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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1958)
^ _ _<- SIXTEEN PAGES * •VOKW or THE FBONT.EB" SECTION ONE MON WED. SAT. — -- Paces I - 8 9:30 to 9:55 A M. ° North-Central Nebraska * BIGGEST Newspaper V olume 78.—Number 24. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 9, 1958. Seven C ents M iss Froelich to Be ‘Ak Countess Miss Mary Ellen Froelich (above), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Froelich of O'Neill, has been selected as a countess in the court of the 1958 Ak-Snr-Ben coronation and ball, which will take place at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum in Omaha Friday and Saturday evenings October 17 and 18. A six-month tour of Europe and post graduate study at the University of Hawaii figure in the plans of Miss Froelich. A blue-eyed redhead, she is a senior at Duchesne col lege, Omaha. She is an equestrienne and a water ski enthusiast. Miss Froelioh's sister, Nancy (Mrs. J. Robert Berigan of O'Neill), was a countess in 1950 They are granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stout of O'Neill and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Froe lich of O'Neill. % Fetrow . . . burial at Page. Fred W. Fetrow, 73 1 Retired Farmer, Dies Funeral Services Held at Page Fred Wilson Fetrow, 73, a re tired farmer and resident of Holt county for 28 years, died at St Anthony's hospital Thursday, Oc tober 2, after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were conduct- ! , ed at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 4, . at the Methodist church at Page Rev. Lisle E. Mew maw official d Burial was in the Page cemetery under the direction of Iiiglin's. Pallliearers were Roger Bowen. George Hall, Charles Waterman and Frank Cronk. all of Page, and Phillip Dempsey and Levi Fuller, both of O’Neill. Marvin and Dale Stauffer, accompanied by Mrs. Merwyn French, jr., sang "The Old Rugged Cross’ and "Be yond the Sunset.” The late Mr. Fetrow was born December 28, 1884 at Wilbur, the son of William Fetrow, a native of Burlington, la., and Ida Bot torff Fetrow. The early part of his life was spent in the vicinity of Wilbur where he was baptized in the Methodist church On May 5, 1909, he was united in marriage to Miss Pearl Tucker at Beatrice. They became the par ents of three sons. Their early married life was spent on farms near Hebron, Gordon and Martin, S.D. They came to Page from Mul len in the spiring ol 1930 and farmed near Page until 1945 when they retired to O'Neill. He was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Survivors include: Widow Pearl; sons Dale and Paul, both of O'Neill. Claude of Orlando, Fla.; brothers lssae II of Sal em. Ore.. Harry of RucVrus, Mo., and Charles of Seattle, Wash,; sisters Mrs. John tOpha> M.ller of Lincoln and nine grandchil dren. . Attending from a distance were Mr. and Mrs John Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Mumie Tipton and Paul Fetrow. jr., all of Lincoln; Miss Marilyn Fetrow of Omaha, the Misses Mary and Betty Fetrow of Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wortman of Neilgh. ’58 Nurse Graduate Leaves for Europe ORCHARD Miss Carma La Frenz, a 1958 graduate of the University of Nebraska school of nursing, departed by plane from Omaha Saturday for an extended stay with her brother, Lt. and Mrs. Robert LaFrenz, at Frank furt, Germany. Her vacation plans include at tending the world’s fair in Brus sels, Belgium, and tours of sev eral European countries. Try Frontier want ads! Grandaughter Also a Countess Miss Suzanne Greenfield, blue eyed hrownetle from Hastings, plans to teach elementary school following graduation from the University of Nebraska next year. She studied for two years at I Hastings college. A member of Alpha Phi soror ity, Suzanne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Russell Greenfield of Hastings. Suzanne's activities on the Lin coln campus include University Builders, Red Cross and YWCA At Hastings she was a member of PEO. Her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Christine Williams, lives in O'Neill. Paternal grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Orville Samuel Greenfield, settled in Ad ams county in 1887. Mrs Williams expects to spend this weekend in Hastings. Her daughter, Mrs. Greenfield, is the former Gladys Williams. Saunders Here— Romaine Saunders of Lincoln, a former editor of The Frontier and author of Prairieland Talk, arrived Monday for a several days’ stay with Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie. Mrs. Maulding, 69, Succumbs at Neligh Formerly Lived at Park Center Funeral services for Mrs Charles Maulding, 69, were con ducted Wednesday, October 8, at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church at Clearwater. Rev. E. L Brigden, church pastor, officiated. Interment was in the Clearwater cemetery under direction of the Snider funeral home. Pallbearers were Lloyd Brittell, A. J. Warner, Dwight Jefferies, Donald Maulding, Arthur Taylor and William Leiding. Mrs Maulding, who had been ill about 5 years, and had a leg amputated several years ago, dic'd Saturday, October 4, at the rest home in Neligh operated by Mrs. Rose Coiser. Ethel Maud Maulding was born at Clearwater April 14, 1889, the daughter of Ellen and John Jef- j feries. On February 18. 