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Volume 79—Number 41 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 4, 1960 Seven Cents
N. S. I. A Delegates Oppose State
Appointive Office; Curtis Blasts
Government Aid at Recent Meet
’FtirwA aH^nriin.r th*. C't »rv.
vention of the Nebraska Schoo
Improvement Association at Nortl
Platte Monday and Tuesday, Jan
2,'j and 20, from Holt County wen
the past president and his wife
Mr iin<l Mrs Clyde Widman o
Amelia; the N. S. I A, Field He
presen tat t vc who presided over th<
convention, and his wife, Mr. ani
Mrs, S. i! Brauer of Stuart.
Along with these were the Hoi
County delegation; Richard Brauer
chairman of Stuart; Mrs. k lorenci
Boettcher of Atkinson, secretary
Mrs- Robert Be Munyun and Law
renee Ziska both of Stuart.
The opening day program in
eluded the opening address by S
H. Brauer, of Stuart, field re
present at ive; welcome by presiden
Clyde Widman, of Amelia and t
finance report by director Victoi
Mares of Schuyler.
Tlte closing banquet was held a
7 p.m. in the Pawnee Hotel’s Crys
tal Ballroom with Sen. Carl Cut
tis as guest speaker.
Members of the Nebraska Schoo
Improvement Assn, opened theii
annual Stale Canvention in Nortl
Platte by emphasizing local con
trol of schools and a return to basic
fundamentals in education.
Two featured speaker highlight
ed the annual convention. Mrs
Mary Johnson of Winnipeg Canada
on reading survey’s she has made
in several English speaking
countries , and an evening banquel
speech by U. S- Senator Carl C ur
tis who’s topic was Federal Aid
to Education.
Senator Curtis told the
KriMi|fv in*1 »'•*€**».-*
«• u 111 e in e r « administrative
puu ns of the Federal t*o\ em
inent.” if the present trend of
Federal aid anil control con
tinues. He said. “ It is naive
to assume (hat there ran be
Federal aid without Federal
Control.” Both the Senator and
tiie N. S. I. A. have opposed
Federal aid tv schools.
Mrs. Johnson revealed what she
called the, "shocking results" of
reading and spelling tests she has
given; which she sftid showed the
inability of students today to meet
standards for their grade levels.
She told the convention crowd, ltv
teachers don't realize the problem
or they’re scared of the admini
strators." , .._
The final day of the convention
saw the election of five state
Ixiard directors, of which two were
addl'd to the previous board o
nine members. Those re-electec
were Victor Mares of Schuyler
Frank Pierce of Verdigre, am
Benton Marshall of Crawford
named to the two new directorships
were Orville Von Seggern of * re
mont and Hoy Ward from McCook
Resolutions submitted and at U i
on were:
—Prosposing another petition
drive lit bring ahmit oonstiiu
tiiiniil luneiidment abolishing
the apiHilntive office of Nebras
ka Commissioner of Education
and to return to a non-political,
elective office.
Calling for legislation to prom
hit school boards or udministra
tions from compelling teachers t<
join professional groups or othei
organizations.
Opposing the formation of com
pulsory intermediate school dis
tricts, which would In’ made In
combining some county superinten
dents’ jurisdictional area, the dis
tricts would he governed by ni
elected board and an administrate!
appointed by the board.
Supporting legislation to sc1
rural free high school tutition at
the ACTUAL COST to the school
district.
—Calling for a Congressional
inveMiganon ui » .*■
organisation*. edueatbuml strat
egy. totalitarian practice*, and
our educational institution*.’'
— Asking that school districts be
allowed to vote individually on any
reorganization plan.
—Asking that a return of history
geography, and civics to the schoo
curriculum, rather than units ol
"Social Studies.’’ .. .
__ Favoring a maximum limit ol
one night per-week of any school
sponsored events. . ,
Re-affirming the N. S. I. A. -
opposition to Federal Aid to Edu
cation.
