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Volume 76.— Number II. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 12, ll)56. Seven Cents.
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Distinguished Visitors
Frank Tuch of Verdel, oldest, holds Kevin Koehler of Pierce,
a camera-shy tyke, at Tuch family reunion held at Niobrara. (Story
on page 6.)—The Frontier Photo by Gary Micanek
Groups, Memorial Gifts
Swell Lorenze Fund
Pearl Irene Hicks
Dies at Lexington
Services Tuesday for
Former Resident
Mrs. Pearl Irene Hicks, 55,
widow of the late Clarence S.
Hicks, died at 12:30 p.m., Sun
day, July 8, in the Community
hospital at Lexington. A former
O’Neill resident, she had suffered
a several years’ illness and had
been hospitalized 11 days.
The remains lay in state at
Higlin’s chapel between 7 and 9
p.m., on Monday, July 9, and fu
neral services were conducted at
2 p.m , Tuesday. July 10, from
ihe Methodist church here.
Rev. Glenn Kennieott, church
pastor, officiated and burial
was In the Marquette eemetery
north of O'Neill.
Pallbearers were George Han
sen, Henry Walters. Virgil Hub
by, Axel Borg. Clyde Bowden and
Hoy Gannon.
Mrs. Axel Borg, Mrs. S. R.
Robertson and Mrs. Paul Nelson
provided special music with Mrs.
Richard C. Smithson at the or
gan. Songs were “Beyond the
Sunset,” "Going Down the Val
ley” and “The Old Rugged
Cross.”
The late Mrs. Hicks, whose
maiden name was Pearl Irene
Harrison, was born March 27,
1901, in the Blackbird communi
ty near ONeill, the daughter of
Orville and Delia Harrison. She
was one of six daughters.
On May 18, 1921, at Butte, she
married Clarence Stephen Hicks
of O’Neill. They became the par
ents of two children The family
resided in O’Neill a number of
years.
In 1951 the family moved to
Gothenburg where Mr Hicks be
came a projectionist at a motion
picture theater. He died February
11. 1953.
Following the death of Mr.
llicks. the widow spent one
year in a rest home in Omaha
and two years in a rest home
at Lexington.
The late Mrs. Hicks also was
. ••.uui/tort «n Hnnth hv hf»T fnthor.
who died August 16, 1938; one
sister, Mary Harrison, who died
June 17, 1951.
Survivors include: Daughter —
Miss Twila C. of Bristow; son—
Merrill of Hastings; mother—Mrs.
Delia Harrison of O’Neill; sisters
—Mrs. Ed (Nellie) Thomas, Mrs.
Orville (Myrtle) Petersen and
Mrs. Elmer (Dorothy) Devall, all
of O’Neill, Mrs. William (Lillian)
Hoban of North Platte.
Among relatives from a dis
tance attending the funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill C. Hicks
of Hastings: Miss Twila C. Hicks
of Bristow; Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoban and sons of North Platte;
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Korab of
Wayne; Mrs. E. D. Harrison of
Chadron; Mr. and Mrs. V. W
Germain of Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Arrison of Meadow j
Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hubby of |
Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Hubby, LuAnna and David of
Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Luth
and Marshall and Rodney of
Butte.
Among friends from a distance
were:
Mrs. Martin Walter of Central
City; Mrs. Marvin Peterson of
Bristow; Mrs. Florence Layland
of Bristow and Mrs. Albert Mc
Donald of Lynch.
Evans Seeks New
Trial in Fire Case
A motion for a new trial filed
by attorneys for Lloyd Evans of
Atkinson was heard Wednesday
by Judge D. R. Mounts in Holt
county district court.
A iury In March awarded De
wayne Anderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alva Anderson of Omaha,
$10,000 in damages. Anderson
brought suit as an outgrowth of
a tractor fire on the Evans ranch
on August 6, 1953.
Attorneys exchanged briefs.
The hearing lasted 90 minutes.
Judge Mounts will decide with
in about a week or 10 days
whether or not grounds are suf
ficient for a new trial.
Organizations and one memo
rial contribution helped to swell
the Leonard Lorenz Fund this
week, pushing the total todate
U $4,308
The fund-raising movement in
behalf of Mr. Lorenz, 35, a Mid
dlebranch farmer who lost both
arms in a hay baler accident last
month, is jointly sponsored by
the O’Neill newspapers — The
Frontier and the Holt County
Independent.
Contributions are being receiv
ed by mail and at the teller win
dows in the two banks—the O’
Neill National bank and the First
National bank.
