* STATE HIST SOw „ '‘ . • , • LINCOLN. NE3R. * * ' J " . • • xxx . • ■ •••.•;■' • Ten Pages Today thk wmck*s wrATitra Your Weekly Paper ^^ » J V? ♦ l-'riday, May 22 48 44 0» With Saturday, May 23 87 38 Sunday. May 24 74 50 Advertising Power Section One tSSIJ’. May * 74 II » A“d "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Editorials Volume 79-Number 5 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, May ?8, 1959 Seven Cents Memorial Day Parade and Services Will Begin at 10 A. M. on Saturday O'Neill American legion Post No 93 is making preparations for a parade and Memorial Day services Saturday morning. . Post Commander Archie Bright said the parade would begin at 10 a m at the Legion Hall, proceed west on Douglas and then north to the cemetery. Services will begin after the co lor guard and rifle squad reach the cemetery, the commander said Memtters of the Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary will also take part in the parade. The graves of all veterans will l>e decorated by 1 low er girls. Small flags will also ap pear near the veterans' graves. Commander Bright said the Cub Scouts would also take part in the parade and that traditional honors for the veterans would l>e carried out by the firing squad. The traditional Paddock Union church Decoration Duy ceremonies will also take place this year at 2 p m. Saturday The Rev. Perrin of 1/vng Pine will deliver the address. Eleven Are Received At Methodist Church Youth members received into the O'Neill Methodist church Sun day included Joan Carol Riffey, Karen Ixiree Bartos, Richard L. and Charles R Hill. Curtis Alan Peacock, Laurell Haynes, Frances Jane Anderson and Pamela Sue Hammerlun. Adults received by letter of transfer were Mr. and Mrs. Don Marsh, Dr. Robert Wat ers and Mr. and Mrs, Harry Keller. Mrs. David Eby and Miss l.enna Femau were received into mem »>ership May 17 by Confession of Faith and Mickey Stewart, Mr. and Mrs Gilbert Poese, Mrs. Esther Femau, Gordon Femau, Mrs. Dean Clyde, Mrs. George Carstens and Mrs James Champion were re ceived by letters of transfer. Dad's Day Tournament On June 20-21-22 O’Neill’s 38th annual Dad’s Day golf tournament will lie held June ^0 21, 22, at the O'Neill Country Club. Qualifying rounds may be posted anytime in the week preceding the beginning of the tournament, Sat urday, June 20. First round matches will l>egin 8 a m. Sunday, June 21. Ladies’ bridge will bo hold Sat urday afternoon. A luncheon will be held for the ladies Sunday fol lowed by bridge. Entrance fees for the tournament will lx* $3.50. Entries may lie mail ed or phoned by 6 p.m. Saturday', June 20 to Tom Biddy, tournament chairman, O’Neill. CHAMBER ELECTION The O'Neill Chamber of Com merce will elect officers at their next regular meeting at the I. and R Cafe Monday evening. President Ray Eby urges every one to attend. O'Neill Business Notes A new Westinghouse laundromat will soon open on West Douglas in O’Neill. The self service laundry w'ill be operated by K. C. Hunt. 60th Wedding Date For Page Couple PAGE Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes of Page will observe their 60th wedding anniversary June 7. Open house will lx? held for all friends and relatives from 2:30 to 5:30 p m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Methodist church in Page. The couple request that no gifts be brought. The Haynes’ are long time resi dents of the community. Mrs. Haynes has lived here for 73 years. Their daughter, Miss Viola Hay nes, will be in charge of the open house observance. CONCERT MEETING Community Concert board mem bers will meet Thursday evening at 8:00 at Bill Miller’s office. Pur pose of the meeting is discussion of the 1959-60 concert series. , Tl: Cattlemen from all over western Nebraska arrived in O'Neill yesterday (Tuesday)' and were welcomed by the officials of the Sandhills Cattle As i.o.i. iVesldent Janies Monahan, left, welcomes Mr. and Mrs. itouard Barnes of Cody.. The Frontier I* ota .: 1 K (graving. • •• **. ■ • • ■ ■ ' : " . 