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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1957)
George J. Tuch, 80, Knox Native, Dies LYNCH—George J. Tuch, 80. a native of Pischelville, In Knox county, died early Monday, March 11. Sacred Heart hospital here. Mr Tuch had lived in retirement at Lynch since 1946. Funeral services were conduc ted at 2 30 p. m, Wednesday, March 14, at the Verdel Presby terian church. Rev. Joseph Wal stad officiated and grandsons act ed as pallbearers. Burial was in j L’Eau Qui Court cemetery at Nio- 1 brara. The late Mr. Tuch, son of Frank and Mary Tuch, was born on a farm near Pischelville April 24, 1876. He was reared in that com- j mumty. On March 27, 1801, at Nio brara, he married Mary Sarah Graham. He farmed and operated a grist mill on Steel Creek, near Pischel ville, until 1910 when he moved onto a farm northwest of Verdel He operated a general store in Verdel for several years and served on boards of education at both Pischelville and Verdel for many years. He was a fnember of the Wes leyan Methodist church at Lynch i and attended when his health per- | mitted. Survivors include; Widow— Mary; sons—James of Niobrara Marvin and Lloyd, both of Verdel; daughter—Mrs. Edward (Mary) May of Monowi; nine grandchild ren; eight great-grandchildren; brother—Frank Tuch of Verdel; sisters—Mrs. Mary Dobrichovsky of Verdigre; Mrs. Bessie Kreycik of Vassar, Man., Can., and Mrs. Thomas J. Graham of Redbird. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. The body lay in state at the Jones funeral home in Lynch prior to the funeral. ■— — ■ Mrs. Ben Tikalsky Burial at Verdigre VERDIGRE—Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 11, for Mrs. Clara A. Tikalsky, 67, of South Sioux City. She died Friday after a six-month illness. She was born May 3i, 1889, at Verdigre. Her maiden name was Clara A. Sukup. She was mar ried to Ben Tikalsky April 22, 1913 at Verdigre. The Tikalskys resided here until 1939, moving to O’Neill. A year later they went to South Sioux City. Survivcors include: Widower; daughters—Mrs. Mamie Veenker of Wausa; and Mrs. Clara Kart en of Soutn Sioux City; son—An drew of South Sioux City; broth ers—John Sukup and Andrew Sukup, both of Creighton; Law rence Sukup of Verdigre, and George Sukup of Winnetoon; s*s ters—Mrs. Frances Skokan of Creighton; Mrs. Emma Jelinek of Walnut; Mrs. Martha Dwinell of Orchard, and Mrs. Laura Frank of Verdigre; three grandchildren. Stuart People Here— Mr and Mrs. Elmer Allyn and family, Mrs. Lottie Lofquist and Mrs. Iaa Munson of Stuart were Tuesday dinner guests of Mr. and j Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick. ip*-—_____ Mr. Johnson , . . endured pi oneer hardships. Johnson Funeral Held at Chambers CHAMBERS—Funeral services for Clarence H. Johnson, 74, were held at 1:00 P. M., Ffiday, March 8 at the Memorial Baptist church in Chambers with Rev. Earl Schwenk officiating. Music was furnished by a quar tette composed of Stanley Lam bert, Ray Hoffman, Letha Cooke and Mrs. Wayne Rowse with Mrs. Ralph Garwood as pianist. Songs were “Does Jesus Care?”, “In The Garden" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus”. In charge of the flow ers were Mrs. Ed Hoerle and Mrs. Alvin Tangeman. Mr. Johnson died Tuesday, March 5, at his home nine miles southeast of here. Survivors include: Brother— Alvin E., of Chambers; sisters— Miss Alice Johnson, Mrs. Delbert (Eva) Fauquier and Mrs. Arthur (Marie) Tangeman, all of Cham bers; three nephews; six nieces, and 15 great-nephews and great nieces. He was baptized in infancy in the Swedish Lutheran church at Princeton, 111., his birthplace. He came with his parents to Holt county when he was two-years old. He was a member of the Bap tist church and taught an adult Sunday-school class several years. He endured the hardships of pioneer life and spent 72 years on the homeplace. A prayer was offered at the Eric Dankert home prior to the funeral. Out-of-town relatives attended from Burwell, O’Neill, North Loup, Clearwater, Orchard, Ame lia, Page and Ewing. Ewing to Hear Irrigation Speaker— A discussion on the “Economics of Irrigation” by Phil Henderson, agricultural economist from the University of Nebraska, will be held in Ewing on Tuesday, March 19th at 8 p. m. in the high school auditorium. This meeting is sponsored by the Ewing Chamber of Commerce and the Holt county extension service. Mrs. K L Van Voorhis enter tained her bridge club Wednes day with a 1 o’clock luncheon at the M & M. Bridge was played at her home. - -- - 3 Transports Loads NEW MERCURY CARS • Come in and look them over. • Get our bid on your used car on a new Mercury. . . the best deal for you in Nebraska. SAVE THE DIFFERENCE Asimus Mercury Garage In West O'Neill PUBLIC AUCTION On ranch located 1 mile northeast of O’Neill, thence 2 miles north (on Opportunity road), 2 miles east, 2 miles north (road marked) on— ! Tuesday, March 26th Sale Starts at 1 PJH. Lunch Wagon on Grounds 40 — Head of Cattle — 40 25 HIGH-BRED ANGUS STOCK COWS—including 17 long 2-yr.