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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1954)
r t "Voice of The Frontier" __ w e Frontier ==. Mon. — Wed. — Sal. **' ' 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. * North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73.—Number 38. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday J.anuary 21, 1934. Seven Cents STATE HIST SOC • « Packing Plant Outlook • • • Is * Very Encouraging * Father Urbanski Expires in Omaha Emmet Pastor Since November, 1948 Rev. Anthony Urbanski, 42, pastor of the Catholic church of . Epiphany at Emmet, died about 4 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, in an Omana hospital. Father Urbanski was found in his quarters on Sunday, January 3, after he failed to appear in his church for mass. After being confined to his home for several days under a doctor’s care, he was removed by ambulance to an Omaha hospital where he died. ■. Doctors said a liver ailment from which Father Urbanski had been suffering had become acute. Bom in Omaha, Father Urban ski was graduated from Cathedral high school and he received his bachelor of arts degree from St. Benedict’s college, Atchison, . Kans. He completed his theolog ical studies at Kenrick seminary, • St. Louis, Mo., and was ordained June 6, 1936, by the late arch bishop of Omaha, James H. Ryan. Father Urbanski served as an . army chaplain during World War II and was stationed three years on Ascension island. He was as sistant pastor at St. Bernard's . and St. Mary’s churches, Omaha, and St. Patrick’s, Fremont. Fol lowing the war, he served as sup ply pastor at St. Peter’s, Stanton, and St. John’s (Deloit), near Clearwater. He was named pastor . at Emmet in November, 1948. For 6 Vi years he was diocesan director of Boy Scouting. He was * a member of Simonson post 93, American Legion, O’Neill. Services will be held at l(k30 . a.m.. Friday at St. Francis church. Omaha. Priests of the diocese will recite the office 'of the dead at 10. Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan will offer the poniific&l funeral mass. Survivors include: Motner — Mrs. Mary Urbanski, who had been residing at Emmet with her • son;, also a sister, who lives ai Perth Amboy, N.J. Father Urbanski’s father died in October, 1953. His mother suf fered a broken hip a year ago in a fall while visiting her son. Sue was confined to the Atkin son hospital for five months and is now a semi-invalid. While go ' ° • ing to the hospital to visit her • • ailing son last week, she col lapsed because of a heart ail ment, but recovered to make a trip to Emmet later in the week . . to remove some personal effects. * • IT I ■ Council Hears Learn-to-Drive The Holt county council of home demonstration clubs met Tuesday, January 12, at the courthouse annex in O’Neill for the first session of 1954. Forty-one members and several visitors were present. Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson, president of the council, presided. Other offi : cers present were: Mrs. Merwyn French of Page, vice-president; Mrs. John Silverstrand of Atkin son, secretary and treasurer; Mrs Vem Sageser of Amelia, health • chairman; Mrs. Ernest Gotschall of Atkinson, music chairman; Mrs. Quentin Hickok of Sta.art, 4-H chairman, Mrs. E. R. Car ’ ’ penter of Chambers, publicity chairman; Mrs. Albert Carson of Redbird, retiring county chair man; Mrs. Edgar Stauffer of Page, past county chairman, anc Mrs. J. B. Mellor of Atkinson, member of the extension board. A new club, the Cactus Ranch • ettes of O’Neill, organized since the first of the year, makes a to • ’ tal of 29 extension clubs in Ho*t county. . . _ r,... Mrs. Stanley Eamoeri oi raw ing- was elected chairman of family relations. Mrs. Sageser explained “pen nies for friendship and discussed a method used in certain cities • to teach young people to drive cars. ' Mrs. Helen Kreymborg in formed the council of the annual meeting of the extension board ' to be held March 9 at the Am erican Legion hall in O Neill, also of the grassland meeting sched ' ■ • uled for February 26 at Stuart ' and the 4-H public speaking con t st for February 6 in O’Neill. The public speaking contest will \ be held later in Atkinson. C. R Hill, Holt county cam paign director for the polio drive, discussed the need of funds to combat polio in the count\ and ration this year, urging every one to find means of raising more money in their communities. Fallowing the meeting, Mrs. Kreymborg served a luncheon of coffee, and cake. The next meeting of the coun • •• cil will be on Tuesday, April 13. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE William (“Bill”) Brady, son of Mr and Mrs. W. Lloyd Brady of Dorsey, and James Gallagher, son of Mrs. John C. Gallagher . arrived home Monday, having re ceived their discharge from the . service. _ TO POSTAL MEET EWING— Miss Frances Roth erham, accompanied by Mrs James McMahan of Inman, went to Grand Island on Sunday where they attended an officers’ meet ing of the National Association of Postmasters._._ CLUB IN SESSION INMAN —The Ccmercial clut met Monday evening at the hardware for a regular session Supper was served before the meeting at the Coffee shop. „ e • m • • O’Neill was visited Saturday by two partner-owners of an in dependent Chicago, 111., meat packing firm, who were inspect-, ing the city with the view of possibly locating a branch plant here. The packers were met and en tertained by a 10-member new industries committee and officers of the Chamber of Commerce. The committee is headed by James W. Rooney. Arriving at 10:30 a m,, the packers stuaied several sites sewage, water and railroad sid ,ng problems as well as various classes of beef supply. Mr. Rooney said: “Our com mittee is very hopeful we can induce this highly-recommended ( meat packing firm to locate a branch plant here. The negotia tions are in the earliest stages. ,Ve all are hopeful the details can be worked out. The firm vith whom we are negotiating i has a tine outlet for its products and a fine reputation in the Chi cago business community.” Polio Drive Edges Toward $12,000 Goal $2,056 Total Todate;j Benefits Listed Holt county’s 1954 fund drive in behalf of the fight against polio is edging toward its 12 thousand-dollar goal under the direction of the countv chairman, C. R. (“Bob”) Hill of O’Neill. Until Wednesday the total amount collected was $2,056.37. Most of the dimes and dollars have been collected through so cial events, the officials declared this week. Only one-sixth of the direct mail solicitations sent in to rural areas have been acknow ledged. “Folks are urged to get tneir donations into the mails as soon as possible,” according to Mr. Hill. Totals collected todate by communities follow: O’Neill.. $580.00 Chambers -136.00 Stuart _ 75.00 Cleveland _ 45.00 Atkinson _ 600.00 Martha _ 71.00 Amelia_ 50.00 Ewing _ 28.00 Page _s— 241.00 Dorsey_ 52.00 Emmet _ 83.00 Inman _ 95.37 The mothers’ march on polio will be staged simultaneously, on the night of Thursday, Janu ary 28, at hours to be announced by the community chairmen in the following communities; O’ Neill, Stuart, Chambers, Ewing and Emmet. The marches will coincide with similar marches through out the country. Mrs. Robert Crosby, wife of Nebraska's governor, will head the moth ers' march in the state. By leaving porch lights aglow the officially-designated “block I chairmen” will stop for polio col lections. Meanwhile, plans are progress ing for the miscellaneous auction to be staged on Saturday, Janu ary 23, near the Tom-Tom cafe, under the auspices of the Par ent-Teachers’ association. Ralph Simpson, phone 359-W, and Bill Brewster, 201-R, are in charge of pickups. The public is asked to donate old articles for the auc ' tion. A bottle drive has been sched uled in O’Neill on Saturday, Jan uary 30. Vehicles and services are being donated by Clarence Sauser, R. H. (“’Bill”) Kramer and Ed Dumpert. The seventh and eighth grade boys from O’ Neill public school have volun teered to assist. The bottles wil be accumulated at the American Legion auditorium and sold. One blast of the fire siren at i p.m., the date of the bottle drive will signify the start. Ar my Sfc. James R. Lyons is in charge of the bottle project. A polio home talent show has been scheduled for Friday, Jan uary 29, at the O’Neill public school auditorium. The show will be at 8 p.m., preceded at 7:30 by a band concert. Mrs. John C. Watson is in charge of arrange ments. Entertainment will in clude instrumental music, tap dancing, vocal solos and miscel I laneous “light entertainment.” 4 Unhurt in Forced Landing of Plane STUART—A new four-passen ger airplane owned and piloted ‘ by Bob Greenfield, Stuart farmer, 1 was badly damaged in a forced landing near here late Wednes : day, January 13. The pilot and I the passengers, Don Myers, Ray mond Johnson and Glen Camp • bell, all of Stuart, were unhurt, j A transfer of gas was not ef , fected quickly enough to avoid , the crash. The plane landed in a : pasture on the Lee Hyland farm. The landing gear and propellor ■ were smashed. • | D03NEY RETIRES STUART—Chares W. Dobnoy, who owned the first motor car in Stuart in 1909—a one-cylinder Brush—has retired after 41 years t in tne automobile business. He , started a Ford agency in Stuart I in 1912, moving to Norfolk in f 1925 to manage what is now the Ryal Miller Chevrolet garage. He was associated with Mr. Miller for 28 years. A daughter is Mrs. j Robert Armbruster of Norfolk, a formerly of O’Neill. ; The fighl is on to prevent polio. , Give today! 