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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.
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Try Frontier want ads!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.) •
