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Volume 74.—Number 26. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, October 28, 1954. Seven Cents c
Clyde Puts Away Model T for Winter
Clyde Bowden (at wheel) Wednesday put his 1923 vintage
model T Ford into moth balls for the winter. Bowden, who is cus
todian at the Country club and for several office buildings, annual
ly awaits the season’s first freeze before he shelves his highly-dec
orated utility vehicle for the winter. Likewise he waits for the
snow to clear before bringing his old reliable machine into service
for the summers. His passenger on the final run was Joe Gokie, a
neighbor. Together they helped account for the mountainous stack
of cord wood (in background). Joe aids Clyde at the Country club;
Clyde helps Joe on the wood pile. Mr. Gokie is a retired farmer
and is noted for his eternal buildup of the wood pile.—The Fron
* tier Photo.
Amendments Being
Voted on Important
Nebraskans Going
to Polls Tuesday
County Level Races
Draw Interest
Holt countyans will join other
Nebraskans and voters in many
states throughout the nation in
going to the polls next Tuesday,
November 2.
Some lively interest in county
level races points toward some
• heavy balloting.
(A discussion of the amend
ments to be voted upon may be
found in column 2 and official
publication of the amendments in
their legal phraseology may be
found on page 7.)
NATIONAL TICKET
For U.S. senate, full term—Carl
T. Curtis, republican; Keith Ne
ville, democrat.
For U.S. senate, short-term, to
fill vacancy expiring January,
1955—Mrs. George P. Abel, re
publican; William Meier, demo
crat.
For U.S. senate, short-term, to
fill vacancy expiring January,
• 1959—Roman L. Hruska, republi
can; James F. Green, democrat.
STATE TICKET
For governor—Victor E. Ander
son, republican; William Ritchie,
democrat.
For lieutenant-governor—Char
les J. Warner, republican; Stan
ley D. Long, democrat.
For secretary of state—Frank
Marsh, republican; V. C. Havor
ka, democrat.
For auditor of public accounts—
Ray C. Johnson, republican; Ray
Chase, democrat.
For state treasurer—Ralph W.
Hill, republican; Richard R. Lar
sen, democrat.
For attorney-general—Clarence
S. Beck, republican; William E.
Grubbs, democrat.
For railway commissioner —
Richard H. Larson, republican; J.
C. McReynolds, democrat.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET
For Fourth district representa
tive — A. L. Miller, republican;
Carlton W. Laird, democrat.
mjIN -run 11LAL
For member of state board cf
education, Sixth district, four
year term—Raymond M. Gilmore
and Max A. Emery.
For member of state legisla
ture, Twenty-eighth district —
Frank Nelson and Donald E.
Rohde.
For regent of state university,
Sixth district (short-term, to fill
vacancy expiring January, 1957)
—Jack Elliott and Frank M.
Johnson.
For county superintendent —
Alice L. French (unopposed).
COUNTY TICKET
For clerk—Kenneth Waring, re
publican; Homer F. Mullen, dem
ocrat
For clerk of district court —
Howard D. Manson, republican;
Mrs. Don Enright, by petition.
For treasurer—J. Ed Hancock,
republican; Lloyd E. Cork, demo
crat.
For sheriff—Albert Sipes, re
publican; Leo S. Tom jack, demo
crat. .
For attorney—William W. Grif
fin, republican; John R. Galla
gher, democrat.
For surveyor—George E. Col
lins, republican (unopposed).
For assessor—William F. Wef
so, republican (unopposed).
For supervisor, First district—
L. G. Gillespie, republican; Ed
ward N. Flood, democrat.
For supervisor, Second district
— Art Tomlinson, republican;
Clarence Donohoe, democrat.
For supervisor, Third district—
Clarence Ernst, republican; John
Sullivan, democrat.
For supervisor, Fifth district—
Kenneth Barthel, republican; Ed
win A Wink, democrat.
For supervisor, Seventh district
—Alex Frickel, republican;. Ottc
Gloor, democrat.
STORES TO CLOSE
At a meeting of the retai
trade committee of the Chambei
of Commerce on Wednesday, i1
was voted to close the places o:
business in O’Neill on veterans
day, Thursday, November 11.
