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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1955)
Half Hour Show! -Voice of The Frontier'’ TWELVE ■ jur Mon. — Wed. — Sat. Pages I to 12 9:30-10 A.M. — 780 k.c. North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 75.—Number 16. O’Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 18, 1955. Seven Gents STATB ®ST SOC - City's Two Schools Ready for Opening The O’Neill public school and St. Mary’s academy this week were making final preparations for the beginning of the 1955-’56 term. Public school opening date is Monday, August 29, while class es at St. Mary’s will convene on Wednesday, August 31. Meanwhile, the registration dates have been fixed as follows: O’Neill public—August 29 and 30; St. Mary’s—August 26, 29 and 30. Lower grade pupils at the public school will file into a sparkling new building acclaimed as the latest in, design. Contractors have been putting the finishing touches on the building this summer. Con struction started last fall on the 80-thousand-dollar building, which has four classrooms. The kindergarten, first and second grades and a combination of first and second graders will occupy the new build ing. Public School Faculty Is Complete The O’Neill public school fa culty follows: Kindergarten—Mrs. Harry Pe terson; first grade—Mrs. A1 Frit ton; first and second grade—Mrs. John Kersenbrock; second—Miss Loretta Enright; third — Miss Hilda Gallagher; fourth — Mrs. Eileen Seger; fifth—Mrs. Theresa Ernst; sixth—Mrs. Leona Shoe maker; seventh—Mrs. Leroy Hol comb; eighth—Mrs. Leo Mullen; seventh and eighth—James Luft of Platte Center; Mrs. Marie Mur phy will teach the combination third and fourth grade. Mr. Luft also will be athletic instructor for the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. High school: Home economics— Miss Mildred. McNutt; agricul ture—Vernon -Carpenter; social studies—Mrs. Louis Reimer, jr.; English and professional training —Miss Clare Tomjack; English— Miss Viola E. Haynes; commercial —Miss Esther Kinnier; veterans agriculture—Louis Reimer, jr.; vocal music—Richard C. Smith son; instrumental music—Charles B. Houser; principal — Wilfred Solfermoser of Creighton; basket ball coach and mathematics— Elmer Mur man; football coach and social studies—Marvin Mil ler; superintendent — Milton Baaak, formerly of Stuart. Next Thursday, August 25, a teachers’ workshop will be con ducted, shirting at 10 a.m., ac cording to Superintendent Baack. There will be no school labor day. A driver-training course will be offered this year with Mr. Mur man instructing. There have been debates and discussions among the students on this matter during the past few years. This is the first time it has beep offered here. Ex-Holt Countyan Heads Woodmen CHAMBERS — Mrs. Florence Holden Jensen of Omaha last week was elected national president of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle at the national convention of the woman’s fraternal society at the Hotel Statler in Los An geles, Calif. Mrs. Jensen, a native Omahan who was reared about four miles northeast of Chambers, has stead ily climbed the ladder in the Cir cle. She started in 1913 as secre tary to the late Mrs. Talley, who was then national secretary. In 1926, she became special deputy in the state of Florida, transferred to Texas and in 1936 transferred to Nebraska as state manager. She has held many national of fices, her most prominent ad vancement was in 1943 when she was appointed a member of the board of directors. In 1947, she became national second vice president, and in 1951 was elected national secretary. Mrs. Jensen will continue to live in Omaha, national headquar ters. The Woodmen Circle was founded in 1890. In 1955 assets reached nearly 52 million dollars. Clinkscales Withdraws from Partnership R. G. Clinkscales, who has been in partnership with Mrs. W. J. Biglin and George Hammond in the firm; known as Biglin’s since November 1, 1953, with drew from the firm Wednesday, August 10. Mrs. Biglin and Mr. Hammond will carry on as partners under the same firm name. Mr. Clink scales came to O’Neill from Co lumbus. * Biglin’s is a long - established funeral directing firm and furni ture store. Casper Larsons to Note 50th