Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1956)
o ° c c* o o o o °° o e w 0° = c c, on e c c * o o _ G 4 _ ° ‘ 15 ., o ft, c ,_ u 0 o ,- a 0o oo c° *;.:■/.*•••./<•• ••„ • v*. •..•..'.•.*••5 v,;% --wvfc 5.?;: =”i •• — • -/ f-r ••-ATE BIST soc » *< P - • - - r • • « * ’ * A 0 * I* 9 * ’ 0 e # D * . * • » 9 © Half Hour Show! | “v,,"f of ^ Frontter'’ 16 PAGES Section I * *m0» >*on — Wed. — S»t l llis Issue . 9 30-10 A M. — 780 k.c. I :^Jh North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 3. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, ITiursday. May 17, 1956. Seven Cents. White line indicates the route of Barnard's fall. Scaffold was within about five feet of top of eourthouse when it gave away.—The Frontier Photo. Man Falls 40 Feet; Conscious, Improves ‘Den’ Hunt, 87, Fatally Hurt • I Pioneer O’Neillite Struck by Car Funeral services were conduct or at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, for Dennis (‘ Den’’) Hunt, 87, of Lincoln, who died Saturday, May 12, in a Lincoln hospital. The late Mr. Hunt, a pioneer resident of the O’Neill communi ty, was struck by an automobile at 51st and O streets in Lincoln. He was taken to Bryan Memorial hospital where his condition was listed as “critical’’ for several days. The car had been driven by a 17-year-old boy. The late Mr. Hunt was a mason 1>y trade and later entered the •insurance field in Lincoln. Rev. D. J. Pohl officiated at the funeral at St. Teresa’s Cath olic church. Burial was in Cal vary cemetery at Lincoln. Survivors include: Widow — Nellie; two sons and one daugh ter. Former Telephone Operator Here Dies Mrs. Robert Cook received word Tuesday of the death of her I sister. Mrs. Wilber George, at Es condido, Calif. Mrs. George attended the O’ Neill public school and was em ployed as a telephone operator here for two years. She moved to North Bend in 1924, and was married to Wilber George one year later. Survivors include: Widower — Wilber of Escondido; daughter— Mrs. Howard Goswike; sons — Ronald and Donald, both of Es condido; sisters — Mrs. Melvina Anderson of Escondido, Mrs. Clarissa Hoffman of Escondido, Mrs. Pearl Devine of Oakley, Ida , Mrs. Cook of O’Neill and Mrs. Bill Wagman of Rockford, 111.; brothers—Charles Simmons of Page and Philip Simmons of Detroit, Mich. Mrs. George was the daughter of the late Sheridan and Nellie Simmons. Raymond Barnard, 37. of Val ley, an employee of the Mid-Con tinental company, is ‘‘improved” at Clarkson Memorial hospital. Omaha. He is suffering a frac tured hip, fractured pelvis, crushed lung, damaged kidney. Injured jaw and possible other internal injuries received in a jO-foot fall about 11 a.m , Mon day. Barnard was working on the Holt county courthouse. While on the roof of the building he had adjusted the cleats and ropes supporting a scaffold, which was stationed about five feet from the top of the building on the east side. He went over the side to reach the scaffold, one of the cleats turned, the scaffold gave away and Barnard plunged to the ground. James Williams of Sioux City, foreman of the crew, saw the incident from the roof and rushed to the surface via a rope. Barnard's descent disturbed court proceedings in the district courtroom. He landed partially on the dirt and partially on the side walk. The hurt man, who is mar ried and is the father of a 16 > ear-old daughter, remained con eious. He was taken to St. An thony’s hospital where X-rays were made. His physician, Dr. J. ' F. Brown, ordered Barnard re moved by air ambulance to Clarkson hospital. The flight was made Monday evening. Mark Muff of O’Neill was one of the first persons at the scene. Ifoctor Brown originally list ed the injured man’s condition as “poor.” Clarkson attendants said late Wednesday that Barn ard's condition had “improved” and held hope he would re cover. The victim had been employed by the firm, which headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D., about 17 years and had. served in the ca pacity of foreman. Mid - Conti nental has a contract for remov ing old mortar from the bricks and putting in new mortar. An official of Mid-Continental from Sioux Falls said it was the greatest fall any of their work men had ever experienced. The Serr family reunites. Left-to-right: Seated—Mrs Floyd King of Portland, Ore., Chris of Gregory, 8.D.. Mr. and Mrs Jaesb Serr of Qua ha. Julias of Naper; standing—Paul of Jamison, Mrs Edith Rafeio of Omaha, Tod of Burton and FVed of Ctearwnter.