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Volume 75.—Number 7. O Neill, Nebraska, Thursday, June 16, 1955. Seven Cents
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Public May View
School Exhibits
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Council Awards
Contract for Well
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Layne-Western Firm
: Bids $9,088
The Layne-Western company,
an Omaha firm, Friday was
awarded tha contract for a new
well here. The well is intended
* to alleviate a critical water situ
ation.
Low bid was $9,088. Contract
provides for start on the drilling
on Friday, June 17, and for com
pletion -in July. The site is six
feet northwest of the middle
pump house, located on the U.S.
highway 281 right-of-way two
ifiiles south of the city.
Layne-Western engineers plan
to go to a depth of 386 feet and
the well is intended to deliver 1,
100-gallons-per-minute at capaci
ty.
However, Water Supt. Den
Douglass said the pump will be
operated at only 500-gallons
per-minute.
Meanwhile, all water bilLs are
befhg paid at the combination
lounge-’police station, located in
the Yantzi building immediately
north of Biglin’s. Mrs. Edith Cas
tleman is the hostess. The com
bination office - lounge telephone
is 68 and ail poli ■* calls are to be
routed there. The headquarters
formally opened on Monday.
Mayor Alva Marcellas this
week offered congratulations to
the, motorists and pedestrians in
the community for their “won
derful cooperation” while police
are enforcing new traffic regula
tions.
“The people have been very
good in keeping below the speed
limit, Eliminating noisy mufflers,
, observing two-hour parking and
speed zones and eliminating the
‘U? turns in restricted areas,” the
ipayor declared.
Gonderinger Is
New Attorney—
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0 * William’ W. Griffin, who was
city attorney until about two
years ago and has been acting
city attorney since that time,
0 Friday resigned at a meeting of
the council.
o Mayor Alva Marcellus an
3 nounced that Norman Gondei
o inger would become city attorney,
and the appointment was con
firmed Jhat day by the council.
; Burial at Page
for Loran Rakow
PAGE—Funeral services were
held Wednesday, June 15, at Fre
mont for Loren Rakow, 58. and
burial services were made at
Page.
Loren Rakow was the son of
the late Mr. arid Mrs. Herman
Rakow and spent his early life
here. At one time he was dep».t
agent at Page and was a dispatch
er at the CB&Q control tower at
tfye time he was taken ill. He suf
fered a heart ailment.
He spent a number of weeks
in a Fremont hospital and died
there-Sunday, June 12.
Survivors include: Sisters —
Mrs. John (Maggie) Friday, Mrs.
Delbert (Irene) Hill and Mrs.
Thelma Jaynes.
Lyle Benda Named
K of C Grand Knight
The Knights of Columbus held
their election of officers on Sun
day, June 12.
John H. McCarville was ap
pointed financial secretary' by
the supreme council. The other
officers are:
Lyle Benda, grand knight; A.
F. O’Donnell, deputy grand
knight; Charles E. Chace, chan
cellor; James Mullen, recording
secretary; Jerome Gallagher,
treasurer; Mike Troshynski,
warden; Oliver Ross, inner guard;
Delbert Robertson, outer guard;
Francis Gilg, trustee; Norman
Gonderinger, advocate.
Funeral Coach
Catches Afire
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SPENCER— The Butte volun
' teer firemen answered a 2T5
a.m., alarm Monday for an extra
° ordinary mission. A funeral
coach, enroute from White River,
S.D., to Spencer with a body,
° caught afire.
Richard Jones of Spencer, driv
er, said a hot wheel bearing start
ed the blaze. Jones had the fire
extinguished by the time the fire
men reached the scene. Passen
gers in a passing car reported tne
incident, which took place on U.S.
highway 281 north of Spencer.
Mrs. John Melvin
Flying to Ireland
Mrs. John Melvin left Wednes
day night on the train for St.
Louis, Mo., to join her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Har
°ry Shelton and son, Peter.
0° ° ‘ From there they will go to New
York City where Mrs. Melvin and
Mrs. Shelton will fly to Ireland
* to visit places of interest.
; „ They will bring back Shelton’s
newly-adopted infant daughter,
Ann. * .
Return from Niagara—
Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. James Earley and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, jr., re
turned Monday from a two
weeks’ trip which took them to
Niagara Falls, N.Y. i
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The Holt county school exhibit
will hold open house Saturday
and Sunday, June 25-26, from 3
to 5 p.m.
