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Volume 72.—Number 35. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, January 1, 1953. Seven Centa
Unique Nativity Scene
This unusual nativity scene is attracting scores of passersby
and churchgoers at St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Rev. Kenneth
Carl, assistant pastor, made the figures of Mary and Joseph from
paper mache, packed into an improvised wire frame. The figures
were sprayed with aluminum paint, a stable scene was created
with straw and timber, and the setting is lighted at night. Father
Carl said he was assisted in the project by Wayne Donohoe and
Jerry Wanser.—The Frontier Photo.
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ys Mrs. Minnie Enbody
Burial at Atkinson
Suffers Hip Fracture
Recently
ATKINSON—Funeral services
were conducted at 2 p.m., Tues
day, December 30, from the
Methodist church in Atkinson
for Mrs. Minnie Enbody, 83, who
died Saturday, December 27, a
bout 10:45 p.m., in Atkinson Me
morial hospital.
She fell and fractured her
hip in a household accident on
December 20. Death was at
tributed to the shock of the in
jury and a lung condition.
Rev. E. G. Hughes officiated
in the burial rite at Woodlawn
cemetery. Miss Elaine Jungman
and Miss Jean Humphrey sang
several hymns at the funeral
service, accompanied by Mrs.
Jay Jungman.
The late Mrs. Enbody, whose
maiden name was Minnie Geary,
was born at Luquene, Pa., on
September 8, 1889. She moved
with her parents to Saunders
county, Nebraska, where the
family homesteaded. She joined
the Methodist church.
On February 6, 1888, she mar
ried James Enbody of Wahoo.
They became the parents of 10
children. Three of the children
died in infancy in Wahoo.
In 1906 the Enbodys moved
to the Atkinson, community
where Mr. Enbody engaged in
farming.
One daughter, Elsie, died Jan
uary 29, 1910; Mr. Enbody died
June 30, 1919; a son, James, died
in 1921; Ira, in 1933.
Survivors include: Sons—Rob
ert of Kelso, Wash.; Geary of
Emmet; Harvey of Atkinson, with
whom the late Mrs. Enbody made
her home; daughter — Mrs. Ora
Yarges of Stuart; five grand
children, and five great-grand
children.
Mrs. W. P. Curtis
Dies at St, Edward
Mrs. W. P. Curtis, 76, a resi
dent of Holt county since 1902,
died Thursday, December 25
(Christmas day) at a rest home in
St. Edward, where she had been
a guest only 10 days. The late
Mrs Curtis had been hospitalized
at St. Anthony’s hospital here
and was transferred by ambu
lance to St. Edward a few days
before her death.
She had suffered a lingering
illness, relatives said.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m., Saturday. De
cember 27. from the Methodist
church here with Rev. J. La
Vern Jay. Methodist district su
perintendent, officiating.
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction ot
Biglin Brothers.
Pallbearers chosen were John
C Watson, Dewey Schaffer, Earl
Rodman, Elmer Bowen Robert
Kurtz and Harrison Bridge.
The late Mrs. Curtis was bom
at Carthage, 111., on August 4,
1876. Her parents were William
and Leona Raper Warner.
On December 8, 1895, at Pal
mer, she married W. P. Curtis.
They became the parents of one
« son,* Lyle, who died in Decem
ber, 1942.
The late Mrs. Curtis was a
member of the Methodist
church and Rebekah lodge.
She had been in failing health
in recent years and when tak
en to St. Edward recently her
husband accompanied her to
make his home there.
Mr Curtis is residing at pres
ent alone at the residence here.
Survivors include: Widower:
half-brothers—Glen Knapp of
Wichita. Kans.. and Ralph Knapp
of Longview, Wash.; half sister
_Mr>. Ruby L. Evans of Berwyn;
daughter-in-law—Mrs. Marguerite
Curtis of Sioux City; one grand
son; several neices and nephews.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Donald Harding of O’Neill and
Miss Peggy Stanek of Spencer on
December 22.
Daniel A. DeBacker and Miss
Donna L. Davis, both of O’Neill,
on December 29.
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Held by Reds
Airman Ronald R. Hutcheson
(above), son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry E. Hutcheson of Stuart,
recently was held in custody
by the Russians following a
jeep accident 20 miles west of
Berlin, Germany. Young Hut
cheson and a companion, John
W. Stafford of Oak Park, 111.,
upset their jeep and the So
viets held the pair for nine
hours. The accident occurred
Saturday, December 20. One
week later the Hutchesons re
ceived a cablegram from their
son stating he was “okay” and
they would receive “a lengthy
letter by mail.”
