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\ ol. 77.—Number 32. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 5, 1937. Seven Cents
STATE HIST SOC
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Frank F. Peter ... lie suffered rheumatic fever when he was
a small child.
Esley H. Borrall
Expires at Lynch
BUTTE Esley Henry Borrall,
81, died Sunday, December 1 in
the Lynch hospital after suffer
ing a stroke.
He had been living in the Ker
sch rest home at Spencer and
was taken to the hospital by
Jones ambulance about 10 days
liefore his death.
Funeral services were held
Monday, December 2, at the Ray
mer morutary here. Burial was in
the Butte cemetery.
He was born November 22, 1876,
at Peoria, 111.
Survivors include: Sister—Mrs.
Frank Truman of Butte. He was
preceded in death by three sisters
and four brothers.
Dirt-Moving Stops
on O’Neill-Emmet
Too much frost in the ground
is given as the reason for stop
ping dirt-moving on the new U.
§. highway 20 route between O'
Neill and Emmet.
Crews operating four giant
DW-15 dirt moving machines,
two crawler tractor-scrapers and
two road patrols were called off
the job Friday, and will resume
in the spring.
Bulk of the dirt-moving task
for the 38-ft. wide grade was com
pleted on one mile of the stretch. |
The oil mat will be 24-ft. wide.
Dirt-moving is being done by
Boham, O’Meara & Coutts of
Haldington, holders of a subcon
tract from Blacktop, Inc.
Meanwhile. Nichols Construc
tion company workmen of Gen
eva will continue work on the
culverts half of which are pour
ed and completed There are no
bridges in the 6.5-mile stretch,
according to Charles Nutter, pro
ject engineer for the state high
way depart mont.
The culvert crews will con
tinue to work until chased off the
job by severe weather, Nutter
said.
Meanwhile, the highway depart
ment has scheduled a hearing De
cember 12 at the highway com
mission Voom in Lincoln relative
to the proposed abandonment of
the present O’Neill-Emmet high
way 20 route upon completion of
the now highway.
EMMET Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Wills of Omaha were guests of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
C Wills, for Thanksgiving._
Frank F. Peter, 31,
War Veteran, Dies
Spent 12 Months in
Philippines
Frank F. Peter, 31-year-old |
World War II veteran who had ]
suffered a heart ailment about j
five years, died Thursday after-'
noon, November 28, in the Veter
ans hospital at Omaha.
Doctors were attempting to
build up his condition prepara-1
tory to surgery, but death inter
ceded. He had suffered rheu
matic fever as a child, but saw
duty in the Philippine islands dur
ing the war entering the army
at the age of 18.
Requiem high mass was held
at 10 a m., Monday, December
2, at St. Patrick s Catholic church
with Very Rev. Timothy Sullivan,
church pastor, officiating.
Graveside military services
were conducted at Calvary ceme
tery by Simonson post 93 of the
American Legion. Pallbearers
were cousins: Vincent Zrust,
Frank Prokopec and Edwin Pro
kopec, all of Clarkson: Louis Dvor
ak and Cyril Prokopec, both of
Stanton, and Francis C. Peter of
Chambers.
Rosary was recited at Biglin’s
funeral chapel by the Catholic
l>aughters of America at 4:30 p.
m., Sunday; at 8 o’clock the par
ish rosary was held; at 8:30,
Kntghts of Columbus.
The late Frank F. Peter was
bom at O’Neill July 6, 1926, a son
of Frank J. and Emma Proko
pec Peter. He was reared here |
and received his education at
St. Mary's academy.
He was inducted into the army
March 6, 1945 and spent 20
months in service, including 12
months overseas. After separa
I tion from the army, he farmed
, with his father south of O'Neill.
Survivors include: Parents —
Mr and Mrs. Frank J. Peter;
brothers Cyril C, Louis L., and
George G, all of O'Neill: sisters
Mrs. Liemri (Frances) Hartl,
Mrs. William lAnne) Buckendahl,
jr., of Stanton; Mrs. Leonard
(Helen) Dusatko of Emmet; Mrs.
Ralph (Elsie) Adair of Amelia;
and Mrs. Rudy (Tillie) Pekny of
Clarkson; 26 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
one brother and one sister.
Out-of-town relatives came
from Stanton, Clarkson, Howells,
Boomer. Chambers, Amelia, Em
met. Page, Ewing, Stuart, In
man and Atkinson to attend the
funeral.
