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Volume 76.—Number 27. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 1, 1956. Seven Cents.
STATE HIST SOC ' err
Concert Twins Make
Pianos Seem as One
Arthur G. Clark
Burial at Inman
Heart Attack Fatal
to Lumberman
INMAN—Arthur G. Clark, 62,
Burwell lumberman, died of a
heart attack Tuesday morning,
October 23, at his home in Bur
well. He was stricken about 5
am.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 1:30 p.m., Friday at the
First Congregational church in
Burwell. Burial was in the In
man cemetery at 4:30 p.m., with
Masonic rites administered by
members of Garfield lodge of
O’Neill—Eld Trennepohl, wor
shipful master; D. H. Closson,
marshal.
Rev. A. M. Ramos officiated
at the funeral rites and the
eulogy was read by Thomas
Banks. Pallbearers were R. W.
Brownell. C. A. Green. Everett
Johnson, C. A. Green, Everett
B. Wilson anl R. V. Lindsey, all
of Burwell.
The male quartet included R.
W. Brownell. C. A Green, Lee
Garrison, William R. Bent and
Gerald Bishop, accompanied by
Mrs. S. A. Horner at the organ, j
Members of the lOOF attend
ed the rites in a body.
The late Mr. Clark, son of
Edgar A. and Anna M. Clark,
was born at Inman April 19,
1894. He was reared at Inman
and attended Winona (Minn.)
Business college, where he re
sided one year.
During World War I he enlist
ed in the navy, spending con
, siderable time aboard the hos
pital ship Solace.
Prior to and following the war
he was employed by the Farmers,
State bank at Inman. In 1923 he [
decided to commence farming
and followed that occupation!
for 22 years.
On June 30, 1920, he was unit
ed in marriage with Miss Anna
(Continued on page 6.)
Fall Term Likely
to Be Short-Lived
The fall term of the Holt
county district court, originally
scheduled to hear three suits,
now has only one remaining.
An action growing out of an
intersection accident, John Meier
of Creghton, plaintiff, and Har
old L. Summers of Page, de
fendant, was settled out of court.
A jury had been called to hear
the case Tuesday, starting at 9
am. The trial continued through
most of the day and ultimately
the matter was settled by arbi
tration between the attorneys.
Jurors were Frank Vincenz
of Stuart, Buster Urban of
Ewing, Stanley Peters of O’Neill,
Bob 'Summerer of Ewing; Cecil
Bogue of Atkinson, Hugh Carr
of O’Neill, Donald O. Nissen of
Page, R. J ■ Shearer of Stuart,
Mrs. Milton MeKathnie of At
kinson and Norton Thurlow of
Stuart.
Meanwhile, criminal charges
were being pressed against Mel
vin Hood for hog stealing. Af
ter having been held in jail for
several months, he pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 60 days.
This turn removed the only crim
inal action from the docket.
Yet to be heat'd is the Lottie
Thompson estate matter in which
a will is being contested.
A new jury will be impaneled
at 9 o’clock today (Thursday).
District Judge D. R. Mounts is
presiding.
Half-Inch Falls
CHAMBERS—A half-inch of
rain fell in this community Mon
day night. South and east, how
ever, heavier rainfall was re
ported.
Robert Van Voorhis of Albion
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mi and Mrs. K. L. Van
. Voorhis. ___
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Homecoming Queen
Miss Mary Ryan (above),
daughter of Neil B. Ryan,
Wednesday, October 24. was
crowned homecoming queen
at St. Mary’s academy.—The
Frontier Photo.
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The O’Neil] Community Con
cert association opened its third
season of fine music by introdu
cing the brilliant young duo
pianists Ernest and Miles Mau
ney. Their performance was wit- 1
nessed by nearly 800 persons,
drawing from as far as Norfolk
and Ainsworth.
These talented young south
erners have the unique d is tine- j
tion of being identical twins. This
may have accounted for the
unity displayed in their per for-;
mances.
