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Volume 75.—Number 17. O Neill, Nebr., Thursday, August 25, 1955. Seven Cents
Purple Ribbon Winner in Dairy Group
Miss Charlotte Luebcke of Page won a purple ribbon for this
Guernsey calf in the 4-H club dairy competition at the Holt county
fair held last week in Chambers. (More pictures and judging re
sults on page 9; additional results next issue.)—The Frontier Photo.
Huffman Is State
Legion Commander
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Grady . , in charge of “essen
tial functionls.”
O’NeillitelT High
Defense Position
John G. Grady Under
Joint Chiefs
John F. Grady, a special assis
tant in President Eisenhower’s
executive office of defense mobil
ization, has been selected to at
tend the industrial college of the
armed forces at Ft. McNair, Va.,
it was announced in Washington,
D.C.
Mr. Grady is in charge of plan
ning for and the testing of the
operation of essential functions of
the government at emergency re
location centers in the event of
attack on the United States.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Grady of O’Neill, he is one of a
small group of civilians appointed
to attend the college which func
tions under the auspices of joint
chiefs of staff.
lit: clllc:iivat:Li oi. lvictiy o aca
demy in O’Neill and is a graduate
of the University of Denver
(Colo.) At O’Neill he is best
known as “Jack” Grady.
During World War II, Mr. Gra
dy was a major in the air force
and received the legion of merit
while serving under the com
manding general of the U.S., stra
tegic air forces in Europe.
He entered government service,
in 1946 and has held various staff
positions in the department of de
fense, defense production admin
istration and presently with the
office of defense mobilization
from which he will be on leave
during the next year.
He is married to the former
Cres Scholz of Stuart.
McNichols Drops
from Balcony
Walter McNichols, 62, a guest
at the Western hotel, fell from
the sc-cond floor balcony Monday
afternoon. He was taken to St.
, Anthony’s hospital to receive
treatment for shock.
His physician said no bones
were broken in the 14-foot fall.
Open-House Planned
> for Franciscan Nun—
EWING—Sr. M. Armella, OSF,
(Frances Weibel) of Milwaukee,
Wise., arrived here Sunday to vis
it her mother, Mrs. J. A. Weibel,
and other relatives.
An open-house is being planned
in her honor on Friday, August 26,
from 7 to 10 p.m., at St. John’s
church basement.
Visitor Here—
Bernard Matthews of Lincoln
spent Thursday and Friday visit
ing at the Leo Matthews farm
and with other relatives in O’
Neill.
EWING—Stanley M. Huffman,
rancher from south of Ewing
who is well-known in the Holt
Antelope-Wheeler county area,
Tuesday was elected department
commander of the American Le
gion by delegates to the Nebras
ka convention at Lincoln in the
closing session.
He succeeds George B. Has
tings of Grant.
Huffman’s opponet, John R.
Cooper of Humboldt, conceded
defeat and asked a unanimous
ballot.
Among resolutions passed by
the group was one urging that
control of veterans hospitals in
Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Is
land remain in hands of the Ve
terans administration. A further
resolution commended Legion of
ficers and the Nebraska congress
ional delegation for keeping the
Lincoln VA hospital under VA
jurisdiction.
Two resolutions had to do with
the state board of control.
One urged adoption by the
state legislature of an out-state
parole system.
The other asked the board to
build facilities to provide domi
cile care for senile mental pat
ients.
In other action, the Legion
turned down an amendment to
the by-laws which would have
Huffman . . . holder of silver
star for bravery.
raised the state fees from $1 to
$1.25.
Grand Island was chosen as
next year’s convention city.
Huffman, whose address is
Elgin, served in Europe during
World W’ar II. He emerged as
a captain in the ground forces
and was awarded the silver star
for bravery displayed during
the Rhine river crossing.
The new state commander
formerly headed his local Legion
post, district II and during the
past year was senior vice-com
mander in the Nebraska depart
ment.
The O’Neill Municipal band
marched in Monday’s parade,
making the trip to Lincoln in
two busses. Delegates to the Le
gion convention from Simonson
post 93 were Commander Vern
Reynoldson, Lloyd Cork and Joe
Grutsch.
Auxiliary delegates were Mrs.
Virgil Laursen, Mrs. Melvin
Ruzicka, Mrs. Robert Lowery and
Mrs. John Davidson.
Huffman is married and is the
father of two young daughters.
The Orchard Saddle club also
participated in the parade.
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Reverend Bomer
Going to Oklahoma
EWING—Rev. and Mrs. W. J.