1 * * * . a * * * t » ® • • • # . •.* * * _ _ * * . . • • • • . There will he more flowers and a flag on this O'Neill soldier's gra\e Saturday morning. He and hundreds of others like him will he given traditional firing squad honors on .Memorial Day. The Frontier i*hoto and Engraving. PLAN TRIP Mr. and Mrs. John MrCarviUe and their children, Mary Kay and Michael, will leave Thursday for a three week trip taking them first o Annapolis, Maryland for gradu ition of Mrs. McCarville's brother. Midshipman Gerald E. Egan. U. IS. Naval Academy. Tht McCarvilles will spend some time in New York City and Wilmington, Delcwnre where they will stay at the home of Mr. Mc Carville's sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gobeils. Oil the return trip, the McCar villes will visit relatives in Michi gan and Ohio. BOWENS MEET Till MAN On a recent trip to Kansas City, the A. E. Bowens spent a day at the Truman Memorial Library at Independence. Former President Truman was there at the time lecturing to a j group of musicians and the Bowens were introduced and shook hands with Mr. Truman. STI DENTS TO CAMP Ruth Ann Walker and Karen Bates plan to attend the senior high school Methodist Youth camp at Ponca State Park which begins Monday. Rev Glenn Kennicott, local pastor, will assume his duties as business manager of the camp Sunday afternoon. METHODISTS AT CHAMBERS Chambers Methodist church was the scene Sunday evening of an adult fellowship meeting. A basket supper and report byj Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kennicott, and Mr. and Mrs Claude Harder, | delegates to the Family Life con-' ference in Chicago last October. I were highlights of the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dawes. Mr i I and Mrs. Grant Peacock, Mr. and | Mrs. David Schon and Rev. and I ' Mrs. Kennicott attended from O’ Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Lee George of ; Creighton were guests Sunday at the Fred Saunto homo. LE ADERS C ON FEU EM K Kathy Brady and Gary Fick will represent Holt county in the dis trict 4-H public speaking contest to be held in connection with the Junior Leader conference at Bas sett Wednesday and Thursday. Approximately 10 4-H members who have chosen leadership train ing as a summer project will at tend along with Mrs. Orville In dra, home extension agent and Russell Person, assistant county agent. MRS. MELLEN HONORED Seventh and eighth grade stu dents of the O'Neill high school gathered at the school Tuesday evening to honor Mrs. Leo Mullen, eighth grade teacher, who is re tiring. Mrs. Mullen was presented a gift by the students. Atkinson Iris Group Schedule Viewing The Atkinson Iris Society plan Sunday as their Garden Visit Day to view Iris of the club members The gardens may be viewed dur ing the hours of 9 to 11 a m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. Anyone wishing to visit in the evening is welcome but no hours were set. The gardens to be viewed are those of Mrs. Ralph Kelly, Mrs George Frohardt, Mrs. C. C. Ray mer, Mrs. W. L. Schultz. Mrs. J. K Schultz. Mrs. Roy Griffin, Mrs Mary Ellenwood, Mrs. Frank Bra dy, Mrs. Fred Jungman and Mrs. D. F. Scott. Each garden will be marked for identification. The guests will be treated to cof fee and cookies in the garden ol Mrs. C. C. Raymer. TO COLORADO Miss Edith Gallagher left Mon day for Denver, Colo.,to attend graduation exercises at her aim i mater. Loretta Heights College, and the Denver centennial celebra tion. Rabies Shots Ordered For Two Gartner Sons CHAMBERS- Two small sons of Mr. and Mrs. Don Gartner, ranchers near here, are being giv en shots for rabies. An O'Neill physician ordered serum for Rodney, 2, and Randy, 1, after an examination was made of the head of a dog which was known to have the disease One of the boys was bitten and the other scratched by the dog last