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Volume 78.— Number 31. O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 27, 1938._Seven C ents
Admiring Mrs. Lynx . . . left-to-right: Hall Itols, Leo Vandersnlck,
Julian Sojka and Curl Hubei.—The Frontier Photo.
At S-h-o-o-o-r-t Range—
Boies Bags Big Lynx
Bolen . . . marksman.
FBI Is Entering
Fund Shortage Case
Employee at Bank
Summarily Fired
SPENCER William Spiro. Unit
ed States district attorney at Oma
ha. Monday said that he has or
dered the federal bureau of inves
tigation to probe evident irregu
larities in the Spencer State bank
at Spencer pertaining to the han
dling of municipal funds.
Mr. Spire said he had received
Monday a report from the Feder
al Deposit Insurance corporation
indicating discrepancies and short- j
ages in accounts at the hank, an j
FDIC-insured institution.
Mr. Spire said it would prob
ably bo a month before bis office
receives a report from the FBI
concerning the case.
An audit of accounts of the bank
indicating shortages was received
earlier this month from the audit
ing firm of Peat, Marwick & Mit
chell and a preliminary investiga
tion was conducted by the Boyd
county attorney before the matter
was turned over to federal author
ities. , ,
No criminal charges have been
filed. . c
None of the depositors will suf
fer any losses because of the
FDIC. The village cannot suffer
financial loss because its employ
ers handling funds are Winded.
No statements have been issued
to the press but it is theorized the
shortages could have developed
when payments of municipal light
hills at the hank were not proper
ly credited.
After auditors began to dig. one
employee of the hank was sum
marily fired at a special meeting
of bank officials.
McBride Picks
St. Mary’s Duo
In the Omaha World-Herald
sports section Wednesday, Gregg
McBride tabbed two St Mary s
academy standouts for berths on
the mythical all-state eight-man
grid team.
They are End Larry Tomlinson
and Back Gene Schneider, both
seniors.
Wrote McBride:
“Tomlinson was the sea wins
eight-man standout, equally bril
liant on offense and defense.
“Schneider was the backfield
powerhouse for the undefeated
Cardinals’.
Other McBride choices: End
Bill Terk of Craig: guards—Don
Ostdiek of Lawrence and Gary
Hartman of Rising City: center —
Tom Collins of Bancroft; backs
Darrell Pearson of Ceresco and
Marvin Teel of Red Willow.
McBride said SMA’s Bill Craig
was in contention for a backfield
SP^For details on the Lincoln
newspapers' selections, turn to
page 3)..
By a Staff Writer
EWING James ("Jim”) Boies
30, a man who by his nature lives
close to nature, got uncomfortably
close last Thursday eve while
checking his traps along Willow
Swamp creek northwest of town
on land operated by H. A. and R.
E VanHorn
He was alone and it was a rou
tine check. He had been doing this
for years in his quest for fur-bear
ers.
It was routine, that is until in
the heavy brush he encountered a
pair of slanting eyes tielonging to
a large female Canadian lynx.
Darkness was closing in. Mrs.
Lynx and Mr. Boies exchanged
glances at s-h-o-o-o-r-t-t-t-t range.
Boies had heard a rustle near
by and thought it was a rabbit,
maybe a bird. He had only a trap
in his hand. He had left his .22
gauge rifle in his car parked some
distance away. About 10 yards
separated Boies from the big cat
,vhose back was arched and brist
ling and who liegan to spit and
Fuss, generating a good mad.
Boies began to withdraw from
the scene. The big cat, leaving
four-inch footprints in the snow,
walked slowly toward the Ewing
man.
The big slant-eyed girl made
slow, steady advances at Boies,
who by this time was kick
ing himself for not bringing along
the weapon.
After a safe distance separated
the man and the beast, Boies fled
for the sanctuary of his car.
Mrs. Lynx was curious about
the guy with his boots on hot-foot
ing it across the snow-covered
field. Cold as a cucumber, she
decided to stick around.
With rifle in hand and plenty of
ammunition, Boies liegan to re
trace his steps.
Wouldn’t due to return to town
with a yarn without the evidence,
he said to himself.
By this time the cat decided to
take off, Boies in pursuit. If he
had a shotgun the outcome \yould
have been more certain. With only
a .22 the hunt was strictly a one
shot proposition.
Boies walked in circles to track
the big cat’s prints in the snow.
