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Volume 76.—Number 51. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 18, 1957. Seven Cents
Three (Owing youths late Monday won a speed rare with
ONeill police hut nearly lost their lives. Car was driven h> Delbert
Carl. Jr., 17. of (-Owing. (Story below.)—The Frontier Photo
Labor Clash Factor
in Plugge’s Quitting
Mr. Sanders ... ill five months.
Alfred S. Sanders
Dies in Hospital
Funeral Monday for
Holt Native
Alfred S. Sanders. 76, O’Neill
resident who had been ill five
months, died at 11:30 a. m., Fri
day, April 12, about 2 Vis hours af
ter being admitted to St. An
thony’s hospital.
Earlier this year he had suf
fered pneumonia and never re
gained his health. Death was
caused by a virus infection.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p. m., Monday, April 15,
at First Methodist church with
Rev. Glen Kennicott, church pas
tor, officiating. Organ music was
furnished by A. E. Bowen.
Pallbearers were Carl Widt
feldt, Lloyd Whaley, George
Hartford, R. G. Shelhamer, Her
ley Jones and George Wcingart
ner. Burial was in Prospect Hill
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s.
The remains lay in state at
Biglin’s chapel on the eve of the
funeral and next day at the
church between 11 a. m. , and
the funeral hour.
The late Mr. Sanders was born
in the Scottville community Aug
ust 18, 1880, a son of B. F. Sand
ers and Eleanor Jones Sanders,
who were pioneer settlers. He at
tended grade school at Scottville.
The family moved into O’Neill in
1900.
For a time Mr. Sanders was
employed by the O. O. Snyder
Lumber Co. Later he worked at
farming and was employed in
various jobs as a laborer.
In June, 1908, he married Eu
nice Polk. They became the par
ents of four sons. The family
home is located at 519 East
Everett st.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, also one brother,
George of O’Neill, and one sister,
Mrs. Gertrude Putnam of Naper.
Survivors include: widow-Eu
nice ; sons—Earl of Irrigon, Oit\,
Marlow of Portland, Ore.; Ben
nett of O'Neill and Gene of Lan
caster, Calif.; nine grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; broth
ers_Charles of Sidney, Mont.,
and Rollin of Wichita, Kans.
Out-of-town relatives here for
the funeral were the three sons
from Oregon and California and
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sanders of
Fairfax, S. D.
Hrbek Pays $101.50
Per Acre for Tract
Ed and Alice Hrbek of Redbird
were successful bidders on the
80-acre unimproved farm tract
near Dorsey offered at public
auction Friday by Mrs. Leta
Miles of Dorsey. Purchase price
was $101.50 per acre, according
to Col Ed Thorin of O’Neill,
auctioneer-real estate broker.
Mr and Mrs. William Dufek of
Verdigre purchased the 320-acre
improved farm nearby, also own
ed by Mrs. Miles. The improved
farm brought $50 per acre.
A large crowd attended the
sale which included livestock and
machinery owned by Mrs. Miles
and the estate of her husband,
the late H. H. Miles.
STAR—Work has begun on the
two miles of new road in this
community, connecting Knox and
Holt counties.
Advance advertising was billed
as disappearance of the old west.
The story, however, runs deep
j er than that.
Walt Plugge, 51, Wheeler coun
I ty rancher-rodeo producer living
| near Four Corners, threw in the
rag Friday and Saturday when
he paraded a herd of buffalo, a
herd of Brahma bulls and more
than one hundred bucking bronc
] os onto the auction block here.
! The two-day show attracted buy
ers and spectators from a half
I dozen western states and Canada.
Cowboys contested with each
animal after which the animal
was sold. Rodeo competitors were
on hand from several states and
; earned prize money in the cus
' tomary way.
One purchaser from St. Joseph.
| Ore., filled a rail car with a mix
I ed shipment.
Top bid on the new steel chutes
I was $2,100, but Plugge did not
release the modern chutes at that
! figure.