-old first-calf hfrs., calving by March 20, bred to reg. Angus bull. 4—Angus Tig. HEIFERS 4—Angus Tig. STEERS 1—Reg. ANGUS BULL 6 MILK COWS—Brown-Swiss, Ayrshire, Guernsey. ALSO two brood sows; 120 Austra-White laying hens, l-yr.-old; 2 brd. houses on skids; gas brd. stove; feeders, waters, wire. Appx. 25 tons good meadow hay in stack. Machinery — Household Goods ’48 Ford tractor, good; Ford lister; two-bottom plow for Ford; three-rake hitch for Ford; 2—J-D rakes; A-C tractor, rev. with mtd. sweep; new slide stacker, model A truck sweep with st. buck; st. stacker cage; 10-in. hammermill; 2— rub. tired wagons; two-wheel trailer; hog troughs; mower; 1,000-gal. Propane tank, new; IHC elec .self-wash, cream sep., new; etc. HOUSEHOLD GOODS include Kalamazoo comb, range; Servel gas refrig.; gas range; round oak table; etc. TERMS: CASH. VERNIE & IRENE JOHNSON Col. Wallace O’Connell. O’Neill, and Vem Wrede, O’Neill, Auctioneers; First Natl. Bank, O’Neill, clerk; Buv Wanser, Page, ringman. _» . _ City’s Dimes Drive Totals $1,074.77 Woodrow Melena of O’Neill, chairman of the march of dimes drive, has announced the follow ing receipts for the 1957 cam paign in O’Neill: Mothers march .. S 605.74 Clubs, lodges, Eden Re bekahs 10.00 Merry Matrons club 5.00 Elkhorn Project club 50.00 MNO Extension club 2.00 March of dimes cards, O’Neill public school 104.32 St. Mary's academy 111.71 School peanut sale 30 80 Legion dance 40.00 L. D. Putnam 25.00 New Outlaw food sale 44.70 New’ Outlaw peanut sale 37.50 Total $1,074.77 Cards Finish with 18-8 Cage Record The St. Mary’s academy Cardi nals wrapped up the 1956-’57 basketball season with 18 wins and eight losses. They won the Holt county tourney and the At kinson class C meet. Jim Becker led the scoring with 299 points. Larry Tomlin son, a sophomore, came through with 261; Jim Frolieh, 197; Gary Holly, 185; Tom Schneider, 145; Jim McGinn, 92; Bill Craig, 52, and Gale Stevens. 45. The Cards averaged 56 points per game compared to 45 for their opponents. Froelich and Becker were se lected as honorary cocaptains for the just-ended season. County Court E. Arland Palmer of Pierce, March 1, failure to stop at weigh station, fined $10 and $4 costs, officer—Donald F. Richardson. David L. Rumbaugh of Bassett, March 5, speeding day, fined $10 and $4 costs, officer—Donald J. Fiala. John D. Herman of Ft. Worth, Tex., March 7, overweight on ca pacity plate, fined $10 and $4 costs, officer—Clifford Kizzire. James D. Bogue of Ft. Worth, Tex., March 7, overweight on capacity plate, fined $10 and $3 costs, officer—Clifford Kizzire. H. F. Kramer of Concord, March 11, speeding day, fined $20 and $4 costs, officer—Donald J. Fiala. Don Fritz hearing will be held Friday, March 15. Two Join Elkhorn Valiev Club— EMMET—The Emmet Elkhorn Valley 4-H club met at the Her man Grothe home Sunday, March 10, at 8:30 p.m. to reorganise for 1957. Roll call was answered by tel ling birth dates and ages. An election of officers was held: Fred Grothe, president, Lynn Gallagher, vice-president; Maureen Schaaf, secretary-trea surer; Helen Marie Dusatko, news reporter. All members chose their pro ject for the following year. Two joined our club—Gene Winkler and Leona Dusatko. For lunch we had cookies and cocoa. Next meeting will be held at the George Skopec home—By Helen Marie Dusatko, reporter. Rieck* Presented Shrubs for Yard — Mrs. Melvin Rieck was surpris ed when a group of neighbors ar rived to celebrate her birthday and welcome Mr. and Mrs. Rieck to the Lewis River, Wash., neigh borhood. They have recently purchased the former David Goering prop erty. They were presented with a bundle of rose bushes for their yard. ' Mr. and Mrs. Rieck formerly lived at O’Neill. Mrs. Linquist Sent Card— The Buzzin Dozen club met at the home of