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# XXX 111 OJT^ SIXTEEN jUnfu PAGES MON. • WED. • SAT. Section i -Pages 1-8 North-Central Nebraskas BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 4. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. Thursday, May 22, 1958. Seven Cents. - _ I , L ajj—... 11 n,— - , u m, - „ , --—- -- , , 1 r--——————— STATE HIST SOS LIIISOL UEHR. Adrian (Bernard) laihle . . . to be ordained May 27 at C eeptton, Mo. (Story at right). 0 Connor Guilty in Tear Gas Case Appeal Bond Posted After Jury Trial A 23-year-old Atkinson man was found guilty by a county court jury Tuesday on charges of re sisting arrest and abusing an of ficer. Michael (“Mike-’) O’Connor was fined $!)0 and assessed costs of $38, Before leaving the court house, an appeal bond was post ed with intent to appeal to the Holt county district court. The district courtroom over flowed with spectators for the three-hour county hearing in which County Judge Louis W. Reimer presided. William W. Griffin. Holt county attorney, was prosecutor George Farman of Ainsworth was counsel for the de fendant. The case was an outgrowth of an alleged incident on the streets of Atkinson about 1 :15 a. I in., Friday, May 2. Atkinson Police Officer Clif ford Batloff, testimony revealed, gave up chase in an effort to give O'Connor a traffic ticket for “running a stop sign’’, farter O'Connor was alleged to' have poured beer into Batz loff’s notebook. When Batzloff attempted to take O’Connor into custody, a j scuffle ensued. One of O'Con nor's companions, Rolland (Rol lic) Everett. 22, interceded. Batzloff fired from his teargas gun and hit O’Connor in the eye, sending O’Connor to the hospital for one night and one day. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack later brought both O'Connor and Everett to O’Neill where they were lodged in jail over night. In preliminary hearing Tues day, May 6, Ixith pleaded inno cent and lioth were similarly charged. They were released on bond and hearing was set for Tuesday, May 20. Only O’Connor was tried by the jury and the Everett case is be ing continued. Only witnesses called by the prosecutor were Batzloff, who since trio May 2 incident has been given a vote of confidence by the mayor «nu vuj •■ and elevated to police chief, and Ray Wickham. , , .. Witnesses testifying in behalf of the defendant were O Connor. Alex Cleary, John Slaymaker, Melvin Carr, Everett and the de endant s father, Gerald O Con The prosecutor told the jury it was strange at least 10 people would be on the streets of Atkin son at 1:15 a. m , to witness such an incident “unless it was l>'The defense counsel pointed out tin officer’s notelxxik, alleged to have had beer poured on it, was not produced as evidence. Tht defense also established that BaUloff is a minor (^-years-oid) and did not live in the, city of A\nn'cEy court the jury does not receive instructions from the judge and prepares its own ver dict A 4-2 verdict of guilt was reported out by the jury-, but was sent back by the court on protest of the defense counsel. The jury deliberated from 4:30 until 5-45 p. m , and finally re turned with a W) verdict of guil Members of the jury, all O Ned lites were Frank troelich, Rob ert Lowery. Melvin Klinger. Har ry Graham. Edward Murray and Ji,Zc ^“efotneer .has be™ nicknamed “Sundown . He is noted for carrying multiple fire arms. He came to O NetU aur :nSr the winter from California and Uved at O’Neill for a time Xle serving as night marshal at(f8%£?'b slated for selec ti ” service. His counsel pleaded a finding of guilt would blidu this young man s record at inKrtncS Atkinson city attorney, sat at the counsel a ble with the prosecutor but did ^The'HcHv^df Atkinson paid O’ Cormor’s hospital gl^jcas re vealed because O Connor w ••in custody" at the time of hos pitalization^_______ Auction Calendar Saturday, May 31: W. E. Jones of Chambers will sell farm and ranch machinery and household Sxxls: he has rented his place Col Merlin Grossnicklaus of Chambers, auctioneer ■ Chamliers State