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Volume 73,—Number 46. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, March 18, 1934 Seven Cents
Reverend Olson to Wisconsin
Hev. R. W. Olson (above), pastor of Christ Lutheran church at
O Neill and Immanuel Lutheran at Atkinson since July, 1950, has
resigned to accept a call from the Thorp and Stanley, Wise, par
ishes. Revert-d Olson will deliver his farewell sermons Easter
Sunday. He tame to O’Neill from Concordia seminary, Spring
field, 111., anc directed the start of a new church building for
Christ Lutheran. Excavation for the new church was begun With
in a year after his arrival. He and his wife, Bernice, and their
three children, Brttce, 4, John 3, and Jodene, 3-months, will leave
m April for 'rhorp, which is five miles from Stanley. Reverend
Olson’s hometown is Eau Claire, Wise. Twice before he has re
jected calls from other parishes. The Thorp-Stanley parishes
combined will be twice as large as the O’Neill-Atkiason parishes.
i">ince last fall, Reverend Olson also has been serving as vacancy
pastor for St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Chambers. The O’Neill
Atkinaon parishes will call a seminary graduate this spring to
fill Reverend Olson’s vacancy.—The Frontier Photo.
Phone Lines Snap
Under Ice Weight
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Jury Is Called;
12 Suits on Docket
Jurors Not Being
Identified
Ten civil and two criminal
suits are on the Holt county
district court docket and will be
heard when the court convenes
next Tuesday, March 23.
A list of 30 jurors has been
selected, but the identities of the
jurors is not to be made known,
contrary to usual custom. The
last session of the legislature en
acted a law changing procedure
in calling a jury and their names
are not to be published ahead of
the hearings.
The names were drawn from
a file of 700 prospective jurors.
The actions on the docket in
clude:
. CIVIL
Food Centers vs. John Q. Hos
sack; Manasil & Erickson; Cron
in. .
Lloyd Collins vs. C. O. Knoell;
Gonderinger; Cronin.
Railway Express Agency vs.
• J. M. Corkle; Cronin; Griffin.
Edward J. Grace vs. Edward
Ypder, et al; Perry & Perry;
Cronin, Jameson, Clinch.
Paul Head vs. Guy Parsons;
Gonderinger; Lee.
Oliver Corporation vs. Lloyd
Collins; Gallagher; Gonderinger.
Dempster Mill Mfg. Co. vs.
Harmon, et al; Griffin; Cronin.
James W. Galyen vs. Dale But
terfield; Lee; Griffin.
Dwayne Anderson vs. Lloyd
Evftns; Eisenstatt & Seminara;
Cronin, Chace.
Martin Van Conent vs. Mark
Muff; Butterfield; Cronin, Grif
fin.
CRIMINAL
State vs. James W. Galyen;
Griffin; Lee.
State vs. C. B. Sharp; Griffin.
Nurses’ Recruiting
Unit Coming Mar. 20
Simonson unit 93 of the Amer
ican Legion will mark the auxil
• • iary’s nationwide birthday obser
vance with a 6:30 p. m. party on
Sunday, March 21. All Legion and
auxiliary members and their
guests are invited.
The meat and dessert courses
will be furnished. Each auxil
iary member is asked to bring
. a salad or escalloped potato dish.
A motion picture film on
“Breast Self-Examination for
Cancer” was shown by Carol
Feuerstein and Helen Kreymborg
at a recent meeting. Dr. Rex Wil
son was present to answer quest
ions.
The Uuiversity of Nebraska
nurses’ recruiting unit will be in
O’Neill Saturday, March 20, at
2 p. m.
Homer Davis, Wife
Wedded 50 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis of
O’Neill will observe their gold
en wedding anniversary with
open-house reception at their
name at 203 W. Douglas st„ O
’ Neill, Sunday afternoon, March
21, from 2 until 5 o’clock.
No invitations are being sent
but all friends are invited to
call.
The Davises are well-knowm
in the O’Neill, Ewing and Cham
bers localities.
