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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1956)
rHour Show! of The Frottier” Mon. — Wed. — Sat. 9:30-10 A.M. — 780 k.c. North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 75.—Number 49. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 5, 1956. Seven Cents r> o i Unseasonal Storm Related to Tornadoes -— -<s> ° Porch Fall Fatal , ° to Omaha Woman Mrs. William Yurgil Burial at Stuart STUART—Funeral services for Mrs. William Yurgil, 39, of Oma ha, who died at Omaha S<Rur day night, March 31, when she fell from the porch of her second Door apartment, were held Tues day afternoon, April 3, at Stuart Community church. Rev. D. D. Su officiated. Burial was at Stuart and pall bearers were Leonard Roberts, Mark Nelson, Harry Cowles, Mah 0 Ion Shearer, Donald Krotter and Jack Strade. Winifred Zink, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Zink, was born May 5, 1916, at Wewela, S.D. Her family moved to the Zink ranch o near Stuart when she was 2 years-old. She was graduated from Stuart high school in 1934. She attended Chadron State Teachers college and then taught school two years. She was married to Herbert Stech of Chadion December 31, 1938, and two children were bom o to them. She was married to William Yurgil of Omaha on September 4, 1955, and they made their home in Omaha. Mrs. Yurgil was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the American Legion auxiliary. Survivors include: Widower; daughter—Nancy Lee; son—John c* Roderich; parents; sisters— Mrs. George Keidel, Mrs. James Al lyn, Mrs. Robert Pearson and Mrs. Wesley Slaymaker, all of Stuart; brothers—Robert of Lin coln and Harold of Wewela, S.D. Mrs. Anna Kimes Dies Suddenly CLEARWATER — Mrs. Anna Kimes, 74, died unexpectedly about noon Saturday, March 31, while eating lunch at her home. . She was alone when stricken. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 3, from the Church of Christ. Burial was at Clearwater. The late Mrs. Kimes operated a confectionery stand here for 10 years. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Melvin Stamp and Mrs. Al bert Latzel, both cf Ewing, Mrs. Ronald Switzer of Columbus and Mrs. Anna Kuhn of Rice, Kans.; sons—Anton Rothleutner of Ew ing, William Rothleutner of Om aha, Rudolph Rothleutner of Iss quick, Wash., and August Roth leutner of Auburn, Wash. Mrs. Kimes was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon. Sedivy Succeeds Sojka at Creamery EWING—Julian Soika, manag er of the Ewing Co-Op Creamery for the past several years, has resigned from that position and the resignation will become offi cial Monday, April 16. Ray E. Sedivy, rancher, has been selected by the board of directors as the new manager. Mr. Sedivy is a Tilden high school graduate, attended Norfolk Junior college, lived several years in Oregon, returned to Nebraska in 1952 and has been associated with his father, Emil Sedivy, in the operation of the Lazy S ranch. 5 O’Clock Deadline for Office Seekers The deadline for filing for county and state offices in con nection with the forthcoming pri mary election is at 5 p.m. tcday (Thursday), according to Holt Sountly Clerk Kenneth Waring. Meanwhile, Charlie Fox of the Meek community, north of O’ Neill, Wednesday filed for the nomination for supervisor in the Second district. Fox is a repub lican. Unicam Committee to Meet Saturday The state legislative council’s special committee studying coun ty government operations will convene in O’Neill on Saturday, April 7. It will be the committee’s first public hearing. State Sen. John Aufenkamp of Julian is the committee chairman. Series of Surprises During Weekend— DELOIT— A surprise reunion was held at the Clarence Schmi ser home on Easter. Mrs. Vernon Upton of England, who had been called home be cause of the illness of her father, Frank Schmiser, was surprised to see her son, Roger of Omaha, and his fiancee, Shirley Camish, ar rive Saturday night. Miss Camish had the surprise of ner life when her folks drove into the yard from Crookston. Frank Schmiser even reported 0 he “felt much better.” Auction Calendar Friday, April 20: Fred Young’s complete closeout sale, seven miles north of Atkinson; livestock, machinery, household goods; also selling at same time, 320-acre im proved Kenneth Jones farm: Cols. Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, Er nie Weller and Dean Fleming, both of Atkinson, auctioneers. (Details on page 4 and in next issue.) A freakish and unseasonal snow ! storm, directly related to torna does touched off in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, whipped into the O’Neill region early Tuesday. More than six inches of snow was dumped, coming on the heels of more than an inch of rain. The rain, sleet and snow combined to net an official 1.39 inches of precipitation. The moisture was warmly welcomed. Rain began falling Monday eve ning, turned to sleet and later to snow. By 8 a.m., Tuesday four inches of snow had fallen here. The snow was borne by northern winds with gusts up to 40 mph. Visibility was zero and high way and street traffic ground to a halt. State highway de partment snowplows were kept off the highways until breaks in the storm became evident. By noon the snowfall exceeded six inches. No school was held at O’Neill on Tuesday and countless affairs were cancelled. Oddly O’Neill, Atkinson, Stuart, Chambers, Spencer and Butte were being buffeted while Ewing, Neligh, Orchard, Plainview and Norfolk were reporting showers. O’Neill was the extreme eastern bound ary. ine storm was mildly reminis cent of the famous hurricane bliz zard of March 7, 1950. In that storm the gusts mounted up to 100-mph, 5- to 12-degreee tem peratures prevailed and there was 18 inches of snow. Ice and wind knocked out the only long distance telephone cir cuits between O’Neill and the towns of Ainsworth, Valentine and Winner, S.D. There was an 18-minute power failure in the Consumers Public Power network at Emmet, Atkinson, Newport and Bassett. Mainline Chicago & North Western passenger trains ran in time during the storm. Several busses were annulled during the height of the storm. Ec3 Stapowich, chief of the Om aha weather bureau, sa ihtdserot aha weather bureau, said the storm was similar but not identi cal to the famous hurricane bliz zard. In a summary prepared for The Frontier, Stapowich said the storm center at 6:30 p.m., on Sunday was in the extreme southwest part of Nebraska, near Hayes Center. Then it moved southeast ward and at 6:30 p.m., Monday hovered over Dodge City and Hutchinson, Kans., gathering mo mentum. • A strong flow of moist air from the Gulf of Mexico came up over eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and eastern Nebraska, borne by a wind from due south. Meanwhile, a warm front crossed the southeast comer of Nebraska on an Omaha-Lincoln line. South of the front tempera tures were 75 to 80 degrees; north of the line much lower and a northeasterly wind ushered in the cold. “This moist, warm air overran the cold air and rain-drizzle-sleet snow in the O’Neill area result ed,” explained the weather ex pert. Meanwhile, the storm was mov ing north and northeast. By 6:30 p.m., Tuesday it centered over St. Paul, Minn. High northwesterly wind at O’Neill was the result of the clockwise motion around the storm center. The same storm touched off tornadoes at Soldier, la., and Auburn, also twisters in Kansas and Oklahoma. Curiously, temperatures didn’t get below freezing during Tues day’s snow and blow. The mois ture content in the snow was very high. Much of the snow dis appeared Wednesday. Week’s weather summary, based on 24-hour periods ending at 6 p.m., daily, follows: Hi Lo Prec. March 29 . 45 16 .01 March 30 .51 12 March 31 .71 29 April 1 .75 37 April 2 .63 34 .12 April 3 .35 29 1.27 April 4 ..54 30 Total . 1.40 Rohde, Whitla Rites at Lincoln Funeral services for Donald E. Rohde, 29, and Bryce Whitla, 22, who were killed in an air plane crash near Ewing on Wed nesday, March 28, were conduct ed during the weekend in Lin coln. The "Whitla rites were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 31, from Grace Methodist church. Burial was at Creston. Services for Rohde were con ducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 1, from College View Seventh Day Adventist church. Whitla is survived by his wid ow, one daughter, mother, two brothers. Rohde leaves a widow, two chil dren, parents, three sisters. Career Day * Postponed— Career day, which was to have been noted Tuesday, April 3, at O’Neill high school, has been postponed unitil Tuesday, April 10. All seniors in Holt county high schools are invited to par ticipate. Weekend Guests— Mr. and Mrs. John Boham and Mrs. Robert Trowbridge and fam ily of Omaha spent Easter week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle. 4 Schaffer Winner Over Marcellus Longtime Resident Dies At 86 Catherine Kallhoff Is Stricken at Ewing; Funeral Tenta t i v e EWING—Mrs. Catherine Kallhoff, 86, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Miller, at Ewing, about 9:30 a.jn., Wednes day, April 4. She had been ill more than a year. She was bom in Germany and came to