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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1956)
IE North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 33. O’Neill. Holt County, Nebraska. 1 hursday, December 13, 1*356. Seven Cents ‘‘Hello, Mrs. Santa Claus! Tell HEM I want a buggy and some dishes . . . and a dolly!" It’s Mary Jeanne Dufek. 5, speak ing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dufek.—The Frontier Photo. | Mrs. Santa Makes ‘Spot’ Phone Check Ralph L. Butler Burial at Ewing T o Locality Before Town Formed EWING — Ralph L. ( Roxy ’) Butler, 83, died Tuesday, Decem ber 4, at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Doretta Larsen, at Sno homish, Wash. He had suffered, a heart ailment. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p in., Monday, December 10, at the Methodist church in Ewing with Rev. Lee Brigden, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Ewing cemetery. Bd Hoag and Mrs. Harriet Wel ke sang favorite hymns and Mis. Wilbur Spangler was accompan ist. Pallbearers were Clifford Hahl beck, James Good, Eddie Schra der, Archie Tuttle, Jay Butler and Frank Noffke. The late Mr. Butler was born at Vinton, la., February 19, 1873, a son of Leroy S. and Mary B. Butler. At the age of 7 he came to Nebraska with his parents and settled in the community later to become known as Ewing. He was reared here and spent most of his life farming. In 1896 he was united in mar riage with Ella Lambert. They became the parents of twin sons —Mervin and Erwin. His wife, j Ella, and one son, Erwin, died at the time of the babies’ birth. On December 31, 1899, Mr. Butler married Florence Canfield and they became the parents of four sons and four daughters. With the exception of seven years on a farm near Dallas, S.D., Mr. Butler lived in or near Ewing The past 20 years he made hie | home wiin ms uauiuwi, jT at Snohomish, usually spending the summer months with other children. . The late Mr. Butler often visit- j ed in Ewing during the summer months. . He was preceded in death by his wife, Florence; a «m, Guy.i killed in action during World War II; and by an infant grandson,' John. lf Survivors include: Sons Mer vin of Sedro Woolley, Wash.; Doyal of Bridgeport; Ralph of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; IJallas Snohomish; daughters—Mrs. Dor etta Larsen of Snohomish; Mrs. Iva Hughes of Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. Esther Simmons of Cuper tino, Calif.; and Mrs. Joyce At kinson of Kingsford, Mich.; 24 children; brother — George of Gillette, Wyo.; many nieces and nephews. Out - of - town relatives and friends attending the funeral were: Mrs. Doretta Larsen of Snohomish, Wash.; Mrs. Esther Simmons of Cupertino, Calif.; Harriet and Roxanna Simmons, both of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Doyal Butler, their three children and also their son and daughter in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Butler, all of Gillette, Wyo.; Mrs. A. B. McKay and Mrs. Garnet Tepen hoff, both of Norfolk. Fred l ams, Wife Plan Open-FIouse EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tams will be honored at m open-house reception in thi par lors of the Methodist church here on Sunday, December 16. 2 to 5 p.m. They will be observ ing their golden wedding anni versary. The affair is being arranged by | their son, Robert, and his wife. , The public is invited. |< Viait Relative*— Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Ressel of Opheim, Mont., arrived here on Thursday to visit relatives. They had moved to Opheim about a' ■ year ago where he is employed by . the REA '• ! > The Jolly Ol’ Fellow up North j Pole way is going to be sorely pressed for time provided he fulfills all the gift requests heap-! ed on him this week by O’Neill j smallfry. Mrs. Santa did some spot | checking in O’Neill by phone to i determine the nature of some of the wants. The Frontier contacted Mrs. j Santa (the Jolly Ol’ Man him self was too busy to talk). This is her report: Edward Tellier, 6: “I don’t know. Well, a white handled gun and a