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STATE HIST SQC LINCOLN. NE3R. XXX _ Twelve Pages WEATHER * Snow ending Thursd.iv morning. colder, windy by afternoon; low |n This Issue >ri 25: high Thursday Volume 79—Number 29 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 12, 1959 Seven Cents mmmw'-w ■mum—t Bob l'ap|>eiihoiiiier shown a big grin an ho holds up tho head of tli.- biggest door kilh*d In tho area. Bob shot tho door at tho Nio brara ri\ or. It weighed 247 pounds hog dressed and was a 15 pointer.—The Frontier photo and engaving Sale Dates Claimed TUESDAY, Nov. 17th Mr. ano Mrs .1 h- Jeffrey. 3 mile:', west 4 m • . n -ti. and *4 west Chant', r l.iv; livestock, Ma chin- . h .y. tjiain anil turniture. Col W; liy O Connell nnd Merlin Gros.snieklous, auctioneers, Ed Murphv k FRI \Y, N •: mber 20 Farm sale of M and 'Ir . Louis Walters at the place located 1*2 miles north of Ctambers. 6G cows and calves, gi.xl lino of machinery. Col. Ed Thorin and LoRoy Kirwan, auctioneers, Chambers State bank, •cl k Bristow Girl Chosen 4-H Congress Delegate Karen Bowers, Bristow, has been chosen as one of 29 Nebras 4 f i club members to be a delegate to the National 4-H club Congress at Chicago, 111 . Nov. 29 t > Dec. 3. The club members were elected for outstanding accomplishments in various projects and will re < cave an expen e paid trip to the Congre: s, said W. M. Antes, state leader of 4-H young men and wo men at the Universiyt of Nebras ka. Two-Car Wreck Monday Results In $1,000 Damage A two car accident in front ot the court house Monday morning did an estimated $1,000 damage o the two cars involved. In the accident were Joe 11 i Johnson 22 of Aurora, Colo., and 1 Mr Chauncey W. Porter, 66 O I Neill. A passenger in the Johnson J car, John J. Bartak. 26. of Ew.ng I was cut on the chin in the acci ! dent. , , , ..Ir. Porter received neck and ick injuries, lie was taken first , i a doctor and then to the hospi al. lie was reported in good con ! lit'on Wednesday. . According to Police Chief Chr> McGinn, the Johnson car was raveling north on 4th street and | ! di d with the rear of the Por , *er car which was backing out '.i U.- park-ng place. I There was an estimated $:i0< damage to the Porter car, a 195 Buick, and $500 damage to thi Johnson car, a 1955 Chevrolet. Johnson and Bartak were both in O'Neill on leave from Lowry air force base in Denver. Johnson was visiting the Ewing man. Brady Wins Award Kathy Brady, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lee Brady, jr., was named winner of the Veteran's oi Foreign Wars “Voice of Demn eracy" radio script writing con test Miss Brady’s script was pre sented over the O'Neill station Tuesday morning and was judged the best. It will now tie submitted for state and national awards. iayies Beat Atkinson, 44-73; Marceilus,Tomlinson Are Crowned O Neill High Eagles finished theii 19".) fortball season yester day afternoon with an easy 44-13 homecoming victory over the At kinson Halers. Tiie Ea,;les left little doubt as to the outcome of the game from the opening kickoff Jerry Kilcoin took the boot and carried it back 82 yards for the first touchdown. The try for point failed. Alter O'Neill kicked and held the Atkinson eleven in their first serie: . the Eagies took the hail to the 2 yard line where Darold Emu r carried it over. Bill Eby passed to his brother. Bob, for the extra point Minutes later Bill Eby filed a 20-yard pass to Dar old Ermer and Ermer went un touched into the end zone capping a 38-yard scoring manuever. The fourth touchdown came on an 8-yard end run by Ermer in the second period anil that ended the first half scoring. The re serves played most of the second quarter. During the half the homecom ing king and queen were crowned and flowers were presented to the parents of senior members of the football squad. Marge Marcellus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Marcellus was crowned 1959 homecoming queen and Dennis Tomlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tomlinson was crowed king. Joan Wilson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Rex Wilson was named the queen's attendant and Bill Eby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eby was named king's attendant. rtei ia its W' e Maureen •f ■ ->d Larry Donlin, juniors, dba.’on Se -;ar and Jerry Kilcoin, sophomores, and Betty Morrow and Gary Plessel, freshmen Parents of senior members of the squad honored at * halftime festivities were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eby. Mrs. Doris Tomlinson, Dick Tomlinson and Mr, and Mrs. Homer Ernst. Float winners in the homecom ing parade in the afternoon were announced as seniors, first, sopho mores, second, and the junior high, third. The Eagles raced back after the intermission and