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North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 76.—Number 50.O'Neill. Holt County, Nebraska. 1 hursday. April 11, 1957. Seven C ents Scripter, 53, Dies of Explosion Burns Rites Wednesday at Atkinson ATKINSON—F'moral services for Joseph M Scripter, 53. who suffered fatal burns in a fire at Grand Island, were held at 9 a. m., Wednesday, April 10, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in At kinson. Acting as pallbearers were Lloyd James, Alfred James, Ar thur Regal, John Fox, Lee Gil man and Floyd Gettert. Burial was in Woodlawn ceme tery near the grave of an infant child. , A rosary service was held Tuesday evening at the Seger funeral chapel in Atkinson The late Mr Scppter died Sun day, April 7, in University*' hos pital at Omaha where he had been a patient six days. He was burned in a trailer house explosion March 23. Mr. Scripter, living alone in the trailer, was attempting to fill a hot heating stove with fuel. The resultant explosion knocked him to the end of the trailer. He managed to get to the home of relatives. They took him to St. Francis hospital, Grand Island, and later he was transferred to Omaha Where skin grafting was to be undertaken. He suffered third degree burns on his legs. He was bom January 23. 1904, the son of Fay W. and Minnie Bruder Scripter. On August 17, 1925, at O’Neill he was married to Florence Andrus. Survivors include: Widow— Florence; sons—Joseph, jr., Charles F., and Kenneth E.; daughters—Mrs. Ben (Helen) Braun, Mrs. Albert (Betty) Was son, Mrs. Nelson (Marjorie) Gib son and Miss Jo Ann; mother — Mrs. Minnie Scripter of Atkin son; brothers—Edward of Valen tine and Henry of Wichita, Kans.; sisters—Mrs. Elizabeth Richeson of Atkinson; Mrs. Ed Wieden man of Michigan City, Ind.; Mrs. Michael Marose of Los Angeles, Calif.; seven grandchildren. One son, A-2c Charles, who had been stationed at Osaka, Jap an, flew home to be near his father before the death. Train-Savers Lose Amendment Request At Lincoln Tuesday the Ne braska state railway commission overruled a motion by supporters of the Save-the-Trains associa tion to amend general order No. 11, a change which commission sources said would have made it "much more difficult” for a rail road to drop service. The order, which has been on the commission books for nearly 50 years, sets forth the manner in which railroads must make re ports of their expenses of opera tion between points in Nebraska. The move to amend the order came in the wake of the Chicago & North Western railway’s at tempt to discontinue its Omaha Chadron run. Johnson Lands Sells for $35 Per Acre Dwayne Anson, who lives north of O’Neill, Monday was high bidder on the improved Rudolph and Della Johnson 640-acre ranch located 14 miles north of O’Neill and two miles east. Purchase price was $35 per ac re. The Johnsons, who liquidated their persona 1 property at the same auction, are retiring and will move soon to California. Verdigre's Dr. Leonard F. Lovely . . . congratulatory mes sages by the bushel.—The Frontier Photo. Creighton ‘U Cage Immortal— Dr. Lovely Honored by Hall of Fame ————— By a Staff Writer VERDIGRE—Letters and tele grams by the bushel have pour ed into the home of Dr. Leonard F. ("Jimmy”) Lovely and his wife since the initial announce ment went out from the Los An geles, Calif., that “Jimmy”, the former Creighton university basketball star, had been named to the hall of fame. Announcement was made by Paul H. Helms, jr., chairman of the board of the Helms Athletic Foundation. Last month townspeople of Verdigre arranged a banquet honoring Doctor Lovely, whose cage feats still echo in the cor ridors on the Hilltop at Creigh ton university, Omaha. Still angular and flexible, his long arms gesticulate from a big easy chair while the gray-haired dentist reminisces of the days of 1922, 1923 and 1924. The Omaha World-Herald, Omaha Bee-News and national wire service sports writers ran out of superlatives in telling of the exploits of the Bluejay teams coached by A. A. Schabing er, and, particularly, of the prowess of the 6 ft. Igdsh kid from tiny Elkton, S. D. "Jimmy’s” case of influenza and a dislocated knee merited reams of sports news copy in I those days and a huge scrapbook ! holds the colorful story. Lovely won Helms all-Ameri can honors in both 1923 and 1924 and, in receiving the latest honor, (Continled on page 3.) 