Wedding EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Casper Larson, who live southwest of Ewing will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, August 28. Open-house will be held in the afternoon from 2 to 5 o’clock, friends are invited. Open-house wrill be held at the home of their son, Wesley. MARRIAGE LICENSES Jesse Lewis Gibney, jr., 28, of Clearwater,' Fla., and Joan Sherrv Burbans, 21, of Stuart, August 12. Russell Wayne Galbreath, 22, of Swayzee, Ind.. and Barbara Ann Bennett, 21, of O’Neill, Aug ust 12. Kenneth F. Smith, 45, of In man and Fay Brunckhorst, 33, of Inman, August 16. Leslie J. Andrus, 45, of Atkin son and Leona Mentzer, 30, of At kinson, August 17. Wife of Former Pastor Is Dead— AMELIA—Word was received here of the death recently of Mrs S. G. Rasmussen. Mrs. Rassmus sen and Rev. S. G. Rasmusser served the Amelia Methodist pas torate many years ago. Recently they have been serv ing the pastorate at Milford. T*une in “Voice of The Fron tier”, thrice weekly! Lay Teachers on SMA Staff St. Mary’s academy faculty for the new year has been announced: Principal — Mother Agnesine; senior class sponsor — Sister Emilia; junior—Sister Luarissa; sophomore — Sister Ruth; fresh man—Sister Marina; librarian and Latin — Sister Christiana; coach and commercial — Donald Templemeyer; piano—Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek; voice instructor — Miss Alvara Ramm. Grade school teachers: Eighth —Sister Mildred; seventh—Sister Michael; fifth and sixth—Mrs. Leo Gokie; fourth—Mrs. Jack Ar bothnot; third—Sister Genevive; second—Sister Thoma; first—Sis ter Brigid; kindergarten—Sister Laurita. Livestock Entries Overflow Fair Pens Activity Aplenty on Entry Day CHAMBERS—There was ac tivity aplenty at the nearby Holt county fairgrounds Wednesday— entry day—as the gates opened marking the start of the four-day 1955 exposition. Judging will dominate the pro gram today (Thursday) and the midway will blossom with a fer ris wheel, kiddie rides and all types of concessions. The carnival company is expected to move in early today, having completed an engagement Wednesday at Wayne. Friday and Saturday have been set aside as entertainment days with band music, cutting horse contests and baseball during the afternoon and a RCA—approved five-event ro deo under the lights each eve ning. There will be dancing each night under the stars on the open-air bowery. Lloyd deed of Chambers, pres ident of the Holt County Agricul tural society, said the cattle ex hibits are so numerous the cattle sheds cannot accomodate all the entries. He indicated some of these entries would be transfer red to the hog barns. Fair secretary Ed Wink of Chambers said rodeo performers would be on hand from six or eight states. He indicated the en tries were pouring in. Walt Plug ge'of Bartlett will produce the rodeo. The new 4-H exhibit hall was filling up Wednesday and pro viding the best facilities ever for display of the variety of 4-H en tries. Quarters for the school ex hibits have been enlarged and fair officials urge that the school halt be a “must see” on every fairgoers’ list. It appeared the dry growing season would be reflected in the quantity of specimans being on display in the farm produce di vision. Grinding Wheel Ignites Powder ROYAL — Two men suffered burns Friday night and one of them was hospitalized when sparks from a grinding wheel ig nited blasting powder stored in the farm tool shed in which they were working. Terry Lichty, 19, suffered burns about the hands, face and neck. His father, Perry, was less serious ly burned. The younger Lichty was oper ating the grinding wheel when the powder ignited. Terry has been employed as a mechanic at the Harry R. Smith Implements in O’Neill for the past several weeks. Neighbors Put Up Hay for Walter CHAMBERS — The following neighbors turned out on Wednes day, August 10, to put up hay for Henry Walter, who was a pa tient in St. Anthony’s hospital for a week. They were: Ernest Jung bluth; Chester Jungbluth; C. V. Robertson; Elwyn Robertson; Sam, Lonnie and Thomas Tag | gart; Edgar DeHart; Erwin Car penter; jerry Widman and Dick Pierce; Vernon Whitaker; Chris McGinn; Lyle Walter; Clifford Walter and Duane and Roger Walter. WEATHER SUMMARY Hi Lo Prec. August 11 .83 62 .01 August 12 .87 62 .30 August 13 . 