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Volume 78.—Number 17. O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 21, 1958. Seven Cents
Queen Clara Thurlow anil her escort, Itean (iarwood . . . Atkin
son hay days royalty.—The Frontier Photo.
Shorty II, Angus Steer,
Fair Grand Champion
Amelia to Give Up
Its High School
Prospective Teachers
‘Frightened Off’
AMELIA It appeared late
Wednesday that Amelia's two
grade high school, which has been
the object of a bitter semi-legal
and legal battle, will not operate
this fall
Not because of a statehouse
decree, explain the members of
the board of education, but for a
lack of a teacher.
Duane Carson, veteran high
school teacher, resigned to take a
post at nearby Chambers high
sch(x)l. The Amelia board has
been unable to replace him.
llis wife, Dona, has been hired
to teach the upper grades. Mrs.
Orland Fryrear will teach the
lower grades. Previously Mr. Car
son. the high school teacher, also
taught sevimth and eighth grad
ers.
Officers of the board of educa
tion indicated the "cloudy” status
of the two-grade high school has
“frightened off” several teacher
prospects,
Clyde Widman is president of
the board; Mrs. Birdie Fullerton
is secretary, and Lloyd Waldo is
treasurer. There are three other
members on the board. The com
position of the board will be
changed to three if the hi^h
gchixil is written off in the dis
trict which is known as 228.
In the Nebraska supreme court
the Amelia Ixiard defeated the
state education commissioner and
state board of education on tech
nical questions. State officials
have denied accreditation and been
trying by other means to close up
the high school. Authority of the
state board is still being tested
by Amelia and a number of other
high schools similarly situated.
Last term the two-grade high
school had four students. There
would have been about the same
number this year, but in a year or
two the enrollment would have in
creased sharply.
Closing of the high school part
isn’t official—yet. But the death
knell may be sounded legally be
fore the school bell beckons in 10
days.
Theodore Hopkins
Succumbs in Idaho
INMAN Theodore Hopkins,
former Inman resident, died of a
heart attack Thursday, August
14, in Buhl, Ida. •
“Ted” as he was known, was
the youngest child of the late Mr.
and Mrs Albert Hopkins, who
farmed southeast of Inman for
many years.
He was united in marriage to
Lily Stark, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Stark, also former
Inman residents. To this union
five children were born.
Survivors include: Widow Lily:
sons Dean, Gene and Howard;
daughters Mrs. Norma Thompson
and Karen; several grandchildren;
brothers Kem and Walter, both
of California; Harvey of Omaha;
sister-Mrs. Sis Ebensgaard of
Ewing.
Mrs. James Sobotka of Inman,
sister-in-law of the late Mr. Hop
kins, left Thursday evening on the
train from Grand Island to attend
the funeral.
Pre-School Meeting
for Teachers—
Pre-opening meeting for all
rural teachers of Holt county will
be held Friday, August 29, 9 a m.,
until noon at the O'Neill public
school auditorium. Supplies will
be distributed. Beginning teachers
and teachers new to the county
will meet again the aternoon.
80 Stitches Needed
to Mend Hand—
Mrs William Spence of O'Neill,
formerly of Ewing, had her hand
caught in a clothes wringer.
On Sunday surgery was perfor
med a St. Anthony's hospital. A
total of 90 stitches were required
to mend the ripped hand.
(I'lioto at right.)
CHAMBERS — Robert ("Bob”)
I Beelaert of Page established pre
cedence here Tuesday during the
judging of more than two hun
dred livestock entries at the 66th
1 annual Holt county fair. Monday
' was entry day, Tuesday was judg
ing day, Wednesday and today
! (Thursday) are entertainment
I days.
Attendance was excellent and
performances good at Wednesday’s
RCA-rodeo performance. Final ro
deo performance will be at 8 o’
clock tonight. A dance with For
rest Roland and his orchestra will
formally climax the 1958 fair.
Beelaert’s steer, Shorty H, won
championship honors in the An
gus baby beef division and also
won grand champion honors over
all breeds to become the king of
the show.
Shorty, calved in May, 1957, is
ol Blue Blue Lady breeding and
was raised on the Beelaert farm.
