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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1957)
“VOIC* or THE FRONTIER” - • ’ gg/’ ' fc'f .T,,T,r, . ,r 9:39-9:55 A. M. ’ __ C ^ 1 wLLVL w ^Frontier "" - Mon. — Wed. — Sal. This 1 ssue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 4. O’Neill, Nebraska, 1 hursday, May 23, 1937. Seven Cent* «* t mmm ■bik '& ■ * Wettlaufer Joins Force Gerald Wettlaufer, who has been farming near Page, Mon day joined the O'Neill police force. He is shown (above) receiv ing congratuations from his father, Andrew Wettlaufer of O’Neill, who retired from the force three years ago. Mayor D. C. Scha fer announced that Chris McGinn would be the new chief of po lice, succeeding John N. Schmit, who resigned to join the O’Neill Auto Supply. McGinn had considerable police experience be fore joining the force six weeks ago. Milford Coats is the third member of the force.—The Frontier Photo. State’s 2d Oldest Is Deadatl05 Alice Axtell Fragile as Child; Urged to Go West for Health STUART — Mrs. Alice Axtell, 105, believed to be Nebraska’s second oldest resident, died early Saturday, May 18, in an ambu lance en route to the Atkinson hospital. She had been confined to a wheel chair for a number of months, but managed to receive guests on each of her birthday anniversaries. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Monday, May 20, at the Community church. Rev. D. D. Su officiated, assisted by Rev. Walter Steinkamp of At kinson. Burial was in the Stuart ceme tery under the direction of the Ooets funeral home. Pallbear ers were Earl Morris, Jess Hupp, Mrs. Axtell . . . homesteaded in Keya Paha. Ilolt counties. Frank Fundus, Walter Ouart, Fred Zink and Charles Moses. Mrs. Robert Nelson sang a solo, "Eastern Gate”, and a male quar tet sang two numbers. Members of the quartet were J. G. Brew ster, Martin Nelson, Ora Yar ges and Norris Coats. Mrs. Rob ert Nelson was organist. Born in New York The late Mrs. Axtel, whose maiden name was Alice Butter field, was born in Canton, N. Y„ November 25, 1851, and moved to Waverly, la., with her parents in 1886. As a child she was in fragile health and the family physician urged her parents to take her West for her health. In 1880 the Butterfields came to Holt county in covered wag ons. The father drove one team the 400 miles; daughter, Alice, the other. She was married to Joseph Ax tell in February, 1887, and they made their home in the South Side neighborhood, near the Nio brara river, six miles northeast of Dustin, where they experienc ed drouths, blizzards, prairie fires and other pioneer hardships They resided in an improvised sodhouse. In Stuart 42 Years The Axtells also lived for a time on a homestead in Keya Paha county. Mr. Axtell died in 1911 Forty two years a^> she and her daughter. Pearl, moved to Stuart where they have continued to re side. Even after her 100th birthday Mrs. Axtell remained active in the Wesleyan Methodist mis sionary group, pieced quilts, and did housework. During the past few' years, however, her outside activity was curtailed, she lost her vision and she was confin ed to her bed much of the time. Miss Pearl said her mother died of cancer. The daughter is the only immediate survivor. Try FRONTIER want ads! Mr. Hynes . . . lifelong resi dent. (Story at right.) Bernice Murphy, 57, Succumbs in Omaha Nurse Suffers Stroke; Rites Held Miss Bernice Murphy, RN, 57, receptionist-nurse in the offices of Drs. Brown and French for the past six years, died at 7:50 a. m., Friday, May 17. in St. Anthony’s hospital. She had suf fered a stroke. Death was unex pected. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a. m , Monday, May 20, at St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sulli van, church pastor, officiating. Pallbearers were T. M. Harring ton, Lloyd Whaley, Ed Hanley, Ed Wilson, James Kelly, John Murray, Andrew Schmidt and Daniel McCarthy. Burial was in Calvary cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Rosary Was recited Sunday evening at the Ed Murphy home. The late Catherne Bernice Murphy was born November 11. 