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" ;— - - *• —- * « “voice —-“-—^ TWELVE OF THE FRONTIER” _ _ C_ __y .___ 780 k. c. 9:45 a.m. s BIG Newspaper Volume 72.—Number 31. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, December 4, 1952. Seven Cents, """ " ' ■ - " ' ■ . '' ..- I"'."""" . ..— — M .— , —— . ■ . .- - , First Tip and Season’s Underway St. Mary’s Duane Weier (22) and Inman’s Ray Sprague (00) soar for the tip as their two schools popped-off the lid of the 1952 ’53 prep basketball season in the county. The game, won by St. Mary’s, 45-33^ was played Monday night on the O’Neill court. (Story on page 6.)—The Frontier Photo. Turkey Tickets Will Be Scattered Mrs. Frank Dworak Dies in Hospital Funeral rites for Mrs. Frank Dwa;'al4,.^L at _Central City were conducted at TO a.m., Satur day, November 29, from St. Pat rick’s Catholic church here. She died at 11 p.m., Wednesday, No vember 26, in St. Anthony’s hospital here where she had been, a patient five weeks. The late Mrs. Dworak, whose maiden name was Nellie Helen. Fleming, had been ill for two years. She was born at O’Neill June 29, 1896, a daughter of James and Mary Murphy Flem ing. She attended school at St. Ma ry’s academy. Her father died in 1907 and her mother died in 1927. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Mary. On May 28, 1934, at Omaha, she married Frank George Dworak. The late Mrs. Dworak resided at Fremont before moving to Central City about three years ago. Survivors include: Widower; sister — Mother M. Bertrand, head of St. Anthony’s hospital. Burial was in Calvary ceme tery under the direction of Big lin Brothers. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church pastor, offi ciated, assisted by Rev. Joseph Lane. Pallbearers were Bernard Al len. H. E. Coyne, Robert Hanley, Edward Hanley, D. F. Murphy and Edward Murphy. AT 80TH MILESTONE . . . J. H. Bruns (above) celebrated his 80th birthday anniversary here orv November 29. Mr. Bruns was bom in 1872 in Washington county, Illinois. He came to Nebraska with his parents to Central City at the age of 10 and in 1918 he moved to Holt county. In 1935, he moved to Bassett and in 1948 he moved to O’Neill. He lives with his daughter, Mrs. Irma Redd. Mr. Bruns proudly ex hibits a necktie which was pre sented to him. The tie features an artist’s concept of the log cabin in which he was reared. —O’Neill Photo Co. I »■ '■ ■ - >1 O’Neill’s second annual turkey day will be Saturday, December 6. Three hundred dollars’ worth of fowl will be distributed—free! At 4:15 p.m., four trucks will depart simultaneously from the corner of Fourth and Douglas streets. Personnel in the ve hicles will scatter a bushel of tickets to the wind. Eager-bea vers latching onto lucky ducats may redeem the tickets until 6 p.m., at the Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co. yards. One truck will proceed north two blocks distributing, an other east two blocks, another south two blocks. The fourth truck will proceed west five blocks to the Wm. Krotter Co. corner. Meanwhile, leading O’Neill stores are offering a host of turkey day specials (For details consult Chamber of Commerce advertisement on page 6.) Winners in the annual yule window unveiling contest held Friday evening, sponsored by the Chamber, were announced as follows: Commercial division: M&M Bakery and Cafe, first place; McIntosh Jewelry, second; Gil lespies, third. There were two honorable mentions — the Wm. Krotter Co. and Western Auto. Religious: Gambles, first; The Frontier, second; Jacobson’s, third. In the miscellaneous division, the tuberculosis seal window, provided by Simonson unit of the American Legion auxiliary ranked first. Judges were Mrs. Kenneth Ad ams, Mrs. Duane Carson and Mrs. Bayne Grubb, all of Cham bers. Janies Muller, Jr., Wounded in Korea LYNCH — James Mulhair re ceived notification from his daughter - in - law, Mrs. James Mulhair, jr., of Chicago, 111., stat ing her husband had been wounded in Korea. DORSEY—Leo Farran and son, who have been in the farm im plement business in Meadow Grove for the past several years, have sold their agency. Returns from Korea a AAA Cpl. Leo Francis Matthews (above), son of Leo P. Mat thews of O’Neill, reached here Saturday, having been sepa rated from the army at Camp Carson, Colo. He spent 18 months in Korea with the transportation corps. Corporal Matthews received his training at Ft. Eustis, Va., went over seas following a delay enroute. Although trained as a diesel fireman, he spent most of his overseas time in the capacity of a trainmaster behind the U.S. lines in Korea. A letter to The Frontier written by his commanding officer, Col. Alex T. Langston, stated: “Corporal Matthews, due to circum stances, was not promoted to the rank commensurate with his . duties. He has definitely contributed immeasurably to our success in Korea and has capably performed his