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Volume 76.—Number 39._O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday. January 24, I c>57. _Seven l ent*>
Small School Group
in Show of Strength
.Mrs Lonman . . . reared at
Niobrara.
,
Mrs. Royal Lanman,
III 8 Years, Dies
Gold Star Mother;
Rites Wednesday
Mrs. Royal R. Lanman, 58, 811
East nonton st., died at 3 p.m.,
Sunday, January 20, at her home
in O’Neill. She had been in failing
health for eight years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m , Wednesday, January
23, at the Wesleyan Methodist
church with Rev. Duane Lauber,
church pastor, officiating. Burial
was in Prospect hill cemetery.
The remains lay In state at Big
lin’s chapel between 7 and 9 o’
clock Tuesday evening and at the
church on Wednesday between 11
a m., and the funeral hour.
Pallbearers were Ray Osborne,
F'rank Fritton, Earl MeClanahan,
Archie Ashby, Herman DeGroff
and James VanEvery.
The late Mrs. Lanman.
whose maiden name was Jessie
Myrtle Kessler, wah born
April 9. 1898. at Osmond, a
(laughter of Zedakiah Kessler
and Marne Barnes Kessler
Her father was a native of
Virginia; her mother a native
of Michigan.
When she was 3-years-old she
moved to Niobrara where she
was reared by her grandparents.
On December 23, 1915, at N*°
brara she married Mr. Lanman,
best-known as "Roy”.
On three different occasions the
lainnuuvs moved to Norfolk, re
turning to Niobrara and Verdel.
They lived for a time on a farm
near Monowi in Boyd county,
coming to Holt county in 1945.
Their son, S/Sgt. Robert E.,
wits killed in action on Luzon in
the Pacific area March 15, 1945, j
while participating in World War j
II. Mrs. Lanman was a gold j
star mother of the American Le- j
gion auxiliary at Verdel.
The couple moved to O’Nelil
that same yew—1945—and
have resided here since that
time.
Survivors include: Widower —J
Royal; daughters — Mrs. Vern
(Loretta) Grenier of Mt. Vernon,
Wash., formerly of O’Neill, and
Mrs. George (Imojean) Mellor of
Spencer; sons—Roy E. ("Bud”)
of Verdel and Donald D., of Ver
million, S.D., a university stu
dent; mother—Mrs. Marne Ses
sler of Denby, S.D.; sisters—Mrs.
John Faulk of Denby, S.D.; and
Mrs. Dale Fox of Albany, Ore.; |
brother—William Land of Port
land, Ore.; 13 grandchildren.
Iowa Farmer Will
Speak at Meeting
Edmund Groomcs, a farmer of
Menlo, la., will be principal
speaker at the annual meeting of
the Elkhorn Valley National
Farm Loan association stock
holders’ meeting to be held Wed
nesday, January 30.
The meeting will be held at the!
American Legion auditorium here,
starting at 11 a m. Lunch will bei
served at noon by the American
Legion auxiliary.
Program will be in the after
noon.
"The NFLA is marking its 40th
year of service” according to Lyle
P. Dierks of Ewing, secretary
treasurer.
’56 Rainfall Far
Below Normal
DELOIT—Lambert Bartak, a
neighborhood weather observer,
furnishes the following precip
itation figures:
1953 23.42 in.
1954 19 99 in.
1955 10-71 in. ]
1956 - 1S-87 In.
The normal for Holt county is
about 24 inches.
Auction Calendar
Tuesday, February 5: Holt
County Aberdeen-Angus associ
ation, 57 bulls, 32 females. Uth
annal sale of registered Angus;
O’Neill Livestock Market Write
E L. Miner. O’Neill, for cata
log.
Mrs. Bernard Dusatko of Em
met, was a Sunday dinner gueat
of Mrs. Bob Cook.
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(See editorial on page 2.)