Bomer and family were honored
guests at a 1 o’clock dinner held
at the annex of the United Pres
byterian church following the
worship hour on Sunday. The af
ternoon was spent informally.
Reverend Bomer and his family
will soon move to Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Alex Cleary and children, Ruth
and Donald, were Monday fore
noon visitors here. The children
visited the optometrist.
Mother of 3
Dies of Polio
in Missouri
Mrs. Norman Paxton
Dies in Iron Lung;
Formerly o f Holt
CHAMBERS— Mrs. Norman
Paxton, 26, formerly of Cham
bers died Monday night, August
22, at St. Mary’s hospital in
Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Paxton
contracted polio several weeks
ago at her home at Sedalia, Mo.
She has been in a iron lung since.
Survivors include: Widower—
Norman; two small sons—one
daughter; parents—Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Thornton of Chambers, sis
ter— Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr., of
O’Neill; brother—James Thorn
ton, who is in the navy.
GETS APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Fern Hubbard Orme,
member of the Lincoln city coun
cil since 1946, has been appointed
to another two-year term on the
national status of women com
mittee of the American Associa
tion of University Women. She is
a former O’Neillite.
Steak Fry Planned—
The annual steak fry at the O’
Neill Country club has been sch
eduled for Sunday, August 28.
Half-steaks and hamburgers will
be available for children. John C.
Watson and A. P. Jaskowiak are,
in charge of reservations.
John P. Miller, 69,
Burial Here Today
John Patrick Miller, 69, who re
sided in the northeast resident
ial section of the city, died at
5:25 a.m., Tuesday, August 23, in
St. Anthony’s hospital. He had
been ill 2 ^ days.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a.m., today (Thurs
day) from St. Patrick’s Catholic
church. Very Rev. Timothy O’
Sullivan will officiate. Burial will
be in Prospect Hill cemetery un
der the direction of Biglin’s. Pall
bearers will be L. O. Johnson,
Fred Lorenz, Ed Wayman, Otto
Lorenz, Clarence Ernst, Roy Way
man and Frank Grenier.
1 he late Mr. Miller was born
January 5, 1886, at Table Rock,
a son of Peter Miller and Mary
McBride Miller.
On April 13, 1910 at Pawnee
he was married to Zellah Hayes.
She died September 10, 1943. On
September 2, 1946, Mr. Miller
married Margaret Mary Sobotka
at Neligh.
The late Mr. Miller was a re
tired farmer.
Survivors include: Widow—
Margaret; son — Carl Arthur
Miller of Norfolk; daughters—
Mrs. Charles (Vera Gertrude)
Vorce of Springfield, Ore., and
Ariadne Miller of O’Neill; broth
ers—George Miller of Denver,
Colo., and Charles Miller.
3 O’Neillites Back
from Europe Tours
Three O’Neillites returned from
extended European trips this
week.
Mrs. John Melvin arrived Tues
day evening after an aerial trip
both directions across the Atlantic.
She accompanied her daughter,
Mrs. Harry Shelton of St. Louis,
Mo., on a visit to Ireland and Scot
land. In Ireland she saw the an
cestral home and where her fa
ther, the late John J. Cafferty,
was born.
Mrs. Melvin and Mrs. Shelton
made numerous stops in Eastern
states before leaving for Europe.
Mrs. Henry F. Schlueter and
Miss Mary Louise Birmingham
returned Tuesday with the Misses
Barbara and Marde Birmingham,
whom they had met in Canada.
The latter young ladies landed at
Montreal following a European
trip.
The Birmingham sisters spent
most of the summer in Europe.
They visited England, France,
Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Ger
many, the Low Countries and their
last stop before heading home
ward was in Ireland. Their cross
ings were made by ship.
Contest Entrant
Wins Mattress—
A winning limerick has made
Mrs. James Corkle of O’Neill el
igible for three grand prize awards
in the $400,000 Sealy Postureped
ic contest, Sealy, Inc., of Chicago,
111., announced this week. The
winner, who entered through
Biglin’s of O’Neill, has received a
Sealy Posturepedic mattress, and
contest officials will now consid
er the entry for one of three grand
national awards.
Arrive from Oregon—
Marlowe Sanders and son,
Donald, of Portland, Ore., arrived
Sunday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Sanders and
other relatives.
Dedication rites will be conducted Tuesday, August 30, for the
new St. Joseph’s Catholic church, which is costing more than 200
thousand-dollars. The Gothic type structure with the impressive
twin towers dominates the landscape in the city.—Photo courtesy
The Atkinson Graphic.
