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TWELVE PAGES North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 8. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday June 20. 1957. Seven Cent* Beauties aboard the Win. Knitter Co. float in Saturday’s rodeo parade here were the Misses Carolyn Sclunelehel, Helen Hynes (standing in rear), I’atty Knitter (small girl) and Faye Murray. The float was one of six in the commercial division selected by the judges for recognition.—The Frontier Photo. t - Gunter . . . born at Ewing. Ewing Pioneer Succumbs at 85 James Gunter Rites Held Saturday EWING- Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 am., Satur day, June 15, for James Gunter, 85, a pioneer citizen of the Ew ing community. The rites were hold at United Presbyterian church with Dr. William H. Ross church pastor, officiating. Mr. Gunter died Wednesday evening. June 12, at the original dwelling, where he had been mak ing his home with his son, Lion el He had been in failing health several years. A male quartet Leo Miller, Walter Miller, Laverne Shrader and Wendell Switzer sang "The Old Rugged Cross”, "Rock of Ages” and "In the Sweet By and By” with Mrs. Wilbur Spang ler at the piano. In charge of flowers were Mr and Mrs. Earl Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Schlotman and Mr. and Mrs. George Montgom ery. Pallbearers were grand sons: Duane Hol'd, Michael Cron in, Myron Shavlik, Jimmie Gun ter. Verle Gunter and Paul Gun ter. Burial was made in the Ew ing cemetery. j James Wilson Gunter, one of 12 children, was bom near Ew ing April 15, 1872, a son of Cal vin T and Ruth Lovenia Gunter. He was married February 28, 1900, to Elsie Hoke. Thirteen children were lx>rn to this union. One daughter, Virginia, died in infancy. His wife, Elsie, died October 30. 1941. He joined the United Presby terian church in 1910 and was a regular attendant at the services until his health began to fail alwut two years ago. The late Mr. Gunter resided continuously on the old home place from 1919 until his death Survivors include: Sons Lion el of Ewing: William of San Francisco. Calif.; Clairemont of St. Helena, Calif.: Lafayette of Hoskins; James V. of Genesco, 111.; daughters — Mrs. Lovenia Switzer of Clearwater; Mrs. Jen nie Shavlik of Chambers; Mrs Algenia Hord of Ewing; Mrs. Henrietta Babcock of Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Isabel Cronin of Den ver, Colo.; Mrs. Everal Woods of Chico, Calif.; Mrs. Joyce Mon talvon of Haywood Calif.; 27 grandchilden and 17 great-grand children; brothers — Dewitt of Ewing and Barney of Twin Falls. Ida.; sister Mrs. Rose Beck man of Roanoke, 111. Harringtons Entertain — Weekend guests at the John J. Harrington home were Mr. and Mrs. J D. Fra her and Denise of Omaha, his grandmother. Mrs. Catherine Collins and Bill Klumpp both of Washington, D. C., and Mr. and Mrs, James D. Harrington of Oiicago, 111. The latter couple, who are the Har ington's son and his wife, left for a vacation in Denver, Colo. Swot da Declared All-Around Cowboy Church, 4-H Floats Win Honors O'Neill's fourth annual rodeo, under the sponsorship of the O' Neill Saddle club, was "highly successful", officers announced at the conclusion of the two-day event. The rodeo opened with a 7 o’ clock parade in the business dist rict Saturday evening. There were rodeo performances Satur day night anti Sunday afternoon. Intermittent showers late Satur day and early Sunday and a down pour Sunday afternoon were so arranged by Mother Nature as to not interfere seriously with the performances, although cow boys came up repeatedly black ened with mud. Jim Sw’ohoda of Burwell won the Chamber of Commerce all around cowboy award of $100. Other winners; Bulldogging: Joe Emerson, first, $136; Dean Kenney, Jim Swohoda. Wayne Zoner. Bareback bronc riding; Swo Ixxla. first, $108; Bale Phipps, Kenny, Duane Morrey. Saddle bronc riding: Skeet Mc Killip. first. $80; Royal Church, Velden Morgan, Zoner. Bulldogging: Dale Sahota first, $120; Sterling