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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1954)
North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 16. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 19, 1954. Seven Cents .• I Alvin Provides Extra Rations for Winners Alvin Crumly, 10 (above), son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Crumly of Page, came through with extra rations for two dairy calves, blue ribbon winners, at the Holt county fair, while an envious ad mirer looks on. Alvin, like scores of other 4-H’ers, doesn’t mind the added details in connection with exhibiting at the fair. Alvin’s pair, Holsteins, were two of six dairy calves entered by the Eagle Hustlers club of Page led by Gerhardt Luebcke. All six were awarded blue ribbons.—The Frontier Photo. O’Neillites Will Pay $52.56 Per Thousand 3 O’Neil! High Teachers Signed Murman to Be New Cage Coach Three new teachers have been signed by the O’Neill city schools board of education. They are: Elmer Murman, Kearney State Teachers college graduate, who will be basketball coach, assist ant football and track coach and will teach high school subjects. Murman, who is married and is the father of an infant child, taught one year at Hershey fol lowing his graduation and serv ed two years with the armed forces. He is a Korean war vet eran. Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr., who formerly taught at Millard and Inman, will instruct history and social studies in the high school. She is a University of Nebraska graduate. William P. Gallup, veterans’ instructor here for several years, will teach agriculture classes. He is a graduate of Oklahoma A&M college. Supl. D. E. Nelson said Tues day the school officials still need a vocal music teacher to complete the faculty. Nelson said Football Coach i Marvin Miller and Cage Coach I Murman have been attending the | University of Nebraska coaches’; clinic. Murman succeeds Princi pal Paul Baker as basketball coach. High school students will reg ister for the new term Monday and Tuesday, August 30 and 31. Grade school pupils will register Wednesday, September 1. 10-Day Pheasant Hunting Planned The Nebraska game commis- j sion announced this week the 1954 pheasant hunting season will be curtailed to 10 days com pared to 38 days last year. Ten counties will be closed to pheasant hunting altogether, and bag and possession limits were cut from three last year to two this year. As usual, only cocks * , can be bagged. This year’s season will extend from October 16 through 25. Closed to pheasant hunting will be a strip of southeastern counties and the following north east Nebraska counties: Ante lope, Pierce and Madison. These three counties will undergo ex tensive restocking. WALTER WELLS DIES LYNCH—Walter Wells, 60, of Spencer died about 7 o’clock Fri day morning in Sacred Heart hos pital at Lynch. He had been ad mitted to the hospital earlier in the day, having been stricken with a heart attack. Survivors in clude the widow and several children. TELEPHONES KAYOED Approximately 80 telephones, many of them in the O’Neill bus iness district, were out of com mission late Sunday and all day Monday. Erosion had admitted water into a cable in the alley near Biglin’s. 200 ai Field Day— Two hundred persons partici pated in the field tour conducted Monday by the Nebraska Aber deen-Angus Breeders’ association and the Holt county Angus group. Assembly was at the Blaine Gar wood ranch near Amelia. WEATHER SUMMARY: Hi Lo Prec. August 12 _73 59 T August 13_80 62 T August 14_90 63 August 15_.99 68 August 16_87 60 .06 . August 17 _84 62 August 18 _82 59 .46 Dt. V. C. McKim was a dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKim and family in O’Neill 'on Monday evening. O Tax levies fixed and adopted last week by the Holt county boaid of supervisors for the fis cal year, beginning July 1, 1954, and ending June 30, 1955, follow (per $1,000 assessed valuation): General fund-$3.22 Bridge fund _ .89 Unemployment relief - .20 Soldiers’ and sailors’ re lief _ 01 County fair _ .08 Medical and hospital- .20 Total county levy_$4.60 Total state levy is $8.36, which includes county care of insane and care of feeble-minded. This will mean an increase in the county levy of $1.29 