Knoells' good neighbors . . . foreground—Mrs. Fred Frerichs
and Miss Thelma Young; background—Mrs. Everett Vandover
and Mrs. Bill Pinkerman. (Story below.)—The Frontier Photo.
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Korea Vet Collapses
in Carson Messhall
Sgt. Richard McNichols, a re
cently returned Korean war vet
eran, collapsed Monday, October .
26, while in a Camp Carson, J
Colo., messhall. He was rushed to
the base hospital for emergency
surgery. The causee of the ail
ment was peptic ulcers. Members
of his family rushed from O’- c
Neill to Camp Carson. His father, i
Walter McNichols, returned to e
to O'Neill Saturday while his 1
mother, Katie, remained to be r
rear her son. s
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Scout Finance
Drive Scheduled
\
Kickoff Breakfast Is [
Planned J
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A Boy Scout finance campaign
in O’Neill under the chairman
ship of Dr. C. M. Eason, will £
take place throughout the com- c
" munity Tuesday, November 10. i
This campaign is one of 84 sim- |
liar campaigns being held in the | *
state of Nebraska on November '
10 and is coordinated with the (
following communities in the !
North Central and Sandhills dis
. tricts. Covered Wagon council, 1
Boy Scouts, of America.
Merriman, Kilgore, Valentine, ;
Wood Lake, Ainsworth, Long
Tine, Springview, Bassett, Stuart, ,
Atkinson, Spencer, Chambers, ;
O’Neill, Page and Ewing.
A kickoff breakfast is plan
ned at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday—the <
morning the drive starts — at
Slat's cafe. All drive commit
tee heads and friends of Scout
ing are urged to be present.
lhe campaigns are neia lor
Ihe purpose of raising funds for
• operating of the Covered Wagon
council, Boy Scouts of America.
It is the result of such campaigns
that Scouting continues to grow
in membership beyond the three
million mark nationally, and 1
above 550 boys in our two dis
tricts. George Hammond of O’
Neill Is chairman of the North
Central Nebraska district drive.
Direct aid is also a benefit of
"such campaigns through reor
ganization, new organization, re
cruiting of new and additional
leaders, leadership training,
planned district activities and
camps, council programs, and a
program of character building
and citizenship training for youth
of the community.
The local troop leaders are*
Bill Moriarity, scoutmaster;
Verne Grenier, assistant scout
master; Harold Humrich, assist
ant scoutmaster; Rev. W. B.
Smith, committeeman; Ray Eby,
committeeman, Herbert Kaiser,
°* committeeman; John Grutsch,
committeeman; Rev. R. W. Olson,
committeeman; Archie Bright,
committeeman; O. D. French,
. committeeman.
The pack leaders are: James
Coker, cub master; Glen Brew
ster, committeeman; Claude Wi
ley, committeeman; Bill Kramer,
committeeman; Gene Schmeical,
committeeman; Mrs. W. B. Gil
lespie, den mother; Mrs. Leigh
Reynoldson, committeewoman;
Mrs. Charles Richter, committee
woman; Mrs. E. W. Thompson
committeewoman; Mrs. Glenn
Brewster, committeewoman.
CORN BURNS
ATKINSON— A fire Monday
at the Bob Jonas place, five miles
southwest of Atkinson, destroyed
about 15 bushels of com and
burned some pasture. The blaze,
presumably caused by sparks
from a truck being loaded with
corn, was extinguished before
the Atkinson rural fire depart
ment could reach the scene.
. NEIGHBORS AID
CHAMBERS — A group of
"neighbors gathered Tuesady at
• the Elwyn Robertson farm, west
■ of Chambers and picked corn for
him. Mr. Robertson is in St. An
thony’s hospital, O’Neill, recov
ering from a siege of pneumonia.
Schoolroom Packed
with Knoeil Gifts
Neighbors, Readers in
Big Response
The tiny schoolroom in rural
iistrict 127, about 14 miles
iortheast of O’Neill, was well-fill
et with gifts Sunday as neigh
lors and The Frontier readers
esponded with a miscellaneous
hower for Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Lnoell and their two small chil
iren.
The Knoells’ farm home was
lestroyed by fire of unknown or
gin on Friday, October 23.
