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Ill [Hit-'' mi _ TWELVE ^ KPONTTFP p*‘a “VOICE OF THE FRONTIER'* ^ ^ JLjt MON. • WED. ■ SAT. -- In 1 his Issue 9:30 to 9:55 A. M. mm North-Central Nebraska s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 16. O’Neill. Holt County, Nebraska, I hursday, August 14, 1958. Seven Cento. STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NE3R. XXX O’Neill Wind Test Volumes in Library jH I iiilt-rwootl . . , victim of heart ailment. John J. Underwood Fatally Stricken Argonne Veteran Is Heart Victim John J. Underwood, 62, a custo dian at several public buildings here for 15 years, died unexpected ly at 11:45 p.m.. Thursday. August 7, at his home. He was stricken with a heart attack. Requiem high mass was held at 9:30 a m., Monday, August 11, at St Patrick's Catholic church with Rev. Roliert Duffy officiating Bur ial was in Calvary cemetery. Mili tary rites at graveside were con-1 ducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at 8:30 at Biglin’s funeral ! Chapel. Pallbearers were C. R. Hill, Or ville Indra, A. Neil Dawes. Charles Ritcher, Donald Clyde, Thaddeus Saunders, Rynold Cimfel and Al Sauser. Tile late John Joseph Underwood was iiorn February 11, 1896, at Madison, the son of Charles F. Underwood and Bridget Gillespie Underwood. He was reared on a farm near Madison and educated there. In 1917 he entered the army anil ser ved 18 months. Mr. Underwixxi fought with an infantry unit in sev eral famous battles, including the Argonne forest where he was hit I i..i l... „i— Inter hospitalized. Ur.Is at Oakdale At Oakdale August 1, 1922, he married Henrietta VanErt. They established their home at Gillette, | Wyo., later moving to Spencer. Mr. Underwood was a custodian there. After six years in Wyoming, i the family moved to Denver, Colo., j where they spent a short time, be fore returning to Nebraska. He farmed near Lyneh and Norfolk before moving onto a farm near Stuart where the fam ily lived five years. Fifteen years ago the Under- j woods came to O'Neill. At the1 time of his death he was custo dian at the Holt county court-1 ■* house annex. The Underwoods became the parents of four children. Mr. Underwood was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a past member of Si monson post 93, American Legion. Survivors include: Widow — Henrietta; son Herbert of O'Neill; daughters—Mrs. Eugene (Thelma) McDermott of Osmond; Miss Le ona and Miss Rose Ann, both of j O'Neill; sisters Mrs. Hannah Streit of Lynch and Mrs. Mary Chandler of Portland, Ore.; broth er Charles of Sisters, Ore. Sister in Alaska Mrs. Chandler is in Alaska with a son and could not be here for the funeral. Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Char les Underwood of Sisters, Ore.; Mrs. Hannah Streit, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Courtney and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Courtney and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kolund, all of Lynch; Mr. and Mrs Nick Weber of Butte; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walsh of Meadow Grove; Charles Gillespie of Norfolk: Mr. and Mrs. John Gillespie and Gene Gil lespie, jr, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Ert and family, all of Til den; Martin Van Ert of Bruns wick; Mr. and Mrs. Henry VanErt and family of Neligh; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDermott and fam ily of Osmond; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beck and family of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Van Ert and family of Oakdale; Mr. and Mrs Henrv Zwingmen of Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. John Graboski and Henry of Clearwater; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zwingman and fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Zwing * _1 e_;i«, Vfre An. IIH.II «»«-» • ... . thony Zwingmen and family and Henry and Nicholas Kamphaus, all of Raeville. Mrs. Borg Hostess— Mr and Mrs. Dale Bass and son. Jeffie, of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rouse and son, Wayne, of O'Neill were Saturday dinner guests of Mrs. Carrie Borg and Marvel. Other guests were Mrs. Howard Rouse and son Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs Delbert Rouse and son. Ronnie, and Mr. and Mrs Virgil Hubby. Mrs. Bass is the former Bonnie Hubby. (iAS CONVERSION Thomas G. Jay, regional com missioner of the general services administration, announced Wed nesday that GSA has awarded a contract for gas conversion at the O’Neill post office to the low bid der R. F. Holland of Parkville, Mo.' ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janzen of Henderson were Monday callers of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bazelman. Two volumes of ‘‘Exploring the Atmosphere's First Mile", containing accounts of a series of elaborate meteorological ex periments performed here in 1953 under air force sponsorship, have been presented to Grattan township library by Neil B. Ryan The wind test five years ago was conducted on a site six miles northwest of here belong ing to the J. B. Ryan estate. The volumes, fully document ed illustrated with technical charts, graphs and some pho tographs, were edited by Heinz H. Lettau and Ben Davidson, Lettau is the former chief weather officer for the German high command during World War II. Davidson and Lettau formed the directorate for the O'Neill project known as the Great Plains turbulence field program. The Air Force Cam bridge research center and 14 colleges, universities and scien tific institutions supported the project. The text is written in part in such a manner that a layman can grasp a portion of the over all picture. The volumes were published b> Pergamon Press at the St. Albans plant in England, and are dedicated "to the memory of those who died at the test site July 30, 1953 in an unturtun ate helicopter accident while en gaged in pre-testing new meth ods of wind measurements. Killed were Dr. Guenter Loes er, Capt. Charles A. Johnson, Lt. Francis L. Gasque, Sgt. Robert E. Ide, Airman Donald E. Eddy and Airman Francis G. Mapes. Loeser, a pioneer in rockets for the Germans, was secretary of the International Astrophysi cal society at the time of his death. The society is a group of scientists who were bent on interplanetary travel and in 1953 freely predicted the moon would be reached by man with in 10 or 20 years. , Lettau and Davidson give cre dit to O'Neillites for faciliating the project, and it is apparent the books are a milestone in meteorological science. P r e vious standards for low' level wind measurements were estab lished at Leipzig, Germany, in 1933 under Loeser. The O'Neill project was on a broader and more minute scale and will sup plant the Leipzig studies in science. Father of Four May Lose Legs Pospichal Trapped in Baler 3 Hours BURWELL — Doctors late Wednesday were trying to avoid amputation of the legs of Milo Pospichal, 28, a Burwell rancher who was seriously injured about 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in a hay baler accident. The mishap occured at the Mar tin Malmsten ranch, 13 miles north of Ericson. Pospichal was working in the Malstem field. The hay was heavy and the conveyor became stuck. Pospichal kicked the hay to relieve the jam and started the conveyor. One foot was caught and drawn into the rollers. In attempting to free himself, the other foot be came caught. His legs were drawn into the rollers up to his knees. Pospichal was trapped for three hours before he was discovered by Mr. Malmsten. The employer suc ceeded in loosening one of the three rollers and releasing pre sure on Pospichal'a injured legs and his knees. Malmsten then hurried to sum mon help. A neighbor, Leland Chaffin, came to the scene. The baler had to be taken apart before Pospichal could be placed into an ambulance and rushed to the Bur well hospital. It was feared early Wednesday gangrene setting in would neces sitate amputations. No bones were broken, doctors said, but the pro longed lack of circulation in the legs produced complications. Pospichal, who is the father of four children, was suffering from shock, hospital attendants said. Good Soaker Would Be Welcomed Now Rain threatened early Wed nesday but failed to materialize. Meanwhile, Inman reported a good shower and east of Creighton rain up to 70 of an inch was re corded. Osmond. Niobrara and Randolph received substantial showers. After two weeks of intensely hot weather, a good soaker would be welcomed in the O’Neill area. Week’s summary. July 31 85 60 .04 August 1 92 61 August 2 . 