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VOLUME 71._NUMBER 34. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1951.__PRICEi 7 CENT!
—The Frontier Photo & Engraving
Wolfgang Wilfich . . . learned art and music in his native
Germany.
WOMAN LEAVES
86 DESCENDANTS
Mrs. Elias L. Clark, 77,
Dies After 7 Years
Illness
Mrs. Ellas L. Clark, 77, died at
1:45 p.m., Sunday, December 23,
* at her home here, leaving 86 de
scendants.
She had been ill about 7 years.
Funeral services will be held
today (Thursday) at the Metho
dist church with Rev. V. R. Bell,
church pastor, officiating.
The late Mrs. Clark, the former
Eva May Walruth, was born May
5, 1874, at South Dannesville,
N.Y. Her parents were Jacob and
Sarah May Walruth. She was
reared by the Kirstine Thomas
family. On March 23, 1890, she
married Elias Luther Clark at
Hornell, N.Y. They became the
parents of 10 children, 4 of whom
preceded their mother in death.
The Clarks came to Holt
county from Bulah, W. Va„ in
1907, and homesteaded 11 miles
north of Page. They operated a
telephone exchange known as
the "Clark switch" for a num
ber of years, later residing on
the northeast outskirts of O'
Neill.
Mr. Clark, who is 92, has been
critically ill for many months.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons — Luther Clark of Wichita,
Kans.; Floyd B. Clark, of O’Neill;
daughters—Mrs. Sarah Timmer
man, of O’Neill; Mrs. Rose Han
sen, of Vona, Colo.; Mrs. Ella
Murphy, of Ford, Kans.; Mrs.
Mary Ferris, of O’Neill; brother
—Bejamin F. Walruth, of Ham
mond’s Port, N.Y.; sister—Mrs.
Cora Trowbridge, of Homell, N.
Y.; 37 grandchildren; 27 great
grandchildren; 21 great - great
grandchildren.
■* Mrs. Clark became a member
of the Methodist church in 1944.
She has been an invalid since
September 21, 1944.
Pallbearers will be Peter Web
er, Ray Osborn, James Mullen,
Robert Ferris. Charles Pritchett
and James Van Every.
Home Decoration
Winners Named
Winners in the Chamber of
Commerce’s annual yule home
decoration contest have been an
nounced, according to President
D. D. DeBolt.
They are: (North of Douglas
street): Carl Asimus residence,
first; Palmer Skulborstad resi
dence, second .
South side (South of Douglas):
Tim Harrington residence, first;
Norman Medcalf residence, sec
y ond.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 5 p.m., daily fellows:
) f Hi Lo Prec.
Dec. 20_9 -3
Dec. 21_6 -13
Dec. 22 _82 -1
Dec. 23_20 -2
Dec. 24_19 3
Dec. 25 _21 4
Dec. 26_19 2
Miss Janet Strong
Has Birthday —
Mrs. Harold Strong entertained
11 girls in honor of her daughter,
Janet, on Sunday, December 23.
Games were played for entertain
ment. She received many gifts.
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Painters Finish
Church Interior
Interior decorators Saturday
completed a $5,800 project at
St. Patrick’s Catholic church
here. The project was original
ly scheduled to be completed
in 4 weeks but ran into the 7th
week before the painters fin
ished.
The lifesize murals were the
freehand work of Wolfgang
Wittich, a native of Germany
who studied painting at Leip
zig. The group of modern art
ists capable of doing murals on
the interiors of large churches
is very small. There are only 2
competent artists in the city of
Chicago, 111.
Mr. Wittich said the national
headquarters of the society was
located at Munich, Germany,
and many of their paint formu
las, original sketches and rec
ords were destroyed by World
War II aerial bombardment.
Mr. Wittich has been in the
U.S. 25 years.
The “Voice of The Frontier”
special events unit visited St.
Patrick’s church last Thursday.
