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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1954)
«k ’54 Auto Show Opens Here Today A room full of glistening new automobiles with that wonder ful factory-fresh smell will go on display at 1 o'clock today (Thurs- f day) when the doors swing open for the 1954 O’Neill Auto Show. It is a two-day event—Thursday and Friday, afternoons and eve nings—at the American Legion auditorium. Thousands of persons are expected to file through the audi torium during the course of the show. They 11 see their own image in highly polished engine hoods. They’ll fondle the steering wheels and gadgets and the dashboard panels, and they 11 sample the luxury of the interiors. The 11 cars will make an imposing ap pearance in the highly-decorated auditorium. The seccfnd annual O’Neill Auto Show is sponsored by The Frontier in cooperation with leading automobile dealers in the area. Makes of cars to be exhibited and the dealers are: BUICK—A. Karcellus of O’Neill. CADILLAC—Lew White Motor Co., of O’Neill. CHEVROLET—Lew White Motor Co., ot O’Neill. CHRYSLER—White Motor Co., of Plainview. DE SOTO—Shierk Motor Co., of O'Neill. FORD—Louhaus Motor Co., of O’Neill. LINCOLN—Carlin Motor Co., of Sioux City. MERCURY—Contois Motor Co., ,of Neligh. OLDSMOBILE—Lew White Motor Co., of O’Neill. PLYMOUTH—Shierk Motor Co., of O’Neill. PONTIAC—Wm. Krotter Co., of O’Neill. There’ll be gifts and mementos distributed by the dealers. Free coffee and cookies will be served, courtesy of Gambles in O’ Neill. There’ll be music, entertainment and fun. And the ladies will come in for something really special: The Central Finance Corp., of O’Neill and the Elkhorn Flower Shop of O’Neill are cooperating to provide orchids for the ladies. Show hours are 1 p.m., until 9:30 p.m., each day. Of course, there is no admission. It’s all free—provided by the cooperating dealers themselves. Outside the auditorium many of the dealers will have demon stration cars, enabling prospective new car customers to take a whirl out on the highway in the car of their choice. Last year door prizes were distributed. This involved registra tion and drawings. Because the door prize practice >s being re stricted in Nebraska on the basis of being unlawful, the show manager, Bill Bowker, said the door prizes would not be includ ed in this year’s program. However, a swell radio show is planned. The “Voice of The Frontier” will go on the air (WJAG, 780 kc.) at 4:05 pm., today . (Thursday) with 40 minutes of music, interviews and entertain ment. Evans Meier of WJAG’s staff will be master-of-ceremonies. Featured entertainers are Miana White and her accordian and Don Hopkins and his electric guitar. In addition to the auto displays, Foree Tire & Supply Com pany will have a tire retread display and the Western Auto stqre will offer an auto seat cover display. SIXTEEN PAGES This Issue Hcrth-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 73.—Number 40. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, February 4, 1934. Seven Cents ♦ ___ -- - ,-r-rrr.^..—------- I ' ' “ Don Hopkins and his guitar (above) and Miana White and her accordian (below) . . . will entertain visitors at O'Neill's sec ond annual auto show.—The Frontier Photos. Muv . - Brennan Avoids Crash in Pittsburgh 1 C - c Power Fails, Lands ' on Hillside I An air force pilot from O’Neill fearful of having to bail out of his crippled plane and have it crash in crowded metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pa., put the ship down safely on a hillside a few I miles northeast of that city. Capt. Herbert O. Brennan, 27, and his co-pilot, Capt. James Al len of Louisville, Ky., escaped without a scratch. Their plane, ^ a twin-engine C-45, was consid- f erably damaged. , The officers, both instructors ( at the U S. military academy at 1 West Point, N.Y., were on a rou- ] tine training flight from Stewart l a<r force base at Newburgh, N.Y., to the air force installation at Greater Pittsburgh airport. ] A few moments before their scheduled landing, one engine i failed. Captain Brennan immedi ately contacted the control tow er of the civil aeronautics ad • ministration at Greater Pitts- 1 burgh airport. “He said one engine was dead, the other