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The Voice of the Beef Empire"
Volume 79—Number 48 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday March 24, 1960 Seven Cents
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George Wright Services Held
Sunday Afternoon at Ewing
Funeral service* for George R
Wright were held Sunday afternoon
at 2 at the Ewing Methodist church.
Rev. W W Elliott, pastor, officiat
ed
In charge of the floral tribute
were Mesdames John Steskal sr.,
Thomas Eacker and Reed Mum
mert, all of Clearwater.
Pallbearers were Harry Van
Horn KermJt Jefferies, John Stes
kal, John Sisson, William Simmons
and Archie Tuttle Burial was made
in the Ewing cemetery.
George Ray Wright, son of
David and Susan Wright, was born
near Sargent on December 17,
1890 and died suddenly at his
home four miles west of Ewing at
2:30 March 17, 1960 at the age of
69 years ami three months
He moved from Nebraska to
Oklahoma as a small hoy, later
moving hack to Iowa He was united
in marriage with Miss Laura Han
sen in 1910. To this union three
sons were bom She died in 1921.
On September 18, 1925 he was
married to Helen Ruth Collins,
In the spring of 1927 they moved
near Ewing to the I.loyd Simmons
ranch. They moved to the Golden
Valley ranch in 1945 where they
have since made their home. To
this union six children were horn,
five daughters and one son.
Survivors are: Wife. Helen; four
sons Roy of Sioux City; Earl and
Ivan George of Ewing; Ernest of
McCall. Idaho; five daughters—
Mrs. Barbara Snyder and Mrs.
Juanita Sands of Ewing; Mrs.
Gladys Steskal of Lynch, Mrs.
Beulah Arehart of Norfolk and Miss
Shirley Wright, also of Ewing. Six
brothers Jpsse Everett, Tell and
Ben, all of Cushing. Okla., Claude
of Drumright, Okla , Pearle of Great
Falls. Mont., and Arthur of Wood
bum, la Two sister* Mrs Mary
Boggs of Woodbum, la., and Mrs.
Peter Dexter of Humston, It.; 24
grandchildren and nine great grand
children.
Dennis Murphy
Funeral Monday
Dennis H. Murphy, a lifelong
resident of the community, died
Friday at St. Anthony’s hospital.
Mr. Murphy suffered a stroke on
March 4 and was taken to the hos
pital where he suceumlied from the
illness.
Funeral services were conducted
on Monday at 10 a m. from St.
Patrick's Catholic church with |
Msgr. Timothy O'Sullivan officiat- 1
ing at the requium mass. Burial
followed in Calvary cemetery.
A rosary rite was held Sunday j
evening at Riglins and the body lay
in state from 3 until 9 p.m.
The late Mr. Murphy was born
December 15. 1884, a son of Mark
and Nora Holland Murphy, Irish
immigrants who came to Holt
county with a group known a.vdhe
Michigan settlers and homestead
ed a mile north and a mile east of
the city. He was reared here and re
ceived his early education in a
neighborhood school.
Mr. Murphy never married and
after the death of his parents con
tinued to live on the family farm
stead along with a brother, Bart
who survives.
Other survivors include two
sisters Mrs. Abbie Klass of Sioux
c, Mrs Annie < Isliightr of
Rapid City, S. D.
A sister, Mrs. Mary Wehrstein
preceded him in death.
Pallb 'arm's were Ed Quinn, Ia-o
Gokie, Ed Fuhrer, Francis Sulli
van, Ed Hanley and Charles
Mahony.
Gaskill Buys
Norfolk Agency
Ik)b Gaskill, O'Neill and Neligh
Insurance man, announced yester
day that he has recently purchas
ed the Fender Insurance Agency in
Norfolk from Charles Sorensen.
Gaskill will take over the agency
April 1 and will employ a manager
at the Norfolk business. He lives
in Neligh and is manager of the
48-year old business there. A1
Gaskill has been in O’Neill:
at the Gaskil agency for 3 years.
Paxton Service Sunday
for Don Hepperly
EWING Dan Heppery of Paxton
died March 17 at Colorado Springs,
Colo, where he had gone for treat
ment of cancer of the throat. Fun
eral services were held Sunday at
Paxton.
His wife is the former Virginia '
Allen, who with her parents, Mr. !
and Mrs. Clyde Allen, formerly re- *
sided in Ewing and operated the
Gamble store here.
Mary Ann Slebert, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Slebert
of Atkinson, was one of 26 stu
dents eapfssl March IS at the
Methodist church at Hastings.
