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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1955)
' , o r7' « TWELVE PAGES O * North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 39. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, January 27, 1955. 'i Seven Cents — :—"""" -. " J " - '■ 11 " ■ """ "" 1 1 1111 1 g-■■ ' m - ■■■ ' J' ■■ - - -— STATE HIST SOC *xx Early Holt Settler I s Dead at 85 Emma Maring Rites Held Here Tuesday; Expires in Hospital Mrs. Mary Emma Maring, 85, who came to Holt county with her parents in 1834, died about 4 p m., Sunday, January 23, in St. Anthony’s hospital. She had been ill only two weeks. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, from the Methodist church here and burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. W. B. Smith, church pastor, officiated. Pallbearers were William Dai ley, Guy Cole, Andy Clark, Floyd Butterfield, Clarence Farr and Harold Burge. The remains lay in state at Big lin’s chapel Tuesday evening and Mrs. Maring: . . . survivor of famous ’88 blizzard. vntil the funeral hour on Wednes day. The late Mrs. Maring:, whose maiden name was Mary Emma Hoffman, was born April 3, 1869, in York county, Pennsyl vania. She came to Nebraska with her parents, the late John Hoffman and Leah Smith Hoffman, and the family settled on a homestead northeast of Chambers, after making the trip as far as Inman by train. The homestead is now the J. S. Hoffman ranch. Her parents were originally from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Maring was their second child. After several years, she accom panied several members of her family back to Kansas. On April 10, 1898, she married Jacob Bell Maring, who had leached Holt county in 1883, com ing by covered wagon. Mr. Mar ing went to Parsons, Kans., to re turn his bride to Holt county. Mrs. Maring: made her home many years on the Maring: place, five miles south and one mile east of Emmet. The Marings became the par ents of two sons and one daugh ter. Mr. Maring died in 1908. The daughter, Mrs. Grace Sundell, died in 1948. Mis. Maring was a school girl at the time of the famous blizzard of January 12, 1888. She and one other pupil, the only ones report ... ing for school, spent a day and a night in the schoolhouse. One brother, Peter, was on an errand and was found several days later several miles from home, unharm ed. The late Mrs. Maring was a member of the Emmet Methodist . church. Survivors include: Sons—Oliver and Homer, both of Emmet; brothers — Jacob Hoffman of Chambers and Peter Hoffman of Puyallup, Wash.; sister — Mrs. Eva Kennedy of Puyallup, Wash.; four grandchildren; one great grandchild. Among out-of-town relatives here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lamberty of Sioux City; Mrs. Ruth Brau and Miss Dorothy Sundall, both of Omaha; Miss Florence Sundell of Minne apolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. How ard Ashton of Neligh; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maring of Maywood; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sundell of Dixon. Holt Fair Officers Go to Lincoln Meet CHAMBERS— Edwin Wink of Chambers and Vern Sageser of Amelia spent a few days the first )f the week in Lincoln in the in terests of the Holt County Agri cultural society. The two men were to partici pate in the annual convention cf Nebraska county fair officials. Orchard Hatchery Not to Be Opened— ORCHARD — The Orchard Hatchery will not open for busi ness this spring and summer. Miss Lena Walz, who operated the busi ness in connection with the Neligh Hatchery owned by her brother, Vic Walz, is taking care of another brother who is ill at Hawesville, Ky. The Orchard firm had been in operation 25 years. Heart Attack Fatal to Neil A. Asher Retired Page Farmer D’es in Hospital PAGE—Neil A. Asher, 61, re tired Page farmer, died unexpect edly about 8 p.m., Monday, Jan uary 24, in St. Anthony’s hospi tal at O’Neill. He had been ill about a week and had entered the hospital for tests and treatment for a heart condition. He was believed to be im proving until he suffered the sudden attack, which proved I fatal. funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan uary 29, from the Methodist church in Page with Rev. Lisle