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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1960)
? - - f? 1 * * ' • * I • * £ W ^ li::c3l::. ..£d.». xxx thk. wkathkk Section One Da*" hi to prer. Thursday 7 61 32 Friday 8 50 26 Saturday 9 44 20 Sunday 10 63 30 Tll(Q|l(„ Monday ii t5 42 Twelve Pages Wednesday 13 65 47 iS "The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 79—Number 51 O'Neill Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 14, 1960 Seven Cents Funeral Monday For C. E. Stout; 59 Year Resident Funeral services were conducted Monday in a 10 a m. service at St. Patrick’s Catholic church for Charles E. Stout longtime resident and druggist. Msgr. Timothy O' Sullivan officiated at the solemn requiem mass. Burial was made in Calvary cemetery. Active pall bearers were Harry Clauson, Robert Devoy, James Earley. Dale French, Oil Stewart and Louis Zastrow. Honorary pallbearer* included Messrs. I»r. I* A. Burges*, Jack Iterigan, J. I>. Cronin, F. N. Cronin, (iuy Cole, Hr. W. F. Fin ley. 1. R. (oilhigher, Lloyd (ill esple, Eil ward Cal higher, Henry Oraily, Max (iolden, C. J. (iatz, William Hanley, W. 8. Kirkland, John Kersenbroek, Henry Ix> haus, (ierulil Mile*, I). R. , Mounts, N. Ryan, I>r. J. L. Slier hahn, Mae Simonson, D. C. Shat fer, Fred Saunto, anil L. O. Wal ling. Charles Everett Stout, son of Bennett and DoMaris Waite Stout, was bom in Blair, October 9, 1875 and died at St. Anthony's hospital April 8, following a week's illness. He was 74. He was united in marriage with Catherine • Dwyer at O’Neill, June 10, 1901. To this union two daugh ters were bom. Mr. Stout, bom in Blair, a rug ged Nebraska river town, w»q.s reared and educated there. His fa ther helped to build the railroad bridge across the Missouri river. Charles attended a pharmacist MR. C. E. STOUT school in Des Moines and served an apprenticeship in the F. C. Cor rigan store in O’Neill, a town he had not known existed until he heard of the apprenticeship open ing there. During the five years before he took and passed his state lionrd examinations the firm had become Gilligan and Heraheiser and in 1901 the name was changed again—this time to Gilligan and Stout. Mr. Stout’s wife, Catherine (Kittle) Itwyer. was the daughter of Irish Immigrants, Timothy and Mary Dwyer, who crossed the Atlantic in a sailboat prior to their residence in Hancock, Mich. There they joined <ien. John O’Neill and became a part of the Irish homesteaders in the “Michigan settlement” northeast of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Stout celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 9 of 1951 with a mass at St. Patrick’s church while at the same mass their daughters and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. H. J Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. William J. Froelich were celebrat ing their silver wedding anniver saries. The tri-parte services were un usual in several respects. The three couples renewed their vows inside the sanctuary of the church and received the papal blessing. Right Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan pre sided at the jubilant mass. Grandsons, James and Charles Froelich served as altar hoys for the occasion and six grandchildren formed the choir. Mrs. Stout preceded her husband in death on June 1, 1959. Survivors are: two daughters. Mrs. William J. (Irnia) Froelich and Mrs. II. J. (DeMaris) Blr- j mingham. both of O’Neill. One j sister, Mrs. Ed Latta of Omaha. There are eight grandchildren. Mr Stout has been a ( resident of O’Neill for the past | 59 years, being active in commun ity interests. He served as mayor for a six year term during which time paving was begun in the city. Rock and Gem Show Scheduled For April 22, 23 The Presbyterian Women's as sociation announced that a rock and gem show will be held in the fellowship hall of the Presbyter ian church April 22 and 23 at 2 p.m. each day. An assortment of over 100 dif ferent stones, each in the rough, sliced and polished stage, will be shown. Over 500 perfect cut and polished stones are also to lie ShMt\ and Mrs. Curley Washe chek are loaning the stones to the Women's association and all pro ceeds wall go to the women. These FT A boys are shown with the ribbons won at the 32 annual judging contest held at Lincoln April 7. Pictured, front