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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1957)
0 STATS'- .11 ST SOC A ooJ o e ° o® s ® o 0 , ° ' ° 0 ° o 0 « ° 8 °o° a f o ® ° o , o f a P O V? ® o Qe ° o° o °c % °0 0 ®°0 §> a ur, o XXX ■- O O O’Neill High Senior Ranks High in Nation Uildy ... in top l Vi percent of nation's bent senior scholars. —The Frontier Photo. Minna Ehrlich, 89, Expires at Spencer Dies Saturday at Daughter’s Home SPENCER Mrs. Minna Ehr lich, 89, who had made her home the last 14 years with her daugh ter, Mrs. John Kaezor, died about noon Saturday, December 7, at the Kaezor home north of Spen cer She had been in failing heal th several months. Funeral services were conduc ted at 2 p m., Tuesday, December 10, at Emmanuel iAitheran church in Spencer with Rev. John Rath church pastor, officiating. Buria was in the Lutheran cemetery here under direction of the Jones funeral home. The late Mrs. Ehrlich was borr December 9, 1867. She and her husband, August, lived at Colome. S.D., from 192C until 1944, when Mr. Ehrlich died Survivors include: Sons Will iam of Lincoln: August of Win ner, SD.; Hubert of Winside, and Paul of Ft Pierre. S.D.; daugh ters Mrs. John (Emma) Kaezor of Spencer; Mrs. Grover (Anniie) Mahiendorf of Colome; Mrs. Otto (Marie) Jacobsen of Dalles. S. P., and Mrs. Vernon (Hedwig) Magnuson of Oxnard, Calif. Also surviving are 24 grand children, 38 great-grandchildren and one grer^l-great-grandson ' Carter Resigns at Ewing School EWING School Supt. Lewis Carter, head of the school system here, has submitted his resigna tion to the hoard of education, ef fective at the end of the 1957-’58 school term. Mr. Carter, whose wife teaches at Page, has not announced fut ure plans. "My plans for the fut ure are indefinite at this time,’ he told the board. He has served the Ewing sch ool for six years. Improvements to the plant noted during his ten ure included new storm window's gas heating plant, and extensive rehabilitation of the electrical wir ing. In addition, scholastic levels have been raised. Ewing has had a regents' sch olarship five out of the past si> years, school officials said. . .... George Rowse Is Head of Breeders Holt County Hereford Breeden association met at the home o: Clarence Ernst Monday evening December 9. Officers for 1958 are: Georgi Rowse, president; Roger Bowen vice-president; Kieth Abart. sec retary-treasurer; Henry Wood Harold Meleher, Harley Larsoi and S. R. Rolsortson. directors. John Niewohner was acceptec as a member. Annual spring sale will be hel< Fehniary 18. 1958. Michael Liddy, son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas L. Liddy, re cently competed in a national merit examination administer ed to 300,000 top senior stud «>• in the nation - high schools The O'Neill high student-ath lete easily hurdled the first elimination , which has narrow | ed the field to seven thousand. | Only the best senior students in high schools across the coun | try are eligible to take part in | the competitive academic tests. As one of the top l^j percent I in the national field, Liddy will | go to Lincoln in January to pass the college entrance hoard’s examination- which is the second phase of the elimi nation. If he clears that hurdle, young Liddy, in effect, will have a full college course paid for in the form of scholarships. A large group of American eorjxirations finance the schol arships in order to encourage high scholastic standards and to induce talent to enter the corporate fields. Principal Willard Solfermos er said the January test would be considerably more compre hensive than the national merit exam. Liddy, a six-footer, played in the line on the Eagles football team and won honorable men tion on The Frontier's all-coun ty mythical team. He is active in numerous other school ac tivities and, of course, he is a straight A student. Gross Man Found Dead in Garage Lloyd A. Hiserote Father of 8 BRISTOW Lloyd Andris His prote. 