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North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper
Volume 74.—Number 23. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, October 7, 1934. Seven Cents
$85,000 Headquarters
for REA Is Planned
Mrs. Kaiser, 77,
Burial at Chambers
Lifelong Resident of
County
AMELIA — Funeral rites for
Mrs. Richard Kaiser, 77, were
conducted Sunday, October 3, at
the Amelia Methodist church.
Rev. Carlisle Hodgkin was in
charge of the service.
Mrs. Orland Fryrear and Miss
Florence Lindsey sang three
numbers, “What a Friend We
Have in Jesus,” “Nearer My God
to Thee” and “Beyond the Sun
set.”
Pallbearers, all nephews of the
deceased, were Asa Watson,
Claude Lierman, Stanley Thomp
son, Carl Schade, Leon Thomp
son and Ronald Watson.
The late Mrs. Kaiser had
been in failing health about 32
years and had been seriously
ill about three years. She died
Thursday, September 30, at
the Coleman nursing home in
Bui well where she had been
bedfast seven days.
Myrtle May Kaiser was born
November 11, 1877, at Cherokee,
la., the daughter of Charles Na
thaniel Thompson and Sarah
Elizabeth Haskins Thompson.
When she was 3-years-old she
moved with her parents to Ne
ligh, later locating at Inman. In
1885 the family moved onto a
homestead near Amelia.
While a young girl she receiv
ed Christian baptism.
On December 24, 1902, she
married Mr. Kaiser. They be
came tne parents of six children.
The late Mrs. Kaiser was a
longtime resident of the Amelia
community. She and her hus
band, Richard Kaiser, made their
home on their ranch near Swan
Lake until the past few years
when they went to Burwell to re
tire due to failing health. .
They spent 48 years on that
place, locaied one mile north
east of Swan Lake.
Survivors include; Widower;
sons—Chester and Vern of Hard
in, Mont.; Lewie of Beatrice; Ar
thur of Amelia; daughter— Mrs.
Thompson (Helen) Whitcomb of
Amelia; 15 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; six sisters,
three brothers.
She was buried in the Cham
bers cemetery.
In 1952 the Kaisers celebrated
their golden wedding anniver
sary.
She was preceded in death by
her oldest son, Lloyd, who died
September 28, 1934. The late
Mrs. Kaiser was noted for open
ing her home to unfortunate
children.
Large Hay Barn
Destroyed by Fire
A large hay barn belonging to
Charles Fox of O’Neill and lo
cated half a mile east of Emmet,
was destroyed by fire Monday.
The bam was nearly full of
hay, and a pile of bales near
the bam also burned.
Mr. Fox was out of town and
could not be reached to learn the
amount of hay lost. The barn was
insured.
O’Neill firemen were called,
but were unable to get there in
time to save the bam or hay.
O'Neill Band Going
to Lincoln—
Sixty - eight Nebraska high
school bands, including the com
bined O’Neill high school-St. Ma
ry’s academy band, will partici
pate in band day activities at the
University of Nebraska on Sat
urday, October 16. Over 3,770
musicians will participate.
The Nebraska Comhuskers
will entertain the Oregon State
football team that day in Me
morial stadium. There will be a
massed concert at intermission.
Many failures have occurred
because a man hesitated to put
his best foot forward for fear of
s*ubbing his toe.
Residential Site Is
Purchased for One
Story Office, Garage
The probable location was de
termined Wednesday for a new
85- thousand-dollar office build
ing in O’Neill for the Niobrara
Valley Electric Membership cor
poration. It will be a one-story
building complete with multi
vehicle garage and full base
ment.
Officials of the unit were high
bidders in a residential property
auction. Approval of the site by
rural electrification administra
tion officials is expected to be a
formality.
The site is located at 427
North Fourth street (across the
street west from the city water
tower). It is situated on two
full lots.