Guests Here—
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Weber o:
Genoa were Sunday guests of Mr
and Mrs. A. Marcellus.
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Not much attention has been
paid to the constitutional amend
ment proposals on the November
ballot. But some are the most im
portant in years, especially those
which will clear a way roadblocks
to any real tax reform.
Here briefly is a rundown of
the proposals as they will appear
on the ballot:
Proposal 1: Would change the
provision that salaries of execu
tive state officers can’t be chang
ed oftener than every eight years.
Reason: Because in these times of
inflation salaries haven’t been ■
realistic for top officials and
some good ones have been lost.
Proposal 2: Would change the
makeup of the state board of ed
ucational lands and funds to an
appointive board. Reason: Would
put men on the board who would
make it their main duty. Present
board consists of governor and
other busy elected officials. Note:
Various school organizations have
fought this, fearing what an
appointive board would do to
school lands.
Proposal 3: Would change the
provision that members of execu
tive boards must live in Lincoln.
Proposal 4: Would relax pres
ent rigid requirements for assess
ment of real estate. Reason: This
is called the “heart” of the tax
reform proposals. If home-owners
are to get any kind of relief, the
“straitjacket” in the constitution
must be changed.
Proposal 5: Would allow the
appointment of county assessors.
Reason: To get better tax as
sessing at local level, many states
have found it is better to appoint
assessprs rather than elect them
as Nebraska now does. The Ne
braska State Association of Asses
sors has endorsed this move.
Proposal 6: Would allow ex
emption of household goods from
taxation. Reason: It takes about
90 percent of the assessor’s time
to rount pots and pans, dishes and
mops, yet they bring only three
percent of tax reveune. The idea
is to allow assessors to spend
more time on the real revenue
producers.
1 Proposal 7: Would place a re
striction in the constitution that
if the legislature passes a sales or
income tax, the revenue must re
place the property tax that sup
ports state government (about 10
percent of the average tax bill).
This is the most controversial of
the amendments. Reason for: This
would make sure that any new
kinds of taxes would be replace
ments and not “just another tax.”
Reason against: Would place an
other straitjacket in constitution
when a major cause of the tax
troubles has been that there were
too many already.
Proposal 8: Would allow setting
up a state tax commission of ap
pointive officials. Reason: Experts
say one of the reasons Nebraska
has had so much property tax
trouble has been lack of attention
by successive state boards of
equalization, composed of elected
officials such as the governors.
This would tighten administration
at the top.
Ballots for the amendments are
being printed in Nebraska on blue
paper.
Kids to Dance
on Hallowe’en
The Chamber of Commerce
once again is helping in arrange
ments for a Hallowe’en party for
O'Neill kids.
High school-age young folks
are invited to the American Le
gion auditoridm for dancing,
starting at 8 o’clock. There will
be treats and prizes for the best
costumes.
The affair will be held Sunday,
October 31.
Butte Couple to
Have Open House—
BUTTE—Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Arp
of Butte will observe their golden
wedding anniversary Sunday, Oc
tober 31. They will hold an open
house reception from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
at the Butte American Legion hall.
They have requested that no gifts
be brought.
JUSTICE COURT
M. S. Newkirk, improper pass
ing, $10, October 7, R. L. Gude.
highway patrol.
' Gerald H. Lampert, speeding,
$10 and costs, October 13, C.
Cochran.
Rail Protest
Meeting Set
Nov. 18th
Originally Set Today,
Session at Valentine
Has Been Postponed
Most quarters along the Chica
go & North Western railway’s
Omaha-to-Chadron line have
been heard from since last week’s
sudden announcement the railroad
was considering abandoning its
last two remaining passenger
mail-express trains in North Ne
braska.
These are trains number 13 and
14 which ply between the two ci
ties each day and convey ponder
ous sacks of mail and express but
few passengers.
The rail officials assert the
operation of the two trains is
costing the C&NW about 60
thousand-dollars per year.
A change in the government’s
method of computing fees for
carrying mail is blamed for loss
of some of the revenue and the
rail officials see no relief from the
losses in the future.
Lloyd Pipher of Crawford, rep
resenting the Western Nebraska
United Chambers of Commerce,
originally called a meeting for to
day (Thursday) at Valentine, but
failed to make a date beforehand
with J. E. Goodwin, vice-presi
dent in charge of operations for
C&NW.