The Nebraska Small Schools
issociation, born at Amelia as
in outgrowth of an effort to
ave the two-grade Amelia high
school, made an impressive
how of strength Tuesday at the
tale capitol in Lincoln
About three hundred persons
rom 15 counties appeared at an
‘duration committee hearing,
rhey flexed their muscles i bit
>ut offered no opposition to a
jill under consideration at the
n-aring.
Leo Clinch of Burwell, secre
ary-treasurer of the organ(za
.ion, said some of the group come
o talk with legislators. Most
>f them attended a hearing on a
teacher certification bill.
The organization was recentlv
labeled a "noisy minority” by
State Education Commissioner
Freeman B. Decker. The as
sociation is opposed to the K
12 school redistricting proposal.
The proposal has not been in
troduced in the legislature and is
not given any chance of approval
if it is introduced.
Mr Clinch said the new or
ganization has 10 thousand to
12 thousand members. There
are units in 34 counties and 10
more counties are organizing,
he said.
Dues are $1 a member up to
a maximum of one hundred dol
lars for one school district, he
said.
Chauncey Barney has been
hired as Lincoln counsel.
Senators Frank Nelson of
O’Neill and J. W- Burbach of
Crofton introduced LB 293
authorizing school hoards to
pay membership dues in ed
ucational organizations and to
hire attorneys.
Senator Nelson said the bill
was requested by the Small
Schools association.
Mr. Nelson said the Nebraska
Rural School Boards associa
tion had planned a bill au
thorizing use of school funds for
membership dues. School funds
have been spent this way for
years and only recently has a
luestion been raised, he said
No opposition developed at
he hearing on the bill which
would liberalize two provisions
in Nebraska’s teacher eertifiea
ion laws, but the committee
,'oted to hold the bill for pos
sible Incorporation with a later
measure on the same subject.
The Small School association
s watch-dogging the education
egislatlon in all respects. Pres
cient Lloyd Waldo told The
frontier.
The groi<p supported the mea
sure in Tuesday’s hearing.
Homer Wild of Fremont,
member of the Small School
group, said: “We believe in that
inscription on the north side of
the capito which says: “Salva
tion of the state lies in watch
fulness of the citizen,” and that’s
why we're here!”
The controversial *K-12 was
not discussed.
Hattie B. Ticknor
Burial Saturday
Mrs. Hattie Birdella Ticknor,
81. former resident of Inman,
died at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan
uary 16, at Denver, Colo.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, January
19, at Biglin’a funeral chapel.
Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme
tery near the grave of her hus
band, the late Fred Ticknor.
Grandsons were pallbearers: Oli
ver Whithy and Russell Whithy,
both of Naper, Dean Ticknor of
Burke, S.D., and Alfred Allison
of Winner S.D.
Rev. Glenn Kennicott of the
Methodist church officiated.
The late Mrs. Ticknor was born
May 12, 1875, a daughter of John
Fillmore and Caroline Meeker
Fillmore.
She moved from Holt county
to Denver about 25 years ago.
Survivors include: Sons—Elmer
of Burke, S.D., and Vaughn of
Ogallala: daughter—Mrs. Francis
Kastor of Winner, S.D.
One son, Harold, died after the
family moved from Holt.
Leavingfor
Washington—
Mr and Mrs. Wesley Taylor
and two children will be leaving
today (Thursday) for Camas,
Wash., where Mr. Taylor expects
to find employment. Mr. Taylor,
who has been a lifelong resident
of the O’Neill community, held a
farm sale recently. The Taylor
children have been attending
school in district 33.
INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT
Chambers—Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Adams of Atkinson, formerly of
Chambers, drove to Scribner
Sunday to visit their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Christianson, and family. Mr.
Christianson was involved in a
car accident a few days earlier.
The mishap had caused consider
able damage to his car. None was
hurt.
WEATHER STTMMARY
January 17 22 3
January 18 37 7
January 19 39 12
January 20 38 7
January 21 32 -13
January 22 33 -2
January 23 27 -2
Coloradoans Here—
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ridge
way of Colorado Springs, Colo,
visited from Wednesday until
Monday with their parents, Mr
and Mrs I. R. Ridgeway, and
Merle Richards of Atkinson
Schaffer to
Quit PCA
Presidency
Helped Found Credit
Group and Served
20 Years at Head
D C. Schaffer, president of
the O'Neill Production Credit
association for the past 20 years
and one of the original incor
porators in 1934, announced
Wednesday that he will not be
a candidate for office of direct
or in the election to be held at
the annual stockholder’s meet
ing today (Thursday).