Mr. Lorenz, who has an ‘
adopted 9-year-old son, Larry,
was to leave Omaha Wednes
day nicht by train for Minne
apolis. Minn., where experts at
a Veterans hospital will at- |
tempt to make at least one art
ificial arm; perhaps two.
The navy veteran, who piloted \
big 30-ton four-engined bomber-;
patrol planes during World War!
II, told relatives Sunday he was I
seriously considering using the i
money from the good neighbor
fund for completing his college
education. He believes now he
will attempt to go to college and
train to become a teacher. He
spent 1 'i« years in college before
entering military service.
There will be considerable ex
pense involved for an armless
fellow who will be obliged to
purchase transportation and hire
various types of service—to say
nothing of the high cost of liv
ing. The sponsors of the fund
appeal say the contributions will
continue to be received until that
new aspiration can be realized.
Friends of the late Leo Reh
berg of Royal this week for
warded $10—the first contri
butions of a memorial nature
thus far received. No doubt
there wiil be others.
The Paddock Community Aid
piesented a $50 check—an extra
ordinary effort for a rural la
dies’ group. Other organizations
have been coming through help
ing to build this w'orthy fund.
The American Legion at Page
is sponsoring a “Porky” Lorenz
benefit dance Saturday, July 14;
the O’Neill Legion has signed for
a band and will also doziate fa
cilities for a benefit dance here
Saturday, July 21. Meanwhile,
the Ash drove Community club
will sponsor a benefit dance with
freewill offering on Friday, July
27.
Let your heart oe your guide
when you join the rapidly grow
ing ranks or good neighbors who
are befriending a worthy guy—a
fine fellow who will forever be j
denied the use of his arms. One!
arm was severed at the shoulder;
the other between the elbow and
shoulder.
(Continued on page 7)
S'
Mandamus
Issued For
District 47
Holt Superintendent
Told to Set Date
Redistrict Hearing
The question of whether Holt
rural school district 47 situated
between two eastern towns in
the county, will eventually be
come a part of the Page or In
man district was given an airing
Tuesday in Holt county district
court.
A writ of mandamus was is
sued by District Judge D. R
Mounts, compelling Miss Alice
French, Holt superintendent oi
public instruction, to set a redis
tricting hearing for patrons ol
district 47. She has set the date
—10 a’.m., Wednesday, August 8
—and the hearing will be held
in the assembly room at the
courthouse.
On May 28 a redistricting hear
ing was held here and seven
districts in the Page locality were
setup to become a part of the
Page district, including district
47, which often is referred to as
the Dorr district.
Major portion of the district,
however, is closer to Inman
than to Page.
At the redistricting hearing in
May, the officers and patrons of
district 47 were silent. Miss
French said.
Subsequently, officers and pa
trons of the Inman district —
number 30—at the annual meet
ing voted to move in the matter
with a view toward having dis
trict 47 become a part of the
Inman district. Redistricting, as
it may affect Inman, has not yet
Decn DrOUgm dcutk me uuunir
redistricting committee.
Meanwhile, 100 percent of the
patrons in district 47 petitioned
Miss French, protesting becoming
a part of the Page district. Miss
French declined to recognize
what she regarded as a belated
petition.
Officers and patrons of the
Inman district — 30 — .joined
with the officers of the Dorr
district—17—and took the mat
ter into court.
The writ of mandamus ensued
and, in accordance with the
court order, Miss French has set
a redistrictjng hearing for district
47.
Meanwhile, no election has yet
been held considering the Page
redistricting move. Other districts
intended to become part of the
Page district are 248, 110, 138,
57, 97 and 247. An election is one
of the several steps to be taken
before redistricting can be ac
complished.
Officers of district 47 are: Lor
an Iabby, president; Mrs. Marie
Cadwallader, secretary, and Mrs.
Anna Dorr, treasurer.
The proposed Page district
t including district 47) would
have a total assessed valuation
of $1,212,000.
Both Page and Inman are con
solidated districts with four
grade high schools.
Observers view the mandamus
affair as a test of the state school
redistricting laws. Julius D.
Cronin is attorney for districts
30 and 47; William W. Griffin,
county attorney, represented Miss
French. The attorney - general’s
office will be studying the pro
ceedings.
Picnic Group
to Meet—
The Old Settlers Picnic asso
ciation’s annual meeting will be
Held at the Meek schoolhouse on
Friday evening, July 13, at 8 o’
clock to make arrangements for
the 1956 picnic.
Nags Are Running!
Reserve Caravan
Seat to Enjoy Fun
It's virtually assured at least
two big Greyhound buses wil
be needed to transport O'Neill
horse race fans to Madison on
Saturday, July 21. That day
has been designated as “O'Neill
day” at Madison downs where
the annual race meet is now in
progress.
