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2 SECTIONS - 12 PAGES •' i „ . . North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 7i.—NUMBER 51.__O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1952. PRICE: 7 CENTS. —The Frontier Photo & Engraving DRIVE IN THEATER GOES UP . . . Workmen are making rapid progress on O’Neill’s new drive in theater being erected, on the former Danceland site, at the junction of U.S. highways 20 and 281 a mile northwest of the city. The 60-foot verticals will support the screen. Workmen are dwafed by the structure. R. V. Fletcher, of Hartington, is making the installation here. He said he plans to open “sometime in May.” Reelected Teachers Accept New Contracts All O’Neill public school teach ers reelected at the March meet ing of the board of education have signed and returned their contracts. Two of the present staff, Jo seph George, high school social science instructor, and Mrs. Al ice Fritton, fourth grade teacher, earlier had asked the board not to consider them for relection. Five percent pay increases were authorized. City’s New Fire Truck Arrives O’Neill’s new fire truck, which voters approved in a $15,000 spe cial bond issue election last fall, reached O’Neill at 6:30 p.m. Wed nesday. It had been delayed en route at Clinton, la., because of Missouri river valley flood con ditions. Fire Chief G .E. Miles said a gruelling three-hour undervrrit ers’ test, under supervision of the Nebarska testing bureau, will be given the machine on Friday. Bill Hale, of Kansas City, Mo., engineering representative for the manufacturer, will be here. Brother Dies in Korea Fighting— PAGE— Cpl. George A. Max, 22, of Omaha, was killed in Ko rean fighting Easter Sunday. His wife, Mary Lou, received a telegram from the defense de partment early Monday. Corporal Max, a graduate of the Fremont public schools, en tered the army last September. In January he was sent to Korea. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Max, 221 South Nineteenth street, Omaha. Other survivors: Brother, Carl, jr., of Page; sister, Mrs. Robert Smith, of Long Beach, Calif., and two step - brothers in Ogden, Utah. Scouts Plan Court of Honor— Troop 210, of the Boy Scouts of America, will hold a court of honor on Monday, April 28, at 7:3Q p.m., at the American Le- , gion auditorium. A motion pic ture film will be followed by re freshments served by Scout mothers. Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve is scout master. Evacuates Mother— Bill Moriarity, assistant man ager of the J. M. McDonald com pany store, spent last week in Missouri Valley, la., helping evacuate his mother from threat ening flood waters. Later she was able to return to her home which was not touched by flood water. To Elect Officers— The Friends of St. Mary’s will hold a business meeting Monday, April 28, at 7:30 o’clock in St. Mary’s gymnasium. After the election of officers a program of special interest will be given. All are urged to attend, a spokes man said. MRS. BUXTON DIES EWING—Mrs. Luther Buxton died at her home in Ewing on Saturday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m., as the result of a stroke. Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 23, at the United Brethren church in Orchard. GRASS FIRE Firemen were called to the El mer Strong residence, North Sev enth street, at 2:20 p.m. Wednes day. A grass fire was threaten ing a small outbuilding. Damage was slight. SCHOOL TERM ENDS ROCK FALLS—Another sure sign that summer is just around the corner: The current school term has ended in district 33. A weiner roast was held last Thurs 1 ** AMELIA WOMAN DIES AT BURWELL Mrs. Thomas Thompson, 74, Suffers Lingering Illness AMELIA — Mrs. Thomas Thompson, 74, of Amelia, died at the Burwell hospital on Wednes day, April 16, following a linger ing illness. # Funeral services were con ducted at the Amelia Methodist church at 2 p.m. on Monday, Ap ril 21. Burial was in the Cham bers cemetery. Mrs. Thompson, the former Lillie May Sexton, was born in Ithaca, N.Y., on July 6, 1877. She came to the Inman community at the age of nine. She was mar ried on October 4, 1898. Three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Thomp son celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary. Her husband homesteaded in southwest Holt county. Survivors include: Widower, Thomas