Bowers, Dale Dan iels, Jerry Wrage. Calf roping: Roily Glouse, first, $128; Russ Nutter, Bob Walsh, Wayne Mattern. The Lions club arranged the parade, which included the O' Neill. Spencer and Inman bands. The Willing Workers 4-H club and Methodist church entries shared organizational honors in the parade. The 4-H group depict ed a farmyard scene complete with calf and the church float heralded the 75th anniversary to be observed in October. The two floats were awarded $15 prizes each. Six floats entered by business firms were cited by the judges for recognition in the commercial category: William Krotter Co., Apparel Shop. Goeden's Drive-In, Beatrice Foods i Meadow7 Gold I, Northwestern Bell Telephone com pany and Consumers Public Pow er district. Rodeo spectators were enthusi astic in their praise for the rodeo performances. John Karel, 77, Expires at Lynch Funeral servces were conduc ted at 2 p.m., Monday, June 17. for John Karel, 77. who died early Thursday, June 13, in Sa cred Heart hospital at Lynch. Pallbearers were Earl McClan ahan, George Hansen, Elmer De rail, Paul Woidneck and Blake Benson- all neighbors in the Midway locality. The late Mr Karel was bom June 19. 1880 at Okrohlce. Czech oslovakia. His parents were Jo seph Karel and Fannie Cerveny Karel. He came to Holt county in 1884 and farmed for a time south of O'Neill. Later, he moved to Bovd county, returning again to Holt. He never married and farmed many years north of O' Neill Survivors include: Brothers— James of O’Neill: Joseph of Georgetown, S. C.; August of Lvnch and Louis of Colome, S. D. He was preceded in death by his parents, six sisters and two brothers. Rev. J. Olcn Kennell officiated at the funeral and' burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Visit Mother— Everett Siders of Douglas. Wyo., and Mrs. Lee Devereaux and grandson. Walter, of Phoenix. Ariz., have been visiting their mother, Mrs. Maggie Siders. Hershiser D;ies at 94; Holt Deputy Helped Keep Peace in Era When Territory Spanned Vast Area Elias ("Eli”) J. Hershiser, 94. who won fame in the pioneer era as Ilolt county deputy sheriff, died about 6:20 p.m., Monday, June 17. at Cedar. Minn., where he lived with his son, William. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m , today 'Thurs day) at Biglin Funeral Chapel here with Rev. J. Olen Kennell officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be Andy Clark, Richard Clark, Francis Clark, Floyd Hershiser, Francis Hersh iser and Bennett Hertford. The late Mr. Hershiser was l»m August 23, 1862, at Summer set, Pa. He was the son of a wagon maker who had been crip Hershlser . . . to Holt at age of 81.—The Frontier Photo. pled in action during the Civil waV. He was 21-years-old when he came alone to Holt county in 1877. His brother. Ed. had reach ed Holt two years before- one of the earliest settlers. The parents came later from Waterloo. Ia., and they farmed for many years the place now owned by Dr. G. R. Cook. Eli's brother, Ed, was one of the first elected sheriffs in Holt county at a time when Holt was the only organized county be tween here and the Wyoming line. Law enforcement in the vast area in between befell the Holt authorities, and Eli serv ed alxnit four years as deputy. It was during that period vig ilantes hung Kid Wade, a youth ful horse thief and a notorious western outlaw. Roth Eli and his brother figured in the Wade case. The late Mr. Hershiser often retold stories of pioneer law en forcement, including holding 20 prisoners for a prolonged length of time in a one-room jail. Later, he farmed for many years. His wife was the former Jen nie Storts. They became the par ents of two sons and one daugh ter The daughter died in in fant$\ . , . _ One son, Charles, died in Oma ha November 16, 1940. Mrs. Her shiser died December 29, 1942. He was also preceeded in death by his parents, brothers—Ed and Jacob (the latter was a San Diego, Calif., druggist). Mr. Hershscr lived with his sister, Mrs. Rose Shively, at Nor folk