i.I "Voice of The Frontier" JUT S Mon. — Wed. — Sal. * 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. ^ North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 9. O’Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, July 1, 1954. Seven Cents k Winners at the Ainsworth open oglf tournament held Sunday were (left-to right) Gordon Drayton of Orchard, J. B. Grady of O'Neill and'Jim Clifton of Orchard. All are members of the O' Neill Country club. * Ben Grady Wins by One O’Neill Country Club Cops Honors Ben Grady won over Jim Burke of Ainsworth by one stroke at the open golf tourna ment Sunday. Jim Clifton of Or chard won the honors in the first flight, Gordon Drayton of Or chard in the second flight, and M. J. Golden won the consola j tion in the championship flight. All of the tournament wjnners are members of The O’Neill Country club. Mr. Grady was presented a 17 jewel watch as winner in the championship flight; trophies were presented to Clifton and Drayton O’Neillites attending the tour nament included Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McCarville, jr.. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Jaszkowiak, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grady, Marvin Miller, Earl Hunt, Marvin Johnson and M. J. Golden. Mrs. Summers . . . long ill Mrs. Summers, 32, Dies in Hospital PAGE— Funeral services for Mrs. Harold Summers, who died Friday at St. Anthony’s hospital, O'Neill, were held Monday at the Wesleyan Methodist church at Page. Rev. Charles Phipps of Atkinson officiated, assisted by Rev. Harry Johnson, the local pastor. Burial was in the Page cemetery. Mrs. Summers, daughter of Mi', and Mrs. Raymond Canaday, was born November 29, 1921, at Wheatland, Wyo. She was married to Harold Summers at O’Neill. Survivors include: Widower— Harold Summers; daughters — Thelma Irene, Leona Jdae, Joyce Eileen; son — George Edwin; mother—Mrs. Emma Canaday of Page; sisters—Mrs. Violet Pier son of Newcastle, Wyo; Mrs. Ha zel Mickelson of Lovell, Wyo., Mrs. Florence Rutherford of Page. Mrs. Lila Madsen of Ocheyedan, la: brothers—Orville Canaday of Holland, Minn., Ed win Canaday of Red Wood Falls, Minn. Palbearers were Harold Blain, Ora Caskey, Roger Bowen, George Wetlaufer, Myrl Ellsbury and Elmer Edmisten. Children Gather at Murray Reunion (Photo at Right) A reunion of the eight chil dren of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Murray, pioneer Holt county settlers, was held at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter last week. A dinner was held on Monday evening, June 21, at the Dean Streeter heme, and Tuesday and Wednesday were spent at tne Clyde Streeter farm. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie entertained at a 7 o’clock dinner last Thursday evening. Friday morning the family attended an anniversary high mass in men _ ory of their parents, followed by a breakfast at the M&M cafe. Those attending were Mrs. Martin (Ellen) Blomberg of Sor um, SJJ.; Mrs. Ernest (Cather ine) Perkins of Hansen, Ida.; Martha Soukup of Sheridan, Wyo.; George E. Murray of Lead, S.D., Mrs. Dean (Gertrude) Streeter, Mrs. Ray (Anastasia) Williams of Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. Clyde (Elsie) Streeter and Mr.?. Bernard (Winifred) Matthews of Lincoln. Others present were Martin Blomberg, Bernard Mat thews and ..Colleen Ann Wil liams. I O’Neill Juniors Downed by Bassett In a crowd - pleasing game played at Carney park. Sunday, june 27, the O’Neill Junior Le gion team was downed by the | Bassett team, 2-1, in a seven- I inning game. Battery for Bassett | was Richard and Young, and for O’Neill, Couch ahd Neimeyer. Sunday afternoon, July 5, the O’Nei^ nine will take on Atkin son a i Carney park here in O’ Neill. Manager Head has announced that Father Hitch, the new as sistant pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic church, will help to coach the team in the future. Practice sessions will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Fri day evenings at 6:30 p.m. There is plenty of room for any boy who is interested in playing Le gion baseball, according to Mr. Head. Gordon Smith Rites Today Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) July 1 for Gor don Smith, 52, who was found dead in his room at Sibely, la., on Sunday, June 27. He was employed in construction, and had formerly lived at O’Neill and Inmon. Sur vivors include: his mother, who lives in Pendelton, Ore., a bro ther, Claude Smith of Pendelton, and a sister, Mrs. Ester Boies of O’Neill. Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) at the Methodist church in O’Neill with | Rev. Smith officiating. Burial will be at the Ewing cemetary under the direction of Biglin’s. Mrs. Clear Golden Entertains— Mrs. Clear Golden entertained at a Friday evening dinner at the Town House honoring Miss Mae Hammond of Washington, D.C. Following dinner, the group played bridge. Mrs. P. B. Harty had the evening high score and Mrs. M. J. Golden the second high bridge score. Government Day' i Club Topic— STUART—The Happy Hour \ project club met at the home of ! Mrs. Charles Moses on Thursday | evening, June 24, with six mem I bers present. Miss Margueritte Smith and Mrs. Henrv Waechter lead a discussion on government day. Earl Hunts Hosts to Couples Club— The Couples club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hunt Saturday evening. Following a picnic supper the group played bridge. High score was won by Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Reynoldson. Mrs. Berigan Luncheon Honoree— Miss Barbara Birmingham entertained at a Wednesday luncheon at the Town House honoring Mrs. Robert Berigan of St. Louis, Mo. Miss Hammond Feted— Mrs. P. B. Harty and Mrs. F. N. Cronin entertained at a Wed nesday luncheon at the M&M honoring Miss Mae Hammond of Washington, D.C. Lofflins Return— Mr. and Mrs. Henry Loftlin and Jo Lee returned Friday from a week’s visit in Kansas City. Mo., where they visited relatives. Cornerstone Laid for St. Joseph’s Church >, In above photo Mr. McCracken (assistant architect) is shown holding stone and Archbishop Bergan is spreading mortar during afternoon ce remony at Atkinson last Thursday afternoon. —O’Neill Photo Co. ★ ★ ★ Archbishop Bergan Lays Cornerstone Visiting Clergy Assist at Rite ATKINSON— Thursday, June 24, the cornerstone for the new St. Josephs’ Catholic church at Atkinson was laid. Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan of Omaha of ficiated at the ceremony, which was held at 4 o’clock. The site of the building and different parts of the various proposed structure were blessed, after which the archbishop praised the pastor and the par ish for their initiative and plan ning. Archbishop Bergan also stressed the growing importance and need of religions and moral principles In public and social life. He praised the community for the work and effort put forth in building the Atkinson Me morial hospital. Despite Thursday’s one hun dred degree heat, a large group of parishoners gathered to wit ness the ceremony and hear the address by the archbishop. Bus iness places in Atkinson were closed during the ceremony. A dinner was served for the clei*gy in the basement of St. Joseph’ hall after the ceremony. Assisting in the rites were Msgr. Daniel Sheehan, chancel lor of the Omaha archdiocese, and Msgr. Floyd Fischer, dioces an director of the Catholic chari ties. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sul livan, dean of O’Neill, and Rev. Anthony Paschang of Stuart were chaplains to the archbish op. Other visiting clergy included: Revs. John Downey of Platte Center, John Wieczorek of Lynch. Roger Hayes of Clearwa ter, William Foster of Spencer, Alfred Hoesing of Deloit, Francis Price of Emmet, Karl Kucera and Thomas Hitch, both of O’ Neill. Items which were put into the cornerstone included mainly items of historical interest and significance. A brief history of the parish, separate listings of the pastors of St. Joseph’s and the faculty of St. Joseph’s hall fPf the current year, names of t e parish trustees, some pic ten , newspaper accounts of the progress of the current building program, and some coins of present issue were among the items. Golf and Fireworks at Country Club A Fourth of July golf tourna ment will be held at the O’Neill Country club. Play will start at 1 o’clock. All members and their guests are invited. In the evening there will be a fireworks display, beginning at dark. Farewell for Lees— Members and friends of the O’Neill and Bethany Presbyteri an churches gathered in the church basement in O’Neill for a farewell potluck supper for Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Lee. Harry Clauson was in charge of the program which consisted of expressions of appreciation trom different members repre senting the various church or ganizations. Gifts from the Women’s association and Men’s council were presented to the Lees. The Lee family moved from O’Neill Wednesday and will be gin their work in Osborne, Kerns., following a two-weeks’ vacation. Company Picnic— Northwestern Bell Telephone employees held a company pic nic at Ford park Tuesday even ing. I Methodist Pastor Feted at Chambers CHAMBERS — A fellowship supper and pound social honoring Rev. and Mrs. J. Myrl Hodgkins was held at the Methodist church parlors Sunday evening. About 125 attended. Following the supper a musical program was presented. Reverend Hodgkins . succeeds Rev. L. R. Hansberry as pastor of the Chambers Methodist church. Twilight Oats, Barley Meeting Planned— A twilght variety and fertiliz er small grain test plot meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock, on the Frank Searles farm, located three miles west and one-fourth mile south of the O’Neill drive-in theater. Dr. Mark Weldon, extension soils man, and Les Sheffield, ex tension crops man, will be on hand to discuss the various va rieties of oats and barley and point out the differences due to added fertility through commer cial fertilizer. County Agent A. Neil Dawes states that this is one of the best tests in the state. “If you are looking for new and improved varieties of oats and barley be sure and come to this evening] field demonstration,” Dawes ex-1 plained. j Lorenz Reunion— A family reunion was held at the Veron Lorenz home. Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lorenz and family of In man, Mrs. Clarance Ernst and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst and Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Searles and family, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lorenz and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and Mr. and Mrs. Herman and Fred Deitman of Aurora, who spent the weekend here visiting rela tivse. Editor Vacations; Paper Curtailed This issue of The Frontier went to press with only eight pages due to the absence of the editor, C. V. Stewart. Necessari ly much newsmatter has been omitted. This material will be included in next week’s edition. Mr. and Mrs Stewart and fam ily lr/t Wednesday, July 23, to vacation in New Jersey and oth er Eastern states. They expect to return Tuesday. Swimming Lessons Cancelled July 5-6-7 The O’Neill Municipal swim ming pool management has an nounced that no swimming les sons will be given on the follow ing days: July 5, 6 and 7. Meets Sister— Mr. and Mrs. John McCarville drove to Elsworth, Minn., on Wednesday where they met Mrs. R. J. Gobeil and children of Wil mington, Del., who returned with them for a 3 week visit. Mrs. Gobeil is the former Mary Eliza beth McCarville. Mr. Gobeil who had spent 2 weeks in St. Paul, Minn., with his family returned to Delaware. Jimmy Van Every Is 7— Jimmy Van Every celebrated his seventh birthday anniversary at a picnic Sunday at Ford park. Those present were his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Laveme Van Every, and Billy, Mr. and Mrs. George Van Every, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kruse and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller and George. Stanley Young Receives Discharge— Stanley Young, son of Mrs. Guy Young, has received his discharge from the armed ser vices. He arrived heme Tuesday, June 22. MARRIAGE LICENSES Harold R. Bishop, 23, of Jamai ca. N.Y., and Helen R. Kubit schek, 25, of O’Neill, June 25. Merle Edwin Davis, 20, of O’ Neill and Glenda Carol Seger, 18, of O’Neill. June 26. Tune in “Voice of The Fron tier,” thrice weekly. Members of ihe Murray family who attended a reunion here last week were (left-to-right): Mrs. Bernard (Winifred) Matthews of Lincoln, George Murray of Lead, S.D„ Mrs. Martha Soukup of Sheridan. Wyo„ Mrs. Clyde (Elsie) Streeter of O'Neill, Mrs. Martin (Eileen) Blomberg of Sor um, S.D., Mrs. Ray (Anastasia) Williams of Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. Dean (Gertrude) Streeter of O' Neill and Mrs. Ernest (Catherine) Perkins of Hansen, Ida_Frontier Photo by John McCarrille. Visitors from Afar Here for Eclipse Not only was the eclipse watted by many local people here in O’Neill, but people from as far away as New Jer sey. Billings, Mont., and Port land, Ore., were on hand to view the spectacle. Roads lead ing from O’Neill to' Page and Orchard were dotted with out state cars, and people were on hand at the airport and sta tioned on other strategic hills around the city. Lenord Vavarina of York, one of many who made the long journey, condensed his reaction in thes words. “It was wonderful.” George Shea of Billings, Mont., an amateur photogra pher and astronomer, drove 800 miles to be on hand for the eclipse. Dick Vanderberg, 13, of Scottsbluff and 12-year-old Ted Good of Portland, Ore., were on hand armed with cameras, and a 3^-inch re flector lense telescope, but 13 year-old Dick admitted that he had been so excited taking pictures he hadn’t used the tel escope during the total eclipse. And so it was that the total eclipse was greeted here in Holt county. Until the year 2048 we can put away our smoked glasses and old nega tives and close the book on eclipses in Nebraska. Mercury Soars to 100 Degrees Cooler temperatures moved in to the area during the past week to relieve the 100-degree weath er which had prevailed up to last Thursday. The weather forecast for the p’ourth of July weekend calls for scattered thunder showers over the state and temperatures in the low 80’s. A brief windstorm struck O’ Neill abou t 4 a.m., Saturday, June 26. Rainfall during a 20 minute interval amounted to .25 of an inch, and limbs were brok en from many trees. Some hail and an unofficial 1% inches