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“Voice of The Frontier T*\I/P I \ ?P' 9 30-10 A M. — 780 k.c. * ™ ^ PAGES * 1 his Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 20. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. Thursday, September 13, 1956.__Seven Cents. STATE HIST SOC cn Valentine Is Site for C&NW Train Hearing One-Third of O’Neill Unit Is Classified Soils Tests Exceed Expectations One-third of the irrigable acres in the O'Neill unit of the Nio brara basin development plan have been classified, according to Rudy Walters of Denver, Colo., regional director of the bureau of reclamation Walters was In Ainsworth on Wednesday. Clyde Burdick of Ainsworth, area engineer for the Niobrara project, said 17 techni cians at O’Neill have completed tests and classification on ap proximately 30 thousand acres out of an estimated 100 thousand. He indicates the classification is revealing better soil adaptabil ity than originally expected. James W. Rooney of O’Neill, director of the Niobrara Basin Development association, invited tl>e group to hold its annual meet ing at O’Neill in November. Rooney was accompanied to Ainsworth by President Robert ladtue, Secretary John Harring ton and Director Dale Wilson of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. tld Bouska Heads Council The Holt eounty council of extension clubs met Tuesday at the courthouse. Mrs. Ed Bouska presided in the absence of the president, Mrs, Oliver Ross. Twenty-eight ladies were pres ent. The lesson on refinishing furni ture will be given in September. Committee meetings were dis cussed on work for the coming year. Plans were worked out for achievement day which will be October 25. The theme will be "Through the Years.” Officers elected for the coming year are: Mrs. Ed Bouska of At kinson, eounty chairman; Mrs. A. T. Cruinly of Page, vice-chair nvin; Mrs. Fred Robertson of Atkinson, secretary - treasurer; Mrs Jess Dobrovolny of Atkin son, health chairman; Mrs. Frank Fppenbach of O’Neill, music chairman; Mrs. Murray Mellor of Atkinson, 4-H chairman; Mrs. Harvey Krugmun of O’Neill, pub licity chairman; Mrs. Ed Stauf fer of Page, past county chair man, Mrs Robert Martens of At kinson, retiring eounty chairman; Mrs. Arthur Givens of Stuarl, iamily life chairman; Mrs. Rob ert Brayton of Stuart, reading leader. McKenny Earns Gamble Promotion Frank McKenny, young O’ Neill man and father of thret children, this week returns tc become manager of the soft line! department at Gambles. Mr McKenny has been at Rapic City, S.D., where he has been as sistant manager of the clothing department in the large compwnj owned store there. Tltc family is temporarily re siding with her mothctv Mrs A udrey Bowden. Mrs McKenny is the formei Helen Bowden. ..in rmmm McKcimj . . . promotion. Mr McKenny will suecee William (“Bill”) Mack who i planning to move this week t Chillicothe, Mo., to manage th Baykr department store. Mac) his wife and their daughter cam here earlier this year from De Moines, la. Mr. McKenny has been as sooiated with Gambles five year starting here as a delivery ho* Later he became salesman an was assistant soft lines manage prior to his promotion to Rapi City. "Gamble-Skogma recognizes 1 Frank a man of unusual abilit and. as soon as possible, ad vanced him to a top managers position. Gambles are pleased t return him to his hometown t carry out these* responsibilities, the company announced. right arm amputated LYNCH—Otto Barta. 63, farm er in the Pischelville communit in Knox county, near Verdel, lo: his right arm above the elbow i a forage cutter accident. Surger was performed at the hospit; here. He was brought to the hos pital by his son. Mrs Ed Thorin and daughtei Miss LaVonne, and Mother N Agnesine of St. Mary’s academ were shaken at noon Wednesda in a collision of two cars at stop light in Grand Island. N one was hospitalized. Plans are moving ahead for the Save-the-Trains association to oppose the Chicago & North Western railroad’s application to discontinue the last two remain ing passenger-mail-express trains serving much of north Nebraska. These are Omaha-Chadron trains 13 and 14 C&NW has applied to the state railway commission for permis sion to discontinue, citing a 205 thousand-dollar loss for the 12 months period ending June 30 Meanwhile, Joseph J. Brown, chairman of the commission, has announced a hearing will be held at the city auditorium in Valen tine at 9:30 am., on November 19 This