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Volume 77.—Number 52. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, April 24, 1958. Seven Cents.
Sister Maxine ... at HO with steady hand, keen eyes and mind
she works before the easel.—The Frontier Photo.
The Theater Men
Score O’Neill Hii
Substitute Soprano
Memorable
The Theater Men, an outstand
ing choral ensemble in its first
year as an organization, may
have proved that concert-goers
here are partial to artists appear
ing in multiples.
A year ago it was the Tucson
(Ariz. • Hoys Choir that wowed
members of the O'Neill Commu
nity Concert association.
Sunday night’s bill-of-fare by
The Theatre Men and a lovely
soprano, ranging from novelty
tunes through popular, semi
classical and classical, constitut
ed a most pleasant evening.
The offering was slanted for
popular appeal from start-to
finish Enthusiastic popular re
sponse was the result.
The artists were recruited
from Chicago’s Lyric Opera by
Bernard Izzo, baritone-director
and the personality force of the
group.
Miss Prudencija Bickus, a
Lithuanian, was the billed so
prano for the season, but she
yielded to a scholarship oppor
tunity which took her to the Ital
ian opera for the summer.
Her place was admirably—and
more than adequately----filled by
Margaret Lucas, a Vienna-born
blonde whose rightful name is
Lukechevs.
The rousing Wagner number
from Tannhauser, ’’Hail Bright
Abode", opened the program
with the ensemble achieving fine
precision and excellent blend.
Miss Lucas, Mr. Linland and
the ensemble then presented the
dramatic prison song. "Miserere
* t r Tl TmvatnrP.
11 will
Beauty, Power
The soprano exhibited a voice
of beauty, power and range and
Mr. I.inland proved to be a pos
sessor of a fine tenor with ring
ing power. 1 .
In Carmen music (scene 1, ad
It hv Bizet, Mr. Izzo, Miss Lu
cas and the ensemble gave evi
dence of vast operatic experience
and musicianship.
Part two consisted of two duets
by Jeffrey Wolfe and Mr. Izzo.
“Solemne in Quest’Ora' by Ver
di and ’Golden Pays from,Boj
bow s Student Prince This was
a skillful blending of Mr. Izzo s
ba Atone and Mr Wolfe^i tenor
Part three included the ngnt
hearted ‘‘I Whistle a Happy
Tune from The King and I by
Rodgers: “Vissi d'Arte, V.sM d
Amort'” from the opera La tost a
rPuccini: “How Are Things m
Glocca Morra” by Lane, Bess,
You Is My Woman Now . from
Gershwin’s" Porgy and Hess and
the universally loved Uiff Song
from Romberg’s Insert bong
Miss Lucas was memorable in
the Glocca Mora quizzing, and
there was lilting sweetness that
touched. .
Following intermission, Kaipn
Dodds. pianist-composer, played
two selected numbers on the
grand piano He proved to bo
an extraordinarily fine pianist.
The second half of the concert
featured Richard Rodgers music
m three-quarter time, and Miss
(Continued on page 6).
Money in Hand,
Tots Go Shopping
Little Timmy Cousins, 3, and
his new neighbor, Little Mary
Spangler, 4. decided Monday
was an ideal day for a shopping
excursion.
They made it to the business
district, stood wide-eyed before
the display windows at> Gilli
gan's Rexall drug, and finally
ventured in to make a pur
chase. Mary had three cents.
After scrutinizing the mer
chandise for a time they were
approached by a clerk, Mrs.
Frank (Irene) Sullivan, who
recognized the trip by the young
customers was unauthorized.
After a few pertinent quest
ions. Mrs. Sullivan stepped to
the phone to inform the bewild
ered parents.
Timmy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. William (“Bill”) Cousins
and Mary is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Spangler
Mrs. Kubik ... ill since January
Mrs. Mary Kubik
Dies at Niobrara
To U. S. from Europe
at Age of 13
Mrs. Mary Kubik, 73, who was
born in Czechoslovakia and came
to America alone at the age of
13, died at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April
15, at the home of her youngest
daughter, Mrs. Otto Dryak, at
Niobrara.
