STATE HIST soc ***
Farm Wife
Dies at 62;
111 7 Years
Mrs. A1 Sauser Rites
Set for Saturday;
Native o f O’Neill
Mrs. A1 J. Sauser, 62, O’Neill
farm woman, died at 7:30 a.m.,
Wednesday, November 7, in St.
Anthony’s hospital. She had been
in ill health seven years.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 9 a m., Saturday, No
vember 10, at St. Patrick’s Catho
lic church. Burial will be in Cal
vary cemetery.
A rosary will be held Friday
evening at Biglin's funeral chap
el‘ , i
Pallbearers chosen are John
Murray, Orville Morrow, Don Ad
amson, Richard Minton, Harry
Donohoe and Ed Hanley, all long
time neighbors.
The late Mrs. Sauser’s maiden
name was Nora Eileen Cronin,
daughter of Daniel and Mary
Morrison Cronin, both of whom
were natives of Illinois and
among the early settlers at O’
Neill.
On July 15, 1935, at Omaha she
married Mr. Sauser. They farmed
11* miles north o1 here since their
marriage.
She was a member of St. Pat
rick's church and the Altar so
ciety.
Survivors include: Widower —
Al; mother — Mrs. Mary Cronin,
89, of Omaha, who will be here
for the funeral; brothers—John
and William Cronin, txrth of Om
aha; Phillip Cronin of Chicago,
111.; sisters — Mrs. Mary
Roach, Mrs. Elmer (Loretta)
Johnson and Miss Julia Cronin, all
of Omaha; Mrs. Joseph Guinan of
Missouri Valley, la.
Mrs. Mina Green
Expires in Seattle
Mrs. Mina Green, wife of the
late John Green, died Tuesday af
ternoon, November 6, at the home
of her son, Charles Green in Seat
tle, Wash.
Mrs. Green, the former Mina
Harkins, was reared east of
Chambers and lived several years
in O’Neill. Mr. Green ran a
secondhand store.
The bodv will be shipped to O’
Neill for’ burial. Arrangements
have not been completed.
Angus Group Plans
for Spring Sale
The annual meeting of the Holt
County Aberdeen-Angus Associ
ation was held at the E. L. Miner
home Saturday, November 3.
Blaine Garwood was reelec.
ed president; Frank Beelaert was
reelected vice-pesident; E. L. Mi*
ner was reelected secretary-trea
surer; Dale Revel 1 was elected
to the board of directors.
The Association will pay $50 for
each grand champion steer and
breeding heifer over all breeds
at the Holt County Fair if they
are an Aberdeen Angus. It will
pay $25 to the grand champion
stocker-feeder over all breeds
if an Aberdeen-Angus.
Plans were made for the Spring
sale February 5, 1957.
An oyster feed was enjoyed by
the members and their families.
Small School Group
to Meet Nov. 14
BURWELL—A meeting of the
Nebraska Small Schools associa
tion will be held at Burwell on
Wednesday, November 14.
President LJoyd Waldo of
Amelia said invitations have
been sent to all small-size two-:
and four-grade high schools in
the state. . . ,|
Responses have been received
from at least 20 schools, he said, i
The two-grade Amelia high
school, ordered inoperative by
the state education commssioner,
continues to operate while an ap
peal is in the hands of the Ne
braska supreme court.
Waldo said board of eeducation
members and others interested
persons whdse small schools are
in “jeopardy” are urged to attend
the Burwell meeting—the second
to be held in the past three
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Firms to Close on
Veterans Day
O’Neill business firms will be
closed on Monday, November
12—the legal holiday for honor
ing war veterans.
Veterans day falls on Sunday,
November 11.
Supt. M. J. Baack said the
O’Neill city schools also will be
closed on Monday. Meanwhile,
St. Mary’s academy pupils will
be dismissed at noon on Mon
day.
