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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1957)
. “Voice of The Frontier" _ WIf C V FOl RTF FN 9-30-10 A M — 780 k.c “ C ^ ‘ 1N F RONTIER ” TWO SECTIONS Mon. — Wed. — S»t. North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 42. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. Thursday, February 14. 1957._Seven Cents ^ATE rriST 900 ^ «Tt ■■MOM. £■ S Mi Mr. and Mr*. Will Walter . . . they met at a country school south of Ewing, married in Iowa.—The Frontier I’hoto. Cheap Dollar Worries the Mister— Will Walter, Wife Are Honored at Clearwater Leg Amputated Hugh J. Birmingham (above), prominent O’Neill resident and livestock grower and president of the First National bank of Atkinson, submitted to the am putation of his left leg in St. Mary's hospital, Roche s t e r, Minn. A blood clot had develop ed here; he was transferred by air ambulance from St. An thony’s hospital here to Roches ter, Members of his family were near him at the time of the operation, including his wife, DeMaris; daughters—Miss Mary Louise, who has been stationed at Nancy, France with the Amer ican Red Cross; the Misses Barbara and Marde, both of Denver, Colo. Miss Mary Louise flew from France to Rochester. His condition is “good.”—The Frontier Photo. Scouts Will Head for Big Jamboree The following Boy Scouts in the area have registered for the 1957 national jamboree to be held at Valley Forge, Pa.: Duane Garwood and Edwin Hall, both of Bassett; Thomas Brewster and Douglas Cobb, both of Stuart; Danny Pursel and Lanny Weddel, both of Spring view; Rodney Pearson and John Cummings, both of Spencer. Rev. E. E. Cummings, Spencer scoutmaster, will be in charge of the group. Chambers Alumns Plan 57 Reunion CHAMBERS — Officers of the Chambers High School Alumni as sociation furthered plans for the 1957 reunion at a recent meeting. The reunion banquet will be held in the school auditorium May 30. Glen Grimes is president; Ed win Hubbard, vice-presi dent; James Platt, treasurer; Mrs. Wil lard Thomson, secretary. By-laws for the organization have been drawn and will be pre sented at the annual reunion. Sheets Sentenced to Year in Pen Virtus Sheets, 25, Saturday was sentenced to one year in the Ne braska state penitentiary in a hearing before District Judge D. R. Mounts. Earlier he had admitted forging a $70 check. He was taken to Lincoln by Sheriff Leo Tom jack. Previously Sheets had been held in detention by the army and pre viously had served in the reform atory'. CARS COLLIDE O’Neill police Friday morning investigated the collision of two cars at the corner of Fourth and Everett streets. An eastbound ma chine driven by Mrs. Danny Hel mer was in collision with a north bound car driven by Miss Ber nice Kallhoff. No one was hurt. Property damage was estimated at about one hundred dollars. UNDER SL’RGERY EWING — Thomas Eacker, thir ty-five year old Ewing farmer who was critically injured nearly two months ago, underwent sur gery Wednesday in St. Joseph’s hospital, Omaha. Mr. Eacker was hurt while riding on the fender of a car in Ewing. The surgery required three hours to perform and he was given several blood transfusions. EWING — Will Walter and Ce lia Nelson met at a country school south of Ewing more than a half-century ago when their re spective families lived on farms situated several miles apart. But when they were about to be married, the C. P. Nelson family had moved back to Cas tana, la. Because Celia was a minor, she established residence at the parental home at Castana and the marriage took place Feb rury 7, 1907. For a time Mr. Walter worked on the rails for the Great Western (Omaha Chicago) railroad. A few months of that was enough for Mr. Walter, who was not of the robu t type. Besides, he wanted to get back to Nebraska farming. The Walters farmed southwest of Ewing continuously until 1944, when they moved into town. To day they live in a small frame home one half block off Ewing’s main street. Son Arranges Affair On Sunday, February 10, they were formally honored at a recep-, tion at St. Theresa’s hall at Clear water. More than 60 friends and relatives signed the guestbook