She had been hospitalized since
January 27, initially at Norfolk
where she submitted to minor
surgery. This was followed by I
five weeks of hospitalization and
major surgery at Methodist hos
pital in Omaha. For convalesence
she was returned to the Norfolk |
hospital, removed to the Lynch
hospital and only recently went
to her daughter s home where |
she died.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 19,
at the ZCBJ hall in Verdigre.
Mrs. Kubik had been a member
of the lodge more than 50 years.
A large crowd from the Verdigre,
Star, and Pishelville. communi
ties attended.
Pallliearers were Leonard Ruz
i c k a, Marvin Ruzicka. Frank
Ruzicka, nephews of the late Mrs.
Kubik, and Joe T. Pavlik, Joe
Bartos and George Bartos.
Burial was in the Pishelville
cemetery near the grave of her
husband, the late Joseph Kubik,
who died in July, 1948.
Ladd Kreysa of Clarkson de
livered the funeral sermon.
.Married in Omaha
Mary (Marie) Forman Kubik
vi:i« born November 10. 1884. She
came to the United States at 1*>
- her trip was sponsored by an
uncle and aunt who lived in Oma
ha. She made her home with
them for a time.
On May 18, 1902. she was
married to Mr. Kubik of Omaha.
They became the parents of four
children all of whom were born
in Omaha where the couple lived
for 10 years.
February 28, 1912 they moved
to Knox county and lived on a
rented farm 16 miles west of
Verdigre for six years.
They purchased a 200-acre
place where they lived until 1927
when they purchased a larger
place in Holt county known as
the east section of the Grant
ranch. She made her home in the
Star community over 30 years—
until her fatal illness.
For a time members of the
family felt she would recover
from the surgery and the heart
ailment, but the doctor on Sun
day, April 13, told the family
Mrs. Kubik's condition was deter
iorating.
Survivors include; Sons — Joe
and George, both of O'Neill;
daughters—Mrs. Otto iAnthonie*
liuzicka of Redbird and Mrs. Otto
iMary* Dryak of Niobrara; eight
grandchildren; seven great
grandchildren; one brother and
two sisters living in Omaha.
One brother, Fred, who stayed
behind in Czechoslovakia, died
shortly after World War I
Mrs. Ed Thorjn and daughter,
Miss Lavonne, spent Tuesday vis
iting in Sioux City.
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50th Jubilee
Is Noted by
Art Teacher
Sister M. Maxine, 80,
Began Career in
Her Native Germany
Eighty years ago in Upper Sil
esia (the province then was a
part of Bismark's Reich but now
it is a part of red-controlled Pol
and) a girl was bom in the Von
Brixen family.
The Von Brixens had three
girls and one son.
Today only one of these is still
living. She is Sister M. Maxine,
art teacher at St. Mary’s acad
emy here,
Saturday, April 19, Sister Max
ine renewed her vows in the or
der of the Sisters of St. Francis
at a special high mass in her
honor at St. Patrick's Catholic
ihurch. The following day-Sun
(iay—she was honored at an af
ternoon tea and reception held in
the academy auditorium. She was
greeted by dozens of friends, for- ,
mer pupils and other well-wish-1
ers.
She was educated in Germany
and at an early age became fas
cinated by art. After entering the
Roman Catholic order but before
her vows were finalized, her con
vent received a call from a girls
academy in Ohio. An art teach
er was urgently needed.
Ssiter Maxine boarded a vessel
in 1907 and came to America. Her
vow’s were finalized in 1908 at the
OSF mother house in Buffalo,
N.Y.
To SMA in 1920
She came to St. Mary’s in 1920
and taught only art until 1932,
when she returned to Ohio. She
returned to SMA in 1934 and has
remained here continuously.
One large room at the academy
is designated as Sister Maxine’s
room. Fine oil paintings hang on
the walls and every nook-and
cranny has seen a part of Sister s
art work.
