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Volume 78.—Number 13. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 24, 1938. Seven Cents.
\lr*. t'onnot . . . shp left her native Uechtenatoln at 21 In be
half of her health.—The Frontier Photo.
At 90, Mother of I 3 Speaks—
Modern Women Are
*.Sickly and Crabby *
Snell . . . celebrated golden
wedding anniversary last year.
Raymond A. Snell
Fatally Stricken
Funeral at Page for
Lifelong Resident
PAGE Raymond Alfred Snell,
69. a Page farmer and insurance
man, died unexpectedly of a
heart attack about 1:30 p.m.,
Thursday, July 17, at his home
near here.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Monday, July 21.
at the Methodist church with Rev.
Lisle Mewmaw, church pastor, of
ficiating. Mrs. Merwyn French.
Jr , sang "The Old Rugged Cross”
and "One S w e e t ly Solemn
Thought."
Burial was in the Page ceme
tery under direction of Biglin's.
Mesdames Lorenz Riege and R.
V. Crumly were in charge of flor
al arrangements. Pallbearers
were Pete Nissen. Lloyd Fussel
man, Harold Banta, Harold Free
myer, Gordon Harvey and George
Wettlaufer. Members of the Ma
sonic lodge were honorary pall
bearers and were seated in a
group at the services.
The late Mr. Snell was born
Oetolier 22, 1888, on a farm near
Page, the fourth son of Alfred T.
Snell and Grace Taylor Snell.
Ray, as he was familiarly
known. was reared on the home
stead IMi miles northwest of
Page, attended country school in
the home district, and later at
tended the Creighton university
college of pharmacy at Omaha.
He worked in drug stores in 1908
and 1909.
He was married to Miss Leila
Stevens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. T. Stevens at Page on
December 11, 1907. To this union
two daughters were born.
In 1915, Mr. Snell accepted a
position with a building company
in Minneapolis, Minn., working in
the East. In 1918 he returned to
Page to look after his father's
farming interests. He continued
to reside on the farm until his
death.
Mr. Snell was active in commu
nity affairs, was a memlier of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Masonic lodge and Page Commer
cial club. For the past 15 years,
in addition to his farming, he
represented several insurance
companies in this area.
In 1957 his health began to fail
and he submitted to surgery. Af
ter several montlis he apparently
was making satisfactory recov
ery.
He was prccedtHl in death by
his parents and three brothers—
Dr. (diaries, Roy and Harry. The
latter died in infancy.
Survivors include: Widow Le
ila; daughters Mrs. W. W.
(Joyce) Waller of O’Neill and
Mrs. Jack (Beverly) Passmore
of San Diego, Calif.; three grand
children-Garry and Rita Waller
and /Mine Passmore, brother —
Rollie, 86. of Page; sisters—Mrs
David (Chloe) Pollock of Ewing
and Mrs. Janies (Cora) Wilcox
of Bloomington, lnd.
• SPENCER Mr Lena Connot
90, a pioneer Boyd county woman
: who became the mother of 13
| children, thinks modem women
are ‘‘sickly’’ and all they do is
j "push huttons and crab".
She was joking somewhat but
there was an undertone of honesty
about the observation as she was
surrounded by her 11 living child
ren, 35 grandchildren and 47
great-grandchildren and was ob
serving her 90th birthday anniver
| sary.
A family dinner was held al
noon at her home in Spencer.
Her maiden name was Magde
line Ohri. She was bom July 20,
1868, in Liechtenstein, a tiny prin
| cipalty in the Alps mountains on
the Switzerland-Austria border,
Her father was a farmer and
I^ena, at age of 21, shook hands
with every man, woman and child
in her hometown of 620 people
when she sat out for the United
States, where two older brothers
resided. She left Liechtenstein
(Continued on page 6).
Premium I.Kt Will
Appear Next Week—
The premium list for the 1958
Holt county fair will be publish
ed and mailed next week. Tab
loid size, the list will contain 24
pages with colored cover and is
being published by The Frontier.