Top price paid for a bucking
bronco was $375, according to
the auctioneer, Ernie Weller of
Atkinson. Numerous broncos sold
in the $150-$360 bracket. Fifteen
Brahma bulls sold from $290 to
$700; 20 buffalo brought from
$170 to $200 per head.
“They went to the four winds,” :
sighed Mr. Plugge after the ac
tivities were over. Most of the
buyers were rodeo producers in j
other states.
Sale was conducted at the O’- 1
Neill Saddle club arena.
Twin Cities Show Sour
Plugge, who has been Nebras- ;
ka’s number one RCA-approved j
independent rodeo producer for j
several years, is quitting the
field. He has produced many of ]
the big rodeos in Nebraska, Iowa,
South Dakota, North Dakota.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.
A clash with the Teamsters.
union in Minneapolis, Minn., last
fall was a factor in his decision
to quit.
He had a 10-year pact with the
Teamsters for shows to be stag
ed in the big Hippodrome. He
subcontracted with other produc
ers to help stage last October’s
week-long appearance under j
Teamster auspices. The union, j
boasting 18-thousand members in
the Twin Cities, was to make ad- I
I vance ticket sales and handle
' other details.
Plugge's troupe, winding up a
series of shows in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, pulled into town
ready to open up—supported by '
subcontractors. In Walt’s mind it ;
was to be the biggest and best
rodeo ever in the Twin Cities.
But something went awry. The
show never went on.
Heavy Expenses
Plugge absorbed his heavy ex
penses and pulled out for the
headquarters south of O’Neill.
Walt, who came to Bartlett m j
1929 from Madison county, isn’t
vindictive about the matter. He
is hurt because rodeo blood runs j
deep in him, also members of
! his family.
His son. Walter Lee, jr., 2-, has
been ridin’ ’em on the circuit
; since he was 14; his daughter,
Miss Shirley, is a queen of the
! circuit.
In addition to the pangs of hurt
! attached to a liquidation, Walt
: sawr his son seriously hurt dur
ing Friday’s show.
“It was one of the quirks of
I fate. 1 guess,” the father told The
Frontier. “Walter Lee came out
of the chute aboard a bronc. The
kid jumped clear all right, but
i the horse turned and kicked.
“Bones in the boy’s right leg
J were badly fractured and pro
truded through the skin.”
Wednesday, Walter ■'Lee, an
army veteran, was resting com
fortably at St. Anthony’s hospital
i after having the leg re-set in a
I new cast. He will be hospitalized
several weeks.
While watching a service foot
ball game in Germany a few
months ago, Walter Lee suffered
I a fractured ankle. Last spring he
j hurt his wrist in a rodeo mishap, j
BEING BROUGHT HERE
Leroy Rockford, 28, formerly of |
Butte and Martin. S. D., Wednes- (
day was being brought to O’Neill ,
to face charges of violation of
parole. He had been paroled to
Holt Sheriff Leo Tomjack several
years ago.
Celebrating Today—
INMAN—Mr. and Mrs. John
Gallagher are celebrating their
45th wedding anniversary today ;
(Thursday) with their immediate
family.
Rock Board
May Block
Fire Unit
Stuart May Decide
to Go It Alone
o n R u r a 1 District
Three members of the Rock
county board of commissioners
may have blocked an attempt tc
include a three-mile strip of Rock
county in the proposed Stuarl
rural fire protection district. The
plan includes four townships in
western Holt.
Frank Schubert, Alfred Gilg
and H. C. Carr, supported by
two real estate owners in the
controversial belt, opposed Rock
participation in the Stuart dist
rict at a two-hour hearing con
duced here by the Holt county
supervisors. However, 20 Rock
land owners, who had petitioned
the Rock board of inclusion in
the Stuart district, said hereto
fore they had received fire fight
ing assistance from Stuart and
wanted to be included.
Questions of whether the Rock
board can block the Rock partici
pation and whether the Stuart
enthusiasts can proceed with or
without Rock help without start
ing anew on petitions have been
submitted to the attorney-gener
al.