1899, at O’Neill, a daughter of Daniel D. and Bridget Dwyer Murphy. Both of her parents Miss iMurphy . . . member of pioneer family. were natives of County Cork. Ireland. Her parents were early home steaders in the “Michigan settle ment” northeast of O’Neill. She attended rural school and St. Mary’s academy. Upon grad uation from St. Catherine’s hos pital school of nursing at Oma ha in 1930. she practiced nursing for a short time at Omaha. Later she practiced in Amarillo, Tex., for five years. Survivors include: Brother— D. F. Murphy of O’Neill: sisters —Miss Bridget A. Murphy of O’Neill and Mrs. Walter (Lynus) Brennan of Omaha. Among those from a distance 1 here for the funeral were: Mr. 1 and Mrs. Walter Brennan, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. O’Loughlin, Mrs. Mary Higgins and Mrs. C. J. Mc Donald, all of Omaha. There will be a Memorial day prdgram at the Paddock Union church. Thursday, May 30 at 2 p. m. Rev. Cummings of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Spencer will be the speaker. A. L. Hynes Dies at 60; Rites Today Retired Rancher Is Victim of Heart Attack at Home Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a. m., today (Thurs day) at St. Patrick’s Catholic church for Austin «L. Hynes, 60, retired rancher and a lifelong resident of Holt county. Rev. Thomas Hitch will offic iate. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. A rosary was held at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening at Biglin’s funeral chapel. Pallbearers will be Floyd Jbhnson, Lyle Vequist, Virgil Laursen, Merle Hickey, John Turner, L. D. Putnam, Leo Moore and Allen Martin. The late Mr. Hynes died early Monday, May 20, at his home as tihe result of a heart attack. He had suffered a lingering heart ailment. Born in Holt Austin Leo Hynes, son of Austin and Catherine Kelly Hynes, was bom September 30, 1896, at O’Neill. His father was a native of Ireland; his mother was born in New Jersey. On November 26, 1919, he was united in marriage to Doris Brown at O'Neill. They became the parents of two sons and four daughters. He was born and reared north of O’Neill near the Eagle creek. He ranched many years north and west of the home place, moving into O’Neill about six years ago. His son, Don, now re sides on the place vacated by the late Mr. Hynes when he re tired. Son Dies in Infancy One son, Leo, died in infancy. Survivors include: Widow— Doris; son—Donald of O’Neill; daughters—Mrs. Kenneth (Ma rie) Young of Ravenna, Mrs. O. J. (Madelyne) Drueke. Mrs. Louis (Bonnie) Brown and Miss Regina Hynes, all of O'Neill; 12 grandchildren; brothers — Mat thew' of O’Neill, Dennis of Port land, Ore., Bernard of Cody, Wyo., William of Omaha, and John of O’Neill; sisters—Mrs. Cecilia Englegau of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Kathleen Dillon of Lancaster, Calif., and Mrs. Louis (Mary) Sullivan of Pasco, Wash. NC’CW President Speaks Here— EMMET—Mrs. James Zoubek of Schuyler, archdioscean presi dent of the National Council of Catholic Women, spoke Wednes day at the annual spring meeting of the O’Neill deanery held at St. Michael’s hall in Emmet. She installed the new officers: Mrs. A. A. KaTkowski of Lynch, president: Mrs. Robert Cole of Emmet, vice-president; Mrs. John Thiele of Clearwater, secretary; Mrs. Hewitt DeCamp of Neligh, treasurer. Slides wCre showfn by Rev. Francis Price, Church of Epiph any pastor, show'ing Rome, The Vatican, Assissi, Lourdes and Fatima. One hundred thirty five attended. Lunch was served; benediction was at 4 p. m. O’Neill police Monday appre hended Raymond Nickel, 16, of St. Paul, Minn., an escapee from the Nebraska industrial school at Kearney. He was held here until Tuesday when Kearney au thorities claimed Nickel. ‘Voluntary Checkoff Needed by Cattlemen' Larry Schaffer. O'Neill rancher was one ot 12 new director; elected last week at the annual meeting of the Sandhills CattU association in Gordon. Other new directors are: Vern on Chicoine of Chadron; Bill OKief of Wood Lake; Laurence Hagood of Broken Bow; Watsor W. Foster of Imperial; Alfred Spangler of Gordon; Richard Laekaff of Bassett; Glen Forgey of Springview; Kenneth Ander son of Halsey, Robert Moreland of Merriman. Otto Michael ol Ainsworth, and Robert Hanna