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* * * • * " *•«* * * . “Voice of The Frontier" 9 30-10 AM — 780 k.c. TWELVE JUT PAr Mon — Wed. — Sot. This Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Nev* spaper Volume 76.—Number 47. O Neill, Holt County, Nebrasba, Thursday, March 21, 1957. Seven Cents J 200 Attend Style Show Mrs. John L. Baker (above) models a three-piece pale yel low outfit at Wednesday night’s benefit style show sponsored by the Woman’s club. Proceeds from the two hundred spectators go to the Grattan library. Mrs. Baker’s cardigan was of ribbed orlon; blouse was tailored with convertible collar, and the skirt was slim and trim with scooped pocket. There were 17 models. —The Frontier Photo. Heavy Snow Blankets Area; Brings Cheer Andrew Cizek, 90, Expires at Lynch Rites for Retired Farmer Set SPENCER—Andrew Cizek, 90, a farmer who had lived in re tirement in Spencer more than 30 years, died at 4 a. m., Wed nesday, March 20, in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. He had been in failing health about a year and was taken to the hospital Sunday, March 17, by ambulance. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p. m., Friday, March 22, at the Methodist rhurch. Rev. Clyde A. Wells, church pastor, will officiate and burial will be in the WBFA cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Jones funeral home until the funeral hour. The late Mr. Cizek was born January 18, 1867. His wife, the former Antoni Jerman, died July 8, 1948. Pallbearers will be Jerry Mashek, Anton Soukop, Howard Miller, Ernest Klasna, Ed Krbel and Ray Kerbel, all of Spencer. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Charles (Agnes) Sedlacek of Spencer; Mrs. Frank (Betty) Klasna of Spencer; Mrs. Emil (Tonie) Micanek of Lynch; Mrs. Ernest (Bessie) Sixta of Lynch; sons—Joseph of Spencer and Frank of Denver, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grand children; brother — Albert of Spencer. 24 Present for Conoco Sales Meet Twenty-four persons were present Monday evening at a dinner meeting sponsored by the Continental Oil company. Mer chandising plans for the new year were outlined by Kiley Powell of North Platte, district manager for Conoco, and by Paul Baker of O’Neill and Duane Nantkes of Chadron, district sales representatives. Adverse road conditions pre vented Conoco representatives from Valentine, Ainsworth, Butte, Bristow, Spencer and Plainview from attending the meeting at the Golden hotel. A dinner at the M&M cafe preceded the meeting. Agents and dealers present were: O’NEILL—Ray Eby, James Stonns, Lawrence Johnson, Rob ert Timmerman, Alva Marcellus, Allan VanVleck, Joe Bartos. ORCHARD—Ed Richards. EWING—Willis Roekey, Gail Boies, Martin Pofhal. ATKINSON—Glen MeClurg, P. M. Mentzer, Roger Hawthorne. WINNETOON—Delmar Ander son, William Lane. CHAMBERS—Glen Burge. Guests were Robert E. Moore of Merri Dr. Pepper Bottling company; D. D. Dwyer of Grand Island, B F. Goodrich represent atives, and Carroll (“Cal”) Ste wart of The Frontier. Heads Cancer Drive— Mrs. Rex Wr. Wilson is the O’ Neill chairman of the 1957 can cer drive. She was appointed to replace Mrs. L. A. Burgess, who was un able to serve. (A story on Page 2 lists Mrs. Burgess as O’Neill chairman). — Snowfall this week throughout the O’Neill region, ranging from five to 14 inches, gladdened the hearts of residents. At O’Neill the official amount of snow received from the Sun day-Monday storm was seven inches. The snow was laden with moi sture, amounting to 1.29 inches of precipitation here. Because moisture has been be low normal, the wet snow cheer ed farmers and ranchers. None of the county high schools convened Monday be cause of snowlocked roads, and only a handful of rural schools operated. However, classes were resumed as usual Tuesday. Mainline passenger - mail - ex press trains on the Chicago & North Western railroad operated on schedule but busses in and out of the city late Sunday and early Monday were annulled. Ice created hazards for motor ists but there were no power or telephone service interruptions. Snowfall reports: Atkinson, 8 inches; Orchard, 10 inches; Plainview, Osmond, Ran dolph, Belden, Laurel and Allen, 5 to 6 inches; Burwell, 8; Ains worth, 4; Valentine, 2; Inman 8; Flwing, 6; Clearwater, 8; Bristow, 14; Spencer, 10; Butte, 10; Holt Wheeier line, 5; Verdigre 10; Lynch, 10-12; Gregory, 8. Summary: hi lo pr March 14 35 19 .04 March 15 35 8 March 16 35 17 March 17 34 21 .41 March 18 ... 29 23 .87 March 19 39 li March 20 48 16 Total 1.32 Stock-Grain Farm, Closeouts, Dairy Cattle on Calendar Tuesday, March 26: Vernie Johnson, eight miles northeast of O’Neill; Angus stock cows and milk cows; two tractors and other hay machinery; some household goods; Col. Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, auctioneer; First National Tank of O’Neill, clerk. (Details on page 11). Wednesday, March 27: Ray mond Kenny of Amelia; closeout of livestock, machinery, house hold goods; Col. Ed Thorin of O’ Neill, auctioneer. Friday, March 29: Mrs. Eva Backhaus of Amelia: residence and lots in Amelia. Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auctioneer. (Details on page 8.) Monday, April 8: Rudolph and Della Johnson, 14 miles north of O’Neill on U. S. highway 281 and two miles east; 640-acre im proved Holt county stock and grain farm, including eight-room dwelling; other good improve ments; 26 head of dairy cattle; complete line of machinery; some household goods; Lester Pearson of Spencer and M. Lar sen of Anoka, auctioneers; O’ Neill National bank, clerk. (De tails in next issue). Beckenhauer Returns from Far East— Lt Robert Beckenhauer, who has been stationed in the Far East, called his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F Beckenhauer, Sunday from Oakland, Calif. As soon as he is separated he plans to fly or come home by train to Omaha, where his parents will meet him. J.Q.Archer Dies After Long Illness Confined to Home After Suffering Stroke 7 Years Ago EWING—John Q. Archer, 58, well-known in the Ewing local ; ity, former manager of she i Ewing Co-Operative Creamery [ and former member of the llolt | county selective service board, died Friday, March 15, at his i homo. A rosary service was held at 4 p.m., Sunday at St. He tor’s de ! Alcantra Catholic church. Funeral services were con ! ducted at 9 a.m., Monday, March 18, at the church with Rev. Peter F. Burke, church pastor, offici ating. Severe weather condi tions prevented the service from beginning at the appointed hour and restricted attendance. The church choir furnished the music with A. E. Spittler at the organ. Pallbearers were Lyle Dierks, Gail Boies, Lester Bergstrom, Sam Regan and Kermit Jefferies, all of Ewing, and Marvin Mil ler of O’Neill. Born in Iowa The late Mr. Archer was born June 26, 1888, at Imogene, la, the son of Frederick H. and Ju lia Archer. On February 14, 1911, he mar ried Bertha Keenan at Shenan doah, la. They made their home at Shenandoah for a lime, then moved to Colorado where they spent two years. The Archers returned to Iowa for one year and came to Holt county in the spring of 1916. Mr. Archer farmed northeast of Ewing until 1928 when the family moved into town. He was Mr. Archer . . . resident of Ewing community since 1916. appointed manager of the Ewing Co-operative Creamery. Mr. Archer suffered a stroke December 3, 1949, which left him paralyzed. Thereafter, he was confined to his home for many months, spending most of his time in a wheelchair. Headed Village Board He was a longtime resident of Ewing, took an active part in civic affairs and served in offi cial capacities on the village board. He was chairman of the; village board (mayor) for sev eral years. He was a member of St. Peter’s church and the Knights of Columbus. He was a former member of the Nebraska Co-Operative Creamery association. He was manager of the cream ery at the time he suffered the stroke, and several months later retired from that position. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. Survivors include: Widow — Bertha; sons — Maurice of Grand Island; Edmund of St. Louis, Mo., and John, Jr., of Troy, Ala.; daughter—Mrs. Mar- j jorie Smith of Denver, Colo; 12 j grandchildren; sisters — Mrs.1 Catherine Gilmore of Omaha and Mrs. Ruth Saner of Alameda, Calif.; brothers—Leo of Villisca, la.; Robert of Imogene, la.; Fred of Gordon, and Ralph of Port land, Ore.; several nieces and nephews. Out-of-town relatives attend ing the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Archer of Grand Island; Mrs. Marjorie Smith of Denver, Colo.; John Archer, jr., of Troy. Ala; Edmund Archer of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Archer of Imogene, la.; Mrs. Catherine Gilmore of Omaha, and Mrs. Archer’s sis ters and husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buntz, Mr. and Mrs. John Kehr, and also her brother, Walter Keenan, all from Shen andoah, la. -— Fertilizer Meet Delayed ‘Til Tonight A fertilizer discussion to be j conducted by a factory represent ative, was scheduled for Mon day evening, March 18, at the American Legion auditorium was postponed until tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30 o’clock. Sponsors of the meeting are: the O’Neill Grain Co., George1 Petersen Feed Store and the Emmet Hay Co. Postponement was caused by road conditions. 