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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1957)
* VOICE OF THE FRONTIER" v_ \ w e Frontier = Mon. _ wod. - - This Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 16. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska,Thursday, August I 5, 1957. Seven Cents STATE hist soc XXX Freddie Miller, 8, sen of Mr. anil Mr*. Holland E. Miller of Slat, pridelullv exhibits this Angus ealf, Rlaekie, which was judged Hie grand champion stocker-feeder calf at the fair. Fred die is a member of the Willow dale 4 II club.—The Frontier l’hoto. Miss Jeanette Clemens* Shorthorn steer was judged grand champion over all breeds in the 1 11 baby beef competition at the 1957 llolt fair. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Clemens of Amelia. The calf originated in the IJoyd (deed herd at Chambers. Jeanette, II, has been in club work three years and is a member of the IMne Grove Hustlers club. She is a t.cJunan at Atkinson high school.—The Frontier Photo. Supervisor Barthel Turns Over Keys Schwindt Rites Are Held Here Longtime Resident of Holt County Funeral services for Nicholas Schwindt, 79, were conducted Sat urday, August 10 at the Assembly of God church, with Rev. F. E. Anderson of Newport officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme tery under the direction of Big lin's. Mr. Schwindt died at the Lynch hospital Wednesday, Aug ust 7. Palll>earers were Ruben Red linger, Fred Brockman, Karl Krogh, Roy Worth, Loren Libby and Roger Rosenerans. Honorary’ pallbearers were Fred Lindberg, Henry Walters, Walter Wells and Boh Worth. The late Mr. Schwindt was born March 4. 1878, of German parentage in Russia, the son of the late John and Catherine Krieger Schwindt. He came to the United States as a young man and moved to Holt county from Lincoln in 1911. On February 26, 1900. he mar ried Amelia Krieger at Lincoln, and they lived for many years on a farm northeast of Atkinson, llis wife, Amelia, died on January 7, 1928. . He married Matilda Sees De cember 9, 1941. at Spencer. Survivors include. Widow—Ma tilda; son -John of Atkinson; daughter—-Mrs. F. H. (Anna) Na ber of Atkinson; sister—Mrs. ElizalH'th Schwartz of Lincoln;; six grandchildren and five great j grandchildren; also four nieces and nephews whom he raised— John Krieger, Emmanuel Krieg er, Mrs. Pauline Trobough and Mrs. Frieda Smith. One daugh ter, Mrs. Amelia Gottschalk, pre ceded him in death. Mr. Sohwlndt . . . born in Rum1» •UlS'U 1 A Holt county supervisor this week turned over a set of keys to the chairman of the board via a messenger. Kenneth Barthel of Chambers, Fifth district republican super visor, asked a county employee, Frank Tracy of Chambers, to convey the keys to Board Chair man Frank H. Cronk of Page. The mission was completed Monday. Whether the act will be followed by a formal resignation was a matter of conjecture Wed nesday at the courthouse. About four months ago Barthel filed a written resignation at the office of Holt County Clerk Ken neth Waring. Moments before the board was set to act, Barthel .waltzed into the office and with drew the resignation. Two supervisor vacancies have been filled within the past year. M. V l.widreth. Page democrat, was appointed to succeed Arthur Tomlinson, Inman republican, who died. Walter Smith. Stuart republi can, last month was appointed to succeed A. M. Batenhorst, Stuart democrat, who resigned under fire. Barthel is serving his first term. Seboe Hurt in Hayfield Mishap ATKINSON Gerald Seboe of Tilden was injured Friday in a hayfield accident. Young Seboe was on top of the stacker, bringing up a load of hay. struck him and threw him to the ground. He suffered a Ver tebra fracture, and will be plac ed in a cast as soon as other com plications are treated. Partial paralysis developed and he will be in the hospital for several weeks. He was working in a hay field southwest of Atkin son. Gerald is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I,eo Seboe of Tilden. Tomjack High Bidder on Trussed Unit — Bud Tomjack was high bidder Wednesday at the auction of the Walter Trussed estate 4S0-acre livestock and hay unit, located 22 miles south of O'NeiU and3l4 miles east. Purchase price was $68 per acre. Sale is subject to confirmation by the district court. Tomjack is the present tenant. The place is improved. John R. Gallagher of O'NeiU. executor. and Col. Wallace O'Connell of O’NeiU. auctioneer, handled the sale which was attended by prospect ive buyers from Iowa. Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska. Miss Donna Payne, linotype operator at the Frontier, is spending her two week's vacation in California. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rasaold of O'NeUl have named their daugh ter. Alice Louise. Rodeo Is Acclaimed ‘Best Yet’ Throngs Enterta i n e d at 65th Holt Fair; Event Ends Tonight CHAMBERS Fair-goers Wed nesday night acclaimed the 65th annual Holt county exposition as the ‘"best yet” and the opening rodeo performance its "superb". The weatherman has been smil ing on this year's four-day ex position. Monday was entry day and more than 170 head of cattle were entered by 4-H club mem bers. Fair officials noted, how ever, that open-class entries were fewer. Tuesday was judging day. Miss Jeanette Clemeas of Amelia es tablished a record with her 4-H baby Itoef a Shorthorn which was declared the grand champ ion. It was the first time a Short horn had grabbed top honors. Her steer weighs 1,010 pounds Wednesday’s program included a livestock parade, a baseball game between Ainsworth and Chambers (Ainsworth winning handily, 19-2 >, a topflight rodeo in the evening and dancing. Hoss Inman of Lamar, Colo., is the rodeo producer. There will be a repeat enter tainment card today (Thursday) with O’Neill taking on Chambers in the baseball highlight. Judging results will be publish ed next issue. E. A. Harshfield Expires in Hospital Atkinson Man Suffers Heart Ailment ATKTNSON E. A. Harshfield, a resident of the Atkinson com munity for 38 years, died Thurs day, August 8, in Atkinson Mem orial hospital. He had suffered j a heart ailment and was hospit alized for about 24 hours. An employee of the Atkinson Livestock Market “for 22 years, Mr. Harshfield retired in 1954 because of poor health. He was the son of Walter and Rose Ashley Harshfield. Bom on January 5, 1889, at Battle Creek, la., he moved to Anthon, la., where he lived until 1919, when he moved onto a ranch 18 miles south of Atkinson. He quit ranching in 1926 and moved into Atkinson. On October 4, 1911, he married Mabel C. Foster of Moville, la. Mr. Harshield . . . dies They became the parents of three children. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and one grandson, David Harshfield. Survivors include: Widow — Mabel; daughters--Mrs. R. A, (Margaret) Watson and Mrs. Wil liam J. (Elaine) Schom, both of Atkinson; son Neil of O’Neill; three grandchildren; brothers W. S. of Sioux City and P. F. of Moville, la.; sister—Mrs. J. E. Brigman of Sioux City; 17 neices and nephews. Funeral services were con- | ducted at the Seger funeral chap el at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 10. with Rev. R. L Embree of O'Neill, Methodist district sup erintendent, officiating. Mrs. Jay Jungman accompanied Mrs. Dean Fleming and Miss Audrey Cox bill, who sang. Pallbearers were Henry Dierks, Norbert Schaaf. Quentin Hickok, Gerald Rothchild and Fred Braun, all of Atkinson, and Char les Bennett of Anthon. Burial was in Wood lawn ceme- | tery. MARRIAGE LICENSES LaVem Edward Hamik, 21, of j Atkinson, and Karen Elaine Kan zelmeyer, 18, of Atkinson, Aug ! ust 8. Rodney El wood Wilmoth, 20. of Omaha, and Marilyn Marie Lindberg, 20, of O'Neill, Aug I Ust 9. ,b • Carnations for old settlers: Mrs. Delia Harrison (left) is recipient from Mrs. Axel Borg; Mrs. Nate Conurd receives a flower from Mrs. George Nelson. Klowergirls are Sharon Kay Anson (left) and Helen Sue Nelson.—The Frontier Photo. ‘Crops Best Ever’— Old Settlers Flock to Grove The 57th Holt county old set tlers’ picnic was held Monday at the Elmer Devall grove and George Mel lor was the master-of ceremonies. Mrs. Axel Borg opened the pro gram by leading “The Star Spangled Banner”. "Memories of Yesterday”, a skit written by Mrs. Borg, was presented. Corrine Doty accom panied the various groups on the accordian, which included a number of duets by Naomi Nel son and Nancy Devall. A reading was offered by Mrs. George Nelson and a duet. “That Little Girl of Mine”, was present ed by Mr. and Mrs. GerBld Han sen. Various other musical num )>ers were presented, conc,,-,',d by “Beyond the Sunset" by Mrs. Borg and Marjorie Nelson. Mrs. James Regal, 111 4 Months, Dies Native of O’Neill; Rites Held Mrs. James Regal, 68, died Friday Morning, August 9, at St. Anthony's hospital after an ill ness of four months. Funeral services were held Monday, August 12, at 9 a. m. in St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Rev. Robert Duffy officia ting. Burial was in Calvary >i L, Vin»» loin LI t C K '1 A rosary was conducted Sunday at 8 p. m. at Biglin’s chapel. Pallbearers were Raymond Richard and Ned Mullen of Em met, Romanus Kaup and James Mullen of Atkinson, Laverne Jur gensmeier and Anthony O'Don nell of O'Neill. The former Alice Marie Mullen was born August 6, 1889, at O' Neill. a daughter of the late J. P and Mary Ann Hennessy Mul len. She was united in marriage to James F. C'Jim”) Regal on November 19. 