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Volume 77.—Number 10. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 4, 1957. Seven Cents
Hail Levels Oats
Fields Near Page
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Beneficial rains fell Monday
evening in the O'Neill area, ac
companied by considerable wind
and some hail.
Some oats fields were punished,
including an irrigated tract own
ed by Kenneth Wettlaufer in the
Page locality. Other farmers in
that area suffering hail damage
were William Buxton, Hoy Han
sen, Harry Thompson and Lynd
ley Crumly.
At O'Neill the downpour set in
during the supper hour and the
runoff immediately felled the
storm sewers and inundated the
low ground. Official precipation
here was .84 of an inch.
Joe Pritchett, living northeast of
town, reported about an inch of
rain Monday rught. He said he
noted several oats fields damaged
by wind at the Catherine Turay
and Bill Murray places.
Emmett McGaffery, at Emmet,
said trees and vines showed storm
damage. A half-inch ran fell
there.
"The storm came up in a hurry
and for a time I thought there
was more than rain involved," he
declared.
Three miles west of Emmet at
the Henry Werner place the rain- j
fall totaled only .14 and Atkinson
was dry. No rain fell Monday
evening at Amelia.
Other Monday night rainfall re- j
ports: Anoka, 1.80; Bristow, .25;
Lynch, .50; Burke, S. D., 2.50;
Norfolk, .35.
Meanwhile, the bluegrass seed
harvest is practically wrapped
up. United Seed company has
been operating a big drying yard
here, also Neil Ryan.
The Emmet Hay Co. (Guy Cole
& Sons) report the most seed on
hand in history, l»ut much has
come from Boyd county where
there was a record production.
Drying yards also are operat
ing at Chambers, Amelia, Atkin
son, Stuart and Ewing. Many of
the ranchers are drying their own
seed.
Many of the transient strippers
and buyers have set out for South
Dakota and North Dakota, Pre
vailing price here was 4 cents per
pound. aJthougn Charley Peterson
of Atkinson was reportedly pay
ing 8 rents delivered to his ranch.
The hay crop although not a
bumper is good. It is estimated
twice as gixxl--or better- than a
year ago, an off season. A lot of
sweet clover is found in the hay. i
Don Martin of O’Neill, who re
cently ranged from the Canadian
line one thousand miles south in
his trucking, reported “an abun
dance of hay" throughout the
Dakotas. Nebraska, Kansas, Okla
homa and Texas.
Quality of Holt hay is not the j
best.
Menmvhile, early Monday little
more than a trace of moisture fell
at O'Neill. Hartington received i
1:50; Allen, 2 inches; Winnetoon.
1 inch; Creighton and Atkinson
reported wind and sprinkles;
Lynch, a light shower.
Weather summary:
Hi Lo Prec.
June 27 . 78 54
28 .... 83 52 T
29 . 88 53
30 . 92 59
July 1 . 89 64 .02
2 . 93 62 .84
Bluegrass Scarce
at Deloit
DKLOIT Ranchers in Wheeler,
and Garfield counties, west of
here, have In'gun their big job of
haying. The hay crop looks good,
also the pastures, after having
the nice rains.
Bluegrass seed was scarce here.
Corn is slow but is growing
rapidly, and the oats fields look
good
Not much moisture has l)cen re
ceived here the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer
visited Hastings during the week
end. They saw lots of water in the
Harvard and Minden localities,
nlso tornado damage.
Celia Gets Good
Weekend Soaker
CELIA This community re
ported up to two inches of rain in
places late Sunday and early
Monday.
Several of the neighliorhoods
had alnxit a half-inch.
Record-Setting
Kids in Reunion
July 3. 1954, was a record pro
duction day at St. Anthony’s hos
pital. Six babies were bom in a
24-hour period and the record
still stands!
The babies and their mothers
held a reunion when the infants
were one-year-old.
Sunday, in Ford's park, there
was another reunion, complete
with doting dads, brothers and
sisters.
The children are:
Kathryn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Childers of Elgin,
formerly of Chambers; Marsha,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Stauffer of Page; Vicki, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Holtz of
O'Neill; Scott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Duane C. Miller of Emmet;
Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art-!
hur (‘‘Bill ") Hibbs of Star, and
Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs
Claude Wilev of Omaha, formerlv •
of O'Neill.
