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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1959)
Twelve Pages In This Issue * 'The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 78—Number 47 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 19, 1959 Seven Cent* A Surprised Dentist I>r. Puerlik shook a lot of hands last week ami met many old friends as they gathered in llir community hall in Spencer to honor the dentist who lias served his community well for the. |«ist 41 years. As can be seen in the picture, the surprise of finding himself honored, stayed with the dentist all evening long. The Frontier photo. Dr. Pucelik Is Honored For 41 Service Years Over 300 friends, relatives and guests of Dr. Jerome M. Pucelik of Spencer gathered in the comm unity hall to surprise the dentist and honor him for 41 years of community service. A "This Is Your Life" theme was carried out as the Dr.'s life was reviewed for the audience. Guests from Spencer as well as the surrounding area applauded heartily as the man's life was un folded by a narrator. Dr. Pucelik. a dentist and pre sently active in linking- business, has spent the last 41 years serving his community as a youth leader as well as guiding adults. He is a graduate of the Univer sity .of Nebraska school of Den tistry, has been very active in the leadership and management ol Boy Scouts in addition to many other community services. Most of the members of his fam ily came from miles to attend the celebration especially for him. Schneider Cork 2 Youths To State In June Two Holt county youths have been selected to attend Boys and Girls State day in Lincoln. Elizabeth Jane Schneider, a jun ior at St. Mary’s Academy, has been chosen the Girls State can didate to go to Lincoln in June. She will be sponsored by Simon son Post No. 93 of the Legion Aux iliary’. Miss Schneider is the daughter of Mr. an.l Mrs. Leo Schneider, who live on a fanti five miles east of O'Neill. She has a brother in the army in Alaska, another in the army at Ft. Riley, Kans. and two brothers Don and Gene, who both attend St. Mary’s; two sisters, Mrs. Wen dell Babl of Emmet and Mrs. An dy Ramold of O’Neill. Dennis Cork has been chosen from the Junior class of the Page, high school to represent Page at Boys State held at Lincoln in June. Scholastically he stands in the up per half of his class. Dennis is a member of the bas ketball squad, the baseball team and track team and was in the junior class play. Dennis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cork of Page. The American Legion in Page is spon soring the trip. __ Schedule Ernst Rites Thursday Morning Funeral services for Charles Thomas Ernst will be held Thurs day (todav) at 10 a.m at Biglins funeral chapel with Rev. Glenn Kennicott officiating. Burial will be in Prospect cemetery. Mili tary services at graveside. Mr. Ernst was born in 1901, the son of Jake and Delia Curran Er nst. The family lived north of O' Neill. He married Burnison in 1943 at Florence, S.C. The couple had no children. He was a veteran of World War II. lie was employed by Boeing air craft at the time of his death. Survivors include the widow: Lela and mother, Mrs. Delia Ernst of Amelia. Pallbearers will be Fred Ernst, Louis Vitt, Leo Carney. Elwin Grutsch, Francis Curran and Art Doolittle. ORGANIZE CU B The Prairie Maids organized their 4-H club at the Chambers Public School Thursday. The officers are, president,-Ju dy Thomson; vice president, Judy Smith; secretary, Larve Weller, and news reporter, Karen Ermer. There are 12 members in the club. Our leader is Mr. Wayne Smith find our assistant leader is Irene Brown. We will meet once a month after school until school is out then we will meet in the af ternoon. OHS News The Pep Club is sponsoring an All Sports Dance to tie held Mon day night at the American Legion auditorium. A King and Queen of sports well be crowned with at tendants from each high school class The King, a senior, is cho sen from sports participation throughout the year. The Queen is chosen from the pep club, and must also be a senior. The crowning will be at 10 p.m. EAGLE HESTERS The A. T. Crumlv home of Page was the meeting piace for the organization of the Eagle Hustlers dairy division March 10, with twenty-eight members present. The Jack Sisson Cattle Sale Over 900 cattle went on sale at the Jack Sisson ranch near Ewing Sunday. The picture was taken at the beginning of the sale. The auctioneers can be seen on top of the truck in the center of the picture. The sale was one of the largest in this area for some time. At the time this picture was taken, several hogs were put on auction and Col. Wally O'Connell is crying the sale. Frontier Photo Committee Begins Redistricting Discussion; Speak of Central High School Near Inman April Meeting Set For Further School Planning Serious consideration of a coun ty wide comprehensive redistrie ting plan for the 142 school dis tricts in Holt county is being made by the county redistricting com mittee. Merwin French jr., of Page, chairman of the local committee, said the group of eight members were beginning to discuss plans to better educational conditions in the area. According to state law, the committee must come up with i a comprehensive