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TWELVE PAGES * This Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper t Volume 75.—Number 31. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 1. Seven Cents STATE hist Guard Unit Receives an ‘Excellent’ Rating --? - Higher Interest Rate Is Studied State Board Asking 2Vi Percent SPENCER — The village of Spencer this week is mull ing over an offer of the state board of educational lands and funds to refinance $119,000 worth of village bonds for another 20 years at an interest rate of 2 Vi percent. The state board currently holds the bonds and has been receiving a one percent return on them while the village has sought to reduce the principal of the heavy debt. With the bonds coming due the first of the year, the village had sought to refinance them at the same one percent interest rate now being paid. Representatives of the village, who presented their case to the state board at a meeting Monday, indicated they would take the of fer home and put it up to the vil lage board. Indian Waives Check Hearing Adolph Provost, 25, a Sioux Indian who originated near Gor don, has waived preliminary hearing here on charges of check forgery, Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack said Wednesday. Pro vost will appear before District Judge D. R. Mounts at 9:30 a.m., Friday. Charges grew out of the alleged forgery of a $25 check at the East End filling station in Atkinson on November 15. The forged name of P. V. Hickey was used on the check, Tomjack said. Provost and a companion, Tony Williams, 25, “of California” are absent without leave from Ft. Carson, Colo. They were detained at Valentine by authorities and returned to O’Neill where they have been held. Williams has not yet appeared for hearing. Mayor Directs Rink Construction O’Neill youngsters and oldsters alike in just a few days will be gliding gracefully (and other wise) on a new ice skating rink, which is under construction on the north side. Mayor Alva Mar eellus conceived the idea for a 125 x 350-ft. rink on property owned by the O’Neill public school. The site is about five blocks north of the Grattan town ship library corner on North | Sixth street. This week he ordered city owned dirt moving equipment on to the site, throwing up a ring of dirt around the. area. Water from a neasby hydrant is being run in to the area in a slow process to provide a smooth surface. Floodlights are being installed for night skating. Use of the rink is free to all, Mayor Marcellus said. Rest Leave for Lynch Priest LYNCH—On Sunday, Novem ber 27, Rev. John Wieczorek was escorted to the Odd Fellows hall where parishoners and friends were waiting for him with an ap preciation dinner. Father John was to leave Wed nesday, November 30, on sick leave. He is looking forward to a smaller administrative assignment in the archdiocease. He has been pastor of the as sumption BVM church and chap lain of Sacred Heart hospital since June, 1947. Out-of-town people attending were Mrs. Hannah Streit of Mad ison anl Mr. and Mrs. Dale Barta of Verdigre. Ministerial Group Receives Note— The O’Neill Ministerial associa tion has received an acknowl edgement from the United States committee for the United Nations international children’s emergen cy fund (UNICEF) for the $124.12 check forwarded from the Hallo we’en trick-or-treat offering. Ac knowledgement was signed by Jeannette Fitsche, deputy execu tive director. . “Each dollar received by UNICEF enables the fund to pro vide enough vaccine to protect cne hundred children, against tu berculosis, sufficient milk to give each of 665 children a glass, or other health-giving aid,” the let ter said. Appliance Store Schedules Auction— Osborne’s appliance store has scheduled a close-out auction on Saturday afternoon, December 10, starting at 2 p.m. The sale will be held in the Odd Fellows building, which housed the firm for several years. Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill will be the auctioneer. (Details in next issue). _ FIREMEN ROUTED OUT O’Neill volunteer firemen were routed out at 4:50 a.m., Monday in near-zero temperatures to ex tinguish a trash fire, which was blazing near the rear of the building occupied by the Tim Harrington shop. There was no damage. Weekend Guests— Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Sullivan of Lirvcoln were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Jaszkowiak. O’Neill’s young national guard tank company received an “excel lent” rating during its first an nual inspection, which was con ducted in October by Lieutenant Colonel Bryant of Fifth (regular) army headquarters in Chicago, 111. At the time the inspection was made, company D of Nebraska’s 195th tank battalion was only 4% months-old. It was impossible to have ob tained a “superior” (highest) rating because training had not progressed sufficiently to or ganize combat teams. Capt. J. L. McCarville, jr., this week said the company has been authorized to lease a 500- to 600 acre tract of rough terrain within 20 miles of O’Neill for bivouac training. The company command er said the site wpuld be used from seven to 10 times per year, chiefly on weekends. Only requirements for the biv ouac site are accessibility to good roads, drinking water and vehicle parking site. If a well does not now exist one could be drilled. “Our guard training will not interfere in any way with agri cultural pursuits,” Captain Mc Carville said. “We need to know right away what sites are avail able for this purpose. The govern ment will pay a reasonable rental to the owner.” Company D does not yet have a tank although one is in the process of being assigned to the unit. A recruiting campaign for new guardsmen will be in progress during December, the captain ex plained. The losing team will en tertain the winning team at a turkey dinner. The men in com pany D have been divided into two competitive teams. Individual member recruiting the most men will receive a $25 cash award from company funds and a wrist watch from the commanding offi cer. Mayor Alva Marcellus has pro claimed the week of December 3 11 to be “Nebraska national guard centennial week in O’Neill.” In his proclamation, the mayor said: “I request that all our peo ple do those things to honor and give thanks and recognition to the national guard. It is requested that our people display in their homes and in public places the flag of the United States and to participate in all meetings and exercises which will give expres sion to our appreciation for the Nebraska national guard.” Stuart Couple in Golden Wedding STUART—Mr. and Mrs. John Krobot of Stuart celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Monday of this week. They ob served open-house. Miss Christina Krysl and John Krobot were married in Stuart November 21, 1905. They have spent their entire married life in the Stuart community. They be came the parents of seven chil dren — Frank and Hedwig, who died in 1948; Joseph of Stuart; Mrs. George (May) Hetrek of Hartville, Wyo.; Mrs. Leonard (Rose) Wedige of Atkinson; Mrs. Don (Johanna) Skrdla of Stuart, and Albert of Stuart. There are 13 grandchildren. Business College Branch Here Closes The O’Neill branch of the Grand Island Business college, operational here since July 1, closed Wednesday, November 30. Afternoon and evening classes had been conducted. v Director of the school, Ivan Waggoner, will go to Alliance to instruct in a branch opening there. It was not announced whether new classes will be organized at a later date. — Annual Intracity Game Friday— The annual intracity cage class ic between the O’Neill high school Eagles and the St. Mary’s acad emy Cardinals will be played Friday night. O’Neill high, the host team, will be entering its first game; St. Mary’s nicked Niobrara by one point on Tues day night. (Details on page 6.) The ideal gift ... a subscrip tion to The Frontier . . . enjoy ment for all the family! Burial Here Funeral services were held Thursday, November 24, for Mrs. P. J. Biglin, 87 (above), former O’Neill resident. Mrs. Biglin, whose maiden name was Catherine Dailey, died Monday evening, November 21, in a Wichita, Kans., hospital. Schelkopf Dies at 64; Rites Here Retired Farmer Active in Township, School Affairs Many Years Martin A. Schelkopf. 64, who farmed for 26 years north of O’ Neill, died at 10:45 a.m., Thurs day, November 24, in St. An thony’s hospital. He had been ill two years. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a.m., Monday, November 28, from St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Rev. Thomas Hitch officiating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers were H. E. Coyne, Fred Heermann, Carroll O’Neill, John Grutsch, Orville McKim and Oliver Ross. A rosary rite was held Sunday evening at Biglin’s funeral chapel. The late Martin A. Schelkopf was born June 15, 1891, at Gen eva, a son of the late Martin L. and Alma Beeson Schelkopf. He was reared in Fillmore county, attended school there, and for a time a college of vet ernary medicine in Lincoln. He came to Holt county in 1916 from Geneva. In 1918 he married Laura Gal lentine. They became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Alfred (Neva June) Ross of Weaverville, Calif. His wife died in 1933. On October 14, 1939, he mar ried Mrs. Theresa Drueke at Em met. Mr. Schelkopf resided on a farm 17 miles north of O’Neill Mr. Schelkopf . . . native between 1916 and 1942, when he retired and moved into O’Neill. He owned the farm at the time of his death. The place is located at Midway. In late years he looked after his farming interests