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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1957)
TWELVE PAGES * This Issue North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper i Volume 77._Number 17. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, ITursday, August 22, 1957. Seven Cents Steeple Placed on New Church Workmen this week hoisted the steeple for the new Christ Lutheran church building. The 70-thousand-dollar building will he of Gothic style. The Fontier Photo. Stinkers to Get Spotlight Friday Dyed-in-Wool Value Hunters Take Heed! It'll be stinker day Friday, August 23, in O'Neill. What is stinker day? It's the day designated by the Ch milier of Commerce t > trans form O'Neill into a bargain para dise Stinker connotes something that smells. In this instance, shoppers will get the aroma for miles around, and the flavor, ns transmitted through the advertis ing columns of the Frontier, will 1h’ difficult to resist even for the dyed-in-the-wool bargain hunters. Some stinker values are right off the top of nationally-adver tised merchandise. Some are shopworn items, some new items. Others are used. Whatever wears the stinker label is a genuine, honest-to-goodness bargain that cannot he duplicated. Most member firms of the Chamt)cr are cooperating in the event, and a number of the mer chants plan to display their stinker wares on the sidewalk in front of their store. Call ’em what you may, the values are stinkers that you’ll long rememlier, values that will never be surpassed no matter how pennv-wise your poeketbook. Be here early Friday, August 23 for O'Neill's first stinker day! Council Oak Will Close O’Neill Store Officials of the National Tea company. Council Oak division, Wednesday announced the O'Neill store will close effective Satur day night, August 24. at the close of business. No explanation for the closing was offered hut Elmer Jensen of Sioux City, district supervisor for Cuuneil Oak under Tolerton & Warfield management and more recently under National Tea man agement. said: "We may he hack someday, coming hack bigger than ever”. Store Manager Darrell Slay maker will commence a two weeks vacation Monday and will he given a new assignment to tie announced later. Announcements concerning other personnel also will ho announced. Holt KCs Plan Sunday Picnic The annual Holt county Knights of Columbus picnic for the mem bers and their families will he held Sunday, August 25, begin ning at noon, at the Pat Corrigan farm, 4*^ miles west of Emmet ami !*.» miles south. Lyle P. Dterks of Ewing, chair man of the arrangements com mittee. reports there will be en tertainment fin- everyone. There will 1h> ball games, horse shot' contests, foot races, free soft drinks and ice cream for the kids. Roads will be posted. Three Sets of Twins Present at Dinner CELIA Sunday dinner guests at the Omer Poynts horn.' includ ed three sets of twins. Two sets, included a hoy and a girl five-years-old and two boys, three-years-old. arc child ren of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Page of Casper, Wyo. The third set, sLx-year-old boys art' sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Ott. Mrs. Ott is Mrs. Mark Hen dricks sister. The Otts, who have been visiting here three weeks, left Monday. INMAN -Mrs. Anna M. Ruth er, a former Inman resident, who has been making her home with her daughter, Regina, in Goth enburg, has now accompanied her daughter to Rawlins, Wyo., where Miss Ruther will teach this fall Reverend Phipps . . . again heads conference. O’Neill Pastor Is Goins to Lincoln Lauber Transferred; Phipps Reelected Rev. Duane Lauber. pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church here since January. 1955, has been reassigned as pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church at Lincoln. Announcement was made Wed nesday at the annual conference of the Nebraska Wesleyan Meth odist church in session at the camp grounds, located 14 miles west of O'Neill on LT. S highway 20. Rev. Donald Olmstead of Ven us will assume the pastoral du ties at the O’Neill church. Rev erend Lauber succeeded Rev. M. H. Grosenbach. who went from O'Neill to Gordon. Reverend Lauber has been ac tive in O'Neill Ministerial associ ation activities. He is married and the father of one daughter. Nickie Rae, nine-months-old. He will deliver his farewell sermon Sunday, August, 25, at 11 a m. Conference officers elected: Rev. C. A