I ** " v* ' w ’**■** *■ ' Half Hour Show! “Voice of The Frontier” T-W/r-i wr TWELVE ‘ PAGES -t * Pages 1 to 12 North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper ' Volume 75.—Number 5. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, June 2, 1955. * Seven Cents =- - -. . - ■ -■ . . . . W. J. McNichols (left) and the venerable Romaine Saunders . . . tailor-made 10-gallon beaver hats.—The Frontier Photo. —————-— Tushlas to Note Golden Wedding Couple Loses Two Sons in War By MAUDE SILVERSTRAND Special Writer ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tushla of Atkinson will ob serve their 50th wedding anni versary Sunday, June 5, at their home in Atkinson. They will hold open-house from 2 p.m., until 5 p.m., for relatives and triends. No formal invitations are being sent. Peter Tushla and Susan Steskal were united in marriage June 6, 1905, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Atkinson by Father Strackman. Their attendants were John Tushla, brother of the bride groom, and the late Jennie Stes kal Rehberg, sister of the bride. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal. There was a wedding dance in the eve ning for relatives, and friends. The Tushlas lived on a farm two miles northeast of Atkinson for the first years of their married life. They moved onto their own place immediately to the north where they lived until retiring to Atkinson in 1944. There were seven children in their family, including four boys, twr of whom gave their lives during World War il — Louis at Pearl Harbor and Har old near Naples, Italy. The other two boys are Dr. Francis Tushla of Auburn and Donald of Big Bear Lake, Calif. There are three daughters— Mrs. Arthur (Marguerite) Regal of Atkinson, Mrs. Edward (Helen) Binder of Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs. Joseph (Kathleen) Deermer of San Bernardino, Calif. All of the living children plan to be with their parents on the golden wedding day. Fiftieth wedding anniversaries are no novelty in Mrs. Tushla’s immediate family. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal, cele brated the event; so did her sister, Mrs. Joseph Bruder (in 1951), and her brother, Edward Steskal fin 1954). The Tushlas count nire grand children. Itineraries Made for Booster Trips Three booster trips are sched uled next week in behalf of the O’Neill rodeo, which will be held ■ Sunday and Monday, June 12 and 13. The trips and rodeo are under the sponsorship of the O' Neill Saddle club in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Com merce. First trip will take place Sat urday evening, June 4, with a rendezvous at the American Le gion parking lot here. The boost ers will move, out at 6 p.m., laden with candy and balloons. Towns to be visited include Inman, Ew ing, Clearwater, Neligh, Plain view, Creighton, Orchard and Page. Two trips are scheduled for Wednesday evening, June 8. The boosters will organize at the cor ner of Fourth and Douglas streets. One group will go to Atkinson, Stuart, Newport, Bassett and o Ainsworth. Another group will head for Spencer and Butte, Ne braska points, and Fairfax, Bone steel and Burke, in South Dako ta. It is planned for a band to ac company the boosters on the western trip; possibly a small mu sical group will accompany *he boosters on the Dakota journey. New Grade School Virtually Finished The new 80-thousand-dollar elementary grade school is get ting the finishing touches and is o virtually completed. The one story structure, erected on the southeast corner of the campus, has not yet been formally accept ed by the board of education. Both new and used equipment and supplies are being moved into the building. An open-house will be observed at a later date. Authorization for the new school was voted in a bond issue election in April, 1954. •" ■ ■ « Makes Traditional Cemetery Visit— : PAGE—Mrs. Clint Townsend visited the Page cemetery on me morial day. This made her 48th consecutive year, since the death of her father in 1908, in which she has visited the cemetery. Her mother accompanied her until her death. Mr. Townsend’s moth er was her grave-visiting com panion until her death. ‘Prairieland Talker’ Presented Fancy Hat by W. J. McNichols The annual memorial day pil grimage of two oldtimers was cli maxed with a hat-fitting cere mony and promenade on O’Neill's streets. W. J. McNichols, who left this commumnity in 1909 and is now a prominent Hollywood, Calif., at torney, pre-arranged a reunion with Romaine Saunders, 84, of Lincoln, retired editor of The Frontier and author of the week ly feature, “Prairieland Talk.” Mr. McNichols presented Mr. Saunders with a fancy black bea ver hat, 10-gallon size. The pre sentation was accompanied by a few remarks from the donor. “I was born and reared in O’ Neill,” Mr. McNichols explained, “and as a boy I remember Ro maine riding the plains with such famous sandhills characters as ‘Hay’ McClure, Roscoe Moore, ‘Nigger Jim’ Anderson, Claude Hamilton and a lot of the other oldtimers. “I thought that it would be an appropriate gesture to have a good beaver hat made up for Ro maine, one of the finest gentlemen God ever gave America.” They left O’Neill Wednesday with Mr. McNichols driving Mr. Sounders to Lincoln before re joining Mrs. McNichols at Lex ington. 