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jur Frontier ™ •VOU'E OF THE FRONTIER” — — * mon. • wed. - sat. Section I—Pages I-10 9:30 to 9:55 AM. “ North-Central Nebraska s BIGGEST Newspaper \ olume 78.—Number 9. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, June 26. 1958. i XXX Tractor Upset Kills Elgin Farm Youth A - fc m Krnst . . . died under farm tractor.—O'Neill Photo Co. Young Men Admit Cattle Rustling Two Ainsworth youths Tuesday were arraigned here before Dis trict Judge Lyle Jackson and are charged with cattle theft. The youths are: Francis Stufft, 21, and l.ester Stufft, 18. They had been given prelim inary hearing earlier in Brown county court and were hound over to district court. They pleaded guilty and were released on one-thousand-dol lar bond. Judge Jackson took the matter under advisement until vJuly 3. “ The Stuffts were charged with stealing four calves from Char ley W. Peterson of Atkinson off Peterson's Brown county land. Brown County Attorney William C. Smith, jr., told the court the calves were sold at the Ainsworth livestock Market. The incident, Smith said, took place April 3. George Farman, xounsel for the Stuffts, entered a plea for a parole for the young men, Francis was on leave from the air force at the time the inci dent occurred, . Jackson was substituting for District Judge D. R. Mounts of O'Neill. .. Smith said in recent months there had been several non-re lated incidents in which calves turned up missing. Creighton Okays Swimming Pool CREIGHTON -Voters in a, special bond issue election here Tuesday approved a $37,500 swimming pool by a 70 percent majority. The issue needed W) percent approval. The turnout lacked one vote of equaling the balloting in the hospital bond issue about five years ago. There are 50 mail and disabled votes but not enough to alter the outcome, according to Editor Keith Sanders of the Creighton News. A total of 535 votes were cast. The (tool will measure 28 feet in width at the deep end; 52 feet in width at the shallow end. There will lie a wading pool and filter ing system. Exact location has not yet been pickl'd, but work will start, it wras estimated in about three months. Knud* Okayed VALENTINE Voters in Val entine Tuesday approved a $17,500 bond issue to bring the municipal airport up to standards 1 for com mercial air service. The vote was 642-91, a majority of 80 percent. Two-Day Showing of School Exhibits Open house fo rthe Holt county school exhibits will bo held Sat urday and Sunday. July 5 and 6. from 1:30 until 5:30 p.m. Plan to see the art work done by the Holt county children at this time" urges Miss Alice French, Holt county superinten dent of public instruction. A sample of this work may be seen in the windows of the Ponton Agency and the I>r. H. D. Gilder sleeve office this week. ELGIN- -Funeral services for I Lyle Ernst, 18, Elgin farm youth and 1958 graduate of Wheeler county high school (Bartlett), Will be conducted at 2:30 p m. to day (Thursday i at the Park Cen ter church west of Elgin. Young Ernst, son of Mr. and Mrs William Ernst of Elgin, was killed Monday, June 23 his 18th birthday anniversary. A tractor he was driving overturned. There were' no witnesses to the accident and death was ruled ac cidental. The remains will lie in state at the church from noon today until the funeral hour. Rev. Louise Dengler, Park Cen ter pastor, and Rev. L. V. An derson, pastor of the Methodist church at Elgin, will officiate. Brooks funeral home of Elgin will bo in charge of burial. The accident happened three miles north of the family farm, which is located 12 miles west of Elgin and one mile south. Young Ernst was driving the machine from one part of the field to an other. The mishap is believed to have occurred about 10:30 a.m. He was found dead at 1:30 p.m. Survivors include: Parents Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst of Elgin; brother Gay Ion of Elgin; grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weeder of Elgin. World War II Vet Dies Unexpectedly ATKINSON — Funeral services for Harold Siebert, 50, a World War II veteran who died Wednes day, June 18, of a heart attack, were conducted at 10 a.m., Mon day, June 23, at St. John's Luther an church. Mr. Siebert, who was single, was stricken while working w’ith cattle on a ranch about 50 miles from Burns, Ore. Pallbearers were James Diehl, GedTge Mathis, Edward Ohde, Ro lx>rt I^isage, Arthur Prartge and Louis Goeke. Rev. Emil Kuehn of ficiated at the funeral rites and Farley-Tushla post of the Ameri can Legion conducted graveside rites. The late Mr. Siebert was born March 20. 