assigned duties with the railway operat ing battalion.” The O’Neill sol dier, a farm boy, pointed out that most personnel in the out fit were railway men by ocu pation. He reached Seattle, Wash., on Saturday, November 22. Blizzard Ties Up Traffic Two C&NW Trains Annulled Result of Winter’s First Storm I The first real snowstorm of the winter struck the O’Neill region on Tuesday, November 25, and subsided the following day, hav ing succeeded only in snarling communications. About three inches of snow fell her<* However, points south and east reported considerably more snow. Trains and busses into and out of O’Neill were running, al though tardily, until late Tues day afternoon. The O’Neill-to Norfolk 5 p.m. bus was can celled. Both mainline passenger niail trains, due in and out of O'Neill during the early morn ing hours, were cancelled by the Chicago 5c North Western railroad. One freight train, however, passed through here during the height of the storm. The Burlington’s freight trains, numbers 95 and 96, were can celled Wednesday and Thursday, November 26 and 27. Some rural mail carriers in the county set out Wednesday morn ing on their routes only to have their trips prove abortive. On some routes there was no mail service from Tuesday morning until Friday morning. The Frontier had published late Tuesday, 24 hours ahead of the normal schedule, in order that the week’s issue would reach most mail subscribers be fore the holiday. Lowest temperature during the 36 - hour unseasonal ordeal was 14 degrees. Most of Tuesday the mercury hovered around 20 degrees. This was considered a real break for livestock men. Had temperatures been below zero there may have been lives lost as well as livestock. Otherwise, the storm had all the earmarks of a first-class blizzard. Winds mounted to 40-mph and did not subside until Wednesday afternoon. Consumers Public Power had* an 8-minute “blackout” at O’ Neill because of line trouble; ser vice interruption up to a half hour in other localities. At St. thony’s hospital, where twin auxiliary power plants are al ways poised for action in the event of a power failure, the emergency generators came on the moment the main source of power quit. This was the first test of the generators during ac tual storm conditions. All state and federal highways in the O’Neill region remained open. Schaaf Volunteers for Draft Duty Leon V. Schaaf of Atkinson, a Holt county selective service reg istrant, has volunteered to enter the armed forces as a draftee on Monday, December 8. This was announced Wednesday by Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief clerk of the Holt draft board. Meanwhile, seven registrants have been ordered to report the same date for preinduction phys ical examinations. They are: Albert J. Lawrence of Atkin son, Joey L. Dobias of Atkinson, Lyle Wells of Redbird, Glen E. Woeppel of Ewing, Lawrence L* Scholz of Inman, James L. Kubik of O’Neill and Francis B. Flood of O’Neill. Recent regular army enlist ments include Adrian R. Clino of Naper and William L. Ceder burg of Orchard; recent air force enlistments include Larry D. Lu cas of Clearwater and Bernard L. Scholl of Ewing. Christmas Shopper, All-Holt Grid Team Coming Next Issue The sixth annual Christmas Shopper issue of The Frontier will be published next Thurs day, December 11. Over 3,700 copies of the pa per carrying advertising mes sages from the leading O’Neill stores and an unusually large volume of news will enter vir tually every farm mail box in Holt and Boyd counties. Advertisers, contributors of news and special correspond ents are urged to submit their material as early as possible to ease the burden on The Frontier’s staff. A special feature of the issue will be The Frontier’s annual all-Holt county football team, a mythical 11-member team cho sen from players in Holt schools where either six- or li man grid sport is played. All coaches and athletic officials in the county have been asked to assist in the balloting. Family Gathering for Golden Wedding Pearl Carey, Wife Feted in Iowa INMAN— Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Cary left Monday, November 24, for Hastings, la., where they spent the weekend visiting rela tives. On Thursday, November 27, they were guests-of-honor at a Thanksgiving dinner in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Vernqc Crouse, and family when all Of their children were able to fce present. In the afternoon the same day open - house was ob served in the Crouse home in honor of the 50th wedding an niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Cary. Pearl Cary and Miss Katie Wilson were married at Hender son, la., on November 27, 1902. They became the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Vernon Crouse (Mina) of Hastings, la., and Mrs. Marye Hartigan of Inman; three sons, Chester, John and LadSttr*. Chester and John and families reside in Iowa, and I^addie, the youngest son, was killed in ac tion March 15, 1944, while serv ing with the 52nd armored bat talion in Germany. They also have 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The Carys came to Holt coun ty in 1928 and reside on a ranch 7*6 miles south of Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Cary were the recipients of many gifts. 