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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
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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.
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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.