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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1956)
TWELVE PAGES * Hus Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper | Volume 76.—Number 1. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, ITiursclay, May 3, 1956. Seven Cents (?T\TF fttst soc New Mayor, Council Restore Truck Parking -___A Boyd Fanner, 26, i Is Found Dead -- | Internal Hemorrhage Cause of Death BRISTOW— Donald Papstein, 20, former service man and a bachelor, who began farming for himself here this year, was found oead Monday at his home. He had apparently been dead several days, but there was no i vidence of foul play or suicide, according to Sheriff Claude Col lins of Butte and Dr. R. E. Krizj of Lynch. Doctor Kriz said the joung man apparently died of an internal hemorrhage. Discovery of Papstein’s body Mas made by his brother, Walt er, and Reuben Avoy of Spencer. Mho went to the farm, 4Vs miles northeast of Spencer, early Mon dav morning. Military funeral services Mere conducted Wednesday aflernoon from the Lutheran church in Bristow Burial M'as in Imman uel Lutheran cemetery north of Spencer Survivors include; Father— Ar- j thru, who lives north of Gross; n veral brothers and sisters. Bror Bengston, 68, Expires in Oregon PAGE—Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, May 7, for Bror Bengtson, 68, of Eu- j gene, Ore., formerly of Page. He died Wednesday, May 2, ut a hospital at Eugene after a several years’ illness. The late Mr. Bengston was born in Sweden and came here Mith his parents, the late Mr and Mrs. Nels Bengtson. He spent the mosi oi nis me m Page community. He was united in manriage with Miss Orinda Ames at O’ Neill. About 18 years ago they went West to make their home. They have lived in numerous places since then. Survivors include: Widow — , Orinda; sisters—Mrs. Clara Da vis Mrs. Ann Davis, Mrs. . Ruth Hunter of Eagle Butte, S.D., and Laly; brother — John. All arc formerly of Page. He was pre ceded in death by one sister, Teresa. The late Mr. Bengston was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Robert Harvey of Page. Clciire Hickey Named CD A Grand Regent The Catholic Daughters of Am-| erica elected officers Tuesday, rjght at their business meeting. Miss Claire Hickey, grand re gent; Miss Kathleen Warnke, vice-grand regent; Mrs. Anthony O’Donnell, prophetess; Mrs. Je rome Spittler, lecturer; Mrs. John Vitt, financial secretary, Mrs. Theresa Schelkopf, treasur er Mrs. Ed Dumpert. historian; Mrs Agnes Ross, monitor; Mrs. Ann Winched, sentinel; Mae Hickey. organist; Mrs. John Jansen, Mrs. Edna Conway and Miss Clara Conway, trustees. Mrs Francis Gdg was chair man of m e e t i n g arrangements. Lunch was served. Doctor Reed to Address Seniors Dr Cal Rood of the Univer sity of Nebraska will address the O'Neill high school seniors, class of 1956, at commencement exercises on Thursday, May 10. 8 pm., at the school auditori um. H J. Lohaus, president of the board of education, will present the diplomas. Music for the commencement exer cises will be provided by the O’Neill high school band. Meanwhile, baccalaureate ser vices for the seniors will be held at 8 p m., Sunday, May 6, at the auditorium. Rev. J. Olen Kennell, pastor of First Pres byterian church, will deliver the sermon. ----- Levi Hop Planned at Youth Center A levi hop is scheduled tonight (Thursday) at the O’Neill Youth Center, starting at 7:30 o’clock and continuing until 11. Music will be provided by the Juvenile Jacks. The hop is under the auspices of the O’Neill Youth Center as sociation. Prize* will be awarded. Mother. Daughter Hurt in 3-Car CoUialon — In a three-car collision Sunday afternoon one mile west of the O'Neill Drive-In theater comer, Mrs. June Brandenburg suffered thr;ee broken ribs and her daugh ter. Hazel, 11, was bruised. The drivers were Louis Bran ° cienburg* of Guernsey, Wyo., en route to Madison to attend a fun ,-ral; Earl Farf of O'Neill and DaTrell Schollmeyer of O’Neill. - o POWER OUTAGE ao Ice falling from tre$£ caused . 0 brie# power “interruptipns Sunday °o°0 af O'Neill and Ainsworth ar.J intermediate0 points?“according to , Consumers Public Power district c 1 o o officials. o a q3°0 o 0° , n oa o/>0 -2- Cb o ° 0 0 C> ; , O r, ( DIES AT ATKINSON l°on \ 0 - ° ATKINSON—FrI'd Kapperman ; of Bassett died Friday in Atkin- ,1 son Memorial hospital. 