will be an open meeting. M. H. Snider of Clearwater, spe cial representative for the S-T-A, said a large turnout will be urged to attend the commission hearing, which has been set for Valentine for the convenience of the most persons who are interested. Snider said fund - raising would be accelerated along the line to finance the legal and auditing expenses in connection with the Valentine hearing, Snider spoke to the Rushville Chamber of Commerce Monday evening and urged residents there to make immediate plans to at tend the November 19 hearing at Valentine. He also announced that a closed j meeting of association officers and directors and top C&NW of ficers from Chicago, 111., will be held at Bassett on Tuesday, Sep tember 18. “This conference might last 15 minutes and it might last all day,” he declared. Snider w a s introduced by Fay Hill of Gordon, S-T-A di rector, who arranged the Bassett meeting during a trip to Chicago. Snider reminded the Rushville Chamber that in October, 1954, C&NW claimed an “out of pock et” loss of 60-thousand-dollars per year in operating these two trains. “Now', two years later,” he declared, “they claim 205-thou sand-dollars loss. In the mean time, we have eliminated the flagman (through the state legis lature) and saved 27- to 30-thou sand annually and we boosted passenger revenues approximate ly 50 percent for 1955. The gov ernment insists no mail has been diverted from these trains since fhe association got busy, although the top postal people had prom ised increased mail and never came through.” C of C Unanimously Supports Trains State Sen. Frank Nelson and Ed Wilson reported on the Save-the Trains association activities to 25 members of the Chamber ol Commerce Monday night. The croup voted unanimously to do nate $325 — O’Neill’s pro rata share of legal and auditing ex penses—in connection with the November 19 state railway com cission hearing. Earl Coxbill of Atkinson de scribed the bluegrass processing at his plant in Atkinson, and sug gested O’Neill might encourage a similar operation here, including packaging and selling of lawn mixtures. Coxbill also answered a series of questions. The Willing Workers 4-H club ! presented its purple ribbon cir cus skit. The club’s trip to the state fair had been supported fi nancially by the Chamber. ■ Seven usual national noliaa.v.. were voted to be observed: New year’s, memorial day, independ ence day, labor day, veterans dav, Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays falling on Sunday will be observed on Monday. The Chamber also authorized $325 for the sponsorship of t. c annual 4-H club calf show and sale The Chamber’s annual- spon soring of this acUvity is not gen j erally known, a spokesman said Charlie Bigelow at 90th Milestone STUART — Charlie Bigelow celebrated his 90th birthday an niversary Saturday, September 8 He was born in Essex, Kanka kee county, Illinois. September 8 1866, a son of Dana and Sara! Bigelow, and he came to Hoi county with his parents in 1881 He recalls the coming of the rail road in 1882 and the founding <: I Stuart bv a Mr. Carberry, whe s | owned the land on the west side >: of Main street, and a Mr. Hal ? lock, who owned the land on the , | east side. ?. The White-Wa hotel was the s i first frame building in Stuart anc was built by his parent? s Students Pledge at Nebraska ‘U r Among the pledges from thii area at the University of Nebras II ka are; V Gamma Piu Beta—Mary Loi ' Wilson, O’Neill; Alpha Gamm; 1 Bho — John Condon, Creighton 3 Delta Tau Delta—Dave Penning 3 | ton, Ainsworth; Sigma Chi—Ton Baker, Neligh; Chi Omega—Ju dith DeVilbiss, Ainsworth; Alphi Omicron Pi — Marilyn Mead Ainsworth; Pi Kappa Phi—Gem ' Seger. O’Neill; Neil Dopheide i Butte; Carl Friedrich, Spencer t Frank Soukup, Spencer; Normal 1 Klasna, Spencer; Delta Delh Delta—Judy Sicler, Spencer. " Gas Refund Deadline Nears— Deadline for applying for thi \ two-cent federal gas tax refunc [. is October 1, 1956. Applicatioi y blanks can be obtained in thi y county agent’s office, a This refund is claimed for thi o period January 1, 1956, to Jul: 1, 1956 Anderson Rites Held Tuesday O’Neill Woman, 74, Resident o f Holt Since Small Child Mrs. William A. Anderson. 