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“VOICE” -- OF THE FRONTIER” _ _ C-- y* jur= e Frontier ™ Sat. ~ '-—•-— - v PAGES 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. Pages 1 to 10 North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73. — Number 21. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, Sept. 24, 1933. Seven Cents state HIST SOC Carl Asimus ... a builder. (biory at righl) O’Neill Fanner Dies in Hospital David A. Johnson, 54, 111 4 Days Brief services were conducted ■ at 10 a.m., Monday, September i 21, for David A. Johnson, 54, O’- | Neill farmer-rancher since 1951. The rites were held at the Big , lin Brothers funeral chapel with Rev. R. W. Olson of O’Neill in charge. Funeral services were conduct .. ed at 2 p.m., the same day from . the Free Mission church, north ■of Newman Grove, and burial was in Rose Hill cemetery in that locality, with Reverend Hoff meiser ‘ officiating. .Pallbearers were W. O. Jar man, Conard Score, Mandy Ras mussen, Kenneth Jensen, Sam Broberg and Lee Blake. The late David Alfred Johnson was born May 9, 1899, at Peters burg, a son of Swan Johnson and Emma Froding Johnson. He died at 4 a.m., Thursday, Sep tember 17, having been ill only four days at St. Anthony’s hos pital. On October 27, 1927, at Pet ersburg, he married the former Neva McKay. They became the parents of one son—Marine Pfc. Leroy Donovan Johnson, station ed in Japan. .The family resided in the Chambers and Stuart localities for a number of years before moving to the Dr. H. L. Bennett place, northeast of O’Neill, in 1951. Earlier the Johnsons had ° resided in Garfield county. • Survivors include: Widow; • “son—Lerov Donovan; brothers— Paul H. of Denver, Colo.; Law rence of Petersburg; Jewell of Newman Grove; sisters — Mrs. Edward (Hannah) Broberg of Newman Grove; Mrs. Marie • Smith of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Ruth Plews of San Marino, Calif. Private Johnson was flown to Nebraska from Japan by the air force to be here for the funeral. Firemen Roused for Grass Blazes • O’Neill firemen answered three alarms this week—two rural and one in the city. All three were grass fires. Last Thursday at 8:05 p.m., they answered a summons from the Dewey Schaffer ranch, southwest of here. Haystacks had caught afire during the after noon while workmen were doing some bulldozing. When the wind came up that night, an alarm was sounded to check the spreading blaze. At 6:15 p.m., Tuesday a grass fire in the North Heights addi tion prompted a call to the de partment but the blaze was un der control before the firemen could reach the scene at the Bill . Gallagher residence. Wednesday afternoon an ap peal for help came from a farm 16 miles south and 7 miles east, near the Lone Tree school. Chambers firemen also appeared to help bring under control a prairie blaze burning up about a mile of prairie. Band Does Stunt cn Gridiron— The Municipal band, under the direction of Charles B. Houser, staged the band’s version of the famous O’Neill wind test. Maj. Oscar Tibbetts and A/3c Joe Bangs of the air force fired rock ets during the blackout routine. This was a halftime feature at the Bassett - O’Neill grid game here Friday night. LIGHTNING STRIKES ATKNSON— Lightning early Wednesday touched off three separate grass fires north of At kinson and two south of town. A single call from each side of town brought out the rural fire department in the wee hours. No rain fell. Damage was small. BACK FROM KOREA Pfc. Harlan E. Petersen arrived home from Korea Tuesday. He was separated at Camp Carson, Colo., after having been in the army for two years. He spent 16 months with a military police unit. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Pete Petersen of O’Neill. . u o Weather Transmitter, Balloon Remnants Found— Art Pelletier, a farmer residing 2Vfc miles northeast of Orchard, late Tuesday brought into The Frontier office a radio-sound-de vice modulator, which had de scended in a field. He was drill ing rye in a cornfield about 5 o’ clock when he found the plastic case, the radio mechanism at tached and remnants of the rub ber balloon and paper parachute. Mr. Pelletier now has a good memento of the O’Neill wind test. The air force officials do not use these tiny weather transmit ters a second time. Apparently, maintenance on them after they have done their job is more cost ly than a new outfit. Nonagenarian Dies in Atkinson Olinger Rites Set for Saturday ATKINSON—Michael Olinger, 92, died at 1:30 a.m., Wednesday, j September 23, in Atkinson Me morial hospital. He had been ill i since the first of the month. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sep tember 26, from St. Joseph’s Catholic church. Burial will be i in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pallbearers chosen are grand sons: John Olinger, Michael Schmit, Nick Schmit, jr., Richard Schmit and Raymond Schmit. The late Mr. Olinger, whose wife died a number of years ago, was born in Luxembourg. He esided on a ranch near here for many years. Series of Auctions on Frontier’s List A series of auctions—ranging from 3,200 acres of hay land to a registered Angus sale — have been booked on The Frontier’s auction calendar. Wednesday, September 30: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bridge, resid ing 3^ miles north and 2V> miles west of Page, will offer 160-acre farm and personal property, in cluding 40 head of cattle; Col. Ed Thorin, O’Neill, auctioneer; O' Neill National Bank, clerk. Friday, Octobej 2: G. H. Ad ams will offer 3,200 acres of Southfork valley land belonging to the estate of the late Louise B. Perkins. The offering will be made at the Chambers State bank front door, starting at 1:30 p.m. There are nine tracts, five of them improved. Wednesday, October 7: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peters, residing 10 miles east of O’Neill, will offer their 480-acre farm and person al property at auction. (Adver tisement on page 4.) Sale is be ing conducted by Thorin-Bowker .nuction Service. Friday, October 23: Holt Coun ty Aberdeen - Angus Breeders’ association will offer 21 males and 23 females in its first annual fall registered Angus sale to be held at the Atkinson Livestock Market. Catalogs have been printed by The Frontier and may be secured by writing Secretary Freeman Knight, O’Neill. Thunder Rumbles, Clouds Brood but No Moisture Falls There was rumbling of thun der during the early morning ::ours Wednesday and dark clouds brooded in the western skies through the early part of the day but no rain fell. The area is considered quite dry and fall moisture is needed. High winds characterized the weather Tuesday and Wednes day. Week’s weather summary: Hi Lo September 17 _ 97 54 September 18 _ 82 46 September 19 __ 83 48 September 20_ 75 51 September 21_ 64 34 September 22_ 76 41 September 23 ___ 83 57 Mrs. M. J. Golden left Satur day for Kansas City, Mo., where she will visit her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Ow ens, and family. Prominent Resident Dies at 59 Carl Asimus, Retired Businessman Here, Failing for 9 Years A prominent and colorful re tired O’Neill businessman, Carl Asimus, 59, died at 1:30 a.m., Thursday, September 17, in St. Anthony’s hospital. He had been ill about nine years. Funeral services were con ducted at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sep tember 19, from St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Rev. Ken neth Carl officiating. Burial was in the Asimus family plot in the Ord cemetery under the direc tion of Biglin Brothers. Pallbearers were Harry Sulli van, John Lans worth, Orville McKim, Robert Larson, Claude Neal, Earl Hunt, Thomas Thomp son and Gay Hodgin, all of O’ Neill. The late Carl Asimus was bom on a farm 15 miles north east of Ord in the "sandflats locality," a son of Adolf Asi mus, a native of Stuttgart, Ger many. and Ellen Anderson Asimus, a native of Sweden. Carl and his younger brotner, Tony, the only children in the family, followed their father in *he purebred Duroc-Jersey hog business for many years, exhi biting their show and breeding swine throughout the nation. In 1934, Tony came to estab lish the Asimus Brothers enter prises. The next year, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Asimus moved here. Mrs. Asimus is the former Anna Dahlsten of Ericson. They were married October 5, 1925, at Eric son. The late Carl Asimus figured prominently in the success story of the Asimus brothers, who grubbed out bushes and trees in the then thinly-populated west end of the city. Their first ven ture was the cons traction of their New Deal filling station. This was followed with the Nu Way cafe, the Outlaw grocery store and a produce station. Later, they moved in and re modeled a large dwelling, con verting it into a hotel. After Wcrld War II, the partnership constructed a food locker build ing and residential