Tiic matter has been continued
until April 30. Sixty persons at
tended the hearing. leaders in
the Stuart movement contend
they will press for a district.
They said lines of communication
and existing rOads would assure
better protection from the Stuart
district than from, for example,
a Bassett district.
A spokesman for the Stuart
group said the Rock board simply
didn’t want any tax levied in
that county for a fire district with
headquarters out of the county.
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Schneider, Faust
Establish Records
Coach Don Tempiemeyer’s St.
Mary’s academy track and field
team piled up 63 points Tuesday
to handily win the Holt title at
Stuart. Atkinson high finished
second wih 45. Stuart finished
third with 38; Ewing, fourth, 28;
O’Neill high, fifth, 26, and St.
Joseph’s hall, sixth, 24.
The Cardinals earlier had won
county cage honors.
Tom Schneider showed the way
for the Scarlet with three firsts.
He established a new’ high hurdle
record, 16.4. The record was held
by Eddie Gatz of O’Neill high,
who established the mark in 1952.
Faust of St. Joe set a mile
mark—4:50.8.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Hi Lo Prec.
April 11 40 23
April 12 38 13
April 13 . 44 18
April 14 53 23
April 15 . . 71 38
April 16 67 41 .01
April 17 63 33 .01
NEWS. PICTURES OMITTED
Considerable news matter and
pictures have been omitted be
cause of a later volume of adver
tising.—Publishers.
Plugge . . . the father.
Plugge . . . the son.
—The Frontier Photos.
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Prep athletes greeting Scarborough (center) were (left-to-right): Dennis Scheer of Ewing,
Larry Cleary of St. Mary’s, James Tomlinson of O’Neill, Mr. Scarborough, Bill Slattery of St Jo
seph's hall, Keith McKim of O’Neill, and Ronnie Frlckel of Atkinson.—The Frontier Photo.
Waiting for postoffice window to rise . . . Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek, Betty Krobot of Stuart (St.
Mary’s student). Roy Lanman, Archie Ashby, Gerald Van Gundy, Ted MeRlhaney.
Postal Retirement Nears End—
Summerfield Gets His Dough
President Eisenhower late
Tuesday signed a supplemental
appropriations bill, providing an
additional 41-million-dollars for
| the postoffice department. And
machinery was put into action to
restore-close-to-normal postal op
j erations.
Eleven days earlier Postmaster
General Summerfield ordered a
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Rudolph Barta, 84,
Rites at Verdigre
VERDIGRE —Rudolph Barta,
84, retired Knox county farmer,
died Sunday evening, April ’4,
I at Sacred Heart hospital at
Lynch.
He had suffered a heart attack
on Wednesday, April 10, and was
taken to the hospital. He never
rallied.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. today (Thursday) at
the ZCBJ hall at Verdigre.
The late Mr. Barta was born in
Chicago, 111., April 17, 1872. He
came to Pishelville community,
in Western Knox county, in 1877.
He married Miss Millie Vori
asek in November, 1894, at Pish
elville. They farmed in the Pish
elville locality until 1925 when
they moved to Verdigre.
The late Mr. Barta was a live
stock dealer at Verdigre until his
retirement in the thirties.
Last fall Mr. Barta and his
wife celebrated their 62d wed
ding anniversary.
Survivors include: Widow —
Nellie; sons—George of Lynch,
Arthur of Verdel and Otto of
Niobrara; four grandsons; three
great-granddaughters; brothers—
Albert of Buffalo Gap, S. D., and
Otto of Verdel; sisters—Mrs. Ber
tha Dietz and Mrs. Millie Von
asek, both of Verdigre, Miss Til
lie Pishel of Verdel and Mrs.
Emma Erstman of Chicago.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, one daughter and
two brothers.
