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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1953)
“VOICE” OF THE FRONTIER” - > TWELVE PAGES * Sal* Pages 1 to 12 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73.—Number 28. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 12, 1933. Seven Cents 7 Schools Visited by Burglars in One Night , * Baker . . . succeeds Lyman ★ * ★ Faculty Changes Are Announced t Paul Baker Elevated to Principal Paul Baker, for the past two * terms an O’Neill high school in structor and basketball coach, has been elevated to principal, it was announced Wednesday by City School Supt. D. E. Nelson. Baker succeeds Joel Lyman, who has resigned to accept the super intendency of the Shoshone, Wyo., public school. Lyman will leave O’Neill with his family on Friday. Mr. Baker will retain his role as cage coach, Superintendent Nelson explained. Baker is teach ing biology, general science and speech. Other changes: Harry Moore, who teaches mathematics, government, world history and world geography, will have charge of junior high basketball and will be assistant track coach. Miss Anna Crawford of Lin coln, a veteran teacher, has been signed to teach physics, geometry and algebra. She is a graduate of Hastings college. Mr. Lyman’s new post is re garded as a promotion. He will supervise a staff of 31, including 16 faculty members, bus drivers and custodial staff. 64 Bulls to Sell at Bassett Nov. 14 Sixty-four registered Hereford bulls will be sold at auction at * Bassett on Saturday, November 14. It will be the 22d annual fall show and sale to be sponsored by the North-Central Nebraska Hereford Breeders’ association. Elmer (“Tug”) Phillips is sale manager. Among the consignors are: Harry J. Brown of Bassett, B. . T. Buell and H. L. Buell, both of Rose, Albert Carson of Redbird, C Bar M Hereford ranch of O’ Neill, Eldon Cozad of Wood Lake, J. Hall Dillon of Long Pine, Charles Dorsey and Sons of New port, Francis Haugen of Brocks « burg, Bert Huff of Ainsworth, . Joe J. Jelinek & Sons of Walnut, Daniel Jilg of Newport, Charles Morton of Duff, I. D. and Max ° Nicholson, both of Springview. 1V^. E. Potter of Long Pine, George Smith of Bassett, Anthony Stec of Long Pine, Bill and Floyd Tucker of Rose, H. A. and Robert Van Horn, both of Page, and Bernard Van Vleck of Clearwater. Meanwhile, Joe J. Jelinek & Sons of Walnut are completing plans for their eighth annual sale of registered Herefords to be held at the Creighton Livestock Mar ket” on Friday, November 27. They will be offering 48 lots, in cluding bulls and females. (Cat alogs are being printed by The Frontier’s commercial printing ° department.) Ewing Couple Plans Golden Wedding EWING — Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hintz, longtime residents of Ew ing, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, November 15. Friends and relatives are invit ed to attend open house from 2 to 4 p.m., at the home of their son, Leo Hintz, who lives in West Ewing. Lynch Couple Wed Half - Century LYNCH—-Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer, who farmed many years near Monowi on the Boyd-Knox county border, Saturday cele brated their golden wedding an niversary. . Since their retirement they ° have been living in Lynch. o FIREMEN CALLED ATKINSON — The Atkinson rural firemen were summoned to the Carl Hoppe place, north of Emmet, about 3 p.m., Tuesday. * A haystack afire prompted the alarm and precautions were taken to prevent flames from spreading. JOINING AIR FORCE Junior Worth, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Worth, and Dale Strong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil bert Strong, plan to leave Thurs day, November 19, for duty with the air force. They are enlisting. Seven public schools in north central and northwest Nebraska were burglarized last Thursday night and curing the early morn ing hours on Friday. Burglars entered the Atkinson public school through a first rioor science room window and made off with “about ore hun dred dollars in small change and government savings stamps," ac cording to Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack. Also taken was a school district warrant in the amount