'Messiah’ Soloists Are Announced Out-of-Town Singers Join Chorus Vocal soloists for the second annual presentation of Handel’s famous oratorio, “The Messiah,” have been announced by Director C. B. Houser of the O’Neill Civic chorus. They are: Mrs. Grant Peacock of Emmet, soprano; Mrs. Donald Loy of O’ Neill, contralto; R. W. (“Bennie”) Johnson of O’Neill, tenor, and John Schwartz, Atkinson high school music instructor, bass. The chorus is holding rehear sals on Monday evenings. “The Messiah” will be presented on Sunday afternoon, December 14. Oul-of-iown personnel in the chorus iifcludes singers from Atkinson, Chambers, Ew ing, Butte and Inman. Handel’s “Messiah” was com pleted during the 24 days be tween August 22 and September 14, 1741, and was first performed at Dublin, Ireland, on April 13, 1742, after one rehearsal. It has probably had more per formances than any masterwork in the history of music, Director Houser commented. Mrs. Peacock, soprano soloist, graduated from O’Neill high school in 1942. Her vocal study has been under Sister Flores and Marjorie Graybill. She conduct- | ed the high school choir at the j First Methodist church in Lara- j mie, Wyo., and has been one of the soloisits with the First Meth odist church choir in O’Neill for four years. As a soloist in the ! (Continued on page 7) - ■ Former School Head Expires STUART—Fred Zink of Stuart has received word that his sister, Mrs. Florence Downey, 80, died Sunday, November 30, at her I home in Cincinnatti, O. Mrs. ! Downey was the former Florence Zink. She has taught in the coun try schools and also taught ele mentary grades in Bassett and Stuart. She was elected Holt county superintendent of schools in 1905 and served two terms. Her parents were early settlers near Stuart. Two brothers, Fred of Stuart and Ernest of Cincinnatti, O., survive. Funeral services wil be con ducted Friday, December 5, at 2 p m. from the Stuart Commun ity church. Nurse Knight, the Engelhaupt twins, the mother.—The Frontier Photo. ★ ★A' Ar Ar Ar A- A- A Twins Boost Total to 15 (By a Staff Writer) A 37-year-old mother of 15 children lay in a bed in the ma ternity ward at St. Anthony’s hospital and philosophized. “Large families,” she said, “are not so bad. In many ways they’re easier to raise than a small family. There’s not so much pressure on the mother. Each child has his own job to do and somehow or other they get it done.” These were words spoken by Mrs. A. S. Engelhaupt, a Boyd county farm woman living 10 miles northeast of Spencer (in the Gross vicinity). Saturday she gave birth to twins girls — her second set of twins. All the other births, she re counts, were easy. But this time the doctor ordered her to bed six weeks ago, “high blood pres sure and all.” The father did the cooking and the other children carried on with the washing, ironing and other housekeeping. The latest additions to the brood have not yet been named and the christening will await the arrival from Omaha of the second oldest girl, Char lotte, who for sometime has had reservations for picking names. One of the twin girls tipped the scale at 6 pounds 2 ounces; the other at 4 pounds 10 ounces. “They’re supposed to be iden tical,” grinned Dr. Rex Wilson, who delivered the twins. “But it’s too early to say for sure.” Mrs. Dorothy Knight, R.N., held one of the twins while they posed with their mother for The Frontier’s photographer. Six years ago the first sek*of twins came along — Josephine and Joseph. Today, Joe has light hair and blue eyes and Jose phine has dark eyes and hair. “You can say they’re exactly opposite,” quipped the mother. Mrs. Engelhaupt’s mother gave birth to two sets of twins. She lost twin girls and one of the twin boys. “Mother raised seven boys and four girls, though, so I guess a large family comes naturally. I had five brothers in service dur ing World War II and I have two brothers now in the Korean war,” she continued. Let’s turn back the pages to get acquainted with the Engel haupts in chronological order. Mrs. Engelhaupt’s maiden name was Miss Vera Black of White River, S.D. She was born in the Indian country, later mov ed to Winner, and her people now live in Montevideo, Minn. Mr. Engelhaupt, whose parents are German, was reared in the Winner vicinity. The Engelhaupts were married at White River. When their old est daughter, Audrey, was a year old, they moved to Boyd county and have spent the ensuing Minister, Family from Southern Clime ATKINSON—Rev. F. F. Payas, Mrs. Payas and their two sons, Paul and