Mrs. Fred Frerichs, who knows
/hat it is to have a home and
11 of her family’s personal ef
ects consumed by fire, sparked
he shower move and neighbor
ood ladies quickly picked up the
lea. The Frontier readers and
Voice of The Frontier” listen
rs were quick to respond, too,
nd the Knoells are having a
Hugh time taking inventory,
ome donors even went to O’
leill stores, purchased new mer
handise and threw it into the
iile. Most of the items, however,
vere used gifts packed in card
>oard boxes. Some used furni
ure was included.
“We’re very, very grateful,”
he young farm couple told The
frontier. “Please tell everyone
ve cannot thank them enough.”
Mrs. Frerichs and her husband
uffered a fire loss in Colorado
vhile residing there about 10
-ears ago. Mrs. Bill Pinkerman
icoured the countryside in her
:ar to drum up shower interest
s behalf of the Knoells. Other
adies helping were Mrs. James
(/an Every, Mrs. Everett Vandov
;r, Mrs. Walter Young, Mrs. Bob
romlinson, Miss Thelma Young,
:he teacher in district 127, and
others.
•
attends Convention—
Joe Stutz, manager of J. M. Mc
Donalds, left Sunday for Hast
ings to attend a buyers' conven
non for four days, Mrs. Roy Oik
and children of Petersburg are
zisiting Mrs. Stutz and children
luring his absence.
Paul Shierk and Harold Ben
son returned late Sunday fron
the Black Hills where they hac
spent the weekend deer hunting
rhey were accompanied on the
trip by Stanley and Lloyd Gil
oert, both of Burke, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cleary anc
family were Sunday diner guest:
uf Mr. asd Mrs. Ed Dumpert. Mr
Cleary and Mrs. Dumpert ar<
brother and sisiter.
George Hammond and R. G. Clinkscales . . . buy Biglin Brothers.
(Story in column 3.)
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North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper
Volume 73.—Number 27. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 5, 1933. Seven Cents
Pioneer
Firm Into
New Hands
R. G. Clinkscales and
George Hammond
Buy Biglin Brothers
Biglin Brothers, a pioneer O’
Neill firm, this week passed into
new hands. But the firm name
will be retained.
Mrs. William J. Biglin and Mrs.
Frank J. Biglin, whose husbands
died in February, 1950. and July,
1953, respectively, this week an
nounced the sale of the funeral
directing and furniture establish
ment to R. E. Clinkscales and J
I George Hammond.
Mr. Clinkscales was employed
for a time by the late Biglin bro
thers after ill health had over
taken them. Mr. Hammond, a life
long resident of O’Neill has been
employed there for 3^ years,
and since the recent death of
Frank Biglin he has been man
aging the firm. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond.
Both are experienced funeral
directors. Mr. Clinkscales recent
ly has been located at Columbus.
The firm name will be short
ened from Biglin Brothers lo
Biglin's. Mr. Clinkscales and
Mr. Hammond say the firm
policies will remain the same,
there will be no staff changes,
and furniture will continue to
be sold.
The firm was originally found
ed by John McMann at the time
O’Neill was started. It was first
known as McCann’s. In about 1885
the late O. F. Biglin identified
nimself with the firm, which
then handled farm implements
and furniture in addition to funer
al directing. The establishment
expanded and kept pace with the
growing city. Mr. Biglin's sons,
William J., and Frank J., joined
their father, and alter the elder
Mr. Biglin’s death in 1918 the
firm became known as Biglin
Brothers. They continued to serve
an ever-expanding territory. In
1928 the present building was
constructed.
In a prepared statement, the
two widows said: “We find it dif
ficult to make this announcement,
because of tradition and a sense
of loyality and gratitude to this
community, yet we are sure the
oublic will find Mr. Clinkscales
and Mr. Hammond a real credit
to their profession and men who
will be real assets to the commun
ity.”
I
Parked Truck Is
Destroyed by Fire
ATKINSON— Defective elec
trical wiring was blamed for a
fire that destroyed the cab and
engine of a tractor-trailer out
fit Tuesday afternoon at the At
kinson Livestock Market’s truck
park.
The outfit belonged to Charley
Petersen, Atkinson rancher. A
broken gas line helped to spread
the flames.