Thompson; sons — Ivel and Laurence, both of Sedro Woolley, Wash., and Leon, of Amelia; daughters — Mrs. Ray Kenny, of Amelia, and Mrs. M. H. Jetta Madsen, of Amelia; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The pallbearers at the funeral were Gene Thompson, Thomp son Whitcomb, Ira Lierman, Carl Schade, Asa Watson and Art Kaiser. Illness Changes 50th Wedding Plans REDBIRD—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wells planned to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday, April 23. But illness forced a change in arrangements. Mrs. Wells, a patient at Sacred Heart hospital, Lynch, could not be released, attendants said. A celebration may be held at a later date. Meanwhile, friends and relatives are showering the couple with cards and letters. Mrs. Albert Wabs, of Salem, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wells and Gloria, of Cherry Grove, Ore., and Mrs. Alice Buttolph, of Oregon City, Ore., were with their mother and father at the hospital and helped cut the 50th anniversary wedding cake. GOP, Demos Pick State Delegates Holt county republicans and democrats last Thursday in post primary conventions here select ed delegates to the post-primary state conventions to be held this summer. Dates for the statewide meetings have not yet been fix ed. The republicans chose: Julius D. Cronin, Ira H. Moss and William W. Griffin, all of O’Neill; Frank J. Brady, of At kinson, and Vern Sageser, of Amelia. GOP alternates are Mrs. Ethel Cole, of Emmet; Mrs. Opal Keat ing, of Atkinson; Norris Coats and Art Runnels, both of Stuart, and Clarence Ernst, of O’Neill. The democrats, meanwhile, will send the same delegation which attended the pre-primary state parley, including: John Sullivan and John R. Gallagher, both of O’Neill; Francis D. Lee and Fred Mack, both of Atkinson, and Jo seph Wagman, of Emmet. ESCAPES INJURY Ray Fernholtz escaped injury about 4:30 o’clock Sunday after non when his west bound car ov erturned on U.S. highway 20, three-quarters of a mile west of the Danceland corner. The car was badly damaged. Bob Wink ler, a passenger, also was unhurt. Frontier for printing! PLAN DEDICATION OF NEW CHURCH Orchard Lutherans Plan Sunday Rite in New Edifice ORCHARD—The new St. Pet er’s English Lutheran church here will be dedicated on Sun day, April 27, with the dedicatory service beginning at 10 a.m. Rev. Albert T. Bostleman, of Norfolk, vice - president of the north - Nebraska district, will preach the first sermon. Rever end Bostleman is a former mili tary chaplain. Rev. Lee W. Steffen, vacancy pastor, will be the liturgist in the morning service. The afternoon speaker will be Reverend Steffen, in a 2 o’clock rite, and the vesper service, 8 o’clock, will be con ducted by brothers, who are “sons” of the congregation—Rev. E. J. Stelling, of Coon Rapids, la., and his brother, Carl Stel ling, a teacher at the Zion Lutheran school near Bancroft, at the organ. The men’s quar tette and the youth choir will sing at these services. A dinner will be served to all guests in the basement audito rium at noon. I The church, which has been under construction for some time, is of modern Gothic style, designed by William Butler, Sioux City architect. Cost is in excess of $100,000. He also designed the Ewing school building. The main floor with cross-nave and the tran septs will seat approximately 250 persons and the balcony pro vides space for 50 people. The spacious chancel has the sacristy to the right and council room at the opposite side. A room for mothers of small chil dren is conveniently placed at the back, nave with access to the main entry as well. The full basement has rest Tooms, furnace room, coat room, kitchen and serving room as well as a large auditorium for social use and Sunday-school. I The bell, which has been in stalled in the tower, is the. same one that has called worshippers to the old church since 1916. The congregation was organiz ed in May, 1909, and records kept since that time show there sta tistics: 404 baptisms, 313 con firmations, 83 marriages and 87 burials. __ Father Burke to Address SMA Grads The St. Mary’s academy calen dar of events between now and the end of the current school term follows: April 24 — Junior and senior prom. May 4—First communion. May 9—Operetta, “The Wish ing Well.” May 18—Alumni banquet. May 20—Crowning of the May queen. May 