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Volume 77.—Number 20. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, Setpember 12, 1957. Seven Cents
Stanley Hiikup of Page (left) anti Carl Frisch of Vertiigre . . .
couple of these Imfialo fish weighed in at 13 pound*.—The Frontier
Photo.
No Holds Barred
As Fish Are Doped
Hear Attack Fatal
to A?nes M. Ziska
Stricken Late Sunday
at Her Home
ATKINSON Mrs. Agnes M.
Ziska. 76, a Holt county resident
since 1881, died of a heart attack
alxiut 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Septem
ber 8. at her home. She had not
been ill and her death was un
expected.
Requiem high mass was held
at 10 a m., Wednesday, Septem-|
her 11, at St. Joseph's Catholic |
church. Rev. Richard J. Parr,
church pastor, officiated and
burial was in St. Joseph’s ceme
tery.
A rosary service was held
Tuesday evening at the Seger
funeral chapel.
The late Mrs. Ziska’s maiden
name was Agnes M. Kramer. She
was born Decemlier 24, 1880, at
Platte Center, a daughter of'
Anton Ziska and Mary Vallenta
Ziska.
At the age of six months she
moved with her parents to Holt
county and setlcd on a farm
southwest of Atkinson.
Survivors include: Widower— \
Fred of Atkinson; sons Joseph
of Emmet; George of Boys Town;
Lawrence of Stuart; daughters
Mrs. Frank (Theresa) Krysl of
SHuart; Mrs. Joseph (Clara)
Hamik of Atkinson; Mrs. Alois H.
(Gertrude) Kaup of Stuart; Mrs.
Leo (Margaret) Knievel of West
Point; Mrs. Leo (Leona) Meyer
of Santa Monica Calif.; 34 grand
children and five great-grand
children; brother Anton Kra
mer of Florida.
She was preceded in death by
a daughter, Irence, who died
April 21, 1930.
Pallbearers w e r e nephews
Edward Kramer. Joseph Straka,
Henry Straka, Charles Freouf,
Freddie Ziska and Charles Ziska.
She was a member of the
Christian Mothers.
Farm Possession
Taken into Court
In a civil suit filed Saturday in
Holt county district court, Wayne
Cuatt and Rita Cuatt, plaintiffs,
are seeking a judegment against
members of the Langan family.
Defendants are named as Wil
liam D. Langan. Hazel Langan,
Patrick Langan, Barbara Langan
and John Langan.
The Cuatts are petitioning the
court for delivery of possession
of real estate premises held since
the date of an auction sale. The
Cuatts allege possession was to
have been had in the fall of 1956.
The plaintiffs are also asking
damages in the sum of eight
thousand-dollars, caused by with
holding possession, and also ask
court costs.
Manacil and Ericksen of Bur
well are attorneys for the plain
tiffs.
O’Neill High Picks
Four Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders elected for the
1957-’58 season at O’Neill high
school are Betty Schultz. Sharon
Nelson. Carolyn Schmeichel and
Linda Haynes.
Booth to Be Featured
with IJiyne Band—
The Bobby Layne dance band
of Lincoln, a popular midwest
unit will appear at the American
Legion ballroom here Sunday
evening. The band will feature
Duane Booth, who plays first
trumpet.
Booth is a former O’Neill high
athletic great and now lives in
Lincoln where he attends the Uni
versity of Nebraska, majoring in
music. Booth has been with the
band about a year.
At 9:30 a m., Saturday biolo
gists of the Nebraska game com
mission boarded lioats and put
ted the length of the H. A. Van
Horn lake, north of Ewing, dis
bursing fish-killing toxicant.
Purpose of the move was to
rid the lake of rough fish prepar
atory to restocking with game
fish.
The toxicant was emptied from
sacks into the bayou-type lake
near the Elkhom river. The lake
is about three-quarters of a mile
long and up to 125 feet wide.
Fish enthusiasts were invited
on Saturday’s ‘‘Voice of The
Frontier” program (WJAG, 9:30
a.m.) to come and help themsel
ves to the buffalo, carp, catfish
and bullheads. By 11 o’clock
four hundred persons had gath
ered on the shores, armed with
spears, pitchforks, nets, shovels,
motorboats and waders.
