1953 Chronology
(Continued from phge 1)
anniversary. . . A de eg*tion, in
cluding several O’Nei lifts, called
on Gov. Robert Crosl >yt pressing
for hardsurfacing on '\wk. high
way 281. . . Dr. G. B. Ira, Lynch
physician, fractured! h s ileg in a
fall. . . The Robert onas farm
home near Atkinson w.is destroy
ed by fire. . . A 48-hcur i snow
storm with high winds flashed
the area February 19-20, rivaling
all previous blizzards i n ftrocity
and amount of snow, The Fron
tier, in special broadcasts 4nd a
special edition, talked £boi*t and
pictured 18-ft. snowdrifts ir the
business district.
Wedding anniversaries a Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Aiden of E%mg,
54th; Mr. and Mrs. John H*Rei
mers of Inman, 50th; Mr. land
Mrs. Thomas J. Donohoe ofi O’
Neill, 55th.
Deaths:-Frank Belmar, srft 70
of Ewing:, a fall on the ice nfov
ing fatal; Walter Spangler. 7lt 0f
Emmet; William J. Brown, *81,
resident of Orchard and Plain,
view communities: John W. Res
sel, 88, of O’Neill; Mrs Lcftso
Perkins, 83, of Chambers Mrs.
Maggie Zellers, 80, of P.'ig<:
Cylarence Hicks, 54, at Gc th#i
burg, formerly of O’Neill; Mm
Kate Fitzpatrick of Lynch; Jnlm
Kalkowski of Omaha, forrneHv I
of Lynch; Arthur Duffy, 73, jtt
Petersberg, formerly of OTIeill,
Albert Kaunovesky, 82, of Vei^
del was killed near Monowi
when his gar overturned—l oyd
county’s first highway fai lity
since 1949. . . Howard Bauman,
58, at Portland, Ore., formerly
of O’Neill; Bernard. Newhonsij,
52, at Bend, Ore., formerly of
Chambers; Thomas C. White, 60^
at Lynch; Samuel M. Barnarda
CO gf O’Neill; Mrs. Frances Low*
cry, 98, of Ewing; Geo/gu ’.;L4nt
zer, 52, or Atkinson;' .-/aren
Dierks, 3, of Amelia;. Clifford
Boettcher, 18, Atkinson high
school senior, was killed in an ;
aircraft accident; Miss Sarah !
Kaczor, 82, of O’Neill; Mrs.
Dorthy, 53, at Miami, Fla., for
merly of Chambers; Charles |
Thomas J. Peacock, 70, at Ains
worth, formerly of Emmet; Har
vey R. Allen, 72, his body was
found frozen in the snow.
MARCH
M. L. Harkins, Inman lumber
man, received a 50-year award
from the Nebraska Lumbermen’s
association. . . Snow melting and
runoff created some flooding in
the southwest part of city, also
on highway 108 about HVz miles
miles east of here. . . Army Pvt.
Marvin Jauernig of Stuart was
wounded in action in Korea. . .
The Chamber of Commerce went
on record favoring the penny
per-gallon tax increase on gaso
line. . . A ski on Larry Schaffer’s
plane filpped over and he landed
at the airport here on one ski and
a prayer. . . Seven hundred vol
unteers fought a prairie fire for
seven hours on the Dutcher place,
south of Ericson. . . Former Ne
braska Congressman Howard
Buffet said in a speech here it
would take the Eisenhower ad
ministration at least six months
to “catalog the evils” inherited
in Washington.
Wedding anniversaries: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank G. Schmidt of
Iwing, 50th; Mr. and Mrs. Jo«
Mlinar of Atkinson, 55th; Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Gray of Page, 57th;
Mr. and Mrs. Munson Stewart of
Page, 57th.
Deaths: Mrs. Ed Boyle, 46, of
O’Neill; Mrs. Henry J. Keefe, 7:5,
at St. Edward, formerly of O’
Neill; John McManus, 62, of O’
Neill; Mrs. D. A. Baker, 54, of
O’Neill; Mrs. Barbara Foreman,
96, at Albion, formerly of Ewing;
Mrs. G. B. Ira, 77, of Lynch;
Frank Sedivy, 44, of Gross; C. J.
Davis, 73, at Los Angeles, Calif.,
formerly of O’Neill; Mrs. Minnie
A. Lines, 85, of Page; Melvin
Steskal, 24, of Inman, who was
fatally burned in an explosion
and fire; Dan Waegli, 30, at Til
den, formerly of Rock Falls com
munity; Mrs. Minnie May Roy,
65, at Nevada City, Calif., for
merly of Amelia; William II.
Kallhoff, 60, of Clearwater died
in a car-truck crash at east edge
of Clearwater; Marine 2/Lt.
Harry Schleuter, who had been
overseas only a few weeks, was
j killed in action in Korea. His
widow is the former Mary Jewell
i Walker of O'Neill; Thomas W.
Harding, 85, of O’Neill.
APRIL
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
escaped injury when his car
overturned twice. . . Craig Swo
boda, 18, of Norfolk won the
American Legion-sponsored state
wide oratorical contest helu at
Atkinson. . . Dr. Guenter Loeser,
famous German scientist now
working for the U.S. air force,
visited O’Neill and made prelim
inary preparations for an air
force-sponsored wind test (mi
nute study of wind currents). . .
