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Volume 72.—Number 37. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, January 15, 1953. Seven Cents.
Banks Bulge with
$13-Million Deposits
Deposits in Holt county banks hit an all-time high on December
31, according to a survey made this week of the year-end state
ments issued by the six banks in response to a call for financial
statements.
Deposits at the close of business on December 31 showed
$13,668,881.79. For the second consecutive period the O’Neill Na
tional Bank led all other banks in the county.
Total deposits were $37,170.89 higher than December 31, 1951.
On the other hand, loans were $120,530.73 less than a year ago. The
combined deposits on December 31^951, were $13,631,710.90. Loans
on that same date were $2,187,334.60.
Deposits and loans for the six banks at the close of business on
December 31, 1952, are shown in the following table ranked accord
ing to size on that date:
O’Neill National Bank, O’Neill_$ 3,585,521.64 $ 382,497.32
First National Bank, O’Neill_ 3,441,424.00 367,573.13
First National Bank, Atkinson_ 3,266,685.97 426,620.40
Tri-County Bank, Stuart_ 1,322,519.30 349,971.52
Farmers State Bank Ewing 1,046,053.67 253,991.93
Chambers State Bank, Chambers_ 1,006,677.21 286,149.57
Totals _ $13,668,881.79 $2,066,803.87
Guastav Bauwens
Burial at Ewing
Native of Belgium;
. Ill a Year
EWING—Funeral services were
held Friday morning, January 9,
for Gustav Bauwens, SS, at St.
Peter’s Catholic church with
Rev. Peter Burke officiating. Mr.
.Bauwens died Wednesday Jan
uary 7, at St. Edward.
Burial was made in St. An
thony’s cemetery southwest of
Ewing. Pallbearers were Joe
Wejbel,* Adolph Koenig, Alvin
Thramer, Jack Schindler, Lud
wig Koenig and Adolph Thramer.
The late Gus Bauwens was
born August 15, 1865, in Berlai,
Belgium, a son of Benedict and
Leatha Bauwens. He came to
America in 1888 and settled in
Holt county where he spent many
years on a faim southwest of Ew
ing.
On his retirement from the
farm he moved to the town of
Ewing to hake his home.
While his heath permitted, he
took great pride in his vegetable
garden. Many of its products
were given to his friends in the
neighborhood, and often assisted
others with their gardening.
Mr. Bauwens’ health began to
fail last year and in May, 1952,
he went to the Thompson nurs-*
ing home at St. Edward.
Mrs. Bauwens died in 1929. She
was the former Josephine Miller.
One child also preceded him in
death.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. John Tagel and Mrs. Wil
liam Tagel, both of Ewing; Mrs.
Burt West and Mrs. Eda Flanni
gan, both of Lyons, and Mrs.
Delia Gustafson of Vancouver,
Wash.; sons—Conrad of Ewing,
and Rudolph of Minnesota.
= All were present for the funer
* al with the exception of one
daughter.
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Golden Wedding
for Andersons
Mr. and Mrs. William A. And
erson will hold open house Sun
day, January 25, in their h®me
from 2 to 5 p. m. to observe their
50th wedding anniversary. They
are inviting all their neighbors,
relatives and friends to visit
* them.
’ is.* William A. Anderson and Miss
's‘ Harriett Hayne were married
in the Holt county courthouse on
January 29, 1903, by County
Judge J. M. Morgan. The cere
mony was witnessed by Charles
Harding and Guy Hamilton. The
„ Anderson’s made their home on
a farm 10 miles east of O’Neill,
*. where they lived until 15 months
ago when they moved to O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson be
came the parents of five daugh
ters. Tney are: Mrs. Howard
(Florence) Peters of O’Neill, Mrs
Jasper (Helen) Hitchcock of At
kinson, Mrs. Harold (Frances)
Williamson of Atkinson, Mrs.
