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Editorials
Volume 79—Number 7 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 11, 1959 Seven Cents
Citizens of Lynch view with satisfaction the paving of four blocks of downtown paving. Oral
Pickering Is among them as he looks north on main street from the railroad trucks at the edge of town.
[yes Toward Improvement in Lynch
Council Approves Paving, Rebuilding
LYNCH While many other com
munities the size of this town of
500 residents are slowly going
downhill, citizens here are making
sure this doesn't happen.
Four blocks of asphalt paving,
the rebuilding of city hall and the
improvement of tlie public park is
underway here.
Plans in the future call for new
facilities for the water anti sewer
systems.
The pavnig of four downtown
blocks, completed early this week,
will cost taxpayers approximately
$1,000 and includes a combination
two-coat and three-coat hot as
phalt job.
The streets being paved are main
street from the railroad tracks
north to the telephone office inter
section; the street west from the
Iwink to the Standard station and
lhe street from the Mulhair garage
west to the hotel.
The cost of the two-coat paving
is 3 cents per square foot and for
the three-coat .job, 5 cents per
square foot.
Hoad Engineer C. R. Childress
Said the asiphalt paving will, un
der normal weather conditions,
last for from 3 to 5 years without
re-coating.
Other improvements in the city
| include the rebuilding of the fire
j hall at a cost of approximately
j $4,000 according to Mayor Ernest
Sixta.
Other improvements started in
the city hall include new flooring,
a new front door, the relocation of
the jail, a new roof and exterior
repair.
Other Lynch improvements in
clude the installation of a new
merry-go-round and play equip
ment in the Legion Auxiliary and
city maintained park. All equip
ment in the park has been painted,
Sixta said.
Holt County Is Warned
of Rabies Trouble Spot
Special to The Frontier
LINCOLN In an exclusive in
terview with Dr. K. A. Rogers,
chairman of the state department
of health. The Frontier learned
that Holt county is a rabies "trou
ble spot."
"Holt county is certainly includ
ed in the northern tier of counties
in Nebraska where rabies during
the past few years has been preve
lant", he said
Rogers explained that because of
the proximity of the northern coun
ties to South Dakota, hie incidence
of rabies has been high.
The death of a nine-year old Ixiy
has been reported in Bon Homme
county in South Dakota recently
and at least two exposures of ra
bies have been reported near O'
Neill.
Dr. Rogers explained that there
were 108 known cases of rabid ani
mals in South Dakota in 1958 in
comparison with Nebraska's 55.
Of the 55 animals reported. 32
were domestic and 23 were wild,
he said.
"Peoiple in Holt and those north
ern counties should lie on the look
out for domestic animals as well
as wild animals, and particularly
cats," he said.
"Cats are nocturnal in nature
and are known to travel miles dur
ing the night. They contact the
v irus from wild animals,” he said.
When asked to outline proce
dures that should he taken by ci
tizens in this area, he layed down
several guides to he followed:
1. Have your pets vaccinated.
2. Beware of any wild animal
that appears to have lost its na
tural fear of man and which ap
pears tame.
3. Suspect any normally noc
turnal animal that is found abroad
in daylight.
4. Watch your domestic animals
closely for signs of lethergy. Dr.
Rogers explained tha* one good
symptom of rahies in cattle is
their inability to swallow. Ranch
ers and farmers should never thrust
their hands and arms down the
throat of cattle that seem to be
choking, he said.
5. If you are bitten by any ani
mal. see your physician at once.
Dr. Rogers explained that death
from rabies, although less likely
than being hit by lightning, still
occurs regularly. "The possibility
is higher than average in the north
ern tier of NebrasKa counties,'
he said.
Bowen's Son to Lynch
John Bowen, the son of Mr. ami
Mrs. A. E. Bowen of O'Neill, will
teach hand and music in the L>nch
public school in the fall.
Last year, in his fifst teaching
job following graduation from Ne
braska State Teachers College at
Wayne, he taught music at Win
side.
KODEO PARADE
Howard Manson, spokesman for
the O'Neill Lions Club, has usked
the cooperation of all business and
organizations in arranging for a
float for Friday. June 19. the first
day of the rodeo.