3’- i ,*■ 7^ " r o ° „ ^ '• *•' *3 O r, O Vv • O * O ° O ft C Mayor Dewey C. Schaffer am four new councilmen assumec office Tuesday night at the clos« of a 45-minute session of the ole council. Alva Marcellus retired a: mayor after completing a one year tcmi and four eouncilmei retired. Councilmen bowing ou were L. M. Merriman, Firs: ward; Joe Stutz and Marvti Johnson, both of the Seconc ward, and Emmett Crabb. Thirr ward. Wane 11 us and the old coun cil wrapped up the business for the past 12 months aad turned the city government over to the new mayor and new coun cil. An adjourned meeting of the new council was set for 9 a.m., Wednesday by Mayor Schaffer. New faces on the new counci are J. J. Berigan, First wArd Leigh Reynoldson and J o h r Turner, both of the Second ward and Robert Moore, Third ward. Holdover councilmen are M J Golden, First ward, and Free ileermann, Third. Schaffer appointed the fol lowing committees: Streets—Berigan, Golden, Rey noldson, insurance — Golden Turner, Reynoldson; auditing — Ileermann, Moore, Reynoldson water and sewrer—Moore, Gold 111, Ileermann; street lights—Ber igan, Moore, Golden; police — Turner, Ileermann, Golden. Other appointments: M J Golden, chairman of the council John C. Watson, reappointec city treasurer; O. D. French, re appointed city clerk; John R Gallagher, city attorney, succeed ing Norman C. Gonderinger; Joe Sivesind, reappointed police chief; Don Douglass, reappointed water superintendent. Ralph Walker, elected police judqe last month, was appointed justice of the peace. There will be no changes tor the present among street, wa ter and police employees. May or Schaffer said. Golden is the dean of the council and is now serving hb third term. The new council enacted an ordinance to restore “U” turn privileges at the corner of Fourth and Fremont (city hall corner) and at the railroad tracks. The “U” turns will continue to be banned on North Fourth street and on Douglas street. Two-hour truck parking (par allel) will be resumed on Clay and Everett streets as well as on Fourth street south of Everett. The two-hour restriction applies between 8 a.m.. and 6 p.m., and there will be no restrictions on those streets after 6 p.m. The signs heretofore restricting truck parking and “U” turns were taken down Wednesday af ternoon. Golf Clinics Set Monday Evenings Golf clinics will be held each Monday evening at 7 o’clock at the Country club with M. J. Golden and A. P. Jaszkowiak, perennial city champions and runnersup, offering instruction. A men’s stag party is schedul ed for Tuesday, May 15. First ladies’ event of the season will be a tea on Wednesday, May 23, with Mrs. C. J. Gatz in charge of arrangements. This will mark the 33d year in the history of the course—one of Nebraska’s oldest. The O Neill course is scheduled to be tinned in a golf article, entitled Happy Knoll, to appear this week in Sports Ilustrated, a national magazine. Extension C lubs Hold Tea Today Today (Thursday) the O’Neill center of county extension alubs is holding its annual tea at the American Legion hall. This is in connection with national home demonstration exhibit week. The group chairman is Mrs. Louis Wray. The Elkhorn project, Beacon Neighbors and What Not clubs are in charge. There will be group singing, skits and a film. Mrs. Bouska of Stuart, county vice-chairman of the extension clubs, will speak on “What Home Extension Work Means to Me.” Each member is invited to bring a guest. Winkler Family to Reunite— Members of the Casper Wink-j ler family will reunite Sunday— the first reunion in 11 years. | Mr and Mrs. J. W. McKenzie and three children of Brawley, Calif., and Mr and Mrs. J. D Posen and two children of Mon rovia Calif., arrived by train' this week. The ladies are daugh ters. Other children are Mrs. Henry Diessner of Spalding, George of Emmet and Mrs. Ed Etherton of Atkinson. Machine Hits Ice: Stops in Ditch— CHAMBERS— Ernest Adams s auto slid into a ditch near Clear water Saturday, April 28, while | :nroute home from Norfolk. In irder to avoid being struck by mother car, the Ads-nis machine ;ncOUntered ice and ended up in he ditch alongside the highway. Blight damage waS done o to the :ar ° °0 qo0 o S' c o BIG SHOW" FRIDAT> j O’Neill, public school ° kinder^ ;arten pupils of Mrs. TfarryoPet irson- will present "The Big show " by Elinor Smith Gerber, it cthd oO*Neill public school audi orium Friday evening at3 8 o’s Jock;' ° .... ‘ „ '» . ? 