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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1955)
The accompanying story concerns Holt county Holt county rural school district 165 near O’Neill, ■which boasts a fine new school building. These photos, however, were taken at district 69, north of Atkinson. District 69 completed the new struc ture (above) in 1954 and open-house was ob served October 12. Board members, pictured be ■- ..—.-.■ side the building are Mrs. O. Poessnecker, E. Hale and W. Morgan. Pupils in the interior photo are: Back row—Jimm’e Hale, Arlene Zahradnicek, James Morgan and Anita Morgan; row nearest camera—John Morgan, Julie Akins, Gary Rocke, Bonnie Akins and Bruce Hale. The teacher is Al pha Kirkland. Some of the patrons are shown. Photo was taken on the day of the open-house. John Deere Day in O'Neill! TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th-1P.M. AMERICAN LEGION AUDITORIUM m -• «. _^ Ilf / / * 2?+**' 1 fla^CZLj^S;~~2T^*"'SL - 'ZZ*-?***jC,Zzzz \ | *e^t .>6^/ \ Harry R. Smith IMPLEMENTS Phone 562 — O’Neill % Districts 165, 69 Not Ragged Beggars By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR., Frontier Feature Writer It has taken a long while, com paratively speaking, for the rural schools in Nebraska to reflect the prosperity and progress of the people. In other words, the archi tecture of most rural schools is of turn of the century variety and the.conveniences of modern living hardly exist in most schools. Many districts still use the one room school by the side of the road. The ragged beggar is heat ed with fuel manually carried in as needed from an outside sup ply. The wood or coal (or both) is fed into a potbellied iron hull in the corner of the room. Toilets usually can be found at each rear corner of the school yard. In win ter they’re usually snowed in or snowed under. At Hallowe’en time they stand as easy prey for prank sters. rm__yitrnl Jl 11V- V* UtVl schools is solved in various ways, few proving entirely satisfactory. The wells that stand unused throughout the summer are risky propositions, even though some reliable board of education mem ber comes along before the fall term opens and “pumps them out.” Some parents won’t even trust the old well at the school; hence water is transported from a nearby home. In warm weather the water ac quires a taste akin to licking the inside of the container. Let’s take a look at a modern rural school in Holt county, built by patrons of district 165, situat ed five miles south and one mile west of O’Neill. This was the first modern rural school building in Holt county and was built in the summer of 1952. The present school board con sists of Francis Pribil, Melvin Rieck and C. C. Peter. The teach er, Miss La Vonne Rieck, is in her second year of school there. She received her training at Wayne State Teacher’s college. There are 12 pupils, represent atives of the Cyril and Stanley Peter, Dick Clark, Verling Snell, Francis Pribil and Melvin Rieck families. Miss Rieck counts four beginners, two first graders, three second graders, one third grader and two fourth graders. This building is a frame struc ture with windows on the south for lighting and high windows on the north for ventilation. The class room is equipped with 20 movable and adjustable desks with plenty of play area for the smaller children. There is a primary table and chairs, a sandtable and children have loads of fun on a merry-go-round out side. District 165 boasts a rhythm band. The school is equipped to serve hot lunches and the build ing is lighted with fluorescent lighting. An oil burning furnace supplies ample heat. There are two indoor rest rooms. There is a cloak room and a water fountain furnishes sanitary drinking water. Patrons of district 165 are justi fiably proud of their new school building, and frankly, I found it an impressive, interesting and mighty commendable place to visit. 