“VOICE OF THE FRONTIER” 28 | Wed "y* TWO SECTIONS ° Sal. 790 k.c. 9:45 a.m. Section 1—Pages 1 to 12 ' • > •; :• =r * “ttl ■ *■- , • ;’-n ,t -V\» * 'Vi1 f.i , , V y" *• *' i CHAMBERS—Activity is hum ming at the Holt county fair grounds northwest of this south Holt town where all is in readi ness for the 1952 fair, sponsored by the Holt County Agricultural Society. “There is still some space avail * able for exhibitors and commer cial displays,” Secretary Edwin Wink: said Wednesday. The fair gates will swing open on Tuesday, August 26. The exposition will continue through Friday, August 29. The final two days—Thursday and Friday—will be devoted to entertainment. (See page 13, sec tion 2.) The entertainment fea ture, according to tradition, will be the rodeo. Cowboys from several states are expected to par ticipate in the subsiantially in creased prize money being offer ed this year. President Verne Sageser of Amelia said Wednesday the ban on hogs in the state is still in ef fect. Premiums on hogs, how ever, are listed in the official premium list just in case the ban is lifted before fair week. Meanwhile, the village of Chambers is preparing to enter tain thousands of visitors during the big week Cool Spell Brings Relief from Heat Lowest temperatures during the past seven days was a 53-de gree mark recorded early Tues day morning. Coolness has char acterized the weather during the past week. A heavy hail storm late Wed nesday, August 6, struck north of Orchard in a path extending from about four miles north of Oak view to Venus. Among the farms hit were those operated by Er vin Held, Delbert Boelter, Jeff rey Bros., And others. In some places com stalks were reduced to shreds. Some of the large hail stones were exhibited in Orchard Thursday morning. The corn crop was only in fair condition in that sector before the storm hit, due to prolonged dry ness during July. Orchard re ceived a half-inch cxf rain with the hail. Summary: August 7_72 64 .53 August 8_82 63 .37 August 9_83 54 August 10 _88 61 .04 August 11_80 54 .12 August 12 _80 53 August 13_89 59 TOTAL_1.06 Phone Company Wants Increase The Northwestern Bell Tele phone Co. and the CIO Commun ications Workers of America have I settled their contract differences. A new contract was signed late ; Tuesday which provides wage in creases from $2.50 to $5.50 for 18,500 non-supervisory telephone employes in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and the Dakotas. Negotiatons had been under way since July 2 in an effort to reach agreement by the expira tion of the old contract, midnight Aug. 9r Three extensions of 24 hours were agreed to before signing. A portion of the increase will require wage stabilization board approval. The contract is subject to ratification by union member ship. Meanwhile, L. O. Arstad, gen eral manager for Northwestern Bell, said a request for higher phone rates have now become necessary, because of inflation. The exact amount of the increase to be sought has not been fixed. 40 Methodists Travel Chairman — INMAN — About 40 members and guests of the young adult fellowship of the Methodist church drove to Valentine Sun day, August 10, on their fourth annual outing. The group was en tertained at By-The-Way ranch by Mr. and Mrs. Ermand Keyes and family and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Keyes and Murl. After a picnic dinner and tour of buildings at the McKelvie ranch the group vis ited points of interest around Val entine, including a massive sand slide along the banks of the Nio brara river, the national wild life refuge, the fish hatcheries, the museum and Ft. Falls. The day was climaxed with a picnic sup per in the city park. Out-of-town guests who joined the caravan were Mr.and Mrs. Ray Rickel and family of Neligh, Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKathnie of Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Gillette of Chambers and Mr. and Mrs. Don Kruger of Ainsworth. Lutheran Church Holds Mission Festival ORCHARD — About 200 per sons attended the mis sion fest ival of St. Peters English Lu theran church here Sunday. Rev. L. W. Steffen gave the morning sermon and Rev. R. Baldwin of Bazile Mills spoke in the afternoon. The church’s male quartet, Chris Stelling, Joseph Zimmerman, William Mosl and John Schlenesener, sang during the fternoon services. Accomp anist was Willim Zimmerman . The women of the church served a basket dinner at noon. Guests were