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Volume 78.—Number 5. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, May 29, 1958. Seven Cents.
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Miss Sharon Marcellas, O’Neill high school junior, models the
old (left) and the new uniform for the Municipal band. The old
featured French blue with scarlet trim, gold citation cord and red
plume. The new uniforms, to be delivered in August, will be Vale
blue with Coiienhagen blue trim, white plume, white visor, white
chin strap and white citation cords.—The Frontier Photos.
Plan Fund Drive for
84 New Band Uniforms
Mr. Santlrrs ... he wan not ill.
‘Art’ Sanders, 54,
Dies Unexpectedly
Ewing Man Stricken
Early Sunday
EWING Arthur R. Sanders. 54.
Ewing resident, became ill early
Sunday, May 25, and died 15
minutes later at his home Death
came about 2 a.m.
Mr. Sanders was a county road
machine operator. He had not
been ill,. ■>
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May
28, at St. Peter’s Catholic church
in Ewing, with Rev. Alfred Hoes
ing of Deloit officiating Burial
was in St. Peter’s cemetery north
east of Ewing.
Pallbearers were Frank Cronk
of Page, Gene Patras of Clear
water, Ralph Stevens. Vess Bnhm,
Frank Noffke and Ernest Nor
wood. all of Ewing.
The late Mr. Sanders was born
March 21. 1904, at Battle Creek.
In 1931 he was united in mar
riage with Doris Lyons at St.
Peter’s church at Ewing.
Survivors include: Widow —
Doris; sons Pat of Haywood,
Calif., and Johnnie, age seven, at
home; daughters Mrs Rerna
dine Rockey of Uvs Angeles,
Calif., and Mary, age five, at
home: mother Mrs Caroline
Sanders of Ewing: brother -El
dred Sanders of Laurel; sisters—
Mrs. Ktnei irunoic ui mini, o.
p • Mrs Bernice Harlan of Til
den. and Mrs. Mildred Bergstrom
of Ewing.
Snider funeral home of Clear
water was in charge of arrange
ments
Floyd Keyes, ife
Soon VFed 50 't ears
INMAN Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E.
Keyes will observe their golden
wedding anniversary Sunday,
June 1. at the Methodist church
annex at Inman.
Open-house will be observed
from 2:30 until 5 p. m.
New Priest Celebrates
First Mass Today
STUART -Rev. Adrian Bernard
Laible, who was ordained Tues
day at Conception, Mo., will cele
brate his first solemn high mass
at 10 a.m.. today (Thursday) at
St. Boniface Catholic church here.
He belongs to the Benedictine
order.
O 'NEILJ—Clarence Strong went
to Omaha during the weekend. He
will have eye surgery.
A fund drive for band uni
forms will be conducted in the
city next week. It will l>o the
first drive of its type in a decade
and will be under the auspices of
the Band Mothers organization
It is hoped to raise more than
four hundred dollars by solicita
tion to supplement the funds al
ready on imnd. Eighty-four new
uniforms are on order, also four ;
twirlers’ uniforms.
The organization, which is com
posed of mothers of band pupils
from both O’Neill public school
and St. Mary's academy, reports
this financial picture: $1,31168
on hand; $1,500 received from the
city of O’Neill during 1957: $1,500
received from the city for 1958;
$1,000 received from O’Neill city
schools; $384.32 derived from the
public school benefit magazine
subscription drive; $100 from the
SMA candy sales; $258.82 derived
from the American Legion auxil
iary-sponsored bazaar and lunch
eon ; $25 contribution from Earl
Rodman; $25 gift from the Metz
Baking company; $9.59 profit der
ived from a concession stand; $30
in cover charges and $46.90 re
ceived from concert admissions.
Total on hand at present is
$5,612.79.
Expenses met since the fund j
was started include charter for
three busses to Lincoln for band
day in 1957 and $50 advanced to
Band Director Duane Miller for
purchase of awards, certificates
and band uniform alterations.
The new uniforms will cost
$68.15 each and the twirlers’ uni
forms will cost $288 (total). The j
• cost of the uniforms will be
$5,724.60.
In choosing the color combin
ation for the new dress, the of
ficers attempted to incorporate
colors of both schools. The new \
uniforms will be Yale blue with
Copenhagen blue trim Plumes
will be white; visors, chin straps
and citation cords also will be
white.
Delivery of the new uniforms
will be made sometime in Aug
ust and were ordered through the
J. M. McDonald company store
here. Manufacturer is the Ostwald
, Uniform company of New York
City.
Individuals and firms wanting
to forward contributions before
the solicitation are invited to send
checks to the Band Mothers Fund
in care of Mrs. Joe Tennis, who
is treasurer.
