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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1960)
. , _ THf: HMTIIKK Twelve Pages !UTr hl te ^ Thursday 2$ 91 63 03 In Thi. I..... Friday 29 91 M W in This Issue Saturday 30 83 50 Sunday 31 83 50 Monday l 95 65 . - . _ , .. , , Tuesday 2 100 6* 'The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Wednesday 3 90 67 Volume 80—Number 15 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 4, 1960 Seven Cents Robert Wallinger, 29, Killed In Truck-Train Crash Near Laurel Robert L- Wallinger, 29. of Stuart, was killed about 11:57 p m. Tuesday when his semi trailer truck collided with an east bound Chicago and North western freight train at n cross ing three fourths of a mile north of Laurel. Wallinger, driving a truck loaded with hay. swerved to avoid the train but was unable to stop In time. The truck and trailer overturned and burst Into flames. The truck was owned by Robert Greenfield of Stuart. This was the second truck train accident at the same crossing in the past year. Two Freightway truck drivers lost their livej in a similar accident on August 25, 1959, when their truck collided with a train and also burned. Mr. Wallinger is survived by a wife and four small daughters, the oldest of whom is 9 4-H Style Show Scheduled Today At Auditorium The annual Holt county 4-H sty le show nnd judging will be held today (Thursday! at the O'Neill High school auditorium. The speech and music identi fication contests will be held at 7:30 p.m. with the group music contest and style show at «;30. The pre-fair day is sponsored by th O’Ne 14 Chamber of Com merce, Holt County Agricultural S JCiety and the Agricultural Ex tension service. The theme of this year's show will be “Around the Clock” and all l-H girls carrying clothing pro jects may participate in the con test and revue. Last year 117 gir’s took part. The committee in charge includes Mrs. Wayne Smith of Chambers, Miss Ra mona Wayman of O’Neill, (Mrs. AlV-t Widtfeldt of O’Neill, Mrs. John Mohr, jr. of Amelia and Mrs Boyd Boelter of O’Neill. The script is written by Mrs. Cliff Sobotka of Inman. Connie Johnson of O’Neill contributed the art work. Judging of the costumes will be completed this afternoon. Judges for the projects will be supplied by Boyd County Extension ser vice. The Holt County Home Ex tersion council is awarding sewing shears to the top girl in each division. Chambers Man Killed In Crash Harlan Lieswald, 16 year old Chambers youth, was killed Tuesday night when the truck he was driving struck a bridge abutment and burst into flames near Monroe. Lieswald. thr son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieswald of Cham hers, was driving a truck loaded with hay. The hay load shifted and the gasoline tanks Ignited following the crash. The Monroe fire department was summoned but young Lies wald was pinned in the wreckage and it took firemen nearly 30 mbiutes to free him according to County Attorney White, who in vestigated the accident. Hvl n I aewrld was born October 6. 1943 at O'Neill. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Larry. Funeral services are planned Friday at 10 a m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Chambers with burial in the Chambers cemetery. West O'Neill Wins Elkhorn; Undefeated West O'Neill, led by the fine Uttle League pitching of Jim Troshynski stopped East O’Neill 8-7 Monday night to win the Elk hom Valley conference with an undefeated season. The team won 16 straight games for the title. Troshynski pitched the team to 10 wins and Wayne Sindelar and Bob Riley each won 3. The team is the first to complete an undefeated season in Elkhorn play. Lynch finished second and East O’Neill finished third in the conference. In Monday night’s game West let! by three runs in the final in ning but East tied the score on'y to see West score one run in tlic bottom of the inning for the win. Garry Godel was the loser for East. Troshynski won his tenlh game. Rick Cradit smashed a home run to pace the East hitting. The conference coaches met in O’Neill Tuesday night and award ed the trophy to West coach Jerry Schmidt. At that meeting the coaches also set the All Star game for August 22 at Orchard Representing the western half of the conference will be West O’Neill, Atkinson, Emmet, and Stuart. Lynch, Page, Orch ard and East O’Neill make up the eastern team. Final Elkhorn Little League standings: West O Neill . 