during the 1 to 4 p.m. affair, which was arranged by their son, Arthur Walter of Clearwater, and his wife and family. Carl Walter had charge of the guestbook; Roy Walter, giftbook. Both are grandsons. The luncheon table, decorated in a golden theme, was centered with the wedding cake made by their daughter-in-law', Mrs. Al fred Walter and decorated by Maisie Phillips. The cake was flanked bv gold candles. Assisting with the serving were Laura and Joyce Walter, grand daughters, Mabel Miller and Maisie Phillips. Numerous gifts were presented the guests-of honor. Mrs. Walter wore a blue-grey silk dress. Her corsage was of yellow carnations. Mr. Walter wore a dark suit and yellow car nation buttonniere. Near relatives in attendance in cluded: his brothers, George of Clearwater, Charles of Chambers; his sisters, Mrs. Ed Dewey of Chambers, Mrs. Mary Daniels of Ewing, Mrs. Emmet Dewey of Tilden, and A. T. Nelson of Nor folk, a step-brother of Mrs. Wal ter. They were accompanied by their families. Other relatives were present from Orchard, Clearwater and Winnetoon. The Walters became the par ents of two children. Besides Al 1 fred, there is a daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Katherine) Canaday of ! Centralia, Wash. Mrs. Canaday, who has been on the West coast 17 years, wa.- Enable to be pres j ent. The Ewing pair counts 11 grand children and six great-grand children. Recalls Big Blizzard Mr. Walter’s father was from Switzerland; his mother from Germany. Mr. Walter vividly recalls the ! famous blizzard of January 12, 1888. He stayed close at home that fateful day when several Holt countyans perished. Mr. and Mrs. Walter are faith ful members of St. Peter’s Catho ! lie church at Ewing. They are re publicans. They live modestly in their small home. Mr. Walter is hard of hearing; otherwise their health is good. (Continued on page 4.) Ewing Pair Wedded for 50 Years Frank Slizeski, Wife Receive 160 Friends, Kin at Open House (Photo below) EWING—Married 50 years. Fif teen children. The man — strong and healthy at 71 and in no mood to retire; the woman—in excellent health and not a graf hair in her head! That the brief story of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slizeski (popularly but eroneously spelled Slizouski). They lived on a 320-acre farm 11 miles southwest of Ewing on the Ewing-Chambers road. Saturday, February 9, was their golden wedding day and blue skies and mild temperatures provided the setting for a day that won’t soon be forgoten. Festivities began with a 9 a.m. mass at St. Peter’s Catholic church, conducted by Rev. P. F. Burke. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Kermit Jefferies; her daughter, Miss Judy Jeffries of Omaha, and A. E. Spittler who also was organist. The altar was decorated with golden gladioli and chrysan themums, gifts of the children of the couple. Mass was followed by a family breakfast at the farm home. Father Burke was a guest. Pres ent were nine of their children and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Slizouski, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Slizouski, Mrs. Rose Sy nowski, Mr. and Mrs. William Latzel, the Misses Esther and Suzanne Slizouski, all of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Slizouski, and Mrs. Eddie Slizouski, all of Fullerton; Mr. and Mrs. John Sli zouski of Ewing. Two sons were unable to at tend: Leo of Denver, Colo., be cause of illness in his family, and Ted, who is stationed in South Carolina with the armed forces. Another son, Charles, died about one year ago. Charles was the old est in the family and had been in fragil health for a number of years. Other guests were Mrs. Mary Biblas of Chicago, 111., and Mrs. Leona Cuba of Ogallala, both sis ters of Mrs. Slizouski, and Mr. and Mrs. John Zijia of Fullerton, old friends of the family. This honored couple counts 35 (Continued on Page 12.) 