1904. she war united in marriage to Charles | Maulding at Neligh. They be- | came the parents of one daughter, Bemadine. The Mauldings operated the | Park Center store for 20 years. ! In 1953 they moved to O'Neill to j retire. Mr Maulding died Sep tember 4. 1957. Survivors include: Daughter Mrs. Vern (Bemadine) Morris of 1 O'Neill; grandson Larry Morris : of Sioux City; great-granddaugh- j ter, Angela; brothers Georg j Jefferies of Ewing and Evert Jef feries of Casper, Wyo. Matilriini; . . . rites Wednesday. Lifelong Holt Man Dies at 75 Hugh O’Conner, Rites to Be Held Today a t St. Joseph Church ATKINSON Funeral services for Hugh O'Conner. 75, a lifelong resident of Holt county, will be conducted at 9 a m., today (Thurs day i at St. Joseph's Catholic j church. Rev. R. J. Parr will offi ciate. Burial will l>c in Calvary ceme tery in O'Neill. Mr. O’Connor died about 7 o'clock Monday night, October 6, at his home. lie had been gravely ill several days. Public rosary was recited Wed nesday evening at the Seger Fun eral home. Knights of Columbus recited the rosary at 8:30. Pallbearers are L. P. Hayes, Gerry Gonderinger, Lane Griffin, Mr. O’Connor . . . longtime Atkinson insurance man. Patrick Miller and Harold Grof, i all of Atkinson and Emil Temopir i of St. Paul. The late Mr. O Connor was born August 27, 1883, in the Emmet community and was reared there. He was married to Catherine ' Goldfuss of Atkinson May 24, 1912, at St. Joseph church. They be came the parents of two children. Mr. O'Connor served 16 years on the city council here and is a former president of the council. He was agent for the Bankers Life Insurance company of Ne braska 45 years and for the Union Fire Insurance company 36 years. The late Mr. O'Connor was a member of St. Joseph’s church and Charles Carroll of Carrollton council of the Knights of Colum bus. Mrs. O’Connor died October 24, 1920. Survivors include: Daughters Mrs. William W. tRegina) Griffin of O’Neill and Mrs. Arnold (Clara» Crane of Chicago, 111.; brother William of O'Neill; one nephew and three nieces. Benefit Dance Set for Mudloff Family Good neighbors in the Ash j Grove community in eastern Holt county have scheduled a benefit dance to be held Satur day night, October 11, in behalf of the Tony Mudloff family of Page. The Mudloff's home was com pletely destroyed by a myster ious explosion in the early morning hours August 22. Fire ensued and all the personnel effects, except (he clothes they were wearing, were destroyed. Mr and Airs. Mudloff have two daughters. Investigators from the state fire marshal's office say they've , bumped into a dead end in search of the cause. The Rhythm Ramblers or chestra will furnish music at the Ash Grove hall benefit af fair. Admission will be 50 cents ! per person. All proceeds will be ; turned over to the Nludloffs, ac- j cording to Mrs. Marvin John- | son, president of the Ash | Grove auxiliary, which is spon- | soring the affair. John Damero, Wife Plan Golden W edding Mr. and Mrs. John Damero will observe their golden wedding an nh usury Sunda>, Octoher 19, at : the home of their son. Carl. Open-house will he observed 1 from 1 until 5 p.m All their j friends and relatives are invited. 1 Mr. Damero will bo 79-years- I A! or. his golden wedding day. ' He was Irorn in Wisconsin and came to Holt county when he was two-years-old. Mrs Damero was born here and their son Carl, now resides on the place where she was Ixirn The couple requests no gifts. Minnie Bay and Tina Kaczor baked the meal on the wedding i day. Both plan to be present for I the celebration. These Ewing young men constituted the largest single group of volunteers through the selective ser vice system in recent years: Kneeling—(trover M. Slutvv, Idehartl M. Kurpgewelt, Dana L. Sisson: standing—Jerome E. Kallhoff, Jerome ('. Thoendel anti I-canard I.,. Hawk.