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"The Voice of the Beef Empire"
Volume 78—Number 44 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 5, 1959 _Seven Cent*
Country Club President
Or. Ilex Wilson was re-elected president of the Country Club at
their annual meeting last week. Clans were made to improve the
course as well as the club house.
Dr. Wilson Is Re-named
Country Club President
Dr. Rex Wilson was re-elected
president of the O'Neill country
club at an annual meeting last
week.
Other offcers elected include
John Conrad of Emmet, vice-presi
dent; Arlen "Shorty” Miles, sec
retary and John Watson, treasurer.
L. A. Becker and D. A. Kersen
brock will serve a term as direc
tors.
At the meeting the officers dis
cussed tree planting, tee-off im
provements and painting.
This year's memberships are
are available as follows: $30 assoc
iate; $25 stock membership; $15
out-of-town and $10 mcmlierships
for single ladies.
The officers explained that these
were family memberships and any
one wishing to join could contact
any of the above men.
Council of Churches
Hold O'Neill Meeting;
Six Teachers Chosen
The Nebraska Council of Chur
The Nebraska Council of Chur
Ing for vacation church school lead
ers and teachers in O'Neill today
at the First Presbyterian church.
Six outstanding teachers were
picked from all over the state to
lead the training meeting. The Ne
braska Council is sponsoring 26
such meetings throughout the state.
The program during the day will
include discussions of administra
tion, the problems of different age
groups, teaching methods, texts,
activities, and planning daily ses
sions.
Direction will also be given in the
use of audio-visual aids with boys
and girls.
$417 Is Contributed
A total of $417 was contributed
to the 1959 March of Dimes by the
Holt county rural schools.
A complete list of amount and
teacher’s names of the rural
schools appear in next week’s let
ters to the editor column on the
editorial page.
WEATHER
hi lo preelp
Thursday .. 48 20
Friday 44 88
Saturday 59 21
Sunday 60 29
Monday 49 28
Tuesday . .. 49 22
Wednesda- 81 29 T
'Get Those Licenses'
Police Chief Warns
O’Neill Police Chief Chris Mc
Ginn warned today against dogs
running loose without licenses.
He said any dog observed with
out a 1959 license could be caught
and disposed of.
He said licenses were available
at the police station.
Temperance League
To Meet This Evening
At O'Neill Church
The Rev. Glenn Kenncott, pas
tor of the O'Neill Methodist church
and contact person for the Tem
perance League of Nebraska in
Holt county, announced there would
be a meeting at the Methodist
church in O’Neill this evening at
8 p.m. for the purpose of dscussing
a county organization to aid in the
work of the Temperance League.
This inter-church program for
alcohol and narcotic education is
directed by Dr. John F. Norman
of Lincoln. The Rev. Jim Sloan of
North Platte, associate director of
the League and official representa
tive in the western part of the state
will be present to state the pur
pose of the county organization,
and outline its functions.
All ministers and laymen inter
ested in this program are nvited
to attend and participate in the
planning of the County program.
Nelson Funeral Monday;
Reached Age of 94
Funeral services for Martina Jen
sen Nelson, 94, were held Monday
jin Spencer.
Mrs. Nelson was born n 1864 at
i Frederikshavn, Denmak, and died
j February 26 at Las Cruces, N.
Mex.
She came to the United States
with two brothers in the early 1890’s
| In 1897 she married Theodore Lars
j Nelson. The couple lived in South
Dakota until 1917 and then moved
to Bristow. Mr. Nelson died in 1929.
In 1934 Mrs. Nelson moved to Las
Cruces to live with a daughter,
Mrs. M. A. Thomas.
Pallbearers were John Kocian,
lorn Bowers, Lawson Lightfoot,
Delwyn Anderson Jay Howell and
Frank Brugman.
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The Pofahl Car
Tills is the ear in which the six month old Pofahl child was killed in a two car crash near O’Neill
last week. The bab’s mother was rushed to St. Anthony’s hospital in O’Neill.
6 Month Old Child Killed
A six month old Ewing baby
girl died in a Sioux City hospital
after she received injuries in a two
car crash near O'Neill Saturday.
Teresa Joan Pofahl was a pas
senger in the car driven by her
mother, Mrs. Martin T. Pofahl. of
Ewing.
Eugene Hastreiter, the investi
gating Safety Patrol officer at the
scene, said the Pofahl car struck
the rear of a car driven by Frank
J. Brady, 64, of Atkinson, a for
mer state tax commissioner and
state senator.
Hastreiter said Brady had1
stopped a mile and a half east of j
O'Neill on U.S. 20 to make a turn
and to waif for an oncoming car,
when the Pofahl car struck Bra-|
dy's car from the rear.
