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• V . o < % , o < * i ' „ ' 'vi l * ■ ’ * j ■ * s m.‘„> . ] o "Voica of Tha Frontiar'1 SIXTEEN PAGES * • o TWO SECTIONS , . SECTION 1 Pages 1-8 Q 0 ^ North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 74.—Number 48. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, March 31, 1933. Seven Cents Walter O. Calkins . . . plainclothes patrolman elevated to chief following his brother’s death.—The Frontier Photo. Street- Widening Is Election Issue Saturday Deadline for Vaccine Forms Permission of Parents Needled for Shots Parental request forms must be signed by parents and returned to the office of the Holt county superintendent of public instruc tion by Saturday morning, April 2 This is essential if parents want their child to receive the famous Salk polio vaccine. No shots will be administered to children with out parental consent. Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve of O’ Neill, chairman of the Holt coun ty chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, said Wed nesday shots will be given at St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill, and Atkinson Memorial hospital, At kinson. The contemplated series of polio shots is contingent upon results of Salk vaccine field trials, now under study. If the trials aie considered suc cessful by leading medical author ities and officials of the National Foundation, the first and second grade pupils of Holt county’s pub lic and private schools will be given a series of three inocula tions. “But no shots will be adminis tered unless the parental request forms are signed, returned to the school and, in turn, put into the 'lands of the county superintend ent by Saturday morning,” ex plained Mrs. Gildersleeve. The order for vaccine must be forwarded from O’Neill on Saturday by Miss Alice French, county superintendent. * Mrs. Gildersleeve said the Holt county officials hope parents will accompany their children to the hospital for the “shots” if there is .* any possibility the child might be frightened. There are an estimated 700 first and second graders in the county, Miss French said. Volunteers will aid doctors and nurses in administering the inoc ulations. Coats Sale Set Saturday, April 2 The Norris W. Coats-sponsored community sale at Stuart will be held Saturday, April 2. Original ly it was scheduled for Saturday, March 26, but was postponed one week. . , Mr. Coats has a varied offering. (See details in advertisement on page 12.) Meanwhile, the Rockey Imple ment company of Ewing has scheduled a liquidation sale for Saturday, April 9. The building (built in 1948), new and used ma chinery, hardware, shop and of fice equipment will be auctioned. (Details on page 10.) A five-room dwelling with bath, belonging to the Niobrara Valley Electric Membership corporation, will be sold at auction on Satur day, April 2, in O’Neill; also a four-room frame dwelling be longing to Fred Saunto. (Details on page 7.) , . ... Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Lamb will offer their O’Neill residence, building lots and personal prop erty at public auction on Satur day, April 16. (The Thorin-Bow ker Auction Service will be in charge and details may be found in subsequent issues.) KICKED BY COW ATKINSON—Mrs. F. E. Skudla was taken to the Atkinson hospit al Tuesday evening, suffering from bruises. She was kicked and trampled by a cow in a farm ac cident. Extent of her injuries had not been determined Wednesday morning. But her condition was described as “good”. O’Neillites will go to the polls Tuesday, April 5, in what prom ises to be one of the liveliest mu nicipal elections in years. There will be two slates for mayor and city council positions. The first slate to file for office via the petition method includes: L. C. Walling, for mayor; M. J. Golden (incumbent), for city council, First ward; H. E. Coyne, for city council, Second ward; Dale Fetrow, for ctiy council, Third ward. The second slate to go on file, also by petition, includes: Alva Marcellus, for mayor; Earl Rod man, for city council, First ward; Marvin Johnson (incumbent), for city council, Second ward; Fred Heermann, for city council, Third ward. The incumbent Third ward councilman, whose term ex pires, is not a petition candidate, lie is Norbert Uhl, who is rounding out 18 years on tin: council. The soealled first slate has the blessings of a group known as the O’Neill Taxpayers’ league, which is opposing the 55-thousand-dol lar street-widening issue, which the present city council has con tracted for in order to keep U.S. highways 