JAILED HERE
Jackie Phillips, 24, an Indian
an who has been located at Bart
lett. Wednesday was arrested by
• Holt County Sheriff Leci Tom
jack in connection with the theft
of hubcaps from a 1954 Stude
baker car, owned by John Shald
of Stuart.
The second worst combination
wind, ice ahd snowstorm of the
winter struck the O’Neill region
early Friday, and isolated O’
Neill and dozens of other cities
and towns in north-central and
northeast Nebraska, south-cen
tral and southeast South Dakota.
By noon Friday virtually all
telephone toll circuits and tele
graph circuits leading out of O’
Neill had given way under the
weight of a heavy coating of ice.
Numerous telephone poles were
toppled to the ground, ofttimes
broken in several places.
Not until late Sunday was
emergency long distance tele
phone service available through
the Northwestern Bell Tele
phone company’s toll center
here, which administers all toll
calls for a wide area. Many rural
phone circuits also were knock
ed out.
Meanwhile, Consumers Pub
lic PoweT district had its trou
bles, too, particularly in the
vicinity of Wausa where 28
poles were toppled. Trouble
shooting crews from O'Neill
were dispatched to that area.
On east from Wausa in the
Hartington, Ponca, and Beiden
vicinities, considerable more ice
and wind damage was reported
j by CPPD. Ice conditions made
highways treacherous and ar
! counted for a number of tratfic
accidents (see stories elsewhere
on this page). Throughout Fri
day afternoon, Friday night and
early Saturday visibility was
diminished because of blowing
snow.
O’Neill kept a telephonic con
tact with Chambers, Inman and
Page throughout the storm. Cir
cuits to Ainsworth, Norfolk,
Spencer, Winner, S.D., and Val
entine were unserviceable
throughout the weekend.
Main highways were kept op
en but very little traffic flowed
until about 11 o’clock Saturday,
when the wind began to subside.
A half-inch of ice was reported
at Neligh. All highway travel
was discouraged by highway of
ficials and maintenance person
nel.
The westbound mainline pas
senger-mail train on the Chicago
& North Western railroad went
west only as far as Long Pine on
Friday morning, where it turn
ted around and headed eastward
on schedule. Many passengeid
were marooned at Long Pine be
cause of snow-choked rails and
roads west of there.
The North Wesiern kept
traffic flowing during the
weekend despite the lack of
telegraph service. Trains, how
ever, w?re slowed under the
arrangement.
The mercury dropped to the
freezing point here at noon on
Friday. Several inches of fresh
snow fell Saturday morning
The ice succeeded in snapv.r.g
the “Voice of The Frontier’s”
“loop” with radio station WJAG,
Norfolk, and Saturday morn
ing’s edition had to be cancel ied.
Fourteen Bell telephone crews
converged on the O’Neill region
from North Platte, Grand Island
and points in Kansas. Normalcy
began to be restored on Monday.
A total of 41 phone repair men
were working out of the O’Neill
office. Bell estimated the storm
cost 70-thousand-dollars in the
entire area.
Both phone and power officials
agreed that the December 10
combination wind, ice and snow
storm inflicted more extensive
damage.
Summary:
Week’s weather summary:
Hi Lo Prrc.
March 11 _ 57 29
March 12_ 35 6 .23
March 13 _22 9
March 14 _22 1
March 15 _j,_37 1
March 16_ 50 20
March 17_ 60 36
O’Neill Man
Dies at 94;
Rites Today
James Pat. Crowley
Resident of Holt
County Since 1891
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 10 a.m, today (Thurs
day) from St. Patricks’. Catholic
church for James Patrick Crow
ley, 94, retired O’Neill farmer
and one of Holt county’s oldest
residents. He died at 5:30 p.m.,
Monday, March 15, in St. An
thony’s hospital following a
three weeks’ illness.
In a recent fall he suffered a
broken hip, complications set in,
and he was taken to the hospital
about a week before he died.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan,
church pastor, will officiate and
burial will be in Calvary ceme
tery under the direction of Big
lin’s. Pallbearers chosen are T.