Young Beeleart also entered
and showed a Robin Wood Angus
breeding heifer, which was judg
ed the champion in her class and
the grand champion female on the
grounds.
In 1955 Beelaert entries w’on1
baby beef championship honors;
in class and overall grand cham
pion honors, I*ast year he was
limited to first only in showman
ship, but this year he bounced
hack with sweepstake laurels for
Shorty II and the Robin Wood
heifer and also grabbed top per
sonal honors in beef showmanship.
Robert Klabenes of Chambers
had the champion baby beef steer
in the Hereford division; Ioren
Blake of Chambers, champion
breeding heifer.
Klabenes also had the cham
pion stocker-feeder — a Hereford
heifer.
Kent Stauffer of Page showed
a senior heifer calf, a Milking
Shorthorn, which was declared
grand champion in the dairy di
vision. Warren Hansen of Inman
was awarded a purple ribbon for
his senior yearling Holstein heif
er. Dennis Ickes and Ronnie Ash
er, both of Page, received purple
ribbons for their Holstein heifers,
and Seal Luebcke of Page re
ceived a purple for her Brown
Swiss heifer.
Bonnie Welke of Ewing won a
purple ribbon and top honors for
( I oSed uo ponu(iuoo)
State Champion
Gary Fick, 15 (above), son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick of
Inman. Tuesday won high in
dividual honors in the state
range udging contest at Val
entine. Fick finished highest
among all 4-H entries in the
state, having earlier won the
district honor at Rurwell. A
year ago young Fick won top
state honors in weed identifica
tion Elmer Juracek of O'Neil]
placed in the adult division in
the state competition. — The
Frontier Photo.
Baler Hurts
Prove Fatal
to Pospichal
Unexpected Death for
Father of Four
Small Children
AMEIJA Milo G. Pospichal, 28,
father of four small children, died
at 10:35 a m., Sunday, August 17,
in the Burwell Community Me
morial hospital. His death result
ed from complications of a hay
: field accident which took place
j Monday, August 11, at the Mar
den Malmsten ranch, 13 miles
north of Ericson.
Pospichal, son of Mr. and Mrs.
August Pospichal, who live west
of Amelia, was working alone in
the field with a round baler. The
conveyor became clogged by
heavy hay, and Pospichal attempt
ed to kick it free. He slipped and
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Pospichal . . . he was recon
ciled to double amputation.
first one leg and then the other
was drawn into the rollers.
Pospichal was trapped three
hours before Mr. Malmsten found
him and nearly two more hours
before he was released. No bones
were broken but flesh on his legs
was crushed and torn.
Surgery was performed Wed
nesday, August 13, by a special
ist. Saturday the young rancher,
a two-year army veteran, was ad
vised the two legs would have to
be amputated. The amputation
surgery was scheduled for Mon
day.
Although suffering from intense
shock, he told his father he was
prepared for the double amputa
tion.
Pospichal’s death was unexpect
ed although relatives had been
advised his condition was grave.
It was believed death was caused
from complications of a bladder
injury, causing poison to spread
through his system, or from a
blood clot. No autopsy was per
formed.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August
20, at St. Joseph’s Catholic church.
Rev. Francis Price, pastor of Em
met and Amelia churches, offici
ated. Burial was in St. Joseph’s
cemetery.
Rosary was held Tuesday even
ing at 8 o’clock at the Seger fu
neral home. Pallbearers were
Raynold Hotovy. Julius Hotovy
and' Gilbert Kobza. all former
classmates at Dwight; Dennis
Kaup of Stuart; Jerry O’Malley
of Cham lie rs, and Robert Adair
of Amelia.
Milo Gregory Pospichal was
bom March 30. 1930, , at Ulys
ses, Saunders county, the son of
August Pospichal and Martha
Kobza Pospichal. He was grad
uated in 1948 from Dwight As
sumption high school.
The following spring the family
moved to Holt county where his
parents purchased a ranch about
five miles west of Amelia.
He served 14 months in Germany
while in the army. As a corporal
he was stationed at a motor pool
at Mannheim.
On February 2, 1952. at the Cath
olic chapel at Aberdeen Proving
Grounds. Md., he was united in
marriage with Miss Bonnie Dickau,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Dickau of Atkinson.