Bank, clerk. (Details an page 7.' Wins Top Honors Charles T. Doty (above), son of Mr. and Mrs, Lynn Doty of Butte, was graduated valedic torian of the 1958 senior class of Butte high school. Faye Weidncr was s a 1 u tatorian. "Chuck" Doty was also winner of a regents scholarship to the University of Nebraska at Lin coln, His plans are to enroll at the university this fail Peter H. More, 74, Expires at Lincoln A Postmaster ’Til ’50 at Redbird ORCHARD Peter H. More. 74, ei Fairmont resident, formerly the Redbird postmaster, died Thursday. May 15, at St. Eliza beth's hospital in Lincoln. Funeral services were held Sunday, May 18, at the Hamilton mortuary in Orchard. Rev. Duane IXW 011101311X1. The late Mr. Moore was bom at Falls City March 2, 1884 He lived at Orchard many years and in 1942 moved to Redbird where he operated the postoffice until 1950 when he and his wife moved to Fairmont. At Fairmont he was mail mes senger as long as his health per mitted. His first wife, Emma, died in 1940. On March 23, 1945 he mar ried his present wife. Survivors include: Widow — Freida; daughter Mrs. Harold (Violet) Asiiel of Minneapolis, Minn.; stepsons Harold Berg lund of Lincoln, Kenneth Berg lund of Clearwater, Fla.; step daughter Mrs. Harvey Krugman of O'Neill; 17 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Alfred Cleve land, William Young, John Stein berg, Lon Sawyer, Herman Weit ing and Keith Thelander. 3 Auction Sessions Planned at Midwest Three separate auction sessions have been schedued by the Mid west Furniture & Apupliance company in West O’Neill to cul minate the month long quitting business sale. Balance of the , 100-thousand dollar stock and warehouse sale will l>e offered. First session will be at 7:30 p.m.. Friday, May 23; second session at 2:30 p.m., Satur day, May 24, and the third, Satur day, May 24, 7:30 pm. Don Meyers, owner of the firm which is culminating 12 years in business here, says he expects the building to be sold “very soon”. Wins Recognition at Omaha— The Omaha Chamber of Com merce Wednesday evening hon ored livestock producers and shippers who have been dealing with the Omaha market for at least a half-century. ^ Among those recognized was Guy Cole of O'Neill, whose first cattle shipment to the Omaha market dates Rack to 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Cole went to Omaha Tuesday. INSTALLATION <>l PASTOR EWING- A commission of Ne braska Presbytery will come from North Bend. Lincoln and Ewing to install Dr. William H. Ross as pastor of the Ewing United Presbyterian church ^ at the 7:30 p.m. service next Sun dav. May 25. The public is cor dially invited to attend this ser vice. Club Meets— Merri-Myx met Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. Fred Robertson. Winners were Mrs. I Harold Lindberg and Mrs. H. S. Moses. New Priest Will Offer First Mass Adrian Laible Will Be 2d in Parish to Become Priest STUART Adrian (Bernard) Laible, OSB, will Ik* ordained to the holy priesthood on Tuesday, May 27 at Conception Abbey, Conception, Mo., by Most Rev. J. P. Cody, STD, bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph Father Adrian is the second priest to be ordain ed from St. Boniface parish at Stuart in its 75 years’ history. Father Adrian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Laible of Stuart. He was educated in local and diocesan school system, at tending St Boniface grade school (Stuart i and St. Joseph’s high school (Atkinson), graduating in 1950. He entered Conception (Mo.) seminary in the fall of 1950, and made his simple vows as a Benedictine on September S, 1953. at Conception Abbey. The immediate family of Fath er Adrian are expected to attend the ordination rites in the Immac ulate Conception Minor Basilica at Conception; Felix Laible of Stuart; Mrs. Alex tKose) Frickel of Atkinson; Sister M. Beatus, OSF. of Milwaukee, Wise.; Ru dolph J. Laible of Salem, Ore.; and Miss Catherine Laible ol Schuyler, Nebr* Father Adrian will celebrate his first solemn Mass an Thurs day, May 29, at 10 a,m., in St. Boniface church. The