plan within a : year of the present group will I automatically disolve. In addition to French, the pre- ! sent members include Louis Ko- | pecky jr., of Inman, vice chair- i man, Eric Dankert of Chambers, j Dale Mitchell of Amelia, Mis Fred Boettcher of Atkinson, Wal ter Fick of Inman, James Allen of Stewart and Miss Alice French, the county superintendent (a non voting member). French pointed out that although no deminite plan has been adop ted, consideration has been given to the building of a central high school near Inman for the com munities of Inman, Page, Ewing and Orchard. French wild It apjwared that a meeting of all school boards would soon be necessary to dis cuss the proposal. The committee approves of Chambers retaining a high school because of road conditions and the large distance from the Page — Inman- Ewing area, French said. “At the present time we feel that we must worry about the high school problem first,” he said. The next meeting of the re districting committee will be hold April 13th. Watch The Frontier for a full report. Plenty Smart Skunk Gives Smelly Lesson By Mrs. Mark Hendricks CELIA—There’s nothing like educated skunks, just so long as they don’t try to get their three B’s around here. That was the opinion of sev eral Celia parents after their children came home from school one day last week. A family had moved in under the school house and when a few of the friendly boys tried to catch them, they complained in their own unforgettable way. The boys shot one and at least one other got away. The boy’s parents complained that even the lunch buckets smelled bad. Martha Belle Warner Funeral Held Here The funeral of Martha Belle Warner, formerly of O'Neill, who died in a Denver hospital was held at the Methodist church here last week. In addition to a sister, Mrs. Ar chie Bowen of O'Neill, she is sur vived by many other relatives in this area. See obituary on the in side pages. Named Posture Queen At St. Mary's College Nyla Jaszkowiak, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A Jaszkowiak if O'Neill, has liorn named Postun Queen at St. Mary’s college, Xa vier, Kan. Miss Jaszkowiak, a freshman majoring in physical education, played in the All Stur College bas ketball game on Tuesday evening on St. Mary’s campus. She \va* also a member of the freshman Ah Star college team. A champion golfer at the O'Neil) Country club, Nyla also captained the meet-winning, freshman swim ming team at St. Mary’s. William McIntosh Gets State Retail Jewelers Top Elective Post William McIntosh of O’Neill was elected president of the Nebraska Retail Jewelers association at their annual meeting at the Clark Hotel in Hastings. There were about 125 state jew elers and their wives present. Other officers included first vice president, A. R. Shalberg of Oakland, second vice president* Walter Truex, of Norfolk and Al ton Combs of Omaha;, treasurer. Max Hinkson, of Ogalala and secre tary, Stanley Knudsen of Lexing I ton. Former Page Man Has Brain Surgery In Rochester, Minn. Page -Cecil Watterman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Watter man of Page, a teacher in mi Norfolk schools was flown to R& Chester Miarch 11 and submitted to brain surgery there on Monday for a brain tumor. Mr. Watterman was in surgery for five and one half hours. He had received a head injury while bowing last sum mer. Leland Stelling and Lcland Fin ley took his parents to Sioux City an Saturday where they went by train to Rochester to be with him. 17 Ewing Students Receive Names on Academic Honor Roll Seventeen Ewing high school stu lents received academic honor roll 'ecognition this week. The sopho tiore class rated seven of its members on the list. Honor students are: seniors— -arry Rotherham, Carolyn Tam* \AAA, Roberta McDaniels, AA \AB; Sharon Kropp, AAABB. Jun ors—Lois Kaczor, Carolee Schmi >er, AAABB. Sophomores—Ben iollwitt, Ronald Brion, Sharon Jobbs, Douglas Shrader, Judy rinsley, AAAA; Anette Rotherham, -eonora Tuttle, AAAB. Freshmen -Donna Wright, AAA V; Betty Wright, Robert Woeppel, Furgen Verhunc, AAAB. Hay Truck Is Totally Destroyed O’Neill firemen were called to a blazing semi truck loaded with hay on highway 108 last night. The driver, Don Moler, who works for the Emmet Hay Co. said he thought the truck backfired and the hay caught Are. A passing motorist notified Moler his trailer was an Are and then notified the fire department. By the time firemen arrived, the entire load as well as the truck was destroyed. Black smoke could be seen for several miles as It disappeared over the northern horizon. The Frontier photo. Rural Fire Meeting Scheduled March 21 The annual meeting of the Or chard rural fire protection district will be held at the town hall in Or chard Saturday evening, March 21 at 8 p.m. Two directors w’lll be elected and other hoard business will be conducted at the meeting. 