Other Pofahl children in the car
were Thomas, 6, Lee, 4, Peggy, 5
and Shellie, 3. They all suffered
bruises and minor cuts. Mrs. Fan
nie Salwson, a passenger in the
Pofahl car, received face cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. Pofahl was sent to St. An
thony's hospital with face cuts and
bruises.
Map of Proposed Highway and U. 5. 20
Tills niap shows the route of the proposed highway and present
U. s. 3o. \ group of men from Holt and surroundng counties are
preparing to send a delagation to the State Highway Commission
iii an attempt to interest authorities in huihliii£ the rood. File
O'Neill Chamber of Commerce went on record officially backing tin1
project.
Sale Dates
Claimed
March 6- Knox County land sale '
of Archie and Oral Cleveland lo
cated 13 miles north and 2 Vi miles ]
west of Orchard. Sale consists of
2 Vi quarters. A six-room and a 3- j
room dwelling included. Col Ed
Thorin, auctioneer and real estate
broker.
March 14—Estate sale of W. R.
Teml)org. Selling personal proper
ty and real estate. 160 acres inclu
ding dwelling home in village of
Emmet. Col. Wallace O'Connell,
auctioneer; Ed Murphy, clerk.
March 15—Jack Sisson selling
924 Head of Choice Quality Here
ford stock cows, Heifers and
steers. Don't miss this one! Watch
for big ad in next weeks Frontier.
March 18 A1 Kloppenborg, Vi
mile west and 1 mile north of Em
met, Tebr., selling livestock, ma
O’Connell, auctioneer. Ed Murphy
chinery and feed Col Wallace
clerk.
March 21—A special machin
ery and dairy cattle sale at Ewing
livestock market. Col. Wallace
O’Connell, auctioneer.
March 28—Complete household
furniture sale on east edge of O’
Neill, belonging to Jack Murphy.
Col. Wallace O’connel, auctioneer,
Ed Murphy, clerk.
Home from Indiana
EMMET— Mrs. Agnes Gaffney
returned Tuesday from Corydon,
Ind., after visiting in the home of
her nephew and family for the past
three months.
Commander Reminds
Archie Bright, commander of the
O'Neill American Legion, has re
minded veterans of World Wars I,
II and the Korean conflct that pen
sions are payable where permen
ant and total disabilities of a non
service connected nature.
Lola Montes
Spanish Dancers
The third and final persentation
of the O’Neill Community Concert
will be held Monday at 8:15 p.m.
in the O’Neill high school auditor
ium.
Lola Montes and her Spanish
Dancers will perform on the stage
and will end the 1598-59 concert
series.
Lyle Tucker Is Elected
Post Commander
At VFW Annual Meet
Lyle Tucker was elected post
commander of the O’Neil VFW
Post 926 at the annual meeting
Tuesday.
Other officers for the coming
year include Ootto Sprague, senior
vice commander; Ray Tucker, ju
nor- vice commander; Tilford
Grim, quartermaster; George Mor
lang, chaplain; Don Richardson,
adjutant; Raymond Ravell, service
officer; Frank Belmore, officer of
the day and Clfford Kizzire, guard.
The post trustees are Joe Schm
idt, Clyde McKenzie and Louis
Wray.
After the election the officers
were sworn in by Cleon Pratt, na
tional committee member from the
state group.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the National Guard ar
mory in O'Neill April 7th at 8 p.m.
Irrigation Is Discussed
At Extension Meet
The proposed Ainsworth and O’
Neill irrigation project was discuss
ed by the Holt county men and
women’s extension group, Monday.
William Fegger of the bureau of
Reclamation of Ainsworth describ
ed the area to be developed and
some of the information that had
been gathered. He also answered
many questions about the irriga
tion district.
During the business meeting it
was decided to adopt the name of
Holt Young Men and Women group.
There will be no regular meetings
until October but a family picnic
is planned for July 26 at Rock Falls
northwest of O’Neill.
Retailers Prepare
For 3 Promotions
The retail bureau of the O'Neill
; Chamber of Commerce has set a
side three tentative dates for city
| promotions.
On April 2, 3 and 4, the retalers ,
will sponsor and promote a city
wide clearance sale.
On April 16 a new products re
view will be scheduled. Car deal
ers and companies showing farm
machinery will take an active part.
On May 21, 22 and 23, the re
tailers will again have a summer
dollar day celebraton and promo-,
tion.
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Red Cross
Kick Off
Campaign
The annual Holt county Red
Cross fund drive was launched
Tuesday night at a kick-off dinner
held at the Town House.
County officers, community chair
men and solicitors heard Gail Dun
ning, national fund vice-chairman
- Red Cross, emphasized the
value of the Red Cross to Holt
county^ .•esidents.
Solicitors began making house
to-house calls on residents in
each community in the county
Wednesday and letters will go out
to all rural routes in the county
in the near future.