Extra copies will be available
through The Frontier, Fair Sec
retary James Gibson at Cham
bers or the county agent’s office.
The premium list will be distri
buted without charge.
Dates for the 66th annual Holt
fair to be held at Chambers are
August 18-21. __
Tushln . . . native of Bohemia.
NBC TV News Confirms It—
Dexter Is in Lebanon
On millions of television
screens across the country Mon
day evening the National Broad
casting company's TV cameras
focused on two marines in Bei
rut, Lebanon.
And the voices of one officer
and one enlisted man boomed
through the loudspeakers.
O'Neill instantaneously be
came a-buzz when the enlisted
man identified himself as “Sgt.
Harold Dexter of O'Neill, Nev
braska”.
It was the first showing of
American troops in the capital
of the beleagured Middle East
country.
Dexter's mother, Olive Tom
linson, was comfortably watch
ing the channel 4 program in I
her living room. After the in
terviewer had finished with the
lieutenant, the camera scanned
to a sergeant seated at his post.
"There's only one person in
the world who sits like that." i
she mused to herself, "and that's
Harold.”
"Sergeant Dexter of O'Neill, |
Nebraska" came the familiar j
voice.
The dumbfound ed mother
was speechless. Harold's wife,
the former Kathryn Hoffman,
is with relatives near Ewing,
but she was not watching the
program.
Within seconds the phones be
gan to jangle. When thrilled
Dwarfed by the 47-ft. long Bomare IM-98 mlssle are these O'Neill youths (left-to-right): Casey Tomlinson, Dewayne Dennis, 12, and
Robert Dennis, 18. The wingspan is 18 ft.. 2 Ins. but the wings were detached by segments for transporting.—The Frontier Photo.
Mitchell Surgeon
Coming to O’Neil!
Two Others Consider
Locating Here
Dr. George Carstens of Mitchell,
S. D.. a physician and surgeon
who has been practicing about a
year, has leased the office, equip
ment and fixtures of Dr. J. P.
Brown, well-known O’Neill physi
cian and surgeon.
Doctor Brown, who had been
hospitalized several months, re
turned to his home early in July
for convalescence.
Doctor Brown said Doctor Car
stens, a gradurte of the Univer
sity of Pittsburg, (Pa.) college of
medicine, will he arriving in O’
Neill in about 10 days to establish
a practice here. Doctor Carstens
is married and is the father of a
small daughter.
Doctor Brown practiced at Stu
art five years before coming to
O’Neill about 30 years ago. When
he came to O'Neill he took over
the practice of the late Dr. J. P.
Gilligan.
Dr. M. L. Srcha, who has
been associated with Dr. Rex
Wilson in general practice here
for the past two years, will be go
ing to Schuyler August 1. Schuy
ler is Doctor Sucha's hometown.
Doctor Wilson said a replace
ment for Doctor Sucha will ar
rive about August 1.
Meanwhile, two other physi
cians and surgeons are consider
ing locating here.
With Doctor Sucha’s departure
and before new talent arrives, O’
Neill will be having the services
of only Doctor Wilson and Dr. W.
F. Finley. Other doctors in the
directory are Doctor Brown, Dr.
L. A. Carter and Dr. O. W.
French, all of whom are inactive
for health reasons.
Need for additional doctors
here was publicly pointed up in
an editorial in The Frontier May
15 entitled, "Our Town Needs
Doctors”.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shierk Snu
day visited Dr. and Mrs. W. D.
Backeberg of Winner, S. D.
friends couldn’t reach the moth
er wife the “overflow” calls
swamped The Fronter office.
"I guess everybody in the
country was watching the pro
gram,” explained Mrs. Tomlin
son.
Harold fielded the interview
er’s questions concerning C ra
tions and what they contained.
After being asked if he was
making it a career. Dexter chirp
ed: "It begins to look like it!”
The Frontier published Har
old’s picture last issue and spec
ulated he was in the marine
party that had landed at Leb
anon. He is in the Sixth division.