Phipps of Atkinson, re elected conference president; Rev. Walter Steinkamp of At kinson, vice-president; D. H. Ras mussen. secretary ,and Neil Lan caster. treasurer Conference worship sendees will continue at the camp throughout this week with Rev. Charles Carter of Marion college, Marion, Ind., as evangelist. Ser vices are held daily at 10 a.m., 2 ! p.m., and 7'45 p.m. Camp will close Sunday evening, August 25. Reverend Lauber was elected president of the Weslevan youth of the conference. Rrie youth group is the official youth body of the church. Other officers: I Dale Brown of Naponee, vice president; Rev. George Francis of Tryon, secretary, and Paulet te Warrington of North Platte, I treasurer. 2 Burglars Surprised At Work Teenager Spectators Alert Officer Who Foils Grocery Job An O’Neill police officer who had been alerted by three teenage toys surprised two burglars a tout 11:30 p.m., Sunday at the Fourth Street Market. Captured were Gerald E. Rob inson. 30, of Waupaca, Wise., a former air force man, and L**vi Harold Fox, 18, of Wagoner, S. C. Police officer Milford Coats re ceived the tip indirectly. Three youths Terry Hines, 16, Billy Ilin'es, 14, and Dennis Tom linson. 14,—were seated in a parked car at the driveway at the home of the Hynes’ parents. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hynes. The toys had just returned frorrt a theater and it was being discus sed whether young Tomlinson would walk home or be driven to his home by car. Force Rear Door According to their story, they saw two men round the corner of the marekt, at comer of Fourth and Clay. They recalled the two men stopped at the rear entrance to the market and looked up and down the street several times to determine if anyone was in sight. The youths said they saw the men working at the door lock and eventually forced the rear door. Then the intruders disappeared inside. The spectators u'ere seat ed about 150 feet away from the action. Tire toys went to the Hynes house, first door west of the post office, and awakened Mrs, Hynes, who in turn, calk'd the police. Young Billy, on the adventur ous side, went to the rear of the house, crossed behind the post office and waltzed non-chalantly south on Fourth street and stole a glimpse of activity on the in side. About that time Coats arrived in a cruiser car, entered the building alone, and caught Rob ertson and Fox raiding the cash register. Some damage wits done to the rear door at the store. Proprietor George Janousek, who w'as notified, said: “Thanks to the alert teenagers and prompt policework, nothing seems to be miasm** M Plead Innocent Robinson and Fox pleaded in nocent to breaking and entering charges in Holt county court Monday afternoon at a prelimi nary hearing and were bound over to distrit court. County Attorney William W. Griffin said Wednesday the youths said they would change their pleading to guilty. Hear ing has been set for 10 a.m., Sat urday before District Judge D. R. Mounts. Fox originally gave his age as 21. Griffin said the youth has re vised his age to 18. A defense attorney has not yet been appointed by the court. Robinson told The Frontier he had been married and divorced. In 1946 he served at Boca Raton air force base in Florida. Robinson said the pair reach ed O'Neill several days earlier and registered at a hotel. The two were evasive to questioning of reporters. They said they had met at a bar. Whether they traveled singly or together could not be confirm ed by their evasive and contra dictory answers to questioning. Robertson, who has light curly hair, weighs 150 pounds and is 5 feet 10 inches tall. Fox weighs 150 pounds, has brown hair, and stands 6 feet 3 inches. ‘Gid’ Hamman, $2, Succumbs Here Rev. John Rempel of Long Pine conducted funeral services at 2 p.m., Monday. August 19, at the Community church at Mills for Milo Gideon (“Gid”) Ham man, 82. a retired farmer. Mr. Hamman died in St. Anthony’s hospital here Friday, August 16. Mr. Hamman, son of Amos and Suzanne Jane Hamman, was born January 29, 1875. near Mit chell ville in Polk county, la. At the age of one year, he moved with his parents to Madrid, in Boone county, la., where he grew to manhood. In 1900 he moved to Keya Paha county where he en gaged in farming. On January 29. 