The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, October 17, 1957, SECTION ONE, Image 1
Tile Sehueths . . . lie in confined to bed. Schueths Celebrate Mrs. Ernest Harris, III 6 Months, Dies Emmet Farm Woman Expires at Genoa Mrs. Ernest Harris, 59, died Thursday, October 10, at a Genoa rest home after a six months ill ness She had been hospitalized at St. Anthony’s hospital and also in Omaha before going to Genoa. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 12, with Rev. Glenn Kennicott, minister, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin's. Mrs. R. R. Herley at the organ, Mrs. Harris . . . taken. accompanied Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr., and Mrs. Frank Eppenbaeh, who sang “Whispering Hope’’ and "The Way of the Cross Leads Home". Pallbearers were Otto Lorenz, Clarence Ernst, William Sch mohr, Homer Ernst, Maurice Graham and Floyd Hitts. She was born at Bladen Sep tember 21, 1898, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe (Ada Tan gardt Stahly. Her father was a native of Switzerland. Her moth er came from Illinois. In 1914 she moved to Holt county near Emmet where she resided until her marriage at O'Neill to Ernest Harris of Atkinson on January 14, 1920, Two daughters were born to them. After their marriage, Mr. anti Mrs. Harris lived for a number of years near Atkinson on a farm and then for a short time in At kinson. From 1926 until 1952 they made their home in O'Neill. Since then they made their home south of Emmet. During their early years in O' Neill. Mrs. Harris united with the Methodist church and contin ued her membership. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors and an active church member. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include: Widower— Ernest of Emmet; daughters— Mrs. Kenneth (Beatrice Isabelle) Bates of Fairbanks, la., Mrs. William (Marie) O’Brien of Page; mother Mrs. Ada Spangler of O'Neill sisters- Mrs. Carl (Josie) Ivorenz of O'Neill, Mrs. Orville (Edith) White of Sioux City, and Mrs. Clarence (Velma) Wilkin son of Fullerton. Calif.; brother— Lavern Stahly of Fowler. Colo.; nine grandchildren. General Rainfall Received in Area General rains fell over most of Nebraska and southern South Da kota this week. Page received about three inches late Monday and early Tuesday ; Amelia, 1.25. Chambers has received .80 thus far in October. Weather summary: hi lo pr. Octolier 10 49 39 01 Octolier 11 50 42 October 12 54 47 .01 Octolier 13 66 50 Octolier 14 59 48 .28 Octolier 15 64 47 .85 Octoher 16 59 42 Totals 115 GOING OVERSEAS Sfc. James R. Lyons, army re cruiter here several years, is be ing transferred to Europe. His family expects to follow later. This will be Sergeant Lyons first overseas assignment. EWING — Theodore Sohueth, 76, and his wife, Mary, celebra ted their golden wedding an niversary quietly. It was an intimate family affair with a few friends dropping in. Mr. Schueth who suffers from diabetis, is confined to his bed because of a leg ailment. The ol>servance was a surprise and Mrs. Schueth’s sister, Mrs. George Walter of Clearwater, handled the arrangements. The callers brought gifts, cards and flowers. Mr. Sehueth was born in 1881 on the Dodge-Cuming county line (Continued on page 10.) Hip Fracture Fatal to Louis Kaiser AMELIA Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon, October 11, at the Methodist church here for Louis Kaiser, 51, who suffered a broken hip, which resulted in his death. Mr. Kaiser, the son of Richard Kaiser, had been in a Beatrice home the past three years and it is not known how the accident occured. Rev, Harold Bonath, pastor, conducted the services. Interment was in the Chambers cemetery. Pallln irers were cousins; Carl Schade. Stanley Thompson, Ron ald Watson, Ira Lierman and M. H. Madsen. Mrs. Floyd Adams, Miss Florence Lindsey, Lloyd Waldo and Reverend Bonath, ac companied by Mrs. Clyde Wid man, sang “In The Garden”, “Old Rugged Cross” and “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder”. Survivors include: Father — Richard of Amelia; brothers— Vein and Chester of Harding, Mont., and Art of Amelia; sister Mrs. Helen Whitcomb of Amel ia. Rlinoo, railroader here with Great Northern half-century ago, studies photo of Methodist men’s group of 18»fi with Gillespie.