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Volume 74.—Number 2. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, May 13, 1934. Seven Cent*
* Holi county's 114 eighth grade graduates pose on courthouse step? with Miss Alice French (center), county superintendent of public instruction. (Complete story next week.)_O'Neill Photo Co.
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Diplomas to 33 at
O’Neill Hi; 35 at SMA
Dr. John D. Rice, president of
Nebraska State Teachers’ college
at Wayne, will deliver the com
mencement address to the 33
members of the O’Neill high
school graduating class on Wed
o nesday, May 19. The rite will be
held in the school auditorium,
starting at 8 o’clock.
Doctor Rice’s subject will be,
“On Coming of Age.”
o Doctor Rice, who is a native
° cf Grand Island, was graduated
from Grand Island college in
1924 with a bachelor’s degree,
received his master’s degree
from Columbia university in
1930 and his doctor’s degree
from Colorado State college,
Greeley, in 1949. He has headed
schools at Kearney and Aber
deen, S.D.
Principal Paul Baker will
award the scholarships and H. J.
Lohaus, president of the board
of education, will distribute the
diplomas.
Meanwhile, baccalaureate ser
vices will be held Sunday, May
16, 8 p.m., at the auditorium
with Rev. Melvin H. Grosen
bachv pastor of Wesleyan Meth
odist" church, delivering the ser
man. He has chosen as his title,
“Our Heritage.”
Members of the graduating
class are;
Evalyn Asher, Duane Booth,
Garry Chace, Don Davidson,
Gvle Davis, Pat DeBolt, Dwayne
Devall, Harold Dexter, Melba
Dobrovolny, Richard Doty, Fred
Fetrow, Marilyn Fetrow, Virgil
Holz, Vernon Johnson, Esther
Kaiser, Bernice Kallhoff, George
Kilcoin, Janice Landreth, Larry
McConnell, Charlotte McVay,
Russell Miner, Etta Murray,
Mary Nekolite, Margie Norman,
Frances Reimer, Lois Sargent,
N'els Shultz, Carole Seger, War
ren Seger, Janet Strong, Kath
erine Summers, Lavonne Thor in,
Arlene Walters.
o Class flower: American beau
ty rose.
Class motto: “It is not the
gale, but the set of the sail that
determines the way we go.”
Members of the eighth grade
graduating class are:
I^avern Alton, Jim Bailey,
Wayne Baker. Helen Banks,
Floyd Boyle, Frank Boyle, Kar
en Bridge, Bill Davidson, Fred
dy Eby, Gerry Eppenbach, Mar
jorie Ann Ferris, Betty Fetrow,
3 Lynda Haynes, Shirley Hicks,
Don Hunter, Judy Johnson, Mi
chael Liddy, Leroy Lyons, Bob
by McClellan, Karen McKim,
Jeanine McElhaney, Marion
Moseman, Faye Murary, Larry
Porter, Donna Marie Prescott,
Jane Petersen, Gary Sanders,
Eetty Schultz, Judy Smith,
Daryl Summers, Mary Summers,
Danny Sullivan, Sharon Strong,
Rita Waller, Lucille Nekolite.
Pool Opening
Delayed a Week
A. P. Jaszkowiak, chairman of
the CfNeilil city park commis
sion, said Wednesday the open
ing of the new 40-thousand-dol
lar municipal swimming pool
will be delayed about a week.
Originally, the opening was set
for memorial day—May 30.
Mr. Jaszkowiak said, “Mis
chievous kids have damaged the
cement forms outside the pool
and have thrown dirt and sand
into the pool itself, necessitating
another cleaning before water
can be turned in.
“In addition,” Jaszkowiak
said, "pranksters have damaged
seme -of the park tables.
“It’s unfortunate,” he added,
“a minority group of trouble
makers can delay such an im
portant event as the opening of
O’Neill’s new pool. Authorities
are investigating the vandal
ism.”
Nominated for
National Post—
Hugh McKenna of Omaha,
formerly of O’Neill, Sunday was
nominated by the Nebraska Jun
ior chamber of commerce for
national’ Jaycee vice-president.
He is a son of Mrs. Mabel Mc
Kennt.
During the past year, McKen
na has served as Nebraska Jay
cee president.
Graduation activities for St.
Mary’s academy seniors will be
| gin Wednesday, May 19, when
the annual May procession jS
held in the park at the academy.
Girls from the seriior class will
be elected as attendants to the
senior, chosen by the student
body, to be crowned as queen
of the May.
Class day is Tuesday, May 25.
Following mass and commun
ion at St. Patrick’s Catholic
church, a breakfast for the sen
iors will be served at St. Mary’s.