present from Ba zile Mills, Spencer, Clearwater and Walnut. Reverend Chappell Elected lo Valentine — UNMAN—Members of the four general commissions of the church: Worship, lay activities, world service and Evangelism met at the church Thursday eve ning, August 7. It was voted to meet as an official board with all members of all committees elig ible to be present at a monthly meeting during the rest of the church vear. Rev. C. C. Chappell was elected chairman of official board. Mrs. Harvev Tompkins, vice chairman and Mrs. Ira Watson, secretary. * o *• * * Holt County Fair PREMIUM LIST In This Issue This issue of The Frontier, numbering 28 pages, includes the official publication of the Holt county fair premium list (see tabloid supplement.) The second section of this is sue is devoted exclusively to premiums, fair news, program features and, of course, adver tising which makes possible the publication. Gross circulation of this is sue of The Frontier is 3,500 A copy will enter virtually ev ery rural mail box in the coun ty. The 60th annual Holt county fair dates are Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, Au gust 26, 27, 28 and 29. The fair sponsored by the Holt County Agricultural Society, is h4ld an nually at Chambers. Newsmen j to Gather Saturday North-Central Press to J Hear Senator Burney I and Cliff Sandahl Members of the North-Central I Nebraska District Press .associa tion will meet Saturday in O’ Neill for the annual summer ses sion. State Sen. Dwight Burney of Hartington, longtime backer of a sales tax move in Nebraska and a member of the emergency high way committee, will be the prin cipal speaker. Burney is a vet em of the Nebraska legislature and at each session unwraps his sales tax plan only to see it die. Also to be heard will be Cliff Sandahl, editor of the North Platte Telegraph-Bulletin, who founded the editors’ emergency highway committee and Clyde Burdick of Ainsworth, area engineer for the j bureau of reclamation. Burdick will speak briefly on Niobrara river basin development plans. The meeting will open at 12.30 p.m. with a luncheon at the Town House sponsored by the Nebraska Brewer's Founda tion. The business session will begin at 1:30 p.ra., with the speaking included on the pro gram. Following the business meet ing and talks by guest speakers there will be a recess until 7 p.m., when the annual banquet will take place. Approximately 80 persons are expected at the 7 p.m. oanquet. Among the guests here will be: Clyde Taylor, sr., publisher of the Dawson County Herald and presi dent of the Nebraska Press asso ciation; Emil Hague of Meadow Grove, publisher of the Meadow Grove News and vice-president of the Nebraska Press; Vernon S. Scofield of Lincoln, secretary manager of the Nebraska Press; State Sen. Frank Nelson of O’ Neill, and various publishers and their guests from within and without the district. Some of the guests will be stay ing in O’Neill through Sunday. Mrs. Karl Bernt Funeral Rites Today STUART—Funeral services will be held Thursday morning (to day) for Mrs. Karl Bernt at St. Boniface Catholic church at Stuart. Mrs. Bernt died Saturday eve ning, August 9, at the Atkinson Memorial hospital following a i short illness. She is survived by her husband and a son, Don, who is in Korea with the marine corps. 'IMPROVING NICELY' DORSEY—Mrs. Donald R. Jen kinson, 21, who was seriously in jured in an auto crash July 8, that claimed the life of her moth er, Mrs. H. H. Miles, is “improv ing nicely,” at Lutheran hospital, Omaha. FIREMEN CALLED O’Neill ^firemen were sum moned at 4 p. m., Tuesday to the city dump where D. C. Schaf- i fer’s caterpillar-’dozer was afire. The blaze was believed started by | a short in the wiring. The city was operating the outfit at the dump. ON 30-DAY LEAVE ... Don Riley, BMSN, U. S. navy, ar rived home Tuesday, August 5, on a surprise 30-day leave. He has been stationed at the de stroyer base in San Diego, Calif., for the past two years. He will report there again fol 1 lowing completion of his leave. This entry captured first-place honors in the organizational and commercial division of the world-famous hay days parade at Atkinson. Theme of the 1952 parade held Monday: Fairy Tales, Fables and Comic Strips."—The Frontier I photo._I Mrs. Mary £. Allen Dies in Indiana Widow of Extensive Holt Landowner EMMET—Mrs. Mary E. Allen, 81, a former resident of Emmet, died Wednesday, August 6, at Corydon, Ind. The body arrived in O’Neill Friday morning. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday August 9, from the Methodist church in Emmet. Rev. Wayne A. Hall of O’Neill of ficiated and Big lin Brothers were in charge. Pallbearers ... s., were Andy Clerk, Clarence Farr, Mrs. Anen William Serck, Jesse Wills, Arnold Redlinger and Guy F. Cole, Honorary pallbear ers were Alex McConnell, Wil liam Dailey, Garret Janzing and Charles Abart. The late Mrs. Allen was bom December 16, 1871, at Herman. Her parents were Daniel and Axa McMillan. On May 4, 1898, she married Douglas Allen at Colo rado Springs, Colo. Before his death, he was an extensive Holt county landowner. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. Mollie Bernice Hollipeter of Corydon, Ind.; son—Robert A. Allen of Topeka, Kans.; brother —Hugh McMillan of Malolla, Ore. City Golf Meets Gets Underway — Results of the city golf tourna ment in progress over the week end follows: Championship flight —Joe McCarville beat Ben Grady, 2 up; A. P. Jaszkowiak bested Ted Lindberg, 1 up; Henry Lohaus de feated Jack Everett, 5-4; Max Golden downed R. V. Lucas, 4-3. Sunday McCarville plays Jasz kowiak and Lohaus plays Gol den. In consolation, Grady plays Lindberg and Lucas plays Everett. First flight—Dale French best ed Lloyd Cork, 3-1; Laurence Haynes beat Robert Carroll, 3-1, and John Kersenbrock downed John Conard, 4-3. Sunday French plays Haynes and Kersenbrock plays winner of A1 Carroll and Marvin Johnson match. Second flight—The only match competition in this flight Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve beat John Mc Carville, 3-1. Other matches are being played. Third flight—D. E. Nelson bested Bob Cole, John Watson beat Ar nie Doerning; Dr. C. M. Eason beat William Froelich, jr. Next week Nelson plays win ner of Russ Foree-William Artus match and Watson plays Doctor Eason. Eddie Axtell, Norfolk golf pro, visited the club Monday. 123 Polio Cases Listed in State Polio cases in Nebraska reached a new weekly high for ! the year last week with 123 re ( corded, the state health depart ment reported Tuesday. The total for the year now stands at 422. Until the compilation of last | week’s cases was made Tuesday, the weekly high had been 95 cases, listed for the previous week. Of last week’s cases 37 were in Douglas county and 15 in Lan caster county. The third highest total was five from Dodge county. Holt county has had four mild cases, only one of whom re required medical services of a metrololitian hospital. Mrs. Jor rard Soittler of Ewing recently was released from County hos pital, Omaha. Converge Friday — Holt county 4-H club youths will converge in O’Neill Friday. August 15, for their annual achievement day. Highlights will include a style review and music contest. WINS FELLOWSHIP .. . . Dr. Nadene Coyne ^a'oove), daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne of O’Neill, has been awarded a fellowship for studying physical medicine and rehabilitation. (See story on page 11.) Mrs. Matilda Lee Expires at O’Neill Holt Resident Since 1913 Long 111 EWING—Mrs. Matilda Pruden Lee, 86, died at the home of her son, Oscar, at the Moore hotel in ONeill at 6 o’clock Friday morn ing, August 8. She had been ill for sometime. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 pun. Sunday, August 10, from the Methodist church in Ewing. Burial was at Ewing with Rev. C. C. Chappell officiating. Pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. Lee: James Pruden, jr.. John Pruden, Robert Pruden, all of Ew ing; Richard Pruden and Joseph Clinch, both of Omaha,and Harry Clinch of Rising City. The late Mrs. Lee was bom March 17, 1866, at Essex, la. Her parents were James and Amanda Beilis. The late Mrs. Lee moved with her first husband, Henry Pruden, from Iowa to Knox county in 1906. Mr. Pruden suffered from as thma and in 1910 they returned to Iowa. In 1912 they returned to Nebraska, setling west of Ewing. He died in 1922. Mrs. Pruden married George Le of Altmer, N.Y., in 1934. He died in 1934. the same year. The late Mrs. Pruden had been living with a daughter, Mrs. Ben Larsen, until last November, when she moved to O’Neill. Survivors include: Sons—Os car of O’Neill, James and Terl of Ewing, Edward of Phillipsburg, Mo.; Harry of Oroville, Calif.; daughters—Mrs. William (Mary) Malone of Biggs, Calif.; Mrs. Ben (Elva) Larsen of Ewing; 21 grand children; 12 great-grandrhildren; me great-great-grandchild; sisters —Mrs. Bell Carlson of Dunlap, la., and Mrs. Mira Custer of Nor folk; brother—Joseph Beilis of Corpus Christi, Tex. Among relatives and friends from a distance who attended the funeral services were: E. S. Pru den of Phillipsburg, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pruden of O’Neill; Mrs. Bell Carlson, Dunlap, la.; Mrs. Ed Brock and Robert Brock, both of Dunlap, la;.; Mrs. Myra Custer of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Robinson and family, all of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. William Custer, Mrs. William Custer, all of Wausa; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hasenpflug and family of Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clinch of Oma ha; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clinch of Rising City; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Pearsons of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coleman, Mrs. Don Urba, all of Neligh; Mr^. Ida Kemnitz, Mrs. John L. Till. Ker mit Kemnitz. all of Wood S.D., and Richard Pruden of Omaha. Edwin Sweet, HM1, son of Mrs. Elsie Sweet, came Saturday, Au | gust 9, from Stratton, Conn., to | spend a 14-day furlough with relatives at Stuart. O'Neill Resident j 40 Years Dies _ Harry Dempsey, 71, 111, Five Years Harry Dempsey, 71, a resident of O’Neill for more than 40 /ears, died about 7:30 p.m., Thurs day, August 7, at his home here. He had suffered a heart ailment for about five years. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p.m., Saturday, Au gust 9, from First Presbyterian, church in O’Neill. Rev. M. H. Grosenbach, pastor of Wesleyan Methodist church officiated and Biglin Brothers were in charge. Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery. The late Harry Dempsey, only son of Thomas and Mary Demp sey, was born May 1, 1881, at Hartford, C«nn. He came to O'Neill in 1909 and resided here continuously. On July 19, 1910, at O’Neill, he was united in marriage to Elnora Hattie Simmons of O’Neill. They became the parents of three sons and four daughters. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Betty Joe. Survivors include: Widow; sons —Phillip of O’Neill; Francis Har ry of Lakewood, Colo.; and Byran Jack of O’Neill daughters—Mrs. Harry (Margurite) Graham of O’ Neill; Mrs. Warren (Beatrice) Thrielkheld of Odessa, Tex.; Mrs. ; Marion Tessier of Denver, Colo.; 14 grandchildren. The late Mr. Dempsey was noted for his fondness of out door sports, particularly fishing and hunting. He was a painter by trade. Pallbearers at the rites were Roy Johnson, H. E. Coyne, Lyle Green, Ralph Davidson, Edward Kirkpatrick, Harold Calkins, Fred Saunto and Harold Seger. Swimming Pool Talked at Meeting A proposed swimming pool for O’Neill was discussed Wednesday night, August 13, at the American Legion club. Representatives from leading civic and social groups were invited to discuss pool possibilities with Legion offi- I cials. Swimming pool bond issues re cently have been voted at West ! Point, Wahoo and Crete—cities comparable to O’Neill. Hay Kingdom Gets New Rulers — Pacha, Weichman Are Royalty at Hay Days; CD A Float Winner ATKINSON—The mythical kingdom of hay once again has crowned new rulers and settled down to routine country life as the 1952 edition of the world famous hay days is entered on the history books. Lawrence Pacha, young Atkin son rancher, and Miss Kathleen Weichman, a drug store clerk, will rule the realm for 12 months. They were crowned Monday evening about 10 o'clock be fore a throng of spectators in Atkinson's athletic park. GOP Governor Candidate Robert Crosby of North Platte fixed the crowns upon the heads of the new rulers. The coronation followed the Cinderella story. Earlier, Pacha had been elected by the royal family to succeed 1951 King Gene Livingston, who is now in the marine corps and was unable to fulfill his royal obligations. Queen Weichman was “selec ted’" after the golden slipper left behind at the royal ball was tried on a number of other princesses of the court. The 1952 edition of hay days opened Monday afternoon about 2:25 p.m. with the famous parade. More than 80 floats made up the parade, which included four sets of colors, three bands, one drum corps and two saddle clubs. Fltrats were entered in two di vision. Winners were: Business Firms and City Organizations First—Sleeping Beauty, entered by Catholic Daughters of Amer ica; second—Cinderella, entered by