— The Frontier Photo. - - V. VTO X This group constituted most ot the male membership of the Methodist church here in 1H90, Seated in foreground—Eighton Shaw (with instrument) and Smith Merrell; seated second row— George ( lark, Homer Newell (behind Shaw), Rev. E. E. Hossman (with glasses, church pastor), Ernest Adams; standing—N'ed Euoie, \V. J. Lowrie, Merritt Martin, Mr. Rlineo, Mr. Gillespie, Harvey Bentley and John Newman. "VOICE OF THE FRONTIER" | Rages _ J Sections SECTION ONE * Mon. — WeU. — Sat. Pages I -8 9:30 — 9:56 A. M. ® North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 25. O’Neill. Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 17, 1957. Seven Cents Auto Tax CaseGoesto High Court Atkinson Rancher Is Winner in District Court Decision Here The state supreme court was asked Monday to review a Holt county district judge’s ruling that Nebraska’s motor vehicle tax law is unconstitutional. Judge D. R. Mounts made the finding of unconstitutionally at O'Neill last month. Observers said the case could have far reaching effect. The suit was brought by Char ley \V. Peterson, well-known At kinson rancher, against J. Ed Hancock, Holt county treasurer; William Wefso, county assessor, and State Engineer L. N. Ross. The action began after Peter son was refused a license for a 1955 Cadillac he had acquired on grounds he had not paid motor vehicles taxes on the machine. Peterson successfully contended that a 1903 law, never repealed, exempted him from paying prop erty taxes on the car. 1W)3 1-iw The 1903 law (section 77-1211 of the 1943 issue revised statues of Nebraska; described how and when personal property brought into the county after March 10, and prior to July 1, should be list ed for taxation that year. The act made no differentiation between motor vehicles and other types of personal property. The law said, among other things, that property brought in after March 10 need not be reported for taxation that year if the property was received in exchange for money or proper ty already listed for taxation that year. Subsequenly, however, the le gislature set up special statutes covering motor vehicle taxation. These later laws (section 77-1240 21) did not repeal section 77-1211 but were in conflict with it, Peter son contended. Peterson said he bought the automobile involved July 28, 1955, in exchange for money or prop ery already listed for taxation. By having to pay motor vehicle taxes on the auto that year, he was the victim of double taxa tion, he contended. Judge Mounts upheld Peterson and ruled that the later motor vehicle taxing law is unconstitut ional and void. The law violates both state and federal constitut ional bans against depriving a citizen or money or property without due process of law, the judge ruled. Participating in Scouting finance seminar here: llatlgcr, Mounts, t.ainlA, la*hr tuul Miller.—The Frontier Photo. Heart Attack Fatal to Mrs. F. A. Miles Came to O’Neill to Reside in 1936 Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Octo ber 18, for Mrs. Fay Miles, 56. A widow who lived alone at her home here, she became ser iously ill late Monday, was trans ferred by ambuance to St. An thony’s hospital where she died about 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, Octo ber 15. Rites will be held at First Pres byterian church and Rev. J. Olen Kennell will offficiate. Bolin’s will be in charge of burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will bo G. C. De Backer, Lewis Coker, Robert Miles, Arlen Miles, Ray Bosn and and Robert Lowery. The late Emetine R. Hudson was born April 17, 1901, at Sparks, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hudson. She was reared in western Nebraska and taught school at Gordon. On July 12, 1924, at Hot Springs, S. D , she married F. A. M les. They lived at Chadron before moving to O'Neill in 1936. Mr. Miles died January 21, 1956. For many years he was copub lisher of the Holt County Inde pendent. Site was also preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Edna Seldon, and one brother, Charles. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. L. J. Conklin of Altadena, Calif., who is expected to arrive here today (Thursday) with her husband. Son of Pioneer Gunsmith Makes Return Visit Here Albert Blinco, 83, who came to O'Neill in 1880 when the town consisted of a handful of build ings, is enroute to his Pinecrest, Fla., winter home after a brief visit here to the scenes of his childhood. Blinco, a retired Great Northern railroad brakeman makes his home in Willmar, Minn. His par ents are buried here. He was en tained by L. G. Gillespie an ac quaintance of many years ago. Mr. Blinco brought along a pho and Gillespie being in the group, taken here in 1896, both Blinco and Gillespie being in the groop. Mr. Blinco’s father, George, was a gunsmith, and operated a store two blocks east of the Gold en hotel. When the Pacific Short line built into O'Neill from Sioux City, Mr. Blinco found a job. When the Great Northern sold to Burlington, Blinco’s work took him to Willmar. He was a passen ger brakeman between Willmar and Sioux City for many years. He was born in Canada and came to O’Neill at the age of six. nmgnts of Columbus Hold Initiation— Charles Carroll of Carrollton council 701 of the Knights of Col umbus exemplified the major de grees at the KC hall in O’Neill Sunday, October 13, staring at 1 p.m. The day began with corporate communion at the 7:30 mass in St. Patrick's church and ended with a banquet in St. Mary’s academy gymnasium that eve ning. The following candidates were initiated: David J. Burk and Leo J. Hawk, both of Ewing, Leo R. Welchman of Stuart, Thomas J. Blake, Edward J. Boyle, Richard J. Boyle, Donald W. Borg, Rev. Robert B. Duffy, Lawrence E. Minton, Dr. Merlin L. Sucha and Ivan T. Van Dyke, of O’Neill. Friday Is Harvest Day in City— O'Neill stores will be jam packed with special bargains Fri day, October 18—designated as harvest day. The trade event is sponsored by the retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Smokey and a companion, Milton Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson of York, formerly of O’Neill. Photo was taken about five years ago.—The Frontier Photo. Smokey Calls It Quits Dakotan Dies of Crash Injuries SPENCER Martin J. McCloud, 55, of Martin, S. D., died Monday night in a Lynch hospi tal of injuries suffered at 1 a. m. Saturday in a one-car acci dent on mile northwest of Spen cer on U. S. highway 281 at the Leo Marx corner. McCloud suffered head injuries, brain concussion, jaw fracture and other injuries. He lost control of the car which broke a guard rail and tra veled about 100 feet in a ditch and overturned. Dean Havranek and Merle Jan sen, both of Spencer, first to reach the scene of the accident, called Marshall Joe Loock. The injured man was taken in an ambulance to the hospital. This is Boyd county’s third fa tality this year. Mounts Illness Delays Jury Trial District Judge D. R. Mounts suffered two heart attacks Sat urday and the following day was admitted to St. Anthony’s hospi tal where attendants say he is “resting comfortably”. His illness caused postpone ment of the William Held vs. Her man Cooke jury trial, which was scheduled to begin at 9 am., Monday. Held is seeking 50-thou sand-dollars damages from Cooke, alleging Cooke caused Held to be falsely arrested. A new date for the trial will be set. Last Thursday Judge Mounts sentenced Walter C. Gibb of Kentucky to one year in the men’s reformatory at Lincoln. Gibbs had admitted grand larceny at the L D. Putnam ranch. LEGION STAG TONIGHT Simonson post 93 of the Amer ican Legion will hold a stag party tonight i Thursday) at the club rooms. Men of the area are invited. Commander George Jan ousek said. Frontier for printing! Smokey, a ponderous big St. Bernard female, who was the de light of O’Neill youngsters for nearly 13 years, died late Tuesday at the home of her mistress, Mrs. P. B. Harty. Smokey was an oddity ambling about town oftimes with one or more children aboard. She compelled attention because of her magnitude. Ilandsdown she was the biggest dog in town and in her better days she played the role. Often she’d stomp her big paws on other dogs and