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The Grays . . . the circuit-riding “man-yin’ parson’’ (Rev.
Bartley Blaine) performed the ceremony. (Story at right). — The
Frontier Photo.
Open-House, Program
Today at Youth Center
Open-house between 1 and 6
p.m. today (Thursday) and a
home talent show, starting at 8
o’clock tonight, will formally
complete the new O’Neill youth
center on the mainfloor of the
Knights of Columbus building.
Two prominent Nebraskans
have been invited to assist in the
evening celebration: Former U.S.
Sen. Hazel Abel of Lincoln and
Miss Sandra Speicher of Omaha,
‘ Miss Nebraska of 1955.”
JJlrs. Abel served a short term
in the senate in 1954 and is active
in youth affairs in Nebraska. She
will be accompanied to O’Neill by
two youth workers and will show
« a 20-minute film devoted to suc
cessfully operated centers else
where.
Miss Speicher, a University
of Nebraska student, will be
presented to the audience and
will make a few remarks.
She will be “beautifully gown
ed,” a spokesman said.
Alan Van Vleck, president of the
° Junior Chamber of Commerce,
will be master-of-ceremonies. He
also will introduce L. D. Putnam,
who has directed the renovation
of the rent-free KC building.
Five hundred tickets will have
been sold for the evening show.
Much of the room has been re
plastered, new tile flooring has
been laid by volunteer workers,
the entire interior has been re
painted and redecorated, and on
Wednesday the only task remain
ing was moving in of furniture.
The' 40x40-ft. mainfloor has
been tiled, balcony cleaned, rest
rooms provided with new fix
tures, new windows, and a new
stairway provided to the bal
« cony. *
Seventy-five gallons of pamt
was used. Over 40 adults volun
teered helped, plus many teen
agers.
Mrs. H. D. Gildersleeve is in
charge of the talent. The pro
gram. estimated two hours in
length, will include:
Jack Everitt, vocal; David An
derson, vocal; Bonnie Burival, vo
cal- Richard Smithson, vocal;
Mrs. Gildersleeve, vocal; Mrs.
Donald Loy and Don Hopkins, vo
cal duet; Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr..
and Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick, voca]
duet; David Anderson, Allen Mar
tin and Bud Godel, vocal trio
Clay Johnson, jr., and Don Hop
anrl imitar: Ju
venile Jacks (band); Diane Gil
lespie, piano solo; Mr. Van Vleck
and Matthew Beha, comedy relief;
clarinet quartet and flute trio
(arranged by Charles B. Houser).
The previously idle KC main
floor has been transformed m a
few short weeks into a sparkling
headquarters for teenagers. The
supervised activity center will be
open each Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday evening between " and
10:30 o’clock. A snackbar will be
1 Tickets for the home talent
show are on sale at Petersens
Clothing. . , , . . 0
Equipment will include a juke
box. one ping pong table two
, shuffleboards, reading facilities,
P1 Volunteer helpers have been
William Noring, Ronald Ho55®1]’
James Donohoe, Herman Renze,
Mr Carpenter and his FFA class,
Mrs. McDonald, Mr. Van Vleck,
Mr. Baker. Laverne Stevens^ Don
Petersen, Rex Stowell. Les Weber,
Jo Bazelman, W. M. Grunke Je
(Continued on page b)
• Ground-Breaking
Palm Sunday for
New Church Here
Ground-breaking ceremonies in
connection with the new First
Presbyterian church, to be con
structed here, have been set for
Palm Sunday, March 25, accord
ing to the pastor, Rev. J. Olen
Kennell.
Rev. Robert Ware, pastor of
First Presbyterian church at Nor
folk, will be the speaker in the
2:30 pm., rite.
1-;-;
i Franchise Given
to Midwest Firm
The Midwest Video Service,
Inc., of Valentine, a firm which
filed articles of incorporation
Monday in Lincoln, has been
granted a franchise for “piping
in” television programs to resi
dents of O’Neill.
The city granted the franchise
last week.
Fay Davis of Valentine, one of
the officers, indicated household
ers could hook up for a fee of
$175. Monthly rate would be $8
for “snow free” reception with a
choice of three channels.
Signals would be transmitted
by microrelay to Valentine to O’
Neill, one of the stops. Only sets
connected to the closed circuit
will be able to receive the “snow
free” programs.
James C. Quigluy of Valentine
is one of the incorporators. Capita]
is $100,000.
Page Graders Win
Chambers Tourney
PAGE — The Page graders
! emerged victorious in the Sand
j hills Gateway grade school tour
i nament in progress last week a1
i Chambers.
