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% ^ N 12 North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper 0 Volume 72.—Number 1 1. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 17, 1952. Seven Cents n #i f 1/ • 11 | • i Sailor on Leave Rilled in Crash STATE rd£>£ *0C ^ ^ ^. u ^ ^ ^.L-ui I Walt Koinzan of Elgin was injured late Monday in this plane crash. Here Walt Kopetjka, mechanic for the Koinzan Flying Ser vice, starts to clean up the wreckage.—Photo by Vince Jochum courtesy The Elgin Review. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Plane Crashes After Striking REA Line ___ 2d Victim Fights for Her Life * , Mrs. Don R. Jenkinson Is Still ‘Critical’ in a Norfolk Hospital Mrs. Donald R. Jenkinson, 22, is still in “critical” condition in Lutheran hospital at Norfolk where attendants say she has a “50-50 chance” of recovering. Her doctor issued a statement Wednesday morning saying she was “slightly improved.” Mrs. Jenkinson was injured Tuesday, July 8, near Wisner in an auto accident in which her mother, Mrs. H. H. Miles of Dor sey, \*-as instantly killed. Mrs. Jenkinspn’s mother-in law, Mrs. Joe Jenkinson, also an occupant in the ill-fated car, will recover. Her condition is “satis factory”, Lutneran hospital at tendants say. The three women were en route from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., where they had gone to visit the 22-year-old woman's husband, Donald, who is sta tioned in the army there. Their machine sixuck a oricige railing four miles west of Wis ner on U.S. highway 275. A large crowd attended the funeral services for Mrs. Miles, 44. which were held Thursday, July 10, at 2:30 p.m., in the Methodist church at Plainview. Rev. C. R- Tanner officiated and burial was in the Plainview cem etery. The choir sang “Going Home” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” Pallbearers were Howard Paul sen and Leon Jensen, both of Plainview, and Richard Marston, Willis Butterfield, George Kruse and Roy Kileore, all of the Dor sey community. Mrs. Miles, whose maiden name was Wilma Bivens, was reared at Plainview, a daugh ter of Mrs. Frank Bivens and the late Mr. Bivens. The Miles family resides on a farm a half - mile west of the Dorsey store. Survivors include: Widower — Herschel; sons—Buddy W., 18. who is scheduled to report soon for military service, and Bennie, 16; daughter — Mrs. Donald R. (Continued on page 6) New John Deere Showing Saturday Harry R. Smith, head of the Harry R. Smith Implements firm here, has returned from Omaha where John Deere dealers wit nessed a special preview of the new John Deere tractor line. “There are many, many im provements,” Mr. Smith says. Two new heavy - duty John Deere 2- and 3-plow tractors, successors to models “A” and “B”, will be announced Satur day, Julv 19, by the Smith firm. According to Mr. Smith, these new tractors feature a host of engineering advancements and major improvements which make them the greatest values ever offered by John Deere. Mr. Smith states that one of the new models will be on display Sat urday, July 19, and he extends a cordial invitation to everyone to stop by and see the new trac tor. There will be a registration for several door prizes. (Another photo on page 12.) Walt Koinzan of Elgin is in Antelope Memorial hospital, Ne ligh, with a fractured ankle and a cracked wrist bone as the re sult of an airplane crash eight miles east and 1% miles north of Chambers at 8 p.m. Monday. Mr. Koinzan was engaged in aerial spraying at the Louie Weiher farm when the tail of his plane hit a high line and plunged to the ground. The pilot was spraying a small field of corn and had about one more trip around to make. The east edge of the field, south of the Weiher house, is bordered by an REA line that brings elec tricity to the Weiher place. The clearance between the lowest wire and the ground is about 20 feet. Koinzan’s tail assembly clipped the lower strand of the line and severed the wire. The plane nosed into the ground. Where the propellor struck the turf was dug up. Wreckage was strewn over a part of the field. Mr. Koinzan credits the plane’s shoulder straps with saving his life. Shoulder straps are a rela tively new feature of aircraft and are used in addition to the safety straps which fit around the waists of pilots and passen gers on both private and com mercial aircraft. Mr. Koinzan's injuries are not serious and his condition is "good." The plane was completely de molished. The injured pilot was first taken to O’Neill and later re moved to the Neligh hospital. The wreckage