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^ c—-^ TWELVE „ -r, - -JS -=^_ PAGES NT F D •■\OICE OF THE FRONTIER" JL ^ MON. • WED. SAT. |n 'ITlis Issue 9:30 to 9:55 A. M. • North-Central Nebraska s BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 22. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, September 25, 1958. Seven C t nts Tile Thomas ca< , , . one died In this wreckage, another was crit ically hurl.—The Frontier Photo. John A. Kenny, 80, Funeral Scheduled Atkinson Rites for Retired Rancher ATKINSON Funeral services for John X Kenny. 80. a longtime resident of the Atkinson and Ame lia communities, will be conduct ed at 2 p m today (Thursday* at the Seger funeral home in Atkin son Rev. Curtis Barnett will offici ate Burial will l>e in the Charn l>ers cemetery. Pallbearers will l>e Charles Kubart. James Kubart, William Grothe, jr., Thomas Welsh, Thomas Doolittle and W. P. Dailey. Mr Kenny died Sunday at At kinson at his home about 11:45 p. m. He had lieen active until about j two years ago. He was liorn August 14, 1878 west of Albion. On December 24, 1900 he married Lola Wpodgerd. The couple was married Christ mas eve at the home of the bride’s ' parents. They liegan housekeeping on the Kenny tree claim three miles west of Albion. In 1904 they mo\ed to Custer county where the family spent two years, arriving in Holt in 1907. For 30 years the Kennys ranch-; ed nenr Amelia. After moving to ' Atkinson, Mr. Kenny worked for a time on the Jahn ranch in Rock county and also on a ranch south west of Atkinson. The Kenny home here is locat ed south of the Skrdla garage building. They became the parents of six children. Their oldest daughter, Mabel, died when 18-months-old. One son and one daughter died in infancy. Survivors include: Widow Lola; i sons Dwight of Atkinson and Ray- i ters Mrs. Ruby O'Connell of 1 Council Bluffs, la., and Mrs. Ger- < trude Carr of Atkinson; 10 grand- | children and 14 great-grandchil- { dren. -! r Bowen Buys Fixtures 1 At Osborne’s Store Fixtures and equipment at Os- ) home s Shoe Store, originally i scheduled to be sold at public auc tion Saturday, September 20, were i sold privately ahead of the sale to ' ‘ A. E. Bowen, it was announced by Ed Thorin, who was scheduled to conduct the auction. Mr. Bowen said the building1 was erected 10 years ago for a ( shoe store and would continue to house a store of that type. He said the building will be remodeled, strip fluorescent lighting will be installed, and some new fixtures will be added. The new shoe store will not l>e opened until after the first of the j year, Bowen said. He is interview-j ing applicants for the managerial position. Carroll Holmes, manager of the store during the past two years under ownership of D. M. Osobme, has found employment at Kear ney. _• Highway 183 to Stay on Present Location Tin' Nebraska state highway advisory commission Monday vot ed unanimousy ti improve U.S. highway 183 along its present route between Bassett and Spring- 1 view. The alternative was a pro posed diagonal re-routing from a i point north of Bassett westward to connect with state highway 7. which runs southward from Springview, State Sen. Frank Nelson of O' Neill has joined with Bassett and Springview ranchers, farmers and businessmen in favoring improve ment of the present route. 1 State Highway Engineer L. N. i Ress had favored the diagonal. I.apet Badge to Doctor Brown— A silver laj>el badge nas oeen awarded to J. P. Brown, M.D., of O'Neill, by President Eisenhower in ‘‘grateful recognition” of 15 years of service to the nation as a medical advisor of the selective service board of Holt county. "Doctor Brown has given his time in patriotic service to his country without compensation or thought of reward," the state se lective service board said. Auction Calendar Saturday, September 27: Tract of land and personal property will be sold by Genevieve Hanley at Inman, 2 p.m.; Cols. Vern Rey noldson and George Colman, auc tioneers; Virgil Laursen, real es tate broker. Monday, October 6: George W . Kirk-Stuart Houston complete dis persion sale. 102 registered Angus, Plainview Sales Pavilion, start ing 1:30 p.m.; seven bulls.. 