most of them learned to ignore her. A registered pooch, she would have been 13-years-old in Decem ber. She came to the Harty house hold from kennels in Ohio at the innocent age of three-months-old. She had been in good health until the past year. Old-age simply overtook her. Persons who know say age wears more heavily on big dogs. Mrs. Harty took her to Norfolk for care at a dog hospital while the mistress was in Wisconsin for several weeks. Smokey came home, whined and cried for a while and laid down and died. Smokey lived up the attention lavished upon her by children. But up until the end dogs that had felt Ihe punch of the big paw carefully avoided Smokey’s do main. During the past year, how ever, she never was equal to give chase to the smart young upstart canines of the neighborhood. Two Choices of ‘Sputnik Special’ An O’Neill bartender current ently is featuring a ‘‘Sputnik special” which he also refers to as a satellite surprise”—a bit of the l'^hter side to emerge from Russia’s historic launch of an earth satellite. Reports say the customer at the refreshment counter is of fered two choices: 1. A trip to the moon. 2. A roundtrip to the moon. Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday, October 29, at 7:30 p.m., at the Legion club. AH members are urged to attend. Several good films are planned with a dutch lunch to follow. Scouting Finance Seminar l leld I iere (Photo at left.) The Sandhills Boy Scout dis trict finance seuninar was held here Friday o\ cning. Purpose was to acquaint community cam paign personnel with the council budget, need for funds and use of campaign materials. Lloyd K. Gandy of Bassett, district campaign manager, pre sided, Bus Lohr of Columbus, inemiH'r of the council's cam paign steering committee, show ed film strips and explained im portance, of recruiting "night men for the job”. D. G. Badger of Omaha, admin istrative assistant executive, ex planned the 1958 budget. Larry Martin of Bassett, Sandhills ex ecutive, told of successes of the kickoff breakfast programs. District Judge D. R. Mounts of O'Neill closed the seminar, urg ing communities to "do their best". The council territory includes 27 counties in northeast Nebras ka. Dale French is O'Neill comm unity finance chairman. Holt Farm Woman Expires in Hospital Mrs. Kretchman, 67, Long Ailing ATKINSON Mrs. W i 11 i a m Kretchman, about 67, longtime resident of this community, died about 1 pm., Wednesday, Octo ber 16, in Methodist hospital at Omaha. She had suffered a lingering illness and had been hospitalized in Atkinson several weeks before being transferred to the Omaha ! hospital, where she had been ! treated alxmt three weeks. Seger’s funeral home will tie I in charge of burial arrangements. Mrs. Kretchman’s maiden name name was Daphine Ringer, dau ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ringer of Davenport. She was reared at Davenport, south of Lincoln. She and her husband farmed six m les southeast of here. They had lived in the community about 40 years, and owned and oper ated their own farm. She was a member of the Pres byterian church. Survivors include: W'idower — William, who was near his wife at the time of her death; broth er Ray Ringer of California, who also was in Omaha; sisters Mrs. Edgar Hates of Oregon and Mrs. Hill Nelson of Milford. Two cousins, Mrs. Lewis Dickau and Mrs. Bill Tasler, live in Atkin son. Retired English Teacher Expires CLEARWATER Mrs. Alice Hyde Hupp, 71, retired Univer sity of Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan university English teacher, died Saturday in Lin coln. She was born at Clearwater. Funeral services were held at I Lincoln and burial was made at Woodbine, la. Survivors include: Son—Wesley j Shelton Hupp of Denver, Colo.; i brothers Charles Hyde of La ! moni, la ; Roy Derry and Al bert Derry, both of Cambridge, | Minn. — iVlrs. Grimes Heads Hospital Auxiliary Officers of St. Anthony’s Hos j pital Auxiliary for 1957-58 are | Mrs. G. II Grimes of Chambers, president; Mrs. Robert Miles, vice-president; Mrs. Edwin Sev cik, secretary, and Mrs. Joe Tennis, treasurer. The members voted to apply $100 on a baby incubator. Mi’s. ' Henry Walters