ministers of the mass will be: Rev. Anthony J. Paschang, pastor of St. Boni face, assistant priest; Rev. Jo seph Kaup of Monterey, deacon; Rev. John McNally of Elgin, subdeacon; Richard Arkfeld, priesthood student from Battle j Creek, master-of-ceremonies; and Rev. Emmanuel Judge, OSB, (Conception Abbey, formerly of St. Joseph’s parish, Atkinson), j preacher. Benediction of the blessed sac rament and Father’s blessings j will be given at 2:30 p.m. in the parish church. The reception will follow in the parish hall from 3 until 5 o’clock. After a vacation with his par ents, Father Adrian will return to Conception Abbey to take up his summer assignment as Pre fect of discipline in the Latin summer school at Conception seminary. Auto Tax Case Reversed by Court The Nebraska supreme court Friday reversed and remanded with directions a Holt county dis trict court decision involving a motor vehicle tax. Charley W. Peterson, Atkinson rancher, brought the suit, seek ing an order refunding a motor vehicle tax alleged to be erron eous and wrongfully collected. Defendants were the Holt county treasurer and assessor, and the director of the state department of roads and irrigation. Earlier the Holt county district court rendered a decree holding the section of state law, provid ing for the vehicle tax in ques tion, to be unconstitutional. Cancer Drive Ends at $1,460 Mark Final report on fund drive for j 1 the American Cancer Society in ; Holt county follows: Amelia — 21.20 Amelia 21.20 Atkinson 351.77 Chambers 176.86 i Emmet 80-«j0 Ewing Inman -17.bU O'Neill (incomplete) 288.19 Daffg 116.56 j I Stuart 220.48 . Grattan Farmerete club 10.00 Paddock Com. Indies Aid 10.00 Rural schools 30.02 Total $1,460.52 Saturday to Feature Products on Parade— O’Neill merchants have com pleted plans for the first annual products parade to be held Satur day, May 24, on North Fourth st. The street will be roped off for dozens of exhibits ranging from automobiles and trucks ti all types of farm equipment, appliances and seed corn. The event is under the sponsor ship of the Chamber of Commerce. Dozens of coupons appear in this issue of The Frontier with most firms cooperation. There will be music by the Mu nicipal band and the hours of the exhibit showings are from 1 p m. until 9 p m. (See coupons throughout paper). Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harty and son. Michael, of Park Forest. 111., a suburb of Chicago, arrived Saturday to spend the week with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Harty. They plan to visit other relativ es in Creighton and Omaha. | CELIA—Joe. Jerry and Nina i Hendricks all have measles. u.splaying sample 01 carp taken irotn swan >„ s.iuiriiay (luring me state game i’oiiiiiiissmiii's renovation project are (left-to-right): Larry Bala ki, .Marvin Yonasek, Harry Smith, Leonard Von asek and Henry Farnik, all of the Yerdel and Verdigre localities.—The Frontier Photo. Principals in Sunday’s dedication at the Page ^.Isjiodist church: Left-to-right—Neven Ickes, jr„ chairman of the official board; Elmer Trowbri ’g™, lay leader of the church! Nebraska Methodist Bishop II. Baseomh Watts of Lincoln; Rev. Robert Embree of O’Neill, northeast Nebraska district superintendent, ami Rev. lisle Mewmaw, church pastor.—The Frontier Photo. 400-500 Autos Go to Tarty at Lake Paralyzing of Rough Fish at Swan AMELIA—A large crowd was on hand Saturday, May 17. to watch the game commission’s renovation work at S.wan lake southwest of here. An estimated 400 to 500 autos appeared at the lake which is the first of six sandhills lakes to have the rough fish destroyed by toxicant preparatory to restock ing with game fish. There were dozens of motor boats, including some large ones, and men and women, some from more than one hundred miles away, were armed with nets, spears and even shovels. Occasionally the women were seen cleaning and ice - packing the take while the men were hauling ’em in. Burlap sacks and washtubs were in evidence around the shore. Robert Thomas of North Plat te, formerly of O'Neill, helped