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m a 3* STATS HIST SOS LISCOLS. NE3R. XXX THE WE\TIIKK c. , . n Eight Pages ****** hi k> prrc Thunday 7 .37 26 Friday 8 .....,33 19 * Sat unlay 9 . 40 a Sunday 10 .,. 31 12 Slay 12 li •" This Issue Wednesday 13 . 19 v'olume 79—Number 38 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 14, 1960 Seven Cents Irrigation Men Speak Monday Night In O'Neill Members of tj.-* newly organized irrigation com mitt'*' unanimously elected Dale Wilson aid Gil Poese as co-chairman of the organiza tion at its first meeting held Jan. 7 in O'Neill. Jim Champion was elected secretary. The formation of the committee for the O'Neill area was though necessary because of the great amount of misinformation circula ting atiout the proposed irrigation project. The Bole purpose of this commit tee is educational In the coming weeks the group will be working to inform interested parties m the feasibilities of irrigation in the A t k i n s < >ii <) Neill a t ea. According to Dale Wilson, com mittee co-chairman, the group Pels that the true reaction ol tar inors and ranch* rs involved can not lie exptc.-; ed until these land holders are properly informed of the recommendation advanced by the Bureau men. Studies made by Bureau of Re clamation men show that some 71,000 acres of land in Northern Holt county might bo irrigated. The Bureau can do no more than make the siuily and give recom mendations however. The first steps taken by the new committee occurred Monday night when representatives at tended the Atkinson Chamber of Commerce meeting and invited them to a joint meeting to be held Monday at the Town House begin ning at 7 p m. Bureau men together with a representative of Portland Cement Co. and a retired Burlington rail road man will lie on hand at this 1 meeting to answer questions on the project. The final decision concerning the irrigation is with Ihe land holders. An added purpose of the committee, according to Wilson, is to act as a clearing agent for in formation on the proposed project and to give the rancher and the farmer an organization through which they can express their feel ings on the project. Nyal Franch Charge Dropped All charges against Nyal Franch in connection with the killing of his half-brother, Frank Vander-1 linde, were dropped at the pre trial hearing held last Thursday at the Butte court house. District Judge Lyle Jackson of Neligh presided. Frank Peters Celebrate 50th Wedding Day Mr and Mrs, Frank Peter cele brated their Golden Wedding an niversary at their farm home south of O'Neill Monday with an i open house, I tinner was served | for the immediate family at noon 1 he Peters hue lived their en- ! fire married li\es on the home i where they now live. Frank Peter was bom June 17. 1886, and rais ed in Holt county. Mrs. Peter, the former Fmma Prokopec, was l>orn April 14, 1889, in Stanton county. The Pe ters were married at St. Peter and Paul's Catholic church at Stanton January 11, 1910. The late Monsignor J. C. Buckley officiat ed at the ceremony. Eleven children, eight of them still living, were lorn to the cou ple. Living are Cyril C., O'Neill, George, O'Neill, Mrs. Lunisr t Frances') Hartl, Stanton, Mrs. William i Anne Buckendahi. Stan ton, Onus L., O'Neill, Mrs. Leo nard • Helen i IXisatko, Emmet. Mrs. Ralph t Elsie) Adair, Amelia,! and Mrs. Rudy iTilliel Pekny, Clarkson. Deceased are a son in infancy, Mary at the age of 6. and the late Frank F. Peter. The couple also have 30 grand children. Burial Rites Monday For Frank P. Miller Rev. Francis E. Kubart officiat ed at funeral services Monday for j Frank P. Miller, at St. John's!, Catholic church south of Ewing, j j Miller died Saturday at the age); of 64 at his home south of Ewing. j‘ He had been a life long resident ! jf the Deloit vicinity. 