Kathryn was absent when the
first picture was taken; Warren
was absent for the reunion on the
childrens' third birthday.
Terminate* Vacation—
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson and i
Jimmy returned June 24 after:
vacationing in the Yellowstone, j
Salt Lake City and Denver areas. I
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Plunge Fatal to
Dr. Roland Brady
Dies from Injuries
in 3-Story Drop
ATKINSON— Funeral services
were conducted Monday after
noon, July 1, at Ainsworth for Dr.
Roland R. Hrady, 54, who was
reared here and was graduated
in 1923 from Atkinson high school.
Doctor Brady died Friday, June
28, from injuries suffered in a
three-story plunge from his room
at Methodist hospital in Omaha.
Doctor Brady was found by a
member of the hospital staff at
3 p, m . Friday, lying in a flower
bed in front of the hospital. Death
was due to internal hemorrhages
and two broken legs, hospital
authorities said.
Doctor Brady had been a pa
tient intermittendly at Methodist
hospital in Omaha and at Roches
ter, Minn., during the past two
years.
A hospital spokesman said Doc
tor Brady was clad in summer
sport clothes. He had removed
four heavy metal clamps from a i
screen on a small window.
A civic leader. Doctor Brady
took one year away from his
medical practice to head a com
munity effort for irrigation in the
Ainsworth area.
The funeral services were held1
at the Congregational church
He was graduated from the
Creighton university college of
medicine, and practiced at Valen
tine before going to Ansvvorth.
Survivors include: Widow
Helen; sons John, 19. and Rob
ert 14; brother Frank J. Brady
of Atkinson; and one sister, who
lives in Denver, Colo.
Mr. Oram . . . lifelong; resi
dent.
Dee Grass
Stricken
Fatally
Page Man, 47, Dies
After Heart Attack
on Steps at Home
PAGE Glhert Dee Grass, 47
Page farmer died about 6:15 p.m.,
Monday. July 1, on the steps of
his farm home. His doctor said
the man had suffered a heart at
tack, fell against the cement
steps and suffered a broken neck.
He had been rounding up young
chicken’s in the yard as a storm
was approaching.
Mr. Grass had been ill the pre
ceding day. He had been under
a doctor's care.
Funeral services were to tie
conducted at 2 p.m , Wednesday,
July 3, at the Methodist church
in Page with Rev. Lisle Mew
maw, church pastor, officiating.
The remaias were to lie in state
at the church between 10:30 a m.,
and the funeral hour.
Vocal music at the funeral was
to be provided by Mrs. Neven
Icaes, jr., Mrs. Norman Trow
bridge, Dale and Marvin Stauf
fer.
Lifelong Resident
Pallbrares chosen were R. V.
Crumly, Alfred Crumly, Emmett
Thompson, Charles Wiseman,
George Clasey and Jerome Allen.
Burial was to be in Prospect
Hill cemetery in O'Neill under
direction of Biglin's.
The late Mr. Grass was born
at Page May 30, 1910. He was
lorn. reared and spent all of his
life on the same farm, located
9'L> miles oast of O’Neill.
His parents were Charles Ar
thur Grass, a native of Wiscon
sin, and Adah Myrtle Sarchet
Srass, a native of Kansas,
On May 24, 1945, he was mar
led to Fern Louise Robinson al
D'Neill.
His grandparents, the late Mr.
ind Mrs. Nicholas Grass, home
;teaded the place. His grand
parents and parents precedes!
lim in death.
Township Officer
The late Mr. Grass had been
in Antelope township officer un
:il this year and active in com
munity affaire. He was a repuli
ican.
Survivors include: Widow—
Fern; brother Ronald of Page;
listers Mis. Kathryn Crumly of
Page and Miss Lura Eleta Grass
pf Page.
First reunion: Warren Wiley, Marsha Staufi'er, Vicki Holz, Scott Mill*‘r and Michael Hibbs.—
The Frontier Photo.
a®*, -, ..w. i >jt wt.. "•M? > . . . ■ -
Second reunion: Kathryn and her mother, Mrs. Lyle Childers; Marsha and Mrs. Marvin Stauffer;
Vicki and Mrs. Francis Holtz; Scott and Mrs. Duane C. Miller; Michael and Mrs. Arthur Hlbbs.