direct the operation. He is with the tisnenes division or ine si cue game commission. The toxicant left a cloud of dust over the lake for the early .arrivals. The dust paralyzes the fins of the fish and caused carp to surface almost immediately. Hundreds of carp were taken and quite a few bullheads. Game fish, such as northern pike, were few, but some were taken late Saturday and Sunday. Fishing enthusiasts were disappointed there were not more northerns in Swan. One unidentified fisherman took home one hundred bullheads. Last fall the H A. and R. E. Van Horn lake, northwest of Ew ing, was given similar treatment. Thomas Hutton to Coaih at Ewing EWING—'The hoard of educa tion has secured Thomas Hutton of Creston, for a coach for the Ewing public school for the com ing year. Mr. Hutton has been coach at the Creston school for the past five years and has made a good record in his chosen field. Mr. Hutton plans to move his household goods to Ewing at the close of school and then go with his family to Glacier National Park where he has employment for the summer vacation. BE VS DWELLING Mrs. Felix Hendrick has pur chased the F. A. Miles home and . expects to move this week Tire Blowout Surprises Driver— Shortly after 1 p.m., Tuesday Frank Summers, driver of a westbound truck, had the sur prise of his life at the corner of Fourth and Douglas sts., the city’s main intersection. An inside dual tire “blew out" and sent the outside tire and wheel rolling up the steps at the First National Bank. The errant wheel failed to gain admission at the bank, rol led to a lazy stop and sulked on the sidewalk. Summers, an O'Neill trucker, was thankful on two counts: ill the blowout didn't occur on the open road while traveling at a good clip; (2> the wayward wheel didn’t strike a pedestrian. The driver had stopped at the traffic signal and was pulling through the intersection when the bang occurred. Latter Day Saints Dedicate Church ATKINSON- The Atkinson Mis sion of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was formally opened in ceremonies at the church Sunday afternoon. A large crowd at tended. Guest speaker was Emery E. Jennings or St. Josepn, mo., siaie president. Other program features includ ed the invocation by Ralph Schmnk, pastor of the local mis sion; a musical reading by Mrs. Vera Paddock; an address by Arthur F. Gibbs, district presi dent, and a duet by Miss Verna Pruss and Mrs. Roy Ries. Mayor Willard S. Linville spoke. The benediction was given by Fred R. Home, ,jr., of Atkinson. Following the services , an open house was hold with Mrs. Roy Ries and Mrs. Vera Pad dock as hostesses. Construction of the church was 1 begun last fall under the direc tion of a building committee, Fred Home, jr., Roy L. Ries and Ralph Schrunk. Most of the building work was done by mem 1 tiers of the congregation. Ames and Ries construction | company, local contractors, plan ned and selected most materials | used. WEATHER SUMMARY hi lo pr ! May 15 69 44 May 16 72 45 T May 17 73 40 Mav 18 72 41 .03 May 19 _ 75 48 May 20 .. 72 45 .21 May 21 83 49 T 13 Members in ’58 Page Senior Class PAGE Baccalaureate services for the Page high school senior class of 1958 were held a t 8 o’clock Sunday evening, May 18, at the school auditorium. Rev. Burl Baty, pastor of Wes leyan church, offered the invoca 1 tion and benediction. Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, pastor of the Methodist church delivered the sermon, ''Overcoming Obstacles; Looking Ahead”. Carol Harris sang ‘‘The Ixjrd’s ! Prayer”. Commencement exercises were held Tuesday evening, May 20. also at the auditorium. I)r. Jackman Addresses Grads— PAGE Dr. Everette Jackman pastor of First Methodist church at, Norfolk, was commencement speaker. His address was enti tled: "How Well Can You See?” Myrna Hciss gave the valedic tory address and Lura Anne ; Crumly the salutatory address. Supt. William Hock presented | the class of 13 seniors and Mrs. Faye Taylor presented the seven eighth grade graduates. Carl Max, president of the hoard of education, made the