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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1952)
“VOICE THVY/iri \ /r? OF THE FRONTIER” * W HL. V EL, SECTION ONE g^ Pages 1 to 12 Volume 72. Number 28. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 13, 1952. Seven Cents. STATE HIST SOC ' rxx ■MBMBHMBMMHWIWMM———lm——-1— ■ — - - , nr1- ■ Barbara Sue Bauer . . killed when runover by cabling rack. " -—- -- >Ar *Ar %Av Rubinoff Obliges Peoria Minister David Rubinoff, the inter nationally famous violinist v/ho visited O’Neill several weeks ago, Sunday stopped in Peoria, 111., on his tour of the country. He passed a Methodist church, was impressed by the pastor’s sermon topic posted on a sign in front of the church. He went in. The min ister asked Mr. Rubinoff if he would play for the parisnon ers on his famous Stradivar ious violin. Said Rubinoff: “I vill.” And Rubinoff did. The Methodist minister in Peoria fared better with the maestro than did the “Voice of The Frontier” staff. Efforts to induce Mr. Rubinoff to appear before a “Voice” microphone were to no avail. Young Burial Here Saturday Retired Holt County Farmer Funeral services for Guy E. “ Young, 62, were conducted at the O’Neill Methodist church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Melvin H. Groscnbach officiating, and Rev. Wallace B. Smith assisting. C. G. Terrill of Page, a friend of the family, commented on Mr. Young’s life and read the obit uary. A mixed quartet from the church offered hymns. Pallbearers were Melvin Johr ing, Lloyd Whaley, James Van Every, Harry Page, Bob Strong and Harold Blain. Guy Ernest Young, son of Clark and Maggie Young, pio neer residents of Holt county, was born March 26, 1890, and died November 5. He grew to manhood in the Opportunity community. On May 18, 1916, he was united in mar riage to Edith M. Rouse. To this union were born six children. Two sons, Lester and Richard, preceded their father in death, giving their lives for their coun try in World War II. During his entire life, Mr. Young was engaged in farming, a few years in western New York and the remainder of the time in Holt county. “Guy was a devoted father, an ardent and faithful Christian worker, and a friend to all,” Mr. Terrill said. For several years he served as superintendent of a Sunday school which met in the school house of district 127, HoR coun ty. For several years prior to his last illness he was an active member of the Atkinson Wesley an Methodist church. Survivors include: Widow; sons —Stanley, who is stationed with the air force at Kelly Field, Tex.; Harold of Eskridge, Kans.; daughters — Mrs. Carol (Mary) Summerer of near Chambers, and Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Hus ton of Kansas City, Mo.; four grandchildren; five brothers. Among those coming from a distance to attend the funeral rites were: Mrs. Fern Ypung, Betty Young and Mrs. Lee Holmes and chil dren, all of Central City; Mr and Mrs. Leonard Young and children of Wichita, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Milne,. Mr. and, Mrs. David Milne and Merle Milne, all of Creighton; Mr. and Mrs. John Cleveland of Orchard, and Mrs. Paul Dalton and son of Royal. Santa Coming to Gambles Open-House— Jolly Ol’ St. Nick will pay an early visit to Gambles toy de partment tonight (Thursday), 7 \ until 9 o’clock, in a special open house party, according to an an- ! nouncement by Manager Burl Munsell. “Santa has emptied his pack here and will be on hand to vis it with his little friends,” Mr. Munsell explained. There will be free candy for the children. George Hammond will b e present with the “Voice of The Frontier” microphone and will visit with Mr. Santa as well as several of the small fry. The re cording will be heard on the Sat urday morning “Voice” program (WJAG, 780 k.c., 9:45 a.m.) ^ M n Large Crowd At Bauer Rites Girl, 3, B u rial at Ewing DELOIT — Funeral services were conducted Thursday, No vember 6, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic church in Ewing for Barbara Sue Bauer, 3, young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer, jr. The littli girl was killed