—The Frontier Photo, o ^cro°0Oo O o CO ^ O 0 0°0 °°:° o ° °o o c ° Q 0 o ° °o o 0 0 <=> ° ° C5 o ° 1 0 ° o ° °o o O 8 °p 01 °° ° o O o ° ° 0 0° o ° ° ° o C? °° ° O o0 0 o <£• o> o ° o O o °0o° ° /' ° » Co ° ? O ° O 0 o o o. § » °o O 0 o 0 0 O O oi o . 0 o -° 0 V CO n On „ ° , ° . 0 0 „ . ■> !> r . T> O ° ° „ , O McKenzie Rites Held At Lynch Retired Farmer, 67, Dies Following Lingering Illness LYNCH—Clyde McKenzie, sr., G7, well-known in Holt and Boyd counties, died about 3 p.m., Sun day, May 13, in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch where he had been hospitalized 16 days. The late Mr, McKenzie, who etired from a farm near Red bird in 1952, had been in failing health several months. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday. May 16, from the Methodist church at Lynch with Rev. Anna Nelson, church pastor, officiating. The choir furnished music. : Pallbearers were Leo Farran of I Norfolk, Ernest Wright of Lynch, ' Ray Wilson, Veldon Pinkerman, ; Frank Carsten and Guy Hull, all of Redbird. Burial was in the j ScottvUlc cemetery. Clyde McKenzie, sr., son of the late Dan and Emily McKenzie, was born October 29. 1888, at Puck Grove, la. He was baptized in the Meth ! - dist church. He was united in marriage with Hazel Cliff on January 3, 1909, it Sioux City. To this union nine children were born. The late Mr. McKenzie spent most of his life in Nebraska, I coming to Pierce county when he 1 was 20-years-old. He resided there until 1933 when he moved to Holt county. In 1952 he retired rrom ine farm and moved with his wife into Lynch. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, three sisters and one son, Ted, who served in the Third armored division in France and was killed In action August 4, 1944. Survivors include: Widow — Hazel- sons — Dale of Oakland, Calif.,' Dan of El Monte, Calif., Victor of Spenard, Alaska, Clyde, •r of O'Neill; daughters—Mrs. Jessie Ehrhardt of Costa Mesa, Calif. Mrs. Evelyn Landberg of Randolph, Mrs. Louis Bowlby of Lynch and Mrs. Mary Ann Rcvell of O’Neill; brothers—William of Norfolk and Harold of El Paso Tex sisters—Mrs. Eva Cliff and Mrs Cora Ray, both of Millbrac, Calif., and Mrs. Emaline Schrei ner of Sutherland, la.; 11 grand children and two great-grand^ 1 ''.Among out-of-town relatives attending the rites were. Mrs. Jessie Ehrhardt of Costa Mesa, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Glea son Landberg and Gary of Ran dolph: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mc Kenzie of El Monte, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie and 'amily of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Revell of O’Neill; Mrs. Emaline Schreiner of Sutherland, la - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schrei ner and family of Sutherland, la. Harold McKenzie of El Paso, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKen zie of Norfolk; Mrs. Emily Wiley of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Don Kerstine of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Pratt of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. James Cliff of Lc Mars, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Sergie Bauler of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Howe of Hinton, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Butler of Plainview, Mr. and Mrs. John Elhrhardt and Mrs. Melvin Ehr hardt, all of Randolph; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Matthews of Lin coln; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pratt of Bassett. Wayne Man Speaks to 1956 Graduates Carolyn Wintermtoe Valedictorian CHAMBERS— Commencement exercises for the graduating class o£ the Chambers high school were hold