and operated a filling station. For many years Mr. Schel kopf was the precinct assessor in Paddock. He served for many years on district 27 board of education. He was a member of St. Pat rick’s church and the Knights of Columbus. Survivors include: Widow — Theresa; daughter—Mrs. Alfred Ross of Weaverville, Calif.; brothers—Edward and Isaac, both of Geneva; sisters — Mrs. Eliza beth Drake and Mrs. Jessie Lam bert, both of San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Helen Hedden and Mrs. Claude (Lillian) Kimbrough, both of Geneva. Among out-of-town relatives attending the funeral were: Frank Haverland and daughter of Hum phrey; Mark Eisenmeinger and Mrs. F. Leinert, both of Hum phrey; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strehle, Mrs. Mamie Munson and Mrs. Art Artmeier, all of West Point, Edward and Isaac Schel kopf, Mrs. Helen Hedden and Mrs. Claude Kimbrough, all of Geneva. 1 v v Jr* **■ \^ari nansen <sc oon Sale Set Today Public auction of 264 head of high-grade Herefords owned by Carl Hansen & Son, who reside near the Holt-Wheeler county line, will be held today (Thurs day). The Hansens also are sell ing machinery, equipment, feed, grain and some household goods. (Details on page 11.) Yule Decorations Studied— The Elkhorn extension club met at the home of Mrs. Clay Johnson, sr., Tuesday night. The lesson was on Christmas greenery. It was presented by Mrs. Robert Cook. She presented the club with several pieces of Christmas decorations to be made at home. A no-host lunch was served. The next meeting will be the second Tuesday in January, 1956. PAGE — Mrs. Herman Mat schullat, 62, sister-ni-law of Ot to Matschullat of Page, has died from a heart attack. Survivors include: Widower—Herman; son —Raymond; daughter—Mrs. Ruth Artero, all of San Mateo, Calif. PAGE— The combined efforts of the members of the WSCS, King’s Daughters and MYF total ed $326 at Tuesday’s annual ba zaar. Surplus food items were auctioned at the close. Pullman Porter Isaac S. Tharr, 70, 2901 Erskine street, Omaha, receives two Sandhills birds in a sack from Air Force M/Sgt. John Legat at the Chicago & North Western rail station here. In j photo (left-to-right): Mrs. Henry Schlueter, Mrs. Carroll W. Stewart, Miss Mary Louise Birming ham, M. Tharr, Sergeant Legat, Mrs. Legat (on steps), Miss Barbara Birmingham, Mrs. R. E. Evans, Miss Marde Birmingham and John C. Watson.—The Frontier Photo. The Cassidys . . . she spurned an assist with her coat.—The Frontier Photo. Cassidys Note 50th Wedding SPENCER—A couple whose ro mance began at a country dance, celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary on Sunday, November 27. Mr. and Mrs. John Cassidy re ceived over two hundred guests during an open-house reception held at the Community hall dur ing the afternoon, and they enter tained several hundred friends during the evening at a dance. Mrs. Frank Murray was in charge of the guestbook. The table was decorated with potted chrysanthemums and lighted candles. , Their golden wedding day be gan with a renewal af their mar Rev. William Foster of St. Mary’s riage vows during mass said by Catholic church here. At noon a dinner was served to relatives at the Cassidy home. Mr. Cassidy, appearing much' younger than his 81 years, was born in Scranton, Pa., of Irish pa rentage. “My father was not a miner,” he points out. “Most of those Irish down at O’Neill who came from Scranton, worked in the coal mines before they tired of it”. His parents homesteaded two miles south of Gross, coming to Boyd county 76 years ago. Mrs. Cassidy, whose maiden i name was Anna Frederickson, was born at Manning, la. At the; age of 12 she accompanied her parents to Knox county. Her fath- i er was a Dane. The family lived' at Wausa before moving to Boyd county. She will be 70-years-old in January. In his younger years, Mr. Cas sidy was a violinist. He and his fiddle were in demand at dances near and far. It was at one of these dances he attempted to as sist a certain Miss Anna Fred erickson with her coat. The offer was spurned. But Mr. Cassidy persevered and ultimately they began dating. It was a cold day on November 27, 1905, when they were married at Fairfax, S.D., by Father Jud eneck. “Colder than today,” insisted Mrs. Cassidy while comfortably seated at the reception table in Sunday’s observance. Outside a raw north wind whipped snow flurries. The couple began housekeep ing two miles south of Ft. Ran dall in South Dakota. They be came the parents of two sons and two daughters — all of whom were reared on the Ft. Randall farm. “All we’ve ever done is farm”, asserts Mrs. Cassidy. “Six years ago we moved into Spencer and i retired.” Their two sons, John and Ed ward, operate the 1,000 - acre home-place which is near the big Missouri river dam. “The (government) took