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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1954)
< “Voice of The Frontier*' • ♦ North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 33. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, December 16, 1954. Seven Cents STATE BIST Game Warden Fred Salak of O’Neill exhibits his 104-pound mule deer, which is being admired by his wife and their two daughters, Janice, 3, and Sherry, 7.—The Frontier Photo. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 40 Deer Checked-In; 190-Pounder Biggest _ Justice Court Collects $16,023 Money Is Distributed to Schools Between January 1 and the present date, $16,023.35 has been received by the Holt county trea . surer for fines from justice of the * . peace courts. This money received from fines is divided among the school dis tricts in the county eligible for * state apportionments. The distri . bution is figured once a year, based on the same figures as state apportionments is figured. Some misinformed people en . tertain the idea that as long as the justice of the pe'ace in O’Neill handles the majority of the cases and collects the fines, all the money goes to the O’Neill school fund. J. Ed Hancock, Holt county treasurer, pointed out this week that is “not the fact and never has been true.” Inman Students Visit Mink Farm INMAN — The Inman high • school juniors and seniors recent ly went to Neligh to visit a mink farm. Melvin Michaelis and Mr. Hughes, the biology teacher, took cars. Mr. Corder, mink rancher, told about the different kinds of mink and discussed their living habits. He killed one animal, skinned it and stretched the pelt for the vis itors. Mrs. Corder served refresh ments. Santa Coming to Town Saturday The annual pre-Christmas visit of Santa Claus has been arranged for Saturday afternoon, December 18. The jolly ol' fellow will arrive by [ jet plane, be met at the Municipal! airport by one of the fire trucks, and will greet his young admirers at the O’Neill public school at 2 p.m. He will have treats for all the . kids. Santa’s visit annually is arrang ed by the Chamber of Commerce. Polio Sufferer Since 1948 Dies BASSETT — Funeral services were held here for Ferdinand Hapke, 40, who had been a victim of polio since 1948. He died in a Grand Island hospital. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; children—Orleane, 12, Larry, 10, Vernite, 7. Kathy, 5, Billy, 3, and Vernon, 2; father—Herny Hapke of Wood River; one sister and one brother. Black Liquidation Sale Scheduled— Monday, December 27; Ralph Elack farm implement dealership liquidation sale, Spencer, start ing at 10 a.m., including six bus iness lots, new and used machin ery, fixtures, tools, equipmet; Thorin-Bowker Auction Service, O'Neill. (Details on page 13.) Mrs. Trowbridge Heads Class— PAGE—Ejection of officers was held when the young adult Sun • day-school class held its Decem ber meeting at the Methodist church parlors Wednesday eve ning. December 8. Mrs. Norman Trowbridge was elected presi dent; Dale Stauffer, vice-presi dent, and Mrs. Thomas Kelly, secretary and treasurer. Lunch was served. • _ HELPS IKE ATKINSON— John Schrunk, jr., formerly of Atkinson, had the honor and responsibility of de ' signing the irrigation system to be • installed on President Eisenhow er’s farm near Gettysburg, Pa. • Why not The Frontier for ■ • Christmas? Hunters harvested 40 deer in this area during the five-day sea son, which ended Wednesday. The O’Neill checking station, operated by the Nebraska game and conservation commission, closed down at 6 p.m. Holt county was in area 4. Oth er counties in the area were Eoyd, Cedar, Dakota, Knox and Dixon. There were 500 permit holders in the area. It was ex pected about 50 percent of the eligible hunters got their animals. State Game Warden Fred Salak of O’Neill, who Sunday bagged a 104-pound mule deer for himself, said the hunting in the county was without un usual incident. However, he pointed out he was investigating one instance in which a hunter without a permit had a deer in his possession. First deer checked in were killed by John W. Newman and Rollo Berry, both of Stuart. Both were mule deer. Newman’s weighed 103 pounds; Berry’s, 181. The Berry deer