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Volume 76.—Number 9. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. 1 hursday, June^28, 1936. _ Seven C ents.
O’Neill Rancher Fined
on Indian Land Deal
Mary Ann Wehrstein
Dies of Heart Attack
Native of O’Neill;
Rites Monday
Mrs Mary Ann Wehrstein, 69.
died at 6 30 a m , Friday, June 22,
at the home of her brothers,
Dcmm H. and Bartholomew
Murphy, located one mile east
and one mile north of the city,
She and her sister, Abbie, kept
house for their brothers for a
number of years.
A rosary was offered Sunday
evening at Biglin's funeral chap
el. Funeral services wen COO*
ducted at 10 a m., Monday, June
25, from St. Patrick's Catholic
church with Rev. Karl Kucera
officiating. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery.
Pallbearers were E. F. Quinn
Edward Hanley, James Kelley
Ai Sauser, John Murray anti
Harry Jolly.
The late Mrs Wehrstein was
born October 29, 1886, at O’Neill
a daughter of the late Mark and
Nora Holland Murphy, who were
natives of County Cork, Ireland
In January, 1911, at Siou»
City, she married Haiph D
Wehrstein* Thev became the par
ents of one son and one daughter
lioth of whom were reared anc
educated here.
She was a member of St Pat
rick’s church
Survivois include: Son—Don
ald R of Dayton, O.; daughter—
Mrs. Walter (Pauplinei Brieschki
of Villa Park, 111.; brothers—Den
nis H. and Bartholomew, both o
O’Neill; sisters Abbie of O’
Neill and Mrs. Hugh (Anna) Gal
lagher of Rapid City, S.D.
Mrs. Amanda Pace
Expires in Florida
Funeral services for Mrs Aman
da Pace, a former O’Neill resi
dent, will be conducted at 2 p.m.,
Friday, June 29th, from First
Presbyterian church. Mrs. Paco,
who whs in her nineties, died
Sunday, June 24, at Miami. Fla.,
where she was residing with her
son, George.
Rev. J Olen Kennell will offi
ciate Rurial will be in Prospect
Hill cemetery under the direction
of Biglin’s. Burial will be near
the grave of her husband, James,
who died a number of years ago.
The family lived on a farm 12
miles southwest of here for many
years.
The remains will arrive in O - ;
Neill early today (Thursday).
Survivors include: Daughter —
Mrs. Lulu Quig of ONeill; son
—George of Miami.
Mrs. Quig will arrive here
accompanying the remains.
TO PUBLISH EARLY
The Frontier will go to \
press 24 hours ahead of sched
ule next week in order that
staff members may enjoy July
4, a legal holiday, with their
respective families. The pub
lishers earnestly ask the
cooperation of advertisers, cor
respondents and news contri
butors in handing in their
material a day ahead of
schedule.
Dudley J. Hovev of San Diego, 1
Calif., is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Bright. Mr. and Mrs. Rich- j
ard Kazda and Mr and Mrs. Rich- j
ard Hovcy.
An O’Neill rancher, who has
extensive land holdings in South
Dakota, and a Martin, S.D., real
estate dealer have been found
guilty of inducing an Indian to
convey deed to land held in
trust by the government.
A federal court jury delib
erating at Deadwood. S.D., re
turned a verdict in favor of the
government against L. I). Put
nam of O’Neill and Edson Ward
of Martin on two rounts.
In additon to obtaining the
deed without appraisal and sale
by bidding through the Indian
agency the two men were found
guilty of recording the deed,
knowing it to have been secured
in violation of federal law.
Evidence offered in the trial
showed that in 1953 Putnam had
undertaken to secure an outside
deed, but he was notified it was
against the law and complied
with the government demand to
redeem the property to its for
mer owner.
Putnam approached the same
party a year later and secured
deed to other lands and it
was on this action the gov
ernment brought charges.