1919, at Atkinson Two children were born to this union. She was a member of the i alter society at St. Patrick's. The family lived in Atkinson j several years, spent five years at Spencer,' S. D., and Farmer, S. D. They moved back to southwest of Atkinson in 1926 and were there until 1934. Later they lived north of Em met. They moved into O'Neill when the late Mr. Regal retired in 1953. He died January 28, at St. Anthony’s. Survivors include: Son- Fran cis of Re Dondo Beach, Calif.; daughter-Mrs. Forrest (Helen) Riley of O'Neill; stepson Arthur of Atkinson; brother—William Mullen of Emmet; sisters- Miss Katie Mullen, Mrs. Jettie Short hill and Mrs. Joe (Irene) Jurgens meier, all of O'Neill. Her hus band, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. Mrs. Regal . . . born in Holt > Thirteen old settlers were in terviewed by Axel Borg, The old est merpber was Mrs. Sarah Hull, who will be 102 years old next month. Mr. Borg paid tribute to the old settlers and brought out interesting sidelights concerning their experiences when they first came to Holt. An interesting climax featured the pinning of red carnations on the older members by the young girls present. The oldest member, "Grandma” Hull, had a carna tion pinned on by her great-grand daughter, Catherine D e v a 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Devall. Betty Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Miller, pinned a flower on State Sen. Frank Nel son. The "Voice of The Frontier” microphone was on hand with Cal Stewart doing the interview ing. Mrs. Nate Conard, who will be 81-years-old in November, told the listeners of her coming to Holt county from Ft. Randall as a child 3'4-years old. She told of going out to work in those days at 14, doing housework. She has one granddaughter. Mrs. Delia Harrison, who will be 80-years-old in March, was born in Minnesota and came to Holt when she was five-years old. They came by train to Nio brara and by covered wagon the rest of the way. In the wagon were her parents, two brothers and one sister and herself. She recalled being taught by a man teacher named McAllister,' who walked 2% miles to school every day. Mrs. Harrison, whose maiden name was Goodsell, has four liv ing daughters, 29 grandchildren and 11 great-grand-children. James Karel, 80, spoke about his coming to America from Czechoslovakia and settling here. He recalled attending the old set Mrs. Bea Powell Dies at Atkinson Funeral to Be Held Friday Mom Funeral services for Mrs. Bea Powell, 84. former resident of the Emmet community, will be hold Friday at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic church in At kinson, with Rev. R. J. Parr officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Neligh under the direction of Segers. She died ear ly Tuesday, August 13, in the At kinson hospital. Bea O’Conner Powell was born January 6. 1873, at Scranton. Pa., a daughter of Charles and Mary Phillips O’Conner. She came with her parents to Holt county at the age of 5. The family settled on a farm three miles west of Atkin son. She was married to Clarence | O. Powell in St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Atkinson in 1891. Two children were born of this union. One son died in 1918 in World War 1 about a month be fore the armistice. She was also j preceded in death by her hus band. Survivors include: son — Oliver j of Los Angles, Calif., brothers:— H. J. O’Connor of Atkinson and, William O’Conner of O’Neill. __ Private Ceremony — Sr. M. Brian, the former Helen Harty, will be admitted to three-year temporary profession in a private ceremony at Our Mother of Mercy chapel at the provincial house of he Sisters of Mercy in Omaha Friday. August 16. She will also receive the black veil of a professed nun. Her mother is Mrs. W. H. Harty. Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan is expected back from his vaca tion Saturday. tiers picnie for tiro many years and also remarked that he hadn’t seen the country "look better”. He stated that he first came to Boyd county, and when seven years-old, he moved to Holt, liv ing here until he was 36, then moving back to Boyd. He now resides three miles from where the picnic was held. Jim Van Every was the next speaker on the "Voice”. He ob serves the countryside in trips and is especially pleased at the crop prospects this year. He said he had been going to Albion for the past five years and remembers their long faces last year and in former years. "This year”, he said, "their faces are six inches shorter than in former years,” and he broke out in a generous smile. John W. Black, 88, Expires at Kearney Formerly of Holt; Rites Planned John W. Black, 88. who lived for about 12 years in Holt county immediately south of the Niobra ra river, died in the Kearney tuberculosis hospital Monday Aug ust 12. | He had been hospitalized 3‘£ years. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, August 1G, at the Methodist church at Randolph. Rev. Harold Jensen, pastor of the Methodist church at Spencer, will officiate. Mas onic graveside rites will be held at the Randolph cemetery. The Mr. Black was born July, JO, 1003, at 11CIHUII, 1U. Ho married Jennie Sherwood in Iowa and came to Nebraska, settling on a farm near Rand olph. They became the parents of seven children. The family moved to the Spen cer locality in 1921. Between 1927 and 19119 the family lived in Holt 20 miles north of O'Neill. Mrs. Black died nine years ago and is buried at Randolph. Survivors include : Sons—Her man of Rockwell City, la., Ral ph of Salem, Mo.; Gene of San born, la., and Roy of Spencer; daughters Mrs. August (Julia), Johnson of Randolph; Mrs. Will iam (Esther) Wiechert of Rand olph; Mrs. Mark (Alpha) Wag goner of Renten, Wash.; broth er Frank of Hemingsford; sis-[ ter Anna Schwartzweiter of Chariton, la.; 19 grandchildren. He was a member of the Mas onic lodge 49 years and of the Methodist church 63 years. Insurance Board Is Formed — An O’Neill Insurance Board, formed among insurance agents here, met this week with the city council and the city school board of education. Purpose of the board is to coordinate insur ance matters and avoid “over lapping” of policies. Officers of the group are: P. C. Donohoc, president; Virgil Laursen, secretary - tresaurer; j. B. Brady Ed Campbell and Florence Ponton, members of the the executive committee. Other , members of the board are Geor ge C. Robertson and L G. Gil lespie. Arrive from Idaho — Mrs. James Reynolds and son of Twin Falls, Ida., are visiting, this week with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Herb Jansen. On Tues-, day their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Reece and family of Scribner werealso visit ors. Idahoan Here — Mrs. George Burgess of Twin Falls, Ida., arrive*! Tuesday to visit Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. State Crops 60% Over Last Year Nebraska crop production this year may be 60 percent better overall than a year ago. the state-federal division of agricul tural statistic said Tuesday. At the state level, present pro duction estimates are for the best crops since 1952. Hi Lo Tree. August 8 89 66 .65 August 9 88 66 T August 10 87 57 August 11 91 63 August 12 100 62 August 13 _ 94 70 .04 August 14 94 63 Total __ .69 Improvements Noted At Public School Registration Set for September 3 The O'Neill public school will have registration for all students on Tuesday, September 3, kinder garten included. Registration will begin prompt ly at 9 a. m. for all students. High school students will assem ble in the auditorium. Following registration, students will he ex cused. On Wednesday, September 4, kindergarten through eighth grade will be excused at noon High school students will have seven 18-minute classes in the morning with no classes in the afternoon. Thursday, September 5, and thereafter school will he in ses sion all day, according to Supt. M. J. Baack. Many improvements have been made for the coming term. The sewing departments for home economics has all new tab les, trays and chairs each. These are used by the students to store their personal equipment. This addition has made the depart ment one of the best-equipped de partments in the state. All new windows are being in stalled in the study hall arjd band room. This should-greatly reduce the heat loss that was caused by the old windows, Baack said. Long range planning includes replacing all the windows over a f.xiir nr fixn v/Pnr norinfl AnnlYw imately 30 windows will be re placed each year. The band room and one addi tional classroom is now equipped with acoustic tile ceiling. Instal ling acoustic tile ceilings in other rooms is also in the long-range program. Plans include