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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1954)
/ ! • . , ' i North-Central Nebraska's BIG Newspaper , ''W f K §• *;. : . ■ i; Volume 74.—Number 17. O’Neill, Nebr., Thusrday, August 26, 1954. Seven Cents Miss White, Miss Gotschall and Miss Bonn . . . pulchritude at hay days.—The Frontier Photo by Bruce Rehberg. + + + Holt Farms Chosen for Soil Contest Revell, Juracek and Trowbridge Places Picked b y Judges Three farmers from the Holt Soil Conservation district were selected Tuesday to represent the county in the Sioux City perma nent agriculture contest jointly sponsored by the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce and the Jcumal-Tribune Publishing Co. Those chosen to represent the district this year are E. J. Revell of Star, Leonard Juracek of O’ Neill and Richard Trowbridge of Page. A group of business and pro fessional men made a tour of the county to make the selection. Those making the trip were Rob ert Krotter, Keith Abart, Harry R. Smith, James W. Rooney, Har ry Stokley, A. Neil Dawes, Clar ence Ernst, Frank Searles and Elmer Juracek. All of the farmers selected have made considerable change in the operations of their re spective places during the years they have operated them. Mr. Revell with the help of his son. Dale, and son-in-law, M. E. Davis, operates approximately 3,000 acres. Since coming onto the place, he has planted over 160 acres of trees and constructed 24 He has terraced over 250 acres dams (several of which are spring fed and stocked with fisht. of cropland. The remainder is wind strip cropped. He has seed ed over 300 acres of foundation ranger alfalfa and usually pro duces a sizeable quantity of rang ei alfalfa seed. Mr. Juracek owns and operates 800 acres northeast of O’Neill He has seeded about 70 adres tc native grass and over 400 acres to brome grass and alfalfa foi hay and pasture. He has produced a considerable amount of brome grass seed during the past few years. Mr. Juracek began his opera tions in 1947 and has made vasl improvements in the appearance He planted over 20,000 trees ir 1948 and 1949 as a farmstead windbreak and a livestock pro tection belt in the northeasl quarter. These trees have beer well cared for and are now doing a good job. He has also done con siderable remodeling of the house and other buildings. Mr. Trowbridge rents his half section northwest of Page froir Edmond Webber. Mr. Trowbridge has over 20 acres of w^ell.estab lished waterways and over 51,: miles of terraces have been con structed on. the east side. He contour strip crops over 150 acre; and wind strips approximately 80 acres. The appearance of hi: place has changed greatly in the past three years. Sutcliffe Takes Over Eason Dental Practice Dr. R. L. Sutcliffe, who live at Stafford, junction of U.S highwavs 20 and 275, and prac tices dentistry at Ewing, has tak er over the dental office anc practice belonging to Dr. C. M Eason. Doctor Eason and his wife plai to leave soon for Panama City Fla., where they will make thei home. Doctor Sutcliffe, who practice! for several years in Rapid City S.D.. has been maintaining ai office on a part-time basis at Ew ing. After September 11 he wil devote full-time to the O’Neil office in the Rasley building, 12. South Fourth street. CARS COLLIDE Automobiles driven by Diam Hoffman, daughter of Mr. am Mrs. Ray Hoffman of Chamben and Fred Timmerman of Stai on Tuesday, collided at a count; road intersection 11 miles nortl of Page. Miss Hoffman, who wi] teach this fall in that vicinity suffered a minor eye injury. Frontier for printing! Miss Gotschall ’54 Hay Queen Spencer Entry Rates 2d Position ATKINSON — A hometown girl, Miss Frances Gotschall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gotschall, Monday night was chosen queen of the annual At kinson hay days celebration. Beauty contest winners from 13 tcwns competed in the contest. They were judged in bathing suits and formal dress, also judg ed for poise and personality in personal interviews conducted by Miss Bette Bonn of Kansas City, Mo., a former model, who acted as chief judge. Miss Gotschall was crowned Monday night at the coronation ball. Runnerup was Miss Janet White, who earlier had won the “Miss Spencer” award in her own hometown competition. Miss Gotschall will receive an all-expense trip to Holywood, Calif. Hay days opened with the tra ditional parade, viewed by a huge crowd. Commercial Division “Holywood Extravaganza,” en tered by Pelcer & Spencer, and “Ma and Fa Kettle at Home,” entered by Atkinson Style Shop, tied for first; “Cruising Down the River,” Cleary Bros. Market, sec ond; “Flight Nurse,” Stockman’s Hotel, third. 