AUCTION CALENDAR
Wednesday, April 24: Clarence
and Richard Faulhaber of Middle
branch community, 160-acre laim
with basement dwelling; also
modern three-bedroom dwelling
ai Middlebranch; 46 head of
cattle; full line of good machinery,
Cols. Wallace O’Connell and Vein
Reynoldson, auctioneer - broker;
Buv Wanser, ringman; Farmers
State Bank of Ewing, clerk. (De
tails on page 8.)
EWING— Army Pfc. Mick
Hibbs, who has spent 16 months
in Korea, has reached California
and is expected home this week.
retrenchment because of a short
age of funds. The supplement
al appropriations bill was rushed
through congress.
The 3‘g-hour day at the ser
vice windows throughout the
country appears tc be here to
stay, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Elimi
nation of mail deliveries and win
dow service on Saturdays, elimin
nation of third-class mail and
money-order service brought a
floodtide of protest at the na
tional level.
Locally, the residents took the
curtailment measures in stride.
A half-doen O’Neillites were
interviewed by The Frontier Mon
day morning—the first day of th?
belated window opening order
went into effect.
Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek, house
wife: “Habit, 1 guess. I’ve been
waiting a half hour to mail some
Easter packages”.
Roy Lanman, retired: “Makes
no difference to me.”
Archie Ashby, laborer, “I don't
like it. I'd like to be able to get
done what 1 want to do at 8
o’clock ”
Gerald Ton Gundy, salesman:
“It simply delays me getting
out of town I’m a salesman I
can’t leave town until I've check- |
ed my mail. Sometimes I have I
to r-ali at the window for mater
ial too large for the box.”
Ted McElhanty, court reporter
‘‘I guess I can get along all right.’
The 8:30 a.m-5 p.m., window
hours will prevail here until or
ders are issued to the contrary
Postmaster Ira H. Moss saii
Wednesday. "We no doubt will
be receiving supplemental in
structions in a day or two,” lie
declared.
3 Hurt in Crash
Near Norfolk
Three persons were hurt about
2 a.m., Wednesday in a one-car
accident west of Norfolk.
Hospitalized were Henry H.
Claussen, of O’Neill, owner of the
’950 model car; Miss Wanda Scott,
34. of O’Neill, the driver, and
William Galitz, 23, of Albion, a
passenger.
Ciaussen’s condition was de
scribed as “good”; Miss Scott,
“satisfactory”, and Mr. Galitz,
"good”.
The Norfolk-bound car plunged
into a ditch and crashed into at
embankment. Claussen and
Galitz were thrown from the ma
ch’ne.
$2,500 Collected for
Saddle Club Project
Twenty-five hundred dollars
already has been raised in behalf
' of the O’Neill Saddle club toward
the purchase of new rodeo
chutes and equipment at the ro
deo grounds here.
Balance will be used for pur
chase of grandstand and bleach
ers. Goal is $3,500.
Donors include:
$100
J. J. Berigan, D. C. Schaffer,
Guy Cole, Berigan Bros. Comm.
Co. of Omaha, L. D. Putnam,
Gateway Motel, O’Neill National
Bank, O’Neill Livestock Market,
Earley Oil Co., First National
Bank, M. J. Golden. H. W. Hert
ford, C. J. Gatz, J. D. Cronin, E.
C. Weller of Atkinson, H. J. Bor
mingham, M B. Higgins, W. J.
Froelich, Dr. Rex Wilson.
$50
O’Neill Auto Supply, Mac’s Bar,
Elkhorn Motel, Francis Bazel
man, Spelts-Ray Lbr. Co., Harry
R. Smith, Coyne Hardware, Shel
hamer Equipment, Marcellus
Chevrolet Co.
$25
Virgil Laursen, William Mur
ray, D. A Kersenbrock, Moore
Noble Lbr. Co., Pat’s Bar, Tony
Asimus, Patton Ben Franklin
store, Marcellus Implement,
Harding Creamery, O’Neill Pro
duction Credit, C. E. MeVay
$20
O’Neill Lockers.
$15
Gilligan Rexall Drug, Eby’s
Conoco.