Herbert (Hazel) Timm of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Orville (Marguerite)
* McKim. They also have nine
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
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Unit to Participate
in Inaugural Parade—
C p 1. Raymond Walter of
Chambers is a member of the
325th airborne battalion at Ft.
Bragg, N. C., which will be rep
resented in President-Elect Eis
enhower’s inaugural parade in
Washington, D.C., on January 20.
This battalion has been picked
as one of many groups that will
participate in the parade. The
unit will leave North Carolina
for Washington, D. C. on Satur
day, January 17.
Cpl. Walter recently was heme
on furlough.
CLASS VISITS FRONTIER
Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, teacher
of the sixth grade of the O’Neill
public school, and 39 members of
her class toured The Frontier
Wednesday morning. They wit
nessed the “Voice of The Fron
tier” program at 9:45 and George
Hammond interviewed four of
them. Later, they watched this
week’s issue of this newspaper in
^production.
FIREMEN CALLED
ATKINSON—The fire depart
ment was summoned at 8:30 p.m.,
last Thursday to the Galyen Mo
tor company repair shop. One of
the employees was using a blow
torch to warm-up a new piece of
equipment. Gasoline or gas fumes
were ignited. There was some
smoke damage.
Mrs. William Pettigrove left
'Tuesday for Farmville, Va., to
join her husband, Capt. Petti
grove, who went to Virginia two
weeks before to report for duty.
The Pettigrove’s recently return
ed from Japan.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kubik left
Holbrook, Ariz., after visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ku
bik, over the Christmas holidays.
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Mother of 2 Dies
from Paralysis
EWING—Mrs. Betty Smiley of
Houston, Tex., daughter of Mrs
Claudia Green and the late Sam
Green, died recently—the victim
of infantile paralysis.
The Green family formerly re
sided at Ewing.
The late Mrs. Smiley spent the
last two years of her life in an
iron lung. Her mother, who has
been making her home with the
Smileys, will care for the two
J small Smiley children, according
I to word received this week in
Ewing.
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Nelson Proposes
5% Betting Tax
—
O’Neill’s State Sen. Frank Nel
son Monday offered a bill in uni
cameral legislature proposing -to
slap a 5 percent state tax on
parimutuel betting on horse
races.
The annual yield for the state
general fund, he has estimated,
would be close to 800-thousand
dollars per year.
Senator Nelson’s proposal
would take 5 percent tax from
the total wagered. The organiza
tion holding the- race meet then
would get its 10 percent.
Under the proposal, the state
also would receive half the
breakage (odd cents left over af
ter the winning prices have been
figured to the nearest 10 cents)
and all the money not claimed
by winning bettors within 30
days.
Principal race meets in the
state which would *be affected
are the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben, state
fair at Lincoln, Madison, Colum
bus, Alliance and other regional
meets where business has been
lush in recent years.
Gambling on horses has been
legal in Nebraska whereas all
other forms of gambling have
been illegal.
New Furniture Will
Feature Simple Lines
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Panowicz
returned Sunday from a week’s
buying trip in the American Fur
niture Mart in Chicago, 111.
“Homemaking can look forward
to quality furniture at popular
prices,” explained Mr. Panowicz,
who is manager of the Midwest
Furniture and Appliance store in
O’Neill. “Clean modem lines
with overtones of classified de
signs dominated the exhibits be
ing closely inspected by more
than 30,000 furniture buyers from
all over the country,” he con
tinued.
“Prices were about the same as
those of six months ago. Quality
will be much better than anything
we’ve seen in the past few years.
Modern bedrooms have definitely
turned to the large, roomy Mr.
and Mrs. dressers and chests, with
several new finishes appearing in
both light and dark woods.
“Most living rom manufacturers
were showing large, simple mod
em lines of fine construction.
Many nationally advertised lines
of furniture will be added to the
stock at Midwest Furniture early
this year.”
The market’s newspaper, “Re
tailing Daily,” said heavy buying
started on the fourth day and
buyers were expected to order
$3,500,000 worth of furniture be
fore the show closes January 16.