ol Brownlee. Members of the board whose terms expired included M. F Gribble of O'Neill, Edd Kinney of Ainsworth, F. E. Titus of Springview and Frank Cosgrove of Long Pine. Lt. Gov. Roy Houck of South Dakota urged the Nebraska stockmen to press their congress men for support of bills now in congress which would permit a voluntary checkoff to build a meat promotion fund. Houck said the problems ol marketing beef are such that cattlemen must conduct a vig orous campaign to get their share of the market. William P. Carroll Dies Unexpectedly ATKINSON— Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for ! Saturday morning. May 25, at St. Joseph's Catholic church for William P. Carroll, about 60, j who died at 2:10 p. m., Wednes day, May 22, in an Omaha hos pital. He had been working in Oma ha and entered the hospital af ter becoming suddenly ill on Sunday. Soger’s funeral home will be in charge of arrangements and burial is tentatively scheduled at Fullerton near the grave of his daugher, Margaret. The late Mr. Carroll came to Holt county from Fullerton about 20 years' ago, and lived on the John Alfs farm north of Em met. Later the family moved in to town. Miss Margaret, a freshman at St. Joseph’s hall, died in 1942 at the Stuart hospital during surg ery. Survivors include: Wiodw— Helen. Mr. Carroll assisted with the Hebron tornado cleanup several years ago; recently had been working at Omaha while main taining his residence here. His wife was near him when he died. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. His wife was summoned to Omaha Saturday. Mr. Carroll had been engaged in construc tion work. FORCED ENTRY George Morland, owner of the Ideal Cleaners, early Saturday reported to authorities that his firm was entered during the night by burglars and $15 cash was taken from the cash regis ter. The intruders gained entry through a back window. Foot prints and fingerprints have been taken. No garments were miss ing. PARENTS TO COURT BUTTE—Five Boyd county Ju veniles and their parents ap peared Monday in court before District Judge D. R. Mounts. The youths were charged in vandal ism. Judge Mounts issued a bench order to the sheriff to bring one of the fathers to the courtroom. The judge did not pass sentence O'Neill firemen were summoned at 1:30 p.m., Sunday to the Gateway motel where a gas heater caused an electrical short and a fire resulted. Fireman James HoLsclaw is pictured preparing to attack the blare. Vincent Streeter, who was working at Corkle’s farm, discovered an outage of power and saw smoke emerging from the rear of one of the Gateway rooms. Damage was not extensive. This is the full east of the song-play "When 1 Grow I'p", presented Tuesday evening by the O’Neill public school kindergarten. (Additional pictures and details on page 3).—O’Neill Photo Co. Dies 11 Days After Leg Amputation ‘Beck’ Wallen Funeral to Be Held Friday Elwood E. (“Beck”) Wallen, 76, who retired several years ago after operating a farm pro duce buying station here for 10 years, died at 4:30 p. m„ Tuesday, May 21, in a hospital at Omaha. He had been making his home at the Hoffmeister funeral home at Genoa, and was taken to the Omaha hospital because of a hardening of the arteries condi tion. He entered the hospital May 7. On Friday, May 10, he sub mitted to the amputation of his right leg after gangrene had set in. At the time of his death the afflication was troubling his left leg, but his deteriorating physical condition would not permit ad ditional surgery. Funeral services will be con ducted at 9 a. m., Friday, May 24, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Wallen . . . dies in Omaha. church. Rev. Thomas Hitch will officiate. Burial will be in Pros pect Hill cemetery near the grave of his wife, Ethel, who died October 7, 1947. Rosary will be held at 8 o’ clock this evening (Thursday) at Biglin’s chapel. Pallbearers chosen are Merle Hickey, Norbert Uhl, Richard Minton, Clarence Farr, and Fred Grage, all of O’Neill, and John O t of Omaha. e late Mr. Wallen was born February 20, 1881, at Bennington; a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Wallen. He came to Holt county in 1915 from Edgar. His wife