J. Donohoe, Henry Murray,
Thomas Murray, W. P. Dailey,
Andy Clark, John Sullivan,
Herbert Jansen and Harry Lans
worth.
A rosary was offered at 8 p.m.,
Wednesday at the funeral home.
The late Mr. Crowley was
born at Harvard. 111., March
10, 1860. His parents were na
tives of County Cork, Ireland.
He came to Holt county from
Omaha in 1891.
On September 15, 1891, he
married Anna Bell Gallagher at
O’Neill. They became the par
ents of four children.
His wife died in June, 1931.
The late Mr. Crowley made
his home northwest of here with
is sons, Charles and Edward, and
his daughter, Mary.
Survivors include: Sons —
Charles and Edward, both of
O'Neill; James of Hailey, Ida.;
daughter — Mary of O’Neill;
brother — Charles of Hartlond, I
111.; sister—Mrs. Lena Walsh of .
Chicago, 111.
■
Coolidge to Sell
Personal Property
Charles Coolidge, who resides
four miles north of Chambers,
will dispose of his ranch per
sonal property at auction on Fri
day, March 26. The offering will
include 86 head of cattle, three
horsey, a complete line of hay
ing machinery, some hay, corn
and feed.
Mr. Coolidge has decided to
quit ranching. Col. Ed Thorin of
O’Neill will be the auctioneer;
Chambers State bank, clerk.
A tremendous crowd attended
the Leo T. Adams cleanup sale,
south of Chambers, held Tues
day and Mr. Adams said he was
pleased with prices received.
State Polio Representative
to Speak Here —
The annual meeting of the
Holt county chapter, National
Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis will be held, in O’Neill on
Tuesday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m.,
at the Town House. It will be
a dinner meeting.
Mr. Day, state representative
for the National Foundation, will
speak. Mrs. Lester Reige of
Page, who is secretary of the
Holt chapter, asks persons in
terested in attending to make
reservations with her by mail
or by telephone.
ARC Fund Drive
Is Progressing—
The annual American Red
Cross fund-raising and member
ship drive is now underway in
Holt county. Solicitors have be
gun their door-to-door canvas in
some communities.
Mrs. William White, chairman
of the drive in O’Neill, has se
lected her coworkers, who are
working now and plan to windup
the campaign at the end of the
month.
Applicants Sought
for ARC Training—
Anycne interested in instruct
or-training under the American
Red Cross’s first aid program
may contact Sgt. James R. Lyons
at O’Neill before Sunday, March
21. A one-week training course
is planned, starting Monday,
March 29, and to be held at a
city cr town to be designated.
Any expense i n connection
with participation in the course
may be assumed by the ARC. To
be eligible to get the instructor
training, a person must be at
least 20-years-old.
Julius D. Cronin Back
from National Bar Meeting—
Julius D. Cronin returned on
Saturday from a 10-day stay
in Atlanta, Ga., where he had
attended the winter session of
the American Bar Association.
Mr. Cronin is serving as presi
dent of the Nebraska Bar As
sociation 'and represented that
group at the national meeting.
DeBacker . . . driving alone.
—The Frontier Photo.
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DeBacker Injured
When Car Rolls
C of C President in
Spald’ng Hospital
G. C. DeBacker, manager of
the J. C. Penney company store
here and president of the O’
Neill Chamber of Commerce, is
in the Spalding hospital being
treated for injuries suffered
Friday afternoon when his car
went out of control west of
Spalding on U.S. highway 281.
Mr. DeBacker’s northbound
machine left the road at the point
where the gravel ends and hard
surfacing begins. He was trav
eling alone and was thrown free
from the car after it made its
first overturn. The car turned
over at least once more, accord
ing to investigating officers.
The machine ended up in the
driveway at a farm house. Two
men, who had been hauling hay,
set out to find Mr. DeBacker.
They found him unconscious and
removed him to the Spalding
hospital. Attendants said he was
suffering from shock, a severe
ly injured hip, badly cut right
hand, and numerous facial and
body briuses.
Mr. DeBacker, who had been
to Chicago, 111., on a business
trip, was driving to O’Neill from
Hastings.