20 and 281 on location hrough the business district. The second slate has the en thusiastic support of a group known as the O’Neill Business men. This group has published a series of advertisements in defense of the council’s action and ex plaining why street-widening should be given preference over a highway bypass of the city. There are only two candi dates for three-year board of education positions. They are H. L. Lindberg and Mrs. Loretta Hynes, both incumbents. Both are petition candidates. The regular voting places will be used. First ward—Courthouse basement; Second ward—Marcel lus Buick garage; Third ward — city hall. Polls will open at 8 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Atkinson to Elect 3 School Officials— ATKINSON—The voters of this city will go to the polls Tuesday, April 5, to elect several city of ficials and three members of the school board. On the ballot for city offices will be the following names: For city clerk: Roy F. Griffin (now serving by appointment to fill the vacancy created by the recent resignation of G. E. Gon deringer. For city councilman, First ward: Mike Coday for the regular term of two years; Roy Gilg, for term of one year to fill a vacancy. For city councilman, Second ward: No name will be printed on the ballot. The caucus nominee, R. M. Knowles, requested his name be withdrawn. For city councilman. Third ward: L. P. Hayes for the regular two-year term. For school board: Raymer Funk and Albert Lemmer, each for reg ular terms of three years; C. E. Spence for a two-year term to fill a vacancy. TAKE REGENTS EXAMS VERDIGRE — Three Verdigre high school seniors were among those participating in scholarship examinations sponsored by the University of Nebraska. Taking the examinations were Frances Pavlik, Thomas Cerny and Elaine Wirth. To qualify for the tests, students must rank in the top one-third of their class. SUBSTITUTE TEACHER BUTTE — Miss Norine Arm strong of Butte is serving as substitute teacher in district 8, east of here, this week. Miss Dor thea Anderson, the regular teach er, underwent a major operation in the Lynch hospital last week. Vet Police Officer Is Dead at 55 Heart Ailment Fatal to ‘Walt’ Calkins; Rites Wednesday (Photo at left) Walter O. Calkins, 55, former O’Neill chief of police and veteran member of the police department, died about 11 o’clock Sunday night, March 27, shortly after ar rival at St. Anthony’s hospital. He had suffered a heart ailment and had been in failing health since December, 1953. Mr. Calkins had reported for patrol duty as usual at 7 p.m. Be cause he was not feeling well, he asked for relief from the shift, consulted a doctor, was taken to the hospital where he died. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, from the Methodist church. An overflow crowd attended the rites—the church’s main auditori um was unable to accommodate the large crowd. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. W. B. Smith, church pastor, officiat ed. Members of the city council were pallbearers—Emmett Crabb, Joseph Stutz, M. J. Golden, L. M. Merriman, Marvin Johnson and Norbert Uhl. The remains lay in state at Big lin’s chapel between 3 p.m., Tues day and the funeral hour. The late Walter Ozies Calk ins, son of Lora and Eva Dick inson Calkins, was bom Sep tember 8, 1899, on a farm near O’Neill. He was the oldest mem ber of the family. Except for a short time spent in Iowa, the late Mr. Calkins was a continuous resident ol the O’ Neill vicinity. On October 17, 1927, he married Miss Cettie Mae Strong at Salix, la. They became the parents of one son—Raymond O. Mr. Calkins was a trucker and farmer in the O’Neill vicinity for many years and joined the police department in 1946. He served as a plainclothes patrolman on night duty for several years. Following the death of his brother, Police Chief Chester Calkins, on March 7, 1952, Walter was elevated to police chief. The late Mr. Calkins was known for his prowess in boxing and wrestling circles in this area when he was a younger man. Survivors include: Widow—Let tie; son—Raymond O. of O’Neill; grandchildren—Dawn Rae, Rena Lee and Lettie Lorraine Calkins; brother—Fred of Portland, Ore.; sister—Mrs. Claire (Etta) Hansen of Portland, Ore.; uncle—Harold Riley of O’Neill; aunts — Mrs. Charles Sanford and Mrs. George Van Every, both of O’Neill. Among those from a distance here for the funeral were Fred Calkins of Portland; Mrs. Claire Hansen of Portland; Mrs. Merle Conley of Midwest, Wyo.; Mrs. Joseph Prokop of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. George Scholte of Plain