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Volume 72.—Number 47. 0 O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, March 26, 1953. Seven Cents.
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o Mr. Harding . . . born in Iowa.
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Thomas W. Harding,
„ Retired Farmer, Dies
Funeral Held H^e r e
Wednesday
Thomas W. Harding, ^5-year
old O’Neill resident and a re
tired farmer, died Saturday,
March 21, at noon at his home
here in O’Neill. He had been ill
for three weeks with a heart ail
0 cment and with complications ac
companying his advanced age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday, March 25, at 2
p.m., from Wesleyan Methodist
church with Rev. M. ft. Grosen
bach, church pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Prospect Hill cem
etery under the direction of Big
lin Brothers,
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The O'Neill resident was
born October 12. 1867, at Mace
donia. Ia., a son of John and
Louisa Trotman Harding. Both
of his parents were natives of
England.
n The late Thomas W. Harding
resided in Cedar county before
coming to Holt in 1921. He had
been residing on the east edge
eft O’Neill. I
He was married on January 1,
» 1886, at Macedonia to Rosa May
Denton. They became the parents
of 11 children.
They farmed in Iowa until
1901 when they moved to Ne
braska and settled near Dixon.
In 1913 they moved to Harting
ton where they farmed for seven
years before coming to the O’
Neill vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Harding celebrat
ed their 57th wedding anniversa
ry on new year’s day this year.
Four of their children and their
families were present.
Survivors include: Widow:
sons—Vernon of O’Neill; Thom
as of Petersberg, Clifford of O’
0 Neill, James of Loves Par}$, 111.;
daughters — Mrs. Frank (Ina)
Nelson of Hartington, Mrs. Edna
Huebert of O’Neill, Mrs. L. A.
(Mildred) Hobbs of Ewing, Mrs.
Lois Hartman of O’Neill and Mrs.
Lorin (Wilma) Havens of Rock
ton, 111.
Pallbearers were grandsons:
DonSld and Gerald Harding, Mi
j o o chael and Dwayne Hobbs, and
Ronald and Harold Huebert.
o $100 Per Unit
Reduction Told
The Chrysler corporation Wed
nesday announced a price reduc
tion of one hundred dollars per
unit on all DeSoto, Plymouth
and other cars in the Chrysler
° o ° line, according to Paul Shierk,
manageroof the Smith Motor Co.,
DeSoto and Plymouth dealers
here.
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Basic Training—
Army Pvt. Bernard Janzing of
Camp Roberts, Calif., graduated
with fellow' members of his com
pany as they completed basic
infantry training last week.
Janzing was a member of com
pany B, 77th armored infantry
battalion, of the Seventh arm
ored division. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Janzing,
who reside at O’Neill.
During the 16-week course, the
o soldier learned the duties of an
o infantryman in combat. The use
of basic infantry weapons was
particularly stressed. oP r i v a t e
Janzing also went through train
ing maneuvers involving actual
small arms and overhead artil
o lery.
ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING
° Michael Hammond, 6-year-old
son o* Mr. and Mrs. George Ham
mond, and Timothy French, 3
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O.
D. French, Sunday discovered a
45-pound beaver ambling about
the northeast residential section
of the city. The game warden
was called to take custody of the
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Visit Young Home—
Carol and Bob Summers of
Chambers were Sunday evening
callers in the home of Mrs. Guy
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• Cain to Conduct
! 500-Voice Chorus
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I ATKINSON — A*nationally
'prominent choral conductor, Dr.
Noble Cain, will direct a massed
chorus of five hundred voices as
-the climax to the North-Central
Nebraska conference’s fifth an
nual choral music festival. The
event will be held Friday in the
Atkinson high school auditorium.
The massed concert will start
at 8 p.m., and will be a public
affair. Participating schools are
Ainsworth, Atkinson, Bassett,
Valentine, Long Pine, O’Neill,
Springview, Stuart and Wood
Lake.
Each school will be represent
ed in the chorus by members
from its own glee clubs and
choruses.
Mr. Cain, a well-known con
ductor, composer and music
educator, will direct an all-day
clinic.
The chorus in the evening will
perform three of Mr. Cain’s or
iginal compositions as well as
spirituals and miscellaneous
choral music. Thirteen selections
will be presented.