football.” Larry Tellier, 3: “Some guns, a guitar.” Jeffrey Bunkers, 3: “Electric train and road grader.” Jan Donohoe, 4: “A bed, a buggy and a dolly.” Connie Donohoe, 3: “A dolly and a buggy and a bed.” Jim Grady, 5: “Some cowboy boots, two guns and a holster with six bullets in the back and a fuzzy bunny for my brother, I John William.” Bonnie Krugman, 5: “I want a walking doll, a buggy, some stockings and some high heeled shoes for my doll. ” One little 3-year-old studiously determined she’d better wait un til next year to tell what she wanted for Christmas. Stevie Brewster of Stuart, 3: “A hatchet and an army gun, too.” Terry Asher, 5: “A record play er, a shooting gun and a bat play er.” (continued on page 11) Harry R. Smith Buys Lundgren Building The Harry R. Smith Imple- , ments began moving this week j from the Shriner estate building on East Everett street, between j Third and Fourth, to the C. E. j Lundgren building at the corner of Third and Douglas. Mr. Lundgren has sold the I building and three lots in the rear to Mr. Smith. The Lundgren building, which; for many years was the loca tion of the Chevrolet-Oldsmo bile-Cadillac agency, has been idle since September when the Ken Benson Motor company was sold to A. Marcellus. Mr. Smith said moving and ta king of inventory will be done si multaneously and the work will extend over several weeks. Vandals Undress, Ruin Yule Tree Prior to 9:30 p. m., Tuesday a gailey decorated outdoor Christ mas tree at the Mrs. Georgia Ras ley residence on East Benton street helped brighten the north side of the city'. Then the vandals came. Lights were torn from the trees and some of the branches were broken. Mrs. Rasley reported to police the vandals are known and she will ask that they be prosecuted. Mrs. J. J. Harrington, a neigh bor, earlier had erected a fence near the front sidewalk at her residence. Originally, it was a lit tle wooden fence; later reinforced with steel posts. Three times re cently the fence has been knock ed down. Robertson Joins Marcellus Firm— Delbert A. Robertson has been appointed bookkeeper salesman for the A. MarceUus Chevrolet company. Mr. Robertson in the past 10 ,ears has been employed by the Chambers State bank, Midwest Motor company and, until re cently, the Lohaus Motor com jany. SPENCER—The Spencer State bank Monday celebrated its 25th birthday with an open-house ob servance Refreshments were served and favors were distribu ted. • • . % / * J* 9 1 X * . - \ •' 94 Hunters Get Deer in 5-DayHunt Success Ratio 80.8rc; Rossman’s 192 - Lb. Mule Biggest Here Ninety-four deer were tagged, checked and weighed at the O’- j Neill checking station during the five-day open deer season, which came to a close Sunday evening. The season opened Wednesday, December 5. Honors for the biggest deer brought in went to Mrs. Beulah L. Rossman of Atkinson. Her j mule deer weighed 192 pounds. Seven deer were checked in at O’Neill the first day, 13 the sec ond, 13 the third, 22 the fourth, and 39 the fifth. Nebraskans harvested 6,582 deer, a success ratio of 80.8 per cent. Last year’s success ratio in the state was 77.3. Game Warden Fred Salak of O’Neill estimated about 56 per cent successes in Holt county. Most of the hunting was done in northern Holt. Checking stations also were in operation by the game commis sion at Bassett, Center and Nor folk. | Reporting deer kills at the 1 O’Neill station were: Emil Adamson, O'Neill. John Estel Angel, Spencer. Irene R. Anson, Page. James A. Babcock, Comstock. Gene R. Batenhorst, Stuart. Edward Bausch, Atkinson. Hugh O. Benson, Spencer. William J. Boies, Ewing. Donald W. Borg, O’Neill. Ronald E. Borg, O’Neill. Earl S. Briggs, Hooper. Fritz L. Brockman, Emmet. Howard C. Carsten, Dorsey. Phyllis Ann Carsten, Dorsey. Kellie H. Case, Omaha. ^ Frank J. Clausen, Naper. Harold Rex Coburn, O’Neill. Lloyd E. Cork, Page. James E. Davis, Stuart. George W. Dawson, Naper. Robert J. Deming, Stuart Sammie Derickson, O Neill. Charles T. Doty, Atkinson. Richard L. Drake, Western. Arthur W. Ellwanger, Butte. Stanley V. Emry, Comstock. ii__ irsKnu rvNpiJl. Cecil