The toxicant paralyzed the fish
and brought the fish to the sur
face wheret hey became easy
prey.
The game commission encour
aged enthusiasts to help them
selves. No holds were barred.
Biggest fish taken was a 20
pound buffalo by Floyd Belik of
Page and a 39-inch pike, also by
Belik.
Buffalo weighing up to 10
pounds were a dime a dozen.
Not as many catfish were found
in the lake as expected. The
catfish were slow to be paralyz
ed by the toxicant—lagging the
others by several hours.
The toxicant is expected to re
main in the waters for about 21
days. When the waters become
non-toxic the lake will be stocked
with game fish.
Technically the chemical (tox
icant l effects only the red blood
corpuscles in the fishes’ gill fila-j
meats and induces suffocation.
Most of the easy catches found i
their way into kitchen freezers, .
Follows Husband in
Death by 3 Weeks
Mrs. Lottie Hamman
Succumbs Here
Surviving her husband by a
brief three weeks, Mrs. Lottie
Hamman, 80. died at St. An
thony’s hospital here Sunday,
September 8. She had been taken
to the hospital the preceding day
by ambulance.
Lottie B. Pavn was torn July
12. 1877, near Solon, Johnson coun
ty, Iowa.
Her family moved to Nebraska,
locating in Keya Paha county in
1884. She lived all of her life
in this area.
On January 29, 1931, she was
united in marriage to "Gid”
Hamman.
There were no children.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammon were
well known farmers near Mills,
until they retired in 1949, when
they moved to O’Neill.
A member of a large pioneer
ing family, Mrs. Hamman is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Violet
Payne Jensen of Castle Rock,
Wash., and several nieces and
nephews, including Mrs. Lenna
Wolfe of O’Neill.
Funeral services were in charge
of H. L. Clauson funeral home
at Burke, S. D.
Interment was in the family
plot near the grave of her hus
band at Mills.
Sheriff Issues 685
Distress Warrants
The Holt county sheriff's office
this week issued 685 distress
warrants on delinquent personal
property taxes. The warrants
approximate a total of 60-thou
sand dollars. Sheriff Tomjack
reported.
Some of the warrants concern
$1,300 to $1,400.
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Prominent
Stockman -
BankerDies
Hugh J. Birmingham
Fatally Stricken i n
Rochester Hospi t a 1
(Editorial, End of An Era,
on page 2.)
One of north Nebraska’s best
known citizens, Hugh J. Birming
ham, fi6, died at 12:150 a.m.
Thursday, September 5, in St,
Mary’s hospital at Rochester,
Minn. Death was believed to
have been caused by a heart at
tack.
He was flown to Rochester by
air ambulance Monday, Septem
ber 2, because of a bloodclot that
had developed in his right leg.
In February of this year he
had been flown to Rochester be
cause of a bloodclot in the left
leg, and an amputation of the
left leg, above the knee, became
necessary.
Rosary was cited at the Bir
mingham residence, Sunday even
ing, September 9, and requiem
mgn mass was neia ai iu :^u a.m.,
Monday, September 9. at St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
church pastor, was celebrant.
Rev, Richard J. Parr, pastor of
St. Joseph's church of Atkinson,
was deacon, and Rev. Peter
Burke of Ewing was subdeacon.
Master-of-ceremonies was Rev.
Francis Price of Emmet and Rev.
Robert Duffy, assistant at St.
Patrick's, was assistant.
Other clergy present at the re
quiem mass were Rev. Carl Rein
ert, SJ, Rev. Clement Ryan, SJ.
and Rev. William Kelligher, all
of Omaha; Rev. J. W. Averill,
SJ, of Denver, Colo.; Rev. Karl
Kucera of O’Neill and Rev. Rob
ert Barry of Long Pine.
Acolytes were James Froelich
and Charles Froelich, nephews of
Mr. Birmingham, and James
Becker.
The remains lay in state at the
Birmingham residence from 2
p.m., Sunday until the funeral
hour.