Expect to Save
Pinnt Youths Leg
Duane Pinnt, the 16-year-old
youth who suffered a compound
fracture of his left leg, as well
as other injuries, when the car in
which he was riding struck a
bridge two miles from Lynch, is
in “satisfactory” condition at
Clarkson hospital, Omaha.
The accident occurred late
Saturday, December 20. Two
days later he was transferred to
the Omaha hospital. Surgery was
performed Friday and the multi
ple leg fracture was set. Doctors
still are not certain the leg can
be saved.
Young Pinnt, who formerly
lived north of O’Neill', also suf
fered a skull fracture, loss of
teeth, and facial cuts in the ac
cident. His companion, and driv
er of the car, Delane Oberle, was
unhurt. The Pinnt youth’s moth
er, Mrs. John Pinnt of Chadron,
is in Omaha near her son.
Also near him at the time of
surgery were Mr. and Mrs. Gor
don Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Krog and Miss Dorothy Pinnt,
all O’Neill relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Cole and
family of Walsh, Colo., are
spending the Christmas season
here with relatives.
Orchard
Pair Wed
50 Years
Reeds Rebuild After
Their First Home
Destroyed by Fire
Thursday, December 25 —
Christmas—was the golden wed
ding day for Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Reed of Orchard, who are well
known in that locality. They
spent a quiet day at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. J. C. Bazel
man, and family in O’Neill.
On November 30, their chil
dren and their families were with
them at their home to enjoy a
family dinner ift honor of the oc
casion.
The dinner was given on an
early date to enable their son
Irvin, and wife, who live in
Alabama, to be present.
On that date the dining room
in the Reed home was decorated
in gold colors. The table was cen
tered with a three-tier wedding
cake which was decorated with
yellow roses with pale green
leaves and white lattice work. It
was topped with golden wedding
bells and a large “50” under an
arch of pale green and was
flanked by white candles wrap
ped with gold ribbon in crystal
candleholders. The golden hued
dirilyte and gold trimmed nap
kins completed the table decora
tions.
The buffet was beautiful with
a sprawling bouquet of gold and
bronze mums flanked by candles.
A vase bouquet of mums was also
part of the decorations.
Mrs. Reeds corsage was of
yellow daisy mums tied with a
gold ribbon. Mr. Reed’s bouton
niere was a yellow dyed carna
tion.
The cake, flowers, corsage,
boutonniere and dirilyte were
gifts from their children and
their families.
Robert R. Reed and Mildred
M. Meuret exchanged nuptial
vows in a simple ceremony at
the home of the bride's par
ents on Christmas day, 1902.
Mr. Reed was bom on a farm
near Stanton. He grew to man
hood in that community. He
came to northwest Antelope
county in 1899, was was employed
as a farm hand in that commun
ity until his marriage. He made
farming his life’s work.
Mrs. Reed was born of pioneer
parents in a sod house on their
homestead eight miles northwest
of Orchard in Sherman township,
Antelope county. She has lived
her entire life within the boun
daries of Sherman township. She
went to school in district 30
where she completed the first
eight grades. She took high
school work in Neligh where she
received her teachers’ certificate.
She taught school in both dis
tricts 30 and 68 in Antelope
county.
Many of her neighbors were
once her pupils.
The first two years of their
marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Reed
spent on a farm seven miles
northwest of Orchard. In 1905
they purchased the farm on which
they are now living. In Decem
ber, 1908, they had the misfor
tune of losing their house and all
(Continued on page 7.)
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^ Mr. and Mrs. Reed . . . wed a half-century.
Happy Christmas for This Family j
A happy Mrs. George Eiler, postmaster at
Monowi, Boyd county, is surrounded by her
three soldier sons, brought from overseas stations
to Hollywood, Calif., to surprise her Christmas
eve as she appeared on a nationwide television
program. “This Is Your Life.” Also present in
the surprise were her husband and six other
children. At left is Ralph Edwards, famous em
cee. The sons are (left-to-right): Keith, an air
my major brought from Korea; Don, an air force
sergeant from England; Rudy, an airman from
France. Mr. and Mrs. Eiler, their sons, James
and Dale, and daughters, Susie, Mrs. Marvin
Piklapp and children and Mrs. Robert Zach and
children, returned to Boyd county Saturday
from Hollywood.
