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Volume 75.—Number 32. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 8, 1955. Seven Cent»
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STATE HIST
Chorus to Be Heard
in Christmas Chorale
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Economy-Sized
Snowstorm Hits
Traffic Grinds to Halt
Here
An economy - sized snowstorm
moved into the north-central Ne
braska region Saturday and
dumped eight inches of snow at
O’Neill.
Elsewhere in the region the fall
measured up to 15 inches.
Ol’ Man Winter, jumping the
gun some 2% weeks, buffeted the
region with strong north winds
that piled high the snow and
choked communications.
Spencer, Atkinson, Butte and
Newport reported 10 inches of
snow; Chambers, 8; Ewing, 7;
Jamison, Naper and Burton, 12
to 15 inches.
The Midway locality north of
O’Neill received about a foot of
snow.
By midaftemoon most traffic
on the three U.S. highways and
O’Neill streets had drawn to a
halt. Stores and shops were closed
at 5:30 p.m., and residents dug
in to weather the remainder of
the snow and blow.
The winds continued unabated
during most of the night. Visibili
ty was nil during the height of
the storm and snowplow equip
ment was pulled in off the high
* ways.
By 10 o’clock Sunday morning
U.S. highway 20 had been opened
eastward to Plainview and be
yond and westward to Ainsworth
and beyond. By noon U.S. high
way 281 was opened north to
Spencer and beyond and south to
Grand Island.
U.S. highway 275 to Ewing,
Neligh' and Norfolk was the first
to be opened. Ice conditions
harassed motorists east of hern.
State hi "bway 12 was not op
ened to Jamison until 5 o’clock
Sunday evening, and it was 8 o’
clbck before the east-west high
way was cleared as far as Burton.
Many activities were halted
during the weekend and hotels
and motels were filled with
strand motorists.
Telephone communications at
the toll center here continued op
erative although two Omaha cir
suits were knocked out.
Saturday busses were annulled
and mainline Chicago & North
Western passenger-mail - express
trains were operating behind
schedule. A “freeze-up” in the
Pullman caused eastbound train
14, Chadron' to Omaha, to be held
at O’Neill five hours.
Official precipitation here from
the snow amounted to .70. The
moisture was welcomed by farm
ers and ranchers. Top soil had
been so dry, many reasoned, the
ground was not frozen and much
of the moisture would work in.
Early Sunday the residents be
gan to dig out from under t.he
moisture-laden blanket.
Consumers Public Power dis
trict’s 13 - county headquarters
here reported little difficulty ex
cept for a three-hour outage at
Dakota City on the easternmost
end of the system.
Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom
jaek said the county was free of
accident during the ordeal.
By midweek most of the rural
roads that had been blocked were
opened only to one-way traffic
and persons using those routes
said additional snow and wind
could easily block those roads
o again.
Week’s weather summary based
on 24-hour periods ending at 6
p.m., daily:
Hi Lo
December 1 35 16
December 2 .30 15
December 3 ..20 12
December 4 .15 8
December 5 . 25 3
December 6 .34 10
December 7 .19 5
Check Forger Gets
Year in Reformatory
Tony Williams, 22, a Califor
nian, Tuesday was sentenced to
one-year in the men’s reforma
tory at Lincoln on a check for
gery charge. He admitted guilt in
a preliminary hearing Friday and
was bound over to the district
court.
Meanwhile, his companion, Ad
olph Probost, 25,-an Indian for
merly of Gordon, changed his
plea in connection with the same
incident. Probst is being held in
jail here.
Tomjack said he would take
Williams to the reformatory on
Saturday.
Fair Group
Schedules Meeting
CHAMBERS — The annual
meeting of Holt .County Agricul
tural society will be held Satur
urday, December 10, at the Gold
en Gate theatre in Chambers. The
meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m.
The annual report will be
made. There will be an election
of directors to the board to re
place those whose terms have ex
pired.
All those holding memberships
are invited to attend, according to
Edwin A. Wink, secretary.
To Make Extended
Stay in Indiana—
ATKINSON—Jake Siegler, who
recently held a public sale of his
personal property will leave to
day (Thursday) for Hammond,
Ind,, for an extended stay with
his brothers.
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“Community Christmas Chor
ale” is being presented Sunday by
the O’Neill Civic Chorus. Featur
ed this year along with the chor
us and soloists will be vocalists
from Atkinson high school, St.
Mary’s academy and O’Neill pub
lic school with their respective
instructors—Miss Leona Kilmur
ry, Miss Alvara Ramm and Mr.
Richard C. Smithson.