per one thousand dollars assessed valua tion and an increase in the state levy of $1.19. This is brought about by low er valuations at the county and state levels on both real estate and personal property. Lower valuations generally are attributed to lower cattle prices. The Holt county board re quested the state board of equal ization to reduce real estate val ues 30 percent on Holt farms and 20 percent on city and town property. The state board re-1 duced farm values only 16 per cent, but accepted the 20 percent recommendation on city and town property. There is a raise in the amount of money required in the gen eral operation of the county, chiefly because of the expense of two elections during the new fiscal year and the increase in county officials’ salaries, effec tive January 1, 1955. Higher costs of supplies also is given as a reason for the increase, which, on the overall, amounts to about $36,000. The last session of the state legislature raised the free high tuition to $9 per pupil per week, which will require about $146,000 per year. With the lower valua tion, the free high levy will be $5.60 at a raise of $1.20 over last year. The township, school district and the village levies are set by the boards of each subdivision, based on the valuation of the subdivision and the amount of money required for operating costs for the year. Total requirements for all county funds for the year 1953 '54 was $478,126. Total for all funds 1954-'55 is $514,000. The new O’Neill levy, which includes state, county, precinct, school, town and bond, is $52.50 per one thousand dollars assess j ed valuation. Last vear it was $40.50. Other new levies (totals) are; New Old Page _$62.16 $56.28 Inman _ 49 56 65.08 Chambers_ 65.76 65.08 | Emmet _ 45.56 41.68 Atkinson _ 55.26 46.18 Stuart _ 67.76 52.08 Ewing _ 62.76 46.18 The O'Neill municipal levy for the new fiscal year is $19.40 per thousand, up three mills because of swimming pool and street in tersection paving bonds. Last year the city levy was $16.10 per thousand. The O’Neill school levy is up from $13.20 to $19.20 per thou sand, the increase attributed to the bonds issued for the new $80,000 elementary school build ing. Tot Burns Feet on Hot Coals— | DELOIT— The 4 - year - old ! daughter of Bowens’ burned her feet last week. Her father had teen burning rubbish and she steppd into the hot coals with her bare feet. She received sec ond degree burns. TWO TO SERVICE Two Holt county selective ser vice registrants, Milton C. Grimes of Chambers and James O. Ballantyne of Page, left O’ Neill Wednesday for induction into the armed forces as draftees. Frontier for printing! Atkinson Ready for Hay Days Record Crowds Are Expected; Features Are Parade, Revue ATKINSON— All is in readi ness for the 1954 edition of the world-famous Atkinson hay days to be presented Monday and Tuesday, August 23-24, under the auspices of Farley-Tushla post of the American Legion. Record breaking crowds are expected, according to A. G. Miller, who is publicity director. Highlights include: Hay days parade, Monday, 10 a.m., under direction of Bemie Wilson. There will be more than 70 floats, five bands (including the O’Neill and Atkinson Munici pal bands and the famous Ge sundheit German band of Pierce), numerous individuals and saddle j horses. “Hollywood Extravagan- i za” is the title of the parade. En- \ tries will depict motion picture j titles. Twenty beauties from 20 I north - Nebraska towns will compete for the 1954 hay queen honor, which includes an all-expense trip to Holly wood, Calif., for the winner and a chaperone. Art Randall and his orchestra are booked for both the corona tion ball on Monday evening and the hay days dance on Tuesday evening. There will be a kiddie parade Tuesday^ morning at 10 o’clock. Atkinson and Chambers baseball teams will clash Tuesday, 2 p.m., and for Tuesday evening the Star Spangled Revue has been sched uled in the park, featuring top notch grandstand performers. Other highlights include stock ! car races Monday afternoon, footraces for the children Mon day afternoon, fireworks Mon day evening, and Indian tribal dances each evening at 6 o’clock There will be a carnival on the midway. Mr. Wilson said the forenoon was chosen for the colorful two hour parade for the