June Through December in Review
City Council
O’Neill, Nebraska,
Oct 23, 1953
The Mayor and Council of the
City of O’Neill, Nebraska, met
in special session in the council
chambers at 7:30 o’clock P.M.,
pursuant to the following notice
and call for special meeting:
■NOTICE OF SPECIAL
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
OF CITY OF O’NEILL,
NEBRASKA
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF SAID
CITY:
You are hereby notified that
the Mayor of said City has called
a Special Meeting of the City
Council, to be held at the regular
meeting place in the Council
Chamber on the 23rd day of Oc
tober, 1953, at the hour of 7:30
p.m. The purpose of such meet
ing is to consider and pass upon
the sufficiency of any written ob
jections filed to the creation of
Street Improvement Districts
Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15
in said City, and to take what
ever action may be necessary to
carry out the construction of said
Street Improvement Districts,
and to consider plans and speci
fications and estimates submitted
by the City Engineer for said
Street Improvement Districts,
and for advertising for bids for
contracts thereon, and for the
transaction of any other business
which may be put before said
meeting.
You and each of you are called
to attend said meeting then and
there, and to acknowledge ser
vice of this notice.
Dated this 23rd day of October,
1953.
J. E. DAVIS, Mayor
The undersigned, each for him
self, does hereby acknowledge
service of the above and fore
going notice of special meeting
and consents to the holding of
the same and the transaction of
such business as may come be
fore the meeting.
J E. STUTZ
M. JOHNSON
M. J. GOLDEN
L. M. MERRIMAN
NORB UHL
EMMET CRABB"
j DRS. BROWN &
FRENCH
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Complete X-Ray
Mayor Davis presided, and the
following councilmen were pres
ent: Golden, Stutz, Uhl, Merri
rnan, Johnson, Crabb. Absent:
None.
The meeting was called to or
der, and the following proceed
ings were had and done:
The City Clerk presented to the
Council, the following documents
which had been filed in his of
fice: Affidavit showing publica
tion of Ordinance No. 266-A,
creating street improvement
districts Nos. 9 to 15 inclusive,
City of O’Neill; Affidavit show
ing publication of Notice of cre
ation of said paving districts;
Written objections to the crea
tion of Paving District No. 9,
tiled by H. W. Tomlinson, Vin
liie Tomlinson, Francis M. Ziem
er, Mrs. Julia E. Gallagher, Wil
liam E. McClellan, Edward Me
nish, Minnie Bay, Hattie Kind
lund, D. A. McCarthy, Margaret
McCarthy, Gladys Cunningham,
Osta Crabb, Esther Robertson,
Elsie Sbukup, Stanley Soukup,
A. D. Jilg. Anna B. Jilg, Agnes
Nachtman, John W. Nachtman;
written objections to the creation
of street improvement District
No. 12, filed by Ada Spangler,
Ralph Davis, Lillie Davis; writ
ten objections to the creation of
Street Improvement District No.
13, filed by Mabel McKenna, G.
F. Timmerman, Amanda Tim
merman, Gertrude G. Howard,
Margaret Howard and O. E. Da
vidson; Certificate of the O’Neill
Abstract Company, a bonded ab
stractor, showing the names of
owners of property directly
abutting upon the streets to be
improved in paving districts
Numbered 9 to 15 inclusive, at
the time of the adoption of said
ordinance No. 266-A on the 22nd
day of September, 1953.
The clerk reported that no
ether written objections had been
filed to the creation of any of
said districts created by ordi
nance No. 266-A, within twenty
days after the first publication
of the notice of the creation of
said districts, other than those
above stated.