The public is invited to see the
art work done by the children of
the county. There are 394 cards
and 250 crafts and booklets be
sides several murials to be on dis
play in the exhibit hall, which is
located south of the courthouse
on Clay street.
Following is a list of the child
ren who received sujlerior ratings
with their school district number
indicated:
Town schools—Judy Colfack,
Alma Jean Nissen, Johnny Crum
ly, Joe Beelaert, grade III, and
Bonnie Heiss, all of district 2;
Nancy Wray, Bonney Lawrence,
Larry Oetter, Larry Lewis, Gary
Skulborstad, Danny Loy, Linda
Wade, Curtis Peacock, Robert
Ramsel, Linda Shelhamer and
Charlene Larson, all of district 7;
Ruby Scholz, Patty Monow, Lor
raine Butterfield, Roger Banks,
Roger Tompkins, all of district
30; Lois Givens, grades 4, 6, 7
and 8, Glenda Campbell, Daniel
Kaup, Karen Schmaderer, Char
les Seger, Lyle Mueller, Maureen
Coufal, Anna Lynn Mueller, Dar
ryl Silvers, Leigh Mueller, Doris
Schmaderer, Gerold Steinhauser,
Rodney V a r i 1 e k and Kenny
Scholz, all of district 44p; Beth
Fullerton, Cathy Doolittle, Ro
chelle Sammons and Joan Fuller
ton, all of district 228.
Rural schools — Pauline Ma
honey, Carolyn Furhrer, Jerry
Beha, Bobby Howard and Gene
Schneider, all of district 5; Dick
Pongratz from district 8; Clarence
Gokie, Jerry Gokie and Mary Lois
Jansen, all of district 9; Melvin
Schmaderer of district 11; John
Wabs, Anita Doty, Paul Liable
and Darlene Johnson, all from
district 14; Judy Morrow, Melvin
Sanders and Betty Morrow, all of
district 15; Roland Johnson, Bob
by Boelter and Carol Harmon all
of district 17; Art Wills, Jeannie
Forman, Maureen Schaaf, LeRoy
Hoxie and Donnie Schaaf, all of
district 20; Leo Fox, of district 27;
grades 1-6, Janice Vequist and
James Widtfeldt, all of district
33; Donald Thurlow and Marjorie
Thurlow, both of district 35;
Shirley Shellhase of district 36;
Betty Widtfeldt of district 37;
Bonita Welke of district 49; Wes
ley Blain and Joyce Summers,
both of district 50, Janice Sweet
of district; 52 Russell Sprague of
52; Jerilyn Luebcke and Mary
Lou Luebcke both of 55; Merle
Pease of 59; Thomas Frerichs of
60; Lonnie Strong of 62; pupils of
73 Norma Brewster, Wayne
Brewster, Darrell Brewster, Joan
Larson and Phyllis Larson, all of
73; Bonnie Osborne, Mary Weller,
Larry Bonenberger, Karon Wel
ler, all of 76; Jerry Dobias, Eu
gene Possnecker, Nobert Jansen
and pupils, all of 79; Jeanne Fin
ley, Barbara Beelaert, Delores
Mosel and Randy Shaw, all of 88;
Donald Linquist and V e 1 d o n
Tomlinson, both of 96; Neta Con
ard and Ruth Osborn, both of 100;
Sharon Kliment, Karen Johnson
and Larry Kliment, all of 102;
Jimmy Tams, Janelle Tams, Elm a
Haines, Donna Tams, grades 1,
2, 3, Sharon Hawk, Alice Butter
field and Dale Butterfield, all of
108; LuAnn Nissen of 110, grades
5 and 6, Kathleen Braun and Ro
bert Gilman all of 119; Lloyd
Thorin of 120; John Dougherty of
125; Francis Zakrzewski of 127;
Thomas Scheinost and Jolene
Grass, both of 128; Betty Hertel,
Karen Kruse and Gary Hertel,
all of 134; Elaine Miller, Mary Jo
Curran, Mickie Miller and Johnny
Schmidt, all of 150; Tommy Ge
nung of 155; Kenneth Coolidge,
Ann Alderson and Richard Wal
ters, all of 156; Leona Dusatko of
157; Edgar Tunender and Eddie
Ethington, both of 159; Ruth
Smith and Patricia Grubb both of
163; Phillis Ziska and Larry Zis
ka, both of 168; Denny Lane and
Larry Lane, both of 172; Faye
Scheer, Jerry Taylor and Owen
Schmidt, all of 173; Patricia Bal
lagh and Barbara Ballagh, both
of 176; Jerry Greger of 183; Pat
McConnell, Darold Ermer, Karen
Ermer, all of 212; Ben Bollwit,
LeRoy Bollwitt, Victor Thoendel,
Ronald Thoendel, Waunetta
Wragge and Duane Tinsley, all of
227; 7 grade, Jerry Moeller and
Connie Hitchcock, all of 232;
Glenda Wolfe, Larry Swanson,
Roger Wolfe, Larue . Weller and
Elaine Wordon, all of 233;
Yvonne Sorensen, Linda Thomp
son, Carolyn Sorensen, Donald
Black and Billie DeLong, all of
241; and Francis Raymer of 242.
