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O'Neill Dollar Days - Today, Tomorrow, Saturday .:. |L||{K '— Thurso ijr, May 14 55 32 IIU ^ Fridr! 65 27 _ _ ••VOICE OF THE FRONTTEK” s’" ^ 71 4 MON. . wed. . BAT. Section One Advertising Power **•**> 75 48 9:30 to 9:55 A. M. Monday 86 56 .05 A|M' ___ S1 e7 M "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Tuesday 81 57 01 Y Editorials Wediwsdav 5j 19 Volume 79— Number 4 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, May 21, 1959 Seven cents O'Neill Firemen on the Jump; Battle 5 Blazes in 4 Days Electrical Wiring In Three O'Neill Homes Burn Monday Morning The O Neill fire department an- | swered five fire calls during the j week, three of which were elec trical and which occurred at the same time Monday morning. Electrical wiring in three homes in the northeast residential section of the city began burning at the same time at 9 a.m. The first alarm sent one fire truck to the John Hines home at the corner of Eighth and East lien ton streets. The siren had no soon er subsided on the first alarm when firemen were called to the Arthur Ennen residence on the corner of Eighth and East Benton. Firemen were forced to punch into the back porch roof to get at the source of the fire more electri cal wiring. The third fire reported was at the Gene Wolf home in the same section of town where a wire lead ing to the hot water heater liegan to bum its insulation. Damage in all three homes was limited to smoke damage and the wiring itself. K. L. Van Voorhis, manager of Consumers, said electrical systems were lieing changed over at the time the fires occurred. He said investigation did not show the exact cause but said that it could have lieen the result of a mistake on the part of Consumers men in touching a hot wire to the ground or that it could have been faulty grounding in the homes. Van Voorhis said the city lacks neutral grounds in the area where the fires occurred and said Consu mers were taking precautions in ♦ hnt iirofi He said no new wiring projects are allowed in homes without neu tral grounds, but that all three homes had been built before this rule was made. He explained that more neutral grounds are needed in sandy parts of the country. The manager said that Consu mers men had investigated the wir ing in the area where the fires oc curred for several hours but were unable to find the exact cause. “AH we know for sure is that some neutral grounds got hot and that some of the circuits were over loaded." Van Voorhis also said that his men had found fuses too large for the circuits in one of the homes but did not believe that w’as the cause of the trouble. Firemen also answered t vv o grass fire alarms, during the week, one a mile southwest of O'Neill at the Sherman turkey farm Satur day and at the Joe Jareske farm one mile south of the city on Mon day. Little damage was reported at either place and firemen had the blazes out in a matter of minutes. Atkinson Graduates Fifteen St. Joe Atkinson seniors received diplomas Wednesday at the annual commencement exer cises held at St. Joseph church. The Rev. Edward Shad, superin tendent, of Ryan high school in Omaha, addressed the graduates. SECTIONAL MEETING The local Assembly of God church was the scene Thursday of a Sectional Fellowship meeting. The Reverend Lester W. Dickin son, district superintendent of As semblies of God was ev ening spea ker. All churches in the district, which extends from Sioux City to Valentine, were represented at the meeting. • •• Carmen Meusch. prefect of Sodality and senior at St Mary’s Academy is shown here crown ing the statue of the Blessed Vir gin at the annual ceremonies O’Neill firemen fought smoke as thick as soup Saturday at the Sherman turkey farm one mile south of O’Neill. Firemen put the tjrass fire out minutes alter it started. This was the first of five fires which the men were called to in the past week. The Frontier Photo and Eng raving. S.M.A. Thindads Are State Champs Win Class C Spot The Cardinals of St. Mary’s came home from Lincoln Saturday the state Class C track champions and most of the laurels go to Lar ry Tomlinson and Lambert Be lina. Together the boys picked up 22 points of their team total of 26. Polk finished second and Osh kosh third. Belina stirred the Cardinal fire when he picked up 6 points and placed first in the 440 yard dash. He ran second in the 880 yard dash. Tomlinson