In the evening, exercises will be
held at the auditorium of the O’
Neill public school. Joan Dono
hoe is the valedictorian of the
1954 class and Emile Verzani of
Ponca is the salutatorian. Mary
Kay Turner, who ranks third in
the class, will read the class
poem.
• Commencement will be held
at 10 a.m., in St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church, O’Neill, Wednesday,
May 26.
The seniors:
Lavonne Ackerman of Stuart,
Rose Mary Babl of Emmet, Pat
[ ty Bauer of Ewing, Benny. Baz
elman, Mary Belzer, Charline
Boyle, Catherine Christon of
Page, Catherine Condon, Joan
Donohoe, Karen Donohoe, Rich
ard Graham, Betty Hoffmann of
Cody, Kathleen Hoffmann of
Pierce, Patty Judge, Joan Lang
an, Tommy Langan of Spencer,
Mike London, Neta Lee Maben
of Clearwater, Bette Mahony,
LaVonne Miller.
Robert Mullen, Patrick Mur
phy of Stuart, Nina Prouty of
Spencer, Irene Reutter of Greg
ory, S.D., Shirley Ross, Jim
Schimtz, Sadie Shedeed of Co
lome, S.D., Shirley Steele of
Clearfield, S.D., Joan Sullivan,
George Tomlinson, Mary Kay
Turner, Emile Verzani of Pon
ca, Duane Weier, Mary Anne
Winchell, Mary Margaret Zakr
zewski.
Other term-end activities at
SMA include:
May 16—Alumni banquet; 18
—junior play; 21—eighth grade
graduation.
School Voters Go to
Polls Next Tuesday
Voters in the O’Neill city
school district will go to the
polls on Tuesday, May 18, to
vote “for” or “against” an 80
thousand-dollar bond issue in
connection with a proposed
four-room lower elementary
grade school building.
The election was called by the
board of education “to relieve a
very difficult congestion in the
school system,” according to
President H. J. Lohaus. Mem
bers of the board and Supt. D.
E. Nelson have been wrestling
with the congestion problem
since last September. Surveys of
preschool children have been
aken. To retain accreditation
and to accommodate the grow
ing need for more space, the
construction plan was adopted,
according to Lohaus.
The building, which will be
located on the present campus,
south and east of the main
structure, will cost approximate
i ly $65,000. When furnished and
i equipped the total cost will be
about $80,000—which is consid
ered below the national average
■ cost for four classrooms. A sin
I gle - story building (without
i basement) is planned.
First ward voters will go to
the polls in the courthouse as
sembly room; Second ward—A.
Marcellus garage; Third ward—
city hall; rural voters, who live
in the district, will vote at the
courthouse.
PROCEEDS TO HOSPITAL
Proceeds from the gate at the
O’Neill Drive-In theater tonight
(Thursday) will be turned over
to the St. Anthony’s hospital
drive funds it was announced
’ by Miss Bernadette Brennan,
fund chairman. The film,
! "Drums of Tahiti,” will be
shown as a family night feature,
one dollar per carload. Miss
Brennan said the fund drive al
ready has reached the one
thousand-dollar mark.
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"When I Grow Up" cast: Front row (lefi-to-righl): Jerry Siefken, Danny
Strong, Mike Foree, Harvey Cullen, Rickey Cradit. John Patrick Miller, Vir
ginia Lynn Johnson, Andy Riffey, Eddie Bright, Larry Strube, Butch Ford,
Dick Clyde, Charlotte Knepper, Russy Johnson, Dorothy Gorgen, Glenda Hol
lenbeck; center row — Karen Gilstrap. Virginia Perry, Carol Calkins, Melanie
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Medcalf, Virginia Lea Walker, Lynda Rae Coales, Lynn Strong, Suzanne Pear
son, Mikie Allendorfer, Marvin Dawes, Frances Eppenbach, Cheryl Rossmier,
Judy Selim. Lynda Hopkins. Mary Susan Harbolile. Linda Jenkins. Billy Mc
Intosh, Linda Sue Walton, Don Clyde, Eddie Hilderhoff; back row—Jerry Ba
butske, Pat Davidson. Jerry Boyle, Billy Ross, Dennis Colfack. LaVonne Spry.
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Tot Lost
10 Hours
Is Okay
17-Months-Old Girl
Object of Search;
Suffers from Cold
(Special to The Frontier)
LYNCH — A 17-months-old
blue-eyed, blonde little girl, who
had been the object of an in
tense 10-hour search, is “getting
along fine” at Sacred Heart hos
pital here.
Two alarms were sounded
during Monday night and early
; Tuesday morning as one hun
dred persons turned out to press
a search for the small child,
Charlene Avery, who had wan
dered from the farm home, lo
cated along the north bank of
the Niobrara river, about one
mile west of the Redbird bridge.