On tne wail nangs an uu
of a young school boy on a cob
blestone street. He peers around
the corner of a building.
The attention-compelling pic
l ire. which has been studied an
admired by hundreds of SMA
students, is a copy. Sister Maxine
will tell you. The orginal was
done by Herman Karlbach, fam
ous Munich artist and teacher
who specialized in oils featuring
children of royalty.
Despite her advanced age (80),
her hands are steady. When this
reporter called, she touched up
a pastel on which she currently
has been working Slightly bent
but with keen eye and mind, she
stood before the easel and worked
with professional ease.
Copying Is Aid
Other paintings in the room were
done by pupils (most of them
have been girls) and by other
Sisters.
Sister Maxine said in a "Voice
of The Fronter” interview (heard
Monday, WJAG, 780 kc, 9:30:
a.m.) she felt students are more ;
mature in art in Europe than in
America, but countered by saying
she has found a surprising in- j
terest in art among students at,
the academy here.
She is not opposed to mechan
ical aids in art work or copying.
"Ideally the art student should
deal with nature- flowers, lakes,
streams. In Nebraska where win
ters are long this is impossible.
That’s why I never discouraged
copy work.”.
Sister Maxine has never enter
ed her own paintings in competi
tion "Never had time,” she mus
ed with a chuckle.
She has no yen to return to her
native land. "It would hurt me.”
she says, "because the Russians
are in control. "This is my life
here at St. Mary's.”
Surgery' at Norfolk—
Tuesday Mrs. Raymond Stowed,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis and
Mrs. Wade Davis of Chambers
went to Our Lady of Lourdes hos
pital in Norfolk to visit Mrs. Lau
ra Wright, who had surgery’.
Autograph seekers surround Soprano Margaret Lucas follow*
'ng Sunday evening’s concert: Curtis and Kenneth Peacock and Miss
Sharon Hartronft.—The Frontier Photo.
“X" at right shows approximate point of ini pact of the Jones ami i.iilgett ears in Tuesday’s ac
cident. Jones car came to stop headed in opposite direction; I.idgett machine is in ditch (circle).
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Jones Seriously
j Injured in Crash
Business Leader, 69,
Has Crushed Chest
A prominent O’Neill business j
| man was critically injured and a
! 17-yoar-old Chambers high school
! senior was injured at 9:15 a m., i
| Tuesday in a two-car accident at
O’Neill’s west city limits.
C. E. Jones, 69, is in St. An
thony's hospital suffering a rup
tured lung, a crushed right chest, |
arm injury and possible other in
ternal injuries. His condition for
24 hours following the accident
was listed as critical.
However, late Wednesday he
was resting even better than ex
pected and relatives said doc
tors were offering hope he would
survive barring complications.
Kenneth Lidgett, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Lidgett, was dri
ver of the other car. He suffer
ed only a humped nose, scratches
on the right arm and shock. He
was not hospitalized.
Both vehicles were damaged
beyond repair.
Jones, who had made an early!
morning business trip to Lynch,
was southbound on U. S. high
ways 20-281. Lidgett was north
i ’ound and was attemntine to
Mrs. Norwood ... to state In ’7(1
88,
Holt Pioneer, Dies
Rites Held Saturday
at Ewing
EWING- Mrs. Lora Norwood,
?8, a pioneer mother of the Ew
ing community died at 6 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 16, at a rest
borne in Elgin? She had been in
fuiling health for many months.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at 2 p.m., April 19, at the Ewing
Methodist church with Rev. Ivan
rumer officiating
Burial was in the Clearwater
cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Eben Grafft sang
‘Rock of Ages”, “Beautiful Isle
if Somewhere” and “Face to
Face” accompanied by Mrs. Wil
bur Spangler. In charge of the
flowers were Mrs. Mema S to
kens and Mrs. Mae Pruden, both
if Clearwater.