Calling for a required teaching
program of phonetic reading m
Nebraska schools._
Celebrate Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Spilth of In
man will celebrate their fifieth
wedding anniversary with open
house for friends and relatives,
fmm 2 to 4 o’clock at Christ Luth
eran church basement, O Neill or
Sunday, Feruary 14.
Retirement Party Set
For E. E. Clark, Inman
A "retirement party" is being
planned for E. E. Clark on Sunday,
Feb. 14. from 2 until 5 p.m. at
the church annex in Inman.
Gene, with the help of his wife,
Ada, has been a successful mail
carrier for 35 years without an ac
cident or mishap.
Fernholtz Services Are
Held Friday In Winner
Funeral services were held Fri
day at the Catholic church at
. Winner. S, D., for Raymond Fern
i holt/ who lost his life in a Janu
ary 24 highway traffic accident
between Colome and Winner. Buri
al was made in the Winner eemc
fory.
Raymond Joseph, son of the late
Bernadine Heese and Joseph Fern
holtz, was born at Hartington, Jan.
30, 1914. He accompanied his
parents to O’Neill where he at
tended school. He served in the
Air Force in World War IT and was
employed at O’Neill and Norfolk be
fore going to Winner in 1957 where
he made his home with his brother,
William
Survivors include: two sisters.
Mrs. Dorothy Brown of Carroll and
Mrs. Klsie Marcellus of Pecos,
Calif.; five brothers George and
Albert of Portland, Ore., William
of Winner, John of Tacoma, Wash ,
and Norb of California.
St. Mary's School
Slates Retreat
Monday. Tuesday and Wednes
day will he retreat week for the
students of St Mary’s Academy.
Father McMachon of Boys Town
will be the retreat master.
Friday morning, the senior soda
lity at St. Mary's will serve break
fast following the 8 a m. mass. The
proceeds from the breakfast < re to
he sent to Father Basil Price S. J.,
who is a missionary in Korea.
Nuns Ask for Passports
Barbara Wiedmann, known as
Sister Priscella, and Viktoria
Haenle, known as Sister Fridberta.
both of Sacred Heart hospital in
Lynch, Nebr., applied for passports
to Germany for a two month visit
with relatives. They plan to leave
sometime in April by air.
Marcellus Will Invest
$20,000 Prize Money
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Marcellus re
turned to O'Neill from Lincoln last
week — happy, surprised and a
little shocked. Billie had been pre
sented with an award for $20,000
last Thursday for winning national
grand champion in a Ford Motor
Company contest.
Marcellus accepted the money
for his prize. He had his choice
between the ntoney and a thor
oughbred race horse entered in
the Kentucky Derby.
Perhaps the excitement was a
little too much for him, as he has
been sick the past few days with
a siege of the flu. Mrs. Marcellus
told a Frontier reporter that the
whole experience was "unbeliev
able”. The award came as a com
plete surprise to the Marcellus
family, including Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Marcellus who were at the
award luncheon.
After taxes, (alx)ut $7,000) the
money will be invested in bonds
until they decide definitely what
to spend it for, said Mrs. Marcel
lus, She explained that they are
presently meeting only their bud
get and are considering the money
more as an emergency fund and
enjoying the security it will allow.
Mrs. Marcellus added, however,
that they are looking forward to
doing something a little special
with part of the prize, when they
feel it is warranted.
Marcellus works with his father
at the Marcellus Implement Com
pany. He was one of 2,600 Ford
dealers to enter the contest, in
which he emerged top man. He
went to Lincoln last Thursday with
his parents, thinking he was to re
ceive a plaque at the luncheon.
His mother, Mrs. M. It. Marcel
lus. has this to say: "Going to
Lincoln to receive a 'plaque’ was
an enjoyable thrill, but when the
surprise award was made, it was
really unbelievable."
Mike Hand and Kurt Durre are shown with their “Mummy” project for world history. Larry
Dawes is shown with a stockade he built without using a single nail. Mrs. Lon Keimers is the history
teacher.—The Frontier photo and engraving
These O'Neill high school girls are shown w ith some of the projects they made for world history.