Governor Anderson
Signs Trains Billl
Nebraska’s Gov. Victor Ander
son on Monday signed into law
the save-the-trains bill which
was passed last week, 27-11, by
the Nebraska legislature.
The measure was designed by
State Sen. Frank Nelson of O’
Neill to help retain the last Chi
cago & North Western passenger
mail-express trains on the Om
aha-to-Chadron line. The bill
amends the old full train crew
law and provides that the rail
road company can drop the five
flagmen who draw a total of
about 30-thousand-dollars per
year for work on the last two
passenger trains serving most of
north-Nebraska. Only one flag
man is aboard the train at one
time and they work in shifts.
Also signed in law Monday was
the oil and gas severance tax,
placing a two percent tax on oil
and gas produced in Nebraska.
Another bill signed by Anderson
was the measure revising the
state’s election laws. It sets May
as the date for primary elections,
eliminates short-short terms for
Nebraska seats in the senate, and
clarifies the manner of filing for
vacancies.
Clergyman
Ordained in
1915 Feted
Father O’Sullivan, 67,
Native of Ireland,
to O’Neill in 1949
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan,
67, pastor of St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church here for the past six
years, Sunday was honored by
the parishioners on the 40th an
niversary of his ordination.
A reception was held at the St.
Mary’s academy gymnasium,
starting at 2:30 p.m. Three hun
dred fifty persons attended.
Father O’Sullivan was born in
Ireland. He received his theolog
ical training at Thurles seminary,
County Tipperary, and at Inns
bruck, Austria. World War I
broke out in 1914. He got back to
Ireland and on June 13, 19!i>, he
v/as ordained at Thurles cathe
Father O’Sullivan . . . Tilden
his first parish.—O’Neill Photo
Co.
dral by Most Rev. John M. Harty,
S.D., archbishop of Cashel and
Emly.
The war prevented him from
returning to Innsbruck for addi
tional training.
He came to the United States
at the age of 27 with a contingent
of Irish-born, newly - ordained
priests, landing at New York City
October 20, 1915.
Because of German U-boat ac
tivities, the group had consider
able delay in crossing the North
Atlantic. The priests were sched
uled to sail several times, but each
time the awaited shop was torpe
doed enroute to England.
Finally, after a long wait,
they sailed and the journey re
quired almost a month.
After unloading the priests at
New York, the vessel turned
around and was sunk on the re
turn trip.
His first assignment was as an
assistant at St. Cecelia’s cathe
dral in Omaha. Later, he served
the North Bend parish on a sup
ply basis for six weeks.
On October 1, 1918, he was as
signed to Our Lady of Mt. Car
mel church at Tilden where he
spent 17% years. On March 23,
1935, he was transferred to Jack
son where he served St. Patrick’s
parish and was head of the dean
ery. Following the death of the
late Rt. Rev. J. G. McNamara, he
was appointed pastor of St. Pat
rick’s church at O’Neill, arriving
here December 19, 1949.
Father O’Sullivan has made
numerous' return trips to Ireland
and to the European continent.
Once he traveled with the Irish
premier, Eamonn de Valera. On
another occasion he was a com
panion of the late Cardinal Glen
on, archbishop of St. Louis, Mo.
Only Father O’Sullivan and
one brother, John, who lives in
Chicago, 111., remain in the or
iginal Irish family. They have
numerous nephews, nieces and
cousins residing there.
George McCarthy was master
of-ceremonies at the reception
and students of St. Mary’s grade
school paid a tribute while Miss
Kay Martin sang “Ave Maria.”
