I'WO SECTIONS In This Issue ¥ Pages I -8 North-Central Nebraska* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 78.—Number 30. O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska. 1 hursday, November 20, 1958. Seven Cents - — ■■ ■■ 1 ■■ ■ ■■■ ■■ —■ - ■ .. — ■ ■ ■■ — —1 ■ ■ r*1 111 ——* FharldS Switzer and wife ... as they will be greeting their friends at the golden wedding reception.—The Frontier Photo. The Switzers . . . on their wedding day In Stanton in 1908. Switzers to Observe 50th Wedding Date Mrs. Leonard Heiss, Page Woman, Dies To Holt in Covered Wagon in ’81 PAGE Funeral services for Mrs. I>eonard Heiss. 84. the last ! remaining charter memlier of the Methodist church here, were con ducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday. No-; vemher 19. at the church. Rev. Glenn Kennicott of O'Neill offic iated. Burial was in the Pago cem etery under the direction of Big lin's. Pallbearers w ere Merwyn French, jr„ Lyle Heiss. Larry Heiss, Darrell Heiss. Richard Heiss and Donald Heiss. Mrs. Heiss died Sunday between 5 and 7:15 p.m. at her home in Page. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Heiss had dinner with Mrs. Heiss and left the home alxiut 3:30 p.m. A light was seen at about 5 p.m., | and neighbors assumed she was getting her supper. Her daughter in-law, Mrs. Harold Heiss. arriv ed at the home at 7:15 p.m. and j found Mrs. Heiss dead. Ater recent hospitalization, Mrs. Heiss was under the care of Mrs. Alta Finch until Saturday when Mrs. Finch was taken to St. An thony’s hospital with a lung con gestion. Since then, her daughters in-law have l>een taking care of her. Her maiden name was Louise Abby French. She was !x>rn Feb ruary 1. 1874, at Bath, N.Y., the daughter of Henry S. and Lavisa H. Parker, both natives of New York She came to Holt county in OctoIxM-. 1881, from Lewis, Ia.. making the trip by covered wag She married Leonard Heiss June 11, 1923. at Page. Mr. Heiss. four brothers and two sisters pre ceded her in death. She was affectionately known as • Aunt Lou” in the Page commun itv. Survivors include: siepsons Raymond, Harold and Ivan Heiss, all of Page; stepdaughters Mrs. Gertrude Deaver of Des Moines, la., Mrs. Merwyn (Florence! French of Page, and Miss Marie Ileiss of Hastings. . In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund will be established at the church. Walters in Charge of Lutheran Hour on Pacific Island CHAMBERS — Rev. Norman Walters, originally of Chambers, will be the new Taiwan, Formosa. Lutheran hour director. He has been appointed to replace Rev. Delbert Gremmels, who has ac- | cepted a call to serve as an army chaplain. Reverend Walters’ new assignment will begin at the end of the month. Reverend Walters is an alumnus of St. John's college at Winfield, Kans., and a 1956 graduate of Con cordia seminary at St. Louis, Mo. He and Mrs. Walters went to For mosa in September, 1956. as mis sionaries. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Switzer, 113 East Everett st., who have aeen O’Neill residents since 1935, will be observing their golden wed ling anniversary Sunday, Novem ber 23. They will hold open-house in the parlors of First Methodist church irom 2 until 5 p.m., and in the evening at their residence. Mrs. Switzer, now 72, is the former Virginia Pugh. She was bom in Virginia and came to Ne braska with her parents. The fam ily settled at Battle Creek. Mr. Switzer, 71, was bom at Madison. His father was bom in Pennsylvania a “Pennsylvania Dutchman" and his mother was bpm in Iowa. The Pugh-Switzer merger fol lowed by two years their meeting at a houseparty. Both w'ere rear ed in the same general locality of Madison county. Part of Mr. Switzer’s proposal included changing the name of Pugh (which had been the object of barbs from young friends) to Switzer. He contended the change would be an improvement. They were married November 23, 1908, at Stanton. They began housekeeping on a farm in Grove township southwest of Meadow Grove where they spent the first quarter-century of married life. Two years the family spent on a Cherry county ranch near Val entine. “That country out there has changed since we were there.