for about six years before moving to Minnesota several years ago. Hs eyesight failed and during his last visit to O’ Neill he carried a white cane. Survivors include: Son- Wil liam of Cedar, Minn.; sister— Mrs. Rose Shively of Norfolk. New Methodist Leader Arrives Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Embree, formerly of Ogallala, arrived Friday to establish residence in the Methodist district superinten dent's parsonage-office on Sev enth street between Clay and Douglas. Reverend Embree succeeds Dr. J. Laverne Jay, who has been transferred to Tecumseh. The new northeast Nebraska Methodist leader, who will ad minister a district extending from the Cherry-Brown county line eastward to the Missouri river, has been a minister 35 years. His father, the late J. W. Embree. was a Nebraska minis ter over 40 years, and his broth er, Arthur, presently is a Meth odist pastor at Ravenna. Reverend Embree was gradua ted from Nebraska Wesleyan university and his first pastorate i was at Minitare. He has served I at Friend, Dorchester. Broken Bow. Fairmont and Ogallala. He had been at Ogallala five years. The Embrees have two sons one at Hastings and one at Rapid City, S. D..—and two daughters— one in Washington state and the other at Friend. • < 'urtivs, VanVoortm, Kennell . . . appreciation.—The Frontier Photo. ' Open-House Is Held— Grover Shaw, Wife Wed 50 Years Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shaw cele-. brated their golden wedding an niversary Sunday, June 16, at their home'. One hundred twenty two guests signed the guest book. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were mar ried April 24, 1907 in O'Neill. Mrs. Shaw was the former Julia Car ney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carney. She is a sister of the late Capt. James B. Car ney, for whom Carney park was named. Captoin Carney lost his life in World War II. The Shaw's became the parents of five children. One daughter, Marie died in 1918 at the age of seven years. One son, Clarence, died in 1950. Their children attending were Mrs. Ambrose Rohde of Kenne wick, Wash., and Mrs. K. C. Hunt j of O'Neill. One son, Ralph ShawI of Cowley, Wyo., was unable to| attend the celebration. They have nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren Lyle, Bruce, Margaret Eileen and| Calvin Smith of Chambers. A breakfast was held at the j M & M cafe for the immediate i family. A reception took place from 2 to 4 p. m., at the Shaw home. Those pouring were Mrs. Mike London, Kirs. Robert Hacket and' Mrs. L. F. Curtis, both of Sioux City, and Miss Mary E. Carney. Miss Patricia Rohde of Ken- J newick. Wash., registered the! guests. Servers, which were rela tives, were Mrs. Ambrose V. Rohde of Kennewick, Wash., Miss Mary Rita Rohde, Mrs. K. C. ; Hunt. Mrs. Larry Pribil and Mrs. Jerry Tom.jack and Mrs. Leonard Knapp of Ewing. Out-of-towners present included guests from Chambers, Ewing and Emmet, Mr. and Mrs. Am brose V. Rohde and three child ren. Mary Rita, Patricia and Col leen of Kennewick, WTash., also Mrs. Robert Hacket and Danny and Billy of Sioux City; Mrs. Iso The Shows . . . their golden wedding day.—The Frontier Photo. belle Hancock and Mrs. Evan Stover, both of Fremont: Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and four children of Chambers; Mike London of Omaha, and Miss Boa Rohdo of Chicago, III. The Rohdes’ son, James, was unable to be present. Bible Prophecy Speaker Coming— CHAMBERS "The Explosive Middle East Crisis in Bible Light" will be the topic of Elmer A. Josephson, former Wichita, Kans., Youth for Christ director, at a special service Monday. June 24, 8 p. m. at the Memorial Baptist church in Chambers. Unusual highlights of fulfilled prophecy as well as information regarding Israel not generally known will also be given. The Embrees'.. . . now located in Methodist district head quarters, here.