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UllHM UiilUCia
Shelhamer, president; Mrs Rob
ert Kurtz, vice-president; Mrs.
Leo Gokie, secretary.
Board members are: Mrs. A.
P. Jaszkowiak, Mrs. Jack Ar
buthnot, Mrs. L. D. Putnam and
Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, all of
St. Mary's academy; Mrs. Virgil
Laursen, Mrs. Richard Nelson.
Mi's Melvin Marcellus and Mrs.
\V. B. Gillespie, all of the public
school.
Christensens to
Return from Hawaii
Capt. and Mrs. H. M. Chris
tensen and children will sail from
Honolulu Thursday, June 5,
aboard the Matsonia. They have
spent 2% years in Japan and Ha
waii.
Arriving in Los Angeles, Calif.,
they will visit for a few days with
i relatives. They also plan to
* stop in Denver, Colo., to visit
Mrs. Christensen's sister and
i family, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
i Bautsch. They will also v isit
Captain Christensen's parents at
Chappell before arriving in O’
Neill to visit her mother, Mrs.
Edna Coyne.
Captain Christensen’s next as
signment is at Maguire AFB in
New Jersey.
LOSE TO NAPER
The Junior Legion baseball
team Sunday lost to Naper, 5-3.
City Will
Honor Its
War Dead
Other Cities, Towns
Plan Observ a n c e s ;
Patterson Is Sick
O’Neill's will join other Ameri
cans in honoring their war dead
on Friday, May 30—memorial day
of 1958.
The parade will assemble in
front of the American Legion
club at 9:30 a.m., and march to
the cemeteries at 10 a.m.
Those participating in the pa
rade are American Legion col
ors. firing squad, American Le
gion auxiliary, municipal band,
national guards, Cub scouts and
flower girls.
The flower girls will be under
the direction of Miss Hilda Galla
gher and Mrs. A1 Fritton.
Rev. Robert Duffy will offer
the prayer and Glen Plummer of
Norfolk will deliver the address.
George Janousek, Legion com
mander, urges all legionnaires to
participate in the services.
Chace Substitutes
for Patterson
PAGE Charles E. Chace,
manager of the North Platte
Chamber of Commerce, will speak
at memorial day service here
Friday morning at 10 o’clock in
the public school auditorium.
He will be substituting for R.
C. Patterson of Lincoln, state ad
jutant of the American Legion.
Patterson reportedly suffered a
stroke, Wednesday, May 21.
Chace is a former Atkinson
attorney.
Mrs Leland Knudsen will pro
vide music at the opening of the
service. The procession will in
elude Legionnaires, auxiliary
members and poppy girls.
The audience will sing “The
Star Spangled Banner’’ and Rev.
Lisle Mewmaw, pastor of the
Methodist church, will offer in
vocation.
Miss Carol Harris will be heard
in a vocal solo immediately before
Mr. Chace's address.
A male quartet will sing. The
group includes Marvin Stauffer.
Dale Stauffer, Richard Harris and
I^arry Heiss. The audience will
sing “America” followed by the
benediction by Rev. Burl Baty,
pastor of Wesleyan church, and
the recessional.
Father Hoesing
to Make Address
EWING — The following pro
gram for memorial day will be
presented Friday at 10:30 a. m.,
at the auditorium of the Ewing
public school, sponsored by the
American Legion Sanders post
214, assisted by the auxiliary:
Presentation of colors, by San
ders post 214: invocation, by Dr.
William H Ross; song, by San
dra Shrader and Douglas Shra
der; reading, “In Flanders
Field,” by Sue Sanders of Laurel;
address, by Rev. A. F. Hoesing
of St. John’s church; duet, by
Archie Johnston and daughter,
Miss Sharon; benediction, by
Doctor Ross.
Services will be held at the
Elkhorn river bridge, honoring
those of the Navy who gave
their lives, and also at the grave
of the unknown soldier at St.
Peter’s cemetery and the Ewing
cemetery.
(Continued on page 6. i
An attention-compelled feature of Saturday's products parade
was this "cutaway” John Deere tractor model exhibited by the
Harry K. Smith Implements. Visitors could actually see the pistons
moving, valves opening and closing. Left-to-right—Hugh Carr, G.
P. Menkens, George Winkler and Terry Gallagher.—The Frontier'
Photo.
The Cane Dance (above) was a feature of St. Anthony's hospital dance revue benefit held Tues
day evening. Celt to rigid—Robert McCarville,- Robert Evans, Randy Miller, Janies Reinier, Michael
McCarville, lliek Martin and Stewart McDonald.—O'Neill Photo Co.