view; Mr. and Mrs. William Knock of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Van Every of Omaha; Marvin Van Every of Grand Island; Mrs. Walter Spangler of Ewing; Mrs. Harley Miller of Neligh; Mrs. Ralph Theye of Neligh. Although oranges were more expensive than, apples 45 years ago, apples now are usually the more expensive. Reaches England A/2c Duane Miller (above), radio technician with the air force, arrived in England March 1. Before going overseas he had been stationed in Huston, Tex., for two years. His wife, the for mer Doris Smith, with their two children, Kenny and Scott, are residing in O’Neill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mil ler of Emmet. His address is: A/2c Duane C. Miller AF 17349627, 406 Hq. Sqdn. A.B.G., APO 198, New York, N Y. Farm Home Bums While Couple Away ROYAL—The two-story farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Tim merman, who live seven miles northwest of Royal, was destroy ed by fire with all its contents Wednesday evening, March 23. Mr. and Mrs. Timmerman were in O’Neill at the time and the blaze was discovered about 5:30 p.m., by a neighbor, Forest Maple. By that time the fire had too much headway to be stopped. There are no telephones in the vicinity and firemen could not be summoned. All clothing and other posses sions of the Timmermans burned. Some insurance was carried. Mrs. Timmerman is the former Marie Gallagher, daughter of Mrs. Julia Gallagher of O’Neill. Special Training Sought by Students; Father Gallagher Notes Changes Rev. Eugene F. Gallagher, S.J., a native of O’Neill and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gal lagher, has been named a con sultant to President Eisenhower’s white house conference on educa tion. Father Gallagher, who head quarters at St. Louis, Mo., at pre sent is regional director of educa tion of the Missouri Province of Jesuit Fathers. He supervises 11 universities, colleges and high schools in the province, including St. Louis university, Creighton university, Marquette university, Regis college and others. Father Gallagher tours the 11 schools under his supervision each year to survey curriculum and assist in future planning. He noted that the student of today is a more serious-mind ed individual than the ones of former years. He says, “the pressure of the times and world events, plus the realization that the world is daily becoming more specialized, makes each college man aware that he must utilize his college years to the fullest in order to compete.” Father Gallagher said the schools under his supervision are constantly adjusting to changing needs and abilities of the students. He pointed out these Missouri province schools are faced with the necessity of determining whether they will keep their pres ent facilities, in a time of rapidly expanding enrollments, and thereby be extremely selective in admitting new students, or ex pand to fill the needs of those de siring admittance. Father Gallagher’s brother, John R. Gallagher, is an O’Neill attorney. Native of Ireland Dies in Atkinson Nora O’Connell, 80, Holt Pioneer ATKINSON—Miss Nora O’Con nell, about 80, who was born in Ireland and came to the United States as a young girl, died about 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Maroney nursing home. She had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services are tentative ly scheduled for Friday. The late Miss O’Connell, daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connell, was reared on a farm and spent most of her life in Holt county. She made her home with her sister. Miss Nellie, until the latter died seven years ago. Funeral services are tentative ly scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, April 1, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. Burial will be in St. Jo seph’s cemetery. A rosary will be offered tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at Seger’s chapel. Survivors include: Brother — Timothy O’Connell of Atkinson; several nephews and nieces. I 1 FFA’ers Going to Lincoln Today Eleven members of the O’Neill high school Future Farmers of America chapter will be in Lin coln today (Thursday) Friday and Saturday attending the state FFA convention. Those who will accompany the vocational agriculture instructor, Pat Gallup, are Robert Burvial, Edward Krugman, Elmore Blain, James Johnson, David Page, Kenneth Backhaus, Eugene Er mer, Donald Gruhn, Duane Boelt er, Bernard Lorenze and Bennett Devall. — Pvt. Billy Lyons left Ft. Ord, Calif., Saturday for Camp Kil mer, N.J., from where he will leave from for Europe. Billy is ; the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don O. I Lyons. SMA Seniors Present ‘Seven Cinderellas’ The seniors of fat. Mary's academy present ed “Seven Cinderellas” to large crowds Sunday and Monday evenings. The camera caught this dramatic action during Monday’s presentation: Left-to-right: Terry Donlin, Jeannie Cole (in maid’s uniform), Bennie Fleming (seated, with mustache), Feggy uegan, banara tiarper (,weep ing), Miriam Troshynski, Jerry Cuddy, Mary Lou Uhl (maid in background), Mary Ellen Froelich (weeping), and John Connot.