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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1958)
jar = MON. WED. • SAT. |'Hl3 lsSUC 9:30 to 0:55 A.M. North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77._Number 3b. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 1 b, I 93b. Seven Cents Nelton and Pascoe . . . management change at variety store here.—The Frontier Photo. Optometrist Dies in Car-Train Crash Norwood Rites Today at Irwin, la. Funeral services for Dr. Ed ward John (Norwood, 68, of Oma ha and Crawford, will be conduct ed at 2 p m tpday (Thursday) at Irwin, la The Odd Fellows will partici pate. A military burial will take place in the Irwin cemetery. Doctor Norwood, an optome trist, and a former resident of Lynch, was kil led Mon, day .1 a n u n r y 13, when his car struck a north lx>und Burling ton freight train at a crossing on U. S. high way 30-A. five miles southwest of David City. He was a reg ular profession al and social-vis itor at O'Neill. The Butler county sher i f f said the weath er was foggy and m i s at. the tffnoor the accident. The rail cro s s i n g had neither crossing g a tes nor flasher lights hut was marked by signs. Doctor Norwood was alone at the time of the accident He was t>orn October 4, 1889, at Delmont, S 1)., a son of George : and Mary Norwood. At an early age he moved to Lynch with his parents. They crossed the thaw ing Missouri river with oxen. He was reared at Lynch, attended Wayne college and taught school in the Opportunity locality, north east of O'Neill, in 1915. He also taught in other Holt county schools. lie served in world war i aim studied optometry. For more than 30 years tic travelled north Nebraska wth regularly schedul ed visits to numerous cities and towns. He also travelled profes sionally in South Dakota and Wyo ming Doctor Norwood owned a farm outside Omaha. Survivors include: Widow Gladys of Omaha: sisters—Mrs. Georgia Pence of IJncoln; Mrs. Sam Chambers of Williamina, Ore ; Mrs. Pat Dougherty of Win ner, S. D.: and Mrs Nettie Wid feldt of O’Neill; many nieces and rjephews. Alice Hoiten, 53, Succumbs Here Mrs. Alice Hoiten, 53, died Monday at 5 p m., at the home of a relative, Mrs. Emory Mc Dowell. Mrs. Hoiten had been caring for Mrs. McDowell the past three months, coming here from Correctionville, Ta. The late Mrs. Hoiten was born December 23. 1904, at Moville, la., the daughter of Henry and Caroline Meyer Slater. She mar ried John Hotter, who died in 1952. They had no children. Survivors include three broth ers. Burial will be in the Correr tionville cemetery. Biglin's Wed nesday forwarded the remains to Correctionville. Rogers Products in Opening Today Rogers Products Co., of Ains worth is opening a large feed store and warehouse in O'Neill to day (Thursday). The warehouse is located immediately noilh of the Burlington freight depot. Clair McVay. manager, says treats will be offered in connect ion with tlie grand opening and there will he free gifts. The firm will carry a large stock of cattle, poultry and hog feeds of all types. (Details on page 9.) McMillen Is Back from Breen land— AMELIA M/Sgt Keith McMil len is home on leave with his fam ily from Greenland. His wife is the former Angie Spath. He will have a 15-day leave and then will attend an 11-day school at Offutt air force base at Omaha before returning to Greenland in June. New Lee Store Manager Arrives Stewart Pascoc of Hebron, for merly of Grand Island, is the new manager of the I-.ee store here, succeeding Wendell Nelson, who has headed the store the past 5)4 years. Nelson has been assigned as manager of the Heated store at York, soon to be expanded to include two floors of merchandise. Pascoe will move his family to j O'Neill as soon as housing ar rangements can be completed. Besides his wife, the former Mar ily Gilligan, his family includes five children: Paula, 6; James, 4; Marcia, .'5; John 1, and Carla, who was (torn last month. Nelson and his wife have three; children: Stephen, 8; Mark, 6, and Stewart, 4. Grady Becomes Vice-President Bank Also Elevates French J. B. ("Ben”) Grady, veteran cashier of the O'Neill National bank, Tuesday was elevated from cashier to vice-president, it was announced President F. N. Cronin Gfady%dso became a member of the hoaflri of directors. Mrs. Emma Weeks, who died a year ago, had been vice-pres ident and the vacancy was creat ed by her death. The action was taken at the bank’s annual stockholders' meet