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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1956)
Half Hour Show! “Voice of The Frontier” i,i ■ «, TWELVE Mt pa™ ■ Mon. — Wed. — Sat. T'L • I 9:30-10 A.M. — 780 k.c. 1 HIS ISSUe North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 75. Number 50._ O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 12, 1956. Seven Cents @ , . . o Boy, /, Run-Over by Father’s Tractor Mr. Schmiser ... to U.S. at age of seven. Frank Schmiser, 81, Rites at St. John’s Native of Austria Dies at Home EWING—Frank Schmiser, 81, a pioneer farmer of the Ewing community, died Tuesday, Ap ril 3, at his home south of Ew ing. Funeral services were conduct ed at St. John’s Catholic church Thursday, April 5, with Rev. Al fred Hoesing officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Sisson, Fred Harpster, William Wulf, John Funk, all of Ewing; Law rence Mlnarek of Brunswick and Joe Mlnarek of Verdigre. The late Mr. Schmiser was bom in Austria January 3, 1875, and at the age of seven came to the United States with his par ents, brother and sister. They made their home at Fremont for about a year before homestead ing south of Ewing. ' With the exception of four years, 1920-’24, spent at Kear ney, he was a continuous resi dent of this community. He was united in marriage with Cora Edwards of Tekamah Jan uary 17, 1904. They became the parents of two children. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, John, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Burk. Survivors include Widow; daughter — Mrs. Vernon S. (Clara) Upton of Faiirgdon, England; son—Clarence of Ew ing; grandchildren—Roger Ful ler of Omaha, Camee, Marcene, • Linda, Michael and Debra Schmiser, all of Ewing; six nieces and nephews; 23 great - nieces and great-nephews. Joe H. Heintz, 75, Burial at Ewing EWING— Joe H. Heintz, 75, former mail messenger at Ewing, died at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 7, in St. Anthony’s hospital at O’Neill where he had been a pa tient three weeks. He suffered a heart ailment. Funeral services were conduct d at 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, from the Methodist church here. Eev. Lee Brigden officiated and burial was in the Ewing ceme tery. The late Mr. Heintz was bom September 11, 1880, in Germany. When he was four-years-old he came to America with his parents and,the family settled at Colum bus. He farmed for a number of years at Ewing and in recent years hauled mail between the postoffice and the railroad sta tion. Survivors include: Widow — Mary; son — Leon of Ewing; daughter—Mrs. Charles (Letl.a) Zabaska of St. Edward; two grandchildren; one great-grand child. Huge Fish Losses Due to Smothering AMELIA — Many fish of all species were smothered in the recent snowstorms at Dora lake, which is located three miles west of Stuart and about 12 miles south. Mr. and Mrs. William Fry rear and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gruen borg were among those viewing the dead fish on Sunday. State Conservationist Fred Sal ak of O’Neill said sandhills lakes as far west as Valentine suffer ed heavy losses due to suffoca tion. He reported Overton lake having lost many crappies, bass and bullheads. The state game commission in tends to restock Overton with pike as soon as the lake is in condition to do so. Last week Steel creek was stocked with trout. Dora lake had been considered “excellent” for ice fishing dur ing the past winter. MARRIAGE LICENSES Richard M. Seymour, 27, and Frances E. Schaffer, 19, both of O’Neill, April 9P ■f R. A. Turek of Pierce and Ruth E. Haas of Orchard, April 9. To Washington INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson left here early today (Thursday) by train to spend two weeks with Colonel and Mrs. C: R. Oppen in Washington, D.C. i I CLEARWATER— A one-year old boy attempting to deliver a cracker to his daddy was instant ly killed about 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 10. Funeral services for Gerald Leo Thiele, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar nold Thiele, will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. today (Thursday) from St. Theresa’s Catholic church here. Rev. Roger Hayes will of ficiate and burial will be in St. Theresa’s cemetery north of Clearwater. The father had driven the tractor from a field into the farm yard, 1% miles south of town, and was refuelling the machine. The infant toddled to the vicini ty of the tractor. When the father put the machine in reverse, the tractor passed over the little bo”. The child was bom February 26, 1955. The couple has another son, Billy, 3. Houser Resigns to Accept Omaha Post Charles B. Houser, instrument al music instructor at O’Neill high school for the past five years, and director of the O’Neill high school and St. Mary’s academy bands during that same period, has accepted the position of band director at Benson high school in Omaha. Having earlier