33 Herefords to Sell Next Tuesday Thirty-three head of registered Herefords will be offered at auc tion in O’Neill Tuesday, February 19, in the annual spring show and sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association. Show will be at 1U a.m.; sale at 1:30 p.m. Kieth A. Abart of O’Neill is secretary-sale manager and will furnish a catalog upon request. Twenty-six bulls will be of fered; seven females—represent ing all popular blood lines. Consignors are: Francis Anderl of Inman; Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Larson of O’Neill; Harold Mel cher of Page; S. R. Robertson of O’Neill; George Rowse of Cham bers; M. L. Sageser & Sons of Amelia; Whitaker & Whitaker of Chambers, and Henry Wood of Ewing. INFANT DIES STUART — Graveside funeral services were conducted Wednes day, February l3* at St. Boniface Catholic cemetery for Carroll Jamie Batenhorst, 10*6-hour-old son of Mrs. James Batenhorst of Stuart and the late Mr. Baten horst, who was killed December 26, 1956, in an underslung acci dent. The baby was born Tuesday, February 12, in St. Anthony’s hospital at O’Neill. Survivors in clude: Mother—Marvel Jean; sis ter—Lynette; grandparents — Mr. and Mrs. Robert Batenhorst and Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, all of Stuart. Pianist Freeman. Violinist .larto and Streeter . . . barber shop fiddle gets a professional tun ing.— (Story on page 4.) —The Frontier Photo. • Nebraska’s Honey Queen— Denied National Title Nebraska’s honey queen, Miss Laurine Schmitz of O’Neill, miss ed an odds-on-bet of being Ameri ca’s honey queen in Long Beach, ; Calif., chiefly because a hunk of mountains, desert and cornfields 1 separated many of the state queens from the site of competi i tion. In other words, Miss Schmitz, j a St. Mary’s academy junior, was j one of two contestants who ap I peared at Long Beach. Officers of the American Honey Producers association, in convention there, decided to cancel the national queen contest rather than choose between the two beauties on hand. Miss Schmitz’s wellwishers here (they are legion in number) rea soned the administrative ruling I simply denied O’Neill from being : the home of a national queen. Crowded in 1955 Laurine was crowned Holt county’s first honey queen in 1955 | at the fair. Rules provided that the entries had to be active in 4-H club work and carry a food pres ervation project. Exhibits were judged and points totaled and the girl with the most points, natural ly, won. The 1956 competition was along the same lines. Kepeat winner: Miss Schmitz! And, if the judging were along pulchritude lines, it’d be the same story—Queen Schmitz! Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beilin, O’Neill honeyproducers who are active in state beekeeping circles, took Miss Schmitz to Lincoln in October to compete for state hon ors. The trick was to bake a choc olate cake and apply the frosting. At the banquet, she was crown ed and presented Gov. Victor An derson a honey pack. On January 20, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Schmitz, who live 11 miles north of O’Neill and three miles east, Queen Schmitz set out for greater laurels—and Long Beach—under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Disa ppointment Came the thud of disappoint ment: No contest. Undaunted. Miss Schmitz made several appearances and plugged her hometown and home state. From her hotel room facing the j ocean, she could see large vessels I plying the harbor and had close range views of ships at anchor. She met queenless representatives from most of the 48 states, tour ed Knott’s berry farm, and enjoy ed Ghost Town and Disneyland. There was a night out, too — at the 500 club. A brunch one morning took up I several hours. Several dozen flash bulbs were spent on the two queens who were present. The Nebraska Beekeepers asso ciation presented Miss Schmitz an ! orchid corsage for the banquet, O'Neill’s Miss Famine Schmitz . . . odds-on national winner but there was no contest.