of rain fell the same morning about eight miles northwest of town. The hay crop in Holt county ic coming along well, but in some parts it is being delayed by the recent rains, according to Holt County Agent A. Neil Dawes. He stated that most small grains look promising at this time and the rye crop looks bet ter than it has for a number of years. In some parts of the coun ty, however, the corn crop is still uncultivated and some cut worm damage is reported. The greater part of the corn crop has not been damaged, though. “The bluegrass harvest this year was rather light and quite a bit of it was put into the stack as hay, to be threshed later,” Mr. Dawes said. “A much greater percentage of the seed is obtain able when the crop is harvested in this marine;-. Rains throughout the county so far have been ade quate to prevent any dry weath er damage to crops,” he conclud ed. The weather summary for the past week is as follows: Hi Lo Prec. June 24_100 72 June 25 _ 88 65 June 26_ 85 60 .25 June 28_ 90 71 .19 June 29 _ 79 60 .10 June 30_ 83 51 William Monahan Fatally Injured Fanner Victim of Tractor Mishap ATKINSON— William Mona han. about 80, a farmer living near Atkinson, was fatally in jured Friday evening in a tractor accident. Funeral services for Mr. Mon ahan were held Monday from St. Joseph’s Catholic church and burial was ip St. Joseph’s ceme tery. Survivors include: Widow; son —Leo of Atkinson; daughters — Mrs. Ivan (Eileen) Gilg of Atkin son, Mrs. Marjorie Timmerman of Stuart, Mrs. Gene (Florence) Hansen of Amelia. He was preceded in death by one daughter. Campbell Returns to Wisconsin— Edward T. Campbell, jr., re turned to Green Bay, Wise., Satur day, after spending the past week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Campbell sr. Omahans Visit— Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Freeman of Omaha were Wednesday, June 23, guests of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hamik. Tune in . . . “Voice of The Frontier." Holt Man,! Father of 16, • Dies at 88! i Funeral Wednesd a y for Joe Schollmeyer; ; Burial at Scottville Funeral services were held Wednesday. June 30, at 9 a.m., for Joseph Schollmeyer, 88, who died Sunday, June 27, at his home in O’Neill. Rites were held at St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan officiating. Burial was at the Scottville cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Mr. Schollmeyer was born in Germany October 21. 18G5, and immigrated to America. He was married to Edyth Richter. They became the par ents of 16 children. Mrs. Scholl meyer died October 15, 1939. On October 26, 1942, he married Mrs. Kathryn Bohn. Mr. Schollmeyer was a promi- j I nent farmer in the Dorsey com- i munity for many years before his retirement when he moved to O’Neill. He had been in failing health for several years follow ing a car accident in which both he and Mrs. Schollmeyer were seriously injured. Survivors include: Widow: sons—Charles of Dorsey, Joe, jr.. of O’Neill, Ernest of Crofton, Herman of Dorsey; daughters — Rose Schollmeyer of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Mary Tomlinson of Inman, Mrs. Ida Hughes of Dor sey, Mrs. Emma Axberg of Spencer, Mrs. Minnie Cardinal of San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Dorothy Cooke of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Hilda Butterfield of Dor sey, Mrs. Vera Harte of Inman; Mrs. Frances Neely of Seattle, Wash.; sister — Mrs. Kathryn Knitlel of Gregory, SD.; 30 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren; stepdaughter — Mrs. Howard Tucker of Central City, who with Mr. Tucker was present for the funeral. Child Drowns in Farm Pond SPENCER — Howard LeRoy Stroh, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stroh of near Monowi, drowned Wednesday morning, June 22, while waaing in tne pond on the Joe Koiar farm. The iraaegy occurred about nine o’ clock and the body was not re I covered until noon. He went down into about 10-feet of water. Funeral services were held at the Spencer Methodist church Saturday, June 26, at 2:00 p. m., with Rev. Marjorie Johnson of ficating. Burial was at the Spen cer Union cemetery. Howard is survived by his mother and father, one brother and three sisters. Family Reunion al Gaskiii's Home— For the first time in four years members of the Bicek family met for a reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gaskill. Those in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bicek, sr., of Verd igre, parents of Mrs. Gaskill; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bennet, David, Carol and Debra of Jonesboro, Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Herb Burr oughs, Mark and Douglas of La fayette, Calif.; M. and Mrs. Joe Bicek, jr., and Beverly of Omaha and Mrs. C. W. Kraupa of St. Paul, Minn. There was only one member of the