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Volume 78.—Number 7. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, I hursday, June 12, 1958.' Seven Cents.
Busy Bees Bagged by Boy
Two swarms of bees landed in an apple tree Tuesday in the
southeast section of the city. And Harry Beilin, 16, son of beekeep
ing parents, Mr. and Mrs Charles Beilin, went to work. Harry
managed to bag the queens of both swarms and holds them and
most of their followers in his outstretched hand. He succeeded in
inducing both swarms into hives but later found one of the queens
dead The Frontier Photo.
Gayle Stevens displays title
l»elt won in prep rodeo at Har
rison. (Story on page 4.)—The
Frontier Photo.
Supreme Court
Sustains Sale
The Nebraska supreme court
upheld the Holt county district
court in a land sale controversy.
In a petition filed December
28. 1956. Richard B. and Irene
Marston. husband and wife, ask
ed the court to void a land sale
contract and rhonies held in es
crow. Purchasers of the Mars
ton land were Marvin, Margaret
and Otto Drobny. who were nam
ed defendants.
A cross petition was filed by
the Drobnys, who asked the
court to order the Marstons to
perform the agreement and ac
cept payments due under terms
of the contract.
The district court found for the
Drobnys and the supreme court
sustained the finding.
The supreme court said: "The
contract and deed are valid" and
ordered the instruments be given
to the defendants in accordance
with the terms of the contract.
William W. Griffin of O’Neill
represented the Drobnys; Riven
Butterfield of Neligh represented
the Marstons.
Dankerts Become
Hotpoint Dealer
Dankerts. with stores at O’Neill
and Chambers, have been appoint
ed Hotpoint dealers in the O'Neill
area. Hotpoint is America’s
fastest-selling home appliance
lino. . , . .
The Hotpoint line includes freez
ers, refrigerators, ranges, wash
ers. built-ins, disposals, dish
washers, water heaters, air con
ditioners and television.
The Frontier was selected by
Hotpoint for a series of merchan
dising advertisements. Announce
ment of the Dankert appointment
appears on page 10 in this issue.
Auction Calendar
Saturday. June 28: Ida L. Ros
chult, one mile south of the
Lynch hospital, will offer 640
acres of improved pasture (hay
land and alfalfa) at auction, on
the premises; Col. Ed Thorin of
O'Neill, auctioneer - real estate
broker. (See sale bills and de
tailed advertisements in subse
quent issues).
Cowboys from Four
States Send Entries
Rugged Stock fo r
’58 Rodeo
Entries from cowboys in four
states already have been received
for O'Neill's big rodeo Saturday
and Sunday, June 21-22. And
more entries are coming in daily.
The two-day affair with a full
program each day will open with
a parade through the business
Iistrict at 6:30 p.m., on Saturday,
lune 21. The Lions Club is hand
ing parade arrangements and the
atest estimate points to at least
>ne hundred parade entries. The
parade will be headed by the
O'Neill Municipal band and will
move to the rodeo arena in Car
ney park where the performance
will start at 8 o’clock.
The Sunday, June 22, redeo per
formance will begin at 2:30.
Hollenbeck Bros, are contrac
tors and producers of the O'Neill
event, heralded as Nebraska's
second largest, and approved by
the Nebraska State Rodeo Associ
ation.
There will be the usual five
events each performance— bare
back bronc riding, saddle bronc
riding, calf roping, steer wrestl
ing, Brahma bull riding — plus
ladies’ barrel racing.
C. E. McVay, president of the
O’Neill Rodeo association, has
pointed out that the producers
will be iimporting one hundred
head of the most rugged rodeo
stock that will be seen on any
circuit this year.
Extra attractions include rodeo
clowns, Wheeler County Rough
Riders and the O'Neill band.
Capt. and Mrs. James T But
cher and tw'o daughters of Smyr
na, Tenn., arrived Friday for a
two week’s vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Golden
Wheeler
Pair in 50th
Wedd ing
W. A. Summers, Wife
Honored; He Came
to Holt As a Lad
(Photo below.)