Milo ranched about five miles
southeast of Amelia where he
kept cattle and equipment. He
had gone to the Malmsten ranch
in February for temporary sum
mer work and had taken his fam
ily with him, but planned to re
turn to Amelia in the fall.
Survivors include: Widow— Bon
nie; sons—Gregory, 5, and Gary,
2; daughters—Joan, 3, and Bar
bara, 10-months; parents — Mr.
and Mrs. August Pospichal of
Amelia; brothers — Richard, 14,
and Michael, 11, both of Amelia.
Recent Guests—
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Kivett of
National City, Calif., and Mr. and
Mrs. Casper Pribil of O’Neill were
Tuesday, August 12, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Quinn.
Shorty II. Angus steer calf, and a Robin Wood heifer (right) owned by Bob Beelaert of Page,
established an enviable record at the 1958 Holt county fair. Shorty, a May 1957 calf, raised on the
Beelaert farm near Page, was champion in his class and grand champion of the fair. The heifer
was champion Angus heifer and grand champion female of the fair. The heifer was calved in Febru
ary 1957. Beelaert won similar honors two years ago and last year won top showmanship honors.
Utility Executive
Takes Own Life
Russell G. Bowen, 47,
O’Neill Native
Russell G. Bowen, 47, a district
manager for Interstate Power
company and a former O'Neill
resident, was found dead at his
home in Dubuque, la., early Mon
day, August 18.
He died of a gunshot wound
w’hich Dr. Leonard P. Zelinskas,
assistant. coroner, said vVas self
infieted.
Bowen went to Dubuque in 1937
from O’Neill, where he was rear
ed. He had been w’ith Interstate
Power 30 years. Interstate was
predecessor to Consumers Public
Power in this portion of Nebraska.
Funeral services were held in
Dubuque at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
August 20.
Survivors include; Widow; one
son; one daughter; brother—El
mer of O’Neill.
The brother here said that Rus
sell had just completed a new
home and would be moving
next month.
In 1955 Bowen was elevated to
district manager. In that position
he was officer in charge of 250
personnel.
Mrs. James White
Dies at Ainsworth |
Former Resident o f
Atkinson
ATKINSON— Mrs. James White.
90, widow of a longtime Atkinson
dairyman, died Friday, August
15, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Grace Keman. at Ainsworth.
The late Mrs. White, whose
maiden name was Aletha Ella
Guy, was bom April 23, 1868, at
Watertown, O., the daughter of
Mike Guy and Lucy Beebe Guy. i
She came to Ilolt county about
75 years ago.
She married James S. White of
Atkinson January 23, 1890. He
was engaged in the dairy busi
ness here until his death in 1935.
At that time the widow moved to
Ling Pine and then to Ainsworth.
One daughter. Mrs. Lury Bin
kinger, died in 1926.
Survivors include: Daughter —
Mrs. Grace Keman of Ainsworth;
sons — Guy of Casper. Wyo.;
George and James, both of Omaha.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a.m. Mondav, August 18,
at the Seger funeral home. Rev.
Charles H Gates, Methodist pas
tor, officiated. Burial was in
Woodlawn cemetery.
Pallbearers were Arthur Re
gal, C. C. Raymer, Anton Tasler.
George Tracy, Elmer Spence and
Millard Ellenwood.
Knox Youth Dies
in Auto Crash
CREIGHTON—Loren Jensen, 16,
of Winnetoon was killed and his
15-year-old brother, Lyle, was
seriously injured when their car
left the road about 10:30 p.m.,
Sunday while the boys were en
route home from a young peoples’
meeting at the Brazile Mills Lu
theran church.
Their machine apparently struck
a rut in a gravel road five miles
north of Creighton, went out of
control and rolled over several
times. The wreckage and injured
boys were not discovered until 1
a.m. Monday.
Lyle was still in a state of shock
Wednesday morning at Lundberg
Memorial hospital in Creighton
and had not been told of his
brother’s fate.
The boys, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Jensen, have attended high
school at Creighton. The accident
was investigated by State High
way Patrolman Leroy Hodtwalk- ,
er of Randolph.