16 0 — Lynch _14 2 2 East O Neill 12 4 4 Atkinson _9 7 7 Page _ 7 9 9 Ewing _ 4 12 12 Emmet 4 12 12 Orchard 2 14 14 Area Students Are Graduated At WSTC Rites Eighty seniors and graduate students received degrees in Wayne State Teachers college commencement exercises held Monday. Among the 65 seniors receiving bachelor’s degrees, two were graduated with high honors and distinction (the upper five per cent of the 1960 class, along with eight others in the May class). They were Arlen DeKay of Ver del and Ruth L. Anderson of Stanton. Others receiving their degrees from the O'Neill area are Leona Ann Shoemaker of O’Neill, Lo \v"il L. Seger of Stuart, Garry W. Marcellus of Bassett and Hazel C. Schmidt of Ainsworth. Car-Truck Accident Reported at Atkinson Patrolman Eugene Hastreiter investigated an accident at about 11:50 a m, Wednesday two miles east of Atkinson. A truck tractor driven by Bob Cole was attempt ing to make a left turn when a car driven t.y Gerald Tucker of Edmond, Okla., attempted to pass. Cole turned to the right to avoid a collision but the auto driven by Tucker went into the ditch and struck an abutment. No damage was done to the truck but the auto was damaged about the right side. There was no personal injury. Three persons died Thursday when these two ears collided eight miles north of O’Neill. Killed were Mrs. William Connot, 53, of Spen rer, .Mrs. Emma Letter, 90, mother of Mrs. Oonnot and Charles II Evans, 46, of Summerfleld, Kans.—The Frontier photo £ engraving Services Today For Mrs. Young INMAN Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) at 10 a.m. at the Methodist church for Mrs. Charles L. Young. Burial will be in the Chambers ceme tery. Pallbearers chosen are: Jim Sholes, Bill Butterfield, John Mat tson, Melvin Michaelis, Ivan Couch and Lloyd Smith. The late Sadie Elizabeth Young was bom May 23, 1901, at Sar gent. Her parents were Abraham and Hattie Evans Muck. When she was eight years old they came to Holt county and settled near Chambers She was reared and educated here. She married Karl Jeffers and they became the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, three of whom died in infancy. On April 18, 1955 she married Charles L. Young of Inman at O'Neill. The couple have since resided at Inman. Mrs. Young died at her home Monday from a heart attack. She had been ill with a heart ailment for the past eight months. Survivors include: Husband, Charles L.; sons -Max Jeffers oi O Neill iind Manderson Jef fers of McCook and six grand children. Also brothers—Jim Muck of Vancover, Wash., and Ray Muck of Potlatch, Ida., and suiters Mrs. Velma Kilfoyl of Vancover, Wash., and Mrs. Hazel Calvin of Potlatch, Ida> These Chadron riders paused In O’Neill Satur.lay as they continued on the last leg of their jour ney from Chicago to Chadron to publiciie Chadron's Diamond Jubilee. Shown here as they rode through main street (left to right) are: Bob Bish >p, .Milton Orantham, Raymond Eaton and Billy Kohler. The celebration continues through Friday. Graveside Services Held for Infant Graveside services were held July 25 for James Paul Wolfe, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wolfe. Msgr Timothy O’Sullivan officiated at the services in Calvary cemetery. James Paul was bom July 24 and died shortly after birth Survivors include the parents; four brothers and three sisters. Trailer Owners Move Homes To New Court A new neighborhood was estab lished over the weekend when four O'Neill families who own mobile homes moved from the Neil Ryan court on south Seven th street to the Shady Lawn Court on Highway 275. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gibson es tablished the new court on their farm at the southeast comer of the outskirts of O’Neill and ac commodations will be added for five more trailers. Telephones are being installed this week. Present residents of the new court are the Jim Jankiewicz, Jim Hunt, the Peterson and Clif ford Kizzire families. Patrolmen, Radar Nab Speeders; Eight to Appear in Court Today Tournament Scores Must Be In Friday Country club golf tournament chairman Tom Liddy said this week that Friday, August 5, is the deadline for golfers to turn in their qualification scores for the tournament. The committee will determine the pairings on Saturday and all scores must be in by Friday eve ning Liddy said. Additional Contributions A $10 donation to the Bobby Krutz fund was made last week by Floyd R. Johnson of O’Neill. Mr. Johnson’s name was acci dentally omitted from the list. Jerold W. Snyder of Ewing also contributed $10 to the fund. Thirteen speeding complaints were filed in Holt County court Tuesday by State Patrolman Ro bert Gude following the use of a radar unit the first of the week. Speeds ranging up to 90 miles per hour at night were recorded. Five persons have already paid their fines and the rest are scheduled to ap pear in court today The highest fine paid