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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1959)
STAT£ HIST SGC LINCOLN. N£3R. Twelve Paget weather XXX Date hi lo prw. Thurs Oct. 15 _81 39 A Fn„ Oct. 16 . _ 72 37 .05 Sat., Oct. 17 . 58 20 Sun., Oct. 18 76 29 |n This |SSUC Mon., Oct. 19 75 33 Tucs.. Oct. 20 62 29 . . Wed.. Oct. 21 _____ 68 4o .14 "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 79-Number 26 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 22, 1959 Seven Cents Mary Gonderinger, Patricia, Poese Win Bicycles In Safety Contest Winners in the first O’Neill bi cycle safety program were an nounced last week by Mrs. Louis Wray, publicity chairman for VFW auxiliary 926, sponsors of the pro gram with the cooperation of Po lice Chief Chris McGinn. Mary Gonderinger, 7th grade daughter of Mr and Mrs. Norman Gonderinger, won first place and a bicycle for her essay on bicycle safety. Carol Lowery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowery, won second and Cheryl Jackson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jackson, won third. Patricia Poese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Poese, won first prize and a bicycle in the slogan division with her slogan; "Keep to the right when tiding your bike'. Judy Horner, daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Rex Homer, won second with the slogan "To stay alive, keep alert”. Judy won a Cinder ella doll. John Richter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richter, w'on third prize of a basketball and goal set with his slogan "Make your brakes stronger and you’ll live longer". Poster winners announced by Mrs. Wray are: Grades 1, 2, and 3, Jim Melena, 1st; Jerry Wray, 2nd; and Debra Sivesind, 3rd. Grades 1, 5 and 6: Virginia Wal ker, 1st; Nancy Harshfield, 2nd; Linda Coates. 3rd. Dick Clyde, Linda Hunt and Nancy Longnecker received honorable mention. Grades 7 and 8: Jolene Stutz, 1st; Margaret Conway, 2nd; and Duane Winkler, 3rd. Ellen Artus —i ■ bii imini".~ riPTY'Mi-- il-il'l wiiii mil and Patrick Benze got honorable j mentions. The Thursday parade winners were, for funniest bike, Jim Hum rich, 1st; Jot> McLeish, 2nd; and Terry Cleveland, 3rd. Prettiest bike winners were Marilyn Peter son. 1st; Janet Spelts, 2nd; and Virginia Walker, 3rd. Earl and Mike Peterson won 1st in the children s marching, Jerry Wray was 2nd and David 01m stead was 3rd. Mary Gonderinger's winning es I say is printed as follows; “Safety is important to every one. Bicycle safety is important mostly to children Children must always obey the rules of safety. Rules are necessary so people will not be injured. Some rules you should follow are: "Have only one person riding on a bike at one time. Make sure your bike is in good condition. Ride on the right side of the road. Have a light in front and a red tail light in back. Wear something white if you ride at night. Never hitch rides on cars or trucks. “These rules are very necessary because if we follow them care fully we are not as likely to get hurt. Many children are injured or even killed every year because they did not practice bicycle safe ty at all times. “You may have fun on bicycles if you do it safely. When a group gets together with their hikes, a bike ride is fun. But some of the most dangerous accidents result from clowning with a group. They j may show off by swerving out j aero s the street and back again. Or they may duck in and out of cars or other parked automobiles. "Another danger is hitching rides on moving cars or trucks. You should not hitch rides because if the car or truck stopped sudden ly you would keep on going and run into the automobile. You could also be swept under the wheels. "One of the most common rea sons for accidents is two or three on a bicycle. This is dangerous because the person riding cannot see and thus could run into some thing. Two or more on a bike also is dangerous because it throws the bike off balance. "Keeping your bike in good con dition is very important. For ex ample if you are coming down a hill with a car coming and your brakes don't w'ork. there is danger of an accident. If you cannot steer, you could easily run into something and injure yourself. “Having lights is also important. Lights in front allow’ you to see any holes or objects that could cause an accident. Red or yellow tail lights allow cars approaching from behind to see you. Wearing a jacket or shirt that is white is good because light on it will show ! it. “Bicycle safety is important to all, whether they ride a bike or not!” ’ •••• - ■ —.n ' ' • t Waiting to get started in the first O’Neill bicycle parade are, from the front, Virginia Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W’alker, Nancy H irshfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Harshfield, and Frances Eppenbach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eppenhaeh.