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Volume 74.—Number 26. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, October 28, 1954. Page 9.
Wheeler Farm
Bureau in Election
DELOIT—The Wheeler county
farm bureau organization held a
pancake supper at Bartlett Wed
nesday evening, October 20. Of
ficers elected for the following
year were: B. Langren, president;
Henry Reimer, vice - president;
Mrs. Chapman, associate woman’s
chairman; James Squire, Bud
bartak and Carl Glaser, voting
delegates.
Those from Deloit who attended
the affair included Mr. and Mrs
Bud Bartak, Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Shavlik and Larry, Mr. and Mrs
Kelker and sons, Frank Bohn,
Mr. and -Mrs. Earl Schrunk and
family, Mr. and Mrs. H. Werk
meister, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer
and daughter.
Other Deloit News
Mrs. Kenny Ziska and daugh
ters of Atkinson have been visit
ing Mrs. Funk at the hospital and
staying at their home the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fuller
and Marilyn and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Fuller were Tuesday eve
ning, Octoiler 19, supper guests at
the Roy Beeson home.
Corn picking has begun here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer and
Elayne spent Sunday with Mr.
: and Mrs. Howard Temple and
daughter at Hastings.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer and
Elayne spent Sunday, October 17,
at the Don Starr home in West
Point. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pahl
and Mary of Oakland were also
guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harpster
and sons were supper guests on
Monday evening at the Richard
Napier home in honor of the wed
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Harpster.
A card party was held at the
St. John’s basement on Sunday
evening.
A birthday party was held at
school Friday afternoon for Billy
Day. His mother baked the birth
day cake.
Mrs. Sixton Carlson and Mrs. H
Reimer attended the leaders’
training meeting in Neligh Wed
nesday, October 20. The subject
was “Easier Housekeeping.”
Mrs. Frank Bohn is visiting at
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Prelwitz
of Omaha.
Patsy Day and Sharon Shavlik
were overnight guests last Thurs
day at the home of their teacher,
Elayne Reimer.
A group of ladies attended a
party at the Augie Thiele home
on Friday.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Paul Francis Bourne, 34, of O’
Neill and Elaine Rose Lee Ba
butzkc, 20, of O’Neill, October 23.
Everet Orville Armstrong, 29,
of Oakdale and Patty Ann Avery,
22, of Oakdale, October 23. They
were married the same day by
County Judge Louis W. Reimer.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou E. Armstrong of
Norfolk witnessed the ceremony.
Leland L. Willard, 25, of Elm
Creek and Betty Hamik, 24, of
Stuart, October 26.
Star News
Mr. and Mrs. Ewalt Miller,
Arnold and Barbara, Mrs. Hattie
Boelter and Miss Ruth Miller were
dinner guests Tuesday evening, Oc
tober 19, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Boelter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Waring came
later to spend the evening.
Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Juracek and
family were Mrs. Joe Nekuda of
Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. John Jura
cek, Mr. and Mrs. Art Juracek and
family of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Stewart of Page, Clar
ence Juracek and daughters of
Orchard and Mr. and Mrs. Leo
nard Juracek and son of O’Neill.
Mrs. Joe Nekuda of Omaha is
visiting her sons, Elmer and Leo
nard Juracek, and their families.
The Star Get Together club met
as a group at the extension club
achievement day in O’Neill last
Thursday. Those present were
Mesdames Ben Miller, Robert Mil
ler, Ewalt Miller, Nels Lindquist
Dale Revell, William Derickson,
Albert Derickson, Ben Vanosek,
Fred Krugman, Ed Tharnish, Bob
Tomlinson, Fred Timmerman, El
mer Juracek and Leonard Juracek.
Miss Morna Wertz and Mrs. Elroy
Lieb were guests of the club at the
entertainment. All of the members
were present except Mrs. Roland
Miller, Mrs. Lysle Johnson and
Mrs. Tom Slattery, who were un
able to attend. ,
Miss Barbara Miller was an
overnight guest of her schoolmates,
Misses Diane and Barbara Snyder,
Monday evening, October 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Lysle Johnson,
Wyn and Larry were dinner guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ewalt
Miller and family Wednesday
evening, October 20.
Margaret Kruse
Is Crowned Queen
REDB1RD— Margaret Kruse,
a senior, was crowned queen at
the Homecoming in Lynch Friday.
Beverly Carson and pupils and
Mrs. Willa SchoUmeyer and pupils
entered floats in the parade that
afternoon.
Keith Anderson helped at tne
Roger Rosenkrans farm a few
days last week.
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Wayward Bull Finds Trouble
By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR.,
The Frontier Feature Writer
PAGE — A paternity dispute
with complicated circumstances is
running its course in this com
munity as far as street-corner
conversation is concerned, and
promises to provide something
for a corps of legal - beagles to
chew on.
The argument might be sized up
like this: How much can be con
sidered as a fair settlement for
damages incurred when a herd
bull, a purebred Shorthorn be
longing to Ivan Heiss, invades a
purebred Hereford heifer pasture
on the Van Horn ranch?
The supposition that some of
Van Horn’s heifers are now with
calf only serves to further
complicate matters.
