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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1959)
"The Voice of the Beef Empire" O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 27, 1959 Seven Cenift^ t'"" - •* 1 * - m n . iMe‘ - ImBKm ' — . * Photo and Engraving by The Frontier Intricate, sensitive, call it what you wish. The quarter horse of Zoe Ann Huffman of Ewing like the 90 other entries provided Holt county fair goers with some of the finest entertainment of the week. Quarter Horse Spirit 'Catches' Fair Goers Some of the finest horseflesh ever assembled at one time in this county provided what was, perhaps, the best entertainment of the Holt county fair. Ninety horse entries and 125 class entries put together for the first time in Holt county fair history made it apparent that: - The quarter horse is every bit as popular here as was antici pated ; - Any future plans for quarter horse shows will be successful and well accepted. Short Spark, owned by a stuari rancher, Willis Peterson, tied with River Stardy, owned by Frances Johnston of Ree Heights, S. D. for all-around championship honors at the show. Despite the 95 to 100 degree heat, the horses, riders and the audience obviously enjoyed the presentation. Some of the most beautiful and well behaved and bred quarter horses this writer has ever seen gave it everything they had. Individual horse honors were given as follow's: Grand champion aged stallion, Spade's Ace owned by Neil Fry of Burwell; grand champion aged mare, River Stardy owned by Frances Johnston of Ree Heights, S. D. The reserve champions w-ere Georgea Star owned by Howard Pitzer of Ericson and Short Spark owned by Willis Peterson of Stuart. The crowd that stayed for the quarter horse show was treated by the appearance of Lowell O. Ferril, one of the mid-west s most well-known and accomplished rid ers and horse trainers. Ferril sat astride Peterson’s horse, Short Spark. In addition to the quality of en tertainment provided by the first quarter horse show’, some of the finest cattle ever assembled for a Holt fair was enjoyed Fair officials report record crowds this year. “It was a suc cess in every way,” a spokesman said. , , The largest entry of cattle for the fair was also recorded with 240 head. For a complete list of results of the first quarter horse show see the inside pages. . . . flute player Flute Recital For O'Neill Women Miss Mardelle Johnson, daugh ter of Mrs. Robert Evans, form er resident of O’Neill, will pre sent a flute recital for the open ing program of the O’Neill Wo mans Club Thursday. Sept. 3 at 8:00 pm. at the O’Neill Public School Auditorium. She is now studying at the Eastman School of Music at Ro chester. N. Y. She spent three summer sessions with study at the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan and one year of study with the Oberlin Conservatory of She will lie accompanied by Mr. Amie Sorensen of Tilden, who is known as a music teacher in this area. _ , .. This will lie a reception for tht teachers and their husbands and wives and will be open to the public. Following the program there will be a tea and social hour. There will lie no charge but a silver offering will be taken, the proceeds of which will go to the Woman’s Club Library Fund for their year's project to our local Library. MRS. SWAN PEARSON . . . dies Saturday Mrs. S. Pearson Dies In Lynch; Funeral Tuesday Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday, August 25, at 10 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran church at Bristow for Mrs. Swan Pearson, 86, of Bristow, who died Saturday, August 22 at the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch. Rev. Benard Nelson, pastor, conducted the services. Burial was in the Trinity Lutheran cemetery north of Bristow. Jones Funeral home of Spencer had charge of funeral arrangements. Annette Sophia Danielson was born in Smaland, Sweden on Sep tember 13, 1872 She came from Sweden to Omaha in 1894. She was married on September 6, 1900 to Swan Pearson at Omaha. They came to Boyd county in April 1907 and farmed near Bristow until 1943 when they retired and moved to Bristow. Mrs Pearson was very active in community and church affairs and would have observed her 8ith birthday and her 59th wedding an niversary in September. Survivors include her husband. Swan of Bristow; two sons, Carl of Fairfax, S. D., and Lester of Spencer; three daughters. Mrs. Merle (Arlene) Roach of May wood, Nebr.; Mrs. Louis (Elsie) Campliell of Omaha and Mrs. Byron (Inez i Salem of Des Moines la.; two brothers. Gottfrid of Bristow, and Joseph of Sweden; 8 