54 cows, 40 calves; Dean Mosher of Creighton, auctioneer. (Details in next issue). Kenny . . . active until two yearn ago.—The Frontier Photo. Mrs. J. B. Donohoe Dies at Fremont Spent Most of Life on O’Neill Farm Mrs, J. R. Donohoe, 74. longtime •esident of the O'Neill community, lied at 11 a m., Thursday, Septem >or 18. in Dodge> County hospital it Fremont. She had been in failing health wo years and during the past two nonths could not recognize mem •ers of her immediate family. Funeral services were conduct d at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Sep tern-1 ier 22, at St. Patrick's Catholic hurch. Burial was in Calvary cemetery lear the grave of her husband who I;s-t.i a i -i n ince Rosary was recited Sunday ■vening at Biglin’s funeral chapel. Pallbearers were Leonard Shoe naker, Lloyd Whaley, Thom is Matthews, Walter O'Malley, Patrick V. Hickey and Edward ! durray. Very Rev. Timothy O' Sullivan, church pastor, officiated. The late Mrs. Donohoe, whose i naiden name was Katheryn G. | dcNichols, was liorn January 24. 884, at Ames. Ia., the daughter of he late Patrick McNichols and Catherine Meeham McNichols. She -ame to the O'Neill community as i small child and was reared on he McNichols family farm which s now the site of Municipal air- ■ oort. When she was 15-years-old she rode horseback to teach a nearby rural school. She married J. B. Donohoe Sep teml>er 22. 1908, at O’Neill. The couple lived until 1954 on the fam ily farm located seven miles north of here. Following the death of her hus band, Mrs. Donohoe went to Fre mont to reside with her son, Gene. Mrs. Donohoe ... to O'Neill in childhood. The late Mrs. Donohoe was a member of St. Patrick s Catholic church here and the Altar society. Survivors include: Sons Harold of Axtel; Walter of O'Neill; Gene of Fremont; daughter Zita of At kinson; 16 grandchildren; brother Walter of Anaheim, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, four brothers and by her husband. Among those attending the fu neral were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Donohoe and Rosemary of Axtell, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Donohoe and family and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donohoe, all of Fremont. Mrs. Zita Donohoe of Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burke and Miss Catherine Cuddy of Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cuddy of Minneapolis, Minn.. Mr. and Mrs. John Napier of Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walt ers of Chambers and Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNichols of Omaha. WEATHER SUMMARY hi lo pr. September 18 79 52 September 19 84 54 September 20 75 55 tr September 21 ._. - 77 37 September 22 _ 89 57 September 23 . 85 67 September 24 . 80 55 Woman,65, Dies as Car Sails 90-Ft. Infamous Clearwa ter U.S. 275 Span Scene of Another Fatality CLEARWATER — Mrs Nellie Thomas, 65, 116 East Pierce st., Council Bluffs, la., was killed in stantly about 7 a.m., Saturday, September 20, when the car which she was driving struck a bridge about a half-mile east of Clearwater on U.S. highway 275. The westbound car, according to Antelope County Sheriff Law rence Ritcher, struck the north east corner of the bridge and skid ded and was hurled about 90 feet before coming to a stop. Her husband, David Thomas, 66, only passenger, was taken to Antelope Memorial hospital in Ne ligh in critical condition. The Iowans’ machine climbed an eight-foot truss about two thirds of the way, overturned, skidded the length of the bridge on its top and overturned into a ditch on the south side of the west approach. Patrolman Robert Gude of O’ Neill investigated. Passersby at the scene included Allan Martin of O’Neill, a Battle Creek teacher, and Leo Carney of O’Neill. Both reported the fatality as a badly mangled body. The head was nearly decapitat ed, they said, and feet were near ly severed. Her clothes were torn from her body. The accident was the second fatality at the bridge in the past year. The bridge has been the