ing. O. D. French, assistant cash ier, was elevated to cashier, suc ceeding Grady in that position. There are no other changes in j the hank's organization. Grady is a son of Mr. and Mrs H. D. Grady, pioneer O’Neill citizens. French is a son of Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French of O'Neill. French, who is also city clerk, was rear ed at Page. Council Adopts Goals for 1 958 The Holt county extension coun cil and 1958 home extension cluh presidents met Tuesday, January 14, for the winter council meet ing. Goals and the program for the year were planned, according to Mrs. Ed Sevcik, publicity chair man. G>mmittees and their chairmen were presented The following were goals ac cept ed for 1958. 1. Assist with diabetic camp. 2. A first aid kit in every home. 3. Create better understanding in mental health. 4. Promote eye examinations for the children in Holt county. 5. Assist in helping local hos pitals. 6. Continue with the litterbug program. 7. Eliminating blind corners in local areas. Griffin, Hanley File for Posts County Attorney William W. Griffin of O'Neill, republican. Tuesday filed for nomination for the same post in connection with the 1958 primary election. Robert Hanley, young O'Neill farmer, has filed for nomination for supervisor in the Third dis trict. Hanley is a democrat. The I lost at present is held by Clar ence Ernst, O'Neill farmer, a re publican. Boxing Exhibition Planned at Ewing EWING — American Legion. Sanders post 214, will sponsor a 1 lioxing bout at the gynmasium of the public school. Saturday eve j ning. January 25. beginning at 8:30 o'clock. Participating will be I four men who have taken Golden Gloves training and four high school boys. This is a polio benefit entertain ‘ ment. Everyone is invited Walter I Fick will he the referee. HERMAN DAXM.RT CREIGHTON- Herman Dannert, 79. of Creighton died Thursday in Lundberg Memorial hospital Fu neral services were held at 2 p m.t Saturday at the Congregational church Survivors include: Son — William of Winnetoon; daughter Lidda. who lives in Wyoming. Tomjacks Are YV ec! G4 Years 'ioneer :'ouple Moves into New Home in North Heights Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tomjack quietly celebrated their 64th wed ding anniversary Friday at their home in Ewing. Relatives and friends surprised them at a fare well party and to congratulate them on their wedding anniver sary. They built their home in Ew ing across the street from St. Peter's Catholic church 39 years ago Earlier they had hought a farm on Cache Creek and lived there before moving to town. They s[>ent Friday night in O’ Neill with Mrs. Tomjack’s sister, Mrs. John Pruss, before moving into their new home in Northern Heights addition Saturday, with their daughter. Miss Claire, a teacher in the O’Neill public school. Mr. Tomjack, 88. was bom in Illinois June, 1870. He came to Nebraska with his parents, broth ers and sisters when he was 12 yoars-oJri. The Tomjack family in 1882 made the trip in a cover ,h! wagon drawn by oxen over the prairies and plains. They forded streams and exper ienced all the hardships common to frontier travelers. Mrs. Tomjack, 80, the former Josephine Foreman, was horn on a farm near Duncan on October, 24. 1878. She married Mr. Tomjack Jan uary 10, 1894. They came to Holt county and established their home .1 ra.. «+-« • TUn,, Ill IIIL umilf, » . *-*’ came the parents of eight chil dren. Two daughters died in in fancy and Mrs. Mamie Burk, an other daughter, died in 1948. Their daughters are: Miss Claire, with whom they reside; Mrs Ermin (Genevieve) Reich . rt and M»,> AUtauw P.'nniHm*. who live in Long Prairie, Minn.; and Mrs. Everett (Grace) Jar man, who lives on a ranch near Chambers. Their son, I.eo, be came sheriff of Holt county in 1951. All five daughters were school teachers The Tomjacks were determined to give their children an education that would fit them to serve their country and com munities better. They braved storms, endured drouths, blizzards, plagues, pan ics, depressions and wars. They said on an interview Mon day, January 13, on “The Voice of The Frontier" (WJAG 780 kc) that if they could, they wouldn't change anything in their lives. They lx>th enjoy good health. Mr. tomjack likes to listen to the radio. Mrs. Tomjack enjoys “puttering” around the home. CERTIFICATE GIVEN Sgt. James R. Lyons Tuesday evening was presented an Amer ican Red Cross certificate of ap preciation for his