Atkinson firemen were sum
moned. The trailer was not
damaged.
Robert Koci Promoted
o Sergeant—
CHAMBERS—Robert Koci, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Koci of Chambers recently was
promoted to sereant with the
45th infantry division in Korea.
The 45th Division has been in
Korea since December. 1951.
Sergeant Koci, a squad leader
with company A of the division s
179th regient, has been overseas
; since April. 'He holds the Korean
and UN service ribbons and the
| combat infantryman badge. Koci
entered the army last November.
Elgin Ray (left) and Mickey Stewart study the Clausen car wreckage . . T they assisted
— The Frontier Photo.
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Prize-Winners at Kid Party
These costumes were winners in their respective divisions
in Friday night’s costume party for O’Neill kids sponsored by
cooperatin churches. Joan Wilson (left), daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Rex Wilson, won first place in the foreign land costume division,
appearing as an aged Chinaman; Beverly Peterson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peterson, was found by the judges to be
the prettiest entry. A door-to-door canvass of the city in behalf
of United Nations underprivileged children netted $173.25 and a
bank draft in that amount was promptly forwarded Saturday
morning.—The Frontier Photo.
Chamber to Hold
Monthly Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce
will meet Monday evening, No
vember 9, at Slat’s cafe. Lunch
will be served. The meeting will
begin between 7 and 7:30. All
members are asked to make an
effort to attend, President G. C.
DeBacker said.
INFANT DIES
ATKINSON—Burial was made
Wednesday in St. Joseph’s cem
etery, Atkinson, for Joseph Nei
bauer, day-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Neibauer of Stuart.
Frontier for printing!
Atkinson C of C
Seeks 150 Members
ATKINSON—The Chamber of
Commerce here has set a goal of
150 members for its membership
campaign, which is getting un
derway. Wayne Galyen is Cham
ber president.
Members of the membership
committee are Ben Hanlon, Rob
ert Homer, Ray Verzal, Alex
Cleary, Dr. James Ramsay, R. M.
Knowles, Claude Humphrey, J.
J. Carroll, Ralph Kelly and
George Frohardt.
Legion Plans Dutch
Lunch on Armistice
A Dutch lunch, starting at 5:30
p.m., has been planned for arm
istice day—Wednesday, Novem
ber 11—by Simonson post 93 of
the American Legion.
Legion officials said all Le
gionnaires, auxiliary members
and their guests are invited. The
affair will be held at the club
rooms. There will be dancing,
games and entertainment.
HOFFMAN IMPROVES
W. H. Hoffman, 70 -year-old
Spencer man who was hurt early
Wednesday, October 28, when
his car smacked into. a rail car
at Inman, is “much improved,”
according to his physician, Dr.
W. F. Finley. Mr. Hoffman is in
St. Anthony’s hospital. His con
dition was described as “critical”
for several days following the
accident. Mrs. Hoffman and oth
er members of the family have
been near him.
Wilkins Firm
Begins Job—
The E. T. Wilkins Co., Inc., of
Lincoln, a propertv valuation
firm under contract by Holt
county, has two young women
already at work in the court
house here. They are revising
personal property and real estate
valuations.
The women are Betty Reming
ton of O’Neill and Rosalie Boyle
of O’Neill.
XXX
Passenger Hurt
When Car Upsets
Mrs. Clauson Suffers
Skull Fracture
Mrs. D. H. Clauson of O’Neill
was seriously injured about 1
p.m., Sunday in a one-car auto
mobile accident near the Rov
Margritz corner on a north-south
county highway, about 20 miles
northwest of O’Neill.
She was riding in a 1943
model car being driven by Mi*.
Clauson. They had attended
church services Sunday morning
and were enroute to spend the
afternoon at Coburn’s lake.
After climbing to the top of
the hill and making a slight
jog. their northbound car went
out of control, swerved from
one side of the road to the
other, and careened into a
ditch. The machine landed on
its top headed in the opposite
direction.
Mr. Clauson, who suffered
only from a pulled right arm
muscle, managed to remove Mrs.
Clauson from the machine and
place her on a car cushion. She
was semiconscious and losing
considerable blood.