Former Resident
Wins Unicam Seat—
Mrs. Feme H. Hubbard Orme,
former O’NeiUite and until re
cently a member of the city
council at Lincoln, appeared to
be the victor in the 20th district
legislative race at Lincoln. Her
opponent was Fred Waggoner
In other legislative races, John
Donner of Elgin unseated Glen
Cramer of Albion, in the 2
f a museum was the spools of
bread, still in good condition.
The Emmet pastor visited
rtveral famous art collections,
and the Leaning Tower of Pisa,
which he termed “a simple mon -
drosity”.
His stay at Florence was one
if the highlights, also an over
light stop at Geneva, Switzer
land. Father Price managed a
side-trip to Vienna, Austria,
which now assumes new import
ance because It is a focal point
or refugees from Hungary.
The young priest explains there
s much throughout Europe to
jleases the tastes of any student.
He considers it a must for
ilergy.
“The book learning of school
lays come back with impact,”
re declares, “for even a casual
visitor such as me.”
Father Price said he could
.-asily appreciate the rest haven
in Bavaria known as Ber
-hestgaden, where Adolph Hit
er and Hermann Goering used
.<■ relax.
“No finer scenery anywhere
han in those Alps,” he com
mented.
He spent five days at Our Lady
>f Lourdes shrine in France and
icveral days at the shrine of Our
-ady of Fatima in Spain. At
>oth places he encountered many
Americans and a good many
iriests from throughout the
world.
He returned by air, leaving
tom Lisbon and landing at New
fork.
Father Price doubts anything
but skirmishes will come of the J
Middle East tension, and labelled j
the Hungary treatment as “pure!
butchery”. He said international i
events were chief topics of con- j
versation among the travelers.
The tourist business, principal- j
ly Americans, has become the
chief industry all over Europe.
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Froelich Lands *
195-Lb. Sail Fish
William J. Froelich, jr., who
with his bride have been on their
wedding trip in Mexico, landed a
195-pound sail fish measuring
nearly 11 feet in length.
He made the land in about six
minutes.
The couple is now in Honolulu,
T.H.. where they will spend
about a month.
Mr. Froelich plans to have the
water whopper mounted.
Claude Pickering, northeast Holt fanner suffering an inner ear aliment, examines corn 1
brought in from his fields by three good neighbors: Reno Boelter, Albert Carson and Gordon '
Barta.—The Frontier Photo. .
Ike-Dick Are Victors;
Nelson Is Re-Elected
Gilligan Drug Gets
Rexall ‘Honor’ Rating
John Bowles, president of the
Kexall division of the Rexall
Drug com plany, has designated
the Gilligan Rexall drug of
O'Neill as a Rexall ihonor
store”, mi recognition of its high
standards of community service,
according to information receiv
ed Wednesday by Ben Gilligan
and Robert Devoy, owners ot
the pharmacy.
Identification of the store as
a Rexall “honor store” will be
indicated by a bronze “honor
store” plaque, displayed promi
nently in the store, by special
insignia for store personnel, and
by window decals inscribed:
“This is a Rexall “honor store”,
dedicated to the health and wel
fare of resident of the O’Neill
area.”
The award to the O’Neifl store
was made in accordance with
the provisions of a special pro
gram instituted by Rexall Drug
Co. The “honor store” program
establishes certain standards to
which Rexall stores must con
form before they may receive the
“honor store” award.
Mrs. Martin Hamik
Dies at Grand Island
STUART—Mrs. Martin Hamik
died Wednesday morning, No
vember 7, i na Grand Island hos
pital. Recently she submitted to
the amputation of a leg. She
was a diabetic.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Saturday, November 10,
at 10 a.m., at St. Boniface Cath
< He church. Burial will be at
Stuart under the direction of the
Coats funeral service.
A rosary rite will be reld to
night (Thursday).
The late Mrs. Hamik had been
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the community. She aad her hus
band retired from the farm
many years ago and made their
home at the edge of town.
She was a membed of the
Christian Mothers sofciety and
of St. Boniface church.