Mr. Wittich sang Gounod’s
“Ave Maria” from a scaffold, as
he has done before. George
Hammond’s tape-recorded in
terview was rebroadcast on the
Saturday “Voice” program
(WJAG). Wittich also stu
died music in Germany and has
done some radio work in the
U.S.
Besides Wittich there were a
half-dozen other painters doing
less artistic work than the mur
als.
Wittich has to his credit a
large number of jobs, including
churches of several denomina
tions and various lodge halls
throughout the country.
Last-Minute Surge
Lift to Merchants
Eleventh hour Christmas shop
ping proved fashionable this year.
But only because of adverse road
and weather conditions during
most of the yule buying period.
The weatherman smiled on on
ly one shopping weekend between
Thanksgiving and Christmas and,
except for the crowds that pour
ed into O’Neill stores Saturday
and Monday, the retail sales for
many of the merchants would
have been considerably below ex
pectations.
But many leading stores re
ported heavy 11th hour traffic
and woundup the December sell
ing in good shape.
Acting Postmaster Thomas J.
Sullivan said figures are not yet
complied at the O’Neill office
but there is every indication the
O’Neill postal employees handled
an all-time record volume of
mail. No extra employees were
hired but all regular employees
and auxiliary clerks were oblig
ed to work overtime.
Reports from mail terminals
Wednesday told of mountains of
parcel post still in transit. Wed
nesday’s westbound mainline pas
senger-mail train on the North
western railroad was running 2
hours late, mainly attributed to
heavy mail volume. For 10 days
the C&NW trains were up to 0
hours tardy.
To Missouri —
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Munsel and
sons departed-Sunday for a 10-day
visit with Mrs. Munsell’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Butler, at
Springfield, Mo. They will return
on New Year’s day.
WM. STORTS, 86,
DIES CHRISTMAS
Retired O’Neill Rancher
111 Several Months;
Born in Ohio
William Storts, 86, retired O'
Neill rancher, died about 3:40
p.m., Christmas day, December
25, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Francis Clark, in O’Neill.
He had been in ill health several
months.
For many years Mr. Storts re
sided on a ranch 12 miles south
west of here. He was bom Sep
tember 6, 1865, in Ohio, and came
to Holt county at the age of 15,
arriving in 1880.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday. December 29,
at 2 p.m., at the Assembly ot
God church with Rev. Wayne
A. Hall, church pastor, officiat
ing. Burial will be in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
On October 27, 1897, he married |
Ida Hershiser at O’Neill. They
became the parents of 6 children.!
Survivors include: Son — Sam
Storts, of Jewell, Ore.; daughters
—Mrs. Francis Clark, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. J. E. Terry, of Lindsay,
Mont.; 14 grandchildren and 4
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Storts died in 1942.
The late Mr. Storts was well
known in south-Holt county. Be
fore retiring he sold his ranch to
Dewey C. Schaffer.
The body is at Biglin Brothers
funeral home. Pallbearers will be
Dewey C. Schaffer, Emmet Mc
Caffery, Henry Benze, Andy
Clark, James T. Earley and John
M. Grutsch.
3d in Family Makes
European Tour
Dr. Nadine Coyne, of Philadel
phia, Pa., returned to the U.S. in
time to spend the Christmas hol
idays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh E. Coyne, and her sis
ters, the Misses Mary Kathryn
and Veronica.
She became the 3d member of
the Coyne family to complete a
European tour this year.
The Misses Mary Kathryn
(“Kay”) and Veronica (“Ronnie”)
did the old country from Ireland
to Italy during the summer and
early fall.
Nadine worked in her travel a
broad while transferring from a
Philadelphia hospital, where she
has been an interne, to a resi
dency at Kansas City, Kans.,
where she will specialize in phys
ical medicine. She reports to her
new post January 5 and will be
connected with the University of
Kansas medical center.