America when she was 18. She had spent the greater part of her life in the Ewing commun ity. Her husband died many years ago. Survivors include: Sons—Joe of Elgin, Garrett of Ewing, John of Guthrie Center, la., Carl of Raeville, Bernard of Omaha, Ot to of Clearwater; daughters—Mrs. Mary Rotherham and Mrs. Anna Miller, both of Ewing, Mrs. Hilda Sehi of Clearwater, Mrs. Lavina ifobald of Sioux City, Mrs. Mar garet Koenig of Ewing. Funeral services are tentative ly scheduled for Friday morning, April 6, at St. Peter’s Catholic church in Ewing. Rev. Peter Burke, church pastor, was out-of town and funeral arrangements had not yet been finalized Wed nesday evening. Orshek Firm Enters U.S. 281 Low Bid Francis R. Orshek, Inc., of Fre mont was the apparent low bid der on 6.8 miles of grading and bituminous surfacing for U.S. highway 281 north of O’Neill. Bids were opened last Thurs day at the state capitol in Lin coln. The stretch will virtually close the gap in the hardsurfaced route between O’Neill and Spen cer. The Orshek bid was $195,343. Wreen & Taylor of Grand Island were low bidders on guard rail, $5,115. The Orshek firm, which per formed U.S. 281 construction north of here last summer, also was ap parent low bidder on 10.1 miles of work to be done in Rock coun ty. The grading and bituminous surfacing on U.S. 183 is to cost $242,968. Juracek, Krugman Election Winners The state office of the Nebras ka soil conservation service has confirmed the election of Elmer Juracek of Star and Harvey Krug man of O’Neill as members of the Holt soil district board of di rectors. Mr. Juracek is a former board member and currently is area vice - president. The area comprises seven north-central and mountain states.) Mr. Krugman is a new member. The vote cast was light and was well distributed among the can didates with no one receiving a large majority. The other candi adtes were Stanley Lambert of Ewing, present board member, and Walt Fick of Inman. Soil directors are responsible for carrying out conservation practices in the county. County Superintendents Tour New School— Twelve county superintendents of public instruction from district III of the Nebraska Education as sociation met here Monday for an all-day session Mrs. Myrtle Day of Ponca act ed as chairman with the aid of the following: Georgia E. Rotter, supervisor of soil conservation; LeRoy Ortgiesen, supervisor of elementary and secondary educa tion; A. R. Lichtenberger, director of research, and Allen A. Elliot, supervisor of the school lunch program. The group toured the new grade school building during the noon hour. MOTHER DIES Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh’s mother died at Jay, Okla., last week. Fu neral services and burial were at Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. Osenbaugh went to Auburn Friday and re turned Tuesday evening. Auxiliary to Meet— St. Anthony’s hospital auxiliary will meet Monday evening, April 9, at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Storjohann returned Wednesday from a three-weesk visit with their son- j in-law and daughter, Mr. and j Mrs. Robert Newman of Chappell. | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holsclaw returned Friday from Phoenix, Ariz., and Los Angeles, Calif.! They were gone about six weeks, j D. C. Schaffer (center) headed a slate which succeeded in gaining two out of four city council seats at stake during Tuesday’s near-record voting. At left is J. J. (“Jack”) Berigan and at right is Leigh Reynoldson. Schaffer and Berigan are ranchers who maintain their homes in town. Rey noldson is a partner in the O’Neill Livestock Mar ket.—The Frontier Photo. ■ '% > V . Mrs. W. S. Kirkland was one of hundreds of voters transported to and from the polls Tuesday during a snow storm. Early in the day visibility was restricted to just a few feet, but the snow was no deterrent because a near-record vote was cast. Don Martin, operator of a four-wheel drive vehicle for the Schaffer committee, stands beside the car. The Marcellus group offered similar ser vice. Baby sitters were 'provided, too, by both sides.