—The Frontier photo and en graving „ __ By Sarah Michaells Special Correspondent Down at Inman there is a gen tleman whose interests are many and his jobs varied. Ho is Elwin Smith, who most of you know as the local telephone exchange operator. He is a genial fellow always ready “with a bit of a joke” as the occasion arises. Elwin has been with the ex change since 1923, starting out by helping his mother. Mrs. Charles Smith, who operated the locally owned operation at the time. At present. Elwin acts as oper ator line foreman, engineer and clerk for the exchange which has about 85 subscribers. Though many of the surrounding towns have gone to the dial sys tem. Elwin feels that the Inman exchange will stay the same, al though many subscribers are put ting in new desk type phones with the ringer mounted on the front of the phone. He says, however, that many still have the wall type phone with the ringer on the side. A great improvement to the ex change has been the carrier sys tem added to the long distance, service With this improvement, several conversations may be car ried at the same time over the same pair of wires. Elwin says that he doesn't use climtiers anymore to service the | line anil has switched instead to the ladder in making repairs. Mr Smith is assisted in his work by his wife, the former Maurine Harkins, who he married in 1939. In addition to his duties at the exchange, Elwin has many hob bies to keep him busy. Gardening occupies a good share of his time and since he completed his green house a few years back he has turned it into a profitable hobby at that. In the wintef months he builds boxes—big boxes and little boxes. Then in the spring he starts tomato plants and other vegetables, trans plants them to the boxes and sells them to many grocery stores and private customers. He likes to experiment in his greenhouse and last year he even, Elwin Smith . . . 3fi years on the phone at Inman. Frontier photo and engraving. grew some tobacco which he claims a fellow over l y Page gets md really smokes. He also has a very large garden and during his spare moments you will find him there. In earlier years Elwin did con siderable photography and photo finishing work. At present. Elwin is interested ir. old phonograph records and has quite a collection of the tubular type of years gone by He has an old phonograph on which he plays the records and I listened to one by “Uncle Josh” telling about buying his first car. Another collectors item is a home-made radio dating to the early '20’s. In those days of few radio stations, Elwin says that he r >utd pick up Ohio, Pennsyl vania. Texas, California. Cuba and Canada on the set. It has been 36 years s nee Elwin has taken a va cation and as he puts it he "prob ably wouldn’t know what to do with my time if I did have one”. Don't Forget! Deadline for renewing drivers licenses is noon. Oct. 31. County Treasurer J. Ed Han cock said that there are about 1,000 licenses that have not as yet been renewed. He said that all licenses issued between Sep tember 1, 1957 and September 1, 1959 expired the first of Septem ber. An examination is necessary to obtain a new license if drivers forget to get their license before October 31. Church Installs Automatic Set To Help Pray The Presbyterian church of O’ Neill has added a new service for its parishioners and friends. An automatic prayer answering device designed to allow friends to call the number and have a prayer read to them over the phone was installed Tuesday. It was pointed out by Rev. John Hart, pastor, that the device is not in any sense to replace per sonal prayer but rather to supple ment such prayer. At times the automatic device will only suggest things to pray j for. The majority of prayers re-1 corded will be