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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1959)
XXX THE WEATHER Jen pages Continued cool temperatures were expected in north-central Ne braska as the Official Sandhills ■ This Issue weather report calls for increas- 1,1 1 ing cloudiness and cool, northerly winds for the next two days. ^ "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 79—Number 20 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, September 10^ 1959 Seven Ceiifei ‘Grandma’ Hull, she has seen 104 years of life, sees and hears nut so well, “hut just about what she wants too.” She has 225 direct living dependents and almost all of them and many more friends wished her the best Tuesday. See descendant picture on Inside page. Celebrates Birthday 1 'Grandma' Hulll 104 Has 225 Decendents I ‘Grandma’ Hull, who lives out on Meek Route, celebrated her 104th birthday Tuesday. And if you do not think that this has been some living consider what her now not-so-bright eyes have seen: She has seen this prairte so desolate when she was still a young woman of 23 that "you could track a jackrabbit from O'Neill to the Niobrara river.” She has seen Holt county when the majority of land in the county was not yet homesteaded. And what has she heard? She has heard the crying voices of five generations of chil dren and many of the direct de cendents that number 225. She has heard winds of two great blizzards and the bitter winds of numberless drouth years. And what has she felt? She has felt the seeds of trees planted many years ago and has outlived the strongest of them. — She has felt with her not-so steady, 104-year old hands the sandy prairie turn a living for her eight living children. "Now she pretty much hears Just wliat she wiuits to hour anti sees what she wants to see", remarked her daughter, Mrs. Preston Jones. Mrs Jones explained that when the “girls" (grandmother's daugh ters) were talking about getting enough plates for the 240 guests that would come to the annual basket dinner in her honor, the old lady said: “Say there, you don’t have to get no plates on my account." “We weren’t talking loudly at all, hut you see what I moan?” Mrs. Jones asked. The children of ‘Grandma Hull explain that the social highlight in northern Holt county each year (her birthday) doesn't bother her a hit. She seems to t>o delighted over all the fuss but doesn’t get "fussed” herself. Mrs. Hull has lived <>n the farm with her son. William, about 23 miles north of O'Neill for the past 77 years. She was born In Boone, la., in 1S.V>. tier maiden name was Sarah Ellen Ross and married William Hull, sr. at Bonne when she was 20 years old. The couple came to the homestead when she w as 23. The couple became the parents of 12 children, ft of whom are still living. Mr. Hull died 30 years aeo. Her sons and daughters are El mer of Niobrara. Levi of O'Neill, William of O'Neill. Arch of Crooks ton. Edwin of Sioux City, Mrs Prcsmn .Tones of O’Neill. Mrs. Cecil (Esther! Haynes of Parme loe, S. TV, and Mrs. Leon (Edna) Mellor of Redbird. buy resi scitator The O’Neill park board has an nounced purchase of a resuscitator costing alxuit 5400. A. P. das kowiak. lx»ard president, said sev eral persons will be trained in its operation. It will be kept at the swimming pool. Oscar Skondal Dies Monday LYNCH The funeral of Oscar Skondal, 86, was hold Monday at 2 p m. at the Jones Funeral home in Lynch, He died at a Tilden rest home Sept. 4. During his active years, he farmed in the Monowi com munity and was buried in the Al ford cemetery near there. The Rev. VVil lard Lloyd offic- _ iated at the serv ices. Oscar Skondal, the son of Os mond and Ola- 1 _ sina Nelson Skon- VJV , 'i dal was lorn April 21, 1873 at Sturgeon Bay, Wise. He farmed for many years five miles east of Lynch. He never married. 