There was an accident in O’
Neill about 8:30 o’clock Friday
morning, two vehicles colliding
at the comer of Fifth and Ad
ams street, known as the John
R. Gallagher comer. A south
bound car driven by Sam Banks
collided with a westbound panel
truck driven by L. A. Becker.
Mr. Becker s son, James, 14,
suffered a fractured rib and was
knocked unconscious when he
was thrown from the Becker
car. Mrs. Banks, who was riding
with her husband, also suffered
a fractured rib. Both Mrs. Banks
and the Becker boy were taken
to St. Anthony’s hospital, where
they were confined until Sunday.
Becker was reamditted to the
hospital where he was still a
patient Wednesday.
Both vehicles were badly
damaged.
A 67-year-old Riverton, Wyo.,
woman was bruised and suffered
from shock about noon Friday
when theri westbound car over
turned east of Inman on U.S.
highway 275. The woman, Mrs.
Roy Spangler, was cared for sev
eral days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Will David at Cham
bers. She was riding with her
husband and with Mr. and Mis.
Roy David, all of Riverton. Ice
was blamed for the accident.
Roy David is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will David.
Three Columbia, Mo., people
were treated at St. Anthony’s
hospital for several days follow
ing an upset of their car on
U.S. highway 275 eaot of O’Neill.
The acrident was blamed on Fri
day’s icy road conditions. The
group had left O’Neill only a
few minutes before the accident.
Flannigan Being
Held in Grand Island
STUART— Daniel Flannigan
of Stuart, who is charged with
motor vehicle homicide in con
nection with an accident at
Grand Island February 23, was
being held in Hall county jaxi
this week in lieu of $4,000 bond.
Flannigan’s bond was set by
Justice of Peace Paul C. Holm
berg at a preliminary hearing.
Flannigan pleaded nolo contend
re to the charge and was bound
over to district court. The charge
was filed in connection with the
death of Mrs. A. H. Andersen of
Grand Island in a two-car crash.
All-County Cage
Team Next Week
The Frontier will announce
its seventh annual all-Holt coun
ty prep basketball team in the
next issue. A poll will be con
ducted among high school coach
es and cage officials.
Ike Signals Start for
Randall Hydro Power
r l
_ •> A . A A AAA
Muny Election
Date Nearing
Mayor Davis Doesn’t
Seek Reelection
Two petitions were in circula
tion this week—the only out
ward sign the municipal election
is rapidly approaching.
In this city of 3,200 souls,
where no caucus has been held
in more than a score of years,
candidates’ names get on the
ballot via the petition system.
The caucus system, the tradi
tional and popular method of
electing municipal officers in
most cities and towns, goes by
default in O’Neill year-after
year. This year caucuses were
to have been held March 2, ac
cording to Nebraska law.
Petitions in behalf of petition
candidates must be filed with
the city clerk by 3 p.rn., Friday.
March 26.
Mayor J. E. Davis, who has
served two terms as mayor,
has indicated he is not a can
didate for reelection Mayor
Davis, who had been in busi
ness here for a number of
yoars, left the business direct
ory last fall and has not an
nounced his future plans *
On Tuesday he entered St.
Anthony’s hospital.
Petitions in circuiation this
week list O. D. French as a can
didate for city c^rk and Jonn
C. Watson as a candidate for
city treasurer. Both are incum
bents. These are two-year terms.
Another petition lists H. J.
Lohaus and F. N. Cron n as can
didates for board of education
posts. Both are incumbents.
These are three-year terms.
City council terms for L. M.
Merriman, First wild; Joe Stuiz,
Second ward, and Emmett
Crabb, Third ward, expire this
year.
Nephew Killed in
Navy Plane Crash
Lt.-Cmdr. Joseph M. Murphy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mur
pjhy of Kansas City, Kans., and
nephew of Mrs. Nell Sulilvan of
O’Neill, died in a jet fighter
crash last Thursday near San
Diego, Calif. The navy flier, who
bad visited here, had earned
fame in leading the navy’s first
jet bombing raid against the reds
when hostilities broke out in
Korea.