Page defeated Royal, 39-17, ir
j the finals. Third place honor:
went to Royal.
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Motts Quietly Note Golden Wedding
By a Staff Writer
SPENCER — Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mott, who have resided
over 40 years on a farm 2% miles
northeast of Spencer, quietly
noted their 50th wedding anniver
sary on Sunday, March 11.
The mailman had been kept
busy all week bringing cards,
letters and other congratulatory
messages.
Because of Mr. Motts’ delicate
health, no open-house observance
was held, although many relatives
and some close friends called.
Mr. Mott, 76, was born in Poca
hontas county, Iowa. When a lad
of 2 he accompanied his parents
to the Walnut vicinity with mem
bers of his family.
Mrs. Mott, 68, whose maiden
name was Minnie Mohr, was
born at Haynesviile, a daughter
of A1 and Louise Mohr. Her fa
ther was postmaster at Haynes
viile (located south of Star) 30
years.
The couple met when Mr.
Mott, considered a necessary part
of any horse or steam threshing
rig, was working at the Hart place
2i£ miles west of Walnut. That
week Miss Mohr was helping with
The Motts ... he came to the golden wedding table In a
wheelchair.—The Frontier Photo.
the cooking. The romance blos
somed.
They were married March 12,
1906, and began housekeeping at
Walnut where they lived six
years. Mr. Mott was noted as a
blacksmith in the Walnut and
Verdigre communities.
After moving onto the farm
near Spencer (now 200 acres plus
school lease land), Mr. Mott con
tinued blacksmi thing as a side
line. The family delivered milk
daily to patrons in Spencer for
25 years.
Mrs. Mott recalls when she
went to school at Haynesville.
Some of the schoolmates were
Sumner Downey, the Hunter,
Tighe and Wertz children.
The trip from Haynesville to
O’Neill, she recalls, required
2 Vi hours by horse and buggy.
The golden wedding cake was
baked by Mrs. William Mott, as
sisted by Mrs. Albert Kaczor.
Cake was trimmed with yellow
and green and topped with “50.”
Table was decorated with doilies,
candles, flowers and napkins in
gold.
Mr. Mott appeared at the table
in a wheelchair despite a relapse
suffered earlier in the day and a
need for oxygen.
Their children are: Dr. Law
rence Mott of Beltsville, Md., a
veterinarian; Raymond of Omaha,
who works with the telephone
company; Donald, at home; Mrs.
Carney (Hester) Hartley, who
with her husband and family are
enroute from Ft. Leonard Wood,
Mo., to Monterey, Calif., and Mrs.
Don (Geraldine) Carlson of Lou
isiana, Mo. There are 10 grand
children.
Until recently Mr. Carlson was
employed at the Gavin’s Point
dam. Mr. Hartley is an army ser
geant and soon will receive a
South American assignment.
Long distance greetings were
received from their son, Law
rence; A. J. Mohr of Nutley, N.J.,
Mrs. Mott’s brother, and Mrs. C.
Newland of Crookston, Mrs.
Mott’s sister.
Their children are presenting
their parents a deep freeze. Mr.
Mott has been ill over two years.
(A tape - recorded interview
with Mrs. Mott, conducted by Cal
Stewart, was heard on Monday’s
“Voice of The Frontier” program,
WJAG, 780 kc.)
Page Pair
Married
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John Gray and Wife
Sunday Greet 117
Friends, Relat i v e s
By MRS. N. D. ICKES, SR.,
Feature Writer
PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Gray are one of the privileged
few to celebrate their 60th wed
ding anniversary together.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray enjoy “good”
health—extraordinarily good for
their age. This winter Mr. Gray
cut his chores to a minimum of
three hogs to care for. Previously
he kept several cows, a flock of
chickens, and a herd of hogs he
fattened for market.
Mrs. Gray is active in all groups
as she has been accustomed to do
for years. She keeps her house;
in addition to being available to I
her friends and relatives in an j
emergency.
John Gray was born at Genoa,
Wise., December 18, 1872. He ac
companied his parents to Polk
county when he was 3-years-old;
The family traveled by prairie
schooner.
In 1881 a new tract of land was
opened for settlement and his fa
ther took advantage of the offer.
A timber claim was staked out,
papers were filed and an open
well was dug.
Two years later he brought his
family here. They lived with
John’s grandfather, Ransom
Hunter, while the new soddy was
under construction.
This farm site, the original tim
ber claim contracted for with the
United States patent office, was
destined to become a part of the
j town of Page. At the time of the
' town’s incorporation in August,
1905, 20 acres each were donated
by Robert Gray, John’s father,
W. W. Page (for whom the town
was named) and Sam Hadley, and
an additional 20 acres was pur
chased from George Hunter, mak
ing an 80-acre square on which
to build the town.