Before I urn of Century—
School Students Weren’t Models
EWING “Adventure in Space”
l was theme of the annual Ewing
high school alumni banquet held
Tuesday evening. May 27, at the
school auditorium.
Mrs. Leonard Knapp was mas
ter-of-eeremonies. Mary Z i m
merman was "chief stewardess".
Henry Drayton of Orchard was
the oldest graduate present. Mrs.
Janell Hoke of North Carolina
i imo the greatest distance, and
Raymond Saiser of Omaha was
second for traveling the greatest
distance.
Willie Shrader offered invoca
tion and Clifford Hahlbeck gave
the welcome. The response was
made by Beverly Rotherham of
the class of 1958.
Numbers on the program were;
Glenn Wenke, 64,
Fatally Stricken
Farmer in Boyd for
39 Years
SPENCER—Glenn V. . -be, 64,
farmer living 10 miles northeast
of Spencer for the past 39 years,
died unexpectedly about 4 p.m ,
Monday, May 26, after suffering a
heart attack at his home.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m., today (Thurs
day) at the Methodist church here
with Rev. Harold Jensen, church
pastor, officiating. Burial will be
in the Union cemetery here.
Pallbearers chosen are Frank
Axberg, Alvin Londberg, Jacob
Gehlsen, Clarence Pearson, Rud
olph Prokop, and Dr. L. I. Hines.
The body will lie in state at the
Jones funeral home here until the
funeral hour.
The late Mr. Wenke was l>orn
March 1, 1894, in Cass county, a
son of Henry F. and Pauline Metz
ger Wenke.
On January 11, 1916, he was un
ited in marriage with Olive Iona
Lingle.
Mr. Wenke was a member of
the Methodist church here and ser
ved many years on the hoard of
education in Boyd rural school
district 74.
Survivors include: Widow
Olive; son Vernon of Spencer;
daughter Mrs. Richard i Adeem
Anderson of Bristow; eight grand
children; Brother Ellsworth
Wenke of Spencer.
Satellites ithe alumni), by Har
old Savidge; lanets (like voices
in song), by Sandra Shrader; at
mosphere (changing conditions),
by Donald Ruroede; comets (out
of this world), musical selections
by Richard Williamson.
Explorers (class of 1958), by
Mrs. R. H. Shain, who introduc
ed the seniors and told of their
accomplishments; stop over U S.
: (vocal duets), by Thomas and
Stanley fombert; altitude (sil
ver ship of 19331, by Mrs. Bud
Bartak, who reported on the 25th
anniversary class.
Galaxy (milky way), vocal se
lection by the Riverside male
quartet with Mrs. Wilbur Spang
ler as accompanist; eclipse (gol
den journey), by Dwight Shroed
er, honoring the 50th anniver
, sary class.
None of the honored 50-year
i class were present. They are
Mildred Kay Morris and Stella
Wilson Coyne.
Members of 1933 class were
Richard Brion, Antonia Calkins
Schollmeyer, Herbert Doty, Fran
ces Fink Hall, Raymond Saiser,
Mildred Sanders Bergstrom,
Phyllis Savidge Bartak, Theresa
Weibel Hupp, Jessie Ingersoll,
Willard Fry, Lucille Lambert La
Rue, Donald Larson, Alma Lat
zel Voorhies, Marjorie Siems
Omey, Eileen Siems Omey, Har
old Noffke, Frank Noffke, and
Ruth Ingersoll.
Also honored were members of
the class of 1958 (pictured on
page 8).
Mr. Drayton reminisced for the
"Voice of the Frontier” (heard
Wednesday, 9:30 a m., WJAG, 780
kc.) He said there were 11 in his
class, including Claude Van Zant,
Bert Butler, Wilber Horton, two
Farnsworth girls, Ernest McKay,
Ralph Houston, Della Slang, Willa
Cole, Lena Tromhouser and him
self.
He rememjbered a grammar
school incident in which Professor
Jackson entered the room to ad
minister punishment and fell
backward into the coal bucket,
bringing the disciplinary action to
a quick halt.
He said pupils in yesteryear
weren’t always on their best be
havior. He recalled having
dumped a 10-cent pack of Italian
pepper onto the pot-bellied stove
in the room. Coughing and sneez
ing prevailed. Pupils opened the
windows for fresh air but the ex
asperated teacher slammed the
windows and the door and left the
room, leaving the hi jinks pupils
to suffer.
Doctor Ross Is
Installed at Ewing
EWING Dr. William H. Ross
was installed as minister of the
Ewing Presbyterian church at
ceremonies conducted here Sun
day evening by a commission of
the Nebraska presbytery. Mr.