She Is training at Mary I ruining
school of Nursing there and she
Is president of the freshmen
student nurses.
Mary Gillette Graduates
From Colorado State
Mary E. Gillette of Chambers,
received a degree of bachelor of
arts in education March 11 at the
winter quarter commencement of
the Colorado State College at Gre
eley.
Miss Gillette is the daughter of
D. E. Gillette and is a 1956 gradu
ate of Chambers high school. She
attended Nebraska Wesleyan Uni
versity before enrolling at Colorado
State College.
Ewing Farmer Marks
83rd Birthday Sunday
EWING- A family get-together at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Shrader five miles northeast of
Ewing marked the 83rd birthday
of Mr. Shrader Sunday.
Those in attendance were Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Wettlaufer and
son, Gary and Danny Wolfe of O’
Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns
ton and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Shrader and family, all of
Ewing, Mrs. E:mily Johnston of
Clearwater and Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Bahm of Bellingham, Wash.
A daughter, Mrs. Verl Gunter
and her family of Illinois were not
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Shrader have lived
an their Ewing farm all of their
married life.
Final Rite Today
at Atkinson for
Lorene Judge, 6r
Funeral services for Miss Lor
ene Judge, 65, will be held today
(Thursday) at 10 a m. at St. Jo
seph’s Catholic church at Atkinson.
Pallbearers are six nephews, Li
nus, Dan and Larry Judge, Larry
Minton, William Schorn and Ben
Troshynski.
Miss Judge, a twin daughter of
Peter J. and Margaret McCue
Judge, was born February 21, 1805
at Friend and died at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Richard Minton,
sr., in O’Neill. She was in steadily
failing health since Thanksgiving
and was in and out of the hosptal
and with her sister until her death.
Survivors are two brothers, John
of Boulder, Colo., and Joseph of
Atkinson; four sisters, Mrs. August
(Bessie) Troshynski and Mrs. John
(Mary) Schorn of Atkinon, and
Mrs. Richard (Rose) Minton, sr.,
and Miss Anne Judge of O’Neill.
Three nieces are Benedictine
sisters. They are Sister Mary Ger
vase of St. George, Kan., Sister M.
Lorene of Portsmouth, la., and Sis
ter Mary Gerald of Kansas City,
Kan.
Two nephews are Catholic priests
Rev. Henry Schorn of Omaha and
Father Emmanuel Judge of Con
ception. Mo. Rev. Schorn is a sec
ular priest while Father Judge and
the three Sisters all belong to the
Order of St. Benedict.
Miss Judge was preceded in
death by two brothers, Roy and
Chris and a twin sister, Mrs. John
(Irene) Schorn.
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There was a full house at St. Anthony’s nursery here In O'Neill hist week as the nurses were taking care of 10 new-born babies.
Pictured are. back row from left, a daughter. Dena Darlene, of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Salem, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hoi*, a son for Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Rumbaugh. a son for Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Strong, and a son, Patrick Owen, for Mr. and Mrs. R. Kayl. In the front row,
from left a daughter, Zoe Ann. for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zastrow, a daughter. Katheryn Anne, for Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher, a son,
Michael Lewis, for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pierson, a boy, David Lee, for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stahlecker and a daughter, Rhonda Rhea, for
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Haller. The 10 babies did not establish a new record though, as the hospital had as many as 11 babies in the nursery at
one time.
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Page Missionary Tells of Birth
Of Daughter In Belgium Congo
Mr. and Mrs Carroll French of
Kapanga, Belgian Cbngo, Africa,
have announced the arrival of a
daughter, Kirsten Marie, bom
March 8 at Piper Memorial hospi
tal. . . „
Mr. and Mrs. French are full
term missionaries. Mrs. French is
in charge of the woman’s division
of the hospital at Kapanga. She
graduated from the Kommune
Hospital School of Nursing at
Aahrus, Denmark and completed a
mid-wife course at Brussels, Belgi
um before going to Africia.
Mr. French Is a graduate of the
Page high school and received
his BS degree In Agriculture
from the University of Nebras
ka. He went to the Kapanga
Mission In August, 1957, where he
serves as agricultural agent at
the Kapanga Mission and the
Kabaji Leper rmlony.
Both Mr. and Mrs. French are
serving under the Methodist Board
of Missions.
Mr. French recently made a trip
to Pilolo in the province of Angola
where he picked up a baby in
cubator at the shipping office which
was a gift from the Young Adult
Sunday School class at Page to the
Missions for use at the hospital
and which arrived in time to be
available for the French baby, one
of the first to use it.