In some respects the tours par
alleled. Kay and Ronnie, barn
storming together, first went to
France then to Spain, Southern
France, Italy, Switzerland, Ger
many, the Low Countries, Eng
land and Ireland.
Nadine went to France, crossed
into the Low Countries and trav
elled by boat up the Rhine to
Switzerland. From there she went
to Italy and Austria. She made
the trip with a lady friend, start
ing in October.
Both tours were informally il
lustrated with colored slides Sun
day evening at the St. Mary’s a
cademy library with the ladies
giving commentaries on their
travels.
Club Holds Party—
The members of the RSS club
held a Christmas party on Wed
nesday, December 19, at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Switzer. A
7 o’clock dinner was served to
14 members. Gifts were ex
changed. !
—The Frontier Engraving
GETS AIR INDOCTRINATION
. . . Pvt. Joe Hood, 21 (above),
son of E. S. Hood, of O’Neill, is
completing his air force basic
airmen indoctrination course at
Lackland base, the “gateway to
the air force.’’ Lackland is situ
ated near San Antonio, Tex.
Who’ll Be No. 1 in 1952?
Fifteen O’Neill business firms
once again will join The Frontier
with a shower of gifts for Holt
county’s first-born baby in the
new year.
Only string attached is that the
baby must be born within the
boundaries of Holt county.
The generous O’Neill merchants
will provide the champ of the
1952 baby derby everything from
a wool blanket to 500 pounds of
coal.
Parents needn’t be residents of
Holt county. For full contest de
tails, a complete description of
the shower gifts and an entry
blank, turn to pages 10 and 11 of
this issue.
As usual the Spelts-Ray Lbr.
Co. will provide the parents 500
pounds of coal. Baby must keep
snug and warm, you know.
McDonald’s will present a 100
percent wool Chatham blanket,
white. Helps, too, in keeping ba
by comfy.
Drying diapers can be a
rough chore during winter
months. No chore at all with a
high-boy wooden clothes dryer
like Coyne's Hardware is pre
senting.
O’Neill Photo Co. will present
one 8”xl0” tinted enlargement
with frame and 12 3’’x5” mounted
prints. Baby can pose for Mr.
Photographer any time during
those precious early weeks.
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Previous Champs
1947
KATHLEEN WANSER
4 a.m., January 2, 1947
1948
NANCY ELAINE
HARSHFIELD
6:35 a.m., January 1, 1948
1949
JAMES MICHAEL BEHA
7 a.m., January 1, 1949
1950
DAVID LYNN TRACY
1 a.m., January 1, 1950
1951
BETTY JEAN KNOELL
9:10 a.m., January 7, 1951
Neligh Creamery wants first
baby sjtrong and healthy—hence
a case of vitamin D homogenized
milk that may be drawn from
any one of a group of O’Neill
stores.
Jacobson’s had big brother and
big sister in mind, too, when they
decided to give the first-comer a
Hank’s Craft bottle warmer and
vaporizer. Of course, it’s electric.
Gambits have set aside a ba
by’s car seat. Thus, baby can ride
as proud and as comfortable as
other members of the family
when they take a spin in the car.
New Outlaw Grocery has re
served a case of Gerber’s baby
food. Yes sir, a complete case!
Biglin Brothers join in the 1952
shower with a toilet adapter.
Saves wear and tear on the wash
ing machine and the diapers.
Plastic, it rests on china toilet
bowl.
Midwest Furniture & Appliance
will present a child’s training
chair made from solid birch.
Shelhamer Foods wants the
honored one to have a good start
—hence a case of Heinz babj
food.
McIntosh Jewelry will providi
for the lucky one their customary
gift — a 10-karat gold infant.
ring. It’s something he (or she
will cherish for life.
At Gilligan's Rexall store
there will await the '52 champ
a baby's water bottle.
McCarvilles will present a paii
of Red Goose shoes. All childrei
love Red Goose shoes.
Then, just for good measure
The Frontier will toss in a one
year subscription. The publisher:
recognize that baby can’t reac
(yet). But pop, mom, big brothei
and big sister can!