Rev. Alfred Hoesing, pastor of
St. John’s church, Deloit, spoke
for the priests of the deanery
when he lauded Father O’Sulli
van for his counsel to the young
er priests. He said: “It is difficult
for one priest to judge another”
but he declared “Father O’Sulli
van is a model in exemplifying
love for his fellow man.”
The St. Mary’s girls’ octelte
sang “Gloria Patri” and Dariel
DeBacker, baritone, sang “Fan
ny Boy” and “Ireland Must Be
Heaven.”
W. J. Froelich, paying a trib
ute in behalf of the O’Neill par
ish, summarized Father O’Sulli
van’s background, education and
“abundant life” as a priest. He
said Father O’Sullivan is “be
loved by all who know him.
“O’Neill people are very for
tunate to have a man of Father
O’Sullivan’s calibre and I’m sure
the O’Neill people appreciate his
intelligence, kindness, friendli
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Suffers Broken Legs
in Team Runaway
SPENCER—Horses don’t run
away much any more—because
there aren’t many horses—but
such an incident Monday eve
ning resulted in serious injury
to a Spencer farmer, Joseph
Macku.
Both of his legs were frac
tured.
Mr. Macku was driving a
team in haying operations
when the animals became
frightened and bolted. Mr.
Macku was thrown to the
ground.
He was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital at Lynch to have
broken bones set. His condi
tion is “good.”
The westbound Chicago &
North Western mainline passen
ger-mail-express train 13 reach
ed O’Neill Wednesday morning
3!£ hours late. The train was 1%
hours late into Omaha from Chi
cago, 111., and mechanical trouble
caused further delay at Irvington
on the Omaha-Chadron leg.
Albert Otte, 67,
111 3 Years, Dies
Native of Lebanon;
Served in Army
Funeral services for Albert
Otte, 67, a hospital patient in St.
Anthony’s hospital here for near
ly three years, were conducted at
10 a.m., Wednesday, June 15.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan,
church pastor, officiated at the
rites in St. Patrick’s Catholic
church.
Burial was at Atkinson in St.
Joseph’s cemetery under the di
rection of Biglin’s. Pallbearers
were L. H. Hansen, Charles Ellis
Ernest Shaheen, E. P. Fisher,
Henry Vogt and Maled Shedeed,
all of Winner, S.D.
The late Mr. Otte died at 12:30
p.m., Monday, June 13.
He was born at Beit Lahia,
Lebanon, in Asia Minor, and
came to the United States as a
young man. He never married
and he served in the U.S. army
during World War I.
For many years Mr. Otte op
erated a ranch near Winner.
The only immediate survivor
is a brother, George, living in
Lebanon.
Other survivors include: Cou
sins—Joe Daas of Chambers; Ab
dou Salem of Lexington; James
Salem, who is in the army sta
tioned at Camp Chaffee, Ark.;
Pvt. Nejib S. Ghantous, also of
Camp Chaffee, Ark.
John Hight, 92,
Services Today
SPENCER—John Hight, 92, a
former resident of Spencer, died
Sunday at his home at White Ri
ver, S.D. He was a brother of
Mrs. Fred Varcoe of Spencer.
Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon,
June 15, at White River, and fur
ther services will be held at 2 o’
clock today (Thursday) at the
Spencer Methodist church.
WEATHER SUMMARY:
Hi Lo Prec.
June 9 .61 43 .10
June 10 .60 47 .50
June 11 .56 48 ’ .23
June 12 .60 48 .02
June 13 .72 47 *
June 14 .77 55
June 15 .76 56
Total . .85
More Equalization
Hearings Planned—
The Holt county board of
equalization has scheduled one
more session before the June 24
deadline for equalizing.
Hearings will be conducted on
Thursday, June 23, at the court
house here—10 a.m., until noon;
1 p.m., until 5 p.m.
At reception program honoring: Father O’Sullivan on the 40th anniversary of his ordination:
Rev. Alfred Hoesing: of St. John’s church, Mrs. Georg:e Head, Rev. Thomas Hitch, Father O’Sulli
van, Georg:e McCarthy, W. J. Froelich.—The Frontier Photo.
J. W. Stoker, roping expert, lassos Miss Virginia Robison and her mount during an exhibition
at the 0“NeiIl rodeo. Both are Texans.—The Frontier Photo.
