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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.
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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.
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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
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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.