60 Years Ago He Earned the Title— Dr. Ira in Enforced Retirement By MRS MERRILL ANDERSON Special Correspondent LYNCH—It was St. Patrick's day—March 17, 1897—that a youthful doctor, bom and reared on an Indian agency at Green i wood, S. D., walked from the portals of the St. Louis. (Mo.,) i College of Physicians & Surgeons with a sheepskin under his arm Dr. Guy B. Ira was destined to spend a lifetime administer ing the art of heeling in the busy Boyd county town of Lynch, not much more than a stone’s *hrov I from his birthplace, which was j in the shadows of old Ft. Randall. He studied advanced medicine in Chicago, 111., and New York City, and established a general : practice at Newburn, 111. A year later he returned to the I land of the Santee Indians to I visit his father. Dr. George W. Ira, and his mother, the former Beatrice Hobbs. In company with Will Barker, Doctor Ira had been on a hunt ing sidetrip, and arranged to stop overnight in Lynch. A Mr. Phimplc, whose wife was gravely ill, learned the young doctor was in town and appealed for help. The Phimple place was seven miles lown the road. Mrs. Phimplc recovered and Doctor Ira never returned to 7' linois. Instead, he ordered his personal effects shipped to Lynch. By the time the belongings ar • rived, he was snowed under with work. (A tape-recorded interview with Doctor Ira was broadcast on the Wednesday, March 20, ”Voice of The Frontier” program WJAG, 9:0 a.m.) Doctor Ira, 83, now lives quietly at the top of Lynch’s main street. He has been in en forced retirement for six years, getting about the house on crutches. Doctor Ira ... he helped bring two thousand babies into the world.—The Frontier Photo. He has sought medical a.ten- Chicago, New York City without tion in Rochester, Minn., Omaha, (Continued on page 8.) Another Try for Fire District STUART—A revised petition in an attempt to create a Stuart rural fire protection district has been filed with Holt County Clerk Kenneth Waring at O’Neill The proposed district would include the equivalent of nearlv four townships in Holt county and a three-mile wide corridor in Rock county, extending from the Niobrara river south 30 miles. Proponents of the district vol untarily withdrew the original petition because it included the town of Newport, which is ex cluded in the second petition. Waring said the second peti-! tion, although lacking as many names as the first, “appears to be adequate”. Rock county did not accept the original petition. Holt officials have not yet been advised of the official action at Bassett the second petition. Holt cbunty townships includ ed are all of Stuart, Holt Creek and Cleveland, west three miles of Dustin; west half of Green Valley'. __ MOVING TO OMAHA Mr. and Mrs. John Simon and family are planning to move to Omaha shortly. Mary Ann Pribil, ZV2 . . . pneumonia caused her death. (Story at right.) Areher <S.- Gile Next in Concert Series— Sunday, March 31 at 2:30 p. m. the O’Neill Community Concert association will present its fourth —and final— concert of the 1956 -‘57 series. Archer and Gile are the artists. Doors will be open at 1:45 p. m. Child, 2V2, 111 for Two Days, Dies Mary Ann Pribil, 2Ms-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fran cis Pribil of O’Neill, died at St. Anthony’s hospital Tuesday, March 19, at 5 p. m. She entered the hospital at 8:30 a. m., the same day. Death was caused by pneumonia. She had been ill only two days. She was preceded in death by a sister, Rita, who died January 27, 1954. Mary Ann was next to ' the youngest child, having been born February 26, 1955, at St. Anthony’s hospital. Survivors include: parents; brothers—David, Richard, Robert, Donald and Michael; Sister— Deloris; grandparents— Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schollmeyer of Page and Mrs. Mary Pribil of O’Neill. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan will say a mass of the angels at St. Patrick’s Catholic church at 9:30 a. m., today (Thursday). Burial will be in Calvary ceme tery under the direction of Big iin’s. Pallbearers are Dean Sladek, Billy Pribil, John Richter and Ronnie Kallhoff. ATKLNSON—Mrs. Lois Mart ens has been named judge for a Ft. Worth, Tex., flower show to be held in April. Irrigation Potential Double— Schrunk Brims with Enthusiasm Rise in the irrigation field of John Schrunk, who was born and reared on a farm northeast of Atkinson, became understand able to the 250 persons who heard him speak Friday afternoon at the joint annual meeting of the Holt county soil conservation district and Holt county exten sion. In brief: Mr. Schrunk brims