was the former Ethel Curry. They were married in 1908 at New Virginia, la. The late Mr. Wallen farmed near Emmet for many years and was knowrn as an auctioneer. He went to Genoa in August, 1956, to make his home. Survivors include: Daughter— Mrs. Rudy Keith of Odessa, Tex., son—John E. (“Jack”) of O’Neill; iuui graiiuiriiiiurtru, um? gredi grandchild brother— Emmanuel of Lincoln. Rockford Given 2-Year Sentence Victor Leroy Rockford, 28, formerly of Butte, Friday was sentenced to two years in the state reformatory at Lincoln. He was charged in Holt county dis trict court with violation of pa role. Sheriff Leo Tomjack expects to enter Rockford at the refor matory this weekend. School Censu* to Be Taken Next Month— The annual school census will be taken during the first week of June, it was announced Wed nesday by City School Supt. M. J. Baack. “If for any reason you will not be at home, please leave the following information on your front door knob: Name of par ents, names of all children up to 21-years-old, dates of birth of the children, giving month, day and year.” EWING— Saturday, May 25, will be poppy day in Ewing. The American Legion auxiliary will canvas. 4 Hospitalized as Plane Crash Lands CHAMBERS— A four-seater private plane, piloted by Pat Heaton, jr., Cheyenne county at torney, crashlanded 13 miles southwest of Chambers Monday, injuring four occupants. Passengers were Richard Blair, Shirley Smith and Pat Henry, all of Sidney. The injur ed were taken to the Burwell hospital. Bad weather had forced a change of flight plans. Blair told Garfield County Sheriff Ross Abernathy that the plane lost manifold pressure in bad weath er and the crashlanding was necessary. The group was headed from Kearney to Sidney and got about one hundred miles off course. Heaton and Blair were dis missed Wednesday, and the two girls will be dismissed today (Thursday). Chamber Votes Boost for Rodeo The Chamber of Commerce, in a special session Monday eve ning, voted to back the O’Neill Saddle club’s big two-day rodeo June 15-16 by earmarking $250 for a special entertainment act, and an additional $100 for prize money to be expended as the rodeo management sees fit. The Chamber also authorized a $125 expenditure for Ameri can Legion midget baseball. The Legion will match that amount for purchase of uniforms and equipment. Next meeting of the Chamber will be the election of officers. Joe Stutz is chairman of the nominating committee. Meanwhile, plans are progres sing for the big rodeo, which is expected to rival all others in the history of Holt county. Atkinson’s Iris Show Set June I ATKINSON— “Iris Melodies”, Lhe Atkinson Iris society’s 11th annual show, will be staged in the high .school auditorium here Saturday, June 1. Doors will be open from 2 to 10:30 p. m. Ad mission is free. The Atkinson show is rated one of the top irks shows in reg ion 21 of the American Iris so ciety. The regional president, J. Arthur Nelson of Omaha, re cently said: “The fabulous At kinson show is one worth going nany miles to see.” Grenier Now in VIediterrean— Carroll F. Grenier, son of Mr. md Mrs. Frank Grenier, is sta tioned on the USS Salem now locked in France. He is with the ?upply office. His address: Car -oll F. Grenier, S K 3, S-l Di vision, USS Salem, CA-139, c/o EPO, New York, N. Y. Widman to Head School Group Local Control Urged in Resolutions GRAND ISLAND—Clyde Wid man of Amelia Monday was elected president of the Nebras ka School Improvement associa tion, succeeding Lloyd Waldo, also off Amelia. The group formerly was known as the Nebraska Small Schools association. Leo Clinch of Burwell was reelected secre tary-treasurer. New directors elected are: Benton Marshall of Crawford Barbara McDonnell of Blue Springs, Victor Mares of Schuy ler, Mrs. Fritz Krause of Al liance and Mr. Waldo. Speaker at Monday’s second annual statewide meeting was Mrs. Wallace 1X-V ries of Bel videre, S. D., editor of the South Dakota School News. The asseiation adopted these resolutions: A. To provide a common ground for the promotion of mu tual understanding, consultation and cooperation in the interest of the best possible education for the children of Nebraska. B. To