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1 WO SECTIONS Section I Pages I -8 North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 49. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 4, 1957. Seven Cents Mr. Froelich . . . to receive one of the highest lay honors in Koman Catholic church.—The Frontier Photo. Froelich to Become Knight of St. Gregory Mrs. Walter Ouart Rites at Stuart Came to Locality in Covered Wagon STUART — Funeral services for Mrs. Walter A. Ouart, 71, who died early Wednesday, March 27, were held Saturday af ternoon, March 30. at Stuart Community church, the Rev D. D. Su officiating. Hymns were sung by Mrs. Robert Brayton, Miss Kay My ers, Mark Nelson and J. G. Brew ster, accompanied by Mrs. H. L. Cowles. Burial was in the Stuiart cem etery with the following as pall bearers: H. L. Cowles, Clifford Farr, Harry Kopp, Donald Krot ter, Riley Paxton and Fred Zink. Born In Kansas Alda Amanda Conaway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Conaway, was born Decem ber 30, 1885, at Smith Center, Kans. She was graduated from Grand Island Business college in 1906. She was married to Walter A. Ouart at Smith Center April 7. 1909. and three children were born to them. The couple trav eled in a covered wagon to Newport, where they made their home on a farm. They moved to Stuart in 1928. Mrs. Ouart had been an active member of the Methodist church and later of the Stuart Commu nity church. She was president of the women’s groups of both churches. Infant Son Died Survivors include: Widower Waiter; daughters—Mrs. Lewis Radcliff of Stuart and Mrs. John Abart of Omaha; 10 grandchil dren; two great-grandchildren, and a nephew, Arthur A. Kopp, who made his home with the Ouarts many years. One son, Wallace, died in in fancy, and she was also preced ed 'in death by one sister and three brothers. Butte Band Toots at Early Hour BUTTE—Members of the high school band rolled out Monday for a 5 a.m., rehearsal while most of the townsfoiks were ‘‘sawing wood”. At 7 o’clock they stopped and accompanied their direct or, John R. Roberts, to a breakfast which had been ar ranged by the Band Boosters club. At 8 o’clock there began an other rehearsal. The band is preparing for the music con test to be held in O’Neill lat ter in April. CHANNEL 3 AWARDED The federal communications commission in Washington, D. C., has assigned channel 3 to Ains worth. The action was taken at the request of Bi-States Co., of Kearney, which owns and op erates KHOL-TV and a satel lite station, KHPL, Hayes Cen ter. The company wants to es tablish a third station at Ains worth. Johnson to Leave Police Force— Charles R. Johnson, city police officer plans to move soon to California, accompanying his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Johnson, who have scheduled a farm closeout sale. No successor has been appoint ed. County IB Meeting Scheduled— The annual meeting of the Holt County Tuberculosis asso ciation will take place Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m., at the Town House. There will be an election Of officers, Mrs. M. J| Baack is Holt county ehainnan. , f , • • t • * % • • •. . . , , \ ' * , , « m - William J. Froelich, sr.. of O’ Neill will become a Knight of St. Gregory, one of the highest lay honors in the Roman Catholic church, according to an an nouncement issued Thursday. Froelich and five Omahans were singled out to be conferred the honor by Pope Pius XII, it was announced last Thursday by Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, archbishop of the Omaha diocese. Others to be knighted are: Arthur L. Coad, Maurice C. Ho ward, Daniel J. Monen, Rex J. Olson and Aneice J. ("Dob”) Rashid. Bert Murphy, a well-know Omahan who was knighted in 1950, will advance to knight com mander. Benemerenti and Pro Ecelesia et Pontifice medals were confer red on 10 other Nebraskans, men and women. Centennial Year The Vatican said that Pope Pius XII had chosen 1957 to make the awards in noting the centennial year of the establish ment of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nebraska. All of the papal citations wil be conferred simultaneously at a | pontifical