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Volume 76.—Number 13. . O'Neill. Holt County, Nebraska, ITiursday, July 26. 1936. Seven Cents.
Verne Reynoldson (right) and 1/L4. George Sexton ready
checks for the Leonard I»renz benefit fund for $440 and $30, re
spectively. The Reynoldson check represented proceeds from a
benefit dance; the Sexton check represented a collection taken up
by wind test personnel. (Story below.)—The Frontier Photo.
31 Vote* Tallied
in Wheat Balloting
Only 31 Holt county wheat
raisers Friday participated in
the marketing quota referendum
vote for the 1957 crop. Twenty -
four voted “yes" and seven said
“no” at the O’Neill, Atkinson
and Page voting places
Nebraska wheat farmers gave
a 78.2 percent approval to the
marketing quota.
Table:
Yes No
Holt 24 7
Antelope 31 3
Boyd 19 0
Cherry 3 0
Greeley 73 7
Keya Paha 7 0
Knox . 15 0
Meanwhile, farmers have an
extra few days to sign an acre
age reserve agreement under the
soil bank plan. Originally the
deadline was Friday, July 20.
The deadline has been extended
until Friday, July 27.
Final deadline date for dispos
ing of crops—oats, barley, rye
and wheat also is Friday, July
27, and for destroying corn,
grain sorghums and soybeans is
August 3.
Reason for the extension is be
cause some county ASC commit
tees have been unable to sign up
all the farmers desiring to par
tincipate.
Civil Air Patrol
to Meet Again—
The newly-formed civil air pa
trol at O’Neill will hold another
meeting Friday, July 27, at the
American Legion auditorium.
Lyle Lower and Dwight Worces
ter head the unit.
Twenty persons attended the
first meeting held last Friday.
Benefit Dance Helps
Hike Lorenz Fund
Total Hits $6,704.56;
Few Days Remain
The plight of the armless
World WAR II veteran who lost
both arms in a hay baler accident
last month will be eased some
what by the cash contributions
that continue to be added to the
Leonard Lorenz benefit fund.
At noon Wednesday the fund
hit the $6,704.56 mark. Biggest
contributions of the week includ
ed the $440 check from Simonson
post 93, American Legion, O’
Aeill, representing all the pro
ceeds from Saturday’s benefit
dance. Officers of Victory post
.36, American Legion, Orchard,
forwarded $100, which included
contributions solicited at Or
chard.
Mr. Lorenz, 35, was a B-24
bomber-patrol pilot with the
navy during the war, but person
nel connected with the air force
sponsored wind test here came
through this week with a $30
collection for this veteran, who
I.as an adopted 9-year-old son,
Larry.
Lorenz is now In the Veter
ans hospital at Minneapolis,
Minn., where experts are at
tempting to fit artificial arms.
One arm came off at the
shoulder; the other between the
elbow and shoulder in that fate
ful June 8 accident.
The fund drive, sponsored by
the O’Neill newspapers — The
Frontier and the Holt County In
(Continued on page 7)_
Basic Property Values
The tables (below) show the basic values of property for tax
purposes for 1956 as recorded at the office of Holt County Assessor
William Wefso. (Basic value figures will be cut in half for tax as
sessment.)
INDIVIDUAL. SCHEDULES:
Motor vehicles (not licensed) $
Houshold goods 70 Ktt4
Miscellaneous personal property — 937 674
Tractors (3 513) 1,254’,257
Farm machinery g g0Q
Airplanes (22) >n
Dogs (1,187 head) “g!
Fur-bearing animals (57 head)-r~r- ,
Stands of bees (858) M
All poultry (8.841 doz.) -—- i S? aio
Horses and mutes (2.383 head) -
Hogs (11.332 head) - “om
Sheep (2.864 head) 8 922651
All cattle (141,914 head) J
Grain (474.797 bus.) -
Prairie hay (22,128 tons) a5g!
Clover and alfalfa (3,129 tons) -
Ensilage and fodder (512 tons)--- * g’Bjg
All other property- sn
Interest in state lands
Improvements on leased land-—
Penalty for failure to list .—..