with enthusiasm for irrigation in all forms. He said he sat in a conference with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson and concurred when the secretary said: “Irriga tion takes 80 percent of the risk out of agriculture.” Ray Siders of Inman conduct ed the extension portion of the program ;ELmer Allyn of Stuart the conservation portion. Mrs. J. B. Mellor of Atkin son retired from the extension board. Schrunk. now a specialist with Irrigation Equipment company of Eugene, Ore., and coauthor of a textbook issued by the Sprink ler Irrigation association, em phasizes that irrigation is not practical unless it is accompanied by “necessary know-how”. He also encouraged his listeners along the lines of small-scale ir rigation. “Too many irrigators make a mistake in going in for irrigation on too large a scale.” Subsoil Moisture Is Key Bringing to his listeners the benefit of considerable personal experience in soils and water problems in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Schrunk says the question of ir rigation is entirely dependant up an the amount of subsoil moist ure. “An Amarillo bank makes loans to wheat farmers solely in the imount of subsoil moisture rec orded at the start of a season. “Irrigation has to be sold to farmers just as lean-type hog production must be sold to farm ers. Everyone knows the lean type gets a premium on the mar ket, yet today 80 percent of the hogs marketed are fat-type. , . - . "Sometimes the problem re minds us of Sambo, who said: iou ain’t gonna show me ’cause i ain’t gonna look!’ ” Outlining the evolution of ir rigation in Nebraska, Schrunk recalled that in the first stage it was believed irrigation beiong (Continued on page 5.) - ■ - r -~imtifMiMMBinitiaiTiitiiivlifr ------- The Ben Vonaseks . . . presented framed colored panoramic view of their farm.—The Frontier Photo. W. L. Dodge Rites to Be Held Friday SPENCER— William Leroy Dodge, 79, died Sunday, March 17, at his home in Spencer. Mr. Dodge was found dead a I his home by LeRoy Nyquist, win liver oil. Death was believed tu went to the Dodge home to de have been caused by complica tions of old age. The late Mr. Dodge was born June 27, 1877. He came to Boyd county in 1938 and had worked on various farms in the com munity. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a. m., Friday, March 2-, at the Jones Funeral home in Spencer, where the remains will lie in state until the funeral hour. Survivors include one brother, Charles Dodge, of Homer. Clara B. Springer, 82, Dies Unexpectedly Funeral Services Set Friday Afternoon Mrs. Clara TV Springer, 82, w ho had been a Holt county resi dent since 1889, died at 11:15 l>. m., Tuesday, March 19, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Loyd Godel, She had been ill six years. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p. m., Friday, March 22, at First Presbyterian church with Rev. J. Olen Kennel, church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers will be grand sons Richard, Donald, Veldon and Larry Godel, Carroll Gren ier and Veldon Tomlinson. The late Mrs. Springer’s maid en name was Clara B. Walker, daughter of Henry and Anntoin ette Brown Walker. She was born August 31, 1874, at Providence R. I. The family lived on a farm Mrs. Springer . . . dies sud denly. at Hampton, Conn., before com ing to Holt county in 1889. Her father was an early hotel oper ator at Stuart. On December 4, 1894, she mar ried H. W. Bowring at Butte. They became the parents of two children—Cecil and Ralph. Mr. Bowring was a railroader. On May 9, 1905, she married Andrew Springer. The family lived on a farm in the Oppor tunity locality for several years, later moving into O’Neill where Mr. Springer was a laborer. Two children Dolly and Thelma — were born of the second mar riage. Mr. Springer died December 31, 1946. The late Mrs. Springer joined the Presbyterian church. Survivors include Son— Ralph E., of Kuna, Ida.; daughters— Mrs. Frank (Cecil) Grenier of O'Neill; Mrs. Robert (Dolly) Tomlinson of O’Neill, and Mrs. Loyd (Thelma) Godcl of O’Neill; 14 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren. Soren G. Jensen, War Veteran, Dies SPENCER—Soren G. Jensen, 59, a veteran of World War I. died Sunday, March 17, in the Veterans hospital at Grand Is land. There was a rosary service Wednesday evening, at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Spen cer. Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a. m. today (Thurs day) at St. Mary’s church. The remains will lie in state at the Jones funeral home until the funeral hour. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. Mary Ellen Frederickson of Rawlins, Wyo.; brothers — Charles Jensen of O’Neill and Warren Jensen of Whitten, S. D. Lynch-Bound Car Overturns on Ice— Seven high school age young men, enroute to Lynch after spending the weekend attending :he state basketball tournament it Linicoln, escaped unhurt Sun iay when their car skidded >n the ice on U. S. highway 275 about 4M> miles west of Ewing. Carl Weeder, 17, of Lynch was operator of the car. He was hrown from the machine. The :ar, a 1950 Ford was totally de- i nolished. Passengers were John Weeder, rhomas Chvala, Pat Mahon, Leon Birmeier, Arlen Svatos, lames Eiler and Carroll Nor wood. 4* • Brucellosis Plan Hailed Into Court Peterson Wants Court to Declare 1956 Plan ‘Null, Void’ Charley W. Peterson of Atkin son, an extensive land owner and a large-scale cattle operator, Friday filed a petition in Holt county district court seeking to restrain the state and federal agricultural departments from proceeding with a brucellosis testing program. Named as defendants are: Nebraska department of agricul ture, bureau of animal industry; U. S department of agriculture, [ animal disease eradication | branch; Dr. J. L. George of Lincoln, state veterinarian; Warren Pedon, jr., of O’Neill, as sistant Holt county agent, and Neil Dawes of O’Neill, county agent. Peterson in his petition, filed by Francis D. Lee, Atkinson at torney, states he is owner of land in Fairview, Shamrock and Dustin precincts. He declares that during Janu ary. February and March, 1956, Dawes and Peden attempted to establish through a brucellosis committee a brucellosis area and caused petitions to be circulated. The petition states a hearing was held August 29, 1956, and that Doctor George declared the area official on and after Sep tember 10, 1956. (HaimN Fraud Peterson attacks the establish ment of the area as “fraudulent ana erroneous . He says the Dawes office set forth in writing that 76 percent of the owners of breeding cattle in the area, representing owner ship of 90 percent of the breed ing cattle therein, signed the pe titions. Peterson’s petition, quoting the March 1, 1956, assessment rec ord, said 85,130 head of breed ing cattle were assessed—the sole lawful manner of indicating the breeding cattle population in the area. The figures used by the county agent and state veterinarian would indicate 9,749 head of breeding cattle more than shown on assessment records. The petition declares that the brucellosis program provides for inspectors coming onto premises owned by Peterson (“and others similarly situated”). Peterson is petitioning the court to rule the brucellosis area “null and void” to prevent entering of inspectors onto his premises. Wilson Says Full Story Not Told Dale Wilson, head of the Cham ber of Commerce committee ap pointed to investigate possibilities of improving street markings and house numbering in the city, insists that The Frontier neglect ed to tell the full story in its news stories relating to recent meetings of the city council and Chamber of Commerce. Wilson said he outlined three proposals to the council: (1) Changing Fourth and Douglas to the corner of 20th street and 20th avenue with numerical designa tions in sequence for streets and avenue^ throughout the city; (2) expanding and improving upon the present names and numbers of streets within the established layout; (3) a plan to redesig nate Fourth and Douglas as First street and First avenue with North, South, East and West prefixes on all streets each di rection from First avenue (Doug las) and First street (Fourth). Wilson added: “I honestly feel the present system leaves room for improvement. I want to make it clear that I laid before the council three separate plans. The council appeared to like the 20th street and 20th avenue idea, and that is the one that got all the publicity. “To improve upon and extend the present and existing system would be perfectly all right with me. And I stressed to the council and to the Chamber membership that the decision was theirs; I on ly offered proposals because I was asked to do so. “I thought The Frontier was unjustly harsh and caustic, edi torially, on its treatment of the proposal. We all have a right to our own opinion,” Mr. Wilson de clared. “I will say, however, The Fron tier agreed the present system of house numbering and street des ignations can be improved upon.” John M. Grutsch, Wife Will Hold Open - House Mr. and Mrs. John M. Grutsch, 128 E. Fremont st., will observe their golden wedding anniver sary Wednesday, March 27. Open-house will be held at the Fellowship hall, First Pres byterian church, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. "
