’ ; 1 *' North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper
Volume 74.—Number 1. O Neill, Nebr’, Thursday, May 6, 1954. Seven Cents
Hillbilly Play Wows Audience
“Rosie Bell Fry” (Evalyn Asher) is escorted to a wash tub in
a rollicking three-act hillbilly play staged Friday night by O’Neill
° highgschool seniors. The play was titled, “A Feudin’ Over Yonder.”
Forcibly assisting “Rosie Belle” were “Ma Fry” (Marjorie Norman)
and “Rosie’s sister” (Lois Sargeint).—The Frontier Photo.
Unseasonal Cold
Damages Alfalfa
Anna McCartney
li! 2 Months, Dies
Former Head of Boyd
Schools
o
Mrs. Anna McCartney, 75, re
tired O’Neill business woman
and for several terms superin
tendent of Boyd county schools,
died at°12:15 a.m., Sunday, May
2, in St. Anthony’s hospital here
where she had been a patient for
two months.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May
4 from Biglin’s funeral chapel
0 with Rev. Samuel Lee, pastor of
J First Presbyterian church, offi
ciating. oThe remains were for
warded to Wapello, la., for bur
ial.
The late Mrs. McCartney,
w hose maiden name was Anna
Izora Weber, was bom June 10,
1878, at Wapello, Louisa county,
Iowa, a daughter of Christain
and Ella Jane Peters Weber.
Her father was a German immi
grant.
The late Mrs. McCartney
was graduated “ from Arizona
State Teachers college and re
ceived some o' her college
training at Iowa «*nd Missouri
teachers' colleges as well as
the University of Colorado,
Boulder. She taught in Iowa,
South Dakota, Minnesota and
Nebraska schools for 25 years.
° On January 1, 1920, in Iowa
she married William Priestly
IvicCartney. They had no chil
d-en. He- died many years ago.
Mrs. McCartney was superin
tendent of Boyd county schools
0 for 12 years, retiring from
that position in the 1930’s. In
1937 she came to O’Neill and
c established the McCartney style
shop which she operated for 17
Qyears. Several months ago the
store was sold because of her
declining health.
The late Mrs. McCartnev was
an extensive real estate owner
here. She was a member of S/m
pony chapter, Order of the East
ern Star, O’Neill, and the Chris
tian church, Wapello. She be
longed to the Women’s associa
tion of the First Presbyterian
church, Circle III. She was a
past matron of the OES.
Survivors include: Brothers —
George0 W. Weber of Columbus
° Junction, la., and Ben Weber of
Dallas, Ore.; sisters—Mrs. W. A.
3 (Effie) Miller of Marysville, Mo.;
Mrs. Sadie Shipman of Colum
bus Junction, la,; Mrs. D. W.
(Lennal Torbert of Leesburg,
o Fla., and Mrs. Cecil (Grace) Gar
den of Des Moines, la.
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Boy, 8, Suffers
Shoulder Fracture
INMAN—Bobby Coventry, 8,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Coventry, fell from a horse on
Tuesday evening, April 27, and
fractured his left shoulder. He
was taken to the Methodist hos
pital in Sioux City later that
night and last Thursday morn
ing submitted to surgery to re
duce the fracture.
Mrs. Coventry remained in
Sioux City and Mr. Coventry
drove there Saturday. They all
returned home late Sunday.
Dierks Is Whisker
King at *Ag’ College
EWING — Merton Dierks of
Ewing was chosen whisker king
at the cotton and denim dance
at the University of Nebraska
college of agriculture Saturday
night. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Dierks of Ewing and
is a member of the senior class
at the university. His parents
and his sister, Miss Sandra, were
Merton’s guests at open house
at his fraternity, Alpha Gamma
Sigma, on Saturday, defying ad
verse weather to make the trip.
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Two and one-half inches of
much-needed moisture was re
ceived here during the 4 Vt -day
interval between Wednesday
night, April 28, and Monday
morning, May 3. The first mois
ture came in the form of made
to-order rainfall followed dur
ing the weekend by rain, sleet,
hail and snow.
The temperature early Mon
day dipped to 20 degrees—an un
usually low reading for the first
week of May. The freeze dam
aged the first crop of alfalfa,
handed oats and bluegrass a
setback and, of course, damaged
fruit trees, flowers and tender
vegetation.