Total basic value $13,061,228
BUSINESS SCHEDULES
Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc. *
inventories
Motor vehicles ___—
Improvements on land--- * , I*.
Penalties_ 1|665
Total basic value $2,137,351
SPECIAL SCHEDULES (Except ralroads)
Laght and power companies ---$ 178,526
Telephone companies- ' in
Express companies
Telegraph companies
Pipeline companies --- - -
Motor vehicles (est. values)- J,7U«,198
Total basic value - -- - $4,288,071
REAL ESTATE
Farm land (1,457,692 acres)
Improvements ---- ,
Improved town lots (5,068)- 1,678,010
Unimproved town lots (1,415)-.- 174, < 9C
Total real estate ... __ $44,452,300
SUMMARY
Total individual schedules_ $13,061,228
Total business schedules_ 2,137.354
Total special schedules_ 4,288,071
Total real estate_ 44,452,300
Grand total basic value
mt all tangible properties_ $63,938,953
Taxes assessed on intangible property _ $14,978.16
Total expense* of assessment ___— $14,227.49
Holt Levy
to Be Cut;
Values Off
4.172 Mills Estimate;
Property Values
Off 7 or 8 Percent
The 1956 Holt county tax levy
will be fractionally off the 1955
j figures.
At a budget hearing held on
; Wednesday, the board of super
visors unofficially accepted the
i estimated budget which had been
prepared. The tentative levy for
county government purposes will
! be 4.172 mills compared to 5.0 a
year ago.
Levy comparisons:
Proposed Used
for 1956 Last Yr.
General 2.580 3.64
llridge .720 .87
Load _
Load _
County relief .184 .13
Soldiers & saliors .020 .01
County fair .128 .07
County emdeial .540 28
Special mail route _
Total 4.172 5.00
In setting up the new budget
the board had handed down a
cost-cutting edict for most of
fices. Some were left unchanged
in the budget plans.
Ora Yarges of Stuart, chairman
of the extension board, protested
a mileage cut for the county
agent’s office but the board did
not waiver. It was the only pro
test filed.
Some county officers had
sought pay increases for clerks
but no increases were authorized.
Meanwhile, Holt property
values are lower, based on a
study of the county , assessor’s
summary of 1956 tax schedules.
The figure may be about seven or
eight percent below the 1955 fig
ures, based on preliminary esti
mates.
Holt was not among the coun
ties called on the carpet by the
state tax office to explain low
figures.
The basic value figures, shown
in tables accompanying this
story, will be cut in half for tax
assessment.
Last year the total value of
tangible property was $68,794,198.
Real estate values in Holt are
some higher this year. There was
I a drop in personal property val
ues, caused pricipally by fewer
numbers of cattle and lower cat
tle values. A slight decrease also
was noted in the business sched
ules.
Over the state values are gen
erally lower.
Last year the valuation for tax
purposes (one half the so called
actual value) was $34,943,019.
This year the valuation for tax
purposes (one-half the actual) is
$32,649,891.
The county levy will not be of
ficially adopted until after the
state levy has been fixed. Tax
payers are comforted by the word
the state levy will not be raised,
possibly lowered slightly.
Schmit Upped to
Chief of Police
John N. Schmit, who has been
a member of the O’Neill police
department since April, Monday
was promoted to chief of police,
filling the vacancy created ear
lier in the summer by the resig
nation of Joe Sivesind.
Schmit, son of Nick Schmit of
Atkinson and the late Mrs.
Schmit, who died in February,
came to O’Neill 3*6 years ago
from Lynch. He was a parts man
at the Chevrolet - Oldsmobile -
Cadillac agency for a time; later
a salesman.
He is married and has three
sons.
Schmit’s appointment by May
or D. C. Schaffer was confirmed
at Monday night’s adjourned
meeting of the council.
The council voted to purchase
a new heavy duty Ford police
cruiser car from the Lohaus Mo
tor Co. Two used cruisers will be
traded in for a difference of
$685. Radio equipment in the
present car will be transferred to
the new one.