Requests for Red Cross funds
will continue through the month
of March.
Treasurer of the Holt county
Red Cross chapter, Ben Grady,
reported a total of $2,310 contribu
ted in the 1958 campaign. Howard
Manson, county fund chairman, in
distributing matrials to city chair
men, announced a goal of $2,209
for the 1959 drive.
Officers of the county Red Cross
chapter are: Kenneth Warng, coun
ty chairman, A. P. Jaszkowiak, sec
retary; and Ben Grady, treasurer.
Howard Manson is county fund
chairman. A complete list of com
munity fund chairmen will appear
in a later edition of the Frontier.
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Local Boy Scouts Ready
For 'Good Turn Day';
To Pick-up Clothing
More than 10,000 cub and boy j
scouts of the Covered Wagon Coun
cil will participate in this year’s
annual Council-wide scout good
turn day clothing drive for the
handicapped at Goodwill Industries.
Cubmaster Bill McKinlay and the
cub scouts will deliver a scout
goodwill clothing bag to every home
in O’Neill, Page and Chambers,
Saturday,
One week later on good turn day, |
March 21, Scoutmaster Don Maw
and the boy scouts will return to
the homes to collect the filled bags
and boxes of clothing and take them
to a central collection station.
Goodwill Industries’ trucks will
pick up the filled bags at the col
lection station during the following
week.
Warner Funeral Monday
Funeral services for Roy Warner !
of llomick, la., formerly of O’Neill,
was held at the Methodist church
in O'Neill Monday.
Mr. Warner is survived by his
wife, Hazel, one son, Delbert of
Hornick, and one daughter, Mrs.
Lavern (Donna Rae) Book of Sioux
City; also one sister, Mrs. Louis
Taggert of Dannebrog, three bro
thers, John of Atkinson, Fred of
Roclia, Calif., and Elmer of Miss
ouri.
Pallbearers were Hardin Ans
pach, Ray Lawrence, Louis Vitt,
Fred Ernst, Melvin Johring and
James Mullen all of O’Neill.
Ewing Boy Is Selected
For 1959 Boys State
Ewing—Bill Bauer, 16-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer
of Ewing, has been selected to
attend the Comhuskers Boys State !
this year, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion, Sanders Post No. 214
of Ewing.
Bill is a member of the jun
ior class in the Ewing high school
and ranks n the upper portion of
his class scholastically. He has
participated in basketball, football
track and music this year.
Keller Girl Injured
While Crossing Road
Susan Keller, the daughter of I
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keller of Spen- |
cer was injured Saturday and was ,
taken to the Sacred Heart hospi- j
tal in Lynch.
The little girl had gone across
the road to the mail box and when
she ran across the road returning
home, she ran into the side of a
car.
SUDDEN DEATH
Emma Carter of Verdel died
suddenly at her home Tuesday, j
Funeral arrangements have not j
been completed. The remains are
at the Jones funeral home.
Safety Patrol Called
for 2 Truck Crash
The State Safety patrol was call
ed 17 miles south of Atkinson last
night( Wednesday) at the scene of
a two truck property accident.
Patrolman Eugene Hastreiter,
the investigating officer, said a
pick-up driven by Charles L. Wat
son, 31, of Chambers attempted to
pass a 7-Up truck driven by Bob
R. Graber, 28, of Norfolk when the
accident occurred.
Both vehicles were traveling
north when the 7-Up truck box
hooked the bumper of the Watson
vehicle.
Although both trucks rolled, no
one was injured. Passengers in the
Watson truck included Mrs. Watson
and their young son.
2 Local Men Fined
In Holt County Court
Two men were fined by Judge
Louis Reimer in County court
here Monday.
Blaine E. Garwood of Atkinson
was fined $5 and $4 costs for per
mitting a minor to operate a motor
vehicle. Trooper R. L. Gude filed
the complaint.
An O’Neill man, John Kilcoin,
driver for Tom Zakrewski, was
meted a $15 fine and $4 costs for
overweight on capacity plates. The
complaint was filed by Donald
Richardson, scale officer.
SCHINDLER FUNERAL
Anna Schindler, 78, of Niobrara,
died Friday. Funeral services were
held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Lu
theran church in Niobrara. Burial
was in L’Eau Qui court at Niobra
ra.
In the Sand HiHs
There's a Little White Church There;
It Might Be Lonely, But People Come
The Paddock Union church, just a short distance from O’Neill,
served pioneers 70 years ago. It still stands and serves a useful pur
pose. Members of the congregation have refused to replace it or go
elsewhere.
There is a little white church ju;A
17 miles from O’Neill that stands
as a reminder that usefulness is
not always changed by time.
It is the Paddock Union church
and its doors are open every Sun
day momng and have been open
for 70 years.
It looks lonely, and despite the
fresh coat of paint, it appears ot
first glance, desolate.