mass by Archbishop Bergan on a date soon to be an nounced. Mr. Froelich, head of a ranking law firm in the nation with of fices in Chicago, 111. was born at Stromsburg, March 1, 1901, a son of the late William and Nellie Morgan Froelich. He was gradu ated from O’Neill high school in 1917, attended the University of Nebraska during 1920-’21, and received a law degree at George town university, Washington, D. C. in 1926. As assistant United States dis trict attorney at Chicago, he helped prosecute A1 Capone in an intricate and precedent-making tax case. Industrial Counsel Today he is counsel for several nationally-known industrial firms, including the Milwaukee railroad, City Products of Chi cago, Wisconsin Public Service, and is also connected with sev eral large investment groups. Mr. Froelich commutes weekly between Chicago and O’Neill, where he and his wife, the form er Irma Stout, have reared five children. The Froelichs have three sons, William J. Froelich, jr., who is associated with his father in Chi cago and this week was admitted to the Illinois bar, James and Charles, both at home, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Nancy) Berigan of O’Neill and Miss Mary, who attends college in Omaha. There are two grand children. Archbishop Bergan noted in the announcement that Mr. Froe lich has contributed many hours of service to the Catholic chari tiies and also to Creighton uni versity. Chambers Graders Honored at Banquet CHAMBERS—A banquet hon oring the grade school basket ball team and the grade school pep club was given Tuesaay evening, March 26, at the school auditorium. Mothers of the boys rnr girls prepared the food, arranged the decorations and the program. Superintendent Hop>kins, Mr. and Mrs. Witte and Leonard Wintermote, team manager, were | guests. Appearing on the program were Superintendent Hopkins, Dean Smith, Patty Grubb. Dennis Wal ter, Gary Fagan, Norman Har ley, Dennis Doolittle, Coach Witte and Rodney Elkins. A hand too led billfold was pre sented to Coach Witte. DISMISSED EWING—Frank Bollwitt was dismissed from Our Lady r f Lourdes hospital in Norfolk Sat urday. Ti»y Frontier w’ant ads. Golden, Gleeson, Heermann Victors Swim Pool Proposal Is Rejected $33,000 Bond Issue Shy 30 Ballots in Atkinson V oting ATKINSON—The 33-thousand dollar swimming pool bond pro posal failed to get the required (10 percent approval of the vot ers in Tuesday’s election here The measure needed only 30 more votes to pass. There were 274 votes for the bond issue; 233 against. Pro ponents figured a two-mill levy on present valuation would fi nance the pool. Dr. James Ramsay was elected to the city council in the First ward, unopposed. John Beck was elected in the Second, also unop - posed. There was a race between L. P. Hayes and Harold Grof in the Third, with Hayes winning, 103-82. Walter Puckett and Earl Cox bill were elected to the board of education without opposition. Walters, Adams Return to Council CHAMBERS — Eric Dankert, James H. Gibson and Thomas E. Newhouse were elected to the board of education in Tuesday’s annual election, and will serve ; three-year terms. Dankert re i ceived 125 votes; Gibson, 79, and Newhouse, 77. Dankert and Newhouse are in cumbants. Gibson will be a new member, replacing Mrs. J ames Platt, who received 63. Others receiving votes for school seats were: Louis Harley, 39; Bayne Grubb, 40; Duane Miller, 2: Everett Wlntermote, 1; John Walters, jr., 1. No caucus was held at Cham bers and several dozen persons received a scattering of votes. J W Walters, with 44 votes, and Glenn Adams, with 48, were reelected to the village board. More than 20 persons shared write-in votes ranging from one to six. Spence Surprise Write-In Winner EWING—A member of the Ewing board of education, who was not nominated at the recent caucuses, sailed into office for another term Tuesday in the fea ture of the annual municipal election. William Spence received 153 votes as a write-in candidate. Charles Rotherham headed the vote-getters on the ballot. He received 164 votes, and was re elected. Unsuccessful candidates for the school posts were Richard Shain, 53 votes; L. E. Bergstrom, 36, and