* • i. ' L ■ i i % , 1 .vJ ■' k -■ H-i :? u. t . - 1 if . * „v 1 . 1 1 ■ - ,, 1 • 1##*'*^ . • "Voice of The Frontier" ,*■? w e ■ Frontier s Mon. — Wed. — Set. 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. ★ • North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73. Number 35. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, December 31, 1953. Seven Cents . - \ Again a $64 Question: Who'll Win Derby? 9 1 ' 1 Ex-Deputy Sheriff . Dies in Wyoming Lloyd Bergstrom, 60, Long 111 Lloyd Bergstrom, 60, formerly s fanner in the Page community and onetime Holt county deputy sheriff, deid Monday, December 28, at Newcastle, Wyo. He had been long ill, suffering from a lung cancer. F uneral rites were conducted .Wednesday afternoon, December 30, at Newcastle and burial was to be made there. The late Mr. Bergstrom was born on a farm in the Stafford community November 12, 1893, a twin son of the late Mr. and • M rs. Nels Bergstrom. He was reared in that community and attended the Stafford school . * While he was still single he operated a farm north of Page for several years. At Page he married the for mer Mary Cullen. They becama the parents of four children. Shortly after his marriage he v as appointed Holt county depu ty sheriff by the late Sheriff Peter Duffy. Later, he returned * to his farm north of Page where they reared their family. In 1929 they sold out on the farm and moved to Newcastle, returning to Holt county after a few years. Between 1942 and 1948 he resided on farms in the Page community. Returning to . Newcastle in 1948, he had em ployment in the oil fields until his fatal illness. * Survivors include: Widow; sons—Leon and Max; daughters Mrs. Loretta Wilson and Mrs Bud Wolfe; brothers—Floyd of Newcastle, Wyo. (twin brother),, Clarence of Omaha, Claude of Salem, Ore., Sherman of Omaha, Stanley of Hastings, N. A., Les ‘ ter, Elmer and Cecil, all of Ew rng; sisters—Mrs. Jesse Bishop of Plainview and Mrs. Hazel Munn «f Ewing. Enlistments in Army Air Force Announced Nine recent enlistments have been announced by the army-air force recruiting station here, ac cording to Sfc. James R. Lyons. For regular army: Bruce L. Kennedy of Ainsworth and James J. Hamik of Stuart. These two men have been sent to Ft. Rilev, Kans., and later will receive spe cial schooling—Kennedy in guid ed missile repair and Hamik in preventive medicine. For air force: Dennis A. Lind 'quist of Wausa, Paul J. Mohl of Putte, Leonard R. Branstiter of Niobrara, Joseph L. . of Stuart, Gail R. Muller of Creighton, Donald D. Reynolds of Niobarra and Richard W. Pick ir.paugh of Newport. All airmen were sent to Lack land air base, Texas, except Per menter, who is an ex-service man. He was assigned to Offutt air force base, Omaha. • P-TA Plans January Meeting Next Week— The next regular meeting of the O’Neill Parent-Teachers’ as sociation will be held Monday, January 4, at 8 p.m., in the pub lic’school band room. A spokesman for the group urges all persons interested to ' attend with the suggestion they might find answers to some of the following questions: ‘.'Are we spoiling our chil dren?” “What about temper, jealousy, obstinacy?” “How strong is a child’s con science?” or “ Is this a time of conflict?” Reports will be heard by the park and safety committees. Par ents of kindergarten pupils will serve following the meeting. Demonstrations for Leader* Planned— Demonstrations for extension club leaders on the low calorie • diets will be held at the follow ing places and on the following dates from 10 a.m., to 3 p.m.: O’Neill—January 7, Thursday, Mrs. Helen M. Kreymborg. Atkisnon—January 8, Friday, Mrs. J. B. Mellor.. • Stuart—January 11, Monday, . Mrs. Fred Zink. Page—January 13, Wednesday, Mrs. Harry Harper. Chambers—January 14, Thurs day, Mrs. Hattie Tibbets. BOARD TO REORGANIZE The Holt county board of su pervisors will convene in a spe cial meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 1954, to reorganize for the new year. Only routine business was transacted at the December sessions of the board. Recent Winners Winners of the Holt county first baby contest since the gift shower idea was inaugur ated in 1947 include: 1947 - Kathleen Wanser • 4 a.m., January 2, 1947 1948 Nancy Elaine Harshfeild 