3 l / o ; **r'V o r * •* ^ ° .O Anna Clark, Early Holt Settler, Dies Inman Octogenarian 111 for 15 Months; Burial Wednesday INMAN—Mrs. Anna M. Clark, 87, a Holt county pioneer, died at 4 a m., Sunday, April 29, at her home at Inman. She had been ill 15 months and death was at tributed to complications accom panying advanced age. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 2, from the Methodist church at Inman with Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor, officat mg. Burial was in the Inman cemetery under the direction of Biglin's. Pallbearers were Donald C. Moore, Harlan Moore, Norbert J Clark, Francis Clark. Robert Stevens and William Lindsey. The late Mrs. Clark was born August 12, 1868, at Marengo, la., | the daughter of George W. and1 Elizabeth E. Parks Green. She lived at Sabetha, Kans., before coming to Holt county in 1888. On .July 24, 1890, at Inman, she married Edgar A. Clark of Inman. They became the parents of five children. The late Mrs. Clark was a member of the Methodist church here, Rebekah lodge and Worn-, an’s Society of Christian Service She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar, and by one i son, Leslie H., who died Decern 1 her 5, 1941. Survivors include: Sons— Ar thur J. of Burwell and Eugene E. of Inman; daughters — Mrs. Ralph (Mildred) Moore of In man and Mrs. Ina Rogers of Granite Falls, Wash.; brothers— Bert Green of Crookston, Earl of Grant’s Pass, Ore., and Walter of Los Angeles, Calif. A. N. Butler Funeral Today INMAN—A. N. Butler, a long time resident of the Inman com munity, died Monday evening, April 30, at Independece, Mo. Funeral services will be con ducted today (Thursday) at In dependence and burial will be made there. Commission Declines to Reopen Controversy The state highway advisory commission Monday in Lincoln rejected a petition asking for re consideration of the proposed re location of U.S. highway 281 j north from the junction with state highway 12. in Boyd coun ty, to the state line. The petition sought to reopen the controversy by favoring a; route running northeast from the junction with highway 12 te Gross and then to the Nebraska South Dakota line. A month ago the state high way commission decided to route the new U.S. 281 through or near Spencer and then north on state ! highway 18 to the South Dakota1 line. Mrs. Edna Coyne returned < home Saturday after visiting her §son-in-law and daughter, Mr. , and Mrs. J. K. Bautsch, in Den- i ver, Colo. frmx -iflMiTii-lf l ■ % °o Miss Shoemaker 0to Holt, in 1M5 ° c °c „ O ° ,<P“ ° T , C * °C 7" • « C o 1 • ... in '.• '■> _ 'g .t •» ••. . <9 o *. - „ -s • * o - a a e .-„ » t: * » 6o ■ *i—1^3—1if—ftCTgiSKT-yjkWWIliMflff: --«*%"* »* ■•> wirpmmp Students Watch Butter Being Manufactured These fifth and sixth graders from St. Mary’s ; academy, taught by Mrs. Alexia Gokie (rear cen ter), Tuesday vitsited The Frontier and other points of niterest in O’Neill. It was the second educational tour of the week. On Monday they watched the shearing of sheep at the Harry Sulli van farm. The photo was snapped at the Harding Cream plant where the pupils watched butter be ing made.—The Frontier Photo. ‘Mamie’ Shoemaker Succumbs at Norfolk Funeral Rites Held Wednesday (Photo below) Miss Mary Ellen (“Mamie”) Shoemaker, 82. a Holt county resident since 1885 died at . p m., Sunday, April 29, in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital at Nor folk She had been hospitalized about nine months. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a.in., Wednesday, May 2, from St. Patrick's Catholic church with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sul livan, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Sullivan, Andy Clark, Louis Vitt, P. V. Hickey, P. C. Donohoe and H. E, Coyne. A rosary was held Tuesday evening at Biglin’s funeral chap el. The late Miss Shoemaker was born April 17 1874. at Ot tumwa. Ia.. a daughter of James F. and Mary Coday Shoemaker. She came to Holt county with her parents De cember 31, 1885, from Lnhr ville, Ia. She was a housekeeper and helped to rear several nieces end nephews. For a time she kept house at the Bancroft rec tory. She was a member of St. Pat rick’s church, Altar society and Catholic Daughters of America. Survivors include: Brothers— George, Bert and John, all of O’ Neill; sisters — Mrs. William R. (Anna) Burke of Coleridge and Mrs. Casper (Clara) Pribil of O’Neill. She was preceded in death bv her parents, two brothers and one sister. Vic Haiva, O’Neill electric mo tor-generator expert and a na tive of Bohemia, Tuesday night entertained several hundred friends at a dance at the Am erican Legion ballroom. Mr. Hal va said he was celebrating 50 >ears in his trade. Noecker Joins Frontier As Stewart Partner i Noeckcr . . . extensive ex perience in printing field.