Monday morning’s “Voice of
The Frontier” program further
speculated Dexter was in the
rebel-tom land where violence
was being put down. Monday
evening’s NBC news confirmed
his presence there for every
body in 48—pardon, 49—states.
Neither the mother or wife
has yet heard from Harold di
rectly.
The Harold Dexters have a
daughter, Julie.
Navy personnel off Beirut, as
announced by the navy, includ
ed Bruce A. Tucker son of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Tucker of Rose,
and Ivan F. Novak, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Novak of Ver
digre. Tucker and Novak are
aboard the attack airrraft car
rier USS Saratoga.
Lethal-Looker—
Bomarc Missile Attracts Throngs
A Bomarc interceptor missile,
weighing 15,000 pounds, was on
impromptu display in O’Neill late
Tuesday on an overnight stop on a
transcontinental trip westward
from Wright-Patterson field at
Dayton, O. The missile is en
route to Casper, Wyo., for an air
exhibition.
The IM-99 is capable of tracking
an approaching enemy object up
to 60,000 ft. in a range of 250
miles.
Made by Boeing Aircraft, it is
Peter C. Tushla,
Atkinson, Expires
Lost Two Sons in
World War II
ATKINSON — Funeral services
were conducted at 9 a.m. Mon
day, July 21, for Peter C. Tushla,
79. longtime resident of the At
kinson community. He died at
3:45 a.m. Friday, July 18, in At
kinson Memorial hospital. He had
been a patient at the hospital
since July 1.
Rev. R. J. Parr, church pastor,
officiated at the requiem high
mass. Burial was in St. Joseph’s
cemetery.
Public rosary service was held
at 8 o’clock Sunday evening at the
Seger funeral home followed at
8:30 o’clock by the rosary offered
by members of the Knights of
Columbus.
Pallliearers were Peter Gonder
inger, Charles Dvorak, Joseph
Judge, Joseph Kramer, Joseph
Matousek and Hans Bogue.
The late Mr. Tushla was bom
August 1, 1878, in Bohemia (now
Chechoslovakia). His parents
were Joseph Tushla and Mary
Odstrcil Tushla.
A t _ C ___ l_ __
* * l C. veil lit LU1IIC
with his parents to the United
States, and and they settled near
Atkinson.
On June 6, 1905, at St. Joseph’s
church he was united in marriage
with Susanna Steskal.
The couple farmed three miles
east of town many years and rear
ed their family there. One son
died in infancy.
They retired about 15 years ago.
The Tushlas celebrated their gold
en wedding anniversary formally
three years ago.
One son, Louis, was killed De-1
cember 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. |
Another son, 1/Lt. Harold, a nav
igator on a four-engine B-24
bomber, died in the Mediterran
ean sea when his aircraft failed
to return February 15, 1943, from
a bombing attack on the port at
Naples, Italy.
His air force unit was stationed
in North Africa. Farley-Tushla
post of the American Legion here
is named in part for the two sons.
Survivors include: Widow—Su
sanna; sons—Dr. Francis M. of
Auburn, and Donald of San Ber
nardino, Calif.; daughters — Mrs.
Arthur (Margaret) Regal of At
kinson; Mrs. Edward (Helen)
Binder of Englewood, Calif.; Mrs.
Joseph (Kathleen) Deermer of1
San Bernardino, Calif.; 10 grand
children; brother—Sylvester of At
kinson; sisters — Mrs. Frank
1 Anna i Keating of Atknson and
Mrs. Alary Gilg of Atkinson.
Death of Relative—
Mrs. William O’Connor received
word of the death of a relative,
Charles Rusch of Russell, Kans.,
last Monday.
Camping Trip—
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson and
daughters daparted Sunday for a
camping trip which was to take
! them to Chadron state park.
painted air force blue with yel
■ low trim. The warhead is alum
l inum.
Hundreds of sightseers were at
tracted to the parking lot north of
the Gateway Motel. The “Voice of
The Frontier” heralded the ar
rival of the unusual visitor on
VVJAG, 780 kc, at 5:45 p m. Within
minutes scores of vistors were on
the scene, some coming from as
far as Osmond, Tilden and Nor
folk.