1 Mr Skondal was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters and was the last member ! of his immediate family living. Surviving nieces living in this area include Mrs. Hulda Gray of Lynch, Mrs. Mary Howard and Mrs. Sylvia Cunningham, both of O’Neill and Mrs. Lottie Pierson of Ewing. Pallbearers were Art Retzloff, Kenneth McMeen, Lee Mulhair, Homer Tenner, Ernest Darnell and Walt Wesche. r\:CW Deadline Is Thursday, September 17 The deadline for reservations at the Omaha Archdiocesan conven tion of the Council of Catholic Women to lie held in Ilartington his been set for Thursday, Sept. 17 Out-state women who intend to attend should contact Mrs. Ed ward Pinkleman of Ilartington. Mrs. Albert Kalkowski of Lynch is on the nominating committee and Mrs. Leonard Knapp of Ewing on the hospitality commit ■ tee. CANAL IRRIGATION The Atkinson Chamber of Com merce is sponsoring a meeting of interested farmers or land owners who are interested in canal irri : gation in Holt county. The meet | ing will be in the Atkinson high school auditorium Thursday eve ' ning (today). Th, , u' or'v one way to eat a wuter.nelo i. The thr-*e tittle girls at the Page Free Days pro -vamnle of the best way to do It as the Frontier photographer eould find. rvnr.™ z x ~ - >■ - - •-» *■«“» Mr. ami Mr* KroaOh A.hrr .M Ibbra. d-O -r ol Mr. .«d „„ pr„„„„ Death Takes Page Mother of Two Small Tots A 24-year-old O’Neill mother of two small girls was killed instant ly early Wednesday morning when the car in w'hich she was riding struck a bridge abutment 3 miles east of Ewing on highway 275. Sheriff Leo Tomjack, who, with patrolman Robert Gude, investiga ted the accident said Mrs. Henry (Marlene) Schneider had appar ently fallen asleep at the wheel. She was returning to O’Neill from Exeter, near Lincoln, where she was visiting her husband s parents. Mr. Schneider is present ly in the Navy Air Force in Mem phis, Tenn. Tomjack said the car left the | right band side of the road, cros- j i si * over the center line and hit what is known as the Cache Creek bridge. The car was totally de stroyed. Mrs. Schneider was a 1953 gra duate of the Page high school and for the past few days was living in O’Neill with her two children, Pamela Denise, 3, and | Kimberly Jo, a few months old infant. In addition to her husband, children and parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kelly of Page, she is sur \ i\ (xl by two sisters, Peggy Sue and Caren Kay, both of whom are still attending the Page schools. She is also survived by a grand mother, Mrs. Hattie Carson of Page, and her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneider who she had been visiting hours before the fatal accident. Funeral arrangements are pend ing at Biglin’s. Mrs. Shneider’s death was the 228th traffic fatality in Nebraska during the year in contrast with 219 at this same time last year. I MR. MOSSMAN . . . died Tuesday Retired Farmer Leo Mossman Dies Tuesday The funeral of Leo Pittenger Mossman, 69, of Inman who died of a heart attack at his home Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First T'rm’v’>dist j church in Inman, the Rev. Glenn Kennicot officiating, j The remains will lay in stam at i Riglin’s in O’Neill from 3 to 9 | p.m. today. I Mr. Mossman was a well-known Holt county retired farmer. He had been in a semi-invalid condi- i ' tion for several years. He was born May 13, 1890 in Wayne, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ryron Mossman. He was married July 30. 1919, to Rlaoch Bittner He is survived by sons, Max of Tekemah, and Robert of Santa Anna. Calif.; daughter, Marjorie Gillahan of Lawrence, Kan. Surviving sisters are M”s. Stu art (Kate> Hartigan of Norfolk. Mrs. E. L (May) W itson of In man. Mrs Louie Ritchey of Al> erdeen, S. D., and Mrs. Thirza Nefgnr of Denver. Pallbearers are Chet Youngs, Kennetli Smith, Harry Moore, Lyle Abney, Roy Gannon and Tom Hut ton. Mr. Mossman was a long-time resident of Inman and served in World War I. MRS. SCHNEIDER . . . killed instantly Schneider death ear . . . Watch Out Neligh, Irimty Both O’Neill football coaches will attempt to separate the men from the boys Friday night as they meet their first opponents of the season. St. Mary’s Academy, already plagued with two injuries will travel to Hartington where they will meet Holy Trinity’s Trojans. O’Neill high, under the direc tion of their new coach, will stay at home to battle Neligh. O’Neill High School The eyes of O'Neillites wall be on the returning eight veterans as well as Jake Hawley as the Eagles take on the Neligh eleven tomorrow (Friday) night. O'Neill high appears to have a somewhat lighter team than last year although will have experi ence to some extent and have some excellent men returning. The probable starting lineup for O’Neill high will be Bill Eby, quarterback, Darold Ermer and Jerry Kilcoin, halfbacks, Larry Donlin, fullback, Bill Nelson