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“Voice of The Frostier 9 30-10 A ML - 780 k.c. TWO SECTIONS iUffti Sixteen Pages Mon. — wed. — Sot Section I — Pages I -8 North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper \ olume 77. Number I. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, May 2, 1957 Seven Cents Sister Dolores . . . long career in teaching and hospital fields. —The Frontier Photo. Sister M. Dolores to Mark 50th Jubilee Methodist HQ to Be Dedicated Bishop Watt»Will Visit Sunday The new 20-thousand-dollai combination parsonage-district of fice of the Methodist church hear in northeast Nebraska will Ik- ded iated Sunday afternoon by Ne braska Methodist Bishop H. Bas com Watts of Lincoln. Open-house will be observed between 2:30 and 5 o’clock. Dr. J. La Verne Jay is district superinepirndnntee SSMtr db,e m superintendent and he and his wi,fe reside in the new building located on Seventh street, a half block north of Douglas. The build ing was completed last fall. Meanwhile, the former district headquarters, the former P. P. Mc Manus residence, corner of Fifth and Everett, has been sold to Dwight Worcester. Bristow C hurch Is Improved BRISTOW—On Sunday, May 5, the Methodist church here will be celebrating its golden jubilee. For the past two months the church has been undergoing ex tensive redecoration under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Lakouta. Members and friends of the church removed all the old wallpaper. Woodwork was varnished, floors sanded and the only paid labor involved a painter. New pews, light fix tures. memorial windows and isle carpets have been installed. At Sunday’s 11 o'clock wor ship hour Nebraska Methodist Bishop H. Bascom Watts will de liver the rededication sermon, as sisted in the service by Dr. J. La veiut- uay ui u huu, uiuuieasi Nebraska district superintendent. A basket dinner will be ser ved at noon. 'The afternoon will be spent informally. Greetings will be read from former pasters and frimos of the church residing elsewhere Evening speaker will be Dr. Everette J oka man, former dis trict superintendent and now pastor of First Methodist church of Norfolk. Rev. Clyde Wells of Spencer serves both the Bristow and Spencer parishes. No New Teachers Have Been Hired— Supt. M. J. Baack of the O’ Neill city schools said Wednes day no new teachers have been hired for 1957-’58 term. Applications for vocal music and eighth grade vacancies will be considered at the May meeting next week. Earlier all other teachers were reelected. Miss Alvara Ramm, voice teacher at St. Mary’s academy, has applied for the position be ing vacated by Richard Smithson at the public school. Smithson was not a candidate for reelec tion. LIBRARIANS CONVENE ATKINSON — Librarians and other library officials from 30 towns in the north-central Ne braska area have been invited to attend a district meeting of the Nebraska Library association here today (Thursday) The session, will be held in the Atkinson town ship library. Mrs. Donald R. Dav is, librarian, is in charge of ar rangements. Mrs. George H. Fro hardt will welcome the guests. WEATHER SUMMARY A half-inch of rain fell Tues day night at Chambers. Grand Island received an inch. Bur well received a good rain. Hi Lo Prec. April 25 . 74 45 T April 26 62 43 .08 April 27 . 66 34 April 28 72 37 April 29 . 77 39 April 30 70 51 .04 May 1 . 78 58 .03 Totals .15 Mr. and Mrs. Richard (‘‘Dick”) Minton, jr., railway postal clerk, moved Wednesday to Long Pine. He works on Chicago & North Western mainline trains be tween Long Pine and Chadron. • ’ ’ * • . . . • . • . • . • ***** • ***** * * ,. Sr. M. Dolores, who is in chargi of the office at St. Anthony’i hospital, will observe her 50tl i anniversary in the Sisters of St Francis order, Tuesday, July 9 1 However, she will celebrate tht occasion Saturday, May 11 at s jubilee mass at the chapel at f a. m. Other arrangements will ht announced in next week’s paper. Sister Dolores took her perpet ual vows at the Sacred Head convent at Buffalo, N. Y, July 9, 1907. She left for New Lex ington, O., where she taught one year in seventh and eighth gra des and 10 years in high 9ehoo] at St. Aloysius academy. In 1917 she came to St. Mary’s academy where she taught the junior class until Sr. M. Antoin