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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1957)
**\ olce of 1 he Frontier ^ v * i * l V ’ I': 9:30-10 A M — 780 k.c --— — tT ^ * WrXVt jur e Frontier “ ’**- - Hus Issue Mon — Wed. — S»t. North-Central Nebraska’* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 43. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Fhursday, hebruary 21. 1957. Seven Cents Ttatt htrt soc ^ Rogers (left) and Whitehouse . . . their flight to freedom took them through Colorado. Wyoming. South Dakota and Ne braska.— The Frontier Photo. GI’s Overpower Guard; Captured at Inman Edith Castleman Dies in Hospital Former Police Matron Long 111 Edith Iola Castleman, 63, a resident of O’Neill since 1927, died at 11 am., Wednesday, February 20, in St. Anthony’s hospital. She had been 111 of cancer for three months. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb ruary 23, at the Methodist church. Rev. Glenn Kennicott, church pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers will be John Schmit, Richard Tibbets, John Beilin, D. C. Schaffer, Joseph Sivesind and Robert E. Moore. She was born December 7, 1893, at Argos, Ind., in Marshall county, the daughter of Peter S and Louisa Miller Castleman. On October 12, 1912, she mar ried Andrew Edward Bunn at Plymouth, Ind. They became the parents of four children. One son, Elmo Daar, died in 1938. She came to O’Neill from In diana and operated a restaurant for a number of years. At the time she became ill she was serving as police matron and was in charge of the muni cipal water department office. She was a member of the Methodist church here and of Simonson unit 93, American Legion auxiliary. Survivors include: Daughters —Mrs. Liouenva camenne rvurm of Rochester, Ind.; Mrs. Char lotte May Clay of Montpelier, O., and Mrs. Rosemary Nolen of Round Lake, 111.; 13 grandchil dren; seven great-grandchildren; brother—Herbert Castleman of Plymouth, Ind.; sisters—Mrs. Nellie Gurthet of Tyner, Ind.; Mrs. Tina Ellinger of Plymouth, Ind.; Mrs. Faye Wooldridge of Culver, Ind., and Mrs. Carrie Johnson of Argos, Ind. Four in Lodge for Fialf-Century Feted Mrs. L. G. Gillespie, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter and Mrs. Ma bel Henry were honored Friday evening by Eden Rebekah lodge members and Odd Fellow guests. Each has been a member of the Rebekahs a half-century or more. Mrs. Gillespie exhibited certi ficates showing regular pay ment of dues down through the years. The ladies were present ed yellow pom-pom corsages; Doctor Carter, a boutonniere. The Misses Karen and Sharon Hartronft sang several vocal solos and Miss Diane Gillespie played a piano solo. Dry Goods Store Being Converted EWLNG — The building in Ewing, which formerly housed the Ewing do; goods store, will hi converted into a youth cen ter. And teenagers are busy cleaning the building and ready ing it for use for youth activi ties. Bob Tams of Ewing high school senior class is president of the youth movement; Carolyn Tams, a sophomore, is vice president; RJwcna Rotherham, a senior, is treasurer; Judy Cloyd, a senior, is secretary. The Legion auxiliary will serve a pancake supper Satur day evening and proceeds will go to the center. Carolyn Young of Orchard, a recent graduate from beauty school, began working last Thursday at O’Neill. Two 21-year-old Ft. Carson, i Colo., soldiers, who were sen tenced by courtmartial for hav ing been, absent-without-Leave, j overpowered a lone guard Tues ! day, February 12 while on a work detail. They wrested the ■ guard's rifle, later abandoned it in a ditch, and made a short lived flight across Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. Late Friday they were captur ed on a road one-half mile north of Inman while sleeping in a car. They were taken by Game Warden Fred Salak of O'Neill, who was making a rou tine patrol. Arrested were: ALLAN ROGERS, Isabelle, S. D., member of the 82d airborne division. RICHARD WHITEHOUSE, Stillwater, Okla., 15th army en gineers. Rogers, veteran of 18 chute jumps, had been in the stockade one month; Whitehouse, two months. They tied up their guard and hitchhiked away from the work scene to Platteville. That even ing they broke into a dwelling there and stole a 12-guage shot gun, 22-gauge rifle and a bag of money, which represented a church collection. The money, mostly in small change, amount ed to $16, was kept in a bag ■ bearing the label of the First National Bank of Greeley, Colo. From the streets of Platteville they appropriated a 1950 model Mercury sedan, belonging to Mr. Fox, drove into Wyoming and stopped in an abandoned tour ist court. Later, they broke into a dry cleaning establishment at Stur gis, S. D., where they helped themselves to a rack of clothing. Clothing they didn't need was | stuffed under a bridge. .. i iiruU..U.