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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1958)
TWELVE I * PAGES * 1 his Issue No.th-Central Nebraska’s BIGCES 1 Newspaper Volume 77.—Number 3<. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, January 9, 1938. Seven Centa Holt’s first-born In the new year , . . Cynthia Marie S.vfle ami her mother, Mrs. George Syfle, jr. Cynthia was horn at 4:15 a.m., Friday, January 8.—The Frontier Photo. Cynthia Marie Wins Holt's '58 Baby Derby Weighing a heathly 7 pounds 7 >4 ounces, Cynthia Marie Syfie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Syfie, jr., of O'Neill, became Holt county's first-born of 1958. And Cynthia will receive a host of gifts in a shower arranged by The Frontier in cooperation with leading O'Neill merchants. She was born at 4:15 a.m., Fri day, January 3, in Atkinson hos pital. Luckily she arrived when she did, because two other bab ies were lx>rn the same day in the same hospital. Dark llair Contest rules provided the baby had to be born within the con fines of the county. Cynthia, with an abundance of dark hair and a pony tail, posed for The Frontier photographer when she was but a few hours old. She was interviewed, too, for Sat urday's "Voice of The Frontier" tWJAG, 780 kc), giving with lusty cries when her toes were tweak ed. There was speculation a-plenty the parents had hoped their baby would be a boy (there are two old er girls, Judy, 10, and Gwenda, 4), But Cynthia scoffed indignant ly and announced into the micro phone she was hale and hearty. Her eyes are blue. Many Lift* The first baby derby winner will be recipient of these gifts. McIntosh's Jewerly — 10-karat gold baby ring, M & M Cafe Fried chicken dinner tfor the par ents). Harding Cream — Five pounds of Harding's butter. Gamb les Nursery training chair. Ben Franklin -One dozen Curity dia pers. McCarv tiles Pair of Red Goose shoes. Apparel Shop Fine night gown (for mother). Dankerts— $25 dis | count on any major appliance purchase. Moore-Noble Lumber jOO pounds of coal tor equivalent value of other merchandise). O' Neill Photo Co., One dozen 3x5 photos tmounted). Merri Dr. Pep per Bottling One case of pop, any flavor (for the proud pop). Mc Donald's Imported baby shawl. Beatrice Ftxxls -One case of Hi Vita-Min milk. Shelhamer's Jack & Jill Case of Heniz baby food New Outlaw Case of Gerber's baby food. Coast-to-Coast- High Boy folding clothes rack. Gilli igan's Rexall Rrug—Electric bot te warmer and baby hot plM^ Seovie's Western Auto $5 worth of Morris paint or wallpaper for nursery. Biglin’s — Deluxe high chair regular $14.95 value. And, of course, a one-year gut subscription to The Frontier. Her mother is the formed Esth er Frickel, who was born and reared north of Atkinson. The Syfie* live in the Phoenix neigh borhood. Roger Bennett New Conoco Agent Here Roger Bennett, formerly of Ewing is the new Conoco agent at O'Neill succeeding James Storms, who has returned to his home town of Winner, S.D. Storms has been agent here more than two years. Bennett worked a number of years with the Roekey firm at Ewing, Conoco agent there, and hasr a wide acquaintanceship in the county. A .I Storms will become agent at Winner. j Mrs. Block . . . retired. Mrs. W. H. Block Burial at Grimton Resident of Boyd Past 5 Years SPENCER Mrs. W. H. Block, who lived on a farm in the Walnut locality of Knox county for many years before retiring five years ago, died Saturday. January 4. in Sarced Heart hospital at Lynch. She had been hospitalized only a few hours. Funeral services were conduct ed at 1 pm.. Tuesday, January 7, at Immanuel Lutheran church In Spencer with Rev. John Rath, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Grimton cemetery, north of Orchard, under direction of the Jones funeral home of Spen cer. Mrs Block and her husband re tired from the Walnut farm in 1953 and went to Anoka to make their home with a daughter, Mrs. Oscar Boettcher. Survivors include: Widower: sons August F. of