for personal and spiritual growth, designed to meet the needs of everyday living. The device was installed after a meeting of the church session at ( which members felt that many people feel the need to have their thoughts led in prayer. The prayers, strictly non-sec tarian in content, will also be for events of the civic year, such as national holidays. The number to call, 800, may be used anytime, day or night. Schaffer Gets Award David Schaffer, son of Mrs. Clara Schaffer, O'Neill, has been awarded a scholarship by the Lewis and Smith Drug Co. Schaf fer is a pharmaceutical student at Creighton University. Schaffer has also been named vice-president of the student branch for the Amer ican Pharmaceutical Association. McGinley Can't Visit Holt County Now Congressman Donald F. McGin ley informed the Frontier yester Itiy that he will not be able to visit Holt county as scheduled on October 29. McGinley stated that inforeseen personal problems and congressional work make it nec essary to postpone the visit. Congressman McGinley did not say when he might visit the coun ty. but stated that he hopes to be in Holt county to tour proposed reclamation projects sometime in December. Sale Dates Claimed FRIDAY, Oct. 23—Livestock, furniture, machinery, Mrs. Stan ley Chmeil, 16 miles south of O’ Neill on highway 281 and 514 miles east; 12:30 p.m. Col. Ed Thorin and Col. A1 (Pug) Horn, auctioneers. SATURDAY, Oct. 24— Land auc tion, 320 acres, Nicholas Ries, ad ministrator, 4 miles north of O’ Neill Drive-In theater on highway 281 and 1 mile west; 1:30 p.m., Col. Wallace O’Connell, auc tioneer. TUESDAY, Oct. 27—Registered Hereford Bulls, H. A. and R. E. Van Horn, 16 miles southeast of O’Neill on highway 20 to sign and 2>4 miles southeast; 1 p.m. Char les Corkle, auctioneer. TUESDAY, Oct 27 — Livestock and machinery sale of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blair located 1 mile east and 5V4 miles south of Cham bers. Col. Ed Thorin, real estate broker and auctioneer in charge. » «A. _ A. - T-» 1_ _1 ciiaiuucis oiaw uaim, v-iti rv. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28-90 head of Herefords, hay and feed, ma chinery, furniture, Fred Lomez, lVfe miles southeast of Inman along highway 275 on south side of railroad, 12 noon sharp; Ed Thorin and George Coleman, auc tioneers. SATURDAY, Oct. 31—D. J. Mur phy furniture sale of complete; household goods. Located at the corner of 9th and Douglas. Col. j Wally O’Connell, auctioneer. MONDAY, Nov. 2 — Livestock and machinery farm sale of Ro bert and Emma Krokaugger Verne Reynoldson, auctioneer and Virgil Laursen, broker. See next week’s Frontier for big ad. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 — Live stock and machinery sale of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fullerton located 1 mile south and 1 mile east of Amelia. Col. Ed Thorin, real es tate broker and auctioneer in charge. Chambers State Bank, clerk. SATURDAY, Nov. 7—Holt Coun ty Hereford Breeders Association sale of 49 registered Herefords. Show at 10 a m. Sale at 1:30 p.m. TUESDAY. Nov. 17th—Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffrey. 3 miles west 4 miles north and Vi west of Chambers. Selling livestock, Ma chinery, hay, grain and furniture. Col. Wally O’Connell and Merlin Grossnicklous, auctioneers, Ed Murphy, clerk. Dickerson Trial Delayed; Doctor To Study Body Defense attorney in the Sadie Dickerson trial, William Brennan, has filed a motion to exhume the body of 20-year-old Frank Van derlinde. District Judge Lyle Jackson has granted permission for the body to be exhumed for further study into the cause of death. Brennan and another defense at torney, George Johnson of Gre gory, asked for the action during a three hour meeting here Mon day. Boyd County Attorney Wil liam Wills questioned the right of the court to order the body ex humed. Wills said that a complete au topsy was performed at the time of the death and should be suf ficient to determine the cause of death. Brennan says that he has con tacted a Dr. Holyoke of Omaha who has conducted experiments from which he can tell, by the hole in the boy’s head, whether the bit was thrown or drilled into the head. Consequently, the trial of Mrs. Dickerson, originally set to begin Monday, will be delayed. Testing Service Will Ask Families To Record Shows