Mr. Clauson ran across the
field about three-fourths of a
mile to the John Storjohann
farm, where Mr. and Mrs. Mickey
Stewart reside. Mrs. Stewart
phoned for a doctor and ambu
lance while Mr. Stewart and El
gin Ray, who was visiting there,
took Mr. Clauson back to the
scene.
The injured woman was rush
ed to St. Anthony’s hospital by
Biglin’s ambulance. Dr. J. P.
Brown said she was suffering
from a fractured skull and from
shock. Wednesday he said she
was “much improved” but would
not permit visitors for several
days.
Mr. Clauson said the freshly
graded narrow road and loose
gravel caused him to lose con
trol.
Former Resident
Dies at Scottsbluff
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday morning, Novem
ber 4, from the Catholic church
in Scottsbluff for Thomas Con
nelly, 55, a native of the O’Neill
community. He died from dia
betes following a lingering ill
ness.
The late Mr. Connelly was
born on a farm north of O’Neill.
His parents were Mr. and Mrs.
James Connelly. As a young man
he left O’Neill and for a number
of years worked for an oil refin
ing firm in Scottsbluff.
Survivors include: Widow;
mother— Mrs. Theresa Connelly
of Beverly Hills, Calif.; broth
ers—John and Francis, both of
California, and Medard of
Scottsbluff; sisters—Mrs. Arthur
Turner of Norfolk; Grace of
Beverly Hills, and Theresa, also
of California.
Robert Allen
Out of Marines—
Marine Sgt. Robert Allen, son
of Mrs. Bernard Dusatko, reach
ed O’Neill last week after com
pleting two years in the service.
During his marine career he
was stationed at San Diego
and Camp Pendleton and recent
ly has been assigned at Quantico,
Va., the marine corps headquar
ters.
At Quantica he was engaged
ir. personnel work.
After about a month’s rest he
will return to his post with the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
company, Omaha, from where he
has been on leave of absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith and
Mrs. Smiths’ mother, Mrs. W. A.
Strong, were Thursday, October
26. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Dumpert.
Beet Weighing
9 Pounds Displayed
An enormous beet weighing
nine pounds was brought into
The Frontier office Tuesday by
lvan Cone, who resides in West
O’Neill.
All summer I’ve been watch
ing that thing grow,” declared
Mr. Cone. “It was at the end of
one of the rows of beets in my
garden. I simply thought it was
all going to root.”
“I let ’er grow until today,”
he said, dropping the wierd
vegetable on the floor with a
thud. From the tip of the beet’s
tail to the top measures 15 in
ches.
Ashcrafts Claim
Lion Is Spotted
CLEARWATER—Recently what
was believed to be a mountain
lion was spotted in the Clearwater
vicinity. It’s a popular topic of
conversation down Clearwater
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ashcraft
first saw the lion, so the story
goes, in their pasture, which is
j the former Clint Miller place,
j They said they first noticed the
lion’s footprints around the stock
tank. The imprints were plain in
the damp dirt, complete with
large claws.
This is the story as reportec
by the Clearwater Record:
As Mrs. Ashcraft looked out ov
er the pasture she remarked t(
her husband, “Oh, look at tha
deer.” Mr. Ashcraft explained tha
it was not a deer but after watch
ing it a little said it was easy t<
see that it must have been i
mountain lion. At a distance i
almost appeared to be a fawi
color, or color of a deer. The’
watched it for some time unti
they started toward it with ;
pickup, it did not run. However
when it did run. it ran with it
head dowm and sort of took bi
leaps similar to a cat.
“Several days later Andy An
derson, who was working ai th
ranch, and Mrs. Ashcraft sightei
the animal again. He was the
south of the Ashcraft place an
was traveling toward the slaugl
ter house west of town. He w£
last seen going south from there,
5,500 Personal Tax
Notices Are Maile*
County Treasurer J. Ed Har
cock this week mailed out 5,50
personal property tax notice;
By late Wednesday, 350 receipt
already had been issued in thre
days.
Personal taxes are due No
vember 1 and become delin
quent December 1. Automobil
taxes do not appear on the no
tices as in previous years, in ac
cordance with a new law passei
by the recent session of the leg
islature.