Pallbearers were Frank Nof
ke, Marcus Snyder, Jerald Black.
[Dave Pollock, William Snyder and
Clifford Hahlbeck.
Mrs.‘Norwood was bom March
10, 1870 at Manchester, Vt., and
came to Nebraska with her par
ents when she was six-months
ild. Her parents homesteaded in
\ntelope county. They were
[friaries and Adeline Wyman.
On December 4, 1889. she was
inited in marriage to Wilson Nor
,vood at Neligh.
The family came to Ewing in
1919 where she resided until her
ieath. They became the parents
if four sons and throe daughters.
Preceding her in death were
ler husband, two sons, her par
ents, three brothers and three sis
ers.
Survivors include: Daughters—
L,ydia Norwood of Elgin, Mrs.
jladys Cooper of Kansas City,
VTo., Mrs. Mildred Prove of Al
lambra, Calif.; sons-Ernest and
Everett, both of Ewing; five
jrandsons, one granddaughter,
ind 11 great-grandchildren.
Attending the funeral services
vere all her children and the fol
owing other relatives; Mr. and i
VIrs. Lyle Moore, Luella and
5hirley Mitchell of Stapleton;
rVilliam and Glen Hoge of Fair
lury; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Nor
vood, Linda and Kevin of Mid
vest, Wyo.
Jones . . . the other driver
escaped unhurt.
Moisture-Laden
Snow Falls Here
Almost daily precipitation
brought 1.22 inches of moisture
to O'Neill during the past seven
days.
Wednesday afternoon rain turn
ed to snow and the area residents
this morning (Thursday) awak
ened to find a layer of moisture
laden snow on the ground.
Precipitation here after yes
terday’s 6 p.m., official closing
totaled approximately .15 of an
inch.
Winner, S. D., Springview and
Ainsworth reported heavy snow
fall earlier Wednesday and the
snow moved eastward.
Weather summary:
hi lo pr
April 17 80 50
April 18 75 44 .06
April 19 63 38 .15
April 20 70 34 .08
April 21 63 44 .02
April 22 50 28 .06
April 23 . 43 32 .71
April 23 (after 6 ) .15
Total 1.22
make a lefthand turn into the
driveway at Wick’s body shop.
State Highway Patrolman Rob
ert Gude, who investigated, said
the right rear of the Jones ve
hicle came in contact with the
right front of the Lidgett car.
Skid marks showed Jones had
applied the brakes of his 1955
Buick and attempted to pull to
the left side of the highway. Fol
lowing the impact in the west
lane his car crossed the high
way, traveled one hundred feet
and came to an upright stop head
ed in nearly the opposite direc
tion.
The Lidgett car was knocked
into the ditch on the west side.
Lidgett was driving a 1952 Chev
rolet.
A rise in the highway about
900 feet north of the West O'Neill
corner restricts visibility.
Jones is manager of the Cen
tral Finance corporation offices
here and within a few weeks will
have completed a one-year term
as president of the Chamber of
Commerce.
ATKINSON—“The years have
been very gracious to us.”
Those were the words of Mr
and Mrs. John Mohr, sr., Sunday.
April 20, on the occasion of their
50th wedding anniversary even
though four of their eight child
ren are deceased.
More than one hundred friends
and other well-wishers attended
the open-house affair held at the
Mohr residence, located one
block west of the Campbell lum
ber company.
The open-house was preceded
by a luncheon for 40 at 12:30 p.m..
for immediate relatives.
Mr. Mohr was bom October 11,
1884, at Steams Prairie, a tiny
community 12 miles east of O’Neill
that has long since lost its iden
tity. His parents were the late
Alvin James Mohr and Katherine
Mohr.
Mrs. Mohr’s maiden name was
Ethel Elsburry. She was bom Au
gust 24, 1891, in Omaha, a daugh
ter of John and Lisa Elsburry
and was one of seven children.
When she was eight-years-old
the Elsburrys moved to Atkinson
where Ethel attended grade
school and high school.