88 65 August 14 .95 63 August 15 .90 60 August 16 .95 59 August 17 .99 64 Total . .31 All farmers interested in start ing an adult farm class are asked to meet at 8:30 p.m., Monday, August 22, in the vocational agri culture room at the O’Neill public school. Bishop Will Dedicate NewChurch Ceremonies Set for * Tuesday, August 30; Church Put in Use ATKINSON — Church services were held for the first'time Sun day, August 14, in the newly-con structed St. Joseph’s Catholic church here. The church has been under construction for over a year and services during that time were held in the Knights of Columbus hall. Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, archbishop of Omaha, will dedi cate the new church Tuesday, August 30. Rev. Richard Parr, formerly of O’Neill and Tilden, is church pastor. Rev. William Kel liger is assistant. Gothic architecture is featured in the handsome new edifice at the head of Atkinson’s Main street. All stained glass windows for the church, depicting the life of the. patron saint, have not yet been installed, but it is hoped the specially designed and manufac tured windows will be in place by dedication day. Scores of Catholic clergy are expected to be present for the dedication rite. A handsome book providing parish history and numerous il lustrations of the new church has been published. Vonasek, Weller, Ramm Places Picked To Represent Holt in S.C. Contest Three cooperators were select ed this week to represent the Holt Soil Conservation district in the Sioux City permanent agri culture program. They are Ben Vonasek of Star, E. E. Weller of Atkinson, and Ramm Brothers of Stuart. Inspecting conservation work on these and other units in the county were the following judges: M. G. French, Stanley Lambert, Elmer Juracek, Clarence Ernst and Elmer Allynr all supervisors of the Holt soil conservation dis trict. Also serving on the judging committee were Lyle Benda of Shelhamer Equipment; Mayor Al va Marcellus of O’Neill; Bill Mattern of the O’Neill Production Credit association; Leonard Jur acek, Albert Derickson and Gene Mudloff, cooperators from north east Holt county. Also making the trip but not judging were E. C. Weller, C. R. Hill and Weston D. Whitwer. T3en Vonasek operates a 1,780 acre ranch on the Holt - Knox county line east of Star. He still farms some of his best cropland, but most of it has been seeded to grass. He has constructed 15 dams on his place, four of which are spring fed. He employees a good rotation grazing system. The cattle and pastures are both in “excellent” condition, the judges said. Ramm brothers operate 5,280 acres west and north of Stuart. The continuous spring flow that marks the head of the Elkhorn river is on one of their mea dows west of Stuart. Their primary accomplishment the past several years has been seeding old cropland back to grassland for hay production, and the use of fertilizer on native meadows. Many of the low mea dows were plowed up in 1915 and : cropped for a time and then j abandoned until recently reseed ed to grass. i ney report yields of more than double last year’s production on hay meadows where application j of phosphate was made. Their native ranges have been well cared for and are in fine shape. Mr. Weller points with pride to the accomplishments in conserva tion on his ranch in the Dustin vicinity. During the past few years he has established a main waterway of over one mile in length and a half mile side branch. Below this waterway a large dam has been built and the grade has been stabilized with little danger of future erosion problems. Field borders and : fence ridges have been leveled ! and seeded. Over 300 acres of abandoned cropland has been seeded to native grass or cool season grasses and legumes. In some fields extensive earth moving had to be done to smooth out acres where wind erosion had been more serious. Mr. Weller has used a large amount of com mercial fertilizer and excellent stands of legumes and grass are ample proof of the benefits de rived. Mrs. L. H. Lesher of Thedford visited at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Charles F. Nutter, and family. Aerial View Reveals Carney Park’s Assets -Lius unub