Thousands of trees were dam
aged when the rain turned to
ice. Trees were unable to with
stand the intense weight. Snow
amounted to about three inches.
The moisture helped to
erase a deficiency in moisture
which was noted during
March and Af>ril and had
reached a rather serious state.
Fortunately the high wind late
Saturday anc^ Sunday subsided
before the intense cold set in.
Otherwise, losses among young
{Continued; on page 6)
Signed by SMA
Don Templemeyer (above),
athletic coach for two terms
at Holbrook, has been signed
by St. Mary’s academy to be
a full-time high school teach
er and athletic coach. He is a
graduate of the University of
Nebraska and is qualified to
teach basketball, football,
track, wrestling and swim
ming. He taught in Kansas
before going to Holbrook.
Templemeyer is married and
is the father otf three children.
The SMA Athletic association
will underwrite a portion of
Templemeyer’s salary.
Ike Names
Moss for
>. Job
Nomination for New
Postmaster Here
Goes to U.S. Senate
Ira H. Moss, veteran clerk of
the Holt county district court,
Monday was nominated by Pres
ident Eisenhower for the office
of postmaster at O’Neill, a firgt
class postoffice. The post pays
S5.370 per year.
The news reached O’Neill via
news dispatches from Washing
ton. Moss has received no con
firmation on the matter. To be
come official the U.S. senate
must confirm the nomination
and Moss must be installed.
Moss was born three miles
from Amelia, was graduated
from Atkinson high school, and
attended Hastings college. He is
a member of the Nebraska Bar
association and has served for
many years as secretary on the
O’Neill city schools board of ed
ucation.
During World War I Mr. Moss
served in Europe with the sig
nal corps. He is married and the
father of two grown daughters.
Following the retirement of
Mrs. Agnes Sullivan December
31, 1950, Thomas J. Sullivan was
made active postmaster. He held
the post about two years and
was succeeded by his wife,
Helen, as acting postmaster in
December, 1952.
Mattie Johnson
Poses in Five
Generation Group
Mrs. Mattie Johnson of O’
Neill celebrated her 95th birth
day anniversary Monday, May
3. Those who visited her were
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters and
daughter, Norma Jean, and Mr.
and Mrs. Bennie Johring and
son, Freddie, and daughter,
Charlene.
A party was held Saturday
in Mrs. Johnson’s home. Due to
the inclement weather, all mem
bers of the immediate family
were unable to be present.
Present were: Mrs. Bert (Es
ther) Harding of Whiting, la.,
her daughter; Mr. Jule Waugh
of Whiting, la., and Mrs.
Waugh’s daughter, Phyllis, and
the latter’s son, Douglas, also
of Whiting; and Mr. and Mrs.
John Claussen.
Mrs. Johnson, who was bom
in Denmark, came to the United
States when she was about 20
years-old. On December 28, 1881,
she was married to Andrew
Johnson in Iowa. That spring
they moved to Holt county and
settled on the farm where Mrs.
Johnson still resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson became
the parents of nine children.
They are: Mrs. J. Victor (Chris
tine) Johnson of O’Neill; Jens
Johnson of Bellingham, Wash,;
Andrew, jr., north of O’Neill,
Mrs. Bert (Esther) Harding of
Whiting, la.; Mrs. Anna Harding
of Modesta, Calif.; Mrs. Otto
(Emma) Claussen of Inglewood,
Calif.; and Mrs. John (Cora)
Claussen, who resides on the
home place.
Mr. Johnson passed away on
December 22, 1926.
Mrs. Johnson has 29 grand
children, 50 great-grandchildren
and 12 great-great-grandchil
dren.
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| Paving Begun in
Sections of City
Machines are at work in the
northeast and southwest sections
of the city on street improve
ment districts established sev
eral months ago. Specifications
call for curbing, guttering and
paving.
Meanwhile, the city council
met in regular monthly session
Tuesday evening and reorgan
ized for the new year—May 1,
1954 to April 30, 1955. Emmet
Crabb, president of the council,
presided in the absence of May
or J. E. Davis, who is out of the
city. All standing committees
were reappointed.
James Tnorburn of Norfolk,
civil engineer, was ordered to
proceed with plans for street
improvement district 16, which
includes portions of Douglas and
South Fourth street.
Robert Recroft, 79,
Interment at Stuart
Former Newport Rail
Agent, Merchant
STUART — Funeral services
were conducted Saturday, May
L, at 2 p.m., at the funeral home
in Stuart for Robert A. Recroft,
79.
