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O'NEILL. NEBR.
" CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday
Entered the postoffice at O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, as sec
ond-class mail matter urlder the Act of Congress of March 3, 1379.
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National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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O’Neil] Buries
Its Police Chief
(Continued from page 1)
Outside, in a chill 40-degree,
sunless afternoon wind, people
eat in cars and listened to loud
speakers.
Present were many of Chet
Calkins’ admirers, young and
»Id. The senior class and mem
bers of the athletic sauads of
O'Neill high school attended ijy a
body. The basketball team from
St. Mary’s academy was there,
too. So were law enforcement of
ficers from near and far.
In that sorrowful service
there was more than one hard
ened person, with whom Chet
Calkins had brushed in the
business of law enforcement.
There were people of all walks,
of all ages.
The widow, her two sons. Har
old and Donald, and her daugh
ter. Mrs. Walter Lyons, sat in
the front pew.
Other survivors include: Broth
ers—Walter, .of O’Neill: Fred, of
Portland, Ore.; sister—Etta, of
Portland.
A mixed quartette, composed
of Roy D. Johnson, bass; Mrs.
Donald Loy, alto; Mrs. Roy D.
Johnson, soprano, and R. W.
(Ben) Johnson, tenor, sang sev
eral hymns. A. E. Bowen accom
panied on the organ.
In charge of the flowers were
Mrs. K. C. Hunt, Mrs. D. H.
dauson. Mrs. C. W. Porter. Mrs.
R. E Evans. Mrs. Harold Seger
and Mrs. Robert Kurtz.
The O'Neill streets were de
serted during the rite. Storas
were closed from 1:45 until 4
p m. The workaday whirl was
suspended as the citv paused to
pay its respects to its universal
friend.
Chet Calkins was bom on a
farm northeast of O’Neill, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Calk
ins. Except for a few years he
spent virtually his entire life in
the O'Neill community. He at
tended O'Neill public school. He
married Hazel Terpening at Sa
lix, la. They became the par
ents of three children.
When the body was borne out
of the church and into the fu
neral coach, the pathway was
lined by state patrolmen in full
dross uniform. The funeral pro
cession. probably the longest in
the history of ONeill. required
about 20 minutes to pass
any given spot along the route.
It was led by four state patrol
cars with their red lights bllnk
in1 as the procession moved
westward on Douglas street .
In Prospect Hill cemetery the
body later was lowered.
The Omaha police forwarded
an elaborate floral offering. Oth
er bouquets came from the “N”
club at Neligh high school and
the Lettermen’s chib at Plain
iicw high school. Neligh and
Plainview were semiflnalists in
the class B district basketball
tourney on the eve of the slaving
and Donald Calkins, the chiefs
lo-year-old son. had been a per
former as a member of the O’
Neill entry.
One stranger in town observ
ed: "Enelnnd buried its king, but
todav. O’Neill buried its police
chief.”
In the island of Barbados, a di
vorce involves division of all prop
erty, including the house. The
husband carts off his half of the
house and the wife boards up the
open side and continues to live in
the remainder.
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POSTS REWARD
Mayor J. E. Davis promptly
posted a $500 reward to any
informant Iendinq information
to the apprehension of the as
sassin.
^Frontier for printing! Prompt
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THE FRONTIER
Mrs. Clara Thorin
Dies at Neligh
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Clara
Thorin, 68, who lost a son, Mel
vin, during World War H, died
late Saturday, March 8, without
knowing that another son. Du
ane, recently had become a cap
tive of the reds in the Korean
war.
Funeral serivces were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon, March 11.
at the Methodist church in Cham
bers and burial was in the
Chambers cemetery.
Mrs. Thorin. who had been
gravely ill for several months,
lapsed into a state of semicon
sciousness several days before
her death at the home of her
son. Clarence.
Clara Alberune Nelson was
born January 21, 1884. at Nor
koppinic, Sweden. In 1892 she
came with her grandparents to
the U.S., residing with them near
Meadow Grove. On February 2.
1901, she married Charles F.
Thorin. They spent the early
years of their married life in
Antelope county, moving to a
homestead in Keya Paha county
in 1901). They returned to Ante
lope in 1910 and moved to near
Chambers in 1939. Mr. Thorin
died in January. 1949.
They became the parents of
eight sons.