Ross has served as minister of
the church for some time on a
supply basis.
Rev. Leland Warren of North
Bend, moderator of the commis
sion, presided. Wilbur Bennett,
elder in the church and a com
mission member, participated.
The program included a solo
by Archie Johnston, accompanied
by his daughter, Sharon. Dr.
George Bancroft, executive of the
Nebraska synod, preached the
sermon.
Others participating were the
Rev. Dallas Gibson of Lincoln,
former Ewing minister; Charles
Mulford of Stuart; Rev. Curtiss
Barnett of Atkinson, and the Rev.
Herbert Young, Stanley Cobb and
Ora Yarges, all of Stuart.
A large congregation attended,
including a number of out-of
town guests.
Doctor Ross and his wife, eli
gible for retirement, came to the
Evying church two years ago.
They served many years as mis
sionaries for United Presbyterian
church of America in Pakistan.
BOAT OVERTURNS
A boat in which Duane McKay
and Pete Fetrow were riding Sun
day at Ft. Randall overturned.
The two found safety in the top of
a tree protruding through the
water and help came. They were
unhurt.
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Mr. Harding . . . Californian.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff
Makes Return Visit
Bert Harding Away
43 Years
Bert Harding, 76, a former
Holt deputy sheriff under Charlie
Hall, arrived last Thursday from
San Jose, Calif., to visit rela
tives including his brother,
Charles Harding, and Mrs. Guy
Cole.
Mrs. Cole’s step father and
Mr. Harding were brothers.
Bert and Charlie are the remain
ing two of four brothers.
Bert lived in Los Angeles from
about 1915 until two years ago
when he moved to San Jose.
During the week, Mr. Harding
has been reminiscing with some
of the older residents of Holt
county.
Tuesday he went to Neligh for
a few days before going to Iowa
to visit relatives. He expects to
return to O'Neill before attending
the golden wedding Tuesday.
June 10, of his neice and her
husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Todd, at Neligh. Mr. Harding j
attended their wedding.
O'Connor Withdraws
Tear Gas Appeal
It appears the appeal in the
now-famous Atkinson tear gas
ease has ground to a halt.
Mike O'Connor, 23-year-old At
kinson youth who was found
guilty by i Holt county court jury
last week, charged with resisting
arrest and abusing an officer, has
paid his fine of $90 and costs of
$ti0 75 total of $150.75.
The ease aganst O’Conner’s
companion, Holland Everetts,
similary charged, has been con
tinued. Everetts has posted a
$200 appearance bond. No date
is set for Everett's trial.
Young O'Conner went to the
county judge’s office an<l with
drew the appeal.
State’s Star Mail
Carriers to Meet
National Unit Formed
Here in 1933
The Nebraska branch of the Na
tional Star Route Mail Carriers
association will convene Sunday,
June 1, in O'Neill and will hear
remarks from Frank E. Russell
of Washington, D. C., vice-pres
ident of the national group, and
from Carl Christensen of Wichita.
Kans., regional transportation of
ficer for the postoffice depart
ment.
The meeting will coincide with
the 25th anniversary of the found
ing of the national association
here in 1933.
Registration will begin at 8:30
a m., at the Golden hotel where
sessions will l>e held. The con
vention will open at 9:15 and the
ladies’ auxiliary will convene at
9:30.
Miller Adkisson of Lincoln,
state president, will preside. Lor
en Hatfield of Broken Bow, sec
retary-treasurer of the state as
sociation, will offer invocation,
and Ray Eby. president of the O’
Neill Chamber of Commerce, will
offer words of welcome.
Mr. Hatfield will respond to Mr.
Eby's remarks and Ira H. Moss,
O’Neill postmaster, will be intro
duced. Committee appointments
will follow and Mr. Hatfield will
make a secretary-treasurer’s re
port Elsi Sparks of Newport,
state vice-president, will report
and Mr. Adkisson will summarize
activities in the state during the
past year.
Doyle Gass of Marysville,
Kans., director of the national as
sociation, will be introduced and
he will introduce Mr. Russell, na
tional president.
Reports of committees, includ
ing resolutions, will follow before
the group ajdourns for luncheon
at the Town House.
At 1:20 p.m., at the Golden Mr.
Christensen will speak on "Post
al Transportation”.
Before adjournment there will
he an election of officers and an
election of delegates to the na
tional convention.
The founder and first president
of the national association was E.
J. Voider, who lived in O'Neill at
that time. Later he made his
home at Bonesteel, S. D., and at
present resides in Omaha.
It has not been learned whether
or not Mr. Velder will be present
for Sunday’s convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Appleby and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kelly will leave
today (Thursday) for a two-weeks
trip to the Pacific Northwest.
