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Volume 76.- Number 6. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday. June 6, 1956._Seven C ents.
Mrs. Dunlin . . . exhibits hlackthorre stick from her native
Ireland.—The Frontier Phots.
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Mrs. Snyder . . . long active
in Methodist church work.
Heart Attack Fatal
to Mrs, Harry Snyder
Funeral Rites Held
at Inman
INMAN — Funeral services
were conducted at 2 p.m., Satur
day, June 2, from the Methodist
church here for Mrs. Harry D
Snyder, 73, wife of a retired Holt
county farmer. Mrs. Snyder died
early Thursday, May 31, in St.
Anthony’s hospital.
Although she had been in fail
ing health for several years, her
death was attributed to a severe
heart attack suffered the day be
fore her death.
Rev. Lisle E. Mewrnaw officiat
ed in the funeral rites conduct
ed by Biglin's. Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Stauffer of Page sang two of
Mrs. Snyder’s favorite hymns
with piano accompaniment by
Mrs, Harvey Tompkins. Pallbear
ers were Donald Keyes, Marvin
House and Kenneth Smith, all of
Inman; Merwyn French, jr., Rob
ert Nissen and Norman Trow
bridge, all of Page. Burial was in
the Page cemetery.
The late Mrs. Snyder, whose
maiden name was Lillie Leona
iiaffner, was born June 11,
1882. at Doiinellson. la., daugh
ter of John and Rosina Iiaffner.
She came with her parents to
Page in 1909 from Donnellson.
On October 18, 1911, she mar
ried Harry David Snyder. They
became the parents of Iwo chil
dren. They spent 35 years in the
Page community on a farm.
Their first four years of mar
ried life were spent east of Page;
later they moved three miles
northwest of Page. In 1946 they
left Holt county and moved to
Norfolk.
In 1954 Mrs. Snyder and her
husband moved to the Inman
community. Mrs. Snyder was
active here in Methodist church
work and recently was installed
spiritual life secretary of the
WSCS. She also was a member
of the Coffee club
The late Mrs. Snyder had been
a member of the Presbyterian
church at Donnellson and trans
ferred her membership to the
Methodist church at Page, where
she served as superintendent of
the primary department of the
Sunday-school, served as pian
ist and music instructor, and was
awarded a life membership in
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and four brothers.
Survivors include: Widower —
Harry; daughter—Mrs. Lewis F.
(Rosara) Kopeckv of Inman;
son — Victor E. of San Diego,
Calif; six grandchildren: brother
—A1 Haffner of Colorado.
Samms Infant
Dies in Kansas—
CELIA—Graveside funeral ser
vices were held at 2 p.m., Tues
day, June 5, in Atlanta, Kans.,
for Brian Ray Samms, 10
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. W. Samms, 2111 North Waco,
Wichita, Kans.
The child died at 3:37 a.m.,
Sunday, June 3, at Winfield,
Kans.
Survivors include: Parents;
sisters— Diane and Carla Lee,
at home; maternal grandparents
—Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Hammer
berg of Atkinson.
FREE FLAG CLEANING
The Ideal Cleaners will clean
U.S. flags free between June 7
12 to eacourage proper displaying
of flags on flag day—Thursday. I
June 1*. (Advertisement on j
page 8.)
Mary Donlin, 86.
Ireland Native, Dies
Funeral rites were conducted at
9 o’clock Tuesday morning, June
5, for Mrs. Mary Donlin, 86, who
died Friday night, June 1, in a rest
home at Genoa.
The services weiv held at St
Patrick s Catholic church, burial
was in Calvary cemetery with
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan 'Of
ficiating: Riglin's directing
Pallbearers were Roman Rohde,
Leo Moore, John Storjohann. Da
vid Moler, Richard Minton and
Louis Vitt.
The late Mary Josephine Dun
lin was hum September 29, 1869.
in Ireland, the daughter ol John
and Mary Fitzgerald Gregory.
She lived in Pittsburgh, Fa.,
briefly before coming to Holt
county.
Her husband, the late Stephen
Donlin, died December 2. 1933.
They farmed for many years in
this community and adopted two
children.
Mrs. Dunlin made a voyage to
Ireland about five years ago and
spent several months there.
