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Volume 77.—Number 26. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. Thursday, October 24, 1957. Seven Cents
Four Million to Be Spent
on U.S. 281 Projects
Mr. Carey . . . long illness.
Fred L. Carey, 81,
Rites Wednesday
Farms Near O’Neill
Since 1945
Fred L. Carey, 81, longtime
farmer An this area, died at St'.
Anthony's hospital in O'Neill
Monday, October 21, after an ex
tended illness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday, October 23, at 2
pm,, at First Methodist church
with Rev. Glenn Kennicott offi
ciating. Burial was in Prospect
Hill cemetery under the direction
of Biglin's.
The remains lay 'in state at
the church between 11 a.m., and
the funeral hour. Pallbearers
were Earl Eppenbach, Boyd
Boelter, Leo Gokie, Paul Krug
man, Joe Siebert and Robert
Hanley, all neighbors living north
east of O'Neill.
Fred Lyle Carey was born
January 26, 1876, in Iowa, the son
of William Wallace and Bertha
Wolfe Carey. When he was 12
years-old, he moved with his fam
ily from Iowa to Nebraska where
his father took a homestead west
of Venus.
He was married to Lillie Post, i
November 18, 1900 at Walnut. I
Nine children were l>orn to them.
The couple made their home in
the Venus and Middlebranch
communities until 1945, when'
they moved to the farm east of
O’Noill, where he farmed until
his death.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, a brother, George,
anil his wife, who died in Janu
ary, 1946.
Survivors include: Sons Claude
of Danville, Va.; Ralph of O’
Neill; Glen of Eugene, Ore.;
Howard of Trenton, Mo.; Fred,
jr., of Monette, Mo ; and Boyd
of York; daughters Mrs. Forrest
(Bertha) Ramsey, of Verona,
Miss.; Mrs Robert (Myrtle)
Young and Mrs. Ray (Leola)
Wilkinson, lx>th of O’Neill; broth
ers Eugene of Omaha; Clarence
of Hadar; Floyd of Sioux City
and Richard of Cedar Rapids,
la.; sisters Mrs. Della Schoon
over of Aberdeen. Wash.; Mrs.
Alice Hastings of Michigan City,
111., and Mrs. Bertha Scott of
Playa Del Ray, Calif.; 18 grand
children and 12 great-grandchil
dren.
Writes Churchill
Story for Telecast
The script for "The Story of
Winston Churchill", presented
Sunday, at 5 pm., over the Col
u m b i a Broadcasting System’s
television network and WOWTV,
was wrtiten by John Phillip Gilli
gan. son of Dr. John Gilligan of
Nebraska City. A Harvard uni
versity graduate, he is a friend
of the new Aga Khan, a former
classmate.
John Phillip is a grandson of
Mrs. J. P. Gilligan of Omaha and
the late Doctor Gilligan of O'Neill.
Lad Injured
Larry Lemunyan (above),
10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
Ray Lemunyan. who live 10
miles southwest of Atkinson,
Saturday escaped fatal in
injuries when mn over by a hay
underslung. He was attempt
ing to jump onto the moving
vehicle, fell underneath, suf
fered two broken ribs, bruises j
and cuts. He is in Atkinson ,
Memorial hospital. Larry is a
fifth grader in rural school dis
; trict 213/ I
More money will Ik? spent or
j U. S. highway 281 in the next
j four years than on any north
, south route across Nebraska
; probably more than four million
I dollars State Engineer L. N
! Ress said Thursday
By the end of the period, the
entire Nebraska stretch of the
Texas-to-Canada route will be
dustless surfaced except for a
10-mile stretch from Spencer to
the South Dakota line, he told a
12-member central Nebraska del
egation. And even that strength
will be rebuilt and ready for dust
j less surfacing, Ress said
Representing Grand Island, O
I N'oill. Spencer, Butte, Greeley and
Bartlett, the delegation confer
red with Gov. Anderson and Ress
on the status of construction plans
on the route.
The conference with state of
i ficials resulted from a previous
meeting planned by C. L Bishop
and held with Grand Island
Chamber of Commerce members
I September 20. Mr. Bishop is pres
1 ient of the Nebraska Highway 281
i association.
Governor Anderson told the
group that plans for work on 281
j are based on sufficiency ratings
and the best estimates of funds
available, and the plans will not
| be changed.
Ruts Questioned
Ress was questioned about the
i |x>.xsibility of deferring a highway
281 relocation at Grand Island
so the improvements to the north
could be made earlier Ress said
tie was surprised even to hear
the suggestion made in view of
the pressures that were brought
on highway department to effect
the Grand Island relocation.