Pipher said he particularly
wanted Goodwin present so a new
date was established—Thursday,
November 18.
President Don Petersen of the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
said a delegation from here
would attend the Valentine meet
ing, which will start at 2:30 p.m.,
(CST), and many members of the
delegation will be making the
trip by rail.
The “Voice of The Frontier”
scooped the state’s press and
radio on Monday, October 18,
with the C&NW’s surprise an
nouncement. The Frontier’s edi
torial on the subject last week
w as widely reproduced and will
appear in “Railroad Age,” a
magazine circulating in the rail
industry.
The North Western has no in
tention of cutting back any of its
freight service. The line, with ex
tensions from Chadron to Lander
Wyo., and Chadron to Rapid City,
S.D., is considered a profitable
freight line.
Many civic groups up-and
down the route have joined in the
crescendo of protests, and most of
these proteste convey a sincere
desire to have the trains kept and
operated on a profitable basis.
Chambers, Lynch
Men Are Enlistees
The O’Neill army recruiting of
fice has announced the following
recent enlistments:
Jerry L. Ogle of Valentine, for
engineer corps.
Theodore G. Ayers of Valen
tine, for airplane mechanic school.
Duane L. Cassidy of Lynch, for
helicopter mechanic school.
Keith L. Dillon of Sparks, for
ordnance corps.
Charles C. Gallop of Lynch, for
transportation corps.
Kenenth L. Marvin of Long
Pine, for engineer corps.
John E. Wohlers of Crawford,
for engineer corps.
Thomas H. Tinkham of Johns
town, for signal corps.
Richard B. Mead of Ainsworth,
for signal corps.
Ira E. Boon of Newport, for
transportation corps.
Robert L Volquardsen of
Eloomfield, for engineer corps.
Howard R. Beed of Chambers,
for signal corps.
Harold D. Worden of Ains
worth, for transportation corps.
Willard C. Neuman of Bassett,
for signal corps.
Those men went to Ft. Bliss, El
Paso, Tex., for further processing,
training and reassignment.
Late Upsurge Makes Drive Success
The first annual membership
drive sponsored by the O’Neill
Community Concerts association
iinished in a flurry Saturday. The
week-long campaign for one
thousand members appeared to
be falling considerably short of
the goal — until Saturday after
noon.
An upsurge of memberships
began rolling into the associa
tion’s headquarters, in the Golden
hotel lobby, and kept a staff busy
with tabulations and paper work.
At the final count, 736 adult
members were enrolled and 215
students, making a total of 951.
Vice-President John C. Watson
immediately proclaimed the drive
a success and officers and mem
bers of the executive committee
sat at a conference table with
Mrs. Pauline Walston, midwest
representative for Community
Concert Services, Inc., and ar
ranged a four-concert series, cx
act dates to be announced.
For several weeks the associa
tion has had a tentative date with
James Melton, famous American
tenor. At Saturday night’s con
ference this became official and
Melton will open the concert sea
son Friday, November 5, at the
O Neill public school auditorium.
Watson said the membership
drive, led by John H. McCarville
and Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka, was a
“terrific success,” because the one
thousand member goal is very un
usual for a city of O’Neill’s size
for the initial season.
Samuel Sorin, noted pianist,
will appear here during Janu
ary. One New York critic has
said Sorin does for piano music
of Beethoven whav Toscanini
does for the symphonies.
In February, the O’Neill associ
ation will hear Theresa Green,
soprano, a winner of the Marian
Anderson award, a John Hay
Whitney scholarship and Arthur
Godfrey’s Talent Scout TV
show.
The final concert of the season
will be presented in March by the
Carolers, an ensemble of five vo
calists, formerly with Fred War
ing. This troupe features a male
quartet and a soprano.
Members of the association will
be notified of exact dates of each
concert.
Membership in the O’Neill as
sociation permits a person to at
tend concerts in other nearby ci
ties on the Community Concert
circuit: Grand Island, Norfolk,
Valentine, Winner, S.D., and
Yankton, S.D.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Alvin Eugene Blair, 23, of Am
elia and Lena Minerva Sanderson,
20, of Chambers, October 27.