Pelcer & Spence; third—Star Lite, Star Brite, entered by Mor gan' Hard ware. 4-H and Project Clubs First—Little Boy Blue, entered by Atkinson Women’s club; sec ond—Sing a Song of Sixpence, en tered by Clover 4-H club; third— Goldie Locks, entered by Elkhom Valley 4-H club. Honorable Mention (Business & City Division) Little Miss Muffet, entered by Cleary Bros., Market; Smokey Stover, entered by Atkinson fire department; Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, entered by Elkhom Valley 4-H club; Mother Goose, entered by H&M cafe; Queen of Hearts, entered by the Stockman hotel. Honorable Mention (4-H and Project Division) Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, en tered by Riverside 4-H club; Pied Piper of Hamlin, entered by Cleveland 4-H club; Prince Charming entered by Eldeen Pro ject club; Polly Put the Kettle On, entered by Hoosier Hot-Shots 4-H club. George Hammond, "Voice of The Frontier" announcer, brought to a huge radio audi ence a word-picture description of the parade. He was on the air (WJAG, 780 k.c.) for one hour. Gene Castner, commander of Farley-Tushla post of the Ameri can Legion and Alex Frickel, re tiring commander, headed the ar rangements. Bernie Wilson was parade chairman; Charles E. Chace was parade commentator, assisted by Janice Wright with recitation of nursery rhymes. Bands in the parade were At kinson, Stuart and OWeill. - "Little Boy Blue", entry of the Atkinson Country Women's club, captured first - place honors in the 4-H and project club division. (Arrow points to little boy "fast asleep" in hay stack. (Other hay days photos on page 6.)—The Frontier Photo. GOP Governor Candidate Robert Crosby places crown upon ihe head of the new queen of the kingdom of hay. Miss Kathleen Weichman. Admiringly looking on is the new king, Lawrence Pacha, young Atkinson rancher. Miss Weichman graduated from St. Joseph's hall. Atkinson, last spring. —The Frontier Photo o Si. John's Lutheran church sponsored a float which presented the Ten Commandments on two unornaie tablets perched atop a truck. Simplicity featured this entry, one of tour entered by Atkinson churches. ★ ★ ★ a --- Hay Days Sidelights Legion officials estimated about 10 thousand persons witnessing the parade. Actual count in one of the 10 blocks along the parade route revealed 1,342 people. The Frontier and the O’Neill Photo company cooperated in photographing the floats. Prints (5x7) are available at 50c each or large size — (8-10) — at $1 at either firm or at the Wilson drug store in Atkinson. The famous Blondie and Dag wood show, direct from Holly wood, climaxed the two-day festi val. A highlight of the parade was Janice Wright’s recitation of nur sery rhymes from memory. As the floats moved past the review ing stand, Little Miss Wright’s voice boomed over the loudspeak er > i Frank Hatch Dies at Genoa Frank Hatch, a retired fanner who lived for many years in the Opportunity locality, died Wed nesday afternoon at Genoa, where he had been residing fot several months in a rest home. He never married. He is sur vived by one brother, Rollie, a resident of a St. Edward rest home. Biglin Bros, will be in charge of funeral arrangements he*, Herman Rahn. 90. Dies in Hospital — Herman Carl Christian Rahiy 90, father of Mrs. C. E. Lundgren, died early Sunday in Atkinson Memorial hospital. He was born April 21, 1862, at Cedarburg, Wise., lived for many years at Newcastle. On March 30, 1887, he married Annie McDou gal. Two sons, Guy and Rohn, pre ceded their father in death. Burial was made Tuesday at Newcastle. Mr. and Mrs. Lundgren, Mrs. O. W. French, Mrs. L. A. Burgess and Mrs J P Brown were among those attending the burial rites from the Congregational church, Newcastle. Mrs. Owen Davidson Fete* Son. Daughter — Mrs. Owen Davidson entertain ed a group of 30 mothers and chil dren at Ford’s park on Friday, August 8, in honor of her chil drens’ birthday anniversaries. Jimmy was 2- and Patsy was 4 years old. Mrs. Davidson served refreshments consisting of ice cream, cake and kool-ade. ROCKETS WIN The O’Neill Rockets walloped the Ewing entry m the North Central Nebraska league, 6-1, in a game played Sunday night in Carney park. The Rockets will meet Chambers in a champion ship playoff game Sunday, Au gust 17, at Carney park, starting at 8:30 p.m. David Vequist, jr., left for his home in Lawrence, Kans., on Thursday, August 7, after attend ing the funeral of his uncle, Charles Vequist.