Booth, 51,
Fatally
Stricken
Formerly Operated
North - Nebraska
Trucking Line
Clarence A. ("Red") Booth, 51,
O’Neill resident 17 years and for
mer operator of a Sioux City-to
Crawford truck line, died unex
pectedly alxxit 4 p.m., Wednes
day, December 4, in St An
thony's hospital
He became ill late Tuesday af
ternoon and was transferred at
8:30 p.m., from his home to the
hospital.
He was hemhorraging and it is
believed he suffered a heart ail-1
ment.
The tody is at Biglin’s pending
completion of funeral arrange
ments.
He had l>een ill briefly about a
year ago, but had been in appar-1
I ent goto health until Tuesday’s
I attack.
The late Mr. Booth was tom
at Burton, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John G. Booth He at
tended rural school in the Bur
ton locality.
In 1927 he entered the trucking
field and operated the north-Ne
braska freight route known as the
Booth Transportation Lane.
About two years ago he sold the
firm to the Valentine Motel’s. Mr.
Booth’s truck line spanned virtu
ally all of north-Nebraska and he
operated a numher of vehicles.
On July 11, 1938, he was mar
ried to Irene Smith.
Survivors include: Widow —
Irene; sons -Duane, a University
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James, 7, at home; daughters—
Miss Joan, 16, art O’Neill high
junior, and Judy, 10, at home;
brother—Harley of O’Neill; sis
ters Mrs. Bernice Carr of Cas
per, Wyo., and Mrs. Beryl Will
cuts of Grandby, Colo.
Jury Favors Grunke
in Damage Action
A Holt county district court
jury was out more than six hours
Wednesday night, November 27,
in the Florence Mlinar vs. Oscar
Gruneke personal injury and pro
perty damage action.
Mrs. Mlinar, an Atkinson wom
an, was seeking six-thousand
dollars in damages against Grun
ke, an O’Neill farmer.
The jury, found for the defen
dant.
The William Held vs. Herman
Cooke continuation is expected to
be heard in December, according
to District Judge Lyle Jackson of
Neligh, who is substituting in the
fifteenth district. Exact date for
resumption of the Held-Cooke
| jury trial has not been fixed.
> Here for Holiday—
Miss Lu Moss, daughter of Mr.
' and Mrs. Ira Moss, was home for
Thanksgiving from Omaha where
I she teaches.
Clausons Travel by Rail, Sea, Air
Mr. .and Mrs. D. H. Clauson
returned recently from a month s
vacation in Hawaii. Tliey kept
a diary of their itinerary which
follow's' Excerpts from the diary
tend to capture a tourist’s im
pression of the islands.
"Taking us to Grand Island
were Mr. and Mrs, A. I, Patton.
We boarded the City of Los An
geles train November 4 and ar
rived at I.os Angeles the follow
ing morning. Mr. and Mrs. R.
M Sauers formerly of O'Neill,
met us and took us to their lovely
home at Long Beach. Among
places of interest we visited
were the Farmers’ Market, which
covers more than a square block;
Fort's t I .awn. where we received 1
pictures of The lost Supper and
the Crucifixion; the pet cemetery
unbeliveabl# that people could
love their pets to that extent with
markers, flowers and verses of
love.
"On November 6. Mrs. Clau
son’s cousin, Rev. Statia Mobely.
arrived from East Los Angeles
and took us to Bell. Calif., to set'
Mr. Clauson's sister. Mrs. Dan
Rooney. We went on to Knott’s
Berry farm, took in the sights
and had one of their famous chick
en dinners We then went to
Mrs Rooney’s lovely home for
dinner We went on to VanNuys
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hansen and four children. Era
day, November 8, Mr. and Mrs.
7 e. Lord of Corona del Mar
t(H>k us to Disneyland, which is
most interesting. After taking
different tours, we went to their
new home and had a delicious
chicken dinner.
Greet Kin
"Sunday, November 10. Mr.
Clauson’s nephew and wife, Mr.
and Mrs Jerry’ Campbell, and
two sons took us to their new
modernistic home at Play-a-del
Rey for a family get-together. It
was so nice to be together again
That evening Roy and Ann (the
Sauers > took us to the Are "on at
Santa Monica to see Lawrence
Wetk in person on his TV show.
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"Monday, November 11, we
took a drive to the Palo Verdes
Hills, which afforded us a view of
the ocean We stopped at Marine
Lind for three hours and viewed
1,500 kinds of fish. We enjoyed
the trained seals and the whales
! and dolphins performed We saw
the glass church at Portugese
Bend. At San Pedro the fishing
! Ixiats and nets proved interesting
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The Clausons . . . Hawaii is a land of leisure, beauty, leis,
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Henry Storjohann. 74, escaped fatal injury when his truck collided into stalled truck on high
way.—The Frontier.