Former Holt Man
Dies in Auto Crash
SPENCER—Ward L. Mallory,
son of the late L. C. (“Cec”)
Mallory, who lived in northern
Holt county many years, was
killed early Wednesday, July 18,
in an automobile crash at Mo
jave, Calif.
Survivors include: Sister—Mrs.
Robert (Joan) Pucelik of Nation
al City, Calif.; brother—Stewart.
Kieth Abart Attends
Kansas Institute
Kieth A. Abart of O’Neill was
among 119 attending a credit
bureau and collection manage
ment institute Monday, July 16,
through Friday, July 20, at the
University of Kansas at Law
rence.
The institute was sponsored by
the Associated Credit Bureaus of
the Midwest (Fourth district).
O'Neill's Mayor Dewey C. Schaffer (fourth person from the left) presented a blanket to R. C.
Gilmore (with hat) and Jockey Sam Baca In Saturday's featured race at Madison Downs. Thourht
less 3-year-old mare, established a track record in the “O’Neill day” feature race.—The Frontier
Photo.
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Track Record Set in
O’Neill Handicap
A. L. Gillespie New
Manager at
A. L. Gillespie, formerly of Al
j liance, has been named manager
of the Osborne Shoe Store here.
Mr. Gillespie, 62, has had 35
years of experience in the shoe
business. He has fitted shoes for
the F&M Bootcry, Alliance, the
F&M Bootery, Chadron, Mont
gomery Ward & Co., Alliance,
Clift Bros., Melford, Sask., Can,
.
Gillespie . . . veteran shoe
merchant.—The Frontier Photo.
and others. A veteran of World
War I, he was prominent in Am
erican Legion affairs for many
years in Alliance.
D. M. Osborne, owner of the
Osborne store, said: “We arc
fortunate to have obtained the
services of a man so thoroughly
versed in fitting shoes. Our cus
tomers have grown to expect ex
act fitting in many years dealing
with the Osborne Shoe Store.
Mr. Gillespie will be able to take
care of them in the manner they
expect and to which they are er.
, titled.”
Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie present
ly are residing at the Bowen
apartments on East Douglas.
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Board Refuses to
Reinstate Stuart
N a p e r Highway
i
The state highway advisory
commission in official action on
Monday at the statehouse in Lin
coln voted against reinstatement
of the Stuart-Naper road as a
part of the state highway system.
Action of the commission was
unanimous.
The stretch involves 11 miles
north of Stuart, in Holt county,
and three miles south of Naper,
in Boyd county.
Monday’s commission meeting
was the first attended by Ralph
Baker, new member replacing
Don Hanna, jr., who resigned re
cently.
The 1955 legislature took four
hundred miles of highway off
the state system, reverting those
roads back to the respective
counties. Holt lost 45 miles, in
cluding the Stuart-Naper road,
Amelia spur, highway 108 and
the Lynch spur.
Sixty-eight caravaners, mak
ing the trip to Madison Downs
and return in two Greyhound
buses chartered by The Frontier,
Saturday saw a track record es
tablished by Thoughtless, a 3
yi ar-old mare in the day’s fea
ture race—the O’Neill handicap.
Jockey Sam Baca piloted R. C.
Gilmore’s entry over seven fur
longs in 1:26 1/5 seconds, eclips
ing the previous track record of
1:26 4/5 set by Ann’s Brief July
14, 1954.
More than 3,500 persons
watched the program—the finale
for the 1956 Madison meet.
The bus caravaners boarded at
The Frontier building at 12:30
p.m., stopped briefly at WJAG’s
Radio Center at Norfolk where
the ladies were presented cor
sages, arrived at Madison in time
to fling at the daily double win
dows.
They watched the nine races
under perfect skies and for
some of the caravaners it was
a first taste of the sport of
kings. Mrs. Lod Janousek and
Mrs. W. H. Ilarty, both novices,
parleyed successive wins at the
windows.
