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North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper
Volume 73. Number 6. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, June 11, 1953. Seven Cents
Mary Faulhaber Is ‘Miss O’Neill’
Miss Mary Faulhaber, 21 (above), pictured with Orchestra
..Leader Don Shaw, Tuesday evening was chosen “Miss O’Neill of
1953” in a beauty contest and ball staged at the American Legion
auditorium under the auspices of Simonson post 93. She won the
title in a field of 17 contestants. “Miss O’Neill” will receive an
all-expense trip to Fremont to compete in the statewide contest.
Winner of the Nebraska competition will go to Long Beach, Calif.,
in July for a “Miss United States of America” and a “Miss Uni
verse” contest. Miss Faulhaber, a bookkeeper, was a 1949 graduate
of St. Mary’s academy. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Faulhaber of Middlebranch. (Other pohtos on page 7.)—The Fron
tier Photo.
Catholics, Methodists
Tell Pastoral Changes
Roman Catholics . . .
Rev. Robert P. Hupp, a native
of the Deloit community in
southern Holt county and until
recently the pastor of St. Mary’s
Catholic church at Wayne, will
be transferred, effective June 13,
to a new parish being developed
on the outskirts of Omaha.
Father Hupp is credited with
helping launch the construction
. of a parochial grade school in
Wayne.
Other changes in this area, an
nounced by the chancery office
of the Archdiocese of Omaha,
include:
Rev. Paul Fangman, assistant
at St. Joseph’s church, Atkinson,
to Platte county.
Rev. William L. Kellingar,
newly-ordained, to Atkinson.
Rev. Charles J. Knippen of
Butte to succeed Rev. Anthony
Kluthe of Sts. Peter and Paul
church, Bow Valley (north of
Hartington). Reverend Kluthe
goes to St. Bernard church, Om
" aha.
Rev. Francis Kubart, a native
of the Atkinson community who
has been assistant pastor at Sa
cred Heart church, Norfolk, is
being transferred to St. Mary’s
church, Omaha. A farewell for
Father Kubart was held Sunday
night at the Sacred Heart gym
nasium. His mother, Mrs. Theo
dore Kubart of Atkinson, was
present for the farewell.
Fire Victims Suffer
Tornado Damage
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sievers
and their three children will
. not soon forget the spring and
summer of 1953.
In February, (luring a win
ter snowstorm, they were
made homeless when fire de
stroyed the dwelling on the
A. B. Hubbard farm, south of
Chambers, where they were
residing. All of their personal
effects except the clothes they
were wearing were consumed.
The family this spring mov
ed onto a farm three miles
west and one mile south of Ne
ligh. Things were going fine
in their new surroundings un
til 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
A twister hop - scotched
through their farm and demol
ished two buildings. Destruc
tion was so thorough no trace
of the lumber has been found.
The house was not, damaged
and none in the family was
hurt.
Parker Seeking
to Stop Paving
R. H. Parker, O’Neill resident
and real estate owner, has been
seeking signatures of property
owners affected by proposed
paving in street improvement
districts recently created by the
city council.
Asked Wednesday by The
Frontier how many signatures
he had acquired, Mr. Parker in
dicated the progress of of a re
monstrance action was not ready
to be announced, but he was en
couraged. Fifty-one percent of
the property owners are needed
to hold up the plans.
Many observers predict a big
majority of the real estate own
ers in the two districts (the
four square blocks surrounding
the center of the city) are anx
ious for the eight blocks of pav
ing and will encourage paving
rather than obstruct it.
The city council has adopted
a similar attitude with the result
that the districts were establish
ed. Any formal objections will
have to be filed next week.
Methodists . . .
Pastoral assignments were an
nounced Monday at the conclu
sion of the annual conference of
the Methodist church held at
Hastings.
Rev. Wallace B. Smith, who
came to O’Neill about a year ago
following the enforced retire
ment for health reasons of Rev.
V. R. Bell, has been reassigned
to the O’Neill and Emmet par
ishes.
Rev. E. G. Hughes will return
to the Atkinson church for an
other year; Rev. L. R. Hansberry
will again serve the Methodist
churches at Chambers and Am
elia (with residence at Cham
bers).
The Ewing - Inman parishes,
which have been served by Rev.
