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iiiiii ■ G O 9:45 A.M. — 780 k.c. O North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 28. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, November 1 I, 1954. Seven Cents Chambers Points to Parade, Celebration 5 Auctions on Frontier Schedule 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 (Details on page 9.) 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; 110 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’Neill, auctioneer; Chambers State bank, clerk. (See adv. elsewhere.) Friday, November 19. Don Brei ner, who lives 15 miles north of O’Neill and 8 miles west, will of fer his personal property, includ ing livestock, grain, machinery and household goods; on premises; * Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc tioneer; O’Neill National Bank, clerk. (See advertisement on page 6 for full details.) ‘Grandpa to College’ Pleases Large Crowd In the setting of an athletic club room at “Great Falls College”, any state, U.S.A., the senior class of O’Neill high staged the class play, ‘‘Grandpa Goes to College”, on Tuesday evening at the auditorium. The play was presented before a large crowd. In the three-act farce were: Owen Davis as Dough Hewing (a football player); Janet Hull as Maxine Doran (a reluctant campus queen); Edward Ritts as Sam Banning (a cheer leader); David Page as Hermon Gross (a student with ideas); Sharon Hancock as June Day (a rumor-carrying coed). Marilyn Lindberg as Ruthie Brown (a girl witn determination); Janice Holsclaw as Mary Shayne (a campus belle); Dick Gaskill as Elmer Sloane (a bashful beau); Dave Andersen as Elihu (Tex) Col river (a cowboy from Texas); Duane Alton as Jed (don’t call me “Gramp”) Parsons (an elderly man). Sponsors of the play were Principal Paul Baker, adviser, and Miss Viola E. Haynes, director. Out-of-Town Kin Here for Funeral Among the out-of-towners here for the funeral of Mrs. John (Frances) Peter, jr., 65, held Wednesday, November 3, at St. Patrick’s Catholic church were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Erychleb and family of Stanton; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Prusa and son, Robert, of Stanton; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chlebaum of Stanton; Mr. and Mrs. Ivo Kleinschmit, and daugh ter, Marianne, of Pilger; Mr. and Mrs. Lumir Hart and family of Stanton; Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Pekny and family of Clarkson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zrust and Vine of Clarkson; Mrs. Anton Dvorak and son, Louis, of Stan ton; Mrs. Frank Prokopec of Stan ton; Joseph Prokopec and son, Edwin, of Clarkson; Mrs. John Prokopec of Clarkson; Mrs. Char les Prokopec of Clarkson. The name of Tom Englehaupt was unintentionally omitted from the list of honorary pallbearers given last week in The Frontier. Three Young Men Enter Reformatory Three young O’Neill men Fri day were taken by Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack to Lincoln to start serving a one-year sen tence in the men’s reformatory. They are Ronald Bazelman, 19; Gaylen Hull, 20, and Larry Hop kins, 23. Earlier this year they had en tered pleadings of guilty to $450 grand larceny charges. District Judge D. R. Mounts deferred sen tence until late October. The incident for which they were charged took place in Jan uary, 1954. Anderson Will Sail to Far East— GM/2c Merlyn Anderson and his wife arrived Monday, Novem ber 1, from Long Beach, Calif., to spend 10 days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Walters. Gunners Mate Anderson departed for Long Beach Tuesday from where he will leave for a tour of sea duty in the Far East. Mrs. Anderson will remain with her parents. SUFFERS PNEUMONIA EMMET—Mrs. G. D. Janzing re ceived a call Wednesday, Novem ber 3, from St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha that her husband had de veloped pneumonia. Some of the family went to Omaha immediat ely. His condition is slightly im proved. . . Beverly Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Perry, and Kent Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Cole, have had the mumps. . . Ray Richards accompanied Merle Fore man as far as Omaha Sunday night where he had a medical check-up on his arm and hand Monday. He had injured them some time ago when he got the arm caught in a pick-up hay baler. Dick Godel, Dick Starr and Miss Wilma Dunkel of Grand Island were Saturday and Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Godel. CHAMBERS— This south-Holt county town will celebrate vet erans’ day Thursday, November 11, with a gay centennial cele bration. The festivities