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TWELVE PAGES * This Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 9. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 27, 1957. Seven C ents t V MR_few ‘Ride to Panmuniom' Author Here Navy Lt, ijgi Duane Thorin and his two children, Christina. 9, and IXiane, 7, Wednesday visited Lieutenant Thorin's brother, Ed win at O’Neill and other relatives at Chambers and Neligh. Lieu tenant Thorin, the marine helicopter pilot who was imprisoned by the Chinese reds for tWo years during the Korean war, is author of the hook, "Ride to Panmunjom", an analytical story of fellow prisoners and their behavior under stress in prisoner of war camps. Thorin says nearly five thousand copies of his Iwok have been sold. He lives with his family at Arlington, Va., and is stationed at a desk job in Washington. D. C. An interview with Lieutenant Thorin will be heard on Saturday's "Voice of The Frontier" pro gram (WJAG, 780 ko., 9:30 am.) The Frontier Photo. Amelia Group in Appeal for Spur AMELIA An Amelia delega tion, which included State Sen. Frank Nelson of O'Neill, Monday appeared in Lincoln before the Nebraska highway advisory com mission appealing for state main tenance of 2.6 miles of gravel road. The spur extends from state highway 11 east to Amelia. Present condition of the road makes it impassable in bad wea ther. Nelson said. Those attending were Clyde Widman, Glen White, Edgar Pet erson. Dunk Peterson, Rev. Fran cis rice. PBlake Ott, Gus Robin son, Vein Sageser and Clyde Doo little. State Engineer L. N. Ross de fended the chop off of 450 miles in state maintenance two years ago. Nelson said Holt absorbed 10 percent of the state’s loss (45 miles i in the cutback, includng the Amelia spur. The board did not announce for mol action on the hearing. A resolution in the closing hours of the 1957 legislative session urged the commission to be more len ient in restoring roads to state maintenance. Maude Martin tioing to Colorado— PAGE Mrs. Maude Martin departed Saturday for Denver, Colo . where she will visit a nep hew, Dick Martin, and family; a niece, Mrs. Neil Holt, and fam ily at Colorado Springs, and other relatives in that vicinity. She will return home by way of Alliance where she will visit Miss Edna Martin and renew old ac quaintances in that locality — her former home. Mrs. L. A. Becker Heads Altar Society Officers for 1957-58 of the Al tar Society are Mrs. L. A. Beck er, president; Mrs. Frank Clem ents. vice president; Mrs. Mar tin Miller, secretary and Miss Helen Vitt, treasurer. Guild chairmen are: Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, St. Catherine; Mrs. Henry Benze, St. Elizabeth; Mrs. Clarence Donohoe, St. Brid get; Mrs. Ed Dumpert, St. Ce celia; Mrs. John N. Schmit, St. Margaret; Mrs. Richard McLain, St. Theresa; Mrs. Walter Dono hoe, St. Rita; Mrs. Kenneth Cas- j key, St. Rose; Mrs. John Harring ton, St. Helen; Mrs. Louis Coker, j St Monica; Miss Mary Jo Ma hony, St. Ann; Mrs. Harry Lans worth, St. Agnes. They were introduced at a meeting held Thursday at the gym at St. Mary’s Academy. Mrs. j! Robert Berigan and her guild j had charge of ll«' entertainment and dessert. Mrs. Clements, the outgoing president, thanked all for their cooperation to make the year a success. The outgoing Guild chairmen reported on their fi nances. l'oiiiHl Social Is Scheduled— AMELIA A pound social will he held Friday evening, June 28, at the church annex for Rev. and Mrs. Harold Bonath and family of the Methodist church here and at Chambers. A reception for the new pastor was held last week at Chambers. Parishoners and members of the Sunday-school presented a pro ; gram. Mrs. Harold Huebert of Wich j ita, Kans., arrived Tuesday to I spend a week visiting her par lents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter. Boldt Succeeds Baker for Conoco Ben Boldt (left) is the new district sales representative for Continental Oil company here, succeeding Paul Baker, who is be ing promoted to a similar post at Omaha Baker, former O'Neill high school principal, has been with Conoco here 14 months. Mr. Baker and his wife, the former Mary Faulhaber, will move to Oma ha after a California vacation. Mr. Boldt, a graduate of Buena Vista < la.t college, comes from Larrabee. Ia. The territory includes Holt. Boyd. Knox. Rock. Brown and portions of Pierce county.