The Council thereupon careful
I ly considered all of said docu
1 ments, and inquired into the
place of residence of the owners
of said property abutting upon
said streets to be improved, and
having determined the record ti
tle owners of said property as of
such date, the Council finds that
on the date of passage of said
Ordinance, September 22nd, 1953;
That in Street Improvement
District No. 9, there were 47 res
ident owners of property direct
ly abutting upon the streets to
be improved in said District, and
that 19 resident owners of such
property abutting upon the streets
I to be improved, filed written ob
jections to the creation of said
district within twenty days after
the first publication of the no
tice of the creation of said dis
trict: that 28 resident owners of
said district No. 9, eligible to ob
ject, did not object;
That in Street Improvement
Districts 10 and 11, no objections
whatsoever were filed;
That in Street Improvement
District No. 12, there were 4 res
ident owners of property direct
ly abutting upon the streets to be
improved therein, and that three
resident owners of such property
filed written objections to the
creation of said district within
the time required by law;
That in Street Improvement
District No. 13, there were ten
resident owners of property di
rectly abutting upon the streets
to be improved therein, and that
written objections to the creation
six of such resident owners who
were eligible to object, did file
of such street improvement dis
trict within the time required by
law;
Thereupon, Councilman Uhl
offered the following resolution,
and moved its adoption:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF O’NEILL, NE
i BRASKA:
1. That Ordinance No. 266-A,
creating Street Improvement
Districts No. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
and 15, in said City, as published
in The Frontier, a legal weekly
newspaper, printed, published
and of general circulation in said
City, on September 24th, 1953.
2. That the Notice of creation
of Street Improvement Districts
numbered 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and
15, in the City of O’Neill, was
duly published in The Frontier,
a legal weekly newspaper, print
ed, published and of general cir
culation in said City, on October
1st, 8th and 15th, in the year
1953.
3. That in Street Improvement
District No. 9, at the time of the
passage of said Ordinance on Sep
tember 22nd. 1953, there were 47
resident owners of the property
directly abutting on the streets
to be improved therein as shown
by the records in the office of
the County Clerk in said County;
that 19 such resident owners fil
ed written objections to the cre
ation of said district within twen
ty days after the first publica
tion of said notice, which num
ber does not constitute a major
ity of the total number of such
persons eligible to object, and the
written objections filed are
therefore insufficient.
4. That in Street Improvement
Districts 10 and 11, and 14 and
; 15, no written objections were
filed within the time required by
i law, by any persons, and no ob
jections were filed in said dis
tricts whatsoever.
5. That in Street Improvement
District No. 12, at the date of the
passage of said Ordinance, on
September 22nd, 1953, there were
4 resident owners of the proper
ty directly abutting on the streets
to be improved in said District,
as shown by the records in the
office of the County Clerk in
said County; that three such resi
dent owners filed written objec
tions to the creation of said dis
trict within twenty days after the
first publication of said notice,
and that objectors do constitute
a majority of the total number
eligible to object to said district,
and the written objections filed are
therefore found sufficient to re
quire the repeal of Section 4 of
said Ordinance No. 266-A, cre
ating said Street Improvement
District No. 12.
6. That in Street Improvement
District No. 13, at the time of
the passage of said Ordinance on
September 22nd, 1953, there were
10 resident owners of the prop
erty directly abutting upon the >
streets to be improved in said 1
District, as shown by the records j
in the office of the County Clerk
in said County; that 6 of such
resident owners filed written
objections to the creation of said
District within twenty days after
tne first publication of the said
notice, and that the same do
constitute a majority of the total
number of persons in said dis
trict entitled to object thereto,
and such written objections are
found sufficient to require the
repeal of Section 5 of said Ordi
nance No 266-A, creating street
improvement district No. 13.
7. That the Mayor and Council
shall forthwith cause said work
to be done and such improve
ments to be made as provided
in said Ordinance No. 266-A in
Street Improvement Districts
numbered 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15;
and shall contract therefor, and
shall levy special assessments on
the property especially benefited
thereby, proportionate to such
benefits, as provided by law.
8. That Sections 4 and 5 of
Ordinance No. 266-A of the City
of O’Neill, Nebraska, shall be re
pealed by appropriate action of
the City Council.