and Mrs. Grimes, both of Chambers, served re freshments. Reports to Seattle Francis E. Havranek, YNSA, departed Wednesday, October 9, after completing a 28-day leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hava ranek. His new assignment will be pier 91, Seattle, Wash., where he will serve with the military sea transportation ser vice. TV Booster Talked At CofC Meet Special Committee to Make Study of Two Types of Apparatus Sixty |K'rsons Monday c\ oning attended llie October meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. The big interest was in a television Ixxvster station possibility for O' Neill. Km Werner, owner of the Chambers telephone exc range and a student of radio and tele vision as a hobby, conducted a quest ion-and-answer session. C of C President C. E. Jones will appoint a committee within (he next day or two and that com mittee will study a modest boost er station, which will receive and rebroadcast signals withki ttie radius of the city; and also will study an ultra high frequency station, which could cost in the neighborhood of 10-thousand-dol lars and serve a 15- to 20-mile radius. Stuart and Atkinson recently installed the socalled modest type boosters with good success. That type installation costs about $1,200, but docs not rave the bles sings of the federal com muni rations system. The 10-thousand-dollar trans lator type would be licensed but conventional sets (channels 2-13) would have to be imxlified ($25 $30i to receive the ultra high signal Neither type, Werner said, would assure over 00 percent ef ficiency. Both would simply re broadcast signals from one of the established stutions, first picking up the signal with an elaborate antennae. James W. Rooney reported the preliminary survey for the O’ Neill reclamation unit is virtual ly competed. Gravity irriga tion in the Niobrara basin has been slowed by congressional ec onomies. State Sen. Frank Nel son of O’Neill discussed the re cent session of the Nebraska leg islature. I Broom Sales to Aid in Eye Transplants The Lions club will l>e conduct ing a "bnoomerama” in the city Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Brooms will be sold door-to-door and proceeds will be used for an eye bank. Lions in Nebraska and Iowa are cooperating in the movement to transplant eyes of deceased per sons to living persons handicap ped by lack of vision. The trans fer must Ik* made by doctors im mediately after the person who is relinquishing the eye expires. One O'Neill man already is in line to receive a "transplant” at Omaha. Zahradnicek Land Grosses $38,500 Th(> Zahradnicek estate land, ■180 acres of farmland and pas ture, was sold at referee’s sale here Tuesday. Charles Dvorak of Atkinson ; paid $100.50 per acre for one quarter; $78 75 for another quar ter, and Mildred Zahradnicek paid $60 for the third quarter. The sale grossed $38,500, ac cording to the referee, John R. Gallagher of O'Neill. Worth Drive from Coast to See Corn ROCK FALLS- Mr. and Mrs. John Claussen of Lawndale, Calif., former O’Neill farmers, have been visiting relativef here for two weeks. Mr. Claussen has been so busy helping harvest com ho has l>een in town only once. "Never saw so much com in my life,” he exclaimed. "Was worth the drive back here just to see the fields.” Report Mercury at 118 in Mexico— Mr. and Mrs. John F. Pribil returned Tuesday evening from a three-weeks trip through the southwestern states and Mexico. They visited relatives in Arizona, Oklahoma and Missouri, includ ing Grand Canyon and the Bould er dam. Mr. Pribil said the tempera* ture was 118 degrees one day while in Mexico. _ TO VOTE AGAIN ATKINSON—Voters here will , have another chance to vote for or against a municipal swimming pool bond issue proposal. The city council has approved reso lutions calling for a special elec tion November 5. Earlier this year the proposal failed to get voter approval by a small mar gin. ERECTED PRESIDENT George M. McCarthy and Andy Goeden drove to Omaha Monday. Mr. McCarthy attended a meet ing of the Nebraska Fraternal congress Tuesday. They returned to O’Neill Tuesday night. Mr. Mc Carthy was elected to the office of president at the meeting.