will begin with a parade at 1:30 p.m. Organiza tions, churches, business places and individuals are entering floats. Novelty events for the kids will follow the parade and the movie, “Sea of Lost Ships,” will be shown at the theater at 3 p.m. A deer feed will be staged at the Amreican Legion hall between 5:30 and 7:30. Kangaroo court will oe held between 8:30 and 9 o’ clock. At 8 p.m., the whisker king and calico queen will be present ed and crowned. A dance in the Legion hall will climax the day long celebration, which is under the sponsorship of the Chambers American Legion and Legion aux iliary. Turkey Dinner Planned Here— Simonson post 93 of the Am erican Legion will entertain Le gionnaires and their guests and members of the American Legion auxiliary and their guests at a turkey dinner at the American Legion hall Thursday evening at 6 o’clock. Many O’Neill Stores to Close— Many O’Neill stores will be closed Thursday—veterans’ day (formerly armistice day). However, there will be a sale at the O’Neill Livestock Market. 2 Rail Meetings Are Scheduled North-Nebraska and southern South Dakota persons interested in keeping the passenger-mail express trains, numbers 13 and 14, on the Omaha-Chadron run are pointing to a public hearing to be held Thursday, November 18, at Valentine. A delegation from the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce will attend. Meanwhile, an informal meet ing among enthusiasts between Valentine and Norfolk on the Chi cago & North Western mainline will covene Friday evening at the American Legio auditorium here. This is a preliminary affair to draft resolutions and select spokesmen. Joe Hughes, Former Rancher, Expires ATKINSON — Joseph D. Hughes, 73, of 6305 Center street, Omaha, former Atkinson rancher, died early Friday at an Omaha hospital. A native of Gretna, Mr. Hughes had been a guard for Samardick and company after his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Goldie. Heart Surgery Patient Re-Enters Hospital Mrs. Daniel Edward Murphy, the former Helen McNichols, was admitted to St. Anthony’s hospi tal Sunday evening. Mrs. Mur phy submitted to rare heart sur gery September 28 in an Omaha hospital. • A blood clot developed early Sunday evening and Mrs. Murphy was rushed to the hospital. At tendants say she is “resting well” and there has been some im provement. New Pastor, Family Feted at Reception Rev. J. Olen Kennell, his wife and five children were honored Monday evening at a reception in the First Presbyterian church parlors, attended by members of both First Presbyterian and Beth any churches, which he will serve. The Kennell family reached O’ Neill last week, arriving from Orleans where Reverend Kennell had served for five years. The new pastor and his wife have one son and four daughters —all of school age. Reverend Kennell is a native of Illinois, attended seminary in Nebraska, and his first pastorate was at Juanita, starting in 1939. Mrs. Kennell also is a native of lllniois. A covered dish dinner featured the Monday evening affair in the church parlors. ★ ★ ★ < Melton Is ‘Superb’ in Concert Full - House Hears Famed Tenor Open 1954 - ’55 Season By a Staff Writer Twelve hundred persons who heprd James Melton sing a two hour concert Friday evening at the O’Neill public school audi torium ran out of superlatives be fore they could get into their au tomobiles and drive away. It was unanimously agreed the famous tenor of opera, concert, radio, tel evision and screen is ‘as adver tised.” Mr. Melton was the first attrac tion of a series booked for the 1954-’55 season by the newly formed O’Neill Community Con certs association. A late fortyish fellow with a six - foot two hundred pound frame, Mr. Melton took to the stage in strict formal attire and fashion. Beaming a warm, Irish smile, Mr. Melton proceeded to lean, physically, on the Steinway grand piano ad brief his listeners on concerts in general and his concert in particular. In this manner he took cog nizance of the fact most people in the audience were concert goers for the first time. The chit-chat at the outset was disarming enough, but Mr. Mel ton earned things further. He struck from his standard program a heavy operatic air from “Euri dice” and substituted “Ave Ma ria” from the Italian opera, “Cav alleria Rusticana.” “This,” he ex plained, “because I understand O’Neill is a devout little city.” His announcement of the change on the program brought immedi ate applause and from that mo ment on any applause meter would have registered a higher mark with each succeeding meas ure of appreciation. Mr. Melton frequently digress ed from his standard program and his encores largely