ette departed. She then became principal and taught normal training and senior class unt'l 1942, when she became ill. She has spent 25 years at St. Mary's academy. To Alliance She was transferred to St. Jo seph’s hospital, Alliance, where she taught nurses classes and served as librarian at the nurses’ training school from 1945 until 1952. She returned to O’Neill in July, 1952, to take charge of the office of St. Anthony’s hospital when it opened September, 1952. In the summer of 1932, ’33 and ’34 she returned to Sacred Heart academy in Buffalo where she taught summers at the normal school. Her mother, who is 90-years old, lives in Buffalo. Last year, as a jubilee gift, she spent a week with her and her family in Buf falo. Her mother will be unable to make the trip here for the jubilee anniversary, even though she is well and able to get out at home. Adolph Zahl Dies; Funeral at Stuart STUART—Adolph Zahl of Stu art died late Friday, April 26, in in Atkinson Memorial hospital. He had submitted to a leg am putation last winter. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Monday, April 29, at the Community church here with Rev. D. D. Su officiat:nir. Coats funeral home was in charge of burial arrangements. The late Mr. Zahl was a former .resident of Rock county. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Nellie Stevenson and Mrs. George Minnig, both of Stuart; Mrs C. W. Holm of Omaha; Mis. Frank Lenderman of Bassett; sons—Willard Zahl of Mills and John Zahl of Valentine. Thomas Edwauds Dies in Illinois Thomas R. Edwards of f» 13 Boylston St., Rockford, 111., died Tuesday, April 23, of a stroke at 11:45 p.m. at Rockford. fne funeral was held at 9:30 a.m. Sat urday at the Delanty Funeral home. The late Mr. Edwards was born at Newark, Wise., March 21, 1890, the son of the late John and Celia Edwards. On Decem ber 11, 1911 he was married to Louise Johnson. They had three children. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one brother. The late Mr. Edwards former ly was employed by the Seth No ble Lumber company and was a violin player for dance groups in this area. Among the survivors: Widow; sons—John Shobert of Rockford and Bernard of Beatrice; daugh ter—Mrs James (Cecelia) Marsh of Rockford, nine grandchildren; brothers—J. W. of Orchard and Delos of Rockton, 111. Among those attending from a distance were Charles Johnson of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Fred Betts of Nebraska City, Mrs. Day Higbee of Lincoln. Mrs. J. W. Edwards of Orchard. Delos Ed wards and Arthur Edwards and Lvnn Smith of Omaha, George Edwards of Council Bluffs, la.,1 and Dan Edwards of Newark. O ' CHAMBER TO MEET There will be a regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce i Monday at 7 p.m. at Slats. Barthel in About-Face on Quitting Supervisor Withdraws Resignation Before Board Takes Action An unprecedented turn of events created considerable in terest at the Holt, county court - ; house Tuesday morning. Kenneth Barthel of Chambers, Fifth district republican super visor, Wednesday, April 2t, filed a resignation with Holt County Clerk Kenneth Waring. When the Holt board of super - visors convened at 9 a m., Tues ; day for a routine last-day-of-the month meeting, it was expected i by most observers that the resig nation would be accepted as a ■ formality. 1 But Mr. Barthel walked into the clerk’s office prior to the start of the meeting and withdrew his resignation. The board hadn’t been given an opportunity to ac cept or reject the application. Position Aired During the board meeting that followed there was an airing of Barthel’s position. Fifteen per sons, mostly from the Fifth dis- i trict, were present, including | members of the Chambers town ship board. Gus Robinson spoke in behalf of Barthel. Several others, including Glen White, and the Chambers township board—Walter, Farrier and Rouse —asked the board to request the resignation of Barthel. The Fifth district includes the Chambers, Amelia and Chambers localities. The rumor mill already had been working for a successor. Names prominently mentioned were James H. Gibson and A1 Dierking, but no applications had been received. Petition Talked To provide for a recall election, 25 percent of the voters in the district must sign a