almost instantly on Tuesday morning, November 4, when she fell oft a cabling rack and was runover in the vicinity of the farm home, 9^ miles southwest of Ewing. She was with a small brother when the accident happened and the father was driving the trac tor. Rev. Peter F. Burke, church pastor, officiated in the mass of the angels. Rev. Alfred Hoesing, pastor of St. John’s church, de livered the sermon. Ronald Rotherham, Marvin Carl and Bob Koenig served mass and Mrs. Kermit Jefferies as sisted the choir at the organ. Burial followed at St. Peter’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe John and Jerome Thoendel, Jerome Kall hoff and Franklin Bollwitt. Mrs. Clyde Allen, Mrs. Melvin Rexine and Mrs. Johnny Kaczor assisted with the flowers. j Out - of - town relatives and friends attending the funeral were: ivirs. iviyrue jeweii, Mr. ana ' Mrs. Jack Jewell and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jewell and family, all of Dallas, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jewell and Lois Ann of Gregory, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Har ry Spreckles of Hamill, S.D. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Meyers of Mis sion, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Emroy Rosburg and Penny of Dead wood, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Allen and Pam of Paxton; Jim mie Rotherham of Doniphan; Mrs. Ralph Beaudin of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Tomjack of Bluehill; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bauer, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bauer and Vince Bauer, all of Spald ing; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Roth erham of St. Edward; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rotherham of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gragert of Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gragert, Mrs. Fred Schindler, Mrs. Anton Rotert and Mrs. Ben Waring, all of El gin; Mrs. Lester Wood and fam ily of Page. Survivors include: Parents; sisters—Maxine, Neva Mae, Joan and Pat; brothers—Bill and Dan. Maxine teaches the Deloit school, Joan teaches the Tuttle school, Neva Mae is at home and Patty attends St. Mary’s acad emy in O’Neill. The brothers are at home. George M. McCarthy attended the Knights of Columbus district officers’ meeting at Creighton on Sunday. Father of 12 Found Dead in Pasture Joseph Kamphaus, 58, Stricken While a t Work on Fences Joseph Kamphaus, 58, father of 12, died unexpectedly sometime Thursday morning, November 6, at his ranch located southwest of Amtlia. The body was not dis covered until late that day when members of the family became concerned because he did not re turn. Mr. Kamphaus had taken his lunch, a team of horses and a wagon and had gone to a dis tant pasture to repair fences. When his body was found, the lunch had been untouched and the team had run away. The wagon was smashed to bits when if careened over an em bankment and one horse was dead. Funeral services for the late Mr. Kamphaus were originally scheduled Monday morning but were postponed until Wednes day morning in order that a son, Joseph Carl, who had been sta tioned in Alaska in the army, might attend. The rites were held at St. Pa trick’s Catholic church with Rev. A. A. Urbanski of Emmet officiat ing. Burial was in St. Patrick’s cemetery. A rosary was offered Tuesday evening at Biglin Broth ers funeral chapel. Pallbearers were Hugh Carr, John Nachtman, John Blair, Louis Burgett, Milton Clemens and M. ! H. Madsen. The late Mr. Kamphaus was born February 23, 1894, at Petersburg, la., a son of Anton and Francis Eicke Kamphaus. He moved to Holt county from Petersburg, Boone county, Nebr., in 1937. His wife is the former Juliana Arnberg. whom he married in Pierce on April 28, 1928. Survivors include: Widow; sons —Joseph Carl of the army; John N. of the army, stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; Anthony Matthew, Carl Lawrence, Ber nard John, Michael James, Fran cis Paul and Paul Hugh, all at home; daughters—Mary Frances of Long Pine; Julianna Josephine, of Norfolk; Genevieve