T. Grenier, O’Neill. Herman H. Grothe, Emmet. Morris L. Hagberg, Spencer. Eddie A. Hannum, Omaha. Lei and G. Hiatt, Bristow. Robert W. Herman, Butte. Qrvil W. Holz, Lynch. Donald Lee Hovey, Lincoln. Donald A. Hynes, O’Neill. Martin JehoreK, Lynch. Donald E. Jenny, Clarkson. Howard L. Johnson, Verdigre. Guy M Keeler, Lynch. Roy F. King, Fairmont. Harold V. Kirkland, Atkinson. Helen D. Kitchens, Atkinson. Nola M. Klasna, Spencer. Norman J. Kleeb, Broken Bow. Alvin Kotrous, Spencer. Marvin E. Kroeger, Schuyler. Gerald R. Lamason, Page. William D. Langan, O’Neill. Vivian L. Laursen, Orchard. Elroy A. Lieb, O’Neill. Nels A. Linquist, Star. Dexter D. Martin, Genoa. Wayne L. Martz, Norfolk. John T. Masters, Omaha. Richard L. Melcher, Creighton. | Murray D. Mellor, Atkinson. Leander F. Menke, O’Neill. Wilbur B. Miller, O’Neill. Marion H. Mohr, Butte. Alvin E. Morris, Naper. Fritz H. Naber, Atkinson. Evelyn A. Obermire, Atkinson. Vincent E. Obermire. Harold R. Pierce, Lincoln. William L. Popple, Kearney. Norbert E. Reiman, Butte. Raymond M. Richards, Emmet. Lawrence A. Root, Atkinson. Wayne R. Root, Atkinson. Beulah G. Rossman, Atkinson. Delbert C. Rossman, Atkinson. Lloyd A. Rouse, O’Neill. Donald E. Rzeszotarski, Emmet. Herman Schroetlin, Butte. John E. Schwindt, Atkinson. Don R. Smith, Atkinson. Dave C. Soper, Butte. Soren C. Sorensen. Star Nodman R. Spelts, Lynch. Donald A. Sterns, O Neill. Glen R. Stewart, Lynch. A. F. Svoboda, Schuyler. Charles Tasler, Atkinson. Arthur E. Urban, Ewing. Eugene H. Wahl, Atkinson. Bruce E. Weier, O’Neill. Rex W. Wilson, O’Neill. Ruth V. Wilson, O’Neill. Bessie B. Witherwax, Spencer. Emmett E. Wright, Ewing. John H. Wright, Anoka. 309 Votes Cast in Corn Referendum A total of 309 votes were cast n Tuesday’s balloting in connec ;ion with the Holt county ASC •orn referendum election. A total of 140 votes favored the iase, 133 voted for allotments, md 35 challenged. On the national scene in one of 'ive separate corn referendums, .he growers voted in effect to stick with the old base authorized n 1938. Frontier for printing! # , , * • * THANKS TO PLASTIC. . . Catherine Malloy Walks Again! By a Staff Writer A sturdy Holt county farm woman, soon to be 82-years old. can walk again—thanks to a piece of plastic and the deft hands of surgeons. Mrs. Catherine Malloy, who resides with a son, Thomas, be tween Emmet and Atkinson, won't know until she reads this piece that she suffered a broken hip last month and that a new technique in surgery was used to mend the fracture. One day she attenmpted to open a door at the farm home and discovered she couldn’t ne gotiate a step with her right hip. "Something slipped”, she explained. She called for her son. Her son called a doctor. On Monday, November ”6, three surgeons—one a bone spe cialist from Lincoln—undertook the operation. The bone that had been frac tured was so soft a new tech nique, less than a year old, was applied. Top of the fractured bone was removed and replac ed with plastic. Then came the “sew up” and the mending. The latter the important element of time. Little more than two weeks later Mrs. Malloy was on her feet again for short periods. The leg that once betrayed her now works. The Frontier reporter called and evaded the surgery discus sion. "I’m getting along fine,” she j quipped. “Why shouldn’t I? , Wonderful hospital . . . best of care. Still I can’t wait to quit ; this medicine and go home. ’ There are indications she soon will be going home, pro viding the mending continues. Mrs. Malloy was born at Helena, Mont. Her maiden name was Catherine O’Brien. Her father wound up in Mon tana after being a stowaway in connection with the ’49 gold rush. As a lad of 16, her dad left New York by steamer, rounded South America, and reached California via the Pa cific. Her husband, Thomas Malloy, a native of Pennsylvania, reach mm.jw Mrs. Malloy, soon to be 82, suffered broken hip when “some- ' thing slipped”.