Friday evening, May 11, at the school gymnasium. The processional and recessional were played by Mrs. Elwyn Robertson. Jhe invocation and benediction were offered by Rev. Howard! Clayeombe The' valedictory address was i given by Carolyn Wintermote; j salutatory, by Jennie Halsey; his tory by Cleone Beed; will, by Leonard Brown; prophecy, by Zanc Edwards. Mr. Shubert from the Wayne, State Teachers college, gave the commencement address. Mrs. Lctha Cooke sang “In the Garden of Tomorrow”; Darlene Harley, Irene Brown and Doreen Gleed sang “The Stars Arc Gleaming.” Scholarship awards were pre sented to Carolyn Wintermote, ennie Halsey and Cleone Beed. Bett e F rench Is Y aledictorian PAGE—The Page high school commencement exercises will bo held tonight (Thursday) at the school auditorium with Rev. Adrian Edgar, pastor of the Methodist church at Norfolk, de livering the address on “An Ade quate Philosophy of Life.” Miss Bette French, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mt-rwvn Fronnh sr., is class valedictorian and will give an address. Miss Helen Finch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Finch, is salutatorian. The processional and reces sional marches will be played by Miss Marilyn Terrill. Rev. Harry Johnson, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church, will give the invocation and will offer the benediction. The program will include a song by the senior class, “One Fleeting Hour”, ac companied by Mrs. Merwyn French, jr. Supt. Stanley Gross will pre sent the senior class and Mrs. Faye Taylor will introduce the eighth grade graduates. Melvin Smith will present the diplomas and Glen Blezek will make the presentation of the scholarships and awards. Boyd Pioneers Wedded 64 Years (J’hoto below at left) EWING—-Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Scrr, 89- and 85-years-old, re spectively, were honored Sunday, May 13, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Mlnarik at Ewing. The Serrs, who were born in Russia, are Boyd county pioneers. Next month they will observe their 64th wedding anniversary. They have spent most of their married life near Butte, where they were married. They became the parents of five sons and six daughters. One son, Ferdinand of Denver, Colo., and one daughter, Stella Serr of Beatrice, were unable to be present. They have been making their home in Omaha since leaving the farm. The Serrs have 17 grand children. 22 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchil dren. Ladies Breakfast, Play Golf Ladies of the younger married set have been meeting the past three Wednesdays at the Country club for a light breakfast and then golf at 9 a.m. Thirteen la dies were present Wednesday. May 9. Hostesses were the Mes Hames G. Owen Cole of Emmet, Dale French and D. A. Kerscn rock. Any ladies interested may bontact any of the above. INFANT DIES EWING—Funeral services were held Monday morning in O’Neill for Danny Joseph Regan, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Regen of Ewing, who was bom Friday, May 11, at St. Anthonys hospital in O’Neill and died Saturday, May 12. FOUND DEAD BUTTE—Mrs. Wiley S. Barnes, 75, a widow, was found dead Tuesday evening by her daugh ter. Death apparently was caus ed by a heart attack. Funeral Friday at Butte. Californians Here— Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jareske of Norwalk, Calif., spent a week with his father, Joe Jareske, and his sister, Mrs. Bill Miller, and family. TESTS DELATED The air force sponsored wind test start will be delayed about a week because of delays in shipment of instrumnets. MRS. WARNER DIRS RIVERSIDE — Mra. CUud* Warner died Sunday evening. C o * p ° p O o o ' \> 0 Check Forger Gets Two-Year Sentence Don Kifer, 41, of Omaha, who was arrested in March on check forgery charges, Wednesday af t* moon in Holt county district, court was sentenced to two years • ip. the state penitentiary at Lin coln. Kifer, who had admitted forg ing Dewey C. Schaffer's name, had been out on $750 bond. Sen tence was passed by District Judge D. R. Mounts. Meanwhile, on Monday morn ing Judge Mounts paroled Rich ard Rollins. 