O’Neillites made up a colorful
portion of the “O’Neill day’’
crowd. Track officials designated
the eighth as the day’s feature
and labeled it the O’Neill $1,000
handicap.
Jockey Paul Keiper rode both
ends of the daily double. Flying
Pagaes scored in the first and
Rosa Pawn in the second for a
$49.60 payoff.
A two-hour stopover was made
at Yc Olde Tavern in Norfolk
for steak dinners.
Total cost for the bus fare,
grandstand seats and steak, un
der The Frontier’s “package”
offering, was $3 per person.
Making the caravan trip:
Miss Laveta Lehn, Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony O’Donnell, Bert
Shoemaker, Mrs. Ira H. Moss,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Enright, Jan
et Enright Bauld, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Coyne, Mr. and Mrs. Verne
Reynoldson, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Martens.
Ed Hanley, Mrs. W. H. Harty,
Winnie Barger, Mrs. Sue Deaver,
Mrs. Roy Grubbs, Richard Har
ris, Mrs. D. H. Clauson, Mr. and
Mrs. George Mellor, Mrs. Harold
Young, Mrs. L. A. Becker.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess,
Dewey Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo
Holz, Mrs. Lod Janousek, Mrs.
W. J. Biglin, Charles Wegman,
D. D. Hunt, Esther Harris, Pete
Morgan, Leigh Reynoldson.
Wilbur Kirkland, Mr. and
Mrs. John Conard, Dale Kersen
brock, Mrs. F. J. Dishner, John
McClellan, Mrs. D. C. Schaffer.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole, Mr.
and Mrs. E. O. Slaymaker, Julius
D. Cronin, Mrs. Frank Biglin,
Mrs. John Biglin, Bessie Dvorak,
Mrs. Clara O’Connell, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Green, Roy John
' son, James McClellan, Mrs. Mel
vin Ruzicka.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Krug
man, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J.
Noecker, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
(“Cal”) Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson, Caro
lyn, Catheryn and Jimmie re
turned from Estes Park, Colo.,
Sunday where they had spent
their vacation.
mmm ' . mm
D. D. ("Dour”) Hunt . . .
dean of the race caravan.
—The Frontier Photo.
Van Every Competes
in Talent Contest
In the radio, television and
movie industries, talent hunts
have long been used to discover
personalities with outstanding
ability. But it’s something new
when a nationally-known busi
ness firm such as Gambles an
nounces that it is conducting a
hunt for talent among the folks
in over three hundred of their
company stores. The kind of
talent Gamble pfficials are seek
ing is business management abil
ity.
"It's part of our policy of pro
moting folks from within the or
ganization,” explained a company
spokesman. “During August we
are spotlighting our store person
nel with a nationwide talent hunt
which we hope will bring to the
fore many capable young men
with leadership qualities. This
program might well start them
on the road to positions of great
responsibility.”
“Ike” Van Every was named
August sales manager of the
Gamble store in O’Neill, accord
ing to an announcement from the
company’s home office in Min
neapolis, Minn.. As a contestant
in the talent hunt, he will direct
all activities of the store during
August. Then, his performance
record will be compared with
that of three hundred other men
competing in various Gamble
stores. They will be judged on
all phases of store management
by the contest committee.
“This is a great opportunity. If
I’m among the 18 finalists in the
event, I’ll receive 10 shares of
Gamble stock,” Mr Van Every
stated. “Top man will be named
company sales manager of the
year, and his name will be in
scribed in a permanent bronze
plaque in the company’s home
office.”
“Mr. Van Every is really work
ing hard for that goal," said
Henry Lofflin, O’Neill store man
ager. “To help him make a good
showing, we plan a lot of activi
ty in the way of special sale
events in the store.”
Muny Band in
Final Concert
The Municipal band appeared
Wednesday evening in the sea
son’s final outdoor concert.
