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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
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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,
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(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,
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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.