The foregoing resolution having
been read, Councilman Johnson
seconded the motion for its pas- j
sage and adoption, and after
consideration thereof, the Yeas
and Nays were called on the pas
sage of said resolution, and the !
following councilmen voted Aye
and in favor of the passage of
said resolution: Councilmen
Johnson, Stutz, Uhl, Merriman
and Golden. Councilman Crabb
not voting. None voted Nay. The
passage of the resolution having
been concurred in by a majority
of all the members elected to the
Council, was by the Mayor de
clared passed and adopted.
Upon motion the Council ad
journed.
J. E. DAVIS
Mayor
Attest:
O. D. FRENCH
City Clerk
O’Neill, Nebraska
November 13, 1953
The Mayor and Council of the
City of O’Neill, Nebraska, met j
in- special session in the Council i
Chambers, at 7:30 p.m., pursuant
to the following call for special I
meeting:
CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF O’NEILL, NEBRAS
KA:
(Continued on page 11)
Announcing
The Jan. 1 9th Opening of the New
Beautyland Salon
— featuring —
RAYETTE MICROSCOPIC HAIR ANALYSIS
INDIVIDUALIZED HAIR STYLING
PLUS
COMPLETE BEAUTY SERVICE
Located Donnely Building
O’Neill, Nebr.
HELEN L. ROURKE
• Owner - Operator
$ R $
SAGESER — ROBERTSON — SHAFFER BROS. . |
11TH ANNUAL
SALE OF
REGISTERED HEREFORDS
40 Bulls -- 28 Females
STARTING AT 12:30 O'CLOCK. AT THE
Atkinson Livestock Market
ATKINSON, NEBR.
FRIDAY, JAR. 22
AA HEAD BY
M. L. SAGESER & SONS
i 10 Coming two-year-old bulls sired by TW Flashy Helms
man 8, Aladdins Sensation, HP Royal Regent 23rd, and
Adventure.
5 Yearling bulls sired by TW Flashy Helmsman 8 and
Aladdins Sensation. •
5 Females sired by Aladdins Sensation and Adventure D.
OQ HEAD BY
! C. V. ROBERTSON & SONS
15 Coming two-year-old bulls sired by Via Royal Domino
1 34th. R Paladin Mixer. RPH Helmsman 7th and Ad
vance Domino 2nd. v.
1 Yearling bull sired by Advance Domino 2nd.
23 Females sired by Paladin Mixer 23rd, Advance Dom
ino 2nd. Via Royal Domino 34th and RPH Helmsman
7th.
9 HEAD BY
SHAFFER BROS.
These are all coming two-year-old bulls sired by Spartan
Lamplighter, Jr., Marshall Mixer 5th, Spartan Imper
ial, Ad. Lamplighter 6th and Laddy Domino.
A SET OF PRACTICAL, WELL-BRED BULLS SELLING
IN JUST GOOD BREEDING CONDITION
For Sale Catalog Write
Atkinson Livestock Mkt., Atkinson, Nebr.
Ernie Weller, Auctioneer
(Editor’s note: Last week The
Frontier published a condensed
chronology of the main news
stories occurring in this region
during the first six months of
1953. The remainder of the
chronology follows below. The
biggest news story last year
was the helicopter crash, ac
cording to The Frontier staff
ers. Second biggest story was
the wind test conducted here,
and the third biggest news item
was the confession of Joseph
McLimans, who admitted kill
ing O’Neill’s Police Chief Chet
Calkins. Weather antics rated
number four.)
JULY
Growing crops needed rain. . .
Independence day celebrations
were held at Stuart and Neligh.
... Miss Cora Lee’s residence at
Lynch was struck by lightning
while Miss Lee slept. . . Wind
test personnel began to arrive.
. . . Harry E. Ressel wrote about
“very serious" drouth conditions
after a visit to Texas. . . John C.
