s * ‘ * jwr Frontier mon - ™. . sat. - ' Section I - Pages 1 -8 9:30 to 9:55 AM. ® North-Central Nebraskas BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 8. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 19, 1958. Seven Cents. This is the crawler-type tractor which ran over George Fuller, Jti, O’Neill high senior. He was riding on the tlraw bar (X) and was crushed by the track (at right). The machine weighs eight tons—The Frontier Photo. _ <®> V--. *s>4 " • •• Fuller ... In oI#mi brush with death. Stock Growers Support Check-Off Miner Is Named to Advisory Board Gerald J. McGinley of Ogallala was elected president of the Ne braska Stock Growers association in closing session of its 69th an nual convention at McCook June 14. Chester Paxton of Thedford was named vice-president. Going on the association’s ex ecutive council were Sanford Elli ott of Mitchell. Henry Fox of Kil gore, Leonard Erickson of Mullen, and Wesley Hansen of North Platte. . The stock growers advisory board chose W. B. Pearson of Val entine as its chairman. Robert Howard of Alliance, was renamed field representative. The convention voted accept ance of the invitation of Lincoln to meet there June 11, 12, and 13, 1959 . . CA Voted on the association s bt) membor advisory board and also receiving the Nebraska Stock Growers Angus breeder of the year award was E. L. Miner of 0 - Neill. . , ,, Full support for a check-off system to provide funds for beef promotion and a request to con gress to revise rates on impor tation of cattle and beef products highlighted recommendations sub mitted by the association’s resolu tions committee and adopted Sat urday morning. Cattlemen at the annual conven tion opposed passage of proposals to extend or provide new federal grants for any school purpose; op hosed mandatory revision of the Nebraska rural sehool system (K-12) and favored repealing the excise tax.’ . __ ,■__ In other resolutions, u.c ciation urged stock growers to liam about new methods on con trolling cattle grubs. Miss Sharon Miner, labled “MiRs O'Neill”, was a candidate for Miss Universe at McCook Fn aov evening. Honors went to Miss Deo Kjeldgaard. ”Miss Neb raska Wesleyan;”_ Depart for Europe— VERPELr Mrs. T. J. NoP™d and Miss Beulah G Nne,prUdCan Tuesday for Montreal. Can whero ‘hoy will embark on the RMS Svlvania for an 11-weeKs trip to Europe. Among the coun sft rE ma^.^SwitroSd and Vance. infant dies The infant daughter of Mr. and Ned Porter of Columbus died BAKSTS C. W. Porter. dollar W iN cm Today (Thursday), Friday and camrriav aro designated as dol far dw* i» O Nedl Th,s 3*»5SSr^W'.STS thrifty dollar days shoppers Auction Calendar Saturday, June 28: Ida L. Bos^ chult. one mile «"th ^ Lynch (hay tend and alfalfa^ atEdaU^oriii ol SMTaSmSr ■“ .1 »<•« £35!: (See advertisement or page 6.) Crawler Tractor Runs Over Youth George Fuller Suffers Cracked Pelvis A 16-year-old O’Neill high school senior was critically injured about 1 o’clock Monday afternoon when run over by a crawler-type trac tor at a gravel pit located one mile north and three miles east of the junction of highways 281 95. George Fuller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller, was given a blood transfusion at St. Anthony’s hospital and was rushed by am bulance to St. Joseph’s hospital at Omaha. Fuller was riding on the draw bar of the tractor being operated by Edw-ard Humpal. Levi Fuller was in O’Neill at the time. According to the youth’s father, Mr. Humpal was showing the boy how to operate the eight-ton ma chine, which was in reverse at the time. When Humpal chanc ed to peer over his shoulder and look back, he noted the youth was off the drawbar and had been run over by the right track. It is believed the soft gravel saved George’s life. It was originally thought the youth’s pelvis was crushed. But subsequent studies of X-rays at the Omaha hospital showed the pelvis bone only cracked, and there were no other internal in juries, except for tom tissues. there win ne no surgery un til the swelling goes down. The tissues are expected to mend without surgery, Mr. Fuller