3 Vacancies on School Faculty Paul Baker Will Enter Industry There are still three vacancies at the O’Neill public school for the 1955-’56 term, it was disclos ed Tuesday evening at the month ly meeting of the board of educa tion. Vacancies pertain to the prin cipalship in the high school and two positions in the grade school. D. E. Nelson, superintendent for the past four years, resigned to accept a similar post at Schuy ler. He will move his family today (Thursday). Nelson’s successor is Milton Baack, who has been head of the Stuart school system. Paul Baker left last week for Laramie, Wyo., where he will complete his work on his master’s degree in vocational and educa tion guidance. In the fall he will enter the industrial field, head quartering at Lincoln with the Continental Oil company. No suc cessor for Baker has been named. Baker, who was here four years, was basketball coach three years and principal IV'2 years. Pat Gallup, vocational agricul ture teacher for four years, goes to Stratford, Okla., to locate on a farm. Vernon Carpenter of Litch field has been named successor. Carpenter had been signed for the post a year ago but was called into the army. He was given a disability discharge for a leg in jury. Joseph Palmer, veterans’ in structor, will enter the insurance field at Ada, Okla. Louis Reimer, jr., of O’Neill was elected to fill Palmer’s vacancy pending accept ance of his credits. Elmer Murman will attend Colorado State college for the summer and return here in the fall. Faculty members who were reelected and have accepted contracts received pay increases ranging from $100 to $150 per year. Faculty members returning next fall are: Mrs. Harry Petersen, kinder garten; Mrs. A1 Fritton, first grade; Mrs. Florence Schultz, first and second; Miss Loretta Enright, second; Miss Hilda Gal lagher, third; Mrs. Harold Seger, fourth; Mrs. Theresa Ernst, fifth; Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, sixth; Mrs. Ruby Holcomb, seventh; Mrs. Leo Mullen, eighth. Charles B. Houser, band; Rich ard Smithson, vocal music; Miss Viola Haynes, English; Miss Claire Tomjack, normal training; Miss Mildred McNutt, home economics; Miss Esther Kinnier, commercial; Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr., social sci ence; Marvin Miller, football and history; Elmer Murman, basket ball and mathematics. There are two grade school va cancies. Teachers are being sought for additional rooms cre ated by use of the new bu’lding. A teacher is sought for a com bination third-and-fourth grade class and a third teacher is re quired for the departmentalized seventh-and-eighth grades. REDECORATION The American Legion club rooms will remain closed Tues day, June 7, as they are being redecorated. Practices on Public Land Hit 'Real Strides* Made for Improvement, SCD Directors Told Soil conservation practices or lack of them on federally-owned land in the United States dom inated discussion Wednesday as the Northern Great Plains area soil conference got underway. The two-day meeting continues through Thursday and will be climaxed tonight by a chuck wag on supper at the C Bar M ranch five miles south of O’Neill. More than one hundred soil conservation district directors from six states registered for the opening session and delegates continued to arrive Wednesday night. It is the annual area meet ing of the National Association of Soil Conservation District Direct ors. Harvey Hale of Contact, Ncv., led the discussion of federal land. He said the solution to the problem is simple: Improve the vegetation. Hale told of successes in re seeding and eradication of brush near Elko, Nev. Public land management dom inated floor discussion. Orr Gar ber of Big Horn, Wyo., a state SCD officer and former area officer, explained necessary im provements had to be “sold” to the department of agriculture, de partment of interior and forestry service. Hale, who heads the national association’s legislative and Washington liaison committee, told the conference “real strides” had been made by the committee in shaping beneficial legislation and agency directives. Nolan Fuqua of Duncan, Gkla., president of the national group, reported that newspaper and magazine editors throughout the country now recognize the rela tively young association and so licit quotations and information in the field of soil conservation. Fuqua regarded this as a “healthy sign.” , Fuqua said the self-govern ing and democratic character of the association is boosting its prestige. One high government officer, whom he did not identi fy, told the Oklahoman the position of the association offi cers is “unique and enviable.” He referred to their status as non-paid and voluntary. • Frank Feser of Clairmont, S.D., head of the South Dakota soil conservation directors, urged the conference to adopt more ag gressive educational policies. He declared the education of soil conservation principles must be gin with school children. Many directors are not aware of their responsibilities and duties, he de clared. Harry Massie of Broken Bow, Nebraska association president, opened