Mr. Recroft was bom in On
tario, Canada, February 9, 1875,
and he died in Minneapolis,
Minn., Thursday, April 29.
In about 1890, he with his wid
owed mother and three brothers
moved to Stanton. In 1895, he
came to Newport as a railroad
station agent.
In 1896 he was united in
marriage to Mary A. Baxter
cf Newport. To this union one
son, Oswald of Minneapolis,
was born.
While in Newport he was post
master for several years. He was
also in the hay business and
had a general merchandise store,
in 1917 he moved to Norfolk
where he had a grocery store
and a meat market. '*
On December 6, 1918, his wife
died. In later years he lived at
Neligh and Lincoln.
Four years ago the late Mr.
Recroft went to Minneapolis to
reside with his son.
Survivors include: Son— Os
wald; brother — George of Lin
coln; two granddaughters and
several nieces and nephews.
Interment was made in the
Stuart cemetery by the side of
his wife, Mary.
Those from out-of-town who
attended the funeral were Mr.
and Mrs. Oswald Recroft of
Minneapolis; Mrs. Thelma Law
son, her son, Warren, and Miss
Claudia Wright, all of Lincoln;
Mrs. Veldon Binkerd and daugh
ter, Jean, of Neligh; Mrs. L. C.
and William Baxter, both of
Ainsworth. ,
Palbearers were Frank Keller,
E. Sparks, A. G. Gilg, Frank
Martelle and Roy Farr, all of
Newport, and Walter Ouart of
Stuart.
Mr. Recroft was an uncli of
Mrs. Noma Hall of Staurt.
TO TEACH IN OMAHA
STUART— Miss Faye Moses
has contracted to teach a second
grade in the Omaha schools next
school term. Miss Barbara Moses,
who has taught in Omaha the
past year, will teach there next
year also. The Misses Moses are
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Moses.
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Five generations . . . (left-to-right) seated in foreground—the former Phyllis Waugh and her
son. Douglas, and Mrs. Mattie Johnson, 95; in rear — Mrs. Jule Waugh and Mrs. Bert Harding.
—O’Neill Photo Co.
There’s Music in the Air
.f\n estimated bolt Holt county rural school
pupils took part in rural chorus practice re
cently in the O’Neill public school. M. V.
Welch, director of instrumental music in the
Norfolk public school, stands on the podium
while a portion of the group of 350 pupils
(above) look on. (In the photo, Welch is di
rectmg a 60-piece harmony band while others
look on.) The 300 faces (below) represent
kindergarten, first, second and third grade pu
pils rehearsing chorus numbers under the di
rection of Mrs. Etha Walters of Chambers
(right foreground).—O’Neill Photo Co.
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Harmony Band,
2 Choruses Will
Feature Promotion
A 60-piece harmony band and
two choruses, all composed of
rural school pupils, will be fea
tured in the Holt county eighth
grade promotion exercises to be
held in the O’Neill public school
auditorium Tuesday, May 11,
starting at 2 o’clock.
The harmony band will play
several selections and the two
choruses will be heard in sev
eral selections as a portion of
the prograrrt. There will be solo
work by eighth graders; also a
duet
Relatives and friends of rural
graduates are especially invited
to the public Ceremony, accord
ing to Miss Alice L. French,
county superintendent of public
instruction.
Eighth grade examinations
were conducted last Thursday
and Friday.
To Help Pick New
State GOP Leader—
Mrs. Guy Cole of Emmet, mem
ber of the Nebraska republican
central committee, will go to
Lincoln Monday to participate
in the balloting for a new state
GOP leader to succeed David1
Martin of Grand Island who re
signed to campaign for the U.S.
senate.
The Holt county pre-primary
republican convention, which
was to have been held Monady,
April 26, did not convene. Pur
pose of the pre-primary meeting
is to pick delegates for the post
primary convention.
TRANSFERS JUNE 1
State Highway Patrolman
Robert L. Gude, who has been
stationed here about two years,
will be transferred, effective
June 1, to Plain view. Other pa
trol transfers include: Allen
Bligh of Norfolk, to Lyons;
John R. Skinner of Plainview,
to Ainsworth; Charles Harris of
Omaha, to Norfolk. There will
be no troopers stationed at O’
Neill or Valentine for the pres
ent.