was removed from the Weiher place early Tuesday morning. Patricia O’Donnell Studies in Hawaii Miss Patricia Ann O’Donnell, daughter of Edward L. O’Donnell of Salina, Kan., formerly of O’Neill, is among 3,000 students summer session at the University who are attending the sum mer session at the University of Hawaii at Honolulu. The University of Hawaii is a fully accredited institution of higher learning, and credits earned by summer students are transferable to their mainland al ma maters according to national ly accepted practices. The main university campus, which is located in Manoa valley, is scarcely more than a “text book’s throw” from some of the island’s finest beaches. While enrolled, mainlanders have little difficulty combining study and sunning with time left over to participate in Hawaiian festiv ities. Miss O’Donnell is taking sev eral art courses at the summer session. Youthful Burglars Will Go to Kearney Two youthful burglars who ad mitted breaking and entering the combination store and postoffice at Emmet in the early hours Monday, June 23, were sentenced Wednesday by District Judge D. R. Mounts. The boys, Donald Kazda, 16, of Oakdale and Vernon Synovec, 16, of Neligh were sentenced to the Kearney boys industrial school “until they are 21-years-old or un til otherwise released.” Kazda is a former resident of Atkinson, Emmet and O’Neill. Both left high school last spring. In their loot of the John Con ard store they stole mostly to bacco, gum and candy and took $3 from the postoffice till. For quick, effective results, try Frontier want ads! Expect New Well Into Action Soon City in Jeopardy on Friday While Pump Is Out of Order Cooperation of most of the residents of O’Neill has helped the municipal water department battle on even terms with a ser ious water shortage. A broken belt on one of the pumps late Friday resulted in a depleted water supply before the operation of the pump was restored. Between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 11,/city of ficials said there was virtual ly no water in the standpipe reservoir or in the water mains. Friday was an excessively hot day and O’Neill’s crippled pump ing system normally would have had difficulty producing the 8'00,000 gallons used that day without a costly breakdown. An appeal was made on the Saturday morning “Voice of The Frontier” program for res idents to recognize the gravity of the water shortage and exercise rigid conservation of water on lawns and gardens. Mayor J. E. Davis and City Supt. L. A. Anderson were in the studio while . Announcer George Hammond pleaded with his O’Neill listeners. The fire department would have been woefully handi capped in the event of fire that night, he pointed out. Since that appeal went out the residents have been cooper ating much better, Anderson said. He pointed out there are about two dozen residential properties that have their own wells and some persons, not knowing the facts, resent what appears to be “excessive use of water.” Mayor Davis explained that private individuals have installed their own wells in years gone by to enable them to water free ly if and when they wish. “Before criticizing anyone for ‘improper’ use of water, make sure the individual doesn’t have a well of his own he is using,” Davis said. The 800,000-gallon figure es tablished last Friday was prob ably a record consumption for the city. And the figure would have been higher if the water supply had held out. If conditions are favorable a new well should be ready for use in two weeks. The Layne Western well machine which arrived from Omaha Wednesday, July 16, was put into operation , on the same day. Considerable time was taken in having the wellsite approved for use by the slate board of health before work on it could be started. Samples of water from various depths were sent to Lincoln and the test from 117 feel below the surface was approved. The bacteriological tests are made to safeguard the health of consumers. Until the new well is ready, residents are asked to comply with the water regulations sug gested by city officials. Those who live east of Fourth streel may use water conservatively for lawn and garden purposes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Those who live west oi Fourth street may use the water for these purposes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Every one is asked to refrain Sundays This is the car in which a returned navy running board.