Jinx Corner Claims
Another Victim
STUART—A warning sign has
been erected on the Stuart-Na
per highway where Joe Brew
ster, local banker, overturned
his car Tuesday night, January
6, enroute to Naper to attend a
basketball game.
Mr. Brewster suffered cuts and
bruises and a shoulder separa
tion. The car was badly dam
aged.
The accident occurred about 17
miles from Stuart on a sharp
curve. There have been other
less serious accidents at this
same corner,' which had never
been marked.
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Father Kucera
New Chaplain—
Due to ill health. Rev. Joseph
Lane has been forced to give up
his work as chaplain at St. An
thony’s hospital and has been
transferred to Ft. Morgan, Colo.,
where the climate is favorable
for him. He left Tuesday, Jan
uary 6, for Ogallala where he
will visit his brother before con
tinuing on to Colorado.
Father Lane’s replacement ar
rived a few days after his de
parture. He is Rev. Karl Kucera
from Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Osen
batigh were Sunday evening din
ner guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Ralya and Verle.
the dinner was in honor of the
birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Ralya.
Pioneer
Dies While
,
Asleep
‘Grandma’ Thurlow,
Stuart, Leaves 78
Living Descendants
STUART—A 9'0-year-old Stuart
woman, who came to Holt
county as a bride in a covered
wagon in 1880, died late Tues
day in her sleep.
Dead is Mrs. Emma Thurlow,
better known as “Grandma”
Thurlow, who had been bedfast
for several years.
The late Mrs. Thurlow was
married at Wahoo on May 20,
1880. After the wedding, she set
out for Holt county with her
husband behind a team of oxen.
They homesteaded six miles
southeast of Stuart, and became
the parents of l'O children.
Mr. Thurlow and four of the
children preceded their mother
in death.
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Funeral arrangements are not
complete, although the rites will
be held on Saturday at the Stu
art Community church.
Survivors include: Sons— Os
car, Norton and Roy, all of At
kinson; Amos and Lloyd, both of
Stuart; one daughter — Mrs.
George (Mae) Stracke, also of
Stuart; 24 grandchildren; 33
great - grandchildren; 15 great
great - grandchildren; sister —
Laura Hall of Roseland; half
sisters—Agnes Covey of Lincoln
and Mattie Hooper.
Couple Hurt in
Mishap Near Lincoln
Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Cary of In
man and their daughter, Mrs.
Vernon Crouse of Hastings, la.,
were involved in a car-truck ac
cident on Wednesday afternoon,
January 7, 23 miles from Lin
coln, while traveling on U.S.
highway 6 between Omaha and
Lincoln.
The Carys had spent the new
year’s holiday visiting relatives
in Iowa and were on their way
to Lincoln to take care of some
business matters. The truck
which they were following made
a left-hand turn without signal
ing. Mr. Cary, who was driving,
was unable to stop and crashed
into the truck. He received no
injuries. Mrs. Crouse, who was
also riding in the front seat, was
badly shaken up and was hos
pitalized for observation. Mrs.
Cary, who was riding in the back
seat, suffered a broken leg above
the knee. She was taken to the
Lincoln Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Crouse was dismissed
from the hospital Friday and re
turned to her home in Iowa, but
Mrs. Cary cannot be moved. Mr.
Cary has remained in Lincoln to
be at her side.
On November 27, Mr. and Mrs.
Cary celebrated their 50th wed
ding anniversary.
Springlike Weather
Makes Drastic Change
An extraordinary two - day
thaw resulted in the melting of
most of the snow which has blan
keted the area since before
Christmas. Temperatures were
in the 40’s and 50’s.
Late Tuesday, however, the
wind switched to the northwest
and a cold wave some snow
moved in.
Week’s summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
January 8 -33 12
January 9_42 5
January 10_ 42 29 T
January 11 _ 38 14
January 12 - 55 32
January 13_ 44 23
January 14 __35 10 T
fop ttonie Lhrive
Is Planned —
Save your soda pop bottles for
the march of dimes.