received 8 points for his team with a second place in both the shot put and the discus. On Saturday Tomlinson received 8 more points with a second place in both the 120-yard high hurdles and in the 180-yard low hurdles. The Cardinal 880 yard relay team placed second and picked up 4 points. Tbe team consists of Lam bert Belina, Gene Schneider, Larry Donohoe and Larry Tomlinson. Coach Don Templemeyer said he wished to thank the O’Neill citi zens for the backing and loyal sup port as well as the donations which made the program possible. Julius D. Cronin Is Singled Out By His Alma Mater An outstanding alumnus of Creighton University, Julius D. Cro nin, attorney, will be singled out as recipient of the Creighton Uni versity Alumni Achievement Cita tion at their annual commencement exercises on Wednesday. June 3. Mr. Cronin graduated from the Creighton school of law with the class of 1916. He was county at torney for 20 years, is a member and past president of the Nebraska Bar Association and Association of County Attorneys. He is also a director of the O' Neill National Bank and several subsidiary banks. During the past two years he lias been active in leading the recent University Al umni fund drive. PARTY FOR SENIORS Graduating seniors, Gerald Kac zor. Daryle Summers, Velda Er I nst and Gloria Jean Krogh, werf honored May 12 with a party afeti the' Junior-Senior banquet at the | Assembly of God church High I school students from Center Union ! Wpsleyan Methodist and Assemblj !of God churches paid tribute tc I the graduates. 112 Rodeo Association Members This Year Gordon Watson, president of the O’Neill rodeo association, has an nounced that 112 businesses and in dividuals are members of the as sociation this year. They are: Virg Laursen, Pete Heriford, Ro ger Bowen, C. E. McVay, D. C. Schaffer, Ann Asimus, L. B. Put man, Francis Curran, Bernard Al len, E. M. Trenepohl, E. L. Miner, James Early, jr., H. A. VanHorn, Louis Brown, Leigh Reynoldson, Fred Jones, J. J. Berigan, Bill Murray. Frank Beelaert, Gorden Watson. Lester Waterman. Robert Clifford, Richard Burtwistle, A. L. Patton, Ralph McElvain, Neil Ry an, F. N. Cronin, Bob Clinkcales, Vern Reynoldson. Floyd Johnson, Roy Shelhamer, William McIntosh. George Janou sek, Ben Hanlon, Dr. G. Cook, Leo Moore. Dr. Wilson, L. A. Becker, Sam Burtwistle, Fred Saunto, Dar rel Graham, Bud Krugman, Harold Mlinar,, Lee Jackson, Ray Eby, Dick Tomlinson, Harrison Bridge, Jim Rotherham, A. W. Carrol, Gus DeBacker, Virg Tomlinson, Dale Wilson, Dr. C. M. Eason, D. A. Baker. James Rooney. Biglins, Dean Streeter, Bill Belik, McCarvilles, Melvin Ruzicka, Bob DeVoy, Harry Clauson. Elden But terfield, D. E. Seger, Carl Goldapp, H. J. Lohaus. Brock Reynoldson, Francis Bazelman, E. Gallagher. G. F Miles. The Frontier. Bob 1 Moore, H. D. Manson, W. D. Me lina, Harry Smith. C, E. Brad shaw, M. J. Baack, Joe McLeish, Dallmont Erickson. O. J. Drake, Dick Clark. Duane Spelts, Guy Cole, Marlin Wickman, Norb Uhl. Don McKamy, Dale Watson, Lyle P. Dierks, George Morlang, Floyd Wilson. J. F. Contois. Leonard Juracek, Dale Herberg, Stewart Pascoe, Charles Fox. Dr. H. Gil dersleeve. Bennett Herford, M. B. Higgins, Charles Watson, S. R. Ro bertson, Ray Bosn. George Peter son, jr., Louis Reimers, ,jr., Vern Wrede. Donald Reiter, Carl Lor enz, K. L. Van Voorhis, Derold Halsey, A. P. Jaszkowiak, and Larry Schaffer. M.Y.F. Meeting Intermediate Methodist Youth 1 Fellowship met at the church Mon I day evening for'their regular meet ing. Hawaii was the theme of the meeting. The youths had decorated the church and each person was given a Hawaiian Lei. Mr. and Mrs Claude Cole showed pictures and •ta'keu about their trip to Hawaii. Sheryl Schmiechel and Gailen .Young served lunch. Recreation i was planned by Bennett Gillespie. — FOUR CONFIRMED Four young people were con firmed at morning services at Christ Lutheran Church Sunday Those confirmed were Sharon Mc Leish, Russell Kapejtka. Keith Krugman and Betty Morrow'. Gov. Brooks To Speak At Cattle Association; Meet At Auditorium The 20th annual convention of the Sandhills Cattle Association will l>e held Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26 in O’Neill. Registration will be from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at the high school auditorium as well as Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the lobby of the Golden Hotel. The registration fee this