—The Frontier Photo. Tillie lower, 78, Rites at Atkinson ATKINSON— Funeral services for Mrs. Tillie Tower, 78, former Atkinson resident who died in 3 Fair view hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., were conducted at 2 p.m., Monday, April 30, at the Seger funeral chapel. Rev. E. G. Hughes officiated. 1 Members of the PEO conduct f od brief rites. Pallbearers were Walter Ries, ’ Roy Ries, Edward Ries, George i Ries and Ralph Ries, all nephews, and Hans Bogue. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. The ate Mrs. Tower, whose ' maiden name was Christianson, r was born July 2, 1877, at Tinja, 1 Sweden. She came to the United States , with her parents when she was 3-years-old. The family spent a year in New York City and lived for a time at Wahoo before com ing to the Green Valley com munity south of Atkinson. She married Herman Tower March 14, 1906. Mr. Tower died in 1950 and was buried here She and her husband lived on a farm two miles north of Atkin son for a number of years and moved East about six years ago. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. W. Earl (Iris) Stewart of Minneapolis; sister— Mrs. Edith Harkness of Coulter, la.; three grandchildren. U.S. Senate Okays Ainsworth Project The senate interior affairs committee approved a bill per mitting the interior department i to proceed with construction of the Ainsworth reclamation unit I c»n the Snake river. The unit con sists of the Merritt dam and the Ainsworth canal to irrigate 34,000 Cherry county acres. The opmmittee also approved a J bill giving the interior depart ment jurisdiction over construc tion and operation of the Red Willow dam m ^Nebraska. Juris dictionp is now held <bv the army engineers ° => Q°§ o o 1 cj ° i c TO MANAGE RODEO t ° A DCrNSON—Ous Oberrrure of Stuart, who sta'ged last year’s hay days rodeo here, -has been signed to direct the 1956 show ing, according to Willard ^Lin cville Whisker ciiib president u ■ ; "V o 0 * ’’ ’• n .C(. i Arthur J. Noeeker. 33, who has had extensive experience | in printing and publishing since high school days, this | week becomes a partner in The Frontier. Noeeker and his wife, Joan, and their two I children will move here this weekend from Hartington. Mr. Noeeker will be in charge of the mechanical de partment. Commencing ms printing experience while still attend ing Holy Trinity high school at Hartington, Noeeker worked about a year in a large West coast printing establishment before joining the army in World War II. He was wound ed in action in France and spent six months in a hospital. After the war he worked for a time in a New Jersey printing plant and returned to The Ce dar County News at Harting ton in 1946. At Hartington Mr. Noeeker helped found and was an origi nal officer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post and the Junior Chamber of Commerce | chapter. The announcement of . Noeckcr’s joining the firm as ’ a partner comes on the 10th j anniversary of the purchase of The Frontier by Mr. and Mrs. ’ Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart from I the late D. H. Cronin. This is sue also marks the 76th year since the founding the the pa per. Stewart and Noeeker said an annex will be built onto The , i Frontier plant this summer to relieve congestion and to make ,! l oom for new printing ma chinery. Bethany Group Host to Ladies— CHAMBERS—About 30 ladies of the Methodist church and Kel lar ladies’ club were guests of the Bethany Woman’s association Wednesday, April 25. Following a short business meeting of each group in separate sessions, a program was presented by the Bethany ladies. Included was a solo, a panel discussion, a skit and readings. Mamie Sammons Rites at Amelia — AMELIA Mrs. Mamie Sam mons, 69, died Friday, April 27, in Atkinson Memorial hospital She suffered an apoplectic stroke, was taken to the hospital about 2 pm, that day and died an hour later. Relatives said she had been in “reasonably good” health until she was stricken Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 pin., Monday, April 30, at the Methodist church in Am elia. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery under the direction of Seger’s. The late Mrs. Sammons, whose maiden name was Ma mie I’ieree. was born June 19. 