94 60 August 3 95 63 August 4 _ 97 69 August 5 90 64 .05 Aubust 6 - 87 66 August 7 95 64 August 8 — - 94 64 August 9 94 67 August 10_ 96 65 August 11_ — 94 67 August 12 83 64 August 13 86 64 T RETURN FROM WASHINGTON Atkinson— Mr. and Mrs. Fred i Tesch arrived home Wednesday from the West coast where they attended the funeral of a relative | at Sumner, Wash. They made the trip by plane. Board Fixes 4.35 Mills Tax Levy Both State, County Levies Down but Valuations Are Up The Holt county Iward of equal ization Friday set the tax levy at 4.35 mills, which is .40 of a mill less than last year. The state levy is 7 97 a drop of 26 cents per one thousand dollars from 1957. State institutional levy is 2.30. Combined these levies total 14.62 mills. While Holt's levy is down, the valuations in the county—real es tate and personal property com bined are up to the tune of million-dollars. Estimated expenses for the county for the new fiscal year provide for approximately the same total amount as last year. A 17-thousand-dollar increase in the general fund. A two-thousand-dollar increase in the fair fund. A 13-thousand-dollar decrease in the bridge fund. A 13-thousand-dollar decrease in the medical fund. Levies per one-thousand-dollar valuation for the new fiscal year follow: STATE LEVIES General 6.47 Special building _ .75 Service annuity .50 Medical college bldg. .25 Total state 7.97 INSTITUTIONAL LEVIES Mentally ill . 1.80 Feeble minded .40 University hospital __. .10 Total instit. . 2.30 COUNTY LEVIES General 2.90 Bridge .83 Soldiers and sailors .02 Fair .16 Medical .34 Unemployment relief _ .10 Total county 4.35 School and municipal levies will be published later. Railroad valu ations in the various districts late Tuesday had not been received by County Clerk Kenneth Waring. State government in Nebraska will be operating with one-million dollars less of taxpayers’ money than a year ago. (See State Cpitol News on page 11.) In addition there is a $2 per capita tax on each adult between the ages of 21 and 50, in the county for old age assistance, and a special tax of 10 cents on each hive of bees in the county. Major and Mrs. Paul Ericksen and son, Paul, of Virginia were Monday, August 4, guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Osenbaugh. Army Career Man Succumbs at Denver Sergeant Butler, 36, Born at Ewing mirrxm itt /n_4 t . n..4i_ j-jmuivj 411/ uj iv. , 36, an army career non-commis sioned officer, died Tuesday night, August 12, in Fitzsimmons hospital at Denver, Colo., where he had been a patient little more than a month. He was stationed until recent ly at Okinawa and was transferred back to the United States for medical care after having been hospitalized in the Far East. While he was being returned, his wife, Lois, and their daughter, Patty, were enroute to the Far East to join him. Army author ities arranged for a brief reunion in Japan before returning the family to this country. Sergeant Butler was born and reared at Ewing, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Butler. He was graduated from Ewing high school and served in World War II and during the Korean conflict. He was looking forward to early re tirement from the service. Funeral arrangements late Wed nesday had not yet been com pleted. Rites may be held today (Thursday! or Friday at Denver and burial will be there. Rela tives here had been summoned to Denver. Survivors include: Widow— Lois; daughter—Patty; parents— Mr. and Mrs. Ray Butler of Ewing sister — Mrs. Yvonne McDonald, who lives in Georgia. The widow's address: Pine Motel, 11818 East Colfax ave., Denver 8, Colo. Keglers to Meet Monday Evening The O’Neill Bowling association will hold its annual meeting Mon day evening, 7:30 o'clock, at the youth center. There will be an election of officers. George Mc Carthy is president; Sam Fuhrer. vice-president, and Bob Miles is secretary. During the first season the as sociation fielded seven men's bowling leagues and three gals’ leagues. Band Bedecked in New Uniforms moving wesiwara on lhjukuis si. is me mum cipal band bedecked in brand new uniforms. First appearance was made Monday evening in a march through the streets. The uniforms are Yale blue with Copenhagen blue trim. The plumes, visors, chin straps and citation cords are white. Eighty I __ in rue uanu uiiiiuiuis wtuu uuiu-nu iu mr n<mu Mothers club through J. M. McDonald company here, also four tvvirlers’ uniforms. Ten-year-old used uniforms are being retired. Director Duane Mil er took the hand to Bunvell Wednesday where the group was jpatured at the rodeo. The uniforms cost $58.15 each. The Frontier Photo. Krotter, tiagne and Mct'larity . . . the TV idols showed up on time at the wrong Spencer.