Survivors include: Son— James
Donlin of O’Neill; daughter—Mrs.
Harry (Catherine) Sullivan of O’
Neill; sister—Mrs. Katie Flanni
gan of Dublin, Ireland; brother —
| James Gregory, who also lives in
: nil
New Band Director
Duane Miller (above) will
be the new instrumental in
structor at O’Neill high school
for the coming year. He is a
graduate of Wayne State Teach
ers college and has had seven
! years* experience. The first
j year was at Ponca. 1949-’50.
Between 1950 and 1955 he
taught instrumental and vocal
at Bassett. During the 1955-’56
term he taught instrumental at
Tekamah.
Church Will
Mark 50 th
Birthday
Chambers Lutherans
To Dedicate Organ
in Sunday Affair
CHAMBERS—The 5©lh anniver
sary off St. Paul's Lutheran church
j (Missouri synod) will pe celebrat
ed Sunday, June 10. Rev. Harry C.
frioke of Wheaton. III., former
pastor, will be the speaker for the
10:30 a.m. worship service. Din
ner will be served at noon and at
2 30 p.m., the festival service will
be held with dedication of the new
elctronic organ. Rev. Henry Nier
mann of Laurel will preach.
The date will mark the 25th
anniversary of the Ladies’ Aid
' Mr. and Mrs. J W Walter. Mr.
and Mrs. IXiane Grossnicklaus
j and Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Hoge
! are heading the planning and ar
rangement committees.
2 Street Employees
Hired by Council
The O'Neill city council Tues
| day evening hired two street de
partment employees. discharged
one, heard an appeal for airport
improvement and heard a request
I for restoration of stop signs.
The employee whose services
I are to be terminated is L. O.
v LA l ) ilUIUlWIl, 1VU CJBMUI
the street department.
Mareellus Schaaf and Fred
Hannik have been hired as street
employees at the rate of $250 per
month. Roth have had experience
with heavy machinery.
Airport Manager George
Nachtman appealed to the coun
cil for improvement at the Mu
nicipal airport—a project involv
I irig iederai, state and city funds.
The council agreed to hear state
aeronautics officials at an ad
journed meeting on June 12.
Very-Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
asked the council to restore stop
signs at the corner of Fourth and
Renton streets. No action was
taken.
The session lasted five hours.
Mrs. J. P. Brown
to Head Concert
Membership Drive
A meeting was held Sunday
evening for directors and offi
cers of the O'Neill Community
Concert association. Frank E.
Parkins was reelected president
as was John Watson reelected
I first vice-president.
Mrs. J. P. Brown was named
the membership chairman for the
1956 drive. Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka
was appointed headquarters
chairman; Mrs. R. V. Kurtz and
Mrs. Morwyn French. jr„ dinner
chairmen; Mr Watson, concert
chairman, and John H. McCar
| ville, publicity chairman. Cam
! p.aign week was set for Septem
ber 10-15. Mrs. Pauline Walston,
; Comumnity Concerts representa
| tive, was present and a “hold
* date” was placed on the famous
Tucson, Ariz., boys’ choir.
Mrs. Boyd Ressel and daugh
ter and Mrs. Don Rossmeier and
children from Montana are vis
iting here.
Mrs. Timmerman
Expires in Hospital
O’Neill Woman, 84,
111 a Week
Mrs. G, F. Timmerman, 84,
died at 2 p.m., Thursday. May 31,
in St. Anthony’s hospital. She
had been ill one week.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 p.m., Monday. June
4, from First Presbyterian
church with Rev. J. Olcn Ken
nell officiating.
Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin's.
Pallbearers were Ben Miller,
Emery Burton, Wilbur Brown,
William Babutzke. Clifford Run- '
quist and Dr. L. A. Burgess,
The late Mrs. Timmerman was
born February 1ft, 1872. in Mad
ison county. On April 15, 1899,
at Osmond, she married Gustave
Mrs. Timmerman . . . to Holt
county in 1925.
j Frederick Timmerman.. They ;
came to Holt county in 1925 from'
j Antelope county.
The family lived many years
on two different farm.-, imme
diately east of O'Neill.