Beginning October 25 a number of Holt county families will be keeping special diaries of their television viewing habits. The testing service, American Research Bureau, will select the families which will begin to keep a week’s record of the programs they watch, which members of the family view each program and how long they watch the show. The information received will be compiled and will give the major networks an indication of the type of programs being viewed in Holt county. Ten Homes Seen By School Group At Open House The Sunday open house sponsor ed by the Friends of St. Mary's was a success, Mrs. Rynold Cim fel, chairman, reported this week. The open house was a fund rais ing project for the organization. O'Neill homes open to the public for the day were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Don Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Mullendore, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gilg, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Wichman, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berigan. In addition to these homes, St. Mary’s Academy held an open house, with sisters and teachers in the rooms to receive and talk to the parents. A tea was served at the Academy, with Mrs. George Hammond in charge of the table. Mrs. D. A. Kersenbrock was in charge of the open houses. PTA Carnival Planned For Saturday Night O’Neill PTA members are com pleting arrangements this week for their carnival to be held in the high school auditorium Saturday at 6:30. Booths selling everything from candy to magazines will be set up and a variety of games are planned, including a dart throw, string pull, fish pond, basket throw and many others. A white elephant auction wdll be held and a freak show is planned. For the children, movies will be shown. Lunch will be served througn out the carnival. Everyone is in vited to attend. Petsche Leaves Frontier Jerry Petsche, editor of the Frontier, has left the employ of this newspaper and has given his address as Lincoln. Until another editor can be hir ed, Jim Champion, present co publisher, will act as editor. Petsche had been with the Fron tier since February. Ericson Woman Shot A 33-year-old Ericson woman was shot to deatii Sunday at an Ericson cafe where she worked Her estranged .husband, Virgil, who was arrested'and held in con nection with the shooting, slashed his wrists yesterday at the Whee ler county jail where he was be ing held. Ronzzo is in critical con dition at a hospital at the present time. O'Neill Coed To Tour Fifty-three singers have been named to the 1959-60 Hastings Col lege touring choir. Included in the altos in ihe choir are Jane Peterson of O’Neill and Gary Doh bins of Burwell. The organization will make a three-state tour the end of March during the spring recess, according to director Al len Lehl. Miss Betty Shultz is a flutist in the college symphony orchestra. The first concert is scheduled for February. 4-H Camp Money Raised * At Achievement Day Here wm Pictured above are some of the Holt County extension council ■■ :>r> They are, front row, I to r, >lrs. A. T. Cruinly, Page, re mit chairman; Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, Page, secretary ■ in Mrs. E. Pruden, Ewing, new county chairman. Back i . I i r, Mrs. Harold Mlinar, 1 11 chairman; Mrs. George Mellor, t.i . c chairman; Mrs. Donald Nissen, health chairman; Mrs. Fred >. ,s, A.'.nison, publicity chairman. ‘lo i'.c more of the Holt County extension officers presented . A ..:evemeiit Hay Tuesday: Front row, I to r, Mrs. G. H. Grimes, ("lumbers, past county chairman; Mrs. Gene Zimmerman, Ewing, group chairman; Mrs. Floyd Butterfield, Atkinson, county extension hoard. Back row, 1 to r, Mrs. George Kiedei, Stuart, group chairman; Mrs. Dale Stauffer, Page, group chairman; Mrs. Don Cleveland, group chairman; and Mrs. Norbort Clark, reading chairman. * T. D. Hutton, Inman, Logs 45 Years with Railroad as Agent Mr. T. D. Huttoh, Inman, pass ed another milestone in service to Inman residents and Chicago and Northwestern Railroad this month when he logged 45 years as agent at the depot there. Mr. Hutton will receive a gold and-enamel lapel pin designating the number of years he has been in the railroad’s employ. William' Roberts, president of the C and NW veteran’s associa tion, said that the