William Blakkolb of Naper,
president of the REA unit here,
participated in the bidding at the
auction. Sale price of the prop
erty was approximately $5,200.
'ihe 26x2b frame dwelling will
be razed and the new building
erected. The propoesd structure
is now in the hands of an archi
tect. The residential property has
been known as the Ed Olson
place, owned by Mrs. Ethel H.
Olson Willm of Lincoln.
The proposed REA head
quarters here, which will ser
vice rural electric patrons in
Holt and Boyd counties and
portions of Knox, Wheeler and
Garfield counties, will be well
landscaped.
The corporation will continue
to use warehouse space in the
city’s industrial area near the
railroad sidings. No high tension
lires will be involved. It will be
strictly an administrative loca
tion with accommodation for a
fleet of vehicles.
Ed Wilson is manager of the
REA cooperative, now head
quartering o n North Fourth
street, immediately north of the
Golden hotel annex.
Rosetta Fridley
Burial at Ewing
EWING — Funeral services j
were conducted for Mrs. Rosetta
Fridley, 78, at the Ewing Meth
odist church Thursday afternoon,
September 30, with Rev. E. L.
Brigden officiating. Mrs. Fridley
died Saturday, September 25, in
Portland, Ore., at the home of
her daughter.
Mrs. Harriet Welke and Mrs.
Vera Anson sang hymns at the
funeral rites with Mrs. Wilbur
Spangler as accompanist.
Pallbearers were Gail Boies,
James Boies, Gordon Stamp, De
witt Hoke, Clifford Hahlbeck
and Lester Bergstrom. Burial
was made in the Ewing cemetery
beside the grave of her late hus
band.
Rosetta May Eis Fridley,
daughter of Jacob and Rebecca
Eis, was bom February 27,
1876, at Pleasant Prairie, la.
On December 24, 1901, she was
united in marriage to Charles H.
Fridley, and to this union two
daughters and one son were
born.
Survivors include: Daughters
—Mrs. Laveme Klipphahn of
Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Kath
erine Boies of Atkinson; son —
Charles E. of Phoenix, Axiz.;
grandchildren—Mrs. Robley Sis
son, jr., and Charlene Boies of
Portland, Ore.; Emilie and Shar
on Klipphahn of Portland; Roset
ta Dunaway and Agatha Boies of
Oakland, Calif.; Jimmie Fridley
of Phoenix, Ariz.; Donald Frid
ley of O’Neill and Roberta Frid
ley of Wood, S.D.; greatgrand
children — Patricia and Susan
Fridley of O’Neill; R. J. and Bar
bara Sisson of Portland, Ore.;
brother—Arthur G. Eis of Fair
port, la.
Preceding her in death was her
husband, who died in 1937, also
her parents, eight brothers and
two sisters.
Mrs. Fridley was a wheelchair
invalid for the past four years
due to fracturing of her hip in a
fall while in Ewing. The past
year and a half she spent in
Portland.
Bavarian Concludes Visit in U.S.
Sebastian Pongratz, 62-year
old Bavarian farmer, took
. leave of Holt county Sunday,
having completed a three
months’ visit with his brother,
George Pongratz, who resides
northeast of Emmet. Sebastian
is to sail today (Thursday),
from New York City and will
return to his 40-acre farm in
southeastern Germany near
the village at Geratzkirchen,
not far distant from Austria.
During his stay in the U.S.,
he also visited his sisters, Mrs.
Michael Hausland of Platts
mouth and Sister M. Gerona of
St. Francis hospital, Grand Is
land.
At the rail station in O’Neill,
Sebastian said he would enjoy
staying in America and mak
ing his home if he were 40
years younger.
The German farmer was
dumbfounded to learn how
much land is “wasted” in the
United States. He cannot un
derstand why land is idle at
the ends of the fields, why so
much space is devoted to farm
yard, and he feels Nebraska
soil would produce more.
