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STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NEBR. ^The FRC>NTIER ‘ 1 his Issue North-Central Nebraska* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 10. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 3, 1958. Seven Cents. I Aboard Jess Is Janice Berney The George W. Cole three-ring wild animal eireus came to town Sunday anil played to a large matinee crowd. A handful of chil dren were accorded a special treat when Charles Rex. elephant trainer and acrobat, arranged for Jess, an 8.000-pound 53-year-old female elephant, to hoist kids up over the head complete with lxxist from the trunk This is Janice Berney of Orchard aboard and not too confident of getting down safely. (Other photos. “Kids Will Be Kids", on page 6,1 The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Mary Laney, Early Settler, Dies Came to County at Age of Six Mrs. Mary Laney, 85. an early Holt county settler, died at St. Anthony’s hospital Friday, June 27, after an illness of 12 days. Funeral services were held Monday, June 30. at 9 a.m., at St Patrick’s Catholic church. Wry Rev Timothy O'Sullivan of ficiated. Burial was in Calvary cemetery under the direction of! Biglin’s. A rosary was recited Sunday i evening at the church. Mrs. Laney died two days, before her j 86th birthday anniversary. Pallbears were James Galla gher, Joseph Gallagher, James Coventry. Melvin Michaels, John I Mattson and Elwyn Smith. The late Mrs. Laney was born | June 29, 1872 at Scranton. Pa., the daughter of William and Eli zabeth Lynch Harte, both natives of Ireland. When she was six years-old, she came to Holt county from Scranton. She was married to George E. Ltney at O’Neill on November 27. 1895. They became the par ents of a son and a daughter. She was proceeded in death by her husband, who died Decem ber 1, 1956, and brothers, William, Harry and John and a sister, Mrs. P. J. (Helent O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif., who died sev eral weeks ago. Survivors include; Son — Jos eph Laney of Lincoln; daughter Mrs. Harold Ticknor of Den ver, Colo. O’Neill Visited by Good Showers O'Neill early Wednesday receiv ed 1.22 inches of rain accompan ied by an intense electrical storm. The showers came on the heels of .07 of an inch received Mon day night. Other rainfall reported early Wednesday; Creighton and Winnetoon. one inch; Niobrara, .60; Verdigre, nearly an inch. Clearwater received nearly two inches; Tilden and Neligh, each 1.25; Ewing. 1.10. Rainfall was lighter west of O'Neill and Ains worth and Valentine reported none. Burwell received a bare sprinkle. Allen, about 30 miles west of Sioux City, received a five-inch deluge. Laurel received 316 inches. There were severe storms at Ponca and Jackson, all in northeast Nebraska. Petersburg and Albion both re ceived moisture in excess of an inch and the rain there was bad ly needed. Page early Wednesday receiv ed .40; Brunswick. .06; Osmond. .75. u „ Mrs. Thomas Zakrzewski, liv ing 21 miles northeast of O’Neill, reported no rain Tuesday night. Several people living northeast coming to town reported they saw no signs of rain unil they were three miles north of O'Neill. Dennis VonSeggren. who lives at Venus, said a good, heavy rain was received there in the early Wednesday hours. Week's weather summary. hi lo pr. June 26 — 76 41 June 27 89 44 June 28 98 61 June 29 - 99 65 June 30 -- 99 72 i.iiv 1 _ 94 64 .07 July 2 _ _88_ 63 1.22 Sunday Guests— Recent visitors at the home of j Mr. and Mrs. George Mott were Mr. and Mrs. James Eveland of Hope, Ida., and Mr. and Mrs. El bridge Maynard and family • of Madras, Ore. Frontier want ads pay. Gabby Hayes Is O’Neill Visitor Gabby Hayes. 73-year-old be vvhiskered western movie and television character, [Hilled into O'Neill late Wednesday, accom panied by a younger brother. When The Frontier pressed for an interview, Mr. Hayes sent word he was bathing, “dog tired'' and “hitting the bed with out seeing anybody.” 