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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1959)
W • * w « * * O * w Wu &» l « w w. , -iJ,' • vxx _ Fourteen Pages THE WMrilF.K B»*« hi to prff. Thun . Dee 3 66 19 * FTi.. Dee 4 « » Set, Dec 5 » 23 Sun. Dec. 6 « 19 .01 , , , Mon., Dec 7 52 25 In This Issue 5a Dec 9 * j7 "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 79-Number 33 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 10, 1959 Seven Cents This should swell the attendance of the O’Neill high-Alnsworth basketball game set for tomorrow (Friday) night at Ainsworth. Joyce Hums, of l.lncoln, shown above, the champion baton twirler Of Nebraska, will make-a half-time up|H-arance at the game. She will also appear with the Ainsworth high bond at the Orange Bowl parade December SI In Miami. Miss Burns appeurs under the auspices of the Ainsworth Star-Journal, the Ainsworth I Jons club and AlfS Band Boosters. Robert Gartner Caught In P-T-0; Breaks Leg Rol>ert Gartner, 53-year-old farmer living 2 miles north and1 2 Vi miles east of Chambers, sus- j tamed compound fractures of the left leg yesterday afternoon when he was caught in the power take- ; off of his tractor. He was picking corn. According to his son, Don, who i brought him to St Anthony's hos pital here in O'Neill, Gartner had stepped off his tractor to lower the picker. He became entangled in the take-off and the machine tore his clothes from his body. It took him around the shaft more than once and finally the engine killed. Doctors in O'Neill say that his leg was broken at least seven times and bone was protruding in many places. He was transferred to a Sioux City hospital by Biglin's amt>u lance yesterday evening. His wife, Mary, and Joe Dufek went with him. Gartner was just two picker loads away from retirement when the accident happened Some of Gartner’s corn was going better than 80-bushel to the acre and picking the com was a real chore. He is the father of six children, three boys and three girls. They |re Mrs. Stanley Watson of O’ Neill, Mrs. James Butts of Lex ington, Mrs. Charles Porter of At kinson, Don Gartner of Chambers, L. J. Gartner of Fremont and Bob jr., a senior at Chambers high school. Chamber Hears More On Holt Irrigation Plan Tiie O'Neill Chamber of Com merce met in regular session Mon day night here in O'Neill and heard further discussion on the proposed irrigation project for O'Neill and Atkinson. President Joe Stutz stated that Turkey Days will be held here Fri day and Saturday and the Cham ber heard committee chairman Gil Poese says that 56 members have signed up to give turkeys. Neil Dawes. Holt county exten sion agent, announced that the 4-H Family Fun night will be held January 9 at the high school The annual meeting of the extension service will be combined with the fun night. A program to honor extension club presidents from Holt, Boyd, and Wheeler counties was turned over to committee for further ac tion. No new developments in the ir rigation project were uncovered except that the feasibility report will soon be ready for congress and that some indication of sup port must be shown before April 1. Dale Wilson, chairman of the membership campaign, also an nounced that the drive is com pleted and that there are now 130 members of the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce. This is a 30°t in crease over last year. CPPD Names Storekeeper Orville Niekeson, Scottsbluff, has been appointed new storekeeper for the Consumer's Public Power District here in O'Neill. He suc ceeds Gale Dierberger, who was named office manager at Lincoln. Niekeson, 38, is from Ellis and is a 9-year CPPD veteran. He started at Beatrice in 1950. The Nickesons are the parents of two sons, Jerry', 12 and Randin, 7. They are members of the Metho dist church. Consumer's has also announced the scheduled December 31 retire ment of Robert P. Hamilton, hydro plant operator at Spencer. Mr. Hamilton, 67, is a veteran of 33 years in the electric utility field. He started at Spencer in 1926. Reception Set for Msgr. O'Sullivan Msgr Timothy O'Sullivan will be j invested with his Robes of Office Tuesday in Saint Cecelia's Cathed ral The ceremonies will be for the 19 priests of the Omaha Arch diocese who were honored in rec ognition of the 100th anniversary of