year is $5. The reports and annual business meeting at the auditorium will be gin at 10:15 a.m. following the address by Francis Kutish, an Iowa State college agricultural econo mist. The annual banquet will he Tues- j day evening at 7 p.nt. at the I.e- j gion club. A special feature of the program | Tuesday morning at 11:30 will be an address by Governor Ralph Brooks. In the afternoon Tuesday at 2:45 a panel discussion of local lawyers will take place followed by a so cial hour at the Legion club. The annual hall will he held at the O’Neill Country Club. Two O'Neill Youths Charged In Court Two O'Neill youths were charg ed in separate actions in District . and County court with breaking I parole and petty larceny. Ronald Timm, 16, w-as charged in District Court with breaking parole and was committed to the Nebraska State Industrial school. He had been paroled following a breaking and entering conviction in 1957. A petit larcency charge was fil ed against Milo J. Bailey, 19. of O’Neill, in County Court. Both Timm and Bailey were ar- ; rested by police chief Chris Mc Ginn in connection with the theft ! of an air pistol and a pint of whis key from the automobile of Robert Cole. An appearance bond of $100 was posted for Bailey by Frank and Bob Clements. Bailey is to appear for trial on or before June 1. Tomjack: 'No Comment' On Possible Warden Job A bulletin from Lincoln has re ported that Holt county sheriff Leo Tomjack has had his name filed for the post of the warden of the state penetentiary in Lincoln. Sheriff Tomjack told a Frontier reporter that he considered the of fer but had no comment to make at this time. Tomjack has been the Holt coun ty sheriff for the past 9 years. Others who had their names fil ed for the post left by the resigna tion of warden Joseph Bovey were Lincoln police chief Joe Carroll and C. V. Keller, former business manager at the state reformatory. Petit Larceny Charge of $100 Is Levied Gordon Coy. 20, Bassett, was fin ed $100 and $4 costs May 19 on a petit larcency charge and was com mitted to county jail on failure to pay the fine. He was charged for stealing miscellaneous tools and equipment valued at $75 on Septem ber 20, 1958, from Bernard Dusat ko’s farm near Emmet. Coy is now serving out his fine at $3 a day in the county jail here. Philadelphia Phillies Will Hold Tryout The Philadelphia Phillies of the National league will hold a baseball tryout camp at Bas se 11, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 26, 27 and 28. Tom Demark, chief Phillies scout, will conduct the camp assis ted by members of the Phillies staff and Bassett men. Any player with American Le gion eligibility must obtain writ ten permission either from the Le gion manager or the post comman der to participate, Demark said. Any player signed to a contract will be reimbursed his expenses. The tryouts will start at 9:30 a. m., at the Rock county fairgrounds in Bassett. Interested players should notify Bassett Lions club or Walt Parr by May 22. NCCW MEETING The O’Neill deanery of the Na tional Council of Catholic Women will hold their spring meeting on Wednesday, May 28. Registration will be held at 1:30 ! p.m. at St. Mary’s gym. The meet ing will begin at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Robert Cole, president, presiding. Ladies from 11 towns will be pre sent. Mrs. John F. McGovern of Oma ha, president of the arch-diocesan council will install the newly elect ed members. Mrs. Ira Moss is in charge of arrangements. "WESTERN DANCE The O'Neill Rodeo Association has announced that a western dance will be held on Saturday, June 20th at 10 p m. at the Coun try dub. Konnie Kurtz and Jacque Arbuthnot Are '59 High School Valedictorians JACXJUE ARBUTHNOT . . . valedictorian rasr 1 ' I KONNIE HERTZ . . . valedictorian ! CAROL HOFFMAN . . . Salutatorian BETTY RODMAN . . . Salutatorian O'Neill Students Get Academic Scholarship 54 O'Neill Women To Have Blood Typed; An Emergency Aid Several local women’s extension clubs in O’Neill have made plans to have their blood typed for St. Anthony's hospital. Mrs. Herman Janzing, spokes man for the three clubs partici pating in the plans to help the hos pital in cases of emergency, said the clubs are “Mother’s Night Out club,” (Mrs. Leonard Davis, presi dent) “Golden Rod Club," (Mrs. Donald Cleveland, president) and "Friendly Neighbors Club,” (Mrs. Harold Mlinar, president). Mrs. Herman Janzing