French also picked up one
thousand baby chicks, a project
of the missions and a truck load
of kerosene.
Mr. French's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. G. French of Page, are
making tentative plans to visit their
son and his family in their Africian
home.
Hastings Band
To Play Here
Tuesday Night
The Hastings College Concert
Band, presently touring towns and
cities in Nebraska under the baton
of James M. King, will play a con
cert in O’Neill Tuesday.
The 54 piece band will play at
the high school auditorium begin
ning at 7:30. Tickets will be sold
at the door.
Several students from the Stu
art, Atkinson and O’Neill area
are attending the college. Miss
Betty Schultz of O'Neill is a mem
of the band.
The band is appearing here un
der the sponsorship of the Pres
byterian church. The Woman’s as
sociation of the church will prepare
a dinner in their honor. Mrs. Harry
Peterson is chairman of the hous
ing committee and the Men’s Coun
cil will be in charge of the tick
et sales. Tickets may be purchased
at any time from Harry Claus
son in the Golden Hotel barber
shop.
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Sharon Johnston has been chosen
to represent the American Legion
Auxiliary of Sanders Post at the
Cornhuskers Girls’ State in Lin
coln in June. She is a member of
the junior class of the Ewing high
school. She is active in the de
partment of music and was a mem
ber of the cast in the class play
Last fall she participated in County
Government Day held at O’Neill.
During her high school years she
has been a member of the pep
club.
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Caterpillars Win
O'Neill Women's
Bowling Tourney
The O’Neill Women's Bowling
Tournament came to a close last
week with Helen Riley taking
singles honors and Ardith Robert
son and Jean Hoffman winning the
: doubles trophy. The team winner
| w as the Caterpillars.
Mrs. Riley rolled a 566 for her
; singles win followed by Janet
! Pinkcrman, 546; Mareelene Schw
ager. Orchard, 540; Olive Thomlin
son, 529; Mary Jurgensmeier, 523;
Etta Murray, SOS; Dorthy Yantzi,
507; Amy Kersenbrock, 504. Helen
Wilson. Orchard, 504 and Jo Wilson,
504.
The doubles winners scored 1,028
followed by Sarah Krugman and
Dorothy iMilinar, 1,026; Etta Murray
and Mary Jurgensmeier, 994;
Grace Barg and Margaret Barts,
984; Nell Harding and Helen Riley,
980 and Harriett McKamy and Jo
W'ilson, 980.
The Caterpillar team rolled a
2,411; L and R Cafe. 2,404; Coca
Cola, 2,389; Toppers, 2,379; and
Dick's Bar, 2,369.
Emma Kunz Observes
80th Birthday Sunday
STUART Mrs. Emma Kunz was
honored Sunday on her 80th birth
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dana F. Bigelow. The Bigelows
were hosts to 31 guests in her honor.
Present were: A daughter, Mrs.
Paul (Louise) Preston of Freeport,
111., who came for the occasion;
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Flannigan and
family of Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs.
Vince Rotherham and daughter,
Jan of Niobrara, Mr. and Mrs.
Burt Kunz and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Kunz and family, Mrs.
Callista Weichman and Mr. and
Mrs. Milton (Dude) Weichman.
Jones Girl to Receive
Check-up in N. Y. City
Mrs. Fred Jones and her daugh
ter, Jodell, will leave Saturday
from Grand Island by train forJ
New York City where Jodell, 5, will
have a medical check-up at the1
Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center for ulcerated colitis, an ail
ment seldom found in one so young.
Jodell was horn with the affliction.
This is Mrs. Jones’ fourth trip to
New York City with her daughter.
Twice she has had surgery and
faces probable surgery this trip.
Miss Sonita Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson, has
been chosen as girl’s state repre
sentative from the O'Neill public
high school.
Miss Wilson is a junior, is class
vice-president, is vice-president of
the Pep club, co-captain of the vol
leyball team, a member of UPY
church organization, is active In
mixed chorus and small vocal
groups.
The American Legion auxiliary
sponsors the event held each year
to familiarize girls with local,
state and national governmental
positions.
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George Motts Celebrate
50th Wedding Day
Mr. and Mrs. George Mott Sun
day, March 20 entertained scores
of relatives and friends at the par
lors of the Methodist church in an
open house observance of their
50th wedding anniversary.
A three tier anniversary cake
graced the table. It was flanked
by bouquets of yellow daffodils and
yellow and bronze crysanlhemums.
The cake was cut by Mrs. Louis
Bartos Mrs. Clinton Shelhase and
Mrs. Fora Knight poured. Mrs.