-.nc«-k lhro\U away the Colorado plates and replaced them with South Dako ta plates found in a Dakota junk yard. On Friday they entered Ne braska from the north on U.S. highway 281, passed through O’Neill, and, upon reaching In man, turned a half-mile off the road to grab some sleep. They narked near some bushes and were asleep when Salak ap proached them. Next day an investigaUon was conducted by Holt County Sher iff Leo Tomjack and by the federal bureau of investigation, which was interested in the stolen car angle. The Weld county sheriff of Greeley, Colo., came Sunday for the prisoners, who were extra dited to Colorado. Fred Forslund Funeral Today EWING — Fred Forslund of near Ewing died about 7 p. m., Monday evening at St. An thony’s hospital. He had been in failing health for several years. Survivors include: his wife; one , son Merrill at home; one brother,; j Carl, Stayton, Ore; three sisters, Jennie, in California, Ruth I Spangler of Ewing and Ella Gus | tafson of Clarinda, la. Funeral services will be held on j Thursday afternoon at 2:00 at the I United Presbyterian church. --- I Complete* Leave— Pfc. Eugene R. Janzing, who has been spending a 10 day leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Her man J. Janzing, left Friday, February 15th to return to Port ! Blakely, Wash., where he is j stationed with A. Btry. 513th AAA Msl- Bn. (NICKE) Continental. ____________________ NAMED QUEEN Miss Karen Hartronft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hartronft, has been named “Miss Cosmotol ogy” at O’Neill. She is an O’Neill high school student. Grassland Day WillBe At Stuart O’Rourke, Lee to Be Speakers at Next Thursday’s Meeting STUART—This western Holt county town is putting on its best bib-and-tucker for enter- : taining farmers, ranchers and ag ricultural experts in the ninth annual grasslands day to be neld Thursday, February 28. The event is jointly sponsored by the | Community club and the liolt i county extension office. Free coffee will be served at 9 a.m., to start the activities. Between 10 a.m.. and noon there will be a panel discussion on “Irrigation”. Between 1:30 and 2 p.m., L. F. Bredemeier of North Platte, former soil conservationist at O’Neill, will discuss: “What Can 1 Expect from My Pasture and Range in 1957”. Forrest Lee of Brownlee, president of the Sandhills Cat tlemen’s association, will talk between 2 and 2:30 on the sub ject, “The Cattle Picture in the Sandhills”. Charles W. O’Rourke, vice president of the Union Stock Yards company of Omaha, will make a half-hour talk, starting at 2:30. His subject: “Market ing Livestock”. Phil Henderson, farm manage ment specialist from the Uni versity of Nebraska college of agriculture, will speak at 3 o’clock. Subject: “Cutting Costs”. „ t. Farmers and ranchers of the Stuart tricounty area interested in the everyday problems of ag riculture are invited to attend and present their question or problem to the experts for an answer. A special program has been arranged for the ladies at the Stuart theater from 1:30 until 3:30, according to Lawrence Hamik and Cletus Durr, who are helping with arrangements. Top 10 Herefords Average $375 Here: Sagesers, Rowse Cop Show Honors Ten top bulls in Tuesday’s an nual spring sale, sponsored by the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association, averaged $375. The 25 bulls in the sale averaged $289, and the seven heifers brought an average of $188, according to Kieth A. Abart, secretary and sale man ager. The show in the fore noon and sale in the afternoon were held at the O’Neill Live stock Market. M. L. Sageser Sons of Amelia exhibited the grand champion bull, Royal Prince, shown by Vern Sageser. The reserve champion bull, MT Shadow, was consigned by George Rowse of Chambers. Rowse also consigned the grand champion heifer, Gwen Annie 10th. Reserve champion heifer honors went to Karen Re gent, consigned by Sagesers. JO Mischief, top selling bull, was consigned by Rowses and was purchased for $500 by Ty ler McKillip of Elgin. The grandchampion Sageser bull was purchased by Eugene and Donald Ermer of O’Neill for $430. The reserve champ bull was purchased by Laurence Tnndnn & Son of Creighton for $480. Gwen Annie 10th, the top fe male, sold to Nelson Bros, of Clearwater for $250, and Nel sons purchased the reserve champion female for $190. Sagesers were presented! The Frontier trophy for showing the best three bulls. Presenta tion was made by Lawrence Duller of The Nebraska Farm er. Harold Haims of Valentine was judge; Charles Corkle of Norfolk, auctioneer. Rerouting of Hiway to Be Aired Friday A representative of the Neb raska state highway commission will conduct a public hearing here at 9. a. m., Friday, February 22, at the city hall. Hearing will con cern the proposed relocation of the highway from the West O’Neill corner to Emmet. The highway department