Old grads at Ewing’s alumni banquet were (left-to-right) Mrs.
llenry Drayton, 75, of Orchard; Mrs. Leonard Ilall, 65, class of
1912; Mr. Drayton, 82, class of 1X97; Mrs. Harriet Welke, 69, (bare
ly visible in right background) and Mrs. Anna Van Zandt, 78 (right
foreground), member of one of the earliest classes. Two hundred
attended the banquet.—The Frontier Photo.
Car-Truck
Crash Fatal
to Driver
Otto H. Dryak Die*
in Hospital After
Verdigre Accident
VERDIGRE One man is dead
and his wife is hospitalized as u
result of a truck-car colision that
took place Tuesday at 8:15 a in
about nine-tenths of a mile north
of Verdigre.
Fat.ills injured was Otto 11
Dryak, 5-1, of Niobrara. He was
taken to Lundberg Memorial hos
pital m Creighton with internal in
jures and died Wednesday.
His wife, Mary, 50, is hospital
ized with forehead and scalp cuts
Others injured, but released
from the hospital were Phyllis
Dryak, 17, a daughter of the Dry
aks who suffered cuts anil bruis
es on her forehead; Stanley, 10,
her brother, who had a cut fore
head and a bruised left shoulder;
Charotte L. Peed, 19, of Niobara,
who was bruised; and George Ku
bik, 18, of O’Neill, who had face
cuts.
A Standard Oil delivery truck,
driven by Vac .1. G. Ondracek, 46,
of Verdigre, was coming out of
Verdigre. The 1956 Ford coach,
driven by Mr. Dryak, was soutli
bound on state highway 14.
The collision occured at an in
tersection. Mr. Ondracek escap
ed with no injuries.
State Patrolman Eugene M
Hastreiter, of O’Neill, who inves
tigated, estimated the damages to
the Ondracek truck at $100 and to
the Dryak car at $1,000.
X-rays were being taken to de
termine the extent of Peed's leg
injuries.
Former Walnut
Couple Celebrates
VERDIGRE Mr. ami Mrs. Jo
seph Rudloff of Verdigre observ
ed their golden wedding anniver
sary here Sunday. They held an
open house reception, which was
attended by 150 guests.
Miss Phyllis Rudloff, a grand
daughter, was in charge of the
guest book and Mrs. Rudolph
Pavlik and Mrs. Andrew Burkhard
of the gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudloff were mar
ried May 20, 1908, at Wenceslaus
Catholic church here. They were
attended by Miss Mary Danaher
and William O’Keefe.
Mr. Rudloff was born July 22,
j 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
: Lawrence Rudloff, near Gilbert,
la., and is now past 82. Mrs. Rud
loff was Miss Elizabeth Danaher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Danaher, and was horn in a sod
house in the Walnut community.
She is now 78. Both are in fairly
good health.
Prior to his marriage, in 1901
and 1902, Mr. Rudloff operated a
ferry boat at the Iron Post land
ing. It was powered by horses.
When the government required
that the ferry be powered by an
engine Mr Rudloff gave up the
business and went to work for
Tom Danland, a farmer near Ft.
Randall, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudloff farmed
in the Walnut community about
46 years, retiring in 1956 and mov
ed to Verdigre. Mr. Rudloff was
also an auctioneer 20 years.
They have three sons, James,
William and John Rudloff.
Clifford Named
Sandhills Officer
Members of the Sandhills Cat
tle association in session at Val
entine Monday and Tuesday were
told they must convince the con
sumer that he wants beef
The advice came from A1 Dar
low, vice-president of Oklahoma
State university, and Everett Pe
terson, University of Nebraska
economist.
Both pointed to the competition
the beef raiser faces from broiler
production.
Peterson said integration of the
poultry industry has resulted in
greater production with a decrease
in price to the consumer and that
integration of the pork industry
will bring a like pickup in beef
competition.
Dr. Carl F. Kraenzel of Mon
tana State college suggested an
alliance between the beef raiser
and the wheat farmer.
The association elected James
A. Monahan of Hyannis, presi
dent; Robert H. Clifford of Atkin
son, vice-president, and Redmond
Sears of Merriman, treasurer.
Manson Elected
Lions Club Head
Newly-elected officers of the
Lions club are Howard Manson,
president; Tom Cronin, first vice
president; A1 Wood, second vice
president; Kenneth Curren, sec
retary-treasurer; Joe Ollendick
lion tamer; Rev A S. GedwiHo,
tail twister, and Wiliam McIntosh
and K. L. Van Voorhs, directors.
The election took place Wednes
day evening at the Town House