Mrs. Bill Hansen Wednesday, February 27. Only one member was absent, Mrs. Nels Linquist, who was in St. An thony’s hospital. We sent her a get-well greeting and a gift. Mrs. Awaldt Spangler was a guest. Next meeting will be on Wed nesday, March 27 with Mrs. Ben Miller. Frontier want ads don’t cost . . . they pay! To Far East Leslie C. McKim (above) called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle C. McKim Friday evening from Long Beach, Calif., to advise them that his ship, the Everett F. Lar son, would leave Tuesday, March 12, for a five- to six month stay in the Far East. The vessel will stop enroute at the Hawaiian Islands for several days, where he plans to look up Harold Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd John son. McKim, who is a dis bursing clerk, enlisted in the Navy two years ago and has two more years to serve. His address—Leslie C. McKim, DK3, USS Everett F. LarsoD, DDR 830, % Fleet P. O. San Francisco, Calif. Shoemaker . . . five crucial points in his first game of basketball. — The Frontier Photo. Chamber*, O’Neill in Midget Finals It will be the Chambers Mid gets vs. the O’Neill Midgets to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Holt county grade school basketball finals at the O’Neill gym. Competing for third place honors will be Ewing vs. St. Mary’s, starting at 7 o’clock. In first round games played Monday night, O’Neill defeated St. Joseph’s hall of Atkinson, 32-17; St. Mary’s sneaked past Atkinson, 26-25, with Gene Shoemaker dumping in five points, including the clincher; Chambers passed Inman, 33-17, and Ewing won over Page, 31 29. in an extra period of play. In Tuesday’s semifinals, Cham ber.1. sped past Ewing, 42-36, ana O’Neill romped St. Mary’s 47 12. Shoemaker, who never before had played a game of basket ball, annexed all of his five points in the final period of the St. Mary’s-Atkinson game. He is an eighth grader, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Shoe maker. Chambers Graders Win Loop Tourney CHAMBERS—In the Sandhills Gateway grade school basketball tournament at Elgin, the Chamb ers graders captured the top hon ors. Monday, March 4, the Cham bers graders defeated Orchard, 39-17. Last Thursday, they defeated Elgin, 32-29. Friday night, in the finals— Chambers 29; Page 26. The Chambers graders were re inforced by the best pep club and a trophy was earned also by the pepsters. O’Neill News Guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowry in honor of Mr. Lowry’s birthday annivei sary were Mrs. Mary Mulhair; Mrs. Glen Hull and Glendora; Mrs. Bill Spencer, Diana, Daryl, Stevie, Karen, Brad and Starla; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Havranek, Danny and Debbie. S-Sgt. and Mrs. Don Kayl and children and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bjorsen were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowry. They were enroute to Califor nia where Don is stationed in the service. Both families are tak ing trailer houses. The Pinochle club surprised Roy Lowry Monday evening in honor of his birthday ann.versary. Miss Caroline Kennedy of Omaha came by train to vidt over the weekend with her bro ther, John Kennedy and with Mrs. Edna Coyne. Mr. and Mrs. John Kersen brock plan to leave today (Thursday) for Concordia, Kans., to attend the funeral on Friday of Mr. Kersenbrock’s brother, Arnold Kersenbrock, 73. Winners of the Bridge club held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Earl Hunt were Mrs. Verne Reynoldson and Mrs. Richard Nelson. It was also a baby shower for little Susan Kay Reynoldson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Reynoldson. Mr and Mrs Roy Lowry, Mrs. Mary Mulhair and Mrs Glen Hull spent Tuesday in Genoa vis iting Charley Cay wood. Mr .and Mrs. Guy Cole were in Omaha Sunday and went to Lincoln Monday. The A1 Hamik family were In Omaha over the weekend on business. Mrs. Grace Eisele entertained the Alpha club at the home of Mrs. Carl Widfeldt Wednesday. Army Pvt. Joseph F. Howard, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, route 1, O’Neill, recently partici pated in “Exercise Hard Times” with the Second infantry division at Ft. Richardson, Alaska. Mrs James Storms entertained the NTTF Bridge club Wednes day. A representative of the Nor folk social security office will be at O’Neill today (Thursday), 9:30 a.m., to 3 p.m., at the as sembly room of the courthouse; also one week from today— March 21. Mr and Mrs. Harold Connors and family of Greeley spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. March 2-3 weekendwithhermoth er, Mrs. M. J. Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Porter and family. Mr. and Mr«. L. Guthmiller spent March 3 visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Grady and family in Fremont. Conclude Visit— Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hagensick took their grandchildren, Rex and Karen Baker, children of Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Baker, to their home in Grand Island Sat urday after spending a week here. The Hagensicks returned Monday. Beverly Rotherham Chosen FHA Head EWING—The Ewing FFA chapter held a meeting Friday, March 8, and chose officers for the coming year. They are as follows: Beverly Rotherham, president; Mary Lois Noffke, vice-president; Pat Wright, secrt tary; Sandy Schrader, treasurer; Carolyn Tams, parliamentarian; Vivian Wright, historian; Lois Kaezot, pianist and song leader; Ann Rotherham, news reporter. The new officers are to be in stalled at a ceremony in April. Seniors leaving the FHA chapter aie: Rowena Rotherham, Sharon Rotherham. Lila Woeppel, Janell Hoke and Frances Noffke. Capture Laurels in Angus Show— Several 4-H members showed caiyes at the Nebraska Angus Futurity show at Columbus Tues day where there was heavy com ! petition. Bob Beelart of Page showed a sixth place steer, an eighth place ! heifer, and a third place bull. | Betsy Beelart showed a 17th place steer and a 14th place heif er. Sharon Miner of O’Neill show ed a 16th place heifer, and Perry Dawes of O’Neill showed a 14th place heifer. Wednesday the Beelarts and Ray Siders of Inman showed in the open-class. The annual banquet was held Wednesday and new state offi cers were introduced. Evert Min er of O’Neill is the retiring presi dent. New Hospital Assignments Given— The St. Anthony’s hospital auxiliary met Monday evening at the hospital. Mrs. Ira Moss pre sided. Completed restraining jackets and bands were return ed and more sewing to be done was assigned. A film on the heart will be shown at the April meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Hugh Coyne, Mrs. Leo Mullen and Miss Hilda Gallagher. _ Sutton-Clasey Nutpials Told— PAGE—Mrs. Gladys Sutton and j Elmer Clasey, both of Columbus, announce their marriage at Law ton, Okla., on Febr. 20. The couple will make their home in Columbus where he is engaged in business. Mr. Clasey lived most of his life in the Page community, sell ing his farm and personal pro perty about a year ago and mov ing to Columbus. IN HOSPITAL STAR — Mrs. Nels Linquist is home after being a patient in St. Anthony’s hospital the past two weeks . . . Miss Karen Miller has been quite ill with the flu, having missed several days of teaching school. AMELIA NEWS Mrs. Hamp Smith accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith to their home at Maxwell on Satur day. She will be with them a week and help with house-clean ing. Arrive to Attend Dishncr Funeral— Mrs Richard L. Owens of Kan sas City. Mo., flew to Norfolk Wednesday where she was met by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Golden. She came to attend the funeral of her uncle. F. J. Dish ner. Others here or arriving to day are: Mr. and Mrs. James Rich, a niece of Mr. Dishner, and Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Kinsman, all of Co lumbus, and Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson and John Lee of Hamp ton, la. 17 Member* Present for Klkhorn Meeting— The Elkhorn extension club met Tuesday, March 12, at Mrs. Hattie Kindlund’s home. Cohostesses were Mrs. Mark Schelkopf and Mrs. Hazel Boatman. One guest and 17 members were present. Mrs. Bob Cook gave the second part of •‘landscaping’’ and Mrs. Boatman gave "Mental Health”. Next meeting will be Tuesday, April 9, at Mrs. Preston Jones home.