I o ^ O' o . O Q Hospital Opening 0 © __ "■* Delays Explained 9/ a *-—-« _ Inman Couple Marks Golden Wedding 0 ' ; George Colman, Wife Entertain 120 © INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. George P. Colman of Inman celebrated their golden wedding anniversa ry Saturday, July 5. They entertained 120 guests at open-house. Their anniversary is July 24. but to make it convenient for their children the celebration was held on July 5. Members of the family present were; Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Colman and children, Janice, Jimmy and Mrs. Robert Barnett, all of Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Colman and daughter, Nancy, of Chicago, 111.; and Mr. and Mrs. George L. Colman and Brenda, Bernice and Randall, all of Inman. A son, Lawrence E., and fam ily of Portland, Ore., were un able to be present. Flowers, gifts and cards were received from relatives and friends. Mrs. Robert Bennett and Miss Janice Colman, grand daughters, had charge of the gifts and guest book. The bride’s table was laid with a lace cloth, and a three tier angel food wedding cake decorated with yellow roses and an artistic ornament holding a swinging golden bell was used as the centerpiece. The cake was baked by Miss Faye Brunck horst. The guests were served a tray lunch which was carried out in gold and white colors. Refreshment hostesses were Mrs. George L. Colman, Mrs. Ralph Colman, Mrs. Max Moss man, Mrs. Kenneth Coventry and the Misses Faye and Bar bara Brunckhorst. Mary Maude Miller and George Philip Colman were married on July 24, 1902, at Page at the Methodist par sonage by Rev. J. R. flamsey. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Colman, brother and sister-inlaw of the bride groom. Mr. Colman was bom at Col linsville, N.Y., and came to Ne braska at the age of 18 months with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colman. Mrs. Colman was bom near Atlantic, la. Mrs. Elizabeth Colman was the only guest present who at tended the original wedding. Out-of-town guests present • were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker * Mrs. Raymond Taylor and sons of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Moss of Chambers; Mr. and of Page; Joe Chase and Bob Car ty of Sheldon, la. The open-house was preceded by a family dinner at noon which included fried chicken and angel food wedding cake at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Colman and fam ily served by Mrs. Max Moss man and the Misses Faye and Barbara Brunckhorst. OPEN NEW STORE Philip Cohn of the New Out law grocery store here has an nounced that Richard (“Dick”) Farrier will become manager of a new store being opened at Gregory, S.D. Mr. Farrier has been on the New Outlaw staff for over two years. ATTEND FUNERAL LYNCH—Mrs. Don Bare re cently attended the funeral of her father, James Sinclair, at Denver, Colo. Mr. Sinclair was a former Boyd county man, having lived in the Gross community many years. Bud Sinclair of Bris tow also attended the funeral. Deceased had been bedfast for > many months. Honored at Shower — Mrs. Norman Fallsen was hon ored at a shower on Wednesday afternoon, July 2, at the Lutheran church in Neligh. Mrs. Fallsen, formerly Wilma Kloepper, re ceived many gifts. Among those attending from O’Neill were Mrs. Fallsen’s mother, Mrs. Rose Kloepper and her sister, Mrs. Ar nold Gehring. Try FRONTIER WANT ADS! “If everything goes as planned, the new St. Anthony’s hospital will be opened in September.” These words were spoken by James M. Corkle, chairman of the hospital building committee, while discussing the series of de lays that has long delayed the opening and putting in operation of O’Neill’s new half-million-dol lar health center. A number of people have been asking why the hospital has not been opened. Said Corkle: ‘The supplier of the windows furnished screens and storm sash which were not satisfactory. About six months ago the com mittee advised the contractor that they would not accept the screens and storm sash. It was not until three weeks ago that a rep resentative of the supplier came to meet with the committee. The supplier agreed to furnish six new units for inspection. Six of the new units were installed last Thursday. They were inspected by the committee and found “sat isfactory.” The balance of the units for the windows are being shipped immediately. “The installation of the tile on the hospital steps did not meet specifications. The subcontrac tors have returned twice and have completed the installation in a ‘satisfactory’ manner. ‘The original plans called for gravel drives and parking area,” Corkle explained. “Two months ago it was decided that it would be best to put in concrete drives and parking area while federal aid was still available. This pro ject has state approval and fed eral approval is expected short ly.” The contractor advises the committee, Mr. Corkle con tinued, that it will take two weeks to prepare for the cement work and move equipment to O'Neill. After the cement and equipment is here, 30 days will be required to complete the paving. Volunteers will be needed to