said. The youth, regarded as an ac tive and popular student at O’ Neill high school, was conscious through the ordeal and Tuesday was resting well enough to see his parents and friends. In telephonic interview heard on Wednesday's "Voice of The Frontier” program (WJAG, 780 kc., 9:30 a.m.t, Mr. Fuller said markings on his son’s body in dicated the tracks had passed over the hip and both legs. IXiring the ambulance trip the patient was given a transfusion and also blood stabalizer. The patient was admitted to the Oma ha hospital at 8:45 p.m. The parents of the injured boy are staying with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Van Every, in Omaha. In the interview Mr. Fuller said the family is "greatly encourag ed”. STAY INTERRUPTED Among those elected to offices at boys state in session at Lincoln was Bob Kurtz of Long Pine, who was elected lieutenant-governor A candidate for the legislature was elected but was forced to leave. He is James L. Nissen of Page, who contracted chickenpox and was isolated from the others before being sent home. LAB TECHNICIAN NEEDED St. Anthony's hospital is in need of a laboratory technician for a period of one week. Hospital spokesmen said the need is urgent. Hay Crop Plentiful This Season 4 L o o k s Wonderful’; Much Corn Pushing from 8- to 12-Inches As June passes the half-way mark crop prospects in the O’Neill area are excellent. Small grain throughout Holt, Boyd, Wheeler, Knox and Antelope counties is headed nicely. The small grain was off to a good start with moisture from late snow and timely spring rains. Much corn is seen from eight to 12-inches in height in dryland fields. Most com in the area has been cultivated once. Bluegrass is short this year. Occasionally Holt produces a ban ner crop of bluegrass and the out put in this county exceeds the entire state of Kentucky, which is known as the bluegrass state. But this isn’t one of those years. There will be an abundance of hay again this year-the second year in a row. Lyle Dierks of Ewing, who tra vels extensively in a four county area, said Wednesday the hay crop “looks wonderful everywhere 1 K°” Up until Friday noon Gene Mudloff, who lives in the Page locality, reported five inches of moisture for May. Considerable rain fell east of Creighton Tuesday evening. Nor folk reported .32 of an inch. Win netoon received a sprinkle. Weather summary: Ill 1W t'* • June 12 77 49 23 June 13 68 56 .43 June 14 .*- 65 51 T June 15 71 50 T June 16 . 79 52 T June 17 81 52 June 18 --83 54 T Total ...66 ■ ■ — Miss Natchman Touring Europe Miss Genevieve Natchman, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Natchman, left O’Neill Friday for , Omaha where she joined a friend, Miss Marjorie Warnaki, medical librarian at Creighton university. | They left for the East coast Sat urday and will do sightseeing for a week at New York City and Washington, D. C. They will embark on the Noor ham for a two months’ tour of Europe. They will come back by plane. Among the highlights they will visit are Lourdes. France, and the world’s fair at Brussels. They will visit other western European countries. Miss Natchman taught at Bert houd. Colo., last year and will teach at Loveland this coming fall. An interesting note is that a former O’Neill resident, Miss Jeanette Harper, is taking Miss Warnaki’s place at Creighton dur ing her absence. TALENT SHOW PLANNED At last Thursday’s American Legion meeting, Commander George Janousek told of plans for a home talent show that has been booked in September or October under a professional director. Dis trict Legion convention will be held at North Platte July 18-20, and the county convention will l)e held July 13 at Ewing. Elec tion of officers will be held next meeting. Verdlgre Man, Wife Are Elected— The Nebraska Rural Letter Car riers association Tuesday elected officers at Columbus. R. H. Peard of Hampton was elected president Cecil Brundige of Minden, vice president; Alfred H. Marshall of Verdigre, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Marshall was elected pres ident of the women's auxiliary. Whetham . . . dies in home at Lynch. Ed Whetham, $9, Expires at Lynch Resident of Area Since 1899 LYNCH Edgar William Whet ham 89, longtime resident of the community, died Friday mor ning, June 13, at his home in i Lynch. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, at First Methodist church here with Rev. Anna Nelson, church pas tor, officiating. Burial was in Highland ccmetry north of Lynch. The remains Ue in state at the Jones funeral home at Lynch un til the funeral hour. Pallbearers were Arthur Greene, Ed John, Fred Svatos, Homer Grimm, Lloyd Spencer and Scott Gray. The late Mr. Whetham, best known as "Ed”, was born August 12, 1868, at Mt. Forest, Ont. Can., the son of Joseph and Susan Brooks Whetham. He came to Lyman county, South Dakota, in 1899 and home steaded there. On June 26, that year he married Miss Blanche Par liman. They moved onto a farm near Lynch in 1904. Mr. Whetham farmed in the Lynch and Spencer communities in Boyd county and also in north ern Holt county until* 1945 when he and his wife moved from a farm near Spencer into Lynch. Survivors include: Widow — Blanche; sons—Theodore of Gann Valley, S. D.; John of Greeley, Colo.; Robert of Spencer; Her bert of Omaha; Gary of Palo Alto, Calif., and Roy of Lincoln; daugh ters—Mrs. Dale (Helen) Orr of Bremerton, Wash.; Mrs. Ace (Mary) Fuller of Lincoln; Mrs. Joe (Edith) Slechta, jr., of Lynch; 26 grandchilren; 22 great-grand children; brother — Thomas of Cottage Grove, Ore.; sisters—Mrs. Belle Ziska of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Mary Rose of Casper, Wyo. Appaloosa Show Will Highlight 1958 Hay Days ATKINSON—An Appaloosa horse show, the first to be held in Nebraska, will be the main feature of the 1958 hay days cele bration in Atkinson Tuesday, August 19. Heading the committee for the celebration are Harvey Hanson, Charles R. Peterson and John Mohr, jr. DEER BLOCKS ROAD PAGE—Mrs. L. F. Knudsen’s car struck a deer east of Plain view last week when the animal leaped into the path of her car. Grill and radiator were damag ed. Th£ deer was killed. The car belongs to her mother, Mrs. Nick Schrum, of Manning, la. MOVES REJECTED PAGE — Resignation attempts by William Neubauer and Roy Wilson were rejected Friday evening by the Page Cemetery association. Frank Cronk and Cordes Walker were elected to the board of directors. EWING—Jackie, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stes kal, jr., broke his leg while play ing at his home Sunday. He was taken to the Tilden hospital where he will be a patient for several days. Max Golden (right) receives congratulations of Jim Snyder as O’Neill open golf tourney comes to close. Golden successfully defended Ids crown. (Details in SPORTS on page 16.)—The Frontier Photo. Rev. Brownfield Gives to Methodists $80,000 from Former Page Pastor Pastoral appointments for the coming year were announced Fri day by the Nebraska Methodist conference, which concluded annual sessions at York. New Pastoral appointments of interest in the O'Neill area in clude : Rev. Anna Nelson of Lynch to Pender-Thurston; Rev. Joseph B Roe of Big Springs to Ainsworth Rev. Charles F. Cox of Bartlett to Chambers - Amejia, succeeding Rev. Harold Bonath who gos to McGregor, la., and will study at Garrett Biblical Institute in Chi cago, 111., Rev. John Zemanek formerly of White River, S. D ' will serve Creighton-Verdigre par ishes. Rev. Robert D. Peterson of Stark Valley is assigned to Bas sett-Newport parishes. Rev. Clyde A. Wells, who was at Spencer-Bristow until a year ago, has been assigned to Bartlett Ericson. Rev Glenn Kennicott will re turn to the O’Neill-Emmet par ishes; Rev. Lisle E. Newmaw again will serve the Page-Inman parishes, starting his sixth year; Rev. Charles H. Gates will return to Atkinson, and Rev. Lee Briden will serve Clearwater-Ewing. A capital expansion fund of 80 thousand-dollars was approved. It was announced at the confer ence that Rev. O. M. Brownfield of Cozard, formerly of Page, a re tired Methodist minister, has deeded tothe conference an irri gated farm worth $80,000 with