pre sentation of the diplomas. Clip the coupons and save! »-mfm mmm»F“ rr m, ’M Capping in Kansas Three O'Neil! girls participa ted at the capping exercise held Sunday, April 20, at the Sisters of Charity school of nursing at Providence hospital, Kansas City. Kans. They were the Misses Cera Corkle, Carlene Schoenle and Rita Jilg. All are 1957 graduates from St. Mary’s academy. Gi ts Invitation I o India Wedding AMELIA Mr. and Mrs. Olenn White of Amelia received : an interesting letter from Dhanajirao Jadhav of Pmma, India, recently. Accompany ing the letter was a wedding in vitation to the marriage of Mr. ! Jadhav and Knnehanmala Devi of Ramia, India, which took place Thursday, May 15. Jodriah, its he is affectionate ly known, was an international youth exchange student who liv-> cd with the Whites a short time several years ago. They corres pond regularly. His fiancee has a bachelor of arts degree and English was her major. He wrote that he plans to bring his wife to America "very soon and will come to see the j Whites. CAB Approves Air Service for Area Ainsworth, Norfolk Closest Stops The civil aeronautics board in j Washington Monday approved a series of local airline routes for Nebraska including a route that f extends from Omaha westward to Lincoln, Columbus, Norfolk, Ainsworth, Valentine and Chad-1 ron, all state points, and on into Wyoming to Lusk and Casper. In general the service was all that the state, now entirely with out air feeder service, had asked for. The CAB order substitutes local service for United Air Lines trunk service at Grand Island, North Platte and Seottsbluff. The board vote included these routes: FRONTIER AIRIJNES Northern Nebraska route, tern- j porary. Denver, Colo., to Rapid City, | S. D., via Seottsbluff, Alliance and Chadron, permanent. Southern Nebraska route, Den ver to Omaha, via Sidney, North Platte, Imperial, McCook, Kear ney, Hastings, Lincoln, tempor ary. Central Nebraska route, Den ver to Omaha, via Seottsbluff, Alliance, North Platte, Grand Island, Lincoln, permanent. Omaha to Kansas City, Mo., via Lincoln. Beatrice, permanent. OZARK AIRLINES Chicago to Sioux City, via Omaha, permanent. Omaha to Sioux Falls, via Nor folk, Yankton, permanent. The seven-st ate-case — in which the Nebraska routes were a par cel had been pending two years. Earlier this year a CAB examin er had failed to recommend the north-Nebraska route on grounds of insufficient potential. Trunk lines pulling out of Grand Island and North Platte is considered a blow to the state. United Air Lines, observers say, want only the long hauls. Local feeder routes will be fly ing small craft. Ainsworth and Norfolk will be the nearest stops and sendee is expected to be in augurated in August or Septem ber on a “use it or lose it” basis. O'Neill is not included as a stop at present. However, air craft will be using the new short- J wave radio directional device < VOID service at the Municipal airport. Douglas Dankert King of Sports CHAMBERS — A sports ban quet was held Wednesday even ing, May 14, at the high school | for all high school students. The banquet was prepared by the mothers of the pep club and ser ved by the eighth grade boys and ! girls. Douglas Dankert was crown ed king of sports and Phillis Ful lerton was crowned queen. Mas-1 ter of ceremonies was Jim Cav anaugh. Participating in the program were Ardelle Edwards, Lonnie Taggart, Robert Klabenes, Connie Werner, Rodney Elkins and Mr. Witte. A girls’ sextette furnished the music. Eyes Still May Be Tested— Boys and girls in Holt county of grade school age who have not taken part in the eye-screening activity can do so May 22 or 23. ; The eye-scrcener will be at the annex of the courthouse in O' Neill from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 22, and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Friday, May 23. At this time, plans are being made to have the screener in the Ewing area again at a later date. Ewing Alumni to Honor Old Grads— EWING—Special honors will be accorded 25 and 50-year grad uates when Ewing