27—Grade school closes. May 28—Senior class night. May 29 — Baccalaureate and commencement exercises. The speaker for the graduation ser vice will be Rev. Peter Burke, of Ewing. " 100 Men Battle Prairie Fire LYNCH—About 100 men from Lynch and Bristow were called to' the Beryl Moody community north of here Saturday afternoon, April 19, to assist in putting out a prairie fire. Several days previously a straw pile was set afire on the old Jess Hiatt farm. The fire was believed dead. However, it had been smoldering in the bed of ashes and a strong wind started the fire anew. Many acres of prairie were burned and also several stacks of hay. Help saved several other stacks of hay, trees and much prairie. Wet sacks and fire extinguish ers were used to put out the fire. _I BENEFIT DANCE Simonson post 93, of the Am erican Legion, is sponsoring a benefit dance Saturday, April 26, at the auditorium. Proceeds will go to the Chet Calkins reward fund. Authorities still are search ing for the slayer of O’Neill’s po lice chief. The reward fund is expected to reach the neighbor hood of two thousand dollars when dance receipts are added. , STARTS OFFICE BUILDING Excavation has begun on a j single-story office building on a South Fourth street vacant lot immediately north of Stannard’s store. The lot is owned by Mrs. Georgia Rasley. Fred Wells, who generally gets j bis petroleum at a refinery at Sioux City, has been obliged to go to Casper, Wyo., because of I the floods. He made two trips to ] Wyoming last week. •—The Frontier Photo & Engraving Volunteer Omaha dike workers . . . (left-to- cock, Joe Hoffman. Axel Borg, Lester Homback right): Kenneth Small, Harry Coolidge, Robert and Ed Hood. (Photo was taken in front of The Rees, Lawrence Barnett, C. F. Small, J. Ed Han- Frontier building.) ★ ★ ★ Volunteer for Missouri Dike Duty MRS. CORA PEASE DIES SUDDENLY Stricken While Visiting Son’s New Home North of Atkinson Mrs. Cora Pease, 65, wife of Rooert Kease, cuect suddenly about 4 p.m. Sunday, Aprn 20, as tne resuxt of a heart attack. She was stricken at tne home of her son, Kay Pease, north of Atkin son. Mrs. Pease and her husband were visiting at the new home belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Kay r'ease. other visitors included Ur. and Mrs. N. P. McKee, of At kinson. Doctor McKee attended the stricken woman but the at tack proved fatal. Funeral rites were conducted at 2 p m., Wednesday, April 23, from the Methodist churcn in O’Neill. Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery. Rev. J. Laverne Jay, Meth odist district superintendent, of iiciated and Biglin Brothers were in charge. The late (Mrs. Pease, the former Cora Estella Spint, was born De cember 25, 1886, at Omaha a daughter of William F. and Paul ine Drum Spint. On August 16, 1903, she mar ried Mr. Pease at Council Bluffs, la. They became the parents of I two sons. The couple lived for a time at j Shelby, Polk county, coming to j Holt in 1915. As a young woman she was baptized in the Methodist church Survivors include: Widower; sons—Walter, of Emmet, and Ray L., of Atkinson; sisters ■— Mrs. Grace Taylor, of Grand Island; Mrs. Edna Wagner, of Grand Is land, Mrs. Addie Waldvogel, of New Rochelle, N.Y.; four grand children. Miss Widtfeldt to Stage Exhibit Miss Gayl Widtfeldt, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Widt feldt, of O’Neill, will present a graduate art exhibit in partial iulfillment of requirements for her bachelor of arts degree at Briar Cliff college, Sioux City, April 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit includes art work in a variety of media- Included are watercolor and oil paintings, sculpture in relief and in the round, handwoven and printed textiles and metalwork. Mis Widtfeldt is an art educa tion major and will receive a bachelor of arts degree May 29, The public is cordially invited to attend the exhibit. Miss Gayl Widtfeldt — The Frontier Enrravlng Holt Countyans to Omaha to Join in Battling Mad River (See photo above) An appeal on Saturday morn ing's "Voice of The Frontier” pro gram (WJAG 780 kc) for volun teer dike duty at Omaha, in the titanic battle against the wild Missouri river, brought a quick response. Nine volunteers with four auto mobiles were on hand at 4 p.m. when the Holt delegation shoved otf to the river battlefront. The delegation was headed by Axel