about 80 acres from us to build the dam,” explained the dark-haired Mr. Cassidy, who flaunts the sug gestion that he should be grey. Mr. Cassidy has always loved to dance. He would have danced continuously Sunday night except that his wife and children re strained him, and his own better judgement dictated that he shouldn’t over exert. A few weeks ago he was hospitalized at Doctor French Suffers Stroke Dr. O. W. French, 64, well known O’Neill physician and sur geon who suffered a stroke about 3 a.m., Friday while at St. An thony’s hospital, is “showing im provement”, relatives said Wed nesday night. He lapsed into a coma and his condition remained unchanged for several days. His son, Dr. Ivan French, of Wahoo, was hurredily summoned to come to O’Neill to care for his father. Members of the family said the O’Neill doctor, who was reared at Page and later practiced there, is “gaining.” Mrs. Chester Ross Expires at Lynch SPENCER — Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m.. Satur day, November 26, from the Uni ted Lutheran church for Mrs. Chester Ross, 48, who died Thurs day morning. November 24, in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. Rev. W. H. Henning, church pas tor, officiated at the rites. Mrs. Ross was the former Mabel Miller. Survivors include: Widower; sons—Ernest of Dallas, Tex., and Albert of Des Moines, la.; daugh —Mrs. William (Leta) Shel don of Spencer and Carolyn, at uome; five grandchildren. The ideal gift ... a subscrip tion to The Frontier . . . enjoy-t men for all the family! O’Neill—the first time he had j ever been seriously sick. i He can still fiddle and enjoys J dance music. He couldn’t be in duced to haul out the violin for the violin for the Sunday eve ning dancing party. “Alice and her orchestra will furnish bet ter music without my violin.” Asked if he had never been in politics, Mr. Cassidy hastened to say no, but proudly proclaimed he has been a lifelong democrat. “The 1956 presidential election is a cinch for the democrats,” he contends. “In fact, it’s in the bag.” Mrs. Cassidy unhesitatingly says she reflects Mr. Cassidy’s political ideas. They are members of St. Mary’s Catholic church at Spencer. Their sons are John and Ed ward, both of Ft. Randall; their daughters are Mrs. Milford (Kathryn) Graham of Gregory, , S.D., and Mrs. Frank (Alice) Ne mec of Spencer. There are four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Guests for the reception came from Carroll, Manning and Har lan, la.; Gregory, Burke, Fairfax and Platte, S.D.; Bancroft, Bloom field, Niobrara, Monowi, Lynch, Bristow, Gross, Butte and O’Neill. (A tape - recorded interview with the Cassidys was broadcast on the Monday “Voice of The Frontier” program, WJAG, 780 kc.) I--— C&NW Porter Quits After 40 Years A Pullman porter, who down through the years has tended the needs of thousands of patrons, on .he Omaha-Chadron run of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad passed through O’Neill early Sun day on his final trip. Isaac S. Tharr, 70, of Omaha retired the next day, having com pleted 40 years in Pullman ser vice. When the eastbound train pull ed into the O’Neill station and Mr. Tharr alighted as usual at the steps he was greeted by a num oer of well-wishers. To the ac companiement of near-zero tem peratures and flurries, the group sang “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”. On a hot August night he had told several O’Neill passengers he planned to retire in November and he longed for “a couple of jandhills game birds” for his “re tirement feast.” He was handed two birds in a sack by Sergeant Legat of St. Jo seph, Mo., an O’Neill visitor. When the train pulled away from the station and Mr. Tharr had his last glimpse of O’Neill, he doffed his hat, smiled broadly and clutched his paper sack. District 27 Opens New School Building Patrons, friends and other well wishers converged Sunday after noon at the spic-and-span new school building in district 27 (Meek). The patrons and board of ed ucation members in the district were congratulated by a former chairman of the Holt county board of supervisors, Axel Borg of O’Neill, in brief dedicatory remarks. Balance of the after noon was spent socially, refresh ments were served and children romped in the cavernous base ment. Mr. Borg said the new school was the product of cooperation at the local level. ivcgaiuicsa ui nu w mi uiu petent’ we may or may not be in working out our own affairs, you people are to be congratu laetd for helping to bring sev eral districts together and joint ly shoulder the responsibility of providing first-class school facilities for the children of the community. “You have demonstrated,” he continued, “you do not have to be told by Lincoln or Washing ton how or when to improve your school facilities.” The 20 