Veridgre; Wil liam A. Maquokata, la., Her man of Orchard: Fred C. of Du buque, la., Berthold F. of Valen tine; daughters — Mrs. Wayne (Anna* Bonge of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. John (Freda* Lux of Valen tine, and Mrs. Oscar (Selma* Boettcher of Anoka, numerous grandchildren. Hynes, Minton Appeal to State Board— The Nebraska state liquor con trol commission Tuesday set a hearing lor Wednesday, January 22. for Jeane Hynes and Lawrence Minton, on their appeal from the action of the O'Neill city council recommending denial of applica tion for a retail beer license. Hynes and Minton have sought to have a downtown license (Ral ph McElvain* transferred to them in a west O'Neill location. EMMET Mrs G. Owen Cole entertained at a luncheon last Thursday in honor of her mother, Mrs Milton Bock, of Burlington. Ia. Year-End Bank Totals DECEMBER 81. 1951 Year-end comparisons of Holt county's six banks are shown in the table below, listing assets, deposits and loans in that order: Assets Deposits Loans O'Neill Nat l. Bank ON. $3,959,244.33 $3,611,822.83 $521,231.37 First Nat l. Bank. ON 3.589.151.73 3.224,651.95 342.225.62 First Nat l. Bank Atk. 3.140.374.62 2.834.342 10 804.576.80 Tri-County Bank. Stuart 1.419.739 19 1.302.730 99 500.138 97 Farmers State Bank, Ewing 1,106,461.52 1,001,686.03 292.185 25 Chambers St. Bank. Cham. 922,475.31 849.0.1 25 207.817 03 80 - Vear Resident Succumbs Mrs. Anna Thoendel Pioneer in Cache Creek Community EWING Funeral services were | conducted at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, January 4. at St. Peter's Catholic | church here for Mrs. Anna Thoen- j del. 88, a resident of this commu nity nearly 80 years and a gold star mother. She died Wednesday, January j 1, in Antelope Memorial hospital I at Neligh after being hospitalized almost three weeks. She had been in failing health nearly two years. Rev. Peter Burke, church pas tor, officiated at the requiem high mass. Burial was in St. Peter’s cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons Clarence Gab lenz, Carroll Donaghue, Joe John Thoendel. Jerome Thoendel, Ron ald Thoendel and Frankie Thoen del. In charge of flowers were Mrs. Dave Burk and Mrs. Frank Hawk. Atar boys were Dwaine Boll witt, LeRoy Bollwitt, Dan Rother ham, Eddie Rotherham and Jer ry Bauer. Horn in Germany Anna Cracker, oldest daughter of Carl and Victoria Cracker, was born January 30, 1870, in Ger ■y-W'w: Mrs. Thoendel . . . mother of 13 children. many. She came to this country at the age of seven with her par ents and two younger sisters, making their home for about two years at Columbus. The family then moved onto a homestead along Cache creek, southwest of Ewing, where she continued to make her home un til her fatal illness. She was married to Joseph Thoendel October 27. 1891. They became the parents of 13 chil dren. The Thoendels celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1946. For several years she also maintained a home in Ewing while her children were attending high school. Active in Church Mrs. Thoendel was an active member of the Christian Mothers society and she belonged to Saunders unit of the American Le gion auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph, who died January 28, 1946; by one son, 2/Lt. Victor Thoendel, a B-17 fly ing officer with the Eighth air force in England (missing in ac-I tion two years and officially de clared dead in August, 1945); by three children, who died in in fancy and by one sister, Mrs. Bertha Bauer. Survivors include; Sons — Jo seph and Albert, both of Ewing; Frank of Chadron; daughters— Mrs. Rose Gablenz, Miss Jo Han nah Thoendel and Mrs. Alfred (Theresa* Koch, all of Columbus; MrS. James (Edith) Donaghue of Fremont; Mrs. Anna Klein and Mrs. Wesley (Helen* Larson, both of Ewing; sister- Mrs. Roe Wei-; bel of Ewing; 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Among those attending the fun neral were relatives and friends from Columbus, Omaha, Peters-1 