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Volume 77._Number 2E O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, i hursday, September 19,1957. Seven Cents
TimIiI Duncan, famed Negro baritone ... to headline lWb
concert season.
Corn-Raisers Chilled;
Mercury Dips to 32
Otto Smith, 78,
III 4 Weeks, Dies
Funeral Held Monday
for Retired Farmer
ATKINSON Funeral services
wore conducted at 2 pm., Mon
day, September 16. at the Seger
funeral home by Rev. Charles
Gates. Methodist minister, for
Otto Smith, 78, resident of the
Atkinson community for 31 years
He died Friday, September 13.
after t>eing hospitalized here four
weeks.
Pallbearers were Wesley Kirk
man, Lloyd McDowell, Earl Mor
ris, Eugene Hickman and Lee
Marlow. Burial was in Wood
lawn cemetery.
Tlie late Mr Smith was tx>rn at
Unionville. Mo., May 24, 1879. the
son of fhe late Issac and Mary
Bradshaw Smith. He married
Minnie G<xxl at Unionville, July
4, 1903. They came to Holt coun
ty 31 years ago.
They became fhe parents of
four sons and three daughters.
Mrs. Smith died July 7, 1956.
Mr. Smith had been living in At
kinson in retirement.
Survivors include: Sons — Earl
A. and J. I., both of Scottsbluff;
George and Don. both of Atkin
son; daughters Mrs. Carl (Opal)
Hill of Unionville, Mo.; Mrs. Les
ter (Erma) Jones of Atkinson;
and Mrs. Leonard (Margaret)
Thorne of Lancaster, Calif; 18
grandchildren; 18 great grand
children; sister Mrs. Maude
Hume of Seymour, la.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and his wife.
Transfers To
St. Teresa College—
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson and
Miss Marilu drove Miss Carolyn
to Winona, Minn., Tuesday Sep
tember 10, where she entered
the College of St. Teresa as a
isophomore. having transferred
from St. Mary's college in Oma
ha.
Enroute, they stopped at
Rochester, Minn., for Miss Caro
lyn's twin sister. Miss Catherine,
who is a student nurse there.
She accompanied them to Winona
and spent the day with them.
They returned Wednesday,
evening. Miss Marlu, who had
attended rush week at the Uni
versty of Nebraska, returned to
classes Sunday afternoon having
spent a week here.
JUSTICE COURT
Gary Butterfield of Inman,
September 13, speeding, fined $10
and $4 costs; officer—G. Wett
laufer.
James P. Murphy of Stuart,
September 13, speeding, fined $10
and $4 costs; officer G. Wettlau
fer.
Auction Calendar
Wednesday, September 25; Doc
ami 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'Neill,
auctioneer; Chambers St a te
Bank, clerk.
Friday, October 4: Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Lorenz, living five miles east
of Chambers, three miles south
and half-mile east will offer their
320-acre improved farm, dairy
herd, machinery and equipment;
Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auc
tioneer-broker. (Complete details
in next issue).
Tuesday. October 1: Ed T.
Campbell, executor of the estate
of the late Mary Donlin, will of
fer a modem dwelling at auction,
on the premises, 3:30 p.m., 620
East Everett st.; John R, Galla
gher, attorney; Col. Wallace O’
Connell, auctioneer. (Details next
issue.)
Saturday, October 5: A. I.. Gib
son sundries store at Ewing,
equipment, fixtures, merchandise;
evening sale; Col. Ed Thorin of
O’Neill, auctioneer; Farmers
State Bank of Ewing, clerk. (De
tails in next issue).
Tuesday. Octolier 15: Zahrad
nicek estate land, 480 acres, at
referee's sale, 2 p.m., Holt coun
ty courthouse; John R. Gallagh
er of O’Neill, referee; William W.
Griffin of O'Neill, attorney. (De
tails in subsequent issues).
Cornraisers in the O’Neill area
were chilled early Monday when
tiu? mercury dipped to 32 degrees.