1 Strong Finish Enables Victory Coach Elmer Murman’s O’Neill high Eagles uncorked a fourth quarter rally which couldn’t be checked by the favored Neligh Warriors. The Blues finished in front, 44-43, in a thriller played before a near capacity crowd here Friday night. Trailing 11 points going into the final stanza, O’Neill scored 13 points while Neligh could muster only one. Wayne Strong hit the clincher from the side with 15 seconds remaining. Neligh’s counter attempt failed with O’Neill coming up the rebound to stall out the re maining seconds. O’Neill jumped to a 12-9 first quarter lead only to have Neligh forge ahead 26-22 at halftime. The Eagles could not find the range in the third, enabling Neligh to build a 42-31 lead. The Neligh coach started his second five in the fourth quarter. O’Neill picked up three quick bas kets before the Neligh starting five could reenter the lineup. It made no difference with the start ing five returning as the Eagles continued to roll toward victory with a storybook finish. Duane Alton led the Eagle scoring attack with 13 points. He shared rebound honors with Bob Sanders. Dick Gaskill added eight points for the Eagles. Moon was Neligh’s high scorer with 18 points. Van Ert and Bro derson were the Warriors’ top rebounders. O’Neill reserves won over the Neligh reserves in another thrill er, 32-30. Johnson and McKenny led O’Neill with eight and seven points, respectively, while Han ; sen had 11 for Neligh. The Eagles meet Bloomfield on the O’Neill maples Friday night, January 14. Boxscore of main event: O’NEILL (44) fg ft pfpts Fetrow . 1 0 0 2 Gatz . 3 0 3 6 Alton .6 1 2 13 Sanders . 2 3 1 7 Gaskill . 4 0 0 8 Strong . 2 0 4 4 Conarro . 1 2 1 4 Totals .19 6 11 44 NELIGH (43) fg ft pfpts Moon . 8 2 1 18 Alderson . 0 0 0 0 Laker . 2 1 1 5 Scofield . 0 0 0 0 Van Ert . 3 1 2 7 Ames ..!. 0 0 0 0 Ganskow . 1 0 2 2 Melcher . 0 0 0 0 Broderson . 3 5 111 Gabelman . 0 0 1 0 Totals .17 9 8 43 Rail Agents Study Public Relations rk Tk y / . ... iv. x-jrxc at lenj conauciea a public relations seminar for 11 Chicago & North Western station agents, assistants and operators Friday at O’Neill. The lecture hall was a special railway car. Fyfe has had amazing success at Rochelle, 111., and several other points as a passenger-freight agent and is noted in the C&NW system as an expert on public relations. His lecture and a 2%-hour question-and-answer period were preceded by A courtesy film. Fyfe made similar stops and conducted seminars at four other points along the Omaha-to-Chadron line of the C&NW where a concerted effort is being made, both ny the C&NW and civic groups, to make pay passenger-mail-express trains number 13 and 14, which have been op erating at substantial losses. In the photo (left to-right): V. J. Towle of O’Neill, John B. Beck of Atkinson, Sam Noring of Bassett, Richard Hutton of Bassett, Thomas Hutton of Inman, Don Shimerka of Atkinson, N. J. Rich of Norfolk (district freight agent), A. L. Eckles of Norfolk (division superintendent), L. A. Nelson of O’ Neill, W. N. Spence of Ewing, J. H. Johnson of Clearwater, J. C. Strode of Stuart and C. A. Henry of Newport.