vote again, I’d seriously consider voting for selling the land.” Senator Nelson voted against a bill offered in the 1949 session providing for the sale of the land. “I did that against my own self-interest and in the interest of the state,” he said. A solution to the whole prob lem, Nelson believes, is a com plete reappraisal of the school lands’ value. Renters pay 6 per cent of the appraised value each year. “We gave the board that right in 1949,” Nelson said, “I think it should use it more.” He said that he felt "wheat land in the panhandle is quite a little under-appraised," but that land in his area in north central Nebraska "is often higher than I would pay for it. from my business experience." Nelson represents Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha and Rock counties which have extensive school land acreage. He said his mail has been he - vy with bitter letters from les sees. “I tell them the legislature can't override the supreme court but the supreme court can over ride the legislature,” he said, r, y "I've advised them to get them selves a lawyer smart enough to break the decision.” Henry Bartling, secretary of the state board of educational lands and funds, Saturday denied Senator Nelson’s charge that po tential bidders were being “threatened." “To the best of my knowledge,” Bartling said, “no person con ducting a sale has ‘threatened* any one." Senator Nelson, having held school land for many years and having been interested in state government for sometime, is probably one of the best students of the lease problem. He has cov ered the state and attended school land hearings in most sec tions. The O’Neill salon-farmer was in Lincoln over the weekend foi* committee hearings when he sounded-off on the “threatening bidders” matter. And what he had to say was given generous space in the metropolitan dailies. He is a member of the education committee. Kelleys Plan )pen- House— Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kel ey, sr., of Inman, will celebrate heir 55th wedding anniversary iunday, November 11. They will receive their friends etween 2 and 5 at the IOOF hall t Inman. L.-D. Putnam spent from Sun ay until Tuesday in Martin and Pineridge, S.D., on business. *