6:35 a.m., January 1, 1948 1949 James Michael Beha 7 a.m., January 1, 1949 1950 David Lynn Tracy 1 a.m., January 1, 1950 1951 Betty Jean Knoell 9:10 a.m., January 7, 1951 1952 • Linda Lee Tolbert 11:59 a.m., January 4, 1952 1953 Randy Joseph Schaaf 5:25 a.m., January 1, 1953 Come the stroke of midnight j tonight (Thursday) and the of ficial arrival of the new year, The Frontier’s eighth annual Holt county baby derby will be under way. Speculation already is ram pant regarding the $64 question: Who will be number 1 in 1954? A host of O'Neill merchants again are cooperating with The Frontier in showering the lucky little king or queen with gifts. It's a jackpot, first-class, when O'Neill merchants be stow valuable gifts on the first baby of each year. From Coyne’s Hardware will be the gift of a triple-coated, white porcelain diaper pail. The Apparel Shop in O'Neill, the shop of finer fashions, will present to the mother of the first baby a nice bed jacket. Tne McIntosh Jewelry every year participates in this gilt shower, and they have set aside an infant’s beautiful 10-karat gold ring. The Western Auto store wants to make first baby’s tender years more pleasant by supplying brand new wallpaper for the i nursery. The Midwest Furniture & Ap pliance store will provide the lirst-born 1954 baby in the coun ty with a doll lamp for the nursery, regular value — $7 95 Again this year the Spelts-Ray Lumber Co. is interested in keep ing baby warm — hence, tney’ll donate to the parents 500 pcunds of coal, choice of kind or size for whatever the heating purpose Shelhamer Foods have set aside one case of Heinz baby food—a favorite baby food of the champions everywhere. The Elkhorn Flower Shop joins the shower parade this year and will prepare and present to the new king or queen their finest, fresh-cut hospital bouquet. McCarvilles, a men’s clothing store here with shoes for all the family, again this year want to present a pair of Red Goose in fant’s shoes to the winner—first pair of shoes. Stannard’s proudly present a colorful baby book and some Mennen’s baby powder and lo tion. The O’Neill Photo Co. will gladly photograph first baby, at the early convenience of the par ents, and make up a dozen 3x5 photographs, mounted. The O’ Neill Photo makes a specialty of portraitures and wedding photo graphs. Gambles, O’Neill’s big store, takes pleasure in presenting to the new king, or queen, a hand some, chrome-plated high chair ! with duran plastic back and seat, yellow and silver trim, removable j plastic tray, full standard size. The regular price on this chrome ! chair is $19.50. To the mother of 1954's first ’ -'-y 2;;«r,' X « v*~,, X. «BfS ** x. r'aal S. Elam, Denver realtor, exhibits a chunk of gold ore raicen rrom a rich vein recently discovered in Boulder county. Colorado. In the photo are (sealed): Patricia Elam, 19-monihs, Mr. Elam, Vic Halva; standing—Mrs. Elam (the former Margaret Halva) and Mrs. Halva.—The Frontier Photo. ^ ^ ^ XXX i i i ^ ^ n w Halvas’ Son-in-Law in Gold Strike Gold, they say, is where you find it. But, somehow, it’s a part of the grain of human nature to seek it out—as with all precious things—beyond the horizons and the familiar fences. Elusive, the seductive temptress of all men throughout all recorded civiliza tions — gold has seldom beer, sought underfoot. Yet, a newly-organized Cowf rado corporation, Gold Range, inc., of Denver, has done just that — and, apparently, has hit color in quality and quantity. What makes the story espe cially interesting in these parts is the fact that a partner in the venture is Paul S. Elam, 48, Den ver, Colo., realtor and son-in law of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva of O’Neill. Mrs. Elam is the for mer Miss Margaret Halva, O’ Neill high school graduate in 1942. Gold Range didn’t seek gold in unexplored territory — in the wild brambles of unchartered country. It returned to Ward, one-time gold capital of Colorado —a proven producer, but ignored Missionary Accepts Two Speaking Dates Miss Velma Jones, veteran mis sionary among the Navajo In dians in the Southwest states, scheduled two public speaking dates while visiting her sister, Mrs. Glen Burge, near Inman. Wednesday evening, December 30, she spoke at