Essie Ward was bom at Mid
dlebranch. At the time of her
marriage she was living with her
foster parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Bartley Blaine.
Reverend (“Grandpa”) Blaine
was the circuit-rider preacher of
the early day Methodist church.
He was also the “marrying par
son” of the area.
John Gray and Essie Ward were
married March 10, 1896, at the
home of John’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray farmed the
home place the first four years,
then were persuaded to become
, associated in the general mercan
(Continued on page 6)
Mrs. Wayne Smith . . . housewife-teacher-hobbyist. (Story at
right).—The Frontier Photo.
Big Game, Fish
Films Scheduled
PAGE— Darrell Thompson of
Gravity, la., spent last Thursday
night with Harold Freemeyer
family.
On Friday evening, March 16,
at the Page auditorium, Mr.
Thompson will show films of big
game hunting and fishing scenery
and a variety of pictures taken in
Alaska, where he spends the
summer months in photographic
work. During the winter months
he travels, showing his newly
acquired films.
This film showing will be both,
educational and entertaining, i, %
ture shows will be scheduled if
the public makes it worthwhile.
The Improvement club will
sponsor the evening’s entertain
ment.
CONFERENCE TONIGHT
A drive-in conference will be
held at 8 o’clock tonight (Thurs
day) in the O’Neill public school
band room. Town and rural
teachers will participate. Up to
150 are expected, City School
Supt. M. J. Baack said.
The Frontier for printing!
Kenneil Withdraws
from School Race
Complete Slates for
Council Seats
Rev. J. Olen Kenneil, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, Mon
day announced a petition in circu
lation and bearing his name had
been withdrawn.
The petition, on which scores of
signatures already had been plac
ed, was to enable Reverend Ken
nell’s name to appear on the bal
lot on April 3 as a candidate for
the city schools board of educa
tion.
Earlier petition candidates
for the school board posts were
filed in behalf of H. J. Lohaus
and Elgin Ray, both incumbents.
A petition circulated simul
taneously with the minister’s
named Cecil Baker for the board
of education.
Meanwhile, there are four more
candidates for city council not
previously announced: Francis
Bazelman, First ward; Don Peter
sen, Second ward (two - year
term); Don Enright, Second ward
(one-year term); John Turner,
Second ward (one-year term).
Earlier petitions filed:
For mayor: Dewey Schaffer
and Alva Marcellus (incumbent).
For city council: J. J. Berigan,
First ward; Leigh Reynoldson,
Second ward (two-year term);
James Earley, Second ward (one
year term); Norbert Uhl, Third
ward; Robert E. Moore, Third
ward.
For police judge: Ralph Walker.
Incumbent councilmen whose
terms expire are not candidates:
L. M. Merriman, First ward; Joe
Stutz, Second ward; Emmett
Crabb, Third. Earlier Marvin
Johnson, Second ward council
man, said he would resign May 1,
thus creating the short - term
(one-year) vacancy.
Arrives from Hawaii—
Army Pfc. Jack Gatz arrived
Friday from Hawaii to spend a
30-day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz.
Chambers Mother
District Winner
Will Compete for
‘Mrs. Nebraska’
Mrs. Wayne (Lorene) Smith of
Chambers has been selected win
ner of the Albion district contest
in the annual competition for
“Mrs. Nebraska.”
The announcement was made
by officials of Kansas - Nebraska
Natural Gas company of Hastings,
sponsor of the contest.
Mrs. Smith will compete with
other district winners on March
22 in Hastings, and the winner of
that contest will go to Beatrice on
April 18 for the final “Mrs. Ne
braska” competition.
“Mrs. Nebraska” will then
make the trip to Ellinor Village,
Fla., to take part in the 18th
annual “Mrs. America” contest,
which was won last year by
Mrs. Ramona Dietemeier of
Lincoln.
Mrs. Smith will represent
Boone, Nance, Howard, Antelope, i
[ Knox, Cedar, Wayne, Pierce, Holt
and Dixon counties.
Mrs. Smith lives on a farm one
mile from Chambers. She is a na
tive of that area. She recalls
working about her father’s farm
as a child and riding a horse to
school every day, regardless of
the weather. She attended Wayne
State Teachers college before
teaching school for eight years.
Through correspondence she
has completed almost three
years of college work and is
presently enrolled in advanced
history with the University of
Nebraska.