been reelected for the 1956-’57 term here, he was released Monday night by the board of education. Mr. Houser, his wife and their three children will leave O’Neill in August after completion of the series of summer band con certs. Leukemia Claims Lives of 2 Boys Scheer, Stems Rites Are Held The somewhat rare and almost uniformly fatal disease of leu kemia has claimed the lives of two young Holt county boys: Lee Wayne Scheer, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scheer of Ewing, and Ronald William Sterns, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Stems of Atkinson. The disease is characterized by excessive production of white blood cells. Lee Wayne Scheer EWJNG—Funeral services for Lee Wayne Scheer, 6, who died Saturday, March 31, in the Plain view hospital, were conducted Tuesday, April 3, at St. Peter's Lutheran church in Orchard. Rev. Philip Janz officiated. Mu sic was furnished by the church choir. Pallbearers were Wilmer Mo sel, Leo Cleveland, Gerald Ru roede and Durward Loughrey. In charge of flowers were Esther Zimmerman, Jacquette Mosel, Mrs. Wilmer Mosel and Mrs. Leo Cleveland. The boy was bom May 31, 1949, at the Tilden hospital—the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scheer. He was baptized June 19,. 1949, by Rev. P. J. Wirth at Orchard. He was stricken with leukemia in late October, 1955, and was in Childrens Memorial hospital at Omaha before entering the Lee Wayne Scheer . . . dies at 6. Plainview hospital. Prior to his illness he had been active in Sunday-school, which he joined at the* age of four. He was en rolled in the rural school taught by Miss Jacquette Mosel.. Survivors include: Parents — Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scheer of Ewing; brothers—Neal and Den nis; sister—Faye; grandfather — Fred Scheer of Ewing; several uncles, aunts and cousins. Ronald William Sterns ATKINSON— Ronald William Sterns, 8, died Friday, April 6, in Atkinson Memorial hospital. He suffered leukemia and had received numerous blood trans fusions during the past 10 weeks in the hospital. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m., Monday, April P, from the Methodist church here with Rev. E. G. Hughes, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Wood Lawn cemetery un der the direction of Seger’s. Pallbearers were Donald Strong, Gary Strong, Larry Osborne, Kenneth Osborne, Larry Dean Shrunk and James Tenborg. He was born July 27, 1947, at Atkinson. Survivors include: Parents — Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Sterns; brothers — Vernon, Roger and Darrel; sisters — Shirley, Lois, Colleen and Evelyn Kay, all of j Atkinson; grandoarents — Mr. ] and Mrs. Abert Sterns of O’Neill and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne; great-grandmother—Mrs. Maggie Osborne. i D. Isaacson Rites Friday atChambers Holt Resident for 66 Years Expires a t Home of Daughter David Isaacson, 85, a Holt county resident for 66 years, died Tuesday night, April 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herb ert Nielsen, at Inman. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, April 13, from the Baptist church at Chambers. Reverend Schwenk will officiate and burial will be in the Chambers cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. The remains will lie in state at the church between 11 o’clock and the funeral hour. The late Mr. Isaacson was born at Ogden, Utah, December 3, 1870. He accompanied his parents to Omaha when he was six months-old. His parents were Andrew and Christina Johnson Isaac son. In 1880 the Isaacson family moved to Wisner and in 1892 they came to Holt county and settled on a homestead 12 miles southeast of Chambers. On December 3, 1901, he married Miss Hilda Johnson at Francis, Wheeler county. They became the parents of six children. His wife died in 1918. He was a member of the Bap tist church at Chambers. Mr. Isaacson spent the remain der of his life on that homestead —except for five years which he spent in Chambers. Survivors include: Sons—Car ol and John, both of Ewing; daughters— Mrs. Letha Harley and Mrs. Lela Harkins, both of Ewing; Mrs. Ruth Dankert of Chambers and Mrs. Herbert (Ma reta) Nielsen of Inman; sisters— Mrs. Jennie Gibson of Chambers and Mrs. Anna Newbigging of Decatur. Boyd Delegation Not Encouraged LYNCH—A four-member Boyd county delegation converged on the statehouse Monday and emerged without much encour agement. The group called on Gov. Vic tor Anderson and asked to have set aside the highway advisory commission’s recommendation re routing U.S. highway 281. \ fortnight ago the commission voted 5-0 to have the new 281 extend from the junction with state highway 12 to the South Dakota line “through or near Spencer.” The delegation favors a direct route through Gross. Anderson indicated he would not reverse the commission’s stand. The delegation also called on the state railway commission. The Arrow Stage Lines last week ceased operating