units. Meanwhile, they enjoyed a large following in the petrol eum. grocery, farm implement and automobile business, be coming one of the best-known business institutions in north Nebraska and southern South Dakota. -r-i_ n_ jutcauoc wi v/tu jl. o health, the two brothers dissolv ed their partnership with Carl and his wife devoting their time to looking after property rentals and building and Tony operated the active businesses. A seven-unit housing project was built by Carl and Ann in the southwest section of the city, they built several homes includ ing the famous “goat shack,” and business properties they have ! constructed since the end of the late war include a building hous ing a plumbing shop and a med ical clinic—all in West O’Neill. The Asimus brothers also own ed real estate at Butte and Plain view. In 1949 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Asimus donated a 40-acre tract of Elkhom valley land, south east of O'Neill, to the Boy Scouts of America. The land frequently has been used by lo cal Scouts and Scouts from nearby towns. The late Mr. Asimus’ hobby was building and relatives say he would have continued to sponsor building and construc tion projects except for his de teriorating health. In the early years here he did considerable amount of the carpentry work himself. He suffered a stroke Novem Dempsey Twins Hit Jackpot Twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dempsey of O’Neill at 4:17 a.m., Wednes day, September 23. Arrival of twins is big news any day, but the multiple birth on September 23 paid special dividends. Their- birthday co incided with the nationally-ad vertised Westinghouse “blessed event day.” Earlier it had been announced in The Frontier that Westinghouse, in coopera tion with Consumers Pulbic Power district here, would un veil their new laundromat and electric clothes dryer on Sep tember 23 and the arrival of twins in homes throughout the land would mean the free pre sentation of a laundromat and dryer. Westinghouse called it, “twins for twins.” Mrs. Dempsey sent word to The Frontier late Wednesday the new daughters have not yet been named. One weighed 6 pounds 12% ounces, the oth er 6 pounds \Vi ounces. The father is in Denver, Colo., and expects to return to O’Neill around October 1. The babies were born in St. An thony’s hospital. There are three boys in the family: Jackie, 5; Mark, 4, and Thomas, 2. When advised by his mother, Mrs. Harry Dempsey, that he had become the father of twins, Jack retorted: “Moth er, are you sure you’re not fooling me?” Mrs. Dempsey is the former Carlene Rudy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rudy of Om aha. Lone Airman Remains Here A/3c Joe Bangs is the only re maining member of the wind test complement — military or civilian—remaining the city. Maj. Oscar Tibbetts, who su pervised the dismantling, depart ed Monday. Airman Bangs will depart within a few days when a C-47 arrives to remove the last of the test equipment MacNeills Leave Japan for U.S. EWING—Capt. and Mrs. F. W. MacNeill have left Japan for the United States. On their arrival they plan to spend a furlough with Mrs. MacNeill’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rockey. Capt. MacNeill has been sta tioned in Japan for the past two years. Four Couples Mark Anniversaries— PAGE— Four elderly couples of Page celebrated wedding an niversaries within four days — Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Snells’ 58th anniversary was Saturday, Sep tember 19; Mr. and Mrs. John Stauffers’ 61st was Monday; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyders’ 55th was also Monday, and Mr. and Mrs. Downey celebrated their 55th anniversary Tuesday. Miss Mary Hickey of Holly wood, Calif., and Mrs. J. F. Con way of Pender arrived Saturday to visit relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. David Upp of Omaha were weekend guests in the home of Mrs. John C. Galla gher. John Obert of Omaha was a weekend guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wallen. br 1, 1944, and he never com pletely recovered. A rosary rite was held Friday evening at the funeral chapel. Large crowds attended both the rosary and funeral services. Survivors include: Widow — Ann; brother—Tony. Among relatives here from a distance for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dahlsten and Mark of Ericson and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahlsten of Clay Cen ter. The Dahlstens are brothers of Mrs. Asimus. --J Work progresses on O'Neill's new munici pal swimming pool in Ford's park. Portion of bath house scene at right. Camera is looking south.