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VOLUME 71.—NUMBER 44.__O'NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1952. PRICE: 7 CENTS
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PAGE POINTS . . . Bob Sorensen, a star on the Page high bas
ketball crew, drives in for a second-half layup during the class
C regional title game between the Page Eagles and St. Mary’s
academy Cardinals (O’Neill). SMA won, 39-37, in a thriller play
ed on the Atkinson court. (See SPORTS on page 4 for details.)
ASSESSORS WILL
START MONDAY
Responsibility of Property
Owners to Contact
Assistants
The job of assessing property
owners in Holt county will get
under way Monday. March 10.
All property, tangible and in
tangible, owned by individuals,
banks, corporations, partnerships,
administrators, guardians and
caretakers, shall be listed for
taxation as of March 10. accord
ing to William F. Wefso. He’t
county assessor. Also each indi
vidual shall list all money and
other personal property invested,
loaned or otherwise controlled
by him as agent, attorney or on
account of any other person or
persons, company or corporation.
“It is the responsibility of
taxpayers to contact their assist
ant assessors between March 10
and April 20,” Wtefso said, “the
latter being the deadline and af
ter which a penalty shall be in
voked. according to law. For the
convenience of the precinct as
sessors we are asking that all
schedules be filled out by April
1.”
Taxpayers are requested to
bring their 1951 schedules with
them along with any other in
formation so the proper school
districts, road and fire, districts
can be immediately ascertained
for this year’s listing. Assessors:
Antelope—L. Crumly; Atkin
son precinct — Eli McConnell:
Atkinson city — Carl Smith; j
Chambers precinct and village— i
Clarence Young; Cleveland — [
Waldo Frost; Coleman — Roy
Margritz; Conley—Charles Ma
honey.
Deloit—Albert Latzel: Dustin
—L. E. Axtel; Emmet precinct
and village—Joe Winkler: Ewing
precinct and village — Eben
Graft: Fairview—Harold Gilman:
Francis—Joe Dobrovolny.
Golden — Homer Rutherford:
Grattan—Marvin Clouse; O’Neill
—H. W. Tomlinson; Green Val- J
ley — Robert LeMunyan; Holt
Creek — Harold Shaw; Inman
precinct and village — F. E.
Keyes; Iowa—James Lieb; Josie,
Swan and Wyoming—R. E. Bly.
Lake and McClure — O. Mc
Clanahan; Paddock—Elmer De
Vall; Pleasantview — Joe Wag
man; Rock Falls—Levi Hull.
Sand Creek— Alex Forsythe:
Saratoga—Dave Scott; Scott —
Ray Wilson; Shamrock—Robert
Strong: Sheridan— Charles Ku
bart; Shields— Clarence Gokie;
Steel Creek—C. L. Brady; Stuart
precinct and village—Ed Engler.
Verdigris and Page—Bob Nis
sen; Willowdale — Bob Tomlin
son.
Atkinson Soldier
Wounded in Neck
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Henrv Albrecht have received
word that their son, Pvt. Edward
H. Albrecht, has been wounded
in action in Korea. The Al
brechts received word from the
government about a week ago but
did not hear from their son until
Friday. He has been flown to a
base hospital about 100 miles be
hind the lines.
The wound was in his neck and
shoulder. Pvt. Albrecht had only
recently arived in Korea. He was
inducted into the service last Au
gust. His wife resides at Lincoln.
Frontier’s Pages
Curtailed This Issue
This week’s issue of The
Frontier is limited to 8 pages.
There are reasons:
(a) . The bookkeeper and of
fice manager, Mrs. Genevieve
Sauser, was ill 1days.
(b) . The reporter, Mrs. Fran
ces Smith, was ill 2% days.
(c) . A linotype operator, Les
ter Synovec, was surprised
when he climbed from a den
tist’s chair to find 4 front teeth
missing (he was on the shelf
for 2 days).
(d) . on Sunday Leonard Baz
elman, veteran pressman and
floorman, contracted pneumo
nia and has been under a doc
tor’s close attention.
(e) . An inconsiderate furnace
exploded and the heating plant
had to be cooled-off for sev
eral vital hours on Tuesday.
(f) . Dick Graham’s St. Mary’s
academy basketball team won
the class C honors and basket
ball has had a certain priority
in Dick’s printer’s devil de
partment these last few days.