James Bastiab, head of the
choral department of O’Neill
high school, said Wednesday he
expects 79 O’Neill high students
to come under Mr. Cain’s instruc
tion, and many of them will
have an opportunity to sing
while Mr. Cain conducts. Miss
Leona Kilmurry, Atkinson high
music instructor, iS in charge of
arrangements.
Doctor Cain earned early fame
as a high school choral director
in Chicago, 111. He joined the
National Broadcasting company
in 1932 as producer and director
of all choral activities in NBC’s
central division. He has present
ed over two thousand broadcasts.
The famous conductor is cred
ited with developing new micro
phone techniques in connection
with choral broadcasting. He quit
NBC to become a music educator
and has traveled extensively to
lecture and guest-conduct at sim
ilar clinics. He has written music
especially adapted to these situ
ations. His “Seven T’s” of choral
music — tone, te$t, technique,
taste, test, teach and truth—are
universally accepted.
All told he has written over
six hundred musical works that
have been published, including
cantataS, oratorios, folk music
and novelty numbers. Among
the best known and most i
widely sung are "Ode to Am
erica" and "Music of Life."
0 Mr. Cain’s father was a band
master turned minister. His mu
sical training began early. At the
age of 12 he was a fair student of
Greek. He attended a Quaker
academy and learned Latin and j
mathematics. The thr^e subjects
are credited with a profound in
fluence on his creative back
ground.
During World War I he served
in the aviation division of the
navy and w’as commissioned an
ensign. He retains aviation as a
hobby.
Doctor Cain’s book, “Choral
Music and Its Practice,” is used
as a reference and text through
out the world.
Entire Teaching
Staff Reelected
The entire teaching and cus
todial staff of the O’Neill public
school has been reelected for the
1953-’54 school year.
The personnel will have until
April 15 to accept or reject the
contracts that have been offered.
Last month Supt. D. E. Nelson,
who is finishing his second year
here, was signed for a new
three-year contract at $5,500 per
year.
Salary increases were voted
for the teachers ranging from $45
to $108 per year.
Enroute to Hospital,
Hurt in Accident
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Luben and son, Raymond, and
grandson, Floyd Boies, and Law
rence Stevens left early Sunday
morning for Omaha where Mr.
Luben was to enter the Univer
sity hospital on Monday for ma
jor surgery.
Near Hooper the party ran in
to rain and slippery pavement
when the car skidded, left the
road and overturned. Raymond
was driving. They were taken to
the Dodge county hospital in
Fremont. Mr. Luben received a
gash on the head requiring two
stitches. Mrs. Luben’s face was
cut by her eye glasses which
were broken. The grandson and
Raymond received only minor
scratches and bruises. Lawrence
Stevens suffered a. slight con
cussion and loss of memory.
All were treated and dismissed
from the hospital but Stevens.
The others went on to Omaha.
Mrs. Livelle Butterfield, Clyde
Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Dave An
son* when informed of the acci
dent, drove to Fremont to see
Lawrence. They returned Sunday
night and reported his condition
to be “slightly improved” and
that he would be released as
soon as his memory improved.
Mrs. Butterfield and Mrs. An
son are sisters of Lawrence.
NEBRASKA POPULATION UP
Thirty-eight states, including
Nebraska, and the nation’s capi
tal increased their population be
tween the April, 1950, census
and last July, the census bureau
has reported. Nine states, mostly
southern, showed population de
creases. Nebraska’s gain was 3.5
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nesbit of
Sioux City were Sunday, March
15, guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. B. Marcellus. 1
Orators Will
Compete in
Atkinson
To Select Champion
for Nebraska in
Monday’s Contest
ATKINSON—The state finals
in the American Legion-sponsor
ed oratorical contest based on
the constitution of the United
States will be held at Atkinson
on Monday, March 30.
Preliminaries will be in the
morning and the finals will be
in the afternoon. All sessions
will be at the Atkinson high
school.
District winners who will com
pete afe: District 1—Glen Barth
of Rushville; district 2— Craig
Swoboda of Norfolk; district 3—
Donna Lage of Wafyne; district 4
Barbara Rystrom of Bayard; dis
trict 5—Barbara Warren of Suth
erland; district 6—Loretta Lee
of Kearney; district 7 — Bruce
Bermel of Humphrey; district 10
—Charles McManigal of Hast
ings; district 11—Douglas York
of Wilber; district 12—Jere Mc
Gaffey of Nebraska City; district
14—John Morfin of Omaha.
