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Volume 74.—Number 34. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, Dec. 23, 1954. Seven Cents
Receive Plaque at Phoenix
E. J. Revell (left) and Elmer Juracek exhibit a plaque pre
sented at Litchfield Park, Ariz., by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber
company. They received the award in behalf of the Holt county
soil conservation district. Revell was top cooperating farmer in the
district this year and Juracek is a member of the board of direct
ors. More than one hundred outstanding soil conservationists from
every state in the union were entertained at Litchfield Park by
Goodyear, which distributed its seventh annual group of awards.
The Holt men were impressed with the 14-thousand-acre Good
year Farms and “green feeding” of cattle.—The Frontier Photo.
Michael Hull, Wife
Married 60 Years
A.
Mrs. Kari Keyes
Rites Set Monday
Inman Woman Dies
in Hospital
INMAN— Funeral services will
be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Mon
day, December 27, from the
Methodist church h^re for Mrs.
Karl L. Keyes, 60, prominent
resident of this community, who
died Sunday, December 19, in the
Lutheran hospital at Norfolk.
Erief rites will be held at the
home at 1 p.m., Rev. Lisle Mew
maw, church pastor, officiating.
The late Mrs. Keyes had
been ill about five years. She
entered the hospital December
7 and submitted to surgery De
cember 10.
Pallbearers chosen are Chester
Youngs, Arthur Tomlinson,
James Coventry, Howard Jack
Mrs. Reyes . . . long active in
church and lodge work.
son, Louis Kopecky, jr., Kenneth
Smith, John Brunckhorst and
Herbert Nielsen.
Burial will be in the Inman
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s.
Hazel Edwards, daughter of
John and Sarah Edwards, was
born September 16, 1894, at
Meadow Grove. She was graduat
ed from Meadow Grove high
school and taught in rural schools
for several years.
On June 8, 1921, she was
married to Karl L. Keyes. She
spent most of her married life
on the farm located one mile
south of Inman.
The late Mrs. Keyes was a
member of *he Methodist church
and had served as Sunday-school
superintendent until illness forc
ed her to resign. She was also a
member of Arbutus Rebekah
lodge and had been very active
in church, lodge and other com
munity affairs. At the time of
her death she was secretary of
both the Sunday-school and Re
bekah lodge.
Survivors include: Widower;
son—Donald of Inman; daughters
—Mrs. James (Arvilla) Vidlak of
Omaha and Mrs. Robert (Jean)
Eurgstrom of Worthington,
Minn.; five grandchildren; sisters
—Mrs. Myrtle Fiedler of Aurora,
111., and Mrs. Cora Scott of Oy
sterville, Wash; aunt — Mollie
Taylor of Battle Creek.
The funeral date was set in
cider that Mrs. Fiedler, who is
in Mexico at present, might at
tend.
Mrs Emmett A. Doyle of Evans
ton, 111., will arrive today (Thurs
day) to visit her brother, Neil
Ryan, and family. Mrs. Doyle ex
pects to remain about a week.
REDBIRD—Mr. and Mrs. Mi
chael Hull of Redbird quietly
celebrated 'their 60th wedding an
niversary Sunday at the home of
their oldest daughter, Mrs. Floyd
Crawford, at Lynch.
The centerpiece for the table
was a three-tier cake baked and
decorated by Mrs. Robert Whit
ham.
Michael Hull and Annie Hart
land were married at O’Neill on
December 19, 1894.
The first two years of their
married life were spent in Iowa,
the balance in Holt county in the
Scottville and Redbird commun
ities. Their home is now at Red
bird.
They became the parents of six
children of whom four are living
—Charles of Ithaca, Mrs. Thirza
Crawford of Lynch, Henry of
Verdel and Mrs. Grace Truax of
Lynch.
They have 14 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hull was born at Boone,
la., on November 16, 1868, and
grew to manhood there.
Mrs. Hull was bom in Union
county, S.D., on April 4, 1874,
and came to Nebraska at the age
of 3.
Both are in poor health but
manage their own home most of
ihe time.
Those attending the observance
were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hull
>nd Neoma of Ithaca; Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Crawford, Veldon,
Ronald, Virgil and Velma, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Truax, jr., all of
Lynch; Cpl. Alfred Truax and
Sgt. Clarence Vote of Ft. Riley,
Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tru
ax and Judy, Mr. and Mrs. Har
old White of Schuyler; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hull and Ernest, Mrs.
Violet Tweed and Karen, all of
Verdel.
Mrs. Fred Truax, sr., and Lor
raine Mashino of Redbird; Mar
garet Kruse of Dorsey; Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Ilartland, Bonnie,
betty, Lonnie and Lyle, Mrs. Mar
tha Hartland, all of Niobrara; Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Schmidt of
Atkinson.