However, there was no frost re
ported.
Much of the corn is in a race
against the first freeze especial
ly late and replanted com.
Late Wednesday the O'Neill
locality received an inch of rain
tail, accompanied by esvere light
ning.
Week's weather summary based
in 24-hour periods ending at 6 p.
m., daily follows:
September 12 71 49
September 13 61 41 .25
September 14 70 45 08
September 15 66 44
September 16 75 32
September 17 76 52
September 18 81 57 .01
Iowa Cattle Feeders
Spend Two Days Here
Thirty-two Washington county,
Iowa, cattle feeders reached O’
Neill late Sunday by chartered
bus and spent two days with cat
lie producers in the O’Neill vici
nity. Many of them made pur
chases and arrangements to haul
:he feeder cattle to their farms.
Monday evening a steak fry
,vas arranged at the Country club
or the visitors. Larry Schaffer
tvas in charge of arrangements.
CAR KILLS STEER
An enstbound car driven by
Haold L. Rogers of O'Neill, met
a car Sunday night about a mile
east of the city on U.S. highways
20 and 275. At the same time, a
steer crossed the highway into
the path of the Rogers vehicle
and the steer was killed. The
critter was owned by Mr. Obst.
The car suffered about $250 dam
ages and no one was hurt.
New Outlaw Buys
5,110 Lbs.4-H Beef
Robert ("Bob") Pappenheimer,
manager of the New Outlaw
store here. Thursday purchased
5.110 pounds (liveweight) of out
standing 4-H club baby beef from
Holt county clubbers at the 4-H
sale held in Norfolk. Dressed,
the beef is going on sale this
weekend.
The following purchases were
made:
Eileen Nelson of O’Neill. Here
ford heifer, live weight 900
pounds, dressed weight 550
pounds, dress percentage 61.1, $27
per cwt., total $243.
Richard Pospishil of Amelia,
Angus steer, live weight 1,180
pounds, dressed weight 704
pounds, dress percentage 60, $27.25
per cwt., total $321.55.
Larry Beck of Atkinson, Angus
steer, live weight 985 pounds,
dressed weight 614 pounds, dress
percentage 62 3, $26 per cwt., to
tal $256.10.
Mike Pospishil of Amelia, An
gus steer, live weight 940 pounds,
dressed weight 575 pounds, dress
percentage 61.2, $24,25 cwt., to
tal $227.95.
Donald Clemens of Amelia,
Hereford steer, live weight, 1.105
pounds, dressed weight 682
pounds, dress percentage 61.7,
$24.75 cwt., total $273.48.
Nelson, Heck, Richard Pospichal, Clemens and Mike Pospichal
prize baby beeves . . . pictured with Robert ("Bob”) Pappeiv
i heimer. purchaser.—The Frontier Photo.
T wc Drivers
Injured in
Bad Crash
Godel, Fahrenholz
Taken to Hospitals
in Omaha for Care
A two-car crash in the early
Sunday morning hours at a point
6 8 miles south of O'Neill rcsult
*■<1 in the hospitalization of four
persons.
The drivers of both cars, ser
iously hurt, were immediately
transferred to Omaha hospitals
after emergency treatment at St.
Anthony's hospital here.
Hurt were Iziyd Godel, 48, (In
ver of a northbound 1949 station
wagon, and his son, Dick, and
! Dick's wife.
Gerald Fahrenholz, 24, of Ew
ing. was alone in the southbound
machine.
Godel suffered a compound
fracture between the left knee
and ankle. Hones protruded from
the skin. TTis rght ankle
also was fractured.
I^eg Under Transmission
One leg was bent under the dis
located transmission of his car.
His head and shoulders were lift
ed from the pavement by a doc
tor and ambulance crew. '
Fahrenholz suffered a com
pound jaw fracture. A portion of
the jaw was severed and hospital
ized spokesmen indicated a metal
plate and skin grafting ultima
tely will be necessary.
