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Volume 73.—Number 29. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 19, 1953. Seven Cents
Cronin . . . O'Neill attorney singularly honored.
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Julius D. Cronin New
NebraskaBar President
Herman G. Eisert
Dies Hauling Hay
Rites Here Today for
Immigrant
Funeral services will be con
di/cted at 2 p m., today (Thurs
day) from Christ Lutheran
church for Herman G. Eisert, 70,
who, died suddenly about 3:05
pm., Monday, November 16. He
was hauling hay on- - a farm
’ southeast of Chambers when he
'yas fatally--stricken.
Rev. R. W. Olson, church pas
tor, Will officiate and burial will
■ be in Prospect Hill cemetery un
der the direction of Biglin’s.
Pallbearers chosen are former
neighbors and friends — Ralph
Young, Walter Young, Joseph
Pritchett, Edward Krugman and
Ben Miller, all of O’Neill, and
•Merrill Anderson of Redbird.
The late Herman Gustav
Eisert had observed his 70th
birthday anniversary the day
before his death.
He was born November 15,
1883, in Germany, where he was
Teared and. attended school. His
° parents were the late Mr. and
Mrs. Murl Eisert. He spent his
early life as a railroad worker in
Germany. In early life he was
baptized and confirmed in the
Lutheran church.
In October, 1917, at Berlin,
Germany, he married the former
Alma Hohndorf. They became
the parents of two sons and one
daughter. The Eisert family came
. to the U.S. in November, 1923.
They made their home in Holt
* county where he was engaged in
farming northeast of here until
the death of his wife in August,
. 1947. Later, he made his home
° with his daughter, Mrs. Boyd
(Ella) Boelter, and family near
a O’Neill.
On September 15, 1953. he
was married to Mrs. Margie
Fagan of Chambers. The couple
had been residing at Cham
o bers since their marriage.
Survivors include: Widow —
Margie; sons — Carl of Gering;
Werner of Grand Island; daugh
ter — Mrs. Boyd Boelter of O’
Neill; 11 grandchildren; two
stepsons; stepsister — Augusta
Dehmel of Berlin, Germany.
The lane Mr. Eisert was a mem
ber of Christ Lutheran church.
To Speak Here
Harold F. Breimyer (above),
agricultural economics statis
tician from the U.S. department
of agriculture, will be the fea
tured speaker at a banquet here
in connection with a regional
meeting of the Nebraska Stock
Growers’ association to be held
fiere Thursday, December 3.
The banquet will be held at the
American Legion auditorium.
(See story on page 3.)
• Julius D. Cronin of O’Neill,
| prominent north Nebraska attor
ney and for many years Holt
county attorney, was elected
president of the Nebraska State
Bar association at the conclusion
of the group’s 54th annual con
vention. The meeting came to a
close last Thursday in Omaha.
Mr. Cronin, a native of O’Neill,
was graduated from O’Neill high
school in 1912. He received his
law degree from Creighton uni
versity, Omaha, in 1916. For three
years he was employed in the le
gal department of an Omaha
bonding firm before enlisting in
the U S. air corps following the
outbreak of World War I.
He served 13 months in
‘ England with the air corps,
and established a law practice
in O'Neill — his hometown —
following the war.
He is the oldest son of the late
Dennis H. Cronin, who owned
and published The Frontier for
more than a half-century.
Cronin was elected Holt county
attorney in 1922 and held that
post for 25 years, declining to
seek reelection in order to de
vote full time to his law practice.
He is a member of Simonson
post of the American Legion,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
council of the Knights-of Colum
bus, Elks lodge and St. Patrick’s
Catholic church. He has been ac
tive for many years in civic af
fairs here and has been a leader
in republican party circles, hav
ing been a delegate to the 1948
republican national convention.
He has served the party in vari
ous capacities at the county and
state levels.
Mr. Cronin’s hobby is travel
ing. He has toured Europe, Can
ada and Alaska and frequently
has visited both the East and
West coasts.