Dusk Accident Near Fatal—
Doc tor-Passer by Saves Life
Henry Storjohann, 74, farmer
living north of O’Neill, was ser
iously hurt about 5:15 p. m.,
Wednesday. November 27, while
driving a one-ton truck home
ward from O'Neill. His life,
however, may have been saved
by a doctor-motorist who came
upon the scene.
His machine struck the left !
rear of a stranded truck which
was parked on U. S. highway 281
about one mile south of Midway.
Storjohann said the accident
Community TV Drive
Reaches $3,200 Mark
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television booster plan is near
ing reality.
Door-to-door canvassing was
done in the business find residen
tial districts Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, spearh* aded by
the Junior Chamber of Com
merre.
By 10 p. m., Wednesday the
fund had reached the $3,200
mark. The goal is five-thousand
dollars.
It is planned to install booster
apparatus that will pickup sig
nals from basic Columbia Broad
casting system and National
Broadcasting company stations
(not yet determined), filter and
amplify the signals, and rebroad
cast the impulses on idle chan
nels.
Ken Werner of Chambers is
mapping plans for the Rombeck
antenna installation and rebroad
cast equipment.
The movement is under the
auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce and a detailed report will
be made by Werner at the De
cember C of C meeting, which
will be held Monday evening at
7 o’clock at the Town House.
John C. Watson, secretary-trea
surer of the C of C’s TV commit
tee, will report on the fund-drive.
J. F. Contois is TV committee
chairman and Wednesday night
urged farmers within a two or
three mile radius of the city to
contritmte to the fund.
“The better our financial sheet
the bettor our picture. That’s all
there is to it,’’ Contois declared.
Duane McKay, Jaycee presi
dent, and Elroy Lieb, Jaycee
vice president, direct I'd the res
idential canvassing. Wednesday
night’s windup of canvassing was
done in the extreme southeast
portion, southwest district and
East Adams and East John
streets in the northeast sector.
Contributions may be mailed
or left at either of the O’Neill
banks.
Youth Center to
Open Twice Weekly—
Twenty-five parents and mem
bers of the youth center board
met Friday evening, Novembei
29. at 8 p m., at the center.
Dr. Rex Wilson reported that
410 questionnaires had been sent
out from the two schools and that
by Wednesday, November 27, onlj
158 had been returned. Of this
partial return, 131 were in favoi
of keeping the youth center open.
It was decided that the youtf
center be kept open on Mor.daj
and Friday evenings and not or
Wednesday. The center may be
opened on special occasions wher
requested by the youth and okay
ed by the Knights of Columbus.
It was further decided tha
! adults hold meetings on nights
! other than youth nights.
Next meeting will be hek
Thursday, December 5, at 7:3(
p.m. All parents are requested t<
attend. All questionnaires shoulc
be filled out and returned to tht
schols as soon as possible in ordei
that all answers and suggestion:
can be considered.
WINS HONOR
BURWELL--Jean Thurber, 17
was one of 13 winners of 4(X
scholarships anounced Sunday a
the 36th national 4-H club con
gress. Larry Engler of Aktinsor
corqpeted in judging Saturday a
Chicago.
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Veteran Store
Operator Dies
WALNUT—Mrs. Orville Cook,
63, a life-long resident of this
community, died at 5 a m., Tues
day, December 4, in a Sioux City
hospital where she had been a
patient since November 14. Ear
lier she was hospitalied at Creigh
ton.
Mrs Cook operated a store at
Walnut 40 years and was post
master until she was retired
from that office about a year ago.
The body is at the Sondez fun
eral home at Verdigre pending
completion of funeral arrange
ments.
Her maiden name was Louise
Block, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs Herman Block, early
settlers in the Walnut locality
Her parents died in 1927.
Survivors include: Widower—
Orville; sons -Alfred and Roland
of Verdigre; Bennie of Hawaii
and Richard of Germany; daugh
ter Miss Murlene Cook of Pen
der; eight grandchildren; sister—
Mrs. Anna Bennett of Creighton;
Mrs. Augusta Summers of Fre
mont; Mrs. Mary Christiansen of
Colome, S.D., and Mrs. Sorer,
Sorensen of Creighton; brothers—
Carl Block of Inglewood, Calif.;
Fred of Hershey; Herman of
] Verdigre and Albert of Omaha.