scored three more touchdowns in the third quarter before the reserves took over to finish the ball game. Kilcoin scored the first on a 55 yard run, Donlin then scored from the three yard line and Dennis Tomlinson blasted up the middle for a 44-yard touchdown. Atkinson broke into the scoring column in the fourth period against the O’Neill reserves The first touchdown came on a 14 yard f mash with the extra point good and the Balers scored again on a 2-yard plunge. The win gave the Eagles a 6-2 record for the season, the only losses coming at the hands of a strong Columbus St Bonaventure team and a fired up Valentine eleven. « 1 ho parents of the senior football players w re at the O’Neill high homecoming yesterday. I\ct :;;>.l are. front row, Bob Eby, Bill Eby, Den i .•m'inson and Richard Ernst. The parents, • io.v i in the hack are, from left to right, Mr. an M .. Ray Eby, Mrs. Doris Tomlinson and Dick Tomlinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst—Th Frontier photo and engraving am 1 a lam^maam m at SOS s It o.is homecoming here yesterday and the > g:.-ls shared the limelight. Shown are the queen candidates as they rode In the parade. From le . to right are Kathy Brady, Janet Kmgman, Joan Wilson, Marge Marcellus and Paula Reed. Marge Marcellos was chosen queen and Joan Wilson was . » t jj (it'* f*1*‘ '{■ ' r‘ >*■ her attendant.—The Frontier photo and engraving _ * -d»*. true ‘‘wcfi i This 1955 Chevrolet was involved In a two-car crash Monday. The car, driven by Joe H. John son. Aurora, Colo., struck the rear of a car driven by .Mr. C. W. Porter—The Frontier photo and engraving O'Neill High Juniors Present Play Friday The junior class of the O'Neill high school is presenting their tlass play "Just Ducky" Friday, November 13 at the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. The cast includes: John Kurtz, Sonita Wilson, Consie Anderson, Maureen Schaaf, Sandra Perry, Roy Bridge, Larry Godel, Susie Tomlinson, John Harder, Bill Frickie, Linda Seger and Gary Jeffrey. Holt County Has 41 At University Forty-one Holt county residents are among the 8,-401 students at .. nding the University of Nebras i. a this present school year. The most populated colleges at the University are. Arts and Sciences, 1,346; Teachers 1,413; Engineering and Architecture, j, 394; Agriculture, 960; and Gradu ate, 930. Tnose • students listing Holt county as their residence include: Amelia—Sharon C. Swanson. Atkinson Calvin J. Allyn, Henry R. Dierks, Ronald N. Frickel, Sharon L. Kokes, Janette C. Os borne, Daniel Roberts and Charles L. Sweet. Chambers- Fay E. Blair, Doris D. Glced, and Leroy G. Holcomb. Dorsey Charles R. Marston. Ewing Robert L. Koenig, Patricia A. Pollock, Ronald J. Rotherham. Lyle D. Spence, and Donald W. Werkmeister. Inman- Roland L. Hansen. O’Neill M a t h e w W. Beha, Dwayne E. Devall, Paul B. Fet row, Gordon W. Fox. Lorraine E. H e w e 11, Leross G. Holcomb, Michael B Liddy, Sharon Marcel us, and Larry D. Tomlinson. Page—J a m e s O. Ballantyne, Gary R. Bowen, and Marilyn K. Terrill. Stuart -Jean E. Allyn, Kenneth F. Batenhorst, Willis J. Berry, Dana F. Bigelow, Karen K. Gillis pie, Frank J. Hamik, jr., John F. Head, Calvin E. McClurg, Nola A. Obermire, Doris M. Smith, and Richard L. Sweet. Rites Wednesday For Lynch Homesteader .LYNCH- Funeral services for Fernando Wood Grim, 93 were conducted at 2 pm. Wednesday at the IOOF hall. Interment was in the Highland cemetery north of Lynch with the Jones funeral home in charge. Fernando Wood Grim was bom February 14, 1866 at Walker, la., the son of Henry and Catherine Bowers Grimm. He came to Ne braska with his parents as a child and moved to a farm near Grimton in 1873. He later home-. steaded in 1892 north of Lynch. For the the past few years he has made his home with his son, Homer. . Mr. Grimm was the last re maining member of a family of 15 children. , , On May 13, 1893 he married Roxy Carolyn Warner in Boyd county. I Survivors include: Sons—Homer of Lynch, Ralph of Hastings and {Leo of Elgin; daughter—Mrs Cecil (Hazel) Sawdey of San ! Diego, Calif.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. » Pallbearers were Oran Prescott, Harlan Holz, Hans Suckstorf, Lloyd Spencer and Glen Davy. Newhaus Rites Held Funeral services were con ducted Saturday for Betty Marie Newhaus at St. Paul's Lutheran church in Venus. Burial was at the Greenwood cemetery in Creigh I ton Pallbearers were Allen Coster, Daniel Schram, Gary Newhaus, Gerald Closter, Ronald Schram and DeWayne Komock. Betty, 14, was killed last Tues day, when the tractor she was Iriving overturned. Betty was born Sept. 15, 1945, at Venus. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mr. Arthur Newhaus, and three brothers. James C. Parker O'Neill Farmer, Dies Sunday James Crawford Parker, 82 and a resident of Holt county since 1919, died Sunday at St. Anthony’s hospital here after an illness of 4l£ months. Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Methodist church with Rev. Glenn Kennicott officiating. Pallbearers were Joe Soukup. Wally O'Connell, Clarence Ernst, Floyd Ritt \ Carl Lorenz and John H H. Honorary pallbearers were Anton Jirak. George Pongratz, JAMES C. PARKER . . .Holt Farmer Bert Barnhart, Ed Murray and John Hickey. Burial was in Pro spect Hill cemetery. The family asked that no flowers be rent and a memorial fund for missionary work would be es tablished instead. Survivors of Mr Parker are, his widow, Luella, two daughters, Mrs. Homer (Gail) Ernst and Mrs. Orville (Ruth) Kemper, a sister. Mrs. Minnie Middlekauf, Lincoln, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A son, James C preceded him in death. James Crawford Parker was born February 20, 1887, the son of William Henry Parker and Sofronia Fox Burke, at LincoW. On March 2, 1904 he married Luella A. Priner at Lincoln. The Parkers farmed near Lincoln until 1919 when the family moved to Holt county to a farm north of O’Neill. In 1932 they moved to town and Mr. Parker operated a filling station. In 1935 the Parkers moved back to a farm northwest of O'Neill where they lived until his death Sunday. Hanna Tuttle, 83, 50-Year Ewing Resident Is Dead Mr. Hanna Tuttle, 83, Ewing died Tuesday night at the Ante lope Memorial hospital in Neligh. She had been ill for some time, but took a turn for the worse Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are pend ing upon the notice to her child ren. Survivors include three sons; Vearl of Clearw’ater, Roy and Archie of Ew’ing. Four daughters; Mrs. Edna Lester of Seqim, Wash., Mrs. Grace Smith of Los Altos, Calif., Mrs. Pearl Blacker of Ne ligh and Mrs. Blanch Sisson of Wichita. Mrs. Tuttle was a 50 year resi dent of Ewing. For a complete ac count of her life in the community, see next week's issue of the Frontier. 5000 Tax Cards Are Mailed This Week; New Tax Included The County Treasurers office announced this week that about 5.000 cards have been mailed for 1959 personal taxes which wen due November 1 The first hall of these taxes will be delinquent December 1 and the second hah July 1. There will ire an increase in the tax this year, due to a new law passed by the Nebraska legisla ture. The law abolished the poll tax and old age assistance head tax and replaces it with a head tax of $3 50 for every person between 21 and CO. me new head tax will be dis tributed the same as intangible tax, which is one sixth to the state general, one sixth to the county general, and in town, a third each to the school districts and village. In rural districts, the school gets two thirds There are no exemptions under the new head tax, except for a totally disabled veteran. Mrs. John Hurd Dies At Lynch The funeral of Mrs. John Pinker man Hurd, who died Friday morn ing, was conducted Sunday at the Wesleyan Methodist church in Lynch, the Rev. Willard Lloyd officiating. Burial was in the Scottville cemetery. Mrs. Hurd died in the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch. Pallbearers were Lorcll Picker ing, Victor Pickering, Delynn Pickering, Quentin Pickering, I^oren Pinkerman and John Tuch. Mrs. Hurd was born in Iowa and came to Nebraska in 1915. She married John Pinkerman on June 12, 1916. Three children were born to the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerman re sided on a farm near Redbird un til the death of her husband on January 26, 1954. She then moved to Lynch and on January 31, 1955, she married John Hurd of Iowa. The couple continued to live in Lynch. Survivors include: Husband; a son, Virgil Pinkerman of Lynch; daughters, Mrs. Claude Pinker ing of Lynch and Mrs. Edwin Tuch of Niobrara. Thirteen grand children also survive. SECURITY MAN TO BE IN BUTTE NOV. 19 Social security field representa tive Janv’s Hoffman will be in Butte November 19 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. This is a change of plans, as Mr. Hoffman was not able to make a scheduled stop there November 5 due to the snowstorm. He will not be in Butte Dec. 3 as previous ly scheduled. Vern Sageser, left, Is shown with the champion bull at the Iloty County Hereford AmnocMm* sale held Saturday at the O’Neill Sale barn. Sageser showed the cfiampion and also received lap money for the bull shown at the right.