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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1955)
Half Hour Show! “Voice of The Frontier” IjR# ^ ' "•'* PAGES * Mon. — Wed. — Sat. Pages 1 to 12 > 9:30-10 A.M. — 780 k.c. North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 75.—Number 15. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 1 1, 1955. Seven Cents Queen Schmit, 21 . . . will reign for a year in the kingdom of hay.—The Frontier Photo. Leona Schmit Is New Queen of Hay — Supervisors Ponder Law Suits, Levy Putnam, Clifford in Equity Claims The Holt county board of equalization in session Wednesday studied four new petitions filed against the board in district court. Actions not previously reported have been filed by Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Putman of O’Neill, (two), Robert Clifford of Atkinson and George McNally of Schuyler. Several weeks ago the equal ization board members were made defendants in similar act ions brought by Frank J. Brady of Atkinson, Earl Coxbill of At kinson, Charley W. Petersen of Atkinson. With the exception of Coxbill, the petitioners are appealing to the district court from the recent decisions and actions of the board on rural real estate valua tions fixed for taxation purposes. Coxbill’s equity action involves town property in Atkinson. The board members privately said they felt the Clifford and McNally petitions were filed af ter the deadline had passed. Meanwhile, the board of super visors is involved in budget prob- I lems and is preparing the new levy. Scientists Plan for ’56 Wind Test o Two meteorologists left O’Neill Wednesday after making a two day stop to arrange for the tenta tive 1956 wind test. The test will be under the sponsorship of the Cambridge - Air Force research center, Cambridge, Mass., with Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology the principal contractor. The visitors here were Dr. M. L. Barad, an air force civilian scientist, and Dr. H. E. Cramer of MIT. Both were involved in the 1953 wind test conducted near O’Neill. Next year’s test, which will involve working with basic re search problems related to low level wind turbulence, will be of longer duration than the first s test. Barad, who is scheduled to be field director for the O’Neill pro ject, indicated many of those working on the next project would want to bring their families here for the summer. The influx will begin around June 1 and tests are scheduled to get underway July 1, continuing through Sep tember. The site will be in the general location of the 1953 test about five miles northeast of O’ Neill. Less ground will be requir ed and tracers will be fired at low level. Delicate instruments will record the behavior of the smoke. The basic research, like two years ago, will be considered to have military application and involves fusion problems. Barad and Cramer told The Frontier the 1956 test is likely to become an accepted standard for years to come in meteorological circles. A large volume is being pub lished by the air force with results of the 1953 study; also a 20 minute sound documentary film has been issued for use of meteor ologists. Former Chambers Resident Has Polio— Mrs. Norman Paxton, formerly Joyce Thornton of Chambers, is in the hospital in Kansas City, Mo. She has infantile paralysis and is confined to an iron lung. Her address, St. Mary’s hos pital, 101 Memorial Drive, Room 312-A, Kansas City, Mo. SHARE-FUN AUGUST 15 The Holt county share-the-fun festival will be held Monday, August 15, at Stuart instead of Monday, August 8, as erroneous ly stated in the last issue of The Frontier, o (Other Hay Days pictures on pages 4 and 9) ATKINSON — The 1955 hay days queen is Miss Leona Schmit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schmit, who reside in Atkinson. A St. Joseph’s hall graduate and a brunette, Miss Schmit was crowned in ceremonies Tuesday night. The royal robes were relin quished by Miss Frances Got schall, who had reigned as queen of hay for the past year. Miss Schmit is a combination dental assistant and secretary here. She appeared with the prin cesses and countesses in a yellow evening gown. Her escort was Warren Kelly. , First place honors in Monday’s traditional hay days parade went to the Jolly Wranglers’ 4-H club with a float entitled, “School Days,” depicting the contrast be tween 1880 and 1955. Second place honors went to the Clover 4-H club with a float entitled, “Plumbing.” The third place hon ors were awarded the Frontier Fighters with an entry built on the “Save - the - Trains” theme. Bandana-necked workmen were mending the rails and the fore man smoked a pipe a foot long. The junior queen laurels went to Cindy Jones, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kieth Jones? The hay loader was awarded to Lester Der ickson, who made the best guess of the weight of a stack of hay. His guess: 8,280 pounds. A. G. Miller was master-of-ceremonies at the