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Volume 77.—Number 16. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska,Thursday, August I 5, 1957. Seven Cents
STATE hist soc
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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»
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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.
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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.