74 a Holt county resident since she was 1-year-old, died at 9:25 a.m.. Friday, September 7, in St.j Anthony’s hospital. She had suf fered an illness of about a year, j Six weeks ago she became hos- : ; pitalized, first in O’Neill, then j j in Omaha for two weeks, and: t he two weeks prior to her j death were spent in the hospital j i here. Funeral services were con-, ducted at 2 pm., Tuesday, Sep tember 11, at the Methodist church with Rev. Glenn Kenni cott, church pastor, officiating. A E. Bowen was organist and Mrs. Donald E. Loy w'as vocal soloist. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. The remains lay in state at Biglin’s chapel between 7 and 9 o’clock Tuesday evening. Pallberarers were Ralph Beck with, Melvin Marccllus, Lyle Mc Kim, Roy Parker, Donald Clyde and James Van Every. The late Mrs. Anderson, whose maiden name was Harriet Hayne, was born April 8, 1882, at Mar shalltown, la., the daughter of G. W. and Martha Hayne. She moved with her parents from Iowa onto a homestead, located 10 miles east and two miles north of O’Neill. She was reared at this place and attend ed school in district 124 where her children and some of her grandchildren later were to at tend school. On January 29, 1903, she was married to William A. Anderson at O’Neill. The couple built a new ' home near the Hayne place. They reared a family of five daugh ters, and continued living there until live years ago when they 1 bought a home and retired in O’Neill. In 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Andei> son celebrated their 50th wedding , anniverasry with open-house for relatives and friends. That day Mrs. Anderson became ill and was put to bed by her doctor where she remained for several days. She has been in failing health since. Mrs. Anderson was active in Methodist church activities, even after the decline in her health set in. She was baptized in the Methodist church at Page many years ago. f Mrs. Anderson . . .ill a year. She was preceded in death by her parents, 10 brothers and sis ters and one grandson. Survivors include: Widower— W’illiam A.; daughters — Mrs. ■ Howard (Florence) Peters of O’ i Neill; Mrs. Jasper (Helen) Hitch cock of Omaha; Mrs. Harold (Frances) Williamson of O’Neill; Mrs. Herbert (Hazel) Timm of O’Neill and Mrs. Orville (Mar gcrite) McKim of O’Neill; broth er—Jack Gibson of Los Angeles, Calif.; nine grandchildren; five ’ great-grandchildren. Louis Schenzel, 85, Dies in Sioux City i Louis Schenzel, 85, father of • Carl Schenzel of O’Neill, died at i the home of a daughter in Sioux , City Tuesday, September 11. He ! had been in failing health since . j July. ; Mr. Schenzel had made his i home with his son and daughter - i in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schen zel, for 20 years. He had gone to | visit his daughter in Sioux City I and afteT becoming ill had re mained there. “ The Carl Sehenzels left for Nor 1 folk and Sioux City Tuesday eve i ning. The funeral will be held in ; Norfolk, their former home, but arrangements have not been com ! pleted. ■ Try Frontier want ads! I I Workers huddle with President F. E. Parkins of the O’Neill Community Concerts association (standing far right). Seated—Mrs. Merwyn French, jr.. of Page. Mrs. Floyd Wilson of O’Neill and Miss Leona Kilmurry of Atkinson; standing—IVilliam (‘ Bill’’) Miller of O’Neill. Mrs. Alan Hughes of Atkinson. Miss Alvlra Hamm of Stuart and Mr. Parkins.—The Frontier Photo. e•• * '. , ill* Exterior view of St. Dominic's hall at Ewing, erected near St. Peter's de Aleantra Catholic church. $48,000 Hall Is Finished EWING— Sunday, September 1C, has been set for the blessing and open-house observance at the handsome new St. Dominie’s hall, erected by the parishoners ol St. Peter’s Catholic church. The pastor, Rev. Peter F. Burke, said the blessing will be administered by Very Rev. Tim othy O’Sullivan of O’Neill at 3 p.m. Open-house will be observ ed from 3 until 5. Refreshments will be served. The structure is a steel building wit ha masonry front. Roman rough cement blocks in front and fiesta red plextone paint over steel harmonize the hall with the brick church and rectory built in 1913. The new building is 54 ft. by 100 ft. The auditorium meas ures 40 ft. by 80 ft . Floor throughout is concrete covered with tile. Aluminum set windows along the sides and glass blocks in front offer ample nat ural light and ventilation. Fold waamm mmsmmm ing doors separate a 20 ft. by 40 ft. stage along the same side. A modern functional kitchen is in cluded. The hall will be used for relig ious instruction of the children, meeting of parish societies and recreation. Overall cost of the building and equipment is $48, 000. J. Z. Jizbe of Omaha was the architect. Contractors were Hoesing Brothers of Hartington. Since the project was commenced in the year of canonization of St. Dominic Savio, the hall will bear the name this patron of youth. . The public is invited to the solemn blessing and open-house, Father Burke said. BREAD TAKES JUMP The price of bread was ad vanced 2 cents per loaf Monday. The increase first was an nounced at Lincoln and has spread over much of the state. SBwSSwSr . “?