BARTLETT — Tuesday June 3,
marked the 50th wedding anni
versary of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
| Summers, who have lived on Buf
falo Flats northwest of Bartlett
all their married life, and for the
last 20 years have lived in the
same house in which they were
! married.
In observance of the anniver
* sary, Mr. and Mrs. Summers en
tertained friends and relatives at
a reception and open house at the
Methodist church dining room in
Bartlett, Sunday, June 1, from 2
to 5 o’clock. Approximately 100
persons signed the guest book at
the reception.
Many friends have also called
at the Summers ranch home dur
ing the week, to offer congratula
tions and best wishes. The Clover
Blossom club, of which Mrs. Sum
mers is a member earlier observ
ed the anniversary at a meeting
at the Summers home. Thirty
five guests were present.
Mr. Summers, 73, came to Holt[
county with his parents 66 years
ago. The family made the trip
from Blair to a farm northeast
of Page in a covered wagon. He j
was reared at Page and 54 years
ago took up a Kincaid homestead.
His wife is 69 and both enjoy
good health.
At the reception in Bartlett the
Summers were showered with
cards, gifts and well wishes from
friends near and far. Arthur O.
Auserod spoke briefly on the life i
of the couple in Wheeler county.
A large, five-tier anniversary |
cake, baked and beautifully decor
ated by Mrs. Fred Koinzan, jr.,
(Continued on page 16.)
Leonard Lorenz
Weds Minnesotan
INMAN ^-Leonard Lorenz, for
mer navy flier who lost both arms
in a farm accident 24 months ago,
Wednesday, June 11, was married
to Gladys Ripsinkie, a nurse. The
rites took place in Minneapolis, i
Minn.
The couple met about a year
ago when Leonard was in the Vet
erans hospital at Minneapolis re
covering from his accident and
being equipped with partial arti
ficial arms.
His father, Fred, and his broth
er, Melvin, also Mrs, Melvin Lor
enz and two children left Inman
parly Monday for Hibbing and Du
luth, Minn., a two-day visit and
Wednesday went to Minneapolis
for the rites.
Mumps No Respecter
of Age of Victims
PAGE Add Mrs. Dora Town
send to the list of mumps vic
tims in this locality.
Mrs. Townsend, a longtime
resident, is no youngster. Last
week she was honored at a dis
trict Rebekah lodge convention
for having been a member 54
years.
Charles Mashino sprained his
ankle and remained at home for
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Summer
he came to Holt 66 years ago.
i on their golden wedding day . . .
Rebekahs Over Half-Century Honored
At the district Rebekah lodge convention held here Friday, mem
bers with more than a half-century of affiliation were specially
honored in rites at the O’Neill public school auditorium: Seated -
Mrs. Susie Hover of Plainview (61 years'; Mrs. Mabel Henry of
O’Neill (57), Mrs. L. G. Gillespie of O’Neill (51), Mrs. Dora Town
send of Page (54i, Mrs. L. A. Carter of O’Neill (54), Mrs. H. W.
Hertford of O'Neill (50); Mrs. Lovina Grimes of Chambers (45),
Mrs. Ruby Miller of Bassett (41), and Mrs Sophia Pascole of Oma
ha (40). Mrs. Pascole is assembly preisdent. Others in the photo
include Mrs. Harold Seger (at the piano) and standing (left-to-right):
Mrs William Kramer, Mrs. Marvin Anderson, Mrs. Carl Schenzel,
Mrs. Dwight Philbrick, Mrs. Richard Hovey, Mrs. Clay Johnson,
jr., Mrs. Bert DeGroff, Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick, Mrs. Melvin Kling
ler, Mrs. Joseph Menish, Mrs. K. L. Moore and Mrs. Norbert Clark,
all of the host Eden Rebekah lodge.—The Frontier Photo.
Hiding a jaunting ear near the Lakes of Killarney in Ireland are these Nebraskans (left-to
right): Ilev. John Koros of Coleridge, Rev. Leo Kuhn of Battle Creek, Rev. Peter Burke of Kwlng,
also Maurice Caughn, a French guide.