The 15th district contest will
be held at Lincoln today (Thurs
day).
Charles E. Chace of Farley
Tushla post is state chairman for
the oratorical contest, which is
sponsored by the Nebraska de
partment of the Aemrican Le
gion.
Marine Officer
Dies in Korea
Marine 2/Lt. Henry Schleuter,
who had been overseas only a
few weeks, has been killed in
action in Korea, according to
word received late Wednesday
by relatives here.
Lieutenant schleuter was the
husband of the former Mary
Jewell Walker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Walker of Aruba,
a Dutch colony in the West In
dies. Mrs. Walker is the former
Julia O’Neill of this community.
Mrs. Schleuter and her 2
year-old son recently returned
from California where they had
bade their husband and father
goodbye at the port of embarka
tion. Mrs. Schleuter and son
then came to O’Neill and visited
here during February. Later they
went to Miami, Fla., and when
last heard from were enroute to
join her parents in the West In
dies.
Lieutenant Schleuter was
reared at Abie, near Lincoln. He
met his wife, who graduated
from St. Mary’s academy here
in 1944, while both -were attend
ing school at the University of
Nebraska.
Widow Recovers
from Back Burns
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Mrs. Melvin Steskal, 23, is
recovering in St. Anthony’s hos
pital here from severe burns on
the back which she suffered on
Wednesday, March 18, in the
farm home fire in which her hus
band was fatally burned.
Hospital attendants Wednesday
said her condition is “very much
improved.” The two Steskal chil
dren, Donna, 2, and Marvin, 1,
were dismissed from the hospital
a few hours after being admit
ted.
Mr. Steskal, a 24-year-old In
man farmer, died four hours af
ter the explosion of a tractor fuel
can iti the farm home. A fire
swept through the house and de
stroyed all the contents.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at St. John’s Luth
eran church in Atkinson. Rev.
R. W. Olson of O’Neill officiated.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Steskal of Inman.
Strong Winds for
Mid-March Weather
Strong winds have characteriz
ed the weather during the past
week. Summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
March 19_60 22
March 20_ 63 40
March 21_ 58 35
March 22 _55 29 .03
March 23 _45 2P
March 24_33 16 .01
March 25_47 18
Boyd Farmer Buys
Tom White Place—
J. W. Rihanek of Monowi, a
Boyd county farmer, last week
purchased the 320-acre northeast
Holt county farm belonging to
the estate of the late Thomas
White. He paid $25 per acre—or
$8,000.
The place and personal prop
erty were sold at public auction
by William J. White, adminis
trator. Col. Wallace O'Connell
was auctioneer; John R. Galla
ikher, attorney.
Now in Louisiana
Pvt. Freddie S. Bollwitt
c (above), son of Mrs. Nellie Ur
ban. of Ewin», has been assign
ed to the 37xh infantry division
in training at Camp Polk, La.
He is in C Btry, 134th F.A. Bn.
He was drafted from Holt
county January 20, 1953, re
ceiving his §ight-week basic
training at Camp Polk and is
waiting now for schooling. His
address: Pvt. Freddie S. Boll
witt US 55327060, B Btry, 134th
F.A. Bn., 37th infantry div.,
Camp Polk, La.
Good Friday Rite
in New Church
Candlelight Ceremony
at Bethany
The Bethany Presbyterian
church will hold its first service
in the new sanctuary on the eve
ning of Good Friday, April 3.
The candlelight service, whieh
will include the sacrament of the
Lord’s supper, will begin at 8
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The new church is located two
miles south and two miles east
of the Chambers corner on U.S.
highway 281. ,
the church construction, which
was begun last May, is now
nearly completed. For the past
several months services have
been held in the basement while
work was being completed in
the auditorium. A dedication ser
vice will be held later in the
spring.
Harry Baker Arrives
at San Diego—
LYNCH—Destroyer division 152
arrived home from Korea last
Thursday from its second tour of
combat duty. Serving aboard the
destroyer USS Kidd is Harry L.
Baker, machinist’s mate third
class, USN, son of Mrs. Amy L.
Baker of Lynch.
Since leaving San Diego in
August, 1952, the ships have op
erated with the fast carrier task
force and the Formosa patrol as
well as undergoing intensive an
ti-submarine training.
Bombardment of communist
supply routes on the east coast
of Korea and support of ROK
infantry units at the battlefront
have also been assignments
drawn by units of tile division.