Watson became Legion com
mander. . . Dr. R. E. Kriz, 61,
Lynch physician, donated a 12
thousand-dollar swimming pool
to his town, complete and ready
to go. . . Lewis A. White of
Omaha purchased the Midwest
Motor Co., Ltd., and said he
would redesignate it as the Lew
White Motor Co. . . A two-day
tour of purebred and commer
cial Angus farms was arranged
by the Holt County Aberdeen
Angus Breeders’ association. . .
Marine Pfc. Marvin A. Ruzicka
of Dorsey was wounded in Ko
rea. . . Carl F. Anderson of O’
Neill atended the international
Watchtower society (Jehovah
Witnesses) convention at Yankee
stadium. . . A .22 calibre bullet
ripped into the leg of Paul Shel
hammer, 18, while he was hunting
rats at the O’Neill city dump. . .
The state board of equalization
whooped Holt farm land valua
tions 207 percent; city-town real
' estate, 438 percent; business val
| uations, 30 percent; household
1 i An a 1 * . nr.
I gods, 100 percent. . . Mrs. Mary
! Fleming and daughter, Lillian,
12, were burned when a gas hot
water heater exploded. . . Soak
ing rains late in the month —
amounting to 3% inches—were
a boon to pastures and helpful
to growing crops. . . Billy Lyons,
18, was critically hurt when his
motorcycle upset near here. . .
Dr. Edwin B. Bradley of Spencer
retired after practicing in the
town 41 years. . . Dr. Robert
Langdon of Omaha joined Dr.
Rex Wilson here, bringing to six
the number of physicians in O’
Neill. . . Vern Cunningham, 58,
of Oakdale, died when his rail
motor car collided with a freight
train near Emmet. . . Six persons,
including a famous German sci
entist, were killed instantly at
10:47 a.m., Thursday, July 30,
when an air force H-18 helicopter
crashed six miles northeast of
here, near the wind test site.
Dead were: Dr. Guenter Loeser,
40, former Krupps munitions sci
entist doing research the past 20
months for the U.S. government;
Capt. Charles A. Johnson, 33, of
Lexington, Mass., pilot; Lt. Fran
cis Gasque of Conway, S.C., co
pilot; S/Sgt. Robert Ide, 25, of
Scranton, Pa., crew chief and
flight engineer; A/2c Donald E.
Eddy of Clarington, O.; A/2c
Franics G. Mapes, 22, of Monoc
qua, Wise. The plane disintegrat
ed when one of the rotor blades
came loose about 100 feet from
the ground. The ’copter had been
on a test run to 5,000 feet prepar
atory to getting the wind test un
derway. Witnesses said the
wreckage burst into flames a
few minutes after the impact
which instantly killed the occu
pants.
Deaths; C. B. Utley, 70, of
Washington, D.C., formerly of
Atkinson, holder of the highest
civil service office in the postof
fice department; Frank Noffke,
sr., 74, of Ewing; Peter N. Nel
son, 89, of Lynch; Mrs. Frank
Hammon, 66, of Lynch, from
auto injuries; Fred Karo, sr., 83,
of Atkinson; Frank J. Dick, 86,
at Henderson, formerly of Holt;
Rev. Peter Vanderlaan, pastor at
St. Peter’s Catholic church, Ew
ing, 1930 to ’42, died at Yankton,
S.D.; Henry Koza, 85, of Atkin
son; Frank J. Biglin, 66, of O’
Neill; Charles Kain, 44, at Har
vey, N.D., former O’Neillite;
Harvey Shaw, 83, of Atkinson;
Jerel Dale Givens, 17-months,
drowned in water tank at home
near Stuart; Mrs. Catherine Ull
rich, 81, of Atkinson; Joseph
Crawford, 79, at St. Edward, for
merly of Emmet; John Christian
, sen, '66, of Ewing.