grandchildren. Pallbearers were: Marvin I e terson. Lawrence Nygren, Thomas Bowers, Edgar Danielson, Algot Sandberg and John Bowman. Farewell Picnic For Clarence Schmit Family A farewell picnic was given Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Osborne, jr at Atkinson in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Schmit and daughter. Debra Mr. Schmit is in the Air Force and will be stationed at Cutbank. Mont Mrs. Schmit and Debra will remain in Atkinson. Those attending the picnic were Mr- and Mrs. Milo Meyer. Terry and Steven of Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Troshynski of Guthrie Center. Ia., Mr. and Mrs. R S Osborne, A'kinson. Nick Schmit, George. Catherine and : Eleanor all of Atkinson and Jim i steinhauser of Stuart. HEREFORD ASSN. MEET There will be a meeting of the | Holt County Hereford Association i at the L and R cafe 8 p.m, Aug ust 31. WFATHER 1 Date hi low prec. Thurs. Aug. 20 _ 101 69 Fri.. Aug- 21 _ 98 69 09 Sat.. Aug. 22 _ 92 66 3.11 Sun.. Aug. 23 _ 94 66 Mon., Aug. 24 _ 93 66 Tues , Aug. 25 _ 92 TO Wed., Aug. 26 _ 82 61 .42 Volume 79—Number 18 How Sufficient Are Holt County's State Roads? Turn to the editorial page for the third in a series of articles on Holt county’s roads. Ground Water System Studied By Nebraska U Increased interest has been shown by the University of Ne braska in the water bearing rock formations in the Holt county area. Two geological survey teams have been drilling test holes near the Holt-Antelope county line in an attempt to determine the thick ness and quantity of the under ground water system. For the past week the teams have been located near Ewing and have been sinking holes every three miles as they creep north. The test holes, when completed this year, will stretch from Kansas to the Dakota border across the state. The depth to water varys con siderably. One rig, two miles south of U. S. 275 on the county line, had reached 365 feet and was still digging. Most of the holes in this area go to about 500 feet. The crews drill nearly one test hole per day. The project is head ed by C. F. Keech of Lincoln of the U. S. Geological Service and state geologist of the University of Nebraska, E. C. Reed, also the conservation survey director. Receives Burned Eye James Gallagher received a burn on the eye this week while sanding the top of a car at the Lohaus Motor Co. A spark flew up and struck him in the eye. The burn was not in the pupil and the retina was not believed to be damaged. He was at work as usual the following day. Knights' Annual Picnic The O’Neill Council of the Knights of Columbus will hold its Annual Picnic beginning at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, August 30, at the Pat Corrigan farm west of Em met. Directions for reaching the picnic area are as follows: 4Vfe miles west of Emmet on Hi-way 20, Wa miles south, turn west into the grove at first gate after you cross the Elkhorn River. All members and their families are invited Bring food enough for your family. Refreshments will be available. Swimming Ends Sunday O’NeiU’s municipal swimming pool will officially close 8:30 p.m. Sunday according to Don Temple meyer, pool manager. The pool will be drained and repair work on the walks sur rounding the pool will begin this fall. Templemeyer said this was a “better than average” year for swimming and that repair work on the pool itself will probably begin next spring. Rain Still Wet - But Old Timers Thought 'Wetter' Rains totaling 5 to 6 inches this week end in extreme northeast Holt county had a considerably different effect than similar rains would have had 20 years ago. Bill Derickson said he can re member the time when such a rain would have had him and all of his neighbors fixing fence for days, to say nothing of the wash ed out roads and bridges. In general, throughout the area, a number of fields are terraced, there is a considerable amount of cropland that has been seeded to either native grass or grass and legume rotations and there have been scores of dams built since soil conservation work was start ed in the County some 15 or more years ago. Elmer Juracek, Secretary of the Holt Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, pointed out that this conservation work accomplished by the farmers and ranchers in the Steel Creek and the north branch of the Ver digre creek area has saved the county many thousands of dollars in road and bridge repair alone. Spills and Thrills i STUART — Considerable excite | ment was caused here Sunday as more than the average number of stock car spills occurred at the races. Jim Brotsky of Atkinson