31, of Atkinson to Holt Sheriff Leo Tomjack for five years. Rollins had admitted guilt after being charged with »hog theft. Melvin Hood, 30, of O’Neill may be heard before the judge today (Thursday) relating to the same hog incident. Benefit Comedy Scheduled Friday INMAN The Inman Common-' itv club is sponsoring a western comedy, "They Went That Aw'ay,’’ in three acts on Friday evening, May 25, at the high school gymnasium, to be staged by the Holt County Rural Youth. Proceeds will go toward buying playground equipment for the park. M rs. Gildersleeve Heads State Unit Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve, wife of an O’Neill optometrist, Tues day was elected president of the Nebraska Optometric association women’s auxiliary in Omaha. Dr. V. L. Hybl of Ainsworth w as elected vice-president of the professional group. Sousa Band Awards Are Announced— The Sousa band award, spun-, sored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been awarded to the following students: O’Neill high schcxd—Shirley Schultz; St. Mary’s academy— Barbara Mc Carthy. Gold Medalist Kenneth Backhaus (above), O’Neil] high track man and quarter-miler, placed second in the state class B track meet at Lincoln last weekend and re ceived a gold medal award as one of the top five quarter milers in state prep circles this season. Coach Marvin Miller and Backhaus’s parents, Mr. anti Mrs. Roy Backhaus, watch ed Kenneth perform. He scored O’Neill’s only points. —O’Neill Photo Co. Caps and Gowns for kindergartners Members of the O'Neill public school kinder- plomus from Supt. M. J. Baack. Mrs. Gran garten class (above) appeared in caps and gowns Petersen is their teacher.—O’Neill Photo Co. at 4 p.m., Sunday when they received their di Balloting Very Light; Nelson Runs Strong Judge Classen Finishes 3d BUTTE—The four-way strug gle for Boyd county judge nom ination stole the show in Tues day’s primary election, and all ballots were counted and stored away within two hours after midnight. John P. Classen, incumbent j judge, finished in third position.' Earlier in the year he declared I he would not be a candidate and then changed his mind. Warren D. Collins polled 670 for the non political judgeship; Marvin T. Peterson, second, 295; Collins, third, 206. and William Sorensen, fourth, 68. C. A. Moody received 105 votes and Anton Kalkowski col lected 48 in the bid for the dem ocratic nomination in the Second supervisory district. Moody, the incumbent, will oppose Andy Classen. GOP, unopposed, in the general election. In the Sixth district, at Butte, j R. W. Dickerson received the re-j publican nomination for county i supervisor. Dan Kline received 25 writein votes on the demo! ticket to receive the demo nomi nation. It will be Kline vs. Dick erson in November. There was also a fight for the republican nomination in the Fourth district. Warren K. Fer nau received 51 votes and Frank H. Ludemaun, democratic in-, cumbent, did not have opposi-' tion in the Fourth. Good Neighbors Aid Tomlinson— INMAN—About 10 neighbor ing men and several women con verged Wednesday at the Art Tomlinson farnt, located 3 >2 miles south of Inman, and plow ed about 55 acres of ground. Mr. Tomlinson, who has been ill for several months, was vic tor Tuesday in his bid for the republican nomination for coun ty supervisor in the Second dis trict. He presently holds the of fice Dewayne Landis visited his mother, Mrs. Mae Landis, in St. Anthony’s hospital Sunday. Sieler Hnishes in 2d Place In spite of light balloting in the four counties comprising the T vvcnty - eighth legislative dis trict, Frank Nelson of O’Neill, incumbent state senator, built a two-to-one lead over his closest 1 pponent in a four-way race for the nomination. Two highest candidates will vie in the general election in No vember. Hugo Sieler of Butte, a University of Nebraska student, will face Nelson in the fall. Sieler outdistanced John Tenborg of Atkinson, a rancher - radio an nouncer, and Fred Jungman, an Atkinson livestock man, Unofficial summary: Keya Holt Boyd Rock Paha Tot. Nelson . 