-It’s entitled to its fame as cattle country," declared Mr. Switzer. In 1934 they moved onto a farm south of Clearwater and the fol lowing year they moved to O’Neill. The Switzers became the par ents of three children, all of whom are deceased. Their daughter, Katherine, died at the age ot 17 months. Their other daughter, Mrs. Ben (Martha! Asher, died in 1944 at the age of 23. Their son, Earl, died in 1957 in California at the age of 44 and was buried there. The Switzers have one grand son, Ben Asher, jr., of Page. Ben has two half-sisters Roberta and 1 >ebrah Asher whom the Switzers call their "granddaughters”. Mr. Switzer commented on the recent election. “A republican most of the time,” he remarked, “you have to take these things as they come”. Both enjoy good health. Mr. Switzer works part-time at the Bill Murray store, waits on customers and runs family errands In the Pugh family of four sis ters and three brothers, Mrs. Switzer is the fifth to celebrate a golden wedding. The Switzers request no gifts. NORFOLK ACCIDENT Tony Asimus, 61, of O’Neill and Erma Strate. 22, of Hoskins were operators of cars that collided about 12:45 p.m. Monday in Nor folk. The Strate car was being backed from a parking place and the Asimus car was northbound. Icy conditions of the streets were blamed. REPORTING TRIAL Ted McElhaney of O’Neill, Fif teenth judicial district court re porter, is on duty at Rushville at the retrial of Loyd Grandsinger, who is charged with slaying a state highway patrolman. Try Frontier want ads! Trio Taken in Montana Face Counts Two Boyles, Sanders Waive Extradition; Face Stiff Charges Two former O’Neill youths late Wednesday reached LeMars, la., and are in custody of Plymouth County da.) Sheriff Frank Scho ler, and a third former O’Neillite is l)eing held by Union county, South Dakota officials. The trio was arrested in Bill ings, Mont., after warrants for their arrest had been issued by Plymouth county authorities. Being held at LeMars are Pat rick Boyle, 16, and Kenneth Sand ers, 16. In custody at Elk Point, ; S.D., is the third member of the triumv crate Frank Boyle, 20. The three have admitted an j armed robbery at Merrill’s grocery store at McCook lake, north of Sioux City. The robbery took place between 9 and 10 p.m., Sat urday, November 8. Scholer said the youthful stickup men made ! away with $70. Earlier that same evening they I robbed the Duffy filling station 10 ! miles north of Sioux City. The ef | fort netted them only $6. The two Boyles and Sanders al I so admitted burglarizing the John j Lackman farm home, north of j Sioux City'. The loot included a ra dio and an elaborate flashlight. Both radio and flashlight were re covered when the trio was arrest ed at Billings, Mont., where the Boyles' father, Garrett Boyle, formerly of O'Neill, resides. The oldest of the wayward group is in custody of Union county (S. D.) Sheriff Ed Akren. Scholer said Pat Boyle and San ders are charged with “robbery with aggrivation". The maximum penalty in Iow'a is 20 years in the l>enitentiary. Iowa authorities went to Billings to claim the trio. The young men waiver! extradition to Iowa and South Dakota. ocnoier said non vxjuiuy out-ini Leo Tomjack of O'Neill assisted in tracking the three. Scholer said Tomjack deserves “much credit ’. Due to extradition delays, the Boyles and Sanders were held at Billings about a week, having been arrested there early Tues day, November 18. Scholer said preliminary hear ing for Pat Boyle and Sanders would follow in about “a day or two”, which means they may be heard Friday morning, November 21. He said Iowa officials would also press charges against Frank Boyle after South Dakota has tried him. Shortly after the armed robbery incident, the three were questioned by police at O'Neill and told to rc|>ort to the sheriff’s office the following day. Instead