Eugene Pierson was in charge of
the gift table and grandchildren
presided at the guest book.
Mrs. Mott’s maiden name was
Ida Knight. She was born December
4, 1891 at Octavia. She lived for
a time near David City and then
moved with her step-father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jim May
nard to tli" Walnut community
Bonnie Crumly, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyndley Crumly,
Page has been chosen to repre
sent the Page American Legion
Auxiliary No. 315 at Girl's State
in Lincoln in June. Bonnie is a
member of the junior class at
Page high school. She Is on the
volleyball team and is a three
year member of the pep club. In
her freshmen year she was a mem
ber of the school chorus and tri
ple trio.
when she was 11. She spent much
of her early childhood with her
grandparents.
Mr.Mott, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Mott was born March 31,
1882 at Walnut. He was reared and
educated in the same community.
The couple met as neighbors.
The Motts were married in O’
Neill on March 22, 1910. They and
their attendants, Mr Mott's sister,
Lillie, and Mrs. Mott’s brother,
Fora Knight drove 28 miles with
horse and buggy from their homes
married by County Judge C. J.
Malone.
An aunt of the bridegroom at
to the county seat where they were
Inman prepared the wedding sup
per for the couple hut the newly
weds never arrived. In those days
of trails, no fences and few land
marks, the wedding party became
lost and after driving many
miles around Ihe country finally ar
rived at the home of other rela
tives where they spent the re
mainder of the night, returning
home the next day.
That evening when a crowd gat
hered to charivari the couple they
captured the bride but the bride
groom escaped. It was later learn
ed that he had joined the merry
makers and took part in the activi
ties with out being detected.
The couple began farming on a
farm near Walnut where the bride
groom had a new home mostly com
pleted for his bride. Other build
ing were built later. They resided
here for 36 years. Upon retirement
they moved to O’Neill where they
have spent the past 14 years.
The Motts are parents of four
daughters— Mrs. Richard Clyde.
Mrs. Arthur Ennen and Mrs. Ethel!
Frisch, all of O’Neill and Mrs. |
Eugene Pierson of Torrington, Wyo.j
They have 14 grandchildren and'
two great grandchildren.
The children were all present for!
the occassion as were both attend
ants at their wedding, Lillie Mott,
now Mrs. Walter Bramon of Mitc
hell, S. L>. and Fora Knight.
Oiher out-of-town guests were
from Verdigre, Orchard, Spencer,
Norfolk, Page, Ewing, Royal and
Wyoming and South Dakota.
Two Coaching Positions
Filled At Public School
(11AKUCS SMITH
DON THOMPSON
Miss Cathryn Wilson
Passes Lifeguard Tests
Miss Cathryn Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson, 903 Doug
las, and a senior at the College
of Saint Teresa, Winona, Minn.,
has completed courses in senior
life saving and water safety in
struction at the college.
Completion of this course quali
fies a student to teach swimming
and when 21, to head the water
front.
Miss Wilson is one of 130 com
pleting this course in the past
eight years.
WSCS Holds
Meet March 30
The state conference of the Wo
man’s Society of Christian Service
will be held at Fremont March 30
through April 1.
District officers from this area
are Mrs. C. E. Spence of Atkin
son, treasurer; Mrs. Robert Ein
bree, secretary of missionary per
sonnel, O’Neill; Mrs. Aubrey Went
worth of Springview, secretary of
missionary education; Mrs. Bert
Leach, Ainsworth, secretary of lit
erature and publications; and Mrs.
Woodrow Elliott of Ewing, secretary
of Children’s work.
Each society is expected to send
at least one delegate to the confer
ence. About 1,000 delegates are ex
pected to register during the three
day period.
The positions of head basketball
coach and assistant coach in all
sports at the O'Neill high school
were filled last week according to
superintendent Milton Baaek.
Charles 1. Smith, now coaen at
Fugle, will he the head basket
hull conch, assistant football and
track couch anti will tench social
studies and physical sciences.
Don Thompson, Coleridge basket
ball coach, will fill the jxtsition of
j assistant coach in all sports and
will tench chemistry, physics and
the physical sciences.
Smith is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Nebraska with a major
in physical education ami a minor
in biological sciences. He has also
comjtleted a year of graduate work
Originally from Anderson, ind.,
he has taught one year at Wakefield
and has been at Coleridge for the
past two years.
Smith was active in Nebraska
University basketball where he was
a varsity member for three years
and the team captain in 1956. Both
| Eagle and Wakefield basketball
trams won the district ehampitin
ship under his coaching. He is
married and has one child.