11 Pallbearers were Adolph Koenig, Ralph Tomjack, Adolph Thramer, 1 Jack Rosno. Joe Weibel and Wat- c son McDonald. Burial was in St. , \nthony cemetery. t Frank Miller was horn south of ' Paving March 13, 1893, to Edward • tnd Monica Miller. He was mar- f lied to Minnie Montgomery of ( Spalding, on Mav L 1933. lie is survived by his wife; a laughter, Mary C. Miller, Omaha; • three sons. Leonard and Robert. Omaha, and James residing at t home; three sisters, neices and ; nephi ws and a host of friends. • I l.viin McCarthy, left, and Kathy Brady, are shown Saturday ^ night at the extension Fun Night as they received their watch awards for winning in the state home demonstration division. The girls re- v cetved their awards from Mrs. Floyd Butterfield. Atkinson, while Mrs. A. T. Crumly, Page, looks on—The Frontier photo and cn- ' graving j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peter are shown Monday as they prepared to cut their three tier 50th wedding anniversary cake at their farm home south of O’Neill. Many friends and relatives attended the open house held in the afternoon.—The Frontier photo and engraving Intangibles Taxable Says County Assessor County Assessor William Wefso ;aid this week in response to some •onfusion in assessing property axes, that money on hand or in he bank on January 1 is assess d)le. This results from a law on In angible Property of Estates, L.B. >1. passed by the 1959 Nebraska legislature. The law states that iny intangibles not assessed while i i person is alive will be taxed and 1 •enalized in that person's estate. The law is in effect beginning in 959 and applies to all classes if personal property. Before an estate can be closed, he Assessor must examine the in entory of the estate and certify hat all of the property has been | ssessed. If the assessor finds mitted property, it must he added > the tax rolls plus the penalty, j leginning with 1959 and every' J ear after. Wefso also said that boat and notor owners should know the ear, length, name and model id- j ■ntification and condition of the I mat: and the year, name, model i dentification and horsefwwer of he motor when having them as essed. All boats must be assessed it the residence of the owner. Phis also applies to home-made mats. Charges Filed at Neligh Against Carolina Man huve reccm]y heen filed n Antelope county court against donn Ammons of Sanford, N. C 'o<xKnmdh<'" r° fook housphold .o'Hts and a refrigerator from his Sard! * t,OUSe' P°te Co,,per of Ammons had been working on hi Cooper farm and was living in 1 inf. of. Cooper houses. He Kleft ith his brother-in-law, Jim Hoi lie •Iso f,om North Carolina, in a ickup truck. Hollie has been waking near O'Neill baling hay or Floyd Tucker. Chicago 'Sox' Coach To Speak At Wayne Chicago White Sox Coach Don! lUttendge will be the featured I {maker at the sixth annual North ast Nebraska Old-Timers Base iall meeting Wednesday, Jan. ’0 n Wayne. The meeting is at 8 p.m., at the Liyne City auditorium. High ighting the program will be a pre entation of special awards by i hstrict Judge Lyle E. Jackson, leligh, to five noiiheast Nebras a old time baseball players. Following his talk, Gutteridge .’ill conduct a question and nswer period. He has been in aseball since 1982, when he tarted with Lincoln of the old lebraska State League. \ll of these 4H participants received a war ds Saturday night at the annual extension fun night held at the high school gym. A complete list of w inners will be given in next week’s Frontier.—The Frontier photo and engraving Rural Fellowship Man To Speak Here Monday I>r. George Kerr, executive sec retary of the Presbyterian Rural Fellowship, will be the speaker at the monthly men's council meet ing at the Presbyterian church Monday night beginning at 8. Rev. John Hart said that Kerr's work is in the area of programs and problems of Town and Coun try churches. He is making a 10 day itinerary through Nebraska speaking and consulting with church boards about the problems of the local church. I Anton D. Svoboda Killed Near Burwell Anton D. Svoboda, 22, of Bur well was impaled and killed Tues day when his car crashed into a bridge railing on Nebraska 11 about one mile south of Burwell. Safety Patrol Trooper Phillip J. Quinn of Ord. who investigated the accident, said the Svoboda car was northbound. It struck a 75-foot steel bridge and ran the left rail ing through the car. The railing penetrated the driver's body. He was alone in the car. .... -.ostomayafeA Dean Pofahl puts a sharp right to the head of Ronnie Sutton of South Sioux City as he went on to win over Sutton in the Legion s|M>iisorod fights held Monday night in O'Neill.