the conference and Mayor Alva Marcellus of O’Neill issued the welcome. Otis Tossett of Lansford, N.D., area vice-president, urged “one hundred percent participation in the discussion from the dele gates.” At Wednesday evening’s ban quet in the American Legion auditorium, scores of O’Neill bus inessmen, farmers and ranchers and their wives dined with the visitors. Norris Schroeder of Ft. Collins, Colo., formerly of Hoskins and a former Nebraska state sen ator, was speaker. He urged his listeners to adopt the self-analysis princi ple in regard to saving soil. One hundred forty-eight per sons were served at the banquet by the American Legion auxiliary. Former U.S. Sen. Eva Bowring of Merriman is to speak at a breakfast for the women’s group today and Former U.S. Sen. Hazel Abel of Lincoln is to speak to the auxiliary at a noon luncheon. In the afternoon, Goodyear awards will be presented and Charles J. Whitfield of Washing ton, D.C., SCS scientist, will re port on soil and water research. T. L. Gaston, also of Washington, will field questions. The O’Neill Saddle club will present an exhibition at the ranch supper and the Bow Airres of Broken Bow, a male quartet, will sing. The C Bar M ranch is a sandhills show place. Recent rains over much of the six-state area were blamed for keeping many of the delegates from attending. Elmer Juracek ot Star, director of the Holt district who has been actvie in conference arrangements, said numerous messages were received from del egates explaining pressing field problems prevented them from attending. The Chamber of Commerce and Holt SCD were joint hosts. Bus iness sessions are being held at the Royal theater and are open to the public. 2 Recent Grads Join Air Force The following army enlistments in this area have been announc ed by Sfc. James R. Lyons of the O’Neill recruiting office: Marvin H. Skinner of Ains worth, for ordnance corps; La vern L. Keithly of Atkinson, for 10th divisoin at Ft. Riley, Kxus., Warren D. Lichty, jr., of Chadron, for regular army (CIC); Ray O. Brookhauser of Venus, for engi neer corps; John Iron Rope, jr., of Chadron, for artillery corps Wesley W. Zart of Crofton, for regular army, Harry T. Smith of Crofton, for regular army, and Arvyn A. Neuhaus of Venus, military police corps. These men have gone to Camp Chaffee, Ark., for further process inp, training and reassignment Robert I. Sanders and Eldin D. Alton, both of O’Neill, have en listed in the air force through the recruiting office at Norfolk. They will receive 11 weeks of basic training at Parks air force base in California. Both were gradu ated in May from O’Neill high school where they were active in athletics. The women’s army corps launches “Operation Glamour’’ this week. Lts. Bonnie McWil liams and Phyllis Mykleby arriv ed in O’Neill Wednesday to work through the O’Neill recruiting office in seeking WAC enlistments Herman Hesse Burial at Laurel PAGE—Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, May 28, at the Immanuel Luthern church at Coleridge for Herman Hesse, 58, who died in a Sioux City hos pital after being hospitalized for 10 weeks. Herman Hesse was born January 30, 1897, at Con cord. He married Miss Elsie Jur chen at Sioux City in 1924. He was a resident of the Page com munity from 1914 until 1924, when the family took up residen ce at Laurel—his home at the time of his death. Survivors include: Widow—El sie; sons — Donald of Oakdale and Lloyd of Laurel; daughter— Mrs. Herman Schlote of Laurel; brother—Henry of Orchard sis ters—Mrs. Carl Kiunm of Creigh ton and Mrs. Sam Vollerson of Randolph. Burial was made at Laurel. Among those attending funeral services at Coleridge were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hesse, Mrs. Lou ise Hesse and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nissen, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Dobbins, all of Page and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hesse of Orchard. Mrs. W. H. Harty visited her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kocina and daughters of Creighton, over the weekend. Roy Edward Farewell . . to Holt county in 1909. Farewell Rites Held at Chambers CHAMBERS — Among those from a distance attending funeral services last Thursday for Roy Edward Farewell, 56, were: Mr. and Mrs. Norman Farewell of Pierce; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Steinback of St. Edward; Mrs. Dan Roberts and daughters of Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. William Fare Veil of Garland: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Farewell and son, Ray mond, and Alfred Bursell, all of Ewing; Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fare well and Judy of Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Scholz and family of Inman. Walter Scholz of Charlotte, N.C., arrived too late to attend the rites, which were originally scheduled for Friday. Survivors include: Widow — Rosa; two sons; one daughter; four brothers; one sister. Mr. Farewell died Monday, May 23, at his home northwest of Chambers. Juniors, Midgets Open Here Sunday The Legion junior and midget baseball season opens Sunday, June 5, at Carney park with a