J
i Putnam admitted before tin
court he is holder of 8,000 acre
of deed land in South Dakota and
i controls another 16,000 acres ol
leased and permit land.
(Continued on page 6>)
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Claussen . . . victim of heart
attack. (Story at right.)
Claussen
Rites Held
in Atkinson
Well - Known Farmer
Dies Unexpectedly:
Vet of World War 1
ATKINSON—Edward R Claus
T-en, 64, a lifelong resident of the
i Atkinson-Emmet communities ex
| cept for the time spent in the
army during World War l, died
unexpected!? about 7:30 a.m.,
Frida?. June 22, in the Vdterans
hospital at Grand Island. He was
stricken with a heart attacK
Mr Claussen had entered the
hospital tor ulcer treatment, but
his illness was not regarded as
serious He was to have been dis
missed korn the hospital the
i morning that he died
'
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2 pm, .Monday, June
£5. kom the Prrsbytciian
chureh here An overflow crowd
attended the services conduct
ed by Rev. Curtis Barnett,
i church pastor.
Burial was in Woodlawn ceme
tery under the direction of Se
ger’s. Pallbearers were E. V,
Hitkok, Ed Etherton, Claude
I Humphrey, Lee Gihnan, Edward
| Winkler and John Conarri.
Members of the American Le
gion post served as honorary pall
bearers and conducted graveside
i military rites.
The late Mr. Claussen was born
| April 17, 1892. 3 miles north of
Emmet, a son of Peter and Wil
.helmina Claussen. who were im
migrants from Germany. He was
i reared and educated in that
1 community and spent 16 months
in France during World War I as
(Continued ion page 6)
Leonard Lorenz Fund
Reaches $1,233.50
At noon Wednesday the O'Neili
banks reported receipts totaling
$1,233.50 for the Leonard Lorenz
Fund But the push for funds to
behalf of the armless Holt coun
ty farmer, maimed in a haybaler
accident June 8, will not end un
til several times that amount hat
been collected.
The benefit fund is being spon
sored by The Frontier and the
Holt County Independent in co
operation with the O’Neill Na
tional bank and the First National
bank of O’Neill.
Mr. Lorenz, 35, has an adopted
9-year-old son, Larry, who visit
ed his dad Sunday at the Veter
ans hospital, Omaha. They went
for a ride with Leonard’s broth
ers, Melvin of Inman and Vernon
of O’Neill.
Despite the loss of the right
arm at the shiwalder and the left
arm between the elbow and the
shoulder, this tormer navy B-24
aircraft pilot can still smile. He
comes up with his characteristic
grin even though he will be vir
tually helpless from now on out.
Skin grafting has been completed
and, after a mending period,
Leonard hopes to return to Holt
for a few days’ visit.
Things aren’t too bright on the
farm near Middlebranch. There’s
been very little moisture. He’s
concerned about the crops. Show
ers have been spotted this season.
Fate has dealt a tough blow to
a fellow whose friends are legion.
They remember him as the Inman
youngster with a broad simile;
the navy flying officer; the farm
er and neighbor.
(Continued on page 6)
Mr. Lorenz, armless from a hay baler accident, purchases a pair of socks from Susan Hershaw
of Omaha at the Veterans hospital canteen.—Photo for The Frontier by John Savage of the Om
aha World-Herald.
Grattan township library visitors during Monday's open-house included: Debra and Lauree
Sevcik (seated at table in left foreground); Charles Sevcik. Sue Gonderinger. Billy McIntosh and
Jolene Stut* (seated at large table); Mrs. Norman Gonderinger. Mrs. Edwin Sevcik. Mrs. William
McIntosh and Mary Gonderinger (standing). Mrs. McIntosh helped with a recent food sale arranged
by the Woman's club. (Story at right; another picture on page 12.)—The Frontier Photo.
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Amelia folks examine colorless material of deflated meteorological balloon which descended
Saturday at the George Fullerton place. Left- to-right: Mrs. Fmma Lindsey, Miss Florence Lindsey,
Phyllis Fullerton, Miss Ikrnna Rae Peterson, Oscar Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton. Mrs.
