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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1958)
K E FRONT® ~ 9:30 to 9:55 A.M. ^ -- 1 his Issue North-Central Nebraska’* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 77.— Number 44. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 27, 1 c>58. _Seven Cents _ _——I i i — STAit Hisr soc LINCOLN, NEBR. XXX Chace to Bid at Kansas City Larry Chace, former O'Neill high athletic great, will be run ning in Colorado university togs Saturday in the Big Eight confer ence indoor track meet at Kansas City, Mo. He was Colorado’s leading performer last year at Kansas City, finishing third in the 6l>-yard-dash. In his first official clocking of the winter he ran the 60 in 6.2 and one of the watches timed him in 6.1. Larry, who is ma joring in physical education, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Chace of Atkinson. A senior, this is his third season as a consistent point getter for the Buffaloes. Upon graduation he hopes to be a phys ed director. Edward E. Early Rites Set Saturday Member of Pioneer Family Edward Sylvester Early, 83, virtually lifelong resident of Molt county, died early Tuesday, Feb ruary 25, at North Bend where he hud been making his home. Funeral services will tie con ducted Saturday, March 1. at 10 a m , at St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Very Rev. Timothy O - Sullivan will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Cleary, John Jansen, James Conway. Ed ward Murray and Andy Clark. A rosary will be offered Friday at 8:30 p m-, at Biglin s chapel. Thc> late Mr Early was lx>m January 18, 1875, at Scranton, Pa., a son of the late James H. Earley and Margaret McGee Earley, a native of Ireland. A retired farmer, he had come' to Holt county when he was a year-old from Scranton. Mr.,Early had a flare for writing and frequently contributed to the columns of The Frontier. A member of an early pioneer family, he never married He farmed many years about 15 miles northwest of O Neill and re tired several years ago because off ill health. Survivors include: sisters Mrs Ella Gaughen of North Bend; Mrs Henry Bentling of Neola la ■ brother- James Earley of O'Neill; half-sister- Ellen McGee nf Washinirton. P.C. O’Neill Will Be Represented at. Railway Hearing The Nebraska state railway commission has sot Monday, March 3, as the date for a hear ing on oral arguments at the re quest of the Save-the-Trains as sociation. The hearing will lie held at 2 p.m in the commission hearing room at Lincoln. The association earlier filed a motion for a re-hearing follow ing the commission’s surprise two-to-one decision to authorize Chicago & North Western to dis continue trains 13 and 14 the last two passenger-mail-express trains serving northeast, north ern and much of northwest Ne braska . Officers of the S-T-A. leaders of civic groups including President C. E. Jones of the O'Neill Cham ber of Commerce, and other in terested persons will bo present at the hearing COMPLETES FILING John R. Gallagher, O'Neill at torney, Monday filed for the nom ination for Holt county attorney on the democratic ticket. His was the only filing during the past seven days Time is running out for prospective candidates for the elective offices. Receive Call — Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dailey re ceived a phone call Sunday evening from Ogallala from a former O' Neill resident and businessman. Donald Norre and his wife. Mr. Norre, was the assistant manager of the Lee store here two years ago, is now manager at Ogailala. Wins Navy Honors Raymond L. Turner, HSSA (above), has been chosen hon orman of navy recruit com pany 491, one of six compan ies graduated this week at the U.S naval training center at San Diego, Calif Turner is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Ivan Tur ner of Ewing. Honormen are chosen on the basis of leader ship. sportsmanship, military bearing initiative response to orders, qualifications of a good shipmate, and application to recruit training. Selection is made by a vote of the com pany membership. Turner ex pects to lie assigned to subma rine school in New London, Conn., after his return from 14 days recruit leave._ Dr. R. H. Gallagher Expires in California PAGE Dr. R. H. Gallagher, 85. who practiced dentistry at Page and