this week was $70 and costs paid by Gary L. Simonsen of Bancroft after he was found guilty of day speeding. He was arrested by Patrolman Eugene Hastreiter. Eleven person in all paid fines for driving infractions during the past week. Total fines paid amounted to $250 and $44 was re ceived for court costs. This is an average of $22.27 per case. Report Minor Mishap A two car collision was re ported to O'Neill police this week. Cars driven by Gerald Kil coin. 17, of O’Neill and Dean Sandberg of Omaha collided at the stoplight at Fourth and Douglas. Damage was minor. Bob White was the investigating officer. Two Sentenced To Men's Reformatory Two men were sentenced to the Men’s Reformatory at Lincoln by Judge D. R. Mounts in Dis trict court here Monday. Jerry O'Connell of Atkinson was given three years at hard labor for cattle theft. Floyd M. Houtz was sentenced to one year for automobile theft. Both men are in the Holt County jail await ing transfer. National Guard To Depart For Camp Saturday Fifty-two officers and men of the O’Neill Co. D. of the 1st BG of the 134th Infantry of the National Guard will leave O'Neill at 6:15 Saturday morning. The truck convoy will meet the Wayne unit at the intersection of highways 20 and 15 and continue to Camp Ripley, Minn. Lt Har mon Grunke is the commanding officer of the O’Neill unit. The Wayne company has about the same number of men. The O'Neill unit has a total compliment of 65 men but eight men are on active duty and five have already been on active duty this year. The unit will be back in O’Neill on August 21 Two Car Crash Claims Three Lives In Head-on Crash North of O'Neill Old Settlers Picnic Scheduled Tuesday The sixtieth annual Old Set tlers rienie will be held Tues day in Oevali's grove located on 17 miles north of O'Neill on highway 281, three miles oust and one mile south. A basket dinner Is planned at noon and a lull nfternoon program will be held. There will be dancing In the evo ning. Bids To Be Let August 9 For O'Neill Airport Total construction, engineering and administrative costs of the O N.'ill Airport improvement pro ject are estimated at $80,000, ac cording to the engineering survev. Bids on the project will be let August 9 at 10 a m., in the Pr>> duction Credit Association Build ing on North Fifth Street. The construction estimate alone Is $83,112.91 and the bal Slice includes engineering, laud and clear zone procure ment, administration and con tingencies. The Federal govern ment will pay approximately $40,000, the state $20,000 and The O’Neill Airport Authority will pay the remaining $20,000 estimated. Plans call for an armor-coat runway 50 feet wide by 3,500 feet long laid on a soil cement base, in addition to a seven-inch con crete pavement for the apron. The facility is projected for future expansion. Contractors will also bid on 34 clear marker lights, 12 green threshold lights and two blue taxiway lights, as well as Illuminated wind cone. All will be built to Federal Aviation Agency standards. Potential bidders may still ob tain proposal forms and accom panying documents from the chairman of the O'Neill Airpoit Authority, from the State De partment of Aeronautics in Lin coln or from the engineering firm of Thomas Benjamin and Clayton, West Highway 30, Grand Island. Funeral Held Monday For Samuel Killham Funeral services for Samuel Raymond Killham, 74, were held Monday at 10 a m. at Biglin’s Chapel in O’Neill with the Rev. Don Olmsted officiating. Burial was made in Prospect Hill ceme tery. Pallbearers were Joe Bazel man, Fred Grage, Guy Beck with, James Donlin, Raymond Stowell and Harry Spall. Samuel Killham was born April 2, 1880 at Greeley, Colo., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Killham. He married Miss Addie Mae Israel at Kearney on June 7, 1907. They moved to Holt county in 1920 from Grand Island. He died at his home in O’Neill on July 27. A sister, Mrs- Lola Keeshen of Albion survives him. His wife preceded him in death on Novem ber 4, 1958. To Observe Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Rosen krans will hold their golden wed ding anniversary celebration at the home five miles south of Lynch Wednesday. A brief pro gram will begin at 2:30 p.m. All their friends are invited to at tend. Three persons were killed Thursday afternoon in a two-ear accident t ight m les north of O' Neill on Highway 281. Mrs. William (Vera) Chnnot, 53, of Spencer and Charles 11. Evans, 46, of Summorfield. Kan. were killed instantly Mrs Emma lefler. 