First Presby terian church in O’Neill. On Sunday evening, January 3, she will speak at Center Union church northwest of O’Neill. Miss Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. D. Jones of Lincoln, was reared at Clearwater. Her missionary work is under the sponsorship of the National Holi ness Missionary society with headquarters at Marion, Ind. MARRIAGE LICENSES Andrew Joseph Ramold, 25, of Atkinson and Marie Eleanor Schneider, 24, of O’Neill, Decem ber 24. Wendell Joseph Babl, 23, of Emmet and Ramona Ann Schnei der, 23, of O’Neill, December 24. Wallace Edwin Wimmer, 22, of Scott Field, Belleville, 111., and Mary Catherine Graham, 19, ot O’Neill, December 24. Carl Eldon Black 27, of Neligh and Norma Jean Funk, 20, of Clearwater, December 24. Martin in Korea — Allen H. Martin, son of Mrs. Henry Martin, has written that he is stationed near Chorwon, Korea. The town is destroyed. He and Pat Hickey, son of P. V. Hickey, arrived in Korea Decem ber 17. They are stationed about 10 miles apart near Inchon and attend the same church. His ad dress is Allen H. Martin US 55406846, 235th F.A.O. battalion btry. A, APO 264, c/o P.M., San Francisco, Calif. EXHIBITION GAMES ATKINSON — In an all-star polio benefit basketball game in Atkinson Sunday evening, the west Holt county all-stars de feated the east Holt county all stars, 75 to 41. The St. Joseph’s hall ex-prep stars defeated the Atkinson high has-beens in a closer game. the last several decades and re ' duced almost, through want of i attention and affection, to a i ghost town. There, it found new I gold last August, almost with the first turn of the spade. Gold Range. Inc., headed by Ekm, a slender-figured native Missourian who dares to dream . oe dream of a miner bent on uiscovary. is:«s orcaihfd rew life into almost-senile Ward. The operation is new-born. But its potential, if the series of anal ysis assays are indicative, is staggering. Already the corpora tion has some 55 claims under lease, including five old familiar mines with their thousands of tons of stockpiled “low-grade”— and it has opened the new pro ducer, the Comstock. By early spring, Gold Range will have its own mill in operation. And Elam and company are visualizing a one-day potential operation with a payroll of between 2,500 and 3,000 men. The new Comstock, a property just north of Ward, produced an ‘Grandma’ Bowden at 99th Milestone Mrs. Della (“Grandma”) Bow den on Christmas day celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary. A small family dinner party 'was held at the home of her grand son, Gerald Wettlaufer. Relatives plan a big mother’s day dinner in May. Mrs. Bowden was born in Min nesota. Her “kid brother,’’ 75-year-old Guy Birch of Saskatchewan, Can., penned a birthday greeting. Mr. Birch was with Mrs. Bowden a year ago on her anniversary. (The Andrew referred to in the poem is City Patrolman Andy Wettlaufer, who is Mrs. Bow den’s son-in-law.) The poem: When I was down Nebraska way, I met my sister, old but gay, Who wanted to paint the old town red, At least, that was what she al ways said. And knowing her as well as I do, She has the nerve to put it through, Shell need no help to make it a go, And make O’Neill lead the rest of the show. Let me tell you this, there is one little joker, Better trade your brush for a good stove poker, ’Cause as soon as you start, that Andrew, the cop, Will do his best to make it a flop. And now you’ve been told, the position you’re in, Just give him a swat or a bat on the chin, He’ll throw up his arms and say “That's enough, And I’ll go to sleep while you do your stuff.” Hickey Reaches Korea — Word has been received by rel atives here stating that Pat Hickey had arrived in Korea. His address follows: Pvt. Pat E. Hickey U.S. 554060865, btry B, 235 FOB, APO 264, c/o P.M., San Francisco, Calif. 