the proceeds to be used by Wes leyan, the board of conference claimants and the Methodist Memorial Home in Holdrege. Mrs. Brownfield died last fall. The couple had no family. The board of evangelism an nounced plans for a statC-wide in terdenominational program of visitation evangelism in the spring of 1959. Amelia Fox Dies; Rites at Newport NEWPORT — Amelia Fox of Sioux Falls. S D., died Tuesday, June 10, following surgery. Earlier her sisters. Mrs. Leon ard Bazelman of Newman Grove and Mrs. Oliver Gilg, were cal led to her bedside. Funeral services were held Sat urday, June 14, at the Methodist church here. Survivors include: Mother—Mrs. Hattie Fox of Newport; sisters— Mrs. Bazelman, Mrs Gilg, Mrs. lone Noyes, Mrs. Thelma Wig gins and Mrs. Wilford Seger; brothers — Robert. Clifford, Ra mon, Richard and Lindsey. 1,000 SIGNATURES One thousand signatures were obtained Friday by the Nebras ka School Improvement associa tion in a door-to-door canvas here. City to Entertain in Two-Day Rodeo Edward Yelli, 61, Fatally Stricken Funeral This Morning for Royal Farmer EWING — Fneral services for Edward Yelli, 61, Royal farmer, will be conducted at St. Peter’s Catholic church here at 9:30 a m., today (Thursday). Rev. Andrew Meister of Brunswick will officiate. Mr. Yelli was fatally stricken with a heart attack Monday even ing, June 16, while on the streets of Royal. A farmer near Royal, he had worked all day driving a tractor and had gone to town for the even ing show. Mr. Yelli had not been in good health for about two years. Rosary was held Wednesday evening at the Hamilton mortuary at Orchard, with Rev. Peter . Burke officiating. Pallbearers will be Everett | Johnston, Bud Van Fleet, Charles and Keith Thelander, John Fiala. The late Mr. Yelli was born at Fullerton May 17, 1897. He was reared in the Albion and Peters burg localities. In 1919 he married Julia Nicko lite at Ewing. They lived in O’ Neill and Ewing communities until about 13 years ago when they mov ed to the Orchard and Royal lo calities. At the time of his death he was farming 2Vz miles east of Royal and one mile south, having resided there six years. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Shirley, who died at the age of five-weeks-old. She was buried at Ewing. . .. . Survivors include: Widow—Julia, sons—Edward, jr., of Ewing; Vic tor of Plainview; Virgil of Detroit, Mich., and Bernard of Royal; daughters — Mrs. Edward (Ann) M««s of O’Neill; MrSf Thomas (IHelen) Zakrzewski of O Neill, Mrs. Patrick (Clara) Migee of De troit, Mich., and Mrs. William (Ed na t Miller of Omaha; 31 grand-; children. Burial will be in St. Peter s cem etery at Ewing. Arrive From West Coast— Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Burks and four children of San Diego, Calif., I arrived Monday to spend two weeks visiting relatives including their mothers, Mrs. M. P. Sul livan and Mrs. Laura Burks. Miss Veronica Coyne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne, ar rived Friday evening to visit her parents for several weeks. Miss Coyne is employed in Chicago, 111. | First Trip Out of State U Long One! CHAMBERS Mrs. Dewain Vanderbeek, the former Latrelle Borrell, boarded a train at O’ Neill Tuesday night and head ed for a rail-air trip to Vicenza, Italy, where she will join her husband. It is Mrs. Vanderbeek's first trip outside Nebraska, she told friends. She will be traveling under military auspices and will join other servicemen’s families at Brooklyn, N. Y. She expects to be reunited with her hus band June 22 or 23. Sergeant Vanderbeek, who has been overseas one year, is with a missle battalion. Awarded at Medical College ATKINSON—Rol>ert B. Fast, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Faust of Atkinson, received a doctor of medicine degree Saturday at the University of Nebraska college of medicine. He will start his in ternship July 1 at Providence hos pital, Portland, Ore. Doctor Faust is a graduate at St. Joseph’s high school at Atkinson. Miss Frances Gotschall, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Got sschall of