Area Students Get
Nebraska Diplomas
Among the graduates of the
University of Nebraska in the
graduation exercises Monday in
Lincoln were the following from
this area:
Ag college—Dwight W. Jundt
of Creighton, Richard N. Mills of
Spencer; Thomas J. Soukup of
Spencer.
Arts and sciences —James W.
Sire of Butte, Manis C. Edwards
of Spencer, Morris F. Skinner, jr.,
of Ainsworth.
College of business — Joan E.
Hawthorne of Burwell, Paul E.
Macek of Ainsworth, Charles J.
Marshall of Verdigre, Charles E.
Raitt of Ainsworth, Harold J.
Salber of Petersburg, William C.
Smith of Plainveiw, Bernard W.
Wagner of Burwell, Richard A.
Wescott of Burwell.
Engineering college—Robert L.
Beckenhauer of O’Neill, Grant Q.
Whitney of Ainsworth.
Teachers’ college— Ronald S.
Brandt of Neligh, Robert D. Con
ger of Elgin, Marilyn L. Johnson
of O’Neill, Helen M. Hagenisck of
O’Niell, master of education.
College of law—Robert E. Otte
of Neligh.
Graduate college — Gale E.
Demaree and Robert A. Hallock,
both of Burwell, and Lloyd C.
Van Vleck of Clearwater, master
of science.
Journalism certificate—Donald
Helkemeier of Creighton.
Weldon Petersen of O’Neill was
commissioned a reserve army of
ficer in the corps of engineers.
Highway 275 Will
Receive Blacktop
O’Neill-Ewing Stretch
to Be Improved
Four and a half million dollars
worth of road work is planned by
the state highway department
with contracts for proposed June
30 letting.
The work includes considerable
blacktop and gravel surfacing.
Projects include:
U.S. highway 275, O’Neill to
Ewing, 20.8 miles, blacktop sur
facing.
U.S. highway 20, Chadron tc
Crawford, 13.9 miles, blacktop
surfacing; Hay Springs to Rush
ville, 10.5 miles, blacktop surfac
ing.
Between Lindy and Niobrara,
3.3 miles, grading and culverts.
State highway 12, between Vor
del and Bristow, 10.7 miles, grad
ing, culverts, seeding, railing.
Highways 77 and 275, between
Winslow and Fremont, carry one
of the heaviest traffic loads in
northeast Nebraska, according to
a highway department survey.
An average of 4,287 vehicles tra
vel the stretch every 24 hours,
the survey shows.
Highway 275 between West
Point and Winslow averages .1,700
vehicles per day.
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tier”, thrice weekly!
3-Generation Group
Enters Golf Meet
Albion Trio Will
Compete Here
Three generations of the "golf
ing Mortenson family” of Albion
will participate in the annual
dad’s day tourney opening here
Saturday and continuing through
Sunday and Monday.
The trio includes Chris Mor
tenson, the grandfather; Kermti
Mortenson, the father, and Ker
mit’s 12-year-old son, Kermit, jr.
There will be activities both
Saturday and Sunday, afternoons
and evenings, for the ladies.
Among other out-of-town en
tries already received are: George
Lightner of St. Edward, an an
nual competitor here and the de
fending champion; Paul Austin cf
Valentine; Gail Whitney, John
B. Cassel and Jim Burke, all cf
Ainsworth; Les Bare of Ru-di
ville; Charles Finkey of Gordon;
Bill Fox of Albion; Gene McKen
na of Cleveland, O.; Ed Campbell
of Green Bay, Wise.; Bill Froe
lich, jr., of Washington, D.C., and
others.
Local golfers who’ll be seeking
fame in the annual O’Neill open
are Max Golden, H. J. Lohaus,
Joe McCarville, Ben Grady, A. P.
Jaszkowiak and Ted Lindberg.
The dad’s day gglf outing also
rates as a homecoming and at
tracts former residents both as
competitors and spectators. The
tourney is one of the longest con
tinuous meets in the state.
Methodist Pastor
in Initial Sermon
Rev. Glenn Kennicott, who
served the Methodist church at
Cairo for four years, Sunday de
liverd his first sermon in First
Methodist church at O’Neill—his
new assignment.
Reverend Kennicott will serve
both the O’Neill and Emmet
Methodist parishes. He and his
wife moved into the parsonage
late Tuesday. Reverend Kenni
cott succeeds Rev. W. B. Smith.
