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“Voter of The Frontier" rVY't'l \/r* 9 38-10 A M — 780 k.e * ™ KLVL jur “ IT»is Issue Mon. — Wed. — Sot. North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Vol. 76.—Number 44. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. I hursdav, February 28, 1957. Seven Cents Mr. and Mrs. ('arl Boelter . . . they continue to serve 70 fam ilies in the neighborhood by operating the telephone switchboard. —The Frontier Photo. Carl Boelter, Wife Feted in Celebration * •; ._ 36 Jurors Called for Spring Term Gaylen-Ober 1 e Suit on Docket Thirty-six jurors have been summoned for duty in the spring term of the Holt county district, court, which will convene at 9 a m., Monday, March 4 There are two cases set for trial, neith er of which is a criminal action. The summonses were issued Monday, February 18. Wayne Galyen of Atkinson is suing Howard Oberle and DeLay ne Oberle, both of O’Neill in the amount of $1,950 on two charges. Galyen alleges broken glasses and house damage in an incident that took place May 7, 1955, at Atkinson. Francis D. Lee of Atkinson is attorney for the plaintiff; Julius D. Cronin of O’Neill is attorney for the de fendants. The second matter scheduled to come before the court invol ves Arthur Ruroede of Ewing, plaintiff, and Raymond McGuire of Ewing, (now of California), defendant. Counsels are Cronin and Harold Rice of Neligh, for Ruroede and McGuire, respect ively. The controversy involves an accounting in a semi-partner ship affair. Tenborg Matter Settled Another action, John A. Ten borg vs. Francis Tenborg, has been removed from the docket, having been settled out of court. Two recent suits filed will not be heard at the spring term. William Held of Chambers is seeking to recover 50-thousand dollars in alleged damages and $350 in expenses in a suit against Herman Cook, also of Chambers. Elmer Rakow of Neligh is Held’s attorney; Cronin is Cook’s coun sel. Held alleges personal injury to his reputation” when Cook signed a complaint which led to Held’s ‘false arrest”. An answer to the charge has not yet been filed and no date for hearing has been set. Kuroede Is Sued In the matter of Crete Mills, division of Lauhoss Grain Co., of Crete, vs. Arthur Ruroede of Ewing, involving $21,225.53, Bar rett & Boyles of Omaha are at torneys for the plaintiff. Goods, wares and merchandise are in volved in the action. In county court today (Thurs day) a jury of six has been sum moned to hear the case of the state of Nebraska vs. Donald R. Fritz, Norman and Opal Grothe, defendants. The case will be tried at 1 pm. Jurors summon ed are Frank A. Murray. Ed Dumpert, George Head, Melvin Ruzicka, Roy Parker and Les Weber. (There will be a substi tute for the latter). A dispute over the weight of a truck has resulted in the call of a jury. John Kee, Wife Plan Observance Mr. and Mrs. John Kee, 795 East Clav st.. will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, March 10. They will receive friends at an open-house to be held in the parlors of the First Methodist church from 2 until 4 p.m. No invitations have been is sued The couple requests no gifts- __ Christ Lutheran Calls Missourian Rev. A. S. Gedwillo of Poplar Bluff, Mo., has accepted a call to serve Christ Lutheran church in O’Neill and the Missouri synod parish at Atkinson. He plans to arrive in O’Neill with his wife and five daughters about Tuesday, March 5. Present plans call for his instal lation Sunday, March 10. Try Frontier want ads! . *. • • ' WALNUT—Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boelter, longtime residents of this western Knox county com munity, Sunday, February 24, observed their golden wedding anniversary. They held open house during the afternoon in the parlors of the Venus Luth eran church and the entire neigh borhood plus a good many others—turned out. Mrs Boelter’s maiden name was Edna Butterfield. Her pat ents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butterfield. There were 10 girls In the family. Mr. Boelter, now 73, was the youngest child in his family. His mother died when he was six years-old. He was born in eastern Ger many and when he was one vear-old he came to America with his parents. The family set tled north of Walnut. They were married by Rev. W. C. Clifton of the United Breth ren church of Orchard at the farm home of her parents. They began housekeeping