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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1955)
STATE HIST SOC *xx Mrs. Carrie Blake Stricken Suddenly Stroke Proves Fatal to Ranch Woman CHAMBERS—Mrs. Carrie M. I Blake, 93, a Holt county resident since 1915, died at 12:20 p.m., \ Friday, April 1, shortly after be- j mg admitted to St. Anthony’s hospital at O’Neill. She had suf fered a stroke four hours earlier and was transferred to O’Neill by ambulance. She had been in un u Su ally “good” health until stricken by the stroke that proved fatal. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, from the Methodist church in! Chambers with Rev. J. M. Hodg kins, church pastor, officiating. Biglin’s were in charge. Burial was made Wednesday in the cemetery at Wakefield. The body lay in state at the church between 10:30 aan., Tuesday and the fu neral hour. Pallbearers were Thomas Blake, Troxel Green, Edward Coolidge, Clyde Blake, Arch Blake, Wil liam Gaukel, jr., Bernard Nacht man and Frank Nachtman. The late Carrie M. Blake was born August 11, 1861, in Michi gan, She was the daughter of Isaac Miner and Lydia Bernin ptul. She was married to Closs Isaac Blake at Jackson on March 10, . 1877. They farmed near Wake field, Dixon county, for many« years and in 1915 moved to Holt county. Mr. Blake died in 1946, and was buried at Wakefield. The late Mrs. Blake has been maxing her home with her son, Guy, who resides on the Blake homeplace located five miles west of Chambers and one mile south. The late Mrs. Blake was a member of the Methodist church at Chambers. Survivors include: Sons—Wil liam of Burwell; Lee of O’Neill; Guy of Chambers; daughters— Mrs. Ray (Della) Coolidge of Amelia; Mrs. Bert (Maggie) Sy brant of Douglas, Wyo.; Mrs. Glen (Myrtle) McCullough of Her long, Calif.; Mrs. William (Pearl) Gaukel of Burwell; Mrs. Fred (Bessie) Nachtman of Bassett; Mrs. Hamp (Gladys) Smith of Chambers; brother—Robert Mi ner of Wakefield. Two sons, Frank and Edward, both of Rose, and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Parks of Wakefield, are deceased. Mrs. McCullough arrived Sun day from California to attend the funeral and was met at Grand Island by Mr and Mrs. Thomas Blake. Dean Beckwiths to Sell at Auction A complete dispersion sale has been scheduled by Mr. and Mrs. Dean Beckwith of Emmet on Sat urday, April 23. The auction will include the sale of the well-im proved 534-acre ranch, situated four miles southeast of Emmet, livestock, machinery, shop tools and household goods. The Thorin-Bowker Auction Servi-e will manage the sale and full details will appear in The Frontier next week. Descriptive handbills will be published this weekend. Other sales: Saturday, April 16: Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lamb will sell a four roum dwelling, two lots and res idential building sites on premises; property known as Lamb’s glad iolus gardens; also some personal property; Thorin-Bowker Auction Service, sale managers. (Details on page 11.) Bryson French Killed in Accident PAGE—Word was received here Tuesday by Merwyn French, sr., telling that Bryson French, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan French of Sacramento had been killed in a car accident that morning. Funeral services will be con ducted there today (Thursday). The French family home was the farm now occupied by the N. D. Ickes, sr., family. Fred Watson . . buried Mon day. (Story at right.) Clearwater Doctor Claimed by Death Dr. Bennie Served Area 43 Years CLEARWATER — Dr. J. W. Bennie, 72, a physician in the Clearwater and Ewing communi ties since 1912, died at 5 p.m., Sa turday in the Orchard hospital. He had been active until about a year ago when his health began to decline. However, he continued to make house calls until his final illness. A large crowd attended funeral services conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday from the Clearwater public school auditorium. Burial was in the Clearwater cemetery. Robert Hanson of Nebraska Christian college, Norfolk, of ficiated. The late Doctor Bennie was born October 31, 1882 at Chat ham, Ont., Canada. He was grad uated from Detroit (Mich.) Col lege of Medicine and came to Clearwater 43 years ago. He was married to Miss Olive Fletcher October 1, 1913, at Or chard. He formerly was president of the Clearwater State bank. Survivors include: Widow — Olive; brothers—Robert of Van couver, B.C., Can., and Donald of Dover, Ont., Can. Neligh Physican Fitally Stricken— NELIGH—Dr. U. S. Harrison, 65, widely-known Neligh physi cian and surgeon, suffered a se vere heart attack about 5 o’clock Monday evening and died the following day. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. Richard Koupal of Kansas; son—Sam, serving in the army’s medical corps in Texas. Assessing Job Over Half-Done Holt County Assessor W. F. Wefso said Wednesday the 1955 assessing task, begun March 10, “over half finished”. He indicated there were quite a few business schedules and city and town re sidential schedules yet to be re ported, but most rural schedules have been filed. Mr. Wefso estimated the short ened household form, enables assessors to process the schedules in about one-half of the time re quired to fill out one of last year’s forms. PLAN UNION SERVICE Union Good Friday worship services have been planned be j tween 12:30 and 2:30 p.m., at the ! Royal theatre under the auspices of the O’Neill Ministerial associa tion. Several Protestant churches in the city as well as in nearby communities are cooperating. Theme of the continuous rite will be “The Seven Last Words”. There will be special music. I___ 6 Confirmants at Christ Lutheran Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor of Christ Lutheran church, poses (above) on the altar with six Palm Sunday confirmants: Front row (left-to right) — Barbara Miller, Janet Krugman and Sharon Hartronft; top row—Karen Hartronft, Elaine Krugman and Sharon Nelson. — O’Neill Photo Co. 6 O North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper /olume74.—Number 49. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, April 7, 1955. _Seven Cer Street-Widening Slate Triumphs _ 0 • A ...... ■ — Prominent Leader in Holt Dies Fred C. Watson, 87, Spends 64 Years in Amelia Community AMELIA—A prominent south west Holt county leader, Fred C. Watson, 87, a resident of this community 64 years, died about 5 30 a.m., Friday, April 1, in At kinson Memorial hospital. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m. Monday, April 4, from the Methodist Church here and burial was made in the Chambers cemetery. Rev. Albert Luginsland of Amelia officiated, assisted by Rev. J. M. Hodgkin of Chambers. Pallbearers were nephews: Thompson Whitcomb, Claude Lierman, Leon Thompson, Vernon Thompson, Art Kaiser and Carl Schade. Music at the funeral was furn ished by Mrs. Laurence Barnett, Miss Florence Lindsey and Clyde Widman with Mrs. Widman at the piano. Hymns sung were: “In the Gar den,” “Beautiful Isle of Some where” and “Abide With Me.” The late Fred C. Watson was born February 6, 1868, the son of Winslow and Mary E. Wat son. His birthplace was Ellens burg Center, N.Y. He came to Hastings with his parents in 1887. About four years later the fam ily moved to Holt county, settling on a ranch near Amelia. On June 24, 1896 he was mar ried to Frances Elizabeth Thomp son. They became the parents of three children—one daughter and two sons. In 1946 the Watsons celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The late Mr. Watson was active in community affairs throughout his lifetime. He was a prominent republican and served in various township and board of education positions. One daughter, Mrs. Oscar (El sie) Greenstreet, died in 1943. Survivors include: Widow — Frances; sons—Asa of Amelia and Ronald of Atkinson; nine grandchildren; eight great-grand children. Relatives from a distance at tending the rites were: Oscar Greenstreet and Mrs. John Graves, both of Sedro Woolley, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. John Carville of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mason and son of JLeadville, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Greenstreet and sons of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Thompson and Richard Kaiser, all of Burwell; John Thompson of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Robert Blackmore of Ainsworth. MARINE RETURNS Marine Cpl. Jack Carney reach ed O’Neill Friday, having com pleted a tour of duty in the Far East. Corporal Carney has one more year of his enlistment. He is visiting at the home of his fa ther, Leo Carney. Here’s Vote Table MUNICIPAL TICKET First Second Third — Total For Mayor— L. C. WALLING . 210 137 198 550 ALVA MARCELLUS . 184 237 238 664 For Council — First Ward— M. J. GOLDEN* . 209 ... ... 211 EARL RODMAN . 174 ... ... 176 For Council — Second Ward— MARVIN JOHNSONf . 215 ... 216 H. E. COYNE 161 ... 166 For Council — Third Ward— FRED O. HEERMANN . ... 236 239 DALE FETROW. ... 204 207 BOARD OF EDUCATION First Second Third — Total H. L. LINDBERG* . 295 267 289 860 MRS. LORETTA HYNES* . 294 240 290 833 LEIGH REYNOLDSON (write-in). 40 83 56 179 ♦Incumbents. (Only total column includes mail vote.) SMA Again Receives Accreditation Notice Mother Agnesine, who recently received her Nebraska life ad ministrative certificate, has now been appointed to represent the Sisters of St. Francis at the con vention of the National Educa tional association to be held . in Atlantic City, N.J., from April 12 15. She will have as her compan ion Sister M. Lenore of Denver, Colo. The theme of the conven tion is “Realizing Our Philosophy in Education.” The academy has received no tification of acceptance of its* continued membership in the North-Central association. S t. Mary’s is one of the 157 schools in Nebraska to be accredited by the association. The invitation to the fc^or senior prom was given to the-sen iors Wednesday morning by the junior herald, Jimmy McCarthy. As a regal attendant he made the announcement as the bugler played fan fare. Curtain Is Drawn; Sign: ‘April Fool’ INMAN — A capacity crowd turned out Friday night for the spring concert of the Inman school band. The program began with