3 Hospitalized After Two-Car Collision Three persons were hurt about 11:30 p. m., Friday in a two-car crash 2 Vi miles east of O’Neill on U. S. highways 20-275. Cars driven by Mrs. Charles Boyle, O’Neill farm woman, and Clifford Hahlbeck of Ewing crashed when the Boyle machine, driven by Mrs. Boyle, attempted to make a lefthand turn from the highway onto a new county road leading to her home. The Boyle machine was east bound from O’Neill; the Hahlbeck car was westbound, heading to ward O’Neill. Both vehicles were damaged to the extent of about one thousand dollars each, according to State Highway Patrolman Robert Gude, who investigated. Riding with Mrs. Boyle were her husband and their daughters —Charlene, Theresa. Frances, Helen and Rita. Halhbeck was al , one. Both drivers and Miss Charlene were hospitalized here. Hahlbeck, suffering from shock and bruises, was dismissed Tuesday. Mrs. Boyle injured her right leg and is unable to walk. She fractured a finger and suffered chest in juries. Miss Charlene suffered a neck injury, but Wednesday it had not been determined if tnere were broken bores. The Hahlbeck machine skid ded some riistuice. Hahlbeck, the town marshal at Ewing, had been pursuing a speeder, he said, and was enroute to O'Neill | to have a warrant issued. Deed for Armory Site Forwarded Deed for the site of the pro j posed new 200-thousand-dollar national guard armory Tuesday I was forwarded to the Nebraska military district headquarters. ; The land, approximately a square block in area, recently was con demned by the city and purchas ed for six-thousand-dollars. Roy Spindler formerly owned the property, located six blocks north I of the O'Neill center. Mayor D. C. Schaffer' and City Clerk O. D. French signed the ' transmittal instrument. Prominent Angus Man Dies at 60 Heart Attack Fatal to ‘Ray’ C. S i d e r s ; Services at Inman INMAN—Raymond C. Siders, 60, a retired rancher and a pio neer breeder of Aberdeen-Angus cattle, suffered a heart attack Friday, April 5, while transport ing school children to Orchard for polio immunization shots. He was taken to St. Anthony’s hos pital at O’Neill where he died at 6:30 o’clock that evening. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Monday, April 8. at the Inman Methodist church. The rites were attended by one of the largest crowds in the history of the town. Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor, officiated and bur ial was in the Inman cemetery under the direction of Bighn’s. Music was furnished by a mix ed quartette—Mrs. Ira Watson, Mrs. L. F. Kopecky, Harvey Tompkins, all of Inman, and A. Neil Dawes of O’Neill— accom panied on the piano by Mrs. Tompkins. Pallbearers were Blaine Gar w'ood of Amelia, Harry E. Res Mr. Siders . . . Bandolier j breeding is predominate. sel, Fora Knight, Everett Miner, and Louis Bartos, all of O’Neill, and Frank Beelaert of Page. Born in Missouri The late Raymond Clarence Siders was born June 30, 1890 at Bogard, Mo., a son of Charles and Maggie Gilliand Siders. He was nlne-years-old when he came with his mother and other children in the family to Holt county, arriving in O’Neill by train December 23, 1905. Earlier his father and an uncle, Joe Gilland, had come to Holt and rented a farm 17 miles north- [ west of O’Neill. It was the Joe Coleston place—a quarter-section —which earlier had been pur chased for $90. (Continued on page 6.) Lyle Wertz, 63, Dies Suddenly Burial in Canada; War Veteran STAR—Lyle Wertz, 63, who was born and reared in this lo cality and saw extensive combat duty in France during World War I, died unexpectedly Friday, March 29, in Assinaboi, Sask., Can. He suffered a heart attack, was taken to a hospital, and died a few hours later. None of the Holt county rela tives were able to attend the funeral services. Mr. Wertz was one of nine children in the family of the late Alexander R. and Althea Craw ford Wertz. He attended rural school in he Hainesville district. He spent considerable time in France in the infantry during World War 1 and participated in bitter fighting in the Argonne forest. Later, he served in the army of occupation in Germany. Returning to the United States he went to Canada and began farming. There he met and mar ried Anna Patterson. They be came the parents of four children. At the time of his death he owned a farm in Saskatchewan, but resided