Doctor O'Neill (far right) urged the Chamber of Commerce to perpetuate the General O’Neill
legend. Ilis listeners in an after dinner conference were: William W. McIntosh, State Sen. Frank Nel
son, C of C President C. K. Jones.—The Frontier Photo.
New England Doctor Speaks —
iGeneral O’Neill Great American’
A Now Bedford, Mass., physi
cian and surgeon by the name of
O'Neill this week paid a return
vis’t here
I>'\ Walter O'Neill first visited
O’Neill a year ago and. in the
intervening months, has continu
ed h pa nstaking hobby of trac
ing the geneology and historical
I wkground of Gen. John C. O’
Neill. founder of the city that
bears his name.
Doctor O'Neill appeared at
Monday evening's July meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce and
urged the civic group to take pub
lic cognizance of the "wealth of
historical lore, romance and col
or w' .ich General O’Neill took
to his obscure grave in Holy Sep
ulchre cemetery in Omaha.”
General O'Neill, who brought
the first Irish immigrants here
\s colonists in 1874, died broke
four years later.
Birthplace l)is|NiUad
The illustrious general was
ho. n in Ireland, the speaker said,
and even the exact birthplace is
n dispute. He was an Irish reb
el at heart, came to the United
States, and joined the army.
He fought in the Mormon skir
mishes under Gen. Robert E. I-ee
(of later Civil war faniet and on
saving the life of Andrew John
son, who later became president
one occasion was credited with
of the United States.
The jovial 46-year-old medico,
who has spent considerable time
and money in his hobby, said
John C. O'Neill was a sergeant
major in the Union army during
the Civ il war and received a bat
tlef eld commission (one of the
first) for heroism. Later, he vol
unteered to command an all
Negro company and was promot
ed to captain.
^After the Civil war, the soldier
'W fortune became active in the
Fenian movement in New York
state and New' England. The
group's object wras to wrest Can
ada from the British and make
it a haven for Irish under the
Irish national flag.
Abortive Tries
There were several tries that
were abortive, chiefly due to lack
of finances, the doctor explained.
The O'Neill family history goes
back uninterrupted 26 genera
tions, the speaker told the group.
Tlte Fenian effort at one point
had 900 men under arms in Can
ada and might have succeeded if
the backing, financial and mater
ial, hadn't dried up.
The common-soldier-tm ned-offi
cer woundup as inspector-general
of the Fenian army (where the
title of general was acquired)
and later as president of the Fen
ian senate—a group of die-hard
Irish who hated the British
crown.
About that time he turned his
interests to more peaceful pur
suits and began colonizing immi- ;
grants in the Scranton, Pa., coal
fields and the northern Michigan
copper country. And from j
those places came O’Neill's first
settlers.
Doctor O'Neill's research in
cludes studying of contracts be
tween the general and the fami
lies he transplanted.
He said the contracts provided
for a percentage of income to
go to the Catholic church, and
guaranteed railroad employment
if agricultural pursuits failed.
"The general’s personal fees
were very small—apparently ex
pense money.
"General O’Neill died at the
age of 44. I am certain," the
speaker declared, "if the Lord
had spared him another 10 or 15
years lie would have been a very j
famous American. Even now.
[ time has vindicated many of his
J actions and some people along
the way who felt ill toward him
i for one reason or another now
feel more kindly.
Story Not Yet Told
"I can tell you, members of
j the Chamber of Commerce, Gen
j eral O’Neill’s story is yet to be
j told, and when it is fully told it
will be one of the stirring, color
ful, challenging stories of Amer
ica.
‘‘Even now his name is reviv
ed from time-to-time—articles in
Coronet and True magazines in
recent months- and in his story
the city that bears his name is
accorded nationwide recognition.
“I think General O'Neill’s name
and the O’Neill family crest
should be emblazoned in neon at
the entrances to your city; I
think his remains should be trans
ferred from Omaha to O'Neill
and his grave should be appropri
ately marked. I would like to
have a part in that project.”
Doctor O'Neill assured his list
eners the general’s story, proper
ly told and a point of interest pro
perly managed, would draw a
great many tourists—“certainly
all the red-blooded Irish who are
crossing the country.”
Doctor O’Neill Is dismayed
that more O’Neill people are not
aware of the story of the founder
of the city.
“In fact, I think somewhere
along the lino his lustre and
greatness have been deliberately
minimized possibly due to Eng
lish influence on American pub
lishing.