Padre Seasick on Huge Vessel?—
Visit to Lourdes Is Highlight
EWING — Rev. Peter Burke, (
pastor of St. Peter’s Catholic
church here, returned Friday!
from a seven-weeks’ tour of Eur- f
ope. The tour was sponsored by
Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan of
Omaha under the spiritual lead
ership of Rt.-Rev. Daniel E. Shee
han of Omaha.
Sailing on the Queen Elizabeth
Wednesday, April 16, the group
visited France, Italy, Switzerland,
Germany, Belgium, Ireland and
England.
Recalling the greatness of the
ship, Father Burke quipped, with
a twinkle in his eye: "Even
though she’s a floating city, one
still can get seasick".
Arriving at Cherbourg, France,
they continued to Paris by boat
train. A full day’s tour in Paris
included visits to the famous Ca
thedral of Notre Dame, Basilica
of Sacre Couer of Montmartre,,
ancient Madeleine church. Shrine
of the Miraculous Medal in the
Rue de Bac, Louvre museum,
Sainte-Chapelle, Palais de Jus
tice, the Arc de Triomphe, Tuil
eries gardens, other buildings
and boulevards.
At Lourdes, which Father
Burke describes as the highlight
of his trip, his group participat
ed in the famous procession,
which was attended by more than
20,000 persons that evening.
"One would have to witness this
scene to appreciate the devotion
to Mary, the Blessed Mother”,
he declares.
After a leisurely trip in Nice,
they went to Rapallo and then on
to Rome where they had a publje
audience with the Pope amid
thousands inside the Basilica
Continuing, they passed through
Assisi and Perugia and then vis
ited Florence. In Venice they
did their sightseeing by walking
and by gondola. In Milan they
saw cathedral, which was erected
in 1336, and also the site of the
famous La Scaia theatre.
In Switzerland the main stop
was at Lucerne. Passing through
Mannheim they went on to Heidel
berg and saw the famous old
and new university and the great
“schloss” (castle'. At Wiesbaden
the group was on its own. They
traveled by motor coach to
Mainz and continued by Rhine
steamer to Cologne where they
saw the famous cathedral.
At Brussels they saw the
world’s fair and visited the Amer
ican and Russian exhibits. Going
by rail and channel steamer they
landed in London and stopped off
at Grosvenor House, their head
quarters in London. Among
places of interest they saw were
the British Museum, Houses of
Parliment, Westminster abbey.
Tate gallery, Scotland Yard and
Leicester square. Also Bucking
ham palace, Hyde Park comer,
Mall, Trafalgar square, and
Hertford house to see the mag
nificient Wallace collection.
In Ireland they saw places of
interest in Dublin, Galway and
at Knock they saw the Shrine
of Our Lady of Knock. In Killar
ncy they had a full day's excur
sion to the Gap of Dunloe. They
left by motor coach for Cork via
Glengariff and Blarney castle.
They motored to Cobh to sail
on the Mauretania on Wednesday,
May 28 and arrived in New York
Monday, June 2.
Suming it up, Father Burke
said, “It was a wonderful trip
and I enjoyed every minute of it."
Lampoons Neighbor—
Guest of Linkletter
DELOIT — Television viewers
throughout the country saw Mrs.
Jerry Lampert and four of her
pupils on Art Linkletter’s pro
gram on channel 6 on Wednesday
afternoon, June 4. Mrs. Lampert
is the former Jo Bauer of this
community, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Bauer.
Through an acquaintance Mrs.
Lampert’s pupils were “set up”
for die TV show. They were
handed special coins to open
parking lot gates, permitting them
to pull up alongside autos owned
by Jack Benny and Red Skeleton.
Appearance of the pupils was
arranged; not Mrs. Lamport’s.
Mrs. Bob Brittell
Dies in Washington
CHAMBERS —Mrs. Robert
(“Bob’’) Brittell, 66, a resident
of Vancouver, Wash., died Sun
day, June 8, after a five months’
illness.
Mrs. Brittell and her family
lived in O’Neill many years, leav
ing here for the state of Wash
ington in 1942.
