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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1958)
SIXTEEN PAGES ♦ SECTION ONE Pages I - 8 North-Central Nebraska * BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78. —Number 25. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 16, 1958. Seven Cents SchmKer and hh Him, Mike . . . plenty of practice at home. Ewing Farmer 3rd in State Picking Contest Mary E. Carney, 74, Found Dead at Home Daughter of P i o n e e r Couple Miss Mary E. Carney, 74, daughter of a homesteading pio neer couple, was found dead at her home about 7:15 p.m Wed nesday, October 15. She had been an arthritis suffer for several years and livetl alone on E. Ad ams st. Miss Carney had attended ser vices at St. Patrick’s Catholic church both Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Her sister, Mrs Grover Shaw, had talked with her by telephone Monday. When there was no response to a phone call placed by Mrs. Shaw Wednes day night, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. Chris McGinn, neighbors, investigated and found her dead. Biglin's will be in charge of fun eral arrangements. Rites will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic church. The late Miss Carney was bom February 28. 1884, nt Chicago, 111., a (laughter of Thomas and Mary Connor Carney, w’ho were Irish immigrants. The Carney family came to Holt and homesteaded 12 miles south east of here 72 years ago when Miss Carney was two-years-old. She attended rural school and O'Neill public school. After St. Mary's academy was opened she attended school there one year, having been one of the first pupils. Miss Carney was preceded in death by her parents; brothers - Edward, who died at the age of four, and Navy Capt James B., who was killed in action in the Pacific theater in 1941 tCarney park is named for the navy hero). She was also preceded in death by an infant brother, Charles, and an infant sister, Bridget. Survivors include: Brother - Thomas of Moses Lake, wash., sisters Mrs. L. F. (Marguerite) Curtis of Sioux City and Mrs. Grover (Julin) Shaw of O Neill, 15 nieces and nephews. Wayne Couple Hurt in Wednesday Crash SPENCER An automobile ac cident took place early Wednes day morning at Spencer. Two per sons from Wayne were injured and the extent of their injuries has not yet been determined. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Killion of Wayne were injured in the acci dent. Two other occupants of the car, Mr. and Mrs. l,ouis Meyer of Wayne, escaped unhurt The Kill ions are lieing attended at Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch where X-rays were taken. Spencer Night Marshal Joe Loock took the injured to the hos pital at Lynch at 2:45 a.m. Named Miss Autumn by K..C. C of C Miss Cera Corkle, a student at Providence hospital in Kansas City. Mo., has been named "Miss Autumn’’ by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James M. Corkle of O'Neill Providence is affiliated with St. Mary college at Xavier. Kansas. Miss Corkle is a 1958 St. Mary's academy graduate. October 27 to Be Government Day County government day will be held in O Neill Monday, October 27. Juniors selected from the nine Holt county high schools will par ticipate. The annual county government day is sponsored by the Holt coun ty American Legion and auxiliary ' DELOIT Clarence Schmiser of the Deloit community Thursday finished third in the single-row mechanical cornpicking contest held near Tekemah. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson spoke at the state contest, add schmiser Schmiser, who is 38-years-old, went into the contest with plenty of practice. His corn is running in excess of one hundred Imshels per acre. All of his corn is irri gated. Already he has picked 1,600 iRjshels. The place is located 11 miles south of Ewing. Mrs. Schmiser is the former Electa Welke. They have five chil dren. ' It was Clarence's first compe- : Ution and the national champion ' a Neb-askan defeated him by 4.6 points. Schmiser was entered f in the single row competition. “Don't know where I lost out,” he explained while fondling an ‘ ear of solid corn at his own place. i "I don't know whether I lost on safety points, loose corn or too 1 many husks. "It was fun and I’ll try it again.” , John Jardee, 54, ■ Dies Unexpectedly i