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\ olume 78.—Number 9. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, 1 hursday, June 26. 1958.
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Tractor Upset Kills
Elgin Farm Youth
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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.
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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.
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(’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.