Large Group of Volunteers Departs
Thirteen Holt county selective service reg
istrants volunteered last week for military ser
vice—the largest group of volunteers ever to
leave O’Neill, according to Mrs. W. H. Harty,
chief clerk for the Holt draft board. Four men
in foreground (left-to-right) are: Gary D. Wil
son of Redbird, Richard D. Ratliff of Atkinson,
Gary A. Lech of Atkinson and Calvin J. Murphy
of O'Neill; background — Arnold D. Miller of
Star, Rudy Nettleman of Norfolk (bus driver),
Frederick C. Dunn of Atkinson, Bruce T. Mc
Elhaney of O’Neill, Dick V. Wilbern of Atkinson,
Edwin Siebert of Atkinson (partially hidden),
Marvin D. Cadwallader of Stuart (open white
shirt), Roger E. Johnson of Stuart, John R. Bow
en of O’Neill and Joseph J. Fleming of O’Neill.
Frank Weichman, 84,
Rites Held Saturday
Atkinson Pioneer Is 111
2 Weeks
ATKINSON— Funeral services
were conducted from St. Joseph’s
Catholic church here Saturday,
October 23, for Frank Weichman,
84, a pioneer resident of this com
munity. Mr. Weichman had been
ill two weeks, entered the Atkin
son hospital on Thursday, October
14, and died there about 10 a.m.,
Thursday, October 21.
Rosary rites were conducted on
Thursday and Friday evenings at
the funeral home.
Rev. R. J. Parr officiated in the
requiem mass and burial was in
St. Joseph’s cemetery.
Six grandsons of the deceas
ed were pallbearers: Raymond
Wewel, Gene Hamik, Frederick
Wewel, Charles Weichman, Don
Wewel and Don Bernt.
The late Mr. Weichman was a
resident of the Atkinson commun
ity 65 years. He resided on a farm
eight miles northwest of here for
nearly 50 years, retiring 12 years
ago.
He was a son of Matthew and
Anna Bonne Weichman, born
August 17, 1870, in Tieberschlag,
Czechoslovakia. He was reared in
Central Europe and came to the
United States at the age of 19. He
lived for a time with his brother
in-law, the late Conrad Kramer,
sr., and Mrs. Kramer northwest
of town.
In the spring of 1883. Mr.
Weichman moved onto the
place seven miles west and one
mile north of Atkinson. He con
tinued to reside there until 1942,
when he retired.
He married Anna Steinhauser
at Stuart in St. Boniface Catholic
church on January 30, 1894. They
became the parents of 11 children
—all of whom reside in the At
kinson and Stuart localities.
Survivors include: Widow—An
na; daughters—Mrs. Henry (Ma
ry) Hamik, Mrs. Frank (Matilda)
Wewel, Mrs. A. P. (Julia) Wewel,
Mrs. Dora Wallinger and Mrs.
Florian (Theresa) Scholz; sons—
Anton, Max, John, Carl, Leo and
Frank, jr.; 42 grandchildren and
25 great-grandchildren; sisters—
Mrs. Theresa Kramer and Mrs.
Katherine Verzal, many nieces
and nephews.
PONTIAC PREVIEW
A special preview showing of
the ’55 Pontiacs will be held to
night (Thursday), starting at 7:30
o’clock in the Wm. Krotter Co.
showrooms at O’Neill and Spen
cer. (Other details concerning the
new Pontiacs may be found on
pages 6-7.)
Badgers Chew Up
Eagles in 2d Half—
Coach Marvin Miller’s O’Neill
high Eagles looked very good
Wednesday night, October 27,
against the powerful Valentine
Badgers in a North-Central con
ference grid encounter. The Eagles
built a 19-0 lead with three minutes
remaining in the half.
The Badgers ran back an O’Neill
punt to score their first TD and an
O’Neill fumble setup a lightning
second TD. The half ended in
O’Neill’s favor, 19-13.
Valentine began working around
the O’Neill flanks during the final
two peviods and rolled up 25 points.
Final ;core: Valentine 38; O’Neill
19- _
Mercury Dips to 25;
Snow Falls in West
Temperatures were brisk in the
O’Neill region early Wednesday
on the heels of extensive snow
fall in western Nebraska. Chadrcn
reported 15 degrees — the low
reading in the state — while at
O’Neill the mercury registered 25.