three years of work in connection with the ARC sponsored water safety program at the O'Neill pool-one of the top water safety' programs in the state. Presentation was made by Kenneth Waring of O'Neill, Holt ARC chairman. Three Registrants Leave for Service— Three selective service regis trants will left O'Neill by train eary Wednesday for Omaha, all volunteers, entering the military service through the selective ser vice system. They were Hale B Kennedy and Delbert C. Rossman. both of Atkinson, and Dale A. Doo little of Amelia. WEATHER SCMMARY hi lo pr January 9 56 31 January 10 51 22 January 11 M- 29 January 12 46 28 January 13 43 18 January 14 34 11 tr January 15 47 14 The Tom jacks . . double feature celebration.—Tlie Frontier Photo. ■BtHKHtaaPfi iTSig* ^aswwil III *11^’ ■- >nv — This is the ear in which Morris 3. Johnson of llrlstow was ^fatally injured early Sunday near Nor folk.— Norfolk !> v* Hwl>. ! 9 I Former Atkinson Resident, 92, Dies Longtime Resident of Holt ATKINSON Lou Ella Carrie Brook, 92, a former longtime' res ident of Atkinson, died in the Odd Fellows home at York Thursday, January 9. She had been a resi dent of the home for the past six years. Mrs. Brook was bom in Grun dy county, Iowa, August 14. 1865, a daughter of W. H. Clark and Sarah Shaw Clark. She married Charles Brook in Parkersburg, la., in 1884. Her hus band died in 1901. Her daughter, Jessie Brooks Richards, died in 1951. Mr. Brooks established a hard ware store here in 1889. Mrs. Brook made her home with her daughter until Mrs. Richards' death. Funeral services were con ducted at the Odd Fellows home in York at 10 a m., Monday, Jan uary 13, and at Seger’s funeral chapel at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan uary 14. at Atkinson. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. Rev. Charles Gates officiated at the Atkinson rites. Pallbearers were Eli McCon nell. Ralph Kelley, C. C. Raymer, Joe Kraska, Herman Meyers and Roy Griffin. Survivors include: Granddaugh i ters Mrs. R. J. Gallagher of O i Neill; Mrs. L. E. Root of Atkin ' son, and Mrs. Charles Ridgeway of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four great-grandchildren. CREIGHTON—Ed Nelson, 89, who entered the hospital here Sat urday, died the same day. Sport Enthusiasts Await Holt Tourney All eyes are glued on next week’s Holt county cage tourney, which opens Monday evening (Pairings are shown on page 4.) Inman and Atkinson are seeded in the number one and number two slots St. Mary’s is booked in third place; Chambers, fourth. Meanwhile, Butte will visit St. Mary's Friday night: the Bur well Longhorns will invade the Atkinson Baler camp the same evening. Stuart will go to Spring view; Chambers will play at Page in what is expected to be a stiff showdown. The Inman Tigers Friday night will entertain the Ewing Tigers in what might be a humdinger. In man Is undefeated thus far. Mrs. Johnson Heads Star Club STAR — Ash Grove auxiliary met at the hall Monday evening, January 6. New officers for the coming year are as follows: Mrs. Marvin Johnson, president, Mrs. William Dufek, vice president; Mrs. Ray mond Soucek, treasurer; Mrs Soren Sorensen, jr., secretary. The group will begin work on an embroidered quilt and doll with wardrobe to be used for the fall bazaar. The men folks were invited to attend ll/'s meeting and plans were made for an entertainment program at the hall in the near future. They are to meet for practice at the hall Friday eve ning, January 17. After the meeting slides were shown and lunch was served by the ladies. Next meeting will be at the hall Tuesday, February 4, at 2 p.m. Try FRONTIER want ads’ Reorganized Holt board of supervisors: Seated (left-to-right)—Edward N. Flood, Harlan Dierk imr. Chairman Ale* Frirkel, Clerk Kenneth Waring, Frank Cronk (retiring rhairnmn); standing— Clarenee Ernst. Walter A. Smith and M. V. Imndreth.