Mewmaw officaiting. Burial will be in the Page cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers chosen are Dale Asher, Walter Asher, Donald Nis sen, Robert Nissen, Alton Fuel berth, Delno Fuelberth, John Brunckhorst and Arthur Fuel berth. The late Mr. Asher was born April 22, 1893, at Tilden. a son of Benjamin and Alice Schwartz Asher. He came to Holt county in 1914 from Norfolk. On January 5, 1916, at O’Neill, he married Mrs. Freida Korner. They became the parents of sev en children. Mr. Asher remained Mr. Asher . . . death unex pected. quite active in farming even af ter retirement. The homeplace is located 1% miles north of Page and 2% miles east. Survivors include: Widow — Frieda; sons—Ben F., Harold R. and Kenneth R., all of Page; Richard L. of Powell, Wyo.; Rob ert L. and Jerry D., both of O’ Neill; daughter—Mrs. Albert J. (Helen) Snoeck of Van Nuys, Calif.; stepdaughter—Mrs. Herb ert Kemper of Page; brother — ■ Clint F. of Chatfield, Minn.; sis ters—Mrs. Laura Mitchell of Lin coln, Calif.; Mrs. George Madsen of Norfolk. During World War I the late Mr. Asher was active in the home guard. The remains will be taken to the Asher residence in Page at 9'30 Saturday morning. Downtown Parking Lot Is Planned BASSETT—Bassett will have a downtown parking lot in a short time, it was reported Friday at ; the Lions club meeting by Jack ; Galloway. The parking lot is to be located ■ j on the Ben Ammon property. The 18 members attending the ‘ meeting voted to erect more Lions J j club signs at the city limits. Gal • loway was appointed chairman of f a committee to complete this pro ject. Inman Tigers Capture Holt Cage Title The 1955 Holt county high school cage champions are the Inman Tigers (above). In man defeated the Chambers Coyotes in the op ening round, Page Eagles in the semifinals, and Atkinson Balers in the finals. (Details on page 3.) Left-to-right: Coach Jesse R. Hughes, Bob Reimers, Richard Coventry, Ronald Wolfe, Don ald Kelley, Charles Butterfield and Gene Couch. These are the regulars on the championship team.—O’Neill Photo Co. Church to Convert Plot' o Camp Site Wesleyan Group Picks Burgess Land A special session of the Ne braska conference of the Wes leyan Methodist church convened at Atkinson on Tuesday and Wed nesday to consider a number of tracts of land in this area as pos sible sites for the future Nebras ka conference and camp ground for this denomination. Rev. A. L. Nabholz, president of the confer ence, was in charge. The final vote of the ministers and lay-delegates was in favor of a 10-acre plot, including a beau tiful grove, located on the Bur ges farm, five miles east of Atkin son on U.S. highway 20. Much is involved in planning, building and equiping a camp of this type, but the ultimate aim of this group is to have a place for the annual conference, youth camp, children’s Bible camp, ministerial conventions and Sun day-school rallies. Lee Wyant Dies in Tucson, Ariz. Lee Wyant, formerly of O’Neill, died Sunday, January 23, at the home of a daughter in Tucson, Ariz. Details concerning his death and funeral arrangements were not known here. One daughter, Mrs. G. F. Mur phy, resides in Wood Lake. The late Mr. Wyant was known in the Chambers and O’Neill lo calities, where he was an auto mechanic for many years. HARDING IS 82 Charles Harding, a Spanish American war veteran and a resident of Holt county since 1880, Wednesday observed his 82d birthday anniversary at his home here. Mr. Harding has been hos pitalized for extended periods of time during the past year because of a circulatory ailment. He has been confined to a wheel chair about five months. ORCHARD— Ronald Elsberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Elsber ry, is attending Miltonvale Wes leyan college at Miltonvale, Kans.. this semester. He was graduated in 1954 from Orchard high school. Mr. and Mrs. Art Doolittle oi Amelia were Friday evening din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Marcellus. Victor Doing Fine but Hectic Week ATKINSON—Victor McCon nell, 4-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer (“Bud”) Mc Connell of Atkinson, is home, again after a hectic week. He’s doing fine, thank-you, in spite of a fractured skull, a forced airplane landing, an hour in