1908, at Atkinson, a son of the late Ferdinand and Anna M. Alfs Siebert. He spent a short time at Atkinson following the war, and then went West. Survivors include: Brothers — William. Orville and Ix>uis Siebert, j all of Atkinson. — Dakotan to Reopen Midwest Furniture William ("Bin”) Meyer of Mitchell, S. D., has leased the Midwest Furniture & Appliance j company building in West O'-1 Neill and soon will open a mod ern furniture store. Don Meyers, owner of stores at J Norfolk and O'Neill, said the Da kotan has been in automobile, j furniture and home appliance j fields for a number of years. • Meyers conducted a quitting business sale at the O’Neill store a month ago, and now owns and operates only the Norfolk store. Off-Campus Courses to End— The off-campus class, "Audio Visual Materials for Teachers” which is scheduled for August, has been cancelled by the ruling of Atty. - Gen. Clarence Beck which allows the University of Nebraska no authority to offer off-campus classes throughout the state. This will also cancel all off campus classes for the 1958-'59 school term. <&» - ' ^ , . MR um An estimated three thousand persons were in the si amts Sunday afternoon when this aerial pic ture was snapped above O’Neill’s picturesque m Its* arena.—The Frontier Photo. Two were nun uuring uie oi fair. Dan Judge, 17, of Atkinson bruised his' left shoulder Satur day evening while in saddle bronc competition. Judge was compet ing his first year. The hurt end ed his competition but he viewed the rest of the proceedings. Larry Tomlinson, 16, of O'Neill suffered a forehead cut which re quired four stitches to close, lie was bopped in the head by the knee of a horse. An estimated five thousand per sons witnessed the show, including two thousand on Saturday night and three thousand on Sunday af ternoon. Holt and Boyd county cars were dominant with Knox, Antelope. Wheeler, Garfield. Pierce, Platte and Cedar counties represented in that order. Charles Mix, Bon Homme and Lyman (Continued on page 7.) Alvina Handing, 81, Funeral Friday SPENCER Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Fri day, June 27, for Mrs. Alvina llahiling, 81, at St. Mary’s Catho lic church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s cemetery. ' Rosary will be recited tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the Jones funeral home. The body will lie in state until the funeral hour. Mrs. Handing died Tuesday, June 24, at Valentine where she had been a patient at a rest home for about a year. She was born May 21, 1877, in Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schmaltz. She came to Boyd county as a small child and has lived here ever since. Her husband, Stephen J. died several years ago. Survivors include: Sons—Albert of Gregory, S. D., and George and John, both of Mission, S. D., dau ghters — Mrs. Thomas (Geneva) Bowers of Carroll and Mrs. Char les (Heleni Havranek, jr., of-Spen cer; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; sisters Mrs Walter Foss Winner. S. D., and Mrs. Hannah Semon of O’Neill. Svoboda Is All-Around Cowboy Estimated 5,000 See 2-Day Rodeo Here; Weather Excellent Jim Svoboda, 23, young Burwell cowboy, for the second successive year was named all-around cow toy at O'Neill's big rodeo, which came to a close late Sunday af ternoon. Svoboda placed first in saddle bronc riding on the basis of the tw'o-day competition, ranked sec Rodeo Winners on page 9. ond in bareback bronc riding, and third in hull riding. Tremendous crowds watched both rodeo showings under aus pices of the Nebraska State Rodeo association, a non-professional or ganization. Svoboda, who hails from the famed rodeo community of Bur well and attended high school at Ord, admits he didn’t get into the swing of rodeo competition until he attended the University of Ne braska college of agriculture. He is how county agent of Garfield county. Svoboda will wed Miss Marilyn Mayberry of Burwell on July 13. His fiance was Jim’s ardent boos ter in the two-day O'Neill com petition. Itnulshuw . . . this horseless carriage has stamina.