Catholicism in this area. Msgr O'Sullivan, who suffered a fail last week, said Wednesday he is planning to attend the cere monies if it is possible. A reception for Father O'Sulli van is being planned in his honor Sunday, Dec. 20 at Saint Mary's Gym from 2:30 until 5 p.m. Bom in Ireland. Msgr. O'Sulli van has been a priest for almost 45 years and a rural Dean for 24 years. He came to the United States at the age of 27 and his first parish was St. Cecelia's in Omaha. After 17 years in Tilden and a short time in Jackson, he came to O'Neill in 1919 following the death of Rev. Msgr J, G. McNamara. Alex Thramer Named Ewing Chamber Prexy Alex Thramer. co-owner of the' Ewing Gamble store, was named , president of the Ewing Chamber of | Commerce at their monthly meet- ■ ing. Other officers elected were Mer lin Meyers, treasurer, R. S. Brion, secretary and Vern Finley, board of directors with the officers. Wel don Alexander was appointed to fill the vacancy that Charles Roth erham caused upon resignation. Waldo Davis and Floyd Butter field are the retiring officials. —^ I 4A A l_ll 1 I Lyt t t 111 ■ I lit wcio caiawncjm\i 'to the day that Santa Claus will ap pear in Ewing with treats for the youngsters. The hoard also discussed the pur chase of signs to be placed on the right-of-ways near Ewing to adver tise the town. The rural school track meet and pancake feed was also authorized for next spring. Angus Breeders To Meet The 12th Louis Bartos, secretary-treasur er of the Holt county Angus asso ciation. announced this week that the annual meeting of the Holt county Angus association will be December 12 at the courthouse | annex. The meeting will begin at 81 p.m. All Angus breeders, register-! ed or commercial, are welcome. » | Page High School Announces Honor Roll The Page high school announced the second six week's honor roll this past week. Those named are: Freshmen— Caroline Max, AAAAB; Connie Nissen, AAABB; Charlene Fussel man, ABBBB. Sophomores Alvin Crumly, AAABB; Aletha Ruther ford, AAAB. Juniors honored are Bonnie Crumly, AAAAB: Dennis Ickes, AABB; Norman Wettlaufer. AABB. Seniors are Connie Riege. AAABB: and Kay Nissen, AAAB. Fred Cronk received honorable mention as a junior with 4 B’s. A salute to scouting Is given by these O’Neill scouts Saturday evening at the Norfolk VMCA swimming [K>ol. Ilev. John Hart, scoutmaster Is shown standing at the edge of the pool. Forming the living circle are from top center, driver Elroy Ueb and scouts Bill McIntosh, Lawrence Reynoldson, Dick Wray, Dick Herberg, Russell Johnson, Dick McKlm, Joe McLeish, Gary Wettlaufer, Larry Lieb, Kenny Lieb, Jim VanVleck, Curtis Peacock, Kent Peterson, Lonnie McKim, Dick Lieb,—Photo courtesy of Norfolk News Cattle Association To Meet Monday The board of directors of the | Sandhills Cattle Association will meet for their annual fall meet ing Monday, Dec. 14, in Thedford, according to James A. Monahan, ! association president. Monahan stated that the meeting is to review activities of the asso ciation for the year, and formulate activities for the coming year. The board of directors is made up of 30 active ranchers from the Nebraska sandhills range area. Funeral Rites for C. McClenahan Held Wednesday Chet McClenahan, 78, long-time Chambers resident, died Monday at St Anthony’s hospital in O'Neill He had lieen in failing health for the past five years. Funeral services for Mr. Mc Clenahan were held yesterday (Wednesday' from the Methodist church in Chambers with the Rev. Charles F. Cox officiating. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery Chester McClenahan was born at Ceresco, May 22, 1881. He moved CHET MeCLENAHAN to Holt county with his parents at the age of five and settled on a homestead five miles east of Chambers. McClenehan spent his entire life in the Martha and Chambers com munities except for a short period of time spent in South Dakota with his sister. He married Clara Higgins at Chambers May 6, 1914. There were no children. Chet, as he was known to his wide circle of friends, was a lover of fine music and played in the fife and drum corps in the early pioneer days. He was a charter member of the first Chambers band which was organized over sixty years ago. Pallbearers at the services were E. H. Medcalf, Mark Gribble, Les lie Lieswold, J. H. Gibson, Eugene