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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1959)
Fronti fr ™ "VOICE or THE rRONTIEB” M '^k. W I ^ B M M jf Mm. 9 30 to 9 55 A M ' 1 ^ ^ ** ^ A MON. • W ED. • SAT. - 'The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 79—Number 11 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 9, 1959 Seven Cents STATE HIST SOC L1HC0LH, t» E 3 R« The Frontier Sponsors Madison Trip Again The Frontier is again sponsoring a bus caravan for a day at the Ma rti on races. Friday. July 17, has been de signated as O'Neill Frontier Day at the races. Air-conditioned Grayhound bus ses will leave O’Neill at 12, noon, and arrive at Madison Downs well in advance of the first race O Neillites will have grandstand scats and will be honored. There will tie an O’Neill handicap feature race a.iU a blanket will be ore XXX sented to the winner by a member of the caravan The return caravan is expected to reach O'Neill by midnight. The total package price this year will be J6 50 The figure includes the fare, grandstand seats and din ner. BITS GROCERY The Schmidt = grocery' store of Spencer has been purchased by : the Shelhamer Foods of O'Neill. 1 Plans to remodel have begun and an opening date will be announced soon The store will remain open during the renovation or the build ing. Iowa Corn In Holt County? The corn was higher Ilian Kenneth Wettl.uite h -ad on the Fourth of July anil It couUI be the tallest la tlolt county. He lias 225 acres of corn under irrigation two miles northwest of Page, and if tilings go like last year, one field of 120 acres will m ke 150 bushels to the acre. Kenneth ex|dalned ttjat this corn had the advantage of urn |*>uuds of nitrog i and on pounds of phosphate. He and his two oldest sons, Norman, It!, and Danny, 12, are kept busy for long hours during the day just carrying around the Irrigation pipe. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. r ! o • VdaHHKUMHHMnHHHBBHaMRnnnaH It might be a mighty small pony, but It give * the (leorge Mellor children big fun. He was only 21 Inches high when he was born on the farm home 20 miles north of O’Neill. The children, from left, are Barbara, C.eorgla Kay and Richard. 1,hot<> and Engraving by The Frontier ____I Members of the O’Neill committee forming the "Point After Touchdown Club" In O’Neill are, from left, Stewart Panooe, Lowell Nesbitt, Carroll Zaniba, Fred Appleby, aad Kenneth Ourren. Allen Jankotriak, not shown, Is also a member. See story on page 1. Shoemaker Funeral Conducted Wednesday; Retired O'Neill Farmer Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, July 8. at 10 am. at St. Patricks church in O Neill for George F. Shoemaker, 86. re tired O'Neill farmer. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. He passed away July 6 at 2:10 a m. at St. Anthony’s hospital in O’Neill. George Francis Shoemaker was born November 1, 1872 at Ottum awa la., to Frank and Mary Cody Shoemaker. They came to Holt county in 1886 from Villisca. Ia. He was married November 2. 1902 to Nellie Joyce of O'Neill at St. Patrick's Catholic church. To this union three children were born. One son is deceased. Mrs. Shoe maker preceeded her husband in death. Survivors include: One son. Leonard of O'Neill: daughter, Le ona (Sister Georgei of Denver. Colo ; two brothers, Bert and John, iioth of O'Neill and two sisters, Mrs. Casper (Clara' Pribil, O Neill and Annie Burk. Two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Pallbearers were: Hugh Coyne, Ed Gallagher. Neil Ryan. Louis Vitt. Frank Sullivan and P. C. Don ohoe. Welch Rites Held Monday in O'Neill Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday for James Welch, 80. who died Thursday at St. Anthony's hospital after an ill ness of only six days. Services were held from St. Pat rick's church with Rev. Timothy O'Sullivan officiating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. Rosary was recited at 8 p.m. Sunday evening at Biglin’s. The pallbearers were Jack Ar buthnot, Robert Miller. Willis But terfield, William Derickson, Harry Johnson and Ben Vanosek. The late Mr. Welch was born Juno 6, 1879, near Creston. Ta. He was the son of Patrick and Mary Hanaberry Welch. In 1884 his fam ily moved to a farm east of O - Neill. A couple of years later the family settled on a farm 30 miles northeast of this city. There James grew to manhood. He then purch ased a farm across the county ltne in Knox rlunty and resided there the l’est of his life. On October 11, 1911 he was unit ed in marriage to Ethel Irene Brinsmead at St. Patrick’s church in O’Neill. They had two children. His son. Thomas, preceded him in death. . , , , . Mr. Welch