826 415 223 150—1614 Sieler 147 581 55 97— 880 Tenborg 467 75 84 70— 696 Jungman 233 118 212 50— 613 Also on the non-political tick et, D. R. Mounts of O’Neill was unopposed for district judge (Holt, Rock, Brown, Boyd and Keya Paha counties), and Louis Reimer of O’Neill was unoppos ed for county judge. Mounts poll ed 1,383 votes; Reimer, 1,451. Woman Seeks Judgeship BASSETT—Balloting was light i in Rock county Tuesday and for j the first time in history a woman j —Doris Houston — was seeking the county judgeship. She re ceived 255 votes, trailing Roy Henderson with 316. Martin Spann collected 115. This was the only significant contest. In the Third district republican commissioner race, Alfred Gilg received 121 votes and William Bussinger collected 46. Eisenhower received 452 votes; Kefauvcr, 128. ATKINSON — Father Imman uel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Judge of Atkinson, will celebrate his first solemn high mass in St. Joseph’s Catholic church in At kinson on Monday, May 28. nelson 1,500 Votes Cast in Holt Voting was very light in Holt emmty as well as in the stat. Tuesday in the primary election Unofficially about 1,500 vote*, were cast. Holt and adjoining counties railed to reflect any “farm n - volt ’ against the Eisenhower ad ministration. Ike collected 1 035 rcpublican votes for president while Estes Kefauver, democrat polled 439. Most interest was centered on the non-political 28th district (Holt, Boyd, Rock and Keyu Papha counties) legislative ran in which the incumbent, Frank Nelson, easily outdistanced thru contenders. (See story at left) The Second district supervisor race on the GOP ticket saw n three-way struggle won by Art Tomlinson of Inman, incumbent Tomlinson received 159 voter Elmer Edmisten, 31, and Charles Fox, 30. Tomlinson will oppose M. V. Landreth, democratic win ner with 65 votes, in the general election. Frank Cronk of Page, incum bent in the Fourth district, war unopposed with 92 votes. A. M Batenhorst of Stuart, democratic incumbent in the Sixth district also was unopposed. He received 84. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET President— Eisenhower .1,035 STATE TICKET Governor— Hart . 193 Anderson . 786 Lieutenant-Governor— Swanson . 222 Burney . 288 Johnson . Ill Griswold . 310 Secretary of State— Marsh . 929 Auditor—• Johnson .;. 857 Treasurer— Hill . 814 Attorney-General— Townsend . 270 Beck . 580 Railway Comm.— Milner . 145 Pettygrove . 50 Vogt . 1 HA Sorensen . 221 Swanson . 276 CONGRESS •Fourth Dist.— Miller . 867 Eby . I-™ DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET President— Kefauver . 439 STATE TICKET Governor— Baum . 144 Sorrell . 8®8 Lieutenant-Governor— Andreasen . 13® Long . 208 Cornwell . Secretary of State— Havorka . 402 Auditor— Anzalone . no Petersen . ”24 Treasurer— R. R. Larsen . I57 D. E. Larson . 15® Geissinger . H® Attorney-General— Grubbs . 404 Railway Comm.— McHeynolds . 28® McPherson .. I75 Shift Noted in 3-Way Race SPRINGVIEW—There was a shift from the republican-to-the democrat ticket in the East com missioner district in Keya Paha county. All because there were two candidates on each ticket. The incumbent, O. D. Jameson, defeated Oscar Nielson, 92-50, on the democratic ticket, and John Wood bested John Wiley, 74-42, on the GOP ticket. ’rv' „ O ° O ,.?n0 ° '' ° ° Small Schools Plan Court Action A group 01 Doara or eaucauon members ana interested patrons from five communities threat ened with losing their small high schools met Monday at Chambers, organized and retained le gal counsel to take their problems to court. Com munities represented were Amelia, Magnet, Mc Lean, Cushing and Westerville. The group will be ° J0 Vi • l O 0.0° ° °°°0C ° ° ° °°yS° O known ms the Nebraska bmall t>choot association. Officers elected are: Jerald Henrickson of Mag net, president; Lloyd Waldo of Amelia, secre tary; Clyde Widman of Amelia, treasurer; and the following directors: Louie Cording of Cushing, Emil Dibbert of Magnet, Ernest Voss of McLean and Thomas Doolittle of Amelia.—The Frontier ° r? o ° n c _ n O