was losing oil pras sure,” a CAA spokesman said. . ’ -“He asked for a directional fix for the airport. A short time later he asked for another fix. The shortest route to the port would ‘ have taken him right over Pitts burgh and he said he had better not do that.” Within a few seconds Bren nan spotted an open field. He came in for a wheels up land ing, the plane skidded some distance, damaging the under carriage, propeller and wing flaps. Brennan, who flew F-80 shoot ir.g stars in Korea for one year, declared: “I knew I was going to crash because of power failure. I .kicked that knob (of the hill) in stead of legging it to Greater Pittsburgh airport. I was afraid we might have had to bail out o'ver Pittsburgh.” Former Holt Couple Plans Open-House Mr. and Mrs. George W. Da vies of 1315 K st., apartment 2, Lincoln, will celebrate their gold en wedding anniversary on Sun day, February 7, at their home. They will observe open-house between 2 and 5 p m. Mr. and Mrs. Davies were mar • ried at the home of Mrs. Davies’ father, the late S. W. Brion, in Ewing, on February 3, 1904. Both Mr. and Mrs. Davies have spent' most of their lives in Holt county and reared their family here, moving to Lincoln in 1932. Their four children and their four grandchildren will be present for the celebration. The children are Mrs. Mark Fowler of Omaha, S. Evan Da vies of Tstcoms, ^ 3sn., Mrs. Chester Fowler of Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. Rodney Shuman of Lincoln. . Dwight C. Worcester was in Sioux City on business Saturday. His wife and two daughters were in .Beresford, S.D., for the week end. •_ T/Sgt. Charles E. Worth spent the weekend here wi,th_hiAT ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wfr„h. He is stationed at Wichita, Kans. PROMOTED IN SERVICE Marlin Luber was promoted to he rank of sergeant December 1. His duties have been first ergeant of the general carpenter ourse. which is an army spa ialist school at Ft. Leonard Vood, Mo. 5 Volunteer for Military Service _ )raft Board Sends Group to Omaha Five Halt county young men Wednesday departed from O’Nehl or Omaha for induction into xhe niiitary service. They are volun eers through the selective sys em, according to Mrs. W. H. iarty, chief clerk of the Holt >oard. The volunteers are: Morns t. Howard, Donovan J Seeker, Edward J. Cuddy and Phillip J. Morrison all of O’Neill ind Gerald A. Wills of Emmet. Also going into the service Wednesday was John E. Wallen >f O’Neill, who had been deferred aarlier for medical reasons. Mrs. Harty explained that numerous volunteers through the selective service system had made draft calls unneess sary during the past six mon ths. Meanwhile, the army-air force recuriting station here has ann ounced the following recent en listments: For regular army: Raymond W. Downs of Oakdale, William L. Henderson of Oakdale, Ver non D. Blecher of Neligh, Eu gene T. Coleman of Elgin, Rand all R. Telgren of Oakdale, Jerolc. O. Williams of Oakdale, and Gene A. Peters of Neligh. These men have gone to Ft. Riley Kans., for basic training and processing. For the air force: Billy E. Tha yer of Wood Lake, DeMar S. ourns of Wausa, Norval E. Rie ken of Long Pine, Clark W. Peter son of Wausa, Eugene E. Primu of Chambers, John D. Lanz of Bassett, Adolph J. Bartak oi Brunswick. John A. Barnes of Atkinson, Jerald W. Andersoi o Bassett, Norman Larson of Win netoon, Dean L. Bowers of Crieghton, John C. Nissen of Norden, and Brian W. Scofield o^ Neligh. The air force enlistees went to Lackland air base, Tex. Angus Sale Gross Is $12,815 Bulls Average $325; Miller Entry Is Grand Champ’on The top 10 bulls in the eighth annual sale sponsored by ihe Holt County Aberdeen - Angus Breeders’ association averaged $453. The show and sale were neld here Tuesday, receipts gross ing $12,815—an overall average of $279.24 per head. Forty-six lots were sold. The 30 bulls averaged $325; the 16 females, $192. The grand champion bull, own ed by Rolland Miller of Middle branch, was purchased by Ben Vonasek of Star for $600. The re serve champion bull, exhibited by Blaine Garwood of Amelia, brought $440 and was bought by Cedar Grove Angus Farms of Loretto. Mr. Garwood showed the grand champion female and it was purchase dby Mrs. Clara Blume