by 40-ft. flat-roof type building, costing $5,500, was com pleted about a month ago. Robert Krotter of the Wm. Krotter Co. (O’Neill-Spencer-Stuart) design ed the buidling. Although the new school was conceived only six months or so ago, Board President Walter De vall said the story of the new school goes back a number of months. District 103 (Austin Hynes), dormant for some time, was merged about six years ago with district 224. The enlarged district was merged with district 27 (Meek) last summer. Also half of district 34 was declared “dead” (no classes had convened for more than a year) and was merg ed with 27. Ditto for district 208. Some of the socalled “dead” districts had cash balances. Col lectively the new school idea grew out of the merger. Charles Fox is secretary in district 27 and Edward Kaczor is treasurer. Krotter said the building was designed with state accreditation laws in mind. The building will accommodate up to 25 pupils (only eight are enrolled now). There are indoor, modern rest rooms, green “blackboads”, direct and indirect lighting, asphalt tile flooring and dry wall construc tion was used. The basement can be used for indoor recreation and com munity purposes. District 27’s new school is situated 17 miles north of O’Neill or one-fourth mile east of the Midway store. Ironically, Miss Alice French, Holt county superintendent of public instruction, was unable to attend. She has maintained inti mate interest in the project but was ill during the weekend. - <i To Unveil Gay Display HereTonite Ceremony Is Expected to Attract Throngs; Hours 7 ’Til 10 Annual unveiling of yuletide windows will take place at 7 o’ clock tonight (Thursday), and large crowds are expected to throng the streets and admire the gay display windows. Unveiling is sponsored by die retail trade committee of thq Chamber of Commerce. Mer chants have been busily dressing the windows for the past several days, and preparation for many of the displays began several months ago. O’Neill, the “Christinas city for north - central Nebraska,” will be bedecked in its yuletide best for the simultaneous “light . up.” To inject special interest into the event, each cooperating firm will display one non-related item in each window. Contest entry blanks may be secured and turned in at the Golden hotel lobby. Persons 16 years-old and above are invited to determine the non-related item in the various windows, in dicate the unusual item on the entry blank, also indicate the •° contestant’s name and address. They should also note the firm name where the non-related item was spotted. The Chamber will award prizes to the first three persons cor rectly identifying the non-related items in the greatest number of contest windows. Announcement of the winners and presentation of prizes will be made on “Santa Claus day”— * Saturday, December 17. i n t Vv n nrin X U1 UViputillf, ii* **» »’■*** dow unveiling: Fourth Street Market, Don’s Bar, Mac’s Bar, Johnson Jewelry, Coast-to-Coast, Gambles, J. M. McDonald Co., Petersen Cloth ing, O’Neill Drug, O’Neill Photo, Gillespies, Tom-Tom Cafe, Lee Store, J. C. Penney, Laursen Insurance, Council Oak, Shel- . hamer Oil & Equip., Lindberg Firestone, McIntosh Jewelry, Ev- ' 0 ans Beauty Shop, Elkhorn Flow er Shop, Patton’s Ben Franklin Store, Osborne’s, Montgomery Hardware, Western Auto, Wm. Krotter Co., REA, Apparel Shop, Johnson, Drug, McCarvilles’, O’ Neill Style Shop, Dr. H. D. Gil- „ dersleeve, Coyne Hardware. Meanwhile, plans are progress ing for the Chamber-sponsored “bogus dollar days” to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 8, 9 and 10. For each dollar in trade the customer can ask for a “bogus dollar.” O’Neill merchants will have a host of premiums on display at the Golden hotel cor ner in the Ponton Insurance and H. D. Gildersleeve display windows. At 10 o’clock Saturday night, December 10, an “auction” will be held at the O’Neill public school auditorium. “Bogus dol lars” can be used to “purchase” the premiums, which will be awarded to the highest “bidders.” The phoney money has been printed in $1, $10 and $20 “de nominations” and, make no mis take; it is make-believe “money.” Jelinek Bulls Average $268— CREIGHTON—A large crowd ’ •’ attended the Joe J. Jelinek & Sons’ production sale of register ed Herefords held here Friday. Twenty-six bulls averaged $268; 18 females averaged $183. The top 10 bulls averaged $341. Pioneer Baca 2d, top bull, brought $500, selling to Leonard Wavrunek of Verdigre. Second top bull, Bocaldo Pioneer, brought $400 and was purchased by Smith & Woodworth of Creighton. Baca Ellen and Connie Royal, females, sold for $235 to Milo Cheney of Wisner and Frank Kla wonn of Norfolk, respectively. District 27’s new school . . . conceived about six months ago., cost $5,500.—The Frontier Photo.