petition. The percentage number is based on the total votes for governor in the last previous general election. In other matters the supervis ors approved making a county road of a two-mile stretch in the Celia locality. Milton McKath nie of Atkinson appeared in be half of the proposal. Hugh Langan, who farms north of O’Neill on the Ed Earley place, was given county approval for a beer license at the Midway store, for which he has a pur chase agreement. The Langan : application is subject to approv- j al of the state liquor commission. | MRS YANTZIE IN TORNADO Mrs. C. V. Yantzi of Milford, mother of the late Levi Yantzie, who was in the tornado stricken city, was unharmed and had lit tle damage to her home. How ever, the homes on either side were badly damaged. Mother Agnesine Renews Her Vows In an all-day affair, which be- [ gan at a 7 o’clock mass in which | she renewed her vows, Mother M. Agnesine of St. Mary’s academy j Tuesday marked her 25th (silver) . jubilee in the Sisters of St. Fran- j < cis order. Her brother, Rev. Joseph Har- ( garten, officiated. At 9:30 a. m., ; a high mass was offered at St. j; Patrick’s Catholic church and lat- ; er students of the academy pre sented a special program. Mother Agnesine entered the |, convent at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1930. ] She has taught in New York, New ; Jersey, Ohio, Colorado, South Da- j i kota and Nebraska. She taught at O’Neill before go- , ing to Rushville, returning here in 1954 as superior of the school. , The dean of Holt county race horsemen set out early Monday for the summer’s grind on the pari-mutuel circuit. Andy (A. G.) Johnson, accom panied by his wife, loaded two fine horses, Tap Toe and Flower Show, aboard their rig at 6 a. m., ind set out for Ak-Sar-Ben track at Omaha. Mr. Johnson is 68-years-old ind expects to make the racing ■ircuit as long as he can navigate. Je is a lifelong resident of Holt. The Johnsons next year will be ibserving their golden wedding tnni versa ry. For years he has been winter ng his runners at the Johnson 'arm, which lies in a lush valley >f Red bird creek. The place is ocated 15 miles north of O’Neill ind 3*2 miles east. The thoro ireds winter well at the well irotected Johnson farm under the •are of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. It was from the late Peter Duf ’y, longtime democratic sheriff of Holt, that Mr. Johnson acquired his enthusiasm for race horses. “I got it in my blood then, and have been carrying it ever since,” explains the veteran race man. Duffy was one of the earlier horsemen in the area. A colorful sheriff, he never marired, his friends were legion, he succeed ed at the polls time-after-time. When Duffy died Mr. Johnson acquired a small string of horses. One of these, Precious Dawn, a 21-year-old mare, still lives and a few weeks ago foaled a right pert young colt. “I've got some good race pros pects coming up,” grins Mr. Johnson as he caressed old Prec ious Dawn—the last tie with Duf fy. Tap Toe, a four-year-old, is owned by Buv Wanser of Page, another oldtimer in the business. (Continued on page 10.) Frontier want ads don’t cost . . . they pay! Stuart Will Go It Alone on Fire Unit l”ie Stuart rural fire protec tion district, stripped of its Rock county allies because of opposi tion from the Rock county com missioners, will go it alone, and the Stuart district has petition ed the Holt county board of su pervisors to create a new district The proposed unit would in clude a belt three miles wide on the west side of Dustin township, all of Holt Creek, Stuart and Cleveland townships, and the west half of Green Valley. Youngs to Auction 320-Acre Farm Saturday, May 4: George J. and Ida M. Mott of O’Neill, two dwellings east of fire station; consignments of personal pro perty accepted; Col. Ed. Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer-real es tate broker. (Details on page 15.) Wednesday, May 15: Clarence and Anna Mae Young, northeast of Chambers, moving to another state; livestock, machinery, house hold goods; also 320-acre farm, including seven-room dwelling; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc tioneer-real estate broker; Cham bers State bank, clerk. (Details next week.) 500 More Lightweight Heifers to Indians An additional 500 head of light weight heifer calves were pur chased in Holt county this week by representatives of the Chey enne Indian agency. Tuesday’s purchase was made from L. A. Hobbs & Son of Ewing. A week earlier a similar group was bought at the Atkinson Live stock Market. On Monday, 20 head were purchased by Indian agents visiting Bassett. POSTOFFICE CLOSES MARIAVILLE—The postoffice in this Rock county community has been closed. Postmaster Ralph Opfer, moving to Califor nia, said 60 letters had been re ceived requesting cancellation on the last day of the operation. Donald Kellner, chairman of the congregation at Christ Lutheran church, reads the list of con tents placed in a metal box for keep in the cor nerstone of the new church here. Ceremonies were conducted Sunday afternoon. Left-to-right: Richard Nelson, Edward Krugman (chairman of (he building committee), Fred Frerichs, Harry A. Larson, Gerhardt Luebcke of Page. Rev. A. S. Gedwillo (church pastor), Willard Frerichs of Page, Harvey Krugman (partially hidden), and Rev. Walter Hartmann of Ainsworth (circuit visitor), who delivered the cornerstone sermon pre ceding the rite.—The Frontier Photo. Precious Dawn, 21-year-old mare—the last of the Pete Duffy string:—poses with her latest offspring:. Andy Johnson, 68, O’Neill farmer, took over the Duffy horses when the colorful sheriff died.—The Frontier Photo. Johnsons Start Track Season h cw3afe£-ld®»,> *. /-?,«■* Mother M. Aguesine, superior at St. Mary’s academy, poses with her mother, Mrs. Emma Har garten, and her brother, Rev. Joseph Hargarten of Rushville. Elaborate silver jubilee rake was baked by Miss Connie Coufal of Stuart.—The Frontier Photo. ‘Christ Cornerstone of New Church' (Another photo on page 9.) While a large crowd of pari.h oners and friends of the church looked on under a bright sun, the cornerstone for the new Christ Lutheran church, Seventh and Clay sts., was layed Sunday af ternoon. Rev. Walter Hartmann of Ains worth, circuit visitor, preached the sermon. “This is happy day,” he told his listeners. “You see a dream of many years coming through. “I remember when the con gregatior was farmed 15 years ago and services were held in a tmy lrame budding in West O’ Neill. I watched you progress. And now, under the leadership of your new pastor, hev. A S. Ged willo you are embarking on a fine new house of the I,ord. It will be an asset and a blessing to the Lutherans and to O'Neill. “Christ, who was rejected lu Israel, is the real cornerstone of this church and this house will be used exclusively to proclaim the Lord’s business.” The Gothic-type structure will cost 70-thousand-dollars, A ded ication will be held later. William Chesak, 70, Burial at Spencer Resident of Boyd Since 1893 SPENCER — William Chesak, 70, farmer-blacksmith in the Spencer community for many years, died Friday, April 26. in Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. He had suffered a stroke before his death. Funeral services were conduct ed at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 3., at St. Mary’s Catholic church. Rev. William A. Foster, church pastor, officiated and burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery. Pall bearers were James Pokorny, E. H. Wenko, Marvin Havranek, Ja cob Classen, Gordon Pelc and Jerome Prokop. A rosary service was held Mon day evening at the Jones funeral 'home here. The late Mr Chesak was born April 11, 1887, at Ord, a son of Charles and Magdalene Vavra Chesak. In 1893 he moved with his fam ily to Boyd county. On March 31, 1909, at Spencer he married Miss Rose Kalchik. Survivors include: Widow — Rose; sisters—Miss Anne Chesak of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Emma DeWitt of Albuquerque, N. M.; brother—Charles of Chicago, 111. Death was believed to have been caused by cerebral hemhor ' rage. Edith Eyer, 78, Rites at Orchard ORCHARD — Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Eyer, 78, former i Royal resident, who died Mon day, April 22, at Springfield, Ore., were conducted Saturday after noon, April 27, at the United Brethren church. Burial was in the Pleasant Valley cemetery Her family came to Nebraska when she was seven-years-old. Her maiden name was Edith Grove. On June 15, 1899, she was married to Harry Eyer. He died March 12, 1955. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. Clifford Meiner of Spring field, Ore , three grandchildren. SMA Athletic Banquet Planned ( each Tommy Thompson of Creighton university, Omaha, will be principal speaker Sunday evening at the annual St. Mary’ i academy athletic banquet. Letters will be awarded to participants in football, basket ball and track. Thompson delivered to Creigh ton the best basketball record in about 15 years. Club Group Spends Day in Perkins Park CHAMBERS — The following members of the Beautiful Valley Garden club worked at the Per kins Memorial park Thursday, April 25: Mrs. M. L. Sageser, Mis. Vic tor Harley, Mrs. Reed Bell, Mrs. Lew Backhaus and Mrs. H. C Walter. The group cleaned the flower beds and set out roses, lilacs and spirea bushes. World War I Vets Will Be Honored A joint meeting of Simonson post 93 of the American Legion and auxiliary was held Wednes day evening. There was a cov ered dish luncheon. Armed forces day—May 18— will be honored. Plans also are being made for observance of memorial day. The Daughters of Zion are | sponsoring a bazaar, bake sale1 and rummage sale to* bo held Saturday, May 4, in the locker at ; Inman. It will begin at 2 p. m. i # , 2 Children Perish in House Fire I ragedy Strikes in Family of Former Scottville Resident DORSEY — Two girls in th« family of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hiscoeks of Gaston, Ore., died In a fire that destroyed the home on Thursday, April 25. Dead are Roberta, 11, and Judy Ann, 7. t'a usi' of the fire was blamed on an oil burner. Mr. Hiscoeks is brother of Thomas Hiscoeks of the Dorsey community. Thomas left by train to attend the funeral services^ Robert was reared at Scott ville, a son of Mrs. Harry Hia coks and the late Mrs. Hiscock* He served in World War II and later married in Oregon. His wife was hospitalized in a state of shock following the trag edy. The couple has a nine-year old-son. Scouts Lease Knox Devil’s Nest Tract Howard Murphy of Norfolk, district chairman for the Boy Scouts, has announced that u long-term lease lias been signed for a 40-acre tract of land east of and adjacent to the Devil’s Nest recreation area on Lewis B Clark lake in Knox county. The lake was created by the Gavin's Point ' dam. This tract will supplement a 160-acre tract previously designa ted by the army engineers for Scout activity. Northern Setting for SMA Banquet Theme of the junior-semor banquet at St. Mary’s academy Saturday evening was “'Gateway to the Aurora Gorge’’. A large I midnight sun, made with broken mirrors mounted on a paper form, was flanked by ice bergs and polar bears. Snowflakes filled the overhead sky. The two serving booths wen named Golden Nugget Bar and Aurora Gorge Pavillion. Junior-Senior Affair Held at (Chamber*_ hay evening at the TJl ■ Satur' ‘ 4^Sd^‘ Waiter, Bil/’w? u™" W('n Karen Kruw e^’,^rme Glee* Brown, Sup’t 'u" i'1 acy> Ifen« Werner Mat < !C<’n™ Rodney Elkins remontes wa* Arm’Damm^weT0'" and Ruth and queen. crowned king "'^"'eorsa?' a white ^uu,nn".rT x »?"* followed the banquet Prorn Ewing Juniors llo*t Seniors_ EWING— The v school junior-ini , ,ntf high ‘held Tuesday ev - bansuet was Theme of fhe afrn|ln& ApnJ 30. ■*»d Hoses’ . Bob,r WeIii00nJiKht toastmaster. Wtlke was ■Shrai r"' iK^'i ,W,TC Sanhra Napier, Linda TuUhT,*'?*11 son, Partricia Wrieht n? U Uir‘ Supt. L. M Carte? ' * Turner« T-ns^cdbo??i^r^ served. ys and girls bcout Group Goes Ifcnmnt— sS **"*”£'**?!■ “a^S'stXt Ari"r,n,^r;'ar, 44^ eVetUT banquet Saturday event™ in c, Patrick's auditorium home Sunday evening. REED IS YOUNGEST orchard_R. R (.<RfiS„. Reed, wbo will be 80 Friday^ the oldest member of the Ante lope Saddle club He win k wTSidT t bVlhda-v «m!v£ sary Friday by the club. He has been labelled the “younger member of the club. Bob mVu cipates in all the club activities. CARS DAMAGED car driven by Forrest D. Jtiiey, pulling away from the curb near the comer of Third and Douglas, struck a machine being driven by Mrs. Marleen M. Parks. Sharlene McDermott in the Parks machine, was hurt slightly. Cars were dented. finds balloons CHAMBERS— Mrs. Paul Lid three miles southeast of Chambers, reported finding three balloons in a pasture. The balloons bore advertisement* of a Phillips 66 gas station in Colby Kans. *