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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1959)
Fleming Funeral Set For Friday Morning James Fleming, 81, long time resident of the O'Neill community, died Wednesday noon at St, An thony's hospital in O'Neill, Funeral services will be conduct ed Friday at 10 a m , at St. Pat rick's Catholic church. A rosary will lie recited Thursday evening at 8:00 at Biglin's funeral chapel He is survived by his wife and four wins. Two Inman Men Fined by Reimer Max Kipple of Inman was fined $10 and $5 costs in Holt county -ourt Tuesday by Judge Louis Reimer for the use of milk caps which bore a firm name other than his own. The complaint against Mr. Kip ple was filed by Fret! R. Close. Nebraska inspector of dairies and foods. Another Inman man, S. E. How ard, was fined $10 and asscisefi $1 costs for driving a vehicle with out license plates. Trooper Rob ert Gude made the arrest. Twelve Pages In This Issue * Section One Volume 78—Number 52 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 23, 1959 Seven Cents He Was Well Received 'Sports, A Matter of the Mind' Gardner Says The young man from Jamaica walked up to the microphone and in a soft and English accented voice told 300 Holt county ath letes how he felt they could be come champions. “You must sacrifice as well as make up your mind what you are going to do," Keith Gardner said in the Ewing Catholic parish hall "Championship sports is a mat ter not so much of physical effort hut rather a matter of the mind, the Olympic runner from the Uni versity of Nebraska said. lie told the fascinated t>oys, and singled out the high School sen iors. that they could not expect things to tie easy whether they de cided to go to college or not, or whether they intended to continue their interests in sports or not. And Gardner should know Rear ed in village of Kingstown, Ja maica, he explained that he did not have the good fortune to have a high school coach as such, and told the Ixjys that they were "priv ileged" to have such men interest ed in them. Despite the lack of early training, however, he has Income one of the fastest living quarter milers. _ The age old advice was again given to the se nior high school boys who attended the Holt letter men’s banquet in Ewing. ’’Things are not going to be easy for you when you get out of school,” Keith Gardner, at left, above, said. O’Neill high school track coach Marv Miller introduced the fleet- footed .lamacian. The Frontier Photo. The reaction of the boys was self explanatory as the applause brought down the house. Gardner said one of the things that pleased him the most was the athletic banquets that he had at tended all the way from the Uni versity of Nebraska to the Olympic Games. "It is wonderful how many countries that you can see and how many people you can meet because of competition," he said. Masy of them were in for a sur prise liefore the evening was over. Many did not know that the boy seated beside him could be his competitor. They were told that the Holt county track meet would l>e held the following morning in Stuart. Turn to the inside pages for a complete round-up of that meet. Talent Winners Are Announced Wednesday Next Stop Fullerton Lions Club officials reported an excellent turn-out for the talent contest. The winners are ns follows: Junior division first place, girls piano trio, Kathy Reynoidson, Pat ty Lorenz, and Sally Herley; se cond place, Cherlyn , Van Vleck, tap dance: third, Lynn Franklin vo cal solo. Intermediate division first place, polka tots, Steve Reynold son, Gary Brewster, Kenneth Franklin, Terry Kurtz, Bobby Kramer and Joe Shoemaker; Sec ond place, Joyce Harmon, vocal solo; third, Lynda Curren, piano solo. Senior division first place.. Jacque Arbuthnot, flute solo, see-' ond, Konnie Kurtz, piano solo, third, Sharon Hartronft, vocal so lo. The first in the junior and inter mediate divisions and the first and second place in the senior divi sions will go to Fullerton for the district contest. Those winners will go to Falls City. Joe Chapman, Tom Gallagher and Andy Anderson, all of Bassett, were the" judges. On Honor Roll Stuart Larry Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. .1 o h n Kramer Stuart made the honor roll with a two point average at Morey Hall. Wayne State Teachers College. This is his 2nd year in college. Agent Facilities In Ewing To End: Hearing Scheduled The final chapter in the story of the loss of railway agent facilities in Emmet is being-written by the State Railway Commission. Although no facilities of this type has been available for years in Emmet, the Commission will hold a hearing in an attempt 1o close down station and caretaker service on April 30. If Chicago and North Western Railway Co, succeeds in dropping Emmet, provisions will still be made to provide for the handling of car loads only. William S[>enee, the O'Neill agent, said the step was only a formal one and that since the sta tion burned down several weeks ago, the O’Neill office was hand ling all of Emmet’s rail business. The railway company has ex plained that the only business trans acted at Emmet is an occasional carload and that in 1958 only seven carload shipments were