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    North-Central Nebraska’s BIG Newspaper
Volume 74.—Number 16. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 19, 1954. Seven Cents
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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.
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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’
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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.
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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.