high school alumni hold their annual ban quet at the Ewing school auditor ium, May 27. Committee chairmen are Mrs. Keith Biddlecome, invitations; Mrs. Leonard Knapp, program; Eddie Shrader, tickets; Mrs. Eu gene Zimmerman, place-cards; Miss Irene Kaczor, table setting, and Richard Napier, tables. Clip the coupons and save! Pioneer of Chambers Area Dies Elizabeth Haake, 83, Funeral Rites Will Be Held F r i d a y CHAMBERS Mrs. Elizabeth Hoerle Haake, 83, n longtime resident of the Chambers com munity, died Tuesday morning. May 20, in Antelope Memorial hospital at Neligh. She had been in declining health for several years and had been residing in a rest home at Neligh. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p m., Friday, May 23, at St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Chambers, The body will lie in state at the church between 10 a.m., and the funeral hour. Snider’s funeral home of Clearwater will be in charge of interment. The late Mrs. Haake was horn in Ontario, Can. She came to Holt county as a child with her parents, the late Casper and Magda line Hoerle. Her father was a homesteader. Mrs. Haake and her husband, John, made their home many years on the family farm about five miles southeast of Cham bers on the place a son, Walter, now resides. Her husband died in 1950. Survivors include: Sons Carl of Clearwater: Walter of Cham bers; Henry of Neligh; daugh ters Mrs. Frank (Lena) Hil liard of Leigh; Mrs. Gus Pohl of Emporia, Kans. East O’Neill Wins League Opener STANDINGS Teams W L. Pet. East O’Neill 2 0 1.000 Stuart 2 0 1.000 Orchard 1 0 1000 West O’Neill 1 1 .500 Ewing 11 .500 Emmet 0 2 .000 Page 0 2 .000 l.yodi 0 1 .000 The East O’Neill entry in the Elkhom Valley Little league Fri day night annexed an 8-5 win over the Lynch team in a game played at Lynch Ewing Midgets knocked off Emmet, 12-9, Monday night be fore a large crowd at Emmet. Gene Tunender and Whitey Perry got four hits in four trips for the losers, who are being tutored by Bob Cole. Dennis Alder started on the mound for Emmet, got into trou ble with six walks in one inning, and was relieved by Shorty Perry, who whiffed three in a row. East O’Neill defeated Page, 13 2, Monday night. West O’Neill Monday night knuckled under at Stuart, 1(M Meanwhile, in an intracity Pee wee game played the same even ing at the Wm. Krotter company lot, the Southwest Braves defeated the Northwest Indians, 10-9. Coach Joe Oilendick’s O’Neill Midgets lost a pair of games. Page blanked the O’Neill crew, 13-0, in a game played Friday night in Carney park here. On Sunday, the Ollendick kkls lost to Chambers, 7-0, at Cham bers. Keith Reynoldson has been see ing the most duty on the mound for the O’Neill club. The Legion Juniors will enter tain the Colome (SJD.) Juniors here Friday night, May 23, in Car ney park. It will be the first Legion go for the season. On Sunday, May 25, the O’Neil] Jun iors will travel to Naper. O’Neill Man to Manage Creamery EWING The application for manager of the Ewing Co-Opera tive creamery in Ewing, made by Jack Wallen of O'Neill, was ac cepted hy the creamery board. Mr. Wallen began his duties as manager on Monday morning. Un hl suitable housing can be found, he will commute daily from hi* home in O’Neill. Mr. Wallen has been in the em ploy of Tri-State Produce of O’ Neil for 20 years, and has been foreman for some time at their turkey ranch. After the resignation several weeks ago of Floyd Butterfield, jr., as manager, the vacancy was temporarily filled hy Dwight Schroeder, a longtime employee of the creamery. He will continue to woork here as buttermaker. MOUNTS OFFICE is MOVED TO BASEMENT— District Judge D. R. Mounts has returned to duty at the Holt county courthouse after a six months illness. Still forbidden by his physician to ascend the stairs to the second floor, Judge Mounts has had his office fixtures moved to the as sembly room in the basement. Public meetings previously held in the assembly room will be transferred to the district court room on a temporary basis, the board supervisors said.