scene of a series of less serious accidents. It is a narrow bridge situated near a curve. The bridge is positioned easi-wesi. The condition of Mr. Thomas at the Neligh hospital was described as •‘unchanged”. By early Monday the full ex tent of his injuries had not been determined. lie suffered a skull fracture, several broken ribs and possible spinal and other internal injuries. However, he recognized rela tives and discussed in a limited manner the accident. The couple was enroute to Chadron. Contents of the car were strewn over a wide area. Mrs. Julia Kaplan Expires at Atkinson Native of Bohemia; To U.S. in 1904 STUART Mrs. Julia Kaplan, 75, a native of Sudicich, Czecho slovakia, and a resident of the Stuart community 51 years, died Tuesday noon, September 23, in Atkinson Memorial hospital. She had been hospitalied 11 days. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m., Friday, Septem ber 26, at Seger’s funeral home in Atkinson. Rev. Charles Gates, pastor of First Methodist church at Atkinson, wjll officiate. Burial will he in YVoodlawn cemetery. Pallbearers chosen are Ed ward Hoffman. Arthur Pacha, John YVonderchek, C. J. Prussa, John Dvorak and Harry Slaymaker. She was born May 15, 1883, the . I_—1. * .... C ttfn nnr] TV t ..r. ek. She came to the United States 54 years ago. On April 2, 1907 she married Joseph Kaplan at Atkinson. The couple lived many years on a ranch southeast of Stuart. Mr. Kapan died July 25, 1951. Her son, Arthur, and her daugh ter, Mrs. Alfred Keying, now re side on parts of the family’s ori ginal ranch. Surviors incude: Son—Arthur of Stuart; daughter Mrs. Alfred (Lillian) Keying of Stuart; eight grandchildren; sister—Mrs. Mary Palasek of Elkhom. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sons—Wil iam. who died in 1932 at the age of 24 while in Czeschoolovakia and was buried there, Frank, who died in 1936 at the age of 22. 7 from Area Pass Medical Board • One hundred eleven persons have passed examinations of the Nebraska board of examiners in medicine and surgery. These include from this area: Manis Edwards of Spencer; Johh Ehle, jr.. of Ainsworth; Robert Faust of Atkinson; Norman Hag berg of Spencer; Robert Nordling of Oakdale; W?illiam Nye of Plain view; and Morris Skinner, jr., of Ainsworth. Church to Dedicate New Organ Sunday EWING—A new Baldwin _ organ will be dedicated at the 9:45 a.m., worship hour Sunday, September 28. at the Methodist church here. There will be special music and a dedicatory sermon. Rev. Lee Brigden, church pastor, announ CGCl* Aubrey W'ood is organist and choir director and Miss Virginia McDonald is also an organist. The Snyders (seated) on their 60th wedding anniversary. Those standing are I.loyd Henry of Coleridge, Harry I». Snyder of Inman, Mrs. Iamell Miller of Gresham, Ore., and Mrs. Cora Jacka of Teeumseh, all of whom were present for the Sny Jers’ 1898 wedding.—The Frontier Photo. Snyders Married 60 Years— ‘Wild Bill’ on Honeymoon Itinerary By MRS. N. I>. K KES, SR. Special Correspondent PAGE Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder, who was married Sun day, September 21, 1898, at Tecumseh, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary here Sunday —exactly three score years later. A basket dinner was served at noon at Fellowship hall of the : Methodist church following the regular morning worship in which i Rev. Lisle Mewmaw officiated. One hundred thirty-six persons signed the guestbook during the reception held from 2:30 until 5 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were mar ried at Tecumseh September 21, 1898 at the home of the bride's parents. Mrs. Snyder’s maiden name was Nova Henry. She was born June 24, 1878, at Tecumseh, John son county. Mr. Snyder was torn October 5, at Gayla, 111. Their wedding trip took them to Omaha for three days for the ' exposition of 1898 regarded in those days as a world’s fair. That was the exposition made j famous by Wild Bill Cody who | staged a marble-shooting exhibi tion with his six-shooter. Mr. Snyder recalls that Wild Bill tossed a half-dozen marbles into the air and "blasted them to