on a farm 2V4 miles north of St. Paul’s Lutheran church Prior to their marriage Mr. Boelter was “batching” at the place, which originally belonged to his parents. Disappointed in Dakota They tried farming, at Fall River, S. D., for four months, but “dried out" for lack of water. For 19 years the Boelters have been operating the Walnut rural telephone exchange, which ser ves 70 families. Mr. Boelter quit farming about 10 years ago but continues to op erate an acreage and raise a big garden. Mrs. Boelter is 68. Both enjoy good health, although Mrs. Bocl ter has lost the sight of one eye. The Boelters are members of St. Paul’s church—the Missouri synod church in the Walnut Venus localities. Mrs. Boelter says life is inter esting in running a rural switch board. “Occasionally we have general alarms for prairie fires and floods. We know when the buzzer sounds in the middle of the night someone is in trouble or the message is important. Patrons Considerate "Our patrons are very consid erate of us," she explains. Golden wedding observances have been common in Mr. Boel ter’s family. His sister, Mrs. Annie Mc Ethose of Creighton, was mar ried in 1901. Mr. Boelter’s brother, August, and his wife were married in !902 and celebrated their gold en wedding anniversary. August is now deceased, but his widow lives in Norfolk. Another sister, Mrs. Jake Ef fle of Creighton was married in 1903. Their children are: Sons—Del bert of Creighton, Willis of Or chard and Francis of Page, daughter—Mrs. Elmer (Delores) Kocina of Winnetoon. They al so reared one of Mrs. Boelter’s nieces, Mrs. Elmer (Lucille) Ai der of Emmet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butterfield Lu cille’s mother died w’hen Lucille was a child. They count 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. All of the grandchildren except Du ane Boelter, who is in the ser vice and is stationed at San An tonio, Tex., were present for the celebration. All of the great grandchildren were on hand. Les Weber Goes to Station KHAS Les Weber, well-Known radio announcer at KVHC and later at the “Voice of The Frontier", WJAG, has been appointed sports announcer and farm di rector at radio station KHAS at Hastings. He expect to move hi. family to Hastings this week end. Mr. Weber, who originated at Plain view, came to O’Neill in De cember, 1955, and acquired a large following with his an nouncing. ATKINSON — Mrs. Robert. Martens was named “woman of the year” at the Utile Dulci club meeting held Friday. Loys Note Their 50th An’iversary Over 200 Register at Affair Honoring Parents of N ine It was at a housewarming par j ty in 1904, when David N. Loy, a new arrival from Allen, met Mis> Lila Jones, daughter of Mrs. Em ma Jones. Clayton Messner, an O’Neill resident today, introduced them. They "kept company” about two years and on February 21, 1907, they were married at the home of the bride’s mother in an 8 p. rn., ceremony. Rev. T. W. Bowen, Presbyterian church pas tor, officiated. The Loys began housekeeping in an Uttley dwelling on East Everett. For many years they have been residing at 629 East Everett— the original Jones family home in which they were married. M. Loy, 74, was born at Inde pendence, la., in a Quaker com munity not far from the place where Herbert Hoover was rear ed by an uncle. When he was an infant, his parents moved to the Springbank rural community, east of Allen. Springbank also was a Quaker settlement. In 1904 he moved onto a farm northwest of O’Neill where he "hailed out” for several years. Moving into town he went to work for O. O. Snyder in the lum ber yard. Mrs. Loy, one of 11 children, was born at O’Neill. Her father, the late George Jones, died when she was five-years-old. He had been one of the original pioneer residents here and helped estab lish the Masonic lodge. Her father had come from Wisconsin. He i homesteaded here and operated a I livery stable. After leaving the lumber yard, Mr. Loy operated a dray line for a time in partnership with the late J. B. Mellor. Then he took his family to Al len and farmed for four years, but farming proved too strenuous due to a back ailment. Worked for Burlington Returning to O’Neill, Mr. Loy worked for Standard Oil for four years and for five years operated a feed store and barn with “Ike” Boggs. With the decline of the barn business, Mr. Loy went to work for the Burlington railroad as a terminal employee, working 11 years. After 1930 Mr. Loy went into carpentry work and also painting, decorating and wallpapering. For 43 consecutive years the (Continued on page* 7.) Long Illness Fatal to Harrison J. Row | - Health Frail Since Young Man SPENCER—Harrison J. Row, 55, who for many years operat ed a Conoco oil products bulk delivery service at Spencer and Bristow, died Saturday, Febru ary 23, in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. He had been ill for a number of years and had been in frail health since he was a young man. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, at the Methodist church in Spencer with Rev. Clyde Wells, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Union cemetery at Spencer, under the direction of the Jones funeral home. The late Mr. Row was born February 4, 1902. He was preceded in death by his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Row, and by two brothers. Survivors include: Widow— the former Marguerite Dickey; one daughter—Miss Nancy, a Spencer high school student. Heart Fund Drive Goes Over Top Mrs. John L. Baker of O’Neill, chairman of the 1957 heart fund drive in Holt county, has an nounced the total now stands at $1,136.82. Quota for the county was $690. A contribution of $87.50 came Tuesday from the Herschel H. Miles memorial fund. Contributions by various com munities and events follow: O’NEILL— Rural schools $ 45.00 Business district 101.00 City schools 46.29 Heart Sunday 428.11 Basketball stunt 23.56 Miscellaneous 47.67 Miles Memorial 87.50 Total $779.43 ATKINSON 44 50 EMMET 26.20 EWING 141.99 INMAN 15.28 PAGE 21.00 STUART 155.92 CHAMBERS 4C.00 Grand Total $1,136.22 The Loy family reunited during the weekend—the first time the parents and all nine children had been together in 20 years. Seated: Mrs. Ray (Agnes) Lawrence of O'Neill; Mrs. Charles (Wil ma) Green of Seattle. Wash; Mr. and Mrs. Loy; Mrs. Arthur (Bonney) Goree of White Salmon. Wash.; and Mrs. Henry (Grace) Layton of Monte Vista. Calif.; standing—Donald of St. Paul; Mrs. J. M. (Catherine) Kennedy of Ainsworth: Holland of Salt Lake City. I’tah; Mrs. Howard (Davene) Holliday of Grand Island, and Richard of Lakewood. Calif.—O'Neill Photo Co. Earl Switzer, 43, Dies in California Funeral Rites Set Here Today Earl Switzer, 43, son of Mi. and Mrs. Charles Switzer of O'Neill, died Friday, February 22. at Bell, Calif. He had suf fered a lingering illness. The remains wifi lie in stale between 11 a.m. today (Thurs day) and the 2 o’clock funeral hour at the Methodist church. Rev. Glenn Kennieott, church pastor, will officiate at the fu neral services and burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers chosen are Earl Hunt, Harold Asher, William Mc Intosh, Lavern Clausen, Ray Eby and Deraid Graham. The late Mr. Switzer was born March 13, 1913, at Meadow Grove, a son of Charles Switzer, a native of Madison, and Virgin ia Pugh Switzer, a native i f Grant, Va. He atf«mded a rural school south of Meadow' Grove. At the age of 22 he moved to O’Neill. In 1939 he went to California to reside. On July 3, 1939, at Switzer . . . native of Mea dow Grove. Yuma, Ariz., he married Velma Gish of Orleans, Calif. For a number of years the late Mr. Switzer was employed by Consolidated Freightrways. Survivors include: Widow — | Velma; parents—Mr. and Mrs. CharldS Switzer of O’Neill. He was preceded in death by two sisters. The Switzers had three children. MIDNIGHT IS DEADLINE Midnight tonight (Thursday) is the deadline for motorists to, have 1957 plates on motor »e hicles. License business has been brisk the past two days at the office of County Treasurer J. Eld Hancock. FIREMEN CALLED O’Neill firemen were summon ed to a brush fire on the Clar ence Ernst farm late Wednesday. Mr. Ernst had started the fire in a “bog” and the fire was con-; trolled. However, a passerby turned in an alarm. Leave for Denver— A/3c and Mrs. Leonard R. | Ritts left for Denver, Colo., Sat- 1 urday after spending the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ritts. Leonard is stationed at Lowry air force base in Denver. Returns from Missouri— Mrs. Izetta Woods of Excel sior Springs, Mo., returned home on Monday after visiting two weeks with relatives at Atkin son and O’Neill. i inwwu mu hi i i.. i' i i iwhimp^wmiih i The Thomas Tikalskys . . . honored at ZCBJ hall in Verdi gre on 50th wedding anniversary.