—The Frontier Photo. Lad, 8, Drowns in Blue River Playing with Friends Along Bank PAGE — Robert Dean Ulrich, 8, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorr of Page, was drowned late Saturday, August 9, while playing along the banks of the Blue river at Crete. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Ulrich of near Crete. Mrs. Ulrich is the former Betty -Dorr. The body was not recovered un til early Sunday. It was recover ed about 20 yards from the point where Robert drowned. The Crete fire department lo cated the body, after a search of several hours, near the Tuxcedo bridge, which was washed out June 27, 1957. The boy was playing at the river side with two companions, his brother, 7- year-old Danny, and Ronnie Fuetz, 8, when he went into the water. The trio had been to an after noon movie. The three were said to have been wading at the edge when young Ulrich disappeared. His companions told a nearby fisher man, Charles Morgan of Lincoln, who notified the police. The Ulrichs, who were wonder ing where their boys were, were not far distant from the scene of the tragedy. The Ulrichs were planning to move from the dwelling near the J river to another residence in just a tew days. Sendees were held at 2 p m., Tuesday, August 12, at the Kuncl funeral home in Crete, with the Rev. Richard E. Atherton officiat ing. Burial was at Lincoln Mem I orial park. Survivors include: his parents; his brother—Danny; grandpar ents—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorr i of Page and Fred Ulrich. Attending the funeral were the grandparents from Page, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Dorr of Lapeer, Mich., ; who were visiting at Page, and Miss MarGuerite Dorr of Beverley Hills, Calif., also visiting here. LIBRARY CLOSED Grattan township library is closed for 10 days while floors are being refinished. No with drawn books will become due dur | ing this period, according to Miss Bernadette Brennan, librarian. The library will reopen Wednes day, August 20. Maureen Shoemaker, daughter of Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, arrived home Friday from West Point where she had spent 10 days with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomlinson. Gagne, McClarity to Wrong Spencer Vern Gagne, world’s champion heavyweight wrestler, and Roy McClarity, a top challenger, ar rived at Spencer on time Wed nesday night for a mat perform ance. But, unfortunately they converged their respective ways at the wrong town. Gagne flew into Spencer, la., from Minneapolis, Minn., instead of Spencer, Nebr., where sev eral thousand sweltering fans were awaiting the big show. McClarity flew into the Clay county, Iowa, city from Chicago. 111. Both had been heralded far and wide for the appearance at the 14th annual Boyd county fair where Gagne was to face Mr. McClarity, a Canadian challenger. The Frontier’s news desk was transformed into a clearing house for emergency handling of the situation. Boyd fair offi cials appealed to The Frontier. C. R. Foree, O’Neill pilot, was summoned to make certain the beacon and lights were in good working order at the O’Neill air port. Walter Kopetjka, airport manager, was not near a tele phone while the details were being worked out. Police Officer Orville Miller was on standby to back up Foree and to coordinate plans i for landing of the wrestlers’ plane, a delegation from tne Boyd fair board awaited the chartered plane’s arrival at 11:20 p.m., and sped the strong men in John R. Krotter’s car to the Spencer (Nehraska, that isl park where fans were pa tiently waiting—three thousand strong. It was about midnight when their groaning started. An effort was made to en list the Nebraska safety patrol to escort Gagne and McClarity northward by cruiser but patrol officials said ‘‘no’’—it wasn't a life or death matter. Earlier there had been pre liminary professional wrestling