Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1955)
I MIDWEST'S JANUARY j o MORE SPECIALS! * ... ONLY 4 BIG DAYS LEFT... MORE SPECIALS! I SPECIAL | Regular $22.50 54-Inch Width Metal ! Wall Cabinets NOW ONLY_si5.95 SPECIAL Regular $1.89 . Gold Seal INLAID LINOLEUM Closeout of 5 Patterns PER FOOT_SI.40 SPECIAL Regular $10.95 3 - WAY Swing Arm BRIDGE LAMPS NOW--- $6.95 SPECIAL I Only 4 Days Left! | Carpeting I SAVE $3.00 f ‘ , Per Square Yard B On Wall-to-Wall Carpeting I I Midwest Furniture & Appliance... west O'Neill I Save Safely! — Phone 346-i — Save Safely! I Mrs. Roudybush, 65, Expires at Hospital Funeral Set Saturday at Ewing EWING—Mrs. Peter C. Roudy bush, 65, housewife who resided in the northwest part of town, d!ed Wednesday, January 26, in St. Anthony’s hospital at O’Neill. She had been admitted to the hos pital only a few hours before her death, although she had been hos pitalized on several occasions in recent years. She had suffered a lingering lieart ailment. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Saturday from the Methodist church in Ewing with Rev. Lee Brigdon officiating. Burial will be in the Ewing ceme tery. Pallbearers will be Edward Yelli, John Turay, Dorrance Hobbs, Robert Hobbs, William Hobbs and Mich Hobbs. The remains will be taken to the Lee Hobbs residence in Ewing at 5 p.m., Friday by Biglin’s. The late Mrs. Roudybush, whose maiden name was Lulu Viola Little, was bom at Kansas City, Mo., September 8, 1889, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. j John Little. She married Wendell G. Hobbs at Kansas City on September 2, 1^05. The couple came to Nebras ka in 1907. On October 14, 1912, she mar ried Peter C. Roudybush at Kan sas City. Survivors include: Widower; son —• Lee A. Hobbs of Ewing; sisters — Mrs. Pearl Spidel of Leeds, Mo.; Mrs. Annie Boyett of Cunningham, Mo.; Mrs. Stella Bowen of Fontaine, Kans., Mrs. Maude Nash of Kansas City, Mo.; brothers—Ross Little and Fred Little, both of Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren. Scovie Sez The weatherman keeps saying: “Flurries, flurries, flurries!” Hope he gets a new record pretty soon! ! ! This Week’s Special One only 1954 11-ft. Deluxe Refrigerator . . . with . . . Pushbutton Automatic Defrosting Was $329.95 First $225 Gets It Don’t be sorry, shop with us FIRST! The best in Paint and Wallpaper. Watch for next week’s light fixture sale. Western Auto — O’Neill — Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Reiser ... to reside on farm near Butte.—O’Neill Thoto Co. a-—— ■ ■ — Butte Couple Weds in Church Ceremony BUTTE—The wedding of Miss Helen Janet Halbur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Halbur, and Donald E. Reiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Reiser, all of Butter took place Saturday morning, Jan uary 22, in St. Peter’s and Paul’s Catholic church with Rev. Ed ward B. Gill officiating. Miss Rose Pfifer of Peru was maid-of-honor for the bride and Miss Delores Reiser of Butte was bridesmaid. Attendants for the bridegroom were Bill Luterman of Spencer and Duane Reiser of Butte. A dinner was served in the Butte Legion hall for the wedding party and near relatives. A re ception was held immediately following the dinner. The couple will reside near Butte. X* Page News Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fink have purchased the 160 acre farm of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heese north east of Page for $16,000 The American Legion auxiliary held an auction at their guest night at the Legion hall. The pro ceeds of the evening amounted to around $70. INMAN—Mrs. James Coventry arrived home Friday noon from Rochester, Minn., where she spent the past ten days going through the Mayo clinic. Henninger to Make Decision Soon (Continued from page 1) Hunt building in West O’Neill, which at present is unoccupied. He was acocmpanied here by Lt.-Col. Evar Peterson, top administrative officer in the state’s army guard, and Capt. Lloyd Johnson, air guard aide. Following a dinner conference with a Chamber of Commerce new industries committee, headed by James W. Rooney, General Henninger and Colonel Peterson spoke to about 40 men at the American Legion auditorium. The group included present guards mer. (who train elsewhere), prospective guardsmen and war veterans. General Henninger said he was “favorably impressed” with O’ Neill’s proposed facilities and with the obvious interest in a tank company. He said Superior was another city interested in acquir ing the company, and he expects to make a decision “about the middle of February”—after sev eral other inspection trips have been completed. Is Entertained— STUART — Afternoon Bridge club was entertained last Thurs day at the home of Mrs. Ethel Stracke with Mrs. James Flanni gan as a guest. Prizes went to Mesdames Ray Carlisle, Patrick Murphy and James Flannigan. Mothers’ March on Polio Tonight 50% of Funds Stay in County One hundred O’Neill mothers will participate in the annual mother’s march on polio fund drive tonight (Thursday) between 7 and 8 o’clock. There are four quarter captains, i They are for the northeast section —Mrs. John Stuifbergen; north west section—Mrs. Palmer Skul fcorstad; southeast