The accident occurred at 3 a.
m., on U. S. highway 281. Dick
Godel, suffering from chest hurts
and a neck injury, managed to
climb from the wreckage and
started northward afoot.
A southlxxind motorist, Ken
neth Backhaus, did not recognize
Godel and continued on. Coming
upon the wreckage a few mo
ments later, Backhaus retraced
to pick up Godel and come to O'
Neill for medical help and an am
bulance.
State Patrolman E. M. Has
treiter, who investigated, said
highway markings indicated the
southbound Fahrenholz car had
I teen off the left side of the road
and on again before the crash.
Fahrenholz was driving a 1955
c o/ Ion
Preparing to Move
Godel, who had T)een working
in a Gamble store in Holdrege
tor a number of weeks, was
drawing a trailer with his sta
tion wagon and was preparing to
move his wife and family to Hold
rege that day— Sunday.
Fahrenholz was rushed by Se
ger ambulance to Clarkson hos
pital at Omaha about 9 a.m.
Godel followed an hour later
in Biglin's ambulance, having
received a blood transfusion be
fore the trip.
Both Godel and Fahrenholz lost
considerable blood.
Mrs. Dick Godel suffered a
broken arm and a broken leg.
The Dick Godels have been liv
ing at Holdrege.
Both cars were badly—and
similarly— demolished.
The wreckage attracted scores
of sightseers Sunday at the Lo
haus Motor Co., lot across from
the city hall.
The Dick Godels’ pup, also an
occupant of the station wagon,
climbed from the wreckage and
streaked southward down the
highway. Hours later the dog
was recovered.
Undergoes Surgery
At the Omaha hospital Godel
Tuesday was placed in a cast up
to his neck. However, Wednes
day, doctors found it necessary
to operate for internal chest in
juries, and his condition late
Wednesday was described as
"fair”.
Dick Godel was released Tues
day from St. Anthony’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Godel of
Redwood Falls, Minn., took Mrs.
Loyd Godel to Omaha Tuesday
to see her husband. The Bud
Godels returned to Redwood
Falls Wednesday.
Some of the family’s household
goods had been moved to Hold
rege previously.
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(iodel station wagon . . . mirarlc anyone lives.—The Frontier Photo.
Fahrenholz car . . . similarly damaged—The Frontier Photo.
New Membership
High Is Sought
A now high in membership in
the O'Neill Community Concert
association will be sought next
week during the annual member
ship drive. Goal is 1,110 mem
bers.
Todd Duncan, famous Negro
baritone of “Porgy and Bess"
fame, has been tentatively book
ed to highlight the 1957-'58 con
cert season ^n O'Neill. The O'
Neill group is affiliated with Co
lumbia Artists Management, Inc.,
which sponsors concerts under the
"organized audience” plan is
1,500 cities and towns in the Unit
ed States.
President F. E. Parkins of the
O’Neill unit said membership
prices will remain the same
for adults for the season; $3 for
students. "Many concert groups
have increased prices,” Parkins
said, “but we are going to hold
the line”.
A “hold order” also has been
placed on The Theater Men, a
troupe of 10 persons. This group
sings popular American music,
also folk music and some semi
classical.
The membership drive, which
will be kicked off with a banquet
Monday evening, September 23,
in the new fellowship hall at
First Presbyterian church, will
continue all next week with
workers pressing for membership
in cities and towns in the O’Neill
area. Drive headquarters will
be in the lobby of the Golden
hotel.
This will be the third season of
concerts.
PIG MUST GO!
Written orders for Fred Salak,
state game warden, to remove
a pig from his premises were for
warded Tuesday by mail. Au
thorities said some of the neigh
tors had registered complaints.
Harboring swine within the city
limits is contrary to ordinance,
cty officials said.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Charles Gene Everett, 19, of
Atkinson and Miss Connie Lou
Gilman, 20, of Amelia, Septem
ber 13.
Alex Frickel and Mrs. Rose
Regina Straka, both of Atkinson,
September 16.