The church was built in 1886, de
dicated and services begun under
Methodist-Episcopal supervision.
Many come considerable dstances
each year to attend traditional
Memorial day services and pay
tribute to departed loved-ones who
rest in the nearby cemetery. Most
were pioneers.
It has appeared, at times, that
the church would be closed—that
he memt)ership would get too small
for practicality.
But persistent efforts of members
who were hesitant to follow the
trend to the city have kept the
doors open.
Today the attendance is raising.
The little white church in the mid
dle of the Sand Hills still provides
a servee.
j 'Board Member
Spurring Action
In O'Neill Area
The O'Neill Chamber of Com
merce went on record officially
this week backing a plan for a
new highway from O'Neill to Lau
rel.
Plans are underway by several
oca groups spurred by M. V.
Landreth, a Holt county supervis
or, to send a delegation to the
State Highway Commission.
The highway, which has been pro
posed and discussed for as long as
five years, would extend n a strai
ght fine from O’Neill to the High
way 20 junction north of Laurel.
Landreth said local backers of j
the promised route were interested |
in expanding the trade territory of i
O’Neill as well as providing a “bet-1
ter and quicker" transportation j
route for this area's livestock to
Sioux City.
Landreth, of Page, said several
groups inteded to attend a conferen
ce with State House officials at
“the earliest possible date."
He appeared before the Chamber
at their last scheduled meeting
where he explained the road, if
constructed, would be paid for
with state funds.
50th Wedding Date
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Johnson of
near O’Neill will celebrate their
50th wedding anniversary Sunday
at Slats Supper club in O’Neill.
A get-together and lunch will be
served to friends and relatives in
the afternoon from 2 to 5.
Nelson Funeral Monday
The funeral of Mrs. Theodore
Nelson who ded in New Mexico
was held at the Bristow Methodist
church at 2 p.m. Monday, the Rev.
Harold Jensen officiating.
In addition to two sons and two
daughters, Mrs. Nelson is survived
by Esty Nelson of O’Neill.
Rural Dial Systems
On Discussion Agenda
A meeting of all rural telephone
users will be held at 2 p.m. Sat
urday at the Holt county court
house annex.
Earl Smith of RTA will l>e pre
sent at the meeting in addition to
representatives of the Railway
Commission and Bell Telephone
Co.
Ed Wilson, manager of the local
REA said the meeting would be
held to discuss new dial systems
to be installed in rural areas.
Band Parents To Meet
At O'Neill High School
The band parents organization
will hold a meeting March 12 at 8
p. m. in the band room of the
O'Neill high school. Band parents
from both St. Mary’s and O’Neill
high are urged to attend.
Mrs. Robert Krutz, president of
the organization, said that the pur
pose of the meeting is to present
a constitution for acceptance by the
group.
The constitution drawn by the
offcers and the board of directors.
Kusscll Pierson of Wahoo ar
rived Saturday to take over du
ties as assistant county agent
of Holt County. He graduated
from tlie a*rl cultural college of
the University of Nebraska ltd*
last semester after majoring in
extension work. laist summer he
took training in Phelps county
as assistant to the county agent
there. He s not married mid plans
to remain in O’Neill ndeftnlteiy.
2 Local
Workers
Honored
Two local citizens were singled
out by the national 4-11 committee
for outstanding work during the
past year.
They are Mrs. Arthur Mann of
Burwell and Gary Fick of Inman.
Gary Fick, 15, was named 4-H
forestry winner in the state for
excellence n his
project work.
Young forester
Gary Fick was
awarded a foun
tain pen and pen
cil set by an in
tion to his state
honors.
Last year Fick
planted 100 red
cedars in addition Mr«. Arthur Mans
to caring for 200 plum and green
ash trees.
in 1S3Y, nis nrst year, ne won
a blue award for his forestry book
at the Nebraska State Fair where
he participated in tree identifica
tion judging.
During his five years in the Vio
tory Boys and Girls 4-H Club,
Gary has been president and ser
ved on numerous district nnd state
4-H committees.
Another winner in the alumni
division of 4-H
work is Mrs. Ar
thur Majnn of
Burwell. She won
the honor of be
four “most out
standing 4-H club
members in Ne
braska.”
She was awar
ded a burnished
copper plaque in
addition to the recognition. Mrs.
Mann has been in 4-H work for six
years in addition to teaching home
economics and heading that depart
ment at the Burwell high school.
Although Mrs. Mann is a busy
housewife and mother of three
children, she has been an active
project leader in Boone county,
serving as fair judge and assis
tant home agent at 4-H functions.
Baseball Meeting
An O’Neill town team baseball
meeting is scheduled for Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. at the rear of the
Legion Club.
The purpose of the meeting is
to orpanize a town baseball team
for the summer.