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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1959)
o state hist sob LI jL..', NE ji?. Twelve Pages Dedicated weather In This Issue to Hi La Precip. Thurs .July 16 15 62 i.i5 -voiCT or th* frontier" ♦ Community Fri.. July IT 83 61 35 9 30 to 9.45 A M s*> July 18 _ 86 60 06 _ Service Sun July 19 84 52 MON. • WEI). • SAT. Mon . July 20 90 61 Tues July 21 87 58 Wed.. July 22 88 61 x/nlump 79-Number 13 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 23, 1959_ —-Seven Cents Here's Worm and Bird's [ye View Of O'Neill's New Water Well Site Here’s a worm’s-eye and a bird's-eye view of what the O’Neill taxpayer is getting a mile south of the city. I^ayne and Western well diggers of Omaha are on the scene .and have started drilling the 385 foot well intended to relieve the water shortage in the city. Although trouble was encountered at 12 feet (a cave-in delayed the diggers i a company spokesman said he believed the drilling would be over in four to s:x weeks. At the present time the equip ment at the exisiting well pumps 690 gallons per minute. O'Neill’s water consumption has exceeded that at times during the summer. The new booster pump will stop the water pressure from dropping from 56 to 15 pounds per square inch and is expected to pump wa ter at an additional 400 gallons per minute. Key to Drawing 1— The total depth of the well will be 385 feet. Boring will be through sand, clay, gravel and a few Icet of very hard rock 2- The drillers are now boring a hole 48 inches in diameter to 110 feet. 3 The size of the casing in this section will be 16 inches in dia meter. 4 The size of tlw> casing in the lower section 1275 feet deep! will be 10 inches. The hole drilled will lie 30 inches in diameter. 5—Gravel and rock will sur round the inner rasing from the sides of the bored hole. Key to Picture Below 1 The drilling tool. 1-arge hits ate attached to the bottom of the tubular shaft which rotates power ed by an engine on the rig. In the picture you are looking down on the boring site from the top of the rig- , , 2 The 48 inch diameter hole which will be drilled to a depth of 110 feet. Steel casing, just visible, extends to a depth of 20 feet Steel casing, just visible, extends to a depth of 20 feet. 3- This is a water pipe (one foot in diameter) which carries the drilled debris from the shaft under water pressure. 4 A piece of casing. 5- This is the roof of the build ing containing the present pump and the approximate location of the existing well. Two of the drillers can bo seen If at the top of the picture. |C The speed with which the drill ing operation as l*een started is -s the result of city council action ’ taken a month ago. The count il, at that time, declared a state of ■ emergency, set up definite hours * for the use of city water and > made immediate arrangements to | have a new well dug. John Belin, who maintains .O' Neill's water supply system, had said the stand-by tank was empty at the close of several days last month and that the silt flowing into home pipes was from the bottom of mains were water is taken directly during the shortage hours. When the well is dug and iioth pumps are (Operating. O'Neill's stand-by tank will remain nearly full most of the time during the summer. Some concern was voic ed among the council members earlier in anticipation of a possible serious fire during the late sum mer afternoon hours when the sup ply is low. Belin said the water level was always up in the early morning hours with the exisiting pump, but that it liegan to drop sharply in the evening. The council is also expected by observers to withdraw its request now in effect that water users ration their time for watering lawns. Plucky Little Girl Receives Toys; Undergoes 14 Day Rabies Shots Little Kim Binkerd, the 2Vi-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Binkerd of O'Neill, is more of a soldier than most of us would want to be. She is undergoing a series of 14 rabies shots and is under the care of a local physician. She and a housewife in O'Neill, Mrs. Paul Bourne, are both be ing treated They were both bit ten two weeks ago by a cat be lieved to have had rabies. The preliminary report from Lin coln indicated that the cat did not have the disease. Further checks, however, were reported necessary and in the meantime physicians considered it necessary to admin ister the shots. Little Kim's mother says the doctors are trying to make it as easy as possible for the little girl. She said the physicians always have a toy for Kim when she goes in for her shot each day. The final results of the further check for rabies in Lincoln will not be made for several days. 9 Outside Communities' Children Swim Here Swimming instructors have been busy this year in O’Neill as 497 children have received instruction. Of the total. 