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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1958)
Sick & Injured O NFILL^ T. Joe Biglin enter ed Cl irk son Memorial hospital at Omaha Friday for medication and treatment for an eye ailment. . . Ambrose Biglin was transferred by ambulance Tuesday to St. Vin cents hospital in Sioux City from ft Anthony's hospital. , . Terry Tom jack, son of Sheriff and Mrs Ccsi Tom jack, was knocked out while playing football Monday. He came to and went to his home, hut complained of not feeling ■ret!. His physician ordered him to St. Anthony's hospital where X-rays were taken of his head and neck While there he had another aast put on his knee. This is an tel injury from football. . . Pat rick (“Pat'*) Nesbitt, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Nes tetf, returned Sunday from St. Francis hospital in Grand Island, where he had been a patient since (T» previous Tuesday. It was dis rwered that he has Still’s disease, which is rheumatic arthritis. He to have a checkup every two weeks. . . Anne Cimfel, a fourth xrader at St. Mary’s academy, Vrike her arm recently while rid rn tier bike. . . Ann Grutsch, laughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Erutsch of North Platte, former % of O’Neill, had her right thumb tut off while playing two weeks «go. Her grandmother, Mrs. J. P. protivinsky, went to tie with her. PAGE—Mrs. J. H Beelaert and daughter, Beverly Ava, were re leased from St. Anthony's hospit al Tuesday. . . Becky Knudsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Knudsen, was taken to St. An thony's hospital Monday for treat ment for croup and laryngitis. . . The condition of Mrs. R. D. Copes k showing marked improvement. . . Fay Irene Ballantyne is re ported to be "as good as could be mcpeeted”. A severe back injury tas been added to the list of in juries first reported which keeps ter from lying down. William Stratmeyer Burial at Atkinson William Stratmeyer, 64, a resi dent of Holt county since 1925, lied at 8:45 p.m., Thursday, Oc tober 16, at his home in the south east section of the city. He had teen ill several years. Funeral services were con 4yt-tc! at 10 a.m. Monday, Octo ber 20, at St. John’s Lutheran ihureh in Atkinson. Rev. Emil J. Keuhn officiated. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery at Atkinson ■nder direction of Biglin’s. The late Mr. Stratmeyer was horn August 19, 1894, in Germany. He married Johanna Pruss at St. John's church in Atkinson Novem tigr 26, 1925. Survivors include. Widow—Jo Aanna; daughter - Mrs. Elmer |Mary Ann) Ross of O’Neill; sis ter Mrs. Osborn Ackerman of Sibley. Ia.; four half-brothers and tour half-sisters. * Phone us your news—51! Confidence Pervades GOP Dinner Meeting Gov. Victor Anderson, Lt.-Gov. Dwight Burney, Rep. A. L. Miller and other republican officials seeking reelection predicted the GOP outlook in Nebraska is good at Wednesday evening’s dinner meeting at the Town House here. The state GOP caravan was wrapping up its tour of the Fourth congressional district. On Monday a luncheon was held at Atkinson. Virtually all state and county GOP candidates were present for the O'Neill gath ering. Seated Mrs. Harlan Dierking of Amelia, Mr. Dierking, Mrs. Eli McConnell of Atkinson, Mrs. Henry Winkler; standing- Mrs. Anna Brown of O'Neill, Lieutenant-Governor Burney, Mr. McCon nell and Governor Anderson.—The Frontier Photo. S300 Fine Assessed Verdigre Youth CENTER -Jack II. Welch. Ver digre high school senior athlete, charged with motor vehicle homi ! cide in the death of two Lincoln youths in September, was arraign j ed Monday before Judge Fay H. I Pollock in Knox county district court here. The youth entered a plea of nolo contendere ("I do not choose to contest") and was adjudged guil ty of the charges in the informa- j tion. Judge Pollock ordered Welch to pay a fine of $300 and his driver’s license was suspended for one year. Court costs of $39.70 were also assessed. The fine and costs, were paid. Welch was represented by Ros-1 coe L. Rice of Creighton and J. D. j Cronin of O’Neill. County Attorney Merrit C. Warren represented the state in the case. Saturday Welch was given pre liminary hearing in Knox county court. He pleaded innocent. Initial press reports erroneously report ed he had pleaded guilty. The charge resulted from the deaths of Dick Soper, 18, and Verle Bitterman, 17. Young Welch was enroute to his home following a football practice about 5 p.m. He was westbound and said he was blinded by the sun. Three Lincoln youths—one of whom was unhurt—were south bound. The machines apparently collided at a high rate of speed at a Knox county road intersection about 17 miles northwest of Verdi gre. Welch was unhurt. ""■"-a AI’CTION CALENDAR "This is by far the best offering we have ever presented.” That’s the word from H. A. and R. E. Van Horn of Page, who will be holding their fourth annual reg istered Hereford sale at the ranch Tuesday, October 28, starting at 1 p.m. Sixty head of top quality bulls will sell, including 40 com ing two-year-old bulls and 20 sen ior bull calves. Other sales: Saturday, October 25: Benefit auction for the Sisters of St. Francis, sponsored by the Friends of St. Mary’s. Contributed articles are solicited. George McCarthy and Joe Stutz, cochairman. 