1886. near Amelia, the daughter of William and Laura Haskins I’ieree. She was married November 26. 1903. to Duane Sammons. They made their home on a ranch sev eral miles northwest of Amelia. They became the parents of one son and two daughters. Mr. Sam mons died about five years ago. She was preceded in death by a son, Lee, who died a few years ago. The late Mrs. Sammons had Mrs. Sammons . . . spends lifetime on IJolt raneh. been making her home on the family ranch with her daughter in-law, Mrs. Leo Sammons, and her grandson, Billie. Rev. Merle llodgkin, church pastor, officiated. Pallbearers were Ralph Adair, Paul Hiatt, Harold Gilman, Elmer Oetter, Arthur Doolittle and Floyd Ad i ams. Music was furnished by Mrs. Orland Fryrear and Miss i Florence Lindsey with Mrs. I Clyde Widman at the piano. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Blake (Hazel) Ott and Mrs. Asa (Bonnie) Watson, both of Amelia; brothers—Frank Pierce of Amelia and Roy Pierce of Hot Springs, S.D.; sisters — Mrs. 1 Maude English of Winner, S.D., and Mrs. Lillie Weller of Port land, Ore.; nine grandehildrcn and 10 great-grandchildren. Among those from a distance attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pierce and j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickerson, all of Hot Springs, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pierce and family of Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Levi Faith of Creighton; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ryschon of Ord; Mrs. Andy Robak and sons of Omaha; Mrs. Robert Black more and daughters of Thedford; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bligh and Raedee Wickham of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lydon of Ewing; Mrs. Arthur Tibbetts and family of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ryschon and family of Valentine. A sister, Mrs. English, had sub mitted to major surgery the morning of Mrs. Sammons’ death and was unable to be present. Another sister, Mrs. Weller, was unable to attend because of ill I health. Snow, Rain Aid Range Conditions Moisture Measuring .76 Inch Welcome; Need Warm Temps Three inches of heavy, mois ture-laden snow fell hero early Saturday Light ruin turned 1<> snow during the night. Snow flurries and light show ers in the meantime brought a total of .76 of an inch of wci- . corned moisture. Pastures have been slow to “green up” because of cool nights. Lowest temperature? during the past seven days was 24 degrees early Monday. Because of the wet, below freezing temperatures livestock men were issued warnings by the weatherman. Some small calves were lost early Sunday when rain-turned-into-snow. Most stockmen report Ihoir cattle have not yet been turned ! out to pasture. The grass appears to be about a week or 10 days away. Warm weather is needed Hi Lo Prec. April 26 6!) 40 .03 April 27 66 26 .13 April 28 30 24 54 April 29 39 25 06 April 30 41 25 May 1 43 35 .02 May 2 03 31 Totals . .76 C&NW Officials Touring Line Men W. Heineman, 42, new thief executive officer and chair man of the board for the Chica go & North Western railroad, this week is touring South Dako ta, Wyoming and Nebraska prop erties-—his first inspection trip. He will leave Ijong Pine Friday at 1:15 p.m. (CST), traveling by special train, and arrive at O' Neill at 2:30 p.m.; Norfolk, 3:30 p.m. The Heineman party will in clude C. ,1. Fitzpatrick, formerly of the Illinois Central railroad and the new president of C&NW. Heineman and a group of in vestors obtained control of the C&NW in March. Ainsworth Wins North-Central Title BASSETT—Ainsworth defeat- . ed Valentine in the race for the North-Central corfferenee track championship. Five records were established. H- Joseph of Valentine with 135-4 and R. Wentworth of Springvicw with 131-7, bettered the old discus mark. Jerry Spain of Valentine cut the 880 record to 2:03.9. Roger B r e d e of Ainsworth lowered the low hurdle mark t<> 20.(j and Ainsworth cut the mile relay record to 3,35.5. How they finishtd: Ainsworth 72; Valentine, 57%; Bassett 39%; Atkinson, 28; Springvicw 21%, O’Neill, 12; Stuart, 8 3/4. Unlawful to Keep Wild Game— The state conservation officer in this area advises it is a viola tion of state or federal statutes to keep in captivity any wild game. This includes squirrels, several of which have been kept in captivity. ATKINSON—John L. 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