Mr. Cronin has been a longtime
member of the American Bar as
sociation, is a past president of
the Nebraska Association of
County Attorneys and the Fif
teenth Judicial District Bar as
sociation.
Headline speaker ai the state
bar association's 54th conven
tion was Jerry Giesler, promi
nent Los Angeles. Calif., law
yer.
The state association went on
record recommending revision of
the selection of supreme court
judges, favored the establishment
of a parole system including per
missive mental examinations of
offenders in state hospitals, and
also went on record supporting
the study of changes in the
homestead exemption and statu
tory widow’s allowance and em
ployee wages after death.
State GOP Chairman
to Be Heard Here
State Republican Chairman
Dave Martin will be the featured
speaker at a meeting of Holt
Young Republicans to be held on
Wednesday, November 25, at
7:30 p.m., at the courthouse as
sembly in O’Neill.
Mr. Martin will speak on the
subject, “A Unicameral Partisan
Legislature.”
Club officers extend an invi
tation to all republicans of the
county to attend this meeting.
“This is an opportunity for
young republicans and senior
members as well to hear the state
party chairman on an issue of
great importance to everyone,” a
club spokesman said.
Mrs. Vernon Harding spent
j from Monday till Wednesday in
| Sioux City visiting her daughter
j and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
I Bill LaFortune, and also her son,
j Tom, who is employed there.
Miss Lorraine Simonson spent
the weekend with her parents,
i Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Simonson.
' She attends Duchsene college at
i Omaha.
Longtime
Holt Man
Dies at 86
Henry Straka, Sr., 86,
Native of Austria,
Dies at His Home
Henry Straka, sr., 86-year-old
Holt county homesteader, died
Friday, November 13, at his
home six miles west of Atkinson
He had not been ill and death
was attributed to advanced age.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 9 a.m., Monday, November
16, from St. Patrick’s Catholic
church here with Rev. Richard J.
Parr, church pastor, officiating.
Burial was in St. Joseph’s ceme
tery..
Pallbearers were Charles Ziska,
Frank Vinzenz, J. P. Murphy,
Joseph Laible, Joseph Kramer
and J. J. Carroll, all residents of
the Stuart-Atkinson communi
ties.
The lale Mr. Straka was born
at Kunas, Austria, in 1867. He
came to the United States in
about 1886, and homesteaded
on a ranch north of Dora lake,
southwest of Atkinson.
He resided there several years,
J later moving onto the place west
; of Atkinson where he continu
! ously resided until his death.
His wife, the former Mary Kra
mer, whom he married at Atkin
son, died in 1922. They became
the parents of eight sons and
two daughters. The late Mr. Stra
ka was making his home with
his daughter, Miss Gertrude,
and with two sons, William and
Leo, at the time of his death.
He was a member of St. Jo
seph’s church.
Survivors include: Sons—Con
rad, Henry, jr., Joseph, Richard,
Albert, Bernard, William and
Leo; daughters—Miss Gertrude
and Mrs. John (Katheryn) Koll
man, all residents of the Stuart
Atkinson communities.
8-Block Paving
Project Completed
Heavy Equipment Is
Withdrawn
O’Neill’s first municipal paving
improvement in nearly 20 years
officially was completed this
week.
An eight-block project, includ
ing paving, curbing, guttering and
general improvement of streets
adjoining the main business dis
trict, has been finished after be
ing under construction about
two months. There had been some
delay in construction due to a
cement shortage.
The Dobson Brothers Con
struction company of Lincoln has
withdrawn some of its personnel
and most of its heavy equipment.
Simultaneous with the pouring
of the paving, the Dobson firm
also constructed a new municipal
swimming pool in Ford’s park.
Meanwhile, the city council
has been examining petitions and
making preliminary plans to
proceed with 26 lineal blocks of
additional paving in the spring.
Several improvement districts j
along the affected routes already
have been established, but no
further work will be done until
formalities have been carried
out and until spring arrives.
A spokesman for the council
said the body is generally pleased
with the workmanship. Only par
tial payment, however, has been
made to Dobsons.