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 Bartlett, referee; Wil liam W. Griffin of O’Neill, attor ney. Wednesday, October 29: Martin Mosel land, three miles west of Orchard, two miles north; new tw'o-story dwelling, other improve ments; A. G. Hill of Orchard, real estate broker; Col. Ed Thorin of O'Neill, auctioneer-broker. Friday, October 31: Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Robertson, who live north of O’Neill, will sell an out standing herd of registered Here fords at public auction, also farm and ranch machinery and equip ment and other personal property They are reducing their opera tions because of the illness in the family. Col. Ed Thorin of O’Neill, auctioneer. Wednesday, November 5: Forty five top Hereford cows, two- to five-years-old, and calves; full line of haying machinery; some household goods; R. S. and Mary Osborne, seven miles south of At kinson and one mile east; Col. Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, auc tioneer. (Details in next issue). Former Atkinson Contractor Dies ATKINSON—Rudolph Kolena. 78, a building contractor who lived here many years before retiring and moving to Denver, Colo., sev en years ago, died Monday, Octo ber 20, in a nursing home at Den ver. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, at the Seger funeral home. Rev. Charles Gates, Methodist church pastor, officiated. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. He was born April 12, 1880, at Nebraska City, the son of Anton and Anna Kolena. He married Myrtle M. Medley at Bolivar, Mo., June 11, 1912. The family lived here many years. Mrs. Kolena died in October, 1949. Survivors include: Daughters— Miss Marie and Mrs. Louis (Mayme) Nielsen, both of Den ver; sister—Mrs. Julie Sladek of Chambers; half-sister — Fannie Scheinost of Creighton. Pallbearers were Frank Stanek, John Wondercheck, Anton Dob rovolny, Raymond Dobias, Tony Tasler and Fred Bacon. Atkinson Resident 35 Years Succumbs ATKINSON- Sam Riley, 82, who had been in failing health sever al months, died early Wednesday, October 22, at his home in Atkin son. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, October 24, at the Seger funeral chapel. Rev. I Walter Steinkamp, pastor of Wes I ley an Methodist church, will offi ciate. The late Mr. Riley was bom Oc tober 31, 1875, at Moline, 111., the son of Sam and May Andrews Riley. He married Mary Lessenbee at Buffalo,. Wyo., November 6. 1913. Mr. Riley lived in the Atkinson community over 35 years. He worked out on several farms and ranches. His wife died December 25, 1918. Survivors include: Daughter — Mrs. Dorothy Clark of Lincoln; sons—Francis and Earl, both of San Diego, Calif.; 11 grandchild ren; brother—Robert of Atkinson; sister—Nellie Palmer of Lewis ton, la. Derickson Back from Globe-Trot William Derickson, who recent ly returned from a tour of Eng land, Belgium, Switzerland, Ger many, France and Italy, was guest of honor at a dinner party Sunday, October 19, at the home of his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Spangler. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Derickson, jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Derickson and family. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Laursen and Jeanine, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Lieb and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sammie Derickson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Nelson and family. Mr, Derickson showed slides of his trip. He had been abroad three weeks with a tour sponsored by the People’s Travel Service of Dayton, 0 In London he met and visited with Mrs. Albert Derickson s fath er, William Meyler of Carmar then, South Wales. He spent three days at the world’s fair at Brus sels and attended the world’s plowing contest in Stuttgart, Ger many. Other interesting spots were his 62-mile boat trip down the Rhine river and his trip to St. Peter’s church and Vatican City in Rome. He was there at the time of Pope Pius XII’s death. CDA in Reception and Installation The Catholic Daughters of