benefit of spectators. The O’Neill Saddle club will appear Monday afternoon in a square dance routine. Dies Unexpectedly Near Chambers CHAMBERS—Funeral services for DeWitt Hodge, 69, brother of Mrs. Charlotte Honeywell of Chambers, were held Friday, August 13, at the Presbyterian church in Elgin. Burial was made at Norfolk. Mr. Hodge died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 11, while visiting his nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knox, southeast of Chambers. Attending the funeral from this vicinity were: Mr. and Mrs. John Honeywell and Mrs. Char lotte Honeywell, all of Chambers; Mr. and Mrs. Seymore Harkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Harkins, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harkins, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Urban, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knox, Mr. and Mrs. William Knox and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knox, all of Ewing. Radio Equipment for Sheriff, Police Short-wave radio transmitters and receivers are being install ed in the office of the Holt county sheriff as well as mobile units in automobiles owned by Sheriff Leo S. Tomjack, Deputy Sheriff James Mullen and the O’Neill police cruiser car. A short-wave receiver also will be installed in Sheriff Tomjack’s living quarters. The equipment will operate in connection with civil defense and law enforcement activities. Half the price of the equipment is being looted by civil defense. Total cost will be about $2,800. Call letters for the transmitters w'ill be KAG741, -742 and -743, -744. Arrangements will be worked out to have night calls for the O’Neill police routed through the sheriff’s office. A network with police in near by cities and towns is being talk u, but details have not been worked out. E. A. Chichester, Page Farmer, Dies Expires in Norfolk Hospital PAGE — E. A. Chichester, 77, Page farmer, died about noon Saturday, August 14, in Our La dy of Lourdes hospital, Norfolk. He had been ill several years. Mr. Chichester was taken to the hospital Friday, August 6, by Dr. E. J. Bild, accompanied by Mrs. Chichester. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday. August 17, from the Methodist church in Page with Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor officiating. Burial was in the Page cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The late Elbert Arthur Chi chester was born January 27. a son of Ebeneezer and Lucin da Bonniwitr Chichester. Mr. Chichester married Rosa Lehm Kuhl on January 16, 1901, in Wayne county, Nebraska. They became the parents of four children and came to Holt coun ty in 1939 from Platte county, near Columbus. Survivors include: Widow; sons —Marlin of Boise, Ida.; Ray mond of Los Angeles, Calif.; El bert of Page; daughter — Mrs. Charles (Mae) Hackensmith of Lexington, Ky.; brother—Lute of Dalton. The late Mr. Chichester was a member of the Methodist church. Mother M. Agnese New SMA Superior Mother M. Agnese arrived in O’Neill last Thursday. She is the new superior at St. Mary’s acad emy, replacing Mother M. Muriel, who is now stationed at St. Joseph’s hospital at Minot, N. D., Mother Muriel was sent to O’Neill in December, 1953, following the death of Mother M. Erica i n October. Mother Agnese comes to O’ Neill from the Franciscan moth er house, Marycrest, at Denver, Colo., She holds a master of arts ! degree from Catholic university, Washington, D. C. THE FRONTIER for your print ing needs. Tomatoes by Bushel from 7 Ft. 4 In. Plants Tim Harrington (above) is dwarfed by 7 ft. 4 in. hybrid tomato plants thriving in his garden. Harrington, an O’Neill shoe repair man, says this lofty one already has yielded about two bushels of tomatoes. The giant plants are so heavily laden they must be propped with heavy sticks.—The Frontier Phtoto. Fair Fimale Today; Exhibits ‘Best Ever’ j^j I ' SUPERIOR RAUNbS b Tf>t - HOLT COUNTY EXHiBfT »>. *1;* -^Hf. .. fll •^---' . «■■■■■ - ■■■■■■■■■ Superior’ Exhibits on Display borne of the artwork on display in the school exhibit hall at the Holt county fair was being admired by Mrs. Elsie Sorensen of Chambers (at left), who assisted in the arrange ment and helped staff the hall, and by two I visitors, Loren Walter (back to camera) and j Gale Holcomb, both of Chambers.