—The Frontier Photo by Maude veteran was killed south weast of Atkinson Tues- Silverslrand. day evening. The driver was pinned under the Albert ("Al") Carroll . . . new Legion commander. John G. Stuifbergen ... re tires after big year. ^ ^ ^ Albert Carroll New Commander Succeeds Stuifbergen as Legion Chief Albert (“Al”) Carroll, head of the O’Neill Auto Supply whole sale firm here last Thursday was elected new commander of Si monson post 93 of the American Legion. He succeeds John G. Stuifbergen, who has held the post for the past year. Carroll spent 23 months in the navy during World War II. During most of that period he was stationed at Solomons, Md., an amphibious base. . James Earley was elected vice | commander; Roy Johnson, ser ! geant-at-arms; Allan Van Vleck, chaplain. Elected to the executive com mittee were Stuifbergen, Virgil Tomlinson and Don Petersen. They replace Melvin Ruzicka, Dr. C. M. Eason and Gordon O. Har per. Retiring oficers, besides Stuif bergen, are: Virgil Laursen, vice commander; Dale Buckmaster, sergeant-at-arms; Elmer Ross chaplain. Cietus Durr is adjutant—an ap pointive post. The Legion heard detailed plans for the air show at last Thurs day’s session. Simonson post is sponsoring the show. Spencer Woman Hurt in Omaha SPENCER—Vlasta Cizek, 37, of Spencer was injured in a two-car accident Monday, July 14 at Oma ha. She was treated at Immanuel hospital, Omaha, for head, shoul der, and elbow bruises. The accident occurred at Thir ty-ninth street and Curtis ave. The injured woman was driv ing east when her car collided with another driven by Kenneth Smith of Omaha. Smith, who had been traveling north, was booked for reckless driving. Civil Defense Training Begun LYNCH—Boyd county citizens organized a civil air defense pro gram at a meeting held at Lynch. Training meetings will be held and plane spotters appointed and trained. Jerry Sixta has been appointed obsever at Lynch, Ronald Roush at Bristow, Russell Angus at Spencer, Mack Mahannah at Butte. Sheriff Claude Collins is the county official assisted by Sidney Woolf of Lynch. TOSSED SALAD ROCK FALLS— One Rock Falls family went on a picnic dinner Sunday. All was well until the picnic table collapsed under the load of goodies. The food was salvaged and the pic nic proceeded. You, see, folks don’t go hungry in Rock Falls community! Navy Man Returns — PNl/c Richard Morgan of Sar Diego. Calif., arrived Sunday July 13, for a 2 weeks’ visit with his mother, Mrs. Ruth Morgan * and other relatives. 2,500-3,000 Expected at Air Show Municipal Airport Site of Thrill Spectacle Sunday Afternoon All is in readiness for the fourth annual American Legion sponsored air show to be held Sunday, July 20, at the O’Neill Municipal airport. This show is sponsored by O’Neill’s Simonson post 93. The Midwest Air Show fea tures the famous Cole brothers— Marion and Duane. Marion Cole is an interna tional aerial acrobatic cham pion. Duane Cole was the 1949 winner of the world's first in verted air race. Other stellar performers in clude: Joe Ruhl, veteran pilot and announcer; Howard Libersky, j who will be featured in his high i speed baby plane, and Capt. Ray Henry, who will do aerial acro batics with a dead engine and fa mous upside down flying. The show will start at 1:30 p.m. and will continue for several hours with a multitude of thrills, chills and spills that will leave spectators breathless. Captain Henry will do the fa mous ribbon-cutting act which requires rare skill and precision. He will also land his speeding plane on eight square feet of sur face atop a moving automobile. Libersky, one of the smallest stunt men in the business will put his high-powered Rose Para kette into a reckless 10,000-foot power spin. Eldon Peters will fly inverted strapped to the wing of an in verted speeding plane piloted by Marion Cole. Peters will signal to The crowd while the plane sweeps across the field below tree-top /el. The finale Will feature' Eldon , Peters in a delayed parachute jump. In connection with the air show there will be a carnival playing in O'Neill Saturday and Sunday, and dancing both Sat urday and Sunday nights at the Legion auditorium. Legion officials are expecting a crowd of more than 2,500 per sons, possibly 3,000. Several of the Midwest troup ers, including Howard Libersky and Capt. Ray Henry, have ap peared at OTNeill in other air shows. $676,968 in County Coffers June 30th Holt County Treasurer J. Ed Hancock has submitted the semi annual treasurer’s report. The report which appears on page 2 reveals that the total bal ance of all funds for January 1, 1952, was $745,042.70. Total re ceipts from January 1, 1952, to June 30, 1952, were $960,239.81. These