This was the good word
Wednesday from a committee
which is planning to resurrect all
the pop bottles in the city to re
turn to the factories. Proceeds
from the drive will go to the polio
fund.
Details will be announced next
week, according to Earl (“Short”)
Hunt, chairman.
POSPICHAL dUYS
CHAMBERS — August Pos
pichal. who resides west of
Chambers, purchased the 320
acre ranch owned by Charles and
Tacy Berner in an auction held
Wednesday. His bid of $45 per
acre was highest. Col. Ed Thorin
of O’Neill was auctioneer; Mike
Shonka of Burwell and Keith
Sexton of Chambers were the
brokers.
Tom Kubik, S.N., arrived home
to spend the Christmas holidavs
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Kubik. Seaman Kubik left
Saturday to be back to service
before January 16. This is the
second time for Tom to be called
into service.
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Testimonials Laud March of Dimes
“We are on the threshold of
victory over polio.”
Thus reports Basil O’Connor,
president of the National Found
ation for Infantile Paralysis. Yet
the dread disease reached great
er epidemic proportions in 1952
than ever before. As a result,
the epidemic aid fund for polio
has been completely drained.
This fund is used to help the
local chapters when their trea
suries fall short of meeting the
needs of those stricken.
The Holt county chapter’s
treasury is one which has be
come depleted due to the 1952
epidemic in the county. A total
of 17 cases needed financial as
sistance during the year. Twen
ty-four were stricken.
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"Everyone in the county is
called upon to help build up
the treasury during the march
of dimes campaign in 1953,"
explained Msr. Lester H.e5e of
O'Neill, who heads the Holt
drive. "The expectation is that
polio will reach as great epi
demic proportions as it did in
1952, in spite of the encourag
ing report concerning the vac
cinations against it made in
various large cities throughout
the country."
Atkinson Pair at
58th Milestone
T. H. Davis, Wife
Retired 10 Years
ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. T.
H. Davis quietly observed their
58th wedding anniversary in At
kinson on Friday, January 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis were mar
ried at Auburn in 1895 and came
to Atkinson about 1905. In 1915
they moved to their farm home
lVz miles north of Atkinson on
highway 11 and resided there un
til their retirement to Atkinson
about 10 years ago.
Mrs. Davis was 82 in Decem,
ber and Mr. Davis will be "> ^rx
May.
Mrs. Davis is in “poor health.”
Their daughter, Mrs. Marie
Thompson, came to make her
home with her parents after the
death of her husband. They have
three other daughters—Mrs. Oli
ver Shane of Atkinson, Mrs. Les
i lie Fullerton of Ainsworth and
Mrs. Verna Cosgrove of Seattle,
Wash.; two sons — Carlton of
Ericson and Ralph of Seattle,
Wash; 12 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Guests for the day were Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Shane, Mrs. Jen
nie Shane, Rev. Frank Payas,
Mrs. Payas and Mrs. Ellen Par
l sons.
Speech Course
Scheduled Here—
Speech development and cor
rection will be organized as an
off campus course Saturday, Jan
uary 17, at 9 a.m., according to
Miss Alice French, Holt county
superintendent of public instruc
tion. This is the first speech cor
rection course and there are no
prerequisites, Miss French said.
Geography of South America
is still open for registration when
the class meets for the second
time Saturday, January 24.
1953 Automobile
Show Is Planned
An automobile show for O’
Neill is planned Thursday and
Friday, January 29 and *30. The
site for the show is the American
Legion auditorium.
A dozen automobile dealers
from throughout the region are
cooperating with The Frontier to
make possible a sparkling array
of 1953 model cars for the public
to inspect and admire.
Full details will be found in
subsequent issues of The Fron
tier.
Plans call for duors to open on
both days at 1:30 p.m., and re
main open until 9:30. Fifteen
models will be exhibited.
