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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.