Director Charles B. Houser,
who has signed to teach instru
mental music at Benson high
school, Omaha, made his final
O'Neill appearance
Officers of the O’Neill Civic
chorus presented him a gift of
luggage Mr. Houser founded the
chorus lour years ago and direct
ed successive presentations of
The Messiah," Christmas chor
ales and one musical melodrama
I Miss Marde Birmingham made
the presentation of the luggage
in behalf of the singers.
Earlier band members also had
presented Mr. Houser luggage.
Ed Harvey Rites
Held at Chambers
Chambers Farmer in
Lingering Illness
CHAMBERS— Funeral scr\ ices
were conducted at 2 p.m., Satur
day, July 21, for Ed Harvey, 54,
who died at 4:30 a.m., Wednes
day, July 18, at Rochester, Mtnn .
after a lingering illness.
Twice during five weeks at
Rochester he submitted to major
surgery.
Rites were here at the Meth
odist ehurch with Rev. L. R.
llansberry of Trenton officiat
ing. Burial was made In the
V> II»* III IM I n vvUlvvvi .t .
Pallbearers were John Blair,
William Turner, Robert Strong,
rui.vmond Beed, Glen Grimes and
E. R. Carpenter.
Flowers were cared for by Mrs.
Raymond Beed, Mrs. Glen
Grimes, Mrs. Wade Davis and
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter. The regis
tration book was in charge of
Mrs. Alfred Maas.
Music was furnished by Leatha
Cooke, Mrs. C. V. Robertson,
Stanley Lambert and Ernest Far
rier. Pianist was Mrs. Elwyn
Robertson. Ushers were C. V.
Robertson and Charles Grimes.
The late Mr. Harvey was the
son of Mrs. Henry Harvey and
the late Mr. Harvey of Orchard.
He was born August 17, 1901, at
Orchard and was reared in that
community.
On February 23, 1928, he was
married to Miss Mary Rekah at
Neligh.
To this union were born one
son and one daughter.
The family farmed near Or
chard for 12 years and spent
from 1941 to 1949 on a farm
south of Page.
In 1949 the Harveys moved
onto a farm northwest of Cham
bers and have resided there
since.
Survivors include: Widow —
Mary; son — Roland of O’Neill;
daughter — Mrs. Donald (Mar
jorie) Green of Chambers; four
grandchildren; mother — Mrs.
Henry Harvey of Orchard; broth
ers—George of Royal, Charlie ot
Clearwater, John of Orchard and
Gordon of Page; sisters — Mrs.
Henry (Martha) Wehenkel of
Orchard, Mrs. A. A. (Rose)
Bridge of Royal and Mrs. Ella
Sutton of Neligh; half-sisters —
Mrs. Susan Shrader of Gering
and Mrs. Bessie Ibsen of Fre
mont.
He was preceded in death by
his father one half-sister, Mrs.
Minnie Bridge, and one grandson,
Douglas Green.
Lorraine Ernst
Going to Africa
Miss Lorraine Ernst, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst of
| O’Neill, soon will be sailing for
Africa as a missionary under the
African Inland mission. Miss
Ernst is well-known in Holt
county, having lived in this part
] of the country all her life. She
was gradauted from O’Neill high
school, Grace Bible institute and
Wheaton (111.) college. She
taught in a number of rural
schools in the county and two
years in the Niobrara school.
She will be speaking in the
Center Union church Wednes
| day evening, August 1, at 8 o’
clock, and at the Ballagh church
Sunday mornihg, August 5.
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After-Hour Swims
Bring Lecture
Several youths caught by po
lice Tuesday night taking an
after-closing-hour swim in the
Municipal pool were taken be
fore Police Judge Ralph Walker
on Wednesday.
Judge Walker admonished the
youths against swimming when
the pool is officially closed will
not be tolerated. He said that
ample time is provided for super
vised swimming and trespassing
inside the fence after-hours will
invite trouble in court.
He dismissed the youths with
the lecture.
Coulthard Funeral
Home Purchased
LYNCH — Clare Coulthard ot
the Coulthard Funeral Home here
has announced the sale of the es
tablishment to R. P. Jones & Sons
of Spencer.
Possession was to be given this
! week.