forwarded. Railway Commission executives said that the railroad has alleged that such little rail traffic occurs in Emmet, and that because it is of a non-recurring nature, that the company wished to formally close the books on the station. Spence explained that the move on the part of the railway was just one of the “hundreds of small er statioss” that will be discon tinued in the future. Holt Fire Meeting The annual meeting of the O'Neill Rural Fire Protection District No. 3 will be held at 1 p.m. April 30 at the assembly room of the court house. Election of officers and othei business will come before the group according to P. V. Hickey, secre tary One of file finer miscellaneous instrumental performances Riven at the music contest licit! last week was Riven by the O’Neill Rroup shown above. They were Riven a first place for their efforts. The members of the brass choir are John Kurtz, Nancy Detail, Larry Dawes, Norma Widtfeldt, Kenny Pea cock, Bill Nelson, Kenneth Franklin, Perry Dawes, Steve Reynoldson, Raymond Fox, Clint Miller, Nancy Wray, Bobby Jenkins, Peggy Rokes, Gary Brewster and Roy Bridge. The Frontier Photo. WEATHER hi lo pree. Thursday, April 16 68 47 Friday 56 38 Saturday _ 42 20 1 Sunday 33 31 1 Monday 39 30 :016 Tuesday 49 20 Wednesday .._ 66 29 Here In Our Midst Chambers lady Writes Prayer; Seven Million To Read It Soon CHAMBERS Would it surprise you to know that many prayers and meditations are not written m the studies of the clergy? Right here within our midst, we have a little silver-haired lady who sits on a brightly lighted porch and hammers out prayers that will ho heard by millions. Mrs, Louis Neilson of Chambers is no amateur and has 1 eon active i in writing plays, short stories and poetry in addition to meditations and greatirrg cards. Although she has been a resi dent of Chamber for only nine ve irs she is well known by ever\ - '5 not only does this ke<£ her busy, she cares for her 9b year old mother. Now she is receiving an donor. On lune 9. It million readers from; Su over the world will meditate on one of her prayers in The l p por Room. The Protestant desattional Rmde is one of the most widelyread per iodical of a religious nature. Mrs. Neilson s prayer speaks for itself: , Father, help us to see that life Itself may lie a prayer. Ma\ we have our minds anil hearts upon to the needs of those about us. aud be read} and willing to help In every way possible. Tench us to ,>r.< y a> if everything depend ed ujioii Thee and work as if everything depended upon us. "I don’t believe in this business of being in a certain mood to write," she explains to the cur ious. "If everyone you met wait ed for you to be in the mood to shake their hand, few- people would meet each other.” Mrs. Neilson explains that prayer to her means “practical deeds’.’ j She explained that actual physical help is what is needed and that is. Mrs. Louis (Holloway) N'eilson lives on the outskirts of Cham bers. Her writing experience includes short stories, plays, poetry and prayer. The Frontier Photo. what a prayer should be. And do you wonder who her favorite author is? She likes to read Bess Streeter Aldrich, a Neb-' raskan, and she will tell you (quite modestly if you aski that the Bib le is not exactly foreign. O'Neill Locals Supper guests at the Lloyd Lied tke home Thursday were Mrs. George Grant and Mrs. Everett Collins, Meadow Grove. Claudia Wauer and Sharon Han ner, Meadow Grove, spent Thurs day at the Lloyd Liedtke home. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fetrow were Sunday guests at the Melvin Lor enz home, Inman. Baack to Chicago Supt. Milton J. Baack has gone to Chicago to attend a meeting of the school review committee, which opened Monday. The committee will meet in con junction with the convention of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, which will be in session through Friday. Sl\ Nebraska administra tors are on the committee. — Larson Girl Killed Miss Phyllis Larson, 18 and a ! former stuuent at O'Neill high school, was killed in a highway crash Sunday night near Tabor, la., She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Larson, now of Norfolk, but former residents in the Ewing and Chambers areas. Miss Larson is survived by her parents and seven brothers and sisters. Board of Education Awards Electric Bids The O'Neill Boad of Education opened bills Thursday for the light ing of the new track and foot ball field. The om of Cresent Electric Co. of Sioux City was accepted. The bid lor all materials less poles was W244.ll F.O.B O'Neill. The next step includes the se curing a local contractor to con tract the installation of all mater ials except poles. Consumers Pu blic Power will place the poles. Attendance Record Set Of The Musical Forum Well over GOO parents and fri ends us well as 106 teachers wat ched at least 670 grade school stu dents perform at the O’Neill high school auditorium this week. Officials of the Holt county music festival said it was one of the best attended festivals ever held here. Chorus and harmony band pra tice was held in the morning and the program began in the "after noon on Monday. -;—_ Sale Dates Claimed April 25— Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kern. Complete