38c Cold Wave Grips Area; -20 Forecast Easily Lowest Mark of Season Follows Eclipse of Moon The weatherman Wednesday warned folks in the O’Neill region to brace themselves for the low mark of the season. The mercury is expected to dip to 20 degrees below zero early to day (Thursday) and the highest mark expected today will be a round -5. And, mister, that's cold! A cold wave has gripped the midwest for six days. Last Sat urday morning the mercury dipped to -8 and on Sunday morning registered -8. Eariv Wednesday the official low was -13. There was some blowing snow Tuesday and Wednesday, but not enough fresh snow fell to create difficulty. Winds with gusts up to 55-miles-per-hour drove the arctic cold into all dwellings and bindings except those extraordi narily well irisulated. By 9 p.m„ Wednesday the of ficial temperature reading was -16 and the thermometer was steadily falling. Summary, based on 24-hour periods ending at 6 p.m., daily, iollows: Hi Lo January 14 - 32 17 January 15---26 1 January 16 _ 4 -8 January 17 _11 -8 January 18 -18 2 January 19 _ _—21 8 January 20 _ 9 -18 Kalkowski Rites Held at Lynch Comes to U.S. from Poland at 5 LYNCH — Funeral services for August P. Kalkowski, 86, were conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, January 16, at Assumption Bles sed Virgin Mary Catholic church in Lynch. The late Mr. Kalkow ski had been a resident of the Lynch community since 1910. He died about 3 o’clock Thurs day morning, January 14, in Sa cred Heart hospital at Lynch, having been ill about two weeks. The late Mr. Kalkowski was born in Poland. He came to America with his parents at the age of 5. He resided at Ashton before coming to Boyd county. Mrs. Kalkowski died 26 year's ago. Survivors include: Sons— An ton, George, Xavier and A. A., all of Lynch; and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Rohloff of Detroit, Mich. There are 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery at Lynch. The late Mr. Kalkowski resid ed for 45 years on a farm two miles northwest of Lynch, and that was his home until his death Arthur S. Ellis Burial at Star III Several W e e k s; Dies in Hospital Funeral services for Arthur S. i Ellis, 50, farmer in the Dorsey I community, were conducted at 2 p m., Monday, January 13, from First Presbyterian church here. Rev. Samuel Lee officiated and burial was in the Star cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The late Mr. Ellis died at 2 I a.m., Thursday, January 14, a few hours after entering St. An thony’s hospital. He had been ill | several weeks and had been mak ! ing his home with Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wiley. Arthur Sidney Ellis was bom June 4, 1903, at* Dorsey, a son of j William Albert and Emma Wylie Ellis. He was married September 4. 1924, at Burke, S.D., to Rose , Alder. Survivors include: Sons — La verne of Eugene, Ore., and Wil liam A., who is in the navy; par ents—Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ellis; brothers—Ralph of O’Neill and Richard of Omaha; sister— Mrs. Ruth Erb of Junction City, Ore. — Mondav evening Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCarville. sr., and Mr. and Mrs J. L. McCarville, jr., Joe and Bobbie visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc Carville to help little Miss Mary Kay celebrate her second birth day anniversary. Jaszkowiak, Watson, Eby ... handed swmiming pool responsibility.—Frontier Photo. Injuries Fatal to Mrs. Ziska, $2 Holt’s First Auto Fatality in ’54 ATKINSON—■ Mrs. Joseph Zis ka, sr., 82, Atkinson woman who was struck by an auto while en route to church early Sunday, January 10, died about 5 o’clock Thursday morning, Januapr 14, in Atkinson Memorial hospital. She became Holt county’s first auto fatality in 1954. Mrs. Ziska was taken to the hospital after being struck by an automobile driven by Vernon Whited, who said he was blinded by lights of an approaching car. The accident occured about 7:30 a m., during the early mor^ng darkness while Mrs. Ziska enroute to mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. She was walking in the road because there are no sidewalks along the route she was taking. Both the car and the pedestrian were headed westward. The aged woman suffered a fractured skull, fractured left hip and leg. Little hope was held for her recovery. Funeral services were conduct ed . Saturday morning, January 16, from St. Joseph’s church. Bur ial was at Atkinson. Mrs. Ziska was the former An tonia Victoria Regal. She was bom in the state of Moravia, Au stria, on May 10, 1871, a daughter of Martin and Victoria Kopchek RegaL Her husband, the late Joseph Ziska, sr„ died on February 27. 