Mr. Pongratz keeps 15 head
of cattle, two horses and feeds
about 20 hogs per year on his
tiny farm in Germany.
“If we didn’t use a lot of
■
fertilizer we couldn’t keep
three cows on our place in Ba
varia,'’ he explains.
Sebastian Pongraiz . . . Ba
varia-bound. — The Frontier
Photo.
Germany produces about
two-thirds enough food for its
own consumption.
George Pongratz, Sebastian’s
older brother, left Germany
when Sebastian was only 2
years-old. It was their first re
union.
Bavaria is an agricultural
state in Germany and once was
a rich country in its own right.
WE BEG YOUR PARDON
The Frontier’s “Future Sub
scriber” column last issue and the
Wednesday, September 29, “Voice
of the Frontier” program stated
a son, Scott Whitman, was bom
to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
of Ft. Collins, Colo., in Atkinson
Memorial hospital. The parents’
correct names are Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Thomas. The mother is
the former Marilyn McConnell of
Atkinson.
PHYSICAL EXAMS
EWING—Two hundred thirty
three pupils in the Ewing public
school were given annual physi
cal examinations during the past
week by Mrs. Wayne Peterson,
R. N., Neligh. She was assisted
by the freshmen FHA girls.
Parents will receive the notices on
those who need medical attention.
A large percentage are in good
health, the nurse said.
Retired
Fire Chief
Dies at 72
Heuton 111 2 Years;
Rites Wednesday for
Veteran Drayman
ATKINSON— Henry J. Heu
ton, 72, died about 10 p.m., Sat
urday, October 2, in Atkinson
Memorial hospital following a
two-year illness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, October
6, from the Metl£>dist church.
Rev. E. G. Hughes, church
pastor, officiated and burial
was in Wood Lawn cemetery.
Pallbearers were Percy Ment
zer, George Enbody, Milo Hupp,
Richard Knowles, Edwin Krug
man and Fred Roberts—all mem
bers of the Atkinson volunteer
fire department, wjhch the late
Mr. Heuton headed as chief for
many years. He was a member
of the fire department 42 years.
Honorary pallbearers also were
firemen.
A male quartet, including Hen
ry Heiser, Gene Tooker, Earl
Collins and Rev. Charles Phipps,
sang.
The late Mr. Heuton was born
July 11, 1882, at Glidden, la., the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Heuton.
He came to Holt county at j
the age of 10, and has been a
resident of the Atkinson com
munity nearly 62 years.
Mr. Heuton operated the city
dray line until about two years
ago, when failing health forced
him to retire.
Mr. Heuton and the former
Emma F. Enbody were married
in August, 1905.
Survivors include: Widow —
Emma; son—Russell of Atkinson;
daughters—Mrs. Frank (Crystal)
Enbody of Atkinson, Mrs. Ed
(Delores) Johnson of Seattle,
Wash., and Mrs. Emil (Eloretta)
Kotes of Spencer; brother —
Frank of Atkinson; sister—Mrs.
Gertrude Zinky of Seattle, Wash;
15 grandchildren; one great
grandchild.
The body was taken to the
Heuton residence Sunday eve
ning where it lay in state until
the funeral hour.
Leonard Heiss
Dies Suddenly
PAGE—Leonard. Heiss, who is
in his 80’s, dropped dead about
5 o’clock Wenesday afternoon,
October 6, in the barn at
his home, located three-fourths
of a mile east of the bank comer.
Death was attributed to a
heart attack. The body was taken
to Biglin’s in O’Neill pending
completion of funeral arrange
ments.
Twice married, the late Mr.
Heiss is survived by the widow;
sons — Raymond, Harold and
Ivan, all of Page; daughters —
Mrs. Merwyn (Florence) French,
sr., of Page, Mrs. Gertrude Dea
ver of Des Moines, la., and Miss
Marie of Hastings.