family absent. Clarence of Omaha. It was also the birthday an niversary of Mrs. Burroughs. The birthday cake was baked by her mother. All returned to their homes Sunday evening. GAME VIOLATIONS Lorraine Zahradnicek of Stuart, no game farm permit, $1 and costs, June 25, Fred Salak. James (Newman of Stuart, no I game farm permit, $1 and costs, June 25, Fred Salak. Louis Zahradnicek of Stuart, no game farm permit, $1 and costs, June 25. Fred Salak. Leonard Heinowski of Atkin son, over bag limit on fish, $5 and costs, liquidated damage of $10 and 51 fish confiscated by state, June 27, Fred Salak. Attend KC Banquet— Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy spent the weekend in North Platte Mr. McCarthy attended a Knights of Columbus initiation Sunday afternoon. A banguet followed in the evening at the K. C. halL They returned to O.Neill Monday. Carol Seger Honored— The Misses Charlotte McVay, Janice Landreth and Etta Murray entertained at a bridal shower honoring Miss Carol Seger last Thursday evening at the McVay home. Miss Seger was married to Merl E. Davis. Eclipse Draws Multitude -— ». - 1 11———1 " - ■ I n n n On Wednesday, June 30, Holt ountyans had an opportunity to new the most amazing celestial how to be seen in the Twentieth, •entury. Scientists and astrooo ners all over the world had Holt ■ounty pinpointed on their maps ind charts as the central point if the starting front of this spec acular eclipse of the sun. The front, which extended rom three miles west of the Jumminsville corner to a point 2 miles north of Bassett, was he beginning of the path of to ality. The blackout moved from iolt county to Lake Superior. 0 Greenland, Norway, Sweden, riussia and Pakistan, India. As the eclipse began, a pale jurple covering spread over the andscape and rapidly moved lorthward, moving at approx mately 3,000mph. Just 2 hours ind 45 minutes after the eclipse Degan in Holt county, a black sun set in Jodpur, India. The eclipse, however, did not bring total darkness. .The sun’s corona Dr halo appeared outside the ;hadow of the moon, and around the rim of the sun were red, iet like tongues of incandescent hy drogen gas which are usually in visible. The eclipse, which was total only 90 seconds, was partial and clearly visible for much longer. Other Darts of the nation got at least a partial glimpse of the eclipse—New York City saw 74 percent of the sun covered; Chi cago, HI., saw 85 percent; St. Louis, Mo., 82 percent, and Den ver, Colo., 91 percent. Many persons living in the western part of the nation miss ed the show completely. The sun had not yet risen when the eclipse began. Other than being a beautiful and awe inspiring sight to watch, the eclipse was of great scientific value. By coincidence, the at tention of the scientific world is being focused on Holt county for the second time within a year. During late July, August and early September. 1953, the Cambridge, Mass., air force re search center in cooperation; with 14 universities, colleges, weather units and other govern ment agencies, conducted a mi nute stud} of air turbulence o« a prairie site six miles northeast of here. The Cambridge personnel, some of whom were here last year, were working on the fclipse. One Important project is to use the eclipse to learn more acurately distances between North America and Europe. The exact instant of totality will be timed at sites established m North America, Europe and the East. Since the speed of the moon’s shadow is known, dis tances between the continents can be measured with great ac curacy. Here in O’Neill and surround ing territories residents gave the rising sun a good audience. Spec tators were on hand at the O’ Neill airport to view the spec tacle, and a number of persons traveled to a hilltop located sev en miles north of O’Neill. Both sites gave a good and unob structed view. Many people who didn’t journey to a hilltop to watch viewed the eclipse from their bedroom window or lawn The next total eclipse in Ne braska will take place during the year 2048 and will be visible in Omaha. The Frontier’s portable gen erator and tape recorder were on hand to bring the “Voice of The Frontier” listeners an on the-scene description of the event. The reoording was broad cast on the Wednesday morning program at 9:45 o’clock. Receives Degree On June 14, Miss Lorraine G. Ernst (above), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst, re ceived a bachelor of arts de gree in education from Wheat on college, Wheaton, 111., at the 95th annual commencement held there. Lorraine was a member of the Elementary Teachers club and worked in activities of the Word of Life Sunday-school. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst and family and Lorraine’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker, attend ed the graduation exercises. Frontier for printing!