Marie and Dorothy Helen, both at home. Loses Left Hand in Picker Accident EWING—Grant Mott, a farmer living near Ewing, lost his left hand in a corn picker Monday forenoon as he tried to remove rubbish from the mechanism. He was able to free himself from the machine. The thumb and a small * part of the hand remained. Carl Christon, a neighbor, happened by the Mott home as Mr. Mott was crossing the field. He went to as sist him. Mr. Christon took Mr. Mott to 1 the Tilden hospital. Because of 1 the bruised and mangled condi tion of the remaining part of the hand, it was impossible t.o save it. Miss Nancy Wondercheck of Newport is with her sister, Mrs. 1 Mott, and assisting her. The neighbors are planning a corn husking bee to finish the picking. Gillespie to Receive 50-Year Lodge Pin } L. G. Gillespie will be honored ] tonight (Thursday) at a 6:30 o’- j clock covered dish supper at the t Ddd Fellows hall. Following the < supper a regular session of the r Eastern Star chapter will be held ] and a special program will be 1 presented in honor of Mr. Gil- 1 lespie. He will be presented a 50- 1 year pin for his half-century ] membership in this chapter. Miksch in 92d Year STUART—Martin Mikseh cele-• brated his 92d birthday anniver sary at his home in Stuart Sun day^ November 9. y Mr. Miksth came to America from Tieberschlag, Czechosjo vakia, in 1885 and 1890 he and his wife moved to a homestead 10 .miles south and two miles west of Stuart. Mrs. Mikseh died in 1907 and Mr. Mikseh moved to Stuart in 1923 where he lives at the present time. He is the father of nine cbil-\ dren, has 33 grandchildren and 45 great-granachildren. • . •*, Mr. Mikseh has taken, pleasure in growing beautiful flowers but for the past year he has been con fined to his home and although suffering from failing eyesight, he j remains cheerful and enjoys vis iting with friends. Relatives who helped him cele brate the occasion with a family dinner were Miss Cecelia Mikseh of Tekamah, Joe Mikseh, Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffman. Mr^and Mrs. Gene Hoffman, Billy and Alice, Mr. and Mrs. John Mikseh, Mary, Lorene and Bob, Mr. and Mrs. John Hytrek, Dick and Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hytrek and Sally Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hy trek, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hytrek, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shearer, Mary Lynn and Jean, Mrs. Frank Kaup, jr.^ Helen ana Alvin, all of Stuart and Mr. and Mrs, Gail King, Ted dy, Bofeby'bnd Mike of Valentine. Mr. Miksch . . . born in C zechoslo va kia. i The North-Central Nebraska conference and Holt county grid champions for 1952—the unbeat en O'Neill high Eagles: Linemen—End Bob Sand ers, Tackle Ed Davis, Guard Lyle Davis, Center - - »— Ronnie Bazelman, Guard Duane Alfon, Tackle Galen Hull, End Warren Seger; backfield—Coach Mervin Miller, Halfback George Kilcoin, Quarter* back Dave Eby (behind center). Fullback Duane Booth (behind Eby) and Halfback Bob Carroll; inset—Eddie Gatz, Larry Chace and Harold D«x* ter.—The Frontier Photo. (See story and squad picture on page 6.) Atkinson Club Reads Most Books Golden Rule Stages Safety Skit (See photo on page 6) Holt county’s annual achieve nen aay piugram for women’s ex tension ciubs was held at the O’ iNeiil nign scnool auditorium last Thursday. It was attended by about two hundred membeis and guests. Mrs. Albert Carson of Redbird, co-chairman, presided and intro duced Mrs. Leslie Kime of Val entine, district H director, and Mrs. Henry Jackson, Valentine, pen pal chairman, who spoke brieily on their work. Special music was presented by the high school girls’ trio. A report of work of clubs was given by Mrs. Carson. Mrs. E. R. Carpenter of Chambers gave a re port of the reacting committee. Prizes were given to the Atkin son extension club for having read the most books on family re lations and Mrs. Deriekson, single member of a club, for the largest number of books. The report of state council meeting was given by Mrs. Ed Weber of Stuart. iMrs. Joe Roeke gave a report of the national meeting. Mrs. Helen Kreymborg, home