—The Frontier photo and engraving Tomlinson, McGinn Win In Legion Bouts Some 800 persons watched the fight card presented Monday night here in O’Neill as the O’Neill Le gion Club presented pre-golden glove bouts. Ten fights tuned up the Gol den Glovers for the regional gol den gloves tournament to be held at Norfolk January 26 and 27. In the first bout Merle Sehi, Clearwater, won by a TKO over Gary Ammon of Bassett. Tony Wewel of Bassett won by a TKO over Howard Jensen of Bloom field in the second fight. In the third fight Allen Rittsc her, Elgin, scored a TKO to defeat Mike Jensen of Bloomfield. Dennis Tomlinson, O'Neill, won the fourth fight by deci sion over Hob I.cihig of Platte Center. Roy Stewart of Bas sett decisioned Don Simpson of Norfolk in the fifth fight. Jack McGinn, O’Neill, decisioned Bill Miller of South Sioux City in the sixth match. The seventh match had Donnie Boyken of South Sioux meeting Kenny Mitchell of Macy. Boyken won. Dale Hixson took the decision over Early Jack son of South Sioux City in the heavy-weight match. In the semi-final event Dean Pofahl of Ewing won by a decision over Ronnie Sutton of South Sioux City. Butch Pofahl dropped a de cision in the main event to C. J Hendrickson of South Sioux. Fifty-seven fighters and seconds attended a dinner after the matches held at an O’Neill cafe. The American Legion post spon sored the dinner. Services Held for Former O'Neill Man Funeral services lor Stephen Alder, 50, former resident of Holt County, were held Monday in Ili glin’s Chapel with the Rev, John Hart officiating. Burial was in Mineola Cemetery near O'Neill. Mr. Alder died in a Lincoln hos pital. Pallbearers were Robert Sholes, John Babl, Gerald Snyder, Alfred Linguist, Nels Linguist and Ro bert Tomlinson. Music was fur nished by Mrs. Harold Lindberg, vocalist, and Mrs. Reed llerley, organist. Survivors include two sisters, Goldie Alder of O’Neill and Mrs. Dena Parks of Page, Nebr.; six brothers, Grant of Rushville, Roy of O’Neill, Dewey of Buffalo Gap. S. D., Dave of Verdigre, John of Inman and Delbert of Orchard. Announce Plans For Polio Fund Drive Plans have been announced for polio drive events in O'Neill dur ing January' with a coffee day and Mother’s March as the two main events. Mrs. Robert Martens, At kinson, is the Holt County cam paign chairman. O’Neill campaign chairman is Mrs. M. B. Marcellus with Mrs. Verne Reynoldson as co-chairman. The Mother’s March is schedul ed for the evening of January 21. The whistle will blow at 6:30 p.m. as O'Neill mothers begin their door to door canvass. O’Neill re sidents are reguested to turn on their porch lights. The captains in O'Neill, accord ing to Mrs. K. L. Voorhis, Polio Foundation chairman in Holt County, are Mrs. Frank Clements, Mrs. Robert Devoy. Mrs. Carrol McKay, Mrs. Lowell Nesbitt, Mrs. Neil Dawes and Mrs. Allan Jas zkowiak. Mrs. James McMahan is the county rural canvass chairman. Check Charges Against Thomas; Spent Radio Money, Says Poese Monsignor O'Sullivan Comes Home Tuesday Monsignor T. J. O'Sullivan re turned Tuesday from Omaha where he has been hospitalized since Decemlter. Monsignor was injured in a fall. He said that in his 45 years as a pastor this is the first time he has been absent over the Christmas holidays. Two Accidents Over Weekend Two minor automobile accidents were recorded in O'Neill Satur day as a result of icy streets. Cars driven by Lawrence Hinriehsm and Clifton Clyde collided south of the DX station when Clyde fail ed to stop because of the ice. Lit tle damage was done. Another accident the same day i involved ears driven by Willis Sanders and Robert Lindlverg. The cars collided in an alley on Third Street Ivetvveen Douglas and Clay.1 A small amount of damage re- i suited. Connie Riege Wins Award At Page School Connie Riege, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Riege, Page, is the winner of the “Betty Crocker Search for the Homemaker of Tomorrow” award at the Page high school this year. Miss Riege had the best score of all senior girls who took the test at Page early in Deccmtx'r. She will receive