consisted of folk music and semi-classics. He “threw in” about eight extra numbers for his enthusiastic, pro vincial crowd. After intermission, his accom panist, Richard Hankinson, was encored three times. The O'Neill association had arranged for the recently-purchased Steinway to be available for the Melton con cert. So well did Mr. Hankinson please the crowd that Mr. Mel ton’s first words after his belated return to the stage were an aside aimed at the piano player: “Show stealer!” he quipped. The first portion of the pro gram also included an air from ‘Comus,” by Arne; “Stornel latrice” by Respighi “Danza, Danza, Faniculla Gentile” by Durante. The second portion included “She Moved Through the Fair,” an Irish folk song, arranged by Herbert Hughes; “Voices” by Hageman; “You Will Know My Love” by Skiles; “Ohie Meneche” by Giannini. For part three — and immedi ately before the intermission — Mr. Melton sang perhaps the heaviest music of the program, an aria from “Tosca” by Puccini. It was at his juncture that Mel ton’s true operatic greatness was revealed. After intermission, for part four he sang three preludes from Opus 28 by Chopin and “Feux d’Artifice” by Debussy. Part five consisted of “Mando line” by Debussy; a score from “Le Roi d’Y’s” by Lalo; “Beau Soir” by Debussy, and “El Vito, ’ arranged by Obradors. The final portion included “The Mexican Serande” by Sacco; “Weather Forecast,” somewhat (Continued on page 6) > Donald Mosel Is Making Comeback RIVERSIDE — “In making my calls taking the 1954 farm census,” writes Mrs. Carl Christonr The Frontier’s River side correspondent, “I visited the Walter Mosel home. There I found their son, Donald, lying on his stomach making a brave comeback from burns received May 18. “He suffered severe burns while burning tree stumps. “He is a cheerful little fellow and I believe he could be made very happy to be remembered with a card shower on his 12th birthday anniversary, which falls on Sunday, November 14.” The Mosel address is Ewing. Cards Whip Bartlett in Season Finale St. Mary’s academy Cardinals polished off Wheeler county high (Bartlett), 41-18, Thursday at Bartlett, wrapping up the 1954 six-man grid season. Connot scored the first Cardi nal TD, Wanser the second, Schneider added two, Donlin one, and Wanser came through once more. All scoring was done on the ground. The Cardinals held the upper band throughout. Coach Don Templemeyer’s crew finished the campaign with three wins and six losses. They registered three vic tories out of the fianl four starts. O’Neill Bid Short; Atkinson Wins 6-0 ATKINSON—The O’Neill high Eagles got to the Atkinson high 1-foot line and time ran out last Thursday night. The Balers won, 6-0. It was the closing game of the season for both clubs. Atkinson’s senior quarterback, Don Frickel, who had missed four of eight games because of a leg fracture, stole the show before a good-sized crowd. !Ie ;alled a brilliant game for his mates and carried the ball frequently for consistent yardage. Frickel also was outstanding on defense. Frickel was shelved after the first game of the season. The Balers put away their togs with three wins, three losses and two ties. Joe Kunz, Stuart, Dies in Hospital Joe Kunz, about 60, farmer re siding four miles east and one mile south of Stuart died late Tuesday, November 9, in St. An thony’s hospital at O’Neill. The body was taken to Atkinson pend ing completion of funeral ar rangements. Survivors include the widow and several grown children. TO PRESS EARLY This issue of The Frontier went to press late Tuesday night in order that the subscribers within a wide radius will re ceive the paper before the vet erans’ day holiday. Otherwise, many subscribers depending upon mail deliveries would be denied the news until Friday. Mrs. Everitt Feted— The Justa club honored Mrs. Jack Everitt, who is leaving for Colorado, at a 7 o’clock dinner on Wednesday, November 3. Follow ing dinner, Mrs. Delbert Robert son wds hostess to the group at her home. Son in Far East Calls— P. V. Hickey received a call from his son, Cpl. Pat E. Hickey, while he was on R&R in Japan. Cpl. Hickey has recently been transferred to Taegu. He has serv ed in Korea approximately a year. - — -——— ^ The Rev. J. Olen Kennell family . . . Nancy, 14; Mrs. Kennell, Reverend Kennell, Ramona 6 (center foreground); Jack, 8; Christine, 10, and Marjorie, 11.—The Frontier Photo. “Surrey with the Fringe on Top” . . . America's beloved tenor, James Melton, sings to Jolee Lofflin, 8. (Pianist Richard Hankinson is at the new Steinway grand piano.)