Survivors include: Son*— Er
nest, of Elgin: Edwin, of O’Neill:
Clarence, of Neligh: Leonard, of
Cheyenne: Oscar, of Sparks:
Harold, of Portland, Ore., and
Duane, a chief aviation pilot in
the navy, now a prisoner of war
in North Korea; 15 grandchil
dren.
Melvin died during fighting in
Belgium in 1945.
The late Mrs. Thorin was an
active member of the Methodist
church, American Legion auxil
iary and Rebelcah lodge.
She wrote many original verses
and poems based on everyday
experiences.
Slaying Sidelights
(Continued from page 1)
idolized by at least a generation
of voung admirers.
Visitors included persons in
all walks and of all ages. The
looks on the faces of persons
emerging from the mortuary and
the remarks that were dropped
were ample evidence it wasn’t a
matter of curiosity with them.
It was sincere respect and devo
tion.
Among them was at least
one ex - convict, a hardened
man who had a reputation of
being unruly while incarcerat
ed in a state penitentiary. He
walked away with tears in his
eves and mumbled something
like: "I hope they catch the
xjfkgdrr.x.i"
At noon Sunday a crowd of St.
Mary’s academy school girls fil
ed downtown in a body. They
were mostly boarding students
whom Chet had befriended at
odd hours of the night and dav
in their arrivals and departures.
Several wept. They were accom
panied by several nuns.
Elderly ladies were numerous
among the grief-stricken friends.
These were ladies whom the
chief had favored with kindness
es somewhere along the wav.
He was the kind of a guv who
would throw his spotlight on an
icy sidewalk for a bent little
woman groping her wav in the
dark.
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Special Broadcasts—
The “Voice of The Frontier’”
went on the air (WJAG. 780 k.c.)
at 10 o’clock Friday morning
with a five-minute flash broad
cast of the Calkins murder storv.
Cal Stewart, editor of The Fron
tier, was at the microphone in
the absence of the regular an
nouncer, George Hammond. An
earlier, cryptic report had been
broadcast throughout the mid
west based on an Associated
Press storv originating in The
Frontier office. The 10 o’clock
special newscast ended like this:
“Chet Calkins died in line of du
ty while the city slept—the ci
tv he loved so well. The citv in
which for more than a generation
he was the symbol of honesty,
fme citizenship and law and or
der.”
A second special broadcast was
presented bv the “Voice of The
Frontier” at 5:15 p.m. Friday.
This was a detailed storv of the
tragedy, the robberies, and a
word reconstruction of the scene
of the crime. Bob Thomas, man
ager of radio station WJAG.
hurried to O’Neill to assist. He
introduced Tom Allen. Omaha
World-Herald reporter-photogra
pher. who had also rushed to O’
Neill to cover the storv. and Lt.
Harrv Brt. of Norfolk, member
of the Nebraska safety patrol,
who was active in the investi
gation just getting underway.
Bulk of the time on the regular
ly scheduled Saturday and Mon
day “Voice” programs was de
Rev. J. LaVeme Jay, in a brief eulogy in be
half of the late Police Chief Calkins, said: "We
should search our hearts and turn from our ways
of selfishness; we should be unselfish as exem
plified by the life of Mr. Calkins." The church
could not accommodate the throng. The floral
pieces were numerous and elaborate.
The body of Chief Calkins was borne from
the church by eight lifelong friends Dean Reed,
Roy Johnson, K. C. Hunt, Earl Hunt, Norbert
Uhl, Leo Carney, Fred Lowery and Matthew
Beha.
The funeral procession, moving west on
Douglas street, stretched for a mile and a half.
Blinking state patrol cars led the procession
from the Methodist church to windswept Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
Hundreds gathered under a grim, sunless
sky for the graveside rites. Sorrowing relatives
and friends shivered in 40-degree temperatures
as they paid final respects to the body of their
beloved chief.
voted to the slaving, develop
ments in the investigation
and funeral arrangements. Mail
response to all broadcasts was
heavy, including cash from lis
teners for the Chet Calkins me
morial fund.
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Fund Over $2.300—
By 3 p.m. Wednesday the me
morial fund had passed the $2.
300 mark. The fund was opened
by the Chamber of Commerce
within a few hours after the
tragedy. Basis of the gesture
simply was this: Chet Calkins,
like most peace officers, was un
derpaid. He gave his life in line
of duty. Why not a financial
gesture in behalf of the widow?