—The Frontier Photo. . One Channel on TV Booster Operating Second Channel W il 1 Function Soon At 1 p.m., Friday one-half of O'Neill’s twin-channel television booster installation went on the air. and the results have been gratifying. A tube fizzled at 9:27 o’clock that evening, causing a fuse to blowout and temporarily inter rupt service. But in a general way the lone channel 13 is doing a hangup job. KTIV (Sioux City channel l> is l>eing picked up, amplified a million times, and the signal is being rebroadcast on 13. Vital portions of the channel 2 phase of the unit were damaged when one of the four towers fell last week while being erected. Kenneth Werner of Chambers, project engineer, told the Cham ber of Commerce at meeting Monday night he expected to have channel 2 in operation within "a few days”. Channel 2 will carry the programs of KOLN-TV (Lin coln, channel 10). The boosted signals from the O’Neill installation have been re ceived at Chambers, Amelia and Emmet. The signal does not carry over four or five miles north. The equipment, however, can be adjusted to extend 12 or 15 miles in all directions with good audio and visual signals— but restraint is applied to the equipment because the federal communications commission has not yet blessed these installations. Werner said certain adjustments are yet to be made to improve quality. J. F. Contois, TV committee chairman of the Chamber, said me equipment emu eu»emeius i would be turned over to the city of O’Neill for maintenance and ■ operation as soon as Werner and his partner. Eugene Baker, Chambers rancher-amateur radio operator, finish up their their work. In a spot-check of the city Tuesday The Frontier found 80 percent of the homes with tele vision listening and viewing the Sioux City station (National Broadcasting company). One home was using coat hangers for an antennae; another a sewing machine (disconnected); another home was using porch railings. Modest antennaes are perform ing as well as the stacked-deck rotor-equipped types. A. L. Patton, owner of the Ben Franklin store, was elected to the C of C board of directors, succeeding A. P Jaszkowiak, owner of the Western Auto store. Harry E. Ressel reported on the farmer - rancher night program The date has ~<ot yet been fixed. James Rooney, Clarence Ernst and G. C. DcBacker are other members of the committee. Twenty-three were present. C. E. Jones, president, presided and Mike Burney, who represents In vestors Diversified Services, was introduced. Blanche Risineer Succumbs at 34 VENUS Miss Blanco Risingcr, 'U, died Wednesday morning, 'antiary S. in the Creighton hos pital. She had been a patient there one day. Funeral service's* were conduct ed at 2 p.m„ Saturday at the Evangelical United Brethren church, at Orchard. She was tv>rn at Venus and liv ed with her parents, north of Or chard, virtually all of her life. Survivors include Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Reed Risinger; sis teis Mrs Agnes Krb of Orchard: Mrs Bernard (Mildred) Walters! Of Denver, Colo.; Mrs, Iztwrence iReba> Oregon of Grinnell, la.; Mis Fritz (Marie) Backer of Bloomfield; brothers Franklin of Brunswick; Rex of Center; Leon ard and Joyce, l>oth of Venus; Roger of Bloomfield. She was Itnm at Venus, March 11. 1921 Pnllliearers, cousins of the de ceased, were: Gerald and Russell Ickler, All)ert and Ernest Boelter, Harold Butterfield, and Edmund Bright. aristow Farmer Dies of Injuries1 Johnson's W i f e and Daughter Escape BRISTOW Morris B. Johnson. 13. a Bristow farmer, was killed it 7:30 a.m., Sunday, January 12, 1 n a one-ear accident on U.S lighway 275 one-half mile easl if the junction with highway 24. southeast of Norfolk. His wife, , Dorothy, escaped unhurt with cuts and his daughter, LaVonne Ann. ■vho was thrown from the car, suffered bruises. Investigating officer State Troop Daryl Bittinger of Norfolk reported Johnson lost control of his car when the machine hit ice on the pavement Bis wife was thrown from the front scat to the back. Johnson died of a neck fracture on his way to a Norfolk hospital. The car somersaulted, landed on its wheels and plunged into a 14 foot ditch. It traveled 255 feet from the place where Johnson lost control until it stopped in the ditch. The family were enroute from Bristow to near Omaha to visit friends. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday, January 15, at Rosedale Covenant church, north of Bristow, with Rev. Everett Wilson officiating. The luidy lay in state at the Jones funeral home in Spencer until the funeral hour. The late Mr. Johnson was liom at Bristow May 15, 1914, a son of the late Olaf and Anna Johnson. He married Dorothy Johnson April 21, 1948. Mrs. Johnson’s parents are Rev. and Mrs. August Johnson of Wahoo, formerly of the Rosedale church. Survivors include: Widow — Dorothy; daughter — LaVonne Ann; brothers Joseph of Wahoo; Wallace of Bell Glade, Fla.; Don ald of Anoka and Harvey of Mon terey. Calif.; sister—Mrs. Glenn (Eldat Hansen of Sioux Falls, S.D. Pallbearers were David