Burial in Calvary
Burial was in the family plot
in Calvary cemetery under the di
rection of Biglin’s. Father Rein
ert, who is president of Creigh
ton university, offered graveside
prayers. Simonson post 93 of the
American Legion conducted mili
tary rites.
Pallbearers were Julius D.
Cronin, J. J. Berigan, C. J. Gatz,
Guy Cole, William P. Dailey and
D. C. Schaffer, all of O'Neiil, and
Wayne Galyen and Lawrence
Kramer, both of Atkinson.
The late Hugh John Birming
ham was i>orn December 8, 1890,
at O’Neill, the son of Thomas
F. Birmingham and Margaret J.
Gallagher Birmingam.
(Continued on page 6.)
refer tngler, 92,
Fatally Stricken
STl'ART Rotor Engler, 92
year-old Holt county pioneer,
died Thursday morning, Septem
ber 5, at his home in Stuart. He
had been in ill health for some
time, and was stricken with a
heart attack.
Rosary services were held at 9
o'clock Thursday night and 9:30
Friday night at the Seger fun
eral home in Atkinson.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at 10 a m . Saturday, Septem
ber 7, at St. Boniface Catholic
church in Stuart, Rev. A. J. Pas
chang officiating. Six of Mr. En
gler's grandsons served as pall
bearers.
The late Mr. Engler, son of
Andrew and Margaret Engler,
was born March 20, 1865 at Wor
thington. Ia.
Mr. Enger and his wife cele
brated their 65th wedding an
niversary June 18. They were
married in 1892 at Dyersville, Ia.,
and came to Nebraska in 1906,
when they moved to a farm near
Stuart. They retired and moved
to town in 1926. Mrs. Engler is the
former Katherine Keuter.
Survivors include: Widow;
sons—Bernard C. and Edwin,
both of Stuart, Paul of Bassett,
Julius of Newport, Gilbert and
Eugene, both of Atkinson; 29
grandchildren and 32 great
grandchildren; one brother, P. A.
Engler of Worthington, Ia.
His eldest son, Andrew, preced
ed him in death in 1951.
AUCTION CALENDAR
Wednesday September 18:
Eighty-five head of cattle, in
cluding milk and stock cows;
prairie hay, full line of machin
ery and equipment being offered
by John Slizoski, who lives near
Inman and Ewing; Col. Wallace
O'Connell of O'Neill and Col. Max
Wanser of Ewing, auctioneers;
Farmers State Bank of Ewing,
clerk. (Details on page 9.)
Wednesday, September 25: Doc
and Stub Bentley, 34 miles south
of O'Neill. 11 west and two south;
106 head of Hereford and Angus
catle; full line of ranch and hay
ing machinery: some household
goods; Col. El Thorin of O’NeiH.
auctioneer: Chambers St a te
Bank, clerk (Details next issue).
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Scene of two car crash where nine-year-old Rirl was fatally injured.—The Frontier Photo.
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Kirin Ingham . . . one of best
known north Nebraskans.
(Story at left.)
Inman School Ha*
121 Enrollment
INMAN The Inman consolida
ted school enrollment for the new
term follows:
Kindergarten, 7; first grade,
6; second, 9; third, 12; fourth,
6; fifth, 10; sixth, 7; seventh, 12;
eighth, 9; freshmen, 11; sopho
mores, 9; juniors, 11; seniors,
12.
The total number of pupils is
121.
The Inman hand will partici
pate in the annual baton clinic at
Neligh Tuesday night, September
17. The performance of march
ing hands and baton twirlers will
begin at 8 o’clock on the football
field there.
Freshman initiation will be
held Friday, September 20.
Cronin to 1 lead
Atkinson Bank
ATKINSON It was announced
Wednesday that Julius D. Cronin
has been elected president of the
First National Bank of Atkinson,
succeeding the late Hugh J. Bir
mingham, who died last week,
Mr. Birmingham had headed the
bank more than 17 years.
The directors elected Leo T.
Adams vice-president, and Law
rence Kramer cashier. Both
Adams and Kramer were active
in operation of the hank under
the late Mr. Birmingham.