—The Frontier Photo. Airport Authority Being Established O'Neill’s city council in session Tuesday evening adopted a reso lution establishing an airport au thority. The move could lead to the con struction of one hardsurfaced run .vay at Municipal airport and in auguration of scheduled commer cial airline service here. Frontier \iriine, with headquarters in Denver, Colo., last week began ierving a northern Nebraska and central Wyoming route with sched iled stops at Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Ainsworth, Valentipe and Bhadron, in Nebraska, and Lusk, Douglas and Casper, in Wyoming. The council has been requested o create the authority by the Bhamber of Commerce, civil air >atrol and interested individuals. Rolland Harr, state director of leronautics. discussed the possi jility with Mayor D. C. Schaffer, •ouncil members, Chambers of Bommeree officials and interested ndividuals following the dedica ion of the new 15-thousand-dollar idministration building at the air port. M. J. Kreuscher, state airport engineer, discussed the proposed mprovements at length with the council in a three-hour session Tuesday night. The 1957 Nebraska legislature enacted LB 499 which provides for creating of a five-member authcr ty whose duty it would be to con :ract obligations, operate, collect ind account for revenues in oper ition of municipal airports in the state. The first members of the au hority board would be appointed ny the- mayor and approved hy the council. Thereafter the board vould be elected on a staggered iasis one at the first municipal election thereafter, two at the sec ind, two at the third. Elected erms are four years. Any member or members of he board could be removed from iffice by district court action if ncompetence was found. The authority, under the new aw which has not yet been nut to lse in its advanced stages, is em lowered to issue revenue bonds. The ceiling on the bonds is deter nined by the revenue that could ie raised by a one-mill tax levy maximum) for airport improve nent and by the revenue that could be realized from landing ees, concession space in the ad ninistration building, sale of crops from farmland at the air iort, etc. The council talked about a gen eral obligation bond issue with ap iroval of the voters of the city, iut the eastablishment of the au hority, requiring only a resolu ion, was decided as the best oute. Under a general obligation issue if approved by voters) a levy up o two mills could be made. Purpose of the hardsurfaced •unways is to induce the local ser vice carrier to stop here and pro cide air passenger, mail, express ind freight service. Frontier will liirandma Zakrzewski Honored Sunday— Honored on Sunday in observ ance of her 89th birthday anniver sary was “Grandma” Zakrzewski ind her great-granddaughter, Marilyn Zakrzewski, who was seven-years-old. Present were Mr. and Mrs. iVilliam Podany and daughter ol Butte, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zak •zewski and family of Opportun ty, Mr. and Mrs. Turn Zakrzew ski of Star, Mr and Mrs. Betn ird Gribble of Chambers and Mr. ind Mrs. James Rotherham. The birthday cake was baked >y Mrs. Gribble. Grandma was presented a clothes wardrobe. She makes her lome with Mr. and Mrs. Sylves er Zakrzewski. lot consider an OjNeill stop un less there is at least one hardsur faced runway 4,200 ft. long or longer. It was estimated roughly and without study by a consulting en gineer (hat a blacktop qualifying runway could be built here for a cost ot from 120- to 140-thousand dollars. A concrete runway (approx imately 4,200 feet long) would cost about 80 percent more or 220-thousand-dollars Included in pith^r case would be taxi strip to the administration building and a loading and unloading area. Federal funds are avalibale for one-half the cost. However, Ne braska has been allocated approx imately 400-thousand-dollars i n unspent federal funds lor match ing projects, hut this source un der present law will be dissa pated June 30, 1959. The Nebraska department of aviation has approximately 230 thousand-dollars on hand, collect ed through aviation gas tax (not state levy). The fund is gradually building up although other cities and towns are drawing on it. The state department o f aviation would pay one-fourth of the cost of O'Nc ll's proposed airport im provement. This would leave ap proximately a 30- or 35-thousand dollar revenue bond issue if O' Neill's n e w airport authority elects to construct a blacktop run way. The revenue bonds would be re tired, as stated earlier, with moneys derived from a tax levy up to one mill and revenue from the airport itself. Mayor Schaffer said he would want time to pick members of the authority. The new board will not become official until after public notices have been published and legal establishment has been completed. Chadron, Valentine and Norfolk have hardsurfaced runways and airport improvements financed by general obligation bond issues. Ainsworth inherited its airpnrt from Uncle Sam during World War