Norfolk - to - Winner busses serving Creigh ton, Verdigre, Lynch, Bristow, Butte, etc. The bus line owner said the line became unprofitable when he lost the mail contract. Passen ger trains on the parallel route were taken off about five years ago. The commission had grant ed Arrow permission for 90 days of temporary discontinuance. In the delegation were L. W. Gibson, Bristow banker; Wayne Kibby and D. .L. Raymer, Butte merchants, and Aldon Zink, Lynclj, editor. House Authorizes Ainsworth Project The house of representatives in Washington Monday passed and sent to the senate a bill au thorizing the Ainsworth irriga tion project. The bill calls for a 25-million dollar expenditure. Irrigation of 33,960 acres is proposed with construction of a dam and reser voir on the Snake river and a canal from there—across Cherry county—to Ainsworth. Canal construction and feasi bility was the source of consid erable controversy during some of the hearings. A number of Cherry county ranchers objected. AIRMAN OF MONTH CHAMBERS — A/lc Burl L. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Young of Chambers, was selected as airman of the month for his unit, 6902 ND special communications group, stationed in Japan. The citation lauded his character, comoetitive spirit, leadership, military demeanor, job proficiency. Return from West— Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady re turned late Tuesday after spend ing seven months on the West coast with relatives. They were in California two months. Cam?ra looks east on Douglas street, revealing spacious streets under parallel parking plan. Mrs. Richard Nelson (left foreground) emerges from her machine after having a try at new sys tem.—The Frontier Photo. Rain-Making Generator in Action An O’Neillite is a key figure in Nebraska’s first major rain-mak ing effort. £■ Ronald Borg, filling station op erator, runs a silver iodide gen- j erator for the Cornhusker Wea ther Modification association. The O’Neill generator is one of 18 spotted throughout northeast Nebraska. Present efforts are aimed at dumping a little extra moisture cn Boone, Platte and Madison counties and parts of Antelope and Nance — about 1.4 million acres in all. This is the area in which funds have been raised to finance the work. The Cornhusk er group has retained Doctor Krick’s Water Resources Devel opment corporation of Denver, Colo. “Denver calls me and tells me when to start the generat or,” explains Borg. “I’ve had it going twice in the past two weeks.” The generator is stoked up by simply throwing a switch. A hopper (upper left of machine) feeds the burner. A fan releases the iodide particles into the air. To induce rain, Borg’s bosses tell him conditions must be fa vorable. Small particles of dust or other material must be pres ent in a cloud. When temperatures in the cloud are low enough, moisture freezes to the particles, causing them to fall as snow (when the weather is cold) or as rain drops (when warm enough to melt en route). The rain-making generators are nothing more than a means of in suring that the particles will be in the air when a moisture-laden cloud passes by. The silver iodide, heated and released, forms trillions of tiny particles which can be turned into rain drops. - « r ••• ~ sanam j The association has raised 31 thousand-dollars for the experi ment. This has come from volun tary contributions at the rate of 10 cents an acre. Officers of the association are hopeful of increasing the annual rainfall “two or three inches.” Rain-making of this type is still in the experimental stage and has not been conclusively proven, although exponents claim similar projects have been suc I tessful. Students Compete in Inter - High Event Friday, April 6, O’Neill high school students and two teachers drove to Kearney where the stu dents participated in the ?6th an nual inter-high school contest. O’Neill contestants were: Mary Fetrow, English usage and ad* v a n c e d typewriting; Carolyn Lindberg, bookkeeping; Marlene Ermer, American history: Gor don Fox, second year algebra and physics; Judy Liddy, second year algebra; DeMaris Lindberg, novice shorthand and typewrit ing; Linda Serck, American his tory and physics; Michael Liddy, general biology, plane geometry and world history; Konnie Kurtz and Betty Rodman, elementary algebra, world geography and general science. Those who placed in the top quartile of any tests, together with their rank and the number of contestants, are listed as fol lows: Mary Fetrow, English us-j age, 1-184; Linda Serck, Ameri can history, 24 - 155; Michael Liddy, general biology, 10-85, plane geometry, 4-103, world history, 8 - 129; Konnie Kurtz, world geography, 11-98, general science, 22-143. GRAVESIDE RITES Graveside rites were conduct ed Tuesday, April 11, for Mary Elizabeth Appleby, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Apple by of O’Neill. Very Rev. Timo thy O’Sullivan officiated. Ronald Borg . . . silver iodide generator puts trillions of particles into the air to induce rain.