Mary Mullen, 92,
fl It Years, Dies
Came to Holt from
Michigan in 1885
Mrs. Mary Mullen, 92, widow
of the late Michael Mullen, died
at 10 a.m., Sunday, December 19,
i'< St. Anthony’s hospital, where
she had been a patient several
months. She had been ill about a
year and a half.
Funeral services were conduct
at 9 a.m., Tuesday, December 21,
from St. Patrick’s Catholic church
with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sul
hvan, church pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were John R. Galla
gher, L. M. Merrimah, James W.
Rooney, Frank Froelich, Edward
Hanley and H. J. Birmingham.
A rosary was offered Monday
evening at Biglin’s funeral chap
el.
The late Mrs. Mullen, whose
maiden name was Mary Mur
phy, was born December 17,
1862, in County Cork, Ireland.
Her parents were Michael and
Catherine Sheehan Murphy.
She came to America at a
young age and moved from Iron
wood, Mich., to Holt county in
1685.
On May 20, 1888, she married
Michael Mullen at O’Neill. Mr.
Mullen operated a dairy and stock
farm at the east edge of O’Neill
for many years.
Survivors include Son — Ber
nard of Naches, Wash.; daughter
—Mrs. W. H. (Genevieve) Harty
of O’Neill; several grandchildren
end great-grandchildren.
Her husband died in July, 1903,
and one son, Frank, died in 1948,
in Portland, Ore. The late Mrs.
Mullen resided in Portland until
her son’s death and then came
to O’Neill to establish her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Harty.
Herman Kaup, 41, Atkinson, was burned to death Tuesday afternoon under this upset trac
tor.—The Frontier Photo by Elwood Brady.
2 Escape Death When Car Hurtles Through Air
Louis Latzel, 24, the driver, and Francis
Schrad, 28, a passenger, both of Ewing, could
thank their lucky stars they were able Tuesday
to walk away from the hospital. They were driv
ing southbou id on South Sixth street in O’Neill
about 6:45 o clock Sunday evening. At the
Church of Christ comer, they encountered a
“dead end” street. Their machine hurtled some
REA poles piled in a vacant lot, overturned sev
eral times while sailing through space, struck
a Burlington railroad track and landed on its
top across the tracks. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Mar
cellus, who reside nearby, heard the crash and
rushed to the scene. Both men were taken to
St. Anthony’s hospital where it was determined
no bones had been broken. Holt County Sher
iff Leo Tomjack, who investigated, estimated
the car must have traveled a total distance of
about one hundred feet and half of the distance
was in the air. The two men had ordered din
ner at a restaurant and were “warming up”
their car while their meal was being prepared.
—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
O’Neill Couple Plans Observance \
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Johnson,
who reside in the southwest sec
tion of the city, Sunday, Decem
ber 26, will observe their golden
wedding anniversary. They will
hold open-house between 2:30 and
4 p.m.
Mr. Johnson and the former
Mae Hayes exchanged nuptial
vows December 21, 1904, at Paw
nee City. The couple resided in
Lincoln for many years. Mr. John
son worked at the carpentry
trade. In 1947 they came to O’
Neill and Mr. Johnson is now
semiretired.
Mr. Johnson enjoys “very
good” health and Mrs. Johnson
is “recovering nicely” from a
slight stroke suffered 18
months ago. The stroke left her
partially paralyzed.
A family dinner will be heW at
noon at the home of her daughter,
Airs. M. L. Harmon. All members
of the family except a grandson,
|iaymond Harmon, who is at Ko
diak, Alaska, will be present for
the dinner.
There are three daughters and
tne son: Mrs. M. L. (Mabel) Har
•mon, Mrs. C. D. (Ethyl) Harmon
and Mrs. Lowell (Leta) Johnson,
all of O’Neill, and Virgil Johnson
of Lincoln; 13 grandchildren.
VIOLATE PAROLES
Francis Doty, 16, and Wayne
Saunders, 16, both of O’Neill,
Monday were sentenced by Dis
trict Judge D. R. Mounts to the
boys’ reformatory at Kearney on
charges of violation of their pa
roles. About a month ago they
were paroled to Holt Sheriff Leo
Tomjack for burglary.
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Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Johnson . . . wed at Pawnee City.—The Frontier Photo.
3 Die Violently Within 4 D ays
Man Dies
As Tractor
Spills, Burns
Herman Kaup, 41, Is
Father of 7 Children;
Funeral Rites Today
ATKINSON — A 41-year-old
fttkmson rancher, father of sev°n
young children, died Tuesday
afternoon, December 21, in a grim
accident on a county road.