—The Frontier Photo. Only Duster, Goggles Lacking— 1916 Olds Gets Notice A streamer-bedecked 1916 Olds mobile compelled its full share of attention in Saturday evenings rodeo parade. The sleek eight-cylinder job of pre-World War 1 vintage proudly wended its way under the guiding hand of its owner, C. E. Bradshaw manager of the O’Neill Drive-Ir theater. Bradshaw says this luxury liner of yesteryear was manufact ured at the Olds Motor Works, Lansing, Mich., and represents one of the first V-8 type engines built by General Motors and its predecessors. The engine bears the serial number 3,469. The body is made of hard oak wood and metal that is heavier than the moderns. The car was purchased new by Mr. Pflasterer of Blainewood, la. But the southwest Iowa farmer was unhappy with the "H” (stan dard) gearshift, stored the limous ine and reverted fo model T Fords. Mr. Pflasterer died and ownership went to a son in Omaha. Bradshaw was angling for the big wheeler for several years be fore completing negotiations. It was transported to O’Neill aboard a truck earlier this year. A few items were needed to get the granddady into operation. Bradshaw submitted specifica tions to the Chicago Gear com pany to have a new starter gear made. He admitted some tinker ing had to be done with the car buretor to get the big seven-pas senger job purring. "But it was fun and we got her going. Of course," he recal led, "we had to squirt gas into the priming cups on each cylin der, like the boys used to have to do. With a little coaxing we got her limbered up and now she runs fine.” Bradshaw took the rig to Southern State Teachers college at Springfield, S. D., where a trade school is located. Upholster ing trainees refinished the inter ior. The tires are 32 x 4 in size. When Bradshaw acquired the an tique the tires had had it. He wrangled two new ones through a Horseless Carriage club, but is driving the machine sparingly un til he can replace the front tires. Here’s how that works: An order is placed with a tire manufactur er. When the manufacturer has backlogged 25 or more tires of a certain odd-ball size, he turns ’em out. Until the backlog, Mr. Bradshaw and other Horseless Carriage clubbers sit and wait. This king of yesterday’s trails has two-wheel brakes, crank, six volt electric system, electric lights, side curtains , and the Rain, Pranksters Spoil Gals’ Stay O'Neill was host last Thurs day night to a Girl Scout troop from Seneca, 111. The gals, 14- to 16-years-old, were en route homeward from a trip to Yellowstone national park in a chartered bus. They pitched their tents in Ford’s park and settled down for the night. They were a bit weary of rain which had fallen virtually everynight to and from the park. What did the weatherman of fer during their overnight stay in O’Neill? Rain. What did two masculine pranksters conjure up for the unsuspecting visitors? They loosened ropes on one of the tents and caused it to collaspe. O Neill police were called to investigate. PICNIC SCHEDULED Tine Nebraska club in the Pa ■ific Northwest wall hold its an lual picnic Sunday, July 20, in Lincoln park at Seattle, Wash. All former Nebraskans are invit ed, according to Mina Henning. peedometei* show's a maximum speed of 60 mph. The starter was one _of the earliest electric contrivances of the era. This Olds sold for $1,985 new and was regarded as a high-pric ed car. Bradshaw' doesn't volun teer how much he paid for the relic, but he says he knows an Ol Ismobile dealer who wants it badly enough to swap even up for a 1958 Olds 88. The offer, he says, comes from South Dakota. Despite the condition of the front tires (they’re over 40 years old), Bradshaw' has clocked about one thousand miles. The O'Neill old-car-lover thinks a Horseless Carriage club ought to be be organized in these parts. He says there's a 1916 Ford at Orchard and a 1917 Chalmers is owned by Bert Johnson of Spen cer . Johnson is trying to re store that one. Clubs over the country require the vehicle to be a pre-1920 job in order to enroll the owner. Clyde Bowden has a 1923 model > T that roams the streets each j summer, but Bowden's flivver is "too young”. The harsh straight lines and rugged construction made it an asthetic-looker in its day. Today its black body