—The Frontier Photo. ' , ***• ****** * . * * * * ***** *.. * • • ,• . • • •• • V . •. . - Leslie Strong, 39, Father of 3, Dies Funeral Being Held Today at Omaha Leslie Strong, 39, father of three teenage hoys, died unex pectedly late Tuesday, June 18, in Emmanuel hospital at Omaha. He had suffered a leg fracture in March and about 10 days ago was stricken with a heart attack. Relatives said he apeared to be making “satisfactory" recovery. He was fatally stricken at the, hospital while reading a news- j paper. Funeral services will be con-1 ducted at 2 p. m., today (Thurs day) at St. Paul’s Methodist church in Omaha. The Kramer funeral home of Omaha is in charge of arrangements. The late Mr. Strong was torn and reared at Emmet. He had been employed by the Cargill grain elevator firm in Omaha. His wife is the former Mildred Stems, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sterns of O’Neill. Survivors include: Widow Mildred; sons—Ronnie. 18; Gary 17, and Donald, 14; mother Mrs. Cecil McMillan of Emmet; fath er Thomas Strong of Waterloo; brothers Thomas and Charles Strong both of Omaha; sister— Mrs. Clifford (Myrtle) Anderson of Omaha. Hruska Selected for Stuart Speech STUART -U. S. Sen. Roman Hruska (R-Neb.) will be the speaker for the "old-fashioned" Fourth of July celebration to be held at Stuart. This will be the second cele bration of this type—complete with picnics, fireworks, band music, contests,, games and a speech. .. • ’ • I ‘Life Too Hectic’, Speaker Declares One hundred five persons- fa thers and their sons attended the first annual father and son banquet held Tuesday evening in the new Fellowship hall of First Presbyterian ehureh. The affair was sponsored by the Women’s association of the ehureh with Mrs. Ro\ Humrich, president. Rev. J. Olt'n Kennell, church pastor, offered the invocation. K. L. VanVoorhis was toast master. Theme of the banquet was ‘‘In Their Steps" and the word setting was created from Proverbs IV b\ Dale Wilson, reader, accompanied on the piano by A. E. Bowen The welcome. "Footprints in the Sand”, was delivered by Vern Reynoldson. Responses came from his four sons James, representing upper teenagers; Al len. high school ago; Laurence, 6, and Gary, 5. Laurence, who said simply. "Dad, we’re glad to lx* here", and Gary, who rose to his feet and announced, "Thanks, Pop”, were given wide applause. Four little girls Sally Herley, Laveda Philbriek, Cherlyn Van Vleek and Ruth Ann Watson tap-danced. D. H. Clauson of fered “Recognition”. Th(> address was given by John E. Curtiss of Lincoln, officer of Consumers Public Power dis rict, former commander of the American Legion and present national legion committeeman. Curtiss told the fathers the dis position is to be in "too big a hurry to indulge in these finer tilings such as a father-son ban quet and other father-son rela tionships. "So mad is the rush we h>se our patience if we miss a turn (Continued on page 6). Mrs. John Kee, 72, Is Heart Victim Reside n t of Holt Since 1916 Mrs. John E. Kee, 72, who suf fered a heart ailment and had been hospitalized here, died at 7 p.m., Sunday, June 16, in St. An thony’s hospital. Funeral services were conduc ted at 2 p.m.. Wednesday, June 19. at the Methodist church here with Rev. Glenn Kennicott, church pastor, officiating. Bur ial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery under the direction of Big lin's. Pallbearers were Floyd Ritts, Clarence Ernst, William Sch mohr, Carl Lorenz, Homer Mar ing and Guy Beckwith. The late Mrs. Kee, whose maid en name was Della Elizabeth Harsbarger, was bom April 25, 1885 near Stella, a daughter of Henry Harshbarger and Alice Legge Harshbarger. She came from a family of nine children. She married Mr. Kee March 10. 