Wayne Shrader, 25. Jerry Tomjack, incumbant, de feated Lei and Welke, 125-70, for a village board position, and Frank Noffke defeated Shain 110-83, for the other vacancy on the town board. Top two vote-getters in the school race were considered vic tors. Voting ‘Very Light’ At Stuart STUART—T. E. McGuire, Stu art village clerk, reported voting very light in Tuesday's munici pal election at Stuart. The citizens party elected two members to the village board— J. G. Brewster and Lawrence Hamik. Brewster received 126 votes; Hamik, 114. N. W. Coats of the taxpayers party also was elected, receiving 137 votes. W. A. Nickless, citizens party, was unsuccessful in a bid for the town board; Ed P. Murphy, incumbant, and Walter Smith, incumbant, both received 111 votes and were unsuccessful. John Newman, incumbant, did not seek reelection. Charles Ankey and Ira M. Ready were elected to the board of education at Stuart. Ankey received 130 votes; Ready, 142. Unsuccessful school candidates were Robert O. Brayton, with 117, and Ruth Featherson, 42. RECOVERING EWING—Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Schwager of Ewing, is “getting along nicely” after an emergency appendectomy performed Thursday, March 21. He took sick that day about 10 a.m. and the parents were forced to make it to the Tilden hospital [with him in the storm. Weier . . . unopposed for board of education.—The Fron tier Photo. Fetrow . . . newcomer to school board.—The Frontier Photo. Rock Officers Make Protest Rock county commissioners— Frank Schubert, Alfred Gilg and H. C. Carr—have filled a formal | protest with the Holt county sup i ervisors in connection with the ] the proposed Stuart rural fire ! protection district. The proposed district would in clude nearly four townships in western and northwestern Holt county and a three-mile-wide strip of Rock, extending from the Niobrara river southward 30 miles (except for the village of Newiport). Word of the Rock protest reached Holt County Clerk Ken neth Waring on Wednesday. Ear lier a hearing had been schedul ed for 2 p. m., Thursday, April 11, at the courthouse here. The Rock officials protested the method of securing names of landowners there was “illegal” and the officers are questioning the eligibility of some of the signers. Rock grievances were set out in a lengthy letter. The com j plaints will be heard at the hear | ing to be held in the courtroom here. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Van Voor his left Wednesday for Columbus where he will attend a two day Consumers Public power mana gers’ meeting at Columbus. Mrs. Van Voorhis planned to visit at I Albion. O’Neill Voting Moderately Heavy Voting Tuesday in O’Neill's municipal election was moderate ly heavy, with all of the ballot ing involving three contested city council positions and two un contested board of education seats. Reelected to the council were M. J. Golden, First ward, and Fred Heermann, Third. Or. E. M. Gleeson will be a newcomer to the council from the Second. Harold E. Weier and Dale Fet row were elected without opposi tion to O’Neill city schools board of education vacancies. Incunt bants Ira H. Moss and F. N. Cronin did not seek reelection. Turner Retires Gleeson succeeds John Turn er, who served one term on the council and did not seek reelec tion. A total of 725 ballots were cast—226 in the First; 231 in the Second, and 266 in the Third Golden defeated Alan Van Vleck, 157-66, to earn another term on the council. Gleeson was opposed by C. R. (“Russ”) Forec in the Second Ward. Both were New Council This will be the composi tion of O’Neill’s new city coun cil after May 1: Mayor—Dewey C. Schaffer. Councilmen, First ward— M. J. Golden and J. J. Beugan. Councilmen, Second ward— j Dr. E. M. Gleeson and Leigh Reynoldson. Councilmen, Third ward— Fred Heermann and Robert E. j Moore. Golden, Gleeson and Heer man were victors in Tuesday’s election. newcomers in the political arena, Gleeson winning, 133-97. Heer mna bested Ray Lawrence, a newcomer in politics, 175-91. Weier polled 592 votes for the board of education; Fetrow, 564. There was an unimportant mix ture of write-ins. Some Activity In mild pre-election political activity, Mayor Dewey C. Schaf fer and Councilmen Golden, J. J. Berigan, First ward, and Leigh Reynoldson, Second ward, sup I ported the Golden-Gleeson-Law- < | rence slate. On Sunday signed literature . .. . More Election News on Page 4. was distributed door-to-door by VanVleck-Foree-Heermann. Both slates published adver | tisements last week. Because of the abbreviated bal lots and no contest in school voting, the election boards had preliminary figures available by 9 p.m.