^auP* who lives about
WVz miles southeast of Atkinson
was aboard a tractor drawing a
,,oyii°adedJ underslung over a
lutted road. About two hundred
feet from the Nick Bonenberger
corner, the tractor reared up
o\ ertumed and pinned the driver
underneath. Fire broke out, pre
sumably caused by spilled gaso
hne and the heated engine.
Clarence Gilg, one of KauD’s
neighbors, was returning home
and saw the flaming wreckage
He hurried to the scene dew'
mined that Mr. Kaup was
th eTtSguS^Kf- Gig tried
ed ani ^ h the blaze arid fail
berger^place ““
Mr Bonenberger and Mr
Gilg joofc another tractor to
he scene and succeeded in
bTthVr5 body’ but Mr- Kaup
by that time was dead.
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Dennis, Gene Thon^l ^\Lctor>
die all of Ij,,1 *°mas and Fred
res’ .Stuart; sisters- The
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°nHStUal?’ AMrs- Hugh ("Dorothy)
(Beatta*) £mswortb: Mrs. Henry
(tseatta) Kruger of Stuart- Mrs
Lavern (Jsne) Morgan of Atkin
One brother was killed by a
horse several years ago. He also
was preceded in death by one
sister, Florence.
Oh, Winter, Where
Is Thy Sting?
, Winter came In Wednesday at
*•' l5 fum-> officially at a time
when the sun was over the Tronic
of Capricorn.
But you’d never know it to
look around. No stinging snow
nc freezing fingers. Moreover,
there is no snow in sight through
the Christmas weekend, accord
ing to long-range weather fore
tasters.
School children have been ap
pearing in light sweaters and
jackets—that is, until they were
dismissed for the yule holidays.
Week’s weather summary,
Hi Lo Prec.
December 16 ... 38 22
December 17 ....33 20 .03
December 18 ... 33 20 .03
December 19 ... 41 21
December 20 _51 26
December 21 ... .50 19
December 22 .... 57 28
AUCTION CALENDAR
Monday, December 27: Ralph
Black IHC implement liquidation
sale, Spencer. (Details on page
5.)
Friday, December 31: J. W.
Reitz Estate sale, 16 miles south
of O’Neill, 1 Vz miles east; 1 p.m.;
lunch; Glenn H. Adams, special
administrator; 38 head Angus
Galloway breeding cattle, some
hay and grain, farm machinery,
household goods; Col. Ed Thorin,
O’Neill, auctioneer; Chambers
State Bank, clerk. (Details on
page 11.)
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ATKINSON—Three Holt countyans met violent death near here
wtihin the span of four days. The three accidents were unrelated.
Dead are:
KARL A. WEICHMAN, 47, former Stuart implement dealer,
who was killed when his westbound automobile went out of control
Friday night about midnight on U.S. highway 20, near the Atkinson
gravel pit curve. (Obituary in column. 7.)
WILLIAM (“BILL”) WASSON, 64, Atkinson farmer, who was
a passenger in a westbound pickup truck being driven by Forrest
Iverson of Atkinson. The accident occurred about a half-hour fol
lowing the Weichman wreck and less than a quarter of a mile away.
Miss Theresa Ullrich of O’Neill, also a passenger, suffered a frac
tured pelvis. (Obituary in column 8.)
HERMAN KAUP, 41, Atkinson rancher, who was burned to
death when his tractor overturned and caught afire southeast of At
kinson, pinning him underneath. The Kaup accident occurred about
2:45 p.m., on Tuesday on a county road. (Details in column 6, at
left.)
A fourth person, Thomas Lambley, 18, of Ainsworth, also died
Friday night as the result of icy highways. Lambley, who was ac
companied by his uncle, Larry Lambley, 23, also of Ainsworth, was
killed when his car skidded off highway 20 1% miles west of Long
Pine (in Brown '*'• —*iy) on the Pine hill. The overturned machine
pinned th‘~ rfWung driver, an Ainsworth high school athlete. He suf
fered a crushed skull and chest.
The Weichman and Wasson deaths took place on a wide curve
near the Atkinson gravel pits.
Weichman, who had been in Atkinson, started for Stuart
alone in his son’s car. Other members of the family had spent the
day in Omaha in the family car and, unknown to Weichman, al
ready had reached home safely.
The car overturned and Weichman died enroute to the hospital
in an ambulance.
Wasson, Iverson and Miss Ullrich set out from Atkinson in the
small truck driven by Iverson. At the point where the accident oc
curred, about 12:40 a.m., Saturday, Iverson was only a short distance
from his home. The truck overturned when it went out of control
on the slippery surface. Wasson died almost instantly.
The Weichman, Wasson and Kaup deaths increased to four the
number of highway fatalities in Holt county in 1954. The bodies
were taken to the Seger mortuary in Atkinson. Lambley’s death
made the fifth in Brown county this year.