Meanwhile Rev. Egon Kirsch
man of Aurora has delivered two
sermons on successive Sundays
at the Assembly of God church.
He will move his wife and fam
ily to O’Neill next Tuesday. Rev
erend Kirschman replaces Rev.
Wayne A. Hall.
Mrs. Pease Will
Address WSCS—
INMAN—The Women’s Society
of Christian Service of the Inman
Methodist church will hold a sil
ver tea at the church on Thurs
day, June 23. The public is wel
come. Mrs. Blanche Spann Pease
of Atkinson will be the guest
speaker and a miscellaneous pro
gram will be presented. The
members of the Page and O’Neill
societies are also invited as
guests.
Frontier for printing!
Mrs. Lowery Heads
Simonson Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary
met Wednesday evening, June 8,
at the Legion hall. Mrs. Edith
Davidson, card chairman, gave
her report of sending 15 baby, 10
sympathy and 29 “get well”
cards.
Marie Seifken, poppy chair
man, reported on the sale of pop
pies.
It was decided to donate the
amount $226.58 from the Ralph
Thomas show to the public rest
room to purchase furniture.
The July lunch committee will
be Marie Bright, Marie Seifken,
Betty DeWitt and Caroline Kraft.
The attendance award was won
by Edna Walker. The little red
school fund amounted to $1.82.
Election of officers followed. As
there were no nominations from
the floor, Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka
made a motion that the ballot be
approved.
Elected were: Mrs. Robert
(Mary) Lowery, president; Mrs.
Ronald (Rosemary) Borg, first
vice - president; Mrs. Palmer
(Marlys) Skulborstad, second
vice-president; Mrs. Marlin (Ma
ry Ann) Wichman, secretary; Ed
na Walker, treasurer; Catherine
Frit ton, chaplain; Mrs. Deraid
(Marie) Graham, historian; Mrs.
Rae Whited, colorbearer; Mrs.
Dewayne (Mickey) Borg, ser
geant - at - arms; Mrs. Axel
(Grace) Borg, Mrs. Virgil (Eve
lyn) Laursen and Mrs. Ruzicka,
executive committee members.
Mrs. Davidson was installation
officer. Mrs. Ellston, retiring
president was presented a gift.
Vaclav Jelen, 77,
Rites at Verdigre
VERDIGRE—Vaclav Jelen, 77,
died Thursday, June 9, at his
home here. Funeral services were
conducted Monday afternoon at
the ZGBJ hall. He was born Sep
tember 24, 1877, in Czechoslova
kia, and came to Holt county in
1881, living for eight years on a
homestead.
In 1889 he moved to a farm eight
miles northwest of Verdigre, in
the Jelen community. Mr. Jelen
was married to Miss Anna Haine
raich of Pischeiville June 3. 1910.
Three children were bom to
them. They retired in 1948 and
moved to Verdigre. Mr. Jelen had
been ill and confined to bed four
years prior to his death.
He is survived by his wife one
daughter, Mrs. Ben Mlady of
Verdigre; one son, Vac of Nor
folk; three grandchildren, and
two brothers, Anton and John of
Verdigre. He was preceded in
death by a son, Arthur, and two
sisters, Mrs. Marie Niki and Miss
Anna Jelen.
Returned Mission
Worker Is Speaker
BRISTOW—Rev. William Ja
cobson, missionary to Africa, was
speaker at the Rosedale Lutheran
church here Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson and
their daughter, who have been
home on furlough for more than
a year, plan to return to Africa
this summer to take up work in a
new field.
While in Bristow they are visit
ing Mrs. Jacobson’s grandmother
and aunt, Mrs. J. T. Olson and
Mrs. Florence Layland.
CASUALTY IS CONSCIOUS
Miss Thelma Summers, 17,
Page rural school teacher injured
May 18 in a two-car crash, this
week regained consciousness at
St. Anthony’s. Her condition and
her reactions are “good.” Her
doctors said, however, she has not
regained her speech. She suffer
ed a skull fracture, brain concus
sion, crushed chest and internal
injuries and for several days her
condition was listed as “critical.”
GAME POSTPONED
The North-Central Nebraska
league baseball game between
the O’Neill Rockets and Cham
b e r s Independents, scheduled
here Sunday night, was postpon
ed because of wet grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gay of
Van Nuys, Calif., are expected to
arrive this weekend to visit Mrs.