measured a 24%-inch spread. Biggest deer turned in was claimed by Elvin Hamilton of Ewing, a 190-pound whitetail. Other reports listed with “hog dressed” weights are: Joseph Beelaert of Page, 175 pounds, whitetail. John R. Cobb of Waterloo, 175 pounds, mule. James E. Deming of Stuart, 160 pounds, mule. Clifford Dick of O’Neill, 139 pounds, mule. David E. Etherton of Atkin son, estimated 100 pounds, mule. Bryon Grenier of O’Neill, 112 pounds, mule. Clifford Hahlbeck of Ewing, 158 pounds, mule. Albert Henning of Atkinson, 123 pounds, whitetail. Mary K. Henning of Atkinson, 102 pounds, mule. Arthur Humpal of Atkinson, 117 pounds, whitetail. Harold Johnson of Fremont, 166 pounds, whitetail. Henry K. Kahlandt of Waterloo, 140 pounds, mule. Raymond Krysl of Stuart, 91 pounds, mule. Leroy M. Kunz of Stuart, 106 pounds, mule. Max Kunz of Stuart, 106 pounds, mule. Leo Laible of Atkinson, 103 pounds, whitetail. Francis Latzel of Ewing, 116 pounds, whitetail. Eugene Lange of Spencer, esti mated 100 pounds, mule. Art Laursen of Venus, 113 pounds, mule. Fred Leuenberger of Tecumseh, 118 pounds, mule. Robert Melcher of Creighton, 112 pounds, whitetail. George Mellor of Atkinson, estimated 120 pounds, mule. Edward Meusch of Stuart, 173 pounds, mule. John Meusch of Stuart, 96 pounds, mule. Raymond Meusch of Stuart, 104 pounds, mule. Leo Miller of Ewing, 170 pounds, whitetail. Walter Miller of Ewing, 105 pounds, mule (estimated weight). Raymond Philbrick of Ericson, 100 pounds, mule. Lester Raff of Venus, 142 pounds, mule. Ivan Roth of Atkinson, 116 pounds, whitetail. Fred Salak of O’Neill, 104 pounds, mule. Larry Schaffer of Emmet, 146 pounds, whitetail. Calvin Seger of Atkinson, 84 pounds, mule. Raymond Seger of Atkinson, 114 pounds, mule. Marvin Snyder of Page, 91 pounds, mule. Leland Sprout of Elgin, 140 pounds, whitetail. WilUam White of O’Neill, 102 pounds, mule. Elmer Wiseman of Page, 131 pounds, whitetail. Franklin Wiseman of Page, 131 pounds, whitetail. Hunters generally are finding ihe deer quite elusive although the area north of Stuart produced ihe best results. Only 23 deer had been check ed in at Center until late Monday and 16 were checked-in at Butte during the first three days—less than a year ago. S-D Day Is ‘Success’ in County Collision in Page Occurs Two Hours Before Test Starts Holt county claimed an acci aent-free “safe driving” day on Wednesday. “S-D” day was observed here in connection with President Eis enhower’s appeal to the nation’s motorists and pedestrians to help make their communities acci dent free on that date. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack, traffic safety chairman for the Holt county safety council, said late Wednesday night this county claims a “perfect record.” Meanwhile, the Holt county safety council held a meeting here Tuesday afternoon with 11 present. Henceforth, regular quarterly meetings will be held the third Monday of the first, month of each quarter. Special speakers are being sought for the January session and the exact date will be announced later, according to Mrs. N. D. Ic kes of Page, who is council pub licity chairman. The January session will be open to the public and special emphasis will be placed on traffic safety. Mrs. Ickes said the members of the council urge anyone intrested to attend. Likewise, she said, all residents are urged to become safe ty conscious and to recognize and remove hazards on the farm, in the homes and in traffic. A two-car collision on the main street of Page, following a basket ball game, occured just two hours before the safe driving day ob servance began. Two Cars Collide Headon at Page— PAGE — In an auto accident about 10 o’clock Tuesday evening on the Page main street, three persons were injured. Cars driven by Mrs. Hester Ed misten of Page and Marcus Pier son of Ewing collided headon and were badly damaged, being towed away by a wrecker. Mrs. Edmisten suffered an arm and knee injury and suffered from shock. She resides northeast of Page. Mr. Pierson suffered several cuts and bruises. Mrs. Art F r a h m, a passen ger in the Edmisten car, received severe facial injuries, possibly a broken bone. Mrs. Frahm was thrown against the windshield, breaking the glass. Brenda Beelaert of Page was a