In announcing his intention to
withdraw, Mr Schaffer said:
“Since I have served as a mem
ber of the board for 22 years, it
seems to be time for the mem
bers of the association to elect
someone else to this position
During these years, I have en
joyed the privilege of serving
with the other directors and
value my experiences and friend
ships resulting from my contact
Schaffer . . . helped found
four-county organitftUon.
with other association members.”
Mr. Schaffer, currently mayor
of O’Neill, intends to continue
i his ranching activities.
Stockholders of the O’Neill
PCA will hold their annual
meeting today at the Royal
theatre in O’Neill. They will
elect directors from Holt and
Garfield counties. C. F. (Frank)
Clark of Burwell is a candidate
' for re-election for director from
i Garfield county.
Principal speaker at the meet
ing will be Charles R Kellogg
of Valentine, member of the dis
trict Farm Credit board of
Omaha.
5 Cub Scout Dens
Organized in City
Five Cub scout dens are now
organized in O’Neill. Elroy A
Lieb has den I; Mrs. Neil A.
Dawes, den II; Mrs. Red DeWitt,
den III; Mrs. M. B. Marcellus,
den IV.
Mrs- Harry Larsen had den
five in January and Mrs. Carrol
McKay will have that unit in
February, assisted by Mrs. Lar
sen.
February theme Is the blue
and gold banquet, which will be
held the last part of February
Grant Peacock is cub scoul
master.
This street interseetion accident sent three O'Neill youths to the hospital and resulted in ex
tensive damage to both machines- Larry l ay lor’s car (gTey) hit middle of Matthew Hynes, jr.,
machine (black).—The Frontier Photo.
! About I hat K.id Chorus:
Superlatives Hard to Come By
By a Staff Writer
“Best concert yet!”
“Angel voices!”
“First rate singing with a bit of
Broadway thrown in!”
Just a sample of the praises
heaped upon Director Eduardo
Caso and members of the intcr
! nationally-famous Tucson (Ariz.)
Boys Chorus heard by more than
1,200 persons here Thursday
! night in the second of the 1 BSC
’S? series of Community Concerts.
After two hours and 10 minutes
i of hard work by the artists and
sheer delight in behalf of the |
audience, Mr. Caso was obliged to
prevail on the nationalistic in
stinct of the listeners in order to j
break up the meeting.
You see, the audience alter- j
nately applauded, cheered and
rocked under the deft and flexible;
Caso treatment.
The concert would still be in
progress except that Mr. Caso
called on the chorus to do “God
Bless America”.
The audience, in a mood for j
encores and more encores, persist
ed. Mr. Caco stayed on with his
superbly trained and unique class \
of music-makers.
Finally, Mr. Caso called for
audience participation in "The
Star Spangled Banner.”
That did it—ended the concert.
But the sweet memory will linger
as long as there are men and wo
men living who were in the O’
Neill public school auditorium
that blessed night.
N0 one could have conceived
! more variation in programming
than Mr. Caso conjured, assisted
by a very able piano accompanist,
Alfred Del Moral.
Work of Handel, Lvovsky and
] Randall Thompson was included
in the first grouping — religious
numbers. The 26-voice chorus in
stantly endeared itself to the
hearts of the listeners with the
rich tonal quality of the very first
bar. With Mr. Caso exacting su
perb tone and magnificent disci
pline from the shiny-faced group,
the Sandhills people settled down
j for a full evening of pleasing-to
the-ear music.
Thompson’s “Alleluia” was
highlighted by smoothness and
balance of the highest order.
The lowliest infidel in the big
room was compelled to acknow
ledge n God in Heaven as little
Terry Grimble sang “The Lord’s
Prayer”.