Bradley, are expected to arrive in Atkinson Friday, De cember 5, from their former home in El Paso, Tex. Reverenr Payas has been call ed bv the Presbyterian church at Atkinson to fill the vacancy made some months ago when the former pastor, Rev. Orin C. Graff, and his family moved to Illinois. The new pastor and his family will be welcomed by members of the church with a basket dinner to be held in the church parlor immediately following the morn ing worship. The Payas boys will experience' their first northern winter as all of their childhood has been spent in the mild cli mate a short distance from the Mexican border. Miss Elouise Rustad has been filling the pulpit for the past several months and will continue her work at Stuart and Cleveland churches until the first of the year. 'years in the Gross neighborhood. For nine years they have lived on a modest 160-acre farm which they own. A “160,” by modern standards, isn’t enough to sup port an average size family in this mechanized era, but some how the Engelhaupts get along. "Audrey, 19 (17 years her mother's junior), graduated from Bristow high school and until recently has been work ing for the Minneapolis-Moline wholesale implement firm in Omaha as an accountant. Charlotte, 17, is a file clerk in a competitive firm—the Massey Harris wholesale house, also in Omaha. She will arrive Friday to take charge of the christening of the newest babies Charlotte graduated from Butte high school. Martin, 15, is a freshman at Spencer high school and works part-time at the Wm. Ki otter Co., Spencer. . “He’s not going to take part in athletics or extra activities, because Martin is having to work his way through school,” explained the tired mother, who appeared somewhat weary, though still cheerful. Bernard, 14, and Agnes, about 13, are both in the seventh grade. The younger children all attend the Couch rural school where, you guessed it, the Engelhaupts have the advantage of numbers. Theodore is 12; Albert, 9; Rita, 7; the twins—Josephine and Jo seph—are 6; Louisa, 4; Regina, 3, and Marvin, 2. And in five years the Couch district will be making rom for the “Irish” duo bom in O’Neill. Mrs. Engelhaupt and her hus band, 44, have lost one child— Alvin Raymond, who died when he was 2-months-old. The family belongs to St. Ma ry’s Catholic church, Spencer. Mrs. Engelhaupt, of German Irish parentage, doesn't regard rearing 15 children as the life of Riley, but she sincerely thinks "large families are not so bad.” However, most parents agree that problems multiply as suc cesive children are brought into the world. During the historic winter of 1948-’49, when Boyd county was snow-locked for weeks-on-end, the Engelhaupts — 11 children strong—were needing food. Out side help came and was wel comed. Feeding and clothing a big brood under ideal circumstances is a big enough job. Not many parents can appreciate the man ifold problems that exist now— what with 13 little mouths at home around the board and the high cost of living that newspa pers talk about! If Santa doesn’t do something special at Engelhaupts .this year, and for a few years hence, then we’ll begin to think the Jolly Ol’ Fellow is just a myth. Whaley Loses Thumb in Cabling Mishap Wife Enroute Home Strand in Snow Lloyd Whaley, O’Neill farmer, was released Monday from St. Anthony’s hospital after a hec tic week for the family. Mr. Whaley was cabling hay on Tuesday morning, November 25, about 11 o’clock. Working with him was a helper, Joe Reznicek. They were pulling a haystack on an underslung about four miles from the Whaley home with Mr. Whaley working near the drum that was drawing the cable. He believes a cuff on his field jacket caught in the cable, drawing his arm into the drum. Trapped, Mr. Whaley was un able to shutoff the tractor power, but Mr. Reznicek hapoened to be nearby. Often Mr. Whaley cables alone. Mr. Whaley lost a thumb in the accident, suffered from con siderable shock, and his arm was , bruised to the shoulder pit. Mrs. Whaley and a neighbor, Thomas Slattery, took Mr. Whaley to O'Neill where sur gery was performed. That nighi—about 7 o’clock— Mrs. Whaley started for home where she felt she ■ was needed. Intensity of the snowstorm was not apparent in the city. When she reached within 1 Vz miles of her home, she was blinded by swirling snow and her car went into a ditch. She walked to a neighbor’s place, got a shovel, and reached home safely—about an hour af ter leaving O’Neill. But there was apprehension on the rural telephone line dur ing that first hour because Mrs. Whaley hadn’t reached home and three neighbors, C. M. Pierson, Louis Bartos and Ken neth Wrede, madeup a search party. They spent three hours searching, finally located the spot where someone had been stuck and correctly assumed that Mrs. Whaley had continued on safely. However, their pickup truck became stuck and not until the next day was it