Gay’s brothers, Clarence, A1 and
Gerry Sauser, and families.
o
85 Compete
for Rodeo
Prize Here
Cowhands Come from
17 States to Show
for Record Crowd
Thousands of people acclaimed
the second annual RCA-approved
O’Neill rodeo a big success Mon
day night at the close of the two
day show. Approximately two
thousand persons were on hand
for the matinee showing Sunday
afternoon. Performances contin
ued Sunday evening, Monday af
ternoon and Monday night.
Fifteen hundred dollars in
purse money was distributed
among the 85 competitors. More
than one hundred cowboys from
17 states were registered.
Roger Bowen of Page, pres
ident of the O’Neill Saddle
club, said the crowds were
“substantially greater” than a
year ago.
The Saddle club sponsors the
event at the club’s arena one-half °
mile east of the O’Neill city lim
its.
Rain late Saturday and threat- "
ening skies Sunday came near
dampening the opening show, but
by mid-afternoon the sun broke o
through and the weatherman
smiled favorably on the perform
ers and sponsors.
Eighteen horses were entered
in the cutting horse contest.
One wild bronco smashed in
to a fence with a rider aboard.
The bronc suffered a broken
neck and was killed.
The number of contestants far
exceeded expectations . and points
up the intense competition exist
ing here. Saddle club officials
said this indicated the O’Neill ro
deo is now well established in the
field.
Incomplete results follow:
Cutting horse contest — Dick
Thate of Denver, Colo., first; Miss
Teresa Sully of Belvidere, S.D.,
second; Phil Groehten and Miss
S. Seth, tied for third and fourth
Pete Replogle, fifth; Pete Becker
and Don Konick, tied for sixrh
Bareback riding—Ike Lambert
son of Sterling, Colo., and Chuck
Jacobson of Rapid City, S.D., tied
for first; Bill Rhenisteen of Tu
cumcari, N.M., third; Ted Smaley
of Alamosa, Colo., fourth.
Calf-roping—Hal Churchill and
Hy Davidson, tied for first, 28.8
seconds; Ray Jones, third; Milt
Simon, fourth.
Saddle bronc riding — Jim
Tasher of Sentinel Butte and Jim
Jones of Akron, Colo., tied for
first; Kenny Carlson of South
Shore, S.D., third; Lyle Nelson of
Gordon and J. Smith of Eagle
Butte, S.D., tied for fourth.
Bull-dogging, first go-round—
Don Merrill, first, 3.8 seconds;
Vernon Kerns, second, 4; Ike
Lambertson, third, 4.4; Jim Jones,
fourth, 5.5.
Second go-round—Milt Simon
and Ray Kilgool, tied for first, 4.6
seconds; Norris Patten, third, 6.4;
Roy Jones, fourth, 8.
Average — Milt Simon, first,
10.7; Vernon Kerns, second, 12.1;
Ike Lambertso*, third, 14.9; Don
Durst, fourth, 15.1.
Bull - riding — Jim Peterson,
first; Jim Jones, second; Bril
Morris, third; Bud Raeburn,
fourth.
Barrel race — Teresa Sully of
O’Kreek, S.D., first, 18 seconds;
Sharon Miner of O’Neill, second,
18.5; Francis Brandt of O’Neill,
third, 18.6; Charlotte McVay of
O’Neill, 19.8.
Clearwater Visitor
Claimed by Death
CLEARWATER—Arthur Tay
lor, sr., 61, of Granite Falls, Wash.,
who was visiting here in the
home of his cousin, Mrs. Dave
Ring, died in his sleep early
Thursday morning, June 9. He
suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Taylor is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Mildred Newman
of Seattle and Mrs. Annie McLain
of Snohomish, Wash., and two
sons, Arthur Taylor jr., of Bart
lett, now employed in Greenland,
and Kenneth Taylor of Granite
Falls.
Attend Stock
Growers’ Meet—
Among those attending the Ne^
braska Stock Growers’ conven
tion in Lincoln last week were:
Mr. and Mrs. G. Owen Cole,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole, Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Schaffer, all of
Emmet; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Dobrovolny, Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Schaffer and Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Cole, all of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Clifford of Atkinson, and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Horn of
Page.
Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr., and son,
James, went to Omaha Monday
to spend several days visiting rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. French are
visiting relatives in Wahoo and
Omaha this week.