—O’Neill Photo Co. Snelsons to Mark 65th Wedding (Photo at right) ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs. James Snelson, who were married at Albion on April 7, 1890, will observe their 65th wedding an niversary at their home here on Sunday, April 3. The Snelsons will receive relatives and friends at an open-house between 2 and 4 o’clock. They make their home on South Main street here with their daugh ter, Mrs. Opal Vargason. The dwelling is located two blocks south of the First National bank corner. Mr. Snelson was born November 8, 1866, at Oskaloosa, la. He is now 88 and is confined to a wheel chair most of the time. His wife was born January 16, 1874, at Warren, 111. Following their marriage at Albion, they resided at Genoa before taking a homestead nine miles northwest of Bartlett in 1905. They became the parents of nine children—eight daugh ters and one son—and all are living. They lived near Amelia for about 10 years and for several years at Ewing. Mr. Snelson car ried the mail in Holt county sand hills for a time, but has spent most of his life on a farm. They lived in the village of Am elia for a time before moving to Long Pine w’here they spent about five years. One year ago they moved to Atkinson to be near their daughter, Mrs. Vargason. Their children are: Mrs. Gary (Edna) Jones of Medford, Ore.; Emel E. of Long Pine; Mrs. Ira (Elsie) Goodwin of Long Pine; Mrs. George (Hazel) Cutler of Rockford, Ida.; Mrs. Albert (Eth el) Sanford of Red Bluff, Calif.; Mrs. Opal Vargason of Atkinson; Mrs. Delbert (Erma) Edwards of Amelia; Mrs. Clifford (Thelma) Green of Veneta, Ore.; Mrs. Don ald (Velma) Huston of Sedro Woolley, Wash. There are 20 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. iwo ot mr. sneison s sisters are expected to be on hand for Sunday’s observance—Mrs. Lulu Greenlee, 81, of Lexington, and Mrs. Olive Long, 74, of Genoa. Mr. Snelson has another sister, Mrs. Ella Sabin, 85, of Portland, Ore., who will be unable to at tend. Mrs. Snelson has one sister, Mrs. James Sabin, 68, of Bever ton, Ore., and one brother, Gilbert Wray 70, of Denver Colo. Neith er expects to be in Atkinson for the celebration. The Snelsons have been resi dents of Nebraska for 70 years and have resided in this section of the state for a half-century. Most of the Snelsons’ descend ants were present in April, 1950, when the couple observed their 60th wedding date at Long Pine. The affair was held in the Meth odist church parlors. Their sons and daughters re siding on the West coast likewise are not planning to travel to At kinon for the 65th celebration. Mrs. Snelson’s health has been “very good” up until recently, relatives explain. Mr. Snelson can walk about the house but is quite dependent upon the wheel chair. TOLL ROADS COMING Besides the 1,200 miles of exist ing U S. toll roads there are 4,700 miles authorized for future con struction. Mr. and Mrs. James Snelson . . . residents of Nebraska over 79 years. Company D Activated in Brief Ceremony — Nebraska’s newest national guard unit came into being at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, March 30. In the presence of Maj.-Gen. Guy N. Henninger, state adjutant general and guard commander, O’Neill’s company D was formal ly activated. Other “brass” taking part and -witnessing the informal procedure included: Col. John Dey of Omaha, chief officer of the Nebraska military district; Col. J. J. Prokop, senior national guard advisor in Nebraska; Lt. Col. Evar Peterson, top adminis trative officer for the Nebraska national guard, and others. Earlier in the day Fifth army and Nebraska guard officers had inspected the O’Neill guard of ficer personnel—including Capt. J. L. McCarville, jr., the com manding officer, and Lt. LaVem Stevens, executive officer. Sixty enlisted men reported for duty. All were in civilian clothes except a number of transferees from existing guard units. It was a relatively brief public ceremony, witnessed by relatives and friends of guardsmen as well as civic leaders. General Henninger . . . pleas