1931 he was married to Lottie B. Payn. They engaged in farming near Jami i son until in 1949. when they mov ed to O'Neill. It was their prac tice to spend their summers on their farm. However, this past summer, they were unable to do so because of health reasons. Mr Hamman was the last of his family having been preceded in death by his father, mother, two sisters and brothers. In recent years his eye sight and hearing were impaired. Survivors include: Widow _ — Lottie: four nieces-Mrs. Daisy Howard and Mrs. Edna Lewis, both of Madrid, la ; Mrs. Flor ence Cox of Des Moines, la., and Mrs. Laura Blume of Ottumwa, la. Robertson, Fox, Coats . . . bold rubbery fails.—The Frontier Photo. Tomlinson, lanousek, Billy Hynes . . . grateful proprietor gives reward to youths who relayed word to the polke. (Door is where burglars entered).—The Frontier Photo. trank A. Pettinger Burial at Atkinson ATKINSON Frank A. Petting er, 74, who had been ill for some time, died Saturday, August 17, in Garden City, Ida., at the liome of his son, Melvin. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a.m., Tuesday, August 20, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Atkinson. Burial was in St. Jo seph’s cemetery under the direct ion of Seger’s. Rev. Robert Mor occo, assistant, officiated. Mr. Pettinger, the son of John and Iouise Engier Pettinger, was born March 10. 1883. He formerly farmed seven miles northwest of Atkinson, now known as the Mrs. Catherine Se ger farm. He later bought a farm east of Atkinson. He had lived in Idaho about 10 years. Survivors include: Sons— Ray mond of Emmet; Melvin of Gar den City (suburb of Boise, Ida.); Ralph of Emmett, Ida.; daugh ter—Mrs. Kennith (Ethel) Bean of Weed Heights, Nev.; brother Ray of Brighton, Colo.; sisters— Mrs. Emma Kunz of Stuart and Mrs. M. L. (Lesta) Schaaf of At kinson; 16 grandchildren. Pallbearers were John Schorn, Anthony O'Donnell, Anton Weich man, William Troshynski, Thom as Troshynski, Edward Jansen. Nelson Will Stay at Schuyler Post D. E. Nelson, superintendent ol schools at Schuyler and formei head of the O'Neill city schools recently was appointed to a posi tion with the state department ol education. He was released by the Schuy ler board of education in ordei that he could accept the Lincolr offer. However, at a special meetinc of the Schuyler board, Nelsor was voted a five hundred dollai annual increase in pay, he ac 1 eepted and his contract (witt two years to run, was reinstated Nelson's revised salary will be I $7,000 per year. Transfer of Two Licenses Okayed The O'Neill city council Tues day evening okayed the propose* transfer of two on-and-off sale beer licenses. These transfers were approved John Graves to Dale Potts subject to state liquor commis sion approval. Matthew Hynes to James Roth erham and John Slizoski, to b< known as Jim and John’s tavern subject to approval. J. P. Cronin is expected tc return today (Thursday) from a vacation on the West Coast. Man, 22, Killed in Oil Field Accident EWING Roger Starr, 22, who was employed in the oil fields near Crane, Tex., was accidental ly killed. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Starr of West Point. Roger was bora at Ewing. His | father taught in the Riverside school several years. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Larson of Ewing are maternal grandpar ents; Mrs. Nellie Starr of Cham bers is the paternal grandmoth er. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday, August 21. at West Point. Mrs. I ellier Nifty with Polio Victim Turns Re-Weaver If there’s something Mrs. Ed ward (Betty) Tellier. a polio vic tim at the age of five, dislikes i it’s sitting around doing nothing. She's kept busy with two boys, j Edward, 6, and Larry, 4, but that's not enough. She sews a lot for the little fellows and even makes their shirts. She does her own housework, washing, ironing, cooking and has to heat the wat er. She even hangs out her own wash with a pulley arrangement her husband has rigged up for her. Mrs. Tellier walks with the aid of braces on both legs and uses crutches. She spent considerable time in hospitals from the time when she was stricken until she was 18 years-old. On one stretch of hos pitalization she was away from home for a year and hardly knew her folks when the time came for her to go home. Her hometown is Hebron. Her maiden name was Betty Sutton. Three years ago the Tellier fam ily came to O’Neill from Central City. Mr. Tellier is a pasteuriz er for Harding Cream company here. The family resides in a house across the street south of the Wes leyan Methodist