Minnie Reimer at
90th Milestone
Mrs. Minnie Reimer celebrated
her 90th birthday anniversary at
her home in Ewing on Sunday,
November 15. A dinner was
served at noon.
Mrs. Reimer is the mother of
| Holt County Judge L. W. Reimer
of O’Neill, Henry of Ewing and
Otto of Lincoln, Mrs. Roy John
sonoof Neligh, Mrs. Scott Clow
of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Fred
Harpster and Mrs. Lee, both of
Ewing.
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1 1 Pound Northern — Best Fish Story
Glarence Farr (above), veteran O’Neill fisherman, Sundav
landed this 11-pound northern pike in the McGinnis lake at Em
met. The fish measured 35% inches in length and might well be
the largest northern taken from Holt county waters in recent
years. Farr is considered the dean of Holt fishermen and his big
gest northern taken prior to Sunday’s catch was a 10-pounder.
Farr explained that “beads of sweat” poured from his brow as he
wrestled with the big fellow for 30 minutes and was obliged to
lead the battling northern for about 75 yards. “Quick as I hit him
I had him hooked,” boasted Mr. Farr. Other fishermen have had
opportunities to land thia same fish, Much always eluded capture
until Sunday. Farr estimated the fish “eight to 10 years old.”
When Farr opened up the northern, he found frogs and small fish
inside.—The Frontier Photo.
Salak New Warden
Fred Salak (above), former
state highway patrolman at
Scottsbluff, has been assigned
game warden in the O’Neill
area. Mr. and Mrs. Salak and
two children, Sherry, 6. and
Janice, 2, have arrived in O’
Neill and are seeking housing.
Mr. Salak’s original home was
at Schuyler; Mrs. Salak’s or
iginal home was at St. Paul.—
The Frontier Photo.
Visits Parents—
Mrs. Raymond Walters and
baby of Chambers visited Friday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Jones. On Tuesday, Nov
ember 10, Mr. and Mrs. Jones
visited Mrs. J o n e s’ mother,
‘Grandma Hull” and brother,
William Hull.
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C. M. Stewart, Retired
Page Fanner, Dies
111.Several Months;
Rites Monday
PAGE—Calvin Munson Stew
art, 80, a resident of the Page
community since 1914, died at
12:45 p.m., Friday, November 13,
at his home in Page. A retired
farmer, he had been ill several
months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p m., Monday, November
16, from the Methodist church in
Page with Rev. Lisle Mewmaw,
church pastor, officiating. Burial
was in the Page cemetery under
the direction of Biglin’s. Pall
bearers were Harry Tegeler, Har
ry Harper, R. B. Crumly, Verne
Hunter and Soren Sorensen, sr.
The late Mr. Stewart was
born February 14. 1873, at
Clinton, Mo., a son of Isaac
Newton Stewart and Elizabeth
Jane Johnson Stewart.
On March 15, 1896, he married
Mattie May Ramsey at Benton
ville, Ark.
The Stewarts lived in Johnson
county, Nebraska, before moving
to Holt county in 1914. They
farmted for many years near
Page.
The Stewarts became the par
ents of four sons and two daugh
ters. One daughter, Ethel Janse
Ganskow, is deceased.
Survivors include: Widow; I
sons—Roy Jennings of Page; Joy
Edwin of Corte Madera, Calif.;
Arnold Calvin of Page; Ivan
Newton of Ralston; daughter—
Leona Dell Smith of Page; eight
grandchildren; one great-grand
child; brothers — Clarence of
Page; Nathan of Salem, Ore., and
Amos of Los Angeles, Calif.
The late Mr. Stewart was a
member of the Odd Fellows lodge
at Page.
Frontier lor printing!
Simon Bosn Retires at 66
A veteran foreman on the Chi
cago & North Western railroad
has retired here after 43 years
of continuous service.
Simon Bosn, 66, officially has
been retired although he was
obliged to leave the job last
spring because of illness and
needed surgery.