Entries must be postmarkec
by 6 p.m., on Monday, January 7
and official results will be an
nounced in the Thursday, Janu
ary 10, issue of The Frontier,
Come midnight next Monday
and it’ll be: On your marks! Ge.
set! Go! The 1952 Holt countj
baby derby is underway!
19 Unnamed Men
in January Draft
Holt county will furnish 19
men in the January draft call, it
was stated Wednesday by Mrs. W.
H. Harty, chief clerk of the Holt
selective service board.
Orders have not yet been sent
to the men concerned, she ex
plained, but most of the 19 will
be drawn from the group of 29
who reported December 18 for
preinduction physical examina
tions.
Three married men were in
cluded among the 5 registrants
inducted from the county Decem
ber 13.
Frank Clyde, Wife
Married 45 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clyde, long
time Holt county residents, were
honored at a family gathering on
Christmas day. Their 45th wed
ding anniversary fell on Monday,
December 24.
The Clydes were married at
O’Neill by the late Judge Malone.
Mrs. Clyde is the former Edna
Smith, of Page. The Clydes have
lived in the county virtually all
of their lives. Both enjoy “good”
health.
Mrs. Donald Clyde baked a 3
tier weding cake with miniature
bride and bridegroom on top.
Their descendants include 3
sons, Melvin, Donald and Rich
ard; a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Ver
na) Dailey, and 10 grandchildren.
Announces Changes
in Office Hours —
The offices of the Holt soil con
servation district were closed
Monday in connection with the
Christmas holiday. However, ac
cording to Bob Hill, unit conser
vationist, the work week will be
rescheduled and the Monday
holiday will be made up by work
ing all day Saturday. The same
proceedure will also be followed
for new year’s.
He also reported that after
January 5 the office will not re
main open on Saturday mornings
as has been the policy since Sep
tember. In an effort to coordinate
the program with that of other
agencies, the soil conservation
service directed that the offices
remain open on Saturday morn
ings However, after trying it for
several months it was found that
the office callers were not suf
ficient to merit a rescheduling of
the personnel time in order to
remain open. . .
These nejv directives, explains
Hill, have brought about a change
nf regularlv scheduled office days
for the Holt office. Beginning
January 10 the office will remain
open on Thursday and will be
closed all day Saturdays.
Mark 3 Anniversaries—
Saturday, December 22, sup
per guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Neil Dawes were
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Bridge
and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Pea
cock. The occasion was in honor
of Mrs. Harrison Bridge, Mrs.
Neil Dawes and Grant Peacock
whose birthday anniversaries
are on the same day.
Visit Here—
Miss Patricia O’Donnell, of Chi
cago, 111.; Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell,
of Sioux City, and M. F. O’
Donnell, of Dallas, Tex., visited
relatives here for the holidays.
‘Grandma* Bowden
in Holt 65 Years
“Grandma” Bowden celebrated
her 88th birthday anniversary on
Christmas day at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer,
of Page. Mrs. Wettlaufer is her
daughter.
Those present were “Grandma”
Bowden and Clyde Bowden, of
O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Wettlaufer and 3 sons, of Page;
Mr. and Mrs. George Wettlaufer
and Andrea, of Page; Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Strong and family,
of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Wettlaufer and Gary, of Omaha.
The day was spent with a
Christmas dinner at noon featur
ing a large birthday cake with
88 candles. The afternoon was
spent playing cards.
“Grandma” Bowden is a Holt
county pioneer. She has lived here
65 years, coming here as a bride
from Winnebago, Minn. She lives
with her son, Clyde, in O’Neill
and is very active, doing all her
own work. Fancy work and mov
ies are her favorite pastimes.