Former Emmet Boys
Are Graduates of
Nebraska, Creighton
EMMET Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wills of this community must be
very proud parents.
Two of their sons, Roland and
Gerald (not twins) have both grad
uated from eastern Nebraska uni
versities during the past few days.
Roland received a bachelor of
science degree in business admin
istration from the University of
Nebraska in commencement exer
cises held last Saturday. He was
graduated from the Atkinson high
school in 1947. He served in the
Air Force from April 1951 to April
1955. He attended Wayne State
Teacher’s college for two years
and has spent the past two at the
University of Nebraska.
He is presently employed with
t h e Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation with headquarters in
Kansas City, Mo.
Gerald was awarded a bachelor
of Science degree in business ad
ministration from Creighton uni
versity June 3.
He was graduated from St. Ma
iy's Academy in 1951. He is nrar
ried and has one child, a daughter.
Gerald is employed by an ac
counting firm in Omaha where the
couple now reside.
(1ERALD WUX8
Rockets, Planes, Men
To O'Neill On July 3
Guns, rockets, airplanes and at
least 550 Iowa National Guards
men will arrive in O'Neill July 3
on their way to Camp Guernsey,
Wyo.
The men will bivouac the eve
ning of the 3rd at the O'Neill air
port.
The group of men are artillary
and rocket specialists and make
their home in Des Moines, Mar
shaltown, Iowa Kalis, Boone and
Davenport.
Another smaller group of about
50 men will also arrive in O'Neill
to spend the night of July 1. Both
Iowa groups plan 2-week maneu
vers at the Wyoming camp.
HOB DEVOY
. . .new owner
New Ownership for
Rexall Drug Store;
Devoy Takes Over
Transactions have been complet
ed changing the hands of owner
ship of one of Holt county’s busi
nesses in O'Neill.
Bob Devoy, the new owner and
manager of what was formerly
Gilligan’s Rexall Drug store, has
announced that the business name
is now changed to the Devoy Re.x
al Drug store.
The Devoy family came to O'
Neill four years ago. The couple
have six children.
Mr. Devoy is a twice graduate
of Creighton University, one degree
from the college of business admin
istration in 1942 and the other, in
pharmacy, in 1950.
Ben Gilligan. the former owner
of the drug store, started in busi
ness here 11 years ago. His father.
Dr. J. P. Gilligan and Charles
Stout had been i n the phar
macy business for several years.
Mr. Gilligan said his plans are
indefinite.
HONOR TEACHER
Open house will be held at the
Ewing public school Friday eve-;
ung, June 19. from 8 to 10 p m.!
lonoring Elsie Chase, a teacher
.vho is retiring after 40 years of
service.
An invitation is extended to
riends and former students of Miss
Jhase.
Donohoe Rites Held
Funeral services were conducted
at 10 a m., Thursday (today) for
Peter W. Donohoe, a lifetime Holt
county resident. He died suddenly
Tuesday morning in Inman. Ser
j vices will tie held from St. Pat
I rick's Catholic church w ith Rev.
Timothy O'Sullivan officiating.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery
here.
Pallbearers chosen are James
Boyle, Clarence Gokie, Joe Neko
lite, L. C. McKim, William
Schmohr and John Hynes.
The late Mr. Donohoe was born
| October 31, 1906 the son of Peter
and Hannah Morrison Donohoe.
His parents farmed north of the
I city.
; He was united in marriage to
Margaret Sullivan of O'Neill and
to this union one son was born.
Mr. Donohoe was a veteran of
World War II and a member of
the American legion. He was a
plumber by trade.
Survivors: Son-Richard (Dicki
of San Francisco, Calif.; brother—
Robert of O’Neill.
Bridgett Murphy Rites
At St. Patrick's Church
Funeral services for Bridgett A.
Murphy, 74, a lifelong resident of
the community, were conducted at
9 a m. Wednesday, at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church.
Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan, church
pastor, officiated. Burial was in
Calvary cemetery under the di
rection of Biglins. A rosary was re
cited Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Miss Murphy died Sunday morn
ing at 4 a m. at their home.