row, from left to right are, Klchard Hill, Harvey Colfack, Donald Skopec, Steve Peterson. Hack row, from left, Larry obrovolny, .lerry Hailey, Fred Rosenknuis and Dick Hammertun. Frontier photo and engraving. • Republican Ladies Return From Capitol Mrs. Guy Cole and Mrs. C. E. Lundgren returned Sunday eve ning to their homes in O’Neill from Washington, D. C. where they and Mrs. D. C. Schaffer had gone as members of a group of Republican Women. They joined a chartered bus tour at Omaha. The first night was spent in Chicago and the second in Pitts burg where they toured the Gettys burg battle fields. The ladies had four days in Washington, D. C. where they at tended scheduled meetings includ ing a tea at the White House. En roulc home they visited Mt. Ver non and Mammoth Cave. Mrs. Shaffer left the entourage at French Lick, Ind. where she vis ited a sister-in-law and continued to Kansas City for a visit with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Walker. Sojkas To Europe Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sojka, sr., of Ewing, who have been making plans to tour Europe, left Sunday from Omaha for New York City. Their son, Stanley drove them to Omaha. The Sojkas will leave the United States by jet to visit Poland and other European countries. Elmer Juraceks To Washington Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Juracek j will leave Sunday for Washington, D. C. where they will attend a i National Watershed Congress. Mr. Juracek is a vice president of the! State Soil and Water Conservation district. Rev. Embree Busy With Quarterly Conference Meetings Rev. Robert L. Embree, dis trict Methodist superintendent of the northeast district, held quar terly conference meetings at Mono wi and Lynch Sunday, Clearwater Monday; Amelia, Tuesday; Bris tow, Wednesday and will preside at a Holy Communion service at Page Thursday evening at the Page Methodist church with the Inman parish as guests. Community Good Friday services will be held at the O’Neill Presby terian church Friday. W8C8 Schedules Meeting A district meeting of the mem bers of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the northeast district will be held at Wayne on Tuesday in an all day session com mencing at 9 a m. St. Patrick Parishioners Make Plans For School Parishioners and interested pa trons met at St. Patrick's Catholic church Sunday in a 3:30 p.m. ses sion to discuss plans for the pro posed new high school and Sister’s convent. The property which lias up to now been owned by the Franciscan Sisters has been deeded to the St. Patrick’s parish. An architect representing P.iyer Biskup and VVidstrom Architects of Omaha met with the pastor and church board, the latter serving in the capacity of a building commit tee until such a special committee can be named, to formulate plans for the new building project. The architect looked over the ground and made tentative recommenda tions as to a building site for the proposed buildings. The convent will be erected dir -ectly east of the St. Anthony hos pital but the exact school site has not yet been chosen and the deci sion has not yet been made as to whether the present buildings will | be demolished before the new ones i are begun. More meetings will be called as necessity demands. When the probable cost of the new buildings has been determined then the financing of the project will get under way. The present school building is about sixty years old. - -- , ... Pictured above are the members of the melodee hand comprised of rural school children. Mrs. Blaine Garwood is conducting. Frontier photo and engraving. Veldon Tomlinson Named State Farmer It was annuonced last week that Veldon Tomlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tomlinson, of the O’Neill Chapter of the Future Farmers of America was chosen State Farmer from a total of 192 applicants. Vel don was a 1959 graduate of the O’ Neill public school. The following boys attended the 32 annual judging contest at Lin coln April 7-9 when the O’Neill X » Veldon Tomlinson Chapter placed third in the State in Animal Husbandry. Harvey Col fack and Nick Hammerlun re ceived red and Fred Rosencrans a white ribbon. Donald Skopec received a red individual in dairy products. Rich ard Hill and Danny Schaaf won white riblions in dairy manage ment. The O’Neill