45, father of eight, was found dead early Friday, Decem ber 6. in the garage at his home in the Gross community. Hp was not known to have been in bad health and was last seen alive in Gross Thursday evening. His death was attributed to nat ural causes, presumably a heart attack. Funeral services were conduct or! at 2 p.m.. Monday, December 9, at the Methodist church in Bristow with Rev. Harold Jensen of Spucer, church pastor, offi ciating. Burial was in the Butte cemetery. Survivors include: Widow-Car oline: sons and daughters—Mrs. Richard (Beverly) Miller, Ches ter. Deliah, Darlene, Rosella, Lyndell. Perry and Janelle; fath n ‘ Williafii Hiserote of *Butte; sisters Mrs. Fred Kraft of Bris tow: Mrs John Wright of North Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Ray mond Cook. Certain Now Santa Won’t ‘Sputnik’ Way Santa is coming to town Sat urday. December V*. and has sent word he wants to meet all the small fry at the O’Neill public school at 2 p.m He’ll be laden with treats for the kids. Originally it was thought he might make the O’Netll junket in a “sputnik” spaee satellite. I>ut now that Uncle Sam has had such tough luck with the “sputternik”, best guess is Santa will resort to reindeer : or perhaps a jet plane. One thing is certain: He'll be in town this Saturday! CAR OVERTURNS Albert VV. Kopejtka, 41, of In ; man escaped injury about mid ' ni i t Saturday when his west hound oar veered off the south side of the highw’ay, then crossed * to the opposite ditch and over , turned. He was traveling alone west of the Elkhoni river bridge , on U. S. highways 20-275 enroute i from Inman to O'Neill. Kopejtka toll State Patrolman Eugeni I Hastreiter his vehicle hit pack ed snow. Damage to the machine I was estimated at one-hundred I dollars. I Five Longtime Knights Are Honored Five members of Charles Carroll of Carroll ton council 701, Knights of Columbus, were hon ored Sunday at a breakfast. The breakfast fol lowed corporate communion at the 7:30 a m., mass at St. Patrick s Catholic church. All have been members of the Holt council or other councils for a half-century or more. Left-to-right: Charles | O J ! * E. Stout, Leo Mullen. H. E. Coyne. John A. Shoe maker and J. L. McCarville. sr. Other eligible for the honor are H. D. Grady, who is spending the winter on the West coast. William P. Morgan and Thomas Morgan, lx>th of Atkinson, Charles Daly of Omaha and Dr. J P. Murphy of St. Louis. Mo. The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville. !i 0 p 9 . * a *»■«.. * --- i <8 a ‘ * ' - r? ' V- f?. e „ c c ° c °o C ° o n ■ ‘ ° ag a ° - t ® » *f ® * * a I a f> *s * . • • * f, ® o * e « ° 9® - -5aB&"c:-^ SECTION ONE Page* 1-10 — " - - — * MON. MEI». ■ SAT. 9:30 to 9:55 a m, I 4 Pages — 2 Sections North-Central Nebraska’s BIGGEST Newspaper Vol. 77.—Number 33. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 12, 1957. Seven Cents Snells Note Go 1 den Wedding Series of Surprises for Page Couple Enjoy Good Health PAGE A kind of conspiracy was at work Wednesday for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snell of Page. It was their 50th wedding anniver sary and no special observance w-as planned they thought. The Snells were feted at the Town House by their daughter, Mrs. W. W Waller of O'Neill, her 1 husband and their children. That was innocent enough. The Frontier's photographer swooped in on the party (surprise number one). When the Snells returned to their home at Page later in the evening there were guests—lots of i them for an informal social Jiour | (surprise number two). Mr. Snell was bom at Page, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Snell. Mrs. Snell, whose maiden name was Leila Stevens, was bom at Middlebranch, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Stevens. They were married December 11, 1907. For a number of years Mr. Snell worked for a calking company, contracting window work at many points They head quartered at Cleveland, O. Since 1918 the Snells have been living at Page. Both are 68 and i>oth enjoy good health. Mr. Snell keeps busy with an acreage and enjoys a good business in the in surance field. They are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Snell received his educa tion at Page. Mrs. Snell, before her marriage, taught rural sch ool. They have two daughters: Mrs. Jack (Beverly) Passmore of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Waller. [ There are three grandchildren— Anna Lee Passmore of San Diego, Gary Waller, who attends Wayne college, and Rita Waller of O' Neill. ' * Doctor Knz Is ‘Much Improved’ LYNCH—Mrs. R. E. Kriz and daughter, Mrs. Andy Classen re turned home from Omaha Thurs day where they had spent the past week with Doctor Kriz, who is in the Clarkson hospital. They report Doctor Kriz “much im proved’. Another daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ann Larsen of Arizona, is staying near her father. Doctor Kriz’s twin brother was also there to visit him Wednes day, December 4, and his broth er-in-law from Santa Barbara, Calif., visited with him over the telephone. The doctor is allowed visitors. Senator Nelson Seeks Sixth Term State Sen. Frank Nelson, 72, O'Neill farmer. Thursday filed with the secretary of state as a candidate for reelection to Ne braska's unicameral legislature. Mr. Nelson is completing his fifth term, representing Holt, Boyd, Rock and Keya Paha coun ties (Twenty - eighth legisative district). i Miss Karen Hartronft, daugh ted of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hart ronft, submitted to minor leg sur gery last week at the Neligh hos 1 pital. The Snells . . . conspiracy at work.