The Smiths have two children,
Dean and Judy. They are mem
bers of St. Paul’s Lutheran
church. Mrs. Smith is also a past
president of the alumni associa
tion of the Chambers high school
and is now serving as secretary of
that group. She has been active
in 4-H work since childhood and
has served as a leader for 10
years.
In commenting on her home
making, Mrs. Smith said: “Work
to a farm lady means not only her
household managing, but com
plete cooperation with her hus
band wherever it may be. With
the cooperation of my husband
we are teaching our children their
responsibilities in the home. My
daughter is being taught the art
of homemaking and my son his
share of the responsibility he is
expected to assume.
“If baking and cooking could
be considered hobbies, they would
rate first followed by ceramics
i and collecting odd shaped pitch
ers. My time and strength are
managed so that I might help
anyone in need in our communi
ty.”
Agnes McQuilken
Rites at Atkinson
ATKINSON—Miss Agnes Lor
etta McQuilken, 76, died Thurs
day afternoon, March 8, at the
Atkinson Memorial hospital. Miss
McQuilken had entered the hos
pital on Monday, March 5, and
had later submitted to surgery.
Funeral services were held at
St. Joseph’s Catholic church on
Saturday, March 10.
Miss McQuilken was bom Sep
tember 24, 1878, in Chicago, 111.,
the daughter of Michael and Ma
ry Ann McQuilken. Her father
died in Chicago in 1881, and Ag
nes came to Holt county with her
mother and her brother, John,
when she was four-years-old.
Survivors include: Brothers—
John McQuilken of Atkinson and
a half-brother, Charles Donnelly
of Rapid City, S.D.
Frontier for printing!
To Girls’ State
Miss Judy Liddy, 16 (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Liddy, has been se
lected by Simonson unit 93,
Amerian Legion auxiliary, to
represent O’Neill at girls’ state
in Lincoln in June. She is a
junior at O’Neill high school,
has been active in pep club and
glee club.—O’Neill Photo Co.
Walter Stein, 63,
Expires in Burbank
Former Auto Dealer
in O’Neill
Walter H. Stein, 63, a former
O’Neill resident died at the fam
ily home, 565 E. Cypress, Bur
bank, Calif., On Saturday, March
1.
Recitation of the rosary was at
Fellbach’s funeral home in Bur
bank, Reverend Kelly officiating.
Requiem high mass was held at
St. Robert Bellarmine church and
burial was in San Fernando Mis
sion cemetery.
Pallbearers were Lester E.
Henry, Leo Marcellus, Lloyd
Marcellus, John Connolly, Jerry
Kleinsmith and Francis Schwab.
The late Mr. Stein was born
July 6, 1892. He was reared here.
He was baptised into the Ro
man Catholic faith by Rev. W. A.
Giblin on November 18, 1916, in
St. Patrick’s church at O’Neill. On
November 20, 1916, he was mar
ried to Zeffa M. Ziemer.
They became the parents of
nine children—Walter, jr., dy
ing in infancy.
Survivors include: Widow —
Zeffa; sons — Edward of Alham
bra, Calif.; John, Richard and
Paul of Granada Hills, Calif.;
William of Burbank; daughters—
Virginia Eimon and Mary Car
bouere, both of Alhambra; Alice
Orlando of Burbank; 11 grand
children; sisters — Ella Storm of
Rapid City, S.D.; Emma Karel,
Celia Richter, Laura Karel, Clara
Woidneck and Dora Elshire, all of
O’Neill; Mayme Kuhns of Boul
der, Colo.; brother Herman of
Hartfield, Va.
The late Mr. Stein owned and
operated a garage in O’
Neill and in 1941 he and his
family moved to California.
He was employed by Lockhead
aircraft until 1953, when he re
tired because of ill health.
Out-of-town relatives, who at
tended the services were: ZeUa
Marcotte of Washington, D.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Salmans, Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Raso, John Sal
mans and Mary Kimbro, all of
Merced, Calif.; Mrs. Joe Ziemer
of San Francisco, Calif.; Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Kirwin of Whittier,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. La Verne
Brown, Irene Kirwin and Eva
Kellogg of Venus, Calif.; and Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Marcotte of Covina,
Calif.
Spends Furlough Here—
Pvt. Duane Weier arrived on
Sunday, March 4, from Ft.
Bragg, N.C., to visit his parents,
thp Harold Weiers, until March
18, when he reports back to Ft.
Bragg before going to Germany.