The couple became the parents i
of two sons and four daughters, i
Survivors: Widower— Gustave
Frederick Timmerman; sons —
Fred Timmerman of Star and
William Timmerman of Royal;
daughters Mrs. Orval Vargason
iof Bassett, Hattie Timmerman of
Alliance, Mrs. Larry Smith of
Rifle, Colo., and Mrs. John (Dor
l othy) Prihil of O'Neill.
Lohaus Family
Buys Gatz Interests
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Lohaus
announce this week they have
purchased the Mr. and Mrs. C.
J. Gatz interest in Lohaus Motor
j Co. Lohaus and Gatz have own
j ed and operated the Ford agency '
here in partnership for 17 years.
John L. Baker, who recently J
resigned his commission as an air 1
force captain, will be associated |
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.,
Lohaus, in the operation of the j
firm. Baker, a jet pilot, flew
more than one hundred combat
missions in Korea.
Work Started on
New 4-11 Building—
CHAMBERS—Work was com
menced Friday on a new 1-H
livestock building at the Holt
county fairgrounds.
I 2 Receive First Holy Communion
Rev. Peter F. Burke, pastor of at. Peter s Cath
olic church at Ewing, and Sister M. Marina of St.
Mary's academy pose with 12 children who made
their first holy communion Sunday, June 3. In
the foreground are Cathy Lofquest, Jeanne Finley
and Richard Kropp, leaders. Communicants are:
Front row—Jennifer Kellogg, Brenda Rotherham,
Shirley Funk, Carolyn Bergstrom, Mary' Sharon
Mur.n and Charlene Miller; second row— Terry
Lofquest, Dennis Vandersnick, John Dougherty,
Terry Schmidt, Patrick Dougherty and Vincent
Vandersnick. Absent because of illness was Den
nis Finley. Seventy-two children were enrolled
in the vacation school at St. Peter’s. It was Sis
ter Marina’s 29th first communion group. St. j
Mary’s academy nuns have been teaching the |
vacation school at Ewing nearly 25 years.—The j
Frontier Photo. i,
Thar They Go — Those Jets!
All necks craned skyward Sunday afternoon
at Municipal airport as five air national guard
lets streaked overhead in formation. This inter
esting photo reveals mixed reactions—The Fron
tier Photo.
Crop-Making Rains
Gladden Hearts
Crop-making showers, local in
character but far reaching in ef
fect. have gladdened the hearts of
many farmers and ranchers dur
ing the past three days.
T.dki in the immediate O’Neill
vietuhy are wearing broad smiles
because of 1.96 inches of precip
itation. The rain has brightened
pastures, lawns and gardens; has
boomed small grain prospects,
and has created a favorable sit
uation for corn.
Mother Nature's electrical dis
turbances plunged towns between
O'Neill and Ainsworth into dark
ness early Monday due to power
failures.
Wayne Rouse. who lives
near Chambers, reported a
half-inch rain early Monday,
starting at 5:30 o'clock. The
shower extended as far north
as Ory creek. Intermittent rain
fell at O’Neill Monday mom
ing, totaling .22 of an inch.
Stanley Watson, south of
Chambers, reported over an inch
of rain early Monday ,
Good showers early Monday
were received at Orchard, Bruns
wick, Plainview and Osmond.
Norfolk received .06
Early Tuesday O'Neill was vis
ited by heavy rain, totaling 1.34
inches. The storm was strictly lo
cal and set in about 2:15 a.m.
The heavy rain did not extend
tar north.
Other early Tuesday readings:
Madison, 1.50; Elgin, 1.40; Albion,
1.30; Neligh, .50; Norfolk, 1.30—
the heaviest 24-hour count in a
year.
Gene iiamm of Stuart reported
an inch of rain fell there during
the early Tuesday morning hours.
Another fine shower started
about 11:15 p.m., Tuesday and
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Walter Wyant, 80,
Dies in Rest Home
Funeral services for Walter W.
Wyant, 80, were conducted at 2
p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Biglin’s
chapel.
Mr. Wyant died Friday, June 1,
in a rest home at Genoa where
he had been residing since Sep
tember. 1955. He was stricken
with a cerebral hemorrhage and
died 30 minutes later.