—The Frontier Photo. Myrtle S. Bell, 72, Expires in Hospital Longtime Resident of Holt CHAMBERS Mrs. Myrtle S. Bell. 72, longtime resident of Holt county, died alx>ut 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 11, in St. Anthony's. She had been ill several weeks. Biglin’s will be in charge of fu neral arrangements, which had not been completed late Wed nesday night. . The late Mrs. Bell was born in Iowa. Her husband, the late Amos Reed Bell, died in 1950. She was a member of the Methodist church, Valley Center extension club, Chambers Gar den club and Kellar club. Survivors include: Son—Melvin of Chambers; brother—Carl Jef feries of Chambers. 50 Kids Workout for Gloves Team Fifty boys are working out un der Max Pofahl for O’Neill’s American Legion-sponsored gold en gloves team. None of the aspir ants have had experience. The fund drive has been started to purchased equipment. Two hundred fifty dollars already has been raised by Bill White, club manager ,and Joe Cavanaugh. A list of the donors will appear in the next issue. Kids seeking to box are invited to report to the Legion auditorium Thursday evenings . Three-Year-Old Tot Fatally Stricken VENUS—Marjorie LeMae Hall, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Hall of Cedar Falls, la., died at 5 p.m., Thursday, December 5, at Cedar Falls. She had been ill with pneumon ia about a month before her death, but was not seriously ill until noon the day of her death. She was born April 22, 1954, at Cedar Falls. Her mother is the former Dorthea Fling, daughter of Mrs. Bryan Finch of Middle branch. Her father is the son of Ernest Hall of Venus. F’uneral services were conduc ted at the Church of the Nazarine in Cedar F’alls. Mr. and Mrs. Ern est Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Finch and Mrs. William Wellman attended the funeral. Burial was in Hillside cemetery. Rev. W. G. Hoffman officiated. Survivors include: Parents; sisters- Helen, Ruth and Carolyn; brothers—Melvin Lee, Loren and Kenneth; grandparents. Big Waves Causes Hunters Discomfort A1 Carroll and Bud Cole, in a boat Tuesday on the Missouri river, encountered large waves One whopper filled the boat with water and the pair had to jump clear. They managed to safely make I it through the cold water to a sandbar where they were strand ed 21-i hours before others in the party could help. Bud Cole and Paul Shelhamer were in the rescue party. BEG YOl'R PARDON' A special introductory price on Maytag dryers erroneously was published as $119.95 instead of $199 95 in several hundred copies of the December 5 issue of The Frontier. Bulk of the edition, however, carried the correct price of $199.95 in the Wm. Krotter Co., advertisement. A dinner meeting of officers and directors of the Nebraska School Improvement association is scht'duled in O’Neill at 6 p m., Monday, December IS, it was an nounced this week by President 1 Clyde Widman of Amelia. Goldenrod-Black Plates Are Ready Nebraska auto license plates will change from white with green numbers, to a goldenrod back ground with black numerals for 1958. Dale Rogers, director of the motor vehicles department, re ported that the last of the 750,000 new auto, truck and trailer license plates are expected to be finished by December 14, and will be available to car owners at the usual January 1, date. The plates, manufactured by the state reformatory for men, were begun last February. According to Rogers, the new 1958 plates will have to last two years. A bill passed by the legis lature called for manufacture of new plates on even-numbered years with tabs or stickers issued in odd-numbered years. The new plates come equipped with slots for inserting a metal tag designating the year 1959. However, Rogers said, his depart ment has not decided whether to use the more conventional metal "slipon'’ tag, or a windshield sticKer such as is used in Califor nia. Joseph Nedorost Dies Suddenly STUART Joseph Nedorost, 83, a resident of this locality since 1925, was fatally stricken with a heart attack about 6 p.m., Tues day, December 10, at the Clif ford Farr home in Stuart. He had not been ill and his death was unexpected. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs day i at the Methodist church in Newport with Rev. Arthur A. Hamann, church pastor, officint ing. Burial will be under the di rection of the Coats funeral home of Stuart. The late Mr. Nedorost was born February 7, 1874 .at Stillville, la. His parents were natives of Bo hemia. He never married. In 1925 he came to Rock Coun ty and worked as a ranch hand for the Farrs. When Mr. and Mrs. Farr retired in 1954, he ac companied them to Stuart and continued to make his home here. NKI.ICrll WINS NELIGH -The Neligh Warriors Tuesday night spanked Creighton, 62-53. Atkinson Man, 75, 111 2 Hours, Dies Burial at Omaha for O. R. Thurlow ATKINSON Oscar Roy Thur low, '15, died Sunday afternoon, December 8, at his home in At kinson where he lived alone. He had been a resident of Atkinson about 10 years. He became ill about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and died two hours later, suffering an asthma tic heart condition. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9 a m., Tuesday, Decem I her 10, at the Seger funeral cha j pel. Rev. Charles Gates officiat ed. Remains were forwarded to Omaha for burial near the grave of his wife in Graceland ceme tery. The late Mr. Thurlow was bom at Stuart June 11, 1882, a son of Lafayette and Emma Whitney Thurlow. He married Elizabeth Watson in Omaha. For many years he ivas i clH'otmr r*f>nrinr*tnr for the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street & Railway company. His wife died in late January, 1940. The couple had no children. Survivors include: Sister—Mrs. May Straka of Stuart; brothers Lloyd of Stuart and Norton of At kinson. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and five brothers. Two brothers, Roy of Atkinson and Ajnos of Stuart died recently. Mrs. Zeffa Stein Dies in California Mrs. Zeffa Stein, former O’Neill ite, died Wednesday, December 4, in Burbank, Calif , having been ill two days with influneza. Funeral services were conduc ted Saturday, December 7, at Bur Burbank, Calif. Funeral servlets were conduc ted Satruday, I>eceml>er 7, at Bur hank. Mrs. Stein’s maiden name was Zeffa Ziemer, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ziemer of O’Neill. Survivors include five sons, three daughters and three sisters. wmmXMJW.uiii.iimuhmhih . ~ ,“'"1 “ ' —’— Bowling Alley Makes Progress This is an interior view of the new eight-lane fully-modem Ten Pin Alley—a bowling headquar ters in O’Neill. East two-thirds of the new' Hunt building in West O’Neill has been transformed in to a modern bowling recreation place. Equipment i will include automatic pin-setters, electronically controlled scoring and foul signals. The big room is insulated to dull bowling alley sounds. F. B. Rockwell and J. W. Rockwell, both of Grand Is land, are the owners. Ray Raker (pictured in al ley), formerly of David City, will be resident manager.- The Frontier Photo. City Council Again Reject Beer Change The city council Wednesday night rejected by a four-toone mi application to move a downtown on-and-oft sale beer license to West O'Neill. For the second time in a month Jcanc Hynes and Lawrence Min ton had requested to move the Ralph McElvain license to the new Hunt building. Hut the coun cil again said no after Mayor L>. C. Schaffer called for a vote. Council Robert Moore was ab sent. The proposed location switch earlier had been opposed by pet itions and spokesmen. Human Skeleton Is Unearthed Believed That of Indian Man ATKINSON Floyd Gettert and Fred Roberts, two county road employees working with a dirt moving machine in a sandpit at the Vincent Obermire place 20 miles northeast of Atkinson, un covered a virtually complete hu man skeleton last week. The dozer blade nicked the skull. Gettert and Roberts invest lgaieu anu uneoruieu wun snoveis the complete skeleton of what is belived to be that of an Indian. The remains included a com plete and well preserved set of teeth. The skeleton was forwarded to the University of Nebraska for study. Roberts said he believed the skeleton was that of a man 35-40 years old. Mrs. Edward Wale* Succumbs in West Mrs. Edward Wales, 65, died Wednesday, December 4, at San Lorenzo, Calif. Her maiden name was Loretta McManus. Mrs. Wales and her husband formerly lived in the Middle branch community. Survivors include: Widower - Edward of San Lorenzo; sons Howard of San Lorenzo and Dale of Irvington, Colo.; 13 grandchild ren. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKim and Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Bright of O'Neill were recipients of the news. Mrs. Wales . . . formerly of Middleh ranch. Contract Is Signed for TV Booster Fund Drive Reaches $4,500 But C of C Orders Equipment Although the drive for hinds for a dual television hooster in stallation fell about five-hundred dollars short, the Cliamlier of Commerce Monday night directed the group’s television committee to contract with Kenneth Werner iuid E. R. Baker, both of Otnm bers, for antennae uul rebroad east systems that will substantial ly improve reception in O’Neill and within nlsnit a three-mile ra dius of the city Late Wednesday the drive to taled $4,505, according to the committee treasurer, John C. Watson. TV committee head is J. F. Contois. Goal Is five-thou sand-dollars. Contract for the- Canadian manufactured heavy duty type equipment specified $4,000. How ever, a several hundred dollar “cushion” is considered heces sary to make tube replacements and to make any modif lent ions that might tieoome necessary. It is planned to erect ths ltiombic-type antt'nnae to receive signals from channel 4 (K'J’IV, Sioux City, National Broadcast ing company basic outlet) and channel 10 (KOUN-TV. IJncoln, basic Columbia Broadcasting sys tem affiliation. The impulses will be filtered, amplified and rebroadcast, enabl ing viewers to receive satisfac tory television with "rabbit ear" antennae on their sets. Equipment will be put in con stant operation and never turned off except for repair. The Sioux City programming will he re broadcast on channel 13 and the Lincoln program* will be re hroadcast on channel 2. 4 Towers Ootng Op Four 96-ft. tripod-type towers will be erected on the Flora Knight place just outside the northeast comer of the city limits. The site will measure' approximately 400 ft by 800 ft. Power will be supplied by nearby rural electri fication Imps. Each tripod is self-supporting up to 50 ft. Delivery of the towers is ex pected in about two weeks and receiver-broadcast equipment is expected to follow shortly. Contois says there is a possi bility of enjoying the improved brand of television by new year’s day. The installation, however, is dependent upon the weather. /v(i(]i11< min uuiiuuuuuaw still needed, Contois said, and may bo left at either of the O’ Neil banks. List of donors todate: Norman Gonderinger, Virgil Tomlinson, Alan VanVleck, John R. Gallagher, Bernard Allen. Shel hamer Equipment, William Mc Tntosh, W D. Melena Earley Oil Co., C. M. Gleeson, J E. Stutz, 1). A. Kersenbrock, Al Voree, W. F. Finley, Don Enright, Golden Hotel, M&M Cafe, J. L,. McCar ville, jr., Dr. J. L. Sherbahn. Leo S. Tomjnck, Central Fi nance, C. M Eason, Ted McEl haney, R. W. Sholhamer, Ed Hancock, Richard Minton, Frank Eppenbaeh, Frank Fritton, Dur vin Kipple, Herman Renze, Gra ham “66”, Johnson Jewelry, Glenn L. Brewster, Bill’s Bar, Rinkerman TV Shop, Harold Se ga r, James Davidson & Sons, Dale Fetrow. George Hammond, Elroy A. Lieb, Robert E. I^irson, Emmet Crabb, E. N. Cronin. D. E. So ger, Milton Baack, J. B. Grady, I,oigh Reynoldson, P. C. Donohoe, C. W. Porter, George Janousek, Max Golden, Murray liquor Store, H. D. Gildersleeve, Ap parel Shop, James W Rooney, I ton Bunkers, Arlen Miles. Mabe McKenna, J. I- McCar ville, sr., Weston D. Whitwer, Ira II. Moss, John McClellan, Ix-ster Angus, Leo Mullen, Verlin F. Peterson, James Mullen, Sid ney Frahm, Anthony Stanton, Harold Humrich, American Gear Co., II. L. Lindberg, K & M Cafe, Gilligan Drug, Andy J. Ramold, J. D. Cronin, Ed Thorin, Dale Curran, R. E. Moore, Dale Wilson, Ed T Campbell, Louis W Rrimer, jr., John C. Watson, Esther Morgan. O. D. French, James Sessions, F. J. Kubitschek, Reynold A. Cimfel, Iiovd Gibson. Melvin Ruzicka, Bernard Schmitz, H. E.. C-oyne, O'Neil] Style Shop, Holt County Independent, Mrs. H. J. Ham mond, Beatrice Harty. C. E. Jones, A. A. Hiatt, Mc Elvain Liquor, Bernadette Bren nan, Katherine Thiele, Tom An derson, Murphy Grocery, Glea Wade, Walter Lyons. William Gallagher, I-eonard Morrow, Eby's Conoco, First National Bank, John McCarville, O’Neill National Bank, Patton’s Ben Franklin. Hamik Si Engler, Fred Appleby, O’Neill Cleaners. Ed M. Gallagher, EYed Saunto, W. W. Griffin, Rex W. Wilson, Edward M. Gleeson, John J. Don lin, Carl Schenze), Donald L. Lineback, William A. Miller, Town House, R L. Tomlinson, A. V. Virgin, Ben E. Vidricksen, O. E. Davidson, Robert Schulz, Eve lyn Worchester. C. L. Brady, jr., Matt L. Hy nes, Lois Fox, Anna S. Mathre, Billy Perry, Charles Fox, sr., C. G. Shelhase, Ida Stiellhammer, (Continued on page 8.)