with his wife in the town of Assinaboi. Two years ago Mr. Wertz vis ited brothers and sisters in Holt county. Survivors include: Widow — Anna; sons—Donald, Leonard and Douglas; daughter—Ardith; eight grandchildren; brothers— Floyd of Page, Emmett of O’Neill; Le land of Minneapolis, Minn.; Ar thur of Boise, Ida.; sisters—Mrs. Mildred Phillips of Medford, Ore.; the Misses Morna and Mar garet, both of O’Neill (Star com munity). , The three sons and one daugh ter all reside in Canada. One brother, Leslie, died in i 1940 at Star. ■■1 wm a VM/mm mmwmmm mmmwmmam wmm O’Neill high band members prepping for district music competition: Darrell Clyde, Harry Bei lin, Larry Oetter, Kathleen Brady and Beverly Brittell.—The Frontier Photo. No Saturday Deliveries— PO Austerity Starts Postmaster-General Summer field’s austerity program will be felt at the O’Neill postoffice and all other postoffices in the land, starting Saturday, April 13. There will be no Saturday window service, no city or rural deliveries. Under the new orders, Post master Ira Moss said Tuesday the window service will be cut 30 minutes Monday through Friday. Instead of 8 a.m., to 5 p.m., window hours, the win dows will not be opened un til 8:30 a.m. The 5 p.m., win dow closing will remain un changed. Issuance of money-orders in first- and second-class offices (O’Neill has a first-class of ice) will be stopped after Mon day, April 29. Patrons with postoffice boxes will receive their mail as us ual because there will be no change in distribution. Three substitute clerks and ual, because there will be no carriers will be working fewer hours as a result of the Sum merfield cutback. They are Jerome Gallagher and Jerry Spittler, substitute status clerks, and Larry Minton, sub stitute carrier. "Skelton” crews will be on duty Saturdays and Sundays to distribute and dispatch mails. Summerfield’s fiscal prob lems have been coming un der fire in congress since the cutback threat was made. If more funds are forthcoming from congress, the previous ser vice is expected to be restor ed. I —— Mrs. Frahm . . . born in Illinois. (Story at right.) Arden Uhlir Wins Staik Honor— Youth, 17, Is Star Farmer Arden Uhlir, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto W. Uhlir, who live nine miles north of Oak View park, Thursday evening was named Nebraska’s star farmer at the 1957 conference of Future Farm ers qf America held in Lincoln. The honor was bestowed at the 29th annual convention at the University of Nebraska college of agriculture. Young Uhlir won the honor based on the judging of his farm and livestock projects. During his three years in FFA work (now in his fourth year), Uhlir developed a well-rounded farming program, judges said. The work nettl'd him $6,415. His program includes: 10 pure bred Hereford cows, six purebred Hereford heifers, three purebred Hereford bulls, one reserve champion bull (purchased at the Northeast Nebraska Hereford sale January 28, 1957), and two dairy Holstein heifers. Arden rents two hundred acres from his father, a longtime Here ford commercial raiser. Land has been distributed as follows: 55 acres oats, 40 acres corn, 40 acres alfalfa, 18 ares sorghum and 20 acres wild hay. John Sotter is Arden’s voca tional ag teacher at Verdigre high school where Arden is a senior. Young Uhlir’s honors included a two-hundred-dollar FFA foun dation award. He also had the state champion record book. Foundation Hereford stock has been purchased from the Henry Wood herd at Ewing, C. V. Rob ertson herd at Chambers, H. A. & R. E. Van Horn herd at Page, and of neighbors, Joe J. Jelinek & Sons of Verdigre. Arden is president of his class and was class secretary when he was a junior. He was homecoming king at Verdigre high in 1955. He is president of the Verdigre FFA chapter for the 1956-’57 term. Mr. Softer has been vocational ag teacher at Verdigre for 10 years—since he was graduated from college. Arden wants to apply for the American star farmer award at a later date. He has attended all state FFA conventions since starting to high school and twice has gone to the national conven tion. Arden plans to sign up for army duty as soon as he gradu ates and get back to the farm. He wants to rent 640 acres. FFA groups from O'Neill. Ver digre, Atkinson, Ewing and other area towns attended the Lincoln convention. 