Terry’s face had been scratched
up a bit—playing football a few
weeks ago. The scratches, how
ever, had no bearing on the music.
Terry, 8, was born and reared in
Tucson, has a sister.
The second grouping—classics
- included unexpected byplay.
There were hilarious antics on
stage during the “Laughing Song”
in which Joel Cohen, slightly
corpulent, stole the show in the
laughing passages.
Transition from a Russian
chant to the laughing piece was
easy enough—Tucson style.
Cowboy songs and characteris
tic music of the Southwest made
up the third group. Authentic
staging with cactus and campfire
and an occasional forlorn howl of
a “coyote” from off stage provid
ed the background for a medley
of such favorites as ‘‘Blue
Prairie”, '‘Lie Low Little Dogies”,
"Cool Water”, “Blue Shadows on
The Trail”, and “Tumbling
Tumbleweed.”
Robert Dawson, soon to quit the
high soprano ranks with the bles
sing of Mother Nature, moved the
audience with “I Wander ... I
Wander” and later in a "girlish”
twist, tickled the funnybones with
“Cornin' Through the Rye”.
But the fourth grouping — fa
mous American show tunes —
pleased the O’Neill audience be
yond compare. The insatiable |
crowd virtually demanded en
cores — and got them — from a
generous Mr. Caso and a weary 11
band of young troubadors. The j
older boys (already graduated
from the soprano bracket) were
equal to the prolonged program,
but the little fellows—ages 8, 9,
10—evidenced some weariness.
About that time Mr. Caso called
for the national anthem.
Show tunes included bits from
“Oklahoma”, “Hans Christian
Andersen” and “My Fair Lady”.
Mr. Caso, a music master at
hybrid boys’ schools in Mother
England, has brought to the na
tion a music machine that is en
titled to more superlatives than
we can muster. Add a dash of
Broadway, Mr. Del Moral’s
Steinway finesse, a brief moment
of sattire at the expense of Mr.
Presley and you have a fair sum
mary of Thursday’s concert by
the Tucson Boys Chorus.
The appropriate superlatives
. . . they’re hard to come by when
dealing with Mr. Caso & Co.
TB X-Ray Count
Shows Increase
The current visit of the state
department of health mobile X
ray unit, providing free X-rays to
Holt countyans, is much more
popular than during a previous
visit five years ago.
The unit will be at Inman Fri
day, January 25; at Page Tuesday,
January 29, and at Ewing two
days—Thursday, January 31, and
Friday, February 1.
A total of 1,814 chests were X
ray during the unit’s O'Neill visit
last week — an increase of 502
over 1951.
To Address Club—
SPENCER—Rev. Charles Kam
ber, Catholic pastor at Lynch, will
tell of personal experiences be
hind the iron curtain in Europe at
a meeting of the Spencer Wo
man’s club tonight (Thursday).
Octogenarian Dies
of Heart Attack
Bare Funeral Rites
Set for Friday
LYNCH—Charles A. Bare, 80,
a retired rancher who had made
his home in Lynch for many years,
died Monday, January 21, of a
heart attack He was splitting
wood in the yard at his home
when he was stricken.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Janu
ary 25, at the Odd Fellows hail
in Lynch under the direction of
the Jones funeral home.
The late Mr. Bare was born in
Iowa October 14, 1876
In March, 1901, at Pender he
married Bertha Ward. They
became the parents of six chil
dren—one ofc whom died in In
fancy.
He had suffered a heart ail
ment for several years, but had
been downtown twice the day he
was fatally stricken.
The late Mr. Bare was a mem
ber of The Followers religious
group.
He and his wife observed
their 55th wedding anniversary
last year Mr. Bare retired from
active work about seven years
ago.
Survivors include: Widow —
Bertha; sons—Rollie of Mitchell,
Glenn of Morrill and Don of
Lynch; daughters—Mrs. Harlan
(Flora) Bradstreet of Garden
Grove, Calif., and Mrs. C. L
(Fay) Brady of O'Neill; six
grandchildren; four great-grand
children; sisters—Ms. Effie
Twyford and Lola, both of Wait
hill, and Flora of Albuqueque,
N. M ; brother—Frank of Wait
hill.