He pressed the hunt nearly two
miles on Sammy Regan proper
ty and into a wooded area on Geo
rge Wright land.
(Continued on page 2.)
Plead to Armed
Robbery Charges
Two of three youths returned
from Billings, Mont., in connection
with robberies in the Sioux City
vicinity pleaded to charges of ar
med fohl>ery at 1-eMars Tuesday.
Frank Scholer, Plymouth county
sheriff said.
A preliminary hearing for the
third was held the same day at
Elk Point, S. D.. according to Ed
Ekren, sheriff of Union county.
Kenneth Sanders, 16, and Pat
Boyle, 16, both of Lewiston, Mont.,
pleaded to charges of armed rob
bery before Judge T. E. Kloy ir
district court at LeMars. both hav
ing waived preliminary hearings.
Frank Boyle, 20, also of Lewis
town was given a preliminary
hearing on a charge of armed rob
t>ery l*>fore B. L. Fowler, Elk
Point city magistrate.
The robtjeries took place at the
Duffy’ grocery store and service
station, 10 miles north of Sioux
City on highway 12 in Plymouth
county, and at Merrill's grocery
store at McCook lake in Unior
county. They were committed by
a trio wearing Hallowe'en-type
masks.
The youth’s car at the time ol
their capture in Billings contained
in addition to a quantity of mer
chandise, a ,22-caliher target pis
tol believed to have been used ir
the holdups. Sheriff Ekren said twc
homes also were burglarized the
same night. A $200 mink stole taker
from one of the homes was recov
ered, he said.
QUITS POST
EWING A veteran police mag
istrate at Ewing has resigned.
Ernest Norwood said that his
health is the reason he has asked
the village board to relieve him
of his duties.
Leahy Plans
December
Visit Here
Former Notre Dame
Grid Mentor Back
to Scene of Birth
A native of O'Neill who built
an unequalled victory record in
football coaching at Notre Dame
university will be honored at a
homecoming here next month.
Frank Leahy's visit is plan
ned sometime in December.
The Frontier and radio sta
tion K8RX are making arrange
ments to sponsor a dinner joint
ly. Leahy, who is in the pro
cess of moving from Michigan
City, Ind., to Denver, Colo., will
be accompanied here by Ral
ton Jarvis of Boulder, Cblo., for
merly of Atkinson.
Gene Leahy of R u s h v i 1 1 e ,
Frank's brother, also is being in
vited.
Leahy quit coaching at Notre
Dame three years ago and has
been in the insurance and in
vestment field.
He was bom near the corner
of Third and Clay sts., in a
dwelling now owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Kaiser (one block
west of the postoffice). When a
boy he moved with his parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Leahy, sr., to Winner, S. D.,
where he was reared.
He was head football coach at
Boston (Mass.) college before
moving to Notre Dame.
Details concerning I^eahy's
proposed visit will be announced
later. A public banquet is to
be included in the plans, The
Frontier, phone 51, and KBRX,
phone 120. will receive reserva
tions.
Leahy said he would be “de
..
Leahy . . . his record as ma
jor football coach unequalled.
lighted" to abide by any plans
worked out by The Frontier and
KBRX and he said he would
“deeply appreciate" the home
coming idea.
He will he at Michigan City
through Thanksgiving, visit New
York City and Boston before
reaching Denver early in De
cember.
He had hoped he could make
the O’Neill date on December 8.
but Tuesday indicated it would
have to come later in the month,
i Leahy said he would plan to
spend several days in O’Neill
“if at all possible—and I think
it will be possible”.
He has been working with Bill
Stem on broadcast descriptions
of major football games this sea
son on the Mutual network. On
December 26 he will do the col
or story of the North-South game
from Miami for Mutual.
Holt Farmers Are
Against Allotments
Holt county’s com farmers
and, apparently, those in Nebras
ka Tuesday voted against com
allotments.
Two hundred nineteen ballots
were cast at three voting places.
Forty-nine voted in favor of allot
ments and 170 voted against.
Meanwhile, the state ASC office
said Nebraska voting, although
incomplete, was running two-to
one against the allotments.
If the Nebraska trend helps pro
i vide a simple majority in 930 com
j mercial corn counties in the na
tion, it means in the future there
will be unlimited production of
: corn and price support will be at
minimum 65 percent of parity.
Auction Calendar
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Friday, November 28: L. C. and
Nancy 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 haying and
farm machinery; Co], Vem Reyn
oldson of O’Neill, real estate
broker: Cols. Wallace O'Connell of
on page 11.)