146 children were from 9 communities in the O'Neill trade area. The number of children receiv ing lessons and their I tome towi^s • v. j - 'bJBfi ft KIM RINKERD . . . good soldier are as follows: Lynch, 5; Ewing, 9: Spencer, 1; Bristow, 9; Emmet, 8; Inman, 17; Page. 27; Orchard. 34; Chambers, 36; and O'Neill, 351. READ CAREFTLLY Advertisers ft id that one of the best places to promote their product Is on the classi fied pages of this newspaper. The Frontier's page Ls read carefully and results are fast. 'On a Glad Holiday' ATKINSON Final arrangements ! have been made for the annual j t lower show here by the Atkinson Civic Improvement garden club. The theme this year will be "On a Glad Holiday, and will be held August 8 at the high school auditor I ium. Recreation Swim Recreational swimming for 7th and 8th grade boys will be held Thursday morning (today l from 10 until 11:30 a m. at the O'Neill swimming pool, according to Don Templemeyer, pool manager. Swimming for the 7th and 8th grade gil ls will be held at the same time Friday morning. There will be races and other water games. Hay Days Parade ATKINSON—The Hay Days Pa rade committee is completing plans for the children's parade. This year’s parade will have a Disney land theme. Interested persons may contact Mrs. Sewell Johnson before August 22, the deadline for registering. For a complete list of catagories, see Atkinson News, on the inside pages. POOL RESERVED The O'Neill swimming pool will be closed Thursday night < tonight) to the public at 6:00. The Cub Scouts have it reserved for a priy- : ate party. I - I No Change Seen for O'Neill Mail Post Office Says Special to The Frontier OMAHA—A permanent mail con tract has been awarded to Mid west Transport Company of Oma ha to carry Star Route mail from Omaha to O'Neill This will not effect the service for mail or newspapers here ac cording to Kenneth Thomas, Post- i al Sendee Representative and trou- j ble shooter at the Omaha office "The bulk of eastern and Omaha mail leaves here at 9:30 p.m and ■ arrives in O'Neill early the next morning he said. "Midwest's con tract, which has been made per manent, is for the 11:45 p.m. run from here." Thomas told a Frontier reporter that the 11:45 run picked up all the mail in Omaha and points east that is in the Omaha post office at the time. “There is no eastern mail post marked for O'Neill in the Omaha office from the hours of 11:45 p.m. when it leaves here until 4:15 a. m. when a Rock Island train ar rives here from Chicago”, he ad ded. "If you mail a letter between the hours of 4 and 7 pm. in Omaha, it arrives in O’Neill early in the morning.” he said The trouble shooter said the | 11:45 p.m. run leaving Omaha was only a "clean-up” and that simply because the corttract was awarded permanently, the runs or the si- j zes of the dispatches from Omaha ; would not change. Participation in ASC Plans Good Excellent participation in the Holt Soil and Water Conservation District has been reported by Harv ey Krugman, chairman of the board of supervisors. Application for complete farm and ranch conservation plans were received from 38 farmers and ranchers in the county not pre viously cooperators in the conser vation district. In addition to the preparation of 31 basic plans made and 12 plans revised by the district, 14 Great Plains contracts were signed dur ing the first full year of operation here. Here is a brief description of the accomplishments during the fiscal year: Contour farming. 250 acres; deferred grazing 4,343 acres; range seeding. 2,388 acres; tree planting, 126 acres; terraces, 6.7 miles; pond construction. 20; wat erways, 18 acres; land leveling. 215 acres. O'Neill Midgets Fight, i Win 2 Straight Games; Beaten by Creighton O'Neill’s Midget Legion ball club went down to defeat in the district tournament in Madison but not be- j fore a great fight. They were defeated 9 to 7 at the | hands of Creighton Tuesday night | after winning two successive: games Sunday and Monday. The O’Neill team defeated Mad ison 12 to 11 in eight innings Sun day and Elgin 7 to 0 Monday eve ning. Ray Belina hit a grand-slam homer in the seventh inning to tie j the score 11-11. In the top of the eighth, Gary Brewster scored on a passed ball to score the winning run. Joe Ollendick, team manager, singled out Belina as the all-around top defensive and offensive player for O’Neill. Terry Kurtz also play ed an excellent series of games, ■ he said. Belina had five hits for 11 times at bat during the tournament and ! Kurtz hit two for three in the El- I gin game and drove in four runs, i Gary Brewster hit five times for 13 times