week. Following the incident the j dog was found dead and the head was sent to Lincoln for the exam ination. --—— Ewing Women Find Weight Reducing Plan Strictly 'Competitive' By Mrs. Harold Harris EWING—If you want lo lose weight, just join a newly formed elub near here. That’s what eight local women did and then decided to hold a contest among themselves to see who could lose the most. They split up in two teams of four and for six weeks the battle was on. The winning group of women lost 14 and a half pounds and the liMtsers lost 12 and a half pounds. The women have named their | elub, "Ewing No Thank You Tops." The winners were Mrs. Gene Zimmerman, Mrs. Victor Grant, Mrs. C. C. Hahlbeok and Mrs. Alfred Napier, all of Ewing, and the losers were Mrs. Torn Hut ; ton, Mrs. Elmer Grim, Mrs. j Hester Timmons, all of Ewing and Mrs. Clarence Hansen of Inman. Plan Band Concerts During June, July The first of several municipal band concerts will begin Friday evening, June 6, under the direc tion of Duane Miller, local music teacher. The band will consist largely of high school students from O'Neill High and St. Mary’s, but all inter [ ested musicians are invited to par ticipate. Practice sessions will be held ! Thursday evenings at the high school band room at 7:30 p.m. Con certs wall be played on the public school playground at 7:30 p.m. [ each Friday during June and July Municipal band members will j practice Friday evening at the i high school band room at 7:30 p.m. for Memorial Day services in which they will participate. Methodists Schedule Joint Bible Classes Plans for the joint vacation Bi ble school by the First Methodist church and the United Presbyter ian church were completed at a Saturday evening meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. William H. Ross. Materials were given the follow ing teachers and helpers: Mrs. Willis Rockey and Bertha Harris, nursery, from 9 to 12 a.m.; Misses Vivian Wright and Betty Wright, primary; Mrs. Wendell Switzer, Mrs. Dale Napier and Marie Davis, first grade; Miss Sherry Tuttle and Thelma Spangler, second, and third Misses Linda Tuttle and Leonora Tuttle, the juniors; Miss Sandra Shrader, assisted by Bertha Harris in the afternoon will be in charge of the teenage class. Mrs. Dewitt Hoke and Mrs. Ray Sedivy, chairmen, will conduct the opening worship each day from the United Presbyterian church. Class will be held at both churches. Miss Ina Bennett is the secretary-treas urer. The Daily Vacation Bible school will begin on June 1st and run to June 5, with a program and exhi bitions on Sunday evening, June 7 at the First Methodist church. Mary bnyder Dies At Noon Monday The funeral of Mrs. Mary Snyder, 75, of Ewing, who died noon Mon day at the Antelope Memorial hos pital will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Ewing Methodist church. Mrs. Snyder became ill late Sun day afternoon and was then taken to the hospital. She is survived by a daughter, j Mrs. Helen Sisson of Ewing, and . I three sisters. She had been a resi •Tdent of Nebraska for the past 50 years. BUSINESS HOURS j The O’Neill Chamber of Com I merce has recommended that all | retail stores keep their regular hours on Friday, the day before Memorial Day, according to Ray Eby, president. Altar Boys' Picnic at Niobrara Park Niobrara State Park was a big attraction for 34 altar boys from St. Patrick’s church Monday. The boys spent the day playing base ball and fishing. Lunch and trans portation were provided by the local Altar Society. Adults who made the trip poss ible were Father Duffy, Mrs. John E. Donohoe, Mrs. Harry Larson, Mrs. Mike Troshynski, Mrs. Henry Benze, Mrs. Leo Tomajck, Mrs. Jerry Spittler, Mrs Robert DeVoy and Mrs. Floyd Wilson. GRADUATES Charlotte McVay. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McVay and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Contois, was graduated Sun-1 day from Oklanoma State Univer- ! • sity at Stillwater. Mjss McVay re ceived her degree in Elementary Education and plans to teach next year in Oklahoma. .’ ,| 'Coming 6 to 12 Months Will Tell Most About Cattle Price Future' The ladles of the Sandhills Cuttle Association members were welcomed at a lunch in their honor In the basement of the Presby terian church in O'Neill Tuesday. Shown above are members of the greeting committee and the hosts. From left are Mrs. F. N. Cronin of O’Neill, Mrs. Guy Cole of O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Nixon Jr., of Omaha, the hosts, Mrs. Bob Clifford of Atkinson and Mrs. I). C. Schaffer of O’Neill. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. Holt County Trackmen Get More Than Share of Honor Roll Spots Holt county boys took more than their share oi honors during the 1959 track season. The following teams and individ uals were placed on the World Herald honor roll: 440 yard dash Lambert Belina jr., St. Mary's of O’Neill with his best time of 5- seconds llat. Mile run Richard Faust, St. Joseph of Atkinson, with his best time of 4 minutes and 34.2 seconds. 120-yard low hurdles — Larry Tomlinson, St. Mary s of O'Neill with his best time of 15.3 seconds. 440-yard relay St. Mary’s of O’Neill with their best time of 45.4 seconds. Distance medley—St. Joseph of Atkinson with their best time of 11 minutes, 51.9 seconds. 12-pound shot put Larry Tomlin son of St. Mary’s, who has not been out-thrown this year with his best distance of 55 feet and 4 inches. Discus l^arry Tomlinson of St. Mary’s with his best distance of 142 feet and 4 inches. Fred Holsclaw Rites In O'Neill Monday Funeral services for Fred Har rison Holsclaw, 70, well known O’- i Neill pharmacist were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at United Presby terian church here. Rev. John Hart officiated. Bur- j ial was in Prospect Hill cemetery I under the direction of Biglins. Pallbearers were Robert Evans, William Petsche, William MacKin lay, A1 Vorce, Melvin Klingler and Harold Lindberg. Mr. Holsclaw died Thursday, May 21, at St. Anthony’s hospital following a 15-day illness. He was bom July 20, 1888, at Paoli, Ind.. the son of Wickiliff B. and Josephine Wilson Holsclaw. He was united in marriage to Hassell * * * * l * * FRED HOLSC'L.AW . . . died Thursday ■r m Marie Benbovv on September 7, 1910, at Munice, Ind. They became the parents of twelve children. A daughter, Jeanne, preceded her father in death on July 5, 1935. In June, 1936, the family came from Quinn, S. D., to O'Neill where they continued to reside. Survivors include, widow; sons Fredrick of Madrid. Spain, William of Lincoln, Paul of Norwalk, Calif., Richard of Boulder, Colo., Marvin of Alliance, James and Robert of O'Neill; daughters Mrs. I>iis Mur dy of Lincoln, Marilyn Snell of San Francisco, Calif., Priscilla Schuch mann of O'Neill nnd Janice Far rier of Chambers; sister— Mrs. Ro land Swift of Muncie. Ind. PIANO RECITAL Piano students ol Mrs. Harold i Seger will perform Thursday iii a recital at the high school band roorn at 7:30 p.m. Library Improvements Are in Evidence; begun 3 Summers Ago A three year improvement pro gram for the Grattan Township Library is in evidence with the re cent painting and repair of the ex terior of the building. It began three years ago with a new heating system and continued last summer when the interior was refurbished with paint, new light ing fixtures, and refinshing of the floors. Future necessities, according to librarian Bernadette Brennan, in clude window snades, landscaping and additional shelving. Reading material is also getting its shate of up-dating. The O’Neill Woman's Club contributed $92.75, proceeds from their annual hobby show, for replacement of the clas sics. Pocket change collected from meml>ers of St. Patrick's Altar Society each month goes to the library fund for young people’s books. Holiday Planning: Many Alumni Banquets In Holt County Many alumni banquets are sche duled