section—Mrs. Albert Sipes, and the southwest section—Mrs. Roy Shelhamer. The four Captains have appoint ed section lieutenants, who in turn have appointed the block mothers who will call at the doors this evening when the porch lights are on. Church bells and sirens will mark the beginning of their march. * Similar mothers’ marches are planned across the nation. “Fifty percent of the funds ontributed remain in Holt coun ty to care for our own sufferers, present and future,” explained Mrs. Noma Hall of Stuart, who is countywide fund chairman for the Holt chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis. “The other 50 percent goes to national headquarters to fi nance research and education,-’ Mrs. Hall added. Nine million dollars has been committed by the national group to the purchase of the famous Salk vaccine. The response thus far from county, civic and sooial organ izations indicates that most peo ple understand the need for in creased funds. Campaign chairmen for towns in the county are: Amelia—Mrs. Stella Sparks; Atkinson — Mrs. Charles E. Chace; Chambers — Mrs. Kenneth Barthel; Emmet — Mrs. Robert Cole; Ewing — Mrs. Leonard Knapp; Inman — Mrs. James McMahan; O’Neill — Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve; Page — Mrs. Vern Walker; Stuart—Mrs. Katie Papke. The rural campaign directors are C. R. Hill of O’Neill; James W. Rooney of O’Neill; Stanley Lambert of -Ewing; Lyle Dierks of Ewing; Harry Ressel and D. R. Mounts, both of O’Neill. The America Legion will spon sor a polio fund raising dance 1 Saturday, January 29, at the Am erican Legion hall. Dairy Film Features Farm Bureau Meeting PAGE—The Page unit of the farm bureau is having a meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the IOOF hall. It will be of special interest to all farmers as there will be a film entitled “No Hand Stripping” by Dr. E. Petersen of the Univer sity of Minnesota. It deals with his research work in milk secre tion, functioning of the udder, and faster milking with a milking machine. All farmers who milk cows would benefit from seeing the film. The entire family is invited. The sponsoring group would like to have them bring cake or sand wiches, according to a spokesman. Coffee is furnished. Grutsch to Handle GI Placement— Walter A. Steffen, manager of the Nebraska state employment service office in Norfolk, has an nounced the appointment of John Grutsch of O’Neill as a volunteer veterans’ employment representa tive in O’Neill. Mr. Grutsch will take applica tions for work from O’Neill vet erans, make local placements, give information concerning vet erans’ benefits and act as clearing house for information concern ing the service available to local citizens, particularly war veter ans, by the state employment ser vice in Norfolk. Mr. Grutsch is accepting the appointment as a public service and will not receive pay, Steffen said, adding that the Norfolk of fice lacks personnel to adequately handle employment work on a full-time basis in the smaller towns in this area. O’Neill News The Misses Mary and Kathryn Grady, both of Denver, Colo., ar rived Friday to visit at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond and other relatives. Mrs. Carl James of Council Bluffs, la.,and Mrs. Melvin John son of Sioux City were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Norman. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Stahlecker of Niobrara were guests over the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shierk, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ben son and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Juran. Herbert Underwood of Sioux City and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mc Dermott of Neligh were Friday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood. Mr. and Mrs. George Van Every visited Sunday in Norfolk at the homes of their son and daughter in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Van Every, and son-in-law and daugh ter, Mir. and Mrs. Carl Miller. Mrs. Kevin Kocina and daugh ter, Kay, of Creighton visited from Sunday until Wednesday at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. H. Harty. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mitchell of Stratford, Ont., Can., arrived Monday to visit for several days at the home of his uncle and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Grutsch. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tomjack and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Tom jack and family and Mr. and Mrs. Don Cameron spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jarman and Doug. Inman News _ Mr. and Mrs. Max Mossman and daughters of Ainsworth spent the weekend here visiting in the Ernest Brunkhorst and Leo Moss man homes. Mrs. Louis Fiedler of Aurora, 111., is spending several days visit ing in the homes of Karl Keyes, Donald and Miss Mildred Keyes. Mrs. Fiedler is a sister of the late Mrs. Karl Keyes. Kenneth Smith and daughter, Yvonne, drove to Osmond on Sun day afternoon where they visited their aunt. Mrs. Eva Murten. Miss Yvonne went on to Norfolk where she attends Norfolk Junior college. Ernest Trowbridge left Monday for Council Bluffs, la., where he will spend a few