they head ed out of town in a 1950 Mercury and landed in Billings where auth orities arrested them after war rants were issued. Sanders recently spent 17 days in the Holt jail for “willfull, reck less driving” and Pat Boyle was jailed 10 days for “disturbing the peace”. South Dakota authorities said Frank Boyle would be questioned as a suspect in breaking and en tering incidents at Vermillion. Chambers Man in Narrow Escape CHAMBERS Wayne Smith of Chambers, who was driving his semi-truck loaded with hay, had a narrow escape at 1:45 a.m., Wed nesday, November 12, while cross ing the Burlington tracks at Laur el , where U.S. highway 20 crosses the tracks. There was minor damage to the locomotive but the truck was de molished when hit by the diesel engine. Smith escaped with a fore head scratch. Carl Holt of Sioux City was the engineer and H. Sandau of South Sioux City was conductor of the eastbound train, O’Neill-Sioux City. Engineer Holt told The Frontier the engine was at the crossing when 1he truck started across. Hay was strewn over a wide area. The Laurel incident was the second railroad grade crossing on the Burlington lines in northeast Nebraska that day. Charles F. Betcke, 83, and his wife, Betty, 79. were killed when their car struck a Burlington train an high way 51 six miles northwest of Lyons. Betcke was driving the Car Meanwhile, Mrs. Leo Goodwa ter of Albion was killed at 10 a. m., Tuesday at a grade crossing in Albion. She was a passenger in a car struck by a train. Her hus ! band was injured. Albion is serv ed by the Chicago & North West ern and Union Pacific railroads. 140 Boards Oppose Federal School Aid Of 278 school boards answering J State Education Commissioner Freeman Decker's queries about j using federal school aid, 140 op I posed. Mr. Decker’s office said 122 fa vored Nebraska’s acceptance of the funds and 16 were undecided. These three youngsters couldn't wait to climb atop a pile of snow in O’Neill business district after i the season’s first snowfall. Left-to-right—tlusiiuo Klaiuc Grenier (girl seated), Kddle Ia>e Grenier and | P„nl Vnnniu _'I'll., Vrnntllkr Plintn Manslaughter Is Charged in Death Bassett Youth Free on $1,500 Bond Marvin J. Reynolds, 19, of Bas sett Friday was charged with manslaughter as a result of the death of Mrs. George (Joyce) Mu rad, 31, of Sioux City. Mrs. Murad died October 31 as the result of a car-cattle truck collision. After appearing at arraignment a short time later before Municip al Judge Berry J. Sisk in Sioux City, preliminary hearing was set for 10 a m. Monday, November 24. The youth was released after a bond of $1,500 was furnished. A charge of reckless driving, filed earlier against Reynolds, be cause of the accident, was dis missed on motion of an assistant county attorney after the prelim inary information charging man slaughter had been filed. Young Reynolds appeared with his parents and an attorney. The state was represented by Keith A. Beekley. The information charged that the youth was driving a truck tractor trailer at the time in a ‘‘reckless fashion” and that he ex ceeded the speed limit. Mrs. Mu rad was on her way to work at the time. The collision disconnect ed the trailer, loaded with 36 year ling cattle and spilled the cattle on the highway when the vehicle overturned. Doctor Trueblood, Surgeon, Expires Formerly of O’Neill; Served in WWl Dr. Donald V. Trueblood, 69. prom mem oeaiuc, '*aau., ian and surgeon, died of a heart attack Tuesday, November 11, at his apartment at Grovenor House in Seattle. Funeral services were held last Thursday in the Bonney Watson chapel. Cremation follow ed. Doctor Trueblood was born at Randall, Kans., and lived in O' Neill for a time when the late Doc tor Gilligan was here. He was grad uated from the University of Washington in 1911 and from Johns Hopkins university in 1915. He served in World War I as a medical officer. At the time of his death he was a trustee of the national board of the American Cancer society and was a member of