4-H, Extension, Etc. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” entered by Clover 4-H club, first; “State Fair,’’ Cleve land Community 4-H club, sec ond; “Who Will Fly to Holly wood?” Atkinson Girl Scouts, third. Religious Division “The Robe,” Methodist church WSCS, first: all others honorable mention HAMMOND TO BE HONORED Herbert J. Hammond, who re cently retired after 44 years as secretary of Charles Carroll of ; Carrollton council, Knights of i Columbus, will be honored at the K of C hall tonight (Thursday) i by officers and members of the 1 council. A short program is I planned. Redistricting Progress Slow A decrease of about 15 Holt ccunty rural school districts is being slowly worked out and seems to be a stretch in the right direction, Miss Alice French, Holt county superintendent of public instruction, said this week. This is termed redistricting. Most of the redistricting is ne cessitated, Miss French said, by districts having become depopu lated and in some instances have been dormant and without pupils. Redisiricling simply means I breaking up and dissolving a district and attaching it to a nearby district or districts. In instances where there is a bal j ance of funds, the money will be disbursed according to valu ; ation. The socalled Andy Clark school building itself, district 194, will be offered at auction on Friday, September 3. The school in dis trict 124, long known as the Wil 1 lie Anderson district, north of ' Page, will offer its buildings at auction Saturday, September 11. 1 The Van Horn district, south of ’ Page, is being dissolved but out standing series' G bonds compli , cute matters. i District 63, north of Atkinson. ’ ;s completely depopulated. School 1 lust term convened in the dis : trict, but the last family moved | out this spring. "We are proceeding slowly > and thoroughly with this matter, Miss French said, “and are fol lowing the letter and the spirit of the law.” ; Perhaps 15 districts in the 1 county will be dissolved before , the job is finished the superin , tendent said. In the mergers the ! district bearing the lowest num l ber retains the identity. 1 Meanwnue, orf-campus classes , for the first semester will be starting early in September. From the University of Nebras ka there will be a two - hour Wallace Rites Being Held Today Heart Attack Fatal to Retired O’Neill Petroleum Dealer Maurice J. Wallace, 60, retired O’Neill businessman, died sud denly at 7:30 p.m., on Monday, August 23, at the John Pribil residence. Death was caused by a heart £-ttack. Funeral services will be con ducted at 9:30 a.m., today (Thurs day) from St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church pastor, offi ciating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. A rosary was offered at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday at the Wallace residence by the Catholic Daugh ters of America, and a public rosary was conducted at 8 p.m., at the residence with the Knights of Columbus attending in a group. The late Maurice John Wal lace was born July 30, 1894, at Melrose, la- a son of William and Sarah Costello Wallace. Both of his parents were na tives of Iowa. On February 9, 1916, at Indian Creek, Mo., he married Emma Mary Seward. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters. In 1938 the Wallace family moved to O’Neill from Norris, S.D., where Mr. Wallace, until a recent illness, was active in op erating a wholesale petroleum products business, connected with the Texaco Co. Survivors include: W’idow — Emma; sons—Dr. Stephen Wal lace of Wahoo; Lt. Robert Wal lace, an air force medical officer stationed at Montgomery, Ala.; daughters—Mrs. Harold (Evelyn) Connors of Greeley, and Mrs. Dale (Alma) Kersenbrock of O’ Neill; brothers—Vernon of Shel bina, Mo.; Edward of San Jose, Calif.; sisters—Mrs. J. W. Buck man of Plankinton, S.D.; Mrs. Thomas Fennell of Des Moines, la. _ Ira E. Moss into Postoffice Aug. 31 Ira H. Moss, lifelong Holt county resident and until recent ly clerk of the