Not since a dreary week in
February, 1949, during the Re
curring Blizzards has The
Frontier gone into the mail
with fewer than 12 pages.
Then the staff was wrapped up
in emergency radio broadcast
ing through the “Voice of The
Frontier.”
By Wednesday all were
present and accounted for ex
cept Bazelman, who the doctor
says will be back on his feet
“in a few days,” and Synovec’s
teeth, permanent casualties
during the hectic week.
Omissions of newsmatter
supplied by The Frontiers
corps of correspondents, church
notes, etc., will be conspicuous
—but most of the matter will
appear next issue.
Sorry, folks.
Petitions Out for
City Clerk, Treasurer
.
Petitions appeared this week
to place the names of O. D. French
and John C. Watson on the mu
nicipal election ballot. French is
incumbent city clerk and Watson
was city treasurer prior to a call
to duty in October, 1950, as an
army reservist.
During his few months’ absence
he was succeeded by Archie
Bright.
Meanwhile, there have been no
caucuses held and until Wednes
day no petitions had appeared in
reference to 6 other posts to be
voted upon at the Tuesday, April
1, election.
These terms expire:
Mayor J. E. Davis.
City Councilmen—Tony Asimus
(First ward), L. M. Merriman,
(Second) and C. E. Jones (Third).
Board of Education members—
Miss Anna O’Donnell and Dr. H.
L. Bennett.
The mayor and city council
posts are 2-year terms; board of
education, 3 years.
STOKER BALKS
EWING—Due to heating diffi
culties at the school students
were dismissed Monday after
noon until Wednesday when the
stoker was to have been repair
ed.
Mattie Soukup, of Lead, S.D.,
who has been visiting relatives
in O’Neill, left Monday for Lin
coln, where she will visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Matthews.
TODD’ TOMLINSON
EXPIRES AT LYNCH
Former O’Neill Resident
Dies Following
Long Illness
LYNCH — Funeral services
were held at the Methodist
church in Lynch at 2 p.m. Sun
day, March 2, for Rodney
(“Todd”) Tomlinson, 50. He was
admitted to the Sacred Heart
hospital. Lynch, Wednesday eve
ning, February 27, and passed
away early Friday morning. Feb
ruary 29.
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Rodney Henry TomLm,ua. son
oi Henry anu vinme Xonuinson,
of ULeill, was porn Sep.tower
2, 1901, at ivimeola, in noi tnern
Holt county.
He grew to manhood in the
Scottvnie community, in later
years, he moved to O’Neill and
was engaged by the Deep Rock
Oil company.
He was united in marriage to
Mary Richter on September 3,
1930, at Butte. To this union one
son was born.
The Tomlinsons resided in O’
Neill until the spring of 1941,
when they moved to a farm 5
miles north of Opportunity. Due
to ill health, a farm sale was
held in the fall of 1949 and the
family moved to Lynch, where
they established a business. He
was baptized and confirmed in
the Presbyterian church.
Survivors include: Widow; son
—Larry Dean, 11; parents—Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson, of
O’Neill; brothers — Glenn, of
Spencer; Arthur, of Plainview.
and Ralph, of West Point; sister
•—Mrs. W/Liam (Alice) Turner,
of Chambers; Mrs. Henry (Isa
bel) Bruhn. of North Platte; Mrs.
James (Mildred) Coventry, of In
man.
Holt to Furnish
10 Inductees
The following Holt county se
lective service registrants will be
inducted on Wednesday, March
12:
From Bartlett—Dale Dallegge;
Atkinson—William F. Noziska,
John J. Sicheneder, Laverne F.
Engler; Stuart—Robert H. Stra
ka.
O’Neill — Frank J. Fleming,
Robert K. Shaw; Ewing—Leroy
G. Boies, James J. Charvat;
Chambers—Leo J. O’Malley.
On Tuesday, March 11, the fol
lowing have been ordered to re
port for preinduction physical
examinations:
From Atkinson — Charles O.
Shane, Kenneth D. Braasch,
Donald P. Schaaf, Francis D.
Ratliff, Ivan D. Roth, James D.
O’Connell, Clarence C. Kramer;
O’Neill — Marlen W. Babutzke,
John F. Sterns, Ralph M. Mor
row, Harmon N. Grunke, Stan
ley D. Price, Donald L. Harmon.
Inman — Robert G. Gillogly;
Emmet—Donald E. Rzeszotarski;
Kedbird — Harold F. Splnar.