Baker and Darrel G. Gillette. He is survived by his wife, Clara, nieces and nephews and a great number of friends. I Only 13 Shopping Days Until Christmas Butterfields Feted Sunday at Inman Mr. and Mrs Elmer Butterfield will celebrate their 50th wedding annisersary Sunday at the Inman Mothcxiist church annex An open house will be held from 2 until 5 pm. The Butterfields re quest no gifts Santa Clous, noting tlu> laek of snow in th > O'Neill urea, flew into O’Neill Sunday as part of the Civil Air l'atrol program to collect broken toys for orphan children. The CAI’ will repair the toys. While Santa was here he took the opportunity to listen to a number of the children on hand and find out what they want for Christmas. Here Mar,. Kay MeCarville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John MeCarville, looks on as her sister, Patricia Ann, gives Santa a kiss. The girls watching were Santa's helpers in collecting the toys.—The Frontier phot . and engraving Rodeo Association Elects 1960 Officers Officers were elected at the De cember 2 meeting of the O'Neill Rodeo Association. Leigh Reynold son was elected president. Fred Jones is vice-president. Bill Mur ray. secretary, and J/irgil Laursen, treasurer. Elected to the board of directors were C. E. McVay. Dale Wilson, Lou Brown, E. L. Miner, Bemie Allen and H. W. Johnson. Those remaining on the board from last year are D. C. Schaffer, L. D. Putnam, J. J. Berigan and Gordon Watson. Boy Scouts Set $2,000 Goal The kick-off breakfast for the annual Sandhills District Boy Scout Drive will be FViday morning at 7:30, according to Rev. John Hart, O’Neill, scoutmaster. The goal of the one day drive is $2,000 Ninety-nine percent of this money will be used for scout ing in this area in one form or another. Ken Curran is the chair man of the financial campaign. The scouts will solicit only places of business in O'Neill. The Sandhills district hopes to have a district representative soon. A successful drive would increase the possibility that he would be stationed in O’Neill. Albert Pospeshil Services Held Funeral services for Albert Pos peshil, 62, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the United Brethren church in Orchard. Burial was in the Grimton cemetery. Mr. Pospeshil died suddenly Sunday evening al«>ut 7:30 p m He had not been ill. All>ert Pospeshil, son of the late John and Anna Pospeshil, was bom July 9, 1897 on Sunnkbrook farm near Bloomfield, where h lived until 1904 when the family moved to Oak View Ranch north of Orchard where he lived Until he passed away suddenly of a heart attack November 29, 19f9 at the age of 62. On April 9, 1919 he was united in marriage to Lila Ester Grim at O’Neill. One child, Harold, was horn to this union. Surviving are his wife, Lila, and son, Harold and his wife, Lillian two grandchildren, Janet and Jerry Pospeshil of Sioux City; two sisters, Vlasta and Viola of Orch ard; one brother, Rudolph, of Creighton. Also a host of other relatives and friends. He was employed at farming until 1927 when he took over the management of Oak View Park operating it until 1947. For the past two years he had been opera ting a senic post card business of Nebraska views throughout the state. Pallbearers were Stanley Wos trel of Plainview, Rudolph Wo rel of Pierce, Eldon ButterfieV’ of O’Neill, Elven Butterfield of Neligh, Jay LeMasters and Max LeMasters of Orchard. Those in charge of the flowers .vere Mrs. Stanley Wostrel, Mrs. Eldon ' Butterfield, Mrs. Elven Butterfield, Mrs. Jay LeMasters and Mrs. Max LeMasters. ‘‘Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and “In the Sweet By and Bv” were sung by the Strope family. The funeral was under the dir ection of the Hamilton Funeral Home of Orchard. Rural Life Leader In O'Neill Friday Joseph Meisner of the Des Moines headquarters of the Rural Life Conference will be in O’ Neill Friday as part of a program to assist with rural life leadership training. Meisner will accompany Father Peter Dunne. Pierce, on a tour of the archdiocese from December 1-14. They will meet at the M and M Cafe. Those invited to attend the meet ing are all members of the clergy in the O’Neill deanery, deanery council officers and board mem Kers, ACCW rural life chairmen (both deanery and parish) and parish affiliation presidents. Dickerson