A special 45-minute radio pro
gram will be aired from the
floor of the show on the first
day. George Hammond will be at
the “Voice of The Frontier” spe
cial events microphone, starting
at 3:45 p.m.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Donald W. Borg and Miss Mary
Joanne Hynes, both of O’Neill on
January 7.
Donald F. Biehm of Water
town, S.D., and Miss Leah Claire
Iler of O’Neill on January 9.
Arnott W Buxton and Miss La
Vonne Albright, both of Page, on
January 10.
Marcellus Howard of O’Neill
and Miss Leona Keeler of Anoka
on January 10. They were mar
ried Tuesday afternoon, January
13, by County Judge Louis W. j
Reimer. Mr. and Mrs Duane Hu
ber of Pickstown, S.D., were wit -
nesses of the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parks, sr.,
were Sunday dinner guests in ■
the home of Mr. and Mrs- Har- j
) old Parks, jr. !
The use of gamma globulin as j>
a vaccine against paralytic polio
gives only temporary immunity
and is not loO percent effective.
“These factors coupled with a
serious limitation of the supply
of gamma globulin indicate that
we must expect polio next sum
mer,” said Mr. O’Connor.
The Holt chapter has been ac
tive throughout 1952 doing its
utmost to help where ever there
was a need.
Here is what some of those as
sisted by the Holt chapter have
to say:
Mrs. C. B. Sanders of O’Neill:
“X was always one of the doubt
ing Thomases. But now I know
there is help for everyone. Thank
you for all you have done for
me!”
Mr. and Mrs. Art Givens of
Stuart: “We are very grateful
for what the foundation has done
for us. It would have been quite
a burden if we would have had
to pay for everything ourselves.”
Ivan D. Baker of Atkinson: “I
feel that I am very fortunate
with my case of polio. I wish to
extend my thanks to the Holt
county chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paral
ysis for all the help given to me.
X will always remember it.”
Mrs. Robert Cadwallader of
Stuart: “I sincerely hope all’ the
other cases are improving as
much as our Danny. He is trying
to learn to walk again. He walks
around the furniture, but not by
nimself—yet. Thank you for your
kindness and help in our case.”
"During the month of Janu
ary, what you give for the
California Citrus
Growers Take Note!
ATKINSON—(Mrs. John Li
able of Atkinson is proudly dis
playing a lemon she picked
Monday from a lemon tree in
her yard.
Frankly .the lemon puts to
shame the California variety.
This Holt county speciman is
as large as a teacup, about
eigh4 inches in diameter and
weighing 14 ounces.
Mrs. Liable said there was a
smaller one on the same tree.
The tree stands about four feet
high.
Last year the tree bore 15
lemons—small ones. Mrs. Li
able has been interested in
growing unique plants and
shrubs for several years. She
also boasts an orange tree,
which isn’t setting the world on
fire with its production.
The trees were started from
slips purchased at a green
house.
Woman Sorts, Packs
Overseas Gifts
St. Peter’s Parish
Ships 600 Pounds
EWING—Six hundred pounds
of clothing and shoes were
packed on Friday by members of
St. Peter’s Catholic parish. It
will go to Long Island, N.Y., for
shipment overseas. Korea, Italy
and Germany are the chief re
cipients.
Mrs. Mary Rotherham, who
makes her home in the Mark Go
kie apartments, has devoted
many hours in preparation of ar
tices for these boxes. All the do
nated clothing and shoes are
taken to her by members of St.
Peter’s church and by other in
terested persons. She examines
each garment, doing any mend
ing or other repairs as well as
sorting them into sizes.
Mrs. Rotherham, Who lives
alone, says this is her hobby.
Rural District Gives
$25 to Polio Fight
Holt rural school district 180,
which is located north of Atkin
son, has donated $25 to the march
of dimes from program money.
Mrs. Velma Orr is the teacher
and there are 10 pupils in the
school.
Eighteen schools in the county
have contributed a total of $79.30
“This is just a beginning as
nearly every school in the coun
ty will give some to this worth
while cause during the month of
January,” explained Miss Alice L.