—The Frontier Photo. Musician Army Here Next Week Prep Contest Starts Wednesday More than 1,200 prep musicians, representing 28 northeast and north-central Nebraska high schools, will converge on O’Neill next week for the annual district music contest. City School Supt. M. J. Baack is contest director. Competition will begin on Wed nesday, April 11, with piano so los to be heard at St. Mary’s acad emy. Next Thursady, April 12, will be devoted to class C and D vocal and instrumental numbers throughout the day at O’Neill high school and the academy and to class C and D bands in the evening at the high school audi torium. Friday. April 13, will witness vocal and instrumental perform ances by musicians from class B schools during the morning and afternoon. The contest will bej climaxed that evening with class j B band competition. Hospital Kickoff Drive Beginning ATKINSON— Vem Pangbom, director of hospitals for the state department of health, was in At kinson Wednesday, April 4, to assist in the fund-raising kickoff drive in behalf of Atkinson Me morial hospital. Return to Lincoln— Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lundeen and Wallis Jeanette returned to their home in Lincoln Tuesday morning. They had been visiting Mrs. Lundeen’s mother, Mrs. Jeanette Derickson. Easter weekend guests of Mr.1 and Mrs. Stanley Holly and fam ily were Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Da vies of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. An ton Policky and family of York, Martin Policky and son and Mrs ; Joe Liska, all of Seward. I Robert (“Bob”) Moore . . . member of the Marcellus ticket and victor in the Third ward. (Photo of John Turner, Second ward council winner on the Marcellus ticket, not available.) Alva Marcellus, retiring may or . . central figure in Tues day’s near-record election vote. Marcellus was defeated by D. C. Schaffer. Each headed re spective slates.—The Frontier Photo. Charles Ballon Dies in Atkinson Bom on Homestead in Holt ATKINSON—Charles H. Bal lon, 71, died early Saturday, March 31, at his home here. He had been ill four months. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m., Monday, April 2, from the Methodist church with Rev. E. G. Hughes, church pastor, officiating. Buiral was in Wood Lawn cemetery under the direc tion of Seger’s. Pallbearers were Fred Mack, E. O. Slaymaker, Charles Dvorak, Joseph Mlinar, Fred Dobrovolny and Milo Hupp. The late Mr. Ballon was bom December 21, 1884, on a home stead southwest of Atkinson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ballon. He farmed for a number of years and was in business for a num ber of years. He moved to Atkin son in 1922. He was married to Mary Ann Disterhaupt September 30, 1925, at O’Neill. They spent their en tire married life in the Atkinson community. Survivors include: Widow — Mary; brother—Joseph of Lincoln. Rollin Hatch Dies At St. Edward Rollin Hatch, a familiar fig ure in O’Neill prior to his entry into a St. Edward rest home, died Tuesday at St. Edward. Fu neral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday, April 6, at Biglin’s chapel. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. He had been a laborer and had never married. Survivors include: Sister—Mrs. Cora Shelly of Palmyra. Visitors at Dorsey Home— Mr. and Mrs. Harden Anspach and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Anspach visited in the Charles Marsten home at Dorsey Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Anspach returned to j Lincoln Sunday afternoon. Ewing Gets New Village Board EWING — The former Ewing village board is retiring and names of the incumbents did not appear on the ballot. For several months the con tracted sewer bond issue has been a dominant factor in Ewing pol itics. Elected to the village board for two-year terms were: Elmer Bergstrom, 84 votes; Elvin Ham iltoa, 55, and Willis Rockey, 78. Defeated were Julian Sojka, 53 votes; Albert Stonebraker, 53 votes, and Roy Rotherham, 51. Elected to the board for a one ycar term was Jerry Tomjack with 75 votes, defeating Gail Boies with 44. Village Board Member Max Wanser, whose term did not ex pire, is a carryover and is the fifth member. Successful board of education candidates, three-year terms, are Alfred Napier with 115 votes and W. A. Spangler with 96. Unsuc cessful for the board of education was J. L. Pruden with 74. A total of 156 votes were cast for the village board and 142 for the school positions. — Enbody Write-In Winner ATKINSON—In Tuesday’s city and school election in Atkinson the only contest in the balloting was in the race for a board of ed ucation berth. George Enbody, a write - in candidate, deefated Wayne Gal yen, who name appeared on the ballot as a caucus candidate. Dr. N. P. McKee also was a party candidate and was reelected. Other victors: Willard Linville, mayor. Don Smith, First ward councilman; Clyde Davis, Second; Leo Seger, Third; Robert Fuller ton, justice of the peace. Scheinost, David to Town Board SPENCER—Voters here Tues day elected Tony Scheinost and Dr. Donald David to the