rolled his vehicle in front of the stands, Claire Ford of Atkinson flipped his car on the east curve. Several other cars hit guard rails during the races. No one was injured. — MARCHING BAND MEET The first meeting of the march ing bands for the O'Neill public school and St. Mary’s Academy will be held 8 a.m. Monday at the public school auditorium. TEACHERS TO MEET A meeting for the O'Neill public school teachers has been called by Superintendent Baack for 10 a’m. Monday, August 31. Tornado Chills' Inman Residents The Frontier Photo and Engraving. Just minutes before the downpour of 3 to 4 inches of rain the O’Neill sides looked like this. The photo was taken ut the southern edge of O’Neill as the low, rain and hall laden clouds moved In. Deluge and Drouth Plague Prairieland While tornadoes, hail and very heavy rain was reported in isolat ed areas in and near O’Neill, In man, Ewing and points south, a few drouth conditions were re ported along the Missouri river north and west. A few ranchers north of the At kinson irrigation project said the first rain that has fallen this sum mer was the .42 inch that fell here Tuesday. A few reported that some of fheir grassland had received no rain at all this year. Dewey Schaffer, who vuw In specting his ranch land In the northern areas said precipitation was spotty and that heavy downpours were being exper ienced in places only a “stone’s throw” from where nothing at all fell. An area south of Lynch, for example, was reported to be drenched with four Inches during the week and yet directly west of that area there was rc I>ortcd several hundred acres where nothing at all has fallen. Mr. Schaffer said grasses in some of these northern areas looked very bad. While spotty rains fell in the north or no rain at all, prairies south of O’Neill have been soaked. O’Neill received an official 3.60 inches during the Friday rain. Orchard, Creighton, Inman, Royal and Plainview all report ed very heavy rain showers. Here is a sum total of official and unofficial weekly precipita tion figures gathered by Frontier reporters: O’Neill_410 Inman_3-80 Ewing _ 2.54 Lynch area-4.30 Orchard area —-- 4.30 Burwell - 1-18 Valentine - MW During most of the showers over the weekend and during the early part of the week, temperatures dropped suddenly during the storm. The temperature dropped in O’Neill, for example, from 95 to 60 degrees during Friday’s rain and then the following morning promptly climbed back up to over 90 degrees. 'Stub' Miller Has Attack Orville “Stub” Miller, former O’Neill policeman, suffered a heart attack in South Sioux City Tuesday evening. He had resigned the police force a week ago to go to work for the New Outlaw store in O’Neill. Physicians at the Lutheran hos pital in Sioux City said his con dition is not as yet known. This was a first attack for Mr. Miller according to the doctors. He had gone to South Sioux City in a truck to get supplies for the O’Neill store and was in the east ern store when the attack occur red. Clearwater Farmer Dies Tuesday Arthur Jaeke, 63, a farmer liv ing east of Clearwater died sud denly Tuesday night at the An telope Memorial hospital in Ne ligh of a heart attack. Funeral arrangements are pend ing. Snyder Funeral home in Clear water will be in charge. He is survived by his wife. Inez, son, Wayne of Clearwater; three daughters. Norma Michael of Cor ona, Calif., Verla Caves of Madi son, Wise., and Leniee Savidge of Luverne, Minn.; brother. Hugo of Omaha; half-brother, Walter Jae ke of Stanton; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandson. MERTON H. DIERKS . . . remembered blizzard Ewing Saddened With Death of Merton Dierks, 87 The community of Ewing was saddened last week with the death of Mr. Merton H. Dierks, 87, an early pioneer of the community. Mr. Dierks, one of the last sur viving pioneers here who could remember the blizzard of 1888 and the drouth of 1894 died Satur day, August 27 at an Ogallala hospital. Mr. Dierks will be remember ed as a participant in a his toric cattle drive during the year of the great blizzard when he and two others drove 300 head of cattle to western Ne braska and cared for the herd for a year. Ranching and the raising of cat tle was his entire life’s work. Services were held 2 p.m. Tues day at the First Methodist church in Ewing, the Rev. Woodrow El liot officiating. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Dierks and was born July 10, 1872 at Joliet, 111. At the age of 2, he came with his parents to Madison and then later to Holt and Wheeler counties where his father homesteaded. He was married to Letha Glass burn of the Deloit community in June of 1887. In 1914 he moved with his family to Ewing where he resided until the time of his death. He was preceded in death by his wife and two daughters, Bes sie Maud in infancy and Mrs. Laura Adrian, in 1958. Survivors include three sons, Lyle of Ewing, John of Neb bra* La City and Robert C. of the U. S. Navy, three daugh ters, Mrs. Viola Maupin of North Platte, Mrs. Gennleve Tressler of Ogallala, Mrs. Wllda Carr of Holdrege; 21 grand children and 19 great-grandchil dren. Pallbearers were Frank Krunt orad, Elmer Bergstrom, Leland Welke, Gail Boies, Kermit Jef feries and Max Wanser. Burial was in the Ewing cemetery. Aubry Wood was organist; Mrs. Harriet Welke and Ed Hoag were singers and Mrs. Gail Boies and Mrs. Max Wanser were in charge of flower tributes. GUARD HOME O'Neill’s 45 National Guards- j men arrived home late last week after their training at Camp Rip ley. Lieut. Don Bunkers, one of the outfit’s officers, said the men spent two very busy weeks in Minnesota. All companies in the battle group were awarded excellent I ratings. INMAN—A small tornado danc ed haphazardly down Highway 21) I just missing this town late Fri day afternoon and although no one was injured it threw a scare into the entire community. The tornado cloud, was sighted by many residents in the southern ( and eastern sections of town and , they described it as moving west erly near the highway with its tail dipping and weaving. Damage was limihHl to the | rooting up ot trees, the destroy ing of haystacks and at least one windmill. One resident said he saw a door sailing through the black cloud. A windmill on the Jennie Cross er place near town was totally destroyed by high winds and the three-fourths inch of rain accom panying the funnel cloud. Three Inman farmers escaped serious injury if not death when the funnel cloud passed within 100 feet near the George Coleman, jr. place, one-half mile northeast of Inman. Coleman and another farmer, Raymond C. Taylor were stand ing near Highway 20 when a pick up driven by Hap Cadwalder came on the scene. High winds (or possibly the fun nel cloud itself) snapped off a 500 to 600 pound Cottonwood tree limb. The limb shattered when it struck the ground inches away from the pick-up and a few feet from where Coleman and Taylor were standing. Coleman said he saw the tail then dip and weave away from them striking several haystacks. He said Shortly after the funnel cloud passed, lightening struck another haystack and burned it to the ground. *‘I really didn’t think too much of it when 1 wont to bod that night, but when I woke up In the morning 1 started to realize just how close a call it was,” he said. Earlier in the day (the Inman tornado passed at approximately 5 p.m.) another funnel cloud was sited near Clearwater. Damage was limited to trees, roofs and power lines. The Clearwater storm came out of the southwest and traveled to the northeast, accompanied by 1.80 inches of rain. Very little hail fell. The Inman tornado appeared to come from the east but was believed to have been traveling northeasterly also. Inman recorded three-fourths of an inch of rain immediately after the twister, and then three inches more within the following five hours. General O'Neill Is Subject of Thesis Just what was General O’Neill, the generally accepted founder of our city, really like? Just how was he associated with the Finian movement and was he really responsible for founding this community? These are just a few of the ques tions that a young university stu dent, Jerry Noonan of 4920, Happy Hollow Blvd., Omaha, would like to find out. He is working for his master s degree in history and has had a thesis on the life of General O’ Neill approved. Noonan, said much less infor mation was available on General O’Neill than he had hoped and that church records, the records of old newspapers and a previous scholastic article was just a "jumping off place.” 