The closeup view of the sanctuary reveals the Italian rosara
altar trimmed with Belgian black marble. (Note reflection of front
window from opposite end of the church in the marble.) — The
Frontier Photo.
$200,000 Church
Nears Completion
(Other pictures on page 6)
ATKINSON—Most Rev. Gerald
T. Bergan, DD, archbishop of the
Omaha diocese of the Roman
Catholic church, will officiate in
a solemn pontifical mass at 10:30
a.m., Monday, August 30, and ded
icate the handsome and imposing
new St. Joseph’s church on the
west end of Atkinson’s State
street. Immediately prior to the
mass, Archbishop Bergan will
bless the edifice at the front en
trance.
The dedicatory rites, which
will be followed by a dinner at
12:30 p.m., in the Knights of
Columbus hall, will serve as a
homecoming for many former
parishoners.
Also to be present will be for
mer clergy, former parishoners
who are serving in religious or
ders, and more than 70 clergy
from other points in the diocese.
Archbishop Bergan will be the
celebrant of the mass; Rev. Rich
ard Parr, church pastor, assistant
priest; Very Rev. Timothy O’Sul
livan of O’Neill and Rev. Anthony
Paschang of Stuart, deacons of
honor; Rev. Francis Kubart of
Omaha, formerly of Atkinson, dea
con; Rev. William Foster of Spen
cer, subdeacon; Very Rev. Daniel
Sheehan and Rev. Edward Me
Caslin, both of Omaha, masters of
ceremonies.
Rev. William Kelligar is assist
ant pastor of St. Joseph’s.
In an open letter to parishon
ers, Archbishop Bergan has con
gratulated the parishoners on “a
new home of Christ, beautiful to
behold, the expression of a lov
ing, generous faith, the fruit of
sacrifice dedicated to the living
God.
“Your dreams have come true,”
Archbishop Bergan continued,
“and we rejoice and are exceed
ingly happy.”
The Gothic type building,
costing over 200-thousand-dol
lars, features twin towers rising
at the western edge of the city
and dominating the landscape.
The exterior is finished in Ka
sota stone taken from the hills
near Mankato, Minn. The towers
and windows are traced with
concrete trim.
The high interior ceilings are
vaulted with exposed arches of
laminated wood. The ornamented
panelling which extends along the
nave and encloses the sanctuary
is of Philippine mahogany. The
flooring is terrazzo and the ceilings
are of acoustical tile.
The carpeted sanctuary pro
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Boyd Youth Dies
After Auto Crash
Cloudburst Washes
Stuart-Naper Road
3 - Inch Deluge Hits
Bridge
Thunder showers in O’Neill late
Monday and early Tuesday morn
ing netted .44 of an inch precip
itation. But elsewhere in the re
gion the weatherman was in a
more generous mood.
East of Midway, at the Frank
Nelson farm, 116 inches of rain
fell. Spencer received .90; Naper,
1.25; Nejigh, .25; Norfolk,. 10;
Bristow, 1 inch; Fairfax, .30;
Bonesteel, 1 inch; Ewing, .15; In
man, .36; Creighton, .40; Lynch, 1
inch.
One bridge on the Stuart-Naper
highway was washed out after a
three-inch downpour in north
western Holt county. Ward Alex
ander, who resides near the Nio
brara river, said it was a cloud
burst. The E. C. Weller ranch,
east of there, received more than
two inches. The James Berigan
ranch, about 12 miles northwest
of Atkinson, measured 1.81.
The town of Chambers, on the
other hand, salvaged not a drop
from that storm.
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Boyd counties, south of Naper, |
were badly washed.
Six big sows on the Earl Houts
farm, four miles west of Emmet i
and two miles north, were in
stantly killed when struck by
lightning.
A bolt of lightning struck tele
graph wires near the Chicago &
North Western railroad station.
The charge entered the building
but only fuse damage resulted.
Corn prospects in Boyd county
are considerably brighter than in
Holt. Many Holt farmers are cut
ting their com for feed.
Scores were killed and thou
sands were left homeless in the
wake of Hurricane Diane, which
swept inland from the Atlantic
seaboard during the weekend.
Week’s weather summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
August 18 . 96 72
August 19 . 96 72
August 20 .100 66
August 21 . 92 61
August 22 . 91 59
August 23 . 94 62 .44
Agust 24 . 96 67
15 5 Participate in
Grimton Homecoming
The 18 th annual Grimton
homecoming held Sunday,
August 21, at the former Oak
View park was attended by 155
people. Present were 41 pupils,
106 visitors and eight former
teachers. The teachers were:
Mrs. Ray Wilson of Page; Mrs.