“In Ireland the history books
tell the story of his exploits from
heroism to the colonizing of your
, city and neighboring towns of
; Greeley and Spalding.”
Robert LaRue, retiring presi
dent, turned the reins of the C of
C over to C. E. Jones, newly
elected president. Twenty per
sons were present.
Jones appointed a committee—
James W. Rooney, Sen. Frank
Nelson and Carroll (“Cal”) Ste
wart to submit a plan in per- !
petuating the General O’Neill
legend and to explore the possi
bilities of establishing a memor
ial.
Jones waived new business at
Monday's meeting in order to hear
the General O'Neill story. Com- i
mittee appointments will be an
nounced in a few days, the new
president said.
Doctor O'Neill conferred at |
length Wednesday with Mrs. Mary !
McLeod, member of the pio
neer Donohoe family, and Mrs.
H. E. Coyne, member of the
early Dwyer family. One of
Mrs. Coyne's brothers married
Kitty O'Neill, daughter of the
general.
"Though these two very fine ’
ladies I have been able to fill im
portant voids in my General
O'Neill file,” he told the Fron- ;
tier.
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CAR IS DAMAGED
Wanda Green Scott was driver *
of a car owned by Heinie Claus
sen which rolled into a ditch near f
the Fora Knight farm Sunday
afternoon. The vehicle, oast- 1
bound, included two passengers 1
lull Fish and Jerry O'Connell.
Damage was estimated at $50, '
according to the state highway
patrol. |
In the Robert Hickey family -
story last issue it was stated Mr.
Hickey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. c
Emmett Hickey, are deceased.
This was in error. The parents [
live in Hollywood, Calif. Mrs. i
Emmett Hickey’s maiden name a
was Ethel McDonald. I
Mrs. Lod Janousek and Mrs. \
Simon Bosn were in Fremont and \
Brainard over the weeend visiting C
relatives. g
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Ralph P. Phillips
Expires in Oregon
Ralph Peter Phillips, 67, of
■oute 2. !h>\ 383D, Medford, Ore.,
lied last week at his home in
Medford. He had been living
here the past year and a half. He
tied of cancer.
Private funeral services were
retd at 10 a. m., Friday, June 28,
it the Perl funeral home in Mod
lord. Rev. George Trobough of
-'list Methodist church officiated,
ind interment was in Memory
lardens Memorial park.
Tlie late Mr. Phillips was born
March 29, 1890. at Star, in north
'astern Holt county.
Survivors include: Widow
Mildred, route 2. Medford; sons
try re and Frank, both of Med
ord; daughter Mrs. L. E. Fratr
>k of Medford; brothers Walter
>f Lincoln; Robert of Eagle; By
ron of Omaha; Lyle of Aberdeen.
IVash., and Volniey of Alberta,
-an.; sisters Miss Bernice Phil
lips of Medford and Mrs. Elma
Grady of Berkeley. Calif., five
grandchildren.
Senator Hruska
Speaks at Stuart
Family and community gath
erings will be commonplace in
the O'Neill region on the Fourth,
and outdoor lovers will be flock
ing to lakes and other recreation
al areas.
U. S. Senator Roman Hruska
(R-Ncbr.) will speak at Stuart's
formal Independence day celebra
tion in the afternoon.
Community picnics are sched
uled at Hipke's grove on Eagle
crock and at Pibel lake.
The Stuart celebraton is herald
ed as an "old-fashioned” Fourth,
with picnics, fireworks, games
No Charges Filed
Against Official
No charges had been filed un
til 5 p. m., Tuesday in the matter
of the accounting practices of
AIph<9.*J ■ M. Batenhorst, Holt
county supervisor, whose book
keeping methods have been under
examination.
A conference between Baten
horst, his attorney and the coun
ty attorney was scheduled Mon
lay afternoon and was reschedul
ed for Wednesday afternoon.
Batenhorst has been asked by
he Holt board to pay the county
ipproximately $.{,100 to adjust the
date auditor's report.
Mrs. Louis Tomjack
Dies in Hospital
EWING Requiem higii mass
vas celebrated at 9:30 a.m.,
Monday, July 1, at Ewing for
Mis. Louis Tomjacg, 47, of Rock
Springs, Wyo. Rev. Peter F.
lurke officiated at St. Peter’s i
Catholic church here.