17.0 Mill Levy Is Adopted by City The O’Neill city council Tues day night adopted the 17.0 mills tax levy for municipal purposes for the new year. The levy will raise approximately the same a mount of money as the 19.3 levy produced last year—an estimated 65-thousand-dollars. The council decided to advertise for bids for a new police cruiser. The present car is in a garage needing a new crankshaft. It was reported the new admins tration building at Municipal air port is now half finished, and it was pointed out the new omni range radio directional facility at the airport has increased commer cial, military and private air traffic considerably. Radio-equip ped planes use the omni signal* for guidance and checkpoint. The council entertained a dis cussion for a drive-in letter-mail ing box to bo erected on East Clay street on the south side of the postoffiee, and the council was urged to extend streets in North ern Heights to enable diov-to-door mail delivery. Storjohanns Returns From Trip— Mr. and Mrs. John Storjohann, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Minnie Higgins, returned Sunday from a trip via Gavins Point through Iowa, where they visit ed his sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thies. They also visited Don Storjohann and family. They went on to Inde pendence. Mo., where they were guests of the Carl Storjohann family. Tuesday guests of the Stor johanns were her nephew and his wife. Dr. and Mrs. Byron Peter son and two children of Minnea polis, Minn. LYNCH Francis Fisher return ed to his work Verdigre after a week's layoff due to the meas les. Coyse . . . leaving business directory but the firm name will continue.—The Frontier Photo. New Owner for Coyne Hardware Reed Herley Assumes Management July 1; Name Is Retained (Photo* below.) An old-established O'Neill bus 1 iness firm Tuesday went under new ownei-ship and management Hugh Coyne, 75, announced that the Coyne Hardware store has been sold to Reed Herley of O’ Neill. Mr. Coyne said he had been looking forward for sometime to withdrawing completely from the business and retiring. He was bom and reared on a farm northeast of O’Neill, a son j of the late Thomas and Catherine ■ Lewery Coyne, who were Irish immigrants and early pioneers I here. When he was a young man, Mr. Coyne entered into the masonry and construction work at which he was self-employed for 14 years. In 1914 he erected the building which now houses the Coyne store. Mr. Coyne started his hard ware store in 1924 in the original frame building located on the Council Oak store site, owned then by the late Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Gatz. Two years laer he ex panded the business and moved into his own building. Mr. Pnvnn HpVPlnnnH the ctr\rrv into one of the largest and most successful independently - owned hardware operations in north-cen tral Nebraska. He and his wife, the former Anna Dwyer, raised three daugh ters. In January, 1948, Mr. Coyne ad mitted a junior partner, Melvin Ruzicka, who formerly managed Gambles here. In announcing the sale to Her ley, Mr. Coyne said he was re taining ownership of the building. For the past lj years Mr. Her ley has been a traveling sales re presentative for Knapp & Spencer an old-established wholesale hard ware firm at Soux City. He lives here. Ilerley served in the air force during World War H and emerged as a captain For about a year he was in partnership with Ruben Rundquist in a hardware store at Clearwater. Mr. Ilerley, who Is married, is the father of two daughters, Chris tina, 12, and Sally, nine. The firm will retain the name of Coyne Hardware. Mr. Coyne told The Frontier he intended to devote his time to his favorite hobbies: Visiting his daughters who are elsewhere, traveling, fishing and golf. The fixtures with which Mr. Coyne started the original store were purchased from Neil Bre nnan, jr., whose father was the first hardware store operator here. Mr. Coyne is former mayor of O'Neill, havnig served terms prior to and following World War II. Ilerley . . . new owner is vet eran wholesale hardware sales man. Venus Is Visited— Champ Hiker Hits ‘Planets* World's Champ Hiker DeVon Smith . . . ‘‘space fliRlit” takes him to Venus.