America, court of St. Michael, held a reception of new members and installation of officers Tues day evening starting with a pot luck supper at 6 o’clock. Seventy five members were present. The following new members were aamiuen: lvirs. nuuen cem ents, Miss Marcella Dendinger, Mrs. Ray Dendinger, Mrs. Sophia Fritton, Mrs. Jim Earley, sr., Mrs. Dorris Hynes, Mrs. Joe McElli got, Mrs. Richard Minton, jr., Mrs. George Pongratz, Mrs. Dom inic Bohn and Mrs. James Rother ham. Officers installed were: Agnes Claire Hickey, grand regent; Kath leen Warnke, vice-grand regent; Mrs. Anthony O’Donnell, prophet ess; Mrs. John Donohoe, financial secretary; Mrs. Ed Dumpert, his torian; Mrs. Theresa Schelkopf, treasurer; Mrs. Floyd Hershiser, monitor; Mrs. Jerome Spittler, lecturer; Mrs. Bert Winchell, sen tinel; Mrs. John Hickey, organist; Trustees are Mrs. Margaret Pribil and Mrs. Nora Mullen. Guests attending were: Rev. Robert Duffy and Rev. Karl Ku cera. . Out-of-toutn guests present were Mrs. Mary Rea of Platts mouth, state regent; Mrs Clara Kock of Norfolk, district deputy; Mrs. Young of Norfolk, grand re gent. Stuart Knocks Off Ainsworth, 20-19 STUART—The Ainsworth Bull dogs tallied in the first eight plays Friday night at Ainsworth. But the Broncos bounced back and in six plays the count was deadlock ed 7-7. That's how the quarter ended and each cluh scored a ID in the second, making it 13-all at halftime. . Stuart moved ahead, /U-13, in the third. Ainsworth punched across again with two minutes re maining but failed in the conver sion and the Broncos had a hard earned 20-19 victory. Jerry Taylor scored two ids for the winners; Rich Schmaderer one. __ Miscellaneous Shower— A miscellaneous shower was given Sunday, October 12, for Miss Orletha Reiss. Singing and Karnes were enjoyed. Mrs. Willis Boethe was in charge of the guest book. Miss Cihlar and Mary Ann helped with the gifts. Mrs. Dale Revell, Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. William Du fek helped serve the ice cream, cake, cookies and coffee. -i , ,w -*» \ .\ cciSgg \ »*#s \ Robert L. (Bob) Hanley . earnestly seeks your vote and sup port in the General Election Tuesday, November 4. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for HOLT COUNTY SUPERVISOR I Third District I Dameros Reared Two Miles Apart (Continued from page 1.1 1 Ixmti September 19. 198ft Her par ents were Mr and Mrs. Carl F. 'Grossman. who were immigrants from Germany. Louise was an only child in the homesteading Grossman family She attended Fremont Normal chool in 1906. Mr. Damero, whose parents were John and Frodericka Damero, was bom at Walworth. Wise., Oc tober 19, 1879. His father was German-Franco and his mother was German. His mother's ship powered by sails set out to cross the Atlantic with a load of immigrants. After Iseing at sea six days the vessel j turned up in port where it had started. John was 2 M>-years-old when the family came to Holt from Wis consin. John and Louise began house keeping on the Damero family farm iocated across the intersec tion from the Phoenix store-post office (21 miles north of O'Neill and 10 miles west) and still make their home there near their son. When John was eight-years-old he accompanied an older sister and older brother on a 75-mile cattle drive to Gracie flats near Burwell, Garfield county. They were gone all summer. "No hay at home," he explain ed. "We had to take the cattle to pasture.” Mr. Damero vividly rememlx'rs the famous blizzard of 1888. "Wouldn't make any changes," Mr. Damero told "Voice of The Frontier” listeners in a recorded interview, "if we had the 50 years to live over. We’ve enjoyed good things. Couldn’t make any changes any more to our credit.” Mrs. George Syfie, sr., Mr. Da mero’s sister, is the only other living child in the family of nine Damero children. The Dameros have five grand children all of whom were pres ent for Sunday's celebration. Resident More Than 60 Years Succumbs STUART — Death has claimed the life of Mrs. Amelia P Wewel, 80, a resident of this area more than three score years. Mrs. We wel died Monday, October 20, at the home of her son, Rudolph, lo cated seven miles southeast of Newport. Requiem high mass was held at 9:30 a.m., • Wednesday, October 22, at St. Boniface Catholic church here. Rev. A. J. Paschang offici ated. Burial was in St. Boniface cemetery under direction of the Seger funeral home. The late Mrs. Wewel was bom January 15, 1878, at Osceola, Polk county, the daughter of Joseph Kubik and Josephine Browner Ku bik. She came to this locality at a young age with members of her 'family and was regarded as a pio neer. On April 26, 1898, at St. Boniface church here she was united in marriage