Several other smaller contri
butions have been made. Pros
pective donors may contact Mr.
Laursen, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Put
nam or Mr. Berigan.
Zidko Rites Today
in Spencer Church
Farm Woman, 51, Dies
in Minneapolis
SPENCER—Mrs. James Zidko,
51, .farm woman living two miles
west of Spencer, died Monday,
April 15, in Mt. Siani hospital,
Minneapolis, Minn. She had been
in failing health for more than a
year und had been hospitalized
for a month.
She went to Minneapolis little
more than a month ago.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p. m., today (Thurs
day) at the United Lutheran
church in Spencer. Rev. Paul
Nelson of Bristow will officiate.
Burial will be in the WBFA
(Bohemian) cemetery at Spencer.
Pallbearers chosen are Dr. J.
M. Pucelik, Dr. L. I. Hines,
George D. Sedlacek, Joe Jamber,
Donovan Klasna and John R.
K rotter.
The remains will lie in state
at the Jones funeral home at
Spencer today until the funeral
hour.
The late Mrs. Zidko, whose
maiden name was Anna Netik,
was born July 16, 1905, at Vien
na, Austria. She came to the
United States with her parents
in 1908.
On April 28, 1926, at Burke,
S. D., she married Mr. Zidko.
They became the parents of one
child.
Survivors include: Widower—
James; daughter—Mrs. Robert H.
(Elaine) Owen of Minneapolis,
Minn.; two grandchildren —
Thomas and Mary Owen.
‘When I Grow Up’
Scheduled May 21
The annual production by the
kindergarten class of the O’Neill
public school will be presented
Tuesday, May 21. Title: “When
I Grow Up”.
Mrs. Harry Petersen is kinder
garten teacher.
Five hundred sixty-seven pup
ils from 105 Holt county schools
competed in the arithmetic con
j test. Results will be published
! next issue.
Pol ice Give Up Speed Chase—
Youths Escape Serious Injury
Three teenage Ewing youths
escaped serious injury about
10:30 p.m., Monday a few mo
ments after O’Neill police had
given up a speed chase.
Police Chief John N. Schmit
and Patrolman Chris McGinn
set out after a car driven by Del
bert «Carl, jr., 17. Other occu
pants in the speeding car were
Donald Wright, 17, and Gene Sis
son, 17.
Carl and Wright had complet
ed a national guard drill here.
They were being pursued east
ward out of the city by the police
car. Speeds were attained up to
105 mph., Chief Schmit said, on
U. S. highway 20-275. The car
turned east on a new county road
and the police, far outside the
city limits, gave up chase.
Turn Surprises
Carl said he did not see a turn
in the road three miles east of
the highway. The car, attempt
ing to turn south, overturned and
landed against a guide wire on a
telephone pole. The wire may
have prevented rolling. The top
was smashed like an accordion
and the 1950 Ford was demol
ished.
Henry Schacht came by the
scene. All three youths were
taken to St. Anthony’s hospital.
Carl was suffering a twist 2d neck
back, not believed serious; Wright
suffered fractured collarbone.
Sisson was dismissed.
Police said reckless driving
charges would be filed.
Carl and Sisson are high school
juniors; Wright is a sophomore.
Rural Music Day
Scheduled Here
Ail rural Holt county school
pupils, from third grade to
eighth grade, will gather Tuesday,
April 23, in O’Neill for a day of
music.
Merton V. Welch, director of
music at the Norfolk public school
will again direct the rural chorus
The 10 o’clock period is reserved
for practice but at 1, parents
and friends are invited to hear
the chorus and also several spe
cial numbers presented by dif- j
ferent rural schools.
This activity is sponsored by
the Holt County Rural Teachers
association. I
Carl . . . suffers neck-back
injury. — The Frontier Photo.
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at Athletic
Banquet
Nebraska ‘U’ Frosh
Coach Shows Films
to Ewing Gathering
EWING- Two hundred thirty
eight persons, mostly prep ath
letes from Holt county’s nine
four-grade high schools, were
served Tuesday evening at an
athletic banquet sponsored by the
Holt County High School Athletic
I association.