Dickie Jr. Fernauj. Stuart—Jerry
E. Henderson; Ralph E. Kramer,
Lowell E. Dodd; Ewing—Vernon
M. Schmidt, Victor Marquardt,
jr., Vincent L. Rotherham, Har
ry C. Lange; Chambers—Gerald
R. Grimes, Duane A. Blair.
Grace C. Sherman
Burial at O’Neill
Funeral serivces were held
Monday, March 3, at St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church for Mrs.
Gertrude Grace Sherman, 46,
who died Saturday. February
23, in a Los Angeles, Calif., hos
pital She had been hospitalized
for 2 months. Death was caused
by an advanced case of cancer.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
The late Mrs. Sherman, whose
maiden name was Gertrude
Grace Conard, was bom at O’
Neill, a daughter of the late Mr. !
and Mrs. Robert Martin Conard.
on November 30, 1905.
Mrs. Sherman was reared at
Inman, later moved to Omaha. 4
years ago moved to Long Beach, i
Survivors include: Daugner— j
Mrs. Charles Lye (Patricia) Wat- J
son, of O’Neill, whose husband is ]
now serving with the armed !
forces in Korea: sisters — Mrs.
Mary Peterson ,of O’Neill: Mrs. !
Ralph (Elizabeth) Stevens, of
Page; brothers—Martin Conard,
of Columbia City. Ore.: John
Conard and George Conard,
both of Inman; Edward Conard,
of Empire, Ore.
This candid camera photo of the St. Mary's
Cardinals, taken moments after their capture of
class C basketball laurels, presents Big Bemie
Mohr (extreme left) in an oogle-eyed triumphant
pose. Mohr hit 14 points in the title game, has
been breezing along at about an 18-point-per
—'Hie Frontier Fhoto & Kwcravlnic
game clip. With Mohr holding trophy is Long
Don Becker, who tallied 19 against Page in the
hairbreadth win, Jerry Wanser (30), Coach Duke
Kersenbrock, Jerry Howard and Wayne Dono
hoe.
!
Husker Band Coming
to O’Neill March 12
A program designed to appeal
to a wiue range ui musical tastes
has Deen piaimea by me univer
sity oi iseorasita ituiC sym
phonic oana lur its appearance
m u Weill Weanesaay. iviarcu iz.
lhe Dana win present a pub
lic concert at b p.m. m tne u -
Weill puDiic school auanorium
unaer the sponsorship of the
Lions club.
The program, which Is under
the direction of Donald Lentz,
will demonstrate the great mu
sical versatility of the organiza
tion.
it will include favorite con
cert selections like Tscnaikow
sky’s “Marche Slav,” “The Ro
man Carnival” overture, by Ber
lioz, and “Death and Transfigur
ation,” by Richard Strauss; fa
miliar marches and Nebraska
songs; and 2 instrumental solos
with band accompaniment.
Specially featured will be sev
eral selections by modern Amer
ican composers. These are “Com
mando March,” by Samuel Bar
ber; a novel arrangement of “The
Blue-Tail Fly,” by Clare Grund
man; and a new South American
number, “Lilt of the Latin.” by
David Bennett
Among the members of the
band are 3 from the O’Neill area:
John Berigan. son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Berigan, of O’Neill,
plays the clarinet; Paul Mose
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
W. Moseman, sr., of O’Neill, and
John Eule, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Eule, of Ainsworth, are
both members of the bass horn
section.
Included in the 90-piece band
are university students from 50
Nebraska communities. They
were selected last fall from sev
eral hundred students who tried
out.
Many of the young people who
are playing in the band intend
to become professional musicians
or to teach music in our public
schools. Many others will go out
to Nebraska communities as bus
inessmen. farmers and home
makers. But all will carry with I
them an interest in good music,
deeper and stronger because they j
have helped make it.
O'Neill Youth to
Reformatory—
LeRoy Knepper, 14, of O’Neill,
was sentenced to the reformatory
at Kearney until he is 21-years
old by District Judge D. R.
Mounts recently for delinquency,
third offens.e, Knepper’s latest
brush with the law involved the
theft of $20 from a cash regis
ter at the Standard oil station, ;
O’Neill. Holt Sheriff Leo Tom
jajck took the youth to Kearney i
last weekend.