I Vern Sagrser.—The Frontier Photo.
AMELIA RESIDENTS GUESS . . .
Balloon May Have Circled Globe
By a Staff Writer
AMELIA — A giant navy me
teorological balloon descended on
the George Fullerton ranch late
Saturday while a handful of Am
elia residents looked on. A huge
instrument box, about the size of
a small refrigerator and weigh
i ing over 300 pounds, was para
chuted to the ground and landed
at the Elwyn Robertson farm
i about two miles away.
A tag on the aerial camera
and radio instruments advised
the finders to advise the naval
research laboratory in Washing
I ton, D.C. But there was no indi
| cation where the apparatus had
: been launched.
i The laboratory spokesman told
the Fullertons to forward the
camera to Washington, and said
navy personnel would arrive in
a few days to claim the radio and
weather recording data.
An electric clock indicated
the balloon had been aloft 45
days. There was supposition the
balloon may have been launch
ed from Japan.
There was also speculation the
balloon may have traveled
around the world.
It is believed the radio equip
ment, battery - powered, was
struck by lightning because the
fuses were blown and other evi
dence suggested the contraption
had been through an electrical
storm.
The deflated balloon stretched
out over one hundred feet. Among
Former Antelope
Commissioner Dies
ROYAL—Leo Rehberg, 74, a
former Antelope county commis
sioner who had been in failing
health for several months, died
about 9:30 p.m., Thursday, June
21, at his home. He had been seri
ously ill 24 hours.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 24,
from the Ashburn chapel in
Plainview. Burial was at Bruns
wick.
His parents were homesteaders
in northern Antelope county.
Survivors include: Widow—Ha
zel; daughter—Mrs. Ralph (Bar
bara) Fox of Lincoln; son —
Bruce of O’Neill, member of The
Frontier staff; two grandchildren.
those who witnessed the bal
loon’s rapid descent weTC Mr. and
Mrs. Fullerton and daughter,
Phyllis; Mrs. Vern Sageser, Mrs.
Emma Lindsey and daughter,
Florence; Oscar Peterson and
daughter, Donna Rae, and Mrs.
Stella Sparks.
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson saw
the big box descend at their place,
lei down by two parachutes at
tached to the side of the box. The
electric clock was still working,
they said. Kenneth Werner of
Chambers and Stanley Brimus of
Sidney, a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Thorin of O’Neill, he\ped dis
connect the mechanism — as
Washington instructed.
A registered Hereford bull
at Uu> C. V. Robertson place,
west of Chamber*, was struck
by lightning about the same
time.
Mrs. Ehryn Robertson said -the
parachutes would make up nice
ly into dresses. "I could put the
material to other use, too," she
smiled. The box is now being
stored in a garage.
Mrs. Fullerton is entertaining
the idea of making tablecloths and
aprons out of the balloon material
—provided, of course, the navy
says okay.
George Otte Flying
Back to Asia Minor—
CHAMBERS — George Otte,
brother of the late Albert Otte of
Winner, S.D., left Monday by air
for his home in Lebanon, Asia
Minor. He had spent six months
visiting his nephew, Joe Daas,
here. Another nephew, James
Salem, took him to Omaha.
Albert Otte was a St. Anthony’s
patient at O’Neill many months
and left a bequest to the hospital.
NATIVE HOLT COUNTYANS . . .
Back from 3 Years in Thailand
The past three years have been
busy — and interesting — ones
foi Arthur L. Roberts of Albu
querque, N.M., a native of O’Neill.
Mr. Roberts and his wife (the
former Lera Ott, also reared here)
have just returned from Thai
land. They went there via the Pa
cific and the Philippines and re
turned via the Suez, Mediter
ranean and Atlantic, landing at
Boston, Mass., after a two
months’ voyage on a Norwegian
freighter.