railroad takes great pleasure in presenting this mark of distinction to Mr. Hutton. ~~■ i FIREMEN MEET Loup Valley Firemen met Mon-’ day night at Chambers with re presentatives from Burwell, Ord, North Loup, Scotia and Chambers present. Bishop Watts Critical Bishop Bascomb Watts of the Methodist church is reported to tie in critical condition at Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln. Bishop Watts suffered a stroke early in the year. Then a diabetic condition became acute and now he has suffered a series of heart attacks. No other information was avail able at press time concerning the Bishop’s progress. Retail Sales Increased Holt county retail sales for the month of August showed a de cided increase over that of the same month for the preceding year. The county had a 10.9 per cent increase over August of 1958 and a big jump of 19.8 per cent over the month of July. /uk’ui *>w women uurrkjnr ur Holt County Achievement 1 ty twee Tuesday at which J128 wu> ramod to go toward the buildup at ftp State 4-H camp at Halsey The theme of the meets* warn centered around bread. I guest was Mrs. Peggy IJncoln, of the wheat h Mrs. Walton showed filnu trip to the International L air at lajceme, Swit/erlj which she prepared and strated the use of convt foods. Also a guest speaker was Mis. Joy Tooley, IJncoln, with CtnS Mills, who told of product* pre pared from wheat by that c*m pany. The money for the 4-H camp was raised from broad odes. The day’s program nriudn* group singing, led by Mrs Gewrjse Mellor, Silencer, ami Mrs Fred Roberts, Atkinson; install..mm at officers and skits by group cen ters. The skits, preserv'd by Chambers, Ewing and O'.NeO, were "The Little Red Hen’ TJH Women in the Shoe ”, .rad “U Could Be You". The following officers were in stalled: Mrs. J. L. Pruden nunty chairman; Mrs Joe Rocle vice county chairman; Mrs. Kdgar Stauffer, sec.-treas.; Mrs Fred Roberts, publicity chairman. Mrs. Donald Nissen, henlth ch ■ rman; Mrs. George Mellor. musir chair man; Mrs. Harold Mlinar, 4-11 chairman; Mrs. G. II. Grimes, past county chairman; Mrs. A T. Crumly, retiring county rhair man; Mrs. Norbert Clark, wading chairman and Mrs. Floyd .'hitter field, extension board member. Group chairmen are Mrs. Fred 1>.4. A 41.1 as.. * a ..J, isinuiowil, .IM4. II. Grimes, Chambers; Mr* Gear Zimmerman, Ewing; Mrs. Don Cleveland, O’Neill; Mrs Dale Slauffer, Page and Mrs. Georgr Kiedel, Stuart. The committee in charge df at rangements included Mr* Tom Lambert, Ewing; Mrs. tartes Beilin, O'Neill; Mrs. Joe ftoche. Atkinson; Mrs. Dan Troshytiafei, Page; Mrs. Vearl Tuttle, Clear water, and Mrs. Jerome Weber, Stuart. Corsages and centerpieces were made by Mesdames Charles HeMin. Norbert Clark, Richard ltovey. Car] Schenzel, John Belli! Jay McConnell, lion Wecker arid Edf McManus. The Scott Community and Elk horn Extension clubs had charge of the tables and noon lurw-neon. Skit. participants were as fol lows : Mrs. Gene Zimmerman, Mrs. R. Alhers, Mrs. l"<>rrocr Hahllrcck, Mrs. Bud Wrigtn, Mr*. Jerry Rotherham and Mr*. Dean Pofahl, all of Ewing; Mrs G. 1L Grimes, Mrs. Frank Tracy, Mrs. Edwin Hubbard, Mrs. Stan Lam bert, Mrs. Shirley Svatm Mrs. Melvin Belt, Mrs. Richard -Sunder man, Mrs. Bernard Hoffman, Mrs. Verne Sageser and Mrs. BiB Craw ford, all of Chambers; Mr* Mar lin Luber, Mr.s. Clay Johnsoa jr.. Mrs. Duane Philbrick, Mrs Frank Eppenbach, Mrs. Dale Perry. Mrs. Donald Cleveland, Mrs. Chr rol McKay, and Mrs. Joe Sive sind, all of O’Neill. Robert Murphy ParoAcd For Two Years by Judge Mounts Monday Robert Murphy, 16, was pat on parole to area parole officer EL E. Cumings as a result at mataor vehicle homicide charges filed to connection with the death at Was Lois Schaaf September 13. Mun>hy, the driver of (be ear in which the accident oocuredL am placed on parole for two yearn by District Judge D. R. Mounts. Another case heard by tbe judge1 was that of Vernon Strang. was sentenced to the Boy** tntoto rial School at Kearney until to w 21. Strong was charged with unto violation. I ' He’s a big one alright. Dewey Schaffer shl pped this 2,800 pound giant Monday morning. Mk didn’t figure to get top market price on him. Dewey has had the biack-whiteface for a iiimibm «*• years and has used him as a leader in transferring other animals around his ranches.—The Fraklk photo and engraving