—The Frontier Photo. Scene Tuesday on Everett street as con crete is being poured in O'Neill's first new paving project in many years. Photo was taken near the Methodist district superintendent's residence—the former J. P. McManus residence near the comer of Fifth and Everett. (Story on additional paving in column 8.)—The Frontier Photo. 1,439 Patients Admitted in Year Today (Thursday) marks the first anniversary of the dedica tion and formal opening of the half-million-dollar St. Anthony’s hospital. One year ago a large crowd filled the spacious hospital grounds for the special cere mony. Afterward, they inspected first-hand a fine medical center that would do justice to a city many times the size of O’Neill. Ii's been a busy year for St. Anthony's—1,439 patients admitted, 177 babies have been born, there have been 173 ma jor surgery operations. 276 mi nor surgery operations, 58 blood transfusions. Lots of oth er statistics could be added. For example, there have been lolent accidents and, except for VI hospital facilities, some peo ple might not still be alive. There has been urgent need for fine hospital facilities in cases of natural health emergencies. The hospital staff includes six physicans and surgeons, 11 reg istered nurses, 10 nurses’ aides, plus office and clerical staff, a chaplain, kitchen and housekeep ing staff and plant and grounds maintenance employees. Staff meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month in the doctors’ staff room. Here pertinent problems are discussed. A hospital auxiliary was or ganized as St. Anthony’s was being readied for opening. The unit meets on the second Monday ★ ★ ★ •*. - - -~'V ---- • ». * • a. ... i ■; ■ . of each month to plan activities such as sewing, mending and working for the hospital. One hospital official said if was almost impossible to list the benefits St. Anthony's has received during its first year of service through the activity of the auxiliary and other or- \ ganizations. These include: A “walking blood bank” pro vided by the Charles Carroll of Carrollton council of the Knights of Columbus. Donations of kitchen equip ment — the equal of which it would be difficult to find in old er, well-established institutions. Generous and regular dona tions of fruit and vegetables, newspapers, magazines, gladioli and blossoms. There have been countless other gifts, including a chime clock, lawn chairs and other use ful items. The “walking blood bank” is a story of its own. Although many blood donations come from relatives and friends of the pa tients, it is with assurance and a sense of safety the hospital looks upon this service. Robert Shoe maker, grand knight, and Lyle Benda, deputy grand knight, are ready to serve day-and-night. Mr. Benda, has his Knights at the hospital at the right moment when an emergency arises. “We know that, if relatives are not available, we have the ★ ★ ★ Knights of Columbus as ready tandbys,” an official explained. St. Anthony’s opening was the culmination of five long years of planning and giving. A large amount of the initial cost was contributed by community effort, some gifts came from for ner residents, and many organ izations resorted to fund-raising drives of many types in order for he hospital plan to qualify for a government grant. Tea Planned al Hospital— To show their appreciation, the Sisters of St. Francis, own ers and operators of St. An thony’s hospital, and the St. An thony’s hospital auxiliary invite the public to attend a tea on Suncfey, October 4. The tea will be held between 2 and 4 p.m., at the hospital. Below School Age Survey Is Planned Members of the senior class of the O’Neill public school are going to conduct a survey of the school district to determine the number of children below school age residing in our district. The information needed will be the parent’s name and ad dress, the names of children be low school age, birth dates, and which school, O’Neill public school or St. Mary’s academy, they plan to attend. The information procured will be used by both schools in plan ning the number of classrooms that will have to be provided to take care of these children for the next five years. "Your cooperation in giving this needed information will be greatly appreciated,” school