move supplies and equipment, which is stored in various places in the city, into the hospital. Those who will help with the moving several hours in the eve ning, are asked to call 42 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and leave their names and phone numbers. They will then be notified when the moving will be done Meanwhile, the Sisters of St. Francis, who will own and oper ate the hospital, having been marking time awaiting the com pletion of interior. Outwardly the impressive building gives a finished appear ance. Teacher Shortage in Northern Holt $200 Per Month Jobs Go Begging A serious problem confronts Holt county in the matter of teachers for the rural school dis tricts. At the present time the county is faced with the same difficulty that is noticeable throughout the nation, namely an acute teacher shortage. According to the latest report, there is a lack of 40 or 50 teach ers, especially in the northern portion of the county. The aver age salary for teachers in this region is $200 per month. There was a total of 127 rural schools during the last term. If the teacher shortage is not met, it will be necessary to make other arrangements to accommo date the school children during the 1952-’53 term. Miss Alice L. French announc ed that examinations for en trance into kindergarten or be ginner grade will be given in O’Neill on Thursday, August 21. Those who wish to have a child take the examination are required to get the necessary blank from the county superin tendent’s office and make ar rangements for time of exami nation. This examination is required for children who will be five after October 15, in order for them to enter school this September. Tuesday, Mrs. John Valla re ceived word of the death of her sister, Mrs William Lueckart of Yampa, Colo. Mrs. Lueckart has recently moved to Colorado. • "Willie" and his juvenile friends . . . lefl-io righf: Keith McKim, 11, of O'Neill; Richard Ba zelman, 7, of O'Neill; Palsy Bazelman, 8, of O'Neill; William ("Willie") Herman, playground supervisor; Barbara Spilller, 4, and Renee Spil es o • *** - * ~Mmm JF \^r -; ■ tier, 5. both of O'Neill; sitting on Mr. Herman's knee, Barbara Barthel, 6, of Chambers; Cheryl Barthel. 3, of Chambers; Barabra Wink, 11, of Chambers. —The Frontier Photo. 1 .- . A \ ^ .. *. p ■ '^r “VOICE 1 OF THE FRONTIER” TWELVE PAGES __ ONE SECTION 780 k. c. 9:45 a.m. PAGES 1 TO 12 North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 72.—Number 10._ O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 10, 1952. Seven Cents Dorsey Woman Killed in Accident Air Troupe to Appear July 20th Legion Brings Stellar Air Acrobats to Municipal Airport A topnotch air show troupe will come to O’Neill Sunday, July 20, and present a 10-act performance at the Municipal airport. It will be the third an nual air show sponsored by Si monson post 93 of the American Legion. The show will start at 1:30 p.m. and continue for several hours. It is the Midwest Air Show troupe featuring the fa mous Cole brothers—Duane and Marion. Duane will do dead - stick acrobatics. He is the holder of the world's first inverted air race title. He will race by the field upside down. | Capt. Ray Henry will do the famous ribbon cutting act, which requires rare skill and precision. Captain Henry will also land his speeding plane atop a mov ing automobile (eight square feet of surface). Howard Libersky, one of the smallest stunt men in the busi ness and an airman who has performed in O’Neill before, will bring you some of the biggest thrills, flying his high-powered Rose Parakette. For the fifth act Captain Hen ry will takeoff from the roof of a car. First act after the intermis sion will be Libersky’s reckless 10,000-foot power spin, followed by a series of aerial acrobatics bv Duane Cole. ,The Cole-Peters wing act will be one of the top thrills. Eldon Peters will fly inverted strapped to the wing of an inverted seed ing plane piloted by Marion Cole. The finale will feature Eldcn Peters in a delayed parachute Jump. In addition, the Legion has carded the County Fair Shows a carnival, to appear in O’Neill Saturday and Sunday. There will be dancing both Saturday night and Sunday night at the Legion auditorium. FORMS AVAILABLE Application forms for the re cently-announced 1952 deer-hunt are now available at county clerks’ offices, the Nebraska game commission office in Lin coln, and from district conser vation offices. Julius D. -Cronin, O’Neill at torney, left Saturday for Chica go, 111. He planned to witness some of the proceedings at the republican national convention. Mr. Cronin has been active in the Taft-for-president movement in Nebraska. ‘Willie* Herman Beloved by Kids For the past four summers William Herman, better-known to the small-fry as “Willie”, has been the playground supervisor at O’Neill’s Ford park. “Willie” has endeared himself to the hearts of the children who come to the park to play on the swings, slide, merry-go-round, or gather to romp and play. The little ones especially look to him Nearly 4,900 Car Licenses in Holt A Holt county automobile li cense directory in handbook form will be off