Her father was in the drayage
business and the family home is
only three blocks from where the
Mohrs now reside.
The couple was married by
Justice of the Peace. Ancil Hay
dens, at the home of her parents
April 20, 1908.
They began hosekeeping on a
farm five miles northwest of O'
Neill. Later they farmed for
many years on different farms
in the Emmet and O’Neill com
munities. In 1932 they moved to
Atkinson where Mr. Mohr was
active as a painter and interior
decorator.
They were attended by Pearl
|
Mohr, the bridegroom’s sister,
and Frank Mohr, a brother. Pearl
is now Mrs. Pearl Thorson of
Minot, N.D., (her husband died
several months ago). She was
present for Sunday’s celebration.
Frank of Atkinson was unable to
attend because he was hospital
ized here.
Bad Bird Watches
Self in Mirror
An O’Neill firm that oper- j
ates tnicks had a problem—at
least until Sunday when a ,
bee-bee gun may have altered |
matters.
A vain robin for several
weeks has patiently awaited
the truck’s return to the rogu- i
lar parking lot just off South |
Fourth street. When the ve
hicle is placed in its stall and j
abandoned by the driver, Mr.
Robin would i>eroh in front of
the rear view mirror near the |
driver's door.
The bird would admire it
self in the elongated mirror by
the hour. Company workers
would stand some distance
away and watch the proceed
ings.
The entire act is amusing
except to the fellow who has to
wash the truck door each morn
ing before the vehicle goes out
on the road.
Mary L. O’Connell
' Burial in California
Mrs. Mary L. O'Connell, 71, a
member of a pioneer O'Neill
family, died Thursday, April 17,
in San Luis Obispo, Calif , where
she resided.
She had been ill about three
weeks.
Funeral services were held at i
San Luis Obispo and burial was
made there.
Mrs. O’Connell was stricken
early in April while she was en-}
tertaining her brother, Walter
O'Malley, who was visiting there.
They had gone to Santa Rosa to
visit friends. Mrs. O'Connell be
came ill and was returned to her
home 300 miles away by ambul
ance.
Mrs. McConnell's death was
attributed to a combination of
heart trouble and an asthmatic
condition.
She was bom at O’Neill June
21. 1886.
Her parents were the late Mr.
and Mrs. Michael O’Malley,
who homesteaded northwest of
here. Her mother's maiden name
was Mary Kirkwood.
In January, 1909, she married
Harry Wilson. They became the
parents of one son. Mr. Wilson
died and on April 22, 1940, she
was united in marriage with
Cornelius O’Connell of San Luis
Obispo.
Survivors include : Widower —
Cornelius; son George M. Wilson
of San Luis Obispo; brother —
Walter O’Malley of O'Neill; sis
ters—Miss Elizabeth O’Malley of j
O’Neill and Mrs. Nora Quilty of;
Omaha.
I
Assist in Grief
Stricken Home
EWING—Mrs. Irwin Cloyd is
spending much of her time at the
I^eslie Brokow home near Nor
folk and with her sister, Mrs
Brokow, at a Norfolk hospital
due to injuries received in a two
car accident.
Mrs. Lee Spittler is assisting at
the public telephone system dur
ing her absence. Two Brokavv
children recently were killed in a
two-car accident at Norfolk.
Sunday (iuents—
Guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Danny Helmer were his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Helmer of
Royal.
Years Gracious to Us’—
Mohrs Feted on 50th Wedding Date
The Mohr’s daughters are: Mrs.
Thomas (Alice) Dunn of Omaha, ■,
formerly of Atkinson; Mrs. Ro- j
bert (Mary Lois) Cunningham of i
Rantoul, 111., whose husband is a
career master-sergeant in the air
force; and Mrs. Doris Andrus of
Atkinson. They have one son,
(Continued on page 6).
The Mohrs ... he was born east of O’Neill; she was Ethel
F.lsbnrry before their J908 marriage.—The Frontier Photo.