the King Coun ty Medical society, the Washing ton State and American Medical societies. He was also an honorary member of the Alaska Medical so ciety. He was a member of the Rain ier club, Phi Chi (medical honor ary), and Phi Gamma Delta, Ar cana lodge, AF&AM, Scottish Rite bodies and Nile Temple of the Shrine. Survivors include: Widow Mar garet; sons—Donald, jr., and Rich ard, all of Seattle; sister — Mrs. Lind Kirkpatrick of Portland. Ore., and three grandchildren. Carpenter May Be ‘Compelled to Run’ for Governor in ’60 State Sen. "Terrible Terry" Carpenter, the Scottsbluff politi cal maverick, said Wednesday in Lincoln he may be “forced to run” for governor of Nebraska in 1960. "If Gov.-Elect Ralph G. Brooks (democrat, McCook) doesn’t en force the state tax laws, I may feel compelled to run for gover nor myself”. Terry was a thorn in the side of Gov. Victor E. Anderson, re publican, who was upset by Brooks in the general election. BRISTOW — The new county highway bridge across Ponca creek, south of Bristow, was ded icated and formally opened at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Auction Calendar Friday, November 21: Ralph and Alice Fritton, one mile south of O’Neill center, five west on coun ty road, one south and half-mile west; 35 Hereford stock cows, 33 calves, registered Hereford bull fhree milk cows: full line of i anch machinery including three trac tors; 125 tons of prairie hay; Col Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, aur t'oneer: Fd Murphy of O'Neill, clerk. (Details an page 6.1 Tuesday, November 25: Gee rge and Velda Winkler, who live five miles west of O’Neill Drive-In Theater corner, three north and three - fourth west, or one hilf mile east of Emmet, three north and 1!4 east; selling 160 acre improved farm, cattle, pure bred Hampshire boars and gilts, farm and ranch machinery, grain and hay; Col. Vern Reynoldson of O'Neill, real estate broker-auction eer; Col. Wallace O’Connell of O’Neill, auctioneer; First National Bank of O’Neill, clerk. (Full de tails on page 7.1 Friday, November 28: L. C. and Nancv Fahrenholz, 22 miles south of O’Neill on U.S. highway 281, and one-fourth mile west; offering their 456-acre improved ranch, all hay and pasture land; 46 head of cattle; full line of baying and farm machinery; Col. Vern Reyn oldson of O’Neill, real estate broker; Cols. Wallace O'Connell o! O’Neill and Merlin Grossnicklau: of Chambers, auctioneers; Cham bers State Bank, clerk. (Detail: on page 15.) McIntosh Named to Council Vacancy Mayor Schaffer Picks Golden Successor William W. McIntosh. O’Neill jeweler, early Wednesday was confirmed unamiously as new First ward councilman. Mayor D. C. Schaffer asked the 1 council, in an adjourned session, to confirm his appointment of McIntosh to succeed M. J. j (‘‘Max’’) Golden, who resigned. Golden has left for an extended stay in Miami, Fla., where his wife has spent most of the fall. Her mother died there earlier this month. McIntosh, an air force veteran jof World War II. came to O'Neill in 1946 and established a business here. He originated at Meadow Grove. Mr. McIntosh and his wife have two sons, William, jr., and Rich ard. Talks have been held among councilmen relative to the possi bility of adding a fourth ward. The Third ward now extends from the : south side of Everett street south to the city limits and embraces all of the city from east-to-west. By splitting up the Third, that portion of the city south of Doug* : las and east of Fourth would be come the Third under a proposed plan, and the portion of the city south of Douglas and west of Fourth would become the Fourth ward. If such a plan is adopted, the Fourth would elect two council men. Val Peterson in Oakdale for Visit The U. S. ambassador to Den mark took a refresher course as a helicopter pilot in Ft. Worth, Tex., over the weekend. Val Peterson, former governor of Nebraska and former civil de fense administrator, was in Ft. Worth on his own time for the The ambassador reached Elgin Tuesday. Peterson