Mrs. Brittell and her husband
operated a cabin camp in Van
couver.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, June 11, at Vancou
ver.
Survivors include: Widower;
daughters- Mrs. Glen (Roberta)
Spindler of Vancouver; Mrs. Joe
(Marjorie! Hamilton of Mon
mouth, 111.; Mrs. Don (Muriel)
Caril of Long Beach, Calif.; son
—John D. of Portland, Ore.; 10
grandchildren; brothers Jim and
Glee Grimes, both of Chambers;
Jay Grimes of Douglas, Wyo.
Mr. Brittell worked in ship
yards during the war.
Mrs. Brittell was the former
Margaret Grimes of Chambers.
She was selected from the audience
to air gripes about her neighbors.
Jo conjured up a dilly and the
neighbor to whom she referred
happened to be Edward Hynes,
who was visiting in O’Neill. The
Lampert and Hynes families are
separated by a fence at Covina,
Calif.
Mr. lampert, who teaches 58
first graders at Sacred Heart
school in Covina, poured it on.
For a nationwide audience, she
told how Hynes permitted refuse
to get on the wrong side of the
fence.
Of course, Hynes couldn’t de
fend himself but the raspberries
he absorbed at O'Neill indicate
there will be retaliation when he
gets back to normally peaceful
Covina. {
Mrs. Hynes is the former Annie
Lee of Albion.
Mr. Lampert, who works in an
electronics laboratory, was obliged
to go to a nearby TV shop to see
his wife’s pupils; was surprised
to see his wife on the screen and
Linkletter probing her big purse.
And in lank letter fashion she was
chided for the big hat.
The Lampert children, Barbara
and Becky, saw their mommie on
the screen at home.
Mrs. Lampert and the two girls
will be arriving here in 10 days
for a month's visit.
So the wrath of Neighbor
Hynes will have to be suppressed
for awhile, anyway.
New Game Warden
Moves Family Here
Harry Spall, formerly of the
i Valentine police department, is
the new game conservation officer
for the O’Neill area. He succeeds
Fred Salak, who has been trans
! fered to Mullen.
Spall, his wife and their four
! children Monday moved into the
V. J. Towle residence at 818 East
! Clay St.
O’Neill to Host
Visiting Golfers
37th Annual Tourney
Opens Saturday
O'Neill Country club will en
tertain at the 37th annual dad’s
day open golf tourney, starting
Saturday.
The tourney will continue
through Sunday and Monday.
The meet each year serves not
only as a links classic but also
as a homecoming tor former res
idents, many of whom trek back
to compete. The O’Neill meet
is the oldest continuously held
tournament in the state.
Marvin Johnson heads the ar
! rangements committee. Dr. Rex
Wilson is president of the club
this year.
There will be prizes for win
' ncrs and runnersup in all flights
and consolation flights.
Qualifying scores may be post
ed anytime during the week but
qualifying must be done Satur
day. First round matches begirt
Sunday at 8 a.m.
There will be ladies’ bridge Sat
urday afternoon in the remodel
ed and enlarged clubhouse; Cal
cutta and Dutch lunch Saturday
evening; ladies’ luncheon follow
ed by bridge Sunday afternoon,
and dancing Sunday evening.
M. J. Golden, O’Neill hotel op
erator, is the defending cham
pion and has been a frequent
winner. Runnerup last year was
Ted Lindberg of Minneapolis,
Minn.
formerly of O'Neill.
Mrs. Mina Myers
Dies at Chambers
CHAMBERS—Mrs. Mina Myers,
about 65, who had been living
alone in the west part of town
since the death of her husband a
number of years ago, died late
Wednesday night, June 11, at her
home.
Two of her sisters, Mrs. Ella
Brown of Ord and Mrs. Stella
Svoboda of Kansas, had been near
her and caring for her for more
than a week. The sisters are
twins.
For a number of years Mrs.
Myers and her late husband far
med about eight miles northwest
of Chambers.
Survivors include: Sons — Jo
seph of Loup City and Marion of
Ord; a stepdaughter; six grand
children; and two sisters.
Biglin’s will be in charge of
funeral arrangements.