The Frontier presses this weekend. Glea H. Wade of O’Neill or dered the book published by The Frontier on a contract ba sis. He will distribute copies to advertisers and individual copies will be available from Mr. Wade and at The Fron tier office at the price of one dollar. The directory shows the pas senger license holder with the plate “36-1” is Joe Brewster of Stuart while the last number on the list, “36-4900”, is in the name of Robert E. Geary of Inman. The number in the middle, “36 2450”, is held by Alfred Schaaf of Atkinson. The license plate bearing the number “36-3636” belongs to Catherine Hamilton of Stu art. Lloyd D. Holliday of Or chard has number “36-666.” Alva h. Scholz of Inman is up todate with number “36-1952.” Approximately 100 license plates have been issued to car d e a 1 e rs. The approximate number of farm truck licenses issued is 1,100 and commercial truck licenses issued are in the neighborhood of 900. Bethany Dedicates Church Cornerstone Masonry Completed on New Edifice On Sunday evening, July 6, members of the Bethany Presby terian church gathered at the buildng site of the new church and joined in a service of dedi cation of the cornerstone. After the opening service of worship a duet was sung by Kathryn Hoffman and Rosemary Gibson, and Stanley Lambert sang “Bless This Church.” Jean ine Gibson accompanied both musical numbers. A brief history of the church was read by Carl Lambert, clerk of the session, and the present membership role was presented. The documents were deposited in the cornerstone and a dedi catory prayer was offered by the pastor, Rev. Samuel Lee of O’Neill. A brief message was preached by the pastor and the service was closed with the singing of “Blest Be the Tie,” and the benediction. The masonry for the basement of the church is completed, and the framework for the super structure will be begun immedi ately. Bethany church was organized February 19, 1887. There were 16 charter members as compared to 68 today. The church was moved in 1912 from the five-mile comer east of Chambers to its present site. The golden anniversary of Bethany church was celebrated in 1937 and a special 60th anni versary observance was held in 1947._ as a grand guy, because he is always ready to give them a push on the swings or boost them up on the horizontial lad der. Mr. Herman, who runs a bi cycle repair shop in O’Neill, is on hand at the park Mondays through Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. His duties are to keep the park clean and the playground implements in repair. But he goes beyond that and helps the kiddies have a good time. He said that people in gen eral are careful about cleaning up after a picnic, but that he spends quite a lot of time policing the place. “Many tourists stop at the park at lunch time, and some of them stay awhile and let the children play,” says Mr. Herman. “Willie” is 40-years-old but you wouldn’t know it. He’s agile and drapes himself in an in verted position from the hori zontal bars like a youngster. He swings the little tots up to the top of the bar. The park has been the scene of many birthday parties, Bible school picnics and 4-H club af fairs. This makes more work for the supervisor, but as long as the children have a good time he loves each moment of it. “Willie” says that the merry go-round doesn’t work very well. He tried repairing it but found that someone had poured sand in one of the grease cups and ruined the bearings. He packed it with grease, and it works a little better, but he is waiting for the bearing to be replaced. • Little Bruce Spittler, who is 3-years-old, is a special pal of "Willie's." When he comes to ihe park he lets everyone know The Smiths . . . Carolyn, 10; Mrs. Smith; Roger, 5; Reverend Smith; Warren Lee, 13. Missionary Family Returns to U.S. CHAMBERS — The Rev. and Mrs. Ward R. Smith and child ren, Warren Lee, Carolyn and Roger, arrived here last Thurs day on furlough from their mis sion station at Tocomacho, Hon duras, Central America. They are former Chambers residents. The Smiths have been in Hon duras for three years. En route home they traveled by boat to LaCeiba, then on horseback for four days to Trujillo. The trip to New Orleans, La., was made by plane, and from there to Omaha by train. The family was met at Omaha by Vernon Smith. Their trip from Omaha to Ch\mbers was their first auto mobile ride in two years, ex cept for a bus trip to Teguci galpa, capital of Honduras, a few months ago. Although the Smiths left their mission station two weeks ago, all but two days of the time was consumed in getting from Toco macho to Truiillo. Reverend and Mrs. Smith told of some of their Central Amer ican missionary experiences on the Wednesday morning “Voice of The Frontier” program (WJAG, 780 k. c.) They are sup ported in their work by the Memorial Baptist church o f Chambers, which has an im pressive record in the realm of world Christian service. Techni cally, the Smiths are independ ent missionaries. “We are concerned mainly with bringing the word of God to the many natives down there who otherwise would not be hearing the word,” explains the