The artists opened the concert
with a group including numbers
by Bach, Mendelssohn, Respighi
and Brahms, all of which made
an agreable impression. How
ever, it was not untif the third\
number of their second group,
“Perpetual Motion” by Carl Von
Weber, that the audience reali
zed the artists’ uncanny coopera
tion, their ability to make two
instruments seem as one.
The third group of the pro
gram included some unusually
fine performances of “The Sor
ceres Apprentice” by the modern j
French Dukas; “The Maiden and !
the Nightingale", from Gayesias,
composed by a modern Spanish
musician, the delightful descrip
tion of "Memories of Childhood"
by Panto.
The remainder of the concert
was composed of such familiar
numbers as “Bolero Moderne” by
Gould; Ukranium songs, “The
Flight of the Bumble Bee” by
Rimsky Korsakoff and eonclud-1
mg with “Artist Life", a Chasin
arrangement of the familiar
Straus waiz.
To an appreciative audience the
young artists responded with
three interesting encores. The
George Gershwin and Beethoven :
modification of “Yankee Doodle"
ooth arrangements by Mario
Braggiotti—and, for the well
behaved younger set, the ever
popular "Rhumba]’. ,
This outstanding piano team
displayed in addition to their
perfect unity, superior technique
and musicianship.
Millie E. Seger,
111 2 Weeks, Dies
Early Resident a t
Atkinson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Millie E. Seger, 77, were con
ducted at 2 p.m., Monday, October '
29, at the Methodist church here. |
Burial was in Prospect Hill i
cemetery under the direction of ■
Biglin’s.
Mrs. Seger died at 10 p.m., 1
Thursday, October 25, at St. i
Anthony’s hospital, having been
ill two weeks. 1
Rev. Glenn Kennicott, church
pastor, officiated. Pallbearers i
were Gene Seger of Lincoln, '
James Seger of Atkinson, Don- t
aid Beckwith of O’Neill, Milton 1
Prang of Columbus, Arthur Har
ley of Atknson and Paul Seev
ers of Lincoln.
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The late Millie Etta Seger
was born December 30, 1878,
in Illinois, a daughter of
Henry Banks and Sarah Law
rence Banks. She came to «
Holt ciunty with her parents
as a small girl. Her moth
er died when she w as ninety
years-old.
Her parents homesteaded about j
six mues northeast of Atkin
son.
She married Gustav A. Seger |
at O'Neill on, April 18, 1900.
They lived for a time south of
Atkinson but reared their fam
ily on ther own farm five miles
northeast of Atkinson.
They retired at Inman about
five year before the death of
Mr. Seger, who succumbed Oc
tober 9, 1951.
The late Mrs. Seger was a
keen student of geographic and
historic matters, and maintained
that interest until her fatal ill
ness.
She joined a Methodist church
many years ago when services
were h eld in a rural school
near the family home north- :
east of Atkinson.
She also was preceded in
death by her father and by one
sister, Mrs. Ida Godel.
Survivors include: Daughters
_Mrs. Rex (Minnie) Beckwith
of Emmet, Mrs. Vernon (Eliza
beth) Keeney of Norfolk, Mrs.
Ralph (Myrtle) Beckwith of
Beckwith, of Columbus; sons—
Henry L. of San Fernando, Calif.,
Harold and D. E. both of O’Neill;
16 grandchildren and even great
grandchildren.
New Rural Fire
Truck Arrive*
The new 14-thousand-dollar j
fire-fighting truck, approved last
spring by voters n the O’Neill j
rural fire protection district, ar-1
rived late Tuesday. It will be I
readied—today (Thursday)—and
will be given a three-hour ac
ceptance test, commencing at 8 j
a m., on Friday. j
The test will take place at the i
swimming pool in Ford’s park.
Chassis is a Ford F-800 and the
equipment is American - La
France The truck will be hous
ed at the city fire station.
BIG NEWS
CELIA—The big news is an
inch of moisture which fell Wed
nesday night, October 24, and
early Thursday. It came in the
form . of snow which quickly
melted. There was a bad wind
and dust storm. .