eye view ui Penney pdift., .uujvuig iiuruieast, reveals the natural advantages of the 65-acre tract, which is situated im mediately south of the city limits on U.S. highway 281. The drive ways were laid out and many of the trees were planted under a WPA project about 15 years ago. The trees have now matured. The Junior Chamber of Commerce and O’Neill Saddle club members have been spearheading a movement to restore the park. Work de ■— --— - tails, including machines and up to 35 volunteer men, have cleared considerable brush and moved dirt in three work sessions. Soil ex perts say satisfactory drainage is feasible. Development plans call for moving the athletic field north about two hundred yards. Re ceptacles have been placed in the stores for financial contributions to be used for Carney park improvements.—The Frontier Photo. West Coast Poet Feted at Supper PAGE—A no-host supper was served at the home of Mrs. Dora Townsend on Sunday evening honoring Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Johnson of Low Oaks, Calif. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Homer Rutherford and family, Duran Rutherford, Mrs. F. G. Al bright, Mrs. Emma Canaday, Mr. and Mrs. William Neubauer, all of Page, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are traveling evangelists and were guest speakers at the Wesleyan Methodist church on Sunday evening followed by a healing service. Mr. Johnson is also the author of several volumes of poetry. He served on the Los Angeles, Calif., police force for 20 years and is known there as the “police poet”. AMELIA — Rev. and Mrs. Al bert Luginsland will soon move to Kansas City, Mo., ' where Reverend Luginsland will do car penter work at an orphanage. Police Officer Smith Taking Absence Leave Mayor Aiva Marcellus an nounced this week that Police Officer Raymond O. Smith, who has been on the force since May 1, is departing for Denver, Colo., on an indefinite leave of absence. The mayor stated that no re placement would be made at pre sent. Smith had several years of experience with the Nebraska safety patrol in the Lincoln area before returning to O’Neill, where he was reared. Meanwhile, Mayor Marcellus stated the police department has received numerous complaints on licensed and unlicensed dogs. He declared that unlicensed dogs will be picked up and destroyed and abusive other dogs, even though they are licensed, will be picked up when complaints are filed. Dog owners are responsible for their own animals and if a dog is offending other people, the owners should either chain their animals or in some manner keep them un der restraint on their own prem ises. Fiiplberth Family iii Reunion— PACK—The annual reunion of the Fuelberth families w$s held Sunday, August 14, at the Page park. Present were 92 relatives ! and one guest. George Fuelberth j of Hartington was the oldest mem ber present and Janis, three months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Asher of O’Neill, was the youngest. During the preced ing year three births were record - ed, one death and three marriages. MAN. 30. DROWNS LONG PINE — Vernon Ander son, 30, of Long Pine drowned in Enders lake southwest of Ains worth Sunday afternoon. Mr. An derson was fishing with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Dittmar of Long Pine. The boat capsized. Unable to swim, Mr. Anderson went down in water 20 feet deep. Survivors include the widow and three chil dren. Picnic Set Tonight— INMAN—The adult fellowship group will hold a picnic supper tonight (Thursday) at Ford’s park in O’Neill. This is the correct date rather than August 21 as earlier stated. Street - Widening Progresses Rapidly Finish in City Seen by Next Week Wider.'ng of portions of Doug las street and South Fourth street to meet federal-state highway re quirements is progressing at a rapid clip. Concrete already has been poured on the South Fourth pro ject and shortly will be opened to traffic. Pouring commenced Wednesday on the East Douglas project from Fifth street (Lohaus Motor company comer) eastward. Mayor Alva Marcellus said he was assured by the contractors, Francis Orshek Construction com pany of Fremont, the work in the j built-up area of the city would be completed by the August 27 deadline. In fact, the mayor esti- j mates the street-widening will be completed sometime next week. Construction of the sweeping West O’Neill corner and the grad ing and hardsurfacing northward to the O’Neill Drive-In theater corner are progressing rapidly af ter a series of midsummer delays. Mayor Marcellus said the con tractors are to be congratulated for accelerating the work after the earlier delays had been overcome. CPPD EMPLOYEE DIES VALENTINE—Herman Massin gale, 69, veteran Consumers Pub lic Power district employee, died Monday. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday and several CPPD employees from O’Neill at tended. Survivors include the wid ow and three daughters. Charles Harding reported the theft of $15 from his home Thursday night. He lives alone in the southwest section of the city. Larson Clan Gathers at Norfolk— RIVERSIDE—The Albert Lar son family enjoyed a reunion in Ta-Ha-Zouka park in Norfolk on Sunday. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer and Elayne, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Larson of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christon, Mr and Mrs. Elmer Pahl and Mary of Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Don Starr and Elizabeth of West Point, Mr. and Mrs. Don Larson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Starr, jr., and son of Lincoln and Mrs. Lina Smith of Oakland. Miller to Issue Togs on Saturday Coach Marv Miller will sound the call for O’Neill high grid can didates Monday, August 22 — a week before the actual start of school. Meanwhile, equipment will be checked out on Saturday, August 20, Miller said. Awaits First Trip West of Bassett— R. J. Rohde, longtime northern Holt county resident, will depart Saturday for Los Angeles, Calif., and the trip will mark the first time he has been west of Bassett, which is 50 miles west of O’Neill. Mr. Rohde and his wife will visit their son, Anthony, and other relatives. They will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Carl Damero, who are driving. The party expects to be gone two weeks or more. State Official Visits— CHAMBERS—Winona Rebekah lodge met Friday, August 12, having as a guest Celestia Kauff man, who is assembly vice-presi dent. The charter was draped for Veva Kruse, who died recently. Lunch was served by Nellie Med calf, Pauline Blake and Elizabeth Taggart. There were 27 present. Next meeting will be August 26. City Golf Title Play Stiffens The city golf tourney, which opened Sunday, August 7, at the O’Neill Country club, has moved into the second week of play. Re sults of this week’s matches are: Championship flight: Tom Lid dy defeated Paul Walker, Henry Lohaus bested Ben Grady, Max Golden defeated A. P. Jaszko wiak, Ted Lindberg downed Jim Clifton. Grady and Walker have been eliminated from play after loosing two matches each. Par ings for next round: Golden plays Lindberg, Liddy meets Clifton, Jaszkowiak faces Lohaus. First flight: Gordon Draton of Orchard beat Marv Miller, Ivan Kaiser defeated Dale Kersen brock, Dale French bested Dr. Rex Wilson, Earl Hunt downed Laurence Haynes. Next raund: John McCarville meets John Conard. Second Flight: Fred Appleby defeated Ivan Pruss, Bill Watson downed Jim Coker. Appleby and Watson will meet in the finals. Third flight: Bill Artus downed Jerry Schmidt, David Schaffer beat Bob Cole. Schaffer and Ar tus will meet in the finals. Pickup of Hiker Leads to Mishap EWING—A Ewing man is con vinced that picking up a hitch | hiker can be hazardous. Enroute to Ewing from Califor j nia, Dale Barton picked up a hitch-hiker and asked him to drive so he could sleep. Three miles west of Ewing, the unknown driver missed a sharp turn and the car upset. Mr. Barton was thrown from the car and seriously hurt. He at tracted the attention of a passing motorist by crawling to the car and turning on the lights. The driver has not been found and it is not known if he was injured. M. H. Snider of Clearwater, special traveling representative for the Save-the-Trains association (second from right) poses with Chicago & North Western officials at O’Neill station. Left-to-right: W’illiam J. Montgomery, director and secretary of the Allegheny Corp.; Harry Wells, vice-president; Paul Feucht, president; H. J. Klossner, director; Mr. Snider and J. E. Goodwin, executive vice-pres ident. The C&NW officials were traveling by special train, made Tuesday stops at Norfolk, O’Neill, Long Pine, Valentine and Chadron. They are to visit Casper, Wyo., and Rapid City, S.D. .before re turning to Chicago.