One son, Bennie, was summon
ed from Hawaii and Richard
called from Germany, arrived
j home Tuesday night
occurred as darkness was clos
ing in. He told State Patrolman
Eugene Hastreiter he was blind
ed by lights of an oncoming car
and could not avoid the impact.
The stranded truck, which was
driven by Glen R. Kai, 21, of
Pender and owned by M. C.
Hesse of Pender, was not dam
aged by the accident. Lug wheel
bolts had snapped causing the
Pender man to leave the rig,
loaded with sacked grain dryer,
partially on-and-off the highway.
Reflectors had been set out. Mo
torists reported the truck had
been parked there several hours.
Betty Hambeck of Spencer, who
works in O’Neill, was travelling
in the area, saw the crash and
summoned help. Melving Johr
lng also came onto the scene.
Mr. Storjohann suffered a se
vere jaw cut and lost considerable
blood. He also suffered a bad
knee cut. He was alone in the
cab of the truck licensed to his
brother, William Storjohann.
Doctor David of Lynch, accom
panied by a nurse, approached
from the north, offered first aid
and removed the injured man to
St. Anthony’s hospital. Mr. Stor
johann had lost considerable
blood in the cab and the nurse
applied pressure to prevent blood
loss during the hurryup trip to
the hospital.
Mr. Storjohann s condition was
listed as fair for b8 hours after
the accident, but his condition
now is "good”.
Iran Student
Is Visitor—
Dwayne Devall and a college
friend, Ausquas Sheratk of Iran,
spent the Thanksgiving vacation
al the home of Mr. and Mrs. El
mer Devall.
Mr. Sherkat has been in United
States since August.
Both boys are freshmen at the
University of Nebraska.
CARS COLLIDE
Cars driven by Harry R Lar
sen and Donald Riley, both of
O’Neill collided between third and
and fourth on Eremont st., Fri
day about 9 a. m. Officer Gerald
Wettlaufer estimated about $200
damage to Larsen’s car and $10
to Riley’s.
Accident victim gets well wishes from brother, William Stor
johann fright'The Frontier Photo.
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Santa Coming to
Town in Sputnik?
Santa Claus will greet the
small fry' in O’Neill at 2 p. nv,
Saturday. December 14 that's
the day for his annual visit
sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce,
There's talk about town he’ll
arrive in an oversized sputnik
of some description, but this
report cannot bo confirmed.
Best guess is the sputnik trip
won’t materialize unless Uncle
Sam’s launching luck is l>etter
than it has been todate.
Sputnik travel or not, he’ll l>e
here with treats for the kids.
In the event of a “baby moon”
breakdown, he’ll probably tra
vel by conventional jet plane,
Coon Population
Declines by 15
CEIJA The coon i>opulution
in northern Holt county declin
ed 15 last week.
Hunters took to the fields
three nights last week Taking
part were Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Hoffman and sons, Ray Got
sehall, Bob and Walt Slaymak
er, Lyle Addison and Ed Hoff
man.
Oh yes, some good coon dogs
also participated!
August W. Bollwitt
Funeral at Neligh
Retired Farmer Dies
in Hospital
EWING Funeral services for
August W. Bollwitt, 66, retired
Ewing farmer, were conducted
at 10 a m., Tuesday, December
3, at Grace Lutheran church in
Neligh.
Burial was in the Zim cemetery
west of Clearwater.
Pallbearers were Lyle Mitties,
John Bauer, Joe Thoendel, Gar
ret Kallhoff, James Tinsley, Rob
ert Kreiziger.
Mr. Bollwitt died late Satur
day, November 30, in Antelope
Memorial hospital at Neligh. He
had suffered a light stroke in
May and was stricken by a se
vere stroke October 28.
The late Mr. Bollwitt was bom
Mr. Bollwitt . . . strokes.
at Omaha Novemlier 14, 1891, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. August Boll
witt, sr.
When he was six-years-old he
moved with his parents to Holt
county. They homesteaded south
of Ewing.
He was baptized and confirmed
in toe Lutheran faith.
He married Gladys Gill of Nor
folk at Madison October 10, 1918.
The late Mr. Bollwitt farmed
many years south of Ewing. He
had been retired for several
years.
He was preceded in death by
his wife and by two daughters- -
Mary Elizabeth, who died at the
age of 12, and one daughter, who
died in infancy.
Survivors include: Daughters—
Mrs. Gladys Reiling of Sioux City
and Mrs. Margaret Murphy of
Santa Clara, Calif.; four grand
children; four great - grand
children; brothers Fred, John
and Frank Bollwitt, all of Ewing,
and George of Kearney; sister
Mis. Charles Snowardt of O’Neill.