1947. The late Mrs. Ziska was the mother of 11 children, seven of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Frank (Josephine) Noziska of At kinson, with whom Mrs. Ziska had made her home for a number of years; Mrs. Tillie Sypherd of Grand Island; Mrs. Albert (Mary) Krysl of Stuart; Charles, Albert, William and, Arthur Ziska, all of Stuart. Also surviving are 24 grand children and 13 great-grandchil dren; brothers—John of Atkin son and James of O’Neill; sis ters—Mrs. Josie Johnson of At kinson and Mrs. John (Agnes) Walenta of Creston, B.C., Can. Attend Leader sessions in Lincoln— The following 4-H leaders from Holt county are attending leader training meetings in Lincon this week: Miss Mary Frances Vilt f’om the Riverside club, O’Neill; Mrs. Ralph Beckwith from the Kitty Clover club, O’Neill: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook from the Willing Workers club, O’Neill; Mr-’. Grant Peacock from Elkhorn Valley club, Emmet; Dale Stauf fer from the Eagle Hustlers club. Page; Matthew Beha from the Riverside club, O’Neill, and A. Neil Dawes, county agricultural agent. - Visiting Here— Mrs. Keith Anspach and son, Steve, Tuesday returned to the home of her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harden Anspach, after spending a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred For sch, in Butte. A/2c J. F. Bangs of Wright Patterson air force base, Ind., is ? guest at the H. E. Asher home. He arrived in Omaha Wednesday morning where he was met by his financee, Miss Evalyn Jean Asher. On Friday, January 15, Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French went to Oma ha to spend the weekend with their son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Ivan French, and family. Burlington Seeks to Drop Page Agent The Burlington railroad has asked permission to discontinue agency service and substitute a custodian at Page, Waterbu-y and Belden on the Ferry-to-O* Neill branch of the railroad. The state railway commission nas scheduled a public hearing to be held at O’Neill on March 10 regarding the Burlington’s Page request. The Waterbury and Bo.' den hearings will be held at Wayne March 3 and 4, respective ly. William (“Bill”) Howell has been station agent at Page for many years. George Wadsworth Rites in Atkinson — Former Resident of Opportunity ATKINSON— Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Tues day, January 19, for George Wadsworth, 77, longtime Holt county resident. Rites were held at Wesleyan Methodist church with Rev. Charles Phipps, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery at O’Neill. He died Saturday, January 16. Mrs. Wadsworth died nine years ago. The late Mr. Wadsworth had made his home about nine miles northwest of Atkinson for the past 10 years, formerly having resided in the Opportunity com munity northeast of O’Neill. He made his home with his son, Richard (“Dick”). Survivors: Sons—Dallas of Mi na, S.D.; Richard of Stuart; Jo seph of Hay Springs; Freeman of Colorado James of Seattle, Wash. Angus Breeders Prepare for Sale The eighth annual show and, sale to be sponsored by the Holt County Aberdeen-Angus Breed j ers’ association will be held on Tuesday, February 2. Thirty-three bulls and 17 females will be of fered. The show will be held at 10 a.m., with D. J. Cole of Mer riman as judge. The sale will j start at 1 p.m., with Charles Corkle as auctioneer Both show and sale will be j held at the O’Neill LivestocK Market. On the eve of the event—Feb ruary 1—a banquet will be held at the Legion auditorium. Joe j Watson will be speaker. Harry E. Ressel is president of i the Angus group and E. L. Miner ! is secretary-treasurer. Catalogs published by The Frontier are available through Mr. Miner or Freeman Knight. Redistricting Is Talked at Meeting Eighty persons attended a meeting of the Holt County Rural Road Improvement association J was held Tuesday evening at the I American Legion auditorium here. Frank J. Brady of Atkinson presided. The meeting was quickly ad journed and an open discussion followed in which members ana non-members participated. Chief topic was the movement to force the Holt county supervisors to redistrict in accordance with a mandamus action now on file in Holt county district court. The action is based on an ancient Nebraska statute. The board has until February 1 to answer the mandamus. Mr. and Mrs. John Babl went to Omaha Saturday to attend the wedding of their cousin, Miss Joan Brady. a w w 3 Named to Newly Formed Park Board Jaszkowiak, Watson, Eby Get Posts A three - member municipal park board has been appointed by Mayor J. E. Davis and