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\ 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.
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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
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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.
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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. *