6 Inches of Snow Reported Here Six inches of snow fell at O’ Neill during the past seven days, bringing .67 of an inch of mois ture. Elsewhere in the area heavier snowfall was reported. The moisture assures early green pastures, which already are beginning to turn. Light snow was falling Wed nesday afternoon at Butte and temperatures dropped rather sharply here. Weather summary: Hi Lo Prec. April 4 31 24 .40 April 5 35 22 .08 April 6 36 20 .19 April 7 32 27 April 8 45 10 April 9 46 22 April 10 . 54 32 Total .67 O’Neill Firemen Called Twice Rubbish in the rear of a pick up truck at the Herbert Timm residence required the services of the firmen Tuesday evening. The department was summon ed Wednesday morning at 9:05 o’clock to the George Shoemaker ranch, five miles south of O’Neill on U. S. highway 281. A plug ged water heater, burning oil, was blamed. The chimney area was damaged and some siding will have to be replaced. Arrives Wednesday— Lt. Donna Shellhase arrived home Wednesday afternoon from Japan, where she had served with the army nurses’ corps. After a 30-day leave with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Shellhase, she Will report for duty at Ft. Knox, Louisville, Ky. Otto W. Vhlir and son, Arden, and Teacher Setter.—The Frontier Photo. Chrts McGinn Named to Police Force Chris McGinn, well-known in the O'Neill and Chambers local ities, has been appointed to the O’Neill police force. Mayor D. C. Schaffer said late Wednesday. The appointment is expected to bo confirmed by the council. McGinn wif replace Charles Johnson, who will lx- moving to California with his family. Ill \RING TOD\i Hearing on the proposed Stuart rural fire protection district, in ing land in both Holt and | RiK'k counties, will be conducted; at 2 p. m., today (Thursday) at ! the courthouse here by the Holt board of supervisors. Rock com missioners are opposing the pro posed district. Mrs. Arthur Frahm, III 7 Months, Dies Burial at Orchard for Page Woman PAGE—Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur H. Frahm, 68, were conducted at 2 p.m, Tuesday, April 9, at St. Peter’s Lutheran church at Orchard. Rev Walter Seefeldt officiated. Mrs. Frahm died at 12:30 am, Saturday, March 6, in St. An thony’s hospital at O’Neill. She had been ill seven months and had long been hospitalized five days. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery at Orchard under the i direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers were Milo I^ind reth, Glenn Stewart. Otto Wise man, LeRoy Cunningham, Buv Wanser and Lloyd Fusselman, The late Mrs. Frahm, whose j maiden name was Dollie Lavern ! Moisei, was born February 20, 1889, at Princetown, 111., a daugh ter of Henry and Julia Gigle Meisel. She was married June 10. 1-908, to Arthur H. Frahm at Pierce. Most of the Frahm’s married life was spent on a farm although at one time Mr. Frahm' owned and operated a hardware store at Malmo. The couple farmed in Pierce and Antelope counties before j coming to Holt in 1919. They j lived for a time near Atkinson and then moved back to Ante lope county. In 1941 they returned to Holt and resided on a farm six miles northwest of Page until 1952 when they retired to their home located beside the Farmers store at Page. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Spjut of Brunswick and Mrs. Winifred Zolfer of Omaha. Survivors include: Widower— Arthur of Page; sons—Floyd of Page and Roy of Royal; daugh ters—Mrs. Alvin (Emma) Rab bass of Neligh; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sistero— Mrs. Julius Lyle Diers of Peters burg, Mrs. Georgia Keller of Omaha, and Mrs. Maxine Kee of Brunswick; brother—John Meisel of Omaha. State Claims Suit is in Wrong Court An answer has been filed in Holt county district court to Charley W. Peterson’s petition asking the court to declare the Holt brucellosis area “null and void”. Homer L. Kyle, assistant Ne braska attorney-general in answer, declared the Holt dist rict court has no jurisdiction in the matter. Inasmuch as the state veterinarian, Dr. J. L. George of Lincoln, and the Nebraska de partment of agriculture are nam ed as defendants, the state claims the only court having jurisliction would be Lancaster district court. Holt County Agent A. Neil Dawes and Assistant Agent War ren Peden, both of O’Neill, also are named as defendants. On March 29 they filed a demurrer, alleging “the facts are not suf ficient to constitute a cause of action”. The