Bridgett A. Murphy was born
January 11. 1885. Her parents, Dan
iel D. and Bridgett Dwyer Murphy,
of the County Cork, Ireland, were
immigrants who settled north
east of O’Neill when the Irish col
ony was formed.
Miss Murphy never married. She
taught school for many years. Se
veral years ago she, along with
two sisters, moved from the farm
to O’Neill where she has since re
sided. She was preceded in death
by six sisters.
Survivors: sister- Mrs Walter
(Lynus) Brennan of Omaha; brodi
er Daniel D. Murphy of O'Neill.
James Lanigan Dies
James M. Lanigan, 73, a former
president of the Nebruska Bar As
socation and a long-time resident
of Greely, died Sunday after a long j
illness.
Mr. Lanigan was a former mem-1
ber of the Greely town council and
served as chairman of the county
Democratic Central Committee.
Those from O'Neill attending fun
eral services Wednesday were Cal
Stewart, J. D. Cronin and Norman
Gonderinger.
Friends From Distance
Attend Stout Rites
Among relatives and friends j
from a distance here for funeral j
services for Mrs. Charles E. Stout,
84, were:
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Froe
lich, jr., and infant daughter, Kath
leen, of Wichita, Kans.; Miss Mary
Louise Birmingham of New York
City; Miss Barbara Birmingham
of Chicago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Aiken of Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Redmond and James
Vetter, all of Omaha; Dr. and
Mrs. J. P. Gilligan of Nebraska
City.
Mrs. Stout died Monday follow
ing a brief illness. She had been
a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic
church parish 82 years. Funeral
services were held Thursday, June
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Former Bristow Girl
On International Tour;
Student 'Hobo' Program
BRISTOW A former girl from
this community Patricia Ann Nel
son has been selected to take part
in the Hobo II program in Europe
this summer with college students
from all over the United States.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis A. Nelson, and is a
senior at Dunbarton College in
Washington D. C.
Friends in the O'Neill communi
ty will remember that Mr. Nelson
was the manager of the "H” bomb
plant in Aiken until 1955.
Patricia left for Europe yester
day (Wednesday) and will return
August 21. She will tour Holland,
Austria. Germany, Switzerland,
Italy and France.
The purpose of the program,
planned by the U.S. National Stu
dent Association, is to exchange
viewpoints concerning life in the
students’ respective countries. I
Patricia is the daughter of the (
former Eileen Antony of Langdon, <
N D. and Curtis Nelson of Bristow
Mr. Nelson is now serving as Di- 1
rector of Inspection for the Atomic (
Energy Commission in Washington. (
DC. i
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ASC Application Due
Farmers whose land has no wheat
history in the years 1957, 1958 and
1959 may apply for a 1960 wheat I
acreage allotment according to s
Homer Ernst, chairman of the Holt f
county ASC office. i
The owner or operator of such c
a farm must apply in writing to a
the ASC county committee by June i
30, he said, or a 1960 acreage allot- I
ment will not be established. ! ii
TESSMER
. . .new coach
New Football Coach
Announced for Ewing
EWING Gary L. Tessmer of
Rosalie has been hired as football
coach and commercial instructor
for the Ewing high school for the
1959-60 school year.
Tessmer received his All degree
from Wayne State Teachers Col
lege May 29. Prior to entering col
lege, he served for two years in
the Army, with overseas duty on
Okinawa. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Tessmer.
Tessmer is married and has two
small sons, Kevin and Scott. His
wife is the former Ruth Marr of
Rosalie whose mother, the former
Helen Sauser, is a graduate of St.
Mary's Academy in O’Neill, and a
cousin of Al, Jerry and Clarence
Sauser of O'Neill
Mrs. Tessmer has contracted to
teach a rural school southwest of
Ewing during the coming school
year.
The Tessmer family will move to
Ewing in August.
Elect Napier Chairman
of Ewing School Board;
$61,317 Budget Set
EWING Alfred Napier will
again hold the olfice of chairman
of the Ixiard of education of the
Ewing public school.
Charles Rotherham will be the
new secretary and Richard Brion,
treasurer.