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Making ready for Thanksgiving in a realistic way are (iailen Young, Patricia Dufek and David
Oimstead The youngsters are getting set to swing the hatchets at the Tri State turkey farm near here.
—The Frontier Photo.
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The Dobrovolny’s and their families . . . left-to-right: Mrs. tieorgo (Mary') Schiffern of Atkinson,
Iawrence of O’Neill, Mr Dobrovolny, Jay of Atkinson, Mrs. Dobrovolny, Mrs. Harlan (Dorothy) Hu
bert of Atkinson, Jesse and Henry, both of Atkinson.—The Frontier Photo.
He Trimmed ’Neath Bryan’s Wig
By a Staff Writer
CLEARWATER — A man, who
has been bedfast more than six
years, and his wife, who has been
caring for him alone, Monday, No
vember 24, quietly celebrated their
54th wedding anniversary.
Clay E. Babcock, 80, one-time
farmer, barber and insurance
agent, and his wife, Louisa, wel
comed several friends during the
day and received several phone
calls. Otherwise their anniversary
date was just another day.
Mr. Babcock was born near Se
ward August 17, 1878. When he
was four-years-old, he moved with
his parents, Erastus and Eliza
Babcock, from Utica to northwest
ern Antelope county. His father
moved onto a pre-emption place
three miles west of Clearwater.
Clay was the youngest child
(there were five sons and tw'o
daughters). Clay remembers a
horse figured in the deal when his
father purchased the 160-acre
farm complete with shack.
He went to school in a “soddio
and that's where he was on Jan
uary 12. 1888—the day of the his
toric blizzard.
His two sisters and four broth
ers are deceased. Mr. Babcock
suffered a stroke six years ago
and he is partially paralyzed.
His wife’s maiden name was
Louisa Imel. Her ancestors came
to America in the colonial days.
Her male ancestors had been con
scripted for Hessian military ser
vice and were sent as mere boys
to America by England (for hire
to fight against the colonists^ How
ever, they crossed up John Bull
and Hessian bosses and b gan
fighting alongside the colonists
against the British masters.
Her parents were Newton Imel
and Mary Jane Foster Imel. Louisa
was bom December 3, 1884. four
miles northwest of Clearwater.
She says she has known Mr.
Babcock as long as she can re
member, having been reared in
the same community.
The Imel-Babcock nuptials took
place in Clearwater at the home
of the bride's parents at 9 pm.,
November 24, 1904.
They farmed for a time and Mr.
Babcock decided to take UP t0JV
serial artistry. He barbered at
Fairmont and Lincoln. One of his
customers during the days he was
barbering on North 14th st. m Lin
coln was Gov. Charles Bryan,
who wore a wig.
"We simply removed the wig
and gave him a trim for 35 cents,"
recalls Mr. Babcock. Shaves in
those days were 20 cents. Mr. Bab
cock’s clientele also included sev
eral state legislators and most of
the young fellows at a nearby Uni
I versity of Nebraska fraternity
house. Incidentally, Bryan was a
democrat, ditto for Mr. Babcock.
Mr. Babcock- after eight years
in Lincoln—turned to writing in
surance for the Woodmen Accident
& Life Insurance company, which
he still represents as an agent.
They returned to the Clearwater
community and Mr. Babcock far
med and wrote insurance.
The Babcocks became the par
ents of two daughters- Narka and
Mary Magdeline. Narka was grad
uated at Fairmont high school and
Mary at Lincoln high.
Narka's husband is Earl Mc
Munn, 2225 Sumner st., Lincoln.
Mary is married to William Aik
men, who is president of the Amer
ican Bus Lines which is currently
gripped by a strike. The Aikmens
also live in, Lincoln. American is
a subsidiary of Transcontinental
Trailways, second in size only to
Greyhound.
The Babcocks have two grand
daughters Susan Fern Aikmen
and Mary Louise McMunn.
When they visit Clearwater at
tention is lavished on Grandpa
Babcock. The granddaughters are
12- and nine-years-old.
Until recently Mrs. Babcock,
73, was very active in Methodist
i church work at Clearwater where
they are members.
The Babcocks own their small
| farm situated al>out four miles
I north of Clearwater.
Mrs. Babcock's parents were
homesteaders. She has a half
brother and half-sister living
Marvin Dale Imel and Elberta
Taylor.