The couple spent several days
with Mrs. Roberts’ brother, L. A.
(Bert) Ott, and relayed their ex
periences to relatives, including
Mrs. Maude Fuller, who is Mr.
Roberts’ aunt), Levi Fuller and
Mrs. Roy Wayiran, who are his
cousins. The couple left O’Neill
Wednesday.
(A tape - recorded interview
with Mr. Roberts was heard on
Monday’s “Voice of The Fron
tier” program, WJAG, 780 kc.)
Wnile working with heavy ma
chinery for the New Mexico high
way department and a Rio Grande
conservation unit, Mr. Roberts
was recommended to the govern
ment of Thailand for directing
and teaching use of heavy ma
chinery. He accepted and was
hired diredtly by the government
of that South Asiatic country.
Thailand, he says, has over 200
thousand square miles (bigger
than Texas) and has an estimat
■ • •• - ”• -" • • ;"vr:
ed population of 17 million peo
ple.
There is murh foliage there,
quite a bit of high land and an
(Continued on page 5)
% WffiW W / jpr ' mm
Arthur L. Roberts . . . American money and machines have
done “quite a bit of rood in Thailand.”
Board Rescinds
Early Action
BUTTE An overflow hearing
loom Wednesday, June 20, tuned
in while the Boyd county super
visors rescinded action taken
June 11. At the earlier meeting
the board changed highway 18,
north from Spencer, from sec
ondary to primary status and the;
state high w a y department;
promptly acted to make that route j
the new "on paper" location for|
U S, highway 281.
The rescinding action, observ-'
ers said, was not expected to have j
any relocation bearing at this late1
date.
Voting against the rescind ac- [
tion were Supervisors C. H. Fish- j
er, John F. Ludeinann and Her
man Windmeyer. Voting for the
rescind were Clarence A Moody,
Reuben Johnson and R. W Dick
erson with Chairman J. W. Ri
hanek breaking the tie.
Strain on Library
Budget Is Noted
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Visitors Amazed by
Modest Funds
Open-house was observed Mon
day at the Grattan township li
brary in an affair arranged by
the O’Neill Woman’s club. The li
brarian, Miss Bernadette Bren
nan, reported 30 women, two men
and a number of children at
tended. Coffee and cookies were
served.
The open-house was intended
to focus more adult interest in
the library. Books purchased
from funds derived from n recent
benefit food sale were exhibited, j
Organizations that participated
in the sale included the Woman’s
club, St. Patrick’s Altar society,!
American Legion auxiliary, and
Parent-Teachers’ association.
Other books on special display
included those on loan for sum
mer use from the Nebraska pub
lic library commission.
Visitors were briefed on li
brary problems and finances. The
O’Neill library is functioning on
a cost of 52 cents per capita i
'Atkinson library is 78 cents).!
The library received $2,805 from
a Grattan township .4 of a mill
levy last yei.r. This amount was
strained to pay the librarian’s
salary, heat, cleaning, book re
pair and purchase of new books.
Three thousand dollars is to be
• raised this year but there will be
less for books because the library
board will be spending five hun
dred dollars toward the purchase
of a new $2,000 heating plant (the
township board will pay the bal
ance over a period; of several
years).
Visitor*, noted building repair
is needed.
The library wai built by Car
negie funds. One mother of four
children a newcomer in the city,
said she was amazed that the li
brary could carry on with such
meager resources;
Ezra Moor,
Pioneer of
Holt, Dies
Spent 64 Years in
Inman Community;
Rites Held Monday
(Photo below)
INMAN— Funeral services for
G. Ezra Moor, 84, wore conduct
ed Monday. June 25, at the
Methodist church here with l>r.
J. La Verne Jay of O'Neill offi
ciating. Brief funeral services
had been held at North Bend at
9 a.ni.