—The Fron tier Photo. . * - >.■ -. . . • - ■W5c*:jW Mrs. Loa Hubbard (left) and Mrs. Paul Roth, both of Chambers, take time out from their busy schedule at the fair to view a unique display by the Happy Homemakers club of Chambers. “Our Garden of Roses” is the title. The roses are surrounded with photo graphs -of children belonging to families of members. Mrs. Hubbard is superintendent of the needlework exhibit; Mrs. Roth, pantry stores.—The Frontier Photo. Polio Funds Are Nearly Exhausted An emergency march of dimes drive is being conducted August 16-31. Containers have been placed in the various business establishments for contributions and urgent letters have been sent out asking for contributions. According to Mrs. H. D. Gil dersleeve of O’Neill, the entire patient care and prevention pro gram of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis may grind to a halt. The 1954 march of dimes contributions were not sufficient to meet the .increasing demands of the fight against po lio. Case numbers in the U.S. are cn the increase, with sharp breakouts noted at several Ne braska points. Contributions in the U.S. fell short by $20,000,000, but the po lio prevention program (gamma globulin, polio vaccine tests, etc.) and the care program had to be continued. “To withhold possible protec tion against paralytic polio for even one day would have been a crime against the nation’s chil- j dTen,” Mrs. Gildersleeve ex-1 plained. “The funds are running j dry. It would be a terrible trage-j dy if the National Foundation has to close shop.’’ Holt county has no organiza tion. Mrs. Gildersleeve urges ev eryone come to the rescue. She said checks may be made pay able to Emergency March of Dimes Drive, O’Neill, Nebr. Ap proximately one-half of the pro ceeds will remain in Holt coun ty and serve as a “cushion” in the event there is an outbreak here. Recently there was one “sus pect” case in the county. Urges Half-Day School for Tots All Holt county rural teachers I will be expected to take part in pre - opening day activities on Friday, August 27, according to Miss Alice L. French, county su perintendent. The session will start at 9 a.m., in the O’Neill pub lic school. Where ever possible it is hoped beginners can attend school a half - day throughout the new term. “If this is impossible,” Miss French said, “I am recommend ing they attend classes all day during the second semester.” A recreation course will be of fered in O’Neill this fall by Doc tor McCue of the University of Nebraska. The class will convene nine times, between 7 and 9 o’- I clock in the evening, starting September 10. Crafts and European history will be taught at the same time on Saturdays by a Wayne college professor, and sociology is plan ned as an evening course. Miss Leah Serck of Emmet took advantage of the health scholarship offered by the Holt County Tuberculosis association, attending a recent workshop. PRISONER ESCAPES Larry D. Lednum, who here in July was sentenced to two years in the men’s reformatory j at Lincoln for assault with in tent to commit rape, slipped j away from a rock-crushing detail j Tuesday. Officials at the reform atory said Lednum apparently was mistaken for a prisoner as signed to an outside detail and passed through the gate by error. PASSES SENATE The 98-million-dollar Niobrara river basin development plan last week passed the U.S. senate and development is virtually as- ! sured. Appropriations will be i sought next year. Woman Hospitalized 9 Months Expires — Mrs. Zada Russ, 62, resident of the Chambers and O’Neill com-1 munities, died early Wednesday, August 18, in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Norfolk where she had been a patient about nine months. She had been ill about 1xk years. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, August 20, from the Methodist church in O’Neill. Burial will be in the Chambers cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The late Mrs. Russ, whose maiden name was Zada Mc Elvain, was bom June 28, 1892, at Bramard. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. McElvain. Her mother's maiden name was Abbie Ann Grover. She came to Holt county in 1910 from Adams, and clerked in a store for several years. On March 18, 1917, she married Charles F. Schreier. On August 21, 1924, she married Herbert O. Russ. The late Mrs. Russ was a mem ber of Eden Rebekah lodge 41 and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Russ died January 6, 1951. Survivors include; Daughters —Mrs. John W. (Henrietta A.) Luben of Crawford, and Mrs. Thomas G. (Herbertta S.) Hutton of Creston; brothers—Ralph Mc Elvain of O’Neill and Cal McEl vain of Fairmont; sisters— Mrs. R. K. Platt of Chambers and Mrs. W. T. Sloan of Potter. LYNCH—Mrs. Emma Thiessen, 62, of Lynch died about 9 o’ clock Monday morning in Sacred Heart hospital. She had been ill about a year. Survivors include: Daughter, Delores of Lynch. 2nd Rodeo Showing Under Lights Will Climax Exposit i o n CHAMBERS — Both quality and quantity of livestock ex hibits hit a new high this year at the 62nd annual Holt county fair, which opened Monday and continues through tonight (Thursday). Henry Wood of Ewing, veteran superintendent of the livestock: division, pronounced stock ex hibits “'best ever.” One hundred thirty head of livestock were entered by 4-H club boys and girls, including 60 baby beeves. “Number of entries in needle work were down slightly,” ex plained Mrs. Loa Hubbard of Chambers, superintendent of that division. “The overall picture is very good,” said Holt County Agent A. Neil Dawes. “In 4-H work we had entries from some persons who never before had been to the fair, and this is very en couraging. There are 4-H ex hibitors from every comer of the county.” Lloyd Gleed of Chambers pres ident of the Holt County Agricul tural society, also reflected the general enthusiasm that pervades the entire exposition. Packed stands Wednesday night for the first edition of the rodeo was as surance the public was pleased. Today’s menu includes a live stock parade at 1:30 p.m.; Or chard versus Chambers, baseball feature, 2:30 p.m.; barrel and novelty races; entertainment on the midway; band music; rodeo under the lights, starting at 8 o’ clock; open - air dancing later, climaxing the final day. One of the exhibits drawing special interest was the Valley Center club’s transformation of the caretaker’s house into an old fashioned kitchen. Among those active in me exhibit were Mrs. Glen Grimes, Mrs. Henry Waiter and Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. Fea tured were an old cupboard, stove, pump and kitchen utensils used several generations ago. Livestock judging results: OPEN-CLASS Grand champion Hereford bull, shown by Floyd Whitaker of Chaimbebrs; reserve champion, shown by Dale Wood of Ewing. Grand champion Hereford fe male, shown by Dale Wood of Ewing; reserve champion, shown by Kenneth Hoerle of Chambers. Grand champion Angus bull, shown by Art Walter of Cham bers; reserve champion shown by Art Walter of Chambers. Grand champion Angus female, shown by Sharon Miner of O’ Neill; reserve champion, shown by Frank Beelaert & Son of Page. No Shorthorn males were en tered. Grand champion Shorthorn fe male, shown by Fred Cronk of Page; reserve champion, shown by Lyle Heiss of Page. 4-H DIVISION Breeding Heifers Purples — Kenneth Hoerle of Chambers, Hereford; Sharon Mi ner of O’Neill, Angus. Stocker- F eeder Purples—Jeanene Backhaus of O’Neill, Hereford, first; Nick 'Hammerlun of O’Neill, Angus; Karen Garwood of Amelia, An gus; Kenneth Backhaus of Ov Neill, Hereford. Baby Beef Purples—Danny LaRue of Ew ing, Augus heifer, first; Gary Bowen of Page, Hereford steer, second. Club Groups of 3 Purples—Martha Calf club of Fwing, first; 4-H Fancy Ropers of O’Neill, second; 212 South Fork club of Chambers, third. Showmanship Sharon Miner of O’Neill, first; Russel Miner of O’Neill, second; Rexford Carson of Redbird, third; Dorine Gleed of Chambers, fourth. Dairy Purples — Ronnie Chipps of Ewing; Carolyn Reimers of Ew ing. Group of 3 (Dairy) Victory Boys’ and Girls’ club of Inman, first; Eagle Hustlers of Page, second; Happy Hollow club of Ewing, third; Martha club of Ewing, fourth. Dairy Showmanship Bob Reimer of Inman, first; Ronald Hansen of Inman, second; Charlotte Ludecke of Page, third. 30-DEGREE PARKING Thirty degree parking has been inaugurated in downtown O’ Neill on Douglas street and on South Fourth street. Peptic ulcers were fatal to about 9,000 Americans in 1953.