Don Becker will ■frisit his sis
ter, Miss Barbara, Friday and
Saturday. She is enrolled in an
X-ray technicians’ course in Kan
sas City, Mo. Ho will spent Sun
day and Monday with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Becker.
Workmen are racing against the weather on the new elementary gTade school building on
the O'Neill public school campus.—The Frontier Photo.
Members of the O'Neill city schools board of education, watching the progress at Tuesday's
bond sale, are: Seated—F. N. Cronin, H, L. Lind berg. President H. L. Lohaus, Mrs. Loretta Hynes;
standing—Secretary Ira H. Moss and Supt. D. E. Nelson. (One board member, Elgin Ray, was ab
sent when photo was taken. — The Frontier Photo.
O’Neill High FFA
Team Is Winner
Gains Most Points
Among 10 Schools
Judging teams from 10 Future
Farmers of America chapters,
representing that many north
central Nebraska high schools,
competed Tuesday at Valentine
in conjunction with the Nebras
ka Hereford show held there. O’
Neill high’s team, taught by Pat
Gallup, finished with the most
points.
The Bassett chapter rated sec
ond; Valentine, third; Spring
view and Ainsworth, tied for
fourth and fifth; Atkinson high,
sixth.
High individual of the live
stock judging contest was
Frank Parmelly of Harrison
with a total score of 265. Char
les Slrelow of Bassett was in
second place with a total score
of 264.
The top livestock team was
Valentine with a score of 756.
Bassett placed second with 742;
Crawford, third with 740, and
Harrison, fourth with 721. Bart
lett, Atkinson, O’Neill, Spring
view and Rushville finished in
that order.
In the crops judging contest,
O'Neill placed first, and Bassett
was in second place; Springview,
third, and Ainsworth, fourth. Ed
die Krugman of O’Neill was the
high-point individual with a total
score of 142. Robert Burival, El
more Blaine and David Page
ranked second, third and fourtn,
respectively.
The tractor maintenance con
test was won by O’Neill. Ains
worth placed second; Bassett,
third, and Springview, fourth.
High individual in the irac
ioT maintenance contest was
Jim Frericks of O'Neill. Don
Naiberb of Ainsworth was sec
ond; Jim White of Bassett,
third, and Duane Boeller of O'
Neill, fourth.
The O’Neill FFA held its sec
ond meeting this week. Chapter
topics included swine enter
prises, freshman initiation and
fund raising. Eddie Ritts and
Robert Burival presided.
CHAMBERS — Mr and Mrs.
Jack Alderson left on September
25 for^ a two weeks’ vacation
trip. They visited his brother-in
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver Brotherton, and family
at Greeley, Colo., and his sis
ter, Mrs. Roselea Mulford, and
family at Ontaria, Calif.
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O’Neill Banks
Buy School Bonds
At the public sale cf 80-thou
sand-dollars worth of bonds,
which will be used to finance O’
Neill’s new four-room, single
story elementary school build
ing, the two O’Neill banks were
successful bidders.
The purchase price was $7,500
for the 10-year bonds. This fig
ures 1.5625 percent interest.
The First National bank and
O'Neill National bank will share
the purchase. Four outstate in
vestment firms were active.
Three dropped out when the fig
ure was lowered to $8,800.
Already construction is under
way on the 92x64 foot building.
Entertain at Supper —
CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Walter entertained at a sup
per Thursday, September 30, in
honor of the 88th birthday anni
versary of his father, John Walt
er. Present were Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Dierking, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Walter and Mrs. C. V. Robert
son.
Water Tower Gets
Emergency Repair
Welding and Painting
b to Cost $4,100
Extensive repairing is under
way on O’Neill’s municipal water
tower. A contract has been let to
the Pittsburg Tank & Tower
company of Pittsburg, Kans., to
weld all rivet heads, renair one
badly rusted leg of the" tower,
paint and general overall main
tenance. Total expense will be in
the neighborhood of $4,100.