(Tape recorded interviews with
the Babcocks were to be heard on
Wednesday’s “Voice of The Fron
tier” program, WJAG, 780 kc).
The Babcocks ... he was successively a farmer, barber, insur
ance agent, now is bedfast.—The Frontier Photo.
Union rrotestant
F^ites fit Assembly
A union Thanksgiving sendee,
sponsored by members of the O -
x’eill Ministerial association, will
je held at the Assembly of Clod
'hureh Wednesday, Novemlier 26
1 p.m.
Rev. John Hart of First Pres- j
jyterian ehureh will he in charge
md Rev. C. P. Turner of Center
L'nion Church will deliver the ser
mon. Participating churches, be
tides those indicated, are Wesley
an Methodist and the Church of
Christ,
The public is invited.
Rev. Glenn Kennlcott of First
Methodist church is the new chair
man of the association, anil Rev
erend Hart is the newly-elected
secretary.
This Issue In Mail
Due Day Early—
This Thanksgiving issue of
The Frontier went to press 24
hours earlier than usual in order
that most subscribers would
have the paper in their mail
boxes ahead of the holiday.
City and RFD routes do not
operate on holidays.
Unveiling, Contesting
at 7:30 Friday Eve
Yule windows wall lie unveiled
simultaneously Friday evening at
7:30 p.m. And there will tie a
scramble for 50 bucks, too, because
the windows becoming nhlaze
will signal the start of an unrelat
ed items contest.
All contest windows will lie
posted. In each of the cooperating
windows may be found from one
to three unrelated (or purposely
misplaced) items.
Contesters are invited to use the
coupon blank found on page 6 of
this issue. After the participant
concludes a tour of the windows,
the blank should lie filled in and
deposited in a ballot box at The
Frontier office or at the Holt
County Independent office.
In cases of ties for correctness,
the ballot filed first (each ballot
will lie stamped with exact time
of filing' will be the winner.
The contest is sponsored by t lie
retail trade committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
First prize is $20; second, $15;
third. $10; fourth, $5. (Details on
page 6.) A ,
Cooperating firms are: Apparel
Shop, Ben Franklin store, Gam
bles, Lee Store, McCarvilles, Mc
Donald’s, O’Neill Style Shop, O'
Neill Drug, Penney’s Johnson
Drug, Coyne Hardware, Virgil
Laursen Agency, Helen’s Flower
and Gift Shop and Biglin’s.
P S.: Be certain your ballot is
signed in the place provided.
See you at the gala yuletide un
veiling !
Meanwhile, O’Neill retail stores
will be open Thursday evenings
until 9 o’clock the first three weeks
next month—December 4, 11 and
18.
Turkey day is planned here Sat
urday, December 6. Registration
will be at the youth center.
Embezzlement Case
Being Continued
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Former School Head
Not Sentenced
Keith A. Doss, 33, superinten
dent of the Stuart public school
during the 1957-’58 school year,
Friday appeared before District
Judge Lyle Jackson.
Doss, charged with embezzle
ment of $570 of school activity and
lunch funds at the Stuart institu
tion, a month ago admitted guilt
in Holt county court and was
bound over to district court. He
had posted a $700 appearance
tond.
Judge Jackson did not pass sen
tence when Doss appeared Friday
and again admitted guilt to the
charges. The judge said he want
ed to continue the matter for the
present and learn more details be
fore imposing sentence.
Doss has been living at Hastings
since leaving Stuart. He is mar
ried and the father of two chil
dren.
A half-dozen residents of Stuart
were in the courtroom as specta
tors.
Also scheduled for trial l>efore
Judge Jackson Friday was the
Wayne Galyen damage suit against
Howard and Delayne Oberle. The
plaintiff, an Atkinson business
man, asked personal property
damages from the two O’Neill
men who were defendants. How
ever, the matter was settled out
of court. A judgment of $300 was
awarded to Galyen in the terms of
settlement and the judgment was
filed Friday.
A joint petition for lump sum
settlement also was filed this week
in Holt district court in the mat
ter of Harold Seger, plaintiff, vs.
D. E. Seger and the Imperial
Casualty & Indemnity company.
The settlement involved a person
al injury May 17, 1957, in w'hich
the plaintiff was injured by a
maintainer. The settlement figure
was $510.
MISS YOUNG HOME
Miss Alice Young, who spent
six months in Belgium as an in
ternational farm youth exchange
student, reached home about 5
p.m. Friday. She is with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young.