town board. Successful school candidates were Herbert Sieler and Louis Klasna. Defeated school candidates were Doris Couch and Blair Drickey. Defeated town board candidates were J. M. Marcum and Clayton Kalsna. Interest was light and snow fell. Voter Turnout Meager at Stuart STUART—There was a very small turnout for Stuart’s annual municipal election held Tuesday. Fewer than 150 votes were cast. Interest was slight and the weatherman was no help. Town board members elected were Max Karo and Ed Coufal. Elected to the school board were Mrs. Lulu Wewel and Mahlon Shearer. Club Hostess— PAGE—Mrs. Herbert Steinberg entertained the HOA club Tues day, March 27. Mrs. Ross Fink and Mrs. Paul Hartigan were guests. All membesr were pres ent. Mrs. Harry Van Horn will be the April 10 hostess. JAIL EMPTY The Holt county jail is empty this week—the first time since last November. PAGE—The young adult Sun day-school class postponed seed ing the oat crop from Tuesday, April 3, until Tuesday, April 10. Mrs. Ben Asher returned Fri day from a stay in New York with relatives. Storm Fails to Dampen Vote Urge Turnout Only Eight Short o f Record; Lohaus, Ray Victors O’Neill voters defied a full scale snow and blow to go to the polls Tuesday and came within a hairbreadth of establishing a voting record. It was the annual municipal election. Chief interest centered in the mayoralty race in which D. C. Schaffer, a rancher who has maintained his home in O’Neill since 1942, unseated the incum bent, Alva Marcellus, an auto mobile dealer. A total of 1,201 votes were cast with 31 mail vote applications on file, making a grand total of 1, 232. The record-breaking vote a year ago, under clear skies, was 1,222 at the pells with 18 mail votes, making a grand total of } 1,240. Schaffer built almost a two to-one lead over Marcellus and won all three wards— although the margin in the Second was very narrow. O Marcellus was elected mayor a year ago for a one-year term to* fill a vacancy. He campaigned this year the basis of police and tra' file reforms, park and recreation im provements and “progressive pol icy.” On the other hand, Sch affer pledged economy and harmoi city government and declared he was for “progressive measures within the means of the taxpay ers.” The mayor’s term is two years. * Schaffer’s slate broke even in its bidding for council seats. J. J. Bergian was a two-to-one victor over Francis Bazelman in the First ward and Leigh Reynoldson had a fair margin over Don Pet ersen in the Second ward (two year term). But James Earley, in the Sec ond, and Norbert Uhl, in the Third, were defeated by candi dates on the Marcellus ticket. John Turner defeated Earley and Don Enright for the one-year term in the Second ward, and Robert (“Bob”) Moor^ built a 98 vote margin over Uhl in the Third. Enright was an independ ent candidate. Ralph Walker was unopposed for police magistrate. H. J. Lohaus and Elgin Ray, incumbent members of the board of education, were clear-cut vic tors over a third candidate—Cecil Baker. Lohaus rolled up and im pressive 848 votes — individual high for the day. Ray had 754. Baker, whose bid was unsuccess ful, counted 366. The school seats are for three year terms. The 20-thousand-dollar bond proposal for a new fire station was handed a resounding defeat in all three wards. The Schaffer committee main tained headquarters at the Gold en hotel and the Marcellus com mittee kept a staff at the youth center. Both sides freely furnish ed transportation to and from the polls—even while visibility was nil and winds whipped in from out of the north. Members of the new and old council met Wednesday night and the newly - elected candidates were given an informal briefing of current matters. Mayor Mar cellus presided and Mayor-Elect Schaffer, who takes office May 1, sat in during the session along with the other victors in the council races. ' UNOFFICIAL ELECTION TABLE 1st 2nd 3d Tot. For Mayor— D. C. SCHAFFER . 257 180 299—736 Alva Marcellus . 110 177 167—454 For Police Magistrate— RALPH WALKER . 314 ... 345— For City Council— J. J. BERIGAN . 235 .—235 Francis Bazelman . 121 ... ...—121 LEIGH REYNOLDSON . 186 ...—186 Don Petersen . 159 ..._159 JOHN TURNER. 164 ...—164 James Earley . 94 .,._94 Don Enright . 93 ...— 93 Norbert Uhl .. 179—179 ROBERT MOORE . 277—277 Fire Station Bond Issue— Yes .*. 94 136 145—375 No . 256 206 294—756 For Board of Education— H. J. LOHAUS . 298 223 327—848 ELGIN RAY . 247 225 282—754 Cecil Baker . 84 126 156—366 1956 votes cast: 1,201 plus 31 mall; total—1,232. 1955 votes cast (record): 1,222 plus 18 mail; totsl 1,240.