— The Frontier Photo. • ,••*»** • • • ’ , ■ • • • • • • * 75th Jubilee Is Observed At Dorsey N a t i v e of Bethlehem Helps Presbyterian C h u rch Celebration Bj MRS. MERRILL. ANDERSON Dorsey Sunday, June 23. commemorated the 75th anniver sary of the Dorsey Presbyterian I church, and it was a big day. Members of the Indies Aid presented a skit depicting the or ganization of the original society complete with fashions dating back to the seventies. Dr. George Bancroft of Oma ha. Nebraska synod executive, delivered the anniversary ser mon at the morning worship ser vice. His message: ‘"Hie Church We Cannot See". There was a basket dinner at noon. The afternoon service was con dufcted by Rev. Joseph Walstead of Niobrara, present pastor. There was a reading, "Home in ihe Government”, by Mrs. Anna Carson; a vocal solo. Rock of Ages”, by Brenda Cole; accordian trio "Whispering Hope", by Mar ilyn Graham, June and Claranna Carson with Ruth Osborne as pi ano accompanist; vocal solo by Claude Cole and a ladies’ quar tette presented, “It's No Secret ■ In the fashion exhibition, Mrs. Guy Pinkerman wore a 75-year old' costume belonging to Miss Mary Ladely. H. V. Rosenkrans appeared in long-tailed coat woin by his grandfather, Rev. D. \\. Rosenkrans, original pastor. Member 60 Years Mrs. James Wiley sang a por tion of a song which she sang at the church’s dedication October 5 1884. She has been a member more than 60 years. Mrs. Hyman Jacobs of Sioux City, colorful wife of a former pastor, spoke and was "amazed at the friendliness and neigh liorliness of the Dorsey people. Mrs. Jacobs (her maiden name was Rahmeh Mansour) was Ixirn in Bethlehem of Arab Christian parents. She was Itaptized in the manger where Christ was t>orn and her parents at that time "dedicated her life to Christ". Her husband was the sixth pas tor of the church (1909>. A Jew ish rabbi, he became a Christian and a Presbyterian mmistei. In 1921 the couple married. Jhe> made their home in Jerusalem and have traversed the Atlantic nu merous times. They have trave - ed extensively in the Near East. North Africa and Europe, work ing as Christian missionaries with Jewish and Arab people. Health Is Frail They returned to the United States in 1952. Reverend Jacob s health is frail and he sent his wife to Dorsey for the celebration. Others from a distance at tne celebration were Earn Wilson of Gregory . S. D. and Mrs. W.lham Schissler of Ainsworth. Mrs. 1 Tarry Johnson road greetings fwm' former ministers and for mer members. Mr. Rosenkrans and Mrs. Grace Alder were the only living descendants of the original foun ders present. . A covenant signed m the log school on Apple Creek March 25. 1882 formally created the church. These names were affixed. Mr. M Jewel. Caroline Nace Celia Sproul. Alvin Gager. Sarah Mon roe, Belle S. Everton, Edrth Everton V. V. Rosenkrans, John Hudson, Thomas Hudson Ivetta Hudson. E. T. Jones and Bertha Jones, Emma Gager. A missionary with the Ponca Indians delivered the first ser mon. V. V. Rosenkrans and Al vin H. Gager were elected first j elders. , , , Other early members included Kate Everton, Mabel Emerson, Margaret Hudson, Alexander His-1 lop, Amanda Hislop. Mrs. Min- . nie Rosenkrans, Mrs. Mary Mc Donald, Mrs. Rachael A. Wheel er, Mrs. Mattie Wiley, Frank , Coleman, Frank Burbank and Mrs. Rosa Burbank—all up until (Continued on page 7.) Early Publication Next Issue — Because of the Fourth of July falling on Thursday, next week’s issue of The Frontier will go to press 24 hours earlier than usual. | News contributors and adver tisers are respectfully urged to submit material a day earlier than usual. Considerable newsmatter, pic tures and feature stories are j omitted from this issue because | of numerous June wedding stor ies and late advertising, also be cause of the illness of Associate Publisher Arthur Noecker, who is suffering with pneumonia. The j combined factors prevented de veloping extra pages before the | deadline. Omitted news will ap pear next issue.