of South Dakota for $140. The reserve champion female was owned by E. L. Miner and Son and went to Marvin Lou of Bel mont, S.D., for $200. Top price for a female was $350, however, and was paid by Vernon Harmon of Plainview for an animal shown by Harry Ressel of O'Neill. South Dakotans purchased eight head. A large crowd attended the sale, Harry Ressel of O’Neill, who jrought the first registered An gus cattle to Holt county, and who has been an Angus breeder longer than any other Holt coun ty resident, received one of the plaques. The trophy for the grand champion bull was presented to Rolland Miller by the O’Neill ^number of Commerce, and Mil ler also received a trophy from ihe Frontier for having the best pen of three bulls. f ormer Association President Ray Siders of Inman was pre sented a plaque, also. The following 4-H club mem tContinued on page 8) ' Jansens Flan Open House February 9 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jansen will observe their golden wed ding anniversary on Tuesday, February 9. A mass will be read at 8 o’- | clock at St. Patrick’s Catholic i church at O’Neill. Open-house will be observed at the Gilbert ,viuc *eil nome from $ to 5 o’ clock in the afternoon. The Herbert Jansens are the parents of seven cihldren, all of whom plan to be here for the celebration. 4-H and FFA ycuths share in awards at Angus banquei.—me rronner ruu*u. . y Their Talent Helps Swell Polio Fund ine marcn oi dimes campaign got a 3>iyu-snot-m-tne-arm Friday evening in a home talent show presented at the O’Neill public school auditorium. The performers, including adults and students, numbered over one nundred. Mrs. John C. Watson was in charge of arrangements and Charles B. Houser directed the mu"i'« in the pointless musical comedy. The most interesting thing about the production was the nondescript costumes. There were songs, dances, music Dy tne municipal Danu, ana some on beat stuff created by a dishpan rhythm band, which included a handful of businessmen, who were without benefit of practice or sense of rhythm. Robert Kurtz (back row. extreme left) was dressed like a mammoth old woman and several ordinary guys blossomed out in women’s clothing.—The Frontier Photos by John H. McCarville. Panel Dicussion at P-TA Meelin— A P-TA meeting was held at the school Wednesday night. The school hoard presented a panel on “The Job of the School Board and the Nebraska School Board Association.” There were ques tions from the floor following each speaker. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shelhamer went to Sioux City Tuesday. .. . . •••• Storm to Give-Away Lush Cave Most folks who have traveled in the Black Hills of South Da kota have visited the Crystal cave, situated between Rapid City and Sturgis. Others who have never been there have heard a lot about the subterran ean wonder which rakes in tour ists’ dollars by the thousands. Loui Storm. 77, whose father founded the town of Spencer, ac quired ownership of the cave in 1919 shortly after the discoverer had finally “proved up” on his claim. In recent years Mr. Storm has been offered as much as a quar ter-of-a-million dollars for the tourist magnet, yet he has no idea about selling it. | In fact, he plans to give the cave to a religious organ- ; ization with the hopes the group will use the revenue to build a monastery, school, church or hospital. Mr. Storm is a Catholic. A gray-haired man of medium stature, Mr. Storm has been liv ing alone since his wife died about 20 years ago. While here he has been visiting Tom Enright (they married sisters). Mr. Storm explains that Crystal cave was formed by a geyser, which was created a million years ago by an earthquake, which had cracked the surface rock down to the hot granite. As water seeps through the crevice to the hot granite, steam pressure mounts and causes a spout—thus you have a geyser. Each time the geyser spouts the erosion creates unusual formations. “These formations are what in trigue the tourists,” declares Mr. Storm. The Dakotan, who says he still feels at home in Spencer and 'O'Neill, has made a study of other well-known caves, in cluding Carlsbad caverns in New Mexico and Mammoin cave in Kentucky, Crystal Cave Owner Loui Storm ... his father founded Spencer.