The Frontier is offering a
“package deal" on a first-come
basis. For three dollars per
person, anyone can take ad
vantage of the roundtrip cara
van. Total value of the “pack
age” is $6.83. Regular bus
fare, O’Neill-Madison-O’Neill
is $3.98, regular grandstand
admission is 60 cents; regular
cost of a club sirloin dinner at
Ye Olde Tavern in Norfolk is
listed on the menu at $2.25.
Tne bus ticket, grandstand
ticket and club sirloin meal
ticket, total value $6.83, is all
yours for only three dollars
per person.
The buses will leave The
Fontier building at 12:30 p.m.;
arrive at Madison downs at the
grandstand well ahead of post
time; there will be seven races;
buses will leave grandstand 30
minutes after the final race;
there will be the dinner stop
over at Norfolk, and the ar
rival at O’Neill will be between
10 and 10:30 p.m.
Don’t miss “O’Neill day" at
the races. Hurry! All reserva
tions must be made by Wed
nesday noon, July 18. Tickets
will be issued when boarding
buses. There are a limited
number of seats available in
the caravan, so don’t delay.
All reservations must be ac
j companied by check, made
payable to The Frontier, or by
j cash.
Mrs. Gustav Remter
Dies in Hospital
Native of Germany;
Rites Today
BRISTOW — Funeral services
for Mrs. Gustav E. Remter, 74,
will be conducted at 2 p.m.
(Thursday) from the Rosedai.
Augustana Lutheran church at
Bristow.
Big] in’s will be in charge of
burial in the Bristow cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Elvin Al
len, Harold Swanson, Edward
Ilood, Robert Johnson and Del
win Ruda, all of Bristow, and
John Kocian of Spencer.
The remains will lie in state
between 10:30 a m., today and
the funeral hour at the church.
Mrs. Remter, whose maiden
1 name was Johananh Marquardt,
was born June 26, 1882, in Ger
many.
She came to the United States
when young in life, was married
to Gustav Edward Remter June
1, 1900, in Boyd county.
They lived south of Spencer,
in Boyd county, and became
the parents of four children.
Mrs. Remter died at 10 p.m ,
Monday, July 9, in Sacred Heart
hospital at Lynch following a
seven-months’ illness.
Survivors include: Widower —
Gustav; sons—Art W. of O’Neill,
Lawrence E. of Bristow and
Romald R. of Spencer; daughter
—Mrs. Clara Ruda of Bristow;
brothers — Ernest Marquardt of
Ellensberg, Wash., Fred Mar
quardt of Arizona, Frank Mar
quardt of Sweet Home, Ore; 12
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
LEAVE FOR SERVICE
Two Holt county selective ser
vice registrants left Tuesday for
military induction into the army
through the draft office: Larry
D. Fernau of Redbird, draftee;
Leo E. Johnson of Spencer, vol
unteer. They left by train.
Frontier for printing!
Mias Helen Vltt of the O’Neill National bank (left) receives a $50 check from Mrs. George
Nelson of O’Neill for the growing Leonard Lorenz Fund. Mrs. Nelson la treasurer of the Paddock
Community Ladies Aid.—The Frontier Photo.
Contois, Brewster, Wilson . . . talk television possibilities for area at Monday's Ainsworth
meeting. (More photos on page 6.)—The Frontier Photo.
—_ _ "A • I IIII 111 11—inroMU—i Ml ■■■hTTMIH'T • iSf • • ■'T
This is the wreckage of a 19IJ9 model Mercury in which five persons escaped serious injury late
Tuesday. The machine left a county road, .tumped a fi >ce and landed on its side.—Frontier Photo.
Mrs. Otto Smith.
Hurt in Fall, Dies
Services Wednesday
in Atkinson
ATKINSON — A fail at her
home on May 20, an accident
from which she never recovered,
proved fatal to Mrs. Otto Smith,
72, an Atkinson resident.
Mrs. Smith died Saturday, Ju
ly 7, in Atkinson Memorial hos
pital. She suffered a fractured
hip.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 11,
from the Methodist church. Bur
ial was in Woodlawn cemetery
under the direction of Seger’s.
Rev. Glenn Kennicott of the O’
Neill Methodist church officiat
ed.
Pallbearers were Franklin
Hickman. Uoyd Spence, Lloyd
McDowell, Gene Tooker, Farl
Morris and Jess Davis.
The late Mrs. Smith, whose
maiden name was Minnie Alice
Good, was born September 1,
1883, at Unionville, Mo., a
daughter of John and Margaret
Good. She was reared in Mis
souri
At Unionville on July 4. 1903,
;he married Mr. Smith. They
lived for several years at PowT
ersville, Mo., and later at Sey
nour, la.