—The Frontier Photo. Out-of-Towners at Kallhoff Funeral EWING— Among out-of-town relatives here for the funeral of Mrs. Katharine Kallhoff, 86. held Friday, April 6, at St. Peter’s Catholic church, were: Mr. and Mrs. John Kallhoff and family of Guthrie Center, la.; Mrs. La vina Kobold and daughters of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kallhoff and Harold of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kallhoff and family of Raeville; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kallhoff and family of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller of Omaha; Pat Rotherham of Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McNabb of Omaha; Mrs. Elizabeth Schueth of Elgin; Mrs. Katherine Thiele and Virginia of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bayer of Dodge; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kallhoff of Sutherland; Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Kallhoff of Elgin. Mother Agnesine’s Father Dies— Mother M. Agnesine, superior at St. Mary’s academy, departed Wednesday for Alliance to attend funeral services for her father, Fred Hargarten, 87, retired Al liance lumberman. He died on Tuesday night in a hospital, hav ing been ill a month. Survivors include the widow, one daughter and one son, Rev. Joseph Har garten of Rushville. Hospitals Receive Ford Checks— ATKINSON — A $5,000 check from the Ford Foundation, first payment on a $10,000 grant from that organization to the Atkinson Memorial hospital, Wednesday was deposited in the bank here. Part payments also have been received by Sacred Heart hospi tal at Lynch and Antelope Me morial hospital at Neligh. Attend Funeral— Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Watson attended the funeral of great aunt, Mrs. Mary Nelson, 95, in Plain-view Sunday. They were dinner guests of the Lester Kie ncw family in Plainview previous to the funeral. MOVES TO O’NEILL Mrs. S. W. Stevens of Harting ton, mother of Mrs. L. A. Beck er of O’Neill, is the new house keeper at St. Patrick’s Catholic rectory here. Initiation Tonight— Symphony chapter, OES will hold a regular meeting tonight (Thursday) at the hall. An in itiation service will be conduct ed. Lyle Fox arrived home from the Great Lakes, 111., for a two weeks’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox. Mrs. L. G. Gillespie entertain ed at a pinochle party Saturday in honor of Mrs. L. A. Carter’s birthday anniversary. Parallel Parking in Business Districts (Photo at left) Parallel parking has replaced conventional diagonal parking on portions of Douglas street and on portions of South Fourth street. More than a year ago the city council agreed to adopt parallel parking in order to qualify for federal aid in street-widening and to retain U.S. highways 20 and 281 on their present routes through the city. At that time highway engineers planned bypass routes. Parallel parking went into effect Monlay morning and applies from Seventh street westward through the main business district and west O’ Neill on Douglas street and from the corner of Fourth and Douglas to the railway tracks on South Fourth. Original street - widening project cost $49,800 with the federal gov ernment paying one-half the cost. Work was done last sum mer and exceeded the esti mates in cost. Mrs. Belle Widman Expires at Burwell Dies in Rest Home; 111 a Week AMELIA — Mrs. Belle Wid man. 80, widow of the late Jack Widman, died Tuesday, April If., at the Coleman rest home in Burwell where she had resided the past two years. She had been seriously ill a week. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs day) from the Methodist church in Amelia with. Rev. J. M. Hodg kin of Chambers officiating. Vo val music will be provided by Mrs. Hodgkin and Florence Lindsey with Mrs. Ernest Burre at the piano. Burial will be in Wood Lawn cemetery in Atkin son. Pallbearers chosen are Ernest Johnston, Bernard Blackmore, Harlan Dierking, Elmer Coolidge, Lloyd Waldo and Art Doolittle. The late Mrs. Widman was born at Central City January 15, 1876. She came to Holt county in 1904 when she and her husband purchased a place northwest of Amelia. She made her home there con tinuously except for five years, 1919-’24, spent in Merrick coun ty. Her husband died in 1941 and one son, Orien, died in 1943 in Los Angeles, Calif. Survivors include: Son—Clyde of Amelia, who resides on the old home place; granddaughter— Marcia Widman of Amelia; sev eral nieces and nephews. Neighbors Assist III Star Farmer STAR—On Tuesday, April 10, a group of friends gathered at the home of George Kubik to help put in 50 acres of oats for him. Mr. Kubik had been hospital ized for a week with a heart ail ment. The folks who came with discs, harrows, drills and plows were Delmar Spangler, Merle Spang ler, Clayton Nelson, Robert Mil er, Billy Derickson, William Hansen, Abert Block and Joe Kubik. The job was completed