Chapter was given a superior chapter rating in the state. Bill Wulf Estate Brings $164 an Acre Holt county land can bring some pretty high prices as was shown last week in O'Neill when the farm ! and hay land of the late Bill Wulf was sold. Earnest Childers bought the farm land for $164 per acre. Ewsld Spahn then bought the hay land for $127 per acre. It just proves that all of the good black dirt is not east of us. Estimate $71,638 Flood Damage To Holt County On Bridges, Dirt Fill Joint Services; Masses Climax Easter Season Several joint events and many special Holy Week services are scheduled for the weekend as the Easter season approaches its cli max. A Union Good Friday service sponsored by the O’Neill' Ministeri al association is one of the religious highlights planned this week in O' Neill. The open service will be at the First Presbyterian church from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Seven ministers will participate in the service and pre sent the Seven Last Words of Christ. In addition to special musical numbers, an offering will be taken for benevolence work of the Mini sterial Association, Everyone is welcome. Another joint event will be the sunrise youth service and break fast for the youth of the Presby terian and Methodist churches to be Sunday morning at 6 a.m. at the Methodist church. Confessions will be heard at St. Patrick's Catholic church on Thurs day from 2:30 to 5:30; on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. and in the eve ning; and on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m No confessions will be heard after 6 p.m. on Saturday A schedule of church services in the O’Neill and area churches is as follows: Thursday: St. Patrick’s church, mass and procession, 8 p.m.; First Presbyterian, communion, 8 p.m.; First Methodist, communion, 9 p. m.; Immanuel Lutheran, Atkinson, worship and communion, 9 p.m.; St. Peter’s, Ewing, mass 7:30 p.m. Fridav: St. Patrick’s Good Fri day service, 3:30 p.m.; Union Good Friday service, 3:15 p.m. First Presbyterian church; Bethany Pre sbyterian, Ewing, communion, 8 p,ii.; Christ Lutheran, communion, 8 p.m.; Memorial Baptist, Cham bers, Good Friday service, 8 p.m.; St. Paul’s Lutheran, Chambers. Good Friday service, 8 p.m. Saturday: St. Patrick’s, Bless ings and mass, 8 p.m.; St. Peter’s, Ewing, Blessings and mass, 8 p. m. Sunday: First Methodist and First Presbyterian, sunrise service 6 am.; First Methodist church, Ewing, sunrise service, 6 a.m. In addition to the special Holy Week services, all the churches will have their regular Sunday morning worship services and masses. A candlelight Holy Communion service will be held Thursday eve ing at the Page Methodist church with the Page and Inman chui ches both participating. Rev. Cecil Green, pastor, of Norfolk will have charge of the service. Special music will be provided by the combined women and men's choir and Mrs. Mervvyn French jr., will sing a solo. The Easter Sunday service will also feature a babtisimal service. Rev. Rol»ert L. Embree, district superintendent, of O'Neill will assist Rev. Green with the special services. Mother of Page Resident Dies PAGE Mrs. Clara Gehrke, mo ther of Mrs. Clarence Finch of Page and a former Page resident died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Luella Howeter in Oklahoma Tuesday. Besides Mrs. Finch and Mrs. Howeter, Mrs. Gehrke is survived by Mrs. Adelia Thompson of Big Springs and a son, Ervin, also of Big Springs. Funeral services have not been announced. 14 Annual Rural Music Festival Termed Success The 14th annual rural music festival conducted by Merton Welch, supervisor of the Music de partment at the Norfolk Junior college and the Norfolk high school was held Monday at the O’Neill public school auditorium. Mr. Welch has been in charge of a program popular with the rural school children of the county, teach ing them the basic rudiments of music. Seven hundred and sixty-nine voices joined Mr. Welches for such old favorites as "In the Middle of the House”. "Bicycle Built For Two”, "Old Folks at Home”, "Waltzing Matilda”, "Red River Valley” and "The Battle Hymm of the Republic”. Mrs. Howard Manson was ac companist and Miss Alice French, county superintendent, was in charge of arrangements. The harmony band, under the direction of Mrs. Blaine Garwood, gave a 1 