Former CB&Q Agent
at Page Succumbs
PAGE—Henry Howerter, 67,
former Burlington railroad agent
at Page, died Sunday, January
20, at his home in Lincoln. He
lived at Page during the early
twenties.
Mr Howerter and his wife
visited old friends at Page last
fall.
Survivors include: Widow—
Marie; daughters—Mrs. Russell
Stuber of Inglewood, Calif., and
Mrs. Ralph D. Nelson of Lincoln.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 22, at Lincoln
with burial in Memorial Park
cemetery.
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Sen. Fay Wood of Seward (left) chats with Sen. Frank Nelson of O’Neill during a recess this
week in Nebraska’s unicameral. Nelson is co- sponsoring a bill to enable schools to pay mem
bership out of school district funds for organiia tions such as the Nebraska Small Schools assoc
ctation.—The Frontier Photo by Bruce Rehberg
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3 Youths Hurt in
Street Accident
Hospitalized After
Two - Car Crash
Three youths were hurt about
10:30 p.m . Monday In a two-car .
crash at the corner of Seventh 1
and Everett streets.
Larry Taylor of ONe’ill was
driver of one of the machines,
northbound on Seventh stree4.
Matthew Hynes, jr., was oper
ator of the other car, traveling t
east on Everett- Jeff Wagnon
was a passenger in the Hynes s
machine.
Police Chief John N. Schmit, *
who investigated, said Taylor's (
car ran into the side of the
Hynes machine. Both drivers, ,
however, told Schmit they did (
not see the other vehicle. Both ,
machines were badly damaged. ,
All three were hospitalized |
and their condition is "good". j
Taylor suffered three fra.tur- ,
| ed ribs, elbow and leg cuts and ;
: facial lacerations. (
Hynes and Wagnon received i
j numerous cuts and bruises. 1
! Hynes will be released today <
j (Thursday), his physician said.
Hynes complained of a shoul- 1
dor hurt and Wagnon suffered •
a gash near the eye. 1 1
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One Minute Needed
! i
to Windup Meeting i
When the Grattan township j ,
board recessed its annual meet- |
ing on Tuesday, January 15, folks j ,
trekked homeward to resume the |
meeting one week later—Tues- [
day, January 22.
But only one minute was need
ed to adjourn proceedings for
a year.
P. V Hickey was acting chair
man He opened the meeting,
there was an immediate motion
to adjourn; a second to the mo
tion was quickly forthcoming;
nobody voted nay in a show of
hands.
During the first session a week
earlier, the citizens voted to in
crease the township library bud
get from $3,000 in 195C to $5,000
in 1957—an increase from .56
of a mill to a full mill. The
group also voted to pay one-half
the graveling and claying costs
for opening a four-mile road
i southwest of O’Neill Next day
the county board agreed to pay
| half the graveling and claying
costs and provide the grading.
The county will except the road
as a part of its road system.
The library room was well-fill
ed for both sessions with inter
[ est centered on increasing the
I library budget and opening of
! the road.
-.
Caribbean Cruise
for Two Sisters—
Mrs. W. J. Froelich and Mrs. H.
i J. Birmingham are on a cruise in
the Caribbean sea and will make
. stops at several West Indies re
1 sorts. They left here Monday,
! January 14, and will return Feb
1 | ruary 8. Mrs. Froelich and Mrs.
Birmingham are sisters.
j CHILD WANDERS
f ORCHARD—Elaine Morsbarh,
5, Monday attended rural schoal
! for the first time. She wander
ed away, became the object of a
j widespread search and was found
r several hours later about three
_ miles in the opposite direction of
_ her home. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs William Mors
_ bach and suffered no ill effects.