—The Frontier Photo. which climaxed the Long Beach stay. Visits Canyon Enroute home, Laurine and her parents visited Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam, Painted Desert and historical points. Laurine says it’s “hard to say’’ what the future will hold for her beyond her graduation in the spring of 1958. “Right now I’m so busy making up school work I can’t even think about it.” She is studying American his tory, Latin II, chemistry, English III. Laurine has brown hair, dark eyes and fair skin. She has a soft voice, a sweet smile, and a whole some as honey personality. O’Neill Faces Neligh 1 in Class B Tourney The O’Neill high Eagles will go i against the Neligh Warriors in the j east half of the class B high school cage tourney to be held at O'Neill February 25-26. In tlie first game — Monday, j February 25—Ainsworth will face ‘ Bassett, 7 p.m.; O'Neill-Neligh, 8:45 pm. Winners will meet Tuesday, ( February 26, 8 p.m. Winner of that game will play in the finals at Valentine Friday, March 1. West half games will be played at Chadron. Teams competing there will be Chadron high, Craw 1 fod, Gordon and Hemingford. 1 Wickersham, 73, i Expires at Lynch LYNCH Harvey Wickersham, 73, died Monday m Sacred Heari hospital at Lynch where he had been a patient. He was a Lynch resident. Van livery Leaves Highway Position f w | ‘Moved Lots of Dirt with Horses’ ‘'Sometimes 1 think we could build road grades cheaper—and j as good—with the teams and fres-' nos we used 30 years ago." Those were the words of George j Van Every, 68, who has just re tired as an employee of the Ne-! braska department of roads and irrigation. Mr. Van Every is the first 30-year-man to retire at O’-! Neill. The highway department is a relatively young branch of state government. Mr. Van Every’s duties officially ended December 1. But in Janu | ary the fellow employees show ered him with luggage and an en graved billfold. On Saturday he' received a certificate of apprecia , tion which had been signed by Gov. Victor Anderson, State Highway Engineer L. N. Ress, and others. It was presented by John' D. Osenbaugb, who is resident en gineer here. Help ricnliful When Mr. Van Every went to work, for the infant department in 1927 there weren’t many roads hereabouts. He was foreman of a crew of 92 men who, with horses and fresnos, built the five-mile stretch east from Chambers. That was his first big job. Later, Mr. Van Every directed road constuction into Bartlett. He also built grades in Rock, Keya Paha, Boyd, Knox and Garfield counties. "Let me tell you we’ve moved a lot of dirt.” When Mr. Ven Every signed up I with the department, he rented : his own services plus a team for hauling gravel. He was born in Antelope county. He and his wife | moved to ONeill in March, 1920. Asked about what he thought I about the super-duper four-lane ! highway planned to cross Nebras ka, he had a ready answer: “I don’t think much of it. 1 can’t see everybody having to help pay for something that will bene fit only a few. "Shucks,” he continued, ‘‘we’d better improve and take care of the other roads we’s got before getting into that. I think they’ve gone to extremes with a four-lane business across Nebraska.” During the depression years help was plentiful, he remembers. “I remember when we got our i first road blade pulled by a trac ! tor. I operated it,” he declared. Area Bigger Time was when the O’Neill road office administered a bigger 1 area than it does today—incluling | all Knox, Holt and Boyd counties. But during most of Mr. Van Every’s stretch he has been classi fied as a patrol foreman. He has done extensive maintenance work on the equipment. “When spring comes the missus and I are going to do some vaca tioning,” he declared as he tender ly caressed the handsome luggage. T enor Crain to Be Heard Here T onite Concert Group Book* Opera-TV Star for Third in Serie* Personable and handsome Jon Crain is the young American ten or who will appear here tonight (Thursday) in the third of th* 1956-57 series of concerts sponsor ed by tlie O'Neill Community Con cert association. Doors open at 7 50 at the O’Neill public school audi torium. Mr. Crain is recognized as one of America’s busiest tenors. He has been a leading tenor of the New York City Opera association the past four seasons. In additiin he has been heard in recital all over the country and recently has been soloing with the Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles sym phony orchestras. He has been a top personality on radio and tele vision both in the United States and Canada. A native of St. Louis, Mo„ Mr. Crain made his operatic debut at the age of 17. His