Thick ice was frozen here. The
sharp freeze was the first of the
season.
Showers this week have netted
.79 of an inch of precipitation.
Week’s summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
October 21 .60 34 .02
October 22 .68 33
October 23 .69 45
October 24 .68 45
October 25 .63 41 .08
October 26 .45 32 .69
October 27 .57 25
Total . .79
Pleasant Brook
First to Report—
The Pleasant Brook 4-H club is
is the first in the county to send
in a report on its reorganization.
This is one of the youngest clubs
in the county and is located in the
southeast part of the county.
Mrs. Maynard Stearns and Mrs.
Vearl Tuttle are the leader and
assistant leader. They have 14
members and will be carrying
room improvement and learning
to sew projects.
Richard Graham, student at
Wayne State Teachers college, ar
rived in OTJeill Wednesday, Octo
ber 27, and will visit until Sunday
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grenier and
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schmidt
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Sawyer in Ains
worth.
Tune in “Voice or Tne Fron
tier”, thrice weekly!
Commission Denies
Page Beer Permit
Case Considered for
Several Weeks
PAGE — The request of Fred
Appleby and Arthur Frahm of
Page for a beer license here was
denied Monday by the state li
quor commission.
The commission said because
of testimony at a public hearing,
it was decided to deny the appli
cation.
Recently the commission was
presented with petitions signed
by 101 persons protesting the
issuance of any license in Page.
A number of Page residents
testified personally.
Attorney Arthur Whitworth of
the National Brewers’ Foundation
said the anti-beer petitions were
filed too late, after the Page vil
lage board already had approved
the application. Attorney Albert
Johnson of Lincoln also spoke at
the hearing, which was held sev
eral weeks ago, representing the
opposition. Rev. Harry Johnson of
Page testified that about twice as
many signed his petitions as re
fused to sign.
The commission at that time
was also presented with peti
tions with signatures asking
that a beer license be granted.
The commission took the mat
ter under advisement at that time
and made the denial announce
ment this week.
Page traditionally has been a
“dry” town.
St. Mary’s Teacher
Recovers in Hospital
Sister Mildred is recovering in
St. Anthony's hospital after un
dergoing surgery Friday. Sister
Claire is the substitute teacher in
eighth grade.
Hallowe’en parties were plan
ned for the seventh” and eighth
grades Wednesday evening, Octo
ber 27; for the high school, a
masquerade ball, Thursday eve
ning; the remaining grade school
classes will have parties Friday
afternoon.
After a whirlwind campaign
the following students from St.
Mary’s academy were elected by
the student body to participate in
county government day activities:
Regina Hynes, clerk; Edith Gal
lagher, clerk of district court;
Lenora Langan, register of deeds;
Carol Kaster, treasurer; Matt
Hynes, sheriff; Nancy Hart, as
sessor; Ray Donohoe, surveyor;
Karen Mahony, attorney.
Max Bohn, Mary Jo Hoffman,
Betty Troshynski, La Donna Mc
Nulty, Lois Hargens, Barbara
McCarthy, Bertha Connot, super
visors; Tom Head, judge; Rita
Lydon, superintendent.
Appointive officers were: Larry
Johnson, extension agent; Jane
Murphy, assistance director; Da
vid Schaffer, veterans’ service of
ficer; Janice Turner, home dem
onstration agent.
COMPLETES BASIC
STUART— A/3c Fred A. Mul
ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Mulford of Stuart, recently
has completed his basic training
in the air force at San Antonio,
Tex., and has been transferred to
the following address: 461 AB
Group Hdq. Sqdn., Hill AFB, box
47, Ogden, Utah.
Attend Homecoming—
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Harder,
Sylvia and John D., spent Satur
day at Hastings attending “mom’s
and dad’s day” and homecoming
activities at Hastings college.
Their daughter, Lois, is a senior
at the college.
Frontier for printing!
Woman Hurt When
Truck Hits Car
Mrs. Melba Caskey, passenger
in a car being driven by Mrs.
Helen L. Rourke of O’Neill, was
injured about noon Saturday.