The budget for the year was set
at $61,317, and increase of $3,000
over that of 1958. A raise in salar
ies for the coming school year is
the larges item included in the
increase.
The amount raised hy taxation
for this year for the year is $33,096,
an increase of $2,300 over 1958.
The ixiard of education has been
notified that the school will contin
ue on the fully accredited list for
the ensuing year by the state ac -
creditation committee.
Television Still Out
O’Neill is still without effective
television, and it appears that the
municipally owned booster equip
ment will be out of operation for
at least another day.
The booster equipment handling
KTIV in Sioux City was hit by
lightning last week and the con
verting units were knocked out.
Reg Pinkerman, the TV techni
cian caring for the tower and
equipment said he expected the
new equipment from Canada at
any time.
Ralph Sholes Injured
An Inman man was injured ear
ly Sunday morning in a one car
accident a mile south and west of
O’Neill on a country road.
Patrolman Bob Glide said Ralph
Sholes backed over a culvert and
rolled his car at about 12:30 a.m.
and suffered minor cuts and bruis
es.
Rodeo Days Ahead
Members of the O’Neill Rodeo
Association went into the final
planning stages for the big three
days, June 19, 20 and 21.
Businesses will be getting floats
ready for the parade Friday, June
19, before the first rodeo perform
ance at 8 p.m.
Watch your coming edition of
The Frontier for a full pre-rodeo
report.
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Car-Truck Accident
O'Neill police investigated a car
truck accident in front of the Post
Office between Benton and Clay
streets Tuesday morning.
Police Chief Chris McGinn said
the driver of the mail truck was
Gordon Kellogg of Norfolk. The
driver of the car was Donald You
nie of O'Neill. No one was injured
and there was no damage to the
mail truck.
McGinn said the Younie car was
damaged considerably.
OPEN HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kaup, Sr., of
Stuart, will be honored at an open
house reception Saturday, June 13,
in observance of their golden wed
ding anniversary. It will be held
at the Stuart Auditorium from 2
until 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
Relatives and friends are cordially
invited.
U.S. Lawyers Wait for F.B.I.
Before Charges Are Filed
In Bartlett Bank Incident
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INSURED
DEPOSITS
NOW HEINO PAID
U r
FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION
Hank patrons arc greeted with this sign as they walk In the door
of the Bartlett State Bank. Community reaction to the incident has
been described as “normal” by officials of the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation.
Page Couple Celebrate
Their 60th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes,
Page, celebrated their 60th wed
ding anniversary Sunday, June 7,
with over 200 friends and relatives
gathering in honor of the event.
All of the couple's descendants
gathered at the celebration except
one grand-daughter, Mrs. Evalda
Weis and family of Reseda, Calif.
They all attended worship services
at the Page Methodist church Sun
day morning. A 1 p.m. a no host
dinner was served at the home of
Mrs. Haynes’ sister, Mrs. Maud
Harper.
Two hundred guests signed the
guest book at the reception at Fel
lowship Hall in the Methodist
church from 2 to 5 p.m. The hall
and table were decorated in a
white, rose a n d silver color
scheme, chosen by Mrs. Haynes.
The table was covered with a
hand crocheted cloth. The center
piece was of rose and pink ear
nutions, sent by Mrs. Weis, the
grand-daughter from California.
The three tier wedding rake
was topped with the same orna
ment used on tile cake in eelc
hration of the couple’s 50th wed
ding anniversary.
Grand-daughters o f M r. and
Mrs. Haynes presided at the table.
Miss Linda Haynes jxiured and
Mrs. Richard Nealy and Laurell
Haynes cut and served the cake.
Lonna Haynes had charge of the
guest liook. Mrs. R. H. Robinson,
a grand-daughter presented in song
a sentiment from a greeting card.
Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Nealy al
so sang a duet.
Mrs. Haynes wore a rose mesh
dress with a white carnation cor
sage and Mr. Haynes wore a car
nation bontonniere.
Present at the celebration were
five guests who attended the wed
ding sixty years ago. They were
Mrs. Anna Smith. Inman, Mr. and
Mrs. J. I. Gray, Page, and two
sisters, Mrs. C. F. Storm Royal,
and Mrs H. S. Harper, Page.