household goods, and restuarant equipment. Sale starts at 1 p.m. at 115 North First Street, O'Neill. block east of < the Bowling Alley) Col. Wally O’- ! Connell, auctioneer. Two Records Broken By Larry Tomlinson The eyes of spoils fans throu out the state were on Larrv Tom-1 linson of St. Mary's Academy yes terday. And although he failed by a good margin in breaking the state shotj put record, he did break two Holt county records, scored nearly half of his team’s points and won four first places. The 120 yard high hurdle mark set in 1957 by Tom Schneider of St. Mary's was bettered by Tomlin son by eight tenths of a second at 15.7 seconds. He also ran the 180 yard low hur dles in 21.5 seconds, breaking the previous record held by Jim Slat tery of St. Joe in 1957. Slattery’s time was 22 seconds flat. For a,full report of the day’s activities, see the inside pages. 'The Big Show' “The Big Show ", the O’Neill public school kindergarten operet ta will be presented by 43 children of the kindergarten class, under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Harry Petersen, on May 8, begin ing at 8 p.m., at the high school auditorium. Free admission. See next week’s Frintier for the full details. Savings Are Up Holt county residents lxmght $247,540 in E and H bonds during March, according to Lyle P. Dierks volunteer head of the county com mittee. January-March sales for the county now total $445,742 and repre sent 39.7 percent of the yearly quota. Biglin Vacations Joe Biglin left Wednesday for Novato, Californ ia, where he will visit his sister, Mrs George Curts and family. Something new has been added io the O’Neill Frontier. This engraving machine makes it possible for The Frontier to prepare photographs for the newspaper. Prior to this date it was necessary to have the work done awav from the newspaper plant. The management explained that this was another move to improve the ptvper for Beef Empire readers. Sharrin Hancock is shown here operating the machine for the first time. The Frontier Photo. Burvell Buys Cook KiO— Frank Burvell, O'Neill, paid 5105 per acre last Friday for the Henry Cook quarter section. Col. D’Connell and Vern Reynoldson .vere the auctioneers. < Two Car Crash Takes Two Lives On Highway 20 One newlywed of Creighton and i Niobrara man were killed almost instantly in a two car crash two miles east of O’Neill on highway 175-20 Sunday night. Dead are Gail R. Muller, 24, of Creighton and W.n ?r B. Sedivy of Sliobrara. Four others vvete injured and at east two of these were in serious audition at St. Anthony's hospital Mrs.- Leona Hynes, in critical condition, was transferred to a Sioirx City hospital. • Mrs. Gail Muller, IS, the widow if Mr. Muller, has left St. Anth my’s and returned home for the 'uneral of her husband. The couple rad been married 10 days. In the hospital and reported do ng well are Carroll O’Neill of O’ vJeill and Mrs. Walter Sedivy of Niobrara. Investigating officer Bob Gude. a state safety patrolman, said the iccident occurred two miles east if O’Neill on Highway 275 and U.S. 10. Gude said the drivers of the cars Although one headlight shines after the accident which took two lives and injured four others near O’Neill Sunday, the damage was nearly total to both vehicles. This is the Carroll O’Neill car just min utes after the accident occurred. The Frontier 1‘hoto. were Gail Muller and Carroll O' Neill. The passenger in the O'Neill vehicle was Mrs. Leona Hynes. In addition to Muller’s wife, passen gers in the other car were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sedivy. Investigating officers described the accident as a sideswipe. The Muiler car was traveling west at j the time the accident occurred and O'Neill was going east. Gude said road conditions wen hazardous. An inch of ice and snow was on the highway when the crash occurred. Agent Makes Crop Estimate: Holt County Corn Production Will Be Up 10,000 Bushels Silver Anniversary Is Celebrated in Ewing EWING—Mr .and Mrs. Anton Rothleutner celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on April 14. They were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tinsley. Later thew were charivaried by a group and taken to the school house where more relatives and friends had gathered. The couple was presented with a silver tree containing $25 and a picture. Cards furnished entertainment for the evening. Lunch was served. A three tier cake topped with min iature bride and bride-groom was decorated by Mrs. Joe Turay for the occassion. Moisture Slows Down Tree Crew Operation Of Conservation Men Moisture has temporarily slowed the work of the Holt Soil and Wat er Coservation District’s drill and tree crew operations. To date, over 350 acres of seed has been drilled by the District's grass seed drill. The new drill is expected to arrive and be in oper ation by the end of this week. Plans already call for over 1,50b acres to be seeded by these two drills. Many cooperators expressed in terest in the new drill before it was ordered. Any one discussing the use of the drill with office personnel after the 15th of February are urged to contact the office to make sure the status of their request is understood. A schedule has been set up and