—about an hour after the polls closed. Golden is a hotel owner-man ager; Gleeson a dentist, and Heermann a motel owner-operat or. Weier is assistant postmast er and Fetrow operates an ap liance sales and service store. Norfolk, Wayne Pleased with Chest Drive— Joe Stutz reported to the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening, at the April session, that Norfolk and Wayne employ the community chest method for fund drives. He said Chamber of ficials at Wayne said the method worked “highly satisfactorily.” A complete report from Norfolk was unavailable at this time. The Chamber here tabled the matter pending further study, Secretary John Harrington said. Astmus. Derry. Spitxenberger . . . firm chance* hands. —The Frontier Photo. . ***** , ' * M .1 Golden (left) and Dr. K. M. Glreson (right) receive congratulations from Mayor Dewey t\ Schaffer. The mayor had backed both.—The Frontier Photo. A - Asimus Quits Auto, Implement Fields Dakotans Buy West O’Neill Firm (Photo below.) Tony Asimus, who has been in business in O'Neill 23 years and who founded a farm implement automobile agency in 1945, has sold that firm to two South Da kotans — Oscar Spitzenberger of Bonesteel and Max Derry of Wood. The transaction, which took place April 1, was made public Wednesday. Mr. Asirtius has been O’Neill dealer for Mercury cars, Massey Haris, New Idea and General Im plement farm machinery and equipment. He will continue to own and operate the New Deal Oil Co., alao in West O’Neill. Former Senator Mr. Asimus, a former state senator, acquired a wide follow ing during his years in the auto and machinery fields, and count ed customers in dozens o,f Ne braska and South Dakota coun ties. Mr. Spitzenberger, who has been in the field since 1937, is married and is the father of four children. Their oldest child, Kathleen, 18, is a freshman at Mt. Marty college at Yankton, S. D. Other children are Michael, 15, a high school junior; James, 12, a seventh grader, and Marie, Who is in the first grade. Mr. Derry is single. He has been in the automotive field since 1948. The firm will be known as the Derry-Spitzenberger Motor Co. While under the ownership and operation of Mr. Asimus the firm was designated as the Outlaw Implement Co., and Asimus Mer cury garage. KC's Elect Delegates to State Meeting— SPENCER—The Boyd county Knights of Columbus, at a meet ing here Friday, elected Ed Richter delegate to the state KC convention to be held in April at Hastings. Rev. Charles Kamber of Lynch was elected first alternate, and Henry Pfeifer qf Spencer, second alternate. Ray Kayle, grand knight, and John Schmidt, finan cial secretary, also will attend the meeting. Rev. Francis Price of Emmet showed slides of his trip to Rome, Italy. Refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yusten visited Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cone Tuesday night. Ilrrrmann . . . victor by wide margin in Third ward council rare.—The Frontier Photo. Native of Sweden Dies in Hospital John A. Carlson, 90, Rites Set LYNCH—John August Carlson, 90, a retired farmer, died late Tuesday, April 2, in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. He had been ill with influenza about three weeks. Death was caused by : complications of his illness and advanced age. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, April 5, at First Methodist church in Lynch. Rev. Paul Nelson of Bristow will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery i at Lynch. The late Mr. Carlson was born February 20, 1867, in Sweden. He came to America at a young age and later returned to Sweden to marry the former Anna An derson. He and his bride reach ed Fairfax, S. D., in 1896 where Mr. Carlson was a homesteader. The couple retired in 1923 and moved to Lynch. His wife died November 3, 1941. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Nellie Johnson of Sioux City; Mrs. Fred (Alda) Coleman of Spencer; Mrs. Mayme parson of Laurel; Mrs. Wilmer (Mabel) Crawford of Lynch; son—Fiich ard of Laurel; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. The remains lie in state at the Jones funeral home at Lynch. Moisture-Laden Snow Falls Here Snow laden with moisture be gan falling at O’Neill late Wed nesday afternoon after flurries had been noted earlier in the I day. Bassett, Ainsworth and Cham bers reported snowfall earlier in the day. By 8 p.m., the moisture had amounted to .13 of an inch. More fell later and driving conditions were made hazardous as tem peratures dipped below freezing. Spencer and I,ynch reported beneficial snow late Wednesday. Summary: March 28 47 26 March 29 45 21 March 30 _ .... 48 31 March 31 _ 60 33 .01 April 1 . 56 39 April 2 _ 52 31 April 3 _ 40 30 .13 SUFFERS ATTACK STUART— Herman Batenhorst, sr„ of Basin, Wyo., suffered a heart attack March 22. He is a brother of Alfons, Robert and Joseph Batenhorst and Mrs. Jo hanna Ramm, all of Stuart. SON IS NAMED EWING—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartak have named their new j son, Gregory Scott. He was born Wednesday, March 27, at St. An- ; thony’s hospital, O’Neill. High Court Says Road ‘Not Okay’ Decision of District Court Is Reversed; Amelia Celebrates LINCOLN — The Nebraska supreme court Friday reversed a Lancaster district court rul ing which had upheld the state board of education in refusing to approve Amelia high school district 228, Holt county. The board had refused to approve the two-year Amelia high school on the grounds that for three consecutive years the school had had less than 15 pupils and lay within 15 miles “over a reasonably improved highway” of another high school (Chambers), as provid ed by statute. 'Hie effect of the board’s rul ing was that the Amelia two grade high school was to be denied free tuition privileges. Had the ruling been sustained this would, in effect, have sounded the death knell for the high school (the first eight grades would not be affected). By a Staff Writer AMELIA—In this inland south west Holt county community the date supreme court’s decision Friday had the effect of clear ing the air and relieving tension. For the past three years these people in district 228—and the neighboring districts as well— have felt very strongly about keeping the tiny two-grade high school in operation. The supreme conrt’s announce (Continued on page 4.) Off-Street Parking Feature of Lease When the present Lohaus Mo tor Co., building is remodeled by Safeway Stores, Inc., it will mea sure 72 x 140 ft., and will con tain 9,200 square feet of operat ing space. This was announced Wednes day by Frank G. Pringle, retail division manager of Safeway Stores at Omaha. Pringle said all details of a lease agreement entered into by Safeway and Elizabeth T. and Henry J. Lo haus have been completed. 'I he property is located at the north east corner of Douglas and Fifth sts. Balance of the 180 x 170 ft. property will be converted to off-street parking to accomodate customers while shopping at Safeway, Mr. Pringle said. Safeway pioneered cash and carry and also off-street park ing. Now off-street parking is a must with almost all types of retailing and current trends show that more and more gro cers are converting to cash and carry. Mr. Pringle went on to say: “The splendid future of O'Neill and its ever expanding trade area played a major part in Safe way’s decision to locate in O’ Neill.” He further stated, “O’Neill la a progressive, uptodate town, and Safeway wishes to contrin ute to that march of progress.” The Frontier will carry ac counts of the progress of this store from time-to-time. Schom Ordination May 11 in Omaha ATKINSON—Henry Schom of Atkinson will be ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood Saturday, May 11 in Omaha. He is a student at St. Paul, Minn, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs John Schom of Atkinson.