at the plate and was also praised by Ollendick. Air Enthusiasts To See A. J. Davis O'Neill and area aviation enthu siasts will get a big kick out of the American Legion sponsored air show Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Spectators at the Municipal air port will see stunt flying and mis sile launching at a safe distance. One of the nation’s best known stunt pilots, Major Arthur J. Davis of East Lansing, Mich., will be a featured performer. Stuart Banker Says Farmers 'Getting More' STUART—J. G. Brewster, presi dent of the Tri-County Bank, told a Frontier reporter that Nebraska banks had served more credit to farmers and rancher than any other lender at the beginnig of the year. Brewster, who represents the Nebraska Bankers Association as Holt county representative, said 19 percent more credit was ex tended Jan. 1, than at any time in previous years. Brewster said $266 million in loans were out to farmers and ranchers at that time. 5 Years and-or $5,000 Possible If Bartlett Bankers Are Convicted L Bishop, right, and R. M. Martin, left, will face federal charges of false entries, in con nection with Uielr operation of the Bartlett State B nk. Both are charged with two counts and will ap pear before a t'nited Slates Commissioner. Appoint Superintendent at Page District 2 An Oakdale man has heon ap pointcd superintendent of the new ly reorganized Page District 2 school. Vernon Linnaus, presently dong graduate work at the University of Nebraska, will take charge Aug .‘>1 when school begins. Members of the newly appointed school Ijoard are Frank Cronk. pre sident; Merwyn French sr., vice president, Cordes Walker, secretary and Mrs. Calvin Harvey, treasurer. Other members of the l>oard are Carl Max and Mrs. William Soren sen. FARM SAFETY WEEK This is National Farm Safety week. The President has asked farmers everywhere to take spec ial care and to practice safety measures on the farm and ranch. Theater Might Close STUART -The managers of the Stuart theater announced several days ago thal they were contem plating closing the theater. 'The Tender Trap' First Effort for O'Neill Players A cast has l>een chosen for the first O'Neill community theater ef fort in several years as “The Tend er Trap" is being rehearsed by se : veral college students home for va ; cation. The play is a comedy about ba chelor life in New York City and involves the efforts of several wo men to ensnare an attractive ba chelor, Charlie Reader, to be played by Jim Johnson. Those who will be cast in lead rolls are Sharlene Shoemaker, Nina Burvial, Ivan Kaiser and Joan Wil son. Other players in the cast are Kathleen Spitzennerger, Bob San ders and Gary Beckwith. The play is being directed and staged by Jim Johnson, a Kansas State University student and Shar lene Shoemaker, a Mount St. Scho lastica College senior. Plans will be made soon to present the play to the public, Johnson said. I Tibbs to Compete Here Casey Tibbs, a world renouned professional cowboy has recently assured the Holt County Fair Board that he will compete for prize mon ey and RCA points to bo awarded at the fair August 19 and 20 Tibbs is again trying for a World’s Championship and is, at present, in the lead in RCA Cham pionship standings. Californian In Jail Carroll L. Herman, 40, of Tor rance, Calif., was committed to county jail in O’Neill for failure to pay a $100 fine. He was charged and convicted of driving while under the influ ence of alcoholic liquor. His driv er's license was revoked for 6 months. Herman is serving out his fine at $.1 per day. TV IMPAIRED Reg Pinkerman, repairman of the municipally owned TV booster station in O’Neill said a fuse blew ,n one of the units last Sunday. Several Interesting Indian artifacts were uncovered at a 500-year old Indian village site west of Lynch during the week. In the left row, top to bottom, Is a |H»rtion of a large earthen jar, an awl and a needle. Middle row: Three projectile points (atlatle. spear or arrow heads) and a scraper. Right row: two pieces of pottery. The Frontier Photo and Engraving. ecsssasw LYNCH—A group of students from the University of Nebraska have unearthed the remains of a 400 year old Indian civilization near here. On the top of a hill a few hun dred feet west of the city limits, archeological students began their careful digging and have found evidence of several Indian dwellings. Tom Witty, a graduate arche ology and geology student and the leader of the field party, said the plains Indians lived on the hill overlooking Lynch "approx imately 400 years ago.” Such artifacts as awls, needles, broken pieces of pottery, and projectile points have been un covered on the floor of the old dwellings. The party of nine students ar rived in Lynch two