coronation. Miss Leona Kil murry planned, wrote and direct ed the 75th anniversary pageant. The celebration was sponsored by the non-profit Whisker club. Orlan Anson said the 1955 cele bration was “a fine success”, as far as the sponsors are concerned. Other features of- the three-day affair were a rodeo, stock car races, free barbeque and dances. POLIO SHOTS TODAY Second round Salk vaccine shots will be administered to first and second graders today (Thursday) at O’Neill and Atkinson, 8:30 a.m., and 1 p.m., respectively. The vaccine has been triple-checked for safety by the medical profes sion and government laboratories. REUNION SCHEDULED VENUS — The 18th annual homecoming of former teachers and pupils of the Grimton school will be held Sunday, August 21. at the usual place, according to Mrs. Albert Pospeshil of Orchard, publicity chairman. Sharlene Hasenpflug spent the weekend in Meadow Grove at the Ernie Hanner home visiting her cousin, Sharon Hasenpflug. Mr. and Mrs. Robert White went after her Sunday night. Dr. Bennett Dies at 60; Burial Here Active in City, School, Civic Affairs Since Coming Here in ’23 Dr. H. L. Bennett, 60, well known north-central Nebraska veterinarian, died at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, August 7, in St. An thony’s hospital. He suffered a heart attack and had been hos pitalized since that time. For the past month his condition had been described as “grave” by his physician. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, August 9, from First Presbyterian church with Rev. J. Olen Kennell, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The church auditorium could not accommodate the large crowd at tending the rites. Brief services were held at 1:30 p.m., at the family home. Members of Garfield lodge, AF&AM, had charge of inter ment rites with Judge Lyle C. Jackson of Neligh as worshipful master. Pallbearers were Masons: Ed Trennepohl, D. C. Schaffer, Melvin Marcellus, Dr. L. A. Bur gess, H. G. Kruse and Paul Shierk. Twenty-five Masons took part in the graveside ceremony. The late Harry LeRoy Ben nett was born October 20, 1894 at Compton, 111., a son of Hiram and Maude Adrain Bennett. He was graduated from the St. Joseph, (Mo.) college of veterinary medicine in 1923 and came to O’Neill in that year to establish a practice. He served in World War I in the infantry and later was active in American Legion affairs. On April 30, 1921, at Kansas City, Mo., he was married to Ed na Julia Hokinson. They became the parents of four daughters. Mrs. Bennett died October 30, 1945. He was a member of Garfield lodge, also consistory number 5, Abu Bekr temple, Sioux City. Besides establishing a large veterinary practice, the late Doc tor Bennett was active in the forming and direction of the O’ Neill Civic club, which owns the O’Neill Livestock Market facili ties. At the time of\ his death he owned the O’Neill Grain com pany and also a large ranch. For 18 years Doctor Bennett served on the city school board of education and was president of the board during the period that three of his four daughters were graduated from O’Neill high school. He presented diplomas to his three oldest daughters. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Kenneth (Ethel Johanna) Ferree of Haddonfield, N.J.; Miss Dorothy Jean, Mrs. Don (Harriet Edna) McKamy and Miss Barbara Ann, all of O’Neill— grandchildren; brother—Dr. Ar thur W. Bennett of Madison, Kans.; sister—Mrs. Howell (Ethel) Lusk of Edgarton, Kans. Among out-of-town relatives here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Howell Lusk and children of Edgerton, Kans.; Mrs. Agnes Woolery of Osage City, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Woolery and children and Mrs. Frank Prost, all of Osage; Mr. and Mrs. Pres | ton Hyde and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Berry, all of Harrington, Kans.; Russell Galbreath of Cedar Lake, I la Dr. H. L. Bennett . . . well-known north-central Nebraska vet erinarian. Ewing Lumber Firm Is Entered EWING—Holt county authori ties are searching for the burg-1 lars who entered the West Lum ber & Coal company offices some- | tiftie Sunday night and made off I with $30 in currency and $11.75 in silver. Deputy Holt County Sher iff James Mullen, who investigat ed, said the intruders apparently gained entrance through a rear door, which was unharmed. Some fingerprints were secured, Deputy Mullen said. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore and children are in Omaha today (Thursday). Chow Good, Morale High at Ripley — Cooler Weather Is Okayed by Guards CAMP RIPLEY, MINN.