for the Memorial Day holi day and hundreds of graduates of high schools in Holt county are expected to attend. Following is a complete sched ule: Atkinson high school, Monday evening, 6:45, Atkinson auditorium; Atkinson St. Joseph’s Sunday eve ning, 6:30, Knights of Columbus Hall; Inman, Saturday evening, 6:30, Inman Methodist church; Page, Friday evening, 6:30, high school building; Chambers, Friday evening, 6:30, high school auditor ium. The Ewing alumni dinner was Tuesday evening at the high school auditorium. Stuart alumni will meet in the fall. Hold Funeral Today For Mr. Ed C. Smith Funeral services for Ed C. Smith age 60, of Chambers, who died sud denly last Sunday at 5:30 a m. in the Tilden Memorial hospital are being held today (Wednesday). He was bom April 11, 1899 at Chambers to Cord M and Margue rite Dul-ert Smith. He was married September 5, 1922 to Cecile Regina Lowery at Chambers and lived there all his life. He was in the lum ber and trucking business. Survivors include: wife, two children, Doris M. Taylor of Cham bers and Ruth M Adams of Phoe nix. Ariz., two sisters: Cora Mar quis of Redman, Ore., and Miss Nel lie Smith of Chambers, and one brother, Fred Smith of Chambers. Three brothers preceded him in death. Bassett .Man Fined James LeRoy Hallgrimson of Bas sett was fined $100, $3. sheriff’s fee and $5 costs Tuesday on a petty larceny conviction. Hallgrimson was charged on Sept. 20, 1958, by Sheriff Leo Tom jack for stealing miscellaneous tools amounting to $25, the proper ty of the Fox Brothers of Emmet. BIBLE SCHOOL AT EMMET Vacation Bible school was held at the Emmet Methodist church last week with morning and after noon sessions. Thirty-three pupils, taught by Miss Helen Martens of Atkinson, Mrs. G. O Cole of Emmet and Rev. and Mrs. Glenn Kennicott, end 'd the week-long school with a basket supper and program Friday evening. •lini Johnson Honored Jim Johnson, Kansas State Uni versity senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Johnson of O’Neill, was presented with an Oscar a3vt—A W.bi r LoM;, pluVp,, award and dramatic medal at a Kansas State banquet Saturday night. He was also elected president of the K. S. Players for 1959. Expect No Change In Market Until| 1960 Kutish Says The next 6 to 12 months will be "most critical for all those in the ] cattle business in the Midwest." Francis A. Kutish, agricultural economist of Iowa Slate College, told approximately 350 Sandhills cattlemen and their wives that this is the time that will tell the most about the future business. Kutish, the main speaker at the 20th annual convention of the Sand hills Cattle Association in O'Neill, said he looked for little change in the prices of cattle for 1959 but ex pected a decrease in 1960 to 1962. "If we are going to have serious trouble, 1 don't see it before 1963," he said. He told the cattlemen the slow - down In slaughtering older cows and bulls would have a tendency to iHissibly flood the market dur ing those years. "The best thing that could hap pen to the cattle market would be the selling of about 20 percent more of these older cows," he ex plained. "I would suggest that you all think of this seriously right now." Kutish said if feeders and ranch ers begin to unload these cow's now, the problems will not be so large in the "possibly dangerous years of 1963-1965.” At the business meeting follow ing the main speaker, seven new board of directors were chosen. The new men Include Erwin Mignery, Bartlett; Earnest Ab bott, Almeria; Darwin Bradley, Brewster; Eugene Fink. Els mere; Emmet Adamson, Cody; Melvin (irote. Harrison, and .John I„. Dearmont, Hose. e. .... _:_ t r* I ill ai ici iiva/ii avaomiio bert, president of the Iowa Beef Producers Association spoke on j "What the cattle feeder is looking for when buying replacements.” A panel discussion by several Sandhills lawyers followed. Attor- j neys participating were Daniel Stubbs, Alliance; W