—The Frontier Photo. 1 ikalskys Celebrate— Married 50 Years i VERDIGRE— Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Tikalsky celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open-house affair Sunday afternoon, February 24, in the ZCBJ hall at Verdigre. Mr. Tik-1 alsky, 72, a barber-turned farmer, | and his wife. 74, enjoy excellent I health. More than one hundred | persons signed the guest book. Mr. Tikalsky is a son of the1 late John and Marie Tikalsky. Mrs. Tikalsky’s maiden name was Augusta Groeling, daughter of the late Herman and Louise j Groeling. The couple was married in Om- \ aha and returned to Verdigre to commence housekeeping where Mr. Tikalsky—"Tom” as he is best-known”—was barbering. They had a try at homestead- j ing in Meek county, South Da-! kota, about 23 miles east of Stur gis. In 1919 they moved onto a farm 12 miles west of Verdigre, in the Walnut neighborhood, where they lived until four years ago when they retired. They now live at the edge of town and raise a garden on a small acreage. The Verdigre couple became, the parents of five children. One daughter, lone, is deceased. Their living children are Mrs. Margaret Tomjack of Rock Springs, Wyo.; Chester of Verdigre; Arnold of Page, and Deraid of Detroit, Mich, j All but Deraid were present for the celebration. They have 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Lilies decorating the hall were se it from California. Burlington May Lay New Rails Anyone who may have con sidered the Sioux City-O'Neill branch of the Burlington a ‘‘has- i been" with certain other branch lines might have an opportunity to revise his thinking come sum- j mer of 1957. A proposal to replace the 65- i pound rails between Osmond and i O’Neill (west half of the line) with heavier rails has cleared hurdles in Chicago, Burlington & Quincy official circles in Nebras ka and now is under study at i the road’s Chicago headquarters. A spokesman, who did not want i to be quoted, said the time had come "to go one way or the oth er”. He indicated the laying of heavier rails would result and is in the projected plans for 1957. However, he insisted, the final decision lias not yet been made. Triweekly freight services is provided to cities and towns along the line. Considerable livestock has been moving out of O’Neill on Thurs day nights via the Burlington. Meanwhile, the Chicago & North Western railroad filed an application with the Nebraska railway commission for authority to cancel pickup and delivery ar rangements and allowances on less-than-carload lots at all points m Nebraska. Regular station-to station LC'L service, however, would continue. Mrs. Ida Calkins, 67, Burial at Ewing Expires Sunday a t Crofton EWING—Mrs. Ida A. Calkins, 66, widow of the late Lee Cal kins, died at 10:40 p.m., Sunday, February 24, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Scholl meyer, at Crofton. She had been seriously ill with influenza me week. However, she had been in failing health 20 years. Funeral services were con ducted at 9 a m., Wednesday, February 27, at St. Peter’s Cath olic church with Rev. Peter Burke, church pastor, officiat ing. Burial was in St. Anthony’s cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. A rosary service was held J Tuesday evening at the John W. Miller residence southeast of town. The late Ida Anna Calkins was born November 14, 1890 at Ewing, a daughter of Alois Lo renz and Antonia Krcher Lor renz. She married Mr. Calkins at Ewing, May 14, 1914. They liv ed on a farm for several years before moving into Ewing in 1923. Mr. Calkins, who died in 1941. was a well-driller and road builder. She was a member of the Christian Mothers. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Ernest (Antonia) Scholl meyer of Crofton and Mrs. John W. (Margaret) Miller of Ewing; 10 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Joseph Wei bel, Albert Thoendel, Joseph Thoendel, Wesley Larson, John Bauer and Louis Funk. The Christian Mothers served tinner at noon to relatives at St. Dominic’s hall. The late Mrs. Calkins, who suffered from arthritis, had made tier home with Mrs. Schollmeyer since 1941. Social Security Man Coming— A representative of the Nor folk social security office will be in the assembly room, basement of the courthouse in O’Neill, from 9:30 a.m., to 3 p.m., Thursday, March 7 and 14. • m- x m wm amm m • ’asws aesm<« ww-ii ■ w ■;. : wmrmWmwm# Building Goes for Ride A stucco building about 60 feet long and 24 feet wide • was removed from its age-old location on South Fourth street Wednesday morning and moved . south to a location, near the railroad tracks. The structure, purchased by O. E. David son, formerly housed-the C.haries McManus recre ation parlor. Cecil Thorton of Chambers was in charge of moving, which was accomplished with out a hitch.