encourage the strength ening of school districts through well-planned reorganization t o eliminate weak, inefficient dis tricts to the end that our schools may have modern facilities, good I teachers, and provide the best j possible in education. C. To bring to the attention of the public in general and to | the members of the legislature in ! particular, a better understand ing of the problems confronting our schools and to seek their cooperation in meeting tihe needs and goals of local schools in achieving the most desirable end. D. To retain local control of schools in local comunities. E. To promote free discus sion and cooperation among schools of the state to the end that better education under local control in local communities may be promoted. F. To oppose federal aid to education. G. That the educational inter ests of the children of Nebraska would be best served under the direction of an elective head of the department of education. Memorial Day to Be Observed Memorial day will be observ er here next Thursday and Sim onson post 93 of the American Legion is making plans for the event. Legionnaires will assemble at the club and march at 9:45 a. m., to the cemeteries for brief ser vice. A speaker will be announced in the next few days, Command er H. D. Gildersleeve said. Ag Outlook Excellent in Late May Up to 5 Inches of Rain Recorded in May in This Area "It's been a long, long tan* since the agricultural condition have looked better than they | do today". Those were the words of J, Q Walker of O’Neill, who travel* extensively in Holt and Boyd counties and is a qualified ob server of conditions. "Alfalfa, pastures, meadow an# small grain prospects never look ed better at this time of the year," he added. Mr. Walker was referring u the bounteous ram* which hau* | visited the O’Neill region The official rainfall at O’Neill thu* far in May is 3 Vi inches, but outlying communities have e*> [ ceeded five inches, i "Next week will determine the bluegrass prospects," according to Robert ("Bob”) Cole or the Em met Hay company. "The blue grass is s-tarting to heart and bluegrass b uyer s are busily readying their strippers," Scurry to Fields The sun shone brightly Tues day morning and sent fanner* scurrying to the fields to plant corn. naming has been delayed by (he prolonged rain and cold” Assistant County Agent War ren Peden said. “But ever.vonj agrees the moisture has beer 1 worth the wait”. Some farmers who planted early may be obliged to replant i because of seed rotting in the ground—'but there has been no grumbling on the subject. The Eikhorn river has been running bank full—or better— at the highest level in about five years. There has been some low land flooding in the upvoi reaches of the valley, but na» serious. F. H. Strait, living southwest of Bonesteel, reported '.v*-4tl over” four inches of rain at his place; Harold Tarr, living north of St. Charles, “in excess of fivt inches”. ( County Line Gets Rain Lyle Dierks, who own* a ranefc on the Holt-Wheeler county lin^ said precipation there thus far in May has exceeded five inches Rainfall last Thursday: Neliglj 1 inch; Clearwahr, .78; Ewing I 85; Inman, 1 inch; O’Neill, 63 Atkinson 1.40; Staurt, 1.70; New port, 1.10; Ba«w'tt, 1.10. On Monday O’Neill received .22 of an inch. Eastern portions of Holt received two inches oj rain Monday morning, and Gene Halsey of near Chambers re ported a half-inch. Week’s weather summary. Hi Lo Prec May 16 47 42 .63 May 17 50 42 .16 May 18 54 44 .03 May 19 58 45 .01 May 20 55 47 .22 May 21 68 47 .25 May 22 60 42 Totals 1.30 Chambers Receives 3.98 Inches— CHAMBERS- May precipifrotj here thus far amount* to 3.98 inches. Total for the year is 7.51. Normal for May in this area is 3.51. NEWS, PICTURES OMITTED Picture stories of the Marilyn K. DeLosh - Glenn Sorensen and Marilyn Smith - Carroll Lenz weddings, also several late summer and fall engage ment announcements have ne cessarily been omitted in tbji issue because of space limita tions. These picture stories a.' well as several term-end school pictures will appear next is sue—PUBLISHERS St. Mary’s academy seniors, class of 1957. (Story on page 8.)—O’Neill Photo Co * • J * *