He served in Wor,M War II
an dwas recalled to duty. He at
tended the University of Kansas
before reentering the navy and
worked for several years in the
Pentagon at Washington, D.C.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his widow and two
children. Services and burial
were at Kansas City.
Graders Compete
in Bassett Tourney
In the grade school basketball
tournament being held at Bas
sett this week, the St. Mary’s
graders romped over the Spring
view graders in the first round
of the tournament, 48-13.
In the semifinals Tuesday
night, St. Mary’s was downed by
the Bassett graders, 25-16. Also
in the semifinals, Long Pine
came out victorious over Valen
tine, 49-28.
Cpl. Robert Gillogly
Returns from Japan—
Cpl. Robert Gillogly, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gillogly of
Inman, returned Wednesday. He
reached Colorado Springs, Cofo.,
last week, having spent 13
months in Japan.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Banks
were hosts at a birthday anni
versary party Sunday evening
in honor of their daughter Pat
ty Ann, on her third birthday
anniversary. Guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, Jim
my and Judy, Mr. and Mrs Sam
Banks and Helen, Mr. and Mrs.
James Banks and Ronnie Kay
Rogers of Inman. She received
many gifts. Ice cream and caKe
were served.
A tractor-trailer outfit owned
by Lee Hobbs of Ewing left U S.
highway 281 near the Elkhorn
river bridge, south of O’Neill,
about 5 o’clopk Wednesday af
ternoon. One cow was killed and
others were bruised. The rig did
not upset
South Dakota's Gov. Sigurd Anderson presses the button
Monday as the first power unit in the Ft. Randall dam goes into
production. Governor Anderson was given the cue by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, who spoke to the powerhouse assembly of
dignitaries by telephone from the white house. — The Frontier
Photo.
Hon. M. Q. Sharpe (left) and Hon. George T. Mickelson
(center), former South Dakota governors, pose with Governor
Anderson in front of the first of eight hydro power units in Ft.
Randall's giant powerhouse. The Pick-Sloan plan, authorized by
congress in 1944. was carried out during the tenures of Sharpe,
Mickelson and Anderson. Sharpe is from Kenenbec. Mickelson
from Sioux Falls. Anderson from Webster.—The Frontier Photo.
Mrs. Glen Waring
Rites at Venus
VENUS— Funeral services
were conducted at 2 p.m., Sun
day, March 14, from St. Paul’s
Lutheran church, north of Or
chard, for Mrs. Glen Waring, 40,
Venus farm wife whose body
was found about noon Thursday
on the family farm located one
half mile south and one mile
west of Venus. Death was caus
ed by gunshot wounds.
Mrs. Waring had been ill
about a month. No inquest was
conducted by Knox county offi
cials from Center, who investi
gated. Burial was in the Enter
prise cemetery with Reverend
Christenson of Neligh. A large
crowd attended the rites despite
adverse road conditions caused
by the weekend storm.
The late Mrs. Waring, whose
maiden name was Elsie Scheer.
daughter of Gottlieb and Alvina
Scheer, was bom at Bazille
Mills February 4, 1914.
Survivors include: Widower;
daughter — Marlene of O’Neill;
son, who is 9-years-old.
WELLERS RETURN
ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Weller returned Monday from
their extensive tour of Central
and South America. Mr. Weller
appeared i n South American
dress at Tuesday’s sale at the
Atkinson Livestock Market and
spoke briefly about the trip.
Ewing Man, 86,
Dies in Sleep
EWING—George Hahlbeck, £6,
of Ewing, formerly of Wisner,
died while sleeping sometime
between 11 p.m., Thursday and
1 a.m., Friday at the home of his
son and daughter-in-la .v, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Hahlbeck, in
Ewing. He has made his home
with them in recent years.
Rites were held Monday at
1:30 p.m., at the graves.de in
the Wisner cemetery.
George E. Hahlbeck v/as born
at Hooper July 16, 1867. He v/as
united in marriage to Nancy
Neiman in 1888. To this union
were born four sons and one
daughter. His wife, Nancy, and
one son, Earl, preceded him in
death.