surgery, and a long auto ride home. ' He suffered the injury, on the upper side of his head, when his mother slipped and fell last Thursday in a household acci dent at the home in Atkinson. After first aid treatment, the tot was flown to Omaha to re ceive treatment at Children’s Memorial hospital. When the mercy flight reach the Fremont area, the pilot, Capt. Harry Anderson of the civil air patrol unit here, turn ed to the parents and told them the icing conditions would force them to land at Fremont. Mean while, ambulances were stand ing by at the Omaha airport ready to whisk the baby to the hospital. Apprehension grew as there was no word from Skip per Anderson, who was flying a plane owned by Duane Lock mon of Stuart. Landing at Fremont, another ambulance was summoned, state safety patrol escort was provided and little Victor 20 minutes later was in Children’s hospital. Physicains decided to defer surgery until Saturday. Little Victor, unmindful of the stir he had created, was rolled into the operating room where surgeons worked for an hour. By Monday the little fellow had proved, rather conclusively, he’s a durable and tough guy. He weathered the initial hurt, the forced landing, the ambu lance ride, and surgery knives and was ready to go home. Doctors said he’d be okay. “No danger now,” the sur geons said. Meanwhile, the boy’s grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Mc Connell, drove to Omaha by auto to be near him. When he grows up the par ents will relate to Victor the story of the hectic week in Jan uary, 1955. Victor probably will brush aside his hair and say, “Aw shucks. It was nothing!” UNUSUAL EGG Mrs. Jack Bailey last week found a hard-shelled hen’s egg measuring eight inches in length and 7*2 inches in girth. To Becorrie Nun Miss Helen Har:y (above), daughter of Mrs. W. H. Harty and the late Mr. Harty, will en ter the Sisters of Mercy noviti ate, Mt. Loretto, Council Bluffs, la., Tuesday, February 2, as a postulate. Miss Harty was grad uated from St. Mary’s academy in O’Neill in 1953. She attended the College of St. Mary’s in Omaha from September of that jear until the end of the first semester this year. Miss Harty has been spending the past week here with her mother and plans to leave O’Neill today (Thurs day.) Henninger to Make Decision Soon (Photo below) Maj.-Gen. Guy N. Henninger, Nebraska adjutant-general, head of the state’s air and army nation al guards and also chief of Ne braska’s selective service system, spent last Thursday in O’Neill. He looked over several build ings available for temporary arm ory quarters and he studied sev eral proposed sites for a new armory in the event O’Neill is picked for a national guard tank company. Temporary quarters under con sideration are the Shelhainer Foods basement and the new (Continued on page 6) Woman, 68, Follows Husband in Death — Mrs. Kaczor Rites to Be Held Friday Mrs. William F. Kaczor, 68, whose husband died nine weeks ego, succumbed at 5 a.m., Tues day, January 25, at the Thompson nursing home at St. Edward. Her husband died November 23. The late Mrs. Kaczor had been in ill health about nine years and she died in her sleep. She was af flif^d for many years with palsy a.»Ki had been bedfast since No vember, 1945. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Janu ary 28, from the Paddock Union church, north of O’Ne'll. Burial will be in the Pleasant Valley cemetery. Rev. A. L. Nabholz will officials. Pallbearers will be Hen ry Walters, Lloyd Rouse, Elmer Devall, David Jensen, Paul Nel son and Fay Puckett. i ne remains win lie m state at Biglin’s chapel this afternoon (Thursday) and until 10 a.m., Friday. Ethel Mae Hall was born May 13, 1886, in Union county, S.D. Her parents were Samuel W. Hall and Mary Elizabeth Curtis Hall, both New Englanders. On May 1, 1912, she was united in marriage to William F. Kac zor at Elk Point, S.D. To this un ion was born one son, Edwa'd. Mrs. Kaczor spent her early life in South Dakota and Idwa. After her marriage she lived in northern Holt county. About sev en weeks ago she was taken to the nursing home at St. Edward. Survivors include: Son — Ed ward of O’Neill; grandson—Ger ald Kaczor of O’Neill; brother— Ernest of Worthing, S.D.; sisters— Mrs. Lulu Hanson of Akron, la., and Mrs. Marena Ruble of Plain view, Minn. One brother and three sisters preceded her in death. Turn on your lights. Fight polio tcnight. Mothers march 7-8. . General Henninger . . . “impressed.”