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Volume 75.—Number 49. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 5, 1956. Seven Cents
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Unseasonal Storm
Related to Tornadoes
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° 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.