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- The Frontier Photo & En^ravInK a,
Melvin Marcellus (left) and Harry R. Smith (right) present ft
Elmer Allyn, of Stuart, with $25 checks for affiliate memberships p]
in national soil conservation association. Allyn is treasurer of the
Holt district.
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— The Frontier Engraving
'Todd' Tomlinson . . . burial
here.. (Story in column 3.)
Waring Named
to Holt Board
Kenneth Waring, of Page, re
publican, Monday was appointed
to fill the vacancy on the Holt
county board of supervisors cre
ated when Axel L. Borg, of O’*
Neill, republican, resigned. The
resignation of Borg last week
left the board with the task of
finding a successor to finish
Borg’s term, which had 10
months to go.
Borg was not a candidate for
reelection and handed in his res
ignation because he had been
hard - pressed for help on his
farm. Three of Borg’s sons have
been inducted into the military
service — Dwayne, Donald and
Ronald.
At the April 1 primary election
there will be 4 candidates for the
second district supervisory post.
They are Roger Rosenkrans, of
Dorsey, and Andy Johnson, of O’
Neill, both republicans; Bob
Tomlinson, of Star, and George
D. Hansen, of O’Neill, both dem
ocrats.
MOVES NOTED
ROCK FALLS— Dan O’Con
nell moved to a farm near Nor
folk recently. Alden Breiner
moved to the farm he vacated
Wednesday, February 27. Louis
Brown, Don Breiner, Don Hynes,
Henry and Lyle Vequist and
Dan Waegli helped him move.
Wesley Taylor moved to the
place Alden Breiner vacated Sat
urday.
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Weekend guests at the home of 1
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kurtz were 1
Mrs. Knurtz’s parents, Mr. and i
Mrs. Cecil Brown, of Hastings,
and Mr. Kurtz’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Kurtz, of Long Pine, j
Holt Men Plan
Visit to Germany
ATKINSON—Pete Frahm, of
Amelia, and Forest (“Zeke”) Iver
son, of Stuart, have booked pas
sage on the SS Italia for April 11.
They will leave New York har
bor that day for Hamburg, Ger
many, and will be gone most of
the summer.
Mr. Frahm will visit his broth
er, Claus, at Schleswig, Schles
wig-Holstein, Germany, and his
sister, Margaret, and her husband,
Claus Thade, at Ellingstedt. He
will spend some time with rela
tives of the late Mrs. Frahm also.
Her brother, Heinie Ziehm,
lives at Jubeck, and her sisters,
Marie Ziehim Koniemann and
Katherine Ziehm Lausen, live at
Flensburg and Kelbek, respec
tively. AU of the towns are close
to Schleswig.
Mr. Frahm’s brother, Claus,
and Mrs. Frahm’s brother, Heinie,
are both occupying the home
places where the Frahms were
born.
The young couple came to
America in 1922, Pete coming
some months before his bride
elect. They both “worked out”
their passage to America at the
homes of relatives here and then
a short time later were married.
They had always planned to re
turn to their homeland for a visit
but as time went by they were
unable to do so. Mrs. Frahm
died in May, 1950, but it was her
wish that her husband could
make the trip anyway. They have
3 children, Mrs. Keith Shellhase,
of Atkinson, Mrs. Jerome Krutz,
of Stanton and a son, Heinie, at
Amelia,
Mr. Iverson plans to visit in
England, while Mr. Frahm is in
Germany, and also places of in
terest in France.
Implement Dealers •
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Join Soil Oroup 1
(See picture lower left)
Last week 2 ONeill farm
equipment dealers became affil
iate members of the National
Association of Soil Conservation
Districts.
Melvin Marcellus, Allis-Chal
mers dealer, and Harry R. Smith.
John Deere dealer, each contrib
uted $25 to the Holt district trea
surer, Elmer Allyn. These checks
were forwarded to national head
quarters at League City. Tex.
Districts all over the nation
are assigned a certain number of »
affiliate memberships to obtain -r
on the basis of the number of (
cooperators of the district. Holt’s *
share for 1952 was 2 affiliate .
melnbers.
The national association feels ^
that in general it is much bet
ter when locally interested in- f
dividuals contribute than when L,
the contribution is made from
district funds.
si
Smith and Marcellus feel they P<
ire making more than a “dona
tion.” They believe that their
■noney will be used to strengthen A
i local organization which in o
_urn will bring about better Ci
arming and ranching methods in
>nd thus make a more prosper- p;
)us community.