agent, then gave announcements. An international pageant was given by five clubs of Chambers community. Twelve countries be sides the United States were rep resented. The Golden Rule club of Page presented a safety skit. Better Ways club, Chambers; Cleveland Crackers of Stuart and Golden Rod club of O'Neill were given prizes for their safety booths. Recognition of retiring officers and installation of new officers closed the meeting. New ’53 DeSoto Being Shown Today The 1953 DeSoto, the most beautiful car In DeSoto’s 25-year history, will be introduced to the public Thursday, November 13, at the Smith Motor company, De Soto - Plymouth dealership here. The 1953 De Sota features a com pletely new body which makes the car longer, lower, wider and lovelier. Greatly increased visi bility and a trunk which is 44 percent larger are other innova tion in the DeSoto. “Every effort will be made to j accommodate all visitors who j wish to drive the new DeSoto,” explained Manager Paul Shierk. Available with either the sen sational, 160 - horsepower Fire Dome V-8 engine or the famous PowerMaster Six, the 1953 De Soto offers a host of features such as Full Power Steering, Power Brakes, Fluid-Torque Drive, So lex safety-tinted glass, and elec tric window lifts. “We’re expect ing a hugh turnout to - see this fp-eat car,” Mr. Shierk said. ‘Everybody is invited. We want as many people as possible to see the 1953 DeSoto.- It’s the new, smartest car on the road.” Oui-of-Towners Here for Vincent fciies— Among the out-of-town rela tives who attended the funeral of Mrs. J. E. (Amelia) Vincent here Saturday, November 8, were: J. J. Engle of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Luckey, Mr. and Mrs. George Engle and Mr. and Mr?. Earl Kluck and daughter of Col umbus; Mrs. Jewel Kernan of Long Pine; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gatz of Norfolk; Capt. and Mrs. J- F. Vincent of Hampton, Va.; Dr. and Mrs. Keith Vincent of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Penke of Omaha; Lau rence Schneider, Mrs. Fred Schneider and A1 Vincent, all of Elkhorn. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church. Man, 26, Surrenders; Admits Burglary Here Thomas E. Tabor, 26, of Mur kogee, Okla., a ranch hand and an REA laborer here last sum 5, surrendered to Oklahoma au mer, on Wednesday, November thorities and admitted burglar izing the Green Arrow bar in O’Neill on August 1, Richard Tomlinson, owner of the bar, said “about one hundred dollars was taken.” Holt Sheriff Leo Tomjack went to Muskogee for Tabor and the confessed burglar was sen tenced Wednesday morning by District Judge D. R. Mounts. He was sentenced to one year in the men’s reformatory at Lincoln. Holt TB Association to Receive Seals A dinner meeting of tne Holt County Tuberculosis association officers and board of directors will be held tonight (Thursday) at the Town House, starting at 7 o’clock. The meeting has been called by President George Ham mond of O’Neill. Mrs. William W. McIntosh, chairman of the sale of TB Christmas seals, explained this week that letters urging seal I purchases are being sent to four thousand Holt countv homes Mrs. Mae Hanel, Stuart school teacher, will give a report on a TB course studied at Nebraska State college, Chadron. John Mullen, Former Resident, Expires John C. Mullen, about 53, died Saturday, November 8, at Seattle, Wash. He was a son of Mrs. P. D. Mullen and the late Mr. Mul len, pioneer O’Neill residents. He was preceded in death by his father and his wife. Funeral services will be con ducted Saturday at Guardian Angels Catholic church in West Point, starting at 10 a.m. Survivors include: Son—John; mother; brothers — Henry and Owen, both of Nebraska City; Homer F. of O’Neill; sister—Mrs. John M. Dierks of Nebraska City. Frank M. Colman Dies in Hospital Rites Wednesday for Retired Rail Man Frank M. Colman, 81, a retired Chicago & North Western rail road employee, died early Mon day morning in St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill, where he had been a patient for a week. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 2 p.m., . from the Methodist churctt in Inman with Rev. C. C. Chappell, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Inman cemetery. The late Mr. Colman was born in Manchester. Encrland, December 28. 1870. In 1873 he moved with his parents to Brooklyn, N.Y. A few years later the family moved to In man where the late Mr. Col man spent most of his life. He was a roadmaster. In 1898 he was united in mar i riage with Anna Kohl of Page. Thev became the parents of three . children. One daughter, Amelia, diQd at the age of 11. Tve late Mr. Colman was em ployed by the North Western until 1930 when he retired. He was a member of the Episcopal church. Survivors include: Widow — Anna^ daughter — Mrs. Jerry (Mary) Hare of Grand Island; son—Richard of Adams, Wise.; brothers—George of Inman end William of Chicago, 111. Pallbearers were Harry Mc Graw, Ernest Brunckhorst, El wyn Smith, Earl Watson, An drew Butler and M. L. Harkins, all of Inman. _ Annual Fair Meeting Date I* Set— CHAMBERS — The annual’ meeting of the Holt County Ag ricultural society, sponsor of the Holt county fair and rodeo, will be held on Saturday, November 22, it was announced this week by Secretary Edwin Wink. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m., in the Golden Gate theater. Mart, Wife Medical Team Here A unique man and wife med ical team—both practicing doc tors of medicine—has formally opened offices in O’Neill. They are Dr. Guy P. Slaughter, veteran Norfolk physician and surgeon and an army surgeon in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II, and his wife, Dr. Pauline K. Slaughter. Their offices are located in the Clauson building at 426 E. Doug las street (east of the Royal thea ter). _ ' . ■* >• * \ ; Doctor Slaughter, a native of Norfolk, graduated from the University of Nebraska college of medicine in 1937. Previous ly he had attended Norfolk iimior college and Creighton university, Omaha. He seFved one year of intern ship at Clarkson Memorial hos pital, Omaha, and then spent j three years at Western Reserve ! university *' hospital, Cleveland, | O-, spseializing in obstetrics and diseases of women. He spent one year teaching diseases of women at the University of Arkansas and acting as consultant for the maternal and child division of the Arkansas department of health. Ur. Guy Slaughter entered the army in 1942 where he spent three years. Two of these years were spent on Guadalcanal and ^ew Georgia performing surgery on wounded soldiers. Since 1946 he has practiced at Norfolk. He plans to devote full-time to the O’Neill office except Fri day mornings, which will be spent in Norfolk. Dr. Pauline Slaughter will con duct the Norfolk office for the next few months, coming to O’ Neill on Tuesdays to see patients by appointment. She graduated from the Uni versity of Arkansas college of medicine in 1937 and took an internship at Woman's hospital, Cleveland. She spent one year as a resi dent physician specializing in diseases of children at University hospital, Cleveland; one year at Children’s hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn.; two years at University * ★ ★ hospital, Little Rock, Ark. For two years Mrs. Slaughter was director of maternal and child health progiams for the state of Arkansas and served as consultant in diseases of chil dren. During this time she also taught at the University of Ar kansas. She will continue to do a gen eral practice with emphasis on diseases of children. The Slaughters have six chil dren—two sons ?nd four daugh ters. The family will move to O’Neill after the Norfolk office has been closed and when hous- [ ing arrangements can be com pleted. ★ ★ ★ .. —... -————— --—" » • t Dr. Guy P. Slaughter and his wife. Dr. Pauline K. Slaughter ) . . . new to city's professional directory.