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
council of the Knights of Colum
bus celebrated its golden jubilee.
. . . Mike O’Sullivan, Phoenix,
Ariz., insurance executive and
native O’Neillite, met Prmier de
Valera while on a visit to Ire
land. . . The Lions club spon
sored a home - talent minstrel
show. . . O’Neill voters gave a 40
thousand-dollar swimming pool
bond proposal the okay by a
narrow margin. . . The O’Neill
Civic orchestra made its debut
v/ith the Civic chorus in the folk
opera, "Down in the Valley”. . .
State Sen. Frank Nelson’s legis
lative bill to tax parimutuel bet
ting five percent was barely put
to death, 5-4, by the legislature’s
I revenue committee. Nelson esti
mated his bill would put 800
thousand-dollars annually into
state coffers. . . Linda Serck won
the Holt grade school spelling ti
tle. . . Gloor’s bakery at Atkin
son was destroyed by fire. . . J
G. Brewster of Stuart was elect
ed president of district III, Ne
braska Bankers’ association. . .
Rev. D. D. Su, China-born, be
came pastor of Stuart Communi
ty and Cleveland Presbyterian
churches.
Wedding anniversaries: Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Binkerd of Ne
ligh, 50th; Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Snelson of Long Pine, 63d.
Deaths: Lee Scriven, 44, at
Omaha, formerly of Chambers;
Frank Calkins, 74, at Omaha,
formerly of O’Neill; Mrs. James
E. Van Every, 71, of O’Neill;
Cherri Kaplan, 3, of Atkinson,
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test personnel, including Dr. Guenter Loeser. famous German scientist who had spent 20 months
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Despite the loss of key personnel in the 'copter tragedy, the air force-sponsored wind tes
went ahead. Three leaders were (lefl-to-right): Dr. Verner Suomi, University of Wisconsin; Ben
Davidson of Cambridge. Mass., project coordinat or. and Dr. Heinz Lettau, field director and world
ranking meteorologist—a German scientist who b :gan working for the U.S. after the close of
World War II.
Wind test had international flavor: Pole, Japanese-American, Indian.
suffered fatal burns when clothes
caught afire; State Highway Pa
trolman John Meistrel, at Fre
mont, formerly of O’Neill- Wil
liam P. Curtis, 81, of O’Neill; Ed
Scnindler, 82, at Basset; Charles
fontgomery, 27, of Creighton:
Mrs. Robert Keating, 34, of At
kinson; Guy E. Wright, 77, of
Ewing; Mrs. Mary Placek, 94, of
Lynch; John McNulty, 83, at Hia
watha, Kans., formerly of Holt,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Sprague
of Valentine, formerly of Holt
(they died five days apart); Mrs.
Clara Christensen, 75, of Lynch;
John Jennings, at Norfolk, for
mer Holt countyan; Mrs. William
Larson, 61, of Lynch; Linda Sue
Schmidt, 2, of Ewing; Nels Peter
Nelson, 78, of Bristow.
MAY
Sixty-eight seniors graduated
from the city’s two prep schools.
. . . Don Douglass was hired to
manage the city’s water and sew
er affairs. . . O’Neill public school
kindergarteners staged “The Big
Show” and wowed a big audi
ence. . . Stuart voters okayed a
bond issue to build a five-class
room addition to the school and
make repairs on existing school
facilities. . . Hebron was damag
ed by a two-million-dollar tor
nado. . . Promotion exercises
were held for 120 rural school
eighth graders. . . An alumni
banquet was held at Chambers
high school attended by 300
Deaths: Conrad Frickel, sr., of
Atkinson; Thomas Dunn, 71, of
Atkinson; William F. Williamson,
79, of Page; Myrtle E. Richards,
49, of Inman; George Lee Varga
son, 49, of Newport; Orville
(“Lefty”) McColley, 31, of Lynch;
Charles B. Claussen, 65, of At
kinson; Henry Schollmeyer, 59,
of Sheridan, Wyo.; Mrs. Lola
Humrich, 64, of Stuart; Charles
Billings at Denver, Colo., former
ly of Ewing.
JUNE
Robert Wallace of O’Netli re
ceived a doctor of medicine de
gree. . . Crop-maker rains fell the
first week. . . Three O’Neillites
witnessed Elizabeth II’s corona
tion in London—Cpi. Donald Borg
and his wife and Pvt. Gordo®
Hiatt. . . Miss Alice French’s of
fice will be the housing center for
wind test personnel. . . Thirty
appeared before the county board
of equalization to protest business
and professional tax schedules. ..
Abdo Salem and Nagib Salem,
two Lebanese, reached Chambers
to visit their cousin, Joe Daas . .
Petitions were circulated, pro
posing eight blocks of paving. R.