—PUBLISHERS. Arriving from California— Mr. and Mrs. James Adams and children of Fullerton, Calif., left by air Tuesday for Omaha j where they will visit his parents for a week. They will arrive here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clements, at the end of their visit in Omaha. The tonring liot>ert Hickeys and their 12 children: Station wagon number 1—Rene and Ronald Patrick (perched atop luggage rack); Richard, Robert, jr., Rhonda (baby) and Rita (on hood). Station wagon number 2—Roxanne and Robin (atop); Rottalci, Ro hcrtu Ann, Regina and Rochelle (on hood). The parents are standing in center.—The Frontier Photo. Shades of the seventies at Dorsey church celebration: Left to- right—Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mrs. Robert Sholes, Mrs. tiny Pinkcrman .Mrs. Joseph Walstcad, Mrs. Harold Halstead, Mrs. Anna Carson, II. V. Ilosenkrans, Mrs. James Wiley, Mrs. Ray Wilson, Mrs. Marvin Ritcher, Mrs. Albert ('arson and Mrs. I-ee Brady.—The Frontier Photo. Ainsworth Wins Tuesday Thriller The Ainsworth Towners defeat ! ed the O'Neill Rockets, 6-4, Tues day night at Ainsworth in a North-Central league thriller. Larry Heiss, losing pitcher, poked out a homer with none ! aboard but couldn’t salvage the game. Jim McGinn. Darel Gra j ham and Lloyd Hilligas were I used. O’Neill 9: Chambers 3 The O'Neill Rockets resumed North - Central Nebraska league play last Thursday evening, fol lowing the Mother Nature-enforc ed layoff, by defeating the Cham bers entry, 9-3. in Carney park here. Summary: R H E O'Neill .9 10 2 Chambers . 3 7 3 Batteries: O’Neill Larry Heiss and Adamson: Chambers — Bill Kennedy, Darrel Heiss and Ad ams. Stuart 5; O’Neill 4 The Stuart Independents man aged a 5-4 triumph over the O’Neill Rockets Sunday night in a league game played at Stuart. Larry Krysl, on the mound for the winners, got 12 strikeouts. Summary: R H E O'Neill .4 3 3 Stuart .5 4 2 Batteries : Stuart—Larry Krysl and Max Kunz; O'Neill—Jim Mc Ginn, Lloyd Hilligas and Adam son. Irrigation Films Seen by Lions— Niobrara basin development films were shown to Lions club members and guests Wednesday evening. Clyde Burdick of Ains worth. project engineer for the bureau of reclamation, was in charge. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce will meet Monday evening at Slat’s Supper club at 7 o'clock. Mrs. Albert Munk and Mrs. John McLean and daughter, Don na of Chewelah. Wash., are here visiting Mrs. McLean’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gillogy of Inman and other relatives for 10 days This is the first time Mr. and Mrs. Gillogly have seen their granddaughter, Donna. Longtime members of Dorsey Presbyterian church pose with 75th anniversary cake: .Mrs. Myr tle Pickering, Mrs. Anna Carson, H. V. Rosenkrans. Albert Ellis, Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Janus* Wiley.—The Fronter Photo. Little League Play to Start— Play in the Little League will start in O’Neill next week: Monday, July 1: Northeast Cards vs. Southeast Phillies. Wednesday, July 3: Northwest Indians vs. Southwest Braves. Full Schedule will be published later with two games weekly, starting at 6 p.m., an North side field, according to George Head. New Superintendent Arrb es at Page — PAGE—School Supt. and Mrs. William Hock and sons arrived at Page Friday and are at home in the Jesse Kelly property in the east part of town. Mr. Rock has been at Regan the past four years. The Rocks’ sons are Don, 6, and Denny, one-year-old. STAR Fred Timmerman re turned home last Thursday even from Rochester. Minn., where he had spent a week under medical observation. Dial Phone* — PAGE — The cement work was completed this week for the building that is to house the new automatic switchlx>ard for the dial telephone system to be in stalled here. New equipment will be hooked up as soon as the necessary pre parations have been made. Going to Africa — INMAN — Carroll French of Page, who plans to be an agri cultural missionary to Africa, spoke recently to the Methodist youth fellowship here. He left Saturday for Nashville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keyes