The late Mr. Wyant was born
October 30, 1875, at Eaglesville,
Mo., a son of Newton and Mary
Wyant. The family originally set
tled in Wheeler county and later
moved to southern Holt county.
He married Dorothea Eisle on
April 8, 1896. They farmed about
five years near Chambers and
then moved to O’Neill where he
operated a taxi service for sev
eral years. He operated the first
Ford auto agency for a number
of years and also was engaged in
buying and selling livestock.
in 1939 he was struck by a hit
and-run motorist at Grant’s Pass,
Ore., and was seriously hurt. Mr
Wyant was pushing a wheelbar-'
row loaded with chicken feed on ■
a street in that city.
He never fully recovered from
Ihe accident.
He was preceded in death by!
ns wife.
Survivors include: Sons—Char
les (“Chick”) of Palisade, Minn.,
rnd Wilton; daughter—Mrs. Fern
Blowers of Long Beach, Calif.;1
orother—Clarence M. of Cham
oers; sisters—Mrs. Jane Spann of
Chambers and Mrs. C. J. McGinn
)f Omaha.
Nation’s Best
to Compete Here
3-Day Rodeo Opens
with ?a adc
A parade at 2:30 p.m., Friday,
June 8, will launch O’NciH’s
third annual rodeo sponsored by
the O'Neill Saddle club.
The three-day RCA show will
feature evening performances at
8 o’clock on Friday and Saturday
;:nd a matinee on Sunday, start
ing at 2:30 o’clock. The rodeo
will take place in the club’s arena
in Carney park at the south edge
of the city. Elaborate lighting
fixtures have been installed,
bleachers and chutes have been
improved, and there is an abun
dance of parking space.
Friday’s parade will include
floats sponsored by business
firms and organizations. The
parade will form on Seventh
street, east of the American
Legion auditorium, at 2 o’
clock. Parade route will be
westward on Douglas street
and return.
The Municipal band, O’Neill
Saddle club, Niobrara Saddle club
and Wagner (S.D.) Saddle club
will take part. First, second and
third place prizes will be award
ed parade winners.
The rodeo, produced by Walter
Plugge, Nebraska’s only RCA
approved operator, will feature
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Wetzler Funeral
Today at Gregory
HERRICK Funeral services
for Rudolph Wetzler, 60, well
known retired farmer in the Her
rick, S.D., community, will be
conducted at 2 p.m. today
(Thursday) at the Assembly of
God church in Gregory, S.D.
Reverend Rudnick will officiate.
Mr. Wetzler was in good health
until four years ago when he suf
fered a stroke. He never regain
ed I,is health. He died in a hos
pital Sunday, June 3.
He was born January 9, 11196,
a'. Waper. On June 4, 1917, he
was united in marriage with
Lydia Layh of Gregory.
He spent most of his life in
j the Euitc, Herrick and Gregory
communities. He was active in
Assembly of Goct church affairs
until his illness.
Survivors include: Widow
Lydia; sons—Harold of Herrick
and Alfred in the navy: daugh
ters Mrs. Fred (Irma) Wells and
Miss Lorene, both of O’Neill,
Mrs. Leona Faust of Lucas, S.D.,
Mrs. Laura Adenbach of Sidney,
Mont., Mrs. Esther Krueger of
Ft. Collins, Colo., Miss Lela Mae
of Herrick; nine grandchildren;
sisters—Mrs. Ludwig Guthmiller
of O’Neill, Mrs. Ed Rutb of Tyn
dall, S.D., and Mrs. George
Strob of Herrick; brothers —
Charles and William, both of
Herrick, and Edward of Dallas,
$20,000 Still Out
in Distress Warrants—
Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom
pack said Wednesday he and his
deputy, James Mullen, have col
lected about 47-thousand-dollnrs
in delinquent personal taxes.
Tomjack estimated 20-thousand
dollars still outstanding.
The distress warrants involve
personal taxes delinquent for
1955 and before.
Tingle Suceeds Panowicz
Robert (“Bob”) Tingle (right) succeeds Edward Panowicz as
manager of the Midwest Furniture & Appliance. Mr. Panowicz,
his wife and their three children left O’Neill this week and will
make their home in Portland, Ore., where Mr. Panowicz expects
to establish a curio shop featuring rocks and precious stones. He
came here eight years ago—shortly after the store was established.