I
AUGUST
The body of an unidentified
boy, 8- to 10-years-old, was found
i at O’Donnell’s lake by two Plain
view fishermen. . . Holt county’s
!953-’54 budget was fixed higher
than last year but the levy was
less, brought about by valuation
increases. . . State Highway Engi
neer L. N. Ress at Bartlett told ol
hardsurfacing plans for U.S. high
way 281. . . “Pioneer Women”
was the Atkinson hay days
theme. LaVerne Morgan was
named king, Lodema Wefso,
queen. . . A flare-lighting cere
mony formally marked the ar
rival of natural gas. . . Basseit
won from Atkinson in North
Central baseball league playoffs.
. . Max and Buv Wanser assum
ed management of the Ewing
livestock Market. . . Work has
started on the new swimming
pool. . . William F. Grothe, 73,
Emmet farmer, suffered a frac
tured neck in a fall down the
basement steps. . . Duane Ander
sen, 18, Omaha youth working on
an Atkinson farm, was serious
ly burned while pouring tractor
fuel on a flame. . . Four thou
sand persons visited the “wizards’
chambers” (wind test site) during
open - house. News of the
j ’copter crash was liberally treated
j in the German press, according
1 to clippings being received.
Among universities and military
agencies participating are; Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technolo
gy, Wright Field of Dayton, O.,
. University of Texas, University
of New Mexico, University of
! Wisconsin. Johns Hopkins uni
versity, Woods Hole Oceano
graphic Institute, Air Force
Cambridge Research Center, Uni
versity of California, Texas
A&M college, University of Cal
ifornia agricultural college (Da
vis), Iowa State college, Fifth
Weather Squadron of Ticknor
Field, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
j Atomic Energy Commission, oth
ers.
Wedding anniversaries; Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Stearns, 50th.
Deaths: Rev. Clement A. By
ersdorfer, 58, at Tulsa, Oklo..,
founder of St. John’s Catholic
church at Deloit; Patrick Laney,
29, at Sioux Falls, S.D., formerly
of Inman; Mrs. Matilda G. Barnes,
95, of Atkinson; Barbara Balin'),
83, of Atkinson; John H. Burke,
98, of O’Neill; Robert Thompson,
39, at Seattle, Wash., formerly
of O’Neill; Aaron Cohn, 56, of
O’Neill, died in a car-truck crash
at the drive-in theater corner—
Holt county’s first 1953 highway
fatality; David Bennett McKamy,
2^-monhs, of O’Neill; Mrs. Ruth
Eiler, 51, Monowi’s TV postmas
ter; Martin Lang, 80, of Lynch.
SEPTEMBER
Throngs attended the 61st an
nual Holt county fair at Cham
bers. Auto pushball was the big
entertainment attraction; Nick
Hammerlin of O’Neill showed the
grand champion baby beef. . .
Rev. Harry Johnson was appoint
ed new pastor of Wesleyan Meth
! odist church at Page. . . Four
I Holt teachers — Mrs. Anna C.
I Carson, Mrs. Fay Pinkerman,
| Leah Serck—returned from a 7,
Miss Lucille Mitchell and Miss
500-mile tour of Old Mexico and
^the Southwest states. . . Mr. and
‘Mrs. R. H. Eddy of Clarington,
O., and William H. Ide of Scran
ton, Pa., parents of two young
air force men who were among
the six killed in the ’copter crash,
simultaneously visited the crash
scene. . . At 12:30 p.m., on Tues
day, September 8, the air force
sponsored wind test operation
was ordered to cease. This cli
maxed six weeks of the most in
tensive study on record of the
behavior of wind turbulence.
Promptly the corps of civilian
scientists, researchers, techni
cians and air force military per
sonnel began dismantling their
equipment and trundled off to
their respective campuses, labora -
tories and military establish
ments with voluminous data
which would require months to
be reduced to facts that could i>e
applied to use in connection with
guided missiles, atomic warfare !
and domestic purposes. Ben Da- !
vidson, project coordinator, and
Dr. Heinz Lettau, field director, j
were enthusiastic. “I feel the test ;
has been quite a success,” Lettau
told The Frontier. . . Work has
started on eight blocks of pav
ing in the heart of the city. . .