—The Frontier Photo. eel Montana via Holt county, whore his people were home steaders, and the Black Hills where several members of the family were briefly located, They were married at Butte. Mont., 58 years ago. “He was a farmer at heart and we finally came back to Hoit county.” Mr. Malloy’s father froiie to death on the family hay claim years ago. Mrs. Malloy has two sons and lour daughters: Thomas of At kinson; Miss Frances of Los An geles, Calif.; Mrs. George (Cath erine) Zeimens of Neligh; Mrs. Floyd (Helen) Osborne of At kinson; Mrs. Rose Welch of At kinson, and Charles, who lives west of Emmet. She counts nine grandchildren. Mr. Malloy died about 25 years ago. Failing Eyesight Slows Hobbyist By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR. Frontier Feature Writer Steven E. Hicks of O’Neill celebrated his 86th birthday an niversary the other day. Not unusual for a person in the Twentieth century to attain their 86th. But there are other factors that make Mr. Hicks a worthy subject for a story. He was born at Waterloo, Black Hawk county, Iowa, No vember 28, 1870, and arrived in the Leona community on Black bird creek (Holt county) August 22, 1878. His parents were homesteaders. Mr. Hicks was married to Mrs. Gertrude Hubby March 24, 1892. She died June 13, 1950, leaving two daughters and one son—Julia Hubby, Mrs. Adeline Sporn and Clarence Hicks (the latter is now deceased). Mr. Hicks reminisces about the famous January blizzard of 1888 and modestly takes credit ' for the safety of 16 school girls, j He escorted them that infamous | day to the Pete Nelson home where the “prisoners” tore down an old shed and sawed it j jp to keep a fire going. Tlie teacher was Ham;) Hall. He kept the 13 boys, except Hicks, at the school. It had been decided the boys could do with less heat and lesser accomoda tions; that’s why the boys re mained with teacher and Mr. Hicks inherited the mission of taking care of the girls. The Nelson family was away from home that day. One family came to the school and claimed the custody of their rhildren before the storm had reached Its height. The 80 rods to the Nelson ' place was difficult to negotiate in the swirling blizzard. Stories of the historic storm are many and varied. Only two J girls of the Hicks group are liv- j ing—Mrs. Carrie Borg of O’Neill I and Mrs. Maude Hoyer of Se- | attle, Wash. Only boys of that school room still living are Er nest Beaver of Deaver, Wyo., and Dave Hansen of Sioux Falls, S. D., and, of course. Mr. Hicks. Mi*. Hicks retired since 1925, has woodwork for a hobby. He has many fine pieces of furni ture to evidence the many hours of work. What-not shelves, novelty numbers, foot stools, plant stands, picture frames, book i shelves and many other items ! attract the interest of visitors to the home. A very unusual plant stand is j fashioned after the ferris wheel | pattern. It keeps the flower pots upright no matter how the wheel turns. Made of outdoor plywood, it makes a useful as well as at tractive piece of lawn furniture. This stand is the property of his granddaughter, Miss Twila Hicks, who teaches at Fairfax, S. D. He has also figured out a uni que set of shelves that are held | to the wall with only two screws. Fitted into the space between a window or door frame and a corner with the other end free, ho adds sheves above to suit his purpose. There is not a nail in the shelf project. The boards are held in place by te pinch of the board as it has been sawed to fit. This type has to be custom built to fit a specific j corner. He has made one of his own special foot stools for each of his schoolmates and also for those for whom he has built houses or did any great amount of carpentering. Their name is sawed out in the stool seat, sometimes other information :s added. Mr. Ilicks also assisted with the making of a model of St. Patrick’s Catholic church at O’Neill, scaled down to a six inch steeple size. This is a l'eat of which he is very proud. Mr. Hicks does his own house keeping with exception of the laundry. He has “quite good health'’ j ?xcept for his failing jyesight : .vhich precludes any more wood j working. The jiggle of the saw md the fine patterns he sawed )ut strained his eyes to the point | vhere he can no longer do it. Visitors