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Bowen ... in charge of 250
personnel.
Burwell Woman, 83,
Injured Fatally
BURWELL Mrs. Jrihn Penas
83, who was injured Sunday night
when struck by a car as she cross
ed highway 91 near her home in
Garfield county, died in an Oma
ha hospital Tuesday.
She was struck by a car driven |
by Earl Holousky of Sargent. Mrs.
Penas was first brought to a hos
pital in Burwell then transferred
to Omaha.
Her home is three miles west i
of Burwell.
NEW WELL
LYNCH Drilling of a new ar
tesian well for the Lynch swim
ming pool was begun last week.
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Ranch Home Is
Destroyed by Fire
Lightning Is B1 amed
for Blaze
EWING The Ewing rural fire
men were called shortly after 3 a.
m. Tuesday to the John ("Jack")
Sisson ranch, located about 1
miles west of Ewing near U. S.
highway 275.
Upon arrival the firemen found
the interior of the small dwelling
on the ranch completely destroyed
by fire and the roof was ablaze.
Harold Parks, who with his wife
and family live in the large dwel
ling on the place, heard the fuss of
the family dog, looked out the
w'indow and saw the dwelling
ablaze several hundred yards
away. He called firemen.
Parks believes the fire was
caused by lightning. There was
considerable electrical disturb
ance in the sky that night and
some rain.
Firemen were successful in
preventing the spread of the blaze
to the other buildings on the
ranch.
Mr. Sisson, who does consider
able traveling, was reached later
in the day near Detroit, Mich.,
where he has several race horses
competing. Mr. Sisson had been
living in the small dwelling un
til earlier in the summer when
he set out for some of the race
tracks.
All of the contents in the dwel
ling were lost, including an elec
tric refrigerator and range.
The Parks family lived in O’
Neill until recently.
Fred Dunn. 65,
Stricken Fatally
Dies While Mowing
His Lawn
ATKINSON — Fred Dunn. 65,
who was forced to retire about
two years ago because of ill
health, was fatally stricken about
11:90 ant., Friday, August 15,
while mowing the lawn at his
home nt the east edge of the city.
He died of a heart attack. He was
a lifelong resident of this com
munity.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m., Monday, August 18,
at the Methodist church here. |
Rev. Charles H. Gates officiated.
Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery |
under direction of the Seger fu-!
neral home. Vocal music was j
provided by Mrs. Elaine Sc-horn
and Mrs. Dean Fleming.
Pallbearers were Earl Elsbury,
Albert Krysl, John Beck, Percy
Mentzer, Joe Judge and Alfred
Kazda.
The late Mr. Dunn was torn
August 25, 1892, in Atkinson, the
son of Thomas J. Dunn and Rosa
Schmit Dunn. He was reared
and educated here.
He married Lulu E. Mitchell
on March 21, 1994, at Butte.
Mr. Dunn worked many years
with the maintenance of way
crew for the Chicago & North
Western railroad.
He was preceded in death by
a twin son, who died in infancy;
his parents, two sisters and one
brother.
Survivors include: Widow Lulu;
sons Fred of Lincoln and Dale
of Atkinson; brother George of
Salem, Ore.
MARCHING HAND
There will be marching band
instruction for all members and
prospective members of the Muni
cipal band starting Tuesday, Aug
ust 26, and continuing through
Friday, August 29, according to
Band director Duane Miller. Class
starts at 9 a m.
Hull . . . fatally hurt while on
river outing.—O’Neill Photo Co.
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A small dwelling on the Sisson raneh west of Kwing was completely destroyed by fire early Tues
day. The blaze may have been started by lightning.—The Frontier Photo.
Grand champion performance horse at the invitational Appaloosa horse show, held Tuesday in
Atkinson in conjunction with hay days, is pictured with Its owners, (’hurley W. Peterson and Charles
Peterson, jr. In the background is Queen Clara Thurlow and her escort, Dean Garwood.—The Frontier
O »n
Boy’s Neck
Broken in
River Dive
Wendell Leroy Hull
S t r i k es Underwater
Object Near Bridge
REDBIRP Wendell I^eroy HuR.