passenger in the Pierson machine. She suffered head cuts and was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital at O’Neill after receiving first aid treatment here. Her condition is “good.” Dr. E. J. Bild administered treatment to the injured. Damage done to each car was estimated at $500, the front end and left sides of both machines being badly damaged. Avoids Hitting Deer; Car Overturns — Saturday evening about 8 o’ clock, Mrs. Charles Gifford of Scott township was enroute to Lynch to spend the night with her father who is a patient there. Suddenly almost in front of her were two deer. She swerved to the north but the road was cut in deep tracks and frozen and her car was thrown to the south. Mrs. Gifford was tossed from the car, and the family auto, a 1954 Chevrolet, landed on its left side in the edge of a field, badly damaged. Mrs. Gifford managed to make it to Guy Pinkerman’s farm and they helped treat her and went for help. Later in the evening she was admitted to the Lynch hospital for treatment of bruises, shock and torn ligaments. Woman Knocked Unconscious— AMELIA — Mrs. Blaine Gar wood suffered numerous injuries Saturday afternoon when her car upset on state highway 11 south of the Lee Gilman ranch. Mrs. Garwood was returning home from Atkinson. The Gilmans saw the car in the ditch shortly after the acci dent happened and went to in vestigate. Mrs. Garwood had been thrown from the machine and was unconscious. Mr. and Mrs. Gilman took the injured woman to the Atkinson hospital, where her condition is “satisfac tory.” I The Garwood car was badly 1 damaged. Kenneth Johnson anri John Ferry, both of Bassett, were in charge of deer weighing here. i Frontier for printing! . . . ! Prompt deliveries. He Can Look but Can t Eat It Allan Chmiel, 3, curiously examines a win try home scene in miniature at St. Anthony’s hospital. The dwelling, picket fence and most of the decorations (except the flag) are edible, produced from pastry dough in the kitchen by Sister M. Fara, who is the kitchen supervisor. Ironically, Allan’s diet precludes rich pastries. Allan, who observed his third birthday anni versary last month, is a diabetes sufferer. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Chmiel, who reside 14 miles southwest of Ewing. Only two weeks ago he was discovered to be a diabetic. Allan is hopeful he will be able to spend Christ mas at home with his parents and his sister, Carol Jean. Sister Fara is pictured with Allan. i —The Frontier Photo I J. A. Shellhammer, 111 4 Years, Dies Rites Here Friday for O’Neillite J. A. Shellhammer, 74, a re tired O’Neill petroleum dealer, died at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, De cember 14, at his home here after having been ill about four years. Death was attributed to a heart a’lment. He had suffered a series of slight strokes in recent years. Funeral services will he con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Decem ber 17, from the Methodist church here. Rev. J. Olen Kennell of First Presbyterian church will officiate and burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The body will lie in state at Biglin’s until the funeral hour. Pallbearers chosen are D. H. Clauson, Harrey E. Ressel, Em mett Crabb, George C. Robertson, Carl Lorenz, John Dick, D. C. Schaffer and Clarence Ernst. The late Joseph A. Shellham mer was born September 3, 1880, at Springville, la., a son of Daniel W. and Jane Vernon Shellhammer. He married Ida M. Lange at Marion, la., December 15, 1904. They became the parents of four children. . Mr. Shellhammer farmed south of Kimball, S.D., from 1907 to 1934, when he moved to O’ Neill. Between 1934 and his re tirement in 1949 he was in the wholesale and retail petroleum business here, ill health forcing him to become inactive in busi ness. Mr. Shellhammer and his wife Sunday quietly observed their golden wedding anniversa ry. Because of the delirate con dition of his health, no formal observance was planned but his three sons and one daughter were present for a family din ner. The late Mr. Shellhammer was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors Include: Widow — Ida; sons—Melvin D. of Sioux City, Raymond G. and Roy J., both of whom are O’Neill busi nessmen; daughter— Mrs. Alvin (Bernita) Houska of Academy, S.D.; eight grandchildren. Try The Frontier want advs.! J. A. Shellhammer ... in business here 1934-1949. (Story at left) Knox Pioneer, 93, Dies at Creighton VERDIGRE — A 93-year-old Knox county pioneer, Joseph Ho lan, sr., of Verdigre, died at 12:20 a.m., Monday at a Creighton hos pital. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday at St. Wences laus Catholic church here with Kev. Charles Oborny officiating. Burial was in the Catholic ceme tery west of here. Mr. Holan is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Jirou sek and Mrs. George Vondrasek, both of Verdigre; three sons, Joseph, jr, and Paul, both of Verdigre, and Edward of Creigh ton; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by bis wife seven years ago. O’Neill Prep Teams into Action Friday O’Neill high school Eagles will visit the Atkinson Baler camp Friday night in a North-Central conference basketball encounter. At the same time the St. Ma ry’s academy Cardinals will be host to the strong Inman high Tigers on the public school rink here. Frank Grenier and Carroll left Friday for Ainsworth to deer hunt for the remainder of the hunting season. They were guests at the Harvey Sawyer home. deed Reelected Head Fair Group Night Rcdeo Talked for 1955 CHAMBERS — The annual meeting of the Holt County Agri cultural society was held Satur day. All officers were reelected. The association annually spon sors the Holt county fair at Chambers. The officers: Lloyd Gleed or Chambers, president; Vera Sageser of Am elia, vice-ptesident; Steve Shav lik of Chambers, treasurer; Eld win A. Wink of Chambers, secre tary. Tentative dates for the 1955 fair have been set for August 16, 17, 18 and 19—the corre sponding dates used in 1951. A night rodeo is contemplated again for 1955 after having met with unusual success this year. More lights and bleachers are be ing planned before the ’55 fair time rolls around. Meawhile, at least two officers of the association will go to Lin coln in late January to attend the statewide meeting of county fair officials. Yule Decorating Winners Told at Stuart— STUART—Stuart has been dress ed in her holiday best as the Christmas season gets underway. Awards of $25 have been made to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kaup and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kunz for their re sidential Christmas displays. The Kaups won the conventional class and the Kunzes placed first in the religious class. As has been the custom here for many years a large decorated Christmas tree adorns the Main street square. The Community club’s annual Christmas celebra tion given by the St. Boniface school students will be held Thurs day, December 23. Grade School Pepsters Elect— EWING—Officers for the grade school pep club recently organized in the Ewing public school are: Gloria Schroeder, president; Tam zam Peterson, vice-president; Aud rey Sladek, secretary; Sherry Dan iels and Karen Tuttle, news re porters; Janet Noffke, Carolyn Tams and Sharon Kropp, cheer leaders. A cheerleader will also be selected from the seventh grade. New Rail Coach *Nearly Filled’ The Chicago & North West ern railroad already is feeling the effects of increased pas senger patronage promised by north-Nebraskans at the No vember 18 rail hearing in Val entine. A modem, streamlined day coach placed in service last week was “nearly filled to ca pacity” Sunday night when C&NW passenger-mail-express train 14 passed eastbouna through O’Neill. Five passen gers boarded the train here. Passengers were enthusiastic about the riding qualities of the new coaches, which now ply the rails between Chicago and Chadron, enabling passen gers to make the journey with out changing trains in Omaha. In late October the C&NW officials announced they were considering abandoning trains 13 and 14 between Omaha and Chadron—a 447-mile run. At the public hearing in Val entine, C&NW Vice-President J. E. Goodwin was sufficient ly impressed with the public clamor for continued service he agreed to an eight-month trial period with modern coaches, beginning “sometime in January.” However, Goodwin acted swiftly and placed the new coaches (daycoaches and Pull mans) on the line December 6 —ahead of the holiday travel. The Frontier, conducting in dependent "spot checks” as the trains pass through O'Neill, finds the daily average passen ger haul “about 25 per train” for the first week. This, of course, does not include pas sengers boarding the trains and leaving them without passing through O’Neill. One C&NW division official said rail express shipments al ready have increased — in keeping with the public’s Val entine pledge. These are the last two re maining passenger - mail - ex press trains in north-Nebraska and they provide service to thousands of people in about 43 Nebraska and South Dakota counties. Rail officials now are dis cussing temporarily adding a second daycoach when the hol iday travel sets in. GETS TRANSFER M/Sgt. L. C. Caufield, formerly of Verdigre, has been transferred from El Paso, Tex., where he had been stationed for five years, to Norton air force base near San Bemadino, Calif. He is a brother of Mrs. Joseph Cunningham of O’Neill. Caufield has 2% years to serve before retiring. Mrs. Iva Hopkins was a Simday dinner guest of her son and daugh ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hop kins. Santa Claus Invades Garden Club Party CHAMBERS— Beautiful Valley Garden club finished the year with a regular meeting and Christmas party held at the home cf Mrs. Ray Hoffman Tuesday evening, December 7. Sixteen members, one visitor and three children were present. Roll call was answered by each member telling what improve ment she had made or attempted to make in her yard or garden this year. The club had been divided in to four groups, each group hav ing several numbers on the pro gram which consisted of Christ mas songs, readings and poems. Several amusing games were then played. After the program it was found that Santa Claus had slip ped in and hung a huge red stock ing on the kitchen door. Upon in vestigating it was discovered he had gotten hold of the sisters’ exchange gifts and, when emp tied, there was a gift for each. Next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Hattie Tibbetts January 4. The program will con sist of colored slides showing in teresting places visited by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Summers on their foreign trip last year, to be shown by Mrs. Summers. Father Price ! to Be Honored EMMET— Parishoners of the Church of the Epiphany will hon or their parish priest, Rev. Fran cis T. Price, at a party Sunday evening in the church basement. The occasion is the 10th anni versary of his ordination into the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church. Father Price was graduated from St. Mary’s academy in O’ Neill in 1936. He attended St. Lawrence college, Calvary, Wise, from 1936 until 1939 at which I time he entered Kenrick seminary at St. Louis, Mo. He was ordained there on December 21, 1944. Before becoming pastor of the Church of the Epiphany in Feb ruary of this year, he served as assistant pastor at St. Bridget’s Catholic church, Omaha, from January, 1945, until 1949. From 1949 until coming to Emmet he was the assistant pastor at St. Michael's Catholic church in South Sioux City. Family Night Noted in Orchard Church ORCHARD—Family night was observed by St. Peter’s Lutheran church here Friday evening. Feature of the event was a two-act play, “The Family Next Door,” presented by the Walther league and directed by Rev. Mar tin Schmdit, pastor. Taking part were Gerald Ru roede, Karen Stelling, Duwayne Rapp, Cecil Waterman, Neoma Waterman, Richard Stelling and Norma Ruroede. Travel and nature films were shown after the play and refresh ments were served. Butte Seniors Take Trip to O m a h a BUTTE — The 30 Butte high school seniors, accompanied by Supt. and Mrs. Maurice E. Wolff and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Northrup, left at 3 a.m., Friday on a sneak-day trip to Omaha and returned at 5 a.m., Saturday. The group, which made the trip by chartered bus, visited many attractions at Omaha, in cluding the ice revue. Mr. North rup is senior class sponsor. Mrs. Howard Receives Gift from Club— The Elkhom Extension club met Tuesday eveinng at the home of Mrs. John Protivinsky for a Christmas party. A no-host din ner was served after which the members played games and ex