installing acoustic tile ceilings in about three classrooms annually. Several classrooms and halls have been painted. The windows and doors on the 1939 addition (auditorium) were painted on the outside. A new 100-gallon hot water heater with a 300-gal re covery per hour was purchased to replace a tank that hud a bad leak for several years. The board of education contin ued its program of purchasing a room of furniture each year. As a result of this program, most rooms now’ have new furniture. Plans include continuing this program until all the furniture is replaced. Storm, Randa Meet After 60 Years VERDIGRE — TVo men who were classmates in the Nio brara school met the past week end after not having seen each other for 60 years. They are Louie Storm of Til ford, S. D., and Vac Randa of Verdigre. Mr. Storm, who owns the fam ed Crystal Cave in the Black Hills, came to Verdigre from O' Neill. Mr. Storm, who is losing his eyesight, formerly lived at Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Max Chapman and daughters, Patricia and Nancy, of Independence, Mo., visited from Monday to Wednes day, August 5 to 7, with her mother, Elsie Slattery. Michael I,ondon of Omaha and a friend, Miss Doris Childers, visited Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike London. ::\v x at irnnmr-irn : Hey, Doc! Prof. Richard Warren of the University of Nebraska college of agriculture, animal husband ry divison, gives this yearling gelding the close examination at Tuesday’s fair judging, i Miss Danila Whitaker looks on.,, —The Frontier Photo. Tax Levy Up, Values State Jumps Free High Tuition Levy from 6.00 to 7.80 The Holt county Itoard of sup ervisors Friday fixed the tax levy for the fiscal year July 1, 1957, to Juno 30. 1958. The levy is 4.75 mills up from 4 16 a year ago. The state levy is 10.49 mills, making a total of 15.24 mills ojs thi> dollar. A year ago the state and county levies totaled 14.38. Free high school tuition, levied hy the state, was increased from 6.00 to 7.80. Holt county assessed valuations decreased slightly during the past year. Ml NU ll’AI. Valuations, amounts asked and levies in the various cities and towns for municipal purposes fol lows : O’Neill $3,731,310; $72,014; 19 .30. Atkinson $1,357,662; $31,063.30; 22.88. Stuart $645,775; $7,684; 11.90. Ewing $420,239; $11,766 ; 28.0. Page $114,967; $2,217; 15 30. Chambers $324,590; $3,570; 110 Inman $102,953; $720 ; 7.0. Emmet $35,724; $392; 11.0. SCHOOL# Valuations, amounts asked and mill levies in the various cities and towns for school purposes fol | lows; i Page $338,555; $16,000 ; 51.26 O’Neill $4,210,942; $79,489; 20.88. Atkinson $1,632,194; $18,166; 38.52. Ewing $700,255; $34,128; 51 74 Inman $638,631; $25,000 ; 41.16 Stuart $8:10,410; $38,666 ; 55.7* Chambers $178,664; $19,846 ; 43 .48. Amelia $362,609; $5,000; 13.80. Michael Tomjack Burial Near Ewing EWING Funeral services were conducted at 9 a. m . Sa'b urday, August 10, • for Michael (“Mike”) Tomjack, 84, who died early Wednesday, August 7. at the home of his daughter, Mrs Leonard Knapp Requiem high mass was held at St. Peter’s Catholic church. Burial was in St. Anthony’s cem etery, west of St. John’s church. Rosary was recited Friday eve ning, August 9, at the Knapp residence. Pallbearers were Joseph Weil> el, Gail Boies, Joseph ThoendeL, Mike Nekolite, Ludwig Koenig and George Burke. Michael F. Tomajck was born in Chicago, 111., Septeml)ei 29, 1872. to Thomas and Mary Tom jack. When a boy, he came with his parents in a covered wagon to live southwest of Atkinson. At the age of 15, he “hired out” to Pet Mr. Tom jack . . . holding a granddaughter. er and Martin Savidgo of the De loit community for seven years, after which he located on Cache Creek for two years. Then he moved his house and possessions to the Ralph Tomjack farm. In 1920 the family moved to Ewing, where he resided to the time of his death. He died after a lingering ill* ness of nearly five years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sophia, one son, who died in in fancy, his parents, two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. Leo Hintz and Mrs. Leonard Knapp, both of Ewing, and Mrs. Seth lfertel of Chambers; sons— Richard of LaGrande, Oreg ; Jo seph of Medford, Oreg , and Ralph of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Truman and daughters of Seaton, HI., were Wednesday, August 7, din ner guests of Mrs. Vannie New man. Mr. Truman is a nephew of Mrs. Newman. * DETjOIT — This community re ceived a nice shower of rain on Thursday evening.