and simple in nards compel more attention than any of its great-great-grandchil dren that boast 'umpteen horse power. The Olds represented Meadow Gold in Saturday’s parade. The 1916 Olds is not the first antique of the road that has come under Bradshaw's ownershio. Be fore purchasing this gem he own ed a right-hand drive Rolls-Royce, made in England. He gave the Rolls to his sons, Russell and Richard, who live in Billings, Mont. At Martin, S. I)., where Bradshaw lives during the winter he lias pieced together some of the major components of a Stan ley Steamer. Still lacking, how ever, is a rather important fea ture: The boiler. Court Stays Action Against 6 Schools LINCOLN—Six Nebraska high shcools which were disapproved by the state board of education in March were granted their requests Monday for court injunctions tem porarily prohibiting the board from enforcing its disapproval. High schools at Bristow, Peters burg, Farwell, Ong, Reynolds and Swantown had filed suit in Lan caster district court against the hoard power to establish accredit ation standards. George Morlang in State Office George Morlang, who had been elected commander of district 11, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was in stalled at the state convention held in Scottsbluff from Sunday, June 15, »hrough Tuesday, June 17. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Knoell of Bartlett have named their daugh ter, Jan Louise. Young Fuller Is Placed in Cast George Fuller, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller, is recover ing in St. Joseph's hospital at Omaha following the June 16 or deal in which he was runover by a crawler-type tractor. The accident happened at a gravel pit east of Chamliers. He suffered a cracked pelvic bone, bruises, and torn tissues. For a time his condition was crit ical. Some internal bleeding devel oped during the weekend. The youth's legs and hip were pas sed over by tracks of the eight ton machine. By Tuesday some of the leg swelling had receded and doctors Wednesday placed the O’Neill high senior in a cast. Doctors said they would attempt to bend the bone back into position with out surgery. The youth's father will remain in Omaha several more days. His mother will continue to stay near the patient. Tuesday young Fuller ate his irst "square meal” since his hospitalization. Five Become U. S. Citizens Becoming naturalized citizens in the Holt county district courtroom Tuesday were: Left-to right—Albert C. Block of O'Neill, native of Ger many; Mrs. Robert (Beatrice) Pappenheimer of O'Neill, Germany; Naida Passyka of Ainsworth, Poland; Friederike Karoline Arnold of Ainsworth, Germany; Rev. Karl Kucera of O’Neill, Czecho slovakia; and Charles Rain, federal immigration officer. In background is District Judge Lyle Jackson of Neligh. who presided. Howard Manson administered the oath.—The Frontier Photo. Producer Should Heed Own Advice Doyle Hollenbeck of Long Pine, one of the producers at O'Neill's two-day rodeo, offer ed words of caution to the hands in the arena during Saturday night’s Brahma bull-riding per formance. He admonished the hoys to "be cautious” und "play it safe.” Suddenly a mad. irritated Brahma tore after Hollenbeck. The normal procedure for experienced rodeo men is to scale the fence. Hollenbeck turned to soar up the wire but discovered ail vacancies l>ehind him had been filled by the fel lows who were "playing it safe”. The Brahma ripped into Hoi lenbeck before being detracted by ihe clowns. Hollenbeck got up limp, soie, stiff und scared, but suffered no serious ill ef fects. Council May Shave 2.3 Mills from Levy City’s Fiscal Outlook Is Good A budget calling for 17.0 mills for 1958-’59 is being finalized by the O'Neill city council. Last year the levy for municipal purposes was 19.3 mills. Valuations in the city have increased $176,834. But the reduced mill levy, if adopted, will raise less money, an dtho city’s financial condition is good. The 1958 valuations: Real estate $2,759,430 Personal property 701,402 Automobiles 339,545 Corporations 80,912 Railroads 46,855 Total $3,928,144 Last year the 19.3 mills were levied against a total valuation of $3,731,310. The municipal levy includes general purposes, paving, water, sewer, park and airport improve ments. The 17.0 mills will raise an es timated 