a special pin for her prize. Also included in the prize is the right to have her examination entered in the state-wide contest. Prizes awarded at that level are college scholarships. Philip (iildcrslfcvr, son of Dr. and Mrs. If. D. OlldrrskTvr, beams happily as he poses with some of the six coyotes brought in on Sunday’s coyote hunt in the area of the Midway store. The hunt was planned in co operation with farmers and ranchers in that area. P. Stoltenbergs Observe 60th at Naper Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stoltenl)erg ! j celebrated their 60th wedding an-1 niversary at Naper Saturday and : held an open house from 2 until 5 in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Stoltenberg were < married at the courthouse in r Butte. They farmed in Dodge ] county for the first five years of their marriage and then came back to Boyd county in the spring of 1905. Except for two years, 1910 and 1911 when they were in Tripp county, S. D., they have lived in Boyd county. The Stoltenbergs have two daugh- j tors- Mrs. Adolph (Viola) Bendig of Bonesteel and Mrs. Harlan (Alice) Reber of Stuart. Three! sons, Robert, Edw’ard and Frank | all live at Naper. Two other sons | are deceased. Sixteen grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild, Brent Lee TeSelle of Ashland, are descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Stoltenberg. The 50th wedding anniversary table was decorated .by a three tier wedding cake anu an arrange ment of blue carnations and blue candlesticks. Refreshments were served dur ing the afternoon by their daugh ters, assisted by Mesdames Ed ward, Robert, Frank and Kenneth Stoltenberg and Mrs Alvin Ben dig and Mrs. Jake Hoyt. Barbara Stoltenberg, grand daughter of the couple, was in charge of the guest book. Ninety three guests registered during the open house. Out-of-town guests were two sisters of Mr. Stoltenberg’s—Mrs. Anna Thomsen of O’Neill and Mrs. Edward Adams and husband of Colome, S. D. Mrs. Harry Thom sen of Page was also a guest. Mr. and Mrs. Stoltenberg receiv ed calls from Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Arp of Newburg, Ore., broth er of Mrs. Stoltenberg, and also from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aces of Canton, Okla., a niece of Mr. Stoltenberg. Frontier Moves To North Fourth This week's issue of the Frontier is only eight pages due to the mov ing ot the entire business, which is now in progress. The Frontier will now he lo cated in a building on North Fourth Street, between the office of Norman Gonderinger and Moore* Noble Lumber Go, The telephone number will remain 788. It is hoped the move will facili tate the publishing process us the front office and the printing equipment will now be in one building. Carl Gokie Services Saturday Near Ewing Funeral services for Carl Gokie, 65, who died last Thursday in Ne- | ligh, were held Saturday at St. John’s Catholic church south of i Ewing with Rev. Francis Kubart singing a Requiem high mass. The rosary was said Friday j night at the home of Anna Savi dge with Rev. P. F. Burke con ducting. It was attended by a large group of friends and rela tives from O'Neill, Clearwater, Norfolk, Elgin, Neligh and Ewing. Carl Gokie was born July 30, 1894, at the family home at Clear water. He died at the Antelope Memorial hospital. He had been in failing health for many years. He was born the son of Conrad and Mary Regina Gokie at Clear water and spent most of his life on the family farm, retiring in 1957 and moving to Ew'ing. He was one of a family of ten children, four of whom are still living. They are Joe Gokie, O’ Neill. William Gokie, Ewing, Eli zabeth Mawe, Norfolk and Anna Savidge, Ewing. His parents, two brothers and three sisters proceed ed him in death. Carl had never married and was very religious all his life. Be sides his sisters and brothers, he leaves many neices, nephews and ■ friends to mourn his death. Pallbearers were Harold Ravi-1 dge. Bob Knapp, Bud Bartak. i Clarence Gokie, 1 A'n Gokie and Joe Gokie. Interment was at the parish cemetery in the family plot. V. James Towle, Railroad Agent, Dies Saturday V. James Towle, 61, Norfolk, Vorth Western Railway agent, died >f a heart ailment early Saturday it his home. Funeral services were held Tues lay at 2 p.m. from the Norfolk Presbyterian church. Burial was n the Norfolk Prospect Hill ceme ery. Mr. Towle was born June 1. 