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Volume 79—Number 36 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 31, 1959 Seven Cents
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O'Neill Street crews work overtime to remove the four or more No serious accidents had been reported due to the snowfall at press
Inches of snow which fell over the weekend. The crews were still time.—The Frontier photo and engraving
busy Wednesday night hauling the slippery stuff off the streets.
1959 In Review
UO YOU
Remember ...
January’ 1 • • •
State Aeronautics Director riol-i
land Harr said that Nebraskans
must increase their use of air
travel services or lose the facil
ities. Harr said that only Omaha
is meeting the daily quota needed
to keep the service.
January H . . .
Federal Communications Com
mission ruling threatened the O’
Neill TV booster. Plans were made
for UHF service in the area.
January 15 . . .
Frank Cronk was again named
chairman of the Holt county sup
ervisors. He has been on the board
for 10 years and was chairman for
six of these years.
January 22 . . .
The possibility of establishing a
milk processing plant in O'Neill
was discussed at the regular
Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Two Odebolt, la., men told the
Chamber that they operate a milk
route through O'Neill and would
like to have a plant here.
January 2# . . .
Frank Leahy, great coach at the
University of Notre Dame, came
home to his birthplace and held
an informal session of questions
and answers at a banquet held in
his honor at the Legion club.
February 5 . . .
The annual meeting of people in
terested in (he O Neill Youth Cen
ter was held at the Knights hall.
The future of the Center was to
be determined at the meeting.
February 12 . . .
Dr. Nadene Coyne, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. H E Coyne, was
named coordinator of training for
physicians in the department of
physical medicine and rehabilita
tion of New York University Belle
vue Medical Center.
rr»rua> . . .
St. May’s Academy received a
certificate of affiliation this week;
from the Catholic University. The!
affiliation, a coveted set of schol
astic standards in Catholic schools,
is awarded to schools achieving
minimum standards set down by
tiie Catholic University.
February 2fi . . .
Larry Ruegge, Nick Hammer
lun and Ted Jareske, all O'Neill
FFA youths won first place in the
demonstration division of the dist
rict four contest this week.
March 5 . . ,
Tragedy struck when six month
old Teresa Joan Pofahl, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pofahl,
Ewing, died as a result of injuries
she incurred in a tvvo-car automo
bile crash near O'Neill.
March It . . .
The city council obtained a fis
cal agent' and consulting engineer
ing firm from Omaha this week
in another step towards the pro
posed 33 blocks of paving.
March t» . . .
Elizabeth Schneider, St. Mary’s
Academy junior, was elected to
attend Nebraska Girls State and
Dem is Cork. Page high junior was
chosen to attend Boys State.
March 26 . . .
The editorial and advertising of
fices of the Frontier were moved
two doors south of the original |
building. The machines and pro
duction will continue in the old
building.
April 2 . . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis cele
brated their 55th wedding anniver
sary Easter Sunday with all of
their children and grandchildren
present for the occasion.
April 9 . . .
The O'Neill city council turned
down an application by the Town
House for a license to sell mixed
drinks. Petitions with 500 names
objecting to the granting of more!
liquor licenses were presented to
the council.
April IK . . .
Marvin Miller, O'Neill coach,
was named principal and athletic j
director of O’Neill high for the
coming year to replace Willard
Solfermoser.
April 23 . . .
Larry Tomlinson, St. Mary’s
Academy senior, broke two Holt
county records and scored nearly
half his team’s points to lead St.
Mary's to victory over eight teams
in the Holt County track tourna
ment in Stuart.
April 30 . . .
Joe Tennis and George Ham
mond announced plans to remodel
their present location to t>e only
a mortuary. Meyer’s Midwest Fur
niture have bought out the furni
ture stock and Biglin’s will retain
the floor covering department at a
new location.
May 7 . . .
The congregation of Center Un
ion church, northwest of O'Neill,
observed the church's 54th anni
versary Sunday with Rev. C. P.
Turner in charge of the program.
May 14 . . .
Mother M. Francis, hospital ad
ministrator, announced pians for
a tentative disaster organization
for St. Anthony’s hospital. The an-j
nouncement was made as national
hospital week was observed here.
May 21 . . .
Jacque Arbuthnot. St. Mary's
Academy, and Konnie Kurtz, O'
Neill high school, were named val
edictorians of their classes as
graduation exercises approach.
May 28 . . .