said the hospital staff would type their blood during one of their coming meetings. There are a total of 54 women in the three clubs. TO PUBLISH EARLY Because of the Memorial Day holiday, The Frontier will go to press one day earl ier next week. Advertisers and correspondents are asked to get their copy in on Mon day. —EDITOR Walters and McGinnis Awarded 40 Year Pins Two Holt county persons were honored this week when they were given 40-year service pins in O’ Neill. Honored were Mr. John Walters of Chambers and Mrs. P. W. Mc Ginnis of Emmet. The two were given certificates and pins by Kenneth Waring, presi dent of the Holt county chapter of the Red Cross. Howard Manson and Holt coun ty were also given certificates of appreciation for the recent Red Cross drive. Midgets Split Record The O'Neill midget baseball team has won one and lost one game this season to date. They defeated Ewing 24-4 Friday and were defeated by Stuart 16-6 Tuesday. Their next scheduled game is with Chambers at Chambers tonight at 6 pm. The Junior Legion team will play their first game of the season Sun day at 8 p.m. at Gregory, S. D. At least lour u incui grauu«wmg seniors have received scholarships and others remain unannounced. Jackie Arbuthnot, the valedictor ian of St. Mary's Academy re ceived the presidents scholarship at Creighton which is given to the senior at SMA who graduates with the highest scholastic standing. Miss Arhuthnot has not definite ly decided whether to take the scholarship according to an Acad emy spokesman. It has been re ported that she might enter nurses training. Velda Ernst has taken the nor mal school board test and will go either to Kearney, Peru, Wayne or Chadron. Betty Rodman has a church scholarship which will entitle her to attend Weslyan University in Lincoln. Konnie Kurtz received one of the most coveted of scholarships, the Regents at the University of Ne braska. Superintendent Baach said Kon nie had not made up V mind what she would do after leaving high school. County Legion Meet At Page Monday The County Legion and Auxiliary units met at the Page Legion Hall Monday evening. William Nissen of Plainview, District 2 Child Wel fare chairman presented a very informative talk on juvenile de linquency. At separate meetings after Mr. Nissen's presentation, the county Legion group made plans for the county convention at Chambers Ju ly 13 and Auxiliary members heard Mrs. A. R. Andrews of Norfolk, District 2 president. Entertainment was furnished by Page students Connie Riege, piano solo, and Aletha Rutherford and Carolyn Hallman, saxophone duet. Hostesses for the meeting were women of the Page Auxiliary. Representing the O'Neill Legion were Archie Bright and Fritz Holz. The local /V'iliary was represent j ed by Mrs. Mabel Shobe and Miss i Marjorie Shol>e of Page and Mrs. Lester Riege and Mrs. John David ! son. Legion and Auxiliary District 2 i convention will meet in Stuart this !fall. I. • To Hold Tea The O'Neill Country club ladies will hold a tea Wednesday, May 27 from 2 to 5 at the Town House. All members and prospective 1 members are invited. Schedule Exercises For 81 Graduates In O'Neill Schools Eighty-one high scrool students will graduate from the two O’Neill high schools in exeercises tonight and tomorrow. O'Neill high school will hold cere monies for their 42 seniors at 8 p in. today (Thursday) at the high school auditorium. Ur. Norman Thorpe of the University of Nebraska will de liver the major address. Graduation exercises for St. Mary’s Academy will be held in St. Patrick’s church Friday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Francis E. Kulwrt, pas tor of St. John’s University of Detroit will speak. Jackie Arhuthnot of St. Mary’s Academy and Konnie Kurtz of O’ Neill high will share valedictorian honors in O’Neill for the school year 1958-59. Carole Hoffman of St. .Mary's Academy and Betty Rodman of O’Neill high school are the two salutatorlans. The senior graduates of St. Mary’s Academy are as follows: Jacqueline Arhuthnot, Lamliert Belina, Mary Helen Benze, Mar garet Boyle, James Can-, Rose mary Catlin, Ronald Clark, Mary Lou Connot, William Craig, Patri cia Cunningham, I^awrence Dono hoe, Dec Anne Dunne, Edward Gallagher, Connie lleelan, Carole ITufTirmn flenae Hoffman. Terrance Hynes, Rita Jansen, Gene Jilg. Michael Langan. Ellen Izihaus, Clarence I»ngcor, Charles Mahoney, Keith McKim, Carmen Meusch, Theresa