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Frank Angus Burial at Ewin? %*> , Dies at O’Neill After Long Illness EWING- Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 28, at the Methodist church here for Mrs. Frank Angus, 75. svho died at 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 24, in St. Anthony’s hospital at O'Neill. Rev. E. Lee Brigden, church pastor, officiated. Burial was in the Ewing cemetery near the grave of her husband, who died in 1931. Pallbearers were Francis Angus, Robert Kruger, Rich ard Furley, Dorrance Hobbs, Merle Angus and Robert Mass, all grandsons. Music at the funeral was pro vided by Eben Grafft and Ed ward Hoag, singers, accompanied by Mrs. Wilbur Spangler at the organ. Mrs. Angus, who had been a Ewing resident 20 years, had suffered a long illness. Elizabeth Louisa Meyer was born January 5, 1883 at Fenimore, Wise., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Meyer. She came to Nebraska in 1900 and lived in the Clearwater, Or chard and Riverside (near Ewing) communities. In 1901 she was married to Frank Angus. Mrs. Angus continued to reside o* the farm for a time following the death of her husband and in 1937 moved into Ewing where she continued to make her home until two years ago when she went to Madison tu live with her daughter, Mrs. James Furley. She spent 58 years in the Ewing community. Mrs. Angus was a member of the Ewing Methodist church. Survivors include: Sons—Ray of Neligh; Lloyd of Ewing; Lester )f O'Neill and John of Ewing; daughters- Mrs. James (Buelah) Furley of Madison and Mrs. Mar cus (Ruby) Snyder of Ewing; 13 J grandchildren; 10 great-grand-' children; sisters — Mrs. Jessie Calfe of Frazier, Mont.; Mrs. Julie Points of Amarillo, Tex., and Mrs. Syrena Maurer of Se beka, Minn. The Snider funeral home of j Clearwater was in charge. Daughters Honored at Family Affair — Mr. and Mrs. Blake Benson en- , tertained at their home Friday in , honor of their daughters, Mrs. . Louis J. Paulter and sons, Edward i and John, of Patterson, N. J., and j, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Thornton of , Woodland Hills, Calif. * Present, besides the honored guests, were; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh j i Benson of Spencer, Elwin and 11 Stanley Benson, both of Omaha; j Mrs. Mamie O’Neill, Carroll O'- 1 Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O’- ’ Neill, Gene O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. ! Joe Grutsch and Edwin and Maur- i ice Grutsch, all of O’Neill, and i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nemec of 1 Spencer. < - ] Mr. and Mrs. Howard Man son < attended the 50th anniversary > celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Dan ( Honeywell near Wahoo on Sunday, 1 all 10 children and their children were there. In the evening they \ visited at the Lynn Briggs home in < Omaha. 1 Mrs. Angus ... in K w i n g community 58 years. Mrs. Oscar Anderson Funeral at Butte BUTTE Funeral services for Mrs. Oscar Anderson, 69, of Butte who died Saturday, were held Tuesday afternoon at Butte Com munity church. Rev. Everettt Wilson of Bristow officiated. Miss Donna Hiatt sang hymns, accom panied by Mrs. Edwood Martin son. Survivors include: Widower; daughters—Mrs. Ivar Johnson of Bristow, Mrs. Edward Beranek of Sargent, Mrs. Margaret Pittser of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Harry Giller of Dallas, Tex; sons Mer vin of Butte, William of Chadron, George of Omaha, and John, stat ioned in Hawaii; 17 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; one sister. Mrs. W. E. Leslie, Her rick, S. D., and one brother, Roy Stockwell, Anoka. She was preceded in death by her first husband; one daughter, [nas, and one grandchild. Burial was at Butte and pall aearers were Aaron and Lorin Guthmiller, John Ellwanger, Mar vin Larsen, Glen Lewis and Roy Dlson. Salesman Admits Writing Bad Checks Larry Edwards, 19, who had >een working in this area as an nsurance salesman, Friday admit ed guilt to charges of writing a ieries of bad checks in this area. He was arrested by authorities it Spirit Lake, la., and Thursday vas turned over to Holt County Sheriff Leo Tomjack. He was bound over to Holt dis rict court following the prelimi tary hearing. Edwards had written bad checks otaling about two hundred dollars, romjack said. These included a 100 check at the Gaylen Motor :ompany in Atkinson; $20 and $6 it Arbuthnot Oil company in O - feill; $20 at the Coast-to-coast tore at O’Neill, and $10 at the j Car ley Oil company here. The j heck passed at the Earley firm vas on the Chambers State Bank. )ther checks were on a North 3latte bank. Tomjack said Edwards was vanted by authorities in Lincoln ounty (North Platte) and in loyd county. • By n Staff Writer iK'Von Smith, 32, is a slightly-: built (145 pounds*, brown-haired ; guy who is the self-styled world’s champion hitchhiker. letters em 1 