Neighbors and townspeople
trampled the rough hills for
hours, several men took to
river boats and one airplane
searched the area before Char
lene was found. unharmed,
about 6:30 Tuesday morning.
Clad only in a thin dress and
wearing shoes, she had wander
i ed about a mile from the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Avery. She suffered from ex
posure and her little arms were
blue when she was discovered
by Omar Tonner on the Dr. R.
E. Kriz farm, about a mile east
of the Avery dwelling. The tot
had negotiated some rough ter
rain to get that far away from
home Searchers had been in the
irrmediate vicinity during the
night, but not until daylight w'as
she found, drcwsy and cold,
i Temperatures had been near the
freezing point.
There had been concern over
the possibility she had fallen
intg the turbulent Niobrara. The
state game warden. Fred Salak
of O’Neill, was called to the
scene with nets.
Charlene was playing outside
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Davies ... ill three weeks.
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George W. Davies
Expires at Lincoln
Former Banker in
Holt County
EWING— George W. Davies,
former Ewing and Inman bank
er and well-known in the Ew
ing, Inman and O’Neill com
munities, died about 1 a.m.,
Monday, May 10, in Lincoln. He
had been ill about three weeks.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday,
May 12, at a Lincoln mortuary,
and burial was made at Lincoln.
The AF&AM lodge was in
charge.
The late Mr. Davies and his
wife have been living in Lincoln
about 20 years.
They were married at the
home of Mrs. Davies’ father, the
late S. W. Brion, at Ewing on
February 3, 1904. This year they
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
Survivors include: Widow;
son — Evan of Tekoma, Wash ;
daughters—Mrs. Mark Fowler of
Omaha; Mrs. Chester Fowler of
Olive. Calif.: M’-s. Rodney (Lou
ise) Schuman of Lincoln: sisters
—Mrs. Sarah Kay and Mrs. Al
ice Maxwell, both of Olive,
Calif.; four grandchildren.
Gerber-Petersen Team Scores
By a Staff Writer
For several years the O’Neill
public school kindergarten class
es have staged song plays that
rival all other stage productions
in north Nebraska. Each year
the new class tries to outdo the
predecessors.
Nearly a thousand persons
filled the auditorium Friday
night, May 7, and righteously
proclaimed “When I Grow Up”
as another in a series of tri
umphs. The 1954 show was done
in a professional manner by 44
kindergarten children under the
direction of their beloved teach
er, Mrs. Harry Petersen.
Through the years, Mrs. Peter
sen has set a precedent of pro
ducing outstanding programs,
and the townspeople look for
ward to these presentations.
Last year, her group pre
sented "The Big Show." a
song play built around the cir
cus theme, and it was enthusi
astically received.
Mrs. Petersen is considered a
good teacher not only of the
subject matter usually present
ed to this age group, but also
of attitudes, habits and real lin
ing. She is a genuine friend of
each ano "very child who comes
into her classes. In addition,
she is ingenious in getting the
youngst rs to master their ma
terial. In the song play, every
child knew his part, but more
important, he enjoyed doing it.
Many of the children displayed
stage presence of much older
children.
One of the biggest problems,
according to Mrs. Petersen, is in
finding appropriate material to
work on for <' .^ergarten chil
dren. There just isn’t too much
on the market. Consequently,
she is always on the search for
something new and acceptable.
With four children, parents
have a wonderful opportunity to
see them play “growm-ups.” In
the twinkling of an eye (and a
headscarf, old hat and suitcase),
they become doctors, nurses,
teachers, carpenters and, of
course, mommies and daddies. !
Observing this “acting,” one
mother decided to put it into a
song play which other little
children could enjoy. Thus1
“When I Grow Up” came to be.
Mrs. Ralph Gerber, wife of the
Presbyterian minister in Lex
ington (formerly of O’Neill) and
the mother of four children,
wrote the little ..operetta in her
spare time.
The writing time consumed
approximately six weeks al
though additional time was
spent in copying, typing, cos
tuming, etc.
Formerly a music teacher,
Mrs. Gerber feels this is an op
portunity to maintain an active
interest in music. (Besides, the
four little Gerbers love their
mommy’s songs and sing them
often.)
The work is dedicated to the
four: Tim, 6; Rebecca, 5; Kathy,
3, and Gail, 2. The song play
revolves around Tim (played by
John Patrick Miller) and Becca
(played by Virginia Lynn John
son). They are about to go to
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Stag Party Opens
Country Club Season
A spring men’s stag party,
scheduled Tuesday evening, May
18. will formally open the 1954
series of activities at the Coun
try club, which is beginning its
31st consecutive year. On the
committee are Dr. E. M. Gleeson,
chairman, Harry Moore, Paul
Eaker, William McIntosh, John
H. McCarville and William
Petsche.