Mr. Bosn was born in Austria
and came to the U.S. as a young
man. Initially he was a farm la
borer and went to work for the
C&NW at Belle Plaines, la. Later,
he moved to Nebraska and joined
the C&NW’s South Platte line in
1910 as a foreman. He held the
post of section foreman at Ge
neva, Brainard, Exeter and O’
Neill, but down through the
years became well-known with
C&NW people throughout the
state.
He married the former Mary
Ratovec at Brainard in 1917.
They became the parents of 10
children.
This week Mr. Bosn received
a letter of commendation from
Roadmaster T. J. Barcio, which
stated:
“I take this opportunity to
commend you on your 43 years of
faithful service to the C&NW
railway. In looking over your
record, I find that it is one of the
best records that any railroader
could have, one that you can be
iustly proud of. You have been
a very constant, cooperative
worker and are well (deserving of
a rest. You have always been
willing to give a helping hand
which has been greatly appreci
ated. It is a pleasure to have co
workers such as you. It is my
sincere wish that you may enjoy
many years of happiness in your
retirement.”
(Continued on page 3.)
Stroke Fatal to
Marcia Marquardt
—
Dies 5 Weeks After
Her Husband
EWING—Funeral services for
Mrs. Martha Marquardt, 67, who
died Thursday morning, Novem
ber 12, at her home in Ewing 1
following a stroke, were held
Saturday afternoon, November 14,
at 2 o’clock at the Ewing Meth
odist church. Rev. Charles Mit
chell, church pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Marquardt suffered a
stroke on Monday, November 9.
Mrs. Harriet Welke and Mrs.
Vera Anson sang “Beyond the
Sunset,” “In the Garden” and
“Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.’’
Mrs. Wilbur Spangler was at the
piano. In charge of the flowers
were Mrs. Gail Boies, Mrs. Archie
Tuttle and Mrs. Durward Lough
rey.
Pallbearers were Clifford Hahl
beck, Archie Tuttle, Durward
Loughrey, Julian Sojka, John
Wunner and Gail Boies. Burial
was made in the Ewing cemetery.
Marcia Calkins, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Calk
ins. was born December 12, 1886,
J at Hooper.
On October 1, 1902, she was
united in marriage to Arthur H.
Marquardt, who died October 9,
1953. To this union was born one
son. They made their home at
Scribner until March, 1919, when
they moved to a ranch near Ew
ing, where they lived until 1939,
when they moved to the village
of Ewing.
Mrs. Marquardt was a member
of the Methodist church and was
active in the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service until the
past two years, when failing
health set in. Fancy work was
I her hobby.
Mrs. Marquardt is survived by
' her son, Victor of Tekamah, two
grandchildren, Victor Marquardt,
jr., of Omaha and Mrs. Paul Hud
dleston of San Antonio, Tex. She
was preceded in death by her
husband, her parents, all hei
brothers and sisters.
Attending the service from out
of-town- were Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Marquardt of Tekamah, Vic
tor Marquardt, jr., of Omaha,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marquardt of
West Point, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Brown of Norfolk and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Allen and daughter,
Pamela Kay, of Paxton.
Loses Ends of 4
Fingers in Accident
CELIA—Roy Fullerton, who
with his wife resides on the
Stanley Johnson ranch located
20 miles northeast of Atkinson,
suffered the loss of the ends of
four fingers in an unusual ac
cident late Friday, November
13. The accident might have
been fatal except for the alert
action of Stanley Johnson.
The two men had been ca
bling hay and bringing it from
the meadow to where it could
be fed to cattle in case of storm.
As the last stack was being
removed from the underslung
and the cable was being un
wound on the drum, Fullerton
got his righthand caught in the
cable and his arm and hand
were drawn around the drum.
Fullerton’s head was forced
against the tool box with
enough impact to dent the box.
Ends of four fingers were
mangled and had to be remov
ed. Muscles in arms were
stretched and Mr. Fullerton
also suffered from shock.
Mr. Johnson, who stopped the
tractor in the nick of time, put
the injured man on the under
slung and rushed him to the
Atkinson Memorial hospital.