Survivors include: Widower
■Martin; daughters—Mrs. Ed
(Mary Ann) Nevrivy of St. Paul
and Mrs. Don (Theresa) Hart
of Crawford, formerly of Ains-!
worth; sons—Victor of Lake i
Andes, S. D.; Albert of Grand
Island; Fred and George, both of I
Omaha; Robert and James, both !
of Lincoln.
1! Fanner Aided
by Good Neighbors
DORSEY — Claude Pickering,
who has been ill several weeks
with what the doctor’s describe
as an inner ear infection, Satur
day was befriended by a host of
neighbors—men and women.
The men brought pickers and
made short work of the 80-odd
acres of corn which averaged
about 20 bushels to the acre.
The elevator was furnished by
Boyd Boelter.
Mr. Pickering resides about 30
mi'o.s northeast of O’Neill.
Womenfolks brought along
food and served lunch to the
workmen.
Mr. Pickering plans to go to
Omaha to consult specialists if
he doesn’t show improvement.
His condition keeps him off
his feet most of the time.
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Nelson Vanquishes
Young Opponent
Sieler Wins Only in
Boyd County
State Sen. Frank Nelson,
Nelson, O’Neill fanner, was
successful in his bid for reelec
tion in Tuesday’s general elec
tion. He easily outdistanced his
youthful opponent, Hugo C.
Sieler of Butte, in three coun
ties of tlie 28th legislative dis
trict—Holt, Rock. and Keya
Paha countos—and Sieler won
Boyd county.
Nelson gathered 5,356 votes
in the non-political race compar
ed to Sieler’s 3,659.
Voting by counties:
Nelson Sieler
Holt 3,375 1,890
Keya Paha 403 308
Boyd 950 1,138
Rock 628 323
Totals 5,356 3,659
Boyd Countyans
Prefer Sorrell
BUTTE—Boyd county voters,
many exercised over high
way problems, vented their tell
ings at the polls Tuesday by giv
ing the edge to Frank Sorrell,
democratic candidate for govern
or. Sorrell got 1,065 votes while
the incumbant, Gov. Victor An
derson, received 987. However,
Anderson was elected.
Two incumbent Boyd super
visors were defeated in Tues
day’s election by sizeable mar
gins. Both of the winners are re
publican candidates.
In the Second district, Lynch
and Mullen precincts, Andrew
Classen defeated C. A. Moody,
democrat, by 220-168.
R. W. Dickerson of Butte was
unopposed for reelection in the
Sixth district. He received 316
votes.
Warren Collins of Butte was
elected oountv indec nn the non
political ballot, defeating Marvin
Peterson of Bristow, 1,315 - 881.
Collins will succed John Classen,
incumbant, who was defeated in
the primary.
Boyd gave A. L. Miller, re
publican, a 1.440-738 decision ov
er Carlton W. Laird for congress,
and defeated the ton-mile issue
1,116-916. Boyd voters voted de
cisively against the amendments,
and gave Frank M. Johnson a
938-581 decision over Jack El
liott for university regent.
The Eisenhower-Nixon team
gathered 1,374 votes while Ste
senson- Kefauver polled 834 in
the 11 precincts.
No County Races
in Rock
BASSETT — There were no
county races for Rock county
voters to decide in Tuesday’s gen
eral election.
C. E. Dillsaver with 7 11 and ho
mund D. Shaw with 632 were elec
ted regents of the county school.
A third candidate, Frank R. Am
mon, polled 535 to be left out.
Rock eountyans liked Ike-Nixon
910-273, do e . n-on-K< tauvor
and gave substantial margins to i
the entire state GOP slate.
They favored A I. Miller, re- :
ntibliran incumbam m congress, \
847-238 and *1 m u on the ton 1
mile issue 7,5 - ot> They also
turned thumbs down on all ;
amendnv’nts.
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Tomlinson 1 s Victor
Over Landreth i n
Supervisor Race
Holt countyaus went to the
[Kills Tuesday and gave the Eisen
hower-Nixon team an overwhelm
ing vote of confidence. The lke
Dick sup[Kirt ran heavier percent
agewise, than the nation's appro
val of the two for a repeat perfor
mance in the offices of president
and vice-president of the United
States.