Twenty - nine years ago the
family moved to Atkinson where
Mr. Smith was a teamster for
many years.
She was a member of the First
Christian church.
Survivors include: Widower;
sons—Earl A. and J. I., both of
Scottsbluff, Don R. and George,
both of Atkinson; daughters —
Mrs. Carl (Opal) Hill of Union
ville, Mrs. Lester (Irma) Jones
of Atkinson, Mrs. Leonard (Mar
garet) Thorne of Lancaster,
Calif.; brothers — Fred Good of
Kansas City, Mo., and Homer
Good of Gary, Ind.; sisters—Mrs.
Roxie Valentine and Mrs. Doro
(Continued on page 6)
Named Commander
Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve
(above), navy veteran of World
War II and an O’Neill optom
etrist, Tuesday evening was
elected commander of Simon
son post 93, American Legion.
He succeeds Verne Reynoldson,
co - manager of the O’Neill
Livestock Market. Both Gilder
sleeve and Reynoldson were
wartime navy officers. — The
Frontier Photo.
Boy, 7, Drowns
Visiting Colorado
WAUSA—Ray Smith, 7, a sec
ond grader in the Wausa schools
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell (‘’Rusty”) Smith of Wausa,
formerly of O'Neill, was drown
ed Saturday afternoon, July 7, i
near Gunnison, Colo.
He had accompanied his mother j
and several children to Colorado.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July i
11, at the Methodist church in!
Wausa. Rev. A. R. Clem officiat- !
ed. Burial was at 2 p.m., at i
Parker, S.D.
The Smith family also former- >
ly lived at Long Pine and Val
entine. Mr Smith is a Consum
ers Public Power employee.
5 Hospitalized After
One-Car Accident
Car Is Demolished on
County Road
Five young persons were hos
pitalized here Tuesday as a re
sult of a one-car auto accident
about 11 p.m., on a county road
about five miles south of O’Neill.
None was injured seriously.
Admitted to St. Anthony’s hos
pital here for treatment were
three sisters, daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. John Turner, and two
air force wind test personnel.
Hospitalized were: Mary Cath
erine, Donna Lou and Janice
Turner, Bill Kostic of New York
City and J. J. Hanley of Con
necticut.
Their westbound machine, a
1939 model Mercury, jumped a
ditch near a curve, went over
the embankment, jumped a fence
and landed on its side The ve
hicle did not overturn. The driv
er, Mr. Hanley, had missed the
curve.
All suffered minor injuries and
were still hospitalized late Wed
nesday.
Highway Patrolman Ralph
Carlson, who investigated, said
the car was demolished.
_
None Hurt in 2-Car
Collision—
Bernard Montgomery of Or- j
chard, who was driving a 1950
Ford sedan, and a machine driv
en by Mildred Hildreth of Or-,
chard figured in a collision at an
intersection 11 miles east of O’
Neill. The two-car accident oc-1
curred about 9:45 a.m., Tuesday.
Riding in the Montgomery car
was Monte Montgomery, 8. Mrs.
Hildreth was accompanied by her
sons, Donald, 2, and Michael, 1.
None was injured.
Patrolman Ralph Carlson esti
mated damage to the Montgom
ery car about $600; Hildreth car,
$200.
Miss Carol Fox, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, fell
and fractured her leg Monday.
Kin of General O’Neill Visits
A Massachusetts physician
and surgeon by the name of
Dr. Walter O’Neill, his wife
and their three children left
O'Neill early Saturday morn
ing, continuing their Western
trip which will include all na
tional parks in the western
half of the United States and
Canada. They spent Thursday
and Friday here at O’Neill.
Doctor O’Neill says he is a j
kin of Gen. John O’Neill, the ]
illustrious Irishman w’ho j
founded the original O’Neill
colony; also the Irish colonies j
at Spalding and Greeley.
In addition, Doctor O’Neill is
a student of the O’Neill fami
lies in Ireland and in the Unit- I
ed States. He exhibits the coat
of arms and he told The Fron
tier that once upon a time the
United States postoffice de
partment issued a stamp in
honor of General O’Neill,
something the general’s admir
ers here never knew.
Two of the wind testers here
from Massachusetts, spending
the summer, are patients of
Doctor O’Neill. He looked up
those people during his stop.
Doctor O’Neill is a student of
Dr. Paul White, the famous
New England heart specialist
who attended President Eisen
hower . . . and, as a White stu
dent, had an opportunity to
study the president’s cardio
graphs and follow the illness
closely.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Keith N. King, 24, and Alberta
J. Holbrook, 19, both of Stuart,
Monday, July 9.