Ewing for many years, died Wednesday, February 19, in California. He was reared at Page. Manson to Head ARC Fund Drive Kenneth Waring, chairman of the Holt county chapter of Amer ; ican Red Cross, has appointed Howard D. Manson as chairman of the 1958 Red Cross campaign for membership and funds The Red Cross drive will get ; underway following a meeting of directors and officials and all other interested members Mon ' day. March 3, at the Town House ; and continue through March. The quota for Holt for 1958 is $2.2091. The Red Cross is the only group, organized on a county-wide basis, to help in case of any emer gency. When Hurricane Audrey smashed Cameron. La., even though Gen. Alfred Gruenther's organization was scrapping the bottom of the barrel, it was the Red Cross that “came hrough’’. Locally the water safety pro gram and first aid courses are carried on through the Red Coss To New Jersey— Dorothy Bennett left Monday for Haddonfield. N.J . to visit her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. , K P- Feiree. Tomjack Rites Set for Friday Longtime Resident Dies in Hospital After Hip Break Funeral services will be conduc ted at 9 a m., Friday, February 28. in St. Patrick's Catholic church for Anton P. Tomjack, 88, an O'Neill resident since early January. He suffered a fractured hip in a fall at his new' home here Feb ruary 16. He fell down the base ment steps. Death came alxxit 6 p.m.. Tues day, February 25, in St. Anthony's hospital. Rev. Peter F. Burke of St Peter's church at E%ving will of-: ficiate and burial will be in Cal vary cemetery. Pallbearers will be Patrick Burk, Donald Tomjack, Frank Tomjack, Ivan Pruss. Mar tin Van Conett and David Burk. The late Mr. Tomjack was born at DuBois, 111., on June 15, 1870. He came to Nebraska with h'.s Mr. Temjaek . . . wed 64 years. parents and brothers and sisters > when he was 12-years-old. They made the trip in covered wagon drawn by oxen. His parents were the late Thomas and Mary Tomjack. On January 10, 1894 he married Josephine Foreman at Duncan. The couple came to Holt county j and established their home in the Ewing community. They became the parents of eight children. For a time while their children were in school the Tomjacks maintain ed a farm home and a home in Ewing. The late Mr. Tomjack was pre ceded in death by two daughters, who died in infancy, and another daughter, Mrs. Mamie Burk, who died in 1948. Survivors include: Widow — Josephine of O’Neill; daughters Miss Claire of O'Neill; Mrs. Er min (Genevieve) Reichert and Mrs. Arthur (Cecelia) Berg, both of Long Prairie, Minn.; and Mrs. Everett (Grace) Jarman, who lives on a ranch near Chambers; son Leo of O'Neill, who is Holt county sheriff; sister—Mrs. Dora Rosno of O'Neill; brother—Joseph of Ewing. .... u The Tomjacks and-their daugh ter Miss Claire, moved into a new home in the Northern Heights addition here in early January. The aged couple cele brated their 64th wedding anni versary January 10. Auction Calendar Friday, February 28: James and Anna Earley, who have liv ed many years northwest of O' Neill, will sell a full line of farm and ranch machinery and house hold goods: Col. Wallace O'Con nell of O'Neill, auctioneer; Ed Murphy of O'Neill, clerk (De tails on page 8) Tuesday, March 4: Alvin H. Heese, 1M: miles north of Page and 2,-2 east; closeout including dairy cattle, hogs, farm mach inery, some household goods; Cols. Max and Buv Wanser, auc tioneers; Farmers State Bank of Ewing, clerk. (Details on page 9) Wednesday, March 5: Mrs. I>a veme Robertson, executor, will sell two tracts of land totaling SOO acres (one tract improved), north of O'Neill; Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auctioneer-broker; Leo T. Adams of Atkinson, broker. Friday, March 7: Mr and Mrs W. H. David of Amelia, selling highly-improved 80 acres with fine dwelling: cattle and machin ery: some household goods; Col. i Ed Thorin of O'Neill auctioneer real estate broker. (Details on page 6.) Friday, March 7: Emmet Hay company will hold a cleanup sale at Emmet, starting at 12:30; 59 head of cattle, machinery, equip ment. feed: Cols. Wallace O'Con nell, Vem Reynoldson and Leigh j Reynoldson, all of O’Neill, au 1 tioneers and clerks. (Details on page ID. Friday, March 14: Gertrude | and Henry Walter, northwest of | Chambers, will sell