The four ships also took part in
the mock invasion of Kojo.
RECOLLECTION SUNDAY
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
council of the Knights of Colum
bus observed recollection Sunday
on March 22. Rev. John Flanni
gan of Creighton university, Om
aha, presided at four sessions,
beginning with 9 a.m., mass. Oth
er sessions were at 2, 3 and 7:30
pm.
Try Frontier want advs. for
quick results!
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This twisted wreckage is the car in which William H. Kallhoff was fatally injured.— Frontier Photo.
O'Neill honors remains of Korean war veteran.—The Frontier Photo.
Basin Plan to
Congress Soon
Rep. A. L. Miller, Nebraska’s
Fourth district republican con
gressman and chairman of the
house irtterior committee, says
he hopes congress will approp
riate money to start work in the
next fiscal year on the Niobrara
basin irrigation plan.
Miller said Avery Batson of
Denver. Colo., regional reclam
ation director, told him the re
clamation bureau expects to re
commend the Niobrara project—
and others—for authorization by
congress “within the next few
months”.
Miller revealed he has urged
the reclamation bureau to cut
down the number of field officers
in western states, including
Nebraska. He said he has talked
with Batson about this.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lanman were
visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Mellor at Atkinson
on Sunday
Conoco Plans Super
Service Station Here
Russell Bonge of Ainsworth,
district manager for Continental
Oil company, announced this
week that his firm plans to con
struct a modern, new Conoco su
per service station at the corner
of Second and Douglas streets.
Mr. Bonge said' a long-term
lease has been signed with A. W.
Tibbets, owner of the 70x70-foot
site of a small Conoco station
which has been in operation for
several years. Extra space is be
ing leased from United Motor
Ways, F. L. Kirschbaum, owner.
Construction plans will be
pressed in the very near future,
Mr. Bonge added.
RETURNS FROM KOREA
Sgt. Duane Sanders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Sanders, return
ed Saturday from Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. Noal E. Long and
family are now located at 14313
Carnell street, Whittier, Calif.
They moved from O’Neill about
a month ago.
Compete in Ag Judging
Twenty-four members of the O’Neill on-farm
veterans agriculture class are pictured (above)
following Saturday’s competition with seven
other vet groups in judging. O’Neill and Atkin
son vet classes shared top honors. Kneeling (left
to-right)—Martin Langan, James Langan, Lyle
Eppenbach, Marvin Rouse and Marion Woid
neck; seated (second row)—James Rotherham, Hi
Johnson, James McDonald, Albert Stauffer, In
structor Pat Gallup, Marvin Snyder and Mick
Gallagher; standing (third row)—Donald Cava
naugh, Edward Hanley, Francis Matthews, Hugh
Langan, Leonard Lorenz and Joe Gokie; stand
ing (back row) — Ernest Kloppenborg, Joseph
Grutsch, John Dougherty, James Finley, Ed
Young (partially hidden), Ruben Redlinger and
William Sorensen.—The Frontier Photo.
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Record Throng at
McKim Funeral
Flags were flying at half-mast
in O’Neill Monday as the body of
O’Neill’s second fatality of the
Korean war lay in state at Big
lin Brothers funeral chapel.
Funeral services for Army Cpl.
Lyle C. (“Red”) McKim, 24, were
conducted at 2 p.m., at the Meth
odist church. An overflow crowd,
one of the largest ever to attend
a funeral in O’Neill, heard the
sermon by the church pastor,
Rev. W. B. Smith.
Simonson post 93 of the Am
erican Legion was in charge of
the military burial rite.
The young man was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKim, sr.,
of O'NeilL He was killed Jan
uary 8 in a jeep accident a
few weeks prior to his sched
uled return home,
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.
All of the deceased soldier’s
immediate relatives were present
for the funeral.
Others from a distance includ
ed:
Carl Hemenway and Charles
Salsbury, both of Neligh- Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Loewe of Bruns
wick; Mrs. Forrest Storm of
Ro>al; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Ste
vens and Mrs. George Hemen
way, all of Clearwater; Frank
Osborne of Mission, S.D.; Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Potts of Chambers.
Vern Beckwith of Columbus;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Batenhorst,
Mrs. Gene Batenhorst, Mrs. Har
old Williamson and Mrs. Billy
Marcellus, all of Atkinson; Mrs.
Duane Patrick of Omaha; Mr.
and Mrs. Art Engelhaupt of Ger
ing.