Atkinson, received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Nebraska col lege of medicine. She is an At kinson high graduate. Bristow High Will Operate Next Year BRISTOW—Five small Nebras ka high schools, including Bristow will be able to operate next fal as legally approved despite thf fact they lost their approval from the state board of education. The other schools are Ong, Reynolds. Petersburg and Far well. Each has filed legal suit against the state education department. HORSE INJURED A $250 Appaloosa colt, 216 year-old, belonging to Russell and Dennis Cavanaugh, had two legs severed by a Chicago & North Western freight train early Sunday. The horse had been kept at the rodeo grounds and some one left a gate open. The crew of the through freight telephoned hack an object had been struck at O’Neill. The horse, green broke and being cared for by Joe Cavanaugh, uncle of the two toys, had to be shot. Twilight of Life— Fullertons Admire Sunsets ATKINSON—There was no fan fare or fuss Tuesday evening, June 17, as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fullerton observed their 55th wed ding anniversary at a family din ner. , The Fullertons reside five blocks south of Atkinson’s main business intersection. Mrs. Fuller ton was hospitalized in February and is making a recovery. Mr. Fullerton was bom at Ting ley, la., April 11, 1882. Tingley is in southwest Iowa about 20 miles from the Missouri boundry. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Frane, was bom 3% miles away. Her father was Ger man and French and her mother was French. Once upon a time somebody in the family dropped the prefix and DeFrane became simply Frane'. While they were reared in the same community, the two were not exactly aware of each other until the evening she was grad uated from high school (12th grade) at the age of 15. They were married June 17, 1903, at Tingley at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Frane. They farmed there until 1910 when they moved to Atkinson in two emigrant railroad cars. Horses were included in the ship 1 ment. _ Mr. Fullerton's father, Oscar, was attracted to Nebraska be cause of less expensive land and a change of climate was urged in behalf of his health. Earlier his uncle, Henderson Fullefton, had homesteaded in Holt. It was in 1883 that Hender son transplanted himself from southwestern Iowa • to a farm northwest of Atkinson. The Robert Fullertons had three sons bom in Iowa: Oscar, Homer and George. One son ana four daughters were later bom in Holt. For three years they farmed 2 Va miles north and one mile east of Atkinson, in 1913 they moved on to a Shields township farm locat ed two miles north of Atkinson and 10 miles east. This was re gaded as the family home. In the fall of 1950 the Fullertons retired and moved into Atkinson where Mr. Fullerton makes an occasional fishing excursion to the mill race. Occasionally he serves as police judge (now in his second term). Mr. Fullerton is 76; his wife is 77. Until February, when she be came ill, Mrs. Fullerton kept very busy and declined trips to homes of sons and daughters “unless there’s some work to be done”. She taught several terms of sch ool in Iowa before she was 18 and attended Drake university at Des Moines. She is not impressed with mod em teaching of spelling and gram mar and the lack of instruction in penmanship. Last year Mr. Fullerton worked for a week in the hayfield to help kin who were hardpressed for har vest labor. Homer died in an accident in Wyoming about five years ago. Oscar lives at Neligh and George ranches at Amelia. Other child ren are: Harold of Amelia, Mrs. Merrill (Mildred) Smith of Stuart, Mrs. Sidney (Margaret) Marks of Newcastle, Wyo., Mrs. Leslie (Anna) Watt of Upton, Wyo., and Mrs. Earl (Mary Alice) Watt of Belgrade, Mont. There are 27 living grand children and nine great-grand children. Adavanced wedding anniversar ies come naturally to this Holt (Continued on page 4.) I The Fullertons . . . advanced wedding anniversaries come nat urally to them.