of $491.80. The change and stamps be longed to the Atkinson school activity fund. The breakin was discovered about 6:30 a.m, by Custodian Emil Carlson. The lock was broken on the door at the office of the superintendent. The same night schools were entered at Bassett, Ainsworth, Goraon, Hay Springs, Rushville and Sargent. At Ainsworth the intruders made off with between $400 and $500. At Bassett nothing was taken. Locks on several office doors were forced and there had been some tampering with the safe. Chamber Seeking Packing Plant Query from Illinois Firm Spurs Action The Chamber of Commerce has started the ball rolling in an effort to induce an Illinois meat packing firm to locate a branch plant at O’Neill. A query regarding a possible location reached Chamber offi cials in an indirect manner and a definite attempt will be made to encourage the packer, now undergoing an expansion, to lo cate here. The Chamber sponsored an informal meeting of interested persons last Thursday night and the matter was gone over again Monday night at the regular monthly meeting. Details of the plan are not be ing published, officials said, be cause “it is all so premature and we’re in the very earliest stages of negotiations.” O’Neill’s advantages are said to fit nicely into the packer’s plan, providing a reasonable la bor pool, natural gas, ample wa ter and close proximity to beef supply. James W. Rooney reported on the annual meeting of the Nio UNVE1LING NOVEMBER 19 The annual citywide yule window unveiling will take place Thursday, November 19, | in accordance with a date fixed several months ago by the re tail trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Win dow committee members are W. W. Watson, H. W. Hertford and Mrs. Georgia Rasley. brara River Basin Development association held at Hay Springs. William W. McIntosh led a dis cussion on the proposed brochure which will illustrate in pictures and text the outstanding features of the city. Traffic safety was also discussed and it was voted to give unanimous support to a safety program originating with the Parent-Teachers’ asociation. The turkey day committee in cludes A. P. Jaszkowiak, Darrel Slaymaker, Roy Shelhamer, C. E. A. Johnson. The date is Saturday, December 5. A new method of fowl distribution was discussed and is being placed in the hands of the committee. Santa Claus will make his annual visit here with the small fry on Saturday. December 12. Twenty-five attended the Mon day session held at the M&M cafe. President G. C. DeBacker presided. Scout Finance Drive Underway Dr. C. M. Eason, head of the Boy Scout fund-raising cam paign in O’Neill, declared Wed nesday the kickoff and push on Tuesday, November 10, produced gratifying results. A kickoff breakfast was held here Tuesday morning ahd a canvass of the town followed. Meanwhile, at Atkinson, the annual Scout finance campaign was held Monday morning. The committee, with George Randol as chairman, met for breakfast at the Atkinson Livestock Mar ket cafe. Atkinson’s troop leaders are: Howard Davis, scoutmaster; Ben Hanlon, assistant scoutmaster, ' and Lawrence Kramer, Clem Cleary, Don Mills and Dick Od bert, scout committeemen. Cub pack leaders are Roland Holmes, cubmaster; E. C. McKay, Don Carroll, Raymer Funk, Lau rence Storjohann, committeemen and Mrs. Laurence Storjohann, Mrs. R. G. Odbert and Mrs. Don ald Carroll, den mothers. Mrs. Kelly is Head of Atkinson Iris Society— ATKINSON—Mrs. R. J. Kelly has been elected president of the Atkinson Iris society. Other officers are Mrs. Charles W. Peterson, vice-president; Mrs. Lane Griffin, secretary, and Mrs. Roy Ries, treasurer. Gordon Hiatt has accepted a position with an engineering firm in Cleveland, O. He left here Friday. Ex-Holt Men Dies in Crash Rites Wednesday for Dean Standage, 27; Chambers Hi Grad AMELIA — Dean Standage, about 27, son of Mr. and Mm. Wayne Standage of Ravenna, was killed in an automobile acci dent Friday, October 30, while on a hunting trip. Standage and two companions died in the crash. Particulars are not known here. The Standage famiiy left Am elia about a year ago to return to Ravenna. They had farmed near Ravenna before moving onto a ranch southeast of Amelia sever al years ago. The late Dean Standage at tended school for a time at Am elia and graduated from Cham bers high school. He was the youngest son in the family. He served in the forces dur ing World War II and has been residing at Albuquerque, N.M. He was single. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Standage were visiting in Iowa when they received the news. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at Ravenna. Among those from Amelia at tending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Waldo, Mr. and Mrs. George Ful lerton and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rees. Ernest Sengleman Rites at Gregory Funeral services were held Sunday at Gregory, S.D., for Er nest Singleman, 58, oldest son of Joseph Sengleman, a longtime north of O’Neill resident. Death was caused by a heart attack. Mr. Sengleman was a farmer, unmarried, who has been resid ing in South Dakota since 1927. Survivors include: Father—Jo seph of Spencer; brothers—Wil liam of Valentine; Hans of Viv ian, 'S.D.; John of Gregopr, S.D.; and Jacob of Spencer; sisters — Mrs. Martin (Elma) Machmuller of Clarkson; Erma Sengleman of O’ Neill; Mrs. Freeman (Clara) Ar bo of O’Neill; Mrs. Fred (Greta) Timmerman of Star; Mrs. Walter (Freda) Brown of Chambers; Mrs. Arthur (Harta) Doty of Spencer; Paui and Meta Sengle man, both of Spencer. The late Mr. Sengleman was born May 29, 1895, in Germany and he came with his parents to the U.S. when he was a small boy. His mother died in August, 1942. Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Mrs. Arthur Doty, Jacob Sengleman, Mrs. Freeman Arbo, Mrs. Walter Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Machmuller, Miss Irma Sengle man and Mr .and Mrs. Fred Tim merman. Mrs. Harty New Library President Mrs. P. B. Harty has been named president of the Grattan township library board, succeed ing the late F. J. Biglin, who was board president many years. Carroll W. Stewart, new board member, is vice-president; Ed ward M. Gallagher, reelected sec retary-treasurer. Other board members are Miss Alice French and Mrs. James W. Rooney (new). Miss Bernadette Brennan is librarian. Parking Meter Rep Indicted— H. B. Zelen of Lincoln, a dis trict representative of the Dun can Parking Meter corporation of Chicago, 111., and the firm he represents were charged with conspiracy by a Woodbury coun ty (la.) grand jury at Sioux City. An indictment was brought against them Friday night. Mark Sabel, Sioux City fruit broker, told the grand jury he had received “monthly commis sions” from the Duncan firm for helping get Duncan established in Sioux City. Zelen represented the Duncan firm in O’Neill several years ago when meters were contracted, restrained, installed and pulled out in a four months running le gal battle. STORE ENTERED A size 44 man’s leather jacket is the only article missing from Friday night’s burglary of the Gamble store. The store was forcibly entered by breaking a second-floor office window after crossing the rooftop of the ad joining Independent building. The safe was tampered with but was not broken into, according to Manager Henry Lofflin. Steel bars have been placed over the window to nullify a return try. O'Neill high football frolics coronation set ting . . . Queen Carol Seger and King Warren Seger (cousins), seated; Virginia Lea Walker and Carol Calkins, left foreground; and standing at rear (lefl-to-righl): Janice Landreth, senior at tendani; Coach Paul Baker. Suzanne Pearson and John Miller, crownbearers; Coach Marvin Miller and Russell Miner, senior attendant. — O'Neill Photo Co. Gypsy Family Says Boy, 11, Missing Might Be Solution to Mystery A Kansas gypsy family is said to be missing an 11-year-old boy whose description closely resem bles the unidentified body of a boy found at O’Donnell’s lake on August 6. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack said this week that author ities in neighboring states have assisted Nebraska officials in checking school rosters to deter mine if there are any missing children. Tomjack said a gypsy family in Kansas had reported their 11-year-old boy was in a Min nesota hospital earlier this summer and had not been heard from since. Two P1 a i n v i e w fishermen reached O’Donnell’s lake, two miles southeast of Inman, prepar ed to spend the morning there. They ran across the body, which had been water-soaked and nib bled on by turtles. Authorities were called and an autopsy was performed. The boy had not drowned and was not the victim of foul play, the autopsy showed. Portions of the body have been analyzed by the federal bureau of investigation laboratories and the remains are being kept in storage at Omaha, pending pos sible identification. Sheriff Tomjack told The Fron tier: “I don’t have the details on the Kansas family, but some correspondence and telephone calls we’ve had indicate we might have the right track on clearing up the matter.” The body lhat was held here for several days was said to be of Spanish, Mexican or In dian extraction. County Attorney William W. Griffin said the only grounds for prosecution in the case lie in the possibility the body was illegally disposed of by someone. Mrs. Mulhair Heads Lynch Alumni Group LYNCH — The Lynch high school alumni associated elected Mrs. Marjorie Mulhair secretary theasur^r. and Thomas Shrunk, Gary Wilson and Mrs. Eleanor Micanek. directors, to serve with the two heldover directors, Frank I Matejcek and Mrs. Grace Crooks. The annual meeting was held at the school Tuesday evening, Nov ember 3. Makes 15 Jumps with Paratroopers CHAMBERS—Cpl. Raymond J. Walter, recently discharged from the army, was a member of the 82nd airborne division, Ft. Bragg, N.D. During his ar my training he made 15 para chute jumps. Corporal Walter, his wife and infant daughter are now living in Chambers. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A. Walter of Chambers. He tock basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif , tnen went to Ft. Ben ning, Ga., in March, 1952, for jump training as a paratrooper After finishing jump school he was assigned to the 82nd airborne at Ft. Bragg, where he completed his service. Mrs. Welter is the former Miss Ed ’wina Jones of O’Neill. _ _,_ Holt Gets $31,256 Federal Road Funds _ A system of allocating federal aid secondary highway funds to Nebraska counties, under which Holt county will be entitled to re ceive $81,256, was announced by State Engineer L. N. Ress. Holt county is eighth among the 15 counties that will receive the largest allotments in the state. Larger amounts go only to Doug las, Lancaster, Cherry, Scotts Bluff, Lincoln, Custer and Daw son counties. The engineer said the allotment was made to encourage all coun ties to take advantage of these funds, and in anticipation of the time when the local units of gov ernment may desire more federal funds than are available. The funds apportioned are half, or $1,684,890, of the $3,369,779' made available for secondary roads in Nebraska beginning July l. 1953. There are about 10,000 miles of federal-aid secondary routes in the state. About 4,000 miles are state-maintained highways and about 6,000 are county-maintained roads. Every county in the state has roads designated as federal aid secondary routes. Federal funds are available for matching county funds for construction on these roads. U. S. bureau of public roads’ regulations require that the state make available half of the fed erahaid secondary funds to the counties for a period of a year. The funds alloted by the state highway department are to be available to the countiesl until January 1. (1955. The secondary funds made availabe by the fed eral government for the fiscal vear 1953-1954 are scheduled to lapse if not obligated with match ing funds bv June 30, 1956. State allotment formula doesn’t apply to federal secondary funds. Bonenberger Rites Held at Atkinson Longtime Resident Dies in Hospital ATKINSON—Funeral services were conducted from St. Joseph’s Catholic church at 9 a.m., Wed nesday, November 11, for Mrs. Mary Ann Bonenberger, 73, long time resident of this community. She had become ill Saturday and entered Atkinson Memorial hos pital. Death came about 2:30 a.m., Monday, November 9. Rev. Fr. Kelliger officiated at the funeral rites and burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pall bearers were Peter and Charles Gonderinger, John Wenner, Wil liam Seger, Len Ulrich and Wil liam Kretchman. The late