Francis A. Kutish. Iowa State
agricultural economist, was a fea
ture speaker at a meeting of the
jinn annual sanunius uiuc
ciation Convention in O’Neill this I
week.
June 4 . . .
O'Neill television viewers were
without a station this week, as a
result of a storm that brought
lightning, hail and at least one
tornado to this area.
June 11 ...
Robert Devoy announced his new
ownership and management of one
of Holt County’s established busi
nesses. Gilligan Rexall Drug store.
The store will now be the Devoy
Rexall Drug store.
June 18 ... .
The city council declared a state
of emergency this week due to a
water shortage and took steps to
speed installation of a water
booster pump and the digging of
a new city well.
June 25 . . .
The Skillet Sisters Extension
club took first place with their
float in the Rodeo parade this
week. A record attendance was
set at the 3 day rodeo as about
6.000 persons attended.
July 2 . . .
Mrs. Sadie Dickerson and Nyal J
Eranch pleaded not guilty to|
charges of first degree murder in
the death of their son and half
brother, Frank Vanderlinde in an
overflowing Butte county court
room.
July 9 . . .
Joe Stutz was named president j
of the Chamber of Commerce Mon
day night, replacing Ray Eby in
that office.
July 15 . . .
Mrs. Paul Bourne and Kim Bin
kerd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Binkerd. were awaiting final
rabies tests from Lincoln. Both
had been bitten by a cat believed
tu be rabid.
July 23 . . .
(marges of false entries were
filed Tuesday against C. I. Bishop
and R. M. Martin. Bartlett bank
ers, in connection with a $173,000
shortage in the bank funds.
July 30 . . .
Ranchers and producers report
ed a smaller hay yield than last
year as hay cutting reached the
halfway point this week. The qual
ity of the hay is better than last
year.
August 6 . . .
Sister M. Fides, a well known
nun and teacher of St. Mary’s
Academy, died Saturday in Omaha
while attending refresher courses
in mathematics and philosophy at
Creighton University.
August 13 . . .
August 15 and 16 were the dates
set for the presentation of the
‘ Tender Trap,” the first produc
tion of the O'Neill players, organ
ized by Jim Johnson and Sharlene
Shoemaker.
August 20 . . .
Cora Lee Schmiser, Ewing, took
top honors for her grand champion
baby beef at the Holt County Fair.
August 27 . . .
The O'Neill Lion’s Club are spon
soring a fish day for kids Sunday
at a pond one mile east and one
mile south of the Spencer dam.
September 3 . . .
John Conan 1, Emmet, added to
the O'Neill Country Club history
hooks Sunday as he fired a hole
in-one on the seventh hole.
September JO . . .
O’Neill has been named the site
of the South Dakota - Nebraska
state amateur rodeo championship
finals October 3 and 4.
September 17 . . .
Lois Sehaaf, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sehaaf of Stuart died
fhic romilt of an auto
mobile accident near Ewing.
September 24 . . .
High winds and golf-ball size
hail stones did considerable dam
age to homes in the Inman, Page
and Creighton areas early this
week.
October 1 . . .
The Community Concert Associ
ation will begin their membership
drive Sunday with a kick-off tea
at the country club for the work
ers.
October 8 . . .
The Stuart city council approved
a plan to purchase a diesel engine
to solve the potential shortage of
electrical power.
October 15 . . .
Monsignor Timothy O’Sullivan.
pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic
church here in O’Neill, was raised
to the office of domestic prelate.
Fhe office is considered to be in
the second grade of honorary pre
lacies.
October 22 . . .
The Presbyterian church here in
O’Neill installed an automatic
prayer answering machine. By
calling 800. anyone may hear the
device read a prayer or offer in
spirational advice.
October 29 . . .
The Bristow Lions club held a
surprise banquet honoring a long
time Bristow business man. Elmer
Bostrom. Mr. Bostrom had spent
15 years in business in Bristow.
Vovembor 5 . . .
Bureau of Reclamation meni
spent four hours explaining the |
croposed irrigation project to the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce at
the regular meeting. They said
hat an interest must be shown be
tore too much is accomplished.
Vovember 12 . . .
The cranberry “scare” hit the
country and many O'Neill gro-,
eery stores cancelled cranberry
orders. The cranberry industry j
suffered as the scare carried right
nto the Christmas season.
