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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1960)
THE WEATHER l>aU* hi k> prer. Thursday 21 — 90 47 Section One FTiday 22 _ 92 65 Saturday 23_ 62 53 Sunday 24 50 40 T Monday 25 56 40 .04 Tuesday 26 . W 28 r n Wednesday 27 33 31 ten rage* 'The Voice of the Beef Empire" Volume 80—Number 1 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska Thursday, April 28, 1960 • Seven Cents STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NESS. T-Shirt Players Numed; League Play May 16th Officials of the O’Neill T-Shirt league announced the teams and players this week. Team play will begin May 16 and at the present Uie mothers of the boys are taking donations for the support of the teams. The following is a list of the teams and the boys assigned to each team HenaPim, Dwayne 1‘hllbrPk, manager. Players Craig I lesson. Charles Arl us. Richard Spall, Jer ry Wray, Jack Everitt, Jim Wil son, Gary Phtlbnck, Daniel Phil brick, Edward Rauterkus, Danny Anderson, Tommy Anderson, Steve Forwood, Jim Forwood. Billy Mc Kay, Tom Davis, and Eddie Gre nier. Whip- Sox, .John Sehmit, man ager. Players Jack Riley. Tom Wolfe, Gerry Wolfe, David Dawes, Kenny Erington. Kerry Spittler. Randy S. Schmiechel, Tom Sehmit, Boh Hesse, Gene Winkler, Melvin Sehmit, Terry Hesse, Douglas Mc Kinlay, Jim McCarthy, Marvin Dawes and James Bel/er. Yankees, Emil Adamson, man ager. Players Richard McIntosh. Billy Perry, Michael Jackson, Mike Verzal, Chuck Appleby , Paul Cor kte, Mike McCarv ille, Pat Mattem, John Adamson, Mike Fuhrer, Kelly Fuhrer. Don Clyde. Stanley Clyde. Terry Hastreiter, Tom Hunt and Richard Clyde, Dodger*. -I ini Luft. manager. Players Joe MeCarvdte. 1’ Grutsch, Mike Wick man, Charles Bosn, TimoUiy Gray, enuck Uonu eringer, Jimmy Janousck, Gerry McKamy, Allen Tooker, Terry* Liedtke, Jim Grady, Dennis Mc Leish, Dick Martin, Bob McCar ville, Scott Stewart, Robert Waldo. (i'anb, Ronnie rii,» ino’-"'* Players—John Humrich, Dewey Schaffer, Mickey Schmit, Roniae Sctimit, Steven Strube, Bob Hovey, Mike Glee son, Jerome Gilg, Dan nev Holsclaw, Ronnie Ott, Jim Enke, Stephen Roberts, .Tjni Wade Randy Curran, Pat Gleeson and Ricky Baack. Tigers, lewis Cuker, manager. Players—Mike Cimfel, Mark Thar nlsh, Steven Force, Randy r.y mann, Teddy Fritton, Ronnie Mc Kay, Terry Cleveland, Jeff Bunk ers, Jim Melena, Stanley Long necker, Lee Dingnecker, Robert Wilson, Tom Coker, Gary Reynoid son and Dennis Anderson, ■■■■ ■■ Pictured above is Donna Stamp, sixth grade winner of the Ilolt county language contest. Donna lives south of Ewing with her par ents, Mr. ami Mrs. Gordon Stamp. She attends school at Dint. 4fi. Mike Langan Taken To Omaha Accident Injury Tsvo accidents were reported dur ing the past week, one of them quite serious and in t>oth cases the cars were completely demolished. Sunday night Irwin Murray was driving a panel truck when a flat tire is believed to have caused him to lose control of the vehicle. The panel nosed over and was a com plete loss. The accident occurred near the Robert nonohoe farm. Monday night, about 2:30 a.m., the 1959 auto driven by Mike Lan gan, 19, went out of control 15 miles north of O’Neill on highway 281, traveled down the west side of the road and hit a culvert. Langan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Langan who live in the Eagle Creek area. A Bucking ham track driver saw Langan sit ting along the road and took him home. Ho was then taken to St. An thony’s hospital and treated for back injuries and a broken leg. Langan was taken to Clarkson hos pital in Omaha Tuesday morning. Academy Alumni Banquet Sunday The annual St. Mary's Academy Alumni banquet will be Sunday at St. Mary’s Gym beginning ai 6 p.m. William Froelich jr., Wich ita, Kans., will be the toastmaster for the banquet. Guest speaker for the occasion, will be Ira George. Omaha. The banquet is served by the Sisters of St. Mary's. Earlier Sunday, a mass and communon will be at 9 a.m. furl all alumni at St. Patrick's church. Cencus Takers Seeking Many Believed Absent Orin E. Cunningham, district supervisor of the 1900 Population and Housing, requests persons who believe they have been missed by the census takers to notify the census district office by means of a “Were You Counted” form. The importance of a complete count is stressed as the population count compiled in the current cen sus must stand until the next fed eral census. Federal aid funds are allotted to states on a per capita basis. George Squire, Burlington Agent, Receives 50-Yeor Service Pin George W. Squire, Cric'go, Bur lington and Quincy agent-operator stationed at O'Neill, joined w.e - le.