Iverson was released Tuesday from the Atkinson hospital.
Weichman Rites
Held at Stuart—
STUART — Funeral services
were held Monday, December 20,
at St. Boniface church for Karl
A. Weichman, 47, victim of a
highway accident which occurred
Friday night. Rev. A. J. Paschang
performed the requiem high mass
Pc 10 a.m., and burial was in the
•Stuart Catholic cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rav Estes
Bob Kohle, Paul Shald, Neale
Hamilton, Gene Kaup and Tom
my Kaup.
A son of Frank and Anna
Stemhauser Weichman, the late
Mr. Weichman was born October
9, 1906, on a farm four miles
south of Stuart. He attended
school in country school district
168 and St. Joseph’s hall in At
kinson.
He was married to Callista J.
Kunz on November 18, 1930, and
they became the parents of three
children. In 1936 he moved his
family to Tekamah where he
worked for Tobin Brothers and
International Harvester Co.
In the spring of 1948 they
moved back to Stuart to form a
partnership with his brother,
John, as International Harvester
dealers for one year, which deal
ership he took over in 1949.
Later, because of ill health, he
sold out and went into a feed
business.
, He was a member of the
Knights of Columbus, a volun
teer fireman, having been chief
for a number of years. He served
on the town board for two years.
The Stuart firemen and the
Knights of Columbus attended
in a body. An overflow crowd
attended the funeral rites.
Survivors include: Widow _
Callista; son—Milton E.; daugh
ters—Theo Marie and Marjorie
Ann, all at home; mother—Anna
Weichman of Atkinson; sisters—
Mrs. Henry (Mary) Hamik, Mrs.
Frank (Mathilda) Wewel, Mrs.
Florian (Theresa) Scholz, all of
Stuart, Mrs. Alois (Julia) Wewel
and Mrs. John (Dora) Wallinger,
both of Atkinson; brothers—An
ton of Atkinson, Max, John, Leo
and Frank, all of Stuart. His fa
ther died October 21, 1954.
Those from out-of-town who
attended the rites were: Mr. and
(Mrs. George D. Kunz of Omaha,
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Flanigan
(E nd family of Sutherland, Mrs.
Paul Preston of Des Moines, la.,
Frank Beck, Killian and Mary of
Osmond, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Benes
of Kearney, Mr. and Mrs. Ignatz
Bruening and Mrs. Joe Bruening
of St. Helena, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Kluthe of Elgin, Art Wilson of
Grand Island, Tom Tobin, How
ard, “Tick” and Roland Eekley
and Clem Bruce, all of Tekamah,
and Melvin Lacey of Grand Is
land.
Turnaround
Causes Accident—
George Clift, O’Neill business
man, was turning his station
y.agon around in the Alfred Dray
ton driveway on U.S. highway
281, 8% miles north of O’Neill,
when his machine collided with
a southbound car driven by Char
les Huff of Presho, S.D.
The Huff car was damaged on
two sides—by the Clift machine
on the left and by the Drayton
mail box, which it struck, on the
right. Nobody was hurt.
Wasson Burial
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at Atkinson—
ATKINSON— Funeral services
for William Edward Wasson, 64,
farmer residing seven miles north
of here and one mile west, were
conducted at 2 p m., Monday from
the Methodist church with Rev.
E. G. Hughes, church pastor, of
ficiating.
The late Mr. Wasson was born
February 10, 1890, at Little Riv
er, Kans., a son of James and
Effie Pitts Wasson.
He married the former Beulah
Kitch.
The family came to th:3 com
munity about 14 years ago from
Kansas..
Survivors include: Widow —
Beulah; sons—Albert and Emery,
both of Atkinson; daughter—Mrs.
Thompson of Omaha.
Car Smacks Truck;
None Hurt- -
An ammunition truck figured
in an accident about 2:30 a.m.,
Monday at the Burlington rail
road crossing of U.S. highway 20
at the east edge of town.
A car driven by Eldon Croxen,
formerly of Antelope county, now
an unemployed resident of O'
Neill, crashed into the rear of an
ammo truck that had stopped at
the crossing.
Croxen was accompanied by
his wife and another woman pas
was held by the Holt county
senger. None was hurt. Croxen
sheriffs office for investigation.
Monday in justice court he ad
mitted he was driving in a state
of intoxication and was fined $100
and costs of $4. In the event
Croxen does not pay the fine,
Justice H. W. Tomlinson ordered
a 30-day jail sentence.
Martyr’s Anniversary
Jennie Clare Adams, Baptist
missionary, was executed 11
years ago Tuesday by Japanese
military in the Philippines. A o
marker has been erected in the
Chambers cemetery. (Details
and pictures on page 9.)