—The Frontier Photo. He said the caves are ranked according to the size of the main “room”. Carlsbad ranks first with the largest; Mammoth has a “Broadway” that is four miles long, and his Crystal cave places third. _ An interview with Mr. Storm was broadcast on the Wednesday morning “Voice of The Frontier” program (WJAG, 780 k.c.) Page Couple Plans Golden Wedding PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart will observe their gold en wedding anniversary Sunday, February 7, at their home in Page. Open-house will be ob served from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 o’clock in the evening. The Stewarts have seven chil dren: Sons—Glenn and Edd, both of Page; daughters—Mrs. W. E. (Rhea) Clyde of Sandpoint, Ida.: Mrs. W. E. (Verna) Smith of Walton, Ore.; Mrs. Paul (Elva) Krugman of O’Neill; Mrs. Elmer (Veda) Juracek of Star, and Mrs. Gene (Dorotha) MuCioff or Page. To Be 94 Grandma Summers will cele brate her 94th birthday anniver sary Saturday. Since her fall last fall she has been up and around most of the time. Frontie- lor printing! Rerouting Plan Hits Opposition Group Will Confer with Governor and District Engin e e r For years the state highway department engineers have been surveying possible relocation routes for the coast-to-coast U.S. highway 20, which presently uses O’Neill’s mile - long east - west Douglas street, and nothing much has been done about it. A traffic count a fortnight ago and additional engineering stu dies conducted recently spurred a group of O’Neill business and professional men into rigorous action this week. They overflowed the city ; council chambers Tuesday night at the regular monthly meeting of that body, and a second meeting was held Wed nesday night in the Knights of Columbus halL Wednesday's session was attended by more than one hundred persons. Judging from the interest shown in these two meetings, it is apparent a large segment of the business interests here are up-in-arms over the engineering plan to bypass the city with U.S. highway 20-275 traffic and with a relocation plan for U.S. high way 281, which is an internation al north-south route. The city council assured the delegation in Tuesday’s session it would do anything reasonable and within its power to retain the highways along the present routes. Parallel parking and wid ening of Douglas street were cbs: cussed as inducements to Ihe state-federal road authorities in keeping the present routes. U.S. highway 281 enters O’Neill from the south and follows Fourth street to the intersection with Douglas (U.S. highway 20). To gether they go westward six blocks, then northward to the drive - in theater comer (I'k miles). At the drive-in. theater comer (formerly known as the Danceland corner), route 20 turns west and 281 continues north. A meeting is scheduled at 1.30 p.m., today (Thursday) between • a special committee and J. M. Crook of Ainsworth, who is als trict highway engineer. Crook will travel with the group and study the unfavorable factors, from an engineering standpoint, presented by the present routes. Mr. Crook has said the drive - in theater corner and West O'Neill curve are obiec lionable to the engineers at present for the amount of traf fic flowing through the city He pointed out that there were (Continued on page 5) Rev. Francis Price Assigned to Emmet Rev. Francis Price, who has been assistant pastor at St. Mi chael’s Catholic church in South Sioux City for about four years, has been named pastor of the Church of the Epiphany at Em met and the mission church at Amelia. He is a former resident of both communities. Father Price succeeds the late Rev. A. A. Urbanski, who died * two weeks ago. Father Price is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Price of O’Neill and a graduate of St. Mary’s academy. Pair Quietly Marks Golden Wedding PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howard quietly observed their 51st wedding anniversary at their home Saturday, January 30. ' The Howards continue to own and operate, their farm with the help of their son, Wayne Mf. and Mrs. Howard are the parents of seven sons and three daughters. They have 38 grand children and 16 great-grandchil dren. A family reunion was held August 8, 1953, at their home.