'Hot, Hot, Hot* O’Neill and Holt county can ex pect more hot weather, and what’s more, hotter weather than we’ve already been having. The U. S. Weather Bureau re ports a heat wave that could bring temperatures up to the 100 mark during the next two days. The five-day forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the sand hills with increasing humidity and temperatures as far west as the state line to the Great Lakes. Last week’s high reading was on Thursday with 101 degrees. Wednesday (yesterday) night’s low was 61. Officers Re-Elected For City Bowlers George McCarthy was re-elect ed president of the city bowling association at a Sunday meeting. Bob Miles and Sam Fuhrer were re-elected secrteary and vice president respectively, at the meeting also. There will be 7 leagues for men and 3 for women this year. Eve ning meetings at the alleys will he held for the following teams: Shamrock, Beef, Champs all on Thursday, Classic and Roundup on Friday. Instruments Available A music company representa tive will be in the O’Neill public school auditorium the afternoon and evening of Friday, Sept. 4 with a display of instruments. Parents of children wishing to start playing a musical instru ment this term are asked to make arrangements for an instru ment at that .time. The Frontier Photo and Engr Sections of the 500 pound Cottonwood tree limb splintered mm these two Inman farmers, Raymond Taylor, left, and (Seerge Coin man jr. during the twister storm Friday afternoon. O'Neill lions To Hold Kids Fish Day Sunday ______ " 40-Year Old Mother of Two Dies Tuesday A 40-year old O’Neill mother of two children died in St. An thony’s hospital Tuesday, August 25 Funeral services will be con ducted at 10 a m. Friday (tomor row) for Mrs. LaVern D. Stevens, a lifetime resi dent of Holt county. The Rev. Tim othy O'Sullivan will officiate at the requiem high mass. A rosary will be said at 8 p.m Thursday (tonight) at Big lin’s chapel. Bur ial will Ik? in Cal vary cemetery. Agnes Clara was born March 6, 1919 to C. E. and Mary Boyle Cav anaugh at O’Neill. She was mar ried June 16, 1941 to LaVern D. Stevens at Emmet. She is survived by her husband, a son, Gale Francis, a daughter, Marcia Elena, both at home; par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cava naugh of Chambers; three sisters, Helen Cavanaugh of Chambers, Margaret Gallioan of Omaha and Evelyn Cavanaugh of Chambers; three brothers, Edward of Cham bers, William of Philadelphia, Pa., and Maurice of Omaha. Pallbearers are Jerome Gallag her, Ted Kyster, Don McKamy, Lowell Neshitt, George Janousek and Dean Jeffrey. St. Francis Sisters' Head Dress Changed The Sisters of St. Francis, the order teaching at St. Mary’s Acad emy, have changed their head dress according to Mother Agnes ine, the sisters’ superior. Mother Agnesine said the change was order-wide throughout the world in compliance with the wishes of the late Pope Pius XII. She said the change made the habit more practical and easier to care for. lley Kids! Let's go fishing Su» day. That’s right. The Lions club O’Neill is sponsoring a kids ft4b day for all the kids of O Neil from the eighth grade down. 11 ym can hold a pole, come on. Final plans were made ycstcr day at the Lion’s club regular meeting held in O’Neill. Jm Champion, chairman for the futb day, said that prizes will lie of fered for the biggest fish, longest fish, most fish and so on. Two trucks will leave from the corner of Fourth and Dougtar Sunday afternoon at 1 to haul a® the kids that wish to ride to the pond. The trucks will return at 4 p.m. Every kid in town is invited tr go fishing. There will be free m freshments and the worms wilf be furnished, but you’ll have tr bring your own pole. Here’s a list of the prizes da nated by O'Neill merchants: A Zebco "Junior” Spin casting outfit complete with reel, rod, and line from Coyne Hardware; as Ocean City spinning reel from Wilson’s Coast-to-Coast; a double tray tackle box from the Gamble store; a 55 rod or 55 worth td fishing equipment from Scovie’* Western Auto; a tackle box from Patton's Ben Franklin and a rod from the Lee Store. This is the first year for the event and if enough children show an interest in the fishing, it will become an annual affair. The parents may accompany the children to the pond. It is located at the Prouty place 1 mile south and 1 mile east of the Spencer dam. The pond is on the right side of the road, and is formed who the road turns south and crosaea a creek. Local Lions will be on hand to watch the children and assist with baiting and removing fish. The trucks will return at 4 p.m. and will arrive back in O’Neill about 4:30. Good Defense Play The underdog north team at the All-Star Shrine game in Oma ha last Sunday lost a hearti>reafc er 7 to 6 at the hands of the faster and heavier southern eleven. Larry Tomlinson, a former St Mary’s Academy football star played end the second half wltt the losers, and was reported his coach with doing an excellent job on defense. ■ * *. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. O’Neill’s new water pump will go into action as soon as health authorities clear the water for public use. Several days of contin uous pumping are sometimes needed for lower level pipes to become disinfected according to state health authorities.