Burial was in the Inman cent*
ctery. The late George Ezra Moor
was born at Hope, Ind., January
15, 1872, the son of George and
Frances Moor. He died in a Lin
coln hospital Saturday morning,
June 23
Pallbearers were Kenneth
Smith, Donald Keyes, Marvin
Rouse, Harvey Tompkins, Walter
Pick, all of Inman, and John C.
Watson of O’Neill.
Singers were Mrs. Ethel Tomp
kins, Mrs. Elenor Gaughenbaugr,
Mrs. Ruth Watson and Mrs. Clara
Peacock of O’Neill, accompanied
by Mrs. Lois Tompkins.
Mrs. K. E. Clark and Mrs. H. E
Smith had charge of the flowers
Masonic riles were conducted
at the grave side. Masons taking
part were Edwin Trennepohl, W
W. Waller, A. E. Bowen, Wrn.
McIntosh, F. E. Keyes, Karl
Keyes, C. E. Jones, T. D. Hutton,
Paul Shierk, E. E. Clark, Gale
Dierberger, Fred Robertson, Eu
gene Van Every, and L. G. Gilles
pie.
lie came to Nebraska In 1885
and lived on the same farm
southeast of Inman continu
ously for 64 years.
On August 16, 1894, he married
Miss Margaret Davis of Orchard.
To this union three children were
born.
Mr. and Mrs. Moor celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
in August, 1944, while still re
siding on the farm. Mrs.Moor died
m 1948. Their farm later was sold
to Walter Fick.
On August 12, 1949. he married
Mrs. Addie Heinsohn at North
Bend. They made their home at
North Bend.
He was a member of IOOF
lodge 357 and a member of Gar
field lodge AF&AM (O’Neill).
He was preceded in death by
his first wife, four brothers
and one sister.
Survivors include: Widow —•
Addle: son—W. E. of Elkhorn;
daughters—Mrs. Frank (Evadne)
Roper of Indianapolis, Ind, Mrs
Robert (Lois) Taylor of Beatrice;
granddaughter Mr: E. L. Pet
erson of C’latonia; great-grand
children—Alan and Lisa Peterson.
Out of town relatives and
friends here for the funeral in
cluded Weston Moor and Clifford
Bailey of Laurens, In.; Harvey
Hopkins and daughter, Mrs. Joyce
Engle of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs
Solon Groff of North Bend;
Mr and Mrs. Eis Ebbcngaard of
Ewing; Mrs. George Heinsohn.
Joyce and Kenneth oj North
Bend; Gene Sire of Lincoln, and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sire of Butte.
Ag Program to Pay
$6 to $26 Per Acre
The assembly room of the Holt
county courthouse was filled to
capacity Tuesday evening for an
informal “briefing” of the 1957
federal farm program.
Another meeting was held on
Wednesday night at the American
Legion auditorium in Atkinson,
likewise attended by a large
crowd.
Holt farmers will get between
six dollars an acre and $26 an
acre on their acreage reserve if
they are under their corn and
wheat allotment.
Claycombes Feted
Before Departure
CHAMBERS — Members and
friends of Rev. Howard Clay
combe, jr., and family honored
the Claycombes Friday evening
at a farewell. Slide pictures were
shown by Lawrence Tangeman.
A gift was presented to the
pastor, who will move his family
late this week. He will become
pastor of Cedar Crest Lutheran
church, 100 Union Lake Road,
Oxbow Lake, Route 1, Pontiac,
Mich.
On Business Trip—
Bill Bowker left Thursday for
an extended business trip in
South Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming. He was joined here
for the trip by Glenn LeDioyt,
vice - president of Byron Reed
Co., of Omaha. Mr. Bowker is
handling ranch sales for the
Omaha firm.
EX-PHONE MAN VISITS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kieman of
Beattie, Wash., who have been
an a trip since May 5, visited
friends in O’Neill and Atkinson
an Monday. Mr. Kieman, a retir
ed telephone man, was reared
northwest of O’Neill, but had left
here many years ago.
G. Ezra Moor ... to Nebraska j
in 1885.