an amusing stunt. Supt. Nelson made a short speech at the begining to introduce the band, then as the curtains were drawn there was no band in place—only a large sign saying “April Fool”. The band then came out for the pro gram. There were solos by Karen Brown, Conda Couch, Bill Coven try, Carolyn Reimers, Sam Wat son, Kay Coventry, Bob Reimers and Lucy Cunningham. Neal and Ned Kelley played a clarinet duet, Sam Watson, Kay Coventry and Lucy Cunningham playgd a trombone trio. THIRD IN COMPETITION Eddie Tomlinson, son of Dick Tomlinson of O’Neill, last week ranked third in the “Mr. Nebras ka” contest sponsored on the campus at the University of Ne braska college of agriculture. Balloting Light at Ewing— EWING—There were 152 ballots cast Tuesday at Ewing. For the village board, two-year terms, Cecil Bergstrom received 94 votes, Roy Rotherham got 62, Martin Van Conant received 37, Max Wanser tallied 79. Two of these were elected — Bergstrom and Wanser. Going off the Ewing village board will be Chairman Ralph Munn and Duard Loughrey. For the Ewing school board, three-year term, Lionel Gunter was given 83 votes; L. A. Hobbs received 71 votes; Alfred Napier collected 69; J. L. Pruden re ceived 69. The two winners are Lionel Gunter and L. A. Hobbs. Retiring from the board are M. B. Huffman, chairman, and Lyle Dierks. Mrs. Harold Harris, The Fron tier’s Ewing correspondent, report ed the balloting “quite light.” Atkinson Election ‘Very Quiet*— ATKINSON—Tuesday’s election here was a dull affair. Roy Griffin was elected city clerk; Michael Coday was named councilman from the First ward for the regular term, and Roy Gilg was chosen to fill a First ward council vacancy. In the Second ward, B. E. Wil son was successful as a write-in candidate, and C. E. Spence was elected to fill a vacancy. L. P. Hayes was elected to the council from the Third ward. Named to the board of educa tion were Raymer Funk and Al bert Lemmer. Coulthard Fills Lynch Vacancy— LYNCH—Clare Coulthard was elected to the village board Tues day at Lynch to fill a vacancy. Merle Leuken was named police magistrate. In successful bids for three-year school terms were Andy Classen and Bill Halva. Lynch picks a chairman of the board (mayor) by vote of the board of trustees. Marce Hus New Mayor; New Record Golden, Johnson Are Vindicated in Their Respective Wards This ordinarily placid cow town was ready to burst at the seams Tuesday as a record number of voters marched to the polls. The street - widening issue, which has been the dominant piece of conversation here for many weeks, -flushed out 1,222 voters. Add to that 15 mail votes. Enthusiasts for widening of portions of Douglas street and South Fourth street, in order to retain U.S. highways 20 and 281 on location through the business district, succeeded in electing a mayor and managed to capture two of three council seats. Alva Marcellus, Buick auto dealer, defeated L, C. Walling, retired Consumers Public Pow er district manager, in a bid for mayor. O’Neill has been without a mayor since last summer when J. E. Davis resigned and moved to Arizona. Emmett Crabb, Third ward councilman, has been acting mayor. The Marcellus margin was 114 ballots. A hotel man, M. J. Golden, in cumbent First ward councilman and a steadfast foe of widening streets to accommodate federal highways, was vindicated in his stand by the voters in his ward. He defeated Earl Rodman, a wholesaler vVho was aligned with the street-widening slate. The Golden margin was 35 votes. Marvin Johnson, jeweier, de feated H. E. Coyne, veteran hard ware dealer, in the Second ward council race. Johnson was the in cumbent and supported street widening negotiations during the past year. Coyne, a former may or, former councilman, and tradi tionally tough to beat in an O’ Neill election, was on the opposi tion slate, which had the backing of the O’Neill Taxpayers’ league. The Johnson margin, after mail votes had been counted, was an even 50 votes. Fred Heermann, motel operator, outpointed Dale Fetrow, appliance dealer, in the Third ward council race. Both are newcomers in the city’s political arena. Heermann was the candidate of the socalled O’Neill Business Men group; Fet row’s try was sponsored by the league. Heermann emerged with a 32-vote lead. (Continued on page 6) WEATHER SUMMARY: Hi Lo March 31 .66 35 April i .66 33 April 2 .72 32 April 3 .68 47 April 4 .58 35 April 5 .48 27 April 6 .52 32 Globe - Trotting Mrs. Taylor Is 87 INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders entertained at a dinner Sunday, April 3, honoring Mrs. Siders’ mother, Mrs. Anna Taylor, an her 87th birthday anniversary. On April 5, 1868, Anna Mary Moore was born at Iowa City, la. At the age of 12, with her widow ad mother, three brothers and two sisters, she came to Nebraska, lo cating near Odell. Her father, a Civil war veteran, died shortly af er being discharged from the ar ny and a few weeks before she was born. On November 16, 1886, she married the late C. J. Taylor. They spent 10 years of their mar ried life near Odell, moving to Holt county in 1911. They pur chased the Tullis place near