lazoned across the back of his fire-engine red jacket tell part of the story: "Have thumb, will travel”. Another part of Smith's story was in Jhe making Wednesday morning when he visited the rur al community of Venus, north of Orchard (in extreme southwest part of Knox county). You see, Smith is making a “space flight'' and is visiting all the cities, towns and hamlets he knows of that hear names of planets or sattelites. After or biting around these United States via the thumb, he will return to Earth (in Texas, population 6001 and will announce to the world that he is the first man to make the "space trip" and return to Earth. After Venus there is only one more stop on his imaginary flight. It will be Star, Ida., near Boise. He passed up Holt county's Star, ho said, because the name had been stricken from the postal records more than a year ago. He says Star is the name of localities in Oklahoma, Oregon, Alabama and Alberta, Can., hut none of these have a postoffice. He authenticates his stops by hav ing the postmaster plant a postal seal on a large certificate. He has already been to Star, Tex, Star, Miss., and Star, N. C.,-for official ‘‘space stops”. Smith hopes to present the cer tificate to President Eisenhower , after safelv rcturninc to Earth. Art Linkletter of television fame gave DeVon a sendoff and was first to sign the parchment scroll which he carries. The scroll now measures 12 feet in length. Among the signers during Tues day night's stopover at Orchard, and Wednesday morning’s visits at Venus and O’Neill were Lloyd Manske, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Raff and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stevens, all of Orchard; Mr. and Mrs. Art VonSeggren and Dennis VonSeggren, all of Venus, and The Fontier editor. Smith pulled into Orchard Tues day evening and put up at the Stevens home overnight. Wednes day he made his pilgrimage to the tiny community that hears the celestial title of Venus. Here are some of the cities and towns he has visited, sounding like a page from an astronomer’s notebook: Mercury, Tex., Star, Tex., Eros, La., Star, Miss., Sun, La., Jupiter, Fla., Star, N. C., Pluto, W. Va., Moon, Va., Nep tune, N. J., Ceres, N. Y., Apollo, Pa., Mars, Pa., Vesta, Minn., Venus, Nebr., Star, Ida., and Earth, Tex. Neptune in Jersey has a popula tion of 13,000 and is the biggest town on the detailed itinerary. Smith announced to Venus peo ple that the Nebraska community was the smallest. “In fact, it’s the smallest place I've ever sought out in nine sum mers of hitchhiking.” Smith has hiked more than 165 thousand-miles. He works in an automobile assembly plant in Los Angeles, Calif., during winter (Continued on page 6.) New Minister, Family Arrive The new minister of First Presbyterian church, his wife and their infant son arrived in O’Neill Monday. John Hart is the new pastor. His wife’s name is Barbara Ann, and their son is Timothy Scott. He will be ordained at a service to be arranged by the Nio brara Presbytery. The ordination and installation as pastor for both the O'Neill and Bethany churches will probably take place later this month.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. Kidenmlller . . . appear to be making recDvery. Duane Dempsey, 22, Killed in Crash Korean Veteran Born at O’Neill Duane Dempsey, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs Francis Dempsey of Den ver, Colo., formerly of O'Neill, vas killed Sunday evening, June 29, in an automobile accident near Denver. The youth was born at O’Neill, and spent a number of years here. In January he returned from Kor ea where he had served in the armed forces three years. Relatives here learned no de tails of the accident except that another passenger in the machine in which Dempsey was riding es caped unhurt. The young man’s father is a brother of Phillip Dempsey of O’ Neill. His mother is the former Violet Pinkerman, daughter of James Pinkerman. Besides the parents, other sur vivors include a brother, Billy, nine, and a sister, Sally, six. Retired Rail Man Dies at 92— AMELIA Word was received here of the recent death of R. W. McGinnis, 92, a resident of Fre mont, and a retired railroad agent. He owned the rach, known as the McGinnis ranch, located one mile south east of Amelia and now tenanted by the George Ful lerton family. Mr. McGinnis died Thursday morning, June 26, at