livestock, feed, machinery, huosehold goods at public auction on premises; I Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auc tioneer; Chambers State Bank, I clerk. (Details in next issue). Sixty-Five Attend Postal Meet More than 65 persons attended the district li meeting of the Nebraska Rural Letter Carriers’ association held here. Rev. Robert Duffy of O'Neill addressed the group. Among those present were: Seated - Mrs. Bill Loukota of Bristow, Mrs. Alfred Marshall of Verdigre (auxiliary vice-president), Mrs. iMtwaru tvziozea oi neigraue iumhu r i t pcwomanl, Mrs. Harold Hargens of Spencer and Mrs. Ira H. Moss of O’Neill; standing Mr. Loukota, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kziozek, Mr. Hargens. Father Duffy and Mr. Moss, who is O'Neill post i ’aster and delivered the welcome Winners In the American Legion 22-county speech contest held here Monday were: Miss Pat Gutman of Norfolk, third; James Gllg of Atkinson, second, and Robert Cook of Norfolk, first. O’ Neill City Schools Supt. M. J. Baack (right) ex tends congratulations to the top three, who won unanimous votes of the judges.—The Frontier Photo. Terry’s ‘One-Man’ Board Cites Three Interrogates Only Bussinessmen State Sen. Terry Carpenter of Scottshluff, the “one-man commit tee” conducting a crusade against tax law violators, came to town Thursday and spent a day and a half interrogating businessmen re garding their tax schedules. After he had l>een in town awhile he realized he had neglected to notify farmers or ranchers. He was under the impression state house clerks had summoned 28. Carpenter attempted to pass the word to the farmers and ranchers he had intended to call, but the belated word failed to produce a single rancher. Terry, who denies aspirations; for the office of governor, took time to blast Gov. Victor Ander son. He accused Anderson of being "very ordinary”. Anderson was ready with an answer. “I’m proud to be an or dinary man,” declared the gov ernor. Terry has been needling the governor for not calling a special tax session, but the governor feels it would be useless as long as Carpenter's study is incom plete. Terry's quiz targets were large ly automobile and implement dealers in the O’Neill-Atkinson Chamhers communities. He cited in the record one department store and two auto agencies for too low valuations. NEWS, PICTURES OMITTED A late volume of advertising necessitated omission of consider able news and pictures from this issue All of the omitted material will appear next week. The heavy volume of late advertising was received too late to develop extra pages.—PUBLISHERS. Christine Luedke Dies Near Spencer SPENCER — Funeral services for Mrs. Christina Luedke, 84, were conducted at 2 p.m., Satur day, February 22, at the United Lutheran church in Spencer. Bur ial was in Union cemetery at Spencer under the direction of the Jones funeral home. Mrs. Luedke died Wednesday, F bruary 19, at her home north jf Spencer She had been a res ident of that community more Ihan 50 years. The late Mrs Luedke was bom at Scribner November 8, 1873. Her husband, the late Ferdinand Luedke, is deceased. Survivors include: Sons Clar ence of Spencer and Earl of Mis sion, S. D.; daughters Mrs. R. G. (Beulai Kaul of Spencer; Mrs. Dan (Floyd i Fauss of Hoop er; Miss Viola of Spencer; Mrs. E. O. (Edna) Froseth of Spen cer, and Mrs. Frank (Olga) Kru picka of Spencer; 11 grandchil dren, and 18 great-grandchild ren. Mr. and Mrs Dewitt Miller of Norfolk were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.. Duane Miller. Parole Officer j l Soon to Be Named Heese Appointed Service Officer A parole officer whose duties it will be keep tab on juvenile de linquents assigned to him is soon to be named. He will be designated as the Holt county parole officer. District Judge D. R, Mounts, | who was expected to return to j the city late Wednesday after spending the winter in Oklahoma, will name the officer. Several ap plications had been received and District Judge Lyle Jackson ot Neligh, who has been substituting for Mounts, and District Judge Earl Meyers of Alliance had screened several applicants, none of whom are Holt countyans. The job will pay $250 per month plus travel and expenses. Meanwhile, Alvin H. Heese, World War II veteran and a Page ; farmer, has been appointed coun ty service