Mrs. Bonenberger was born January 1, 1880, at Mineral Point, Wise., a daughter of Peter and Mary Berg Mick. She mar ried Bernard Bonenberger at Mineral Point January 28, 1902 The family resided for many years on the home place now occupied by a son, Nick, seven miles southeast of Atkinson. The late Mrs. Bonenberger was mak> ing her home there until she was taken to the hospital. Survivors include; Sons— Pet er, Michael, John and Nick, all of Atkinson; daughters — Mrs. Troy (Elizabeth) Howard of O’ Neill, Mrs. Mervin (Marie) John son of O’Neill, Mrs. George (Mar garet) Mathis of Amelia; 23 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. First Snowfall Surprises ’Casters Old man winter grabbed the spotlight during the past seven days. Snow began falling intermit tently Friday noon, and toward evening the first snowfall took on a business-like attitude, covering the ground with whiteness. Atkinson reported one inch snow; Stuart, two inches; New port, three inches; Butte, two inches; Spencer, two inches, and Naper, three inches. Chambers, Amelia and Burwell had the most snow during the freak storm, which caught the weather forecasters red-faced. Snow was falling at those points several hours before starting here. The snowfall here during the 24-hour period amounted to one inch. Mild weather returned to the area Monday and Tuesday, but Wednesday—armistice day—was 3ld and grey. .- ■ Named Winners in Soil Essay Contest This trio of school girls won the three top awards in a soil conservation essay contest sponsored by the Holt County Soil Conserva tion District association. Brenda Margritz of O’Neill (left) won first prize—$5; Regina Vitt of O’Neill (center), second prize, $3; Doris Smith of Stuart (right), third prize, $2. (For details and text of their prize-winning essays, turn to page 11.)—O’Neill Photo Co. ★ ★ ★ Cousins Become OHS King, Queen As a climax to Friday’s 19-0 gridiron victory over the Atkin son Balers, the O’Neill high I school student body participated in a festive social event known as the football frolics. The event was held in the gaily-decorated old gymnasium. Highpoint was the coronation of the king and queen. The hon ors went to Warren Seger, son of Mr. and Msr. D. E. Seger, and Carol Seger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seger. Coaches Marvin Miller and Paul Baker performed the crowning rites. The king’s royal robes were blue; his queen appeared in a white formal gown. The frolics were planned and arranged by the Pep club. 3 Injured When Car Takes Plunge Passenger Suffers Broken Back There was a serious one-car au tomobile accident about 5:30 p.m., Saturday on U.S. highway 281. A northbound car, headed from Omaha to Winner, S.D., went off the slippery highway one mile south of Midway and plunged down a 20-foot embankment. Three occupants of the car were badly injured. Roy Janke, 27, of Omaha, suf fered a broken back. His brother, Edgar Janke, 24, also of Omaha, lost considerable blood and suffered from shock William Seffern, 27, another Omahan, received a punctured lung and several broken ribs. The driver of the car, Edgar Janke, was the least injured. The injured trio was found by passersby from Bristow. The vic tims were taken to St. Anthony’s hospital by Biglin’s ambulance. Dr. J. P. Brown said Wednes day their condition is good. Their car was badly demolished. Town Teachers to Hear Speaker The Holt County Citv and Tcwn Teachers’ association will hear Dr. Floyd Miller, member of the Nebraska department of public instruction, in a talk, to night (Thursday) at the O Neill public school. The meeting will follow a 6:30 p.m., dinner-party. Supt. D. E. Nelson of O’Neill is association president. A prep basketball rules meeting will be held at Ainsworth on Tuesday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m., to be conducted by O. L. Webb, secretary of the Nebraska High School Activities associa tion. Atkinson School To Give Program— ATKINSON—Miss Leona Kil mury, vocal music instructor in the Atkinson public school, is ar ranging and directing a musical program which will be presented m the high school auditorium Friday evening. The program is entitled “This Is America.’’ Each grade—kinder garten through the eighth—will present one segment of American life as portrayed in music. HOLD DUTCH LUNCH Simonson post 93 df the Amer ican Legion staged its annual Dutch lunch and party Wednes day evening in the clubrooms. A good-sized crowd attended. Two Hastings college students, Miss Lois Harder and Lyle Fox, spent the weekend here visiting in their respective homes. — - Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. O’ Donnell of Salina, Kans., were to arrive Wednesday. Their daugh ter, Miss Patricia, will wed here Saturday. Man, 78, Fatally Burned Nick Klein Expires in Hospital After Clothes Burned Off ATKINSON — A 78-year old Atkinson man, Nick Klein, who lived alone in a house north of U.S. highway 20, was badly burned about noon Saturday. He died at 8:15 that evening in At kinson Memorial hospital. No one witnessed the tragedy and it has not been exactly de termined how the accident hap pened. It is theorized Mr. Klein was cleaning a portable kerosene space heater. The stove is be lieved to have caught afire and Mr. Klein attempted to take the flaming object out the rear door. His clothes caught afire. Mr. Klein was seen attempting to roll in the snow by a neighbor boy, Gene Gokie, 10, who hur riedly called his mother, Mrs. Connie Gokie. The mother sum moned Dr. N. P. McKee. When Mrs. Gokie reached the scene, most of the aged man’s clothes had been burned off his ' body, except his shoes. His age and physical condition had prevented Mr. Klein from being able to extinguish the clothing fire before he was bad ly burned. Doctor McKee said Mr. Klein’s, body was 90 percent burned. He was taken to the hospital in a “dazed, highly shocked condi tion.” However, he was not un conscious. It was originally reported there had been a stove explosion, but there was no evidence of this and the fire did no damage to the interior of the five-room house. The late Mr. Klein was born November 13, 1875, at Byeren, Luxembourg. He came to the U.S. in 1896 and settled on a farm near Steinhauer. In 1900 he moved to Holt county. Between 1911 and 1945. Mr. Klein and his late wife, the former Lena Wenner. resided on a farm seven miles south of Atkinson. Mrs. Klein died in June, 1946—• about a year after they had mov' ed into town. They had no chil dren. Survivors include: Brother — Anton of Table Rock; sister—Mrs. P, (Katherine) Thomas of Paw nee City. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a.m., Monday from St. Jo seph’s Catholic church with Rev. Fr. Kelliger, assistant pastor, of ficiating. Burial was in St. Jo seph’s cemetery near the grave of his wife. Pallbearers were Harold and Harvey Grof, Ray mond Tunender, Charles Deermer and Michael Wenner, all of At kinson, and Vernon Branek of Steinhauer, most of whom are nephews. Frequent Visitor Has 89th Birthday BRISTOW—Mrs. Swan Pearson was a recent visitor at Omaha md Sioux City, accompanying Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pearson and laughters. At Omaha she attended a birth day party honoring her brother in-law, Carl Wall, who was 89. He makes his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wall. Carl Wall has visited in Bristow frequently. 'Sjngspiraiion' Is Held at Orchard— ORCHARD—A “singspiration” was held at the Church of Christ here Sunday, attended by about 115 persons. A basket dinner was served at noon. The minister cuf the church, John Thomas of O’Neill, was in charge. Donald Heiss of Oakdale was afternoon speaker and Glen Blanchen of Tilden was song • leader. Towns represented were Nor folk, Wayne, Oakdale, Tilden, Ne ligh, Clearwater, Ewing, O’Neill and Orchard. Return to Ship— Ronald and Donald Ressel, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Ressel, departed this week for San Diego, Calif., where they will board their ship, USS Mountrail, which is expected to return to duty in Japanese waters. Going Overseas— Allen Martin, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Henrv Martin, expects to depart Friday for field artillery duty either in Alaska or the Far East. He has been stationed at Ft. Sill, Okla Mrs. John Melvin and Mrs. Mar garet White entertained members of St. Margaret’s guild, of St. Patrick’s altar society, Wednes day evening, November 4, at the Melvin home.