Chamber Secretary Laurence
Haynes directed the move. Sat
urday was designated Chet
Calkins memorial day. Recep
tacles were placed in most stores
and offices and hundreds of dol
lars were poured into the fund.
The fund officially remained op
en through Monday and Tues
day. Even now. a check made
out to the Calkins Family Fund,
in care of the Chamber of Com
merce. O’Neill. Nebr.. will be
denosited in that fund.
Frontier for printing!
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Hobo . . . "belongs" to train
men but a friend of Chet s . • •
kept vigil at mortuary.
— The Frontier Ensrravln*
Harry Wayman . . . one of
Iasi lo see Calkins alive.
Plan Marker for
Gold Star Mother —
CHAMBERS — The American
Legion auxiliary unit 320, met on
Monday evening, March 10, at the
home of Genevieve Bell with nine
members present. The business
meeting was conducted by the
president, Mrs. Nellie Medcalf. A
legislative bulletin was read by
the president in the absence of
the Legion chairman, Mrs. E. R.
Carpenter, concerning the depart
ment of health bill SI 140 The re
sult of the vote in behalf of the
bill is to be sent in.
It was voted to send a girl from
Chambers high school to girls’
state in cooperation with the
Commercial club.
It was decided to carry on a
cancer drive. Coin collectors will
be placed in business places. It
was voted to give a donation to
the American Red Cross. The
auxiliary also voted to sponsor the
blood mobile unit.
Members will send for an aux
iliary grave marker for the grave
of a gold star mother, Mrs. Clara
Thorin. Mrs. Tillie Walter, gave
a report on ‘Americanism ” Year
books were distributed.
The opening of a library was
considered. Mrs. Margaret Coop
er, Mrs. Alberta Cameron and
Mrs. Genevieve Bell served re
freshments. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Louise
Crandall.
' SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE
CITY OF O'NEILL
CLAIMS ALLOWED ON GEN
ERAL FUND. March 10th. 1952:
Moore - Noble Lbr. &
Coal Co.. Coal_$ 816.41
(Ail Employees). Feb.
Salaries -_ 5.529.16
N. W. Bell Tel. Co..
Phone Service _ 21 28
Consum. Pub. Power
Dist., Electric Service 141.39
City of O’Neill, Water... 3.00
Harris Janitor Supply
Co., Janitor’s Supplies 9.10
Ginn & Company, Books 3.80
Hunt’s Plumbing, Sewer
Repairs - 2.00
Bncker Typewriter Co..
Ribbons_ 18.35
Omaha School Supply
Co., Supplies _ 70.30
The Frontier. Publ. Fees 7.35
Gillespie’s, Electrical Re
pairs ----- 12 u
Moore - Noble Lbr. Co..
Lumber_ 8.80
C. S. Hammond & Co.,
World Atlases_ 17.90
Lawlor’s, Athletic Equip
ment - 34.24
Marcellus Implement
Co Voc. Ag. Supplies 18.75
H. M. Rowe Co., Sup
plies - 21.73
Dudley’s, Cleaning Mops 12.07
Mimeograph Duplicator
Co Paper __- 10.82
Omaha Compound Co..
Flour Sacks ___ 15 00
Exten. Div., Uni. of
Nebr., Supplies_3.54
A. E. Robinson, Hauling
A Tri?SK- 6.00
Archie Bowen. Piano __ 545.00
Wm. P. Gallup, Mileage
and Supplies_ 89 72
Cleamon H. Stone, Mile
age - - 14 gn
Servall Towel & Linen
Supply, Towel Service 27.85
Shelhamer Grocery,
Home Ec. Supplies 19.35
t aSb ^s 5tore- Supplies 22.54
J. B. Gradv. Ins. Prem. 242.50
Ray H. Shriner. Ins.
Prem. ... 181.70
L. A. BURGESS.
President
IRA H. MOSS.
Secretary
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HOSPITAL NOTES
O'NEILL HOSPITAL
Admission*: March 5*—Mis
John Hynes, of O’Neill. 6—Mrs’
Earl DeLong. of O’Neill.- Donald
Brown, of Chambers, accident
condition good. 7—Frank Reiser!
of Butte, medical, condition im
proved. 9 — Faye Miles, of O’
VVeill’r,a^cident> condition good
Mrs. Robert Eppenbach. of Ew
ing. 10—Mrs. Melvin Carson, of
Rage.
Stiil in hospital: Charles Ho
molka. of Chambers, medical,
condition improved.