ed O’Neill qualified for a unit. Mrs. Emma N. Jonas Rites Planned Today Dies After 5 - Year Illness ATKINSON—Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., today (Thursday) from the Methodist church for Mrs. Emma Neibauer Jonas, 57, who died Tuesday, March 29, in a Norfolk hospital. She had suffered a five-year ill ness. Rev. E. G. Hughes will officiate and burial will be in Wood Lawn cemetery. Palldearers will be Clarence Greig, Byrl Beck, Harry Slaymaker, Perry Barnes, E. O. Slaymaker and Charles Dvorak. The late Mrs. Jonas was born April 25, 1897. at Atkinson, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neibauer. Her parents died when she was an infant. On September 18, 1944, she married Charles Jonas at Atkin son. The couple resided on a farm five miles southwest of here. Survivors inclde: Widower. Twins Out of Army— ATKINSON—Sgt. Bernard Tro shynski and Cpl. Leonard Tro shynski, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. August Troshynski of Atkinson, who were recently separated from the army, arrived at their parents’ home last week. The Troshynski brothers had been in the army since early in 1953 and spent 18 months in Germany. Verdigre Will Graduate 20— VERDIGRE—Supt. J. J. Van Hoff has announced that 20 sen iors will be graduated from Ver digre high school May 10. He said thaX Dr. J. R. Johnson of Wayne State Teachers college will be the commencement speaker. WD—Louis F Bartlett to Carl A Denton 2-14-55 $5,666.65- 1/3 Int in Ste 14-31-15 Street Legal Battle into Next Phase /. * Demurrer, Publishing Technicality Project Issues Past Ejection Another round in the contro versy over whether or not {wo O’Neill streets should be widened to keep U.S. highways 20 and 281 running through town was in itiated Friday in Holt county dis riet court. It involved a petition by Cf. J. Gatz and Jack Arbuthnot seeking to enjoin the city council from proceeding in the street-widening project in cooperation with the state highway department. The two plaintiffs contended the city’s contract with the state, is null and void. The matter was presented on a demurrer before Judge D. R. Mounts Friday, the defendants holding that Gatz and Arbuthnot had failed to state an action in their petition. Judge Mounts gave the defense two weeks in which to file a brief and allowed the plaintiffs another week to file an answering brief on the demurrer. The state highway department had planned to take bids April 1 pn the widening of the two streets, insisting that the widening be done if U. S. highways 20 and 281 © are to continue along their pre sent routes through the O’Neill business district. But the contract-letting sche duled for April 1 had to be call ed off and a new date estab lished because preparation for letting had not been completed. The Holt County Independent was to have published the notice to bidders for three consecutive issues, but had published only twice. A new series of notices to con tractors has been authorized. New date for opening bids at Lincoln will be Wednesday, April 20. The time granted by the court for filing of briefs in the matter projects it past the coming muni- . cipal election and makes it pos sible for the highway relocation issue to be a prime factor in the campaign. There are two slates of candi dates for the city offices, repre senting varying degrees of senti ment on the highway issue. Round three in the running legal hassle will come up in April—after the election. The election will be held next Tuesday, April 5. John R. Gallagher of O’Neill and Harold Connors of Greeley are attorneys for the plaintiffs; Frederick M. Deutsch and George Dittrick, both of Norfolk, are de fending the city. It was generally predicted Fri day’s round two court session would not be a full-dress trial, but a matter of getting down to bare points of law. Bids Sought on 1.5 Miles— The state highway department will accept bids on Thursday, Ap ril 21, for resurfacing U.S. high ways 20-281 from the west edge of O’Neill northward 1.5 miles to the O’Neill drive-in theater cor ner. Work is expected to commence this summer. Plan NYC Trip— Mrs. Esther Harris and Mrs. John Conard of Emmet plan to leave Monday, April 4, for New York City where they will visit a couple weeks with Mrs. Harris* daughter, Miss Ruth Harris. C c I I © 0 This is The Frontier’s annual spring opening edition. You’ll find the 16 pages in this issue jam-packed with latest spring and summer fashions . . . study these advertisements and you’ll realize why O’Neill is the shop ping center for north-central Nebraska and south - central South Dakota.