Ress said expenditures on 281
during the current biennium are
estimated at $1,822,000.
Bishop said action was being
taken on the matter of graveling
281 north from Greeley to the oil
1 yet this fall Ress, when advised
of the terrible condition of this
stretch of road, said it would he
given immediate attention, fol
lowing the recommendations of
the division engineer at Grand
Island.
Delegation members at Thurs
day's meeting inluded Bill Hight,
Bill llehnke, Jake Grasmick,
Thomas A. Thomsen and V. J.
Heine, all of Grand Island; John
Ryan and Elmer Burke of Gree
ley; Mayor Dewey Schaffer of
O’Neill; C. II Fisher of Butte;
John Krotter of Spencer, and C
L. Bishop and James Fites im
onds, both of Bartlett.
Benefit Auction .
Tops Calendar
New Auto, Outboard
Motor Listed
A benefit community auction,
all proceeds going to St. Mary’s
academy, highlights this week’s
auction calendar.
A wide variety of items will
be sold, ranging from new and
used automobiles and new out
lioard motor to a case of oil and
a used cornpicker. Household
goods will be sold, too. and
Committee Chairman John H.
McCarville said gift consignments
"ill be accepted right up until the
hour of the sale.
Lunch will be served on the
grounds. There will be three
auctioneers and selling activity
a-plenty. (Details on page 10.)
Thursday, October 24: Continua
tion of Gibson Sundries closeout
sale in Ewing, starting 1 p.m.
Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill and
Col. Leroy Kirwan of Butte, auct
ioneers; Farmers State Bank of
Ewing, clerk.
Friday, Octol>er 25: Earnest
and Leona Wright farm closeout,
two miles west of Redbird store
and 1 miles south; 95 head of
cattle; saddle horses, hogs, chick
ens, grain, full line of machinery,
some household goods. Col. Ed
Thorin of O'Neill, auctioneer;
Bux Wanser of Page, ringman;
Nebraska State Bank of Lynch,
clerk.
Tuesday, October 29: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles (Hap) Cadwallder
of Inman, half-section farm. 27
head of cattle, farm machinery:
Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auct
ioneer; O’Neill National Bank,
clerk.
Wednesday, October 30: H. A
and Robert E. Van Horn regis
tered Hereford sale, 16 miles
southeast of O'Neill to sign, 2%
miles southeast; 45 bulls, 10 fe
males. Write for catalog. (De
tails on page 8.)
Wednesday, Novmber 6: Alvin
and Gen Forbes, near Amelia
complete closeout; 69 head of
cattle, machinery, etc.; Col. Ed
Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer;
Chambers State Bank, clerk.
400 Expected for
Achievement Day
The annual achievement day
for home extension clubs and
guests will be held Thursday, Oc
tober 31. Family life will be the
theme of this year’s program.
Dr. Joel Moss from University
of Nebraska will be the main
speaker.
In addition, the Willing Work
ers 4-H club boys’ quartet will sing.
There will be tap dancing by
Sherry Salak. Linda Curran and
Bonnie Tomlinson, accompanied
by Konnie Kurtz.
Folowing installation of offi
cers and Doctor Moss's talk
tea will be served.
The program is scheduled to
start at 1:45 p.m., and the public
is invited. The affair will be held
at the American Legion auditor
ium and more than four hundred
are expected.
Try FRONTIER want ads for
quick results.
Robertson
Rites Held
At Stuart
Holt Native, 69, Dies
in Hospital After
Two - Year Illness
STUART Funeral services for
George Robertson, 69, were con
ducted at 2 p m., Tuesday, Octo
ber 22, at the Community church
here.
Mr. Robertson, who had suffer
ed a lingering illness, died Sun
day, October 20, in Atkinson
Memorial hospital.
The late Mr. Robertson had
been in failing health two years.
Rev. Glenn Kennicott of O'
Neill officiated. Burial was in the
Stuart cemetery under the direct
ion of the Coats funeral home.
Mrs. Robert Brayton, Mr. and
Mrs. Norris Coats and Ora Yar
ges sang, accompanied by Mrs.
M rk Nelson. Pallbearers were
Mr. Peterson . . . father of
J I children.
Waldo Frost, Mahlon Shearer
Renee Lofquest, Berlin Mitchell,
James Doming and D. B. Mar
cellus, all of Stuart.
'Ihe eldest son of John and
Florence Hudson Robertson, he
was born July 14, 1888 at Stuart,
where he grew to manhood. He
attended public schools here.
Weds in 1907
On November 11, 1907, he was
married to Eva Miner. They be
came the parents of 11 children.