—By Mrs. Minnie Higgins, reporter. Giligan'* Receive Rexall Trophy— Gilligan Rexall drug in O’Neill,1 Robert Devoy and Ben Gilligan, is one of the nation’s first Rexall druggists to receix'e the new mor tar and pestle trophy. The award is an authentic rep lica of a 16th century bronze mortar and pestle cast at Deven ter. The Netherlands, which dates from 1590. James Scott, Rexall representative, made the pre sentation last week. Infant Chrutened— Mrs. Sylvester Zakrzewski re turned Sunday evening from Se ward, where she had spent 16 days with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Doiel, and son and new little daughter, Katherine Louise. Miss Angela Zakrzewski and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fox of Orchard at tended the baby’s christening Sunday and brought Mrs. Zakr zewski home. Mr. Fox and Miss Angela are the baby’s godparents. GOING ON TOUR The Nebraska Wesleyan uni versity Plainsmen band will play in 23 concerts on a 1,200 mile eastern Nebraska tour March 22-31. Miss Marilyn Lind berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lindberg of O’Neill, plays the flute. Sh e is a sophomore. Betty Bower of Ainswortn and Sharon Flowers of Clearwater and Kay Sandall of Bassett also are members of the unit. Busy Bozen in Session— The Busy Dozen club met Tuesday evening, March 5, at the Bernard Schmitz home. Prizes went to Mrs. Richard Mc Lain, Mrs. Rolland Weyrich and Mrs. Otto Sprague. Refresh ments were served. CENTER TO STATE CENTER—1110 Center high ba sketballers, having lost only two games all season, will go against Waverly Friday at 1:30 p.m., in the state class D basketball tour ney. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yusten visited Sunday at the home of her parents,M r. and Mrs. Bert Henning, near Atkinson. Chambers News Mr and Mrs. Gene Dobbs re ceived word of the sudden death of her father, L J. Bressler at Wakefield, Sunday night, March 3. Mr. and Mrs. Duane K Miller and children drove to Chadron .Sunday, March 3, to visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs R. E. Richards. Mr and Mr* LaVem Hoerle I and children were Sunday, March 1 3. dinner guests in the Clarence ] Young home In the afternoon they visited the Sam Youngs and in the evening his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hoerle. The Junior Garden club met Saturday, March 2, with Nancy Hoerle and elected officers: Pat ty Hoerle, president; Dennis Hoerle, vice-president; Sally My ers, secretary; Larry Damme, treasurer. William Hansen Named Ash Grove Head— STAR—New officers elected at the Ash Grove community hall meeting Tuesday, March 5, are: William Hansen, president and Marvin Johnson, vice-president. The secretary-treasurer to be appointed by the board. The four directors are Soren Sorenson, jr., Vince Jackson, Wil liam Derickson, jr., and Bill Du fek. The Ash Grove auxiliary met to elect new officers and to discuss! new ideas and suggestions for the coming year. Mrs. Marvin Johnson was elec ted president; Mrs. Elmer Juracek, vice - president; Mrs. Howard Johnson was reelected secretary and Mrs. Raymond Soucek was reelected treasurer. Plans were made to present a play in the near future. A card party will be held at the hall Fri day, March 22. Any lady whose husband or father has a membership in the hall is a member of the auxiliary. Next meeting will be April 2 at 2 p. m. at the hall. I'ink-and-Blue Shower — Chez a Mari club winners at the Mrs. William C. Artus home were Mrs. G. Owen Cole of Em met, Mrs. W. J. Nelson and Mrs. John H. McCarville. A pink-and blue shower was given Mrs. Mar vin Miller. Try Frontier want ads! I— X-Ray Report Leads to Serious Surgery PAGE — Mrs. Louie Copple, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Trowbridge, took advantage of the privilege of having a free che.,t X-ray when the unit oper ated in Omaha. As a result, Mrs Copple sub mited to surgery on Tuesday, March 5, for the removal of a large evst that had developed, at tached to the lu.ng and bronchial tube. Mrs Copple was unaware of the condition, apparently in per fect health. Daughter of Lynch Founder Is Dead LYNCH—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lynch Dougherty were held in Dixon, February 28, according to word received by Mrs. Anton Wasatko. Mrs. Dougherty was the daughter of John Lynch, founder of Lynch SHOWS OIL TECHNIQUE C. D. Hartronft showed tech nique in oil painting at the Fri day 8 meeting of the O’Neill rural youth. The club changed its name to Holt county rural youth. A report was heard on the district planning meeting held at Schuyler. A special meeting will be held Friday, March 22 with the purpose of recruiting new members. — By Audrey Henderson, reporter. Consign Now! COMMUNITY SALE Durre’s Station Sat., March 23 CONTACT: MERLIN GROSSNICKLAUS Chambers — or — HENRY DURRE O’Neill -1 Farmers! You’re Invited! 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