Verdigre-Star
Road Now Part of
County System
Holt county supervisors Mon
day adopted a “dog leg” road in
the northeasters part of the coun
ty highway system.
Petitions had been circulated
several months ago requesting
the move. Petitions initially
were circulated by Nels Lind
quist.
The road is described as a six
mile west extension in Holt of the
Knox county road known as the
Verdigre highway. At Star the
newly-created county highway
will extend one mile south.
At toe same time the board
dropped four miles of highway
from the county system—that
stretch extending from Star west
that distance.
BAZAAK PLANNED
The American Legion is spon
soring a bazaar and noon lunch
eon Saturday, December 7, for
the benefit of the band uniform
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Dr. Bradley
of Spencer
Dies At 78
Physician, Surgeon in
Boyd County for
Over Half-Century
SPENCER nr. Edwin B.
Brndk’y, 78, who practiced med
icine in the Burke. S. D, and
Spencer localities for more than
a half-century, died ulxiut 3 p.
rn., Wednesday, November 27, in
Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch.
Funeral services were (-.induct
ed at 2 p. m.,
F r i d a y, No
vember 29, a t
the Methodist
church here
with Rev. Har
old Jensen,
church pastor,
officiating. Bu
rial was in the
Union ceme
tery here un
Bradley (ter d i rection
of the Jones funeral home.
Graveside servlet's were con
ducted by Oran lodge 261, AF&
AM. Pallbearers were Gayle E.
Couch, R. B. Drickey, Leonard
Kinney, Ralph Friedrich, C. H,
Fisher and Carl Schmidt.
The late Doctor Bradley was
Ixirn June 14, 1879, at Charles
City, la. He received his early
education in the Charles City
schools and was graduated from
Rush Medical college, Chicago,
111., in 1903.
He practiced medicine’ in Chi
cago for one year. When the
Rosebud territory in South Da
kota was opened for settlement,
the West beckoned and he es
tablished a general practice at
Burke.
In 1909 he moved to Spencer
where he was a general practi.
tinner 45 years, retiring in 1954.
At the time of his reti-ement he
was honored by the Nebraska
State Medical association and
made a member of the 50-Year
club.
His wife, Josephine, died De
cember 12, 1952. He is survived
by several nieces and nephews.
Hammerberg oale
First in 65 Years
CELIA- When Mrs. O. A. Ham
merberg and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Maloun hold a farm closeout
sale Friday, December 13, it will
Ik? the first sale ever held on the
place in the 65 years the farm has
been in the family.
The Hammerberg farm is loca
ted 10lA miles north of Atkinson.
Mr. Hammerberg died this fall.
To be sold: Complete line of
machinery, herd of dairy cattle,
hay and feed and some household
go<Hls.
The Malouns are planning to
leave the state.
County Officials
Going to Parley
Several Holt county officers will
be attending the annual three
day convention of the Nebraska
County Officials’ association Wed
j nesday through Friday, Decem
ber 11-13.
The sessions will be held at the
Castle hotel in Omaha.
HEAJRJNO SET
The city council has fixed a
; hearing on a beer license appli
! cation for Wednesday, IJecem
lx?r II, at 7:30 p. m. Applicants
j are Jeane Hynes and Lawrence
j Minton. The application is sim
ilar to their application which
was rejected a month ago.
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November 29 36 19
November 30 32 13
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December 4_* 57 25
Auction Calendar
Friday, December 6: Adminis
trator’s sale of household goods
belonging to the late Mrs. Fay
(Emerine) Miles, 227 South First
st., also modern five-room dwel
ling at private sale; William W
Griffin, adminstrator; Col. Ed
Thorin of O’Neill,auctioneer ;First
National Bank, clerk.
Friday, December 13: Mrs
O. A. Hammerberg and Mr. and
Mrs. William Maloun will offer per
sonal property belonging to the
estate of the late O. A. Hammer
berg at public auction on prem
ises, 10*i miles north of Atkinson
and one-fourth mile east; dairy
cows; feed and grain; machinery
and equipment and household
goods; Ernie Weller and Dean
Homing of Atkinson, auctioneers;
First National Bank of Atkinson,
clerk. (Details on page 7).
Friday, December 20: Mr and
Mrs. Daryl Walling of Ewing, who
are moving to Phoenix, Ariz., in
behalf of the health of their son,
will hold farm olose-out; Col.
i Ed ThdHn of O’Neill, auctioneer.
(Details5 in nfext issue).
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