The contract was formally
signed at Tuesday evening’s city
council meeting but the work
men have been on the job for
about a week. Pressure is main
tained in the system by continu
ous pumping and by placing a
pressure regulator on a fire hy
drant.
It is the first major repair on
the tower since it was erected
( Continued on page 6.)
Brownies Visit The Frontier
Members of Brownie troop I visited The
Frontier newspaper and commercial printing
plant and also the “Voice of The Frontier” stu
dios Tuesday afternoon, escorted by Mrs. Don
Douglass, assistant leader. Leonard Bazelman
of The Frontier’s mechanical staff is explain
ing linotype slugs to Mary Jo Walker, Suzanne
Stewart, Marilyn Donohoe (white headscarf),
Verna Butterfield, Donna Lee Hopkins, Sharon
Hartman and Kathy Bosn. One member, Jean
Lohaus, was not present. George Hammond
conducted tape-recorded interviews with the
Brownies and the playback will be heard on
the Saturday “Voice of The Frontier” pro
gram, (WJAG, 780 k.c., 9:45 a.m.)—The Fron
tier Photo.
Mrs. Judge Loses
Sight in Left Eye
Mrs. Jane Judge, 60, O’Neill
woman, fell early Tuesday at
her home here. Her face struck
the corner of a table. The acci
dent cost her the sight of her
left eye.
Mrs, Judge got out of bed in
the night and it has not been
determined whether she faint
ed or stumbled in the dark.
She was taken to a Norfolk
hospital Tuesday afternoon by
her sister-in-law, Miss Ann
Judge, R.N., and by her broth
er, Richard Minton. Her at
tending eye specialist said the
strike against the table comer
caused Mrs. Judge’s eye to
“explode.”
Her condition Wednesday
was described as satisfactory.
Surgery was planned for today
(Thursday) but late Wednes
day physicians decided to de
lay the operation.
4-H Club Calves
Average 28 Cents
82 Sold in District
Show, Sale
Eighty-two head of 4-H club
calves sold Wednesday afternoon
at a district show and sale spon
sored by the O’Neill Chamber of
Commerce in cooperation with
the extension service. The aver
age price was $28.62 per cwt.
There were 34 head of com
mercial cattle sold, consigned by
farmers and ranchers in the re
gion. The commercials averaged
$28.71
The grand champion stocker
feeder 4-H steer was an Angus
shown by Karen Garwood of
Amelia, member of the Sand
hill Billies' club.
The champion sold for 64 cents
per pound to H. G. Norland of
Windom, Minn. The reserve 4-H
stocker-feeder honors went to
Kenneth Backhaus, who exhibit
ed a Hereford heifer which was
not offered at auction.
The reserve 4-H steer was
shown by Jeannene Backhaus of
O’Neill, member of the 212 South
Fork club. Her entry was a
heavyweight Hereford and sold
to Gene Hansen of Hastings, who
purchased the reserve champion
last year.
There were a total of one hun
dred 4-H calves shown, 18 of
which were not put on the auc
tion block.
Champion group of three went
to the Sandhill Billies’ club of
Amelia, while runnerup honors
went to the Prairie Wranglers of
Chambers. The Martha club fin
ished third.
Don Petersen, president of the
Chamber, awarded the show rib
bons.
Top commercial calf was
shown by Oswald Drueke of
O'Neill. He swept the com
mercial class by also showing
the second- and third-best in
dividuals, the best pen of five
and the runnerup pen of five.
The Drueke entries were Here
fords.
Vernie Johnson of O’Neill en
tered the top pen of five Angus.
Best commercial calf price was
48 cents. A Drueke Hereford en
try, it was purchased by James
Roskens of Milford, la.
Showmanship honors were
awarded as follows: Dale Fuller
ton of Amelia, first; Shirley
Green of Chambers, second; Nick
Hammerlin of O’Neill, third.