C. C. Chappell, will be supplied.
Rev. Marjorie R. Johnson has
been reassigned to the Spencer
and Bristow churches; Rev. Ho
mer B. Hix has been reassigned
to the Bassett-Newport churches,
and Rev. Charles W. Mitchell
will serve Clearwater.
Rev. Anna Nelson has been
assigned to Lynch-Monowi.
Rev. W. C. Birmingham, for
merly of Atkinson, will return
again to the Wisner - Beemer
churches (with residence at Wis
ner).
Other assignments; Rev. Carl
G. Bader to Ainsworth; Rev.
Carl F. McConnell to Neligh;
Rev. E. A. Smith to Royal; Rev.
C. Curtis Norlin to Springview
Norden; Rev. James E. Bell to
Bloomfield.
Rev. J. LaVerne Jay of O’Neill
is superintendent of the north
east Nebraska district.
Bertha Doherty
Dies at Lincoln
CHAMBERS — Funeral ser
vices were conducted at 2 p.m.,
Monday, June 8, at the Cham
bers Methodist church for Mrs.
Bertha Doherty, 73, of Lincoln.
Rev. George Basil Anderson of
Columbus, assisted by Rev. L. R.
Hansberry, were in charge of the
service. Music was furnished by
a quartette composed of E. A.
Farrier, Tom Lambert, Mrs. Art
Miller and Mrs. Ed Eisenhauer.
Pallbearers were Glen Adams,
Kenneth Adams, Glen White,
Guais Wintermote, Ed Eisen
hauer and Leo Adams.
Burial was in the Chambers
cemetery.
Mrs. G. H. Grimes, Mrs. Clyde
Kiltz, Mrs. Guais Wintermote
and Mrs. Herman Holcomb were
in charge of the flowers.
16 Will Report
for Physical Exams
Sixteen Holt county selective
service registrants have been or
dered to report for preindu .rion
physical examinations on Tues
day, June 16, it was announced
Wednesday by Mrs. W. H. Hartv,
chief clerk of the Holt draft
board.
Tabbed are:
From Atkinson—Dean A. Mc
Connell, Robert Martins, jr.,
Edward J. Ross. Leonard L. Lai
ble, Richard V. Willbem, Edwin
Siebert and Larry G. Kennedy.
From Chambers — Charles D.
Farrier; from Stuart—Larry J
Krysl; from Amelia—Doanld R
Dexter; from Ewing — Lyle R.
Tucker: from Inman—Roland C.
Cadwallader.
From O’Neill—Guy C. Harris,
Delbert R. Benash, Richard J.
Boyle and Wayne J. Schollmey
er.
Downey, 65,
Photo Firm
Owner, Dies
Lifelong Resident of
Holt; Funeral Rites
to Be Held Friday
Charles Sumner Downey, 65,
widely-known O’Neill photogra
pher, owner and operator of the
O’Neill Photo company, one of
the city’s largest business es
tablishments, died Tuesday after
noon, June 9, in St. Anthony’s
hospital.
Mr. Downey returned from a
northern Canada fishing trip
last Thursday evening, was
stricken with a cerebral hem
orrhage several hours after re
turning to O’Neill, and he lav
in critical condition in St. An
thony’s hospital for four days
before death came.
The body will lie in slate at
the Downey residence. North
Fourth street, from 10 a.m„ to
day (Thursday) until the fu
neral hour at 2:30 pjn.,. Fri
day, June 12.
The funeral rites will be con
ducted from First Presbyterian
church with Rev. Samuel Lee,
church pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Prospect Hill cemetery
under the direction of Biglin
Brothers.
Pallbearers chosen are William
Artus, O. G. Cromwell, Kenneth
Husmann, Mark Patterson,
James Urlaub, William Griffin,
Fred Saunto and Sam Fuhrer.
The family requests no flow
ers and memorials are being re
ceived in behalf of the memorial
funds of St. Anthony’s hospital
and First Presbyterian church.
The late Mr. Downey was
born in the rural Star communi
ty in northeastern Holt county
on December 31, 1887. His par
ents were Charles Emery Down
ey and Minnie Baluss Downey,
pioneer settlers. Mr. Downey’s
father operated an early stage
line between O’Neill and Nio
brara.
For more than 45 years the late
Sumner Downey was in the pho
tography business, starting mod
estly and developing the O’Neill
Photo company into an extensive
business .operating in four states.