The missile belongs to air de
fense command. Two non-com
missioned air force officers were
in charge of the truck-trailer out
fit transporting the huge war
instrument. The truck-trailer with
its expensive cargo weigh 45,000
{KXinds.
In charge of transporting the
ground-to-air pilotless craft were
Al/c Robert Pierce of Welisburg,
W. Va., and A2/c James Conrey
of Colorado Springs, Colo.
The warhead is capable of car
rying high explosive or nuclear
materials. The EM-99 has rocket
takeoff and ram jet cruising. The
missile's speed is undisclosed but
is termed supersonic.
The missle is fired by push
button and is powered by liquid
fuel.
The interceptor missile is moun
Lewis Kopecky, 75,
Dies Unexpectedly
Suffers Heart Attack
at His Home
INMAN — Lewis Kopecky, 75,
who had been a resident of the In
man community since 1918, died
Monday evening, July 21, at his
home. He was fatally stricken
with a heart attack after his eve
ning meal at his home while in
the presence of his wife.
On July 2 he submitted to sur
gery in an Omaha hospital and
returned home one week later. He
seemed to be making satisfactory
recovery relatives said.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 23
at the Methodist church here with
Rev. Lisle Mewmaw, church pas
tor, officiating. Music was pro
vided by members of the youth
choir of the church: Sam Watson,
Ned Kelley, Roland Hansen
Roger Tompkins, Brenda Col man
Linelle Tompkins, Marilyn Sidcrs
and Karen Brown, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Harvey
Tompkins.
Pallbearers were Kenneth Cov
entry, Frelent Pribil, Elwin
Smith, Frank Sobotka, Ryan Rei
mers and Harvey Tompkins.
The late Mr. Kopecky was
bom May 15, 1883 at Omaha, the
son of Frank and Anna Kopecky.
When a young man he mov
ed with his parents to Weston and
later to Newman Grove, where he
grew to manhood.
On August 11, 1909, he was mar
ried to Josephine Holub in South
Omaha. They became the parents
of two sons, Lewis Frank and
Jerry John.
In 1918 the family moved onto a
farm three miles south of Inman
where Mr. Kopecky was a hay
dealer and a gardener. In 1939 he
and his wife moved into town
where Mr. Kopecky resided until
his death.
He suffered a heart attack in
1951 and had been in failing
health since.
His son, Jerry, died in 1931.
Survivors include: Widow
Josephine; son—Lewis; Inman; ont
grandson, one sister, one brother
and numerous nieces and nep
hews.
ted for exhibition purposes.
Late Wednesday night visitors
were continuing to congregate
and examine the lethal-looking
flat-car type bullet. The intercep
tor is guided to its foe by means
of radar.
The two attendants said the
Bomarc’s big brother, an X-17
ballistics missile, capable of enter
ing outer space, will be arriving
today (Thursday), also enroute to
Casper.
$3,000 Payments
to Two Cooperators
Storjohann, B u r i v a 1
Recipients
Checks have been mailed or
soon will be mailed to scores of
Holt county farmers participating
in the acreage reserve phase of
the 1958 soil bank program, in
cluding two maximum acreage
reserve payments of three-thous
and-dollars.
Recipients of the maximum
amounts are William Storjohann
and Frank Burival-Buriva! Bros.
The Burivals will share the max
mum amount.
Other high amounts are Tony
Asimus, $2,982 and Elmer Devall,
$2,641.
Scores of other farmers are
sharing in the 254-thousand-dol
lar acreage reserve payments.
To be eligible farmers had to
place com or wheat land in the
acreage reserve.
Yet to be issued in other phases
of the government's agriculture
program in Holt including ACP.
farm storage facility and other
payments will be checks total
ing 300-thousand-dollars.
The new' government ag pro
gram will go into effect Septem
ber 1. The acreage reserve fea
ture will be supplanted by a con
servation bid plan.