Mr. Cronin, O'Neill attorney,
has been a member of the board
and counsel for the Atkinson bank
since 1941. Presently, he is
chairman of the hoard of the O'
Neill National Bank, and is a di
rector of the Tri-County Bank at
Stuart and the Commercial Bank
of Bassett.
Other directors of the Atkinson
institution are William J. Froe
lich, Mrs. Hugh J. Birmingham
and Miss Barbara Birmingham.
1 wo Off-Campus
Courses Slated
Physical science I from Wayne
college will meet at O’Neill high
school Saturday, September 21,
at 9 am.. in a five-hour session
for organization and the first
class meeting. This will be an off
campus class.
Education 288, psychology of
exceptional children from the
University of Nebraska, will
meet at the high school in O’
Neill Tuesday, September 24, at
7 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Bright
were Monday evening dinner
guests at the Warren Peden
home.
Charles Maulding
Expires at Neligh
CLEARWATER Funeral ser
vices for Charles Maulding, 76,
O’Neill resident, who died at a
Neligh hospital Wednesday, Sep
tember 4, were held Saturday
afternoon at the home of his
nephew, Elmer Maulding, and at
the Clearwater Methodist church.
Rev. R. Nyrop of Arcadia of
ficiated, assisted by the Rev. H.
Lamb of O’Neill,
Hymns were sung by Mrs. Lyle
Rice and Miss Neta Lee Maben,
with Mrs. Clyde Payne as accom
panist.
Burial was at Clearwater and
pallliearers were Hal Thompson
and Deloss Thompson of Clear
water, A. J. Warner of O’Neill,
Ray Kinney and Fred Baumgart
ner of Park Center and Arthur
Taylor of Bartlett.
Charles Maulding was bom
August 13, 1881, in Ringgold coun
ty, Iowa, and died September 4
at Neligh.
His family moved to the Clear
water vicinity when he was a boy
and he spent the remainder of
his life in this area.
He was married to Ethel Jef
feries February 18, 1904, at Ne
ligh They had one daughter.
Mr. Maulding operated the
Park Center store a number of
years failing health forced him
to retire in December, 1953. He
then moved to O'Neill.
Mr. Maulding is survived by his
wife; one daughter, Mrs. Vem
Morris of O’Neill and one grand
son.
Four sisters an dtwo brothers
preceded him in death.
His parents were the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Maulding. His
mother's maiden name was Lu
cinda Sheets.
Globetrotting Mrs. Grabo Returns
Mrs. C. H. Grabo of Albuquer
que. N. M., stepped from the
Pullman of Chicago & North
Western’s westbound passenger
train here Sunday—the train pul
ling in hours late.
Slightly disheveled and with
a sore neck, she reunited with
her parents. Dr and Mrs. L. A.
Carter. Mis. Grabo is the for
mer Eunice Carter.
Having traveled by steamship,
air, rail and private automobile,
she was returning from five
months in Europe where she vis
ited 10 countries and rolled up
countless miles (or kilometers,
if you please).
At Omaha she boarded C&NW
train 13 for the Omaha-O’Neill
leg of her globetrotting.
Sleeping peacefully in her
berth, she thought she was be
ing awakened from a bad dream.
Instead her train had been de
railed in the Fremont yards in
the early morning hours.
New Switchman
A new switchman inadvertent
ly had switched two box cars (one
loaded with salt) onto the main
line. A curve obscured the vi
sion for the engineer of the pas
senger train and the locomotive
plowed into the cars. The en
gineer, however, had managed
to reduce the speed of the train
to about 18-miles-per-hour be
for the impact.
“I guess I was knocked out
momentarily,” Mrs. Grabo re
members. “I banged my head
against the end of the berth.
There was a prolonged, agoniz
ing silence. Finally I heard voices
saying there had been a wreck.
“I’m okay, but there hadn’t
been an accident of any kind
from Albuquerque to Amster
dam. Athens. Vienna, London,
Dublin, New York, Omaha.
”A doctor came aboard the
train to check with everyone. No
body was seriously hurt.”