showed Niagara, New York City and Washington, D.C., slides. Rev. D. W. Kflsenkran* . . .for more than a quarter-century his life paralleled that of the pioneer Dorsey Presbyterian church. Hickeys-14 Strong--Hit This Sector Travel in Sparkling Station Wagons— 1' h a n ks to Sponsor (Photo at left). Tlie Hickeys have come to town I I of them traveling in I wo spanking new station wagons, thanks to television's sponsors of "I *" You Trust Your Wife?” Early in 1956 Robert Hickey trusted his wife twice on a na tionwide TV hookup. Third time he didn’t and kvst. But Rob ert and his wife, ttie former Ro berta Renish of lids Angeles, ( alif., walked off with one hun dred dollars |H'r week for two years that’s a neat $10,400 in 52 easy-to-spend payments. Phis spring Mr. Hickey, super visor of stores for the Pacific Motor Trucking company at Duarte, Calif. asked the oldest of the 12 children Roberta, 17— what she wanted for her high school graduation present. She said: "A trip for nil of us to Nebraska to see the kinfolk.” First Trip Intact Mr Hickey is a nephew of P. V. and John W. Hickey, prominent O'Neill farmers. His parents are dectased. "It's the first and probably the last trip of any distance for our I family intact," explained the father of 12 children. Roberta, the grad, will enter Citrus Junior college. Rosalie, Hi, will be a senior at Moniwia 1 >tiarte high, Robert, jr., 14, clos ly follows the 1 />s Angeles Rams; Regina is 13; Rochelle, 12; Rita, 10; Richard, 9; Robin 6; Ronald, 4; Roxanne, 3; Renee, 2; Rhonda will t>e one-year-old during the trip. Kindly note there are nine girls and three boys, and all names, including the parents', begin with "R”. Mrs. Alice Conway of Pender and Mrs. Rex Horner and chil dren of Omaha came to join in welcoming the invaders from the West. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dufek and the John Hickeys entertained at a picnic supper Saturday evening. Barnards Leaving on European Tour Guests this weekend at the home of Mrs. C. E. Yantzi will be her brother and wife, Mr. and j Mrs. W. B. Barnard of Casper, Wyo., and her sister and her lius band, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Byers | of Omaha. The Barnards plan to sail on the Liberty July 11 for a motor trip through Europe. They will have their own car with them and plan to return the last part of Oc tober. Inman flub Fleets Albert Anthony — INMAN The Community club met Monday and elected officers: Albert Anthony, president; Clif ford Sobotka, vice-president; Ro sara Kopecky, secretary; Mrs. James McMahan, treasurer. The following are directors: I horn as Hutton, Earl Watson and Albert Reynolds. County Court Uoyd West, Ewing, June 14, speeding day, fined $14 and $4 costs; officer—R. L. Gude. Stasys Radzunas, O’Neill, June 14, speeding day, fined $19 and $4 costs; officer R. L. Gude. Dwight C. Worcester, O'Neill, June 14, speeding day, fined $20 and $4 costs; officer E. M. Has treiter. Harold D. Stoner, Kilgore, June 18. speeding night, fined $10 and $4 costs; officer E. M. Hastreit er. Lois V. Yelli, Ewing, June 18, speeding day, fined $18 and $4 costs; officer—E. M. Hastreiter. Lyle E. Porter, driver for Dahl Trucking Co. of Hubbard, June 20, overload on axle and no re ciprocity; officer- Donald F Richardson. C. E. Lewis, Thurston, June 22, speeding day, fined $10 and $4; officer R. L. Gude. Ronald J. Rotherham, Ewing, June 24, no fishing permit, fined $5 and $4 costs; officer- Fred Salak. Neil Eddie Capps, Versailles, Mo., June 24, no reciprocity, fined $10 and $4 costs; officer Clifford Kizzire. JUSTICE COURT Harold Nielsen, East Omaha, June 18, sper-ding, fined $10 and $4 costs, officer Chris McGinn. Leonard Burback, Norfolk, June 20, speeding, fined $15 and $4 costs; officer- Gerald Wettlau fer. Harold fl Eyl Winner, June 23, speeding, fined $10 and $4 costs; officer Chris McGinn. Bernhard Gustaford of Wilcox, Pa., June 24, speeding, fined $16 and $4 costs; officer -Chris Mc Ginn. Elmer Zasfrow of Norfolk, June 23, speeding, fined $15 and $4 costs; officer--Chris McGinn. William Kelley, Bassett, June 22, speeding, fined $13 and $4 costs; officer—Chris McGinn.