Land holm, Fred Nelson, Richard, Os car and Carl Anderson. Burial was in Mission Covenant cemetery. VFW Auxiliary Gets Congratulatory Notes Ladies auxiliary to O'Neill Vet erans of Foreign Wars, post 926 held a meeting Tuesday evening at the national guard armory. Twelve members were present and the Hag salute was given to the new flag, a gift of Admiral Dewey, post 1681, of Scottsbluff. The president, Lila Engdahl re ceived several cards of congrat ulations to the post and were read by the secretary. It was voted to sponsor an es say contest for all of Holt county with a prize of $5 to be awarded to the winner. A small gift and birthday card will be sent to Charles LaFavor. Favors for arbor day and sever al pairs of scufflies for Veteran's Administation hospital are present projects of the auxiliary. Discussion was held of VFW rally day and committees were appointed to meet with the men for further discussion. Next meeting will be Tuesday, February' 11. ( aril Party Tonight at Page— PAGE Members of the Im provement club will sponsor a card party at the IOOF hall Thurs i day evening, January 16, at 8 o'clock. Pitch, pinochle and bridge will lie played and prizes will be of fered for the high and low score. There will also be a door prize. Lunch will be served with those members of the Improvement clut living east of the highway furnish ing the cookies and those west ol the highway bringing sandwiches Lt. Dale Strong, recently com missioned in the air force, is visit ing relatives and friends here this week. He was commissioned a Harlingen, Tex., as an air navi gator and will report to Travis AFB, Calif Frickel Is New Head of Board Succeeds Cronk As Holt Supervisors Reorganize for *58 Alex Krickel of Atkinson, Sev enth district supervisor for the past nine years, Tuesday was elected chairman of the Holt county 1 xtard of supervisors for IW5X. A republican, he succeeds Frank Cronk of Page, who lias headed the Umrd the past six years. Cronk is republican su pervisor of the Fourth district. other members of the ttoard are: Edward N. Flood of O'Neill, First district, democrat; M. V. Latvhvth of PaRe, Second, dem crat: Clarence Ernst of O’Neill, Third, republican; Harlan Dierk Frlckel ... to leave board. mg of Amelin. Fifth, republican; Walter A. Smith of Stuart, Sixth, ' republican. The Frontier w,is designated as the official Holt county paper for 1958. Committees appointed are: COURTHOUSE Flood. Ernst, Cronk. FINANCE Dierking, Smith, Landreth. PRINTING Cronk, Smith, Dierking. TAX Flood, Land re tli, Ernst. BONDS Dierkng, Smith, Land reth. BRIDGE Landreth, Ernst, Cronk. ROAD Dierking, Smith, Flood. SETTLEMENT (County Offi cers! Flood and entire lioard. CLAIMS Dierking and entire Ixiard. INSURANCE Landreth, Ernst, Flood. Road employees rehired were: Floyd Gettert of Atkinson, drag line operator; Anton Weichman of Atkinson, bridge foreman; Ed Brandt of Atkinson, elevator op erator. Wage scale for road workers for the new year was adopted the same as a year ago: Single man $.85 per hr. Common brdge labor $1.10 per hr. Foreman, bridge workers 1.30 per hr. Truck drivers, tractor and grader oper ators .95 to 1.10 per hr. Experienced operator or mechanic 1.25 per hr. or minimum wage of $2.00 per month during December, Jan uary and February. Tractor and operator 3.00 per hr. Tractor loader 4 00 per hr. Experienced drag line operator 1.75 per hr. ' Truck and driver 3.50 per hr. Flood was reelected chairman of the welfare board. Dakota Woman, 105, Chambers Visitor CHAMBERS — Mrs. Matilda . Clark, 105, who makes her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Doran, of Tim ber Lake, S.D., returned Thurs day, January 9, after visting here since before Christmas with her grandaughter, Mrs. Cleo Alder son, and her grandson, Gayle Itoran, and family of Elgin. Picking Bee Held for Injured Man EWING A cornpieking bee was held Wednesday for James Good, who injured his hand in a picker accident Frday afternoon His hand was broken and some fingers were mangled. Good is in Antelope Memorial hospital at Nellgh. Jaszkowiaks I^eave for K. C. Show — A. I*. Jaszkowiak, owner and operator of Western Auto Asso ciates store here for the past 18 years, will attend a Western Au to merchandise show at Kansas City, Mo , January 19-20. Mrs. Jaszkowiak will accompany him. The Kansas City show will be one of 15 being held in January throughout the country. This is the 15th show that the Jaszkowiaks have attended.