burg, Elgin, Hoskins, Chadron, Clearwater and Neligh. Held Files Motion for New Trial A motion for a new trail was filed this week by William ("Bill'') Held, who last week saw his 5<V thousand-dollar damage suit a gainst a neighbor, Herman Cook, dismissed in Holt county district court. District Judge Lyle Jackson of Neligh dismissed the case, while being heard by a jury, when he ruled no malice had been shown by Cook when he (Cook* had Held arrested in December, 1956, fol lowing an allegel incident in a pas ture. The judge said the plaintiff who alleged damage to credit and reputation by virtue of Cook’s complaint, failed to prove “lack of probable cause”. TV Towers Com<y Up; One Topples The camera snapped this picture of television tower number two about to go up. Tower number three tell Wednesday afternoon, cutting a gash in the head of the engineer, Kenneth Werner (hidden at left). Robert Scott is shown securing a hook.— file Kroner Photo. former Resident of Inman Dies To Holt County in 1897 INMAN -Funeral services for Estolla Mu.' Goree Johnson were conducted Tuesday, December 31. Rites were held at Fremont with Revf. Max O. McCamley of ficiating, and at the Methodist church at 2:30 p.m., here with Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in the In man cemetery under direction of Biglins. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins ac companied by Mrs. L. F. Kopecy at the piano. Estiella Mae Fraka, daughter of Henry and Liza Fraka, was boxn at Hooper May 12, 1879, and died at a Fremont hospital, Sat urday, December 28. As a young woman she moved with her parents, in a covered wagon, to Cedar Rapids. In about 1897 they came to Inman. She was married to Charles D. Goree November 29, 1900. Eight children were horn to this union. Mr. Goree died in 1924. After the death of Mr. Goree, she moved to Fremont where she made her home for many years. She married William Johnson of Herman in 1945 and in 1949 they moved to Missouri. In October 1957 she came to Nebraska to visit her children and while here became ill. She was hospitalized at Fremont al most continously thereafter. Pallbearers were six of her grandsons, Warren Sherwood, Duane Lincoln, Duane Summers, Donald Summers, Gordon Goree and Donald Goree. Survivors include: Widower— William Johnson of Buffalo, Mo.; daughters Mrs. Della Runnels of Compton, Calif., Mrs. Ethel Sum mers of Page, Mrs. Blanche Smock of Columbus; sons—D. Henry Goree of Thorton, Wash.; Charles W. Goree of Fremont; Roy E. Goree of Buffalo, Mo.; Ilotiert M. Goree of Fremont; two stepsons Alfred Johnson of Oma ha, and Elmer Johnson of Flem ington, Mo.; 31 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. One daughter, Lena, preceded her in death. Mrs. D. W. Gemmill Expires in Wyoming EWING—Funeral services for Mrs. D. W. Gemmill, 84, of Lan der, Wyo., formerly of Ewing, were held at 2 p. m., Saturday, January 4, at the Methodist church here. Word of her death was receiv ed by friends in Ewing, Tuesday, December 31. Mrs. Gemmill suf fered a broken hip in a fall Sat urday, December 21. She made her home with her daughter, and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Rex Minshali, at Lander but Ewing was her home for many years. While active and in good health, she participated in the work of the Methodist church of which she was a member, and in affairs of the community. Mrs. Gemmill was preceded in death by her husband and an in fant son. Survivors include: Daughter Mrs Rex Minshali; son—Fay: grandson David Minshali, all of Lander. Amelia Pair Entering Service— AMELIA Hale Kennedy and Dale Doolittle will leave Tuesday. January 14, to be inducted in the armed services. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson, jr.. gave a fare well party in their honor Sunday evening, December 29. Both boys had heen formerly employed on the Peterson ranch. Channel 13 Might Go Into Operation Friday Evening Despite a mishap Wednesday afternoon in which one of four television antennae towers crash ed to the ground while being erect ed, half of O'Neill's new commit ! nity television apparatus is expect ed to be in operation by Friday night. Kenneth Werner of Chambers, project engineer, said he is hope id 1 of having KTIV’s signal ampli fied and hi ing rebroadcast local ly on channel 13. KTIV (Sioux Ctyi is (he channel 4 station. The other half of the tvvin-pick up-booster relay apparatus was ' d maged in Wednesday's acci dent. When repairs are complet ed. it will pick up KOLN-TV (Lin coln), channel 10. and rebroad east the programs local y on channel 2. Two towers were erected Tues day without a hitch. But when the third was being elevated the next day by Cecil Thornton's crew, the 95-ft tower broke loose from the boom and fell, striking Mr. Werner on the forehead. Several stitches were needed to close the wound. Werner returned to the seem after treatment and Wed nesday night was directing work at a blacksmith shop where por tions of the damaged tower are being mended. Werner said if new segments are needed they will be added in a few days, but ho is confident half of the system (KTIV’s por tion) will be in operation in a mat ter of hours. Needing replacement are por j lions o fthe KOLN receiving and Ixxjster antennaes. Wins Dakota County Baby Hoonrs— Dixie Lynn Weyhrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holland Weyh rich of Sioux City and grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Weyhrich of O'Neill was the first baby born in Dakota county in 1958. Little Dixie was born Friday, January 3, and weighed 6 pounds 84 ounces. O’Neill High toils doing to Atkinson— O’Neill high girls will journey to Atkinson Friday for a volleyball game. Final semester ends Friday, January 17. Final test will be giv en Thursday and Friday, January 16-17. This is the community TV tower number two going Into position.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Anna Pecena s Illness Is Fatal Funeral Held Monday at Spencer SPENCER Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Pecena, 63, were held Monday afternoon, January 6, at the Methodist church. She 'led Friday, January 2, in Sa cred Heart hospital at Lynch af ter a month’s illness. Rev. Harold Jensen officiated. Hurial was in WHFA cemetery here under the direction of the Jones f u n e r a 1 home. Hymns were sung by a quar tet, Mrs. Arthur Peters, Mrs Har old Haun, P. O. Erie drich, and Ivan Hiatt a c - comp a n i e d by Mrs. Friedrich. Anna S e d 1 a cek, daughter of M r . and Mrs. Fran k Sedlacek, was horn Octo ber 26, 1894, at Spencer. She was married to Anton Pe cena June 3, 1915, and they had one son, Charles. Mr. Pecena was a blacksmith in Spencer, and died in 1917. Mrs. Pecena then re turned to the home of her par ents where she lived until 1927, when she obtained employment in Spencer. For a few years she was em ployed at Burke, S. D., Lynch and Butte, and since then has lived here with her son and his family. Mrs. Pecena is survived by one son, Charles, of Spencer; two grandchildren; sisters — Mrs. Jo seph Machu, Mrs. Earl Conklin and Mrs. Joseph Nemec, all of Spencer; and Mr.s. Frank Fisher of Lynch; brother—Charles Sed lacek. She was preceded in death by her husband, one grandchild, two sisters and one brother. Ernie Weller Sells Livestock Market ATKINSON Ernie C. Weller, owner-operator of the Atkinson Livestock Market for the past 25 years, Tuesday announced he had sold the firm to Roy Aten and Associates. Aten is a Brown county racnher and for the past year has been operating the Ainsworth Livestock Market. Mr. Weller will continue as one of the auctioneers for the next year and will look after extensive ranching and farming interests in the Atkinson vicinity. The change of ownership be comes effective February 1. In making the announcement at Tuesday’s sale, Mr. Weller did not identify Mr. Aten’s associates. In September Mr. Weller and his wife were honored for having owned and operated the success ful mart for a quarter of a century. The market has become known as north-Nebraska’s foremost mar ket. McOONNELL HURT Larry Gene McConnell was hurt and hospitalized briefly after his car struck a bridge on U.S. high way 281 a half-mile south of O’ Neill The accident occurred at 1 a.m., Thursday while McCon nell was southbound, headed for home. The front end of the machine was smashed. He was alone. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Shellhase and family of Atkinson spent new year’s day at the home of Keith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Shell hase. 66-Degree Spread in Week s Weather Holt countyans enjoyed a spread of 66 degrees in the weatherman's bill-of-fare dur ing the past eight days. tin new year's morning the official reading was three de grees below zero. Yesterday afternoon the mercury climin'd to Miami-like 63 degrees. Weather has been excellent for early January, and a touch of green can be seen in some of the fields and pastures. Week’s summary: hi lo i January 1 . 30 -3 January 2 21 3 January 3 24 1 January 4 34 3 January 5 48 15 January 6 43 18 January 7 30 0 j January 8 63 20 Mrs. Schollmeyer, 83, III One Month, Dies Native of Ukraine; to U. S. at 18 Mrs. Catherine Schollmeyer, 83, who was Imrn in Russia of Ger man parentage and came to the United States alone at the age of IS, died at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan uary 3, at St. Anthony’s hospital where she had l>een a patient about a month. Funeral services were conduct ed at 9:30 a.m. Monday, January 6, at St. Peter’s Catholic church at Ewing with Rev. Peter F. j Burke, church pastor, officiating Burial was in St. Peter’s ceme tery. Pallbearers were Charles Rich ter, Andy Clark, Lyle MoKim, j Ignatius Heimeusser, Charles Schollmeyer and Nick Bohn, all of O’Neill. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at Biglin’s chapel. Her maiden name was Cath erine Zentner. She was boro March 10, 1874 in a German set tlement in Russia's Ukraine dis trict. Delay at Sea During the Atlantic crossing with a shipload of immigrants, the vessel lost its propel lor and floundered al sea for two weeks before help came. Passengers stowed in the steerage had brought along their own food and rations ran short. The voyage re quired more than a month. She went to Hanover, Kans., with a group of other Russian born immigrants. In 1901 at Hanover she married Dominick Bohn. They moved to Knox county where they leased school land for a time and adopted a daughter, Marie, A few years lat er they moved to Ewing where Mr. Bohn died in May, 1934. Nick Bohn of O'Neill made his home with the Bohns at Ewing after he was in his teens. He was a nephew of Dominick Bohn. On October 28, 1945 at Lynch she married Joseph Schollmeyer, a widower who for many years had been a Holt county supervis or. The couple made their home in O'Neill. ■ ■ . . f A 1-1 A Mrs. Schollmeyer and her hus band figured in an auto accident at Danceland comer in 1949 and Mrs. Schollmeyer was seriously hurt. Mr. Schollmeyer died June 26, 1954. The late Mrs. Schollmeyer was a member of St. Patrick's Catho lic church here. Survivors include: Daughter — Mrs. Howard (Marie) Tucker of' Central City, who was ill and un able to attend the funeral; sister) Mrs. Margaret Usselman of Yankton, S. D.; several nephews j and nieces, including Mrs. Clara Schafer of O'Neill, a great-niece. Among relatives from a dis I tance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. David S. Greep of Hays, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beaumont of Clifton, Tex. Mrs. Greep is a neice of the deceased; Mr. Beaumont, a nep j hew. Eli McConnell Files for Holt Supervisor Eli McConell of Atkinson has filed for Holt county supervisor I in the Seventh district. He will be a candidate in the 1958 republican j primaries. The Seventh district post is held by Alex Frickel of Atkinson. I a republican. Frickel was orgin ally appointed to the board to suc ceed the late Edward J. Matou sek, GOP, who was forced