church, near the water tower. All this usual daily routine isn’t enough for energetic Mrs. Tel lier. She has studied invisible re weaving and has samples which she readily puts on display. Try to find the re-woven por tions of the garments, if you can. This reporter couldn’t! To facilitate her work, Mrs. Tellier uses special magnifying glasses which she is wearing in the picture. She re-weaves for neighbors and relatives and they have encour aged her to offer her services to the public. Mrs. Tellier explains the tech nique of invisible re-weaving is a special needle. She “tears 0 Neill Dentist, 66, Claimed by Death Dr. F. A O’Connell to O’Neill in ’27 Dr. Francis A. O'Connell, 66. an O'Neill dentist, died at 1:30 a. m. Wednesday, August 21, at the Veteran’s hospital in Grand Island, where he had submitted to surgery a fortnight ago. Ho was horn May 30, 1891 at Redfield. S. D. A veteran of World War I, he served as a lieu tenant in the medical corps in the air force. He was a graduate of Creighton university dental school. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Biglin’s will he in charge. On August 19, 1923, he married Clara Good at Omaha. They be came the parents of one son, Wil liam. Doctor O’Connell and his family came to O'Neill in 1927 where he opened his practice. Survivors include: Widow Clara; son Staff Sgt. William, who is stationed near Frankfurt, Germany; two grandchildren William Theodore and Lee Ellen, both with their parents in Ger many; sister Miss Mary C. O' Connell of Washington. D. C.; brothers William B. of Washing ton, D. C.. and A. F. O'Connell of West McHenry, 111. Two brother preceded him in death. WE BEG VOI R PARDON It was Mrs. Elizabeth Con ard, widow of the late G. A. Con ard, pictured in last week’s Fron tier in connection with the old settlers picnic, not Mrs. Nate Coll at'd. Nate Conard is Mrs. Eliza beth Conard’s son. CREIGHTON Luther Sender, 63, of Crei -hton died Sunday in the hospital here. Needle— down” the threads and fabrics in a garment at the damage point and proceeds to “rebuild”. With deft fingers and a pains taking approach, a “like new” effect results. Mrs. Tellier . . . productive hobby.—The Frontier Photo Leirman Funeral Rites at Chambers CHAMBERS Funeral services wen- conducted at 2:30 pm., Sunday. August 19. at St Paul's Lutheran church here for Charles F. lx'irm.tn, SO. who died Thurs day . August 15, at Omaha The late Mr. Irirman was bom December 5, 1856 at Beemer. lie was confirmed in the Evan gelical Lutheran church at Beem er, April 19. 1891 lie received his education in the Cuming county schools and was graduat ed from the Gem City business college of Quiney, 111. In 1903 he and his brother, Herman, moved to the Holt coun ty and tix>k homesteads in the Amelia community. On October 19, 1901, he was united in marriage to Laura Thompson of Amelin and to this union were born two sons and one daughter, namely Claude anti Ira Leirman of Amelia and Mrs. George Mann of San Francisco, Calif. In 1934 he moved to O'Neill where he resided for a number of years, later moving to Telca mah and to Omaha. He was pre coded in death by his wife, Laura, in 1940. Survivors include: Widow Mary Jane of Omaha: sisters Mrs. J. W. Walter of Chambers and Mrs. Tom Farewell of Pico, Calif.; two sons and one daugh ter; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Rev. William Roten was in charge of services. Music was furnished by the ladies’ choir, who sang "The Old Rugged Cross", "Jesus Savior Pilot Me" and "Abide With Me", accom panied by Mrs. Vernon Harley. Ushers were Walter Brown and Merlin Grossnicklaus. Pallbear ers were: Asa Watson, Leon Thompson, Lyle Walter, Vernon Thompson, Hank Whitman and Art Kaiser. 3 Auto Accidents Involve Lynchites LYNCH Returning home from Wayne, Jake Birmcier overturn ed his car on Wednesday, August 14, north of Page. Mrs. Birmeier, Arlene, Joan and and Vincent received cuts and bruises but unfortunately no body was seriously hurt. On Thursday morning, two cars collided on highway 12 at the peak of the hill just south of Walt ter Anson’s buildings west of Lynch. One occupant was taken to the hospital for observation. Saturday, August 17, Veldon Lee and 'Jack Reynolds, driving west of Verdcl, collided with the Mrs. Edith Hansen car coming in from a side road. Veldon and Jack are in the Sacred Heart hospital, both In a serious condition. I^ee, 34, under went major surgery for an ab dominal