a rest home, Survivors include: Son George of Nickerson; daughter Miss lane McGinnis of Beatrice. Funeral services were held Sun lay, June 29 at 2:30 in the First Congregational church at Fre mont. JoLee Loffin of El Dorado, <ans., was a Wednesday to gatur lay, June 25-29, visitor at the Ral oh Walker home. Mr. and Mrs. John Shoemaker ir.. and family of Omaha spent the vcekend with his parents, Mr. and VIrs. John Shoemaker. Resident for 45 Years Is Dead at 75 Alice Eidenmiller Is Hospitalized Three Weeks After Fall Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Klor\ Eidenmiller, 75, a lifelong resident of Nebraska and a resi dent of O'Neill for 45 years, were held at 11 am., Monday, June 30 at the Methodist church. Rev. Robert L. Embree, superintend ent of the O'Neill district of the Methodist church officiaed. Burial was at 11 a. m., Tues day, July 1, at Elmwood ceme tery. Biglin's were in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Robert Kurtz, I. M. Merriman, D. K. Baker, W. B. Gillespie, Q, E Davidson and Robert Worth Mrs. Eidenmiller died at St. An thony's hospital Friday, June 27, after being hospitalized for three weeks following a fall, which re sulted in a fractured hip. The hip injury occurred on June 7 and the next day she sub mitted to surgery. For alxxit a week, relatives said, she appear ed to be making recovery and gaining strength. From that point on, however, her condition deteriorated. She was twin in Alvo July 29, 1882, the daughter of William R. and Flora llite Lewis, both resi dents of Ottawa, III. On April 6 1909. she was married to Ray V. Eidenmiller at Alvo. They came to Holt county in March, 1913. They became the parents of two daughters. Mr. Eidenmiller died in May 1949. He operated a fleet of commercial trucks here for many years. Survivors include: Daughters— Mrs. R. E. (Vira) Moore of O’ Neill, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Lloyd (Vivian) Serck of Denver, Colo.; sister— Mrs. E. A. Dimmitt of Long Beach, Calif.; four grandchild ren. Doctor Sucha Leaving O’Neill Dr. L. M. Sucha. who has been associated with Dr. Rex VV. Wil son here for about two years, has announced that he has entered into a partnership agreement with Dr. Howard L. Fenel at Schuy ler. Formalities of the agreement were completed two weeks ago and the effective date is August 1. One of Schuyler’s three medi cal doctors recently moved to Wayne. Doctor Sucha’s moving there will restore the number to three. The Schuyler Sun last week said: “For Doctor Sucha, locat ing in Schuyler will be more like coming home. He was bom in Colfax county, was graduated from Leigh high school, and at tended Midland college at Fre mont before taking up the study of medicine.’’ Doctor Sucha was graduated from the University of Nebraska college of medicine in 1955. He served internship at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha, and came to O'Neill in 1956. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Sucha, route 2, Schuy ler. His wife is the former Delores Dolezal of Howells. They are the parents of a three-year-old daugh ter. O’Neill now has six medical doctors but three are in “poor’’ health: Dr. J. P. Brown, Dr. L. A. Carter, Dr. O. W. French. The other three are Doctor Wil son, Dr. W. F. Finley and Doctor Sucha. The latter will be leaving in several weeks. Increased Valuations Told by Tax Board Minutes of the Holt county board of equalization in session in June showed the following re visions of actual valuations on business schedules for taxation purposes: Ready Printing company, Stu- * art, equipment, from $834 to $1,183. The Frontier, O’Neill, equip ment, O’Neill from $3,194 to $5 220. Holt County Independent, equip ment, O’Neill, $6,138 to $6,628. O’Neill Drug, O’Neill, equip ment, from $730 to $1,080. Johnson Drug, O’Neill, equip ment, from $290 to $415. Schultz Drug, Atkinson, equip ment, from $695 to $1,115. Gonderinger Motor company, Atkinson, inventory, from $6 916 to $9,928. O’Neill Auto Supply, O’Neill inventory, from $38,377 to $461 500. ’ Keating Implement company, Atkinson, inventory, from $24 376 to $26,780. A table of camparisons on real ■state and personal property val uations, 1958 and 1957, appear on page 4, showing figures for the various townships. Mr and Mrs. Bill Storjohan and daughter, Joyce, were Tuesday July 1, dinner guests at the Ivan Cone home.