in about eight hours. Dinner and lunch were served at the Kubik home and those helping with the food were Mrs. Mary Kubik, Mrs. Albert Block and Mrs. Joe Kubik. On Tour with Seward Choirs— CHAMBERS — Miss Vivian Harley, a sophomore at Con cordlia college at Seward, is a member of the 62-voice a ca pella choir directed by Paul Ro sel. On Thursday, April 5, the choir left on a spring tour. They are celebrating the 10th anni versary as a touring choir by presenting a series of sacred concerts in the Florida and Georgia area. Little sight seeing was schedul ed but tour members planned to spend a few hours on the Florida beach and visit the Cypress Gar dens. They will return April 16. Thespians to Present Comedy Program— Members of troupe 882 of the Nationa Thespian society will present a comedy program Tues day, April 24, in the O’Neill high school auditorium. The program will consist of a one-act play, “Wilbur’s Wild Night”; a near Greek tragedy, “The Lost Collar Button,” and a pantomime, “The Camel and the Vampire.” The 15 Thespians are seniors working under the ^direction of Miss Viola E. Haynes. Miss Es ther Kinnier is assisting with the music for the near-Greek tragedy. Mr. and Mrs. John McKeown of Norfolk spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grenier. Scientists to Seek Fusion Answers 50 to 60 to Work on 2d Project Here Sponsored by USAF Plans for the forthcoming wind test, under sponsorship of the Cambridge-Air Force Research Center at Cambridge, Mass., were furthered this week with the vis it of two meteorological scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. H. E. Cramer and Dr. Frank Record, both of whom par ticipated in the original test in 1953, are leaving today (Thurs day) after a three-day adminis trative visit and will return about mid-May. J. B. Ryan estate land, five miles northeast of O’Neill, again will be the site for the tests. The scientists will be work ing on fusion problems. They will study behavior of tracer smoke in low level air. Tests are expected to extend through most of the summer. An estimated 50 to 30 persons, most ly scientists, will be working on the project. Some of the group will be bringing families here for the summer and the Chamber of Commerce is assisting with hous ing arrangements. MIT and Texas A&M college have subcontracts from the air force in connection with the pro ject. Dr. Maurice Halstead, who headed Johns Hopkins universi ty’s field unit here in 1953, now heads the A&M physics section and will participate. Dr. Vern Sumi of the Univer sity of Wisconsin and Dr. Heinz Lettau, World War II chief me teorologist for the German gov ernment and one of the world ranking scientists, will be ob servers. Both were here three years ago and Doctor Lettau was an O’Neill visitor last summer. Child to Be Sent to Diabetic Camp The Holt county extension council met Tuesday, April 10, at the youth center. Projects for the coming months were discussed. National home demonstration week is from April 29 to May 5. It was voted that each center designate one day for demon strations. The council is to send at least one child to the diabetic camp this summer. On June 4 there will be a tour for educational purposes of new homes made of different materi als. 30 Lutheran Youths Meet at Chambers— CHAMBERS—About 30 young people of the Atkinson, O’Neill and Chambers Walther leagues of the Lutheran churches met last Thursday evening at St. Paul’s church in Chambers. Also attending were Rev. Ernest Smith of the O’Neill church and Rich ard Spelling of Orchard, who is N. 6 zone president. The purpose of the meeting was to train the young people for more effective church service. The topic and devotionabs were presented by the Atkinson and O’Neill leagues. Mr. Stelling talk ed to the group. EDUCATIONAL NOTES Coming events: April 17—Holt county rural chorus practice, O’Neill public Harmony band, 10 a.m., auditori um; chorus, 1:30 p.m., auditorium and band room. , April 21— County arithmetic contest, O’Neill public grade rooms, 1 p.m. April 25 — Holt county rural teachers meeting, O’Neill public school band room, 8 p.m. April 27—Eighth grade exam inations. May 9—Eighth grade promo tion exercises. June 29 - 30 — Kindergarten testing. 175 Seniors Here for Career Day— One hundred seventy-five sen iors participated in career day activities here Monday at O'Neill high school. Twelve colleges, universities, training schools and armed forces representatives spent the afternoon counseling 1956 graduates. ESSAY WINNERS St. Mary’s academy winners in the essay contest, “What Americanism Means to Me,” sponsored by the American Le gion auxiliary, are: Rita Lydon, first; Connie Jo Bazelman, sec ond, and Carlene Schoenle, third. BOOK PASSAGE AMELIA—Hugh Carr and son, Darrel, will leave on Friday, Ap ril 20, for Ireland. They have passage on the new SS Liberty. Mrs. Ben Peters of Meade vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Peters over the weekend.