French, Holt county superintend
ent of public instruction.
Bud Kunz Heads
Stuart Chamber—
STUART—At a meeting of the
Stuart Community club, Bud
Kunz was elected president for
the ensuing year.
Other officers elected were:
Dale Henderson, vice-president;
T. E. McGuire, secretary; Don
Krotter, treasurer; and the
board of directors will consist of
J- G. Brewster. Glen Cobb and
Dwaine Lockmon.
It was agreed to sell the perish
able supplies of the Stuart Com
munity hospital, with the hospi
tal board to have charge of the
selling.
march of dimes will be used to
further the help given those
stricken by polio, and also in
the research experiments to
find a wav to control the dis
ease. Final victory over polio
has not yet been reached," Mrs.
Riege continued.
‘There is every indication that
we will reach it, if we do not
relax our efforts. When total vic
tory finally comes, then for the
first time in history the people
of a nation, hand in hand with
men of science, will know the
exnilaration of a job well done
in the relentless battle against
disease, and you will enjoy the
satisfaction of having made your
personal contribution to this re
sult.”
The executive board of the
march of dimes in Chambers is
sponsoring a bake and food sale
to be held on Saturday, January
24. All the proceeds from this
will be turned over to the march
of dimes. Members of all soci
eties and clubs in the Chambers
area are asked to donate for this.
Mrs. J. W. Walter will furnish
details.
The march of dimes collection
for the week ending January 10
amounted to $98.5’0.
Frank Cronk Named
Holt Board Chairman
Committees Chosen
for 1952
The Holt county board of su
pervisors convened Tuesday—the
first meeting of the new year.
Technically, the county was
without a board during the first
12 days of 1953.
Frank Cronk of Page, veteran
member of the board and a farm
er, was elected chairman, suc
ceeding A. M. Batenhorst of
Stuart. The new chairman held
the post two years ago. A re
publican, he is president of the
Northeast Nebraska County Of
ficials’ association.
The Frontier and Atkinson
Graphic were named to publish
official proceedings of the board
of supervisors for 1953. The
Holt County Independent was
named official newspaper.
Board members, beside Cronk,
who represents the Fourth dis
-?fe: First—Albert Sterns of
O Neill, democrat; Second—Ken
neth Waring of Page, republican;
third—Andy Clark of O’Neill
republican; Fifth-H. W. Hub
bard of Chambers, republican;
Sixth — A. M. Batenhorst of
Stuart democrat; Seventh—Alex
Frickel of Atkinson, republican.
,, Chairman Cronk announced
the following committee appoint
ments:
Courthouse: Clark, Sterns and
Frickel.
Finance: Hubbard, Batenhorst
and Waring.
TTPlr)nti^lg: Frickel, Clark and
Hubbard.
Tax: Clark, Waring and Sterns.
Bonds: Hubbard, Batenhorst
and Waring.
Bridge: Sterns, Clark and
Frickel.
Road: Waring, Batenhorst and
Stems.
Setlement of county officers'
Clark and the entire board.
Claims: Waring and the entire
board.
Insurance. Frickel, Sterns and
Clark.
Frontier Lists
4 Coming Auctions
The Frontier lists four auc
tions on its sale calendar:
Wednesday, January 21: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Pierce of Amelia
will sell 68 head of cattle, in
cluding some registered Here
fords; also some machinery. They
live 1 mile north of Amelia; CoL
Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer’
Chambers State bank, clerk.
Tuesday, February 3: Holt
County Aber^een-Angus Breed
ers’ association sale, O’Neill; 94
head of registered Angus. (For
catalog address Freeman Knight,
O’Neill, or Ray Siders, Inman.)
Wednesday, February 11: Holt
County Hereford Breeders’ asso
ciation annual spring sale, O’
Neill; 51 bulls and 10 females.
(For catalog write James W.
Rooney, O’Neill, secretary-man
ager.)