The Rourke 1950 passenger car
was making a righthand turn
from Douglas street onto Har
rison street when struck in the
rear by an Omaha Cold Storage
company truck being driven by
Robert E. Miller of Norfolk.
Mrs. Caskey suffered a partial
skull fracture and bruises but
was not hospitalized, according
to Holt County Deputy Sheriff
James Mullen, who investigated.
The Rourke machine, Mullen
said, was badly damaged in the
rear, and the frame of the car
was sprung. Mullen did not esti
mate the amount of damage.
No. 281 Decision
to Wait a Month
Coad Say» ‘Nothing
to Report Now’
All seven members of the new
ly-appointed Nebraska state high
way advisory commission had a
first-hand look at Boyd county
Wednesday and covered three
proposed routes for the relocation
of U.S. highway 281 north from
the junction with state highway
12 to link with the South Dakota
highway network.
Leaving Boyd about 4:30 p.m.,
Arthur Coad, Omaha banker and
chairman of the commission, said
he had “nothing to report.”
He added an announcement
probably would be made in late
November after the next regu
lar meeting of the body.
The commission members spent
Tuesday night in O’Neill, reach
ing here 24 hours ahead of sched
ule in a three-day inspection trip.
The board earlier spent time at
Wakefield and Hartington where
state highway relocations are
in controversy. But mud condi
tions obliged them to cut short
their northeastern Nebraska visit
and they moved on to O’Neill.
John R. Krotter, Spencer busi
nessman who is plugging for a
westerly route from the junction
I (a route already recommended by
i state highway engineers), accom
j panied the commission during the
forenoon and lunched with the
commissioners at Pickstown, S.D.,
in the shadow of the big Ft. Ran
dall dam.
L. W. Gibson, Bristow bank
er who is anxious for a route
veering eastward from the
junction, was out-of-town and
unmindful the commission was
in the area a day ahead of
schedule.
William Brennan of Butte and
John Forsythe of Niobrara escort
ed the commissioners in Gibson’s
absence. Both are boosters and
spokesmen for Gibson’s socalled
east route.
J. R. Crook of Ainsworth, dis
trict highway engineer, actually
conducted the visitors over the
proposed routes. Don Hanna, jr.,
of Valentine is the commissioner
from this district. He had been on
the terrain before.
The swing of the party extend
ed from a point about 10 miles
northwest of Butte to the Spen
cer, Bristow and Ft. Randall
areas (the latter in South Dako
ta).
Minnie Jacobs, 90,
Dies at Kin’s Home
NEWPORT—Mrs. Minnie Ja
cobs, 90, who has been residing
here for the past 3M> years, died
at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, October
26, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nekolite. She had been an
invalid for five years and had
been bedfast about a year.
Private services for members of
the family were conducted Wed
nesday evening at Biglin’s funeral
chapel in O’Neill. The remains
were forwarded by train from
O’Neill to St. Paul, Minn., where
funeral services will be held at
2 p.m., on Friday, October 29.
Survivors include: Sister—Mrs.
R. M. Rawitzer of Minneapolis,
Minn.; nieces—Mrs. John Neko
lite of Newport, Mrs. Russell
Aagaard of Evanston, 111., Mrs.
Louis Hankins of Cody, Wyo.,
Miss Rose Keeler of Los Angeles,
Calif.; nephews—Harry Keeler of
Ewing; Ora Keeler of Neligh, Er
nest Keeler of Los Angeles, Calif.,
Roy Keeler of Freedom, Wyo.,
Clarence Keeler of Hardin, Mont.,
and Clyde Keeler of Valentine.
Mrs. Jacobs came from St. Paul
to make her home with the Nek
olites. She was a sister of the
late E. A. Keeler of O’Neill.
Resident 44 Tears
to Leave Soon—
BUTTE—John Tiefenthaler, a
resident of Butte 44 years, will so
on move to California where he
has three children residing. Mrs.
Tietfenthaler died here October 12.
Alpha Club Meets—
The Alpha club met Wednes
day, October 20, at the home of
Mrs. Merritt Pierson.
Frontier want ads tell you
where you can save!