B. Quigley, Valentine; John Cassel, Ainsworth, and William Griffin, O'Neill. The men spoke on estate and tax plan- ; ning. A social hour followed in the | afternoon at the I>*glon Club and the annual banquet began at 7 p.m. George It German, WNAX, Yankton, S.D. was master of ceremonies and N. II. Dekle, of Plaquemlne, I>a.. was the guest speaker. The annual ball was held at the O'Neill country club at 9:30 p.m. Patrick Waldron Dies; Brother Mourns Here Patrick Waldron, 82, died Sun day, May 17 at his home in Nixa, Mo. The funeral was held Friday, May 22 at Wisner. He was bom in Scranton, Penn., and lived atout 15 years in Holt county before moving to Missouri. Survivors are his sister, Eliza beth McKenzie of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of O’Neill, and brother Jack Waldron of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs Cecil Griffin and son, Tom and Miss Pat Ruderman of North Platte were Thursday evening dinner guests of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs Preston Jones. That evening they attended grad uation exercises of their niece and cousin, Nancy Devali, at the O’ Neill high school. They returned to North Platte the same evening Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Storjohann of Omaha were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John Storjohann and of Mrs. Minnie Higgins. .k KimaH . . ,s|M akrr Work, Play, Lessons For O'Neill Teachers During the Summer With O’Neill school terms end ing this week, teachers are mak ing "vacation" plans. Going to summer school as students arc*: Marvin Miller, University of Ne braska; William Edwaids, Stale University of Souih Dakota at Vei million; Mis. Clara Harley, Uni versity of Nebraska; Mrs. Etha Walters, Wayne State College; Mrs Fred Ernst, Dana College at Blair; Mrs. Leona Shoemaker, Wayne State College; and Donald Adams. Families of these students in tend to remain in their lioroes here. Miss Alvara Hamm will attend a vocal seminar and receive pipe organ instruction at the State Uni versity of South Dakota ,in June and will return to give private mu sic lessons the remainder ol the summer. Terry Wilson will be engaged in ranching activities here at Ihc Wilson ranch and Donald Larson will remain ut his home in Clear water. Duane Miller will remain in O’ Neill as director of the municipal band. Miss Hilda Gallagher will spend most of the summer in Wis consin with relatives. At home with their families will be Mrs. Ixiu Reimer, Mrs. Har vey Tompkins, Mrs. Harold Seger, Mrs Harry Petersen, Mrs. A1 Frit ton, Mrs. Wayne Smith, Mrs. John Kersenbrock, Mrs. Dean Jeffrey, and Mrs. Ruby Holcomb. Superintendent Milton J Baack will be here to carry out school im provements designated by the board of education and will attend a National Guard encampment during the summer. Willard Solfermoser, who will not return next fall, and his lamily will remain here until they make definite plans for next year. Vem Carpenter will be supervi sing FFA projects of his students in the area. Plans of lay teachers and sisters at St. Mary’s Academy are nai available at this time and will be published in a later edition. Honorable Mentions The Polka Tots, a boys’ instro mental group that won the district Lion’s Club talent contest and Jacque Arbuthnot, both received honorable mentions at the state contest in Falls City Sunday. Accompanying the students to Fall! City were Duane Miller, the boys' instructor, and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Robert Kurtz, Mrs. Don Franklin and Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Reynoldson. Mayor 14. C. Schaffer bought the first buddy poppy during the Veteran of Foreign Wars sale Monday morning. Finning the poppy on is Mrs. Otto Sprague, and I.vie Tin ker, VFW commander. Fro ceeds of $245.27 were sent to a relief fund for needy veterans. The number of popples sold was 1,77». The Frontier Photo and Engraving. # » * * * * «* ***** » *