Twister
Hits Near
Clearwater
Damage Inflicted a t
Carl Michaels Farm;
Stacks Blown Over
CLEARWATER—A small and
inseasonal twister touched down
at the Carl Michaels farm, five
miles southwest of here, about
t'3Q p.m., Monday and did con
siderable damage.
The shingles were ripped from
:he house, several outbuildings
.vere upended, personal property
ivas strewn about, and several
Irees were uprooted.
Some of the Michaels' cattle
.vere missing.
Damage was also done at the
Walter Finley place In the same
neighborhood where the back
porch was ripped off and a hog
house was upended.
At the Omar Hoffman place,!
’ive miles west of Clearwater,
it-veral hay stacks were blown I
jver. The big blow also touched
iown at the Lloyd Kimes place,
jut damage there was slight.
The storm moved from the
iOuthwest to the northeast.
The Michaels family was home
at the time but was obliged to
spend the night with friends.
Telephone and rural electric
ines were knocked out.
Clearwater received 1.30 in
■hes of moisture—biggey but less
spectacular news than the tor
nado.
General Rains
Visit Area
General rains have twice vis
led the region during the past
»veek.
Late Wednesday, October 24,
md early Thursday, O’Neill re
ceived about a half-inch of slow
-ain, including some snow flur
•ies.
Bassett reported 1.25 inches—
he heaviest precipitation in the
late; Atkinson, .85; Clearwater,
12; Norfolk, .10; Winner, 1.25:
Gregory 1 Inch.
Meanwhile, the O’Neill region
■eceived more beneficial show
ers on Monday, totaling. 74 of
in inch, officially. The Midway j
ocality reported 1.50; Ewing
.56; Inman, 80;
Rosebud was also drenched by j
Monday’s shower: Winner, .40;'
Gregory, .75; Bonesteel and
•'airfax, moTe than a half-inch.
lohn P. Pribil, 46,
Expires at Lincoln
Funeral Rites Held
Wednesday
Funeral services were conduc- j
ted October 31 for John
Pribill, 46. He died Monday j
morning, October 29, at Lincoln, |
laving been ill one year.
His death followed by two
weeks the death of his mother,
Mrs. J. B. Pribil.
Rites were conducted at St.
Patrick’s Catholic church with
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan j
officiating. Bural was in Cal-1
rary cemetery under the direc
tion of Biglin’s. A rosary was
held Tuesday evening at the
?hapel.
Pallbearers were Louis Ko-j
pccky, Leo Harte, Joe Gallagher,
James Gallagher, Raymond Pri- j
bil and William Babutzke.
The late John Pribil was bom,
February 14, 1911, near Inman, I
the son of the late Jacob B. and
Catherine O’Donnell Pribil.
On March 1, 1942, he married
Dorothy Opal Timmerman at St.
Paul, Nebraska. They became
the parents of two children: Ei
leen Frances and Mary Catherine.
Survivors include: Widow —
Dorothy; two daughters; broth
ers—Frelent and Harold Pribil,
both of O’Neill; sisters—Mrs.
Leona Shoemaker of O’Neill and
Mrs. Loretta Tomlinson of West
Point.
Receive $ 1 00 Frosh
Scholarships at ‘U
Two hundred fifty-nine Uni
versity of Nebraska freshmen,
including several from this area,
have received frosh scholarships
valued at one hundred dollars
each in exemption of tuition.
Recipients:
Robert E. Burival of O’Neill;
Frank D. Fetrow of O’Neill;
Roger J. Niemeyer of O’Neill;
Nola A. Obermire of Stuart;
Robert A. Reimers of Inman;
Ronald J. Rotherham of Ewing; J
Julian D. Stewart of Lynch.
To Return This Week—
Rev. Francis Price of Emmet is
expected home from Rome, Italy,
this week.
Frontier for printing!
This is a northeasterly view at the Carl Michaels arm ::i the wake of Monday’s tornado. Barn
and dwelling were damaged.—The Frontier Photo.