O’Neill Graders Win Bassett Tourney
Coach James Luffs O’Neill grade school bas
ketball team proudly exhibits the trophy won dur
ing last week’s grade school tournament held at
Bassett. The O’Neill crew blasted Ainsworth,
59-18, in the opening round; defeated St. Mary’s
of O’Neill, 49-25, in the semifinals, and turned
back Bassett, 68-40, in the finals. Front row —
Coach Luft, Bob Eby (22), Gary Jeffery (23),
rTarold Parks (30), John Kubik (29), Larry Oetter
(24), Bill Fricke (student manager); back row—
Vernon Strong (31), Bill Eby (25), Dick Laursen
(21), Jim McClellan (27), Emerson Steele (32),
Berlin Velder (28).—The Frontier Photo.
Wandersee
Rites Today
atChambers
Fatally Stricken with
Heart Attack While
Entertaining Guests
CHAMBERS—Mrs. Fred Wan
dersee, 79, was fatally stricken
with a heart attack at 11:45 a.m.,
Monday, March 12, in a Dankert
cabin where she lived alone. *
She was preparing lunch for
guests—her son - in - law and *
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hoerle — when the attack came » s
and she died immediately.
Mrs. Hoerle said her mother ° »
had been in a “happy and joking
mood” immediately prior to the
attack.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs
day) from St. Paul’s Lutheran
church.
Rev. Howard Claycombe will °
officiate.
Burial will be in the Chambers .
cemetery under the direction of
Biglin’s. Pallbearers will be Eric
Dankert, Ruben Peltzer, Henry
Walter, Leopold Lenz, Emil Leis
wald and Leslie Leiswald.
The late Ida Regelin Wandersee
was born November 23, 1876, at
Hampton.
She married Fred Wandersee
at Hampton on September 19,
1895.
The family came to Cham
bers 30 years ago. For many
years Mr. Wandersee was a
carpenter in this community.
He died in January, 1943.
Survivors include: Son—Hen
ry of Aurora; daughter — Mrs
Richard (Laura) Hoerle of Cham
bers; several brothers and sis
ters.
She was preceded in death „by
her husband, two sons, Henry
and Elmer, and one daughter, who
died at the age of 3.
Youth Awarded
$10000 Damages
The Holt county district court
jury late Thursday awarded
Dwayne Anderson, 18-year-old
Omaha youth, 10-thousand-dollars
damages.
Young Anderson, son of a Un-“
ion Pacific boilermaker, sought to
. recover 100-thousand-dollars in °
personal injury damages from
i Lloyd Evans, who lives north of «
| Atkinson.
Young Anderson alleged that
he suffered second- and third-de
gree burns over 55 to 60 percent
of his body in an explosion that
I took place on the Evans farm on*
August 6, 1953.
The youth exhibited his burns
to the jury. He was hospitalized
two weeks in 1953.
Members of the jury were:
Mrs. Bill Kelley of Inman;
Frank Hawk, Hazel Ruby, John
Hawk, Mrs. Fern Rexin and
Ralph EL Clyde, all of Ewing;
FYancis Yantize and Donald Me
Kamy, both of O’Neill; Mrs. R.
E. Bly of Amelia; Mrs. Hazel Park
and O. T. Kemper, both of Page,
; and Harrison Hovey of Stuart.
Witnesses called by the plain -
j tiff’s attorneys included Dwayne
■ Anderson; his mother, Catherine
Anderson; father, Alva Anderson,
and brother, John Anderson, all of
Omaha; Ralph Faqua of Omaha
and Dr. James E. Ramsay of At
; kinson.
Depositions included hospital
records.
Defense witnesses included the
! defendant, Lloyd Evans; B. H.
Wilson of Atkinson; Sister An
tonita and Sister Felicia of the
Atkinson Memorial hospital and
Clarence Focken of Atkinson.
Attorneys for the plaintiff were
Julius D. Cronin of O’Neill and
Mr. Semcnara of Omaha.
The defendant was represented
by Charles E. Chace of Atkinson,
Max Kier and Charles Ledwith,
both of Lincoln.
Spencer Bows in
State Tournament
SPENCER— The Spencer high
Pirates were defeated Friday
night in class C state tournament
play in the big coliseum at the
University of Nebraska. It was
Spencer’s first trip to the state
tournament in nearly 30 years.
Last year’s runnerup in class
C, the Clarkson Red Devils, turn
ed back Spencer, 68-57. It was
Clarson’s 27th consecutive victory
this season. Clarkson lost to the
Geneva Wildcats in the finals.
Spencer came within one point
of Clarkson in the closing min
utes and later came within three
points. But Clarkson’s Fred Moore
was too hard to handle for the
Pirates. Moore scored 33 points.
Norman Klasna, Spencer’s ace,
was chosen on the Lincoln Jour
nal-Star’s all-state tourney class
C honorary team.