Dobrov lnys
Mark 55th
Wedding
Married in Alberta;
Open-House Held
at Atkinson Home
ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs
Frank 1 tobrovolny, who were mar
ried on the windswept plains oi
Alberta, Canada, exactly 55 years
ago, Saturday, November 22. cele
brated their wedding anniversary.
A family dinner was served at
nixin at the Methodist church par
lors by members of the Women's
Society of Christian Service.
Seventy-five visitors signed the
guestbook during the open-house
observance at the Dobrovolny res
idence four houses nortii of the
Chicago & North Western station.
Mr Dobrovolny was horn in
Bohemia (Czechoslovakia) When
he was aliout a month old he set
out for America with his parents
They lived briefly at Fremont and
he spent some of his childhood in
the Schuyler locality. His parents
were (lie late Mr and Mrs. Thom
as Dobrovolny, who homesteaded
aliout 15 miles southwest of At
kinson.
Mrs. Dobrovolny’s maiden name
was Marguerite Simons. She was
born in South Dakota and spent
several years in the young farm
ing country around Lake Andes.
Her father died when she was a
little girl. For a time her mother
and brothers and sister lived and
farmed on an island in the Mis
souri river, giving that up to move
to Ciuiada.
She recalls how her family ap
plied for Canadian citizenship and
were granted it.
At the home of her mother in
Igicoml), Alb., on November 22,
1903, she married Mr Dohrovolny,
who had left Holt county as a
young man to settle on the Alberta
plains.
Sister Present
Mrs. Jessie Lloyd, one of Mar
guerite's sisters, was an attend
ant at the marriage and was also
present for the 55th anniversary
affair. Mrs. Lloyd makes her home
with the Dobrovolnys at their city
residence.
On Mr. Dobrovolny’s Canadian
farm he raised wheat, oats, bar
ley, corn, hogs and some cattle.
Having been reared in Nebras
ka’s sandhills, the cattle country
beckoned. He decided to move his
wife and their two small children,
Mary and Henry, to Nebraska.
They bought a ranch 14 miles
southwest of Atkinson and moved
to Holt in the spring of 1908.
They resided on the home
ranch continuously until 10 years
ago when they moved into town.
Since they have divided their time
lie tween the ranch and city homes.
Mrs. Dobrovolny keeps house for
their son, Jay, on the home ranch.
Their children are Henry, Jesse
and Jay, all of Atkinson; Lasvr
ence of O’Neill, Mrs. George
(Mary) Schiffem and Mrs. Har
lan (Dorothy) Kubart, both of At
kinson There are 19 grandchil
dren and six great-grandchildren
Brother Is 9fl
At Saturday’s affair, Mrs. Jesse
Dobrovolny had charge of the
guestbook. Guests from a distance
included Mrs. Dobrovolfiy’s school
abeth Evans of Lake Andes, ana
chum of girlhood days, Mrs. Eliz
her son, Ival.
Mrs. Dobrovolny has three broth
ers—Fred, Joseph and Anton, all
living at Atkinson.
Mrs Dobrovolny’s living broth
ers are Bill Simons of Little Riv
er, Calif., Henry Simons of Brit
ish Columbia, Can., Jay Simons
of Wenatchee, Wash., Charles
lives in England, and Herbert of
Portland, Ore. Her oldest brother
is 90-years-old.
Krachies Quietly
Note 50th Wedding
EWING—Mr. and Mrs. R. B
Krachie quietly celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary Mon
day, November 17 at their home
in Ewing. ,
Relatives and a few friends,
who remembered the event, cal
led or sent cards of congratula
h°Mr. and Mrs. Krachie were
married in Ewing on a fright
sunny day November 17, 1908.
Most of their life together has
been spent here.
They have three daughters.
Mrs Kermit Jefferies of Ewing.
Mrs. Vlasta Rachwitz of Omaha
and Mrs. Marcella Bendon ol
Pheonix, Ariz. .
Telephone calls were received
from Mrs. Rachwitz and Mrs.
Bendon . , ...
The couple also received gifts.
For years "Boh”, as he is known
best in the community, has own
ed and managed butchershops at
various locations in Ewing. At
present he has the meat depart
ment in the K-B market.
Saws Wood 50 Years,
Then It Happened
STAR- Emmett Wert, 72, has
been sawing wood more than a
half-century.
Then it happened.
His index finger on the left
hand got into a buzz saw and the
finger was fractured.