freed. Miss Donna Whaley, R.N., of Hot Springs, S.D., came to O’ Neill to help care for her father. SAILING' FOR HOME . . . A/2c Harold Krugman (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Krugman of O’Neill, sailed for the U.S. from Southhampton, England, on Wednesday, De cember 3, aboard the USS General Barret. An air force mechanic, he bas spent 18 months overseas, most of that time in the United Kingdom although he attended school for two weeks in Germany and was in Amsterdam, The Neth erlands, on furlough. In a re cent letter he told of an air plane crash 100 yards from his tent. A Canadian pilot picked himself out of the wreckage and stomped away mad. “Boy, you never know the happy sensation a guy gets when he learns he’s coming home . . . I’ll be glad to leave this tea drinking isle,” he commented. INFANT DIES ATKINSON — The 2-day-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Beck of Atkinson, born Sunday night, November 3*0, in Atkinson Memorial hospital, died about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. An thony’s hospital. Fred Ermer Dies Very Suddenly Lifelong Nebraskan Is Fatally Stricken with Heart Ailment • o Fred Ermer, 68, a lifelong Ne braskan and a well-known Hol$ county rancher, was fatally stricken about 10:30 p.m., Satur day,. November 29, with a heart ailment. He died unexpectedly at his home five miles east and three and one-half miles north of Chambers. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, De cember 3, from the Methodist church in Chambers with Rev. L. R. Hansberry, church pastor, of ficiating. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery under the direction of Biglin Brothers. The body lay in state at ther Ermer farm home from 10 a.m. Wednesday until the funerafc hour. Pallbearers were Leonard Pet erson, Ted Zaborowski, Fred; Tucker, Fred Catron, Frank Nek olite, Roy Backhaus, Dellie Fau quier and Harry Jolly. • The late Mr. Ermer was born near Omaha on January 14, 1884, the son of Frederick and Louisa Ermer. In 1886 he came to Holt county with his parents at the age of 2. o He was married to Ola Mc Cabe of Chambers on February 12, 1912, at the Methodist church in O’Neill. They became the par- ’ ents of two children — Donald James and Lela Mae. Survivors include: Widow — Ola; daughter—Miss Lela Ermer of Washington, D.C.; sisters — Mrs. Edward (Anna) Jones of Chambers and Mrs. Emma Clara Elver of Lewiston, Ida. He was preceded in death by his son, Donald, who died at the age of 2V2; his parents; sister—Rosa; brother—Charley^ He lived on a farm with him parents until his marriage m 1912. He spent the year 1924 im the state of Washington and the remainder of his life was spent on the home place. The church could not accom modate the large crowd that gathered for the funeral rites.. Among the out-of-town relatives coming for the funeral was the* daughter, Miss Lela of Washing ton, D.C. Ranch Woman Dies Sitting in Chair Mrs. F. Wondercheck Visiting Kin • ATKINSON—Mrs. Frank Won dercheck, 60, of Newport, died very suddenly about 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 2, while vis iting at the home of Mrs. Oscar Wondercheck in Atkinson. She was seated in a chair when fa tally stricken, and had not been, ill. Mrs. Oscar Wondercheck is a daughter-in-law. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. The rites will be held from the WTesleyan Methodist church in Atkinsort, j with Rev. Fritz Hand of Ewing officiating. The late Mrs. Wondercheck* whose maiden name was Huldah Beulah Davis, was born at Ak ron, la., January 26, 1892. Her parents were Peter and Nancy Davis. The family emigrated to Holt county in a covered wagon* stopping near Atkinson and later going to Hay Springs. She married Mr. Wondercheck at Neligh. The Wondercheckst have been residing on a ranch four miles north and one mile west of Newport. Survivors include: Widower; daughters—Mrs. Kenneth (Beu-'* lah) Johnson of Anthon, la.; Mrs. Byron (Viola) Jackson of Kennedy; Mrs. Grant (LoRee) Mott of Ewing; Mrs. Richard (Vesta) Taylor of Valentine; Mrs* George (Wilma) Francis of Page; Mrs. William (Bessie) Gallino of Valentine; Mrs. William (Rita> Combs of Valentine; Missea Nancy and Janice, both of New port; son—S/Sgt. Oscar of Wich ita Falls, Tex. City Council Talks Zoning Possibility— The O’Neill city council in ses sion Tuesday night talked the possibility of enforcing a zoning plan for alleviating the city's* growing parking problem. The discussion followed last week’s quiet departure of 150 parking meters. The meters were shipped from the city following a legal squabble. CHILD BURNED LYNCH—Lanaia DeVall, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How ard DeVall, was scalded on her arms and legs Monday when she tiped a coffeepot full* of hot cof fee over herself. Don t wait until Wednesday to uhone us your news. Phone it when it happens—The Frontier. O