The cantata, “When the Christ
Child Came” by Clokey, will pre
sent the chorus and soloists to the
accompaniment of an instrument
al group of winds, string bass and
piano. The afternoon’s highlight
is expected to be the performance
of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from
Handel’s “Messiah”. A 25-piece
band will join the chorus for this
final selection.
Soloists to be heard in the can
tata are Marde Birmingham,
Sybil Griffin, Rahe (“Bennie”)
Johnson, Julia Smithson and Ri
chard C. Smithson. Appearing as
soloist with the chorus for the
first time is Miss Birmingham, a
former student of Sister M.
Flores at St. Mary’s academy and
of Mrs. Joseph Lang in Omaha.
She sang with the Duchesne col
lege singers for three years. Also
making her debut as a soloist,
Mrs. Smithson has studied and
performed in Lead, S.D., and
Yankton (S.D.) college.
Performance time is 3 o’clock
Sunday afternoon, - December 11,
1955 in the high school auditor
ium. The public is invited. There
j is to be no admission charge.
Van Buren Trial
Delayed by Storm
BUTTE — The motor vehicle
homicide trial of Willard Van
Buren, 20, of Spencer, scheduled
to have been heard by a jury
starting Monday, December 5,
was postponed. District Judge D.
R. Mounts of ONeill said a new
date will be set.
Van Buren, a father, is defend
ant in the case brought by the
state of Nebraska. Van Buren is
charged in connection with the
one-car auto accident in which
Danny Kersch, 16, of Spencer,
was fatally injured. Kersch was
a passenger in Van Buren’s car
when the machine went out of
control August 22 on U.S. high
way 281 two miles west of Spen
cer.
For the first time in Boyd
county history, women had been
summoned for jury duty. Of the
36 jurors that had been called, 15
were women.
New Radio Station
Now in Operation
Nebraska’s newest radio station
is on the air at O’Neill. The stu
dio and transmitter are located
across the street west from Ford’s
| park in West O’Neill.
Station KVHC, under the man
agement of Robert D. LaRue, has
started operation, with a daily
schedule of broadcasts from 6
a.m., to 12 midnight. The station
is rated at 250 watts at 1400 kc.
LaRue came here from Ft. Mor
gan, Colo., where he was associat
ed with station KFTM. He is co
owner of the O’Neill station with
Russell Stewart, who operates
stations KNEB at Scottsbluff, and
KOLR at Sterling, Colo.
Staff includes Mr. and Mrs. La
Rue, Allan Martin, John Tenborg
and Ray Clifton.
Saddle Club to
Elect Officers
Annual turkey dinner for mem
bers of the O’Neill Saddle club
and their families will be held at
6:30 pm., Sunday at the Ameri
can Legion club here. The affair
was originally scheduled for Sun
day, December 4, but had to be
postponed because of impassable
road conditions.
Annual election of officers will
be held. Present officers are Ro
ger Bowen, president; Buck Ed
misten, vice-president; William
Murray, secretary, and James
Donohoe, treasurer. Members of
the board of directors are Virgil
Laursen, C. E. McVay and Bern
ard Allen.
Officials Plan
for State Meet
Members of the Holt county
board of supervisors and a num
ber of other elected county offi
cials plan to attend the state con
vention of the Nebraska County
Officers’ association. The conven
tion will be held in Omaha Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, De
cember 14, 15 and 16.
Meanwhile, the board has
scheduled a brief business session
for Tuesday, December 20.
A county road petition, not yet
completed, may be one of the
items on the agenda, County
Clerk Kenneth Waring said.
Makes Application
for Drink License
Joyce Darling, proprietor of
the Town House, Tuesday eve
ning petitioned the city council
for a liquor by the drink license.
The council set January 2, 1956,
as a date for hearing on the ap
plication.
About six weeks ago two simi
lar applications, including one
from the Town House, and one
application for a beer license
were rejected by the council.
MAYOR STRICKEN
NELIGH— The mayor of this
city, Walter Bradley, was strick
en this week with a heart attack.
Perkins, 60,
Expires in
Hospital
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Suffered While in
Auto Enroute Home
EMMETT—Funeral services will
be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday,
December 9, from the Church of
the Epiphany here for Thomas
James Perkins, 60, veteran clerk
in the John Conard grocery store.
Mr. Perkins, best-known as
“Tom,” died at 2:46 p.m., Tues
day, December 6, in St. Anthony’s
hospital.
He had entered his automo
bile near the Conard store Fri
day night and was enroute to
his home in O’Neill when he
suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
He was unconscious when dis
covered in the car by Mr. Conard.