Jackpot of Gifts for First Baby
The Frontier’s seventh annual •
Holt county baby derby gets un
derway at the stroke of mid
night as the new year—1953—is
ushered in.
And what a jackpot of gifts
has been provided by 21 O’Neill
business firms in cooperation with
The Frontier.
The six preceding winners —
four girls and two boys—have
been lucky kids, indeed, but t^p
previous showers don’t hold a
candle to the 1953 outlay. Co
operating firms have gone all
out to make the ’53 derby win
ner a champion of champions.
Incidentally, previous win
ners were: 1947 — Kathleen
Wanser; 1948—Nancy Elaine
Harshfield; 1949—James Mi
chael Beha; 1950—David Lynn
Tracy; 1951 — Betty Jean
Knoell; 1952—Linda Lee Tol
bert.
Octogenarian
Dies at Lynch
LYNCH—Mrs. Adolph Webber,
89, died on Christmas eve, De
cember 24, at the Niobrara rest
home. She was a former resident
of Lynch, where she resided for
many years.
The funeral' was conducted
from the First Methodist church
at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Marjorie
Johnson officiated and burial
was in the Alford cemetery near
Monowi under the direction of
the Coulthard funeral home.
The late Mrs. Webber, whose
Christian name was Mary, was
born June 22, 1863.
Survivors include: Widower,
who also has been a resident of
the Niobrara rest home; son —
Bernard of Lynch; daughter —
Mrs. Bertha Cooper of Lynch.
Mad Cat Victims
Are ‘Doing Fine’
Dr. Guy P. Slaughter, whc
treated four persons who had
been bitten by a rabid cat, said
Tuesday the victims are “getting
along fine.”
Bitten were Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Summerer and their daughter,
Bonnie, aged 17 months, and a
neighbor, Paul Hubei, all resid-'
ing about 25 miles south and
three miles east of O’Neill. If
there is any adverse effect, it is
expected to show up in about
eight days.
The Summerers and Mr. Hubei
have been receiving medical
treatments here.
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
ATKINSON—The rural farm
home belonging to Fred Tesch,
^sr., located about 15 miles north
east of Atkinson, was burned to
the ground early last week. Ori
gin of the fire is a mystery. Mr.
Tesch found nothing but a pile
of rubble when he visited the
recently vacated place about 10
o’clock Tuesday morning, Decem
ber 23.
THIS ISSUE EARLY
This issue of The Frontier
went to press 24 hours ahead of
the usual schedule tn order
that most mail patrons will re
ceive the paper before new
year’s day.
INFANT DIES
ATKINSON— An infant child
about 10 hours old died Monday
at Atkinson. The parents are Dr.
and Mrs. H. G. Wallace. The Wal
laces have two sons.
The rules are the same a*, in ?
previous contests. The new
king (or queen) must be born
within the boundaries of Holt
county after midnight, Decem
ber 31, 1952. Entries must be
mailed to The Frontier, First
Baby Contest Editor, O’Neill,
Nebr., and postmarked not later
than 6 p.m., on Monday, January
5, 1953. If Mr. Stork is uncoop
erative during those first five
days, the contest will be ex
tended, of course. The basic
rules are the same however.
First 1953 baby born in Holt
county sums up the story.
(Complete contest details and
a full description of the shower
gifts may be found on pages 8
and 9 in this issue.)
Look at these gifts:
M & M Cafe & Bakery: A dec
orated layer cake for doting par
ents, relatives and friends.
Montgomery’s Hardware: Por
celain-enamel bath tub.
New Outlaw Grocery: Case of
Gerber’s baby food.
O’Neill Photo Co.: Twelve dol
lars worth of prints, 3x5 pictures,
mounted.
Coyne’s Hardware: High-Boy
clothes dryer—for baby’s wash
ing.
McDonald’s: 34x50 satin-bound
baby blanket—in pink, blue or
mint.
New Deal Oil Co.: Ten gallons
of gas for pop and the lucky
family’s flivver.
Stannard’s Store: Two boxes of
Dennison’s disposable diapers
plus a colorful baby book.
McCarvilles: As customary, a
pair of Red Crass shoes for the
new little king or queen.
Lee Stores: Pink or white baby
bathrobe, terry cloth, wraps
around like daddy’s.
Apparel Shop: Infant’s dress—
beautiful, of course!
Biglin Brothers: Hawkeye
white wicker clothes hamper,
$9 50 value.