letters mailed to all who are on the list to use the drill. There is still time for others to put in their request for use of the drill if they so desire. At Presby Meeting Attending the 72nd Annual Nio brara Presbyterial and Presbytery in Wayne Monday were Rev. and Mrs. John Hart and Mrs. Christina Williams. Speakers at the all day meeting, held at the Wayne Presbyterian church, were Mrs. Calvin Wallis, missionary in Guatemala and Mrs. Ellis Anderson, Nebraska Synodic al president. Irrigation, Rain And No Controls Cited As Causes The raising of corn in Holt coun ty is expected to increase by 10, 000 bushels or more this year ac cording to Holt County Agent Neil Dawes. Dawes cited the dropping of gov ernment controls and the large ir rigation project in Atkinson as reasons for the expected increase. In iMldition to these reasons, Dawes also cited the Increase in moisture during the past few days and explained that the nor mal corn production would In crease. In the past few years, an aver age of 60,000 bushels have been raised. This year extension offic ials expect that figure to be raised to 70,000. “Several years ago we raised that much corn in the county each year but now that certain controls have been dropped we exi>cct to see a substantial raise," he said. HAY Reporting on other crops in the area, Dawes said the hay "The average rancher in this area has at least half of his last year’s hay crop,” he said. Dawes said he expected to see an excellent hay crop again this year with the surge in moisture dur ing the past few days. “The grass es are off to a go,*? ''.tart,” he said The agent said he expected the average rancher to hold on to much of the hay produced this year. “Although the price has been steady, It has been low,” he explained. RANGE AND PASTURE — The range has been slow but is pick ing up very fast now. Dawes be lieves most ranchers will begin turning out cattle by May 1, a few days earlier than usuql. ALFALFA-1The alfalfa needs more warm weather although the moisture is expected to produce a crop of at least 100 percent of aver age. SMALL GRAIN Approximately 60 percent is planted and the pros pects are good along with winter wheat. Banquet Is Held CHAMBERS A sports banquet, sponsored by the pep club was held Wednesday in the assembly room >f the high school. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT There will be a meeting of the Nebraska School Improvement as sociation (county chapter) at 1:30 i p m. April 25 at the American Leg- i ion hall in O’Neill. Boys State Candidate Will Leave in June Gerald Reynoldson, the son a Mr. find Mrs. Brock RrynoHAm of O'Neill, has been chosen *» » Boys State eandidute. He will leave for Lincoln is and his trip will be s| win so red «e Post 93 of the American L*?pa* in O'Neill. Gerald is a Junior at O'Neil high school. Boys from all over the state win get to gether at the Uni versity of Nebras ka campus and at the College of Agriculture where they will meet each other and get acquainted. They will tour Lincoln, will see the state house, and the campus of the University Former Amelia Girl Tells of Experience: Hawaiian Statehood By Florence I .liidsi y AMELIA It must have been i very special clay for a girl whs used to live here and a special day in Hawaii. Mrs. Ted (Marie Adair) Price walked into her classroom on tht island and found that her grade school children were so escitar that, they didn't know what to <lc Mrs. Price, formerly of Amelia who now lives in Honolulu, ‘old ha? mother, Mrs. Gertie Adair n* the children had just found out mu Hawaii had just become a state. Here are a few excerpts trot* the letter Mrs. Price wrote bar mother: "The kids were almost hevunt control this morning when tlajj were told that they would be cit izens of a state. I talked and talk ed about being a good citizen and how important that it was. We sxni and then I talked some more ant finally managed to keep my kid! calm. "The children ’carried the new flag (we had it out on the iawW; and then said the pledge. A min ister led the group in prayer and then we sang "The Star Spanglef Banner" and “Hawaii Ponoi "It was all very impressive an£> calmed the children down. My claw came back to the room and .vert excused for the day. They were quite orderly after that, much t* my surprise." Wins Fry Pan Winners of the Sticker Contest at the Safeway store were announ ced last week. First prize went to Delores F. Boyle. She was pre sented with a Presto Fry Pan by Tom Cronin, store manager. Other winners included Mrs All an Van Vleck, Mrs. Helen Ermer, Mrs. Fred Holsclaw, John Fiala, Mrs. Ben Hanlon, Mrs. George E Hartman, jr., Mrs. Norma Steele, Mrs. Melvin B. Marcellos and Mrs. R. W. Waters, all of O'Neill md Mrs, Roy Zellers of Page. Each received a Buston French purse. To Hastings College Danny La Rue, a high school sen ior from Ewing, Nebraska, was on the campus of Hastings College last weekend as the guest of the administration and admissions de partments. A full day’s acthniw were scheduled for the \ isnors from high schools across Nctn i-ka Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming Over 185 were in attendance which is a record for the Annual Senka Day program provided by Hast ings College.