Some folks dismiss the topic
with the line that it’s a situation
as old as the practice of fencing
in livestock.
There’s more meat to the story
than that. In case you’re one to
like details and statistics concern
ing a first-class paternity suit,
beef style, read on.
H. A. and Robert E. Van Horn,
father and son and joint owners
of the purebred Hereford ranch
southeast of Page that bears their
name, are the plaintiffs. Ivan
Heiss, a farmer living a mile east
of Page, and owner of a pasture
four miles south of his home, is
the defendant.
To commit the error of which
Heiss is accused, the bull belong
ing to Heiss had to escape from
the confines of his pasture and
travel three miles to gain en
trance to the heifer pasture, about
seven miles southeast of Page.
The bull, unfamiliar with land
ownership matters, certainly was
on forbidden ground, and is now
accused of being the sire of an
undetermined number of unborn
Shorthorn - Hereford cross calves
—proof of which accusation was
at that time — in August — still
nine months away.
The Van Horns, with a high
degree of pride in the purebred
Herefords, normally run about
350 head of cattle of which 175
are cows. They have spent
many years building a herd
that has won championships at
numerous Nebraska shows and
has captured many ribbons.
They keep a careful record of
their animals and stand solidly
behind their representations.
Dependable breeders guarantee
their transactions and stand
ready to make adjustments
should there be any dissatisfac
tion for which they might be
held responsible. Thus there en
ters the delicate matter of rep
utation.
Since the purebred Herefords
are the Van Horns’ only means of
livelihood, and since they have
more at stake than the commer
cial cattle producer, they have
been many years providing ade
quate fencing, yards and shelter,
plus all the other precautions.
They have built fences not only
to keep their cattle in but to keep
other stock out. Cattle guards af
ford easy entrance to the ranch
buildings. There is no longer any
Ferdinand, 5-year-old purebred Shorthorn bull . . . invades
registered Hereford heifer fold.—The Frontier Photo.
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chance of gates being left open,
allowing stock to wander.
Having taken all the usual pre
cautions possible to safeguard
their herd, their dim view of the
situation is understandable when
they came upon the Shorthorn
bull having a field day in a
heifer pasture. Not only because
the maverick Shorthorn offered
insult to the bloodlines of the
Herefords, but the Van Horns do
not make a practice of breeding
their heifers for such early calv
ing. Talk about complications—
and chagrin.
Since there were about 50 head
of females in the pasture, mostly
heifers, no sales can be made
from that group until the term
of gestation period has elapsed.
On the other hand, Heiss feels
that he is in an extremely help
less position since he did not
know his bull was away from
I home, though he acted the mo
■ inent he heard about it in rather
convincing terms.
He would feel hopelessly help
less if he had not had liability in
surance that protects him from
the responsibility of making set
tlement on an individual basis. To
what extent he is protected has
not yet been determined.
The Heiss bull was immediate
ly penned and remained in Van
Horn possession for six weeks,
during which time his pasture
was without the services of said
bull. Heiss feels he has damages
coming to him on that score. He
regained possession of his bull
October 2.
Heiss purchased the bull, a
proved 5-year-old, about one year
ago.
Many solutions are possible
and there has been much specu
lation and many opinions have
been expressed wherever men
—and women—have congregat
ed. It is a foregone conclusion
there will be improved fencing
practices in the neighborhood.
It is quite likely that there may
be a sizeable increase in the
sale of liability insurance, de
pending somewhat on how set
tlement is made in this destin
ed-to-be-famous legal fracas.
The Van Horns have placed
their case in the hands of their
attorney, Donald F. Sampson of
Central City, and fully expect to
see the case come up at the spring
term of court when the damage
will be considered.
In or out of court, Heiss will be
represented by attorneys,
thoughtfully provided by the in
surance company, since their or
ganization is geared to act in the
interests of their client.
Should the case be allowed to
go to court, it has all the promise
of becoming a test case, establish
ing a new precedent for the set
tlement of similar cases in time
to come. Findings of the court
or the terms of the settlement out
of court will be of interest to
stockmen everywhere.
Meanwhile, the bull roams pla
cidly in the Heiss pasture, quite
unaware of all the fuss, keeping
company with females of his own
bloodline.
Sick & Injured
EMMET — Mrs. Paul Newton
and little daughter, Judy, were on
the sick list last week. . . Betty,
Derold and Billie Jean Perry, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Perry,
were ill last week with mumps.
. . . Little Patricia Kloppenborg,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A1 Kloppenborg, was a patient in
St. Anthony’s hospital for a few
days with a very bad cold. She
came home on Monday. . . Ger
hart Janzing entered the St. Jo
seph’s hospital, Omaha, Sunday.
. . . David Cole, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Cole, has been on the
sick list the last few days.
DELOIT — Mrs.. Louis Funk
is a patient in a Norfolk hospital
following a fall in which she
broke two ribs tn punctured a
lung. . . . The influenza has been
making the rounds. Mrs. Adolph
Bartak, Fred Harpster and many
others have been victims. . . Mrs.
Leo Funk underwent emergency
major surgery at Our Lady of
Lourdes hospital in Norfolk Tues
day morning. Her condition is
“satisfactory.”