Mf. and Mrs. Clinton McKim
and family of Mason City, la.;
Darel Bright of Atkinson; Mrs.
Bessie Simpkins of Omaha.
NEW BANQUET DATE
ATKINSON — The annual 4-H
club leaders’ recognition ban
quet, which was postponed in
February because of the blizzard,
will be held on Wednesday, Ap
ril 8. The Chamber of Commerce
here will be hosts. A spokesman
for the Chamber urged all per
sons who planned to attend on
the original date to make every
effort to be present.
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Retired Blacksmith
at Deloit Suffers a 0
Skull Fracture, Dies
CLEARWATER — William H. 0
Kallhoff, 60, a World War I vet
eran and a retired blacksmith,
was fatally injured about 8:45
p.m., Monday, March 23, in a
car-truck crash at the east edge
of Clearwater. The smash occur
red on the east edge of the vil
lage on U.S. highway 275.
Mr. Kallhoff was rushed by
ambulance to Antelope Memorial
hospital, Neligh, where he died
at 9:49 p.m.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at St.
John's Catholic church at De
loit. Burial will be in the
church cemetery. The rites will •
begin at 10 a.m.
A rosary was offered at 8 o’
clock Wednesday evening at the
John Miller home in Ewing.
Condition of Alfred H. Dag
gett, 61, of Clearwater, who was
riding with, Kallhoff in the car,
is “fair,” according to Neligh
hospital attendants. He is suffer
ing a fractured hip and multiple
rib fractures.
Kallhoff’s machine ccollided
with a semitrailer truck loaded
with gravel driven by Raymond
E. Gray of Albion.
Lt. Harry Brt of the Nebraska
safety patrol0 said Gray’s truck
w a*3 uavcuug cciai. nv.xui uillg lv»
Brt, Gray said he noticed a car
approaching 'from tne south and
said the driver seemed to hesi
tate ana then drove in front of
him. The truck struck the car
broadside. Tne truck was loaded
with 10 tons of gravel.
Clearwater residents said KalL
hoff and Daggett had visited a
cafe there shortly before th^ ac
cident.
Kallhoff’s car was knocked
into a ditch on the north side of
the road and demolished. Dam
age to Gray’s truck was about
one thousand dollars.
The late Mr. Kalihoff oper
ated a blacksmith shop for
many years south of St. John's
church just inside Wheeler
county. He had been retired for
about 10 years and did not en
joy good health.
This is the second fatal high
way accident at Clearwater. A
man named Wright died in a
crash about four years ago.
The body was taken to Clear
water while funeral arrange
ments were completed.
Survivors include: Mother —
Mrs. Catherine Kalihoff of Ew
ing; sisters— Mrs. John (Annal
Miller, Mrs. Mary Rotherham o
and Mrs. Martha Koenig, all of
Ewing; Mrs. John (Hilda) Sehi
of Clearwater, and Mrs. Lavina
Kobalt of Sioux City; brothers—
Garrett of Ewing; Joseph of El
gin; John of Adair, la.; Carl of
Raeville; Otto of Oakdale, and3
Bernard of Omaha.
The late Mr. Kallhoffs father., °
William, sr., died in 1932.
Pallbearers chosen are ne
phews: Richard Miller, James
Kalihoff, Richard Kalihoff, Carl °
Rotherham, Virtus Sehi and
James Koenig.
Work Begun on New
Telephone System
CHAMBERS — Kenneth Wer
ner started Monday to dig
trenches and lay cables for the
new telephone system he is in
stalling. O O
The new switchboard was in
stalled recently in the building 0 0
he has purchased for a telephone
office. The building is the former
Legion hall. Mr. Werner remod
eled the building and replaced
the windows with glass brick to
make it more nearly dust proof.
Firemen Learn j
New Techniques
EWING—The fire department
held a regular meeting last Thurs
day evening at the town halt 0
John Walker, fire chief, presid
ed at the business session. After o
the routine affairs were discussed
and completed, Lee Fowler, a
representative of a fire equip
ment concern, presented new o
ideas as well as equipment in
handling fires. Twenty men were
present.
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To New Jersey—
Ellwyn Benson took Mrs. Blake
Benson to ' Omaha last Thursday
from where she flew to Patter- °o
son, N.J., where she will spend
three weeks visiting her son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis J. PauRer, and family.
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