and Bob Eby, ends, Gary Jeffry and Bill Fricke, tackles, Jim Adams and Dennis Tomlinson, guards and John Kurtz center. St. Mary’s Academy The Cards will take on a rela tively strong team in the state. Holy Trinity has 10 returning vet erans although is reported to be light in the line. Trinity’s season last year con sisted of 2 wins and 6 losses. The Trojans have been playing foot ball for only 6 years. Father Fitz patrick, the squad’s athletic direo Angus Men Plan First Interstate Day At Amelia For the first time in the history of the purebred Angus cattle in the Holt county area, breeders are holding an Interstate Angus field day. The ranch of Blaine Garwood and sons, 5 miles northwest of Swan Lake in southwest Holt county or 30 miles southwest of Atkinson near Amelia has been selected as the site Saturday, Sept. 19. Registration will be 9 to 11 a.m. Viewing of herds and haying op erations will lie held during these hours, A barbecue dinner will be held shortly before noon prepared by Willard Linville and John Hen rung or AtKinson. Here arc a few of the highlights: Herd Classification and perform ance testing lecture by -Lyle Springer, executive assistant of the American Angus Association; panel discussion on the Angus fea turing representatives of the pro ducer, feeder, buyer and packer. An amateur rodeo will be held at 3 p.m. A watermelon feed is planned for Interstate guests and friends by the Ladies of the Angus Aux iliary. First PTA Meeting Is Tuesday, September 15 The first PTA meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the O’Neill Public School at 8:00. The new officers are: President, Stanley Longnecker; vice presi dent, Mrs. Dale Perry; secretary, Mrs. Wayne Smith; treasurer, Mrs. John Kersenbrock. A special drive for membership will be conducted. The 59-60 mem bership tickets can be obtained from Bob Pappenheimer. The National Parent-Teacher magazine subscription may be ' obtained from Mrs. Dwayne Phil brick. The price is $150 for 10 j issues. Sale Dates Claimed THURSDAY, Sept. 10, real es tate. Vt block east and 3 south ol bowling alley on South 1st street, 1:30 p.m., Claude D. “Ace” Wicks FRIDAY, Sept. 11, farm ma chinery and livestock, 7 miles east 1 mile south and lVfc miles east ol O'Neill sale bam, 1 p.m., Edgai and Alice Boyle. Well over a half a ton, these St. Mary’s Academy boys will be gunning for the Trojans of Holy Trinity, Hartington, in their season’s opener Friday night. The boys with the “beef” each hit the scales at 200 pounds or very near it. They are, from left, Greg Johnson, 237, Terry Gallagher, 234, Tom Higgins, 210, Cal Peters, 200, Bernard Kamphaus, 196 (the lightweight) and Morris Pongratz, 205. tor, told The Frontier they will j be playing a modified T forma- j tion. probably of the split variety. Here is the probable starting lineup for the Cards: Gale Stevens will get the nod at quarterback position, Ronnie Ross and Jim Shoemaker, halfbacks ' ' "ay Beilina, fullback. In the 1 ,»c n will be Dick Cleary and Ronnie Holly, ends, Tom Higgins and Greg John son, tackles, Morris Pongratz. and Bill Putnam, guards and Cal Peters, center. MICHAEL WENDT . . . household saddened Young Son Dies; Wendt's Mourn BRISTOW- The home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wendt was sad dened Tuesday with the death of their l1,2-year old son, Michael Thomas The little boy died after drink ing cleaning fluid earlier in the day. He was rushed to the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch where he died at 4:25 p.m. The Wendt’s are farmers living 8 miles north east of Bristow. Funeral services wrill be held I today (Thursday) at 9 a.m. at St. I Mary’s Catholic church in Spen cer, the Rev. Robert Steinhausen officiating. Michael was born March 11, 1958 at the place where he died,1 Sacred Heart hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, I Wayne and Steven and a sister,! Diane. The surviving maternal grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Soukup of Spencer and the pa ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wendt, also of Spencer. Arrangements were made by the Jones Funeral Home in Spen cer and burial will be in St Mary’s cemetery. Pallbearers will be four young sters, Curtis Anderson, James Gehlson, Richard Kayl and Wen dell Martinson. A “Mass of the Angels” will be said. FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS Family season tickets to all St. Mary’s Academy home football and basketball games will be made available at $15 again this year. The $15 per year will admit everyone in grade and high school as well as the parents. Individual gate tickets will be sold at 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for children for both SMA’s and O’ Neill high’s games. William Cook Funeral Held Here Monday The funeral of William F. Cook, 63, a lifelong resident of Holt county, was held at St. Patrick’s Catholic church in O’Neill Mon day. Mr. Cook died suddenly Thurs day afternoon, Sept. 3, in O’Neill. H> and hi; four brothers and sisters were born and raised on the Cook homestead. The Rev. Tim othy O'Sullivan officiated at the requiem mass Monday morning at 9:30. Burial was in Calvary i&s**' ary was hold the evening l>efore the funeral He is survived by a brother, John, of O’Neill; sisters, Annie Stone of Minneapolis, Minn., Theresa Gapter of Compton, Calif., and Alice Gallagher of O’Neill. Three sisters and 2 brothers preceded him in death. His broth er, Henry, died a few months ago. Mr. Cook was born Oct. 3, 1895, the son of John and Anna (Miles) Cook. As a young man, William served in World War I. Pallbearers were Frank and Joe Soukup, Norb Uhl, A1 Sauser, ! Frank Burvial and H. E. Coyne. Former O'Neill Man Dies in Nevada Funeral services for Elvin ‘Buz’ Bowden were held Monday, Sept. | 7 at 11 o’clock at Lovelock, Nev. Mr. Bowden died suddenly of a heart attack. Burial was at Love lock. Elvin E. Bowden was born May 19, 1892 the son of George and Della Bowden on a farm north east of O’Neill. He grew to man hood in the locality. February 20, 1911 he was unit ed in marriage to Addie C. Hicks of O’Neill and two children were horn of this union. In 1935, Mr Bowden moved to Nevada where he was employed as a chef in hotels at Elko and i Lovelock. Survivors include: Son Richard E. of San Fernando, Calif.; daugh ter- Mrs. Terry (Gertrude) O’ Sullivan of Glendale, Calif.; moth er Mrs. Della Bowden of O’Neill; brother- Clyde Bowden; sisters— Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer and Mrs. Myrtle Spangler He was preceded in death by his father, five brothers and two sisters. O'Neill Gets Twin State R< dei H re O’Neill will be the site of the joint South Dakota and Nebraska state amateur rodeo championship finals October 3 and 4. The announcement was made following a meeting of the O’Neil Rodeo Association board of directors, the hosts of the big, two-state rodeo. STANISMUJS CHMIEL . . . Ewing mourn* S. Chmiel Dies At St. Anthony's Funeral Friday The funeral of a much loved and respected Holt coi*ity resident, Stanislous Chmiel, 75, of Ewing will be held 9:30 a m. Friday at It. Patrick’s Catholic church in O’Neill, with the Rev. Peter ilurke officiating. Mr. Chmiel, a Polish immigrant who fled Europe in the 1890’s un der the heels of Austrian mili tarists, died in St. Anthony’s hos pital Monday, Sept. 7. Mr. and Mr*. Chmiel cele brated their 50th wedding anni versary just over a year ago. Mr. Chmiel came to Holt county from Chicago in 1917 and remain ed a farmer and rancher in this area for the remainder of his life. He will be remembered for years because of his ability with the "fiddle” and his good humor at social gatherings. He married Jennie Zabrowski July 27, 1908 when Jennie’s father arranged for a Polish-speaking priest to come to the Stafford Catholic mission from south Omaha In addition to his wife, he is survived by 4 sons and 2 daugh ters. They include Eugene Chmiel of North Platte, Roman E. Chmiel of Coquille, Ore., A A. Chmiel of Granada Hills, Calif, Carl Chmiel of Ewing, Mrs. J. P. Feighney of Julesburg, Colo., and Mrs. A. L. Horn of Grand Island. Surviving brother* and sisters include Mrs. Nick Ochon of Chicago, John Chmiel of Chi cago, Mike Chmiel of Fuller ton and Frank Chmiel, of Po land. Stanislous Chmiel was l>orn March 29, 1884 in Ractawice, Po land, the son of Joseph and Kat arzyna (Fila) Chmiel. A rosary will be said for him 8 p.m. Thursday (today) and burial will be in Calvary ceme tery in O’Neill. Parents and Police Watch Teen Drivers The city police in O’Neill were j requested to crack down on teen I age drivers during the past week by the City Council. As a result, one boy lost his li cense for reckless driving after ! pleading guilty and several other youths had