con firmation was granted last week by the city council. The appointments: A. P. Jaszkowiak, three-year term, named chairman of the ! newly-formed board; John C. j Watson, two-year term, and Ray I Eby, one-year term. The board’s function will in clude complete supervision of he city’s parks, including the new 40 - thousand - dollar swim-1 ming pool which is virtually completed in Ford's park, also athletic field and park areas within the corporate limits. Their duties include hiring of pool and aik personnel and establishing park regulations. Mr. Eby’s term will be first to expire—at the end of April, 1954. One member of the park board will be appointed after the last Tuesday in April each year and all succeeding ap pointments will be for three year terms. In the event of a vacancy, the mayor will appoint a new mem oer and the appointment must be confirmed by the council. Mr. Jaszkowiak said the new board will visit Ord and Broken Bow “real soon.” They are cities of comparable size where new municipal swimming pools have been placed in operation in re cent years. Diving boards and pool equiment will be ordered very shortly,” Mr. Jaszkowiak explained. Mr. Watson will be in charge of landscaping Ford’s park. “We are going to make a real u°rt to ma^e Ford’s park and the new pool a showplace of which we can all be proud,” Mr i Watson added. 54 Aiito Show Dates Feb. 4-5 The Frontier’s second annual automobile show wlil be held at the American Legion auditorium . cn Thursday and Friday, Febru ary 4 and 5. The show will be conducted along the same lines as the or iginal two-day affair held last vear, which attracted thousands of visitors. Plans call for a spe cial “ \/oiee of The Frontier” broadcast from the floor of the show on Thursday, February 4, Starting at 4:05 p.m., and contin uing ud to 40 minutes. All O’Neill auto dealers plus “several outsiders” will have en nes, according to Bill Bowker, who will manage the show for I j-he Frontier. Entertainment is being planned nd hundreds of souvenir gifts! will be distributed. Ccuple Honored on Weddincr Anniversary— STUART—Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cadwallader were given a cha rivari by a group of their friends and neighbors on Thursday night, January 14, in honor of their sil ver wedding anniversary which was January, 15. After the cha rivari the crowd went to the school where the evening was spent playing cards and visiting. The guests presented the honored couple with silver dollars. Mrs. Herb Skala and Mrs. Mux Cadwallader were the hostesses. Mrs. Max Cadwallader baked and decorated the anniversary cake. Have you contributed to the March of Dimes? Do it now! 38c Tindall, 80, Dies 1 in Norfolk Hospital ATKINSON—Lewis Dell Tin dall, 80, died Wednesday morning, January 13, in a Norfolk hospi tal. He had been ill a long time and hospitalized for six months. Funeral services were held Fri day at Atkinson with burial in Wood Lawn cemetery. The late Mr. Tindall was born in Saline county November 30, 1873. He was a carpenter by trade, coming to Atkinson 30 years ago. For many years he op erated the Pelcer farm. Survivors include; Sisters — Mrs. Harry Pelcer of Atkinson and Mrs. Anna Babcock of Pros »er, Wash. Mrs. Harold Hayes Dies in Omaha— Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday, January 19, at St. Jo seph’s Catholic church in At kinson for Mrs. Harold C. Hayes, 37-year-old Atkinson housewife. She died Saturday in an Omaha hospital following a seven months’ illness. Survivors include the widower, also her mother, Mrs. Julia Schaaf. Mrs. Hayes’ maiden name was Viola Schaaf. She was born No vember 12, 1916. Her father died three years ago. Extension Board in* Session— The Holt county extension ser vice board met on Monday, Jan uary 18, with the following mem bers present: Ora Yarges, Mrs. J. B. Mellor, Charles Mulford, Mrs. Robert Martens, Glenn White, Ray Siders and Fran* Beelaert. Plans were made for the an nual meeting to be held March 9. At this time election of repre sentatives from supervisory dis tricts 6 and 7 will be held. Everyone is entitled to vo^e for these representatives. No Trace of Coday; Reached Gmaha OK I _ Conductor Remembers Waking Him No trace has been found of Hugh Coday, 37, Ainsworth fill ing station operator who has been ussing since January 7. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Co day of Atkinson and he formerly resided in Holt county. Brown County Sheriff Ralph Leonard is leading the search with the cooperation of Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack and the Nebraska safety patrol. Coday, a World War II veteran who is married and is the father of two children, boarded a train at Ainsworth on January 7 and was to report at a petroleum sales meeting in Omaha the following morning. A conductor on the Chicago & North Western passenger train told authorities he re members awakening Mr. Co day, who was riding in a chair car as the train reached Omaha. The ticket issued Mr. Coday at Ainsworth also has been lo cated in the railroad's files at Omaha. Tomjack said Mr. Coday had ! suffered malaria while in the ar- I my and on one occasion, since j the war, was hurt when a stacK ! of auto tires fell on him. Relatives say it is possible Co- : day may be an amnesia sufferer snd be subject to lapses of mem- 1 >ry. Coday is 5 feet 6 inches tall and ! weighs 175 pounds. New Teacher Milton Lorenz (above) is ths I new mathematics and science | teacher at O’Neill high school, it was announced this week by i Supt. D. E. Nelson. He succeeds Miss Anna Crawford, resigned. Mr. Lorenz was separated from the army in November, 1953, after two years of service. He is a graduate of Wartburg col lege, Waverley, la., and taught one year in the Allen consoli i dated school before entering th army. His home is in John ; son county. a Throng at Wondersee Burial Rites Heart Attack Fatal * • to Chambers Man; Native Minnesotan CHAMBERS— The Methodist church at Chambers was uriable to accommodate the throng of relatives and friends that gath ered Tuesday afternoon to attend funeral services for Elmer W, . . Wondersee, 50, retired farmer. He died about 1 a.m., Sunday, January 17, at his home follow ing a heart attack. He had been in failing health about a year. Active pallbearers were C. F. Gillette, Ernest Farrier, Eric Dankert, E. Gaius Wintermote, Ed Thorni and Stanley Elkins. Honorary pallbearers were Louis Taggart and Duane Carson. Rev. L. R. Hansberry officiated and burial was in the Chambers cem etery under the direction of Big lin’s. Elmer Walter Wondersee, the son of Fredrich and Ida Wonder see, was bom in St. Paul, Minn.r on September 20, 1903. He mov ed with his parents to York county, Nebraska, at the age of nine months. He resided in that community during childhood and early manhood. He attended Lutheran pa rochial school and was con firmed in the Zion Lutheran church near Hampton at the age of 14. On September 12, 1027, he was united in marriage to Mildred Reisinger and the couple moved to Chambers, where they spent all „ of their married life. To this union was bom one daughter, Jean. Most of his life was spent in farming, which he enjoyed un til he was forced to leave the farm because of ill health. • After moving to town he ! spent some time assisting with the building of his new home, completed in September, 1953. During his last months he was employed driving a propane j truck. The late Mi\ Wondersee was very active in community affairs. Survivors include; Widow — Mildred; daughter—Mrs. Bernard (Jean) Hoffman of Chambers; grandchildren—Donis and Bruce Hoffman; mother—Mrs. Ida Won dersee of Chambers; sister—Mrs. Richard (Lora) Hoerle of Cham bers; brother—Henry Wondersee of Aurora; six nieces and one nephew. His father, one brother and one sister precded him in death. Nephew Killed in Tennessee Crash Second Lt. Maurice Saunders, 20, nephew of Mrs. George Head of O’Neill, was one of three air force personnel killed Saturd?)/ in the crash of an old B-26 twin engined bomber near Nashville. * Tenn. Lieutenant Saunders’ father is a retired air force general, re siding at Aberdeen, S.D. The par ents went to Nashville to accom pany the remains back to Aber deen. Mr. and Mrs. Head planned to | go to Aberdeen this week to at- • I tend the funeral. *952 Dodge Pickup Reported Missing A 1952 Dodge pickup was re j ported missing Tuesday by Ait j Catlin of Stuart. The green col i ored vehicle was loaded with one thousand pounds of salt and one thousand pounds of coal. Mr. Catlin asked the Holt county sheriff’s office and Ne braska safety patrol to he'p lo cate the vehicle, which disap peared while Mr. Catlin was at tending a funeral. COLD CALL O’Neill firemen were summon ed out in near-zero weather at noon Sunday to extinguish a fire in the Bob Pease residence. An oil stove had overheated and ig nited fuel oil spilled on the floor. 1 Some damage was done to the dwelling, athough firemen made short work of their job in the I arctic temperatures. — HOME ON FURLOUGH Pvt. Lawrence 0‘Larry”) Tib bets arrived Monday from Ft. Benning, Ga., to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Tibbets. He will return to camp January 29. Larrv is serving in the paratroops. Miss Beverly Norman will leave this weekend for Omaha where she plans to seek employ ment. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ncarman, and has previously been employed it the Fourth Street Market.