1 ■ George Manger Funeral Is Scheduled Saturday Funeral services for George Le Roy Munger, 71, of Mills will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Boni face Catholic church in Stuart with the Rev. Robert Duffy offia ting. A rosary will lie recited Fri iday at 8:30 at Biglins funeral home. Pallbearers chosen are William Lingenfelter. Ivan Burkinshaw, Walter Ludeman, Axel Peterson. Homer Riggs and Carl Peterson. Mr. Munger was born April 4, 1887, the son of Reed and Louisa Ann Bundy Munger, north of Springview. He ranched for many years before retiring. He never married. Survivors are four sisters, Mrs. Dora Doyle of O'Neill; Mrs. Myr tle Kepler of Bassett; Mrs. Mabel Ritterbush of Mills and Mrs. Ha zel Anderson of Gregory, S.D. FHA MEETING At the regular meeting of the O'Neill chapter of the Future Homemakers of America March 12, at the high school, the girls worked on project for St. Patrick’s Day. They decorated nut cups with St. Patrick's Day decorations and distributed them Tuesday to the patients at St. Anthony’s hospital. Easter Egg Hunt In Page Saturday The annual Easter Egg Hun sponsored by the Woman’s Aux iliary will be held at the Pag* park Saturday at 3:30 p.m. foi children ten years old and under A committee has been named t< mark and hide the eggs. The pay off will be held at the Cork Caf< following the conclusion of thi hunt. Auxiliary members are request ed to bring their half dozen color ed eggs to the cafe by 10 a.m O'Neill Business Note The Presbyterian Women’s As sociation will hold a food sale al Shelhamers Jack and Jill store Saturday, March 21, beginning al 110 p.m. Porter Found Guilty Of Automobile Theft A 17 year old boy was found guilty of automobile theft in Dis trict court yesterday by Judge D. R. Mounts. Herman Reed Porter was charged with stealing the car of Dave Eby of O'Neill. Porter will be sent to the Kear ney boys school until he reaches the age of 21. barring other pro cess. Eby’s car was discovered mis sing on a Sunday night in January and was fouud a few hours later by the Kansas State Patrol in Yates Center. SPEECH CLASS A three hour speech correction course from the University of Ne braska, will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Assembly Room of the court house in O’Neill. A Cappella Choir To Present Concert In O'Neill Saturday The Miltonvale Wesleyan college a capella choir will present a sac red concert at the Wesleyan Meth > odist church in O'Neill Saturday • at 8 p.m. ■ The choir, composed of 26 voices, is under the direction of Vernon . Croch, instructor in vocal and in strumental music at Miltonvale college. Featured soloists will be Donna Cockroft, soprano, Marilyn Terrill, alto, and Harvey Neal, tenor. The “‘Harmonettes,” a la dies trio, will also be presented. The choir travels extensively du ring the year throughout Kansas and the midwest. The Rev. Don V. Olmstead, pas tor of the host church, extends an invitation to people of the com munity to attend the concert. CONTEST WINNER Mrs. Lyle Tucker was a lucky winner in a Dromedary Date con test which she entered last Jan uary. Friday she received a check for one hundred dollars. Mrs. Tucker said she had en tered contests of various kinds in the past but this was the first time she had ever been a winner. O'Neill Man Named Veep of State Group Joe Contois, O'Neill, was elected Vice-President of the Nebraska Television Repeaters Association at the organization meeting in Broken Bow Sunday The organization, which is a state branch of the National Tel evision Repeaters association, was organized with the purpose to fur ther the cause of television repea ter stations such as the one we have in O’Neill. John Watson, O'Neill, accompan ied Contois to Broken Bow. The forming of such an urbanization is the beginning of protest action against any FCC ruling which might outlaw O’Neill's television repeating station. Constitution Drawn By Band Parents The band parents organization met March 12 with about 50 mem bers present. A constitution to govern the or ganization, drawn up by officers and past presidents, was read and discussed and then accepted by the members. Band director Duane Miller also explained contest plans and music awards. Lunch was served by the board members and officers, assisted by three band students. Semi-Truck Driver Has Narrow Escape on Ice i rhe thick, wet blanket of snow last week came as a delight as well as tribulation for some as nearly 10 inches of snow fell in the O’Neill area. While O’Neill’s youngsters play ed in the snow, at least one costly accident occurred near here. A 39-year-old semi-truck driver and his partner had a narrow es cape on highway 281 over the week end when their semi loaded with hogs for east coast markets skid ded off the road and overturned. Steven R. Deisley of Inavale, the driver, lost control of the truck 10 miles north of O’Neill accord ing to Bob Gude, the highway pa troleman investigating the acci dent. Gene Cople of Red Cloud, Deis ley s partner, was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital and released. Deisley was not injured. The hogs were enroute to Cal ifornia from Winner, S. D. when the accident occurred, Gude said. Three hogs were killed and two were injured and later slaughtered, Gude said. O'Neill Business Note Myrt’s Cafe in O’Neill will re open and hold a grand opening Saturday, March 21 from 2 until 5 p.m Free coffee and donuts will be served. i . Narrow Escape The semi truck loaded with hogs for cast coast markets was cnroute to O’Neill when the driver lost control on slick highway 281 about 10 miles nor th of here. The Frontier Photo.