The locomotive and baggage
car left the rails and were heav
ily damaged.
Clara Straka of Stuart was al
so a passenger on the train,
f.reece Fascinating
Mrs. Grabo, who paints, col
lects and writes poetry as hob
bies, soon will have a book of
poetry' published. She said the
highlight of her trip was her vis
it to Greece and her studies of
Greek art and literature. At Vi
enna she was a guest several
weeks of the American vice-coun
sel, a friend of the family.
In most of the capitals she vis
ited with people in the education
al field. Her husband is a pro
fessor at the University of New
i
Mexico. The Gralxis have one
son in Alaska and another in the
Caribbean area.
Friends here have prevailed
upon her to present a travel lec
ture complete with derailment
details at the new fellowship
hall of First Presbyterian church
Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
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Mrs. Garbo . . . reunion with her parents, Doctor and Mrs.
Carter.—The Frontier Photo.
Girl, 9, Fatally
Hurt in Crash
Lansworth, Veteran
of World War I, Dies
Saw Bitter Combat
in France
John A. Lansworth, 67, World
War 1 veteran of intensive com
bat in France and a former dej>
ut\ sheriff of Holt county, died
at 6:25 pm., Sunday, September
X. in the Veterans hospital at
1 ('.rand Island.
He entered the hospital July 16
because of a foot ailment.
Funeral services will In- eon
ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs
day! at First Presbyterian church
wiih Rev. J. Olcn Kennell, church
pastor, officiating. Burial will
he in the family plot in Prospect
Hill cemetery under direction of
Biglin’s.
Simonson post 9.1 of the Amer
ican Legion will conduct mili
tary rites. Mr. Lansworth is a
past commander of the post and
in the past had been active in
legion affairs.
Horn on Homestead
John Arthur Ivins worth, oldest
son of Peter J. and Anna Paul
ine Engebretson Lansworth, was
born December 16, 1889, on the
family homestead located 14
miles northeast of O’Neill.
The late Mr. Lansworth was
reared in the vicinity of his birth,
received his education in the pub
lic schools, and was a farmer
most of his life.
In January, 1918, he entered
the army and spent three months
in training as a member of corn
pay D, 20th machine gun battal
ion, at Camp Arthur, near Waco,
Tex. Later he went overseas
and took part in some of the
heaviest fighting in the French
sector where the German armies
I.answorth . . . formerly Holt
deputy sheriff.
were turned back trying to cap
ture Paris.
In consideration of his meritor
ious combat service, Mr. Lans
worth was selected following the
.armistice to take part in the fa
mous “march of triumph” when
France celebrated the war’s end.
Returning to Holt, Mr. Lans
vvorth continued to farm. Follow
ing the death of his father in
1921, he and his brother, Harry,
assumed management of the
family farm for their mother. Af
ter their mother died in 1943,
John became deputy sheriff—a
post he held until 1946.
Retired Two Years
Later he engaged in carpentry
work and two years ago illness
forced him to retire. Much of the
time during the past two years he
spent in hospitals.
Survivors include: Sisters—
Mrs. Claire VanHove of Bristow;
Mrs. Ella Manson of O’Neill;
Mrs. Mabel Kerns of St. Joseph,
Mo.; Mrs. Goldie Liddy of Lin
coln; Mrs. Nellie Boshart of O’
Neill; Mrs. Pearl Widtfeldt of
O'Neill, and Mrs. Grace Hammer
lun of Norfolk; brothers Harry
of O'Neill; Peter of Silverdale,
Wash., and Robert of Fremont;
several nieces and nephews.
Besides his father and mother
he was preceded in death by two
sisters, Mrs. Addie L. Wrede and
Mrs. Isa L. Brundage.
The seven sisters and th rnn
brothers are here for the funeral
Pallbearers will be John
(Jrutsch, Clyde Bowden, Phil Al
lendorfer, Dick Minton, Lester
Boshart, Emmett Slaight, Pete
Donohoe and Lloyd Whaley.
The remains will lie in state
at the church between 11 am.,
today and the funeral hour.