—The Frontier Photo. Burglars Enter 4 Holt F:*rms Mrs. Fred W. Lorenz III 15 Months Dies Inman Farm Woman Native of Iowa Mrs. Fred W. Lorenz, 58, died about 11:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan uary 23, at her farm home near Inman. She had been ill about 15 months. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, January 25, from First Methodist church in O’Neill. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Rev. C. P. Turner, pastor of Center Union Wesleyan Methodist church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Melvin H. Grosenbach of Gordon, formerly of O’Neill. Pallbearers were Bernard Lorenz, Gordon Lorenz, Delbert Dick, Clifford Dick, Marvin Strong and Glen Lorenz. The late Mrs. Lorenz, whose maiden name was Lorena Ernst, was born September 13, 1896, at Merrill, la., a daughter of Jacob K. and Melinda Harris | Ernst. At the age of 2, she moved with her parents to Holt county | and spent the remainder of her life in this vicinity. On January 11, 1917, she mar ried Fred W. Lorenz at her par ents’ farm home near O’Neill. Three sons were born to this un ion. Survivors include: Widower — Fred; sons—Vernon R. of O’Neill, Melvin E. and Leonard D., both of Inman; grandchildren — Loren and Lorene Lorenz, both of In man, Patricia Ann Lorenz of O’ Neill and Larry Lorenz of Jack sonville, Fla.; brothers — Homer and Clarence Ernst, both of O’ Neill, and Ralph of Miltonvale, Kans.; sisters — Mrs. Roy Cole, Mrs. John Dick and Mrs. Otto Lorenz, all of O’Neill, and Mrs. James Robertson of Alliance. WEATHER SUMMARY Hi Lo Prec. January 20 .29 15 January 21 .25 10 January 22 .22 9 .04 January 23 .26 -3 January 24 .34 16 .06 January 25 .29 -8 January 26 .31 -1 100 TERCENT ORCHARD—School district 90, with Henry Leiding as chairman, has reported 100 percent partici pation in the polio fund drive. Leiding turned $37 in to the Or chard headquarters. Mrs. Lorenz . . . funeral rites and burial at O’Neill. (Story at left) O’Neill High Honor Rolls Are Posted By making an academic aver j age of B-plus or better, the fol | lowing O’Neill high school stu dents have made the honor roll for the third six weeks period, according to Principal Paul Bak er: Seniors: Ardyce Alton, Mildred Crabb, Owen Davis, Janet Hull, Marilyn Lindberg, Bob Sanders, Norma Timmerman. Juniors: Nina Burival, Robert Burival, Mary Fetrow, Kay Hibbs, Vernon Passieux. Sophomores: Gordon Fox, Car ole Johnson, Mardy Johnson, Ju dy Liddy, Linda Serck, Janice Sipes. Freshmen: Lynda Haynes, Mil chael Liddy, Judy Johnson. By making an academic aver age of B-plus or better, the fol lowing students have made the honor roll for the first semester of the school year: Seniors: Ardyce Alton, Mildred Crabb, Owen Davis, Janet Hull, Marilyn Lindberg, Bob Sanders, Norma Timmerman. Juniors: Nina Burival, Robert Burival, Mary Fetrow, Kay Hibbs, Carolyn Lindberg, Vernon Pas sieux. Sophomores: Gordon Fox, Mar dy Johnson, Judy Liddy, Linda Serck, Janice Sipes. Freshmen: Lynda Haynes, Judy Johnson, Michael Liddy. > _ c Nielsen Market Safe Yields Over $800; Inman, Ewing Hit Four Holt county business firms were forcibly entered during the c early hours last Thursday morn ing. Biggest loss was reported by Herbert Nielsen of Nielsen’s Mar ket at Inman, where the big safe was punched and the intruders made off with between $800 and $900. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack said the three other places entered were: Finkbine Lumber & Hardware office, Inman, where between $6 and $10 in change was taken from the cash register. Arthur Kropp’s tavern, Ewing, ■vhere about $30 in change was stolen from the cash box. Ewing Co-Op Creamery office, FiWing, where the dial on the safe was knocked off but the burglars failed to get inside and left, ap parently empty-handed. Nielsen discovered the break in at his store about 7 a.m., and he notified Tomjack. The mon ey in the safe belonged to Niel sen and several of his business acquaintances, Tomjack said, and the loss was covered by in surance. The culprits employed a crude breakin