His original studio was a tent
and he employed a camera pur
chased from a mail order house.
He was a pioneer in the field of
home photography and exploited
the motto “your home is our stu
dio.” He improvised his own
flash lamps and equipment en
abling pictures to be taken in
the home and used those meth
ods until commercial equipment
became available.
The late Mr. Downey was a
perennial visitor in hundreds
of high schools in Nebraska,
South Dakota, Wyoming and
Minnesota, taking pictures of
senior class members and pho
tographing various school ac
. tivities.
He also was interested in pho
to studios at Rapid City, S.D.,
Brookings, S.D., Wagner, S.D.,
Creighton and Chadron.
Survivors include the -widow,
the fonner Esther Beatrice Rus
temeyer, whom he married Sep
tember 14, 1929, at Ainsworth;
son — Charles Dean Downey, a
Scottsbluff photographer; daugh
ter—Mrs. Margie May White of
Albuquerque, N.M.; brothers —
Lee of Denver, Colo.; Randall of
Sheridan, Wyo.; Maurice of El
Cerrito, Calif.; Mrs. Kenneth
Pound of Blair, and Mrs. Wayne
Cram of Alhambra, Calif.
(Continued on page 6)
Margaret Jungbluth
Dies at Chambers
CHAMBERS— Mrs. Margaret
Jungbluth, 81, died at 620
p.m., Wednesday, June 10, at
her home three miles west and
one mile north of Chambers.
She had been hospitalized at O’
Neill several days last winter
but apparently had recovered.
Her death followed an illness
of about two days. The body was
taken to Biglin Brothers funeral
home at O’Neill pending comple
tion of funeral arrangements.
The late Margaret Bott was
born at Mt. Polaski, Logan coun
ty, Illinois, November 19, 1872.
She came to Holt county in 1905
from Schuyler.
She was married on March 6,
1904, to Frederick Henry Jung
bluth.
She made her home with her
son, Chester, on the family place
on which also resides another
son, Ernest. Her husband died
about 30 years ago.
Survivors include: Sons—Glen,
Ernest and Chester, all of Cham
bers; Ralph of Spokane, Wash.;
daughters—Mrs. Arthur Carroll
of Loveland, Colo., and Mrs.
William Steskal of Atkinson.
There are nine grandchildren.
She also leaves one brother
and two sisters.
Charles bumner Downey ... ill tour aays.—o'rteill Photo Co.
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DeBacker Elected
C of C President
J. C. Penney Manager
Succeeds McIntosh
G. C. DeBacker, manager of
the J. C. Penney company stoie
for the past 14 yearn, Monday
evening was elected president of
the Chamber of Commerce >;*or
the ensuing 12 months. Mr. De
Backer, who, is vacationing on
the West coast with members of
his family, will succeed William
McIntosh of McIntosh Jewelry.
Mr. DeBacker has served sev
eral terms on the C of C board
of directors and has been active
in committee work.
Don Petersen, proprietor of
Petersen's Clothing, is new first
vice-president, succeeding Earl
J. Rodman; John C. Watson was
elected new second vice-presi
dent, succeeding Mr. Petersen.
Woodrow Melena was reelect
ed treasurer.
John H. McCarville and Mr.
McIntosh became members of
the board of directors for
three-year terms, and Neil B.
Ryan, manager of the J. B. Ry
an Hay company, will serve as
director for one year to fill the
unexpired term of Burl Mun
sell, former manager of Gam
bles, who moved to Kansas in
January.
Other retiring board members
are Joe Stutz, manager of the
J. M. McDonald company store,
and William W. Watson, mana
ger of Osborne’s Shoe Store.
At Monday’s meeting at the
M&M cafe the group voted to
sponsor 4-H club achievement
day and Boy Scout activities.
The Chamber delegation to
the Nebraska Stock Growers’
convention, in session this week
in Omaha, was instructed to in
vite the cattle group to O’Neill
for a district meeting in lieu of
next. June’s state meeting, as or
iginally planned. This was
agreed in deference to Chadron,
which was eyeing the 1954
statewide meeting.
Discussion centered on an O’
Neill folder, which is planned,
and proposed oil mix on residen
tial streets. A committee will be
appointed to help prepare a
folder and submit plans to the
Chamber, and the oil issue was
dropped.