Gobblins on Loose on Hallowe en
The goblins will get you u you don’t watch
out! That was the hue and cry in O’Neill on Hal
lowe’en. The Parent-Teachers association arrang
ed for entertaining the small try at affairs at the
public school and youth center. Top photo: Jim
Humrich, cowboy; Virginia Lea Walker, Peter
Pan; Alma Nutter, Spanish lady; Frances Eppen
bach, shoemaker s wife; Laurel! Haynes, dancing
girl, and Eddie Bright (partially out of picture),
a cowboy. Lower photo: Beth Kramer, Bo
Peep; Phyllis Engdahl, pirate; Dewey Schaffer
II, cowboy; Diana Loy, clown; LeEllen Haynes
Little Red Riding Hood; Sheryl Brady, clown.—
The Frontier Photos.
English visitor Mr. Scudamore, examines a sandhills memento as Mrs. Clarence Ernst, Mr.
Ernst. Harold Keane and Miss Velda Ernst look on—The Frontier Photo.
William Ernst, 69,
Dies Unexpectedly
William Ernst. 69. an O’Neill
farmer, died unexpectedly about
8 o’clock Tuesday morning, Oc
tober 30, while doing chores at
his farm six miles northwest of
O'Neill.
He had been 111 about three
months and had been hospitaliz
ed during that period at O’Neill
and Sioux City, where he sub
mitted to major surgery. But
his death was unexpected
Funeral services will be
conducted at 2 p.m., today
(Thursday) at the Methodist
church with Kev. Clarence
Turner of Center Union church
officiating, lturial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers chosen are Glenn,
Melvin, Bernard and Gordon
Lorenz, Deraid Graham and Wil
liam Brewster. Biglin’s will be
m charge.
The remains will lie in state
at the church between 11 a m.,
today and the funeral hour.
Tiie late Mr. Ernst was born
March 29, 1887, at O’Neill, a son
of Christian and Kathrian Mo
ser Ernst.
He married Bertha I.orcnz
and they became the parents
of one daughter, Evelyn.
Survivors include: Widow—
Bertha; daughter—Miss Evelyn
of O’Neill; brother—Edward of
O’Neill; brother—Edward of
Norfolk; sisters—Mrs. Chris
Kennel of Friend and Mrs. Mau
rice Graham of O’Neill.
English Host Pays
Ernst Return Visit
Australia-Bound Duo
Stops Briefly
(Photo below.)
An Englishman who befriended
an O’Neill tourist in Great Brit
ain three years ago paid a
quickie return visit this week.
J. Henry Scudamore, a farm
er near the village of Ross-on
Wye, Herefordshire, England, ar
rived early Sunday and spent the
day and part of Monday as a
guest of Clarence Ernst.
Mr. Ernst had been a guest at
the Scudamore home while on a
European tour.
Mr. Scudamore was accompan
ied by a Gloucester farmer, Har
old Keene, who lives about 22
miles from the Scudamore place.
Mr. Scudamore brought along
motion pictures and colored
slides and Sunday evening was
spent reacquainting Mr. Ernst
with the Scudamore holdings.
Members of the Ernest family
and a group of friends looked on.
The Holt viewers were deeply
impressed with the pictures and
commentary and the high ratio
of production squeezed out of a
small farm (by U. S. standards;
good-sized layout by British
standards).
The picturesque English coun
try side appeared lush in the
films, taken this spring. Mr.
Scudamore explained, however,
that rainfall there had been far
below normal.
Some portions of the landscape
appeared brown!
Scudamore, who has been
abroad before, and his friend
will visit Australia before re
turning to England.
Barger Purchases
Elkins Interest
Winnie Barger has purchased
the partnership interest in the
Apparel Shop from Bernice Elk
ins, who made the sale move be
cause of ill health.
The partnership is being dis
solved, effective November 1.
The withdrawing member of
the firm has been hospitalized
on several occasions and may be
oblidged to change climate.
Bernice has been making her
home here with her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Elkins.
Store policies will remain the
same, the sole owner has an
nounced.
Delores Spangler, 6,
Okay After Accident
Delores Spangler, 6, was hurt
late Tuesday at Ewing when
she was struck by a moving
car. The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Spangler, she was
rushed to St. Anthony’s hospital.