Holt county dis trict court, on Tuesday, August 31, will be installed as O’Neill’s new postmaster. Mrs. Helen Sullivan has been acting postmaster. Prior to that her husband, Thomas Sullivan, was acting postmaster. Mrs. Agnes Sullivan, who re ! tired December 31, 1950, was the ■ last confirmed O’Neill postmas 1 ter. M. J. Wallace . . . hear! at tack. (Story at left.) Golden, Grady in Golf Tourney Finals M. J. Golden, manager of the Golden hotel, and J. B. Grady, O’Neill National bank officer, have gained the finals of the an nual citywide golf tournament at the Country club. They will piay the title match on Sunday. Golden is the defending cham pion and almost a perennial win ner. This is Grady’s first trip to the finals although he has been competing in the championship flight for several years. The tourney has been under way during the past 10 days. Results: CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT M. J. Golden defeated J. L. McCarville, jr., and J. B. Grady defeated C. C. Golden. Consolation Rev. R. J. Parr of Atkinson and H. J. Lohaus are playing to day (Thursday) to determine which meets Thomas Liddy in the consolation finals. Liddy de feated A. P. Jaszkowiak. FIRST FLIGHT O. D. French defeated Dale Kersenbrock. French meets Paul Walker in the finals. Walker ousted Ivan Kaiser. Consolation Gordon Drayton eliminated Earl Hunt and will meet James Clifton, who defeated R. V. Lu cas. SECOND FLIGHT A1 Carroll and Palmer Skul borstad are playing today to de termine who meets Laurence Haynes in the finals. Haynes bested Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve. Consolation Dr. Edward M. Gleeson will meet the winner of the John Conard - John H. McCarville match. Doctor Gleeson ousted Marvin Johnson in the semifinals. THIRD FLIGHT Semifinals are being played today. FOURTH FLIGHT Semifinals are being played j today. -- GOOD RAIN RIVERSIDE— This communi ty, near Ewing, received a two i u.ch rain Sunday. course in “Recreation'’ and a three-hour course in “Human De velopment and Behavior.’’ The classes will be organized at 7 j p.m., Friday, September 10. Wayne State Teachers col lege will offeT "Homecraft" and "European History," both three-hour classes, to be organ ized at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sep tember 11. Repiesentalives and officers of the Holt County Rural Teachers’ association, in session Friday, nominated officers for the com ing year. A ballot will be pre sented at a general business meeting to be held Friday, Aug ust 27. Dues were increased from 50 cents to $1, as more money is needed to underwrite nrojects already started. "Snow While and the Seven Dwarfs," a float entered by the Clover 4;H club, won first place honors in ihe 4-H club division. Lefl-lo-righl: Jim my Cleary, Larry Beck, Margaret Gilg, Gwenda Hickman, Pat Wedige ("Snow While"), James Mellor, Jackie Gilg and Mickey Cleary^ Norfolkan Low Bidder on School Beckenhauers to Start Construction Work ‘Within Two Weeks’ Contracts have been awarded to three firms in connection with O’Neill’s new four-room element ary grade school building. The papers will be signed this week and construction will begin “within two weeks,” according to a spokesman for the winner of the general construction contract. The contracts have been awarded as follows: General construction: Becken bauer Construction Co., of Nor folk, final bid $62,791. (This fig ure originally was higher but some economy moves were made by the board of education to in sure the total cost would come VMiin the framework of the re cent 8t>-thousand-dollar bond is sue, overwhelmingly approved by the voters.) Electrical contract: Krueger Electric Co., of Norfolk, $3,595. Plumbing and heating contract: Jas. Davidson & Sons of O’Neill, $7,226. Supt. D. E. Nelson said this week it is doubtful if the building will be ready for use before the 1955-'56 school year. Originally it was hoped by school officials the building would be completed yet this winter. The structure, to be erected on the southeast corner of the pub lic school campus, will measure 62 feet in width, 92 feet in length. The building will face south. Construction will be of solid face brick with ceramic tile in the rest rooms and corridors and vinyl tile flooring. The heating equipment will, in fact, constitute two units. Each unit will heat two rooms. Six