His war record showed he
manually moved 30-calibre water
cooled machine guns from posit
tion-to-position under heavy en
emy fire and under adverse con
-ditions of mud and cold.
His father was born in Wiscon
sin; his mother in Oslo, Norway.
WEATHER SIMMARY
September 5 78 53 T
September 6 74 54 .03
September 7 80 41
September 8 84 50
September 9 75 46 .78
September 10 73 45 T
September 11 78 62
Jennifer M. Kellogg
Dies in Hospital
of Head Injuries
Jennifer M. Kellogg, nine-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mr*.
Bernard Kellogg who live 2^*
miles northeast of Orchard
was fatally injured a hex®
9:30 am Sunday, Septembers
at the 1 S. highway 20 intersec
tion with state highway 108, fiv*
miles west of Orchard.
She died at 1:15 p m., that dal
in St. Anthony hospital here, hav
ing suffered head injuries.
The girl and her father, west
bound, were enroute to mass a*
St. Peter’s Catholic church at
Ewing, ller father was utteippt
ing a left (south* turn when then
car was in collision with an on
coming (eastboundt m a c h i n e
driven by Barry Smith, 20, of
Ryan, la.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohn of
Ewing, who were coming from
8WSW" Si '' m&p KifjSgft
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Jennifer . . . (lies
the south and stopped prepara
tory to entering onto highway 20,
witnessed the accident, and alse
Larry Williamson of Orchard,
who was closing a cattle gate on
the southwest corner of the inter
section.
The impact occurred approxi
mately in the middle of the inter
section in the south lane. The
impact caused the Kellogg car to
spin around, winding up facinj
the north in the middle of the
highway. The front of the Ryan
machine was smashed.
No IIo|m* Held
A. M. Beelaert, who came
upon the scene, helped remove
the injured girl from the wreck
age and placed her in James
Walnofer’s car to be taken to the
hospital.
A doctor traveller, who came
upon the scene, examined the girt
and offered no hope for her sur
vival.
Mrs. Vincent Smith, Barry's
mother, was injured and taken
to the Plainview hospital Barry
and a companion, Bill McEvoy,
20, suffered minor hurts and cuts.
Mr. Kellogg also was taken to
the O'Neill hospital where he was
hospitalized until Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Smith suffered chest in
juries but was not seriously hurt.
The Smiths and McEvoy had
been visiting in Thermopolis,
Wyo., with Mrs. Smith's sister.
They were enroute back to Iowa
and had stopped off to attend
church at Atkinson.
Jennifer was a sufferer of
hemophilia.
The rosary was said at 8 p.m.,
Tuesday at the Hamilton funeral
home and funeral services for the
girl were conducted at 9:30 a,m.,
Wednesday, September 11, at St
Peter s Catholic church at Ewing
Her death was Nebraska's
188th traffic fatality of 1957.
Jennifer Marcia Kellogg was
born October 27, 1948, at Orchard.
She was baptized in the Roman
Catholic church November 27
1948.
Becomes Scout
She wan a member of the
fourth grade in the Orchard
public school. She had been s
member of a Brownie troupe and
was recently promoted to Girl
Scout.
Rev. Peter Burke, pastor of
St. Peter’s church, officiated at
the requiem mass. Active pall
bearers were Kenneth Voorhiei
Gerald Maple, Anthony Pruse
and Bruce Fletcher. Honorary
pallbearers were Gus Goiter, Dr.
VV. G. Fletcher, George Bonge,
W. K. Gray, John Harmon, Leon
ard Fox, Richard Knapp and
Lloyd Beutler.
Burial was at Orchard.
Her mother was the former
Jeannine A. George, daughter of
Mrs. Joseph George and the late
VIr. George of Orchard.
Survivors include: Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kellogg;
sisters Georgann E. and Mary
Sue; brother Patrick B., all of
Orchard; grandparents — Mrs
i" eph (Jennie) George of Or
chard and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Kellogg of Norfolk; great-grand
mothers Mrs. Ella Kellogg of
Creighton and Mrs. Nellie Smith
>f Plainview.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Francis R. Rhode, 28, and
Maureen M. Mahoney, 22, both of
3’Neill on September 6.