(Continued on Page 5)
License Sales
Begins January 4
County Treasurer J. Ed Hancock
announced last week that the 1960
Nebraska vehicle licenses will go
on sale January 4 at the Holt
county courthouse beginning at 9
a.m.
The 1960 plates will be yellow on
black, just a reversal of last year's
color. Approximately 9,000 plates
will be issued. This number in
cludes all types of motor vehicles
in the county.
Office hours for January and
February are set for all day dur
ing the week from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
with the doors open during the
noon hour. The office will close
at noun on Saturdays.
License fees are the same as
last year. When applying for the
new license you should have all
copies of the tax statements, the
1959 registration certificates for
each and every vehicle to he li
censed, along with the proper
amount of tax and license fees.
TO CELEBRATE 60th
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stoltenberg
of Naper will hold open house from
2 until 5 on January 9 at their
home to celebrate their 60th wed
ding anniversary.
Due to the great amount of
news received in the Frontier
office this week—much of it
received late—some news had
to be left out of this weeks
paper. Time did not penult
the staff to "develope” more
pages.__
Grandma Bowden is shown as she celebrated her 97th birthday. With her are her three remain- j
ing children, from left Mrs. Andrew Wettlanfer, Clyde Bowden, and Mrs. Await Spangler.
Grandma Bowden lives at her home on 60 3 E. John Street with her son, Clyde. She is In good
health and enjoys playing cards and watching television. She also does a tot of fancy needlrvwork.
She was the mother of 10 children — S so ns and 4 daaghtcrs. Her husband, the late George I
Bowdea, passed away 21 year* ago.—The Frontier photo aad sag raring
60 Tax Valuations Drop Almost 20%
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Winter's Worst Storm
Hits This Area Sunday
Winter's worst blast caught
many vacationers in its icy grip
Sunday night as four inches of
snow accompanied by heavy drif
ting hit North-Central and East
ern Nebraska.
Traffic in the area came to a
virtual standstill late Sunday and
early Monday and road crews |
fought the drifting snow to keep
the major highways open.
Rain, followed by sleet and
snow hit first in the eastern por
tion of the state halting traffic.
Blowing snow blinded drivers and
many vacationers gave up and
spent the evenings in motels al
though many of them were only a
short distance from home.
Highway 20 was generally open
but blowing snow was a great
haz/ard. Comparatively few acci
dents occurred due to the blizzard.
Snow crews in O'Neill worked
well Into Thursday removing the
drifts which were piled in front
of some business places as high
as six feet.
A number of cars went into the
ditch but only two accidents were
recorded and those not close to
O’Neill. A collision between the
snowplow and a ear driven by C.
E. Clemens of Bridgeport occur
red about three miles east of
Orchard Monday afternoon. Ex
tensive damage was done to the
car and Clemens received a cut
on his leg from broken glass.
Temperatures started to climb
again Wednesday and the snow
had begun to melt.
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Marion Mlinar
Killed Last Week;
Charges Filed
Marion ,T. Mlinar, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Mlinar, Atkinson, was
kil'ed last Wednesday night when
the car in which ho was riding j
left the road and overturned about
16 miles north of Stuart.
According to investigating of
ficer Robert Glide, Mlinar was
riding in a car driven by Edward
Collins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Collins, Atkinson. Also rid
ing in the car was Bernadette Ann
Schaffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Schaffer, Atkinson.
County Attorney William Griffin
filed motor vehicle homocide
charges against Collins yesterday
and a hearing was continued un
til Saturday morning.
Gude said that the car was
traveling north on the Stuart-Na
per road. The car was traveling
around a left curve when the ve
hicle went into the ditch on the
left side, traveled down the ditch
and then overturned.
Mlinar was thrown from the car
which apparently passed over his
body.
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning at St. Joseph’s
Catholic church at 10 a.m. Burial
was in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Pall
bearers were Ken Prussa, Dick
Funk, Bob Pettinger, Dick Bogue,
Jim Hansen and Fred Anderson.
Rites Conducted
For Clyde Davis
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at the First
Methodist church in Atkinson for
Clyde Davis, 71, longtime Atkin
son barber.
Mr. Davis died in his Atkinson
home 1 iecember 23 at the age of
71, following a long illness.
Burial was in Wood lawn Cemi>
tery in Atkinson. Pallbearers were
Oscar Fullerton, Noltgh, Harold
Seisler, Ding Pine, Grant Pea
cock, O’Neill, C. J. Brook, Don
Mills ;uid Claude Humphrey, all of
Atkinson. All were barbers who
had worked with Mr. Davis with
the exception of Mr. Humphrey.