— How the two officers and 49 enlisted men in O’Neill’s company D of the 195th tank battalion, Nebraska national guards, are faring this week in this wooded Paul Bunyan country can be summed up brief ly: The weather is cool, chow is good, morale is high, work is tough, and all the guardsmen are awaiting that early afternoon hour on Sunday, August 14, when these civilian-soldiers will pull up O'Neill’s Douglas street by truck convoy and climb back into mufti. This week the O’Neill tankers are undergoing simulated at tacks in tanks and camping out ' in the hills and woods for two days and two nights. The two - weeks’ encampment will officially end following the ■ governors’ day ceremonies, which will take place Friday afternoon. The 10-thousand Iowa-Nebraska guardsmen will be reviewed by Governors Heough of Iowa and Anderson of Nebraska. Company D pulled out of O’ Neill at 7 a.m., on Sunday, July 31. They arrived at Ripley, near Brainard, at 4:30' p.m., Monday, August 1. They were routed out of their tents at 4:30 a.m., the following day for training on the .30-calibre firing range. Next day —Wednesday, August 3—was de voted to the pistol range and last Thursday was spent on the sub machinegun course. The O’Neill citizen-soldiers did well. Thirty five qualified as experts, two as sharpshooters, the others as marksmen. Lt. Ben Vidricksen, executive officer, said company D, one of the newest units on active duty, i had received numerous compli ments from veteran guard of ficers. Friday was devoted to tank study and tank communications and battalion inspection was made Saturday morning. At noon Sat urday tl^e guards were issued passes, visited nearby towns, went fishing and some arranged for swimming and golfing. Tempera tures were torrid during the first week and training life was rug ged. “This is quite an experience for those who have had no previous military training,” Vidricksen told The Frontier. Figuratively speaking it was cold enough to freeze water at Ripley Wednesday morning. At least, that was the comparison to last week’s heat and high humid ity. Wednesday the O’Neill guards prepared to fire from the tank turrets. Make Plans for Sunset Banquet EWING—Mrs. Lee Brigen and Mrs. R. G. Rockey were appoin ted by the WSCS to attend the ' school of missions August 22-26 to beh eld at Lincoln. The WSCS met Wednesday afternoon, Aug ust 3, at the Methodist church parlors. September 15 is the date set for the sunset banquet. The fol lowing committees were appoin ted: Invitations—Mrs. J. L Pru den; menu—Mrs. Perry Saiser, Mrs. Anna Pollock, Mrs. L. A. Hobbs,M rs. J. L. Pruden, Mrs. Maud Brion table—Mrs. Waldo Davis, Mrs. R. G. Rocken and Mrs. Sis Ebbengaard; program— Mrs. William Spence and Mrs. H. R. Harris. MARRIAGE LICENSES Myron J. Armfield, 21, of An oka and Elizabeth L Taylor, 20, of Spencer, August 4. Dennis J. Kaup, 29, of Stuart and Joan Yvonne Beed, 20, of Chambers, August 5. Thomas Keith Clark, 23, of In mon and Mary Ann Winchell, 19, of O’Neill, August 6. Howard Stirk, jr., 30, of Nor folk and Doris L. Waring, 31, of Norfolk, August 10. GETS IOWA DEGREE ATKINSON—Miss Mary Ellen McKee, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. N. P. McKee, has been awarded a doctor of philosophy degree from Iowa university at Iowa City. O’Neill guardsmen cleaning a sub-machinegun in the north woods country of Minnesota. Left to-right: Pfc. Vernon Johnson of O’Neill, Pvt. Donald Obermire of Atkinson, and Cpl. Robert Ste vens of O’Neill.—The Frontier Photo. 4 India Farmers into Holt Homes Exchange Students Here 2 Weeks Four dark-skinned young men from India reached Holt county late Tuesday to spend a fortnight with farm families here. They are Rai Kinfcar Choudhury, Dhana jirao Jiwarao Jadhav, C. M. Ra jan and Armarjii Singh—the lat ter with a thatch of black whisk ers and a lavender turban. The four are in the United States on an agricultural student exchange arranged by the Ford Foundation. They will visit Gage county, Nebraska state fair and Ak-Sar-Ben before leaving the state a|>d beginning their 10 thousamj, mile homeward trek. The Indians were entertained Tuesday night at the Town House by the host families and County Agent A. Neil Dawes. Chodhury will be a guest in the Frank Bee laert home near Page; Jadhav at the Charles Mulford home near Stuart; Rajan at the Glen White ranch near Amelia, and Singh at the Robert Martens place near Atkinson. They came to Nebraska from Lansing, Mich. The visitors are considered well-educated, having had agri (Continued on page 12) J Farmer on Horseback Hit By Auto; Dies LYNCH—Roylin L. Boschult, obout 47, died from injuries re ceived Wednesday afternoon, August 10, on a Boyd county road near here. Boschult had gone horseback to roundup some lost cattle. He and his horse were struck on the crest of a hill by a car. Mr. Boschult was taken to the Lynch hospital by ambulance but died about 4:15 p.m., upon arrival. He lived about a half hour following the accident. Doctors said -he suffered a crush ed chest, crushed leg and crush ed arm. The horse was killed instantly by the impact. The Boschult family came to Lynch several years ago from near Plainview and reside on a farm several miles south of Lynch. The remains will be for warded to Plainview for burial. One stepson, Pvt. Elmer Becker, returned