Early Holt
Resident
Dies At 80
‘Tillie’ Galligan to
County Before Town
of Atkinson Founded
ATKINSON Funeral services
for Mrs. Matilda Beatrice Galli
gan, so, were conducted at 10
am.. Tuesday, April 22, in St.
Joseph's Catholic church.
Mrs. Galligan died Saturday
evening, April 19, in Atkinson
Memorial hospital where she had
been a patient several weeks.
Rev. Robert Morocco officiated
at the requiem high mass, and
burial was in die parish cemetery
under direction of the Seger fun
eral home.
Pallbearers wore Peter Mor
gan, William Morgan, Thomas
Flannery, L W. Ullrich, Arthur
Andrus and C. F. Morgan.
Her maiden name was Ma
tilda Nightengale. She was born
at Kilkenny, Minn,, February 14,
1876, a daughter of John O' Demp
sey Nightengale and Ellen Con
nell Nightengale.
She came to Holt county with
her parents in a covered wagon,
arriving at the Judge Malloy
residence at Emmet August 2,
1878. The overland trip required
57 days.
lamibcr from Niobrara
Lumber for the ‘Nightengale
, home was hauled from Niobrara.
Their first dwelling — a small
frame house was erected 2%
miles southwest of the present
site of Atkinson. The family had
; reached the area before the city
' was founded. For a time the
dwelling also served as the first
school in the frontier community.
She was among the first grad
uates of Atkinson high school,
finishing in 1896. She attended
, Wayne Normal in the days when
t it was a privately-owned school
> and later took work from the
University of Nebraska.
1 Her father was a pioneer school
i teacher and conducted classes In
i sodhouscs. Mrs. Galligan was al
> so a rural school eacher for many
i years. She was known in the
; community as "Tillie” Galligan.
She married John F. Galligan
. October 23, 1907, at St. Joseph's
i church.
Surviviors include: Sons -John
E. and James Marvin Galligan,
both of Omaha; sistel Margaret
Nightengale of Atkinson; broth
ers Thomas and James Nighten
gale, both of Atkinson, and Ilenry
<"Hy”) Nightengale of Linwood,
Calif ; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; her husband, John;
two sons, Francis and Thomas;
and two grandchildren.
Extended Mail
Delivery Foreseen
Inquiries are being received
at this postoffice relatives to ex
tension of city delivery service.
It is believed that the time may
be near at hand when consider
able extension of delivery service
for the city of O’Neill may be
authorized.
In order that proper measures
may be taken in an effort to se
cure such extension of mail del
ivery, it is suggested that pat
rons in sections of the city now
without delivery service should
indicate their desire for such ser
vice by circulating in their neigh
tx>rhoods and signing requests
therefore. For this purpose formal
petitions are not required. Signed
statements by groups desiring
delivery service, presented to the
ixjstmaster, will suffice.
Before mail delivery service
can be secured for such addition
1 al areas of the city, certain re
quirements must be met such as:
50 percent improvement of the
area, suitable sidewalks or sub
stitutes, street signs, walks from
streets to houses, numbers on
homes or business houses, and
mail recetacles. Meeting such re
quirements in O’Neill will call for
minor improvements hy both the
city and householders in the
areas desiring extension of del
ivery service, according to Post
master Ira Moss.
John Erb Dies
at Slayton, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Cur
ran and her mother, Mrs. L. A.
Ott, went to Lake Wilson, Minn.,
on Monday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Ott’s brother, John Erb,
63, who died Friday at his home
in Slayton, Minn.
Burial rites were conducted
Tuesday at the Methodist church
in Lake Wilson.
Mr. Erb was reared in the Joy
community north of O’Neill.
Eighth Grade Exam
Next on Schedule—
Next on the term-end calendar
of activities for Holt county rural
schools include:
Friday. May 2: Eighth grade
examinations.
Thursday, May 8: Holt County
Rural Teachers association meet
ing, O’Neill public school.
Wednesday, May 14: Eighth
grade promotion exercises.