—The Frontier Photo. 4 Rail Chiefs Tour Line, Laud Effort Top C&NW Officials Confer with Train Saving Delegates The president, executive vice president and three members of the board of directors of the Chi cago & North Western railroad conferred Tuesday morning with Save-the-Trains association offi cials at O’Neill. The rail officials said they were “favoidably impressed” with a showing being made by the S-T-A in the association’s pledge to in crease revenues on C&NW trains 13 and 14—the last two remaining passenger-mail-express trains on the Omaha-to-Chadron line. M. H. Snider of Clearwater, traveling representative- for the association, said the train-saving activities” will continue “with en thusiasm.” Snider quoted J. E. Goodwin, executive vice - president for C&NW, as indicating an im portant announcement will be issued from Chicago “about September 1” on the subject. The C&NW group, traveling in a special train, included: Paul E. Feucht of Chicago, 111., president of the railway; J. E. Goodwin of Chicago, executive vice-president; William J. Montgomery, director and secretary - treasurer of the Allegheny corporation (a giant holding company with financial ' interest in several railroads); Harry Wells of Evanston, III., di rector and chairman of the , C&NW’s finance committee; H. J. ' Klossner of Cleveland, O., di rector. 3 Also aboard the train were \ other headquarters officers and division and district superintend . ents. The westbound train maoe a half-hour stop here. The offi cials were greeted by James W. Rooney, Edward ML Gallagher and Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart, directors of the Save-the-Trains, association, and by Mr. Snider. Snider formerly published the Clearwater Record and has been working for the S-T-A for the past six weeks. Since December, 1954, trains 13 and 14 have been operating on a “trial basis” with streamlined equipment. Passenger volume has made a substantial increase dur ing that period and the S-T-A of ficials have been promised addi tional mail revenue. The C&NW officials continued on to Casper, Wyo., and will visit Rapid City, S.D., before returning to Chicago. One of the S-T-A objectives is to have first-class passenger ser vice extended from Chadron to Rapid City. Last October the C&NW an nounced it was considering taking steps to remove these last two passenger - mail - express trains serving most of north-Nebraska. ‘Bill* McDonougfi Heads Mesa C of C William J. (Bill) McDonough, former O’Neillite who served in Germany during World War II and was recalled to duty to do service in Japan and Korea, has been elected president of the Mesa, Ariz., Chamber of Com merce. He moved to Mesa less than a year ago. McDonough returned from Europe, resided at Portland be fore the recall, returned to Port land and worked for the tele phone company while earning his bachelor of science degree in less than four years. Mr. McDonough attended school here. He is the son of Mrs. W. J. McDonough and the late Mr. Mc Donough. 50 Persons Make Irrigation Tour More than 50 persons partici pated in the Holt county irriga tion tour Friday, August 12. Irri gation activities in the O’Neill Atkinson and Stuart vicinities were observed under working conditions. Dr. M. D. Weldon, soils special ist from the University of Ne braska extension service, told the.. group: “For beginners in irriga tion, people of Holt county have done a good job.” Of interest to the group were disease and fertility problems, crop rotations, different kinds of power units, and units which can be operated from deep wells, shal low wells, or streams and ponds. “A great deal of interest was shown in the newer practice of irrigating grassland for pasture,” County Agent A. Neil Dawes said, Mr. and Mrs. William Beha and family of Ashville, N.C., came Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs, Matt Beha and family and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beha.