The Frontier uncorked a sizzling
editorial and two potent cartoons
critical of Joe Wert’s conduct of
his office as a city policeman.
Subsequently a series of pro and
con letters were published. Re
sult: Big Joe stayed on. . . St.
Anthony’s hospital closed its first
year—admitting 1,439 patients. . .
The Methodist Men’s club re
ceived a charter. . . Navy Chief
Duane Thorin, ’copter pilot who
had been a prisoner of the North
Korean reds 18 months, was re
patriated in “Operation Big
switch.” He is being treated in r.
Tokyo hospital. . . M. J. Golden
became O’Neill’s 1953 golf
champion. . . The reclamation
bureau approved and recom
mended “early development” of
the Niobrara river basin, includ
ing the 85-million-dollar O’Neill
project (66,000 irrigible acres).
... Tommy Wanser, 9, was seri
ously hurt when he fell from a
moving car.
Wedding anniversaries: Mr.
and Mrs. Marlin Marlatt of
Spencer, 50th.
Deaths: Thomas Joyce, 75, of
O’Neill; George Bressler, 81, of
Ei Monte, Calif., formerly of O’
Neill; Theodore Pofahl of Nor
folk, formerly of Deloit; Albeit
Spencer, 58, of Lynch; Sgt. Aus
tin Hynes and his two children,
Austin T. and Donna P., 3%,
were killed in a two-car crash
near Osceola, and were buried
here; W. L. Medcalf of Cham
bers; Mrs. Martin Langan of
Spencer; Ramon A. Dahlberg, 21,
of Lynch, killed in tractor up
set; S/Sgt. Antonio Gonzalez, 22,
airman stationed here tempovari
; Iy on wind test duty, died at
drive-in theater corner when car
he was driving failed to negotiate
the turn; Herbert R. Rouse, 63,
of Inman; Mrs. Guy Cook, 69, of
Venus; Mary Jarvis, 82, of At
kinson; Carl Asimus, 59, of O’
Neill; Michael Olinger, 92, of At
kinson; Oliver Wood, 62, at Lin
coln, formerly of Holt; John
Svatos of Verdel; Cathy Jean
i Lyons, 14-months, buried here.
OCTOBER
Prehistoric rhinoceros bones
were uncovered near Orchard.
The animals roamed in the vicin
ity eight to 10 million years ago.
. . . Randy Socha wron a pony
from Ak-Sar-Ben on the basis of
a tender appeal in a letter con
test. . . Yeggs tried the Shel
hamer Foods safe but were un
successful. . . A prairie fire raged
for four hours 10 miles south of
Amelia, along the Beaver. Mead
ows are tinder dry. . . A con
gressional sub-committee hearing
was held at Ainsworth relative
to Niobrara basin reclamation
development. . . Duane McLain,
20, former Rushville football
star, confessed here to the brutal
slaying of Karen Talbot, 13, Rush
ville school girl. . . Joel H. Ly
man, resigned as O’Neill public
school principal to accept the su
perintendency at Shoshone, Wyo.
... A Lincoln firm was engaged
by the county board to make a
| scientific appraisal of Holt county
: taxable real estate. . . Rev. C. D.
Ankney resigned as pastor of St.
Paul’s Lutheran church, Cham
bers. . . Five thousand pancakes
were served on pancake day. . .
Roy Raitt of Ainsworth was
elected president of the Niobrara
Basin Development association. . .
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Knoell was destroyed by
fire while they were away. . .
Herbert J. Hammond completed
50 years in the same abstract of
fice. . . W. H. Hoffman, 70, of
Spencer, was seriously injured
at Inman when his car went out
of control.