They wer displayed Monday night for the PTA meeting. Shown from left is Karen Bates. Karen Peter
sen. Gall Johrtng and Vicky Gedwillo—The Front ier photo and engraving
Meet John Knke, the new Penney store manager. Mr. Knke
comes from Tekumah where he was also affiliated with the Penney
chain of (lcjMirtineut shires.—The Frontier photo and engraving
Auxiliary Hears
Information On
Heart Disease
Dr. George Carstens spoke at
the regular meeting of St,
Anthony's hospital auxiliary meet
ing held Monday evening. The talk
was on heart disease.
The auxiliary voted to give $270
toward the remodeling of the nur
sery at St. Anthony’s hospital.
At the next meeting scheduled
, for March 7 the I.ion's club will
show a film on the transplanting
of eyes. The project of the Duns
club is to secure eyes Dr trans
planting.
Lunch was served by Mr--. John
Shoemaker and Mrs. Harry Lans
worth.
Seger Cafe Now Under
New Management
Jim Hunt, formerly of Kadoka,
S. D . has taken over the manage
ment of the Seger Cafe.
Jim, who is married and has a
small daughter, came to O'Neill
last week after operating the Park
way Cafe in Kadoka.
Juracek To Convention
Elmer Juracek is among three
Holt County men attending the Na
tional Soil Conservation Associa
tion meeting at Louisville, Ky.,
this week. With Juracek are Mer
wyn French sr., Page, and Walt
Fick, Inman.
The three are members of the
Holt County Soil Conservation As
sociation and traveled with a
chartered bus entourage leaving
firom Omaha.
Rain, Sleet and Ice
Black Out O'Neill
Ice and sleet struck in the Sand
hills area Monday and Tuesday
night electricity and phone service
over a wide area was disrupted.
O’Neill was thrown into com
plete darkness at two different
times, each of them lasting about
10 minutes. Many here could not
remember when O'Niiil was so
completely blacked out.
According to K. L. Van Voorhis,
manager of the Consumers Public
Power district here in O'Neill, ice,
fog and the technical difficulties
caused by the ice kept line crews
! busy into the night.
Harry Petersen, telephone com
, pany manager, stated that phone
i service was disrupted over a wide
I area. The circuit to Norfolk and
Omaha was out, hut sometime dur
ing the night one line was opened
between here and Norfolk.
During the day the line to Ains
worth was shorted and there was
only one line to Valentine during
this time. The Ainsworth and Va
lentine sendee was back to normal
after 4 p.m.
The town of Page was without
sendee for about three hours.
Electricity there was out about 7
; p.m. and was still out yesterday
morning.
Phone service here in O’Neill was
about normal except for the 20
minutes that the electricity was
out. When the lights went out the
operators could not ring numbers.
One consolation from all this fog,
sleet and rain the groundhog
didn’t see his shadow Monday.
That could mean that winter is
over—maybe.
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Along Main Street . . .
Boy Shelhainer of Shelhainer
Equipment Co. attended the 69th
j annual convention of the Midwest
: Retail Farm Equipment Associa
[ tion in Omaha from Monday to
; Wednesday, Jan. 25-27.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Meyers of
Meyers Midwest Furniture and Ap
pliance Co. are in Minneapolis this
week attending a furniture show.
Sir. and Mrs. Dale Wilson will
leave for Minneapolis Saturday
where they will attend a hardware
, meeting. Mr. Wilson is the owner
of the Coast to Coast Store here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Patton re
turned last week from Boulder,
Colo., where they had been visiting
with their son, Doug, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Patton own and oper
ate Patton’s Ben Franklin store
here in O’Neill.
Atkinson Man Crashes
Billboard Near Spencer
A car driven by John Albrecht of
Atkinson crashed into a bill board
near the Leo Marx home north
west of Spencer Saturday night. Mr.