injury. Reynolds, 39, suffered a head injury. Mrs. Hansen was taken to the Creighton hospital for treatment. She suffered a small facial cut and from shock. Her condition is “good”. Lee and Reynolds were still hospitalized Wednesday and their condition, hospital attendants said, is "satisfactory”. Hubby is a pasteurizer . . . the housewife does invisible re-weav ing . . . and, to keep things hum ming, Eddie and Larry conjure up lots of things to do these hot summer days. .. i ii i iiiiiiiiwuiiMwin 'I TimnimMn'i~rornnir'iirr"ifirinnnii Dierking Appointed to Board Succeeds B a r t h e 1 in Fifth District as Vacancy Is Declared Harlan Dierking, Amelia ranch i r, Friday was appointed Fifth district Holt county supervisor to fill a vacancy created by the ulv -cnee of Kenneth Harthel. Both are Republicans Harthel had 1 *a years to serve in hi* first term. Last week Harthel relinquish a set of county keys, hut did not formally resign. Several months pre\ iously, however, he submit ted a formal resignation but with drew the instrument before the resignation could he accepted by the board. In Friday’s special sesion, Bar thel's absence was interpreted as a vacancy, and the board adopt ed a resolution stating a vacancy existed. Dierking’s appointment wais made promptly and Dierking ac cepted. James Brown, 87, Burial at Stuart STUART Janies Brown, 87. a resident of the Mariaville com munity for many years and a veteran of World War I, died Thursday in Atkinson Memorial hospital. Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m , Saturday, Aug ust 17 at the Community church in Stuart. Burial was at Stuart with the American legion ol Newport providing a firing squad and military rites at the grave Rev. Gene Anderson officiated The Coats funeral home of Stu i art was in charge of arrange ' ments. Pallbearers were Ed 1 Stolcpart, Henry Kobart, Gardie Peacock, H. Copeland, Price Al derman and Bob Jones. The late Mr. Brown was born October 10, 1869, at Marion. Ia., a son of James Brown and Harriet Brown. His wife, the former Mary Scott, preceded him in death. The late Mr. Brown came to Mariaville in the 1890's, left for several years, and returned to Mariaville in the 1900’s. He spent the remainder of his life there, except for the time spent in service during World War I Mr. Brown was 48-years-old and in the army at the time of the World War I armistice. He accompanied a load of cat tle to Omaha during World War I, attempted to enlist and was told he was “too old”. Following the rebuke, Mr. Brown left, re turned to the recruiting office and arbitrarily “lowered” his age to 15. He was accepted. Mr. Brown retired many years ago as a successful rancher. lie usually spent the winters in Texas. Survivors include: Daughters Mrs. Lester (Hattie) Berk of Scottsbluff; Mrs. James (Mattie) Alderman of Newport; Mrs. Dewey (Ollie) Beck of Newport, Miss Edith of Bassett; Mrs. The odore (Helen) Vanosdall of Grand Island; Mrs John (Edna) Bishop of Bassett; son James, jr,, of Newport brothers Solon of Lacy gne, Kans.; Herbert of Nampa, Ida.; sister Mrs. Olivet Seymour of Brownsville, Tex. Stuart Farmer, ?0; Expires in Hospital ATKINSON Funeral services were held at 2 p m., Saturday af ternoon, August 17, at St. John’s Lutheran church in Atkinson for William L. I>eisge, 70, a Stuart farmer. Rev. Melvin C. Rlobaum of Bassett, officiated. Mr. Leisge died Thursday morning, August 15, at Atkinson Memorial hospital. Pallbearers were Adolph Mlinar, George Ohde, Ralph Ries, Orville Sielx'rt, Max Karo and Ward Dyer. The late Mr. Leisge, a son of Conard and Margaret Miesbacb Leisge, was bora November 2$ 1886 on a farm near Syracuse, in Otoe county. On February 2, 1916 he married Miss Theresa Reimer of Syracuse at Albion. Shortly after they moved to a farm near Atkinson. They farmed near here until 1928, wtien they moved to the present farm home 2% miles east of Stuart. Survivors include: Widow — Theresa; son- Robert, who oper ates the farm; daughter Mrs Warren (Eileen) Boyce of Ocean side, Calif.; brothers - Theodore of Nebraska City and Steve of Glendale, Ariz.; sisters—Mrs Otie Krueger and Miss Neta Leisge of Syracuse. Receives Degree— Dean Towle, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Towle, recently re ceived his bachelor’s degree at Fairleigh Dickinson university in Teaneck, N. J. Monday he will enter the medical school at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.