Mr. Conard found the car with
all four wheels on the sidewalk
in front of the bank building.
Later, Mr. Perkins was trans
ferred to the hospital at O’Neill
where he died 3% days later. He
was taken to the hospital by Gil
bert Fox.
A rosary will be offered to
night (Thursday) at Biglin’s
chapel. Burial will be in Calvary
cemetery. Pallbearers chosen are
John Conard, Darcy Abart, Ro
lan<J Wills and Edward Winkler,
all of Emmet, and Roland Shald
and Donald Myers, both of Stuart.
The late Mr. Perkins was bom
September 1, 1895, at Leadville,
Colo., a son of Thomas and Mary
Daniel Perkins, both of whom
were immigrants from England.
When he was 14-years-old
he accompanied his mother and
two sisters to near Springview,
in Keya Paha county, where
they lived many years on a
ranch.
Later, he went to Emmet to
make his home with his sister,
Mrs. O'Connor, who recently
moved from Emmet to O’Neill.
I He assisted Mr. O’Connor m the
tavern at Emmet between 1936
and 1941 and had been employed
since that time by Mr. Conard.
He was a member of the Church
of the Epiphany, and he was pre
ceded in death by his parents and
an infant brother.
Survivors include: Sisters —
Mrs. James (Ida) O’Connor of
O’Neill and Miss Mabel Perkins
of Ainsworth; stepfather—Rich
ard Heerten of Ainsworth; broth
er-in-law—James O’Connor of
O’Neill; niece -— Miss Marybelle
O’Connor of Omaha.
Storm Brings
Halt to Activity
EWING — The snowstorm,
which moved into the Ewing vi
cinity Friday evening, brought
business to a standstill. Many
weekend trips were cancelled
due to road conditions.
No church services were held
at the Methodist and United
Presbyterian churches. St. Peter’s
Catholic church held services as
usual, but the attendance was
small.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Leo Norman Woeppel, 21, of
Ewing and Miss Jean Lavern
Scholz, 19, of Inman on Decem
ber 6.
Willard Eugene Fowler, 28, of
Riverview and Donna Marie Fer
ris, 23, of Logn Pine, on Decem
ber 6.
Miss Ella Rita Schmidt of Om
aha spent from last Thursday un
til Monday with her mother,
Mrs. John Schmidt, and brother,
Andrew.
This crowd of kids and teenagers Tuesday wa tched snow removal equipment clean the site of
O’Neill’s new ice skating rink.—The Frontier Pho to.
Site of the new rink is five blocks north of G rattan, township library on North Sixth street (im
mediately west of the old race track.—The Frontier Photo. '
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Auctioneer Dies
in Plane Crash
Howard Schnell of Dickinson,
N.D., well-known in Hereford
sale circles in the midwest, was
one of three persons killed last
week when their chartered plane
ran out of fuel and crashed near
Hermosa, S.D. The plane was en
route from Broken Bow to Rapid
City, S.D.
Schnell’s death and the week
end blizzard obliged officers of
the Niobrara Hereford association
to postpone a sale which was
scheduled to have been held
Tuesday, December 6, at Butte.
Schnell was to have been the
auctioneer.
Sale Manager Walt Sire of
Butte said the new date is Tues
day, December 13. Dewey Schaf
fer of O’Neill will be the judge.
The show starts at 10 a.m.; the
sale at 1 p.m. Twenty-six bulls
and 12 females are entered.
James Magness of Miller, S.D,
will be substitute judge.
Miss Marguerite Hoffman of
Norfolk spent the weekend vis
iting her son, James.
Rink-Flooding Job
Handed Reversals
O’Neill’s ice skating rink bump
ed into obstacles this week and
both involved Mother Nature.
Flooding of the rink last Thurs
day was abandoned when water
refused to linger on the pourous
surface.
Special sealing material was or
dered and arrived early Satur
day. But then an eight-inch layer
of snow fell.
Snow couldn’t be removed un
til Tuesday.
Four firms—Shelhamer Equip
ment Co., Outlaw Implement Co.,
Harry R. Smith Implements and
the Elkhorn Motel — volunteered
snow - removal equipment and
manpower to clear the area. The
sealer is expected to be applied
today (Thursday), and the rink
will be ready for ice skating en
thusiasts in just a few days.
The project had the personal
supervision of Mayor Alva Mar
cellus and Chairman A. P. Jasz
kowiak of the city parks board.
The rink is located on O’Neill
public school property in the ex
treme northeast section of the
city.
A hot drink stand is contempla
ted for the rink by the Jaycees.