their driving curbed by their parents. Gale Boyle, 17, pleaded guilty to willful and reckless driving. Judge Lnuis Reimer fined Boyle $50 and $4 costs and suspended his driver’s license. He began serving a jail sentence but was released upon bond put up by an employer. Police Chief Chris McGinn said several parents had reprimanded their children during the week after a talk with police. Mrs. Cole's Sister Dies In Moville, Iowa Mrs Joseph Montonge (Anna Gertrude Harding), born and rais ed in Holt County, died in Moville, la., Thursday. She lived in Iowa the last 40 years of her life She is survived by her husband, an eight-year-old son and a sister, Mrs. Guy Ode of O’Neill. Those attending the funeral in Moville Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole, Mrs. Larry Schaf fer. Mrs. Esther Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole of Emmet. Rodeo fanciers in O'Neill wrre particularly pleased when they heard the good news and plane are now being made by the asso ciation for the coming two day*. The top five amateur cowboy* from the states of South Dakota and Nebraska, based on the total prize money earned during the year will participate for a $1.00* purse, to be put up by the O'Ndl association. A local man, Fred Jones of O’ Neill, now in sixth place in Ne braska, could be competing far the two-state affair. He was, at last report, only |20 behind the fifth place man. Hi* most recent prize money came from the Johnstown Labor Day rodeo where he took second placr in the first go-around of calf rop ing and first place in the second go-around in the same event Virgil Laursen, secretary of the O’Neill Rodeo Association said the six usual and classic rodeo events will be presented at 1 30 p.m. on the afternoons of October 3 and 4. Tickets will go on sale at $1.25 for adults and 50 cent* for children. Search for Airplane of Pioneer Aviator in Holt County The communities of O’Neill and Ewing are providing an ex-airport owner and fancier of antique air craft a searching ground. Russ Anderson of Englewood, Colo., who is now in the business of repairing and searching for old airplanes, said he has reason to believe that a rare, old, air plane is in this area. Anderson is particularly inter ested in the death of a former Antelope C. man, Matt Savidge; who died in 1916 in an airplane crash. Savidge was a pioneer of Ne braska aviation, and he with his two brothers were owners of s carnival company that included aerial shows. Savidge was report ed at the time of his death to have been experimenting and test ing a Curtiss type pusher prop plane. Anderson said it is not deter mined from old news reports what kind of plane Savidge died in, hut that there is reason to believe the old Curtiss pusher (a rare, museum piece) is stored somewhere in this area. The collector said he believed Savidge had some relatives is* the Ewing area and that he in tended to look for them He asked that if anyone knows of the where abouts of this particular type of airplane, he would appreciate get ting in contact with them. His address is Box 146, Englewood, Colo. Gary Wins Again at Nebraska State Fair INMAN -Holt county has a right to be proud of Gary Fick of In man. For the fourth straight year tw boy has won the 4-11 weed and grass identification contest at the Nebraska State Fair. Faced with the task of identify ing 50 plant specimens from a£ sections of the state, Gary came through with a perfect score Sat urday afternoon. He had a perfect score at last year’s fair too, and near perfect scores the previous two years. (See picture on inside page.) Gary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick, ranchers near In man. Now a high school junior, Gary says he plans to major in agronomy at the University at Nebraska College of Agriculture. Holt county’s team, of which Gary was a member, won second place in the team contest. O'Neillite on Atlas Firing The first Inter-continental bal listic missle was fired Wodnes | day from Vandenborg air force base in California. S-Sgt. Donald C. Sauser was at the computer controls for the launching. The missle landed 5,000 miles out into the- Pacific off the coast of Hawaii. Sergeant Sauser called his mot her at the Frontier and said the launching was a complete suc ’cess. Atlas missies have been fired before by experts but this was the ! first by a trained Air Force group.