with Anton Wewel. The couple ranched many years. Mr. Wewel died in 1940 . His wife lived in Stuart 18 years be fore going to the home of her son where she died. She was preceded in death by two daughters- -Amelia Bernt and Elizabeth Bemt. Survivors inclbde: Sons—Henry of Burwell, William of Stuart and Rudolph of Newport; daughters— Mrs. Merle (Theresa) Armstrong of Stuart and Miss Anna of North Bend; 20 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; sisters—Mrs. Mary Timmermans, Mrs. Josephine Timmermans and Mrs. Henry (Anna) Timmermans, all of Stu art; Mrs. Percy (Elizabeth) Galla gher of Colchester, 111.; brother— Rudolph Kubik of Stuart. Pallbearers were grandsons: Paul, Anton, Larry and Lonnie Wewel, Donald Bemt and Stanley Kovorek of Burwell. Proudly fondling ilu> Frontler-Neligh News trophy following Wednesday night's grid game are Kod Sullivan, ('each Marvin Miller, (iarry Jeffrey ami Gary Elsberry. The Eagles won possession ol the tra ditional trophy for another year after blasting Neligh, ’fill.—The Frontier Photo. Ho Hum! Cardinals Waltz Thru Greeley Sacred Heart Irish No Match Bill Craig tallied the first St, Mary's academy score with less than two minutes gone in the first period of play after Gene Schneid er had raced 47 yards to the Gree ley Sacred Heart nine-yard-line. Frmo then on the ball game was all BIG RED. When the final gun sounded Fri day night in Carney park the score was St. Mary's 76, Sacred Heart 0, in one of the most onesided games ever seen here. All eyes now are being turned forward on the Spencer game coming up Monday night. The Cardinals haven’t beaten a Pirate team in any sport in the last five years. I^ast season the two schools didn't compete. Spalding academy and Lynch might give the Big Red trouble ahead. Spalding is in the state’s top 10. Craig Practices Markmanship Wednesday night St. Mary’s game with Naper, a conference af fair, turned out to be a target practice session for Quarterback Bill Craig. He hit receivers four out of five tries and the receivers made it a scoring proposition. The Cardinals coasted to a 67-G victory. Maylor Kern, a Naper back, took off late in the game on a 50 yard sprint that netted the visitors their only TD. O’Neill Wallops Neligh, 26-14 It was see-saw for a time Wed nesday night at Neligh in the tra ditional O'Neill-Neligh grid game. But the Eagles turned on the steam in the final period -pushing across two touchdowns — and emerged in front, 26-14. Neligh started the scoring but Ronnie Smith crashed over before the end of the first period when Neligh led 7-6. In the second, Bill Eby hit Smith with an aerial and put O’Neill ahead, 13-7, after Jim Larson made the conversion. The Warriors moved ahead, 14 13, in the third. Then the roof fell in. Smith plunged for one O’Neill marker from the Neligh six and Larson rambled 30 for the clinch er. O'Neill entertains Valentine here Friday, October 31, in the North-Central conference title game. _ - -————r Badger Upset Puts O'Neill on Top Bassett Tigers upset the touted Valentine Badgers, 7-0, Friday night in the season's biggest upset in the North-Central eonferenee. Meanwhile, Springview hit At kinson, 20-6. The O'Neill high Eagles now move into top s|>ot in the league ladder. It was erroneously report ed last week the Eagles were in eligible for the title. Standings: Team W L O'Neill 2 0 Stuart 3 1 Valentine 3 1 Bassett _ 2 2 Ainsworth .. 2 3 j Springview 1 2 Atkinson .04 CREIGHTON The Pierce Blue jays rolled to a 33-6 victory over the Creighton Bulldogs Friday night at Pierce. EIWfllMMnHBBat JN Lynch Squeaks Past Spencer in Thriller 9 SPENSER The Lynch Eagles posted a 13-0 lead over the Spen cer Pirates at half-time in Tues day night's Niobrara Valley con ference game. The Pirates came storming hack and nearly upset the groceries. Roger Sixta played hangup dc4 fensive hall for the winners A1 Brady, outstanding soph backfield star for Lynch, averaged 11 yards per carry. He scored one TU right through the middle from five yards out. Chet Cassidy hit pay | dirt on a three-yard plunge and | also added the cyxtra point. Andy Ohri, on a 15-yard junket, land Bob Haun, on a two-yard stint, 1 scored for Spencer. STUART The Stuart high Bron cos Tuesday night defeated tlie Ewing high Tigers, 12-0, on the 1 Stuart gridiron. (Maytaghaloof-heat I DRYER Special! I «neEtoXhXS drat'r y°“r tom ,he ma. Ij “Halo oMfeat I Oor. model 67C $199.95 I - 2- 'IarJ Proctor Steam I |3- All steel. j,.Posltlon ^ I Ironing Table I ~~ ! 4 f'as0c p°am Pad and I ‘ orch-proof Silicone I CT I -* v"°"" *. 1 D a ^AVE *31.97 I u Pay Only-$1Q& ©el ^0PTHEfK»8.88l « - new I WkrotterCO. 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