career was in terrupted by the war.While in the special service section of the army, his stirring, dramatic voice and superb artistry were heard in camp shows and in war bond ral lies everywhere. Following the war, Crain con tinued his training at the Julliard School of Music, New York City. Fr a time he became a featured singer with the Xavier Cugat or ehestra. His wife also had been featured. Later, he joined the New York Center Opera and has been a leading tenor there since. Follows a description of Mr Crain from one of the metropoli tan newspaper critics: ‘'Wherever he sings. Whatever , he sings. Jon Crain proves to be a tenor who has all the attributes that could be desired; an extensive repetoire. Ingratiating stage per sonality. Superior musicianship and a really beautiful voice.'’ WEATHER SUMMARY Feb. 7.,,41 16 Feb. 9. 51 24 Feb. 9 . 54 32 Feb. 10 47 19 Feb. 11 . 58 17 Feb. 12.52 19 Feb. 12 .52 21 Mrs. Charles Nutter, Mrs. Kath ryn Indra and Mrs. Itoy Way man [ attended the 4-H leader's training conference in Norfolk Wednesday, February 6. Auction Calendar Monday,* February 18: Glenn White administrator, estate 'of the late E. H. and Pearl White, 780 1 acre southwest Holt ranch; Col. j Ed Thorin of O’Neil], auctionoer | real estate broker. (Details on page 7.) Tuesday, February 19: Holt 1 County Hereford Breeders as soeiation, annual spring sale, 33 lots, O’Neill; Keith Abart of O’ Neill, secretary and sale mana ger. Wednesday, February 20: Lome j and Lorraine Hickok, north of I Emmet; 160-acre farm, livestock, I machinery; Col. Wallace O’Con ' noil of O’Neill, auctioneer; Col j Vern Reynoldson of O’Neill, auc tioneer-broker; Gene Hickok of Atkinson, clerk. (Details on page 8.) Friday, February 22: Max and Marie Farrier, five miles ea.st of Phomlv.rc turn mllne n/mll, 4t«»/i miles east, one-half mile north; herd of Holstein dairy cattle; complete line farm machinery; feed; some household good ; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer; Chambers State Bank, clerk. (De tails on page 9.) Friday, February 22: James and Iris Millard, south of Spencer; full line of farm machinery; household goods; CoL Lester Pear son of Spencer, auctioneer; Ne braska State bank of Bristow, clerk. (Details on page 4.) Saturday, February 23: North Central Nebraska Hereford asso ciation, annual spring sale, Bas sett, 35 bulls; Tug Phillips of Bassett, secretary and sale mana ger. Monday, February 25: Mr and ; Mrs. Dale Potts and sons, resid ing 7% miles south of Chambers; livestock, machinery, household goods; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer. (Details in next issue.) Wednesday, February 27: Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tenborg, sale of 800-acre grain and stock ranch near Atkinson; 80 head of cattle, full line of new and near - new machinery; Col. Wallace O’Con nell of O’Neill, auctioneer; Col. Vern Reynoldeon of O’Neill, auc tioneer-real estate broker; Kieth A. Abart of O’Neill, clerk. (De tails on page 6.) Wednesday, February 27: B. W. Waldo & Sons, eight miles west of Chambers on highway 95; 190 head of Hereford cattle; ranch and haying equipment; dissolving partnership; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill auctioneer; Chambers State Bank, clerk. (Details In nex^ i issue.) . The Slizeskis . . . met at a Genoa dance.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Loren Nelson Dies at Fremont Mrs. Loren Nelson, who was an O’Neill resident for many years and moved to Fremont in Janu ary, died at 3:45 a.m., Wednes day, February 13, at her home in Fremont, 320 East Military ave. Mrs. Nelson had been in ill health for some time. Last year she submitted to surgery on sev eral occasions in Omaha hospitals and had been hospitalized most of the year. Her husband, night operator at the Chicago & North Western rail road, was transferred to Arlington January 1. They established their residence at Fremont and Mr. Nelson has been commuting Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Febru ary 15, at the Bader funeral home ! in Fremont. Survivors include: Widower, mother, two sisters and one broth er. Van Every . . . moved lots of dirt.—The Frontier Photo.