Eagles retain city cage crown ... Bob Porter, Frank Fetrow, Jim Johnson, Bob Young (Storv
on page 12.)—The Frontier Photo. (MOry
Donald Rohde
Files for Unicam
Donald E. Rohde of Lynch, a
student at the University of Ne
braska, filed last week for the
28th legislative district’s seat in
the unicameral. Rohde was an
unsuccessful candidate in the
1954 election. He was defeated by
Frank Nelson of O’Neill, a vet
eran in the legislature.
Rohde will graduate next
spring from the university.
Senator Nelson has nob an
nounced his plans regarding the
1956 election.
Auction Calendar
Saturday, December 10: Os
borne’s Appliance Store, complete I
and final close-out auction of j
eleltric and gas applianres; Col.!
Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer.
(Details on page 9.)
Wednesday, December 14: Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Beed of Chambers;
32 head of cattle, machinery,
feed, grain, some household goods;
Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc
tioneer; Chambers State bank,
clerk. (Details on page 12.)
Friday, December 16: Real es
tate and personal property be
longing to the late J. A. O. and
Victoria Woods, in Chambers;
Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc
tioneer; Chambers State bank,
clerk. (Details on page 11.)
Wednesday, January 4: Wil
liam Claussen farm closeout north
of O’Neill. (Details in subsequent
issues.)
M rs. Vernon Lorenz
New Noble Grand
Officers were elected by Eden
Rebekah lodge Friday. Mrs. Ver
non Lorenz was elected noble
grand, replacing Mrs. Donald
Loy. Other officers elected were
Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick, vice
grand; Mrs. Darrell Baker, secre
tary; Winnie Barger, treasurer,
re-elected. Mrs. DeWayne Landis
is retiring vice-grand and Mrs.
Esther Harris was secretary.
The members discussed plans
for a Christmas party.
Brunswick Couple
Wedded 60 Years—
BRUNSWICK—Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Swan of Brunswick celebrated i
their 60th wedding anniversary '
Sunday, despite the snowstorm.
The Swans were joined at the
recepiton table by their attend- (
ant at the 1895 wedding — Mrs. !
Alex Lichty. <
Nuptials Delayed
Because of Storm
BUTTE — Miss Joyce Fay
Holm of Butte formerly of
Royal, and Gerry Sedlacek of
Spencer were to have been
married at 2 o’clock Sunday af
ternoon at the Butte Communi
ty church.
The principals in the wed
ding party had to contend with
snow and more snow to show up
for the wedding. They finally
managed to assemble by 7 o’
clock in the evening.
The couple left on a wedding
trip — pressing closely behind
snowplows.
COMPLETES BASIC
ATKINSON—Pvt. Dale Dunn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunn,
is spending a 13-day leave with
his parents. Private Dunn recent
ly completed his basic training at
Camp Chaffee, Ark. He will re
turn .to that base for further as
signment.
20-Year Service
Award to Young
Soil Man Honored
by Workers
Harold Young, member of the
Holt County Soil Conservation
Service staff, was honored at a
dinner held Thursday evening.
Members and families of the soil
conservation district board, SCS
staff and extension staff attend
ed.
Mr. Young has been employed
by the soil conservation service
for over 20 years. He was award
ed a certificate and lapel pin by
C. R. Hill, unit conservationist.
Following the dinner, Elmer
Juracek showed slides of his trip
to Arizona as representative of
the supervisors in the Goodyear
award. Neil Dawes showed slides
of his summer college experience
in Wisconsin. Some of the ladies
toured the downtown streets for
the window unveiling.
Mr. Young began his career in
November, 1934, as senior foreman
of laborers in the CCC camp at
Humboldt. At that time the camp
was under the direction of the
forest service. In April, 1935, it
was taken over by the newly
developed soil conservation ser
vice. Following that he was sta
Young . . . surprised. — The
Frontier Photo.
t i o n e d at camps at Hebron,
Wayne, Franklin and Pawnee
City.
In March, 1943, he was trans
ferred to the soil conservation dis
trict staff at Madison. In Feb
ruary, 1948, he joined the staff at
I O’Neill.
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Chambers Pastor to
St. Louis Meeting
CHAMBERS — Rev. Howard
Claycombe will attend the coord
inating council meeting of the
Lutheran church (Missouri syn
od ) at the Lutheran building in
St. Louis, Mo., on Friday, October
9.
At the invitation of Dr. O. E.
Feuchet, director of the board of I
parish education, Pastor Clay
combe will represent the younger
clergy in planning for the church.
The entire emphasis of the con
ference will be centered on the
theme of “Prayer”.