matches. These artists worked a bit overtime to keep the crowd amused until the TV idols arri ved. The pilot, C. W. Cochran of Spencer (Iowa, that is), said they flew through rain showers part of the trip which required one hour and 15 minutes air time. Over half the crowd stayed on for the main event. Gagne is still the world's champ, winning the first fall in 12 minutes 37 seconds; McClar ity took the second in 22 min utes and 57 seconds. Each used the sleeper. Then Gagne flattened McClarity with a dropkick in 27 minutes 44 seconds. School Census Shows 55 Increase O’Neill Increase Is 125 Pupils An increase of 55 pupils over last year is revealed in the school i census which has just been com pleted, according to Miss Alice French, Holt county superinten dent of public instruction. Following table applies to school ages, including those under five (next year’s beginners) to 21. Table: 1957 1958 Page 92 88 O'Neill 1278 1403 Atk nson 610 564 Ewing 264 258 Inman 140 122 Stuart 306 311 Chambers „ ... 128 131 Amelia 44 40 Totals 2862 2917 Thomas Schoberg. 36, a state highway department employee, Is recovering in St. Anthony’s hospital from injuries suffered Fri day, August 1. He was dragged one hundred feet hy an oil distri-. huting machine while working on a highway project In Wheeler county and was unconscious about 72 hours. He is pictured with his wife, Agnes. The Schobergs live at O’Neill.—The Frontier Photo, Friday Designated as ‘Stinker Day’ Friday will be ‘stinker day" in O'Neill.' Under the auspices of the Cham ber of commerce retail trade committee, merchants will hustle “stinker" items onto sidewalks tables, racks and stands and a field day will he assured for bar gain-conscious shoppers. The advertising columns of this issue of The Frontier arc packed with "stinker" values, many of which will justify shoppers driv ing many miles. It will be the second annual' event of this type. Phone Firm Opposes Star Application ‘Territorial Issue’ Involved Five farmers in the Star com munity testified Wednesday be fore an examiner for the Nebras ka state railway commission in u telephone territorial dispute. The South Star Telephone com pany, a newly-orgunized corpora- 1 tions, is seeking the commission’s permission to construct 16 miles of line to a Northwestern Hell point alxiut three miles north of O'Neill. The new line would connect about 30 Star community subscribers. divorced by agreement from the existing Star exchange, with the ltell exchange at O'Neill. Testifying in behalf of the Star group were Clayton Nelson, pres ident, Albert Derickson, Joe Cih lar,\ Elmer Juracek and Robert Miller. South Star's application also asks the commission to ratify the division from the Star exchange. John Bonebright of Lincoln, ex aminer for the commission, con ducted the hearing in the assemb ly room of the courthouse. An overflow crowd heard the proceedings. William W. Griffin, O'Neill at toney, represented the South Star applicants. The application was opposed by I the Public Telephone corporation j of Blair, which owns the dial equipped Page exchange. Before the Page exchange changed to dial, the Star exchange was "switched'’ through Page. With the installation of dial service, the Star switch is isolated for long distance calls. Neighbors, how ever, can talk to neighbors. In the past Star also has had switch ing privilege through Lynch (now dial) and Verdigre. Public Telephone, represented by Philip O’Hanlon, Blair attorney, told the examiner the issue is a territorial question. The Blair firm, however, offered no propos als to help relieve the ""isolation", but did contend it had switching facilities provided the Star line would be converted to dial. Members of the South Star group stated the bulk of the phone traffic out of the rural commun ity in the past was directed to O’ Neill. The proposed hookup would enable O’Neill calls to be made without toll. Going through Page, as in the past, a toll is involved. Bell was represented by E. B. Wilson of Grand Island, district manager, and Mr. Skleniska, Bell counsel. No decision on the South Star application for reorganization, div ision and line construction is ex pected from the commission for at least a month. FRACTURES ANKIJ5 . ATKINSON — Ralph Romo of San Diego, Calif., a horseman, was released from Atkinson Memorial hospital. Romo was roping calves Friday at the Charley Peterson, jr., ranch and fractured his ankle. 