—The Frontier Photo. Valentine 45; Bassett 44 BASSETT — The Valentilne Badgers earned a 45-44 victory ever Rock county high (Bassett) here Friday night. Earlier the Badgers had defeated Bassett, 52 40. It was Valentine’s fifth straight win. Wrage led the Badg r ■ ers with 23 points; Dick Turpin got 13 for the losing Tigers. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith and their son, Cpl. Donald Beck with, and Miss Nancy Watson were Wednesday, January 5, din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harley and family. Here from Denver— Miss Marjorie McElhaney of Denver, Colo., visited over the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney and her brother, Pvt Bruce McEl haney, who was home on leave from Ft. Bliss, Tex. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD—Esther Downey to Mary Neiman 1-5-55 $3500- Lot 1 Blk 1- O’N WD—Hugh Carr to Virgil L ' Laursen & wf 12-29-54 $7000 Lot 8 & No 20 ft lot 9- Gilg & Swenson’s Sub-division- O’Neill (exchange) WD— Virgil Laursen to Hugh Carr & wf 12-29-54- Exchange Lot 10 & No ^ lot 11- Blk C- O’N & Hagertys Add- O’Neill WD—'Harold Savidge to Fran ces Rotherham 12-29-54 $5000 North 10 ft lot 1 and all Lot 2 ex cept the No 25 ft- Blk 8- Ewing WD—Donald L Carroll to Ed ward R Jansen & wf 22-31-54 11 East 62 ft lots 5-6 & 7 Blk 1 Atkinson- Correction Deed. WD—Edward Jansen to Edward c J Jansen & wf 1-4-55 $1- NE% 2- 29-16 WD—Adam Tindall to Lizzie C Tindall 12-28-54 $1- V4 Int in S% 21- NWy4 23- Twp 31-R 15 SWy4 27- NM, 34-29-15 & W% 3-28-15 WD— Adam Tindall to Adam Tindall & wf 12-28-54 $1- All 6 28- 15 & SEy4 1-28-16 QCD—E V Sedivy to Ray E Sedivy & wf 12-31-54 $1- SVfe 29 S^SWVi- SWy4SEy4 28 Nwy4- sev4nwv4 & SEy4Nw% 32-26-9 WD—Addie L Wrede to Earl E Wrede- Vivian M Martin & Ger trude L Easton 8-4-52 $1- Lots 19-20 & 21 Blk B- O’Neill & Hag erty’s Add- O’Neill WD — Joseph Rohde, et al to Romaine J- Agnes M and Francis R Rohde 11-15-54 $9600- SWVi 28- NEy4 33-32-12 o Mrs. Vannie B. Newman return e Sunday to O’Neill from Hold rege. Mrs. Newman and her son in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Babl and family, of Holdrege, had returned new year’s day to Holdrege from San Diego. Calif., where they had visited over the Christmas holi days with Mrs. Newman’s son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Morris and family. County Treasurer’s Semi-Annual Statement HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA Balances Receipts Transfers Transfers Disburs’ts Balances FUNDS: July 1 7-l-’54 to from other to other 7-l-’54 to Dec. 27 STATE FUNDS: 1954 12-27-’54 funds funds 12-27-’54 1954 General ..$ 2,792.48 $ 76,508.18 $ 3,647.49 $. $ 63,079.12 $ 19,869.03 Tinted V,.. 1148 1-997'59 . 1-435.60 573.47 Umv. Hospital . 18.67 855,77 28.06 647.14 255.36 rllt tv/t-''* a. 85181 20,290.34 1,028.77 17,006.20 5,164.72 < e Feeble Minded . 226.44 5,855.03 271.22 4,849.39 1,503.30 Veteran's Aid . 29.58 7.69 . 29.58 7.69 Spec. Building . 854.29 19,227.28 1,028.77 16,350.35 4,759.99 1^Dnmly . 447.55 8,613.30 467.62 7,379.71 2,148.76 Med. College Bldg. 223.78 4,306.69 233.81 3,941.70 822.58 School Land .. r ooq ss ^ 011 , n ««...< University Land .. 392.95 3,395.15 3,434.10 354.00 Highway Supervision . 38.71 240.63 . 268 32 11 02 Highway Maintenance ... 452.90 2,815.21 . 3 139 17 128 94 Old Age Tax . 24.49 6,402.12 4,497.02 1,929.59 Spec. Bee Tax . ,80 44.92 .... . 45 72 Tow Permits . 