Gambles: Hardwood nursery
chair with spacious lift tray.
Beads, too.
Beatrice Foods: One case of
Meadow Gold’s vitamin D milk.
McIntosh Jewelry: A 10-karat
gold baby ring—something the
lucky one will cherish for life.
Gilligan’s Rexall Drug: Tiny
Tot gift set—including baby
cream, baby oil and baby pow
der, plus a Stork Nurser bottle.
Midwest Furniture & Appli
ance: Doll boudoir lamp, 18 inches
high, lovely satin doll, $7.95 value.
Shelhamer Foods: Case of
Heinz baby food—free—to the ’53
champion.
Jacobson’s: A General Electric
heating pad, safe, fireproof, 3
stage heat control, 110-volt.
Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co.: Five hun
dred pounds of coal, dad’s choice.
Baby must be kept warm.
It doesn't require an adding
machine to determine that the
derby winner in 1953 will be
recipient of gifts worth beau
coup money.
There you have the details.
On your marks . . . get set . . .
go!
12 Men Beckoned
by Uncle Sam
Ordered to Report
January 20
Twelve Holt county selective
service registrants have been or
dered to report for induction on
Tuesday, January 20. In addition,
Jess Benton Mellor of Atkinson
las volunteered for induction with
the group, making a total of 13
inductees.
This will be the largest induc
tion group sent from the county
in several months, explained
Mrs. W. H. Harty. chief clerk of
the Holt draft board.
Those who have been tabbed
are: Clyde A. Wabs and . Loren
G. Whetham, both of Spencer,
Freddie S. Bolwitt, Eldon D.
Harley, John L. Pruden and
Glen J. Tuttle, all of Ewing;
Ralph H. Sholes of Inman; Wil
liam L. Singkofer of Amelia;
Buddy W. Miles of Dorsey; Char
les G. Campbell and Harvey J.
Steinhauser, both of Stuart, and
Eldon F. Donal of O’Neill.
Mrs. Harty said a chartered
bus has been ordered to take
29 registrants to Omaha on
January 15 for preinduction
physical examinations. This
represents one of the largest
examination groups sent from
O'Neill in the history of selec
tive service.
Meanwhile, Sgt. James O. Ly
ons, army - air force recruiter
here, has announced the follow
ing enlistments:
For regular army: Joseph J.
Sobotka and Donald D. Lanman,
both of O’Neill, and Lonnie J.
Hutchinson of Valentine. These
men have gone to Camp Crowd
er, Mo., for processing.
For air force: Bernard C. How
ard of O’Neill; Donald D. Roth I
of Atkinson, and six others.
Abandon Steamer—Diesel Arrives
There was little or no fanfare*
Saturday as a six-wheel-drive
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
steam locomotive chugged and
tooted out-of-town, an incident
that wrote finis to an era of rail
roading.
The next Burlington that came
to town was towed by a sleek,
new half-million-dollar diesel
unit—the cab replete with rest
room, lavatories, closets, air con
ditioning, electrical automatic
gadgets by the dozens. Besides
a drastic physical difference, the
diesel has a deep-throated drone
which is a sharp contrast to the
steam whistle of its predecessors.
The 60-ft. 6-in. diesel, weigh
ing in the neighborhood of 300
thousand pounds and capable
of outpulling three of the re
tiring steamers, looks every
inch a powerful monster.
*
. It is one of six units just as
signed to the Lincoln division of
the “Q”. The engine generator,
rated at 1,500-hp, energizes mo
tors that drive six of the wheels.
Additional power units can be
tacked on behind to increase its
capacity.
The diesel was quite a curiosi
ty piece as it pulled a train west
ward from Ferry Junction (Svoux
City) on its maiden trip on the
O’Neill branch line. Lots of Roy
al, Orchard and Page residents,
for example, had never exper
ienced a closeup glimpse of one
of these newfangled locomotives.
For several years, however,
O’Neillites have seen diesels of a
similar type at work on the Chi
cago & North Western mainline.
Like everywhere else in the na
tion, the steamers are inexorably
going out of business in favor of
the versatile, economical diesels
The shinv new unit is a
tight fit for the "Burl's" O'Neill
roundhouse which, many years
ago, could accommodate a half
dozen or more locomotives. The
building has been whittled
down and the diesel inches it
self into the only berth and
the doors barely close shut.
Roy V. Johnson, who is in
charge of the roundhouse, is in
structed to let the massive power
plant idle through the night.