—The Frontier Photo. Kinfolk gathering around their visiting Irish cousin, Rev. John Hynes (center) are: James De Witt and Gary Nissen; seated—Michael M. Langan, Father Hynes, Matthew Hynes, William Hynes and Austin Hynes; standing—Mrs. Austin Hynes, Miss Regina Hynes, Mrs. John DeWitt, Mrs. Lang an, Mrs. Louis Genereux, Mrs. Dale Nissen, Mrs. Matthew Hynes and Terry Hynes.—The Frontier Photo. ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★ Young Irish Priest Meets Kinfolk A 26-year-old newly-ordained Catholic priest from the Galway district of Ireland stopped off in O’Neill over the weekend to visit kinfolk. Rev. John Hynes, a St. Colum ban missionary who was ordain ed at Christmas time, 1953, at Na van, Ireland, is enroute with 20 other young Irish priests to posts in the Philippines, Japan and Ko rea. Father Hynes is a cou sin of Matthew H. and Austin Hynes and M. M. Langan, all of O’Neill. His father and the O’Neill men are first cousins. “Matter of fact,” the young priest explained, “the largest branch of the Hynes family, to which we all belong, is now here at O’Neill, and I am very happy to have the opportunity to meet them and be among them.” Father Hynes leaves behind his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hynes; also one brother, Matthew, who is on the family farm; anoth er brother, Austin, who is a po liceman in County Cork; a young er brother who is in grammar school. One sister is married and resides on a farm and another sister married an Englishman and lives in England. There are two sisters in the United States—both nuns. One is in New York City and the other at Tacoma, Wash. The young priest’s home local ity is about six miles west of Ballinsloe, which is a town of about seven thousand persons lo cated a few miles east of the head of Galway Bay. Ballinsloe is not ed for its big county fair. He fin ished his grammar school training and entered a Columbans semi nary, where he spent seven years in preparation for the priesthood. Father Hynes speaks good Eng lush with a touch of the Gaelic influence. In western Galway county, he explains, Gaillic is spoken extensively. In Ireland it is compulsory to teach Gaelic in the schools. The contingent of 21 priests was loosed at New York City to see the sights and to es tablish contacts with kinfolks. Father Hynes stopped off at the St. Columbans house at Bellevue, outside Omaha, which is the U.S. headquarters for the missionary order. Seven of the young priests, including Father Hynes, will be stationed in the Philippines, sev en go to Korea and seven go to Japan. All 21 will reunite in San Francisco, Calif., on November 17 to prepare to sail the following day. Father Hynes officiated at the 9 o’clock mass Sunday at St. Patrick’s Catholic church and spoke informally to the parishoners. He was entertain ed at breakfast at St. Patrick’s rectory by Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan (himself a native of Ireland) and Rev. Thomas Hitch, assistant pastor. | A family dinner was served at noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hynes. The youthful padre brought along several phonograph records which had been recorded by some of his friends in the old country. They were RCA Victor (Dublin) recordings of authentic reels and jigs. Playing them touched off merriment in the household. Thanks to the marvel of electron ics, Father Hynes is taking to his Philippine outpost these records as mementoes of the fatherland. Father Hynes said Ireland has emerged into quite a prosperous little country now that the people have put away the stormy feuds and there have been no famines or depressions in recent years. “The years 1932 to 1938 were among the hardest our country ever knew,” he explains, “but things are quite good now.” Father Hynes is impressed by the “bigness and vastness of Am erica” and was anxiously looking forward to a daylight train ride through the Rocky mountains from Denver, Colo. Highest point in Ireland, he said, is about three thousand feet above sea level, and none of the mountains have any rugged peaks. 