Pribil, I^aVern Pritchett, James Richter, Gone Schneider, Joann Shoemaker, Mary Thomson, I^arry Tomlinson, Gene Turner, Brenton Wabe, Douglas Wallbaum, Larry Wanser, Tom Zakrzewski, Paul Ziska and Mary Lou Zirnig. O’Neill high seniors to graduate are: Larry Anderson, Joan Rooth, Karen Brooks, Nancy Devall. Perry Dawes, Fred Eby, Velda Ernst, Nancy Fetrow, Jeanette Fricke, Larry Frisch, George Fuller, Kar en Hartronft, Sharon Hartronft, Shirley Hicks, Dianne Howard, Ted Jareske, Gerald Kaczor, Cherrian Knepper, Gloria Jean Krogh, Elaine Krugman, Sonny Kudera, Konnie Kurtz, James Larson, Bob McClel lan, Sharon Marcellus, Elaine Rey noldson, Betty Rodman, Larry Rue gge, Jerry Schaaf. Carolyn Schmei chel, Ronnie Smith, Howard Staub, Marilyn Strong, Teddy Strong, Dar yle Summers, Veldon Tomlinson and Bob Williamson. Homemakers Met Nine members attended the May meeting of the Victory Home makers club held at the home of Mrs. Joe Ramold jr. Roll call was answered with a Mother’s day poem or verse taken from cards received this year. Visitors were Mrs. Charles Boy le and Mrs. Arnold Crawford. The guessing game prize was won by Mrs. Ray Conway. Mrs. Charles Boyle won the door prize. June meeting will be an after noon meeting at the home of Mrs. Ray Conway. BARBECUE The senior class of St. Mary’s Academy met at the H. J. Lohaus home Wednesday evening for a no host barbecue. Postmaster Asks Help To Crack Down On Obscene Literature Here Ira Moss, O'Neill postmaster, has asked residents here to help put a stop to obscene literature that has been circulating through the mails. Moss said the amount of filthy and obscene material has been in creasing during the past few months and wishes to notify the recepients that they can put a stop to it. "We’ve received several com plaints here and have reported the cases to postal inspectors," Moss said. The postmaster explained that should the material Ik* repor ted to him, steps can bo taken to stop it. ‘‘The cases reported in O’Neill are ‘borderline,” Moss said. "They are circulars which offer to sell obscene literature.” He explained that some of the material is pro bably lawful but that it can also be stopped if the recepient reports it. 'Hie O’Neill postmaster explained that the federal department is starting a crackdown throughout the United States. Department officials reixnt that most of the obscene traffic is di rected at teen-aged youngsters. The objectionable material can be brought to the post office in O’Neill with a protest, and steps will be taken to determine whether criminal action can bo taken. Eighth Grades Graduate With High Schools Commencement exercises for l>oth of the eighth grade schools’ students will be held at the same time the high schools present di plomas to their graduates. See main story, page 1. St. Mary’s Academy eighth grade students are Eileen Arnold, Car men Benze, Edward Conway, Owen Donohoe, Carol Holly, Donna Mc Ginn, Kathy Schaffer, Beverly Steskal, Judy Sullivan, Jim Sulli van and Jim Wilson. The following are eighth grade students at the O’Neill Public school: Gary Brewster, Lloyd Brooks, Georgetta Clyde, Edward Ennen, Gordon Femau, Sarah George, Diane Graves, Joyce Har man, Kenneth Franklin, Sam Knep per, Russell Kopejtka, Ronnie Kall hoff, Terry Kurtz, Dick Marcellus, Mike Miller, Betty Morrow, I>onnie McKim, Sharon McLeish, Orvel Neal. Kenneth Peacock, Steve Pet erson, Gary Plessell, Marilyn Ples sell, Janet Peterson, Kathryn Per ry, Kenneth Reynoldson, Keith Reynoldson, Steve Reynoldson. Ro ger Schon, Judy Smith, Beverly Strong, Richard Switzer, James Van Vleck, Sharon Velder, Jaunita Warner, Gailen Young. STUART BACCALAUREATE Baccalaureate services for 27 Stuart, seniors were held Sunday at the Stuart auditorium One of the largest classes in re cent years participated in the pro cessional. BUDDY POPPIES Buddy Poppies will be sold in O’Neill Saturday by the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars according to Mrs. Otto Sprague, chairman of the committee. BUR M t IV Consumers Public Power district in O’Neill might not know it I but they have a couple of “free renters.” The robins above, and their family of two little ones, made themselves a home between two light meters at the Jalopy drive In. They doli’t seem b> mind the traffic, and now that they’ve hatched their two little ones, both mama and papa are busy finding worms. The Frontier Photo and Engrav ing.