Storjohann. Burivals, Asimus
and Devall are farmers in the O'
Neill locality. Payments to other
cooperators are in lesser amounts
dependent upon how' much land
was idled.
Visit Here—
Air Force Capt. Herbert Bren
nan, his wife and their two sons,
Tim and Mike, spent the weekend
with Captain Brennan s aunt, Miss
Bernadette Brennan. The family
is residing at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kans.
BUDGET PUBLISHED
The proposed budget for 1958
for Holt county government and
comparisons with last year ap
pear on page 9.
Kopeeky . . . retired hay
dealer. (Story at left.)
Hurt Woman
Is Rescued
Mrs. M. B. Huffman Taken from Lofty
Mountain Spot in Basket
PINKPALE. W\0 (Special to The Frontier) At 9 pm. Wed
nesday tO'Neill lime), the injured Mrs. M. R. Huffman was brougl*
into 1’inedale after a hazardous anti precarious rescue from a lofty
porch near the continental divide.
A 12-man rescue party set out on foot at noon tO'Neill time). The
party traveled 13 miles over rugged terrain to reach her. They re
moved Mrs. Huffman in a basket susj>ended by ropes. The basket
was passed man-to-man until mountain trails were reached.
Pr. rhomas Jansen, jr., of Pinedale said Mrs. Huffman, injured
1 uesditv when a horse fell on her, was in fair condition and withstood
ihe ordeal better than could be expected. She was immediately flows,
by air ambulance to Denver, Colo George Nelson, head of the Wyo
ming civil air patrol, was pilot. Her husband accompanied the ambuk
lanee.
Mrs. Huffman . . . rescued by
12 men on foot after helicopter
try fails.—The Frontier Photo.
Called Back to Navy—
Carroll Grenier, SK/2 of the U.
S. navy, arrived home on leave
last Thursday evening and was
called back to duty Friday. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank j
Grenier and is serving with the
Sixth fleet on the U.S. Salem flag
ship.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grady and
family left Saturdy for a two
weeks vacation at Lake Okoboji. j
Stroke Is Fatal
to Allan Pollock
—
Lifelong Resident
of Ewing
EWING- Allan R. Pollock, 64,
who was born on a homestead
five miles southeast of Ewing,
died at 5 p.m., Wednesday, July
16. in St. Anthony's hospital at
O'Neill. Members of the family
said death was caused by an ap
oplectic stroke.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19,
at the Methodist church here with
Rev. Lee Brigden, church pastor,
officiating. The Snider funeral
home was in charge of burial in
l he Ewing cemetery.
Pallbearers were Loyd Angus,
Kermt Jeffries, Floyd Black,
Arthur Ruroede, Clifford Hahl
back and Roy Rotherham. Sing
ers were Ed Hoag and Mr. and
Mrs. Eben Grafft with Mrs. Wil
bur Spangler, organist.
Mrs. Ralnh Eacker and Mrs.
Dewitt Hoke had charge of the
[lowers. Mrs, Jessie Angus was
in charge of the register.
The youngest son of William
and Catherine Pollock, Allan Rob
inson Pollock was born on the
Pollock family farm May 2S',
1894. He was reared in this lo
cality. He was baptised in the
United Presbyterian church and
spent his entire lifetime in the
Ewing community.
On June 18, 1917, he was unit
'd in marriage with Anna Marie
Anderson at Neligh. They became
I he parents of two sons and four
daughters
Mr. Pollock farmed for a num
ber of years but was forced to
retire 25 years ago because of ill
health.
Survivors include: Widow —
Anna; son—Donald of Neligh;
daughters- Mrs. Melvin (Vivian)
Gunter of Orchard; Mrs. Donald i
(Deloris) Gassen of Anaheim,
Calif.; Miss Eleanor of Omaha;
Mrs. Donald (Dorothy) Kellner
of O’Neill; six grandchildren;
sisters Mrs. Amy Jacobsen of
Ewing and Mrs. Rene Libby of
Neligh; brother - David of Ew
ing.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; one son, Thomas R., j
who died in infancy, and by four
brothers Edward, James, William
and Ralph.