Atkinson
Set for ’56
Hay Days
Parade, Rodeo, Race*,
Oldtimers’ Reunion
Will Be Highlights
ATKINSON-The folks here
abouts will put on their best
bib-and-tucker for the 16th an
nual presentation of Atkinson’s
famous hav days. Dates are July
28, 29, 30
The festival opens at 6:30 pan.,
Saturday with a parade and will
continue through Sunday and
Monday. Hay days will be cli
maxed with a cornation dance at
10 o'clock Monday night.
Whisker Club President Will
ard S Lanville said all is in
readiness for the varied pro
gram, which is expected to at
tract thousands of visitors.
The Saturday evening par
ade will include rodeo contes
tants, personnel and rodeo
queens. It will be followed at
8 o'cloek toy a matched contest
rodeo staged by Producer Clus
Obcrmire. It will be a five
event show plus other fea
tures.
Sunday’s program will include
a homecoming and old settlers’
picnic at the park house. A. G
Miller will be master of cere
monies. At 2 o’clock there will
be races, entertainment und a
Kn n/1 Caimlot, nun.
ning will see the finals of th«
i matched contest rodeo.
Monday’s program will in
; elude a 4-H and children’s par
ade at 10 a.m.; big free beef
barbecue at 5:30 p.m., in the city
park (eat all the beef you
want). At 8 o’clock will be the
| colorful hay queen coronation
' and the three-day event will
close with the coronation dun<s
at the Crystal ballroom.
Candidates for hay queen arc
The Misses Mary Ann Dister
! haupt, Mary Claire Gilg, Joan
Grof, Irene Ann Jansen, Eileen
Osborne, Syrena Withers, Edith
Ziska and Ixircne Ziska.
Whisker secretary Ray EIs
bury said the K-D-K Amuse
ment Co., will provide "good,
clean entertainment” on the
midway at the city park.
Old Settlers
Plan Picnic
The 56th annual old settlers
picnic in northern Holt county
will be held at the Elmer Devall
grove on Monday, August 6
Lester Boshart is president of
the group; George Mellor, sec
retary.
The Devall grove is located lv
miles north of O’Neil) on U S
highway 281, 3 miles east and 1
mile south.
There will be a basket dinner
at noon, baseball game, conces
sions, after - dinner entertain
ment. Sandhills Jack and His
Ranch Hands will provide musn
for the evening bowery dance
Small Schools Plan
Meeting at Burwell
The Nebraska Small Schools
association has scheduled a meet
ing for 10:30 am., Friday, July
27, to be held in the American
Legion club at Burwell, according
to an announcement by Secretary
Lolyd W Waldo of Amelia.
Jerald Henrickson of Magnet
is president of the group; Clyde
Widman of Amelia is treasurer
and members of the board are
Louie Cording o' Cushing, Emil
Dibbert of Magnet, Ernest Voss
of McLean and Thomas Doolit
tle of Amelia.
The Amelia board of education
has asked the Lancaster county
district court to restrain State
Education Commissioner F. B.
Decker and the state board of ed
ucation from making the two
grade Amelia high school inop
l erative.
Waldo said the schools belong
1 ing to the association are “sim
ilarly situated” or soon will be
facing the same problems.
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Guardsmen Set for
Kentucky Junket
Eighty enlisted men and two
officers, comprising O’Neill’s
company D of Nebraska’s 195th
tank battalion, will depart about
8 a.m., Saturday on the first leg
of the journey to Ft. Knox, Ky.,
where they will participate in
two weeks of manuevers and
study.
They will go from O’Neill to
Columbus by chartered buses
and from Columbus to Ft. Knox
by special train along with other
tankers.
Maj.-Gen. Warren Wood, Gor
ing publisher, is in command.
Last year the O’Neill guards
went to Camp Ripley, Minn
FLOWER SHOW
ATKINSON—Saturday, August
4, is the date for the Atkinson
Civic Improvement Garden club’s
sixth annual flower show The
affair will be held in the Knights
| of Columbus building.