Min 2ola. They resided there for over 25 years, selling their farm and later locating in Colorado where they lived for two years. In 1945, they decided to go to Arizona for Mr. Taylor’s health. They had been there six weeks when he died. Mrs. Taylor spent nine years in Arizona, leaving there last May after the death of her oldest daughter, Mrs. Maggie Bruce. On three different occasions she has made the trip alone from Arizona to Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington and Idaho to visit her children. Mrs. Taylor endured many of the difficult pioneer times, under going privation, suffering from drouth, floods and pestilences. She is the mother of 11 chil dren, nine of whom are living. There are 55 grandchildren, 100 great - grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She en joys good health and plans to make the roundtrip again this year to see her other children in the various states. Mrs. Taylor received many gifts and cards from relatives and friends. Oath Administered to O’Neill’s New Guardsmen Lt.-Col. Evar Peterson, chief administrative officer for the Ne braska national guard, administers the oath of allegiance (above) to recruits joining O’Neill’s new tank company. The ceremony took * place Wednesday, March 30, in the armory. That same day the company was officially activated and became a part of the nation’s military establishment.—The Frontier Photo. o O’Neill’s new mayor, Alva Marcellus . . . defeats L. C. Walling in record turnout of voters.—The Frontier Photo. Hernias Mended; Tonsils Harvested When Duane Winkler, 8, and his little brother, David, 2, sub mitted to surgery Tuesday in St. Anthony’s hospital here, even the learned medicos were surprised with what was dis covered. Both were found to have her nias of the same type, on the same side, and mean ones, too. Doctors operated on the little fellows between 8 and 11:50 a.m. while the parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Winkler, paced the corridor. David’s hernia actually wps worse than his older brother’s, the father explained. Both boys were “doing okay” Wednesday night. Last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bosn of O’Neill marched four of their children—Kath leen, Julie, Janet and Raynold —into St. Anthony’s hospital for tonsilectomies. Four children from the same family getting the same surgery at nearly the same time can’t be considered an everyday occurence. McCarville Heads Holt Polio Group The annua) meeting of the Holt county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was held on Thursday, March 31, in O’Neill. A review was made of the pa tients aided in 1954, and also of the emergency march of dimes and the regular 1955 march of dimes fund drives. Miss Alice French of O’Neill re ported on plans made toward the proposed inoculation of Holt county’s first and second graders with the Salk vaccine. Results of the famous Salk vac cine tests are expected to be made public in a few days. Election of new officers for the new year followed: Mrs. John H. McCarville of O’ Neill, chairman; Mrs. Robert Clifford of Atkinson, vice-chair mag; Mrs. James McMahan of Inman, secretary; Miss Alice French of O’Neill, treasurer; Lyle P. Dierks of Ewing, Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve of O’Neill and Art Givens of Stuart, members - at large. Business College May Establish Here ‘Term Applications’ WiU Be Taken The director of the Grand Is land Business college, one of the midwest’s largest and leading business training schools, will es tablish a branch school at O’Neill providing a minimum of 25 to 30 students will qualify for the ini tial class. This news was told to members of the Chamber of Commerce ii* monthly session here Monday c ' evening by the college’s director, Harry Anderson. Mr. Anderson assured the 0 of C it sufficient Interest is shown “term students” will be accepted here and taught four and five-months’ courses in general secretarial work, book keeping, typing and shorthand. Size of classes will be limited to a maximum of 30, Mr. Ander son said. In the event twice that number of students qualify for an initial term, it is possible after noon and evening classes can be scheduled. The college furnishes instruct ors, equipment and will rent suit able building space. The “term” students recently out o£ high school would be housed in private homes and subject to rigid disci plinary requirements. Mr. Anderson told the C of C the branch business college idea is new to the midwest. The Grand Island college recently establish ed branch schools at Hastings and Holdrege. Many persons, espe cially adult women, are enrolling in the other branch schools for additional training. The college, he said, has numer ous job placement openings for business college graduates. Young students readily step into these jobs everywhere, Mr. Anderson pointed out. “Our older students as a whole remain in their respective communities and improve upon their ability and earning capaci ty.” The Grand Island school was' given a formal invitation, in the form of a motion unanimously (Continued on page 6)