Burglars in
4 Stores But
Loot Small
Stuart and Chambers
Places Are Visited;
Scout Money Taken
Burglars were busy in Holt
county over the weekend. But
Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack
said the loot was meager and
hardly justified the effort.
Sometime after 2:30 a.m., Sun
day, the thugs broke into three
business places at Stuart. The
Flannigan grocery store was en
tered through a rear door. The
Central Bar also was entered by
forcing a rear door. At neither
place was any loss noted, accord
ing to Tomjack.
The burglars made a night
of it at Stuart by breaking into
the Wm. Krotter company of
fices. They damaged the cash
register and virtually demol
ished the safe.
But neither the register nor the
safe yielded any money.
At Chambers, the Harley Hard
ware store was entered sometime
during the same night. The van
dals gained admittance by prying
open a window on the east side of
the office. Thirty dollars worth
of Boy Scout funds were stolen,
also a used shotgun and some
shotgun shells, Tomjack said.
Property damage at the various
stores constituted the biggest loss,
the sheriff added.
Stolen Godel Car
Located in Idaho
A 1949 Chevrolet belonging to
Loyd Godel of O’Neill, stolen from
the streets of O’Neill on Fridav
night, October 15, last week was
located near Couer d’Alene, Ida.
and two young occupants of the
machine already have been sen
tenced to seven years in a federal
penitentiary on car theft charges.
At O’Neill they abandoned a
1949 Chevrolet belonging to Carl
Blank of New Orleans, La. The
Blank car was taken from Chica
go, III., where Blank was visiting.
Holt County Deputy Sheriff
James Mullen said the two were
identified as Donald Lee Whit
lock and Thomas Eugene Bennett.
Their ages and home addresses
are not known.
Mrs. John Melvin had reported
a street commotion to authorities
in her residential neighborhood
the night the Godel machine was
taken from the same vicinity.
Will Schroeder has gone to Ida
ho to bring back the Godel car.
SHOT IN LEG
Gary Holly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Holly, was taken to
St. Anthony’s hospital Sunday
following a hunting accident. Ga
ry’s younger brother, Ronnie, ac
cidentally discharged a .22 calibre
rifle bullet which passed through
Gary’s leg, missing the bone.
Gary is a St. Mary’s academy
freshman.
WAREHOUSE SALE STARTS
Osborne’s Appliance Store in
O’Neill today (Thursday) launch
es a gigantic warehouse liquida
tion sale—a nine-day sales event
featuring “rock-bo Horn” prices
according to Manager D. E. Os
borne. (See two-page advertise
ment on pages 2 and 3.)
Sale Calendar
Friday, October 29: Joe J. Jeli
nek & Sons of Verdigre, annual
Hereford production sale, Creigh
ton Livestock Market, Creirtiton.
(Write for catalog.)
Friday, October 29: Fay Puck
ett farm closeout sale, north of
O’Neill; Cols. Wallace O’Connell
and Ed Evans, auctioners; First
National bank, O'Neill, clerk. (See
details on page 14.)
Tuesday, November 9: Estel
Thomas farm closeout sale, 9
miles north of Page, 1 mile east;
26 head of cattle, farm machin
ery, household goods; Cols. Wally
O’Connell and Max Wanser, auc
tioneers and clerks.
Friday, November 12: Ralph
Stowell-Homer Davis, on prem
ises, Vz mile south of O’Neill Live
stock Market, 1/4 mile east; 150
head of cattle, machinery, feed;
Col. Wally O’Connell, auctioneer.
Saturday, November 13: North
Central Nebraska Hereford asso
ciation, annual fall sale, Bassett;
43 bulls. (Write Tug Phillips,
Bassett, for catalog.)
Tuesday, November 16: Estate
of Jim Cooper, 1 mile west of Or
chard, 2 1/4 miles south; 119
Hereford cattle, machinery, grain,
feed; Cols. Wally O’Connell and
Ed Evans, auctioneers; Max Wan
ser and Chris Leading, ringmen;
Bank of Neligh, clerk; Mrs. Jim
Cooper, administratrix.
Tuesday, November 16: L. A.
Peterson farm closeout; 35 head
of catte, machinery, household
goods; Col. Ed Thorin, O’Neil 1,
auctioneer; Chambers State bank,
clerk.