>
Flower Authority
Coming to Atkinson
ATKINSON—Miss Dorothy
Biddle, noted author, lecturer
and authority on flower ar
rangement, will conduct a, flow
er show school at the Atkinson
high school auditorium Monday
and Tuesday, May 10-11. Miss
Biddle is garden club editor of
Popular Gardening magazine,
which is published in Pleasant
ville, N.Y.
The school will be sponsored
by district six of the Federated
Garden clubs of Nebrasxa.
Mrs. Winnie Barger entertain
ed at dinner in honor of Mrs.
Thomas Mann at the M&M cafe
Monday evening.
The Frontier Wins Newswriting Award
The Nebraska chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national honorary
journalism fraternity, Saturday presented to The Frontier the
1954 plaque (above) for “outstanding professional newswriting
during the past year.” Writers in the newspaper, radio and tele
vision field comprise the chapter. The presentation was made to
..Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart at Lincoln in connection with journalism
day activities on the University of Nebraska campus. Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond were guests
at the luncheon.
Federal Aid
Road Steps
Are Told
Engineer for State’s
Secondary Hiways
Itemizes Methods
A step-by-step version of how
counties might apply for “50-50”
matching funds for federal aid
secondary roads has been sup
plied the Holt County Rural
Road Improvement association,
it was announced this week by
President L. D. Putnam of O’
Neill.
The procedure was presented
to the association officers by R.
C. Ayres of Lincoln, state high
way engineer for secondary
roads.
Ayres was in O’Neill last
week. In addressing about 80
members of the association, he
declared:
1. No “50-50” federal match
ing funds have ever been used
in Holt county.
2. Secondary federal aid roads
are to be built according to
standards set up by the county
board and approved by the state.
3. Federal aid is available on
any roads in the county on the
secondary system, including
county, township and mail route
loads.
4. A road becomes a part of
the secondary system by the ap
proval of a petition by the coun
ty board. *,
These are the details of the
various steps, as outlined by
Ayres in a letter to Putnam:
Step I—by county. Resolution
by county board to initiate pro
ject.
Step II—by state. Preparation
and submittal to the county
board of regular county - state
agreement.
Step III—by county. Review
and approval of county-state
agreement by county board.
Step IV—by state. Preparation
of essential project information
and submission to U.S. bureau of
public roads as a program.
Step V—by bureau. Review,
consideration and approval of
project program; authorization
to proceed with preparation of
plans.
Step VI—by county. Prepara
tion of plans.
Step VII—by county and state.
Review of project in the field
with the preliminary bureau
plans.
Step VIII—by county. Revis
ion of plans and estimate to fi
nal stage; and county board ap
proval.
Step IX—by state. Submission
of plans, specifications and esti
mate to bureau for concurrence.
Step X—by bureau. Concur
rence in plans, specifications
ar.d estimate and authorization
to advertise for bids.
Step XI—by state. Advertise
ment for bids.
Step XII—by state. Contract
letting at Lincoln.
Step XIII—by county. Review
and concurrence by county o
board in contract award.
Step XIV—by bureau. Review
and concurrence in contract
award.
Step XV—by state. Final sup
plemental agreement to county o
board covering contract details.
Step XVI—by county. Review
and concurrence in supplemental
agreement with state.
Step XVII—by state. Notifica-'
tion to contractor to proceed
with work.
Ronald Bazelman
Held on $2,000 Bond
Ronald Bazelman, 18, former
prep football star here, is being
held in the Holt county jail on
$2,000 bond, which h^s not been
furnished. The youth was given
preliminary hearing in Police
Judge H. W. Tomlinson’s court,
admitted guilt, and was bound
over to the Holt county district
court.
No trial date has been set
by the court. Bazelman is charg
ed with grand larceny. The
charges date back to January of
this year, according to County
Attorney William W. Griffin.
Bazelman was arrested Wednes
day, April 28.
Two other young men, Roy
Boshart and Charles Porter, jr.,
were sentenced by Tomlinson
to 20 days in jail on petty lar
ceny charges and fined $50 and
costs. The sentences were com
muted to eight days and Boshart
end Porter were released Wed
nesday. ,?
Arirve from Boulder—
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roselerof
Boulder, Colo., are to arrive in
O’Neill Saturday. They will vis- '
it relatives and friends in O’Neill
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Cleary, in Atkinson.