1 assay of $46.20 in gold a ton in j the first explorations, last Aug ust. By November, it had been sunk some 50-feet plus. During November, more assays wera taken. They showed a production potential of $186.65 a ton. An other one assayed at $143.20. As the operators followed the vein downward—it is now at 70 feet-plus — subsequent assavs wore taken. The mosl ««~:.nt. at;'' the highest—$16.36 ounces, color valued at $572.60 a ton. The au thority: Root & Simpson, Denver assayers. That is promising diggin’s -- and bids fair to change the way of life a bit for O’Neill’s motor and generator wizard—Vic Hal va—and his wife. This story goes back to the 1920 observation voiced by Prof. P. G. Worcester, Colorado geologist after he made an intensive sur vey of potentials in the Ward district. He wrote: “There are thousands, and probably millions, of tons of sui Make Aerial Trip to Denver— Mr. and Mrs. Lester Spragg flew to Denver, Colo., last Thurs day evening to visit friends and relatives. They returned Sunday afternoon. Lester is employed at the Council Oak store here. Mr. Spragg says: “I cordially invite you into our store to see our fine display of fruits and vegetables. “After January 1 we will have them for you by the peck or by the ton.” Center Union Young Folks Go Caroling Several carloads of young peo ple from the Center Union church, near here, accompanied by their pastor, Rev. M. H. Gro senbach, Christmas eve visited the homes of the older people in that area. At each home, they stopped and song a group of Christmas hymns. Caroling has been a popular custom in towns and cities through the ages, but the rural families have seldom experienced caroling as often as city dwellers. It was sub-zero weather and the side roads were almost im passable. The carolers traveled quite a distance to the several homes. All the persons visited have expressed deep appreciation for this rare yule treat. One elderly lady visited exclaimed, “I have lived here 55 years and nothing like this nas ever happened to me before.” Mrs. Grosenbach and the little Grosenbach girl also were on the trip. BOX SOCIAL HELD KNOXVILLE—The Knoxville school held a Christmas program at the school on Wednesday eve ning, December 23. After the program a box social was held. Miss Janice Shaw is the teacher LIONS TEAM WINS The O’Neill Lions club basket ball team defeated the Orchard Independents, 55-53, Wednesday night, December 30, at Orchard. A return game will be played here Sunday. Frontie- lor printing! phide oje in the Ward region which carry values in gold and s-lver of from $6 to $15 a ton.'’ He suggested that more pros pecting would be advisable—that mines should be deepened to get at the heart of ore bodies. Elam agrees. He views the potential as “staggering.” Elam left O’Neill early Wed ■ nesday after haying spent several i day- v»fo: * ®Sr wife and their small daughter, Patricia, 19 months, at the Halva home. In an exclusive interview with The Frontier (broadcast Monday, De cember 28, on the “Voice of The Frontier” program—WJAG, 780 kc.), Elam spoke freely about the momentous venture which ! might transform him into one of the really wealthy men in the U.S. Gold Range operations are centered around full explora tions of the new Comstock vein. It's an east-west horizon tal vein, said Gold Range, (Continued on page 3) Former Priest Here Dies in Massachusetts Rev. Martin J. Brady, 60, pas tor of St. Agnes Catholic church in Omaha and formerly assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic church in O’Neill, died Monday, December 28, in Taunton, Mass. He suffered a stroke last spring ‘and in May went to Taun ton, his boyhood home. Father Brady was ordained in 1922. He served as assistant pas tor of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Angels and St. Patrick’s church es in Omaha before going to O’Neill. Since 1932 he had held the fol-1 lowing pastorates: Genoa, Platte Center and St. Agnes of Omaha. He became pastor of St. Agnes in 1947. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., today (Thursday) at St. Mary’s church in Taunton. Bur ial will be in St. Mary’s ceme tery there. A memorial mass also will be held at 10 a.m., today at St. Ag nes church in Omaha. Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan will preside. Persons Enroute Here Are Injured Three persons who were en route to O’Neill to spend Christ mas visiting relatives were among those five persons hurt in a four-car crash on U S. highway 20, near Osmond. It was an un usual four-car accident. . The injured include Mrs. Tillie Anderson of Laurel, Duane Pres cot, 6, of Dixon, Mrs. William Kozel of Madison, Mrs. Anna Choutka, about 65, of Madison, who was critically injured and later died, and Willia Kozel, driver of one of the cars. Also being held at the Osmond hospital for X-rays is Mrs. Allan Prescott of Dixon, mother of the little boy. Those who were to visit O’Neill were Mrs. Tillie Anderson Mrs. Allan Prescott and Duane Pres cott. Mrs. Anderson is the moth er of Marvin Anderson of O’ Neill . Mrs. Prescott is Marvin Anderson’s sister. Phone us your news — 51. 6 Ewing Minors in Court Here Law Cracking Down on Juvenile Drink Offenders in Holt Six Ewing minors appeared before Justice of the Peace H. W. Tomlinson here Tuesday af ternoon, admitting having had illegal possession of alcoholic beverages on “several occasions. * Each was fined $25 and costs and dismissed. Charles C. Browns of Ains worth, state liquor inspector, brought the charges. Holt County Attorney William W. Griffin said the youths—all in the 18- and 19 year-old age bracket—had gotten’ the beverage through a 13-year old boy who had access to sup plies at a tavern. The charges grew out of verbal complaints filed by Ewing vil lage officials. (The Frontier does not publish names of minors involved in first offense misdemeanors.) Griffin said three similar caaes are pending concerning O'Neill minors and illegal possession of alcoholic beverages. , 2 Recent Accidents at O’Neill Airport Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swanson of Valley recently escaped serious injury when they made a forced landing of their light plane at the airport near O’Neill. The Swansons were enroute to Atkinson to visit friends. Dr. and Mrs. James E. Ramsay, whea their plane ran out of fuel. The runway at the airport had not been cleared of snow, and the plane nosed over in landing. Mr. and Mrs. Swanson, who received only minor cuts and bruises, continued to Atkinson by I car and spent the day with the S Ramsays. The propel lor and fuse - i luge of ftierf ■£:w r. damaged That evening they returned to their home with Dr. Chester Wa [ ters of Omaha, who was gue3t speaker at a medical association meeting at Ainsworth. About a month ago a young pi lot from Lincoln crashed at thc O'Neill airport and he was grounded for two years. * Cardinals Defeat Alumni, 46-37 unofficial holiday cage ^ition played Wednesday December 30, on the O^ Neill public school court, the St. 5faJL\uCa!e»my Cardinals de ^e SMA alumni, 46-37. T.h® g^me was tied up—25 all st halftime. * The Cardinals will go to Hart ington Monday evening to face Holy Trinity’s hot Trojans, who hold a win over St. Joseph’s hail of Atninson. The game originally was scheduled Tuesday night. December 29, but due to a mix up m arrangements was post poned until next week. Next Wednesday the Cards w U go to Hastings to enter the an nual statewide Catholic prep bas ketball tourney. Coach Bob Ber lgan’s crew has drawn St. Cecelia of Hastings for opposition in the first round. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m., on Januarv * 6. Celebrate 42d Anniversary— EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Ebben Graf ft celebrated their 42d wed ding anniversary on December 27. In honor of the occasion, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Spangler were hosts at a dinner at their 'home on Sunday to celebrate the day A cake baked and decorated by Mrs. Spangler was used as the centerpiece. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Grafft and children of Omaha. Collect 410 Pounds of Clothing— EWING—The Christian Moth ers of St. Peter’s Catholic churcN sent during the month of De cember 410 pounds of clothing to' New York. The clothing was col lected, cleaned and mended if needed and sorted as to sizes as in the children and adult categories. It will be sent to Ko« rea and other places where need ed. The clothing drive was na tionally sponsored by the Cath olic churches. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD—F J Gilg to Cecil W Bak er & wf 11-14-53 $600- All lot 11 & So 10 ft lot 10- Gilg & Swen- . son’s Subdivision- O’Neill * WD—Charles Good to Rosa M Good 11-30-53 $1- Lot 12 Blk 13 Pioneer Townsite Co 1st Add Ewing GUARDIAN’S DEED— Bessie Brown- Grd to Charley W. Ret erson 9-14-42 $675- 1/3 Int in SWy4- SfcSEft- 26 N%- NVfe SEy4 35-33-14