1907, at her parents’ farm home near Stella. The couple began farming three miles north west of Humboldt, where they lived one year. Later they farm ed near Pawnee Cty for eight years and in February, 1916, came to Holt county, settling nine miles northwest of O’Neill, where they farmed 39 years. Two years ago they retired, moving into O’Neill at 705 East Clay st. Last March they cele brated their golden wedding anni versary. Two sons died in infancy. Survivors include: Widower— John; son Mervin of Crofton; daughters- Mrs. T. H. (Wilma) Ilering of Omaha; Mrs. Ralph (Elva) Leidy of Bentonville, Ark.; Mrs. Wayne (Aladene) Bates of Emmet, and Mrs. Rod ney (Ionai Livings of Sioux City; 12 grandchildren; brothers Wil liam of Eagleville, Mo.; Clifton ' of Stella and Earl of Ft. Pierre, ! S. D.; sisters Mrs. Josie Bodle of Humboldt and Mrs. Milo Hynek of Humboldt. Mrs. Kee ... 39 years on farm northwest of here.—The | Frontier Photo. *• * ' • " ’• * , . » Torrential Rains Cause Flooding Stor— Sewers Filled to Brim; 4.86 Ins. of Rainin7 Days Torrential rains visited the re gion Sunday afternoon and eve ning, following on the heels at a series of weekend showers. In little more than an hour two inches of rain fell here, causing water to run hub-deep on some of the paved streels and over loading the storm sewer system. Some basements were filled where drainage problems existed. It has been several years sine* the city has been deluged with so much water. Between 6 p. m., Saturday and 8 a. m., Monday the official rain fall here measured slightly more than four inches. The rains were general through out Holt, Boyd, Knox, Antelope and Wheeler counties. Creighton Hard lilt A cloudburst at Creighton dumped 7U. inches of rain there, causing a railroad bridge to wash out and knocking out service for about a week. Several highway bridges and innumerable county bridges were damaged, and sev eral families in low areas were rescued by boats. Sunday rainfall at various points included: Inman, 4.10 inch es; Neligh 3.03; Clearwater 5 inches; Atkinson, 1.5; Norfolk, 2* inches; Chambers, 4 inches; Ew ing, 4 inches. Ainsworth received light rain and Bassett "good” rain Rain fall in Boyd county was not as heavy as at O’Neill. City workmen kept busy all day Sunday keeping the storm sewers open. Street Commission* or J. J. Berigan said none at the sewers were plugged hut were "simply overloaded with too much water in too short a time." Traffic Pinched Oft The Neil Ryan basement was filled with water. Between 4:30 and 10 p. m., Sunday overflow water from the Elkhom river pinched off traffic 1 '/z miles west of Neligh. Water swirled across highway 14, be tween Brunswick and Neligh, at eight places and the out of hi muds Willow creek held up traffic several hours on that strecth. Total precipation for the past seven days measured 4.86 inches here. Week’s summary: hi lo Prec. June 13 79 56 .34 June 14 75 54 01 Juno 15 73 47 .45 June 16 74 56 1.54 June 17 73 59 2.52 June 18 77 49 June 19 84 52 Totals 4.86 Longtime Holt Resident Dies CHAMBERS Walter Trussell, 84, longtime resident of this com munity, was found dead at his homo in Chambers late Satur day, June 15, by a neighbor, Ed Smith. Mr. Trussell and his dog were found dead of asphyxiation. County Attorney William W Grif fin, acting as corner, said there would be no inquest. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, at the Trussell ceme tery near here with Rev. Schwenck of Memorial BaprtiKt church officiating. The late Mr. Trussell was bom May 8, 1873, a son of Mr and Mrs. S. H. Trussell, pioneer set tlers. Ho was married to Jessie May Camilison, who died July 23, 1951. After her death he lived alone. Survivors include: Sisters — Mrs. H. W. McClure of Wayne and Mrs. E. C. Wilson of Twin Falls, Ida. Corkle Ranks 2d in Pri ncess Contest Miss Carol Kucera of Clarkson ranked first in the district dairy princess contest Friday, at Nor folk, sponsored by the American Dary association. There were three Holt county entrants Miss Cera Corkle. Miss Ellen Corkle and Miss Sharon Miner. Miss Cera, a 1957 graduate of St. Mary’s academy, placed sec ond and will compete in the state competition with Miss Kucera Dorsey Church Will Note 75th Birthday DORSEY The Presbyterian church here, long a landmark and focal point of the community. Sunday, June 23, will mark it* 75th anniversary. A special anniversary service is planned.