Secretary Laurence Haynes
reported "good results" in
preparation for housing air
force wind lest personnel
later in the summer.
Miss Alice L. French reports
that O’Neillites have proffered
about 50 rooms, three apartments
and one dwelling for military
and civilian personnel. These fa- I
cilities, together with commer
cial hotels and motels, will be
nearly adequate. Miss French
says. Her office in the court
house—county superintendent of
public instruction—will be used
as a “clearing house” for the
housing of wind test personnel.
Veteran B arber
at Stuart Succumbs—
STUART—Ed Slebken, veter
an Stuart barber, was buried
following funeral services con
ducted Monday, June 8, from the
Community church.
Mr. Siebken, who had suffered
a lingering illness, died in an
Omaha hospital.
Survivors include Widow; two
daughters.
Miss Effie Stevens visited
relatives in Page Thursday and
Friday. I
Lebanese Arrive
for Chambers Visit
CHAMBERS— Two cousins
of Jo«? Daas—Abdo Salem and
Naquid Salem—arrived Mon
day, June 1, from Lebanon,
Asia Minor, for an extended
visit.
The boys, who speak and
write both French and Arabic,
came by plane to New York
City and then to Minneapolis
by air. They traveled by car
with friends to Chambers.
These boys are nephews of
the late Tom Salem of Amelia
and Chambers.
Mrs. O. W. French went to O
maha last week and her daughter,
Mrs. Paul Tallon, and son, Mich
ael, returned with her for a
week’s visit.
Alvin Spence, 36,
Expires in Hospital
Taken to Omaha,
Suffers Stroke
ATKINSON — Alvin Spence,
36, single, son of Mrs. Frank
Spence and her late husband,
died about 11 a.m., Saturday,
June 6, in an Omaha hospial.
He had been taken to the hos
pital the day before by a neigh
bor, Ed Hoffman.
Ailing from high blood pres- I
sure, Mr. Spence is believed to
have suffered a stroke, which
proved fatal, after entering the
hospital. He had been placed
under oxygen.
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, from
the Presbyterian church with
Rev. Frank Payas officiating.
Burial was in Wood Lawn cem
etery in the family plot.
The late Mr. Spence, who was
bom and reared here, had been
employed as a mechanic at the
Galyen Motor company.
Survivors include: Mother; sis
ters—Mrs. Weaver Bausch and
Mrs. Clara Woodruff, both of
Atkinson; brothers — Paul and
Lloyd, both of Atkinson. His fa
ther died several years ago.
Pallbearers were Leo Penry,
Woodrow Gilg, Edward Ries,
Richard Osborne, Lester Andrus
and Melvin Andrus.
BOARD MEETS JUNE 16
Next meeting of the Holt
county board of equalization will
be Tuesday, June 16, at the
courthouse. (Official proceedings
of the board’s activities on June
l appear on page 4.)
Allen Martin is spending the
week visiting relatives and
friends in Omaha and Columbus.
Doctor Gleeson
New Dentist Here
Dr. Edward M. Gleeson, for
merly of Omaha and Greeley
and recently released by the ar
my’s medical corps, announces
this week the establishment of a
dental office on the second floor
of the Gilligan Rexall drug store
building. Doctor Gleeson is a
1946 graduate of the Creighton
university college of dentistry.
Following graduation, he spent
two years in the Philippine
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Doctor Gleeson . . .. newcomer.
Islands as a dental officer and
was in private practice at Gree
ley for 18 months before being
recalled by the army following
the outbreak of the Korean war.
Doctor Gleeson was stationed
at Ft. Riley, Kans., prior to his
recent separation from the ser
vice.
His wife is the former Miss
Margaret Donohoe of Bonesteel,
S.D. They have four children:
Ann, Michael, Patrick and Mary
Catherine.
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Tractor and Chains Help on U.S. 281
If you’re planning a trip between O’Neill and
Spencer and there's a cloud in the sky better
take along a tractor — at last a set of chains.