He engaged in farming for a
number of years in the Stuart
community and in Keya Paha
county, near Springview, from
1935 to 1947, when he moved to
liassett.
He had spent the past year in
Ewing at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Robert Tams.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs, Wendell (Cora) Barton of
Brunswick; Mrs. Robert (Mild
red) Tams of Ewing; Mrs. Melvin
B. i Ella) Marcellus of O’Neill;
Mrs. Noan (Kathleen) DeLosh of
Stuart; Mrs. Keith (Elsie) Sch
weigert of Witten, S.D.; Mrs.
Harlan (Bernadine) McCoy of
Carroll, la.; Mrs. Fred (Zada)
Bell) Fillbrandt, jr., of Granada
Hills, Calif.; sons—Kenneth of
Springview and Jack of Long
Pine; sisters Mrs. Amanda Jam
ison of Martin, S.D.; Mrs. Kittie
Morgan of Casper, Wyo.; Mrs.
Lidia Lloyd of Meeker, Colo.;
Mrs. Ruth Christensen of Glen
rock, Wyo.; brother—Harry of
Glenrock, Wyo.; 26 grandchidren;
five greatgrandchidren.
All of the children were pre
sent except Mrs. Filbrandt of
California were able to be pre
sent for the rites.
After the funeral, relatives and
friends were served a lunch in the
church basement.
Native of O’Neill
Expires in Florida
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, October 22, for Mrs.
Frank Carter, 59, of Panama
City, Fla., who died of a heart at
tack Saturday morning, October
19. Her husband died four weeks
previously.
Mrs. Carter, the former Mabel
Rodenwold, was born in O’Neill
March 8, 1898. She had been a
telephone operator here. Her
mother was the late Mrs. Anna j
Hughes of O’Neill.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Fred (Gertrude) Pippin and
Mrs. Obed (Marie) Coker, both of
Panama City; sisters- Mrs. Har
den Anspach of O'Neill; Mrs.
Rose Davey of Valentine, Mrs.
Elizabeth Madison and Miss Lor
etta Hughes of Beatrice.
Mrs. Davey attended the funer
al.
BERN VICTIM DIES
AINSWORTH Mrs. Axel Ir
win, 37, died Monday in an Oma
ha hospital. Two of her children
died and she was hurt and burned
in a fire that destroyed the Irwin
home October 8.
Vision in Left Eye Regained—
Woman, 56, Gets New Cornea
By a Staff Writer
CLEARWATER — Mrs. Henry
Meyer, 56, has regained vision in
her left eye thanks to a cornea
transplant which was accomplish
ed at University hospital in Iowa
City, la.
She is the second Nebraskan
to receive a cornea transplant.
The rare surgery currently is be
ing successfully done in only two
points in the United States—at
Iowa City and at Los Angeles,
Calif.
Mrs. Meyer’s vision deteriorat
ed in both eyes because of a
“conical cornea” condition in
which pressure mounts against the
tissue, reducing the cornea to
cone shape and closing off the
light channel. In May the vision
in the left eye completely disapp
eared.
Mrs. Meyer consulted doctors
in O'Neill, Norfolk, Sioux City,
Omaha, Rochester, Minn., and
finally, Hastings. At Hastings the
specialist recommended a trans
plant at Iowa City and negotiated
arrangements. The Hastings spec
ialist is Dr. C. M. Foote.
Cornea Purchased
The cornea was purchased
from a live person and trans
planted to Mrs. Meyer without
benefit of anesthetic. Her head
lay between sacks of sand while
the delicate transfer was effected
with eight doctors in attendance
plus a bevy of white-clad nurses.
The transplant of the “live" eye
required about three hours in sur
gery. Doctor Bailey of Iowa City
was the chief surgeon.
She had waited 20 days in
Iowa City for the word to report
for the surgery and was to
report for the surgery and was to
receive only a moment's notice.
For the Frontier reporter, Mrs
Meyer patched up her “good"
eye (her vision in that eye also ts
impaired because of the conical
(Continued on page 10.)
The .Meyers . . . she set's again—thanks to delicate surgery
in which she received a cornea transplant.—The Frontier Photo.
26 of 27 Grandchildren Present—
Risingers Note Golden Wedding
nww.irnii— m- wwn.
The Kisingers . . . she has spent a lifetime in the Walnut
Venus locality.—The Frontier Photo.
VENUS- Mr. and Mrs. Reed
Risinger entertained 92 guests
Sunday in observance of their
golden wedding anniversary. They
live a stone's throw from the
Venus Lutheran church on a half
section farm through which the
Middlebranch creek wends its
way.