—The Frontier Photo. Exactly at 6:30 pin., Saturday. June 21, there will be a trumpet fanfare, a roll of drums and more than one hundred entries will move westward on O’Neill’s Douglas street. It will he a color ful prelude to O'Neill's big rodeo. The first six-event rodeo per formance in the Carney park are na will lie at 8 p.m., Saturday and the second performance an after noon showing will commence at 2:30 o’clock on Sunday, June 22. The mile-long parade, which will wend through the streets of the city behind the Municipal band, will include dozens of floats by church, civic and extension groups and many business floats. Also included will be the Wheeler County Rough Riders, a civil air patrol airplane, a national guard tank, and a riot of color. The parade will terminate at the arena. Bob Woodward, famed rodeo clown, also will participate in the parade, provoking laughs all the way. Prizes and purses for the cow boys in connection with the two day event will total upwards of $2,500. This alone has attracted entrants from five states and the entries will not close until Satur day noon. Hollenbeck Bros, are the con tractors and producers and have logged thousands of miles to pro cure the tougheBt rodeo stock (over 100 head) that can be ob tained. Events for the full program each day include bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, calf riding, steer wrestling, Brahma bull riding and ladies' barrel racing. Joe Grieser will be the announ cer. The success of any rodeo is in the hands of an alert, chatty and informative announcer. Grie ser has "worked” some of the top shows in the country. Rodeo Secretary Bill Murray points out that O’Neill has two city parks that provide ample pic nic facilities; also three hotels and three motels for persons coming from a distance. The show will go on rain or shine. Dale Wilson, head of the O' Neill Lions club committee which is sponsoring the parade, has an nounced the following route: Parade starts at comer of Sev enth and East Douglas (Dank ! ert’s) and will move westward on Douglas to comer of Madison and West Douglas (New Deal), south one block, east one block, north one block to comer of First and Douglas, then eastward to Fourth and Douglas (stoplight), then southward on South Fourth to the Carney park arena. Simonson post 93 of the Amer ican Legion will enter colors and the firing squad in the parade, al so members of the Junior Legion and Midget baseball teams will march in groups. Miss Jaszkowiak Wins Gals’ Meet The second annual women’s golf tournament at the Country club ended Wednesday in a three-way tie among Mrs. John L. Baker, Mrs. D. A. Kersenbrock and Miss Nyla Jaszkowiak. Each posted a 47. Play continued with "sudden death". Mrs. Kersenbrock was eli minated on the first extra hole and Mrs. Baker went down on the sec ond, leaving Miss Jaszkowiak the champion. Best out-of-town score was a 49 posted by Mrs. Helen Anderson of Neligh. Fifty ladies, including a number from out-of-town, participated and trophies were persented. Miss Jaszkowiak was graduated this spring from St. Mary’s acad emy. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Jaszkowiak. Ben Asher Will Head Page Legion PAGE—American Legion post 315 of Page held an election of of ficers Tuesday. Ben Asher was ejected command er to succeed Lloyd Cork; Duane Sukup is Ihe new vice-commander; Richard Heiss was reelected ad jutant, and William Scheinost was reelected treasurer. v Kami to Meet For Practice— The first rehearsal of the O’ Neill Municipal band will be held at the public school band room Friday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. All members of both high school bands are urged to be there. All former band musicians are invit ed to play also. The municipal band will play at both the Saturday evening and the Sunday afte;noon performance at the O’Neill rodeo. Authorities are probing the theft of an estimated 30 automo bile tires Friday night from the Kersenbrock Texaco warehouse. The tires are passenger sizes. Only clues, the sheriff’s office said, are auto imprints in the vi cinity. The thieves entered through a window.