Don Scarborough, former Tulsa,
(Okla.) university grid great and
presently the freshman football
coach at the University of Ne
braska, was principal speaker.
Of Huskor prospects for 1957,
Scarborough was cautious.
The Christian Mothers of St.
Peter’s Catholic church served
the banquet in the new St. Dom
inic hall, which easily accomo
dates tiie throng. Coaches, as
sistant coaches, superintendents,
some of the fathers and friends
of the various schools made up
the throng.
Mrs. Allan Pollock was general
chairman for the Christian Moth
ers; members of the Ewing pep
club served,
Cancer Fund Quota
for HoLt $1,400
The cancer fund drive in Holt
i county will start Monday, April
22.
Chairmen for the drive in the
various committees are: Mrs.
Rex Wilson, O’Neill; Mrs. John
Conard, Emmet; Mrs. Ray Rtes,
i Atkinson; Mrs. James McMahan,
Inman; Mrs. L. W. Taggert,
Chambers; Mrs. Vein Sugeser,
Amelia; Mrs. F. Dana Bigelow,
Stuart; Mrs. Dan Troshynski,
Page; Miss Alice French, rural
schools.
Cow Has Twin Calves
Five Years in Row
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Cearns, farmers near At
kinson, have a Hereford cow otf
which they are especially proud.
For the past five years, the
cow has presented them with a
set of twin calves each year.
Her first calf six years ago
was a single birth. But the births
have been in pairs each year
since.
The first twins to come along
were heifers. The multiple births
each year since have been a bull
and heifer calf each trip.
Edward R. Ziska
Being Inducted
Edward R. Ziska of Atkinson
left by train early Wednesday
for induction into the army forc
es through the Holt county sel
ective service system.
Going to Omaha at the same
time for preinduction physical
examinations were Gary W.
Spence of Atkinson and Fred S.
VanVleck of Clearwater.
Union Good briday
Services Scheduled
Union good Friday services will
be conducted between 12:30 and
3 p. m., at the Methodist church
under the auspices of the O’Neill
Ministerial association.
O’Neill business firms will be
closed from 12 o’clock noon until
3 p. m., on good Friday.
FUTURE SUBSCRIBERS
PIERSON—Mr. and Mrs. Mar
cus Pierson of Seattle, Wash., a
daughter, born Thursday morn
ing, April 11, at a hospital in
Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pier
son of Ewing are the palernal
grandparents.
SEARLES—Mr. and Mrs. Aus
tin Searles of Redbird, a daugh
ter, weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces,
born Friday, April 12 at St. An
thony's hospital.
BOYLE—Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Boyle of Page, a daughter, Shir
ley June, weighing 7 pounds \
ounces, born Friday, April 12 aj
St. Anthony’s hospital.
GETTMAN—Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Gettman of Norfolk, a
daughter, born Friday, April 12,
at Norfolk. Mrs. Gettman is the
former Helen Jean Burhans of
Ewing.
BLACKMORE— Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Blackmore of Atkinson, a
daughter, weighing 7 pounds 5
ounces, born Wednesday, April
10, in Atkinson Memorial hos
pital.
TADD—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Tadd of Lewisburg, Pa., a daugh
ter, Teresa Clair, weighing 8
pounds 8 ounces born Tuesday,
April 16 at Lewisburg. The coup
le has two sons, ages 9 and 10.
Mrs. Tadd is the former Virginia
Schultz, daughter of Mrs. John
Kersen brock.
EILER—Mr. and Mrs. Rudy
Eller of Bristow, a son, weighing
7 pounds, born Sunday, April 14,
in Sacred Heart hospital, Lynch,
LAMPMAN — Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Lampman of Anoka, a son,
weighing 8 pounds 15 ounces,
born Monday, April 15 at the
Sacred Heart hospital in. Lynch. ■
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