Saturday, February 21: Annual
spring sale North-Central Ne
braska Hereford Breeders’ asso
ciation: 62 bulls. (For catalog,
write Elmer (“Tug”) Phillips,
Bassett.)
Pinnt Returns from
Omaha Hospital
Duane Pinnt, 17, who was
seriously injured during the hol
idays when his auto struck a
bridge near Lynch, returned
home Monday, January 5, from
an Omaha hospital.
Doctors were fearful his left
leg would have to be amputated I
following the accident, but sue- j
cessful surgery enabled the leg !
to be saved.
Lyle ("Red") McKim . . .
dies behind Ihe lines. (Story at
right.)
29 Registrants
to Get Physicals
Woeppel and Wenner
Volunteer
Twenty-nine Holt county selec
tive service registrants have been
ordered to report for preinduc
tion physical examinations today
(Thursday), it was announced
this week by Mrs. W. H. Harty,
chief clerk of the draft board
here.
Meanwhile, two registrants,
Glen E. Woeppel of Ewing and
John N. Wenner qf Atkinson,
have advised the board they will
volunteer for induction on Tues
day, January 20.
Those named for the physical
examinations are:
From Atkinson — Verne O.
Hickok, Donal R. Carr, Wayne W.
Barnes, George H. Schmit, Ber
nard and Leonard Troshynski,
Ronald M. Radke.
From Page—Gus W. Robinson,
FJichard L. Buxton and William
L. Neubauer.
From Stuart—Carroll D. Mar
cellus, Fred R. Mitchell, Cornelius
R. Murphy and Emil C. Mashek.
From Inman — Leonard D.
Sholes.
From Emmet—Duane E. Pon
gratz.
From Ewing — Lawrence A.
Sands.
From OWeill—Robert R. Fox,
Michael J. Boyle, Kenneth C.
Wrede, Stanley J. Benson, Don
ald F. Van Buren, Donald V.
Donohoe, Donald E. Beckwith,
Billie G. Marcellus, Jerry G.
Howard, Donald R. Schneider.
Dale and Don Morlan (now living
at Creighton).
Virus Pneumonia
Claims Small Child
Daniel D. Brittell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Brittell of Nor
folk, formerly of Inman, died
Thursday, January 8, in the
Children’s Memorial hospital,
Omaha, at the age of four
months. The cause of death was
virus pneumonia and a heart
ailment.
Survivors include: parents; one
sister—Judy, age 5, of Norfolk;
grandparents—Mr. and Mrs. Les
lie Caster of Norfolk; and great
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Vanderbilt of Randolph.
The funeral services wece held
Sunday in the chapel at the fun
eral home in Neligh. Rev. Low
ell Jones was in charge of the
service and burial was in Laurel
Hill cemetery.
Among those who attended the
funeral from here were Mr. and
Mrs. Merle Sparks and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brittell, Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. Brittell and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Amie Mace,
jr., and Dickie.
New Library Is !
Talked at Atkinson
ATKINSON—The Utile Dulce
club is backing a move for a
new library building in Atkin
son.
Talks are being carried out
with township officials in nearbv
townships with the thought
toward creating a district and
levying a tax for library pur
poses.
The building would be con
structed on the site of a present
building donated recently by
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Weller. The
site is on Main street between
a barber shop and a recreation
building.
Grassland Day
Scheduled—
STUAKT — The Cornhusker
caravan, a traveling exhibit,
sponsored by the University of
Nebraska and the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben, will visit Stuart
February 11.
The exhibit consists of several
displays on livestock, home eco
nomics, grasses, etc., and will be
on display at the Stuart auditor
ium.
O’N eillite
2d Fatality
in Korea
Relieved from Duty
at Front, Planned
Return to U.S. Soon
An O’Neill soldier who had been
relieved only recently from front
line duty in the Korean war and
who had contemplated starting:
back for the U.S. “within about •
two weeks” was killed this week
in a jeep accident behind the
lines.