Attendants late Wednesday
described her condition as good.
No bones were broken.
BEGIN REHEARSALS
INMAN—Members of the In
man high sophomore class have
begun rehearsals on a one-act
comedy, “Oil Wells and Wed
ding Bells”.
SAMPLE BALLOTS
Turn to page 6 and study
the sample ballots appearing
there.
No Heavy
Balloting;
Forecast
Good Weather, Crisis
in World Affairs
Might U p Turnout
Holt county voters will go to
the polls next Tuesday, Novem
ber ti, to ballot in the 1U56 gen
eral election.
Interest falls considerably
short of being intense, in spite
of the tub-thumping of the var
ious candidates on the national
scene.
None of the county wide of
fices is at stake, although there
will be balloting for supervisor
in Second, Fourth and Sixth dis
tricts—and two of these are un
opposed.
Voting will be done at the
usual places. Itesidcnts of O'
Neill. largest city in the county.
were not compelled to register.
Holt is expected to go for the
Eisenhower - Nixon republican
ticket. Only speech-making in the
county in behalf of the presi
dential election was U.S. Sen.
Homan Hruska's street - corner
appearances at O’Neill and At
kinson on Tuesday, October lli
None of the democratic lumin
aries have made an appearance
here.
However, the democratic slate
— Stevenson - Kefauver — lias
been giving the form belt a good
working over.
On the non - political ticket
there is only one race of general
interest. Frank Nelson is seeking
reelection and he is opposed by
a University of Nebraska student,
Hugo Sieler of Butte.
Art Tomlinson, republican, is
opposed by M. V. Landreth,
democrat, for Second district su
pervisor. Tomlinson is the in
cumbant. Voters in Antelope,
Iowa, Willowdale, Steel Creek,
Scott, Paddock, Shields and In
man townships will vote on that
race.
Frank Cronk, republican, is
unopposed in the Fourth and A.
M. Batenhorst. democrat, i9 un
opposed in the Sixth.
Favorable weather and wor
sening of the international situ
ation are factors that might
spring more voters than other
wise expected.
The ton-mile tax issue, by in
itiative petition, has stirred
sliight interest here.
Quarter-Million in
Soil Checks Mailed
Soil bank checks, payment for
land put in the soil bank for
1956, were mailed to Holt county
farmers on Friday. The checks
totaled $253,950.06 and were is
ued to 556 persons.
The payments represented 580
agreements that had been sign
ed. A number of the agreements
designate more than one person
as payee, explained William Mil
ler of the Holt county agricul
ture stabilization and conserva
tion committee.
Meanwhile, the 1956 corn loan
rate in Holt county has been set
at $1.43 per bushel. Corn will be
sealed after November 15.
The $1.43 rate applies to under
allotment corn.
Other loan rates, announced
by ASC Chairman Harry E. Res
sel:
Com (over allotment), $1.18
per bushel wheat, $2.07 per bu
shel; barley, $104 per bushel;
oats, 60c per bushel grain sor
ghums, $1.93 per cwt.
Road-Opening Plan
Tabled by Board
A plan to open a two-mile sec
tor of county road, providing a
westward extension of the Verdi
gre highway, was tabled Wed
nesday by the Holt county board
of supervisors.
Twenty persons appeared at the
hearing—all from the Star and
Ash Grove localities. There
was no principal spokesman, al
though Nels Linquest earlier had
filed the petition.
“Main problem is finanaces," a
board spokesman said. Knox
County Supervisor Pierce ap
peared at the hearing, also sev
eral other Knox countyans.
Because 45 miles of state
maintained highway this year
was tossed back onto the county,
the road budget is “severely
strained.’’
‘Pork’ Gets Two
Artificial Arms
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs Melvin
Lorenz left Thursday morning
for Minneapolis, Minn., where
they spent until Saturday visit
ing their brother, Leonard, a
patient in the Veterans hospital
there.
Melvin reports that "Pork”, as
he is known to his friends is
making a "wonderful recovery’’
from his misfortune and now
has two artificial arms.