Albrecht escaped without injury
when his car failed to negotiate the
turn. The car carried a good deal
of damage on the front end.
Schoolhouse Meetings Scheduled
By O'Neill Irrigation Committee
•- \ ti»» n Xi'iii in- .
Missionary
To Speak
Here Friday
Miss Letati M. IXiyle, who |v on
a pre-retirement Iurlough from
an elistie work m India, will be
; guest speaker Friday. Fi'h. .» at
7 :30 p m. .it the U Neill Methodist
church.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service, sponsors of the program
cordially extend an invitation to
any who wish to attend. A fellow
ship hour will follow the program
Miss Doyle was born on a farm
in northwest Missouri. After a
year at Talxir College in Iowa she
attended the National Training
School in Kansas City, 1915-17 and
received her deaconess diploma.
She qualified for a Bachlor of Arts
Degree from tfie Nebraska State
Teacher's College at Kearney in
192t>. Since then she has done re
fresher work at the University of
Nebraska, Northwestern Universi
i ty and Scarritt's College.
During her pre-missionary work
she was a grade school teacher, a
parish deaconess, a district dea
coness, assistant superintendent of
the Cleveland Deaconess Home
and West Side Community House,
and a pastor of a Methodist church
at. Alda.
Miss Doyle went to India in 1926
where she served as a foreign mis
sionary and studied language ai
I Vrindaban and assisted at the
Creighton-Freeman Christian Hos
pital. which is sup|Kiried jointly by
the Division of World Missions and
the Woman’s Division of Christian
Service. ,
From 1953-59, in the Chazialmd
area, she was a district evangelist,
and assisted with the management
of Rokeby Hostel, a Woman's Divi
sion home maintained for mission
aries who go to Candour to study
language.
Miss Doyle will retire this year
Polio Fund Hits
Total of $1,446
The polio fund was increased by
$108.75 when proceeds from Sun
day's benefit were tallied.
The program at the O'Neill high
school, presented by grade school
children, consisted of two numbers
"Mountain Majesty" by Yoder and
" Rio Blanco" bv Caneva under
the direction of Duane Miller; six
numbers by Mrs. Melena’s danc
ing classes; grades 5 and 6 render
! ed several vocal selections and the
7th and 8th grade chorus offered
"Musical Glimpses of the World”.
They were directed by Miss Al
i vara Ramm.
Polio chairman Mrs. M. 1? Mar
i cellus and Mrs. Verne Reynoldson,
her co-chairman thanked all those
who helped to make this amount.
In addition to the totals report
ed last week the following items
have been reported: Sale Barn -
| $22.36; Legion Auxiliary - $10.00;
grade school benefit - $108.75; pub
i lie school cards - $152.00; St.
Mary’s dime cards - $81.62; town
| containers - $40.86; business places
! - $362.50; clubs - $54.38. The grand
(total from all sources to date is
$1,446.90, with a few small collec
tions yet to be reported.
Expect Decision
Late This Week
In Conard Case
A decision in the case of ,T.
(Heiniei Conard is expected to be
given late this week, according to
the office of the District Court.
The case was taken under advise
ment by District Judge Lyle Jack
son after Conard pleaded guilty
to assault January 18.
Conard is being held in Holt
County jail in lieu of five hundred
dollars bond following the jack
knife stabbing of his cousin, Pat
Conard. The wounded man was
dismissed from St. Anthony’s hos
pital Saturday where he had un
dergone exploratory surgery.
Parents Tour School
At PTA Open House
A large crowd of O'Neill pur
cuts tout ed rooms and \ isited with
teachers at the PTA sponsored
open house Monday evening at the
() Neill public school.
Several of the rooms featured
displays made by the students.
Stanley Dmgnecker conducted the
business meeting and part of the
constitution was read. The second
grade mutters served cake and
coffee.
McKesson Robbins Drug Co. will
present the program for the March
7 meeting.