O’NEILL—Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Aim departed Sunday for Manhat
tan, Kans., where they will visit
his brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Aim for several
days. Mrs. Oscar Aim is “quite
ill”. . . Mrs. Leo Brill was ill last
week with a virus infection. Her
mother, Mrs. Louis Kirkland of At
kinson, spent from Thursday until
Sunday assisting at the Brill home.
EWING — Mrs. Waldo Davis
went to Tilden on Tuesday, Octo
ber 19, where she called on Mrs.
Alvin Gibson, a patient in the Til
den hospital. . . Allan Pollock was
taken to the University hospital,
Omaha, Sunday, October 17, for
observation and medical care. Mr.
Pollock has not been in good
health for some time.
CHAMBERS— Word has been
received by Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Young that their daughter,
Mrs. Lee Mitchell of Boise, Ida.,
submitted to major surgery at a
Boise hospital on Friday, Octo
ber 22. The Mitchell faniily are
formerly of Chambers.
CELIA—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Johnson went to Schuyler last
Thursday to visit relatives, the
Marvin Kroeger family, and to
consult a doctor at Arcadia for
Stanley. They returned home on
Sunday.
O’NEILL — Mr. and Mrs.
George Bosn drove to Grand Is
land Friday where they visited
his sister, Miss Margaret, who is
a patient in Veterans hospital.
AMELIA — Miss Connie Gil
man, youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Gilman, was a pa
tient in the O’Neill hospital sev
eral days the past week.
LYNCH—Mrs. Leta Kruse vis
ited her son, Walter, in a Lincoln
hospital last weekend.
EWING—Mrs. Ralph Schrader
is a patient in the Tilden hospi
tal.
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN
(Chambers)
Rev. Howard E. Claycombe,
pastor
Sunday, October 31. Sunday
school and Bible class, 9:30 a.m.;
divine worship, 10:30 a.m. Festi
val of the Reformation. Film: “All
That I Have,” 8 p.m.
Monday, November 1: Lutheran
laymen’s league, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 2: Sunday
school teachers’ meeting, 8 p.m.
Thursday, November 4: Adult
inquiry and instruction class, 8
p.m.
On Sunday evening, October 31,
an excellent full-length film, pre
pared by the Missouri synod, will
be shown in the church at 8 o’
clock. The film, entitled: “All
That I Have,” is the story of a
brilliant doctor whose nephews
try to declare him insane. All
members and friends of St. Paul’s
are invited to attend.
Sunday, October 31, is Refor
mation Sunday in the church. On
October 31, 1517, Luther, as a
young monk and professor at Wit
tenburg, nailed his 95 theses.
A clothing drive for the relief
of refugees from communism at
cur church’s mission station at
Kennies Mill camp on the island
of Hong Kong off the China coast,
will be gathered during the
month of November. Anyone hav
ing used toys, especially dolls,
that can be painted and repaired,
may donate them also. There is a
great need for warm clothing and
shoes.
The adult inquiry and instruc
tion class will begin this Thurs
day, October 28, at 8 p.m., at the
church. The course of lectures has
three purposes. For those who are
already members of the congrega
tion it will be a rededication to
Christ. For those who desire to
become communicant members of
St. Paul’s it will be an adult con
firmation of their faith. Finally,
for those who are interested in
knowing more about the Luth
eran church—Missouri synod—it
will be an opportunity to learn
what the church believes.
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To Lincoln—
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clements I
spent from Friday until Monday
in Lincoln visiting their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
James Adams, and Cynthia Lee.
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DR. DONALD E. DAVID
OPTOMETRIST
Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
Phone 2101, Spencer, Nebr.
a Public Sale
On premises, 9 miles north of Page, 1 mile east, on
Tuesday, November 9th — 1 P.M.
26 — Head of Cattle — 26
Including 2 roan milk cows, Holstein milk cow, Jersey milk cow,
BF. cow and heifer, 2 YVF. cows, 10 WF. stock cows (3- to 8
years-old), 3 WF. calves, 4 bucket calves, 1 WF. bull (2-years
old). ALSO bay saddle horse, 7-yrs.-old; harness, stock saddle.
Feed, Poultry, Etc.
50 tons No. 1 prairie hay in stack, 15 tons in round bales, 200
bus. 1954 ear corn. 100 Leg. and A-W hens; 50 A-W pullets.
8x10 milk house, new, wired for REA.
Machinery, Etc.
2 tractors, mower, cultivator, lister, 4-sec. harrow, 2-wheel
trailer, etc. Some household goods including gas range, Servel
refrigerator, table, chairs, etc. Terms: Cash.
ESTEL THOMAS, Owner
COLS. WALLY O’CONNELL AND MAX WANSER
Auctioneers and Clerks
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 - 1 P.M.
110 — Head of Cattle — 110
40 cows, carrying Domino and Stanway breeding; 33 calves; 36
steer and heifer short yearlings; reg. herd bull, 2 years; milk
cows. Foundation stock for herd purchased from George Mort
imer herd, Madison, Nebr., in 1936.
Machinery and Equipment — Grazing Privilege _ Lumber
Some Household Goods
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