Relatives and friends from Ne
ligh, Clearwater, Orchard, Oma
ha, O’Neill and Gordon attended
the rites.
Dinner and lunch were served
to members of the family of the
Women’s Society of Christian Ser
vice.
Pack Horse Falls
on Woman Rider
Mrs. M. B, Huffman, 38, the
former Mary Brion of Ewing ant*
tile wife of a Bassett baiifcej
I uesday was seriously injured
while on a pack horse trip near
the continental divide in wester®
Wyoming, high in the Rocky
mountains.
While making a steep incline at
9,500 ft, altitude at a point about
-4 miles east of Pinedale, the anl
mal and rider fell backwards. Th<
horse landed on Mrs. Huffman and
she may have suffered a crushed
pelvis or broken hip.
Also in the party were Mr. Huff
man, Mi-, and Mrs. Richard Ed.
wards of Ewing and two guide*
from the Boulder Lake rancf
where the couples were slaying
Huffman traveled 13 miles U
reach the ranch and telephoned
for help. A Pinedale doctor late
Tuesday went to the scene by
pack horse to administer first a'i
accompanied by Huffman.
Huffman ordered a hclicoptei
from Denver, Colo., to remove hit
wife from the scene. The heli
copter hovered over the injured
woman at 8 o’clock Wednesday
morning but the pilot, Hershey
Young, said high winds and
rough terrain made landing im
possible. An air ambulance—a
Cessna 310— was kept standing t>>
at Pinedale to remove Mrs. Huff
man to Denver for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards stayeo
with Mrs. Huffman at the neat
timberline mountain perch Tue#
day night. The party had packer
and equipped for an overnight trip.
July temperatures at that altitude
are cold.
Huffman, in telephone conver
sation with his brother, Stanley,
a Ewing rancher, said an effort i*
being made to “pack out" the in
jured woman by litter with a dop^
tor at her side.
Pinedale is about 160 miles west
Mrs. Maude Brion and Richard
Brion, mother and brother of the
injured woman, were enroute tc
Wyoming Wednesday night
Mr. Huffman’s mother, Mrs,
Zoe Huffman of Elgin, was a!
Bassett with the Huffman’s two
daughters.
A 12-man litter party set oui
from Pinedale at 11 o’clock We*
nesday morning after the coptgr
had given up attempts to land jg
the vicinity of the stranded wom
an. The litter party would bring
her to the nearest point access
ible to an auto ambulance.
Efforts to drop medicine from
planes were futile because of
the terrain.
Dr. Howard Smith of Pinedale
also manages the airport and
(Continued on page 6).
William Dexter, 73,
Dies at Amelia
William Dexter, 73, a longtime
resident of Holt county, died at
his home south of Amelia We*
nesday, July 16, following a loqf
illness.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday, July 19, at the Method!*
: hurch in Burwell with the pastor
Rev. Hindman, officiating.
“In the Garden” and *'Wher>
the Roll Is Called Up Yonder'*
was sung as a duet by Boniit
Johnson and Marjorie Goff.
Pallbearers were Freeman Row
se, Lyle Worden, I>eonard Grave*
Gordon Ballagh, Glen Taylor ajjd
Glen White. Burial was in Bur
well cemetery.
William Dexter was born
7, 1885 at Clarks, and came to Hoi*
county to homestead when t
young man. He lived on the sauv
farm near Amelia virtually all hi/
life.
On June 20, 1918 he was united
in marriage to Emma Burrell
Four sons and three da ugh ten/
were born to this union.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dexter
celebrated their 40th wedding an
niversary on June 29.
He was preceded in death by
one daughter.
Survivors include: Widow —
Emma; Sons — Raymond, Lee*
ard, Roland and Donald; daugh
ters - Mrs. Owen (Buelah) Moset
of Amelia and Mrs. Robert (Opal)
Kirkpatrick of Chadron; 15 gran*
children; sisters — Buelah antf
Jennie of Clarks.