Nebraskans gave Ike a 2-to-l
victory over Stevenson.
State republican incuinbants
swept into office again and Holt
countyans generally reflected the
statewide attitude of voters.
However, in Boyd county, the
voters there pulled a surprise on
Gov. Victor Anderson by giving
a 1,065-981 margin to me con
tender, Frank Sorrell of Syra
cuse.
Holt countyans emphatically
lined up in the GOP column, giv
ing lat margins to republican can
didates, who also triumphed at the
stale level.
Local interest was centered ot<
State Sen. !• i nnk Nelson's bid for
another term in the state legis
lature, representing the 28th dis
trict (Hoit, Boyd, Hock and Koya
Paha counties). Nelson snowed
under u University ol Nebraska
student, Hugo Sieier of Butte. (See
details elsewhere on tins page).
Only county race involved Art
Tomlinson of Inman, republican
incumbant, and M. V. Landreth of
Page, democratic contender, for
supervisor in the Second district
Tomlinson, wtio has been ill, won
it, 439-321. (See table on page 10.)
District .judge D. R. Mounts and
County Judge Louis Reimer were
unopposed on the non - political
ticket.
Frank M. Johnson of Lexington,
incumbant University of Nebraska
regent from the Sixth district,
outdistanced Jack Elliott, Seotts
bluff insuranceman, 2,206-2,126
in Holt balloting. But Elliott had
generous support in western Ne
braska and held a 30,376-27,149
margin at noon with most pre
cincts reported. This is a non
political, non-salaried post.
Governor Anderson ran away
from Sorrell at tile state level, al
most 2-1. George Morris, petition
candidate, ran a poor third.
Dwight Burney, llartington
farmer and a GOP, built a
31,000 vote lead over trank
Morrison, democrat, for lieuten
ant-governor with most pre
cincts in the state reported.
Other state level winners:
Secretary of slate. Frank Marsh,
republican, over V C. Havorka,
sr., democra nearly 2-to-l.
State auditor Ray C Johnson,
republican, over Julius Petersen,
democrat, nearly 2-to-l.
State treasurer: Ralph W Hill,
republican, over Richard R Lar
sen, democrat, lVg-o-l.
State attorney-general: Clar
ence Beck, republican, over Wil
liam E. Grubbs, democrat, near
y 2-to-l.
State railway commissioner:
Wayne R. Swanson, republican,
over J. C. McReynolds, democrat,
I Vi-to-J.
Swanson, an Omaha plumber,
s a newcomer on the state scene.
But he wears that lhvincibli
scandanavaian label, supporting
he time-honored tradition that
esidents of German, Central
European, Irish and English de
cent will equaninmously sup
port someone whose name ends
n “son”.
Burney made his first bid for
i state office. However, he is a
veteran state senator and has
>een acting lieutenant-governor.
The ton-mile tax initiative pe
ition was turned down, 1 Vfe-to-1,
tt the state level and was rc
;oundly deb ded by Holt county
ins. (see tabli on page 10.)
The truck fine amendment car
ded in a close statewide vote. The
'rain tax amendment was okayed
>y Nebraska voters; also the sal
iry change proposal
The tax liability amendment
md tax commission amendment
vere defeated.
Holt county voters wire dis
,osed to vo • against the ton-mile
ax and all five amendments.
Holt count van> were 690 votes
hort of equalling the all-time re
ord vote in the (presidential elec
ion of 1952.
County Clerk Kenneth Waring
aid 175 absentee and disabled
rotes will be counted in the can
vassing of the votes, but no county
aces will hinge on the outcome.
William C. Kelley,
Wife Will Observe
60th Anniversary
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Wil
iam C. Kelley, who reside in
nman, Sunday, Novefber 11,
vill observe their 60th wedding
inniversary.
Ten years ago they held open
louse on their 50th wedding date. |