—O'Neill Photo Cow Nonagenarians Break Hips Same Day, Die Cow Meets Porcupine; Story Has a Moral LYNCH — Several days ago Glenn Davy, who lives near the Missouri river on Sunshine Bottom, while watering his cows in the morning noticed one of them had her nose full of porcupine needles. He haltered the cow and was obliged to apply a pair of pliers to pull the needles from the cow’s nose. The needles were two inches long, some were shorter, very strong gmd very sharp on both ends. Mr. Davy said he had never heard of porcupines in this lo cality but evidently one must have been in the cow lot that night and brushed against the cow’s nose. | Lie Detector Test Clears Local Man Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom- I iack reported another blind end Monday evening in his search for the murderer of O’Neill Po lice Chief Chet Calkins. The chief was slain in the ear ly morning hours March 7 ap parently while making an arrest or “shaking down” a question able person. An implement firm here had been burglarized the same night. Sgt. Robert E. Nichols, state highway patrol criminal investi gator, gave a local man a two hour questioning on a lie de tector. Sergeant Nichols said the man appeared to be innocent. The questioning was done in privacy. He was the 12th suspect given a lie detector test in connection with the killing. All have been 1 cleared. 3> ATKINSON—Two 92-year-old Atkinson women broke their hips recently in falls on the same day, were taken to the same hospital one hour apart and died late Mon day within 20 minutes of each other. Dead are Mrs. Sarah Raymer and Mrs. Ella Wearne. Funeral services for Mrs. Ray mer were conducted at 2 p.m. on. Wednesday at the Methodis church in Atkinson. Pallbearers were fc^rner members of her Sun day-school class: Ralph J. Kelly, Clarence Spence, William Spence, Eai 1 Collins, William McAllister and Charles E. Chace. The lat© Mrs. Raymer was ■ horn in Canada, went to Shreve port, I 1., with her parents at ih‘; ege of 4. moved later to Seward county, Nebr. ^ She married George Raymer at Seward in 1878 and the couples moved to Atkinson in 1873. She was the last member to die in a family of 10 children. The late Mrs. Raymer retired several years ago as a Sunday school teacher in the Methodist church at Atkinson, having served as a teacher for 70 years. She was a charter member of the Methodist church. . Mr. Raymer and one son, Earl, preceded her in death. Survivors include: Son—Carrol* of Atkinson; daughter—Mrs. Ger trude Saine of San Francisco. Calif. Rites for Mrs. Ella Wearne, At kinson’s other nonagenarian, who died at aproximately the same time as Mrs. Raymer, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Thurs day) from the Methodist church in Bloomfield. Mrs. Wearne, who had spent many years at Bloom field, recently had been residing with her daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Kirkland, at Atkinson. Survivors also include a son, # ’ Dewey, of Bloomfield. Yule Lighting, Santa Visit OK’d Thirty members attended a regular dinner meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening conducted by President William W. McIntosh. The group voted to again spon sor the yule lighting program in the city, a visit from Santa Claus on December 20, renewed spon sorship of the Civic chorus in the second annual presentation of “The Messiah.” Following a discussion of fre quent itinerant merchants' visits tc the city, the Chamber voted to recommend to the city coun* oil a substantial increase over the present $5 fee. The Chamber also decided to support Gov. Val Peterson’s Niobrara basin hear ing to be held here, Derejnber 16, and to keep alive the propos al to hardsurface U.3. highway ‘ 281 from O'Neill north to lE ' junction of state highway 12 ik Boyd county. Reports were made on the rte- ‘ cent pancake day and a U.S. / highway 20 road meeting held at, ' Plain view. Dr. Rex Wilson, a physician and surgeon new to the citv‘ Felix Roberts, owner of tho newly - established Elkhori* Flower Shop, and Claude Wiley new owner of the Coast-to^ -oast store, were introduced to Ihe group. in College Production— Mrs. Esther Harris accompanied ^r* 3nd Mrs. Grant Peacock to ..incoln Monday to visit her son •ruy, a student at Wesleyan. On uesday afternoon they saw the natinee of the Wesleyan pro ceed musical, “Song of Norwav *• Juy was unable to participate in he production on Monday and uesday because of his illness >ut was able to complete the rest f the week’s showing. 0