• C.air Schroth, Sr., Expires at Neligh ORCHARD—Clair Schroth, sr., 6?, died Saturady in the Neligh hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at the Evangelical Lutheran church. The late Mr. Schroth was born January 14, 1894, at Pawnee City. He married Miss Jennie Sholes March 29, 1916, at Orchard. He and his wife retired from a Mid delbranch farm to Burnswick in 1954. Survivors include: Widow; daughters—Mrs. Delton Cheyney and Miss Hazel Schroth, both of Brunswick; son —• Clair, jr., of Brunswick; four grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Murphy, jr., are moving to Scottsbluff this weekend. 1 Interior view . . . building will be uaed for organizational meetings, religious instruction, recreation.—O'Neill Photo Co. rlane Load ot Ohioans Visit Twenty - five Allen county, Ohio (near Columbus) cattle feeders landed about 5 p.m., Monday at the Ainsworth airport to become guests of the Nebraska Sandhills Cattleman’s association. They fanned out onto Holt countv ranches as guests of Ro bert Clifford, Roudy Dvorak, Fred Boettcher and Albert Lem tnerer. all of Atkinson; Bud Cole and Larry Schaffer, both of Em met: D. C. Schaffer, Mark Crib ble and Robert Berogan, all of O’Neill; Pete Minery of Bartlett, and Ed Trennepohl of Ewing. A. L. Cowperthwaite Dies in Atkinson Retired Cattleman; 111 3 Days Arthur L. Cowperthwaite, a longtime resident of Holt coun ty, and a former resident of O’ Neill, died about 8 p.m., Monday, September 10, in Atkiiison Me morial hospital He had been ill three days and had entered the hospital on Sat urday. The late Mr. Cowperthwaite was born December 29, 1870, in Illinois. He married Minnie LeZotte, a native of Beaver Crossing. He was a cattleman and live stock dealer for many years. His wife died March 21, 1949, at the age of 64. He had been residing at the Ladd Sladek home in Atkinson. The body was shipped to Om aha by Biglin’s for rites at Forest Lawn cemetery. Car-Truck Figure in Highway Mishap State Highway Patrolman Rob ert L. Gude investigated a car truck accident which occurred at 8:55 p.m., Monday on U.S. high ways 20-275 at a point five miles east of O’Neill. A 1956 sedan driven by Sam Watson, 16, of Inman, traveling castbound, had passed a loaded livsetock truck, also eastbound, driven by Darius G. Burgess, 26, of Emmet. When the Watson ma chine attempted a lefthand turn onto a county road, the truck struck the car. The left side and left front door of the Watson car was damaged to the extent of about five hundred dollars. Ro land Hansen was a passenger in the Watson machine. None was hurt. Prairie Fire Spares School House, Farm ATKINSON — Rural firemen here were summoned Wednesday afternoon to the Lauridsen school on state highway 11, northeast of here. Pupils were burning trash after school, the fire got away and covered about a half-mile be fore being brought under control just sort of the buildings at the Hans Lauridsen place, north of the school. The blaze also trav eled east. The burning was across the highway from the Lauridsen buildings. Two Sergeants Commissioned— M/Sgt. Harmon Gruenke of O’Neill and Sgt. Richard M. Johnson of Spencer, members of the O’Neill national guard com pany, last Thursday were com missioned second lieutenants. Gruenke spent seven months in combat during the Korean war and Johnson had no military ser vice prior to joining the guards. They will be platoon leaders. 