Mr. Tingle, who originated at Winner, S.D., served in the navy
during World War II. He has had nine years of furniture experi
ence and comes to O’Neill from Norfolk, where he was associat
ed with the Midwest store. His wife, Virginia, and their two chil
dren, Tom, 7, and Mary, 4, will reside in an apartment in the
store.—The Frontier Photo.
Holt Board
Petitioned
for Roads
Neighborhood Hassle
Finally Tossed Out;
Grattan Needs Cash
After listening to 45 minutes of
argument, the Holt county board
of supervisors last Thursday dis
misscd a county road controversy
involving C. L ("Jack”) Sisson
and Albert Thoondel, both of Ew
ing. Occasionally the controversy
became heated,
The board, convinced the mat
ter should be settled at the neigh
borhood or township level, closed
the book and went on to three
other petitions.
The hoard's conference room
was filled for the Sisson-Thocn
del matter and the crowd over
flowed into the rorridor.
Sisson had filed a petition,
bearing signatures of nine others,
asking the board to officially close
a little-used road which separates
the Sisson-Thoendel property in
the Deloit vicinity. Thoendel
countered with a petition bearing
30 names— including the name
of Harry Keeler, who had asked
to be removed from the Sisson
list and be regarded as a Thoen
del signer.
noaci petitions must be signed
by 10 or more persons residing
within five miles of the point of
interest to qualify for a hearing.
Legality of names of several
signers was one reason the board
dropped the matter.
Thoendel alleged the single
fence was on his property and
largely maintained by him. He
wanted the board to keep open
the road and wanted the board to
direct Sisson to install a paral
lel fence on Sisson's property.
Sisson said the gates were
his and the public was welcome
to use liis pasture, if necessary.
Thoendel wanted the road to
be kept open as a "buffer zone ”
Joe Weibel, also of Deloit, head
ed a petition group asking the
county to take over a Deloit town
ship two-mile stretch tying up an
Antelope county road and a Holt
road, both under county mainten
ance. Weibel told the’board the
township had spent three thou
sand dollars raising the standard
of the road in order that it could
become a part of the county sys
tem, The board unanimously ap
proved.
Blaine Garwood of Atkinson
and other petitioners asked the
board lo subtract from the county
system seven specific miles of
county highway in Wyoming
township and add seven miles
elsewhere in that township. The
request was granted.
Harold Burge of O’Neill and 28
other Grattan township landown
ers asked for the opening of a
rounty road north from the Andy
Clark ranch. The four - mile
stretch, paralleling U.S. highway
281 five miles to the west,
would link two county roads. The
proposed road passes through
sandhills.
Burge and a dozen of the sign
ers met Saturday evening with
the Grattan township board. The
board declared it lacked monev
to comply with the request at
this time. Grattan currently levies
four-tenths of a mill for road
purposes — one of the lowest,
levies in the county.
Burge, Clark and other inter
ested parties said they would
again take the matter up with
the eounty board on June 29.
Estimated cost of the p'ading,
clay fill find graveling on the
four-milof road is about five
thousand/dollars.
A petition headed by Cal Allyn
of Stuarft also was tabled until
June 29 /
State* Abandons
M aintenance
The /state department of roads
and irrigation will abandon main
tenance of the following roads in
Holt founty, effective at 12:01
a.m., jJuly 1:
Naier south — Beginning on
the Molt-Boyd line on the north
line lot the northwest quarter,
thence south a distance of 1.123
mile*.
Sluart north — Beginning on
U.Sj highway 20, thence north
through Stuart, thence east ap
prcjfximately 1.75 miles, thence
north approximately 8 miles.
O’Neill-Page — Beginning on
highway 20 east of O’Neill, thence
east approximately 12 miles,
thence south approximately 4.75
miles to the south village limits
of Page.
Lynch-Redbird— Beginning on
the Boyd-Holt county line in the
southwest quarter of section 1
32-10, thence south through Red
bird, a distance of 11.115 miles.
Amelia west — Beginning on
highway 11, thence east approx
imately 2.6 miles to Amelia.
Ewing south— Beginning near
the southwest corner of section
2-25-9, thence north a distance
of approximately 6.329 miles to
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