Murder Trial Begins Monday in Butte The murder trial of Mrs. Sadie Dickerson will begin Monday at the Boyd county court house at Butte. Mrs. Dickerson and her son, Nyal Franch, are charged with first degree murder in the death of Frank Vanderlinde. O’Neill attorney, J. D. Cronin, will assist Boyd county attorney William Wills in the prosecution of the case. Attorney for the defense. W. L. Brennan, will be assisted by George Johnson of Gregory, S. D. Valentine Invitational Pairings Announced The pairings for the Valentine invitational basketball game to be held January 1 and 2 were an nounced yesterday. O'Neill will play Gering Januar> 1 at 8:30 p.m. Valentine goe. against Broken Bow at 7 p.m. Tin winners will play Saturday night O'Neill Merchants Give 'Goblers'; Contest Scheduled Friday, Saturday Fifty-six area homes will l*e eat mg tree turkey tins Christmas compliments of the O'Neill Ovum ber of Commerce and O'Neill mer chants Turkey Days are scheduled here in O'Neill for tomorrow and Sat urday Rules of the contest stipu late that you must estimate the total number of persons register ing at each of the stores partici pating in the contest. Each store has a separate contest and a tur key will Ito given by each store Only those IS years or older are eligible. No purchase is necessary to register in the contest. Winners of the individual contests will In* announced Tuesday and the Fron tier will carry a list of winners in next week's paper. Participating stores are: The Frontier, Marcellas Implement Co., Wm. Krotter Co., Uihous Mo tor Cb., Harry Smith Implement, Shelhamer Equipment Co , Tho lander Auto Service, Gillette's Dairy, Buzelman Service, Earley Oil Q&,, Eby’s Conoco Service, llamik Standard Service. O'Neill Drug. .1. C Penney's, Coyne Hardware. Gambles Store (lH)th departments), Spelts-Ray Lumber Co., L & R Cafe, Freds Green Arrow Bar, Fourth Street Market, Safeway Store, A A M Shoo Store, Apparel Shop. Patton's Ren Franklin, lawny Ro\all Drug, Johnson Jewelry, I ah' Stores, McCarvilles Clothing, ,1. M McDonald Co., McIntosh Jewelry, O'Neill Style Shop, Coast I To-Coast, Fetrovv's, Moore-Nolde j Lumber Co. Scovie’s Western Auto, M anil M Bakery, Dick's Bar, New Outlaw Grocery, Shelhamer Jack and Jill, Biglins Floor Covering, Fourth Street Garage, Kansas Nebraska Gas. Co., Virgil Lnursen Insur ance, O'Neill Cleaners. O'Neill Dickers, Rogers Feed Store, North western Ito 11 Telephone. Central Finance, Behrens Pro duce, First National Bank. Helen's Flower and Gift Shop. Holt Co. In dependent, Meyer's Midwest Furn iture, O'Neill National Bank and Ten Pin Lanes. Only one turkey will lie given lo each family and a placard will be in the window of each store par ticipating in the contest. Another two points for St. Mary’s as Larry Mudloff shakos loose and lays one up. Pictured are Bob Eby, 22, Mudloff, Don Schaaf, 20, Jerry (iokie, forming the screen, Ronnie Holly, 45, Jim McClellan, 50 and larry Donlin, 32.—Tin* Frontier photo - engraving Cardinals Down Eagles The cross-street rivalry of O' Neill high school and the St. Mary’s Academy Cardinals met the test again Friday night and the Cardinals came out on the long end of a 53-39 score. Relxiund control on the part of big 6-5*4 ft. Jerry Gokie was the big factor in St. Mary’s win. Go kie wasn’t idle offensively either as he pumped in 18 points, high for both teams. The Cardinals found three men in the double figures on scoring as Ron Holly notched 11 points and Gale Stevens added 12. Holly marked 7 of 12 at the free-throv. line for the winners. The Eagles were in eonten ion , until the final period, even kno - ing the score at 32-all midway in the third period. Jim McClellan scored 12 for the losers as high man. The Ea*,ies jumped off to an early lead on a pair of outside shots by L/o Eby and Larry Don ' hn. but Stevens and Gokie matched the shooting and with 5 charity tosses took the first quarter lead, 9-8. O'Neill high plays at Ainsworth tomorrow night and the Cardinal* will entertain Stuart here. Score by Quarters SMA 9 19 12 13 O'Neill 8 16 10 5 Box Score FG FT TP Kamphaus .1 2 Gokie . 7 4-8 18 Holly . 2 7-12 11 r'vtzenberger .... 1 l-r, 3 Sevens .5 2-2 12 Cleary .1 2 Mudloff .1 3.7 5 O'Neill high Eby ..3 0-2 6 Donlin 3 1.3 7 Kurty. .1 2 McClellan .-1 4.5 12 Ermer 3 2-8 8 Dexter .1 2-3 4