has told of plans to extend the new highway straight west, following the Chicago & North Western to a point near Emmet, and join up i with a new stretch of road built two years ago. Hockeys to California— EWING—Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rockey arrived Sunday at Lake Port, Calif., where they will make their home. A series of farewell affairs was held in their honor. Thirty persons in llolt county died of heart disease during 1956. At intermission in Tuesday night’s basketball game played here. 30 spectators filed onto the floor to help dramatize the heart deaths. Heart disease killed 25 at O’Neill alone, llolt recorded a total of 73 deaths last year—43 of which were attributed to oth er causes.—The Frontier Photo. D. C. Gallagher, 58, Expires in Chicago Donald C. Gallagher, 58, Chi cago trial attorney and former Lincoln attorney, died in Bell wood, 111., Thursday, February 14, following an extended illness. Private funeral services v.-epe held Friday February 15, in Ch cago, as had been requested by Mr. Gallagher. Born in O’Neill into a pioneer banking family, Mr. Gallagher at-i tended Cornell university in 1916, and was commissioned an ensign in the navy in World War I. Following military service he received his law degree from the University of Nebraska, and re turned to O’Neill where he prac ticed law. He was elected to the state legislature and served dist rict 28 for one term. Mr. Gallagher practiced law at Casper, Wyo., from 1923 unfil opening a law firm in Lincoln in 1925. He entered government service in the early ’30s and was trial at torney with the federal power commission until 1 9 3 9, when he moved to Chicago. He served as trial attorney for the Chicago Transit authority and for several insurance companies. Mr. Gallagher was a member of the Wyoming, Illinois and Ne oraska state bar associations. Survivors include: widow— Jeanne; daughter, Helen Ruth Resseguie of Lincoln; sons—Don ald C. of Cedar Rapids, la., and Edward F., Lincoln attorney; brother—Edward 1VT. of O'Neill, four grandchildren. Carl Boelter, Wife Plan Open-House ORCHARD — Mr. and Mrs Carl Boelter of Orchard will be observing their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, Febru | ary 24. They will hold open-house and , receive their friends and rela tives in the parlors of the Venus ! Lutheran church, north of Or-' chard, between 2 and 4:30 p.m. Lynch Woman, 48, Long 111, Expires Micanek Rites Held Tuesday LYNCH—Mrs. Joseph Micanex J jr., 48, died Late Saturday in Sa cred Heart hospital at Lynch. She had suffered a lingering ill ness and had been hospitalized two months. Mrs- Micanek’s maiden name was Gertrude Elfline. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb ruary 19, at Christ Lutheran church in Lynch. Rev. John Rath officiated. Burial was in Highland cemetery at Lynch under the direction of the Jones funeral home. Survivors Include: Widower— Joseph, jr.; daughters — Mrs William C. (Lavonne) Bentz of Spencer and Miss Jolene of Lynch, a teacher; sons—Dwight of Lynch and Joe Randy, 12, also of Lynch. Door-to-Door Drive for Heart Funds Sunday, February 24, has been designated as heart Sunday. Holt county’s quota for the 1957 funci drive is $690. Mrs. John L. Baker of O’Neill is di re ting the drive both in the county mi in O’Neill. Various fund-raising methods are being used. Between 1 and 3 p.m., on heart Sunday, block volunteers, representing members of the American Legion and auxiliary, will canvass the residential areas in O'Neill. These include Mrs. Ben Vidricksen, Mrs. Phil Cohn, Mrs. Gilbert Winchell, Mrs. Archie Bright, Mrs. James Lyons, Mrs. A1 Hamik, Mrs. Floyd Wilson. Mrs. Lionel Sief ken, Mrs. Glenn Miller, Mrs. Marlin Wichman, Mrs. Ralpn Walker, Mrs. Elgin Ray, Mis. Rofoert Stevens, Mrs. John Wat son and Mrs. William Whited. At intermission of the St Mary’s academy-St. Boniface (Elgin) basketball game here Tuesday night, a freewill offer ing netted $24. Mrs. Baker re ports $64 in contributions al ready received by mail. An in complete canvass of the busi ness district already has netted $150. In addition there are coin collectors in many of the busi ness establishments. Arrives from Denver— Mr. and Mrs. James Harty and two children of Denver, Colo, arrived Monday to visit their mothers, Mrs. W. H. Harty and Mrs. Simon Bosn. Mrs. Nels Finwall Dies in California Mrs. Nels J. Finwall, who was reared in the Deloit and Ewing communities, died Sunday. Survivors include: Widower; two sons; three daughters; sisters— Mrs. Richard Finwall of San Di ego, Calif, and Mrs. Leland Clark of Elgin; brothers—John Manson . of Norwood, Conn.; Howard Man I son of O’Neill, and Otto Manson, | who lives in California. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Manson and his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Clark of Elgin went to Sioux City, ia. Mr. Manson boarded a train for Lake Point, Calif, where he will attend the funeral of his sister. Returning home with Mrs. Manson was her mother, Mrs. Sidney Anderson of Elgin. • Loys to Observe Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. David N. Loy of O’Neill will be observing their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, February 24. A reception will be held at the new Fellowship hall in the First Presbyterian church be tween 2:30 and 5 p.m. All of the Loys’ children will j be present for the event. The Loys request no gifts. Mrs. Ethel Frisch and sons were at the Richard Clyde farm last Thursday to celebrate Mrs. Frisch's birthday anniversary. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. George Mott and Mr. and Mrs. Art Ennen and family of Verdigre. George Rowse (left) exhibits Gwen Annie 10th, top heifer in Tuesday’s registered Hereford show and sale here; Vem Sage ser (right) shows the grand champion bull. Royal Prince, consig ned by M. L. Sageser & Sons of Amelia.—The Frontier Photo. S-T-A Asks Rail Rules Changes Would Force C&NW to Furnish Cost*, and Revenue Figure*, The Save-tho-Trains association ha,, asked the Nebraska slat* railway commission to amend ttw rules under wtuch the raiiioa«h» seek to abandon trains Objoci «e the change would be to peme more information to be obtauaoc from protesting parties. The association is trying to pna vent Chicago & North Wtatart railroad from discontinuing trains. 13 and 14, which offer passenger mail-express service on the 4k#> mile line between Omaha an*.. Chadron. An association attorney, kaiut Viren, said he had filed an apph cation with the state comnuaaMin. He said what is sought by ttar change is actual income and or. pense information. The S-T-A, through Viren, ha* asked the commission to .iinsool general order 11, which ls dated April, l'JOU. Some oif the provisions in dure order have been generally ignore® In all railroads and other «a» ners down through the your*. A hearing on CliNW's applica - tion to abandon these last Wow* trains serving much of north Nebraska was originally sot ter November 19 at Vulentine. The matter was continued and the commission said it would an - nounee a new date. Another tMsor ing date has not been set. C&NW claims an annual low «i 200-thousand-dollarg. The luaaw are based on system averages. Viren and the association no* pressing for actual figures, atrocfci the railroad has not seen fit t* furnish. Meanwhile, the trains are rma ning and averaging about (St* passengers per day. Between V*l entine and Gordon—a distance ad 92 miles—there is no bus service: Meadow Gold Pidut Papers for Campaign Newspapers will be the msjar media of Beatrice Foods com pany in its nationwide 1967 ad vertising program due to start, on March 1, according to Ittk Perry, manager of the Q NaMt branch. Total number of adverUae— ments in newspapers will be (dot largest in the firm’s history,, covering all areas where the company’s Meadow Gold pro ducts are sold. AdvcrtiscmeMh. will appear in approximately m newspapers in more than 2M cities. Full page and one-third pace advertisements will be used in. metropolitan areas there will he two- and four-color ads. Each: will be keyed to the local levw£ to feature individual Meadow*; Gold dairy products. Foote, Cone and Beldrng is advertising agency for Beatrice Foods. 7he Frontier has boos selected by the agency to handle O’NeiLl regional coverage. Armory Prospects Dampened Again The Omaha World-Hearld seac Wednesday the word from ti*e pentagon is that construction ot eight Nebraska national guard armories, including the 200-thou» and dollar structure schedules for O’Neill, will remain blocked— at least in the immediate future. The word came just as the city of O’Neill was preparing to fin - alize the registered warrant par chase of an armoi-y site here. The newspaper said armor*®* at O’Neill, Crete, Wahoo, Wane Alliance, Chadron Fairbury and Ogallala ran afoul a new policy which prohibit* construction tn k community where the g u a r c strength is below two hundred. The O’Neill unit presently lias S* enlisted men and five officers oat the roster but a recruiting drire. is underway. Kaiser, Wabs Leave for Military Duty Ivan Kaiser of O’Neil juart. Rudolph Wabs of Speneei de parted from O’Neill early Tues day for induction into the arrneci forces through the Holt ccionty selective sei-vice office. Kaiaer* went as a volunteer. Repoiting for preinduction phy sical examinations were HarLan Neilsen and Harold Seger, botta of O’Neill. The contingent traveled by rail. PRAIRIE FIRE DELOIT— What could have* been a serious prairie fire was pmt out by aeighbors Wednesday February 13. The fire started from a tractor sooth of the Fto fahl place, west of Deloit. Twt stacks and some meadow burned. Fields are tinder dry. Try FRONTIER want ads'