Upon being released from the
hospital, Mr. Fullerton will be
obliged to stay in town for a
while for treatments. Mrs. Ful
lerton is staying with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Small.
Teachers, Trainers
Converge for Workshop—
Miss Virginia Dean, elementary
consultant for Ginn and com
pany, spent Monday and Tues
day, November 9 and 10, in Holt
county directing a workshop in
reading. One hundred eighty
seven teachers and normal train
ers attended this meeting at the
American Legion club here. The
county was divided in two groups,
the east half attending on Mon
day and the west halg on Tues
day.
Elementary teachers and nor
mal trainers were present from
Stuart, Atkinson, O’Neill. Inman,
Page. Ewing, St. Mary’s, St Jose
ph and St. Boniface. Most of the
rural teachers of the county at
tended.
The purpose of the workshop
was to interpret the features of
the improved program of teaching
reading, especially word-analysis
including phonetics. After the ob
jectives were set the teachers
participated in demonstrations,
illustrations, manipulations and
construction of materials for
classroom use.
ORGANIZE PATROLS ,
The Neligh and Butte high
schools have organized student
traffic safety patrols during the
past fortnight.
Kenneth Ellston . , . iH a year. I
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Kenneth Ellston, Long
III, Dies at 32
Rites Held Tuesday
for Implement Man
Funeral rites were conducted
at 10 a.m., Tuesday, November
17, from St. Patrick’s Catholic
church for Kenneth M. Ellston,
32, an O’Neill resident since 1945.
He had been ill a year and
died at 12:15 a.m., Saturday,
November 14, in St. Anthony's
hospital, where he had been a
Fatient 10 days.
The late Mr. Ellston was em
ployed here as a machinery parts
clerk for six years by the Lloyd
Collins Implements and for the
past 2uz years Jjy the Harry R.
Smith Implements.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
officiated and burial was in Cal
vary cemetery under the direc
tion of Biglin’s. A rosary was
offered at Biglin’s chapel Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock.
Pallbearers were Lyle Oliver
and Harold Buryanek, both of
Burke, S.D.; Sam Fuhrer, Doug
las Shaw, Robert Hanley and
Dale Curran, all of O’Neill.
The late Mr. Ellston was born
May 22, 1921, at Herrick, S.D., a
son of Cornelius and Mae Squires
Ellston. He was reared in South
Dakota and served with the
armed forces during World War
II, and suffered a leg wound
during the war. He had been
awarded the purple heart.
Mr. Elision came to O'Neill
from Burke. S.D., in 1945.
Survivors include: Widow, the
former Anita Clare Murphy of
O’Neill; father — Cornelius of
Burke; sisters — Mrs. Lawrence
(Beverly) Williamson of Austin,
Minn.; Mrs. Jerald (Betty)
Naughton of Burke; grandmother
—Mrs. M. Squires of Minneapo
lis, Minn.
Simonson post provided the
colors and firing squad for the
burial.
Auxiliary Appeals
for Bazaar Help
The American Legion auxil
iary, Simonson unit 93, is appeal
ing to all its members for help
to make the annual bazaar on
Saturday, December 7, a big suc
cess.
Dinners are to be served from
12 noon until 2 p.m., and an auc
tion will start at 2 p.m.
This is the only time of the
year when members are asked to
donate.
“Whether you are an active
or inactive member, now is the
time you can help your local
unit,” a spokesman declared.
Needlework, furniture, dishes
and miscellaneous items in good
condition are needed for the
auction, and food contributions
are needed for the dinner.
Joins Faculty
Miss Anna Crawford (above)
has joined the O’Neill high
school faculty. A veteran teach
er from Lincoln, she will in
struct in physics, geometry and
albegra. A vacancy was creat
ed on the staff when PrineiDal
Joel Lvman resigned to go to
Shoshone, Wyo., and Paul
Baker was elevated to princi
pal.
Joe Hintz,
Wife Wed
5 0 Years
Open - House Held
Sunday at Son’s
Home in Ewing
EWING—It was on November
18, 1903, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hints
exchanged nuptial vows at the
Lutheran church in Neligh.