30.00 30.00 6000 STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS: . °ld Age As^iSt!n?,t.,J. 8,987.59 70,006.29 72,536.60 6,457.28 Aid-Dependent Children . 471.45 16,754.85 16,580.80 645.50 Aid-Bhnd . !09.00 2,513.00 2,513.00 109.00 Admmistr. Expense . 437.14 8,129.30 . 7 005 09 1 561 35 COUNTY FUNDS: ’ y l,5bl.J5 2er!fral . 75,760.28 52,457.70 1,776.97 .. 70,496.12 59,498.83 ®rldge . 45,943.02 25,139.15 841.72 . 42,510.78 29,413.11 . 49,556.50 30,250.30 79,125.28 681.52 Road-Bridge . 12,167,47 7,877.05 23,748.54 3,704.02* Mail Route ... 14,776.61 25,130.69 42,405.46 2,498.16* Soldiers and Sailors Relief .. 2,341.64 177.32 9 35 2 528 31 Unemployment Relief . 6,487.92 2,606.70 93.52 .“ ‘“ 2 170 87 7 017 47 Medical and Hospitalization . 7,530.88 4,805.95 327 34 . . 2 773 19 q’oQnQo f“:;, •"„•••.. 1,472.37 1,786.15 46.76 ...’. Z.OOO.OO ijX Mothers Pension . 1,072.12 . Delinquent Tax . 29.91 . . ’ 0nn? C-A TT_ T-»_.1 /I -i .. .. Zo.ffl rjuuu ^ dll pdlU) . _ „ Advertising . 388.10 . . 24’™ Misc. Fees . 213.60 . . 213 60 Drivers License . 1,410.65 32.40 . 1 44305 Partial Pay’t . 478.52 301.00 . 224 61 554 91 Int. on Investments . 6,425.27 2,220.00 . R K1e „ Tax Foreclosure . 4,154.23 .. . . 4 154 93 Noxious Weed . 3,120.12 50.09 . 3’l70 21 Tax Sale Redemption . 6.40 453.90 . 352 15 108 15 Motor Vehicle Tax Undist.. 24,612.86 5,154.72 . 29,417.78 349 80 PRECINCT FUNDS: . . 54,019.78 47,577.12 2,355.60 49,765.00 54,187.50 . 894.06 1,964.75 110.46 . 2,145.00 824 27 Po11 Tax . 2,404.83 . 2 404 83 ?}re ^lst; ^T°- 1 . 671.88 1,909.67 169.10 2,500.00 ’250.65 Fire Dist. No. 2 . 166.97 6.15 . . 173 19 SCHOOL FUNDS: .. ge-ral ; ' .. 243,232.09 224,904.82 21,017.79 219,750.86 269,403.84 ‘ Bond and Coupon . 16,699.91 9,510.09 339.79 12,939.58 13 610 21 Free High . 13,578.68 67,557.44 3,034.40 1,620.00 82’,550^52 Fines and License . 8,933.00 . 8,933.00 State Apportionment . Miscellaneous .!”!!!!!!!!!! *1,119.57 1,119.57 Estray ... 42.47 . 42.47 VILLAGE FUNDS: ' * General . 34,267.09 33,298.46 5,182.18 . E2 090 Oft 9n RS7 79 Water Bond and Coupons . 9,965.61 2,570.27 173.25 . 909 3J 11*799 83 Funding B. and C. 1>095.29 87.86 4.06 .... 51800 eSS'2? Sewer B. and C. 6,904.58 5,794.36 394.13 . 7 280 00 5 813 07 Elec. Light Revenue Bd. 5,250.00 . 5*350 ™ ’ Atkmson Ball Park B. and C. 3,118.26 546.20 33.08 . . ’2OO 00 ‘‘'iVaV<u O’Neill Swimming Pool B. and C. 896.09 383.95 30.25 1 097 50 ’919 70 O’Neill Paving Assessment . 806.08 3,080.84 . ‘ ’ , I, O’Neill Intersec. Pav. B. and C.. 1.911.85 ... . . 2,249.26 ."2,249.26 Po11 Tax . 990.01 . . 990 oi Auto License . 1,014.48 . 1 014 48 "" O’Neill Park Improv. B. and C. 1,548.10 1,679.19 131.07 ...’. 2,552.50 805 88 $690,289.91 $ 876,723.79 $42,776.56 $42,776.56 $ 888,277.19 $678,736 51 ' Balance July 1, ’54 . 690,289.91 ’ Balance Dec. 27, 1954 . . 678,736.51 $1,567,013.70 $1,567,013.70 ----------- ^uverarart Bank Balances .$487,924.69 UNALLOWED CLAIMS ON FILE IN COUNTY CLERK’S Cash and Checks in Office . 15,811.82 OFFICE ON DEC. 15, 1954 Invested (Gov’t Bonds) . 175,000.00 General ...$8,898.81 - pndge .... $2,143.69 $678,736.51 R°L RriV1<to.$6,913.53 STATE OF NEBRASKA, y ----_ - SS. COUNTY OF HOLT J I, J. Ed Hancock, County Treasurer of Holt County, Nebraska, do solemnly swear that th« tw™;™ rect to the best of my knowledge and belief. solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true and cor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of January 1955 J' ED HANCOCK- County Treasurer (SEAL) ' t 1, RUTH HOFFMAN BAKER, County Clerk ^_ _ o . O