200 Attend Chime Memorial Dedication A rite of dedication for the Rev. Victor Ray Bell memorial chimes was held Sunday, November 7, at the Methodist church here, attend ed by more than two hundred per sons. The service was a portion of the regular worship hour. Featured at the rite were the use of the Bell memorial chimes, organ music played by Mrs. Harold Seger, vocal music by the choir under the direction of Mrs. Harold Lindberg, a vocal solo, “O Divine Rede emer” by Miss Frances Reimer, and the sermon entitled, “His Ministry Remembered”, by the pastor, Rev. W. B. Smith. The late Reverend Bell served the O’Neill church from the spring of 1948 until the early spring of 19 52, when ill health forced him to retire. Fhanksgiving Rite Planned Nov. 24th The annual thanksgiving ser vice sponsored by the O’Neill Ministerial association will be held on Wednesday evening, No vember 24, at 3 o’clock—the eve of Thanksgiving day. The service this year will be conducted in First Presbyterian church. “All Christian people are in vited to attend this service of thanks,” according to a spokesman for the association. Over Possession Costs Stuart Man— Francis Kollman of Stuart was fined $10 and costs plus $25 in liquidated damages for over-pos session of fish. Charges were filed by State Game Conservationist Fred Salak of O’Neill. At the same time, Joe Krysl, also of Stuart, was charged with the same violation and fined $10 and $4 costs. They appeared in justice court here. Father Hynes ... no more stormy feuds, famines or de pressions.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Karo, Stuart, Dies; Rites Held Lifelong Resident of Holt Well-Known ° Throughout County o STUART—Mrs. A. Max Karo, 54, of Stuart, who had been a 0 lifelong resident of Holt county, aied about 10 o’clock Saturday night, November 6, in Atkinson Memorial hospital. She had been ill for sometime, having been hospitalized on several occasions. She entered the Atkinson hospital only two days before her death. Funeral services were conduct ed at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, November 9, from St. John’s Lutheran church in Atkinson. Burial was in Wood Lawn ceme-o c tery in Atkinson. Pallbearers were Aloys Kaup, jr., of Stuart, Ben Engler of Stu art, Bob Leisge of Stuart, Everett c Hale of Atkinson, Louis Seibert of Atkinson, Orville Seibert of Atkinson. The late Mrs. Karo, whose maiden name was Marie A. Skrdla, was born April 22, 1900, at the family home south of Stuart. o Survivors include: Widower— A. Max; son—Max M.; daughters: —Mrs. William (Dorothy) Farr and Mrs. James (DeLores) Seger, all of Stuart; sisters—Mrs. Max (Elizabeth) Welchman of Stuart and Mrs. Arthur (Elsie) Humpal of Atkinson; brothers — Donald and Lawrence Skrdla, both of0 S'.uart. Junior High ‘Voters’ Choose Like Parents INMAN—Do school children fol low in their parents’ footsteps when it comes to voting? On Tuesday, November 2, while the adults in the land were deciding who they wanted in the govern ment offices, the students of the Inman junior high school also voted. The majority of votes, both In man school and township, were for republicans. The exception to this rule was the vote given Demo cratic Candidate Leo Tomjack for sheriff. He received 95 percent of the votes at school and 87 percent J of the votes of the township. Parental influence on voting was lacking in the case of U.S. senator. Democratic- Candidate James Green received 52 percent of the votes of the school and his op ponent, Roman Hruska, received 62 percent of the votes for the township. It can be seen from this analysis the Inman children usually follow in their parents footsteps except in the case of U.S. Senator. f 6 Holt Youths Are Army Volunteers Six Holt county youths volun teered Tuesday, November 9, for military induction through the Holt county selective service office. Mrs. W. H. Harty, chief clerk of the draft office, said the registrants are: Larry D. Storjohann and Ray S. Phipps, both of Atkinson; Gerald F. Cavanaugh and Richard D. Wilkinson, both of Chambers; Ronald L. McClellan and Billy D. Lyons, both of O’Neill. Bowen Elected Head of Saddle Club— The O’Neill Saddle club held its annual turkey dinner at the American Legion audtorium Sun day evening. Bernard Allan pre sided at the meeting and election of officers following dinner. Those elected to office for the coming year are: Roger Bowen, president; Buck Edmisten, vice president; William Murray, secre tary; James Donohoe, treasurer. Virgil Laursen, Claire McVay and Bernard Allen were elected to the board of directors. After the elec tions movies were shown of the ,• Saddle club’s Ak-Sar-Ben ride and other rides taken this year. ——— Don Godel Home from Navy— Don Godel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Godel, was discharged from the navy last Thursday at San Francisco, Calif., after having served almost two years. He re ceived a medical discharge. Godel, who served on the USS Lewis, attended Norfolk Junior college. INTRA-SCHOOL CLASH r. INMAN—The Inman high school seniors and freshmen ganged up on the juniors and sophomores in a basketball game played Wednes- , day, November 3. The juniors and sophs won a three-point decision. Gideons to Meet— The anunal monthly meeting of the Gideon society will be held ° at the Fritz Brockman home in Emmet Friday evening at 8 o’ clock.