90, of W nncr, S. D , mi ther of Mrs. Connot. died in St Anthony's hospital about 5 p.m Thursday. Evans was driving south on the highway when he apparently moved into the east lane of traf fic and met the Connot car head on. Mrs. Connot was driving north. Mr. Evans had been man aging the a rjiort at Phillip. S. IV, and was on his way to Kansas to visit his wife. The Connot car caught fire tnit the fire was extinguished before the O'Neill fire department ar rived The cars were both totally wrecked according to atate patrolman Robert L. Glide who investigated. Mrs. William Connot Funeral services for Mrs. Wil liam Connot were conducted on Monday at 9 n m. at St. Mary’s Catholic church at Spencer with the pastor. Rev. Rohort Stem hausen, officiating. Burial was in St Mary’s cemetery. A rosary was recited Sunday evening at St Mary’s church. Pall! carers were: Max and Marvin Lnmpman, Robert leflcr, Wilmer Forst dt, Ronald Bralth wait and Raymond Connot. The late Vera Alice Connot was born August 24, 1906 at Crofton, a daughter of George D. anil Emma Foster Lefler. On January 24, 1928 she was united in marriage to William Connot at Winner, S. D. The couple moved to a farm in the Spencer community in 1942 where they have since resided. Survivors include: Husband: sons Spc. 4 Dean W. Connot stationed at Grand Island. N. Y., and Ronald W of Silencer; six brothers and three sisters. Mrs- Emma IWler Mrs. Emma Lefler, 90, died about five o'clock on Thursday at St. Anthony’s hospital where she had been taken following the accident which had claimed the life of her daughter, Mrs. Con not. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church in winner, S. D., with Rev. W. E. Teter officiating. In terment was in the Winner ceme tery under the direction of the Jones funeral home in Spencer. The late Mrs. Lefler was born November 27, 1869 at Atlantic, la , a daughter of James and Ellen Massenglae Foster. She was united in marriage to George D Lefler on April 24, 1887 at Springview. Her husband preceded her in death. Survivors are: Sons- Lewis of Issaqunh, Wash., Clarence of Yankton, S D., George of Platte ville, Wis., Alvah of Sierra Vista, Ariz., Donald of Casper, Wyo., and Willard of Winner; daugh ters Mrs. Oliver (Nellie) Brady of Burley, Ida., Mrs. Floyd (Grace) Percy of Santa Ana, Calif., and Mrs. E. R (Goldie! Noble of Wahoo; 38 grandchild ren, 58 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. Five grandsons, Ronald Con not, Floyd Brady, Dale Lefler, Robert and James I^efler aril Raymond Gibson served as pall bearers. Make-up Swim Tests Scheduled Friday Make-up swimming lesson tests will be given at the O’ Neill pool Friday at l« a.m for anyone who missed their tests due to vacations or Il lness. This will he the last op portunity to make up the tests this summer according to Nyla Jaszkowlak. / Hugh Troshynski escaped with a couple of cracked rihs and minor cuts and scratches Friday morning about ■! o’clock when he went to sleep coming home from a baseball game at Petersburg. His car, a I960 Falcon station wagon, over-rode one of the posts on the south side of the Highway 275 on the east side of the long hill cast of the Page junction. The car traveled a short distance farther before it left the grade and rolled landing on all four wheels in the William Simmons pasture. The driver of a car transport took him out of the vehicle and took him to O’Neill to St. Anthony’s hos pital. Troshynski graduated from WSTC and will be athletic coach and teach social studies at Max. County Flood Damage Estimate Set; Application Made for Federal Aid Flood damage in Holt County has been estimated at $44,771 by a representative of the Adjutant General's office. The survey was made last weekend of the dam age to the roads and bridges of the county. The application for federal aid was mailed Tuesday ac cording to Kenneth Waring, county clerk. An auditor will come to check the records and make the final estimate. Holt county was named a disaster area in the spring. Holt, Doug Isis and Dodge counties were the hardest hit. The early estimate of the dam age had been set at $70,990 by the supervisors. $45,011 of this amount was for damage to the many bridges. The figures do not include the loss of gravel on county roads. The districts will pay the amounts not paid by fed eral funds out of county and township funds. The mill levy will be set by the supervisors at a meeting August 10. w wi«■ ntv- »i».» ■», ,w ;•««'-/ <k 'i ; *■Wwii^\wfw^j. ,w* £*, 1YW West O’Neill finished an unpreeidented season as they emerged undefeated In Eikhorn Valley play. Front row (left to right): Billy White, Bob DeWitt, Doug larson, Jim Booth, Chuck McLain, Tom Earley, Bob Riley and Ron Riley. Bark row: Steve Cronin, Jack Kelly, Jim Troshynski, Joe’ Gllg, Wayne Sundell, Bruce Spelts and Russ Johnson. STINKER DAY □ Friday in O'Neill