Deaths: Mrs. A. E. Spittler, 66,
of Ewing; Mother M. Erica, 57, of
O’Neill; Mrs. Mary Ellen Phalin,
81, of O’Neill; Mrs. Ellen Sire of
Lincoln, burial at Inman; Robert
Keckler, 69, of Lucas, S.D., a
Boyd county highway fatality;
Mrs. Kenneth Smith, 41, of In
man; Herbert Newman, sr., of
Stuart; A. H. Marquardt, 70, of
Ewing; Herman Hasenpflug, 38,
of Lynch; Joe Mlinar, 83, of At
kinson; Mrs. Joe Thramer, 54, of
Clearwater; Ray Archer, 75, of
Villisca, la., died of heart at
tack at steering wheel of his car
on highway near here; Mrs. Lee
Johns, 76, at Los Angeles, Calif.,
formerly of L.ynch; Edwin A.
Straka, 28, of Atkinson; James j
C. Boham, 91, of Inman.
NOVEMBER
R. G. Clinkscales and George
Hammond became owners of Big-;
lin Brothers, a funeral directing '
and furniture firm that had been
in the same family since 1885.:
The firm name was changed to
Biglin’s. . . . Mrs. D. H. Clauson
was seriously hurt when a car
m which she was riding overturn
ed north of here. . . The ex-POW,
Navy Chief Duane Thorin, visit
ed here, said there is much dis
cord between North Korea and
Chinese communists. . . A moun
tain lion was sighted several
times near Clearwater. . . Seven I
schools in are area were visited j
by burglars in a single night. . . |
Paul Baker became the new O’
Neill public school principal. . . j
Body of boy found in lake Aug
ust 7 was still unidentified. . . I
First snowfall was recorded No-!
vember 6. . . Julius D. Cronin
of O’Neill was elected president
of the Nebraska State Bar asso
ciation. . . Fred Salak is the new |
game warden here. . . Clarence j
Farr landed an 11-pound north- ;
ern pike at Emmet. . . Navy Chief ;
R. J. Burks retired after 20 years
of duty. . . Gov. Robert Crosby
launched “Operation Honesty”—
designed to De a oracer tor tax
payers when assessment day rolls
around. . . Simon Bosn retired
after 43 years of continuous ser
vice with the C&NW railroad. . .
A late fall snowstorm tied up
traffic and crippled communica
tions. . . Mrs. Alice Axtell of
Stuart observed her 102d birth
day anniversary.
Anniversaries: Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hintz of Ewing, 50th.
Deaths: Thomas Connelly, 55,
at Scottsbluff, native of O’Neill;
Dean Standage, 27, killed in a
New Mexico hunting accident,
formerly of Amelia; Nick Klein, ■
78, of Atkinson, fatally burn-1
ed in home accident; Mrs. Mary
Ann Bonenberger, 73, of Atkin
son; Ernest Sengelman, 58, of
Gregory, S.D., formerly of Spen
_er; Herman G. Eisert, 70, of
Chambers; C. M. Stewart, 80, of
Page; Henry Straka, sr., 86, of
Atkinson; Marcia Marquardt, 67,
of Ewing; Kenneth Ellston, 32,
of O’Neill; W. J. McDonough, 66,
at Lincoln, formerly of O’Neill.
Josephine Novratil, at Omaha,
burial here; Raymond Anderson
of Butte.
DECEMBER
Mrs. Ray Long of Bristow was
struck by a car at Lynch. . . The
biggest single highway contract
letting in Nebraska has been
scheduled for March 11, 1954, and
will include over 25 miles of
hardsurfacing in Holt, according
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to State Sen. Frank Nelson, who
has been waging a stern cam
paign for improvements on U.S. ’
highways 281 and 20 and state
highways 95 and 11. . v O’Neill
high school’s oncfe-beaten football
j team landed six berths on The
I Frontier’s all-Holt mythical team;
Stuart placed two; Ewing, At
kinson, Chambers and St. Mary’s
landed one each. . . Thirty-eight
deer were killed in Holt during
the four-day open season.’ . . A
snowstorm howled out of • the
northwest, marooning travelers
and snarling communications.