Meanwhile, the grace perio
for renewal of drivers’ license
expired on Friday, October 3(
Persons who did not renew be
fore the September 1 deadline o
during the 60-day grace perm
must now take a driver’s tes
before a new license can be is
sued.
Suffers Heart Attack —
William Gatz suffered a heai
attack early last Friday whil
visiting at the home of his sor
Dr. Jack Vincent, at Ft. Dodg<
la. He is expected home some
time this weekend.
Chief Thorin . . . repatriate
prefers to hunt pheasants. —
The Frontier Photo.
(Story in column 8)
Ex-POW
Cites Red
Discord
Navy ’Copter Pilot
Thorin Is Regaining
Health After Ordeal
By a Staff Writer
The only known repatriated
American serviceman from this
area pulled in last Thursday for
a reunion with kinfolks and a
busy four-day whirl at pheasant
hunting.
Navy Chief Duane Thorin, 35,
a helicopter pilot who had been
held prisoner 18 months by the
North Korean reds, preferred
chasing pheasants to granting
interviews.
Monday he left O’Neill, spoke
that evening at a Rotary club
gathering at Neligh, and then
left for Lincoln from where he
took a plane for San Diego, Calif.,
to rejoin his wife, Lee, and their
two children.
Most of his time here was
spent hunting with his broth
ers—Edwin of O'Neill, Clarence
of Neligh and Ernest of Cham
bers—and visiting with their
families.
! Chief Thorin has regained 20
of the 33 pounds he lost while in
captivity but he is still under
( medical care and observes a
| strict diet. He will report for fur
. ther duty in about two weeks
He said there is much dis
| trust between the North Kor
eans and the Chinese commun
1 ists and that he observed a
’ definite undercurrent of un
j rest.
3
In his opinion, the communists
" are holding some of our pnson
; ers back. The basis for this view
1 was that communists held back
1 both German and Japanese pris
a oners in World War II and could
" not be expected to act any dif
ferently this time.
During his stay in the prison,
from May, 1952, up until his re
lease in September, 1953, his diet
consisted mainly of rice and po
| tatoes and very little meat. At
j the start of 1953, more concern
. I was shown by the communists for
0 the welfare of the prisoners and
the food was better, the treat
s ment improved.
= By reading between the lines
of propagandist news releases.
- the prisoners were able to tell
- that the communists expected the
s war to end and thus were anxious
- to make a more favorable im
- pression on the prisoners at the
1 beginning of 1953.
Chief Thorin’s helicopter was
downed over North Korea in
I February, 1952, but he did not ac
s tually enter the prison camp lo
i. cated on the Yalu river about
- 60 miles upstream from the west
r coast of Korea until May, 1952.
1
t He said he is not yet allowed
to tell what went on between
February and May because of
security reasons.
He had little to say about the
t interrogation he underwent at the
2 hands of the communists except
that it was “good and bad” and
many methods were tried. Again
1 he reported that he was not yet
allowed to go into detail on the
, interrogations.
He said he found many Ameri
cans in his prison camp who be
cause of environment or educa
tion were not self-reliant, and
could not have existed by them
selves. Some, he said, made no
| attempt to take care of them
| selves and died because of it.
In prison camp, Chief Thorm
fi noted, it was necessary to utilize
I stone-age methods to make living
bearable or even to exist.
Of the few Americans who
have refused repatriation, Chief
Thorin remarked that either they
are being held against their will
or they are afraid to come home,
possibly because of collaboration
with the enemy.
There may be other factors
involved, he added. "But it is
well known that there were
Americans in the prison camps
who were out-and-out traitors."
In his camp, he said there was
little attempt at communist in
doctrination. ‘‘Apparently the
I reds regarded us as a bunch ax
(Continued on page 6)
Civic Chorus Plans
First Rehearsal
The first rehearsal of the O’
Neill Civic chorus will be Mon
day evening, October 9, at 7:30
p.m., in the music room at the
O’Neill public school.
All those who like to sing are
welcome to come and join, ex
plaiend the director, C. B. Houser.
BORG JOINS WORTH
Ronald Borg has purchased
the interest of Darrell Graham in
the Graham & Worth Phillips 66
dealership here. The firm has
been redesignated Borg & Worth,
this week. The other partner is
Roy Worth.