Blanche Darr of Los Angeles,
Calif, Mrs. Arthur Butterfield of
Omaha, Mrs. Jess Rose of
Brunswick, Mrs. Elmer Grim of
Ewing, C. O. Evans of Orchard,
Mrs. Leonard Risinger of Orch
ard and Miss Evely Ruroede of
Ewing. Also present was Mrs.
Donald Miller, the new elected
teacher.
Nebraska towns represented
were: Orchard, Verdigre, O’Neill,
Creighton, Ewing, Bassett, Oma
ha, Royal, Fairbury, Winnetoon,
Pierce, Plainview, Center, Nor
folk, Page, Lynch and Brunswick;
also Sioux City, la., Los Angeles,
Calif., Salem, Ore., and Boise,
Ida.
The oldest person present was
“Grandma” Evans, who is near
ly 92-years-old. The youngest
present .was Carolyn Marie, 4
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Max Le Masters of Orchard.
Each former teacher was asked
to rise and make a bow and each
one gave an account of their
teaching at Grimton. They each
asked all their pupils to stand.
Mrs. Albert Pospeshil, public
ity chairman, read letters re
ceived from those who sent
greetings.
Girl, 17, Picked Up
on Forgery Charge
Police Officer Joseph Sivisend
on Tuesday picked up Patricia
Nedrud, 17, of Minot, N.D., and
a male companion and turned
them over to Holt County Sher
iff Leo Tomjack for questioning.
Tomjack said Miss Nedrud
was wanted by Knox county
authorities in connection with
check forgeries at Niobrara. Miss
Nedrud had been selling magazine
subscriptions.
Former Residents Arrive—
Mr. and Mrs. George Zink and
daughters, Lasetta and Vale Don
ne of Vermillion, S.D., visited
Monday and Tuesday in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Grenier and Mrs. Letta Conrad
and other friends. They visited
relatives at Lusk, Wyo., before
coming to O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs.
Zink are former O’Neill residents.
2 Added to City’s
Police Depatrment
Two men have been added to
the O’Neill police force.
Verlyn G. Gibbs, who has been
employed by the Singer Sewing
company, was appointed to the
force last week by Mayor Alva
Marcell us. Gibbs succeeds Ray
mond Smith, who has gone to
Denver, Colo.
John Skinner of Ainsworth,
who left the employ of the state
highway safety patrol June 1,
donned a police uniform here
Monday. Skinner will move his
wife and their one child to O’Neill
Saturday.
Other members of the police
force are Joseph Sivesind and
and Gerald Brown.
Mayor Marcellus said the res
idents have cooperated “whole
heartedly” in restraining dogs
which have molested pedestrians.
This week the mayor is urging
residents of the city to mow weeds
in the alleys adjoining their prop
erty, also weeds on lot lines and
on vacant lots.
Airport Improvement
Being Urged Here
Mayor, Others Invited
on Tour
James D. Ramsay, director of
the department of aeronautics for
the state of Nebraska, today
(Thursday) has arranged for a
flight for Mayor Alva Marcellus,
several city councilmen and other
interested persons on a tour of
recently improved airports in
north Nebraska.
Ramsay is urging O’Neill to de
velop its airport facilities now
that congress has authorized 700
thousand-dollars for port develop
ment in Nebraska and President
Eisenhower has signed the bill.
The newly-created “kitty” is re
garded as a windfall in state aero
nautics circles because it was un
expected.
Ramsay is dispatching two
state planes to O’Neill today and
will take Mayor Marcellus and
his party to Ainsworth, Valen
tine and Merriman. Last month
Merriman opened a new airport.
Ramsay recommends an admin
istration building, hangar facili
ties and hardsurfaced runways
for the Municipal port here. Lo
cal government must put up 20
percent of the money required
and the balance can be drawn
from the newly-created “kitty,”
Ramsay said. In cities and towns
where real estate is needed, fed
eral funds can be used for one
half the purchase price of land.
Mayor Marcellus said it was his
understanding a weather station
would be placed at O’Neill if air
port facilities were expanded
along these lines. Two types of
weather station are available—a
federal setup employing six men;
a state installation employing
three men.
The city’s budget now provides
for $1,500 per year for support of
the present airport. Up to 2%
mills can be levied in Nebraska
for municipal airport purposes.