weeks ago and will remain for two or three more days. Witty said several sites are known and mapped by the University in the area but that time and money will not al low them all to be excavated at the present time. The Indians built their dwell ings in a circular shape—what re mains of the floor appears in an igloo shape. Witty uncovered one large earthen vessel which can be pieced together and which was used by the Indians for storing grain or cooking. The young men also found a handful! of com un der the surface of the earth and in one of the dwelling floors. Near one of the excavations, the students found the skull of an Indian woman and that of a dog. Several different types of plains Indians are known by archeol ogists to have been in the Lynch area. Witty said he did not wish to venture an opinion as to the particular tribe, but said they lived in the area sometime be tween the years 1200 and 1500 A.D The artifacts uncovered by the young students will be taken to the archeological museum at the University of Nebraska in Lin coln. Hearing Set For Martin, Bishop; Bond Will Be Set A fine of $5,000 and or n armo* erm of five years could tacr tw brrner Bartlett hank oft tw* tt hey are convicted of fa is* * Mth charges filed by the U.S Inscran Attorney Thomas A. Skutt, Assistant (SV district Attorney, said Clifln*# L dishop, the former preside**, «# Robert M. Martin, vlce-prr»J#fc# if the defunct hank, promt**# * tppear before a U.S. Commisswww Friday. __ Botii are charged with false entries on the bank * tmm irds. Assistant U.S. Attorney l k*n* » Wallace said two counts were against each man and tha* would tie filet! in the neat futwn." This action will be either *• grand jury indictment or O'* own information if the men *•■#» indictment, Wallace salt Walter Plugge, a director, u* Martin were earlier charged fry the State Banking Department wri* converting more than frl7IMS# frr their own use The tleparu*## said the petition was intends# m prevent disposal of property <*# figures in the liquidation pm***# ings. . , Wallace said there is now » known shortage of $173,000 #w funds of the 52 year old bans The charges filed Tuesday #e# with individual eases of itieart'’ false entries. They claim tha* —Martin on one occasion p*nrta# a balance of $106.43 on thi sheet of G-nirge Vandenberg *#■» the actua balance should hw been $1,799.81. On another occasion he ncnrt a tialanoe for I/iuis ZwtiMg «# $253 75 when it should ha* aww $5,885. Bishop once showed ■ t*c personal ledger sheet a >>trtwr*r 0 $15.42 when the accoum <v*> xm tually overdrawn $307 5k Another time he showed * "«#» ance of $119.85 when bo- oiiaa* was overdrawn by $246 86 O'Donnell Funera) Scheduled Friday at Catholic Church Funeral services lor <»;>'na4 Francis O'Donnell will t* ctm ducted Friday at 10 a rn iH Patrick’s Catholic church wrth'AM Robert Duffy officiating Mjj1 will be in calvary cemetpri %S9k itary services will be held at grave side. The rosary will be recited 71 tm day evening (tonight) ;>i f *.i» at Biglins chapel The remauBB will lie in state from 3 until 9 p.m. Michael Francis O’Donnell v*er born October 8, 1893 at OVaiS the son of John P. O’DouneH .tntt Ellen Brennan O’Donnell. Hi? pa* ents were Irish immigrants. Mr. O’Donnell was a member at the Knights of Columbus tinar 1912. He served in World '**r U and was with the army 08 nccap* tion in Germany after the war. Mr. O’Donnell was a retired site insurance adjuster. He had m in failing health for some time and had been hospitalized for six -'lagtr. He never married. Survivors: Sisters Mrs. Edward .1. Lynam of Omaha, Anna L. O' Donnell and Mrs Quenten Drawn* both of O'Neill; brother Edward of Wichita. Kans. Rodeo Is Success A large crowd attended the On Obermirc Ranch Rodeo Sunda» ix ter noon. The matched bronc riding mm won by Orville Gallino, Vahw:* Dale Svoboda of BurwelJ »s? up cond, Don McPeek, Kennebec £ Xx. was third. The Long Pine team won tb* tap ing contest. Fred Jones tit 9m O’Neill team made the best i MgJ» time on one calf. Charlotte McVay was first in the ladies barreil race. Spinal Disease ATKINSON The 7 year oB tarn of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Orskau* of O’Neill is in the hospital base suffering from a spinal disraose Bobbie was to have been a. Be second grade this coming vinurt term. DEATHS For complete obituaries turn to the Inside pages. MR. HERMAN 1. KtMUg KR, Atkinson, at Atklmra <Me morlal hospital, July 21. iTaae al to be 2 p.m. Friday at Bk John’s Lutheran church hi JB kinson. ERNEST A. HORTON, » « Stuart, Wednesday. Funeral ar rangements pending. MICHAEL FRANCIS OTMB NELL, 85, of O’Neill, B Anthony's hospital, jn% B Funeral will be held Friday, m a..m., at St. Patrick’s CUkdb church.