Basin Unit
Here Friday
for Meeting
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Rep. Miller, Governor
to Be Heard During
A 11 - D a y Session
The annual meeting of the
Niobrara River Basin Develop
ment association will be held ia
O’Neill pn Friday, October 8.
There will be a noon luncheon at
the Town House.
The association’s business
meeting will be held at the Am
erican Legion hall at 1:15 p.m.
The group will be welcomed by
Don Petersen, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. Among
the guests present will be: Con
gressman A. L. Miller and Gov.
Robert Crosby.
After noon speakers will be:
Clyde Burdick of Ainsworth, o
area engineer for the bureau of
reclamation; Rudolph Walters of
Denver, Colo., regional director
for the bureau of reclamation,
and James Smith of Omaha,
manager of the Missouri river di
vision of the Mississippi Valley
association.
Various committees will make
reports. Directors and officers
will be elected. The directors
will meet to organize for the
coming year.
A dinner meeting will be held
at the American Legion hall at
6:30 p.m. Raymond Lund, agri
I cultural agent for the Chicago &
North Western railroad, with
headquarters in Rapid City, SJ).,
will be the banquet speaker. Mr.
Lund has been active in irriga
tion affairs in South Dakota and
Nebraska. He has the reputation
of being a very able speaker.
Ail association members, farm
ers and business men are invited
to attend the afternoon session.
Banquet tickets are available by
reservation by calling 162-J.
| Car Thief Taken
by Michigan Patrol
William John Bierman, for
merly of Madison and a penal
parolee, recently was arrested by
Michigan state police near Mon
roe, Mich., and is now in custo
dy of Scottsbluff County Sheriff
Steve Warrick.
Warrick said Bierman admit
ted stealing a vehicle at Scotts
bluff and abandoning it in Chey
enne, Wyo. Bierman told War
rick he later at O’Neill helped
himself to a machine belonging
to E. W. Nelson of Sarles, N.D.
Nelson had been visiting at the
Woodrow Melena home and the
car was stolen from in front of
the Melena residence.
Warrick told Holt County
Sheriff Leo Tomjaek that Bier
man had been using two aliases
—Earl Roberts and Hugo Wein
weber.
The night the Nelson machine
was stolen. State Game Conser
vationist Fred Salak of O’Neill
gave chase to a motorist between
Atkinson and O’Neill with speeds
mounting up to one hundred
miles per hour. The fleeing
driver abandoned the vehicle in
West O’Neill and disappeared
into tall weeds.
Later that night the Nelson
vehicle was taken.
Warrick said Bierman has been,
arraigned in county court and
bound over to Scottsbluff county
district court.
Melton Rated One
of America s Most
Popular Artists
More group captains for the
O’Neill Community Concerts as
sociation membership drive, to
be staged the week of October
18-23, have been named, accord
ing to President F. E. Parkins.
The new captains are; Miss
Alvira Ramm of Stuart, Lyle
Dierks of Ewing, Mrs. Merwyil
French, jr., of Page, Mrs. John
Lamason of Page and Mrs
Helen Finch of Page.
Mrs. Pauline Walston, mid
western representative for Com
munity Concert Services. Inc.,
will be in O’Neill Tuesday, Oc
tober 12, for a preliminary meet
ing with association officials
James Melton has been tenta
tively booked to open the concert
season Friday, November 5. Mr.
Melton has a repertoire consist
ing of over 3,000 songs. He has
had great success as a featured
tenor soloist on the “Voice of
Firestone” hour, as a concert
and operatic soloist and as a re
cording artist. Mr. Melton is re
garded as one of the most popu
lar singers in America today.
The O’Neill association is seek
ing one thousand memberships
to insure Mr. Melton’s appear
ance and the scheduling of two
or three additional concerts dur
ing the winter.
PANCAKE PLANNING
Plans for O’Neill’s pancake
day, to be held Tuesday, October o'
19, are rapidly progressing.
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