2-CAR ACCIDENT LYNCH—There was a two-car accident at 6:30 p.m., Saturday on the streets of Lynch. Mrs. Thomas McClatchey of Bonesteel, S.D., one of the drivers, was hos pitalized. She had come to Lyncn to visit her husband, a hospital patient. Her husband recently submitted to surgery. Elmore Blain to Miltonvale— M1DDLEBRANCH — Elmore Blain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Blain and a 1956 graduate of O’ Neill high school, is now attend ing college at Miltonvale, Kans. Signup Date for ’57 Wheat Extended Final signup date for 1957 win ter wheat has been extended two weeks. This makes the new deadline October 5. _ BUYS STATION NELIGH—LaVera Salyers has sold his highway service station to D. E. Seger of the Seger Oil company at O’Neill. Salyers will lease and operate the station COUNTY COURT Dari B. Stoller of Latty, O., no 1 trip permit, $10 and costs $4, September 10, arresting officer— j D. Jenny. — INMAN—Leonard Lorenz left j Friday morning for the Veterans I hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., where he expects to be fitted with an artificial arm f Holt Rids Grab Share At Fair ‘Circus’ Entry Earn* Purple Ribbon with Chicago Eligibility Tlu> Willing Workers 4-H club’s share-the-fun entry at the state lair in Lincoln ranked third in the judging and was awarded a purple ribbon. 'Die club is eligible to compete in national share-the fun competition in Chicago, 111. Mrs. A. Neil Dawes is leader Using the circus theme, the six minute skit is entitled, “Under the Big Top." The troupe went to Omaha on Friday and presented the show on WOW-TV. The Clover club of Atkinson, also a district winner, was award ed a red ribbon at Lincoln and likewise is eligible for Chicago Title: “The Trial of Little Mary Soprano." Helen and Bob Mar tens are leaders. Other state fair 4-H awards from Holt and nearby counties Livestock judging: Team—Holt, seventh; individual — Rexford Carson, Holt, fourth. Crops judging: Team — Holt seventh (Jack Ritts, Robert Ries. Gary Fick). Dairy judging: Team — Holt, eighth (Mary Clare, Jtimes and Jack Gilg ol Atkinson and Ronnie Chipps of Ewing). Livestock handling. Robert huthcr and Gary Fick, both of Inman, third, “Reducing Losses —Farm to Market." Farm demonstration: Individ ual — Ronnie Flock, Garfield county, red; team— .lames GilE and Mary Clare Gilg, lx>tli of Atkinson, purple; Robert Ruther and Gary Fick, both of Inman, purple; Perry Dawes and Gary Gillespie, both of O’Neill, purple Curtis Nelson and Helen Sim. Boyd county, purple. Weed and grass identification Gary Fick of Inman, iirst; Larry Dawes of O’Neill, 22d. Clothing demonst.ra lion: Team —Susan Tenborg and Ellen Hav' ranek. Holt county, red. Hereford breeding heifers Lynn Redinbaugh of Creighton Knox county, blue. Angus breeding heifers: Sharon Miner of O’Neill and Robert Bee* laert of Page, blue. Saddle horse: Sharon Miner of O’Neill, purple. Yearling colt: Sharon Miner of O’Neill, blue. Music identificatoin: Darlene Dalton of Knox county, blue; Je rome Dalton of Knox county and Kathy Brady of Holt county, red Tractor operation: Marvin Pr<> kop of Spencer, Boyd county blue; Keith Halsey ot Holt coun ty, white. Mixed voices: Small song group —Holt and Knox, blue. Large song group—Boyd, blue. Boys’ voice small group: Holt, blue. Foods demonstration: Team — Jeri Coday and Patty Grubb of Holt county, red . Angus steers (class C): Robert Beelaert of Page, blue. Angus steers (class D): Jack Dyson of Burnswick, Antelope county, blue; Edwin Felster of Bartlett, Wheeler county, blue; Gary Siems of Clearwater, Ant elope county, red. Light unit: Gene Hiemes, Boyd county; Gary Gillespie, Holt county, blue. Entomology: Gale Holcomb of Chambers, purple; Kenneth Cool idge of Chambers, purple and blue; Bobby Gartner of Cham bers, blue. Garden: Gary and Gale Hol comb of Chambers, purple. Goes to Iowa— Levi Hull has gone to Smith land, la., for an extended visit with two nieces of the late Mrs ! Hull. -- Auction Calendar Tuesday, September 18.: Dick and Irene Marston, near Dorsey; ! 52 head of cattle, full line of ma ! chinery and equipment, miscel | laneous household goods; Col. Ed | -,o Ijaouotpne ‘HPN.O J° uuoqj, Neill National Bank, clerK. (De I tails on page 8.) Wednesday, September 19 Mrs. Pearl White of Amelia, ex ecutrix; entire herd of purebred I polled Herefords (60), machinery and equipment, feed, some house hold goods; Col. Ed Thorin of O’ j Neill, auctioneer; Chambers State Bank, clerk. (Details on page 11.) Monday, September 24: Ref eree’s sale of 4,000-acre L. W Barthel ranch, southwest Holt; offered as a whole and in four tracts; courthouse in O’Neill, 1 p.m.; John R. Gallagher of O’ Neill, referee; Leo F. Clinch of Burwell, attorney. (Consult large colored handbill or see advertise ment on page 6.) Wednesday, October 3: Ray Coolidge close-out sale; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer. (Details in next issue.) Thursday, October 11: Mrs. Julianna Kamphaus close - out sale; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer. (Details in subsequent issues.) •