Clyde Davis was Dim in Atkin
son July 1, 1888, the son of the
late Minor and Clarissa Davis, lie
began his career as a barber in
Stuart at the age of 12 under the
direction of the late Frank Bailey,
his brother-in-law.
He married Pheble Irene Smith,
at the home of her parents in
Newport November 16, 1910. Seven
children were Ixirn to the couple.
They lived in Newport for 10 years
and in the fall of 1929 they moved
to Atkinson.
Mr. Davis had retired last year
after harboring in Atkinson for
30 years and practicing his pro
fession for 58 years. In Atkinson
he had boon associated with his
son Howard in recent yeras.
He is survived by his wife,
three daughters, Mrs. E. (Gladys!
Sparks, Grand Island, Mrs. Wil
liam (Shirley! Dvorak, Sun Val
ley, Calif., and Mrs. Kenneth (Ar
lene) Bridge, Orchard; two sons,
Leonard, O’Neill, and Howard At
kinson; 10 grandchildren, a brother
and three sisters.
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Sally Brewster, Stuart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Brew
ster, president of the Stuart-Atkinson chapter of Junior Catholic
Daughters, is shown awarding “Debbie” to Mary Beth Kngler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Kngler of Stuart.
Mary Beth’s Christmas wish came true when she won the doll
at a drawing Saturday. The doll also had a complete wardrobe made
by the Junior Catholic Daughters.
Rudy Pospeshil
Services Held
In Verdigre
Funeral services or Rudolph
Pospeshil, 68. wen* held December
21 it the Community Methodist
church in Verdigre with the Rev.
David T. Gustafson officiating.
Burial was at the Grim ton ceme
tery.
Rudolph t Rudy t Pospeshil was
txirn at West Point on IVcemher
23, 1891. to the late John and Anna
Pospeshil. He died at the Lund
berg Memorial hospital Decem
ber 17.
In 1894 he moved with his par
ents from West Point to Sunny
Brook Farm near Bloomfield
where he resided until 1904 when
the family moved into Bloomfield.
In 15*08 the family moved to Oak
View Ranch in the Venus Com
munity. For a time he lived on a
ranch near Chadron, hut moved
hack to Venus and farmed and
helm'd his father at Oak View
Park. Rudolph later settled m
Verdigre and for many years was
operating a trucking business. He
was recently employed by the F.
S Pavlik service station in Ver
digre.
j Mr. Pospeshil was united in
' marriage to Viva Dougins in 15*15
and one daughter, Rita Mae, was
! lorn to this union.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, who died in 1954, and a
brother, Albert, who died three
weeks ago.
He is survived hy his daughter;
two sisters, Vlasta and Viola of
Orchard; one step-son, Charles F.
Douglas of I.Afayette, Ind.; a stem
daughter, Mrs. Howard (Fldine)
Webster of Mason, III ; and a ne
phew, Harold L. Pospeshil of
Sioux City. Many other relatives
and friends survive.
Pallbearers at the funeral were
Stanley Wastrel of Plainview, Ru
dolph Wastrel of Pierce, Clarence
Finch of Page, Frank Dobry, Law
rence Sandoz and Albert Pavlik
of Verdigre. Funeral music was
sung by Mrs. Eldiva Jedllcka
Pavlik and Mrs. Joe Jacot, jr.,
with Mrs. E. E. Sandoz accompa
nying.__
i no re s given news tor the tax
payer and who isn't one this
year At least gixxl news for the
farmer and rancher
Tile lower cattle prices which
were general throughout the in
dustry last year have brought
about a lowering of actual live
stock valuations it was announced
this week Ivy William Wcfso, coun
ty assessor.
Valuations will range from 10
to 20 percent cheaper on most live
stock classes with only heifers in
the 6 to 12 month age bracket
showing any increase over 1950
Grade steers from 12 to IS
months showed the biggest valu
ation drop one that amounted
to $50. Registered heifers IS to
30 months showed a $10 drop and
grade stock cows showed a $25
drop.
The valuations followed the trend
in the cattle market in that ani
mals with any weight or age are
selling lower than during 1958
Young animals seem to be holding
fairly steady and the tax valua
tion in this instance lias fluctu
ated tiie least. Registered calves
show no decrease; grade calves
have been devaluated by $5.