will find a sampie of ais original designing in the narker in his yard. The mark er contains his name and address, laving an Inquiry as to where le lives. j Small Schools Group : Schedules Meetingsj -- i ] A series of meetings conducted ’ by the Holt chapter of the Ne-1. araska Small Schools association! s in progress. ! A meeting was held Tuesday ; light at the Amelia school. A- ( lother will be held tonight ( Thursday) at the Inman school [ md still another is scheduled i Friday evening at the Cleveland ;hurch, north of Stuart, both starting at 8 p. fri. . . Frontier for printing! V • ’ • . ’ Steve Hicks and his homemade Ferris wheel . . . wood bobby has kept him busy.—Tbe Frontier Photo • • • * • *■••*.**•',*• V- • •1 • ;• . .*• * * Unorthodox Rider Seriously Hurt Thomas W. Eacker, 37, of Ewing about 11 30 p.m., Mon day jumped onto the fender of a car driven by John Kac zor, 32. of Ewing. The car moved forward about 70 feet, smacked the right rear corner of the box of a parked truck owned by the village of Ewing. In the proceedings. Mi'. Eacker suffered a broken pelvic bone, was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital at O'Neill, and Tuesday was transferred t o Omaha hospital. He is also suffering internal in juries. Mr. Eacker weighs 320 pounds. State Patrolman Robert Gude of O'Neill, who investigated, said the Kaczor car had been parked at the east side of the Broadway bar in Ewing when Kaczor backed up and pulled away with the outboard pas senger. Damage to the car was es timated at $125 and damage to the village truck was neg ligible. James D. Beck, 77, Expires in Missouri Helps Inaugurate Holt Extension Work STUART—James David Beck, 77, who lived in the Cleveland community north of Stuart for many years, died Monday, De cember 10, at Nevada, Mo. The remains will arrive at Stuart, early today (Thursday). Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Burial will be in the Stuart cemetery near the grave of his wife. Pallbearers will be Donald Schaffer, Calvin Allyn, Janies Deming, Elmer McClurg, Law rence Lofquist and Otto Bau meister. > The late Mr. Beek was born February 6. 1879, at Elta inont. 111., a son of Delvan and Marilla Beck. Mr. Beck, his wife and their five children lived 11 miles north of Stuart for many years, moving to Missouri in 1947 Mrs. Beck died November 11, 1952, at Nevada. The late Mr. Beck was an or iginal director of the Holt county extension service. He was a widely-known operator of a grain threshing rig and did cus tom work until the advent of the modern combine. Survivors include: Sons — Richard of Mesa, Ariz.; George of Atkinson; Roy of Lebanon, Mo., and Clarence of Chester, Calif.; daughter—Miss Amanda of Nevada, Mo; seven grand children; two great-grandchil dren; brother— George Beck of Witten, S. D. Legion to Host Kids at Yule Party A Christmas party for children of American Legionnaires and auxiliary members will be held Thursday, December 20, at the Legion auditorium, it was an nounced this week by Dr. H. D. Gildersleeve, post commander. There will be a 25-cent gift | exchange and a free motion pic ture. Gildersleeve appointed the fol lowing committee to handle ar rangements: John H. McCarville and Carroll (“Cal”) Stewart, co chairman, Dr. E. M Gleeson, Ro bert DeVoy, Robert Moore, Dean Reed, and William C. Whited. Meanwhile, the Legion and auxiliary again will present food baskets and toys to needy child ren in the community on Christ- I mas eve. Any person knowing of a needy j family that might be otherwise overlooked is urged to write: Commander, American Legion, O’Neill. 