Mr. Smith remarked, "I'm
not giving this money away,
but making a small investment
in the future of American ag
riculture."
The national association has ]e.
dayed an important role in guid- ce‘
ng the recent policy changes of f0
he department of agriculture pa
md will probably do much in 30
’uture changes that may take w
dace. ni
sh
Frontier for printing! rit
FIELD DAYS, SHOW,
SALE AT BUTTE
_
Niobrara Hereford Sale,
Gorgen Auction Top
Calendar
A registered Hereford show
and sale to be held Friday.
March 7, at Butte, and a 320
acre land and personal property
sale, being offered by Everett
Uorgen, top The Frontier’s sale
calendar for the week.
Uorgen is selling a fine Cache
creek valley ranch because of the
illness of Mrs. Uorgen, who hag
been a polio patient the past few
months. He resides 21 miles
soutn of O’Neill, 1 mile east and
three-fourths of a mile south,
and this sale also will be hold on
Friday, March 7. Col. Ed Thor
m, of O’Neill .will be auctioneer;
Chambers State Bank, clerk.
The Niobrara Valley Hereford
association sale will feature 40
head. The show will be held at
9:30 a.m.; the sale at 1 p.m. The
sale will climax the annual Boyd
county field days, which open at
9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Prizes of $150 will be awarded
J5 judging competition
Ihursday morning. In the after
noon Dr. L. I. Hines will riisnup
“Controlling Brucellosis”; Don
Warner, of the Nebraska Here
ford association, will talk on
"Nebraska Herefords”; Dr. Mar
vj-'l Baker, of the University of
Nebraska college of agriculture
will speak on “Urass in the Farm
Program”; Leo Thamasson will
present awards, and Walter G.
Sire and Gene Lechtenberg will
give a demonstration on “Care
of the Herd Bulls’ Feet.”
The field days will be the first
for Don Engel, formerly of O’
Neill and recently appointed
Boyd county agent
Robert Van Horn, of Page, will
be judge at the Hereford show
Friday morning. Mr. Sire is sec
retary of the association and sale
manager.
Twenty registered Hereford
bulls and 30 females will be of
fered at auction in addition to
Hereford calves, 21 head of
dairy cattle, farm and haying
machinery *t the C. F. Small
dispersion sale to be held at the
Vern Sageser ranch in Amelia
on Wednesday. March 19.. Col
onel Thorin will be auctioneer
Chambers State bank, clerk!
(Consult 2-color handbill or big
advertisement in the March 13
issue of The Frontier.)
A number of other farm close
out sales are being arranged but
are not yet ready to be announc
ed.
Polio Push Ends;
Collect $5,70720
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Miss Frances Rotherham. Ew
ing postmaster and chairman of
the 1952 march of dimes cam
paign, Wednesday reported the
Holt county drive had totaled
$5,707.20 and is officially ended.
The goal was $5,000.
The fund-raising breakdown,
in behalf of the Holt county
chapter, National Foundation for
infantile Paralysis, follows:
Amelia _ _ $ 146.24
Atkinson _ 1,000.00
Chambers_ 355.32
Emmet 91.71
Ewing- 707.17
Inman_130.78
Martha comm._102.85
O’Neill _. 1,810.63
Page . 252.23
Stuart _ 480.86
Rural schools_ 404.51
Special gifts _ 200.00
Chambers vet. class 24.90
Total- $5,707.20
X-Ray Discloses 4 TB
Sufferers, 21 Suspects
4 -
Four thousand Holt countyans
vere X-rayed by the mobile unit
n the recent countywide visit,
iccording to Mrs. Robert Mar
ens, of Atkinson, who helped
lead the arrangements.
Figures provided by the chest
urevy division of the state de
iartment of health follow:
Sus- Other
TB pect Abnor. Tot
Itkinson _1 6 29 876
i’Neill _ 2 6 37 1,312
Chambers „1 4 18 554
iman _0 1 5 152
’age _0 1 1 227
wing-0 1 16 414
tuart _0 2 19 465
Totals _ .4 21 125 4.000
SCHOULA RITES HELD
ATKINSON — Friends have
arned of the death of Miss Fran
;s Schoula, former housekeeper
>r the late Rev. Byrnes, who was
arish priest at Emmet for nearly
) years. Miss Schoula was well
nown to many in this commu
ity. At the time of her death
le was living in Omaha. Funeral
tes were held Monday. Mar 3.