All of their children and 26 out
. of 27 grandchildren were pres
ent for the open-house celebra
tion. The absent grandson is
Arvid Erb of Orchard, who is in
military communications and is
stationed in North Africa.
Mrs. Risinger’s maiden name
was Velma Butterfield, daughter
of the late Mr and Mrs. Frank
Butterfield, sr., who were pdo- j
neer settlers in the Walnut-Venus
locality. She has spent her en
tile life within several miles of i
her present home. She was one
of a family of 12 chidren.
Mr. Risinger was born at
Chadron. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Risinger, had tak
en a homestead in Dawes coun
ty, near Chadron, moving there
from Iowa.
But the elder Mr. Risinger pre
ferred tilling the soil to range
country and in 1886 moved the
family to Creighton where they
farmed several years, later
moving to Winnetoon. It was af
ter the family moved into the
Walnut communitw Reed met
Miss Butterfield.
They were married October 15,
1907, at Center and established
housekeeping a short distance
from their present farm. They
became the parents of 10 chil
dren.
In 1932 they moved onto the
farm where they now reside, 13
miles north of Orchard in Knox j
county.
(Continued on page 6.1
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Two Cars Totally
Wrecked in Sideswipe
ATKINSON — Charles Frehouf
t>f Atkinson suffered a hip fract
jre about 6:30 p.m., Saturday
vhen two cars sideswiped on
highway 11 about 14 miles south
t>f Atkinson. The Frehouf car
vas southbound and a machine
driven by Walter Counts of Bur
.vell was northbound.
State Highway Patrolman Rob
ert Gude of O’Neill, who inves
igated, said both machines were
totally destroyed.
Mrs. Frehouf and Mrs. Counts
vere traveling with their respec
tive husbands. All were taken to
\tkinson Memorial hospital. Mr.
ind Mrs. Counts were dismissed
Sunday morning. Mrs. Frehouf
.vas released after treatment for
ninor injuries.
The Frehoufs were enroute to
their home from an Atkinson
. isit.
On Tuesday Mr. Frehouf was
transferred to an Omaha hospital.
It was believed his hip was fract- j
jred in several places. The upper
eft leg and hip were crushed.
The Frontier want ads do the
job quickly and economically!
‘Black Friday’ Steer
Calves Hit $27.46
Charles Mahony of O’Neill
won judging honors in the "black
Friday" (Angus) livestock sale
at the O’Neill Livestock Market.
His prize: $75; Robert Beelaert
of Page won second, $50; Morris
Pongratz, third, $25.
The earned prize money was
applied on the purchase of a calf
at the sale.
The steer calves averaged
$27.46; heifer calves, $23.91. Top
load of yearling steers, weighing
746 pounds, brought $22.50. Mean
while, the top load of yearling
heifers, weighing 754 pounds, sold
for $20.90.
Melvin Van Every had the top
calf- purchased by Betty Hehrle
of Schuyler for $53 per cwt. Buy
ers from South Dakota, Iowa, 111
nois and Nebraska made purhas
es. Weight of the cattle was up to
that of a year ago and the offer
ing of ranch cattle was consider
ed "very good.”
Ted Doane of the University of
Nebraska was judge. Sale was
sponorsed by the Holt County
Aberdeen-Angus Breeder’s assoc
iation, and Secretary-Treasurer
E. L. Miner managed the sale.
Army Names Cousins
As Recruiter Here
M/Sgt William Cousins, who
was stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo.,
and ins family arrived here Tues
day. He is replacing Sfc. J. R.
Lyons, who is leaving for an over
seas assignment. Sergeant Cou
sins will be north-Nebraska re
euriting sergeant for the army.
Sergeant Cousins, a native of
Portland, Me. and his wife, a
native of West Virginia, have
three children. They are Stephen,
31 a, Timothy, 2‘a, and Cynthia,
11 months.
First Killing
Frost Received
Hard Freeze Would
Aid Harvest
The first killing frost of the
season visited northcentral Ne
braska early last Thursday. The
freeze was welcomed by corn
growers, who are anxious for a
hard freeze to dry out corn.
The freeze has stopped most
plant growth; however, pastures
and meadows "greened up" fol
lowing the recent rains.
Much of the corn and sorghum
harvest, ground to a halt because
of wetness and muddy fields.
Only about 10 percent of die
crops have been harvested.
A hard freeze right now is
something to lie desired. Storm
warnings were issued Wednesday
in western Nebraska Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana have had
snow.
Gravelled roads in this area
are in bad condition because of
the recent rains.
Week’s weather summary:
hi lo pr.