Dismissals March 6—Mrs. Mat
tie Urban, of Ewing. 7—Donald
Brown, of Chambers: Clinton
Smith, of Inman. 11—Mrs. John
Hynes and daughter, of O’Neill
Mrs. Earl DeLong. of O’Neill: ;
Faye Miles, of O’Neill. I
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
Admissions: March 3 — Silas
Coy, medical. 4 — Mrs Donald
Marcellus. obstetrical; Mrs. Rich
er Kai,ser- medical. 5 — James
McLachlan, medical. 6 — Frank
Karo, sr., medical. 10—Mrs. Hen
ry Werner, medical.
Dismissals: March 3 — Mrs.
Lawrence Skrdla and daughter.
4— Sid Farewell: Richard Engler.
5— Mrs. William Crawford: Ber
nard Coday. 6—Mrs. Frank Le
Munyan. 7—Walter Reis: Babv
Head. 8—John Wenner. 10—Silas
Cov.
Still in hospital Mrs. Josephine
Urbanski.
STUART COMMUNITY
Admissions: March 6— James
Stewart, of Bassett. medical
condition good. 7—Mrs. Violet
McCray, of Stuart, medical, con
dition good. 9—Mrs. Elmer Ol
berding, of Stuart, medical, con
dition good. 10 — Mrs. Richard
Fox, of Atkinson, medical, con
dition good: Mrs. Lawrence Zis
ka. of Stuart.
Dismissals: March 7 — James
Stewart, of Bassett. 10 — Mrs.
Violet McCray, of Stuart.
Private Velder Wears
Combat Badge—
SPENCER— Pfc. Norman G.
Velder. sot; of Mr. and Mrs. Rav
J. Velder. of Spencer, has won j
the combat infantrvman bad"e.
symbol of the front line fighting
man. while serving in Korea with
the 45th infantry division.
The badge shows a tiny Revo,
lutionarv war flintlock rifle
mounted against a blue rectangle <
which is surrounded by a wreath,
\ The Oklahoma national guard
Svision left the U.S. early in
51 and trained extensively on
the Japanese island of Hokkai
do before it was committed to
Korea in December.
A truck driver in the 180th
infantry regiment’s service com
pany. Private Velder entered the
army in June. 1950, and joined
the 45th division in December.
1951.
Assessors Meet,
Adopt Valuations
The meeting of the Holt county
assistant assessors was called to
order by Wm. F. Wefso, county
assessor- Joe Winkler was nom
inated and elected Secretary for
the meeting.
Motion made by Keyes, second
ed by Rutherford to assess cattle
and livestock at the price set at
the state convention. Motion
carried. The values as set by the
state convention are as follows
PUREBRED CATTLE
Calves under 6 mo, $35.00; year
lings, 6 to 18 mo., $85.00; steers 18
to 30 mo., $110.00; Milch cows,
$160.00; stock cattle, $160-00;
bulls, $200.00 and up;
GRADE CATTLE
Calves under 6 mo., $25.00;
yearlings 6 to 18 mo., $75.00
steers, 18 to 30 mo., $100.00; heif
ers, 18 to 30 mo., $95-00; steers
over 30 mo., $130.00; stock cattle,
$120.00; Milch cows, $140.00; cat
tle on feed, 60 days or more, $20
per hunderweight; bulls, $170.00.
HORSES & MULES
Saddle horses, stallions, jacks,
$50.00 an up; other horses, mules.
$15.00
HOG
Butcher hogs, $12.00 cwt.; sows
and other hogs, $10.00 cwt.
SHEEP
Ewes and rams, $15.00; feeder
lambs, $15.00; sheep on feed, $15
POULTRY
Turkeys, $30.00 per dozen;
chickens, $5-00.
DOGS
Dogs, $10.00 and up.
Grains, seeds and hay are to be
assessed about the same as last
year. Tractors, combines, corn
pickers and all other farm ma
chinery will be assessed as auth
orized by the supplement issued
by the state tax commissioner.
Motion made by Nissen, sec
onded by Strong to set prices of
new underslungs at $400.00. Mo
tion carried.
Motion made by Nissen, sec
onded by Hull to set price of new
winches at $100, motion carried.
Motion made by Strong second
ed by Graff to assess gas tanks the
same as last year. n
Meeting adjourned.
Human beings blink their eyes
at different rates, ranging from
25 or more times a minute to
about one a minute.
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