—The Frontier Photo. , •* • .* ' * V: • ’*•" • ■ • •' " * • * • v . . • • * I Zt . . • * . ♦ * • • ' * * * * ■•*... 8 * New Route for Hiway Gets Okay Commission Approves O’Neill-Emmet Plan for Federal Road The Nebraska highway com mission Tuesday approved the highway department's plans for extending US, highway 20 straight westward from the West O'Neill corner for t V« miles, then parallel the Chicago & North Western railroad tracks for ap proximately three miles, then angling northwest to join op with a new section of highway 20 at the mirth edge of Bminet. No cost estimate for the re location was announced. At present the highway turns north in West O’Neill for 1.7 miles to the drive-in theater corner and then extends west ward to Emmet. Hearing Held A hearing on the proposed re location was conducted Erid.iv morning at the city hall by Ralph A. Baker of Valentine, district highway commissioner; Owen J. Boyles of Lincoln, secretary >f the commission, and J. V Mur phy of Ainsworth, district engi neer. The 20-minute hearing was attended by 30 persons. Speaking in protest of the proposed new route, claiming property damage, were Robert A. Hornby, Otto Lorenz, Robert Fritton, Ben and Ed Wayman and Clarence Ernst. Seaking in support of the new route were Fred Herrmann, member of the present city coun cil, and Emmett Crabb, member of the council when negotiation* were made to keep highway 20 on its present location (Douglas street) through the city Hands Counted In a show of hands, 14 op posed the new route; four favor ed; 16 were non-committal. Overall costs were not discuu f sed at the hearing. Commission er Baker, however, told Hie Frontier considerable money would have to be spent to keep 20 on its present, route because of low grade, snow clogging and deferred maintenance. New rightofway might also be neces sary on the old route. He said cost of bringing the present route up to standard would “to a considerable degree” offset the costs of the new route. Mary F. Nemec, 78, Burial at Spencer SPENCER — Mrs. Mary F. Nemec, 78, a longtime resident of the Spencer community, died Friday, February 22, in Omaha at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Enders. Funeral services were conduct id at 2 p.m., Monday, February 25, at the United Lutheran church in Spencer. Rev. Pa»l Nelson of Bristow officiated. The late Mrs. Nemec was born September 18, 1878. She and her husband, the. late Frank Nemec, lived an a farm west of Spencer for many years. Her husband died in 1941. Mrs. Nemec went to Omaha about a year ago to reside with her daughter. Survivors include: Daughters — Mrs. John J. (Helen) Prokop of Verdigre and Mrs. R. M. (Marie; Enders of Omaha; son—Frank of Spencer. Burial was in the ZCBJ ceme tery at Spencer under the direc tion of the Jones funeral home. Mr*. Nels Anderson Die* at Fremont Mrs. Nels Anderson of Fremont, the former Esther Widtfeldt, died Saturday at Fremont. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. L. O. Widtfeldt, pioneer resi dents of Holt coutny. Survivors include. Sons—Ben and Donald, both of Fremont; two grandchildren; brothers _ Carl Widtfeldt of O’Neill, Henry Widtfeldt of Omaha and Helmer Widtfeldt of Hay Springs; aunt— Mrs. Peter Lindberg of O’Neill. Relatives who left Tuesday to attend the funeral included Mrs. 1 eter Lindberg, the Misses Elean or and Esther Lindberg, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindberg and Mrs. Carl Widtfeldt Benefit Fashion Show Scheduled The O Neill Women’s club is sponsoring ‘Suddenly It’s Spring’, a library benefit fashion show to be held at the American Le gion club, Wednesday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Fashions will be donated bv the Apparel shop, Gambles, Penney’*, McDonald’s Mode-O Day and O’Neill Style shop. Four former professional models will be featured together with others whose names are to be announced by Mrs. H. D Gil der.sleeve. Coffee and ' cookies will be served.' ... . •