to re sign becase of ill health. County Clerk Kenneth Waring said McConnell’s filing is the first for a county office. Only other fil I ing made here thus far was that of Frank Nelson, seeking reelec i tion as state senator in the 28th . legislative district (Holt, Boyd, ' Rock and Keya Paha counties). ! Nelson’s filing was made a month : ago. Gov Victor Anderson recently polled state legislators with re ference to a special session to study teh tax structure. Senator Nelson’s vote was “no”. Eleven senators favored a special ses sion; 29 were opposed. Return from Meet— Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack and wife returned Wednes day from a three-day meeting of i the Nebraska Peace Officers as I sociation held at North Platte. Minister Dies At ‘Y’ Pool Kirschman, 34, May Have B r o k en His Neck at Milwaukee 1* uneral services for Rev. Kgon Kirschman, :t4, former pastor of the Assembly of God church at O'Neill, will Ik* conducted at 2:30 p.m„ (MST) Friday. Jan uary 10, at Scottshluff at the As semhlj of God church there. The body will lie in state at the Benson funeral home in Scotts bluff until the funeral hour. Set vices were also conducted af Milwaukee at 2 pm., Wednesday, January 8. Reverend Kirschman died Mon day. January 6, in the Central YMCA swimming pool at Milwau kee', Wise, He hud moved from O'Neill to Milwaukee in July. He Reverend Kirsclunnn, SI. father of three . . . signed up for membership, plunged to Ida death.—The Frontier Photo. had joined the YMCA Monday. He and Kev. Harvey L. Flaherty, 40, pastor of (he Milwaukee Gos pel Tabernacle, went swimming. Rev. Kirschman went into the pool. His body was found floating on the water. A rescue squad ad ministered first aid and artificial respiration for 45 minutes but to no vail. It is theorized his neck might have been broken in his jump or dive. Joseph Lamonte of Milwaukee,, deputy county medical examiner, said the young minister's body was seen floating in the water shortly after he jumped in to the deep end of the pool. Reverend Kirschman was a swimmer and a diver. He was a native of Elgin, N D. He was pastor of the Bethal tabernacle in Milwaukee at the time of his death. Prior to coming to O'Neill in the summer of 1955, he served churches in Wood Lake and Aurora. 11c was ordained in 1951 in the Nebraska district of the Assembly of God. Survivors include: Willow Bet ty; son Gary, 13; daughters— Lynette, 8, and Vonita, 7; par— ents Mr. and Mrs. Ixiuis Kirsch man of Scottsbluff. Several carloads of parishoners from the O’Neill Assembly of God church will bo going to Scotts bluff for the funeral. Jesse T. Harris Discovered Dead SPENCER Jessie T. Harris, 71, was found dead at his home on new year’s eve. Relatives and neighbors theor ized Mr. Harris died sometime Sunday, December 29. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Saturday, January 4, at the Methodist church in Spen cer, Rev. Harold Jensen officiated. Burial was in the Union cemetery at Spencer under the direction of the Jones funeral home. Pallbearers were Frank Kiasna. Roy Forbes, George Prokop Wil liam Braithwait, Don Barr ami Carl Nelson. Jesse Thomas Harris was born January 6, 1886, at Union Grove, la., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harris. He was married to Mary Luolla lluckins at Bartlett March 5, 1906. They became the parents o 1 eight children. Mr. Harris’s wife died in 19511 and one son, Thomas, was killed during World War H. Survivors include: daughters Mrs. Nick Kerens of Spencer;. Mrs. Ray Haney of Butte; Mrs, John Stroh of Monowi and Mrs. James Musselwhite of Tenaha. Tex.; sons Howard of Spencer; Joseph of Mills and Carl of Wor land. Wyo.; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother David of South Sioux City; sis ter Mrs. Belle Rockwood of Eur eka, Calif. Brownies Make Kites— Brownie trrop 1 met Wednesday at Patsy Davidson’s house. Va Reane Gray was hostess. Joyce Janzing will be the next hostess. They made kites.—By Marlene McManus.