65-thousand-dollars. The city treasurer had approximately G5-thousand-dollars on hand June 1 hut a portion of this is commit ted. See Air Show— Donald Bosn, Donald Schoenle and James Henze left Saturday night, June 21, on the train for Omaha and continued from there to Lincoln where they attended an air show at Lincoln air force base Sunday, June 22. They returned home Tuesday morning. mmmmm mm mmmmm m ' ^SkSSSSI': ffe -S''- '"i.: > (’uiiner . . . died late Monday at hi* home. — The Frontier Photo. S. S. Conner Rites Today At Ewing Well-Known in Royal, Ewing Localities; Dies at H i s H o m e EWING Scott S. Cbnner, 75, resident of Ewing (he past 26 years, died at 11:30 p.m, Monday, June 23, after a six-months' ill ness. He died at his home here. Recently he was hospitalized for about two months at St. Anthony's hospital in O’Neill. Funeral services will he con ducted at 2 p.m. (today) Thurs day at First Methodist church here Rev. Lee Rrigdeit will of ficiate. Burial will be in the Roy al cemetery under direction of the Snider funeral home of dear water. Pallbearers will lie Kermit Jef fries, Ernest Pierson, Roy Roth erham, William Snyder, Earl [Wright and Clifford Hahlbeck. Singers will lie Mr and Mrs Eben Grafft with Mrs. Wilbur Spangler as accompanist. The late Mr. Conner was bom April 22, 1883, at Clarinda, la., a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Chnner. His education was obtained in rural schools west of Page. Ills parents had moved to that local ity in 1885 when he was two years-old. He was married to Rhoda Styer on January 10, 1906, at the home of the bride’s parents at Inman The eouple lived near O’Neill for a few months and then mov ed to Royal where they continued to reside for 26 vears. In itro they movTil to Ewing. Mr. Conner was engaged in farming most of his life. Survivors include: Widow — Rhodn; son Sammie of Dakota City; daughters — Mrs. James (Betty) Mechaley of Neligh; Mrs Ralph (Hazel) Belmer of Wis her; Mrs. Loren (Wilma) Doty of Dakota City; Mrs. Henry (Mar gie) Schumacher of Holyoke Colo.; Mrs. Guy (Dorothy) Couch of Oregon City, Ore.; Mrs. Clair (Gladys) Nothem of Eureka, Calif.; and Mrs. Charles (Ethel) Hayes of Glide. Ore.; 33 grand children and 19 great-grandchil dren; one brother and five sis ters. The Conners observed their golden wedding anniversary with open-house in July, 1955--several months in advance of their an niversary date in order that de scendants from a distance could he present. The couple's oldest and young est child died in infancy. He was also preceded in death by four brothers and one sister. Large Earth-Mover Drops into Canyon VERDIGRE — A large earth moving machine, owned by Joe Rihanek of Monowi, landed in a deep gully al>out 3V4 miles north of Verdigre. The machine rolled off state highway 14. The machine was being driven by an unknown person, according to Mr. Rihanek. It fell about 25 feet into a canyon, rolled over once. It is said there were two men alxjard the earth-mover when it took the unusual ride. Larry Chace Named U of C Track Aid ATKINSON- Larry. Chace, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Chace of Atkinson, has been named assis tant track coach at the University of Colorado. He is a former athlete at At kinson high school and O’Neil) high school. He was a three sport star at O’Neill high. Ill IM AP PROBLEMS Don McKamy, O’Neill grain man, three times has had com plete sets of nifty hubcaps stolen from his passenger car. One of the occasions was while McKamy and his family were vacationing last year in Montana. It’s happen ed again: McKamy’s car is limp ing around town minus one hub cap. Robertson (•nests— Mr. and Mrs. Noel Long of Col ton, Calif., arrived Monday visit her father, Sam Robertson, who suffered a heart attack. Sat urday. Another daughter, Mr*. Robert Weiss of Kansas City, Mo., is here. A sister of Mr. Robert son’s and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ernest of Hutchinson, Kans., arrived Friday and return ed Sunday. The three Long girls arrived a week ahead of their par ents. Auction Calendar Saturday, June 28: Ida L. Bo» 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. Wednesday, July 2: Auction of personal effects of the late Mina Meyers, 8:30 p m., one block west of Ed Smiths, Chambers; Col. Ed Thorin, auctioneer.