es nged gifts. Because Mrs. Eliz abeth Howard, one of the mem bers, is ill and was unable to at tend, the members planned to send her a gift. On Wednesday, Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr., Mrs. Preston Jones, Mrs. Roy Lowry, Mrs Hannah Seaman and Mrs. Vern Grenier visited her and presented the gift. Mrs. Howard is “up and around in a wheel chair” and has made “much improvement” since her recent illness. Atkinson School Program Today— ATKINSON — The elementry grades of St. Joseph’s school will present their annual Christmas program at the Atkinson high school auditorium at 8 p.m. Thurs day. Each grade will present playlets. The program follows: - “Its Christmas”, first grade; “The Christmas Story”, second; “Tattered Tillie of Toytown” third; “Presents for Jesus”, fourth; “The Sons of Melchior”, fifth and sixth; “Mrs. Clark’s Pre-Christmas Party”, seventh and eighth. Closing the program will be a group reading, “Whats Christ mas.” Give The Frontier for Xmas! C.F.Stewart DiesatPage; Burial Here Retired Farmer, 72, Expires Following a Two - Year Illness PAGE — Funeral services for Clarence F. Stewart, 72, a resident of this community for about 35 years, were conducted at 2 p.m., Monday, December 13, from the Methodist church. Mr. Stewart died at his home Thursday, De cember 9, following a two-year i'lness. Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor, officiated and Biglin’s were in charge of the burial in Prospect Hill cemetery at O’Neill. Pallbearers were Soren Soren sen, sr., N. D. Ickes, sr., William Neubauer, Gus Robinson, Gerald Lamason and Jerome Allen. Mrs. Alton Braddock, Mrs. C. E. Walker, Mrs. Ray Snell and Mrs. Gerald Lamason sang “The Old Rugged Cross,” “Going Down 0 Clarence F. Stewart . . . na tive of Kansas.—The Frontier Photo. the Valley” and ‘‘Ivory Palaces,” with Mrs. John La mason as ac companist. Mrs. Soren Sorensen, sr., and Mrs. Hester Edmisten had charge of the floral offerings. The late Clarence Freeman Stewart, son of Isaac and Eliz abeth Stewart, was born at Os borne, Kans., July 25, 1882. On February 8, 1904, he was married to Mary Frances Ram sey at Pawnee City. They became the parents of seven children — two sons and five daughters. Virtually all of his life was spent in Nebraska. Mr. Stewart spent his early married life on a farm in Johnson county. They re sided on farms near here until 1949, when they moved into Page. • O Mr. and Mrs. Stewart cele brated their golden wedding anniversary in February, 1954, at which time 170 signed their guestbook. Survivors include Widow—Ma ry; daughters—Mrs. Elton (Rhea) Clyde of Sandy Point, Ida.; Mrs. W. E. (Verna) Smith of Walton, Ore.; Mrs. Paul (Elva) Krugman of O’Neill; Mrs. Elmer (Veda) Juracek of Star; Mrs. Gene (Dor otha) Mudloff of Page; sons— Glen and Edd, both of Page; 22 grandchildren; 13 great-grand children; brothers — Nathan of Salem, Ore., and Amos of Los Angeles, Calif. He was preceded in death by one grandson. Among those from a distance here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith of Walton, Ore.; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clyde and two children of Sioux Falls, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clyde of Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Young of Wood Lake. EARNS PROMOTION John O’Connell, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell, sr., of Emmet, recently was promoted to rank of airman second-class. He is stationed at an air base about two miles from Anchorage, Alas ka. He is a mechanic with a heavy equipment unit. He plans to bfe there for some time and wishes news from home. His address: A/2c John L. O’Connell, AF17367381, box 79, 1931st., o AACS sqdn., APO 942. Seattle, Wash. OFFICERS ELECTED BASSETT—All officers of the Rock Couty Fair association have been reelected for another year. They are: Supt. Warren McClurg, president; Walter Potratz, vice president; Earl Anderson, secre tary, and Harold Parks, treasurer. Guests at Wayne— PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. Elmer 0 Trowbridge, Mrs. A. O. Weber and Mrs. Jerry Summers and son drove to Wayne Sunday where they were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Copple. The Frontier for printing. . o