A complimentary ladies’
luncheon will be the second
event on the schedule., to be
held Wednesday, May 26, be
tween 3 and 5 at the Town
House. The event will compli
ment newcomers, out-of-towners
ar.d guests.
An addition recently was built
at the clubhouse, including
locker space and showers.
Other early summer activities:
May 29—opening dance; 30—
memorial day golij tournament.
June 13—golf breakfast; 19
20-21—annual invitational golf
tcumament; 27—Sunday dinner.
July 4—golf tournament, fire
works display; 11—Sunday din
ner; 18 — golf breakfast; 25 —
Sunday dinner.
Mrs. Leslie Hough
Dies in Washington
Reared in Vicinity of
Page
PAGE—Mrs. Leslie K. Hough,
64, who was born and reared in
the Page locality, died in Seattle,
Wash., on Saturday, May 8.
Death came at 12:30 a.m., in a
Seattle hospital.
The late Mrs. Hough, whose
maiden name was Elsie Mary
Grass, was born February 12,
1890, on a farm near Page. The
i farm was homesteaded by her
parents, the late Nicholas and
Lucy Grass. She was the last of
the family, having been preced
ed in death by her father, moth
er, two brothers and a sister.
She with her mother moved to
O’Neill in 1906.
In April, 1923, she was mar
ried to Leslie K. Hough at St.
Patrick’s Catholic church in O’
Neill. There are no children.
She and her husband moved
to Sedro Woolley, Wash., in 1936,
later moving to Seattle.
Survivors include: Widower —
| Leslie K. Hough; and several
nieces and nephews. Relatives
! include Lura, Ronald, Dee and
Arthur Grass and Mrs. Lyndley
Crumly.
O'Neill Eagles Capture
Class B Title—
The O’Neill high school track
team captured class B honors in
the regional track and field meet
held at Ord. the O’Neill kids
ere coached by Marvin Miller
and Harry Moore.
O’Neill bagged 41.1 points;
Loup City, 40.5; Bassett, 40 9/20.
Ainsworth registered 32
points, Burwell 28, Broken Bow
24, Ord 23, Valentine 9, and Ful
lerton failed to score.
At the same time. Palmer won
the class D competition, easily
outclassing Mason City, Ericson,
Spalding, Comstock, Thedford,
Halsey, Westerville, Belgrade,
Dunning, Dannebrog, Anselmo,
Ashton and Primrose.
Governor
Says‘Bonus’
for No. 281
Boyd Will Finally
Have Hardsurfaced
Road Out of County
Gov. Robert Crosby advised
three Holt countyans this week
that bituminous mat surfacing
will be placed on U.S. highway
281 “this year” to provide a
hardsurfaced road between O'
Neill and the Boyd county towns
of Spencer and Butte. The gov
ernor told his plans to State Sen.
Frank Nelson of O’Neill, County
attorney William W. Griffin of
O’Neill (who is Holt county re
publican chairman), and Julius
D. Cronin of O’-Neill, prominent
GOP leader and vice-president
of the Nebraska Highway 281
association.
Already construction crews
are at work on a stretch five
miles north of the drive-in the
ater corner. This piece of hard
surfacing was contracted for in
March.
An additional six miles of
grading and hardsurfacing had)
been promised for this sum
mer but has not ben processed
by the state highway engi
neers and therefore is not yet
under contract.
This latter segment (extending
six miles north from the Clar
ence Donohoe corner to the Fay
Puckett corner) has been held
up pending completing formali
ties regarding the street-widen
ing and traffic reforms in the
city of O’Neill.
State Highway Engineer L- N.
Ress told The Froniter the long
awaited highway 281 work,
which finally will produce a
hardsurfaced outlet for Boyd
county, will be done this sum
mer. Ress said it is a part of a
four - million - dollar “bonus."
highway surfacing program.
This surfacing has been made
possible by a balance of funds
from the two-year program pre
sented to the public and the
legislature in February, 1953:
“The bids received from con
tractors have been considerably
below engineer^’ estimates and
extremely favorable weather
conditions have resulted in sav
ings on maintenance costs," Bess
said. “This will result in the
completion of the scheduled pro
jects with a balance of about
two million dollars, which,
matched with federal aid funds,
will permit the four million dol
lar program.”
The projects selected for im
provement were determined
on the basis of traffic volume
and relative maintenance*
costs. Geographic locations,
were also given consideration,
giving each of the eight field
positions one or more projects
in their respective areas.
This surfacing will provide
added traffic service on the
present highway system. The c
125-miles to be improved is part
of the 380-miles of state high
ways which are or will be ade
quately graded and drained by
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