smithereens" while the crowd looked on. Cody, incidentally, had been a frequent visitor to Johnson county where his kinfolks lived and the Snyders has seen him there. During Sunday's open-house the Snyders reminisced with four per sons who had also been present for the wedding 60 years ago Mrs. Cora Jacka of Tecumseh, Mr. ; Snyder’s sister; Harry D. Snyder of Inman, a brother; Mrs. Lowell (Edithl Miller of Gresham Ore.. Mr Snyder's niece who was four months-old at the time of the wed ding; Lloyd Henry of Coleridge. Mre. Snvder’s hrother; and Frank Snyder of Page. Mr. Snyder recalled (hat ho had made the purchase of a pair of baby shoes for the newly-arrived baby at the home of his brother, Walter. The baby is now Mrs. Mil ler. ‘‘I had the shoes in one pocket and the marriage license in the other,” recalled Mr. Snyder. "As you might suspect, I got them mixed up at the ceremony”. The Snyders farmed several years in Johnson county before coming to Holt March 1, 1907. They lived several years on rented places and then purchased a farm 3*2 miles north of town and three fourths of a mile west. They built up the place and the story of their transforming a forsaken half section of ground into an improv ed farm was told in a feature story in The Fronfier in 1955. Twelve years ago the Snyders moved into retirement in town, moving their house into Page. After that a second house was added for their son-in-law Laursen Elected to State Office Virgil Laursen, O’Neill realtor, Friday was elected junior vice president of the Nebraska Real Estate association in convention at Omaha. The convention named N. P. Dodge of Omaha as president, suc ceeding John R. Thomazin of Grand Island. The group elected a treasurer, a director emeritus, four senior vice-presidents, four junior vice-presidents (including Laursen), and eight directors. Discussion topics concerned con trolled access on state-federal highways and interstate highway right-of-way problems. Yellow Neckties Herald Festival— ~ INMAN—Bright yellow neckties with green letters eblazoned, proclaiming the Inman fall fest ival. are in prominent view nowa days. The festival will be held Satur day, October 4, and will include a parade at 10 a m., and a talk by Rep. A. L. Miller (R.-Nebr.) and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Fink. In 1946 their daugh ter, Zola, died. The Finks had tihree children— one cf whom died in infancy. The Frank Snyder's grandchild ren are Mrs. Thomas (Lois) Sin nard of Grand Island and Ross Fink of LaFayette, Colo. Mr. Snyder was reared a demo crat, grew tired of voting for Wil (Continued on page 6.) Vidricksen Resigns Hard’ng Cream Post Ben Vidricksen, 31, manager of the Harding Creamery company plant here the past four years, has , resigned effective November 1. He will join a brother in the opera tion of two steak houses at Salina, F Vi.. A third ste$k house is in the planning stage. Vidricksen and his family have been living in a home they purchased at 315 West Everett st., and will be selling the pro perty. His family includes his wife, Lola; children Nancy, 8; Janice, 7; Penny and Benny, twins; and Jeff, 4. The Vidricksens came to O'Neill from Kearney. Vidricksen had been employed by Harding, division of Sugar Creek Creamer ies, for about 10 years. He helped found O’Neill’s com pany D, 195th tank battalion, Ne braska national guard, over threi ! years ago. His successor at Hardings will be Lee Jackson, 31, of Cameron, Mo. Jackson has been associated with Harding at the Kansas City, Mo., plant. He is married and has four children, ages nine-weeks-old to nine-years-old. He and his wife, Jean and their family plan to move to O’Neill as soon as housing arrangements can be made. British Exchange Youth to Verdigre VERDIGRE John Brooke of England, an exchange student spending some time in Nebraska, will be a guest of the Verdigre Future Farmers of America chap ter from Sunday, September 28, until Sunday, October 5. He wil1 1 e a guest in the home of Arden Uhlir, who last year was the top FFA farmer in Nebraska and was president of the state FFA. Jackson (left) and Vidricksen . . . change in management at Harding Cream plant.