Land Bank Meet
To Be Held Here
Wednesday
The annual meeting of the O'
Neill Federal I«ink Bank Associa
tion has been scheduled for Wed
nesday. February 10, 1W0. This
was announced today by Lyle P.
Dierks, manager of the O'Neill
farmer and rancher owned co
operative.
Dierks staled that the meeting
will begin at 10 a.m. with registra
tion in the Royal Theatre. A free
dinner will be served, he said, to
all members of the O'Neill FLBA
and their wives in attendance.
R. Edward Baur, chairman of
the Omaha District Farm Credit
Board will he the featured speaker
An important item on the busi
ness agenda will he election of two
association directors for 3-year
terms, according to manager
Dierks. Alx>ut 300 farmer and ranc
hers from Boyd, Holt and Wheeler
counties are expected to attend,
he said.
Bill Hynes Receives
All-American Honor
Bill Hynes, St Mary's Academy
juhior, received honorable men
tion in the Wigwam Wiseman's All
America high school football se
lections. Larry Clements, Stuart,
also received honorable mention.
Hynes, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Hynes, is a back on St. Mary's
football team.
The All American candidates tire
chosen annually by it group of
Oklahoma sports writers.
tim District committee tiro mi
nig momentum tin- week a- com
mitteo chairman Dale Wilson an
nounced that a set a-- of informa
tive talks are scheduled jf> area
schoolht wises
These md'iings to t o . ondueted
by the () Will eonmuttee and to
include speakers Gordon Wendler
and Gili Johnson. Bureau of Re
clamation men from Ainsworth,
are scheduled as tollows
February !>, Op|K»rtunit\ area;
February Hi. north of Knunet;
Kebruar.N 11. O'Neill immediate
area; Fobniarj 15. Chnwaj school:
February 17 and IS, north of At
kinson.
Postcards w ill be sent to persi ns
informing them of the time and
place of the mooting in their par
ticular area. The meetings will
lie informal in part to allow for
questions and answers of interest
ed ranchers and farmers.
It will b«‘ [mssible for farmers
and ranchers who favor the project
to put their intentions in writing
at these area meetings.
Wilson and Howard Manson met
Tuesday with the Norfolk Cham
ber of Commerce agriculture com
mittee, which lias s|xmsorod sev
eral meetings for the Klkhorn
River Irrigation District Support
ers of the O'Neill project are fur
ther along than are supjiorters of
the Klkhorn project.
Wilson told the Norfolk commit
tee that outside support is needed
to carry the program to Congress
Signatures on a petition are advis
able as an indication of support
The O'Neill project would include*
71,(XK) acres to be irrigated
north of Atkinson, Emmet and O'
Neill. The land would he irrigated
via a canal from the Niobrara
River near Johnstown.
Orchard Masons
Install Officers
I,. S. Skalberg was seated as
Master of Diamond Didge 'Jill. A F
I and A M at Orchard.
Other officers installed were F.
i F. Blackmon1, senior warden; Gor
don Johnson, junior warden; James
Clifton, treasurer; II. E. Brad
street, secretary; D. Dempster
senior deacon; Harvey Holbrook,
jr.. junior deacon; Cecil Bee, senioi
steward; Richard Cole, junior
steward; and Gordon Drayton,
tyler.
Dale Greenmyre and Bum Nel
son were installing officers. Dale
Greenmyre, retiring master served
an oyster supper following the in
stallation ceremony.
Ken Curren, manager of the Kansan-Nebraska giis here in O’
Neill, is shown with a gigantic map the company sent him showing
tlie routes that the natural gas takes to get to O'Neill. The dark
blotches on the map, one in Oklahoma and the other in western
Nebraska, indicate the gas fields.—The Frontier photo and engraving
Mrs. Delbert Edwards of Amelia sent us this early view of the Holt coun'y courthouse. The>
picture was taken from a postcard dated September 12, 1 909 and mailed to Mr. (i. W. Holcomb at
Amelia. J. Hemenway sent the postcard and in it he stated that he had started to western South Da
kota to get some land.