KLASNA QUITS SQUAD
SPENCER Norman Klasna, for
mer Spencer high athletic great,
Tuesday quit the football squad
at the University of Nebraska.
Two other sophs dropped out at
the same time.
DISTRICT COURT
In case of Marston Vs. Drobny
both parties have filed a petition
to Supreme court on Septem
ber 5. •
Fahrcnhol/. . . . driver of one
of cars.—O’Neill Photo Co.
Holt Delegates to
Valentine Parley
Four delegates from the Holt
county home exetension clubs
Home Agent Catherine Indra are
county home extension clubSAnd
attending the state home exten
sion council meeting in Valentine
this week.
Delegates include County
Chairman Mrs. E. A. Bouska of
Atkinson; Mrs. A T. Crumly of
Page; Mrs Fred Roberts of At
kinson; and Mrs. Lawrence Kaup
of Stuart.
Over five hundred club mem
bers in this county were re
presented by the four delegates.
Previous delegates had been
limited to three but a growth in
membership of Holt county clubs
allowed, one additional delegate
The program, beginning on
Tuesday included a tour oi
Cherry county with a “round-up"
supper at By-The-Way Ranch, a
discussion of Nebraska’s mental
health proragm by Dr. Thaddeus
P. Krush of the college of med
icine. New state officers for the
state council were also elected.
Cherry county clubs were in
charge of arrangements and en
tertainment for the state meeting
DIES SUDDENLY
Clarence and A1 J. Sauser, ac
companied by Miss Carlyn N^iers
went to Colfax, la., Thu. sday,
(today) to attend the funeral
of a cousin, Paul Tumis, who died
unexpectedly. •
smith
Band to Raise
Uniform Funds
This weekend band members
of O'Neill public school will start
on a project to raise money for
band uniforms. By arrangement
with the Curtis Circulation com
pany of Philadelphia, Pa., O’
Neill public school is authorized to
accept new and renewal sub
scriptions to The Saturday Even
ng Post, Ladies’ Home Journal,
Holiday and Jack and Jill and
almost one hundred other popu
lar magazines.
Donohoe, Schneider
Leave for Military
Raymond J. Donohoe and
Thomas L. Schneider, former St.
Mary’s academy athletes, left
O’Neill early today (Thursday)
by rail for indnction into military
service.
They are volunteers through
the selectve service system, ex
plained Mrs. W. H Harty, chief
clerk of the Holt draft board.
Return from Vacation—
Mr. and Mrs. Owen L. Parkin
son and family returned Sunday
from a week’s vacation. At Rav
enna they visited her sister and
her husband Mr. and Mrs. W. P
Dawes. A sister-in-law, Mrs. C. N.
Dunsmore. who was on her way
to Kentucky, was there. At Edge
mont, S.D., they visited hei
father C. E. Dunsmore and hei
brother, E. R. Dunsmore. A1
Rapid City, S.D., they spent twc
days with the Robert Asher fam
ily, formerly of O’Neill. In Wag
ner, S.D., they visited her grand
father, C. O. Ridgeway, who is ir
a hospital there and Mrs. Parkin
son’s moter who is with Mr
Ridgeway while he is ill.
Legion Parley Held—
. A county meeting was held a
Page Monday evening.
Those attending from O’Neill’!
Simonson post were George Jan
ousek, commander; Carroll Hol
mes, Allen Van Vleck and Mel
vin Ruzicka.
Among the auxiliary member:
present were Mmes. Lestei
Riege, president; John Davidson
Robert Lowery, Glen Miller Mel
vin Ruzicka and Verne Reynold
son.
MM Club Meets —
The M&M club met Tuesday
evening, September 17, with Mrs
Harry Clausen. A dessert lunch
eon was served at 7:30.
Mrs. C. W. Porter was a guest
High scores were taken by Mrs
L. A. Burgess and Mrs, Pau
Shierk.