kindly, small-statured Chambers man. “It’s easy for Americans to learn about God because of radios and literature. “But for the natives it’s dif ferent. They have a language ihai "Willie" is lops with him. You can’t blame Bruce much for this. All he has to say is, “Give me a push,” or “Help me up,” and Willie is right there. Bruce was having a good time until The Frontier photographer said come and have your picture taken. That was too much for him and he went home. One day two summers ago Shirley DeGeorge, whose home is in Omaha, was visiting rela the park. She played in the park tives in O’Neill who live near and while climbing up the chute of the slide was knocked down by another child sliding down the slippery slide. Her leg was broken. This happened in the morning while Mr. Herman was not on duty. However, Shirley was not discouraged by this unfortunate accident. She still spends most of her time in the (YNeill^611 she is visiting in No serious accidents have oc curred while Mr. Herman is on duty since he became super visor. WEATHER SUMMARY ■ e*£bt hundredths of an inch of moisture fell during the past week, highlighting the weather situation. Reports have come from all over Holt county ranging fr0m the .14 in O’Neill to as high as an inch and a half. Summary for the week ending at 5 p.m. daily; Date Hi Lo Prec. JTu}y 3 _88 50 Jy 4 _93 58 5 __93 65 .14 •JuJy 6_88 72 July 7 _75 53 .14 July 8 _w 85 43 July 9_91 52 ^impediment — it is difficult to j learn and use; they have very i few Christian churches and the few are far between. Transpor tation is very limited. The only travel where we’ve been is by sea, horse, canoe or foot. "We are intending to build a school," Reverend Smith continued, "in which we may further the gospel work in a more concentrated way." “We are located about 15 de grees north of the equator in Honduras. We are about two thirds the way down the Hon duras sea coast. “Our work hags been prin cipally with three tribes. One of the tribes originated in Africa. They are called Caribs. One of the other tribes are actually Indians but less dark than the Caribs. The third tribe are a mixture of Spanish and Indian. They speak three different lan guages but Spanish seems to be a common denominator. “These natives are unbeliev ably primitive and live in vil lages. It’s strange because Hon duras is only about 800 miles by air from New Orleans. “The natives work completely by hand. One tool is universal— the machet,” the missionary ex plained. “The natives use the machet to work through brush, till soil, plant and harvest their crops of rice, beans and corn . . . even as a weapon. When Reverend Smith displayed the machet to The Frontier reporter, a “USA” trade mark was noted on the stainless steel blade. The Baptist minister explained that some natives fashioned their own machets — a weird-looking gadget—but American manufac turers have been able to mass produce a much better machet that appeals to the natives. Small Grain Harvest Underway in Holt Ickes Says Oats Not Good as Expected The harvesting of small grain has started in Holt county, with prospects of a good yield. Rye was being harvested already last week Wednesday, July 2, on the Leo Burival farm north of O’Neill. Oats were combined on the E. R. Carpenter place north west of Chambers on Monday, July 1, with a good yield. N. D. Ickes, whose farm is two miles southwest of Page, started combining oats on Monday, July 7, also. The yield isn’t as good as was looked for, 10 to 15 bush els an acre. His rye looked good this year and is nearing the cut ting time. Said Mr. Ickes, “the corn has never looked so good, it’s knee high already, and if it doesn’t get too dry, there will be a bumper crop.” Mr. Ickes has put up two cuttings of alfalfa, but hasn’t started on the prairie hay as yet. Farmers throughout the coun ty are well pleased with the pro gress of corn. In some places it is already waist high. Generally, however, conditions in Holt coun ty farming localities have been very dry the past three weeks. Intermittent thunder showers with threatening skies almost daily have been encouraging to farmers. Field hands on the E. M. Jar man place southwest of Cham bers put up 20 stacks of hay in one day last week. The hay crop is way ahead of last year. Many farmers have their hay already up. where at this time last year they hadn’t even started haying. The weath er has been ideal for curing hay, with plenty of sunshine and high temperatures. " Every native has a machet — razor-sharp and about three feet long. The women even peel some of their vegetables with the machet. “Our little boy, Roger,” ex plains Mrs. Smith, was only 2 year-old when we went to Hon duras. He knows more Spanish than English and is having dif ficulty now that he is home in Nebraska.” "People say that Roger speaks with a Spanish accent. We don't notice it so much but the Spanish influence is bound to appear." "I spend most of my time teaching my own children theii school work and looking after my family. Their studies keep me busy from morning until noon," the mother explains. Social diseases and malaria are the biggest health