Stuart Wei 1-D r i 11 e r 111 3 Years STUART John Jardee, 54, a | Stuart well-driller, died at 11:30 , p.m., Saturday, October 11, at his home. Although he had been ill about three years, his death came | unexpectedly. Rosary was recited Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Seger funeral home in Atkinson. Funeral services were conduc ted at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oc tober 15. at St. Boniface Catholic church in Stuart with Rev. A. J. Paschang, church |>astor, officiat ing. Burial was in St. Boniface cemetery. The late Mr. Jardee was born August 19, 1914, the son of Louis and M'arie Higgins Jardee. He married Agnes Kramer at St. Boniface church in Stuart Sep tember 16, 1940. Survivors include: Widow Agnes; daughter -Jeannette; sons —Daniel. Gary, Randall and Todd; mother Mrs. Marie Jardee, who had been visiting with her daugh ter in California and returned for the funeral: two brothers and five sisters. NFLA, PCA Observe Open-House I oday The Elkhom Valley National Farm Loan association and the O’Neill Production Credit associ ation jointly will l>e holding open house today (Thursday!. The firms are located in the new farm credit building located at 118 North Fifth st. Business and professional men of the community are invited to attend a ‘'special” open-house be tween 9:30 and 11 a m. Patrons and others will be en tertained the remainder of the day. Public open-house hours are from 1 until 5 p.m. Coffee and rolls will he "on us”, officials said Summer Resident of Chamber* Killed— CHAMBERS—Ralph Gerkie, 54 who worked on U.S. highway 281 all summer and lived in Cham bers, was killed Saturday evening, October 11. on highway 27 at a point 10 miles south of Gordon, where he had been employed since leaving Chambers. His son, Terry Gerkie, has been staying with the Vernon Whitaker family at Chambers, and his daughter, Peggy Gerkie, has l>cen w'th the Richard Jarmans His stepson. John Ebel, is living with the Willard Thomson family and is going to school. The funeral was at Sidney. Holt NS1A Chapter Is Organized 3V2 Hour Session Is Attended by More Than 100 Persons Three and a half hours were re quired to rover all the ground Monday night in an organizational meeting of the Holt county chap ter of the Nebraska School Im provement association. The session began at 8 o’clock in the American Legion auditorium and it was 11:30 before business matters had been settled--includ ing the election of officers. Officers are: Harvey Krugman of O'Neill, president; Richard Clark of O’ Neill, vice-president; Mrs. Fred Boettcher of Atkinson, secretary treasurer. Elected directors are: District I Anson Closson of O’Neill; II Wesley Larson of Ewing; HI Truman Rossman of Atkinson; IV Lloyd Waldo of Chambers; V— Herbert Newman of Stuart; VI— Mrs. Mae Hanel of Atkinson. S. H. Brauer of Stuart, field representative for the state asso ciation, presided. Other nominees entered from the floor included Frank Gregor, jr., af Stuart, for president; Mrs. Claude Pickering of Redbird, di rector in district I; Bob Summer ?r district n; Victor Frickel of Atkinson, district III; Duane Car bon of Amelia, district IV; Mrs Katie Papke of Stuart, district V; John Flannery of Atkinson and "Jregor, district VI. Directors from the even num aered districts will i>e elected in even years; odd districts, odd zears. The three executive offi cers will be elected annually. East-west U. S. highway 20 di vides the county north and south or the district boundaries. U. S lighway 281 and state highway 1 (north-south highways) divide he north and south halves into hree districts each. District I is he northeast sector; HI, nortli entral; V, northwest; H, south ast; IV, southcentral; VI, south zest. More than one hundred persons ittended, chiefly officers of rural chool boards. It was voted to fix a 25-cent an lual fee per legal voter for each listrict. School boards are urg 'd to send their memberships to drs. Boettcher, whose address is ;tar route 3, Atkinson. First annual meeting of the :hapter will be held in April. Purpose of the organization is 0 look after the interests—legis ative and otherwise—of small ichools. • BACK FROM FAR EAST Navy Lt. (jg» Donald E. Hagen ;ick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer lagensick, has been visiting for 1 week here, recently returned rom the Far East where he had ’ommanded an LST. After com peting his leave he will leave for Seattle, Wash., where he will re x>rt to military sea transport iervice (MSTS). : * '.. • m Elvis’ Wows ’Em "Elvis Presley” (Mrs. Fr^nk Eppenbachi appeared on the ex tension achievement day pro gram here Tuesday through the courtesy of the army—"flown” here from Germany. “Elvis" was a TV celebrity. (Other pictures on page 6.)