T h o in p n o n graduated from
l,aiircl high schtxd anti lx a HKW>
graduate of Wayne Slab' Tear
tier’s (Ydlcge. He Hum been a
basketball and softball coach at
Coleridge for the |iax( year. His
major Is In Industrial arts with
minors In |>hyslcal education and
|>liyslcal sciences.
Thomjison is married and has
two children.
Haaek also said that alxiut six
other teaching positions at the
public school are still to he filled
for the 1960-61 year. He felt cer
tain that teachers would he found
soon.
Five architectural firms have
submitted plans for considera
tion by the school board at the
April 5 regular meeting, Baach
stated. At that time the school
board is expected to select one of
the firms to prejiare plans for a
new school.
Mrs. Willis Sanders has also been
hired to teach in the intermediate
grades here. She has been teaching
in Chambers.
Irrigation Men
Set Atkinson
Meet Tuesday
The O'Neill Irrigation rommittee
has scheduled another informative
meeting for the area north of At
kinson on Tuesday, March 29. (Jor
don Wcndlor, bureau of reclama
tion man from Ainsworth, will be on
hand.
The meeting will lie at the
sehoolliniise located G miles north
and 2 miles east of Atkinson. At.
kinson businessmen and other
interested Atkinsonltes are in
vited to the meeting.
The committee also held two
meetings during the past week,
one’ at the Conway school and one
at the District 9 school.
Movies of other irrigation pro
tects are being shown at these
meetings and intent to irrigate
forms are available at all of these
meetings.
Correction
In the Top Value Stamps ad
found on page 8 a line should have
been added stating that there is
a redemption store for the stamps
at Norfolk.
Frontier To Get New Correspondent
Brandin’ Iron Crickers Sign Petition
Dear Mr. Editor:
I know you are familiar with
Brandin Iron Crick (the only
stream of water in Holt County
with enough gumption to flow
north and south instead of east
and west) but does the name
J. C. Fudd mean anything to
you?
No? Well, J. C. Fudd is the
would-be local news correspon
dent for the folks of the Brand
in’ Iron community.
I believe that Mr. Fudd’s
salty sandhill style of reporting
the news as he hears it has the
potential appeal of a verbal
comic strip. (For heaven’s sake,
never mention I said such a
thing to the gentleman. He
takes his writing serious!) The
fact that his comer store can
not be quite located in any pre
cise spot on the map allows
anyone in the county to identify
themselves with his column.
Heck fire! What I’m trying to
say is Here’s a map of Old
Brandin’ Iron Crick, a petition
signed by it’s citizens and a
sample news column by Yours
Truly, J. C. Fudd.
PETITION
We, the undersigned citizens
of Brandin’ Iron Crick, Holt
County, Nebraska do earnestly
petition The Frontier, Holt Coun
ty’s leading newspaper to allot
us a space for local items of
interest as shall be written up
and sent in by J. C. Fudd as
our representative. (Or corres
pondent as you printer guys
would say.)
We do solemnly swear that,
so far, no other publication has
asked, solicited, purchased or
shown any signs of interest in
our happenings or goings on
whatsoever and if the before
mentioned paper wishes to take
up our option we will do our
best to keep the news sizzlin’
hot off the old Brandin’ Iron.
Signed
•J. C. Fudd and Wife
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Bundy
Old Man Chinn
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kell
(Widow) Essie Barker
Otty Camber
Rev. Peebles
Abe Gory and Wife
Alex Gory and Wife
Hineh Bros.
(Orley - Little Joe)
Miss Henriette Savus
Since this “Hirin’ and Firin'
Editor, as the letter was address
ed to, does not know where the
actual community of “Brandin’
Iron” is, or the writer, or any
of the above signed petitioners,
he will take this means to an
swer the good gentleman, Mr.
F. C. Fudd, and his petitioners.
Since The Frontier is always
seeking to improve, and we be
lieve adding correspondents is
one of the ways, we would be
very happy to accept and pub
lish news from the Brandin’
Iron community.
The everyday happenings of
people with enough gumption
to live next to a criek that
flows straight north through
Holt county would indeed be
interesting to the people of
Holt county.
However, we will ask you to
be careful about what you say.
Observe the libel laws please.
What you say about your lovely
wife or wonderful neighbors
might cause us all to be sued.
Aside from that—no restrictions.
We wait with baited breath.
CCUl'ITY
As close as we can tell and according to the Hand McNally map
making firm, this Is the only published map of Holt county showing
Brandin’ Iron Crick and surrounding territory.