Passersby no longer will see
smoke and steam pouring from
the roundhouse vent, but will
hear a 16-cylinder V-type engine
i marking time.
Engineer C. A. Holt ... at controls of Burlington's new
1,500-hp diesel.—The Frontier Photo.
(Another photo on page 6.)
Rancher
111 Short
Time Dies
Jacob Pribil Expires
in Norfolk Hospital;
Burial Here Friday
Jacob B. Pribil, 69-year-old
Holt county rancher residing two1
miles southwest of Inman, died
about 3 a.m., Tuesday, December
30, in Our Lady of Lourdes hos
pital, Norfolk. He had been ill
about two weeks. The late Mr.
Pribil had entered the hospital
prior to Christmas, returned to
his home for the holidays, be
came ill Friday and reentered
the hospital Friday night.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 10 a.m., Friday, Janu
ary 2, from St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church here. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
A rosary will be offered at 8
p.m. today (Thursday) at the
Biglin Brothers funeral chapef.
The late Mr. Pribil was born
July 20, 1883, at O'Neill, a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank '
Pribil, who were natives of
Bohemia.
He was reared on the original
home place located eight miles
south of O’Neill and attended
rural school near there.
On May 25, 1909, in a Catholic
mission church at Stafford he
married Miss Catherine O’Don
nell of Stafford. They became the
parents of five children.
The late Mr. Pribil was recog
nized as an extensive breeder of
black cattle. He served for 25
years as director of the board of
education in rural district 111,
and was active in township and
church affairs. He was a mem
ber of St. Patrick’s parish, O’
Neill.
Survivors include: Widow; sons
—John, Frelent and Harold, all
of O’Neill; daughters—Mrs. Le
ona Shoemaker of O’Neill and
Mrs. Ralph (Loretta) Tomlinson,
of West Point.
He also leaves two brothers,
Casper and John, both of O’Neill,
and three sisters — Mrs. Frank
Erychleb of Denver, Colo., Mrs.
John Shoemaker and Mrs. Walt
er Stewart, both of O’Neill.
Burl Munsell to
Post in Kansas
Burl Munsell, who has been)
manager of Gambles store in
O’Neill for the past 15 months,
will leave for Parsons, Kans.,
January 15.
A new company-owned store
will be opened at Parsons after
Mr. Munsell’s arrival. No succes
sor has been named to fill the
vacancy here. Mr. Munsell moved
from Wayne to O’Neill in the
fall of 1951 — the first of two
rapid promotions.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Munsell are
native Kansans. “We have en
joyed every moment of our short
stay in O’Neill,” Mr. Munsell ex
plained. “We are fond of O’Neill
and have made many friends here
whom we regret leaving, but I
cannot pass uro the opportunity
of opening a new store in a city
several times the size of O'NeilL”
Con J. Coffey, 79,
Expires in Texas
A former O’Neill and Spencer
resident, Con J. Coffey, about 79
died unexpectedly at noon Mon
day, December 29, at his home
in Wichita Falls, Tex. He had
been stricken Friday with a
heart attack, but doctors thought
he would recover.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed late Monday.
The late Mr. Coffey was rear
ed on a farm near O’Neill, a sor»
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Coffey, who were Holt pioneers
In 1895 he left his parents’ farm
and entered into the hardware
business at Spencer, where he re
sided for about 20 years.
At O’Neill in 1900 he married
Miss Mary Dailey, daughter of
another pioneer couple, John and
Ellen Dailey. His first wife died
in November, 1921. Later he
married a Texan, who died four
years ago.
After moving to Texas in 1922,
the late Mr. Coffey became a fu
neral director in Wichita Faifs
He was owner of the firm at the
time of his death.
Survivors include: Sons—John -
Gerald and William all of the
Wichita Falls vicinity; Edmond
of Denver, Colo.; sisters — Mrs
Frank Dailey of Jerome, Ida.
Mrs. Thomas McFarland and Mrs’
Frank Clark, both of Buffalo,
W. P. Dailey of Emmet and
Mrs. P. J. Biglin of Salina, Kans.,
formerly of O’Neill, are brother
and sister of Mr. Coffey’s first
wife.
EARNS PROMOTION
Edward Condon, son of Mrs
Hope Condon, who has beent
spending a month’s leave here
after completing nine months of
sea duty, Friday received word of
his promotion from ensign to
lieutenant (jg). He had been
serving aboard a destroyer escort
as a communications officer.