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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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