figures make a total of $1,705,282.51. The total disburse ments for the first six months of 1952 were $1,028,313.90. The balance on hand June 30, 1952, is $676,968.61. The highest receipts were found in the general school funds, a total of $222,495.20. The largest disbursements were in' this same fund which amounted to $301,200.67. The special bee tax was the lowest source of receipts, $6.91, an indication that there are less bees and fewer apiarians. The table on page 2 is the of ficial publication in Holt’s offi Hospital Driveway, Park Plans Okay Verne Pangborn of the Nebras ka state department of health, hospital division, in O’Neill Mon day stated that plans for concrete driveways and parking areas in connection with the new St. Anthony’s hospital here have been given federal approval. Pangborn toured the hospital and grounds with James M. Corkle, St. Anthony’s fund drive chairman. The approval of the change order enables the contractors to proceed right away. It will re auire about two weeks to assem ble equipment and materials. SCHOOL ENTERED PAGE—The Page school build ing was entered Friday night af ter gaining entrance through a window broken into the locker where the basketball equipment is kept and into the office. Noth ing seems to have been taken but damage was done to the doors 3nd wood work when thev gained entrance to the locker and offices. Sheriff Tomiack was called but no clues were found. MAPRIAGE I.TCENSE Peter Ramold and Miss Anna ' Coufal, both of Atkinson, on July 11. ! Charles Edward Barnes . . . before age of 20 he had circled the globe. Mrs. James Humpal, Long 111, Expires Holt Woman Born in Bohemia ATKINSON—Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. to day (Thursday) in Atkinson for Mrs. James Humpal, 75, who died quietly at her home Mon day evening. She had been ill a number of years and was con sidered a semi-invalid “shut-in.” Rev. E. G. Hughes, Methodist church pastor, will officiate in the rites at the funeral chapel and burial will be in Wood Lawn cemetery. The late Mrs. Humpal, whose maiden name was Julia Katherine Halbina, was born in Bohemia (now Czechoslo vakia) May 12, 1877. Her par ents were the late John and Albina Halbina. She accom panied her people to America at the age of 10. Chapula to Teach Music at Tilden EWING—Gerald Chapula, who has been on the Ewing high school faculty the past year, has been employed as music instruc tor in the Tilden school the com ing year. He signed his contract Saturday. Mr. Chapula, who was gradu ated from Wayne State Teachers’ college, is married and has two small childen. The Halbinas settled in Atkin son. Mrs. Humpal continued to reside on the same acre of ground throughout the remain der of her life. In 1894 she married James Humpal in Atkinson. One of her sons, William, served in World War I. The late Mrs. Humpal was a member of the Royal Neighbors of America and ZCBJ lodges. Survivors include: Widower; sons—William of Des Moines, la., and Arthur of Atkinson; daugh ter — Mrs. Regina Witter of Cheyenne, Wyo.; seven grand children and 11 great - grand children. f - Atkinson Youth Dies Instantly Charles Edw. Barnes Funeral Rites Set for Friday Morning By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND Special Correspondent ATKINSON—A young Atkin son navy man, home on emer gency leave because of the recent death of his father, was killed instantly about 7:30 p.m., Tues day, July 15, about four miles southeast of Atkinson. Dead is FN Charles Edward Barnes, about 22. With him at the time of the accident was a friend, Leon Schaaf, who was uninjured. It was the first automobile fatality within the confines of Holt coun ty in 1952. a The coupe young Barnes was driving turned completely over, pinning the driver's head and shoulders beneath the running board. It is believed that the car went out of control when the machine struck a rough place at the approach of a small bridge and hit heavy sand at the other side. The impact threw the ma chine and occupants across a deep road ditch and into a grove of trees. It is believed that young Barnes died almost instantly. The young navy man’s death occurred just three weeks almost to the hour after the death of his father, the late Fred Barnes of Atkinson. Charles Edward Barnes was born at Atkinson, the seventh child of a family of nine chil dren. He attended school at St. Joseph’s hall until he was old enough to enlist in the U.S. navy, in which he had served for the past five years. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, July 18, alt St. Joseph's Catholic churchi in Atkinson at 9 o'clock. It will be a military funeral and bur ial will be in St Joseph's cem etery. Survivors include: Mother — Mrs. Ruth Barnes; sisters—Mrs. Elmer Schaaf and Mrs. Alfred Schaaf, both of Atkinson; Mrs. I Orville Seger of Chicago, III.; Mrs. Charles Strong of Omaha; | brothers—Frederick and Robert, both of Omaha; John and James at home; also his grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Freed of Atkin son. The navy man, who despite his youth was considered a navy veteran, planned to marry De lores Krysl next June. Before Barnes was 20-years-old he had circled the globe with the navy, assigned to the USS Bexar. His decorations included the Korean service ribbon and Chi na service naval occupation rib bon. Young Barnes was to have re turned to navy duty July 25th* Miller Optimistic About Ike-Nixon Nebraska’s Fourth district con gressional representative is opti mistic about republican hopes in the November general election. Dr. A. L. Miller of Kimball, who has served 10 years in the lower house, passed through O’Neill early Monday enroute to his home for the congressional recess. He had spent last week at the hectic 25th republican national convention in Chicago, 111. Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart, editor of The Frontier, interviewed Congressman Miller on the Mon day “Voice of The Frontier” pro gram (WJAG, 780 k.c.) When asked if he (Miller) thought the Taft - Eisenhower GOP factions could resolve their differences, the congressman re plied: “It’s like a man and wife quarreling. When a third party steps in they both lump On vou. I believe part of the republican party died in Chicago. It has been pruned down pretty deep, like vou prune your roses. And I think the new growth that comes will be good for America. We’ve had sort of a hardshell group of status auo republieans. I think the republicans will get togeth er with men like Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Richard M. Nixon leading them.” Doctor Miller «?aid he worked with Senator Nixon, the vice r>re«tidenlial nominee, in con gress. Paid the Nebraskan: “Mr. Nixon is a good Christian man, a good sneaker and a =nl°ndid citizen. I think Eisen hower and young Nixon will m»ke onite an imnact on the voters of America.” Tn commenting on the hard shell group of republicans. Doc tor Miller said he believed that they had lacked leadership in the house minority group, they have been “dead” and had no new ideas. “A party that stands still too long begins to die,” said Con gressman Miller. “This is an agressive, progres sive, dynamic, growing popu lation in America, and we have to have new ideas along with good conservative ideas, if we are going to grow and keep pace with the thinking of the people.” When asked about Eisenhow er’s views on overseas spending and universal military training, he said that Eisenhower wants to cut government spending in half—by 40 billion dollars. “I hope he can do it. If he doesn’t come out against UMT, I’ll be a maverick in the repub lican party and won’t go along with him. I’m going to do my own thinking. Congressman Miller . . . old guard died in Chicago. "I hope to have a little in fluence on Eisenhower and the group ihai I think will be in power for the next eight years." Congressman Miller intends to stay at his home in Kimball for the next three weeks. “During the month of August,” he said, “I’m going to attend as many county fairs and see as many people as I can in the Fourth district.” The Nebraska solon described watching New York’s Gov. Thomas E. Dewey at work with the pro-Eisenhower delegation. He said he witnessed at first hand and heard some of the maneuvering and declared that Dewey was cracking a tough whip. In comments that were not broadcast, Mr. Miller said per sonal demonstrations On the con vention floor on the part of Pennsylvania’s Governor Fine and New Jersey’s Governor Driscoll were in “very bad taste, very poor.” Julius D. Cronin, O’Neill at torney who helped with the U S, Sen. Robert A. Taft boom for president in Nebraska, likewise was uncomplimentary about Dewey, Fine and Driscoll. Cronin, who was in the Chi cago amphitheater during the Monday and Tuesday evening sessions, heard the keynote addresses of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Former Pres ident Herbert Hoover. William J. Froelich. a Chica go attorney who resides here, also witnessed some of the con vention proceedings. Froelich, fm Ike banker, lives in the Blackstone hotel where Eisen hower and his staff were stay ing during the Chicago meet.