days on business. Tunc in “Voice of 'L’ne Fron tier”, thrice weekly! Townsend Closes 56-Year-Old Store (Continued from page 1) home to them for 40 years. In 1898, Clint commenced sell ing machinery for the Interna tional Harvester Co., in an old shack. That winter he taught the Venus school, driving old Tom in a single top buggy (Fenton style), leaving Page so early in the morning that it was necessary to hang a lantern on the dashboard to find his way. Carrie taught in town that year and kept an eye on the business. She claims that an old man bought a wagon box from her on credit and she took a mortgage on every hog he own ed as security. The next year, Clint taught the Crook school. The main part of the present store building was built, replacing the shack, and later a warehouse was erected behind the main building. They suffered a bad fire when some small boys, who had burrowed, dog-like, under the foundation, started a fire to “cook something.” The day before Clint had put 14 new buggies in the warehouse and each buggy was carefully wrapped in paper, which quickly ignited into a fast fire. The boys, frantcally carrying wa ter in small tin cans, were unable to cope with the blaze. Had the warehouse not been galvanized material most of the town might have burned. Women and girls took turns pumping wa ter. Men formed a bucket brigade in an effort to put out the fire. At one time, the Angus Palmer res idence was emptied of its furnsih ings. Years later a careless smok er set fire to the store with a cigarette and burned counters, some merchandise and fixtures and broke out the big plateglass windows. There was consider able smoke and water damage. Clint tried his hand at running the town—by piecemeal—at dif ferent times, being the owner of the bakery, restaurant, grocery, general store and he even edited the town paper for several years, the “Page Eye.” He also com menced an apprenticeship in the drug business and office of Dr. H A. Skelton, which was requir ed for a two-year period before being accepted. One day a woman came in with a badly mashed thumb and Clint was required to do the dressing. That service marked the end of his doctor’s ca reer. Clint was regarded as a very good machinery, salesman and had the reputation of t>eing better ac quainted with the “parts” end of the business than any one else in the field. He sold International, Rock Island and John Deere ma chinery and as time went on and cars came into use, he added car sales to his business under the direction of his son, Alva. They built a large addition to the main building and added the service of a mechanic to their business. For a time they did a thriving business. Then came World War I which culminated in the great depression. The crop failures of the thirties were rough. Alva went to Omaha and Clint contin ued with hired help. The Townsend hardware was the oldest business operating under one management in town. Clint was owner and operator for 56 years. Brocksmith . . . bom in Indiana. EWING NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kusek and family of David City were week end guests at the home of her mother, Mrs. Hazel Kimes. They were called here due to the death of William McDonald, father of Mrs. Kimes and grandfather of Mrs. Kusek. They attended his funeral held in Neligh at the Methodist church on Thursday af ternoon. Also attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Merle Angus of Lincoln. While in Ewing they were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Angus and Mr and Mrs. Loyd Angus and Mr. and Mrs. Watson McDonald. Brocksmith Rites to Be Held Today Funeral services will be conduc ted at 10 a.m., today (Thursday] at Biglin’s funeral chapel for Au gust Fred Brocksmith, 81, who died about 5 am., Monday in University hospital, Omaha.' He had been ill several weeks. Paulbearers will be Cecil Sparks, Don Elsberry, Lester Sheets, El mer Strong, Vernon Strong and Harry Jolly, Rev. W. B. Smith, Methodist pastor here, will of ficiate and burial will be in Pros pect Hill cemetery. The late Mr. Brocksmith was born December 7, 1873, at Pleas antville, Ind He came to Holt county from Hastings in 1941 ami was employed for a number of years on the Wayman farm west of O’Neill. 6-Months-Old Infant Expires Bernetta Bernice Rollins, 6 month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Richard (“Dick”) Rollins of O’Neill, died at the family home nine miles southwest of here. Funeral services were con ducted at 2:30 p. m., Sunday, January 23, from Biglin’s funeral chapel. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. W B. Smith officiated. The child was born July 30, 1954, in the Atkinson hospital. CLEARANCE! Now in Progress! DRESSES-$7 - $9 Values to 29.95 By famous makers such as Paul Sachs, Franklin, Nelly Don, Charles Hymen, Gay Gibson, to list a few. Many of these dresses can be worn into spring. Real values are here if you can find your size. All must go at these low prices. On a Year CLEARANCE! ROBES - DUSTERS - HOUSECOATS Values 5.95 to 14.95 NYLONS _ 3.99 BEMBERGS _ 6.99 COTTONS _ 8.99 All new, fresh stock. Sizes 10 to 44. They must be sold at a sacrifice because we need the space. Real values. Select yours today. r _■ i