The blizzard had all the earmarks
of a bad one—except the mercury
got no lower than 25. . . Attend
ance was restricted, because of
the storm, at the regional meet
ing of the Nebraska Stock Grow
trs’ association. . . Miss Mary
Louise (“Lu”) Birmingham, O’
Neill gal, turned up in Korea in
an American Red Cross uniform
naving completed the transition
from a homemaker on an Omaha
TV station to a welfare worker
in Korea in a matter of six weeks.
. Dr. O. W. French became
resident of the St. Anthony's
ospital staff. . . Two men driv
ing a misappropriated vehicle
led a state patrolman on a 90
mph midnight chase which ex
tended through O'Neill’s Douglas
street. Clark Coulter, 38, and
Richard Davidson were sentenced
to the Nebraska penitentiary and
men’s reformatory, respectively.
. . . Paul S. Elam of Denver,
Colo., son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Halva, spent the holidays
here. His wife is the former Mar
garet Halva. Mr. Elam is presi
dent of Gold Range, Inc., Denver
organization which is about to
exploit what might be the rich
est gold strike in Colorado’s his
tory. . . There were two accidents
during the month at the airport
but nobody was seriously hurt. . .
The death knell was sounded on
the Midllebranch postoffice. . . A
new Catholic church will be
built in Atkinson. . . Duane Mc
Lain, 20, Rushville kiss-or-kiil
slayer, was sentenced to life im
prisonment. . . Mother M. Muriel
is the new head of St. Mary’s
academy, succeeding the late
Mother M. Erica. - ,
Deaths: Rev. V. R. Bell, 69, iat
Grand Island, formerly pastor M
Stuart and O’Neill Methodjist
churches; J. Parnell Golden, 71,
at San Diego, Calif., formerly of
O’Neill; Mrs. George Marshall,
72, of Clearwater; James T. Mul
ler, sr., 58, of Lynch; Mrs. Lou
ise Cihlar, 80, of Bristow; Mrs
Leota Butler, 84, of Ewing; FraiHt
Sullvian, 57, at Portland, Ore.,
formerly of O’Neill; Mrs. Clara
Hartford, 81, at Oakland, Ore.,
formerly of Page; Fred Stevens,
58, at Belvidere, 111., formerly of
Page; Claude Rakow, 54, at San
ta Paul, Calif., formerly of Page;
Louis Barthel, 59, Amelia ranch
er; Mrs. Peter Gengler, 76, - of
Lynch; Mrs. John Van Horn, 77,
or Orchard; Mrs. Charles Ear’s
of Louisville, Ky., formerly of
Emmet; Mrs. Ben Nelson, 44, of
Bristow; Louis Babl, 37, of New
port; Lloyd Bergstrom, 60, of
Newcastle, Wyo, former deputy
Holt sheriff; Rev. Martin J.
Brady, 60, of Omaha, former, as
sistant pastor at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here. • •
W. F. FINLEY, M.D.
O’NEILL
First National Bank Bldg.
OFFICE PHONE: 28
TO ALL
O’Neill Business and Professional Men
Also All Clubs and Organizations:
The O'Neill Chamber of Commerce needs the coopera
tion of all businessmen to publish a brochure (or pamphlet)
which describes and advertises O'Neill, pointing up our
assets and facilities. At present there is compiled very good
descriptive material for this purpose.
We never realized the necessity for such a pamphlet
until the packing plant possibility presented itself, and we
were in a position of needing a brochure of this type.
It is to the benefit of all business firms that O'Neill .
get more industries and continue to grow and expand.
On January 21 you will be contacted and asked to help
finance this brochure.
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
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