There’s a stretch, beginning about five miles
north of O’Neill, where two petroleum transport
trucks were bogged down in mud Sunday and
had to be pulled out with state highway depart
ment equipment. Other vehicles had difficulty,
too, and queues of vehicles lined up because of
crawling or bogged one-way traffic. Users of the
Winnepeg-to-Mexico City international north
south highway are hopeful the socalled acceler
ated highway improvement program in Nebras
ka soon will bring about hardsurfacing of this
road, which feeds western South Dakota traffic
into the Nebraska highway system. Several i
years ago then Gov. Val Peterson promised hard- '
surfacing for 281 but the plan was scuttled.—
The Frontier Photo
Twisters, Flood
Take Heavy Toll
A death-dealing tornado and a
savage flood struck close-to
home this week.
Eleven persons are dead at
Arcadia, about 95 miles souths
west of here, where a tornado
ripped into a farm home while a
family reunion was being held.
An eight - inch rain in tf*r
Floyd river basin in northwest
Iowa caused that stream to in
undate hundreds of square blocks*
in Sioux City and claim at IcauC
11 lives. The cloudburst occur
red Sunday and the crest of the
flood reached Sioux City late
Monday.
The flood disrupted most of
Sioux City's wholesale, indus
trial and meat packing indus
tries and directly affects O'
Neill and other cities and
towns in the region.
High water from heavy rain
washed out about 1,200 feet of
Burlington track and moved out
of position a bridge in the vicin
ity of Crystal lake, near the
eastern end of the O’Neill-to
Sioux City branch of the Burl
ington. Service on that line wall
not be restored until about Sun
day.
The Sioux City stockyards
were closed down for at least 10
days.
Meanwhile, O’Neill escaped
the wrath of the weatherman but
twisters, high winds and heavy
downpours at Petersburg, Foster,
Battle Creek, Neligh, Osmond,
Wausa, Tekamah and various?
other points attracted interest
here.
Two big power transmission
poles on the O’Neill-to-Belden
Consumers Public Power circuit,
were uprooted in the vicinity at
Wausa.
Persons visiting in the Os
mond, Pierce, Neligh and 13
gin vicinities brought back
tales of fierce damage.
Telephone lines were snarled
at Clearwater and Battle Creek,
disrupting connections between
O’Neill and Norfolk and nei
points east. Service was not re
stored until late Monday.
The “Voice of The Frontier’s"
radio “loop”, linking the O’Neill
studios with WJAG’s control
room in Norfolk, was knocked
out and Monday’s scheduled
program at 9:45 a.m., could not
be presented until 10:15 a.m., on
Tuesday.
Crop prospects in the O’Neill
region continue good. Abnormal
ly cool weather prevailed over
the weekend and most hoir.es
and stores employed heating
units to take off the chill.
Booth Transportation Lines,
serving north Nebraska points
between Sioux City and the Me
braska-Wyoming line, was forced
to be idle this week because of
flooding at the Sioux City termi
nals. Clarence Booth of O’Neill,
proprietor of the firm, said he
expects to resume service on the
line by Friday.
Twice daily bus service eaefo
way between O’Neill and StOax.
was not interrupted by flooding;
ed. The line used the Burlington
although some delays were eaos
bus depot, which was not affect
ed by the flood.
Other bus service in and out
af O’Neill was normal.
Week’s weather summary,
based on 24-hour periods ending
at 5 p.m., daily, follows:
Hi Lo Prec
June 4_ 84 70
June 5_ 70 50
June 6_ 58 43
June 7_ 64 50 J.2S5
June 8. 83 52
June 9 _ 79 61
June 10_ 85 61
Total _ 131
Mtess Funeral Held
For Tornado Victims—
All 10 members of the Arcadia
family killed in a devastating
ornado near there were buriedl
Wednesday afternoon during a it*
)pen-air service at the cemetery.
Ten persons, all member of
he Mads Madsen family, never
cnew that a tornado hif
he farm dwelling during a fam
ly reunion. All had been to
:hurch services in the morning
md are believed to have finisn
:d the family dinner when the
wister struck.
The Custer county sheriff said
til buildings on the Madsen
>lace\ were demolished.
MrsV Madsen was a cousin of
drs. Mae Hubbard, Chambers
xxstoffice employee.
Those instantly killed were:
Mr. and Mrs. Mads Madsen, am
lderly couple.
Virgil Madsen of Central City,
i son.
Mrs. Dollie Johnson, a daugli
er of the Madsens.
Mrs. Johnson’s two childrens
(Contuined on page 6)