She is the mother of 10 chil
dhren, 6 of whom are living. They
are: Daughters — Mrs. Andrew
Wettlaufer, of Page; Mrs. Await
Spangler, of Star: sons—Chester,
of Yuma, Colo.; Harold, of Chi
co, Calif.; Elvin, of Elko, Nev.,
and Clyde, of O’Neill. She has 23
grandchildren and 29 great
grandchildren.
Benash Reschedules
Closeout Farm Sale
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Clarence Benash, who resides
17 miles northeast of O’Neill, has
rescheduled his farm closeout
sale for Friday, January 4. Sale
was originally set for Friday, De
cember 21, but storm condtions
forced postponement. Col. Wal
lace O’Connell is the auctioneer.
(See advertisement on page 9.)
Andrew Wettlaufer, who lives
northeast of Page, has booked a
farm sale on Wednesday, January
9. Cols. Buv Wanser and George
Colman are the auctioneers.
There are 3 registered cattle
sales on The Frontier’s calendar:
Holt County Hereford Breeders’
association, spring sale, O’Neill,
Saturday, February 2.
Holt County Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders’ association, O’Neill,
Tuesday, February 5.
Niobrara Hereford association,
spring sale, Butte, March 7.
FIREMEN CALLED
A charcoal heater in the rear of
a Brown Fruit Co. truck upset
Thursday evening, while the j
Struck was parked in West O’Neill.
| O’Neill volunteer firemen were
summoned but the blaze was ex
tinguished when the f'remen
reached the scene.
Mrs. Ruth Morgan on Wednes
day afternoon talked with her
son, Richard, who is in the navy
and stationed in San Diego, Cal
if. The call, a Christmas greeting,
was delayed 24 hours due to con
gested wires. Richard (“Dick”) Is
well, and he extended holiday
greetings to his acquaintances.
James Langan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Langan, arrived
home from Sheppard Field,
Tex., to spend the holidays with
relatives.
Christmas day guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. De
Bolt were Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Farrier and daughter, Linda Sue.
Burwell Woman
Perishes in Cold
BURWELL—Mrs. Dale Gumb,
about 24, who lived on a ranch 17
miles north of Burwell, was found
frozen to death by a search party
at 2:30 Wednesday morning, De
cember 19. The former Marjorie
Banks, of Burwell, she leaves 2
small sons.
Her husband was attending a
veterans agriculture class Tues
lay night and returned home
shortly before midnight to find
his wife out. H" immediately
started looking for her, and found
her frozen to death 2 Ms hours
later. It was Nebraska’s first
ieath of the season attributed to
exposure.
Survivors include: Widower; 2
small sons; her father, who still
lives at Burwell. She was pre
ceded in death by an infant
laughter.
All-Star Cage Game
Slated at Atkinson
ATKINSON—Basketball greats
who roamed the high school ma
ples in these parts in years gone
by will turn out Friday night,
December 28, for a brace of exhi
bition games at the Atkinson high
auditorium.
Three former St. Joseph’s hall
state champion teams will go into
action against 2 teams composed
of former O’Neill high, St. Mary’s
academy, Atkinson high, Stuart,
Bassett and Ainsworth players.
The Josies will feature Ed
Scott, Bob Berigan, Bill Dexter,
Bob Tushla, Louis Wewel, Leon
L. Schaaf, Bill Miller, Bob Mack,
Tom Slattery, Bud Weichman,
Bernard and Leonard Troshynski,
G. Vogel, L. O'Malley and D.
Diermer.
Their opposition will include:
From Ainsworth: Baker, Stol
tenberg, Anderson, Anthens.
From Bassett: Dick Mahannah,
Fisher, Hicks, Westover.
From Stuart: Jim Seger, Hoff
man, Cheney, Seisler.
From Atkinson: Keating, Wil
burn, Peewee Schultz, Bob Hom
:r, E. Siebert.
From O’Neill: Ted Lindberg.
From St. Mary’s: Shorty Miles,
John Joe Uhl, Jack Gatz, Tom
Harty.
