STATE HIST SQC
LINCOLN. NE3R.
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Volume 79—Number 29 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 12, 1959 Seven Cents
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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.
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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.