Jerry Homolka
Honored—
CHAMBERS Among the state
4-H club soil champions honored
Tuesday at a luncheon in Lincoln
was Jerry Homolka of Chambers.
Eight champs in soil work were
singled out to be luncheon guests.
Mrs. I>ampert . . . she needled
neighbor, ex-O’Neillite, on na
tional network. (See story above
at left).
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Holt Group
Pushing for
Signatures
Voters Would Decide
If School Leader
Is to Be Elective
Wednesday’s rainfall interferred
with a hquse-to-house drive for
signatures for petitions by mem
bers of the Holt county chapter
of the Nebraska School Improve
ment association.
However, Lloyd Whaley and
Anson Closson, both of O'Neill
did manage to work the business
district.
S. H. Hrauer of Stuart, chair
man of the petition committee,
said a team of 12 women from
the rural areas will work O'Neill
on • Friday. Meanwhile, petitions
are being circulated in other Holt
towns and rural communities.
The NSIA wants the question of
whether or not the head of the
state’s schools should be elective
or appointive placed on the ballot
for the voters to decide at the
general election in November.
One hundred thousand signa
tures are being sought throughout
the state. Approximately 60-thou
sand valid ones are needed to put
the issue on the ballot.
Four years ago professional ed
ucators in the state sponsored a
referendum proposal to make the
elected state superintendent of
public instruction appointive and
sponsored the constitutional
change to create a state board of
education. Board members arc
elected on staggered terms. The
board, in turn, appoints the com
missioner of education (Freeman
B. Decker).
Boy, 16, Escapes
Serious Injury As
Gun Discharges
Jerry Jurgensmeier, 15-year-old
O'Neill youth, son of Mrs. Francis
Hickey, is recovering, from an un
usual accident.
While out for target practice
Sunday afternoon outside the
southwest city limits, his 22-rifle
accidentally discharged. The bul
let penetrated the right hip and
emerged above the right knee.
The bullet penetrated about an
inch but missed muscles and
bones.
He was taken to the hospital by
Marcellus Schaaf.
Arthur F. Mullen's
Widow Succumbs
Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen, 84,
widow of the late Mr. Mullen,
died Sunday, June 8, in an Omaha
hospital.
She had been in good health
until she suffered successive
heart attacks.
Her husband, who originated
here, was democratical national
committeeman for Nebraska for
many years and was floor man
ager for the Franklin Delano
Roosevelt forces at the 1931 na
tional demo convention when
Roosevelt was nominated for the
first time.
Her husband, was reared in
the O’Neill and Page localities,
served successively as deputy
Holt county treasurer, deputy at
torney-general for Nebraska, at
torney-general, and practiced law
in Omaha many years.
Mrs. Mullen’s maiden name
was Mary (“Minnie”) Dolan, and
she made her home for a time
with the O. F. Biglin family. The
Mullens were married here.
Survivors include: Son—J. Ar
thur of Detroit, Mich.; three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 9 a m., Wednesday, June
11, at St. Cecelia’s Cathedral in
Omaha.
Clyde Burdick Gets
Ethiopia Position
Mr. and Mrs Clyde E. Bur
dick of Ainsworth have applied for
passports at the Holt county dis
trict court office here.
Burdick for 10 years has been
project engineer for the bureau of
reclamation and has concentrated
on Niobrara river development
plans.
He will be -going to Ethiopia as
a consultant engineer for the
United States government.
Another applicant for passport
is Mrs. Esther Harris of O’Neill,
leaving Saturday for a European
trip.
Caroline L. Unterschultz of
Battle Creek, originally from Can
ada, has filed a declaration of in
tention to become a U. S. citizen,
she plans to acquire citizenship
by serving in the army nursing
corps.
Dental Assistants
in Session Here
Fifteen members of the Nebr
aska Dental Assistants association
met at the Town House Sunday
from noon to 4:30 pm. After din
ner a board meeting was held
The Holt county 1958 caneer
fund drive has been closed. To
tal collections amounted to $1,516
07. O’Neill’s contributions totaled
$.329.