January 1, I960, is the new as
sessing date and the county asses
sor has warned that newcomers
are responsible for their own as
sessing.
Taxes on intangible property
this Year are: Intangible A- $2.50
per $l,1)00, Intangible It $1.00 per
$1.000. (Intangible A property con
sists of cash and savings while iti
| tangible H consists of stocks and
shares in corporations, royalties,
etc.) Penalties for failure to re
port range from $28 to $93.
Here is a table showing the dif
ferences in livestock valuations
from 1959 to I960.
Registered Cattle
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Calves lo fi months $ GO $ 60
Calves 6 to 12 months 150 135
Heifers 12 to 18 months 175 160
Heifers 18 to 30 months 210 170*
Stork cows 210 170
Milk cows 215 180
Herd hulls (minimum) 7(H) 7(H)
Commercial hulls (min.) 350 300
(1 ratio Cattle
Calves to 6 months 50 45
Heifers 6 to 12 months 50 !H)
Steers 6 to 12 months 110 100
Heifers 12 to 18 months 125 110
Steers 12 to 18 months 175 125
Heifers 18 to 30 months 175 145
Steers over 30 months 200 185
Stock cows 175 150
Milk cows 180 150
Bulls (minimum) 300 250
Horses
Registered horses and
race horses (min.) 200 200
Saddle horses and
Shetlands (minimum) 150 150
Other horses and mules
(minimum) 70 70
Hogs
Butchers (per cwt.) 14 10
Sows (per cwt.) 12 8
Sheep
Ewes and rams
(per head) 0 6
Feeders (per head) 17 15
Hay, drain
Hay & Fodder (per ton) 5 G
Commercial baled hay
(per ton) 8 10
In assessing personal property
Mr. Wefso states that assesors will
follow the tax guide.
INFANT HON DIES
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Regan, born prematurely
Deceml>er 26 at St. Anthony's
hospital, lived but a few hours.
Burial was in the O'Neill ceme
tery. Mr. and Mrs. Regan live at
Ewing.
13th Baby Contest Set;
20 Stores Participate
The Frontier's annual First Baby
contest will again lie held this
year with 20 O'Neill merchants
participating in the baby derby.
Contest, rules stipulate that the
baby must be l>orn in Ilolt county
after midnight, December 31, 1959.
An entry blank is published on an
inside page of today's Frontier
and the parents should fill in the
blank and mail it to the Frontier.
Exact time of birth should be
noted by the attending physician
and both he and the parents should
sign the entry blank.
Merchants participating in the
13th annual contest are: Meyer’s
Midwest Furniture and Appliance,
New Outlaw, Shelhamer’s Jack &
Jill, McCarvilles, Gambles, Mc
Donalds, Coyne Hardware, M and
M Cafe and Bakery, Devoy Rexall
Drug, O’Neill Photo Co., Scovie’s
Western Auto. Patton's Ben Frank
lin, Harding Creamery, McIntosh
Jewelry, Safeway Store, Johnson
Drug. A and M Shoe Store, Gilles
pie-,. Merri Dr. Pepper Bottling
Co. and Dankert’s Appliance.
See inside pages for a list of
the prizes offered in the baby
derby.
Sale Dates
Claimed
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9th —
Hereford sale of 35 coming 2-year
old hulls. Sale to be held at the
Atkinson Sale bam beginning at
1 p.m. Charles Corkle, auctioneer,
Vernon Hixson, Neligh, sale man
ager.
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Whitcomb's Car
Rolls; He Escapes
Serious Injury
Harold Whitcomb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hank Whitcomb, Amelia,
escaped serious injury on the eve
ning of December 19 when the car
he was driving overturned.
The accident occurred as tie was
returning from BurwelJ. Whitcomb
said that he came over a sharp
hill to find another car stalled in
the center of the road.
Whitcomb took to the ditch, re
covered control and drove back on
to tthe road only to have the car
overturn when it hit the gravel.
He laid down on the seat as the
car turned over and held on to the
tmltom of the seat. He sustained
cuts and bruises requiring many
stitches.
The car, belonging to his par
ents, was a total wreck.
Alien Address Report
Program Under Way
The office of immigration and
naturalization service in Omaha
advised today that the annual
Alien Address Report Program is
again under way.
Forms with which to make the
report are available at all post
offices and immigration officials
pointed exit that willful failure to
comply with these requirements
may lead to serious consequences.
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