Harold Young was honored a
a dinner Sunday evening to cele
‘ brate his birthday anniversary.
Travel Experiences
Told by Members
EMMET The South Side club
met at the home of Mrs. Leon
Price on Tuesday, September 10.
Feature of the meeting was _ a
travelog.
Mrs Fritz Brockman told of
her vacation in Washington and
Oregon. Mrs. Leon Beckwith told
of her recent trip to Yellowstone
national park. Mrs. Beckwith al
so gave a talk on cave dwellers.
Next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Leon Beckwith.
S5,000 Collected
Todate by Sheriff
Five thousand dollars in delin
quent personal taxes have hcen
collected by the Holt county
sheriff’s office since 689 distress
warrants were issued. Seventy
persons paid up before they were
served.
Total amount of money involv
ed in the distress warrants at
the start was $56,666.61).
George H. Francis
Dies in Hospital
Farmer in Boyd and
Holt Counties
SPENCER Funeral services
were held Monday, September
1G, at the Wesleyan Methodist
church here for George Henry
Francis, 65, know in Boyd and
Holt counties where he farmed
many years. He died Friday,
September 13, at the Lyncn hos
pital.
Rev. E. E. Cummings officiat
ed. Burial was in the Butte
c e m e t e r y. Pallbearers were
Henry Reinheimer, Ray Forbes,
Fred Coleman, Ray Earl and
Lester Hombach.
George Henry Francis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Francis,
was I Kirn October 17, 1891, at
: Seward.
His family moved to Boyd
county when he was a boy and
i he spent the remainder of his
life in Boyd and Holt counties,
where he was a farmer.
He was married to Miss Olive
Astleford November 30, 1911, and
they had six children. Mr. Fran
cis joined the Free Methodist
church at Butte as a young man,
later transerring to the Wesleyan
church at Spencer..
Survivors include: Widow
Olive; daughter — Mrs. Charles
King of O’Neill; sons -Milton J.
of Grand Island; Rev. George
W. of Tryon, Robert W. of Cin
cinnati, O. and M/Sgt Claten A.
stationed in Germany; 20 grand
children; seven great-grandchil
dren; sister—Mrp. Rose Wesley
of Denver, Colo.; brothers—Jack
of Craword, Charles of Portland,
Ore., and William of Pocatello,
Ida.
One son, Pfc. Casper H. Fran
cis, and four sisters preceded
him in death.
Pheonix Native
Expires in Omaha
PAGE- Glen Clark, 49, 2735 I
Avenue A, Council Bluffs, la.,
died of cancer Sunday, Septem
ber 8, at the Veteran hospital in
Omaha, after a short illness.
O’Neill Picnic Is |
Planned October 6
The first annual O'Neill picnic (
will lie held Sunday, October 6, in
Sycamore park, located on high
ways 14-18 midway between Cor
ona and Olive, Calif.
“Come and meet your friends
from in and around O’Neill now
living in California,” urged Ger
ald Hardng of Fullerton, Calif.,
in a letter to The Fronter.
Anyone vvshing additional in-,
formation may contact one of the
following: Gerald or Helen Hard
ing. 2042 West Olive ave., Ful- ;
lerton. phone IAmhert 5-8896;;!
in the San Bernadino and Colton i
area, Ronald or Rosie Borg, 584 !
West Mill st., Colton, phone TU-1
xedo 81-8149; in the Covina and
West Covina area, Charles or
Bonnie Cooper, 356 Irvindale ave.,
West Covina, phone EDgewood
8-6148.
"Bring your picnic lunch and
enjoy the day,” the letter urged. |
Visits for a Week—
Mary and Nancy Bright, daugh-1
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Bright. returned Sunday after
sending a week with Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Kazda and Kathy
at Winner, S. D. Jean Loraine,
who had spent the week at Stu
art with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison Hovey, also
returned home on Sunday.