p.m. performance. The pupils were assured that, once they had mastered the few principals Welch had jotted down on the black board any one of them counld conduct any of the foremost bands. Lion's Schedule Talent Contest For April 28 The O’Neill Lions club talent contest will be held April 28 at the public school, according to Ken Curren. club president. The competitive field will be divided into three divisions: The junior division will include children under ten years; the intermediate group will include those from 11 to 15 years and the senior division will be those from 16 to 19. The maximum number of each group of contestants is eight; the maximum time limit is six min utes. All contestants are requested to send their entries to Duane Miller by April 25. Mr. Warner Hill Dies at Phoenix PAGE Mr. Warner Hill, 68, died at Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, April 12, of asthma and complica tions. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have been in Arizona since the first of February for his health. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were married at Omaha January 31, 1960. Mrs. Hill is the former Suzanne Mudloff and a daughter of Mrs. Catherine Mudloff and a sister of Dan, Tony and Gene Mudloff, all of Page. Funeral arrangements have not been received. • ■ Chamber of Commerce Sets City Wide Sale For April 21, 22, 23 Joe Stutz, president of the O’ Neill Chamber >f Commerce, an nounced this week that a city-wide clearance sale will be held in O' Neil! April 21, 22, and 23. O’Neill merchants will be coop erating to bring customers many, many after Easter .savings. Inman Residents Seek Solution To Halt Repeated Town Flooding Some 50 persons interested in keeping Inman "high and dry" met at the Inman public school Satur day to hear discussion on ways and means to insure that flooding similar to that occuring in the past weeks is not repeated. Present were the Inman Com mercial club and the Inrnan Com munity club in addition to county supervisors Mike Landreth and Frank Cronk, and other interested townspeople. Thomas Hutton, president of the Commercial club, presided but turned the meeting over to Harvey Tompkins, who acted as the rhnirman for the meeting. Al Anthony was secretary. Early in the meeting Harry Moore asked the purpose of the meeting and was told that the meeting was called at the request of Inman citizens interested in dis cussing the problem of flood control and to consider methods of direct ing flood waters into channels by passing the town. Harvey Tompkins drew a map showing all the natural waterways in the Inman area and a general discussion on how to keep the water out of Inman continued. Louie Kopecky suggested that a bridge was needed one-half mile south of town stating that there was a natural waterway there and a need to handle the water. i Tompkins said that the Metho- 1 (list conference Is anxious to have the water pass under that proposed bridge am? cross their meadow south of town. (The con [ ference owns 114.0 acres of land | Immediately south of Inman. Karl Keyes, a new member to the township board, reported that the county had graded the first mile south of town as a drainage project with the understanding that the township would grade the second mile. The mile, from the Fred Lorenz farm to the Donald Keyes place, has never been graded, but Keyes said that it would be done this summer if pos sible. County Supervisor Mike Landreth pointed out that he thought the railroad would take care of the problem if it was possible to get i the water that far. Supervisor] Frank Cronk reported that little money would be available for road j and bridge work from the govern ment, according to the decisions' made at the Flood Control meeting he recently attended at Lincoln. Following comments from both rural and town residents a sugges tion was made by Earl Watson that a committee be named to follow up the problem which could not be solved in one meeting or in a week’s time. It wus hoped that the results obtained by the committee would be carefully studied and a solution would be reached. Karl Keyes made a motion from the flood that the committee favor the building of a bridge one half mile south of town and grade the mile from Kenneth Smiths to Donald Keyes, the Van grade be abandoned and the bridge near .Inlm Malisons be removed and the waters from the west of Inman be diverted to channels north of Inman a* much as possible. Motion was seconded by Karl Watson and the group voted to pass the motion. A motion was made from the floor by Donald Keyes that the pro posed committee consist of two members from the Community club, two members from the com mercial club with the entire town ship and village board working in conjunction with them, seeking a logical and workable solution of the water ways in the Inman area at flood stage. The motion was second ed by A1 Anthony and passed. Harvey A. Tompkins and E. L. Watson were named from the Com mercial club and E. E. Clark and Vernon Davis from the Community club. Karl Watson proposes that a committee be formed to study the possibility of preventing future floods in the town of Inman. Shown are a few of the 42 people present for the Saturday afternoon meeting. Frontier photo and engraving. *» *■ ts.H * Chem, Math Teacher Hired O'Neill school superintendent Milton Baack announced this week that I). Stanley Williamson has accepted a position with the high school to teach chemistry <nd mathematics for the coming year. Williamson will graduate from the University of Nebraska in D. Stanley Williamson June. He is married and has one child. His home town is Stratton and he was a regents scholarship winner from Stratton high school. Mr. Raack also stated that bids will be accepted May a for |tainting the eaves and repairing downspouts on the high school. The board of education will de termine the low bidder. Lions To Sponsor Rodeo Parade The O’Neill Lion’s club has de cided to again sponsor the O’Neill parade that is held each year in conjunction with the Rodeo. Liens have asked that all businesses co operate and sponsor floats for the parade. The Chamber of Commerce will provide the prize money for the float winners. The O’Neill rodeo will Ire held June 17, 18 and 19 and the parade is scheduled for June 17. v ouiuy supervisors have turned in a staggering $71,658 as the esti mate on bridge and road damage in their respective districts accord ing to Ken Waring, Holt county clerk. Waring said that this figure does not include the loss of gravel on county roads a cost that will be figured separate. Meanwhile Frank Cronk, supervisor of district 4 in the Page area, has said that the county stands to gain little from federal funds. The actual sum is about 14,900 dollars about 20', of the bridge and dirt fill costs Costs to county and townships arc $56,583 50. The total bridge damage done in the county by flooding of almost every little stream and dry creek amounts to $45,011. Dirt fill dam age is set at $26,627. No estimates have as yet been made on the gravel costs. A break-down of the county liy district and the losses suffered fol lows. The possible estimate for federal aid is also given. District 2—Mike Landreth, super visor, located in northeast Holt county. Total damage done in area, $28,900. This can be broken Into $14,511 in bridge damage and $14,389 dirt fill damage. $8,550 is the estimate asked for in federal aid for this area. District 8—Clarence Ernst, super visor, O'Neill. There is an estimat ed $5,500 bridge damage in this district and $1,555 dirt fill damage for a total of $10,055 Only $3(X) for dirt fill is the probable federal aid in this district. District 4—Frank Cronk, super visor, Page. A total of $6,222.50 damage done here with $4,700 the estimate for bridges and $1,522.50 dirt fill damage. District 4 can ex pect $1,260 if federal funds are made available. District s—Harlan Dierking, sigv ervisor, Amelia, The second high est damage total is in this district, some $15,963.50. Of this total $11,150 was done to bridges and $4,803.50 is earmarked for dirl fill. Just $117.50 in federal aid can be claimed in District 5. District 0—Walter Smith, super visor, Stuart. $5,617 damage clone of which $..600 concerns bridges and $1,047 attributed to dirt fill. Federal aid here might be $2,877. District 7—Eli McConnell, super visor, Atkinson. McConnell esti mates $4,750 damage done. $4,550 is due for bridges and $300 for dirt fill. $50 has been asked from fed eral funds. In each district the amounts not paid by federal funds due* to Holt county being declared a disaster area must be made up from county and township funds.