device at all four stops. They simply used a heavy bar to pry open the front doors while one or two of the party stood guard. The locks were sprung. Tomjack said Wednesday the investigation is “making satis factory progress.” He said there have been no arrests. The same night similar break ins were reported at Belden, in Cedar county, and at Oakdale and Meadow Grove. Nielsen estimated the robbery at his store took place “sometime after 11 o’clock Wednesday night.” Tomjack said “three or four” participated in the series of break ins, and he speculated all of the jobs were related. St. Joe Honor Roll Announced ATKINSON —St. Joseph’s hall high school honor roll for the first semester has been announced as follows: High school high list—Mary Clare Gilg, James Gilg, Dean Schaaf and Pat Lee. High school low list— Mary Kay Berigan, Judy Lee, Rosalie Wabs, Ruth Cleary, Delores Schaaf, Rob ert Cleary, Jack Ries and Robert Pettinger. Clint Closes 56-Year-Old Store ■ By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR ! Frontier Feature Writer PAGE—The oldest place of bus iness in this eastern Holt county town has been closed, and the pro prietor, C. A. Townsend, has rounded out a long and colorful career. The Townsend Hardware closed when Mr. and Mrs. Townsend de cided to go to Norfolk to spend the remainder of the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Frank Chme ler. The Townsends recently cele brated their 57th wedding anniver sery. Mr. Townsend said the reason he closed the business was due to his poor health, which made it impossible for him to carry on. Clinton Alonzo Townsend was born at Newton, Wise., October 1, 1872, the son of Waldron C., and Ida Farr Townsend. The family , traveled by ox-drawn covered wa gon from Newton, where the head of the family had been a wagon maker. Clint was 6-years-old when he arrived in Holt county. When funds ran low on the west ward trek, the family stopped off to work in the harvest fields. Their meals were cooked over a camp fire in an iron kettle and the food was served from the rear of the wagon. A favorite dish on the trip was Mulligan stew. A missing dish rag didn’t show up on one occasion until after the last serving was dished out. Their first Holt home was in a dugout which had been abandoned by a bachelor. In the spring they built a house out of green logs <the place now occupied by Harold Melcher). They had an improvised boat in the nearby Elkhorn river. The ■ boat once enabled the family to get out of the path of a raging prairie fire. John Rood, who stayed with the Townsends, was dispatched to go back to the cabin for a feather bed and there found young Roy Townsend sleeping peacefully. The log house was scorched but not destroyed. When the new school district was formed and a schoolhouse built at Stafford, Clint helped or ganize a Sunday-school and was baptized in the Christian faith in the river. Clint attended the Plainview normal school, 1895 and ’96, and on Christmas day, 1897, he was married to Carrie H. Gallagher at the home of Rev. Bartley (“Grandpa”) Blaine, in the ten ant house on Heiss land, east of the cemetery. They rented rooms in the old creamery building owned by Doc Stewart. Carrie taught the Em poria school and Clint taught the Sievers school. During the Christ mas vacation they were visiting his brother, Bill Townsend, and cne of the group suggested that Carrie shoot a hen, a white one, for the next meal. She performed a miracle of marksmanship, shooting under a heifer and killing six hens on the other side. Among them was the white one she had been aiming for! That spring when school was out they fenced a corner of the pasture and built a little white cottage where they lived until June, 1914, when they moved the cottage onto lots Carrie owned on the “hill.” The move was made .ithout moving out furniture ex cept the piano. They spent the first night of the move on Main street in front of the Hunter and Gray store. The next night they were at their destination. The dwelling is now the home of Mrs. Alma Tegler. Upon the death of Mrs. Townsend’s father, she came into some money and the house was built that since has been (Continued on page 6) C. A. (“Clint”) Townsend . . . versatile and successful.—The | Frontier Photo.