Dead is Army Cpl. Lyle
(“Red”) McKim, jr., 24, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle C. McKim.
Details of the accident ar«h
lacking. The parents were told
in a defense department mes
sage that a knuckle on the ve
hicle's steering mechanism had
come lose, causing the acci
dent.
Based on information from re
cent letters, the parents believed
their son, wro had been overseas
since last February, was in the
communications zone behind the
lines when the accident occurcd.
He had been relieved from duty
at the front, his letters had in
dicated.
The O’Neill soldier was con
templating the start of his re
turn to the U.S., which was
scheduled in about a fortnight
Lyle was born December 13,
1928, on a farm near O’Neill. He
was reared and educated here, at
tending O’Neill high school for
four years.
Following his graduation from
high school he was employed by
the Beckwith Oil company*
Dewey Electric and Outlaw Im
plement company. He was best
known as “Red” McKim. He
joined the services July 5, 1951.
He was in O'Neill in Jan
uary, 1952, on a delay enroulo
to a West coasl embarkation
camp after receiving his mili
tary training in Georgia.
Survivors include: Parents;
brothers—-Leslie, Kenneth and
Keith, sisters—Mrs. John De
George and Miss Hyldred, both,
of Omaha; Mrs. Howard Wales of
Castro Valley, Calif.; Mrs. Dale
Wales of Hayward, Calif.; and
Miss Wilma of O'Neill.
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Chambers Alumni
Schedules Banquet
CHAMBERS— A meeting of .
the Chambers high school Alum
ni committee was held at the
James Platt home on Friday,
January 9. The purpose of this
meeting was to establish an
alumni organization and to pro
mote an annual meeting of for
mer graduates and teachers. It
was decided to include those
people who attended Chambers
high school before it had 12;
grades.
Officers of the committee are.
Mrs. James Platt, president; Mrs,
D. E. Gillette, vice-president;
Clarence Grimes, treasurer; Mrs.
C. V. Robertson and Mrs. Lei*.
Corcoran, secretaries.
Several business matters wrere
decided at this meeting. Plans
were made for an alumni ban
quet and the following commit
tees appointed: Promotion and
tickets-—Clarence Grimes, chair
man; Mrs. Richard Smith, Mrs.
Stanley Elkins, Mrs. Pauline *
Masterson, James Platt, Mrs. Hil
bert Hoge and Gordon Harley.
Program— Mrs. Bernard Hoff
man, chairman; Mrs. Zane
Rowse, Mrs. Duane McKay and
Mrs. Robert Adams. *
iaoie decorations: Mrs. D. E,
Gillette, chairman; Mrs. Wayne*
Rowse, Mrs. Donald Prill, Mrs,
Gordon Harley, Mrs. Elwyn Rob
ertson, Miss Ada DeHart and
Miss Kay Eisenhauer.
Menu— Mrs. T. E. Ne who use,,
chairman, Mrs. Ralph Hoffman
and Mrs. E. G. WintCrmote.
Clean-up—Richard Fees, chair
man; Richard Smith, Donald
Dankert, Mrs. Alvin Tangeman, .
Mrs. Charles Coolidge and Mrs.
William Ermer. *
Publicity—Mrs. Q. V. Robert
son, Mrs. Lela Corcoran, Mrs
Lee Mitchell and Mrs. Lbth'ai
Cooke.
AH members of the various
committees and the chairmen are
requested to be present at the
next meeting which will be Mon
day evening, January 26, at &
o clock, at the Platt home.
The president has also called a
special meeting of those persons
who had been asked to find the
addresses of former students and
teachers. This meeting wiH be at
the James Platt home on Satur
day evening, January 17.
A tentative date of May 29 has
been set for the banquet.
Buzzin' Dozen Meets_
The Buzzin’ Dozen club met
Tuesday evening in the home of
Mrs. Harry Ressel. The evening
was spent sewing. A lunch was
served by Mrs. Ressel