officer, succeeding John Grutsch, who had served a trout eight years. Heese will be holding a farm sale next week and will move to O'Neill when housing can be arranged. Heese has been Legion service officer and has had considerable experience in veterans’ affairs Grutsch is in ill health. The j service board, headed by Lyle Dierks of Ewing, made the ap-, pointment. L. M. Merrirhan spent Monday in Norfolk. Inman High Coach Bill Miller Friday even ing crowned Neal Kelley king of sports and Miss Carol Cadwaliader queen following Inman’s 65-27 romp over the Oakdale cagers. Members of the Inman student body look on. A dance followed in the assembly.—The Frontier Photo. Behlen to Describe Yucca Flats Tests Walter D. Behlen, President of i Behlan Manufacturing company >f Columbus, who will talk at the farmer-night in O'Neill Thursday, March 6, has made a hobby of Astronomy, atomic energy and the study of space travel. lie started the Behlen Company n a garage at home in 1916 From this beginning the company has '■ expanded to the present building :>f 140,000 square feet. The com pany employs 600 persons and the 1957 sales were $12,000.0 0. A new plant covering two acres is being built three miles east of Columbus near the townsite of Behlen. The company manufact ures metal buildings, com cribs, grain bins, grain dryers and tractor power steering. Mr. Behlen furnished two build ings for the atomic tests at Yucca Flats, Nev., in 1955. These build ings were IV4 and three miles from the blast. The Behlen frame less steel building was the only one in the group which withstood the tests. Mr. Behen wll talk on atomic tests and earth satelites. He will show colored slides of the 1955 Nevada tests. Mrs. Jonie Palmer Expires at Omaha Funeral Services Are Set Friday ATKINSON Mrs. Jonie Pal mer, 52, a lifelong resident of Holt county, died at an Omaha hospital Tuesday, February 24. She had been a patient in the hos pital six days. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m., Friday, February 28, at St. Joseph's Catholic church with Rev. R. J. Parr officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Adaline Kathryn Palmer was Ixmi December 14, 1905, in O’ Neill She was the daughter ot Delbert and Kathryn Dixson John son. She married Jonie A. Pal mer November 27, 1928 in Em met. They became the parents of two daughters. Preceding her in death were one daughter, a sis ter, Marie, who died at the age of 11, and her father. Survivors include: Widower— Jonie; daughter — Mrs. Eugene (Joan) Ziska; mother-Mrs. Kath ryn Johnson; sisters—Mrs. Mike (Velma) Bonenberger of Atkin son and Mrs. Connie (Ellen) Gokie of Atkinson. A rosary service was held Wed nesday evening at Seger's funeral chapel and another rosary ser vice will be held at 8 o’clock to night (Thursday). James Havranek, Wife Wed 54 Years A family dinner was held Sun day, February 23 at Atkinson in honor of Mr. and Mrs. James Havranek, sr., who celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. It was held at the Havranek home. James Havranek and Mary Scheinost were married at Butte February 24, 1904. For many years they were residents of the Bris tow, Redbird and Gross communi ties. In 1932 they moved to a farm 7 miles north of Atkinson and in 1937, they moved to a farm 15 miles north of O’Neill. Later they moved to another farm northeast of Atkinson. They retired from farming in 1948 and moved to At kinson. iney are me parents ui xu children; Louis and Albert of At kinson; James, jr., and Charles of O’Neill; Frank of Hamburg, la.; Edwin and Mrs. Art (Mary) Fuhrer of Lincoln; Mrs. George (Bessie) Marshall and Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Farnik of Verdigre. A daughter died in infancy. They have 14 grandchildren and a great granddaughter, Patty Mar shall of Verdigre. Attending the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Havranek and Larry; Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Al) Havranek and Ellen; Mr. and Mrs. James Havranek, jr., Donald and Leonard; Mr. and Mrs. Char les Havranek, Dottie, Charlene, Erin and Jerry; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnik, Mrs. George Mar shall, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Marshall and Patty, Mrs. Arthur Fuhrer; Shirley, Kenny and Edwin Hav ranek. Other guests were Mary Kamp haus and Mrs Dorothy Barrrett. Frank Dvorak and daughter, Gayle, visited in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Havranek have two grandsons serving in the navy. They are Jim Farnik of Verdigre and Francis Havranek of O’Neill. Religious Survey Being Launched The O’Neill Ministerial associa tion is planning a community re ligious survey beginning on Sun day afternoon, March 9. and to be completed by Sunday afternoon, March 16. “The association will appreci ate the cooperation of those in terviewed as it will enable the churches to render better ser 1 vice to the community,” a spokes man explained. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mahon were weekend guests of Mr. and 'Mrs Larry Hanzlik of Verdel. Assessors Ready for ’58 Calls 35% o f Cash Value Will Be Used for Tax Asses sments (IJst of assessors on page t.) Personal property and real es tate will lie assessed at 35 per cent of actual value in 1958. In 1957 it was assesses! at 50 percent of basic value. Actual values for personal pro perty were set on livestock and hay for 1958 by the state asses sor's association convention held in Omaha, January 24. Assess ments will l)e made at 35 percent of these actual values: Purebred Cattle— Calves to 6 months $ 50.00 6 to 12 months 130(H) 12 to is months ibo.oo 18 to 30 months 180 00 Milk cows 200 00 Stock Cows, Ror. 180.00 Grade Cattle— Calves to 6 months 40.00 6 to 12 months heifers 85.00 6 to 12 months steers 95 00 12 to 18 months heifers 100.00 12 to 18 months steers 150 00 18 to 30 months heifers 130.00 Steers over 30 months 180.00 Stock cows 130.00 Milk cows 160 00 Cattle on feed 80 days, non mirt 00 Bulls— Herd bulls _ 700.00 Commercial bulls 350 00 Range bulls 200.00 Horses— Saddle horses, Shetland ponies $150.00 up Race horses _ $200.00 up Other horses & mules $70 00 up Hogs, Sheep, Etc.— Butcher hogs, per cwt 18 00 Sows, per cwt. 16.00 Ewes & rams, per head 12.00 Feeder lambs, per cwt 20.00 Sheep on feed, per cwt 20 00 Turkeys, per dozen _ 50.00 Chickens, ducks, geese, per doz. _ ..._ 7.00 Dogs __ 100.00 up Mink _20.00 Chinchilla _ 25.00 Rabbits __ 80 Bees, per stand_10.00 (■rain, Hay— Prairie hay, per ton, baled 12.00 Alfalfa hay, per ton, baled 12.00 Red clover hay, per ton, baled 10.00 Straw, baled _ 8.00 Silage, per ton _ 5.00 Fodder, per ton_ 5 00 Heart Fund Lags Due to Weather The heart fund drive is lagging, according to Mrs. John L. Baker of O’Neill, who is directing the Holt county drive. The mother’s march Sunday in several communities fell short, chiefly because of the springlike weather which caused residents to take to the open road for the afternoon. The march here brought in $375.75 about one hundred dol lars short of a year ago. Solicita tion in downtown O'Neill rasied $247.50.. Half of the reports are in from rural Holt areas, Mrs. Baker said, and the proceeds todate from those areas amount to $410.38. City, town and rural schools have not yet reported. The heart fund dfive in Cham bers — including the mothers’ march netted $97.33. Arbuthnot, Liddy Win Certificates Miss Cecelia Ann Artnithnot, a St. Mary’s academy senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack l Arbuthnot, and Michael Liddy, an : O’Neill high senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Liddy, have been awarded a certificate of merit as a result of outstanding performance in the 1957-’58 na tional merit scholarship pro gram. The two were among 7,300 fi nalists in the nation. Testing of 256,000 high school seniors be gan last October. Two Juveniles Appear In Court— Jerry Leroy Kileoin and Anton Joseph Coenen, O’Neill juveniles, Tuesday appeared before District Judge Lyle Jackson in juvenile court. Coenen was sentenced to the training school at Kearney for an indefinite period. Kilcoin’s case is being contin ued until March 3, at which time the court indicated he would be assigned to a Holt county parole officer. Beth Coenen and Kileoin were charged with delinquency and de pendency. ACCIDENT REPORTED O’Neill police at 10:45 p.m., Saturday investigated a two-car accident at Eighth and Adams streets. Machines were operated by James Kubik of O’NeUl and George Jeffrey of Orchard. There was considerable damage to both vehicles. O’Neill’s channel 10 booster (for channel 2 reception) is expected to go on the air this weekend.