, -—
v Hurt at Game
Miss Carole Johnson (above),
O’Neill high school senior and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
. Marvin Johnson, suffered a
fractured pevis Friday night in
the confusion that climaxed
“ the O’Neill-Bloomfield basket
* ball game. Miss Johnson, a
3 cheerleader, was knocked to
l- the floor or fell She was tak
i en to St. Anthony’s hospital
a and dismissed Sunday. (De
k tails on the game on page 4.)
—O’Neill Photo Co.
Armory
Hit by New
Directive
Wore Than D o u b 1 c
Present Strength
May Be Necessary
A new federal pulley governing;
he national guard may block the
imposed 200 - thousand - dollar
trnory for O’Neill.
A federal directive can atail
imilar plans at Wayne, Alliance,
'hadron, Fairbury and OgalLata.
The directive forbids new oun
tniction in a community whart
he national guard strength is lean
han two hundred men. Strength of
)’Neill’s conqiuny D, 195th tank,
lattalion, currently is in the ftO
15 bracket, although a recruiting:
Irive was launched a fortnight
igo. Capt. J. L.. McCarville, jr.,
commanding officer, said the di
ective is a “tough assignment”
lecause it means more than
loubling the enlistment.
Of 10 armories in the state us
he planning stage, only Omaha
ind Beatrice could meet the new
equiremont, the adjutant
[eneral’s office announces. York
irrnory, beyond the bidding stage,
vill proceed.
X *» VA IVO -
lere accepted an appraisal com
nittee’s figure of $6,565 for near
y a square block of ground am
he north side of the city us a site
or company D’s proposed arm
>ry. The real estate belongs tc
ity J. Spindler, who agreed to ac
•ept that figure.
The state has 18 armories at
present, but only at North Platte
s the membership over 200. Se
venteen others which have fewer
han 200 men are located at Nor
folk, Auburn, Broken Bow, Co
lumbus, Falls City, Fremont,
Gering, Grand Island, Kearney,
Lexington, McCook, Nebraska
City, Seottsbluff, Sidney and
Seward.
Because the Nebraska nations.
guard is fighting the directive,,
there is still hope the guard bu -
reau in Washington will take an
other look at the picture.
Mothers to March
Against Polios
A mothers' march against polio,
will be held in O’Neill between 7
and 8 p.m., on Thursday, January
31, it was announced this week by
Woodrow Melena, who is to
charge of the arrangements in be
half of the Holt county chapter,.
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
Officers and block workers will
be announced in next week’s is
sue. The start of the march will
be signaled by the fire siren.
Meanwhile, a polio benefit
dance has been scheduled Satur
day evening, January 26, at the
American Legion ballroom, fea
turing Eddie Stan and his orches
tra. Proceeds will go to the polit,
fund.
The Elkhorn Project club do
nated $50 to the fight against po
lio — that amount representing
proceeds from a benefit card
party held Sunday evening. Other
groups likewise are sponsoring
benefit affairs.
A talent show will be held
tonight (Thursday) at Ewing.
Churches, schools and individ
uals are participating in the po
lio benefit. Mrs. Lloyd W“ is.
Ewing’s drive chairman.
Lions Schedule
Organizational Meet
An organizational meeting for &
revived Lions club will be held
Thursday evening, January 31, at
Slat’s Supper club. A. T.
("Steve”) Holcomb of Lincoln,
state organizer, will be present;
also the members of the Baaaetk
chapter.
O’Neill has been without a Li
ons club for several years. Sever
al new members already have
been .signed, Mr. Holcomb stated.
New Managers for
Standard Station;
Raymond Hamik and LuVeraa
Engler, both of Atkinson, have
purchased the Standard Service
Station in O’Neill. The station ha»
been owned and operated try.
Lloyd Rubeck of O’Neill
The new owners took powew
sion last week.
FIRE CLASSES
O’Neill volunteer firemen at
tended instruction classes Tues
day night at the fire station and
will be taking Instruction the next
three Tuesday nights. John Doyle
of Lincoln is teacher. In the spring;
the classes will be in the form of
outdoor drills.
Mr. and Mrs Glenn Getterk
were in Omaha for the weekend.
Their children stayed with th^r
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Liable, in Atkinson