problems among the natives. Another mis sionary family operates the dis pensary there. There are other missionaries about 40miles away. Reverend Smith says his job is to look after the spiritual wel fare of almost eight thousand blacks. It’s a big job. When the Smiths return to their station after an eight months furlough they expect to have their new school almost finished. “We are looking forward to the work that lies ahead. But right now we’re enjoying the good United States,” he says with a smile. Reverend Smith will report to the Memorial Baptist congrega tion during the regular worship service on Sunday, July 13. Miss Joan Burhans Queen at Stuart ’52 Grad to Rule at Ak-Sar-Ben STUART—Miss Joan Burhans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McGraw of Stuart, was chosen queen of the annual Stuart Miss Burhans . . . queen. Fourth of July celebration and rodeo on Friday, July 4. Miss Burhans came to Stuart from Churdan, la., where she had attended high school for two years. She graduated from Stuart high school with the class of 1952. Her school activities included I dramatics, music, pep club, cheer l leader and volleyball. She was a member of the annual staff. Queen Burhans will serve as ' guest queen at Omaha’s Ak-Sar- i Ben rodeo later this year Car Strikes Bridge Rail; 2 Injured Mrs. H. H. Miles Dies Enroute Home from Son - in - Law Visit Mrs. Hershel H. Miles of the Dorsey community, northeast of O’Neill, was killed Tuesday and two other women were injured when their automobile struck a bridge railing four miles west of Wisner on U. S. highway 275. Investigating officers said one of the bridge rails plunged through the right side of the car and out the door. Injured were Mrs. Don Jenkinson, 21, of Plainview, daughter of Mrs. Miles, and Mrs. Joe Jenkinson of Plain view, mother-in-law of Mrs. Don Jenkinson. • The three women were return ing from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., where they had been visiting Don Jenkinson who is in the army. The two injured women were taken to the Lutheran hospital at Norfolk. Mrs. Don Jenkinson, 23, was reported in serious condition with two broken legs and a frac tured jaw. Mrs. Joe Jenkinson’s condition was described as satis factory. She is suffering from forehead cuts and other injuries. Guy Hull, a neighbor of the Miles’, passed the wreckage scene a few minutes after it hap pened. Highway patrolmen were waving traffic onward and Mr, Hull said he did not learn until Wednesday morning that Mrs. Miles had been killed. o Funeral rites will be held on Thursday afternoon (today) Ju ly 10, at 2:30 o’clock in the Meth odist church at Plainview. The Miles family resides on a farm about a half-mile west of the Dorsey storfe. Mrs. Miles is the former Wilma Bivens of Plainview. Survivors include: the widow er—Herschel; sons—Buddy W., 18, -who is scheduled to report soon for military service; another son—Bennie, 16, and the daughter—Mrs. Don Jenkinson, the former Janice Miles, who Is in the Lutheran hospital, Nor folk. Harry A. Snyder, Holt Banker, Dies Serves for 25 Years as City Clerk ATKINSON— Harry A. Snv der, 66, of Atkinson died Friday, July 4, at 4 p.m. at the Atkinson Memorial hospital. He had been ill about a year. The late Mr. Snyder came to Atkinson about 40 years ago. As a young man he joined the First National bank staff here. He was assistant cashier for many years. He was also active in civic af fairs serving as city clerk for 25 years. He retired recently be cause of illness. Mr. Snyder was a member of the Masonic lodge, Eastern Star and Atkinson men’s chorus. Funeral serivces were held at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church at Atkinson Monday, July 7, with Rev. E. G. Hughes and Rev. Or in C. Graff officiating. Survivors include: Widow — the former Helen Ollerman of Ponca; daughter — Mrs. Joseph (Jacqueline) Neal of Minneapolis' Minn.; grandson—Joseph Neal jr.; several brothers and sisters. Attends Wichita Methodist Meet INMAN—Harvey A. Tompkins spent five days last week in Wichita, Kans., attending the south central jurisdictional con ference of the Methodist church. He was one of 10 laymen and 10 ministers who were elected by the annual conference to repre sent Nebraska Methodism at this conference which comprises the states Nebraska, Kansas Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana Texas and New Mexico. Harvey served on the special committee on the ministry which reported on the status of supply pastors. The conference voted to make two areas out of Kansas and Ne braska, and also voted to elect a new bishop to serve the new Ne braska area with headquarters irr Lincoln. H. Bascom Watts, former district superintendent for the Tulsa, Okla., district, was elected to serve the (Nebraska area on the seventh ballot. One of the high ^gbts of the conference was the consecration service for the new bishop. Some 5,000 persons at tended this service. Mr. Tomkins states that this* should be a big help to the Meth cdist church in Nebraska because the bishop will be more nearly able to acquaint himself with the problems of each local church, , O o