H. Parker backed a counter peti
tion. . . The Wheeler bridge across j
the Missouri was dismantled and j
moved to Chamberlain, SD, an
upstream point to avoid being j
inundated by Ft. Randall dam
backwater. . . Dewey C. Schai- ■
fer of O’Neill was reelected pres- j
ident of the Nebraska Stock j
Growers’ association during the |
annual convention at Omana. j
Principal speaker was Secretary
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of Agriculture Ezra Benson.
The Kellar rural Presbyterian
church was dissolved. . . Dr. Ed
ward M. Gleeson established a
dental practice here. . . Eleven
persons were killed when a tor
nado struck near Arcadia, 95
miles southwest of here. . . G.
j C. DeBacker was elected Cham
ber of Commerce president.
Miss Mary Faulhaber was crdwn
ed beauty queen in a contest
here. . . Joseph Emmet McLi
mans, 33, confessed the sadistic
slaying of O’Neill’s Police Chief
Chet Calkins during the early
morning hours of March 7, 1952
—thus ending an 18 months’
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GEO. C. ROBERTSON
• O’Neill, Nebr.
Office Phone 534
General Auto and
Truck
Repairing
Albert (“Shorty”.) Dennis
MECHANIC
Smith Motor
O’Neill Phone 562
search by authorities. A series of
burglaries led to his arrest and
subsequent confession on Wed
nesday, June 24. He was sentenc
ed to life imprisonment four days
later. . . The new Bethany Pres
byterian church was dedicated.
. . . Kermit Mortenson of Albion
won the title in the O’Neill open
golf tourney.
Wedding anniversaries: Mr.
and Mrs. Will Connor of Ewing,
50th.
Deaths: Mrs. W. S. DeVall, 63,
of O’Neill; Sumner Downey, 65,
of O’Neill; Mrs. Margaret Jung
bluth, 81, of Chambers; Mrs. Ber
tha Doherty, 73, of Lincoln, rites
at Chambers; Alvin Spence, 36 of
Atkinson; Mrs. Elizabeth Kall
hoff, 77, of Clearwater; Mrs. Lou
is C. Genung, 75, of Atkinson
(her body was found in a water
pond); Albert Ramm, 56, of Stu
art; David Edwin Lee, 4*4, of O'
Neill; David A. Oldra, 54, at Om
aha, formerly of Stuart; John M.
Wenke, 44, at Cedar Rapids. Ia.,
formerly of O’Neill.
(Continued next week)
Ewing News
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stoltenberg
of Norfolk and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
A. Doud of Ewing were guests
on Sunday at the home of Mrs
Doud’s grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Johnson of Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Larson
entertained the following guests
at a 1 o’clock dinner on new
year’s day: Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Roberts and Mrs. Myra Custer,
all of Norfolk; Mrs. Herman Ha
senpflug and daughter of Pierce;
Mrs. Thomas Coleman and
daughter, Mrs. Don Zerba and
son, all of Neligh; Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Pruden of Clearwater; Miss
Patricia Mullen of O’Neill; Mr
and Mrs. James L. Pruden and
famliy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pru
den and family and Melvin Pru
den, all of Ewing.
Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Bomer and
children returned home on Wed
nesday, December 30, from Coun
cil Bluffs, la., where they went
to visit Mrs. Bomer’s brother-in
law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. Ellis
Butler, and family. Mrs. Ruth
Moeckley of Iowa City, la., Mrs.
Bomer’s mother, was also a guest
in the Butler home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Alden mov
ed during the weekend to the
property of the late Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Marquardt.
Mrs. Mary Rotherham and
daughter, Patricia, of Lincoln
spent Christmas eve at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Loi
quest.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wright en
tertained at a family party Wed
nesday, December 30, at their
home in Ewing, honoring Mrs.
Wright’s niece, Miss Barbara
Muff of Washington, D.C., who
came by plane to spend the hol
iday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Muff, and family at
O’Neill. In attendance were Mr.
and Mrs. George Jefferies and
Bonnie Jo, Mrs. Wilma Daniels,
Bethyl, Vera Del and Sherry, all
of Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Cletus
Muff of Clearwater, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Muff, Carolyn and Benita,
of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jefferies
returned home Saturday from
Atchison, Kans., where they spent
Christmas day at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Norwood and
also called at the Lawrence Aus
tin home during their stay at At
chison.
Mre. Wilma Daniels, Bethyl,
Vera Del and Sherry were din
ner guests on new year’s day at
the home of Mrs. Mary Daniels,
who lives south of Ewing.
Mr. and Mi’s. Herbert Kirsch
mier and family spent new year's
day at the home of her brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
William Strong, and family in O’
Neill.
Sharon Kropp, who visited her
friend, Julie Robertson, and rela
tives in Stanton during the holi
day vacation, returned home on
Tuesday, December 29.
Miss Ina Bennett was hostess
at a quilting party at her homo
on Wednesday afternoon, Decem
ber 30. Present were Mrs. Kitty
Fry, Mrs. Willie Shrader, Mrs.
Wilbur Bennett, Mrs. Ralph Shra
der, Mrs. Louis Shrader and Mrs.
Elmer Bergstrom. About onc-half
of the quilt was done, followed
by the social hour.
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Attomey-at-Law !
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Phone 138
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styling is this stunning new Suns Riviera
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They upped all horsepowers to the highest
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