—The Frontier Photo. Flight to Freedom Ends in Thicket— Wayward Steer Runs Out of Gas An eight-hundred-pound white face steer gave O'Neill livestock Market personnel a comical ser ies of hum steers late Friday af ternoon. While being loaded from a chute into a truck at the sale yards, the steer bolted the bar rier and took off on the double. He raced westward up the Chi cago & North Western railroad tracks to the rail station. Mr. Steer then decided to proceed northward—still in a big hurry —up Fourth Street. He had a green light when he went through the main downtown intersection at Fourth and Doug las sts. He also had livestock market personnel -Carroll Mc Kay and Brock Reynoldson in hat pursuit aboard two saddle horses. The big concern was that i some pedestrian or some child in the path of the mad steer might get hurt. Mr. Steer went west a few feet at the postoffice corner, and j then darted northward across j the St. Mary’s academy play ground, passing between St. Pat- ! rick’s church and the rectory. J Finally, near the Roy Spindler residence on North Fourth street a half mile north of the main intersection and 1 vi miles from the point of liberation- the steer ran out of gas in a thicket. McKay let fly the rope and j McKay and Reynoldson closed in for the tie up. By this time Police Chief Chris McGinn. The Frontier’s cameraman and a dozen people who had emptied out of stores and offices had taken up chase and were on hand for proceed ings at the end of the trail. Mr Stepr had hoofed it up North Fourth street to the ac- j companiment of the 6 o’clock siren. The steer was returned to the market in a pickup truck own ed by Norbert Uhl. Uhl had pick ed up the trail when he saw the steer hot-footing it up the tracks > with horsemen close behind. Tne puffing and panting steer called it a day in the bushes. No body got hurt. A oily good show, it was! End of the trail for a big steer that rampaged up O’Neill’s busy Fourth st. to the accompaniment of the 6 o’clock siren. Carrol McKay did the roping.—The Frontier Photo. Magazine Editor Atkinson Visitor ATKINSON Laura Lane, an executive editor of the Farm Journal, published in Philadelphia, Pa., Friday evening visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs Frncst Brinkman here. She was Inung es ported through the sandhills by Mrs. Helen Kreymborg of Grand Island. Hall county home exten sion agent, Mrs. Kreymborg and Mrs. Brink man are sisters. Mrs. Lane had addressed the Nebraska council of home exten sion clubs last week at York Dur ing the sandhills swing she visited the Ainsworth Livestock Market. Band to Participate in Sioux City Parade The 70-piece O'Neill Municipal hand will board chartered busses at 8 a m., Saturday and head for Sioux City. The O’Npill unit will participate with a number of other high school and college bands in a narade and at the halftime show of the Morningsido-North Dakota football game. A group of adult sponsors will escort the hand, which is directed by Duane Miller. The hand is composed of O’Neill public school ! and St. Mary’s academy students. The parade will get underway at 1 p.m., with the musical units marching through Sioux City's business district. Television cam eras will record the colorful march. The halftime show will include a massed concert and the prem eiere performance of “Night and Majesty”, written by Alfred Reed and dedicated to Morningside col lege's band day. Reed will also conduct. The works features the largest woodwind, percussion and j brass choirs. I,. B Parkinson of Omaha vis ited his son-in-law and daughter, | Mr. anti Mrs. Owen 1.. Parkinson, from Tuesday, September 15. un til Monday. Mrs. Parkinson and Mrs. Boh Timmerman drove him to Norfolk where he went by bus i to Omaha. Holt Entries Near Top in Ak-Sar-Ben Melcher and Beelaert Second in Hereford, Angus Competition OMAHA Holt county 4-H club youths made a creditable showing in the highly competitive 31st an nual Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show which came to a close here Wed nesday night. In Saturday beef heifer