In 1914, he was married to
Mary Walker of Wisner, who
also preceded him in death, dy
ing in 1922.
Survivors include: Daughter—
Mrs. Alta Lageson of Medford,
Ore.; sons — Harry of Neligh;
William of Pender; Clarence ol
Ewing; sister— Mrs. Anna Ihde
of Plainview; eight grandchil
dren, 12 great-grandchildren, a
number of nephews and nieces.
SECOND IN SPEECH
ATKINSON—Donald Withers,
an Atkinson high school senior,
won second place in the state
wide American Legion oratorical
contest held earlier this week in
Kearney.
20,000 KW’» N o w
Flowing to O’Neill;
One Unit Energized
(Other photos on pages 4, 5)
At 11:30 a.m. (CST), Monday
March 15, President Dwight Eis
enhower pushed a button in
Washington, D.C., and the
mighty meandering Missouri riv
er went to work at Ft. Randall
At 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, *
March 17, the initial power from
Randall was switched into the
Nebraska public power system
via ONeill’s strategically-locaited
electric facilities.
A handpicked audience
looked on as ceremonies were
conducted Monday morning
prior to energizing the first of
eight giant turbines,
The others will come on the .
line at four month intervals,
each rated at 40,000 kilowatts.
Ft. Randall at present is 75 per
cent completed and when the
hydro power production is at its
peak in 1955, the output will be
rated at 320,000 kilowatts (or
nearly 300 times as large as the
Spencer hydro-electric plant).
The energizing ceremonies
were witnessed by governors,
governors’ representatives, con
gressmen, state legislators, may
ors of cities and towns public
and private power officials and .
a bevy of newspaper and radio
people. Only two hundred per
sons were invited because of
limitations in handling a big
crowd.
A one hour series of speeches
and introductions prefaced the
formal portion of the ceremony.
President Eisenhower, speaking
f.’om the White House over the
public address system in a spe
cial telephonic ‘piped in” hook
! up, declared:
"This occasion is a symbol
of what we must do about ou*
most precious resource — wa
ter."
Thereupon, the president de
pi essed a button which sounded
a buzzer in the cavernous Ran
dall powerhouse. South Dakota
Gov. Sigurd Anderson, hovering
over a small switch on the
speakers’ rostrum, then depress
ed another button. Those present
in the big room heard the roar
of water rushing into the turbine
below at the rate of two million
gallons per second. Within a few
seconds, the big generator, only
slightly smaller than the world’s
largest, began to whirl.
(The “Voice o' The Frontier”
special events unit was on hand
with Cal Stewart at the micro
phone. Persons listening to the
tape- recorded broadcast on
WJAG, 780 kc, heard the surge
of water and the vibration set up
(Continued on page 3)
Southard Being
Held by Marshal
Robert Southard, 27, was ar
rested in Omaha last week on &
traffic count and has been turn
ed over to the U.S. marshal
there to await charges of trans
portation of a stolen car acros3
a state line.
Southard has been on Hoi,
County Sheriff Leo Tomjack's.
want list in connection with
thievery at the Art Kaplan place,
southwest of Atkinson. Southnra
had been employed at Kaplan’s
and suddenly disappeared. Holt
county authorities issued a war
rant for his arrest in connection
with money allegedly stolen
from Kaplans, amounting to two
hundred dollars. Some of the
money was said to have been
taken from piggybanks belonging
to the children.
• Tomjack said Wednesday he
doubted if Southard would be
turned over to Holt authorities
for prosecution, instead he wouid
face trial in a federal court.
Attend Founder s
Day Affair, Lincoln
3?
Among Holt countyans attend
ing the traditional founder’s day
republican affair at Lincolu on
Monday were:
From O’Neill: William W.
Griffin, Ira H. Moss.
From Stuart: Arthur J. Run
nels.
From Atkinson: Frank J. Bra
dy.
Also present was Ned Shaw of
Bassett, formerly of Atkinson.
P-TA food sale at Shelhamer
Super Market, Saturday, March
20, at 1 p.m. 4gc