formerly ed ited a newspapper in Elgin. Elgin Banker George A. Wright said Peterson plans to stay in this country through Thanksgiving, spending a few days in Nebraska. His mother, Mrs. Hermanda Pe terson, and a sister, Mrs. William Launt, live in Oakdale and a broth er, Fred, in Columbus. Harvest Royalty Crowned at Academy The annual harvest ball was held Tuesday evening at St. Mary’s academy. Crowned king was Terry Hynes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hynes, and named queen was Miss Patricia Cunningham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunningham. The king’s attendants at left were: Front row—Thomas Wanser and Jerry Jurgensmeier; hack row- Larry Mudloff and Keith McKim. The queen's attendants at right were: Front row Mary Lou Davis and Rita Corkle; hack row -Dee Anna Dunn and Jean Sulli van—The Frontier Photo. . Record Number of Sponsors— The "Voice of The Frontier" radio program, now in its 11th year of broadcasting regional nows In digest form, Wednosdax counted 14 advertisers on the pro gram that day equalling its all time record. The program is heard each Monday. Wednesday and Satur day. commencing at 9:30 a.m , on radio station WJAG, 780 kc. Advertisers on Wednesday's record-equalling program wore Central Finance corporation. O' Neill livestock Market, Apparel Shop. Royal theater. Gilligan Rex all drug. Wilson Rexall ding t At kinson i, Harry R. Smith Imple ments. O'Neill Style Shop, Foree Tire & Supply, Storjohann Equip ment company (Hurvvelli, Contois Motor company ( Neligh1, and these farm sales: Ralph and Alice Fritton, George mxl Velda Wink ler, L, C. and Nancy Fahrenholz. 5 Inches of Snow Borne by Wind Weatherman Ignores Calendar A first-class blizzard rolled in to Frontier Land Monday, Ixirne by a high north wind. Five inches of snow the first of the season was deposited and considerable drifting followed. Saturday and Sunday the area was enveloped in heavy fog. The precipitation those two days was hardly enough to measure. Icy conditions prevailed on streets and highways when the mercury drop ped in the face of the storm that moved in from the northwest. At the peak of Monday’s blizzard coming more than a month ahead of the official first day of winter - visibility was virtually zero on the highways. In the city visibility was reduced to two hundred yards Motorists abandoned travel on the highways and hotels and mo tels here were filled before even ing. There were wholesale cancella tions of meetings and family af fairs and business activity was forced to grind to a halt. A 1957 Chevrolet, driven by Charles Bliss of Norfolk, smacked into the rear of a state highway department truck which was spreading salt an U. S. 281. The mishap occurred on the Eagle creek hill north of here. Jim Fred ericks was operator of the truck which was damaged and pulled off duty for repair. Damage tc the car was estimated at seven hundred-dollars. Numerous vehicles skidded in to ditches. Others were stalled in snow banks. A Grand Island-to-Valentine bus slipped into the ditch on U. S. 281 south of O'Neill. After being towed back onto the highway the bus reached O'Neill and annulled the last leg of the trip to Valen tine. A mail truck from the west was five hours late reaching O’Neill and equally late leaving here. Tuesday morning mail from the east arrived, however, on time. Frontier airlines cancelled sev eral flights due to icy conditions of runways at scheduled stops. Monday's snow brought .25 of an inch of welcomed moisture. An additional .11 was recorded dur ing the early hours the following morning. It was 10 years ago, minus one day, a historic blizzard struck (he prelude to the recurring bliz zards of 1948-'49. hi lo pr. November 13 — 75 34 November 14 .... ._ 52 30 November 15 43 34 T November 16 51 35 T November 17 - 35 22 .25 November 18 36 18 .11 November 19 49 26 Total—5-inches snow _ .36 State8-Man to Cardinals World - Herald Gives St. Mary’s Top Spot; Ceresco Is Runnerup McBrides Ratings w i. O'Neill St. Mary's 10 0 Ceresco _ 10 0 Lawrence . 