—The Frontier photo and engraving O'Neill Grocery Stores Cancel 'Berry' Orders Mrs. M. Cleary Dies Wednesday; Burial Tomorrow Funeral services for Mrs Matt M. Cleary, 76, will be conducted at 9:30 am on Friday at St. Patrick’s Catholic church with Rev. Robert Duffy officiating. Burial will be in Calvary ceme tery under the direction of Biglins. A rosary will Ive recited Thurs day (tonight) at 8 p.m. at Biglins chapel. Mrs. Cleary died Wednesday morning in the Atkinson Memorial hospital She had been an invalid for the past 2Vi years but had been i hospitalized only two days. Bessie M. Ratliff was born May 10, 1883 at Bennet in Otoe county. MRS. MATT CLEARY the daughter of William and Florence Harp Ilatliff. She came to Holt county in 1900 with her parents and lived on a ranch northwest of O'Neill. On January 23, 1905, she was united in marriage to Matt M. Cleary at St. Patrick's church in O'Neill They became the parents of six children. Survivors are: Husband; daughters Mrs. Clarence (Genevi eve) Sauser and Mrs. Edward (Elizabeth) Dumber!, both of O’ Neill; Mrs. Albert (Ix’nore) Rose ler of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Norbert (Rita) Schaaf of Atkin son ; sons Alex of Elgin and Clement of Sleepy Eye, Minn.; brother Dave S. Ratliff of Atkin son; sister Mrs. T. J. Wood of Excelsior Springs, Mo.; 18 grand children and 11 great grandchild ren. Farm Home of Walter Stewart Burns Thursday The farm home of Walter Stew art located 8 miles south and 1 mile west of O’Neill burned to the ground last Thursday afternoon. No definite cause for the fire was established. The fire occurred during the area’s first severe snowstorm. High drifts prevented the fire trucks from reaching the scene in time to put out the blaze. One fire truck from O’Neill got stuck in a drift about 1 mile from the house and the other truck went hack and across a hay field to reach the fire. The fire was kept in check until the water ran out and then it burst into flames through the roof and demolished the house. Sub freezing weatner made ice men of the firemen fighting the fire. Granoernes m U Neill, lor present, have had it! Ever since M o n d a y srtwe Arthur S. Fleming, national n» tary of health, education aed wet fare, stated that improper nar ct a weed killer, aminotrinzole, an the growing cranlierries might cause cancer a national scare lias beer on. Although Fleming said that oofe cranberries from Oregoa .mt Washington are effected,the mra cranberry industry is suffering. All of the O’Neill grocery sterrr contacted, Safeway, Thr Nmi Outlaw, Shelhamer's Jack and JiL and 4th Street market, slate that they sell either Wisconsin. Mas sachusetts or New Jerry cran berries. These are not reported a be contaminated. Some of the stores have takes them off the shelves however. Bob Papenheimer, of the New Outlaw, said that he has caneeihNS all orders for Cranberries Be ha* some Wisconsin cranberries tie hand and will sell them Tom Cronin, manager of the Safeway store here, said that the Safeway chain has pulled off all of their cranberries and the store here has quit selling them Shelhamer’s Jack anti Jill have a few on hand hut didn’t expert to get anymore. George Janousek. owner of thr 1th Street Market, said that he would not order anymore until he knew from where he was grtting them. All of the store managers said that tlie cancellation of orders was not a permanent thing however, and just as soon as anything defi nite nationally has been done, the stores will again carry cranber ries. So it looks like the ct'anlieny is dead. Of course, canned cranber ries are just as good as ever and there’s plenty of those around Chamber Sets Window Show, Items Contest O’Neill Yule window unvefllqg and an unrelated items contest under the auspices of the mtai trade committee of the O'NeiC Chamber of Commerce, has beer scheduled for the evening <t November 20. The unrelated items contras*. w»T lie open to all O'Neill stoppers and works like this. In each of thr windows, which will be gaily de corated for Christmas, an un related item to that of the stores, regular line of merchandise wi# be featured. Contestants will go from store to slore and pick the unrelated Hem in each window. For complete details, plus entry blank and list of prizes see next week's issue of the Frontier. Clearwater Resident Dies At The Age of 90 Funeral services for Mrs. Kittle Emma Short t, 90, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Mtfhw dist church in Clearwater viA Kev. W. W. Elliott officiatii*. Burial was in the Clearwater cemetery north of town. Nn. Shortt died November 9 at Ar Kahland Rest home in Neligh. Kittie Emma Shorn was ten October 7, 1869, at Glcnwood, I*. Her parents were George and Elizabeth Mummert. She came A Clearwater as a small child wfante her parents took a homestead north of town. She married Lynn O. Short m. July 9, 1889. He preceded her A death December 29, 1927. Ttor couple were the parents fcwe children Two died in infancy and a son, Don died May 6, 1944. Survivors are: Sons, Harry d Los Angeles, Calif., and iJHmn* of Las Vegas, Nov.; sister, Whm Pat Lacy of Clearwater and Wmr grandchildren.