She died Friday, June 28, in
)ur Lady of Igourdes hospital at
forfolk. She had suffered a lin
;ering illness.
Margaret Louise Tikalsky was
iorn at Herford, S. D., May 17 i
910.
She spent most of her life at I
'erdigre.
She married Mr. Tomjack in j
940 and has lived in recent !
ears at Scottsbluff and Rock 1
prings, Wyo.
Mrs Tomjack was preceded in
path by one sister, lone.
Survivors include: Widower
-ouis; daughters Mrs, Kenneth
Peggy) Stoip of Verdigre, Carol
nd Kay of Rock Springs; son
larold of Rock Springs; parents
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tikalsky of
erdigre; brothers Chester of
erdigre, Arnold of Page and
lerald of Detroit, Mich.; two
randchildren.
.mIBRIUII
Resident of
3 Continents
Dies At 88
Johanna Aekermann
Once Missionary
in South Africa
s 11 ART Mrs. Johanna Acker
man. 88, a colorful longtime res
ilient who spent jiartions of her
life on three continents, died at
w m - Saturday morning
; 'i'". p' 1,1 Atkinson Memorial
hospital She had been hospital
ized throe days.
Rosary service was held at 9
P m . Sunday, June 3, at Sixer's
funeral chapel in Atkinson.
Requiem high mass was field
o 9 “•m" Monday, July 1. at St.
Boniface Catholic church in Stu
art with Rev. Robert Goodenow
officiating.
.. RJiHhearers were Hem Ollierd
• mg Edward Ooufal, Frank Mnm
'k Frank Wewol, Jose|>h Kaup
and John Shald. v
nurial was in St. Boniface
cemetery.
Horn in (icrnuuiy
lit* late Mrs. Aekermann was
iHirn November 29, 1868. at Lud
inghausen. Westphalia, Germany,
a .laughter of Clemens Kohle and
Eh/abeth Straeke Kohle
She was educated in Germany
and learned seven languages
When she was 21-years-old, sh<
"ent to the Union of South Af
rica as a lay Catimlic missionan
among the natives there.
She met and married Pius Ae
kerrnann Their marriage took
place October 5, 1897, at pjeter
j inartzhurg, in South Africa Her
husband did architectural work
• or a German-owned construc
| tion company there.
One son, FVank, was bom in
South Africa.
To U. s. in IK9H
In 1898 the family came to the
United States, living on farms
m the Newport, Atkinson and
Stuart communities.
Mr. Aekermann suffered a
stroke and died December 17
1919.
F°r tlie past eight years Mrs
Aekermann made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Anna Ramm.
Survivors include: Sons Frank
of Midwest, Wyo.; Pius of Cas
per, Wyo., and Clem of Norfolk:
daughters Mrs. Anna Ramm of
Stuart, Mrs. Leroy (Johanna) Da
vis of Cumerillo, Calif.; Mrs. H
C. (Clarai Fredinburg of Apple
Gate, Calif.; 13 grandchildren;
10 great-grandchildren; sister—
Mrs. Elizabeth Plasser of Ger
many.
School Group to
Oppose Federal Aid
BURWELL A meeting of the
Nebraska School Improvement as
sociation Ixwml of directors was
held Monday in Burwell with
eight of tlie nine directors pres
ent.
Two delegates Mrs. Fritz
Krause of Alliance and Mrs.
Barbara McDonnell of Blue
Springs will go to Colorado
Springs, Colo., in late .July to at
tend a 10-state meeting of sim
ilar groups. Nebraska, South Da
kota, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa,
Wisconsin and other states will
be represented.
If federal aid to education legis
lation clears the house of rep
resentatives in Washington and
goes to the senate, the Nebraska
organization will send two dele
gates to the nation's capitol to tes
tify against the proposal in senate
hearings.
The Nebraska directors will
meet again August 3 at Burwell.
Frontier for prompt printing!
Copters Stop Here to Refuel
ivvu aj my utrucupitrin iiuiii r i. v^cumjii, v>ujum
enroute back to base after a training flight to
Sioux Falls, S. D., stopped off at Municipal air
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port nere early I* riday to refuel. Manning the
whirlibirds were Lt. Billy S. Stebbins, Lt. Peter F.
| Rice and Sp3 Richard J. Bushell