The midweek Bible study and
prayer fellowship of St. Paul’s in
Chambers will be used as a basis
for discussion and possible adop
tion for all 5,300 congregations
throughout the synod.
No Classes Monday
Because of Roads
CHAMBERS — The Chambers
town school and many of the
country schools were cancelled
Monday, December 5, because of
the snow.
Sunday services at the Cham
bers Methodist church were also
cancelled.
Edwin Wink reported that the
weather gauge showed a snowfall
of 8 inches. High wind Sunday
piled it up.
Snow equipment was out Mon
day opening streets and roads.
The rural mail carrier made only
a portion of his route Saturday.
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Frontier” . . . Monday, Wednes
day, Saturday, 9:30. WJAG.
Bogus $$$
to Be Given
Three Days
Valuable Premiums to
‘SelP a t Auction
on Saturday Night
This is the weekend for the
widely - heralded bogus dollar
days.
Starting today (Thursday) anc
continuing through Friday
Saturday, many O’Neill merchant
will issue a bogus (or phoney)
dollar for each dollar spent in the
various stores.
At 10 p.m., Saturday in the O'
Neill public school auditorium,
scores of premiums will be “sold"
at auction and the make-believe?
money is to be used to "pur
chase” the premiums.
Cooperating stores and other
business firms have filled the
display windows at the Ponton.
Insurance and Dr. H. D. Gilder
sleeve offices (Golden hotei
building, Fourth and Douglas).
Premiums range from «n»aii
appliances and gift items to a.
sack of feed.
Store and shop windows were
unveiled last Thursday evenings •
and the color spectacle brought
hundreds of visitors onto the
streets. Non-related items in the*
display windows added special in
terest to the yule window un
veiling. Persons who picked out
the most non-related items wil>.
be announced Saturday, Decem
ber 17, when Santa Claus makes
his annual trip to O'Neill with a
sleigh laden with treats for the
kids.
I
These events are sponsored
by the retail trade committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
Secretary William S. Matterns
said Wednesday no meeting of the
Chamber will be held during De
cember.
8 Seniors Listed
on 2d Honor Ro*£
Principal Willard Solfermoser'
of O’Neill high school has am—
nounced the honor roll for tis*v
second six weeks as follows:
Seniors—Mary Fetrow, Caro
lyn Lindberg, Marilyn CarrcaPi,,
Kay Hibbs, Roger Neimeyov.
Nina Burival, Robert Burival, Bii
die Krugman.
Juniors—Linda Serck, Demons
Lindberg, Marlene Emrer V*r~
netta Krogh, Gary Holcomb.
Sophomores — Michael Liddy
Judy Johnson, Jane Petersen.’
Lynda Haynes.
Freshmen—Konnie Kurtz, Bets
ty Rodman, Jeannette Fricke, Jto- •
an Booth, Elaine Krugman, VeiUa.'
Ernst.
Supt. Milton J. Baack said Hie*
board of education of district T *
will meet Monday, December cn
at 7:30 p.m.
The Parent-Teachers’ associa
tion will meet Friday, December
9. December’s meeting was orig
inally scheduled for Monday, De~
emeber 5, but was postponed be
cause of the snow.
Jaycees Planning
Turkey Dinner
Members of the Junior Cbaarw
ber of Commerce, their wives mt
lady friends will participate in jti
turkey dinner at 6:30 p.m., Su»
day at Slat’s Supper club. Tins
will be the first annual affair:
A social hour will precede the
serving. Plans for a special speak
er for the event have been drop
ped. ,
Meanwhile, the state Jaycee or
ganization is actively scanning
the field for prospective candid
ates for the annual young man a.®
the year award.
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Pie-Baking Contest
Planned in January—
The annual 4-H cherry pie oaK
ing contest will be held early n
January, it was announced at*.tht
agricultural extension office thi*
week.
The contest, to be held on Jan
uary 1, is open to both girls and
boys, who are between 14 and 21.
The contestants must have
completed the required projecSx
in food preparation. Additional
information concerning the con
test can be secured at the county
agent’s office. Specific announce
ments of the place and date for
the contest will be made at a Ici
er date.
Dexter, Benash
Are Inductees—
The following Holt county **
lective service registrants were
inducted into the army Thursday
December 1:
Donald R. Dexter of Ame-Sai
and Delbert R. Benash of CPNeiSL
MASONS ELECT
STUART—At a regular meet
ing of the Masonic lodge, Charfes
Mulford was elected worshipful
master. Robert Warden is the
new junoir warden and D.jnald:
Krotter was reelected treasurer..
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