Borg, of O’Neill, recently resigned Holt county supervisor, who con ceived the idea. Others were: Robert Rees, C. F. Small, Lawrence Barnett and Kenneth Small, all of Amelia; Holt Treasurer J. Ed Hancock, E. L. Hood. Lester Hornback and Joe Hoffman, of O'NeilL and Har ry Coolidge. When these volunteers reported at Omaha city hall Saturday night, the crest had passed Oma ha but the threat was by no means over. The army engineer in charge of manpower, Col. A. L. Tuttle, assigned the Holt crew to the mo bile reserve, a group of 50 being held in readiness for quick dis patch to a trouble spot. But their physical energies were not required and the next day the non - paid volunteers returned home. They were armed, however, to i go to the mat with the Big Mud- | dy. They carried waders and five-buckie overshoes, suitable , clothing and shovels. Omahans and residents of their I sister-city, Council Bluffs, won | their struggle against the river, I which had risen to 30.23 feet— four feet higher than all previous records. Borg brought home these facts from his all-night stay at city hall: Building of the dikes and avoid ing a terrible catastrophe in both cities was not only an amazing engineering feat but was a superb demonstration of Amer ican ingenuity and cooperative ness. Three million sandbags and over a half-million board feet of [ lumber were thrown into the 13 mile dike. Existing dikes were Taised from four to 10 feet to thwart the rushing water at its narrowest point in the valley. At the peak of the battle a truck load of dirt was being unloaded every six seconds. The American Red Cross bil leted flood evacuees and dike workers and served lunches. The Salvation army served 3,000 meals. Ten thousand sandbags were filled in an hour during the maxi mum effort. The Missouri was narrowed to 1,200 feet and the crest at times was 10 feet above street level. A sewer explosion and dike break required 900 Ions of rock, several tons of steel beam and armor plate to plug the hole. Crushed rock was shoved into the river by a 'dozer. On one six-mile stretch in the improvised Omaha dike system there were 4-inch by 4-inch tim bers erected vertically as braces every four feet, supporting flash boards. This dike could support 200 pounds pressure per square inch compared to the estimated river’s pressure of 98 pounds. Driving the Holt volunteers were Axel Borg, C. F. Small, L. M. Merriman. “Voice of The Frontier” . . . WJAG, 780 k.c. . . . Mon., Wed., I Sat., 9:45 a.m. O’NEILL SCHOOLS GET 22 ‘SUPERIORS’ Bands Get Top Ratings in Annual District Music Festival The annual O’Neill district high school music contest was held last week. O'Neill high students cap tured nine "superiors" out of 10 entries in the instrumental division and four vocal "super iors." St. Mary's academy earn ed one instrumental, one piano and seven vocal "superiors." The results listed below record ratings for entries from only the O’Neul area and only those en tries receiving I (“superior”) or II (“excellent”) ratings from the judges: Piano solo: I—Sharon Flowers, Clearwater — D- Bernard Mohr, St. Mary’s—C; II—Carolyn Wat son, Inman—D; Mary Ann Al lyn, Stuart—C; Henrietta Coats*, Stuart—C; Joan Smith, St. Ma ry’s—C; Doris Ward, Atkinson— B; Sally Buckendorf, Rock county — B; St. Mary’s piano quartette — C; St. Mary’s piano duo—C. Girls’: 1 — Mary E. Steele, St. Mary’s — C; Kay Eisenhauer, Chambers—C; Margaret Hemen way, Orchard — C; St. Mary’s girls’ trio — C; St Mary’s girls’ glee club—C; St. Mary’s mixed chorus — C; Marilyn Beha, St. Mary’s—C; Barbara Bennett, O’ Neill— B; O’Neill girls’ trio—B; Atkinson girls’ sextette—B; O’ Neill mixed chorus—B. II—June Schuman, Spencer—C; Vivian Harley, Chambers — C; Radean Kramer, Stuart—C; Delores Jilg, St. Mary’s — C; Sarah Moss, St. *—w. wciLKiu r&usei, r-wmg —C; Carolyn Lee, St. Mary’s — C; Esta Mae Nelson, Spencer—C. Miscellaneous, Clearwater—D; Clearwater girls’ triple trio—D; Cathleen Weichman, St. Joseph’s —D; Chambers girls’ trio—C; St. Mary’s girls’ sextette—C; St. Ma ry’s miscellaneous—C; Clearwa ter mixed chorus — D; O’Neill girls’ triple trio—B; Helen Hal bur, Butte—B; Frances Reimer, O’Neill — B; Rock county girls’ glee club — B; Atkinson girls’ glee club—B; O’Neill girls’ glee club—B; Atkinson mixed chorus —B. Boys’: I — Robert Hynes, St. Mary’s—C; Clearwater boys’ glee club — D; St. Mary’s