—The Frontier Photo.1 ! New Holt county extension officers installed at Tuesday’s achievement day program are: Seated— Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr., of O’Neill, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. A. T. Crumly of Page, chairman; Mrs. Byron Blot/ of Stuart, vice-chairman; standing—Mrs. Harold Mlinar of Atkinson, Mrs. <i. H. Grimes of Chambers, Mrs. latwrence Kaup of Stuart, Mrs. Fred Roberts of Atkinson, Mrs. George Mellor of O'Neill, Mrs. J. L. Pruden of Ewing, Mrs. linden Mulford of Stuart, and .Mrs. lioyd Gleed of Cham bers, all are committee chairmen. Mrs. George Riedel of Stuart is not pictured.—The Frontier Photo. Firemen prepare to attack burning combination wash house and tool shop at the Frank Clyde res idence. Rubbish burning nearby was blamed. The dwelling was saved.—The Frontier Photo. Simultaneous Alarms for City’s Firemen Burning Rubbish I s Blamed for Both Simultaneous fire alarms at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday took firemen two different directions. Both blazes were believed to have been start ed by burning rubbish. At the Frank Clyde residence on South Fifth st. (first place south of the Burlington railroad tracks), fire severely damaged a combination wash house and work shop. The east leanto on the build ing was almost completely des troyed. Some of Mr. Clyde's tools' were damaged. The building, adjacent to the residence, is located about one hundred yards southeast of the grain elevator on the Burlington tracks. Fire Chief G. E. Miles es timated damage at about five hundred dollars. Meanwhile, one of the fire trucks was dispatched to the Corkle farm number 1 at the east outskirts of the city where flames spread over nearly a square block of grass before being brought under control. Hruska, Anderson to Be in Caravan Nebraska’s republican caravan will windup its Fourth district pre election tour here Wednesday night, October 22. There will be a dinner meeting at 6:30 o'clock at the Town House, according to Mrs. Guy Cole, who is chairman of the Holt GOP cen tral committee. The caravan will include Gov. Victor E. Anderson, US. Sen. Roman Hruska and wife, Rep. A. L. Miller and wife, Lt-Gov. Dwight Burney, Sec. of State Frank Marsh, Auditor Ray C. Johnson, Treasurer Candidate J. Monroe Bixler, Atty.-Gen. C. S. Beck, Railway Comm. Joseph J. Brown, State GOP Chairman Rich ard E. Spelts, jr., Mrs. Wayne E. Barber. Donald R. Ross (GOP na tional committeeman), Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cooper. Marvin E Stromer and Louis E. Schultz. Visit Mrs. Bowers — Mrs W. F. Gast, Mrs. Harry Koster and Mrs. Leonard Larson of Plainview visited Wednesday evening, October 8, at the home of Mrs. Rosa Bowers. Note 63d Wedding EWING Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sisson quietly observed their 63d wedding anniversary Wednesday,. October 15, at their home in the Deloit c mmunity southwest of Ewing. The Sissons came to this com munity in 1917 from St Edward where they were married October 15, 1895, at the home of her par ents. Mr. Sisson, now 85, retired from active life several years ago. Their son, Fred, continues to op erate the ranch and farm. Mr. Sisson and his wife con tinue to live in their comfortable farm home. Mrs. Sisson, 82, does all her own housework. Both en joy card games and belong to the Deloit Pinochle club which j met Wednesday evening at 'he home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Werk mi ester Mr. and Mrs. Sisson have six children. They are: Mrs. Melvin (Fern) Rexin, Robley, Clarence and Fred, all of Ewing; Mrs. Echo Fisher of St. Edward, and Mrs. Otto (Helene) Reimer of Lincoln. Cards of congratulations were received from many df their friends and relatives. Mrs. Sisson's maiden name was Nettie McKelvie. Looking back on his many years of farming, Mr. Sisson said the dryland corn this year including the homeplace was as good as he’s ever seen it. He started farming at 19 and “batched" with another young fellow. “That’s a lot of fun, too," he cracked. “But in my day we walked be hind 1he machines. There was no sitting on a seat. It was all work! “I’ve got ‘rheumatic’ from head to foot, but otherwise I'm okay," proclaimed Mr. Sisson. Return from West— Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ridgeway returned late Tuesday from a three-month’s visit with relatives in Colorado. They were brought to their home here by Mrs. Ridge way’s sister, Mrs. Mary Ander son of Sheridan, Wyo. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Young of Manhattan, Kans., visited his mother, Mrs. Edith Young, Wed nesday and Thursday, October 8 and 9. They were on their way to Rochester, Minn. Lone Flag Flies Columbus Day O'Neill business firms and government buildings showed little regard for the memory of Christopher Columbus Sunday, Oetol>er 12 Columbus day only one flag was flying in the business district. Not at the courthouse, not at the postoffice, not at the national guard ar mory, not at The Frontier build ing * . . but Old Glory was wav ing briskly near the marquee at the Golden hotel. The courthouse and banks were closed Monday in observ ance- but there were no flags flying. 250 Attend Extension Achievement Affair New Officers Are Installed Two hundred and fifty Holt county extension club members and guests attended the annual achievement meeting in O’Neill, Tuesday, October 14. The program included installa tion of new officers for 1958: Mrs. A. T. Crumly of Puge, county chairman; Mrs. Byron Blotz of Stuart. vice-county chairman; Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr., of O’Neill, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Fred Roberts of Atkinson, publi city chairman; Mrs. Laurence (Photos of skits on page 6.) Kaup of Stuart, health chairman; Mrs. George Mellor of O'Neill, music chairman; Mrs. G. H. Gri mes of Chambers, past county chairman; Mrs IJoyd Gleed of Chambers, family life chairman; Mrs. Harold Mlinar, of O'Neill, reading chairman; Mrs. Linden Mulford of Stuart, 4-H chairman; Mrs. E. A. Bouska of Stuart, re tiring county chairman. Center group chairmen are: Mrs. Harold Mlinar of O'Neill; Mrs. Fred Roberts of Atkinson; Mrs. J. L. Pruden of Ewing; Mrs. George Kiedel of Stuart; Mrs. Lor enze Riege of Page; Mrs. G. II. Grimes of Cham tiers. Also recognized were retiring council members: Mrs. William Schorn of Atkinson, music chair man: Mrs. Ed Sevcik of Atkinson, publicity chairman; Mrs. Edgar Stauffer of Page, past county chairman; Mrs. J. B. Mellor of Atkinson, family life chairman; group chairmen: Mrs. Anson Clos son of O’Neill; Mrs. James Baten : liorst of Stuart; Mrs. Frank Tra | cy of Chambers. A report on the state council meeting at York was given by Mrs. Vern Sageser of Amelia, Mrs. Anson Closson of O’Neill, Mrs. James Batenhorst of Stuart and a. o . x_<. x i itt h i i ui £jwm^. Skits were given as follows by the centers in the county: Page— “Better Achievements”; Cham bers — “Farm to Live—Live to Farm”; Stuart — chorus, “Flower Time” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”; Atkinson “Smokey the Bear”; O’Neill, "TV Celebrities”. The boys’ quartette from Wil ling Workers club of O'Neill Gary Gillespie, Perry and Larry Dawes and Kenneth Peacock sang two numbers, “Wait For the Light to Shine” and “I’ll Be Listening”. Special interest to the guests was the tape recording made by < Wynn Spease, Neighbor Lady WNAX at Yankton, S. I). Officers fof the coming year told about the home extension pro gram in Holt county. Representa tives of each center described the i safety exhibits made by the clubs in that area. Safety on the farm and in the home was the general i theme chosen for the exhibits. The Better Ways club of O'Neill, i with Mrs, Don Wecker as presi dent, served as the hostess club i for the covered dish lunch at noon. 1 Mrs, Edgar Stauffer was chair- ; man of the committee making ar- i rangements for the day's program. . Her committee included: Mrs. ] William Schorn, Mrs. IX>n Skrdla 11 of Atkinson, Mrs. Vearl Tuttle of Ewing and Mrs. E. M. Jarman of j ] Chambers. ( -- t The Sissons . . . they quietly observed their 63d wedding anniversary Wednesday at their home [ south of Ewing.