66th Holt Fair Opens Next Week Night Rodeo Showing, Exhibits Highlight 1958 Exposition All is in readiness for Holt county's titith annual fair to be held next week August 18-21 at Chambers. President I.loyd Gleed of the Holt County Agricultural society said bleacher (facilities at the rodeo arena have been expanded, a new ladies rest room hits been provided, and a new well put in operation. Secretary James H. Gibson re ports there will be a record nunv bcr of 4-H cattle entries -exceed ing the two hundred mark. "Horticultural and farm produce exhibits will far exceed anything in many years," Gibson declared. The RCA rodeo under the lights on Wednesday and Thursday eve nings, August 20-21, will highlight the entertainment starting at 8 o'clock. IIoss Inman of La imp-, Colo , one of the nation's top producers, will have more than one hundred head of wiki rodeo stock at the arena. Joe Cavanaugh of O’Neill, one of the nation’s out standing rodeo announcers, will be at the microphone. Paul Coop er will be at the organ and Dixie Lee will do a flaming baton per formance during an interlude in the rodeo each evening. Monday, August 18, is design ated as entry day. Superintendents are: Henry Wood of Ewing, live _I. . a*.... i r_.... __ #l. u»V».n | o. V v. i iivin til* i »»» Chambers, flowers; Mrs. Ix>a Hub bard of Chambers, needle art; A. Neil Dawes of O’Neill, 4-H club; Thomas Lambert of Ewing, farm produce; Mrs. Paul Roth of Chambers, pantry stores. Tuesday, August 19, will be jud ging day. There will be midget baseball featuring outstanding Holt county teams on Wednesday and Thurs day mornings at 10:30. At 1:30 p.m., both Wednesday and Thurs day, there will be grand parades of all livestock entries as well as floats. The 4-H style revue will follow Wednesday's parade. Wednesday's afternoon baseball fare will pit Chambers vs. O’Neill, members of the Northeast Nebraska night league. Thursday it will be Lynch vs. Chambers. The ball games start at 2 p.m. There will be a big carnival on the grounds with Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and kiddie rides. There’ll be dancing at the Amer ican Legion ballroom in Chambers Wednesday night with Jess Gayer and his six-piece orchestra and on Thursday night it will lie Forrest Roland his seven-piece band. Besides Gleed and Gibson, other directors are: Vern Sageser of Amelia, Steve Shavlik of Cham-, hers, Ray Beed of Chambers, C. V. Robertson of C h am b e r s, George Rowse of Chambers, T. E. Alderson of Chambers and Ray Hoffman of Chambers. Atkinson Pool Opening Saturday ATKINSON — The new swim ming pool here, constructed with funds from voluntary contribu tions and money-raising projects, is tentatively scheduled to be turned over to the city of Atkinson at 9 o’clock this morning (Thurs day). Plans were made Wednesday for a formal transfer to the city for operation and maintenance. It i is expected the council will swing I open pool gates Saturday or Sun day for public swimming. Meanwhile plans for a dedica tion have been shelved for the time. It is possible the dedication won't come until next season. Water has been placed in the pool and the filtering system and other fixtures have been satisfac torily checked out. W. H. Crippen, 77, Dies at Hastings William Henry Crippen, 77, for mer Holt county cattleman and former meat market owner-oper ator at Inman and Page, died Sun. day, July 27, at Hastings. Funeral services were conduct ed at Hastings and burial was in Parkview cemetery near the grave of his wife, Minnie, who died March 15. The late Mr. Crippen was bom in Wellesboro, Pa., April 30, 1881. He came to Nebraska at a young age and lived at Plainview until 1915 when he moved to Holt coun ty. He was in the cattle business for years. He was in business at Inman and Page before moving to O'Neill where he was employed by the state of Nebraska. Mr. Crippen married Minnie Munger January 28, 1903. They became the parents of one daugh ter, Marcia. During World War n the Crip pens moved to Hastings where he continued to reside until his death. Survivors include: Daughter — Marcia; six grandchildren five great-grandchildren; one niece, i and two nephews. • '