compe tition, James Melcher of Page placed second in the Hereford class Melcher's heifer stood next to the top and vton a blue ribhnn Gary Fick of Inman entered a Hereford heifer that stood fifth in the junior yearling competition and was awarded a blue ribbon Robert Beelaert of Page had an Angus entry in the beef heifer competition that also won a blue ribbon. The Angus field was "in tensely tough competition.” Coun ty Agent A Neil Dawes reported Beelaert also won a blue rib bon on his second Angus heifer. Beelaert and Fick were among 11 boys and girls recalled to com MEIX'llER CAFF BEST Grand champion of Wednes day's show was a calf originat ing in the Harold Melcher herd at Page. The steer is out of a Bocaldo cow from Melcher's reg istered Hereford herd and is the son of a Golden Prince sire. Melcher and his wife were on hand. The calf was showed by Charles Simons of Cherokee county, Iowa. pete in showmanship and Beelaert wound-up in fourth position. In Tuesday’s competition, Bee iaert’s steer, Shorty II (grand phlimninil of thn nnnnto fn!e\ ranked second in the class' of 54 Angus steers entered from five states- Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota and Minnesota. He was awarded a high purple. Shorty II was raised by Beelaert and is the son of Bob’s first An gus heifer project. Beelaert will not be selling this prize^winning steer, Dawes said, but will be holding him for other shows. Beelaert was one of 10 recal led in the Angus and Shorthorn showmanship competition. Glenn Miller of O'Neill was awarded red ribbons on two An gus steer entries and Richard Pos pichal of Amelia won a red on an Angus steer. Jeanette Clemens of Amelia re ceived a red ribbon for both a Shorthorn heifer and steer. The Shorthorn calves originated in the Lloyd Gleed herd at Chambers. Pospichal won a white ribbon on •) Shorthorn steer entry. Shorthorn champs came largely from Min nesota. Holt firms will enter bids in the ale. including O’Neill National lank, First National bank of O’ Neill, First National Bank of At tinson, Farmers State bank ol Swing, Chambers State bank, O’ Neill Production Credit associa ion and Elkhorn Valley National Tarm Loan association. Other Wednesday results: Bob Klabenes of Ewing, red * 'ibbon, Hereford steer and heif er; Roberta Klabenes of Ewing, •ed ribbon steer; Don Clemens of \melia, two red ribbon steers; lene. Nelson of O'Neill, red ribbon Hereford steer; Perry Dawes of J’Neill, red ribbon Hereford steer; county group of five steers, blue 'ibbon (group ranked sixth in ield of 21 county groups). Bob Beelaert of Page wound up fifth n showmanship Schmiser Calf Sells for 3 1 c at Norfolk Following is a list of the 4-lTers vho exhibited hahy beeves at the Norfolk livestock show and sale. Wednesday, September 10: marcene scnmiser oi t lenrwat cr, purple ribbon Angus steer; Roseanne Blake of Chambers, blue Hereford heifer; Gary Gil lespie of O’Neill, blue Hereford steer; Ilene Nelson of O’Neill, blue Hereford heifer; Larry Beck of Atkinson, blue Angus steer. Larry Dawes of O'Neill, red Hereford steer; Marvin Dawes of O’Neill, red Angus steer; Corlee Schmiser of Clearwater, red An gus heifer; Michael Pospichal at Atkinson, red Angus steer; Rich ard Pospichal of Atkinson, white Shorthorn steer; Robert Ruther of Inman, white Hereford steer. Prices received by Holt mem bers averaged nearly 27c per pound with the purple ribbon Schmiser calf selling at 31 cents. There were 212 head of fat calvw shown. Commercial Calves Do Wei) Clarence Ernst had a Hereford steer fed out by Steve Larson of Ames, la., that was grand cham pion of the beef division at Iowa state fair. Zane Rowse & Sons of Chambers had a Hereford steer fed out by Meyers from Wayne that was reserve champion Here ford at the Sioux City livestock show and sale. Neil Hipke’s Hereford steer fed out by Anderson at Wausa was first in his class and ranked third place winner of the entire show at Norfolk. Gordon Ballagh of Burwell en tered a purple ribbon Hereford steer at Norfolk. Harry VanHom’s calf shown by Myers was a purple ribbon winner at Nebraska state fair. •fi. * i 0