Kearney Guests at
Fox Homes—
Mr. and Mrs. Dever Fox and
Eldon and Mr. and Mrs Joe
Luth, of Kearney, came Sunday
afternoon and were guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Fox. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Luth
went on to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wavne Fox to sppnd the
night. They returned to their
home in Kearney on Monday,
December 24.
Family Reunites—
Capt. Herbert O. Brennan, re
cently returned jet pilot from
Korea, Mr. and Mrs. John Foster,
of Lincoln. John Brennan, of
Yankton, S.D., and Miss Patricia
Brennan, a student at Omaha,
visited their mother, Mrs. F. M.
Brennan, and their aunt. Miss
Bernadette Brennan, for the
Christmas holidays.
Fetrows Gather—
Christmas dav dinner guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Fetrow were Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Fetrow and Mr and Mrs.
Paul Fetrow and family.
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AIRMAN DIES IN
JUMP FROM PLANE
CpI. Thomas Troshynski, 21,
Abandons Flaming
Aircraft
ATKINSON — The remains of
Cpl. Thomas Troshynski, 21-year
old Atkinson airman reached At
kinson Sunday morning, and fu
neral services were conducted
from St. Joseph’s Catholic church
on Monday morning, December
24.
Corporal Troshynski was killed
Wednesday, December 19, when
he bailed out of a burning ah’
force plane near Briggs air force
—Tho Frontier Engraving
Troshynski . . . former bas
ketball star.
base, El Paso, Tex. The plane was
on a routine training flight and
lad just become airborne.
Troshynski, a son of Mr. and
s. August Troshynski, of Atkin
son, was one of three men who
leaped from the plane when it
burst into flames during the take
off, probably due to static elec
tricity. Troshynski and one other
man were killed in jumping. The
other man who jumped is re
ported still alive, but critically In
jured.
The plane landed safely at an
emergency landing strip.
Corporal Troshynski, a former
St. Joseph’s hall basketball star,
was a gunner on an air force B-5Q.
He recently completed a 3-year
enlistment and was serving an
additional year.
Survivors include: Parents—Mr.
and Mrs. August Troshynski;
brothers—John Edward, Bernard
and Leonard, all of Atkinson:
Gerald J., of Omaha; Francis, of
Detroit, Mich.; sisters—Mrs. Frank
(Rosemary) Kilmurry and Lois
Jean, of Atkinson, and Rita Ann,
of Omaha.
Assistant Holt
Agent to Boyd
Assistant Holt County Agent
Don Engel will become Boyd
county agent January 1, succeed
ing the veteran Walter G. Sire. He
will reside at Butte.
Sire will start a 30-day vacation
from the post he has held a num
ber of years and his resignati a
will become effective February 1.
Mr. Sire explains that he i*
curtailing some of his activities
for health reasons. Between 1940
and 1942 he served as Holt coun
ty assessor. After February 1 he
will devote his time to his live
stock interests.
Mr. Engel has been assistant
Holt agent for several months.
24 Guests at
Thorin Home—
A Christmas dinner party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Thorin included 24 guests.
They were: Mrs. Blanche Ed
wards, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ed
wards, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
f Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Meyers and Mrs. Minnie Meyers,
all of Chambers; Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Butterfield, and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Butterfield,
of Amelia.
Mail Deliveries Speeded
Through Air —
LYNCH—The Woolf brothers
delivered mail to some rural pa-,
trens by air last Thursday and
Friday.
Temporarily impassable roads
had slowed deliveries.
Jack Darnell assisted in the
'postoffice during the yuletide
>ush.
Marks 1st Anniversary—
Mrs. Virgil Tomlinson entert
ained at a dinner on Sunday,
December 23, in honor of her lit
tle daughter. Jacqueline, who
was celebrating her 1st birthday
anniversary.
Miss Marv Condon arrived in
O’Neill Monday morning from
New York City, where she is
emnloved. She will spend the
‘holidays with her mother, Mri.
Hope Condon.
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