In observance of their golden
wedding, anniversary the Ewing
couple observed open-house be
tween 2 and 4 p.m., Sunday, No
vember 15, at the home of their
son, Leo, in Ewing.
The festivities began with a
12 o’clock dinner prepared and
served by Mrs. Leo Hintz, assist
ed by Iola and Viola Zabka, twin
granddaughters of the honored,
couple.
: In attendance for dinner were
the honored guests, also their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Zabka, and daugh
ters, Iola and Viola, of St. Ed
ward, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Michael
of Clearwater and Mrs. Amelia
Larson of Page. The latter is a
sister of Mrs. Hintz and she was
present at the wedding ceremony
a half-century ago.
Among the gifts were a radio
from the family, an overstuffed
plaform rocker from Mr. Hintz’s
brothers and sisters. The Ewing
postoffice employees presented
them a hassock.
Baack Heads Holt
Teachers’ Group
Supt. M. J. Baack of the Stu
art public schools last Thursday
was elected president of the Holt
County Town Teachers’ associa
tion in session here. Supt. Harold
Hutchinson of Atkinson public
school was named vice-president;
Don DeCosta of Stuart, secretary;
James Runnalls of Inman, t-e'a
surer.
Baack succeeds Supt. D. E. Nel
son of O’Neill.
Dr. Floyd Miller of the state
department of public instruction
was principal speaker. His talk
centered on curriculum changes
to include motor vehicle driver
training and added emphasis on
health and physical education
instruction.
4 Auctions Listed
on Frontier Calendar—
Four auctions, Including a
registered Hereford sale, are
currently listed on The Frontier’s
sale calendar.
Monday, November 23: Rueben
Peltzer, who resides southeast of
Chambers, will offer 38 head ol
cattle, poultry, farm machinery
and some household goods at
auction, starting at 12:30 p.m.;
Col. Ed Thorin, O’Neill, auction
eer; Chambers State bank, clerk.
(See advertisement on page 11.)
Tuesday, November 24: Ed Pa
vel, residing southeast of Cham
bers, will sell 34 head of Short
horn cattle, a Palomino saddle
horse, and a line of machinery,
starting at 1 o’clock. Mr. Pavel
plans to devote full time to car
pentry work. Col. Ed Thorin, O’
Neill, auctioneer; Chambers State
bank, clerk. (See advertisement
on page 5.)
Friday, November 27; Joe J.
Jelinek & Sons of Walnut will
offer 48 registered Herefords at
auction at the Creighton Live
stock market. This is tneir eighth
annual Hereford production sale.
(See advertisement on page 2.)
Catalogs are available by writing
the Jelineks.
Tuesday, Decembzer 1: Ralph
Potts, who lives south of Tilden,
will sell 38 head of cattle and a
lineup of farm machinery; Thor
in-Bowker Auction Service of O’
Neill in charge. (See advertise
ment on page 5.)
MURRAY HURT
ATKINSON—William E. Mur
ray, 67, of Newport is in Atkin
son Memorial hospital receiving
treatment for a broken leg. He
was hurt in an unusual accident
about 6:45 p.m., Tuesday enroute
to O’Neill. An eastbound tractor
drawing a sheller and driven by
George Goldfuss of Atkinson
stopped to investigate an east
bound pickup that had overturn
ed in a ditch to the rear of the
rig. Another eastbound vehicle,
a car driven by Fred I. Garden
er of Newport, hit the sheller.
Mr. Murray, a passenger fn the
Gardener car, was the only per
son hurt.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Hi Lo
November 12_:_ 65 29
November 13_ 72 32
November 14_;_ 78 34
November 15_81 36
November 16 __ 75 38
November 17_? 69 40
November 18_ 58 33
firemen Called
O'Neill firemen sped right past
what had been turned in as a
fire alarm. A motorist’s car
steaming in front of the M&M
cafe led someone to place a fire
call Wednesday afternoon.