H. Revenue (Kinds issued by air port authorities at Columbus and Broken Bow- were sold at 2.87 and 3.40 percent interest, respectively. The authority bonds at Columbus I raw less interest than general ' obligation bonds there 3.25. It is expected Omaha’s airport difficulties will impose a heavy drain on state aeronautics funds Omaha is confronted with prepar ing for the jet age. Kreuscher unofficially told the council he thought an airport authority here could issue bonds ranging from 30- to 35-thousand lollars. "It's a rough guess,” he said. When the establishment of the authority is finalized the council | will relinquish all control of the (Continued on page 4.) I # --- Achievement Day Program October 14 Will Install Newly Elected Officers The annual Holt county home extension achievement day will be held Tesday, October 14. The activities will begin with a cov ered dish luncheon at noon in th< Legion hall here. Wynn Spease, neighbor lady from WNAX, Yankton, SD„ will be in O'Neill for the afternoon’s program. Included will be skits from each of the six centers in Holt county, commnuity singing, installation of new home exten sion council officers, and vocal numbers by the boys’ small group from the Willing Workers 4-11 club. Safety is the theme selected for exhibits by the clubs. Each center will prepare an exhibit for that day. The committee in charge of ar rangements includes Mrs. Edgar Stauffer of Page, chairman; Mrs. William Schorn of Atkinson. Mrs. Don Skrdla of Stuart, Mrs Vearl Tuttle of Clearwater, Mrs. E. M. i Jarmon of Chambers and Mrs. A. T. Crumly of Page, who is home extension council chair man. All club members and the gen eral public are invited to attend the covered dish luncheon an,’ program which follows 6 Ewing Youth Are Volunteers Six Ewing youths departed Tuesday for military service all volunteers through the Holt coun ty selective service office. Mrs W. H Ham of O'Neill, a old star mother, said it was the largest single group of volunteers : > leave Holt in nlxnit five years. The volunteers’ are Grover M. Shaw, Richard M Kurpgeweit, 1 'ana L. Sisson, Jerome E. Kall h iff. Jerome C. Thoendel and Leonard L. Hawk. Also leaving by the same bus were five others who were to re ceive preinduct ion physical ex aminations They were: Bernard i c Engler of Atkinson, Walter E. Ries, jr., of Atkinson, Patrick E. Murphy of Stuart, Ronald L. Kls berry of Orchard, and Larry II Liesvvald ol Chambers. Those sent for physicals will re turn today i Thursday i. The Evvying youths expect to he stationed at Et. Carson. Gilo., for the first few weeks of their train ing. Sisson is the son of Robley Sis son. sr., and Mrs. Helen Sisson; Kurpgeweit is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Kurpgeweit; Hawk is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawk; Shaw's mother is Mrs. Leonard Knapp; Thoendel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thoendel, and Kallhoff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Kallhoff. C of C Urges Airport Authority Be Created Later Dispatch of Mail Asked Twenty-one members of the Chamber of Commerce met Mon day evening and adopted resolu tions urging the city council to create an airport authority, urged that the post off ice receive first class mail until 11 p.m. daily for dispatch the same night and Authority Story column 4 learned of year-end activities planned by the retail trade com mittee. Ed Wilson, chairman of the C of C airport committee, intro duced the resolution in regard to the airport. Possibilities for de veloping the airport dominated most of the session. James W. Rooney moved the recommendation to postoffice of ficials. For a short time after the trains were removed the weekday final dispatch was 6 p.m. Later it was 9 p.m. and is now 10 p.m. Sundays it’s 6 p.m. The postal motion was unanim ously passed. A. L. Patton, chairman of the retail trade committee, announc ed activities and committees as follows: Yule window unveiling, Novem ber 28, 7 p.m. Stuart Pascoe, chairman; Joe Stutz, cochairman, Frank McKenny, John C. Watson, Winnie Barger and Leona Hynes. Turkey day, December 6. Joe McLeish, chairman; William W. McIntosh, cochaimran, Edwin L. Krugman, J. B. Grady, Robert Pappenheimer, John L. McCar ille. Santa’s visit, Decemlier 20; G. E. Miles, chairman; Harry E. Petersen, cochairman; Leo Moore, A. L. Patton and Ed Wil son. MISHAP INVESTIGATED An accident on North Fourth I st. Saturday involved a car driven by Mrs. Marvin Green and a troop car. Mrs Green backed up on the front bumper of Miller troop car and caused about $18 ! damage. O'Neill police investi- ! gated. Try Frontier want ads! Marlene Garwood, 12, and Eldon krugman, li, win grand champion and reserve champion