general contractors origi nally filed bids on the project. The lowest of these was $74,900, made by Beckenhauer. Because this figure was in excess of esti mates, the board altered roof plans by adopting a wooden beam support instead of steel deck. E<ecorative tiling was abandoned in favor of plain glazed ceramic tiling. The two moves, which will not affect the utility of the build ing or insurance rates, enabled the general contractor to lower the cost to $62,791. Superintendent Nelson said a vocal music teacher still is need ed to make the 1954-’55 faculty complete. (Details concerning the faculty and term opening may be found on pege 9.) Irrigation Tour Program Topic— This month’s regularly sched uled Holt county soil conserva tion program will be heard over WJAG at 9:35 Wednesday, Sep tember 1. Feature of the program will be a tape recording made on the Walter Kaup farm, west of Stuart, concerning the irrigation tour conducted earlier this month. Escaped Prisoner Still at Large— Larry D. Lednum, 20, who in July was sentenced to two years in the state reformatory for as sault with intent to commit rape in Holt county, wralked away from a rock-crushing detail in Lincoln last week and is still at 1 berty, according to Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack. © Sharing first place honors in the Atkinson hay days parade, commercial division, was this float (above), entitled ''Hollywood Extravaganza." Entered by Pelcer & Spence, this float featured natural flowers wrapped in wet cotton. The entry was regarded by one of the judges as a "riol of beauty."—The Frontier Photo by Bruce Rehberg. Basin Plan Receives President’s Approval 6 Injured at Dangerous Corner Six persons were injured about 9 o’clock Saturday evening in a two-car collision at the O’Neill Drive-In junction of U.S. high ways 20 and 275, northwest of the city. The injured were taken by ambulance to St. Anthony’s hos pital and dismissed the following day. A car southbound on highway 281 collided with a machine about to make the turn west on highway 20. Driver of the south bound car was Frank Aerts of David City. Driver of the other machine was Dale V. Mlinar of Atkinson. Occupants of the Aerts ma chine were Mr. and Mrs. Aerts and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Timms, all of David City. They were re turning from a fishing and sight seeing trip to Ft. Randall, S.D. Miss Joanne Pucelik of O'Neill, a telephone operator, was with Mlinar. They were enroute to the drive-in theater. Sheriff Leo Tomjack, who in vestigated, said ail were treated for shock and Miss Pucelik suf fered facial cuts. Both vehicles were badly damaged. Sheriff Tomjack said the acci i dent might have been avoided if [ there were a stopsign at the dan \ gerous intersection. It is a junc ■ tion of federal highways and de j ceptive, he said, to persons unfa ■ muiar with the corner Two persons have been killed at the 1 corner during the past year. ‘Emergency Queen’ to Be Selected At the dance to be held at the American Legion auditorium on Saturday, August 23, “Miss Emergency March of Dimes” will be chosen. Candidates todate and their sponsors are: Rosemary Babl, J. C. Penney Co.; LaVonna Miller, Johnson J ewelry; Elizabeth Schaffer, Western Auto Store; Darlene Grimes, Gambles; Maureen Mur phy, J. M. McDonald’s; Ellen Corkle, McIntosh Jewelry; Max ine Ackers, Petersen’s Clothing. Mrs. Harry D. Gildersleeve, who is head of the Holt county chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, stated they expect to have several more con testants. There will be a con tainer for each girl at the dance, each vote will cost a dime. The girl w'ith the most dimes will be named “Miss Emergency March of Dimes.” WEATHER SUMMARY: Hi Lo Prec. August 19 .. .. _85 52 August 20 .... .87 60 August 21_82 60 .29 August 22 _ 79 60 .19 August 23 86 55 August 24 -38 63 August 25 _93 68 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Oswald of Karristown, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hjorth of Stanton vis ited the Bert Ott home recently. Mrs. Oswald is a sister of Mrs. Ott. Pvt. Lowell Jensen of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., is visiting at Ewing. Congressman Miller . . . credit for HR 8520. Lcveiand Held on ‘No Account’ Charge Ross Loveland, 38, who was brought to O’Neill two weeks ego by Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack, is being held in the Holt county jail. He appeared in ji stice court for preliminary hearing, admitted he was guilty of writing several no account checks in O’Neill on memorial Oay, and was bound over to the district court. He will be heard by District Judge D. R. Mounts upon the } judge's return from an out-of ; town trip. i Tomjack. said Loveland issued cheeks totaling “about S60” at the Golden hotel, M&M cafe, ; Eikhorn Flower shop and Gilli gan drug store. Martz Returning from World Cruise— LYNCH— The destroyer USS Laffey reaches Norfolk, Va., to day (Thursday). Aboard the de stroyer is Robert Martz, fireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Martz of Lynch. The Laffey has been on a seven months’ world cruise. Since departing from Norfolk, Va., in February, the ship vis ited the ports of Rodman, C.Z., Sen Diego, Calif., Pearl Harbor, T.H., Midway Island, Yokosuka, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Naples, Villafrance and Lisbon. On 8.000-Mile Trip— Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans and family of Central City, Calif, visited from Saturday, August 14, thru Monday, August 16, at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John Storjohn and Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Stewart. The Evans have been on an 8000 mile tour of the United States and Canada. Fly lo Denver— The Misses Verle Ralya and Carolyn Hiatt returned Tuesday after spending the past week va cationing in Colorado. They flew to Denver and spent part of their time in Colorado Springs. Tom Enright and daughter, Miss Loretto, spent Monday in Norfolk visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tom Semlak. Rep. A. L. Miller Gets Word While Here; ‘Irrigation Nearing’ President Eisenhower from his “summer white house” office at Lowery Field, Denver, Colo., ear ly Wednesday morning affixed his signature to a bill, HR 8520, which formally makes the Nio brara river basin development plan a part of the overall Mis souri river (Pick-Sloan) program. The word was relayed to Rep. A. L. Miller (R) of Kimball, Ne braska’s Fourth district congress man and author of the bill. Miller received the message by tele phone in his Golden hotel room, where he had spent the night Congressman Miller, who heads the house of representa ("Righl to Rejoice/' title of editorial concerning Niobrara basin development, on page 2.J fives interior and insular affaire committee, conducted a hearing concerning the fate of the Nio brara at Ainsworth last fall and another in Washington, D.C., this spring. His committee rec ommended passage of HR 8520, j which subesquently was done by j both the house and the senate The senate put its okay on. the bill last week as one of the final moves in the pre-adjourn ment logjam. The Niobrara River Basin De velopment association officers, members and guests honored Congressman Miller Monday eve ning at Ainsworth. Attending from O’Neill were Don Petersen, president of the Chamber of Commerce; William Mattem. Chamber secretary; Lyle P. j Dierks and James W. Rooney, l>oth members of the Basin as sociation board of directors. Congressman Miller gave a detailed report on the progress of the bill and indicated that Eisenhower’s signature was ex nc ni oH He told The Frontier 25 in terior bills, including the Nio brara plan, thus far have been signed by Eisenhower. Congressman Miller contacted V. ashington Wednesday morn ing from here and said he was; urging the reclamation people to ‘ speed up the reports and the feasibility of Niobrara develop ment.” “They’re already doing prelim inary work on budgets and ap propriations to come before the 64th congress,” Doctor Miller said “It’s my feeling we might get an appropriation for the Ainsworth project sooner than some people think. The irrigation day is drawing very near.” A technicality that popped up about 18 months ago denied the Niobrara plan for irrigation, power development, recreational and wildlife benefits from being incorporated in the Pick-Sloan plan. Thus this latest legislation, spearheaded by Miller, has been pressed at topnotch speed during this last session. Sixty thousand acres of irrigation are planned for the O’Neill project, which is one of four. In a “Voice of The Frontier” radio interview with George (Continued on page 6)