offi cials explained in a joint state ment. Members of the class will be calling Monday and Tuesday, September 23 and 29. SVATOS DIES VERDEL—John Svatos of Ver del died Saturday in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, in Verdel. Survivors include: Wid ow; three sons and one daughter. MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert J. Gutchewsky, 22, of Omaha and Miss Lois Jeanne Troshynski, 22, of Atkinson, Sep tember 19. Frank J. Murphy, 25, of Stu art and Edith M. Goldfuss, 22, of Atkinson, September 22. I St Anthony's hospital . . . first birthday. — Tha Fnntiar Photo by John H. McCarrills. « l 7 Paving Districts Created Requests to Council for Districts in SW a n d NE Sections Seven new street improvement districts — to include paving, curbing and guttering—were es tablished in a special city council meeting at 4 o’clock Tuesday al ternoon. The new districts, created in response to requests from real estate owners in the southwest and northeast sections of the city, will mean 24 lineal blcoks of ad ditional paving in additon to the eight blocks now under construc tion. (Publication of the ordinance establishing these districts ap pears on page 7. Detailed, descrip tion of the boundaries may be found there.) Unless there is sufficient op position to obstruct one or more of the districts, the improvement machinery will roll ahead with legal technicalities. The council will then seek bids. It is a matter of conjecture whether work can be done on any of the additional districts before the snow flies. City En gineer James Thorburn said weather in north Nebraska often has permitted pouring cement as late as December. When the ground freezes, how ever, the laying of concrete ceases. Thumbnail description of the newly-formed districts; District 9: Madison street from the south line of Douglas to the south line of Everett street; Everett street from the east lint of Madison to the west line of Third. District 10: First street from the south line of Douglas to the; north line of Fremont; Fremont street from the west line of Mad - ison to the east line of Fourth District 11: Second street from the south line of Douglas to the north line of Fremont. District 12: Third street from the south line of Everett to the north line of Fremont. Disctrict 13: Madison street from the south line of Everett to the north line of Fremont. District 14: Fourth street from the north line of Benton to the north line of Adams; Adams street from the east line of Fourth to the east line of Sev enth. District 15: Clay street from the east line of Fifth to the west line of Eighth street; Eighth from the north line of Benton to the south line of Everett. In general terms the new dis tricts include two blocks of pav ing south from Douglas on Mad ison, First and Second and one block on Third between Everett and Fremont; also four blocks on Fremont, between Madison and Fourth and three blocks on Ev erett, between Madison and Third; also one block on Fourth, north from the St. Patrick’s Catholic church - O’Neill public school corner, then three blocks east on Adams; also three blocks east on Eighth street, between Everett and Benton and three blocks on Clay between Fifth and Eighth. Veteran Hardware Dealer to Retire STUART—Serafin Ergler clos ed out his stock of hardware at public auction Saturday, Sep tember 19. Mr. Ergler is retiring after 18 years in his hardware business located on Main street. He formerly worked in the ML W. Coats & Son hardware andi furniture store a few doors south cf his present location. He will donate his time to his ailing wife and work around: their home. 'Reading' Course T ’ io Meet Saturday— The off-campus class, “Teach ing of Reading,” from the Uni versity of Nebraska will meet for the second time Saturday,. September 26. This is a three - hour course. The off-campus class, “Geog raphy of Nebraska,” from Wayne will meet for the second time Saturday, October 3. This is also a three-hour course. Both geography and reading are still open to registration, ac cording to Miss Alice L. French, Holt county superintendent of public instruction. Opening Party Scheduled Tonight— Charles Carroll of Carrollton council 701 of the Knights of Columbus will stage its first party of the social season tonight! (Thursday) in the Knights of Columbus hall, starting at 8 o’ clock. There will be movies^ cards, lunch, prizes and a social time. * There is no admission charge. %