Renos Gross Kunz, 23, of Pal
myra and Vivian Darlene Walter,
21, of Chambers, Saturday, July
7.
Recital Planned—
Piano students of Mrs. Charles
Houser will give a recital Mon
day, July 16, at 8 o’clock in the
band room at the O’Neill public
school.
TV for AH
Possibility
in Region
Long Pine Satellite
Will Serve O’Neill
to - Valentine Area
By a Staff Writer
AINSWORTH — A move to
bring television to a vast area in
north-central Nebraska, present
ly without consistent viewing,
took shape here Monday evening
at a meeting held in the Ains
worth city auditorium.
Holt county was represented
by nine persons from O’Neill,
including J F. Contois, Ed Tho
lin, Ed Wilson, John Harrington,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones, Robert
LaRue and the publishers of The
Frontier—Carroll (“Cal") Stew
art and Arthur J. Noecker.
Officers of the Bi-SUIes Co.
owners and operators of
KIIOI,-TV (Holdrege) and its
satellite, KI1PL - TV (Hayes
(’enter), had hern invited to
appear and present a workable
plan for hr in* in* TV to the rr
*ion.
Dr. Wayne Brewster, president
of Hi-S’ates, and two associates,
11 a r o 1 d Hamilton, secretary
treasurer, and Jack Gilbert,
manager, outlined a suggested
plan patterned closely after the
Hayes Center satellite, which ha*
been in operation nearly a year
Money to defray the construc
tion costs was raised by public
contributions at Hayes Center.
To erect a satellite at Long
Pine (enabling everyone with a
receiver to enjoy "snow-free”
pictures) would cost approxi
mately 300 - thousand - dollars
Costs of the Long Pino satellite,
operating on channel 3, will
nearly double the Hayes Center
costs because of greater distance
from the "home" station at Hold
rege.
Video and scund impulses
would be transmited from Hold
rege to Long Pine by the use of
four micro - relay installations
(similar to those used by the tel
ephone company for transconti
nental traffic).
In .ulditon, the transmitter
at Long Pine would he equip
ped with a studio and modest
lacilities for broadeasting pro
grams and announcements re
gional in character.
Paul Sellers, a retired Ains
worth rancher - storkman, was
elected temporary chairman of
the North - Central Television
Committee.
Proposed boundaries for the
class A listening and viewing
areas roughly extends from a
point a few miles east of O’Neail,
on the east, to a point west of
Valentine, on the west; from a
point north of Gregory, S.D., on
the north, to Anselmo and Bur
well on the south.
Diameter of the “snow-tree"
viewing circle will be one hun
dred miles.
Beyond the 100-mile radius
there will be “quite good” recep
tion, the officials said, up to 60
and 70 miles from the transmit
ter. (O’Neill is 50 airline mile*
from the Long Pine TV site.)
“Rabbit ears" type antennae
will suffice, they said, except in
congested areas where there are
electrical transmission lines,
buildings, etc.
The Holdrege TV people sur
veyed the area and estimated
there are one thousand TV re
ceivers now in operation, mostly
in the O’Neill region. Present
antennae geared for bringing in
the Omaha, Sioux City and Hast
ings stations will “admirably
well” bring in the Long Pine
signal, they said.
KOIIL presently is a basic
CBS-TV outlet and that net
work is considered the leader
In the field. Several topflight
ABC - TV programs also are
carried.
Telecasting will be done simul
taneously at Holdrege, Hayes
Center and Long Pine provided
the proposed satellite in this area
becomes a reality. It would re
quire more than a year to put
the station on the air, Mr. Ham
ilton told the audience.
Mr. Thorin and Ken Werner
of Chambers earlier had visited
the Holdrege officials at Holdrege
to encourage development of the
plan. Lester Smith of Ainsworth
arranged for the preliminary
talks.
Mr. Contois will head the
fund-raising in the eastern end of
the proposed viewing area, in
cluding Holt, Boyd and Wheeler
(Continued on page 6)
Auction Calendar
Monday, July 16: Roy and
Elaine Forbes of near Atkinson;
160-acre farm and personal prop
erty; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill,
auctioneer-real estate broker;
First National bank of Atkinson,
clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes hove
purchased the James Grocery in
Spencer from Mr. and Mrs. Har
rison James.
Saturday, July 21: Don R.
Douglass modern three-bedroom
dwelling, 305 West Douglas; also
personal property. Col. Ed Tho
rin, O’Neil], auctioner-real estate
broker. (Details next issue.)