—The Frontier Photo. t Kreiziger Fatally Injured World War I Vet Dies Following Imperial Auto Crash EWING Ed Kreiziger, 59, a na tive ul Austria and a former resi dent of Ewing, died Friday, Oc tober 10, at Imperial within a few hours alter figuring in an auto mobile accident. Funeral services were held ai 2 p.m Monday, October 13. at Un Snider funeral home in Clearwat er. Rev. P. F. Burke, pastor of St. Peter s Catholic church of Ew ing. officiated. Pallbearers were George Nick olite, Pete Nickolite, Eddie Kac zor, Lyle Dierks, Ernest Piersoi and Wayne Shrader. American Legion post 214 cun ducted services at the Miller cem etery souUi of Ewing Colorbear ors were R. H. Shain and Leo Hawk, color guards were Roger Bennett and Louis Vander&nick Robert Eppenbach, commander of [Hist 214, directed Uie firing squad composed of Jerry Rotherham, Ivan Wright, Louis Hanna and Charles Sjiangler. The late Mr. Kreiziger was born in Austria December 3, 1899, the son of the late Adolph and Rose Kreiziger. At the age of six, he came to America with his parents, who located in the Ewing community He attended school at Ewing and grew to manhood Mr. Kreiziger, who never mar ried, had been engaged in farm ing and ranching. He was fatally injured in a wreck and died at Imperial where he made his home. He was a veteran of World War I. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother. Surviv ors include: brother—Robert ol Ewing; sister- Mrs. Anna Kenny of Rapid City, SJJ.; three nieces and two nephews Mrs. Skrdla floods Atkinson Club— ATKINSON- Mrs. Olive Skrdla was elected president of the Civic Improvement Garden club Wed nesday night, October 8, at the ranch home of Mrs R. Gans. Other officers are Mrs. Delorei Parsons, vice-president; Mrs. Jes sie Steinkamp, secretary, and Mrs. Rose Camp, treasurer. A report was given on the work shop meeting at Chambers. Mrs. Olivia McKee displayed placemats she made with fall leaves for dec orations. Auction Calendar Friday, October 17: Clarence and Eula Grimes, three miles north of Chambers and 3Vfe miles ivest, complete closeout of regis tered and commercial Hereford herd, also dairy cattle, full line of farm and ranch machinery. Feed, household goods; Mr. Gri mes plans to enter a trade school; Hoi. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auc tioneer; Chambers State Bank, slerk. Saturday, October 25: Benefit luction for the Sisters of St Francis, sponsored by the Friends )f St. Mary’s. Contributed articles are solicited. George McCarthy ind Joe Stutz, cochairman; Cols, /ern and Leigh Reynoldson, Wal ace O’Connell and Ed Thorin, luctioneers. (Details in next ssue). Tuesday, October 28: H. A. and l. E. VanHom’s fourth annual •egistered Hereford sale at ranch, southeast of Page. (Details in text issue). Tuesday, October 28: The 870 icre improved Wheeler county hewohner ranch will be offered it public auction at 2 p.m., at the ourthouse in Bartlett; Arthur Ol 1 userod of Bartlett, referee; Wil iam W. Griffin of O’Neill, attor ley. Wednesday, October 29: Martin dosel land, three miles west ol )rchard, two miles north; new wo-story dwelling, other improve nents; A G. Hill of Orchard, eal estate broker; Col. Ed Thori* f O’Neill, auctioneer-broker. (De ails elsewhere in this issue). Friday, October 31: Mr. and Irs. Sam R Robertson, who live lorth of O'Neill, will sell an out tanding herd of registered Hero ords at public auction, also farm md ranch machinery and equio nent and other personal property 'hey are reducing their opera ions because of the illness in the amily. Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, uctioneer. (Details on page 16.) Wednesday, November 5: Forty ive top Hereford cows, two- to ive-years-old, and .calves; fuB ine of haying machinery; some ousehold goods; R- S. and Mary >sbome, seven miles south of At inson and one mile east; Col Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, auo oneer. (Details in next issue). Saturday, November 8: Twenty ixth annual show and sale lorth-Central Nebraska Hereford ssociation, Bassett; 40 bulls, aU ,ges, mostly two-year-olds, ’ also mr heifers; Tug Phillips, Bassett, ale manager. (Details in subse uent issues). Saturday, November 15: Joe J. elinek & Sons of Verdigre, an ual registered Hereford produc on sale, 30 bulls, 22 females. (De rils in subsequent issues).