IS. a 1958 graduate of l,ynoh high
school, died Saturday afternoon,
August 16. while diving into the
Niobrara river near the Kc<1 bird
bridge, five miles south of I.vnoh
He is believed to have suffer
ed a fractured neck and brain
concussion. The physician whe
was summoned did not fix drown
ing ns the cause of death.
Swimming and diving with Hul
was Richard Truax of Redbird
The two boys and others in the
locality frequently indulged in
swimming and diving on the Boyd
county side of the river immed
iately west of the bridge. It was
customary to dive from wooden
bridge piling into a 15-ft. water
hole.
Hull, according to Truax, had
moved westward a few feet from
(he usual site ami apparently
struck a foreign object in the
water at a lesser depth than the
water hole.
Truax succeeded in getting his
companion out of the water, big
Hull lived only a short timn -t fiar
the accident.
The Hull buy was born August
12, 1940, at Lynch, a son of Cijy
L. Hull and Lila Pinkerman Hull
He was reared on the family
farm three miles southwest dt
Redbird where he was in part
nership with his father.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p.m. Monday, August IB
at the Wesleyan Methodist churot
in Lynch. Burial was in the Scott
ville cemetery under direction
of the Jones funeral home. Rev.
Morris Budensick of Spencer, for
merly of Lvnch, officiated.
Pallbearers were John Weed
er. Chester Cassidy, Rexfowi
Carson, Ray Witherwax, Riod
ard Truax and Larry Halstead
Survivors include: Parents —
Mr. and Mrs. Guy L.. Hull of Red
bird; sister—Mrs. Albert (Dor
othy) Reynolds of Inman; broth
or- Gay of Denver, Colo.; grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hull
of Niobrara; great-gi andmothw
Mrs. Sarah Hull of O'Neill.
Clara Thurlow Is
Hay Days Gueeg
ATKINSON Miss Clara Thui
low, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Norbert Thurlow, Tuesday eve
ning was crowned queen of tn»
1958 Atkinson hay days.
Coronation was performed by
Bus Emerich of Norfolk, wht
was judge of Nebraska’s first all
Appaloosa horse show, which was
held in conjunction.
Two thousand persons jammed
the grandstand in the park for
the coronation. Dean Garwood
was Queen Thurlow’s escort.
Appaloosa awards were made at
follows:
1957 filley—Helen and Roy Ed
wards of Prairie Home, Mo.
Grand champion stallion- Rdfc
ert and Margaret Acomb of Staf
ford, N.Y.; reserve Charley W
Peterson of Atkinson.
Grand champion performance
horse—Charley W. Peterson
Grand champion mare -Doe
Huff of Bonneville, Mo.; reserve—
Margaret Johnson of Waco, Tex.
Miss Thurlow will lie a seniot
at Atkinson high school this fall
She is a brunette.
AWARDED DEGREE
William Edwards of the O’Nefl.
high school faculty was recently
awarded a master of educate*
degree in physical education st
State University of South Dako
ta in Vermillion. Those attendii^
were his parents, Mr. and Mi*
D. T. Edwards of Norfolk; Mr
and Mrs. Robert Tingle of At
kinson and Mrs. Edwards anC
daughters.
_TO TEACH IN WEST _
Miss Esther Kinnier and tw*
sisters of Spalding are moving tc
Corona, Calif., about Septembd
1, where she will be commercial
instructor in the senior high
school. Miss Kinnier formerly
taught in O’Neill high school. Sh*
resigned at the end of the 1957-'St
school term.
5 NAVY MEN (XIMING
Five young O’Neill men har
finished boot training at the narv
training center at San Diego
Calif. Jack Sullivan, arrived Wed
nesday, having flown home fat
leave. Gary Holly, Thomas Done
hoe, James Enright and Dan*;
Dexter will arrive in Omaha
day (Thursday) and be met there
SEEKS PASSPORT
Mrs. Alice J. Emmons of A»
kinson applied for a passport at
Monday, August 18. She plans tc
go to Okinawa to join her hus
band, who is stationed there Uj
service.
Mrs. Fred FTittcn entertain^
at a rehearsal dinner in hn
home Friday, August 15, for ha
daughter, Shirley Leahy and E4
Smith. **