EMMET NEWS
Mrs. Bob Cole, Mrs. Bob De
voy and Mrs. Allen Jaszkowiak
went to Sioux City on Tuesday
September 10. They were the
guests of Mrs. Honke, attended
a luncheon and played golf.
Dercy Abart and Roland Wills
spent several days in Lincoln and
Omaha last week. Roland will
start school at the Uiversity of
Nebraska in Lincoln this term.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Winkler and
; Angela of North Platte were Sun
day dinner guests ot Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Winkler.
Gun Wound
Is Fatal to
Soldier
Father of T w o Small
Children Is Found
Dead at Crowder
A 22-year-old O'Neill soldier,
father of two small children,
died about 9 p.m. Thursday,
September 12, at Camp Crowder.
Mo.
Fort authorities said Sp3/c Hay
Eugene Passieux died of a shot
eim wound in the head. The baa»
commander said the wound "ap
patently" was self-inflicted, but
did not indicate whether or nol
it was accidental.
Military police said there wet>
powder burns on his face and
hands. A .410-guage shotgun was
found beside Passieux.
Relatives said he had not lieea
ill.
The remains reached O'Neill
Monday morning by rail and fun
eral services were conducted at
'O' -. -SO '
SpS Kay Eugene I’aMiieui
. . . former football player.
I p.m., Tuesday, September 17.
it First Methodist church. Rev
jlenn Kennicott, church pastor,
jfficiated and burial was is
’inspect Hill cemetOfy under the
lirection of Biglin's.
The Passieuxs lived at Neosho
Vlo., near Crowder.
The widow is the former Bon
ne Lee Schmidt, daughter of
Vlrs. William Gallagher of O’
vleill. They were married Janu
iry 24, 1955.
The late Ray Eugene Passieux
vas born November 11, 1935, at
Vlonowi, a son of Mr„ and Mrs
John C. ("Jack”) Paasieux.
The Passieux family moved to
D’Neill from Monowi in 1948
Turing his high school days and
dr alxiut a year after gradua
ion he was employed by Shel
lamer Equipment Co.
He was graduated from O’Neill
ugh school in May, 1953. He let
ered two years in football.
In February, 1955, he enlisted
in the army.
Survivors include: Widow —
Bonnie Lee; daughters— Lynda
Lee, 2, and Karen Rae, six
months-old; parents Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Passieux of O’Neill;
sisters Mrs. Cletus (Darlene)
Weinberger of Madison; Mrs.
Paul (Velma) Zakrzewski of O'
Neill; Mrs. Bernard (Jacqueline)
Rohde of O’Neill; Mrs. Marvin
(Betty) Green of Wayneeville,
Mo., and Miss Ruby Ann of O’
Neill; brother Vernon of O’
Neill.
Mrs. Johnson Gets
Soloist Kid—
Mrs. John McClellan left Sun
day, September 8, for Portland,
Ore. where she will visit her sis
ter, Mary. Her daughter and hei
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck
Johnson of California, plan to
drive up to visit with her. Mrs
Johnson, the former Joanne Mc
Clellan, appeared as a soloist
with a west coast band as e
guest artist, having been closer
from the audience.
Mrs. McClellan expects to be
back in two weeks.
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Former O’Nellllte
Visits Here—
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Foster
and two boys of Peoria, 111., visit
ed friends and relatives, mould
ing Miss Bernadette Brennan,
Tuesday. Mrs. Foster is the for
mer Mary Devine Brennan. Her
mother, Mrs. F. Brennan, has
i>oen living in Bury-St. Edwards,
England, with her son, Bert,
who is stationed there. She is
scheduled to arrive home shortly.
.Sunday Guests—
ATKINSON Sunday dinner
guests at the Nick Schmit home
were Mr. and Mrs. Milo Meyers
and two boys of Wagner, Richard
Schmit of Osmond and Mr. and
Mrs. John N. Schmit and family
of O’Neill. Afternoon guests were
Mr and Mrs. Raymond Schmit
and two boys and Richard Cub
ed of Osmond.