honors, respectively, with their calves in district 4 11 stock er-feeder competition here. Raymond Eby, presi- . dent of the C of C, makes presentation of ribbon to Eldon; Marlene chats with lion Engel, the judge. Garwood, Krug m a n Steers Tops Angus Champ Brings 64c Per Lb. W h i 1 e Reserve Hits 65c Grand champion stacker-feeder calf in district 4-11 competition was shown here Wednesday by M iss Marlene* Garwood, 12 of j Amelia, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Garwood of Amelia. An Angus steer weighing 460 jxnands, the animal brought 64 cents ]>or )x>und paid by an Iowa buyer. Danny is of Kileenmere breeding. Reserve champion a Hereford steer was shown by Eldon King man, 11, son of Mr. and Mi's. Har vey Krugman of O’Neill. Weighing 105 pounds, the Hereford brought t>:> cents per pound and likewise was purchased by an Iowa buyer. Overall average for 80 head of 4-H calves heifers and steers— was 38Vi cents per pound. In 4-H showmanship, Nick Hammerlun of O’Neill, member of (he Up-and-At-It club, won first Place showing his Angus steer. Second place went to Gary Kick of Inman with his Hereford steer. Eddie Krugman of O’Neill ranked third with an Angus steer. Kick is a member of the Victory Boys and Girls club; Krugman is a member of the Redbird Ijjcky Clover club. The Chamber of Commerce pro vided awards including a show halter for first; rice bristle brush for second, and a Scotch comb for third. However, Hammerlun, having won the same award pre viously, was ineligible for the hal ter and chose the brush. Swan Lake club, led by Troxel Green, won first in the best club showing of three calves. It mark ed the third consecutive year the Swan Lnkers had captured the honor. Second place went to the Prairie Wranglers club, Guy Blake, leader. Third place went to the Lucky Clover club, Mrs. Wil liam Aim, leader. In the commercial division the I top pen of five steers was exhibit ed by George Hipke of Johnstown. Hipke's Hereford steers averaged 11 cents per pound. Top single in dividual commercial calf was j shown by William Hansen of O’ Neill, who showed a Hereford steer. Second place went to Fritz Krugman of O’Neill, also a Here ford. Clarence Ernst ol O'Neill ranxea tmrd with a Hereford steer. The Hansen steer weighed 430 pounds and brought 58 cents per pound. Second, weighing 370 pounds, brought 60 cents, third, 300-pounder, 50 cents. Harry E. Ressel and Clarence Ernst, who managed the sale, said most of the purchases went to Iowa. Don Engel, animal husbandry specialist at the University of Ne braska college of agriculture, judged the show. Ray Eby, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, presented the awards. County Agent A. Neil Dawes pro nounced the s;ile “highly successful in every way’’. Miss Garwood, member of the Swan Lake club, has raised six calves. This is her third year of club work. Eldon, member of the Lucky Clover club, won a red ribbon last year. This is his second calf. His calf, Shorty, was sired by a Larry Domino bull. SMA Benefit Auction Set for October 25 A St. Mary's academy benefit auction will be held Saturday, Oc tober 25, on the academy campus playground. “Donations for the auction will lie greatly appreciated," accord ing to Joe Stutz and Geroge Mc Carthy, who are cochairmen of the event. Proceeds will lie turned over to the Sisters of St. Francis, who operate the academy. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Friday, October 17: Clarence and Eula Grimes, three miles north of Chambers and 3 Vi> miles west, complete closeout of regis tered and commercial Hereford herd, also dairy cattle, full line ot farm and ranch machinery, feed, household goods; Mr. Gri mes plans to enter a trade school; Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc tioneer; Chambers State Bank, clerk. (Details on page 15. i Tuesday, October 28: The 870 acre improved Wheeler county Niewohner ranch will be offered at public auction at 2 p.m. at the courthouse in Bartlett; Arthur O. Auserod of Barlett, referee; Wil liam W. Griffin of O’Neill, attor ney. f Details in next issue. ( Friday, October 31: Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Robertson, who live north of O'Neill, will sell an out standing herd of registered Hero fords at public auction, also farm and ranch machinery and equij> ment and other personal property They are reducing their opera tions because of illness in the family. Oil. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer. (Details in subsequent issues). Saturday, November 8: Twenty sixth annual show and sale, North-Central Nebraska Hereford association, Bassett; 40 bulls, all ages, mostly two-year-olds, also four heifers; Tug Phillips, Bassett, sale manager. (Details in subse quent issues).