is survived by his widow; a daughter—Mrs. Edward (Grace) Vejvoda of Grand Island; three grandsons—Jack Welch, Wil liam Vejvoda and Gary Vejvoda; a sister - Mrs. Margaret Dodge of Denver, Colo. Joe Stutz Assumes Chamber Presidency Past-president Ray Eby sur rendered the helm of the O Neill Chamber of Commerce to Joe Stutz Monday night at the Cham ber’s monthly meeting. Since so few members were present, committee reports were short and little business was trans acted. State Senator Frank Nelson gave a short resume of the past legislative session and answered a few questions. In other business the Chamber elected to give the O'Neill Little League Association the $125 asked for at an earlier date. The request was tabled at the June meeting. President Stutz stated that new committees will be drawn up be fore the next meeting and commit tee members will be notified. A supplementary' budget report was given and the meeting was adjourned. O'Neill Golfers To Yankton Tliree O’Neill golfers, "Scovie” Jaszkowiak, Henry Lphaus and Max Golden, will travel to Yank ton, SD., this weekend to enter the Yankton Golf tournament. The men plan to take their wives along for an outing on the Lewis and Clark lake at the Gavins Point dam. CAR BURNS_ O’Neill firemen were called to put out a fire which burned the engine section of a car driven by Roger Bennett early Wednes day morning. The electrical fire was put out in a matter of min utes. NEW POOL HOURS The O’Neill sWimming pool man agement has announced that the new pool hours are from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m. THE WEATHER Thunderstorms and cooler weather is forecast for the Great riains and the Sandhills for the I ext five days. Genera) highs are expected in the mid-80s, and the lows in the low 00s. The immedi ate forecast also calls for cooler temperatures throughout the state. City Tax Levy Down 2 Mills From 1958 The O'Neill city council set a 15.0 mill levy Tuesday night, a decrease of two mills from last year's budget. The effect of the decrease will mean that a home which has an assessed valuation of $5,000 will have a tax decrease of approx * imately $10. The decrease was made possi ble, according to a council spokesman, because of the $13, ooo increase in revenue from the head tax and the Class A and B intangible property. The valuation of city property is up approximately $150,000 and is set at $4,086,162. The following taxation levies were made: General purpose, 3. mills; Maintenance of streets. 3. mills; parks, 0.5 mills; fire de partment, 0.5 mills; advertising, 0.2 mills; airport improvement, 1. mill; street lighting, 1.1 mill; sewer bond sinking fund,. .5 mill; water bond sinking fund, .5 mill; park improvement and sinking fund, 0.5 mill; street widening sinking fund. .7 mill; intersection paving band sinking fund, 3.0 mills. In other council action, a com plaint concerning outhouses in the residential section of O’Neill as well as poultry and livestock in the same area was heard. City Attorney John Gallagher said notices will be served on property owners who have out houses within 180 feet of a sew er line. An ordinance requires such owners to hook up to a sew er line if they are within that distance Gallagher said there are cer- | tain sections of O’Neill that are | zoned against poultry and live- i stock, particularly the central | section of the city. On the outskirts, residents may raise poultry and some livestock if they do not live closer than 150 feet to their neighbors. The city council heard repre- I sentatives of Kirkham and Mich- j aels engineering firm and were further advised on paving and storm sewers. Mother Denies Augering Steel Bit In Son's Head-Cries Defiant 'No!' i ii T " " - I |f[ Pride of St, Anthony's Hate arc six little record Weakers and they are growing older. They were all born on the same day, July 3, 1954, at St. Anthony's hospital and were all logelher this July 4 for the first time since their hirths. Tlie record of (> still stands. It lias been a Frontier tradition to take their pictures each time most of them get together. Their parents and the children celebrated the Fourth of July together in O'Neill at Ford park. The 5-yaar olds are back row, ,irom left, Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rihbs of O’Neill; Scott, son of nr. and Mrs. Duane <’. Miller of Emmet; Warren, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Claude Wiley of 3439 Decatur, Omahaufront row, Marsha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stauffer of Page; Katherine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.yle Childers of Elgin, and Vlekl Holz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Holz of O’Neill. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. 29 More Students For Page District 2 After Reorganization PAGE An Overwhelming appro val of school redistricting was seen here during the past week as vo ters approved the reorganization of five school districts. The plan, accepted by a 107-0 vote for redistricting in the Page district, will result in the addition of 29 more grade school students to Page District 2. Those districts which will be a part of the Page school will be 57, 97, 138 and 110. In these rural districts, the vote was 62 for reorganization and 22 against. A majority of both units was needed to carry the plan. Rural District 110 has been dis banded and the building sold. They have contracted with Page for the past four years. District 138 still has equipment but sent the stu dents to Page in 1950 Districts 97 and 57 were still ac tive at the time of the election. Local officials believe that it had become essential that Page have more taxable land and pro perty, particularly after Page lost a part of their school by fire in 1950. Merwin French, jr., is the chair man of the school district reorgani zation board, which set up the election. Lions Club to Push Scout Troop No. 198 An organization meeting for a new Boy Scout troop of O’Neill will be held Monday at 7 p.m. The meeting will be in the old high school gym. The boys and their parents are invited as well as other persons in terested in the scouting program. Boys 11-years old are eligible if they have completed their Cub Scout requirements. The minimum age requirement for boys who have not had Cub Scout training is 11V2. The troop is being sponsored by the O’Neill Lions club. A scout committee, made up mostly of members of the club has been formed and has met with the Sand hills District Scout executive, Lar ry Martin of Bassett and has made application to be known as Troop 198. Legion To Hear FBI Man The annual convention of Amer ican Legion Posts in Holt county will he held Monday at 7 p.m. in Chambers. William Cousins and James Ear ly have been nominated for the commandership for the coming year. All members of the Posts of Holt county are urged to attend the election meeting and those who have paid their dues and have a 1959 membership card will be ac cepted as delegates and are en titled to vote. Registration will begin at 5 p.m with a charge of 50 cents. . Joseph E. Thornton, officer in charge of the Federal Bureau ot Investigation in Nebraska will speak. A firing squad contest will fol low at 9 p.m. Trophies will lx? awarded. Auxiliary members will also reg ister at the Post and hold their meeting there. Candidates for vice commander are Ed Hanley and Duke Kersen brock, for Sgt. at Arms, Earl “Short” Hunt and Fred Appleby, for chaplain, Ralph Lindberg and Bill Jansen. Archie Bright, past commander, will automatically be seated on the executive committee. Nominees in clude Ed Young, Roman Phillips, Bill Petsche, Darold Graham, Rudy Morrow, Harold Mlinar, Vern Reynoldson, Emil Adamson, Joe Grutsch, George Janousek, Dr. C. M. Eason and Don Martin. MRS. LOWERY DIES The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Mary Lowery, 87, who died July 5 was held Tuesday at the Baptist church in Chambers. The full obituary is on page 7. Former O'Neill Girl Will Represent 1800 I Telephone Operators Miss Beverly McCarthy of Oma ha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy of O'Neill, spent the week of June 21st in Cleveland, O., attending the 21st Annual CWA convention. Beverly was one of four delegates elected by the mem bers of Local 7400 (Omaha) to ■ represent the 1800 telephone work ers there. While in Cleveland Beverly was elected to serve on the NWB Bargaining committee which is composed of four members of the rank and file with a full time union representative serving as chairman. Beverly was also elect ed alternate for the national policy making committee irom District 7 which covers the States of Ne- ; braska, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. This is the fourth year Beverly | has attended the convention from the Omaha local where she holds the office of vice-president. 