8 1 Red Willow 9 0 Beaver Crossing 8 1 Milford . , 7 3 Rising City _ _ 9 0 Arthur 8 0 Mullen 8 1 Axtell s o T h c Omaha World- Herald's sports page today (Thursday> in a threo-eolumn headline proclaim ed St. Mary’s academy Cardinals of O'Neill as kingpins in Nebras ka's oight-man football circles. While the ratings compiled by Sports Writer Gregg McHride are unofficial, the label carries high prestige. His placements of teams in the various classes are gener ally accepted in lluskerland as correct. Wrote McBride: “St. Mary’s of O'Neill is the Nebraska eight - man football champion for 1958. “Coach Don Templemeyer's Cardinals zoomed off the fifth peg with a late season rush to sweep the platter. "The O’Neill squad, Niobrara Valley conference rulers for three consecutive seasons, also is the state's most travelled eight-man club. The Cards opened the sea son with a 28-0 win at Dwight Assumption and closed it with a 53-0 stamppede at Lawrence. “The champs set the pace in of fense and defense. Only two clubs Butte and Naper—crossed the St. Mary’s goal line They were lieaten by 36 and 61 points respec tively, in nine games (a 10th was forfeited.) St. Mary’s averaged 44.8 points per game. "The eight-man pace was so swift six of the top 10 clubs were unbeaten. Ceresco, a strong run nerup, was in the saddle until SMA handed Lawrence its first defeat. “Lawrence, a contended until St. Mary’s lowered the boom, is third. Red Willow, unbeaten hut pressed by Hayes Center in the season’s finale, is fourth. “Beaver Crossing used a 40-14 blasting of Milford to move into the top bracket—fifth place. Bea ver Crossing lost only to Ceresco in the season’s opener. “Milford, beaten only by upper drawer teams, heads the lower di vision in sixth place. Rising City slid back to seventh. Unbeaten Ar thur is eighth. Mullen and Axtell round out the 10 in ninth and 10th places, respectively.” Ridells Two Pews Behind Ike, Mamie Mr. and Mrs. Robert (“Bob") Ridell of Westminster, Colo., wrote friends recently about seeing Pres ident and Mrs. Eisenhower at Cor ona Presbyterian church in Denver where they attended. Mrs. Ridell, the former Tillie Kestenholtz of O’Neill, wrote: “The Eisenhowers w e r e u s ti ered in at the end of the first hymn. The first lady turned slight ly and smiled graciously to those nearby an dthen sat by Mrs. Lutz (the minister’s wife), and the Lutz children. “They were escorted by a sec ret service man, who sat directly behind them. Earlier, the sixth and seventh pews had been roped off and one secret service man was seated at the opposite end of the pew in which the Eisenhowers 1 sat. We were seated two pews be hind them. “Ike wore a navy suit. Mamie wore a black suit with a pleated skirt and one of her famous little white hats. She wore a double strand of pearls and pearl drop earrings and a white orchid. “The Denver policemen in un marked cars had been stationed near the church from 8 a.m. After Sunday-school was over and be fore the 11 a.m. service began, the church doors were locked and everyone was cleared from the sanctuary. There were more sec ret service men stationed at all the doors inside and outside the church and even in the basement. More guards were seated in var ious places throughout the con gregation. “Reverend LAitz escorted inem outside at the close of the service. They left in a large black Con tinental convertible with small flags on each side of the front of the car. They were followed by a motorcade of policemen. “There were hundreds of people standing outside the church to see them and to snap pictures. The po lice directed the traffic for more than a half-hour after the service was over.” SATURDAY DATE Radio station KVHC will in crease its power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts and will change its frequency from 1400 kc to 1350 kc effective Saturday. The O’ Neill station will be redesignated at that time and henceforth will be known as KBRX. . • . . ' ll