to O’Neill by air from Camp Ripley, Minn., where he was on duty with the national guards. He reached the O’Neill airport in an L-17 plane about 10:30 p.m. Survivors include the widow, Mildred, and eight children and step-children, whose ages range up from 18 -months. Boyd County Sheriff Claude Collins of Butte investigated. Driver of the car, Sheriff Col lins said, was Veldon Crawford, 24, who was accompanied by his brother, Virgil, 19. Collins quoted the Crawford brothers as raying the horse reared up when the car crested the hill. The accident oc curred one mile south and one half mile west of Lynch and the car was going west; the horseman was headed eastward. August 29 Opening Day in Many Schools Monday, August 29, will be the opening day for many Holt county rural schools. There will be no pre-opening day instruction for the teachers this year, according to Holt County Supt. Alice L. French. The supplies may be picked up at the office of the county super intendent any time during the week of August 22 to 27. Frontier for printing! Welcome Asiatics . . . Ieft-to-right: Mrs. Rob ert Martens, Frank Beelaert, Chodhury, Singh, Mrs. Beelaert, Mr. Martens.—The Frontier Photo. 63d Holt Fair Opens Next Week Night Rodeo Expected to Pack ’Em in At Chambers Fair Site CHAMBERS—Gates will swing open next Wednesday, August 17, marking the start of the 63d an nual Holt county fair. The fair grounds are located at the north west edge of the town of Cham bers. For the first time in history, Holt fairgoers will have an oppor tunity to go the distance on all hardsurfaced highways — turning off U.S. highway 281 at the Chambers junction and going the rest of the trip on newly-paved state highway 95. Wednesday will be entry day; next Thursday, August 18, will be judging day. The final two days— Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20—are designated as enter tainment days. Rodeo entertainment will be featured under the lights Friday and Saturday nights. It will be an RCA-approved five-event rodeo. I in auumun, cuiuug norse con tests will be staged in the after noon. There’ll be plenty of band music, baseball, lots of livestock, produce, flower, handiwork and school exhibits. The Starlight Shows will pro vide the midway carnival with rides of all types for young and old. The Page band will provide music on Friday; the O’Neill band on Saturday. (Program details in advertisement on page 8.) Shovel ‘Army’ Moves into Carney Park Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and O’Neill Saddle club, who are leading the move to restore Carney park Into an at tractive and useable beauty spot, turned out Wednesday evening to commence a “face-lifting” for the 65-acre city-owned park. Volun teers were urged to assist and they turned out armed with shovels, spades and grubbing tools. Another work call will be issued on Sunday at which time Mayor Alva Marcellus has authorized use of some of the city’s street main tenance equipment for moving dirt and clearing trees.. Soil specialists have told the city council, Jaycees and others interested that satisfactory drainage is feasible and can be accomplished. Meanwhile, the Jaycees will place coin containers in various business places for voluntary con tributions. The money will be used for restoration purposes. Representatives of a half-dozen organizations met last Thursday evening at the Ameican Legion auditorium to lay development plans. Mayor Marcellus has been made head of the committee. Con siderable brush and dead timber will be removed and driveways reopen'ed. Preliminary plans call for mov ing the combination football-base ball field to higher ground imme diately south of the Elkhom mo tel. Meanwhile, street-widening is progressing rapidly on Douglas and South Fourth streets. Miss Charlotte Evans of Cas per, Wyo., is spending two weeks visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Stor johann. Atkinson Old Settlers Pose for Camera These Holt county pioneers were honored Sunday at the old settlers’ picnic in Atkinson, which formally opened the three-day hay days celebration. Pictured in the group are men and women who have attained the age of 70 or more. Among those in the photo (not in sequence) are: Romaine Saunders, E. G. Price, Charles Prussa, James Beck, Thomas Nightengale, Wayne Werner, Herb Bitney, 81 (first-born white child in the county), Joe Dobrovolny, E. O. Slaymaker, Mrs. Jesse (Anna) James, Harry McShane, Clyde and Jesse Davis, J. P. Murphy, Mrs. Clara Jennings, J. Victor Johnson, Lee Marlow, George Meals, George Smadek, Joe Ballon, John Jones, George Collins, Mrs. Belle Hitchcock, George Kiplin ger, Mrs. Minnie Scripter, Mrs. Mary Gilg, Mrs. Maude Clifford, John Tushla, Miss Bertha Glazier, Mrs. Emma McKathnie, Mrs! Clara Jennings, Robert B. Miller, Mrs. May Jones. Oldest women present were Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Weber, both 87; oldest man present was Wayne Werner, 85.—The Frontier Photo.