If O’Neill is to move for ex
panded airport facilities, action
must be inaugurated before Octo
ber 1, Mayor Marcellus said.
Field Narrowed to
4 for City Title
Play progressed in the citywide
golf tourney during the past week
as follows:
Championship flight: M. J.
Golden beat Ted Lindberg; A. P.
Jaszkowiak defeated Henry .Lo
haus; Tom Liddy bested Jim
Clifton. Clifton and Lohaus were
both eliminated. Next week Jasz
kowiak plays Lindberg and Gold
en plays Liddy.
First flight: Gordon Drayton
ousted Ivan Kaiser and Earl Hunt
beat Dale French. Drayton and
Hunt meet in the finals. In con
solation, Marvin Johnson licked
Dr. Harry Gildersleeve and will
meet John McCarville in the fi
nals. McCarville bested John
Conard.
Second flight: Fred Appleby
beat William Watson in the finals.
In consolation, Rev. Thomas Hitch
is waiting to play the winner of
the Harold Connors-Jim Earley
match.
Third flight: William Artus
bested David Schaffer in the fi
nals. In consolation, Don Templc
meyer eked out a win over Bill
Miller, 1-up in 21 holes.
To Minnesota—
Mr. and Mrs. C„ J. Gatz and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froelich left
Monday for a week’s vacation in
Perham, Minn.
SPENCER — Russell Daniel
Kirsch, 16, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Kirsch and a student
in Spencer high school, was fatal
ly' injured about 3 o’clock Sunday
morning, August 21, in a one-car
accident which took place near a
U.S. highway 281-state highway
12 curve about 1% miles north
west of Spencer.
Willard Van Buren, 20, of Spen
cer, a former O’Neill high school
student, was the driver of the car
which left the highway and over
turned. He was injured although
not seriously.
Leo Marx, who resides about a
half-mile from the scene of the
accident, heard the crash and
went to investigate. He believed
the accident occurred at the cor
ner, went to investigate, found no
evidence and was preparing to re
turn to his home when he spotted
the wreckage several hundred
yards from the corner.
Marx summoned a doctor and
an ambulance.
Kirsch died shortly after ar
rival at Sacred Heart hospital
in Lynch.
Hospital attendants said Van
Buren suffered no broken bones
but was kept for observation to
determine if there were any in
ternal injuries. Van Buren was
to have been released from the
hospital on Wednesday.
Boyd County Attorney William
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L. Brennan of Butte filed motor
vehicle homicide charges Monday
against Van Buren.
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The complaint charges that .
Van Buren caused the Kirsch
death “without malice” by the
unlawful operation of a motor
vehicle upon the public high
ways of Nebraska in the night
time at a speed in excess of 50
miles per hour.
The late Russell Daniel Kirsch
was born at Spencer February 6,
1939. His father, a painter and in
terior decorator, has been iU
about a year.
Funeral services for young
Kirsch were conducted at 9 a.m.,
Wednesday from the Methodist
church in Spencer. Burial was in
the Spencer cemetery.
Kirsch’s survivors include: Par
ents — Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Kirsch of Spencer; brothers —
Robert of Lynch and Rolland of
Spencer; sister — Mrs. Walter
(Lorraine) Houseman of Picks
town, S.D.
New Highway Grade
Ready for Surfacing
Progress continues at a rapid
clip on the street-widening pro
ject. Target date for completion
of work within the city proper is
Saturday, August 27.
The bituminous surfacing equip
ment is presently working on a
U.S. highway 281 project south of
the state highway 12 junction.
It is planned to transfer that
equipment to O’Neill within a few
days to commence the surfacing
of the stretch from the West O’
Neill comer to the O’Neill Drive
In theater corner.
The new grade has been wa
tered and packed several times,
during the past few weeks.
Riley Carter, 85,
Dies in Wyoming
CHAMBERS—Riley Carter, 85,
died Thursday, August 4, at his
home in Torrington, Wyo. Fun
eral services were conducted
there on Saturday, August 6.
The late Mr. Carter, his wife
and their family lived one mile
west and one mile south of
Chambers for a number of years,
leaving this community about 10
years ago.
Visit Kin—
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. DeHoll and
four sons of Indianapolis, Ind.,
left Wednesday after visiting Mr!
and Mrs. Jack Arbuthnot and
daughters and the Stannard fam
ily.
Visit O’Neill—
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Murphy of
Wood Lake spent from Wednes
day to Saturday visiting friends
and relatives in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hintz sspent
been quite ill with virus infectiin.
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