Kyle answer was filed Wednesday. Peterson is an extensive Holt county landowner and cattle rais er. He filed his suit March 15. Teacher to Get Eye Surgery — PAGE—George Austin, com mercial teacher at the Page high school, will take a two-week leave of absence and will submit to corrective surgery for an eye condition at Kearney. The pupils of the high school honored him with a surprise leave party Monday evening at home. Alfred Sanders Is Seriously 111— Earl Sanders of Irrigon, Ore., was called to O’Neill because of the serious illness of his father, Alfred Sanders. William McIntosh of the Mc Intosh Jewelry here was elected second vice-president of the He- i braska Retail Jewelers associa- : tion at Omaha. , 26 Schools Entered in Music Fete 1,500 Young Musicians Compete in Annual District Contest Strains of music from multiple 'ianos filled the spring air Wed nesday as the annual district nusic contest got underway here. More than 1.5(H) hundred young nusicians, plus parents, chauf Vrs and well-wishers from 26 lorth-central Nebraska high schools w ill have converged here x'fore the three-day contest clog 's Friday night. Piano competition Wednesday ook place at both O’Neill public school and St Mary’s academy. Class C and D schools will have 3iitries in action today (Thurs iay) and band competition will lx> heard tonight at the public school auditorium. Class B schools will compete Friday with band competition in the evening climaxing the pro gram. Baack Is Director Vocal, instrumental and small group performances will be dis tributed between the auditoriums and audition rooms in the two schools here, according to M. J. Baack, who is contest director. Judges will be: Carlton Chaffee of Vermillion, University of South Dakota, voc al and instrumental. George Whitfield of Kearney, Nebraska State Teachers college, piano. Martin Bush of Vermillion, University of South Dakota, vo cjd. Richard H. Simpson o( Red Oak, la., public schools, istru mental. Nels Leonard of Vermillion, University of South Dakota. Elmer Pundman of Harlan, la* and Simpson will judge class C bands and participate in otfaet judging: Chaffee, Leonard, Buslh and Simpson will judge class P bands and also participate in judging of other events. Early Results (Judging is based on 1, 2, 3.) Wednesday1!?- piano winners were: CLASS ft (SOLO) 1—Bill Parsons, Neligh, Mardy Johnson of O’Neill high; 2— Nan cy Kennell of O’Neill high, La none Sisson of Ainsworth, Brenda Pallcsen of Ainsworth, Ann Han na of Valentine, Vicki Richards of Valentine; 3—Bonnie Burival of St. Mary’s, Myra Magstadt of Ainsworth. CLASS C (SOLO) 1—Ruth Kuhl of St. Frances (Randolph), Rae Anne Taake of Tilden; 2—Sharon Huwaldt of St. Frances (Randolph); 3—Ann Marie Pabanz of Meadow Grove, Gretchen Clark of Niobrara, Chery Lee Wagner of Niobrara. CLASS I) (SOLO) 1—Marcia Widman of Amelia, Margaret Armstrong of Elgin; 2 —Judith Hunter of Elgin, Linda Fisher of Page; 3—Dor in Gleed of Chambers, James Gilg of St. Joseph’s (Atkinson), Lawrence Hayes of St. Joseph’s (Atkinson), Alma Best of Verdigre. CLASS C (MISCELLANEOUS) 1—St. Frances (Randolph), pi ano duo. CLASS I) (MISCELLANEOUS) 3—Chambers, piano duo; St, Joseph’s (Atkinson), piano duo; Verdigre, piano duo. Attend Jaycee District Roundup Attending a district Junior Chamber of Commerce roundup Sunday evening at Hotel Madi son, at Norfolk were the follow ing from the O’Neill chapter, ac companied by their wives: Duane McKay, Frank McKen ney. Elroy Lieb, Ed Tharnish and Arthur J. Noecker. McKay is president of the O’ Neill chapter; Noecker is state youth welfare chairman. In addition to regular business, the group discussed plans for the state convention at Scottsbluff May 3, 4 and 5 at which time new state officers will be elected A film on the National conven tion at Kansas City was shown. Hopkins, Witte Are Reelected CHAMBERS— The following teachers at the Chambers public school have been contracted for the next term: High school—D. A. Hopkins, superintendent; W. F,. Witte, principal; Kenneth Weller of Ot oe, la., and Mrs. Samuel Burt whistle of Ewing. Grade school—Mrs. Emil Klab ■nes, Miss Kay Eisenhauer, Mrs. Vernon Harley and Mrs. Seth Bertel. Mamed Delegates— Lyle F. Benda and Francis jilg were voted to represent ouncil 701 of the Knights of Ik>lumbus at the 53d annual ses iion of the Nebraska state coun :il at Hastings April 28 and 29.