October 17 59 30
October 18 59 38
October 19 57 40
October 20 49 *11 .55
Octolter 21 54 46 T
October 22 55 48 .06
October 23 54 WO .01
Parked Car Hit by
.Moving Vehicle— '
In an auto incident which took
place about R:30 p.m., Tuesday
on East Everett street between
Third and Fourth streets, an east
bound vehicle operated by Mrs.
William (Rae) Whited struck a
parked car belonging to Eaura
Burks and Evelyn Stannard.
Officer Gerald Wettlaufer, who
investigated, said damage to each
car would be about two hundred
dollars.
$250 NET PROFIT
The Lions club sale of
brooms, proceeds to aid blind
persons in receiving cornea
transplants, netted approximat
ely $250 in O'Neill during the
weekend. Nearly five hundred
units were sold. The Lions say:
' 'Thanks!”
\ 1 W Auxiliary
Unit Is formed
A meeting was held at the
national guard armory Monday
night to organize a Veterans of
Foreign Wars ladies' auxiliary
unit here. A month ago a VFW
chapter was founded.
State and district officers
here to organize the unit were:
Mrs. Dorothy Moaberry of Crete,
state department chief-of-staf f;
Mrs. Lydia Mitchell of Bridge-’
Port, state auxiliary president;
Mrs. Charles Klingman of Gering,
state department secretary; Mrs.
Mary Bohan of Bassett, district
president; Mrs. Alta Rogers of
Bassett, past district president.
Officers eleced to hold posts in
the newly-formed unit until for
mally instituted are: Mrs. Claire
Engdahl, president; Mrs. George
Morland, secretary; Mr. Don
Riley, treasurer; Mrs. Don
Richardson, Mrs. Lyle Tucker of
Ewing, Mrs. Ray Tucker of Ew
ing. Mrs. Otto Sprague, Mrs.
Iziuis Wray and Mrs. Everett
Staub, trustees.
Prominent
Farmer Is
Dead at 64
Ed Wayman Dies
of Cancer After
Six-Months Illness
A well-known O’Neill fanner,
Edwin E ("Ed”) Wayman, 64,
died at 6 |>m., Thursday, Octo
ber 17, at his home west of
O’Neill.
A victim of cancer, he had re
cently been hospitalized at Ro
chester, Minn., where surgeons
dispaired of any hope in saving
his life. He had been in failing
health about six months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 pin., Monday, October
21. at the Methodist church with
Rev. Glenn Kennicott, officiating
Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme
tery under the direction of Hig
lin's.
The remains lay in state at Big
lin's Funeral chapel Sunday af
ternoon and evening and at the
vBHww.Cv
Mr. Wnynian . . . dim at home.
church from 11 a m , Monday un
ti the funeral liour.
Pallbearers were Clarence Er
nst. Wallace O'Connell, Leonard
Shoemaker, Frank Searles, Otto
I,orenz and John Dick. Mrs.
Dwayne Phjlbrick, Mrs. Frank
Eppenbach, Caire Engdahl and
Grant Peacock sang accompanied
by Archie Bowen.
Born in DeWitt
The late Edwin Elmer Way
man was born June 23, 1893, at
DeWitt the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry J. Wayman As a l>oy he
attended school at DeWitt where
his family resided until 1909,
when they moved to O'Neill.
On October fi, 1927, he was
united in marrigae to Ruby Au
gusta Boldra. They became the
parents of two sons. They lived
ill of their married life near O’
Neill, where Mr. Wayman engag
ed in farming. He was a mem
ber of First Methodist church
and the Odd Fellows lodge.
He was proceeded in death by
his parents.
Survivors inclue: Widow —
Ruby; sons Norman of O’Neill,
and Ivan, serving with the arm
ed forces at Ft. Belvoir, Va.;
brothers Clarence of Boulder,
Colo.; Benjamin, Roy, Harvey
and Harry, all of O’Neill; sisters
Mrs. John Nickel, Mrs. Clyde
Hershiser, Mrs. William Schmohr,
Mrs, Kenneth Ellingston and
Miss Linda Wayman, all of O’
Neill; three grandchildren.
fliild'H I>-g Broken;
Struck by Bicycle—
EMMET Tim Kaup, 5, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Romanus Kaup,
was dismissed Tuesday night
from Atkinson Memorial hospital.
He suffered a broken leg Thurs
day evening when another boy,
operating a bicycle, struck Tim.
His leg is in a cast from his
foot to his hip.
" .
Found Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary unit here: Seated—Mrs. Morland, Mrs. Mitchell
Mrs. Moaberry, Mrs. Engdahl, Mrs. Scofield; standing—Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs Lyle
Tucker, Mrs. Ray Tucker, Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Wray and Mrs. Staub—The Frontier Photo.