Atkinson Pool Opens
ATKINSON The swimming pool
here opened Tuesday. Manager of
the pool is Sewell Johnson, who
also managed it last year. Life
guards are Miss Judy Lee of At
kinson and Fred Mefford o f
Stuart.
HAYNES ('OUPLE
. . ,00th wedding date
Mr. Haynes was born in 1872
at Ho|teville, HI., and Ids parents
homesteaded near Page in 188,3
Mrs. Ilaynes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pulaski Heed, was born
in 1877 at Mahomet, III. She
came to Nebraska at the age of
nine.
The couple was married on June
6, 1899, at the home of her parents.
Except for three years in which
they lived in Kansas, they have re
sided near and in Page since their
marriage.
Descendants included: Sons
Hoy, Denton and Lawrence, O’
Neill; daughter Miss Viola
Haynes, Hastings, A son Floyd,
died in 1931, and a daughter in
infancy. The couple has ten grand
children and nine great-grandchil
dren.
The pool was built last summer
with funds raised by public sub
scription. Many money raising
events were held. The Atkinson Re
creation Club was in charge of
building the pool, after which it
was turned over to the city of At
kinson. The pool was opened in
\ugust of last year.
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Case Complicated
D.A. Spire Says
Special to The Frontier
OMAHA I>'gnl action in coj>
nection with the closing of the Barv
lett State Bank is now pending the
completion of an investigation by
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion.
US. District Attorney William
Spire in Omahu told a Frontier re
p porter that charges will not be
filed until he receives the report*
of the F B.I.
"I can tell you thlN much,"
the IJ.S. Attorney Mild. "Thh
case, when you get down w> ft
In quite Involved and complicat
ed.”
Wheeler county and the commun
ity of Bartlett were shocked last
month when the bank was declar
ed insolvent by the state director
of hanking.
Spire assured The Frontier that
his office will have plenty of time
to act in the case.
Records at the bank show that
258 depositors have tx>< n paid
claims totaling $235,000- Jamet
Gaffney, claim ugent for the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation,
told a Frontier reporter that $117,
000 still remains to be paid to aj>
proximately 150 persons.
Gaffney said he believed lb*
community of Bartlett In "taking
the caHc” normally and that
there In little excitement.
He explained that the hank us
opened at 9 a.m. and is closed art
3 p.m. every day under the direc
tion of the state hanking commit
sion.
GiiMnay uaid there “umaa a lew
depositors who hud an excess nl
$10,000 (they arc insured up to thal
amount! but thal the vast majority
were holders of less credit.
Albert Klingler Speaks
At Father-Son Affair
A good crowd attended the an
nual father-son banquet at ihf
Presbyterian church Tuesday eve
ning.
The oldest guest present, Albert
Klingler, who returned from Mc
Allen, Tex., told the group ‘Tve
had a good life and it’s mighty fine
to be here.”
The southern part of the United
States, where he was visiting if
extremely hot at the present time,
he said.
The Rev. John L. Hart wat
toastmaster and led group singing
accompanied at the piano by Ar
chie Bowen.
Scripture was read by Weston
Witwer, the welcome given by El
roy Lieb and the response by Ken
ny Lieb.
Dick Martin and Jack Cole en
tertained with tap dancing and re
reived an encore.
Holt County Retailers
Show Business Decrease
April retail sales in Holt county
were down 3 1 percent compared
with the same month in 1958 ac
cording to the University of Ne
braska department of business re
search.
In general, the slate showed a*
increase of 12.9 percent ovei the
same t»eriod.
All major cities but Fremont
showed an increase.
PATROL DUTY
FULDA, FERMANY Army Spe
cialist Five James T. Luekcn, 20,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin A.
Lueken of Lynch, is performing
patrol duty while assigned to the
14th Armored Cavalry Regiment’s
1st Battalion in Fulda, Germany.
Biglin’s Funeral Home has a new, modern look. Wnrhmen have nearly completed Ihe new from
of the building on lower 4th street. Renovation of the interior Is now underway.