1 Holt Retail Sales Up During April i Retail sales in Holt county dur ing April of 1959 took a sharp jump of five percent over the same time a year ago. During the same month in 1958 retail sales were -0.2 percent be low average, and were up to 5.8 percent over average during April , 'JL illjrcai . ^ The statistics, released by the i University of Nebraska depart- 1 ment of business research, shows that the entire state experienced • a retail increase “amounting al- ) most to the threat of a boom.” According to the bulletin, the j physical volume of business in April for the state was up 34.7 , percent over April of last year. i $496,930 Loaned i To Boyd, Holt Farmers Farmers Home Administration’s county office in O’Neill loaned $496,980 to farm families in Boyd and Holt counties during the year ending June 30, 1959, according to Jay O. Walker, county supervisor. Of this amount, $303,600 was loaned for livestock, machinery < and farm operating expenses, and 1 $193,380 was used to purchase or re-finance real estate, construct or ' repair farm buildings, and for ir- ' rigation purposes. Farmers in Boyd and Holt coun- - ties repaid $282,446 on their FHA loans during the past year. Walker said the FHA makes loans to farmers and ranchers who t are unable to obtain the credit < they need from other sources. i Mother and Son Bound Over to District Court BUTTE Mrs. Sadie DicKen*®, 19, denied “augering” a brace and bit into her son’s head at the pre liminary hearing held for her and tier other son, Nyal Franch, 17, before County Judge J. P Cla» son. The Boyd county courtroom wan filled to capacity as Judge Class® bound the pair, charged with fin* legree murder, over to appear before a district court judge id September. As a result of “sufficiently con flicting testimony” in the hearing i»f Mrs. Dickerson, and because similar testimony “would he giv en for and against either party,” according to Judge Classon, the preliminary hearing of Franch ivas waived. Or. Robert Waters, an O'Metn physician who examined the body of V&nderlinde, told IJbe court he believed that ihr young man died as a resnli of “the interruption of vital brain func tions.” Authorities contend that Vander* linde died as a result of a brace and bit wound in the head. The physician said the wound in Vanderlinde’s head was from "four to four and one half inches rlnnrv M Mrs. Dickerson, when called to the stand denied admitting the murder of her son. Earlier, Boyd County Sheriff Claude Collins and Gerald Tesch, investigator for the State Patrol, said Mrs. Dickerson, when Iteing questioned in custody, told them ‘‘yes, I did it." Nyal Franch, also calird to the stand told the court under examination that he and Yaitder* linde had arguments in the past and that the day Vanderllnde died, they had argued at sail who was to do some welding on the farm nine miles northwest of Naper. Franch told the court that Van* delinde struck his thumb with a welding rod and it was after this that he hud thrown the brace and bit. lie was then asked by the at torney to show the injury to the judge which he did. When asked by prosecuting at torney J. D. Cronin (hired by the county to assist County Attorney William Wills) if she had ‘sat istride" Vanderlinde after he was in the ground and “augered the lit into his head,” Mrs. Dickersoa :ried a defiant "no" in the court room. In earlier testimony, whea Dr. Waters was being question ed. Cronin asked Dr. Waters if his investigation revealed hone splinters on the inside of the skull "similar to that you would fnd on the inside of a Itoard be ing bored." The physician said yes. Mrs. Dickerson testified that she md Franch had discussed Vander inde's death before either had leen arrested and that she sug gested “telling people" that the leath was an accident. Mrs. Dickerson said she thought hen of "saving Nyal.” The 58-year old mother of the wo boys appeared very nervous ind cried at times through the learing. Her son, Nyal Franch, nanaged only one faint smile dur ng the two-hour, preliminary learing of his mother. 'Point After' Club Being Formed Here Carroll Zaruba, a University of Nebraska senior and halfback on he Cornhusker football team, is n the Holt county area forming he “Point After Touchdown" club. The club membership fees of !1 goes into a scholarship fund for ithletes. Zaruba poinied out that he scholarship that Larry Tomlin lon received came out of such a und. Representatives of the club from 5’Neill will go to Inman, Page, Swing and Orchard in addition to :anvassing the city. Committee members serving in he club from O’Neill are Allen faszkowiak, Stewart Pascoe, Low >11 Nesbitt, Fred Appleby and Cenneth Curren. 6-6 Record Held by O'Neill Midget Team The O'Neill American Legfon nidget baseball team has split 2 games this season to date. During the past week the boys ron 3 of 5 games defeating Plain iew. 3-1, and Chambers by for eit twice. They lost to Creighton, -1, and to Stuart, 10-6. The Junior Legion team has a /in-loss record of 2 wins and 6 asses. During the past week they lost 0 Plainview, 7-0, and were rained ut here in the fourth inning in 1 game with Creighton.