boys’ glee B; Atkinson madrigal group—B. II—Marcus Peisson, Ewing—C; Eugene Neal, Clearwater — D; Ronnie Lau, Clearwater — C; Philip Nore, Clearwater — C; i Atkinson boys’ quartette—B. Alto saxophone: I — Richard Stelling, Orchard—C. II—Mari lyn McClurg, Rock county—B; Karen Stelling, Orchard—C. Trombone solo: I — Elizabeth Schaffer. O’Neill—B. Ft — Kay Myres, Stuart—C. Bass horn: I — Don Ernesti, Ewing—C; John Bowen, O’Neill —B. II—Keith Pavlik, Verdigre Snare drum: II—Faye Moses, Stuart—C. (Continued on page 8) STEPS INTO HOLE EWING—Joe Neckolite, of O’ Neill, stepped into a hole in the Elkhom river Sunday while fish ing near here and broke his leg in two places above the ankle. He had come from O’Neill to vis it his sister, Mrs. Eva Kaczor. At Knight Home— Mr. and Mrs. Allen Knight and Mike, of Ewing, were Monday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fora L. Knight. CANCER FILM, TALK FEATURED I — Home Demonstration Clubs Will Meet in O’Neill Next Tuesday | Members of Holt county's rhome extension clubs will ob serve national home demonstra tion week with a covered dish luncheon and cancer education ] program next Tuesday, April 29. | The combination luncheon meet i ing will take place at the court | house annex, starting at noon. “An Educational Program on Cancer,” one of the goals of the Holt clubs during the new year, fittingly will dominate the dis Icussion at the O’Neill meeting, according to Mrs. Albert Carson, of Redbird, chairman of the county organization, and Mrs. Helen Kreymborg, Holt home a ! gent. National theme for home dem onstration week, April 27 to May 3, is: “Today’s home builds to morrow’s world.” Following the neon luncheon and fellowship more than a hundred extension club mem bers will hear Or. W. F. Finley, Holt county physician, conduct a question- and answer period concerning cancer. At least two films will be shown. One of these will be en titled “Breast Cancer and Self Examination.” Two hundred fifteen thousand persons died last year from can cer and 70,000 of these deaths were considered needless. The American Cancer society points out that the disease must be found in its early stages for treatment to be effective. Seven danger signs are: 1. Any sore that does not heal. 2. A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere. 3. Unusual bleeding or dis charge. 4. Any change in a wart ot mole. 5. Persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing. 9. Persistent hoarseness or cough. 7. Any change in normal bowel habits. Holt county has received na tional publicity in its last year's blood typing project. Valley county has adopted the blood typing program for this year. Voters Okay $12,000 Water Bond Issue t The $12,000 bond issue elec tion, held here Tuesday, easily carried. Three-fifths of the total vote was needed by the city council in order to proceed with a new city well to relieve a crit ical water supply situation. The vote was very light. Here’s the way the voting went: For Against First ward_40 9 Second ward _40 7 Third ward _„ 34, 7 Totals- 114 16 A test well is being attempted a few hundred feet west of the present city wells, which are sit uated two miles south of the city in the Elkhom river valley. Brewster Gets Group III Post J. W. Brewster, president and cashier of the Tri-County bank, Stuart, was elected vice - presi dent of group III, Nebraska Bankers association, at its 53d annual Arbor day convention. The convention was held in Nor folk Tuesday. G. H. Adams, president of the Chambers State bank, served on the nominating committee. The association endorsed the bankers’ soil conservation pro gram and usged its continuance and extension “as urgently ne cessary for the welfare of our state and its people.” The bankers also urged contin ued support for 4-H and Future Farmers of America groups and encouragement of their programs and activities. Dr. J. M. Pucelik, of Spencer, chairman, gave the resolutions committee report. Others on the committee are G. P. Bauman, of rilden, and A. P. Anderson, of Butte. Barley Fox Plans Farm Sale— Harley Fox, who resides 10 miles east of O’Neill on highway 103, will sell 74 head of cattle, 110 head of sheen and a complete line of household goods at public auction on Tuesday, April 29 Col. Ed Thorin, of O’Neill, will be auctioneer: O’Neill National bank, clerk. (See advertisement on page 6.)