'The Legion expects the load for the needy to be greater this year than before and will accept mon ey, toys or other suitable gifts for distribution. Jaycee Toys-for-Tots Plan Is Progressing The Junior Chamber of Com merce toys-for-tots activities vill be headed by a committee ncl uding Bud Godel, Edward Juddy and Wayne Donohoe, it vas announced this week. All Jaycees and associate nembers are urged to meet with he committee on Sunday, De cember 16, starting at 7 p.m., to inalize plans for the campaign, rhe meeting will be held at the American Legion club. A special program will be held Junday evening, December 23, t the Legion, between 7 and 3 •’clock. The toy pickup will be onducted at that time and the •rogram and acknowledgements vill be broadcast by KVHC. Richard Moses came from Lin coln Friday to visit his parents, VIr. and Mrs. H. S. Moses, until ruesday. • * * World Warl V et Expires; Rites T oday Roy Rhodes, 67, III 12 Months, Dies in Lincoln Hospital STUART Roy Rhodes, 07, a resident of Stuart and a World V ar I veteran, died Monday af ternoon, December 10, in the Veterans hospital at Lincoln. lie had been ill about a year. He was born April 13, ihh». ai Brocksburg, son of L. M. ml Melvina Rhodes. The family moved to Half county when he was a child. I he late Mr. Rhodes entered the army at the age of 28 and! served two years during World War I, a ixntion of that time un France. He was discharged Aug ust IS, 1919. He was united in marriage wrffu Hattie Wilkins June 6, 1923 They became the parents of four ctul ren. The Rhodes family lived north west of Stuart where Mr. Rhode* farmed many years, retiring * bout two years ago. He joined the Presbyleruun church when he was a young man and had served as an elder unUR his health failed. Survivors include; Widow Hattie; sons Marvin of Lincoln,. Orlo of Stuart; daughters- Mrs Don (Lila) Everingham of Idaho Falls, Ida., and Mrs. Pete t Don na) Foxworthy of Valentine; four grandsons—Donny and ljarry Everingham and Terry and Mick ey Foxworthy of Valentine, sui ters—Mrs. Flora Sylvester of Burton and Lura Behrens of Oregon. funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p. m., today (Thurs day) at the Community uhuretk. Rov. William Mulfont of i ozadt will officiate. Burial will lx* us the Stuart cemetery under the direction of the Coats funeral service. Military rites will be held at the cemetery. Pallbearers will be Fbank Johnson and Albert Everingham. both of Newport; Ray Greenfield. Z. X. Marshall, Berlin Mitchell and Fred Tasler, all of Stuart. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters—Della Walker and Pearl McCartney, three brothers—Wallace, Earl and Alva. Frequent Visitor Perishes in River ATKINSON—A frequent visi tor to the Atkinson community was drowned last week in an un usual river accident. Parker Wilson of Franklin. Tenn., cousin of Alex Forsythe of Atkinson, slipped on a plank, which served as a gangway lead ing onto his 75-tho'usand-dollar river boat. Mr. Wilson slipped, felt into the water, was in the water about five minutes, but could not be revived. Mr. Parker and his wife visited Atkinson relatives in October. Survivors incdlude: Widow— Cynthia; two sons. Funeral ser vices were held Saturday at Franklin. Jury to Be Called for Held Hearing A hearing in the case of Wil liam (“Bill”) Held, 35, of Cham bers, charged with assault and battery, has been continued from Friday, December 14, until Thurs day, December 20, in Holt county court. A complaint against Held wu signed by Herman Cooke, a neighbor, following an alleged in cident. Elmer C. Rakow of Neligli, Held’s attorney, and William W Griifin, Holt County attorney, have asked or a jury trial. The jury list will be submitted Mon day morning and the hearing next Thursday wil start at 10 a.m. Cooke signed the complaint from his hospital bed in the pres ence of County Judge Louis W. Reiraer. Held was wounded in the head at Anzio and later was wounded at Belfort Gap in Southern France during World War II Held, who was jailed overnight on Cooke’s complaint, posted $500 bond. I omjacks Making Carrier Cruise Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tomjack on Saturday received an air mail let ter from their son, Reed, who is with the navy. As a Christmas gift th their parents, the crew of SS Bodonian Straits, an aircraft carrier, were inviting their parent* on a cruise. The Tomjacks were able to ob tain rail reservations and left . early Sunday morning from Grand Island, arriving in Califor- . nia Monday evening. Tuesday, they left on a cruise. The Tomjacks expect to be home this weekend. .