1898. and started working for the ''forth Western Railway March 18, I916, as a helper at Beemer. He ater worked as a helper at Ne igh. He served as agent at Houston, doemer, Abie, Surprise, Newport, Mbion and was at O’Neill from 1917 until April 3, 1958, when he vas transferred to Norfolk as igent. He succeeded the late Wil iam Harrison. He is survived by his wife, Ha :el, and two sons, Gerald, Clark iros. employe at Norfolk, and Jean, medical student at North vestern University, Evanston, 111. [\vo grandchildren, Lance and „ynn, Norfolk, also survive. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Htoltenherg are shown as they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday at Naper. The couple was married at the Ruth; county courthouse in 1900.—The Frontier phoho and engraving "No Account" chock charges have Uvn filed against Willie Thomas, a KBItX radio announ cer, Sheriff Loo Tomjack reveal ed Wednesdaj Pho charges are a resuli of a complaint filed a gainst Thomas on .1 unuury 2nd by Gilbert Poese, manager o! KBKX Thomas ts al Si Am lion v s hos pital as a result of an auto acci dent .lauunrv tl and is awaiting preliminary hearing date which has not vet hern set Tom.la.k said Thomas wrote a check for the amount of $2S0 :H) on a Blok, n Bow hank m which he had no ;u count Poese related that for an un known |HUtod of time Thomas has been collecting cheeks from KBKX advertisers, endorsing and cashing them, and keeping the money in his imssession. On Dec. 15, KBKX management began to suspect something wrong when cheeks began to turn lip made payable to KBKX hut cashed hy Thomas. It was at that time Thomas wrote the $280 cheek on the Broken Bow bank to cover the Stortage, Poese said. When the check was returned to KBKX labeled "No Account” Poese issued u warrant for rTH». »•»% ’ ....* ....11.. i. . I i a Broken Bow jail January 2 and returned to O'Ncdl January 3rd. Poese stated that after further consideration, lie decided to hold up the charges against Thomas when Thomas promised to repay his debts. Be returned to work but failed to appear on January 7. loiter in the day it was dis covered Thomas was in St. Anthony’s hospital following an accident near Chambers the night before. On January 8, another adverti ser’s check was turned up by KBRX management that had been picked up and cashed by Thomas. This, said Poese, brought the to tal amount “embezzled" from KBRX by Thomas to $437.47. On Tuesday, January 12, still another check for $t>.25 was discovered to have been cashed by Thomas. Following these incidents Poese decided to press charges against Thomas. Poese said that Thomas had previously been able to cover up for his activities by calling advertisers who had been sent statements for bills already paid and telling them to disregard the statements as a new bookeoper had made a mistake in sending the bill. When contacted yesterday at St. Anthony’s hospital Thomas said that he had no comment to make at this time. A special fund to help Thomas lias been started by his friends but they did not know bow much had I icon collected at press tirm Thomas came to O’Neill in October of 1958 from Broken Bow where he had been employed by the local radio station. He has worked in Kansas and Missouri. Community Cooperation Builds Pago Balcony A balcony to provide seating for another 120 people was completed this week at the Page high school. Many Page residents donated their time and services to complete the project. The balcony was paid for through the school activity fund, by money earned pi ('king up corn at the William Scheinost and L. (». Bcrn holtz farms and from a collection taken at the mid-winter hand con cert. Those who helped on the pro ject are Calvin Harvey, Edgar Stauffer, Jerry Asher, Harrison Hallman, Hoy Hansen, Frank Cronk, William Sorensen, Harold Asher, Richard Hoiss, Fred Cronk, Marvin Stauffer, Richard Trow bridge, Dennis lekes. Darrell Heiss, Corrles Walker, Dale Mat schullat and Edd Stewart.