-t c >up of Burlington Railroad employees who have reach l th half-century mark in co- tinuo service with the company April 11. Mr. Squire began work ur the railroad ns a y- d clt k an • c s ier at Ashland in 1910. He later served as an agent and operator at numerous points in Neb- cska and c. me to O'Neill from Winslow in 1949. At one time Mr. Squire was depot agent in the Buriu.gtoi. office in Omaha. During (he past hair cent-. the velerrn railroader has wit nessed many changes in the rail road industry, one of the most Imp riant, he recalls, being ,ii transition from steam to diesel motive power. The Squires came to O’Neill just after the blizzard that hit the area in 1 ;43- '9. Floods were st il goi - on in Holt county and they had quite a time gettirg to O'Nell When they boarded the bus at Sioux Citv the driver said that a bridge was out but they could still get through. Whan they reached the bridge, which was just east of here, the p -sengers got oat and crossed on pjanks. Then the driver took them into town in his own car par’- c on this side of the river. They were quite surprised because thev thought they were leaving the flood aras behind when they left Winslow. . When asked how he- could talk, listen to the click of the telegraph key and send messages at the same time. George says he learned to do a lot of things in his 50 years with die railroad. “When I was at Omaha I had to answer questions, listen to the ring of the < “ui^e Squire received his 50-year service pin April 11. The Squires have been on vacation and no official ceremony has been conducted. telephone, hear the clack of two teletype machines and still re ceive messages. You learn a let under conditions like that,” he said. According to his wife, C.ladys, he is a hard one to get lip nights when there is some kind of emer gency on the rahroad. ‘‘I’m wide awake when I get to *h« k*v ” C.eorge said, “bat getting here is the problem.” Hie Squires will receive lifetime passes from the railroad in ad dition to his 50-year-pin when the officios come to officially congrat ulate Mr. Squire. Mr. and Mrs. Squire have a s°n. Brb, who will retire from the army as a captain next year and a daughter, Mrs. Genevieve F. Coder, of Great Fal's, Mont. Bob is sta tioned at Des Moines, la. They also have nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. TIt.MbsKlv - -TMHRv- t pf.VY ,'^jw ■JF" Wi^fv^ - i ►., - On Arbor Day (hcse pretty members of the Happy Helpers l 11 club planted two shrubs at the O’Neill library. Pictured are, front row, Gary Philbriek, Alien Spall and Jim Farrier. Second row, Sandra Philbriek, I*>o Ann Jackson, Sheryl Jackson. Linda Hunt, Nancy Mlinar and Judy Mlinor. Third row, kiieeling are, Joan Farrier, Hose Ann Teniplemeyer, Sheryl Spall, Mary Spall, Diane Philbriek, Laveta Philbrirk, and Patsy Philbriek. Fourth row, standing, Debbie Peterson, Celia Peterson, Barbara .Moore, Patsy Davidson, Connie Johnson, Marietta Perry, Ann Johnson. Frances Kppcnhach, Kathy Perry and Kathy Farrier. Frontier photo and egraving. Molt 4-H Leaders Honored At Atkinson Banquet Monday Stag Postponed The men's Stag at the O’Neill Country club has been postponed until May 9 because club house remodeling has not been complet ed. Croup Communion The members of Court St. Mi chael will receive holy communion in a body at the 7:30 mass Sunday. Following mass the members will gather for breakfast at the M and M Cafe. O'Neill Invitational Track A4eet May 16 The O’Neill invitational track meet schedule*! yesterday was postponed and will be held Mon day, May 16. The meet will be an afternoon and evening event as was sched uled Wednesday. Morse Falls; Injures Jerry Schmitz, 16 A hor- e fell on .Terry Schmitz, 16 • e ir-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitz, Saturday crushing his body and breaking two lumbar ver tex rne. He is now at St. Anthony’s hos pital, O'Neill, where x-rays are being taken to determine 1h6 ex tent of the damage. The accident happened while he was helping drive a cow into the barn. Both the cow and the horse fell. Eighth Graders To Tour Sioux City The eighth grade students of Holt county will meet in O’Neill Wednesday May 4 at 7 and leave by bus to tour Sioux City busi nesses during the day. The Atkinson Chamber of Com merce honored the Holt County 4-H leaders at a banquet program there Monday evening. • Roger Hawthorne of the Atkin son chamber was master of cere monies; Ora Yarges, extension board chairman, commended the leaders for their part in the coun ty 4-H program. Paul Krugman, 4-H leader gave the response. Phil Cole, extension dairyman from the University of Nebraska, showed films of the Royal Agri cultural Fair in England last sum- j mer. He made the trip as coach | for the Nebraska Dairy Judging team which represented the Un ited States in the international Dairy Judging contest held in ; conjunction with the fair. Musical entertainment was pro vided by the Atkinson high school boy’s quartette. Dick Galyen, Charles Braun, Ralph Medcalf and l-avern Phipps, and by Larry Judge fiom St. Joseph's school in Atkinson. Neil Dawes and Catherine Indra, Holt county extension agents pre sented leadership awards to the following 4-H leaders. Two year pins: Mesdames Byrl Beck, Nick Bonenberger, Le Roy Hoffman, Bob Jonas, Frank Prussa, Albert Smith, Everette Standage, anti FrcN Roberts, and Mr. Victor Frickel, all of Atkinson; Mesdames Dorothy Garwood, Ver non Thompson and Asa Watson, all of Amelia; Mrs. George Fick, Inman; Mrs. Rexford Carson, Lynch; Mesdames Louis Bartos, I-ouis Brown, Lyle Damero, Elmer Devall, Lawrence Dobrovolny, Frank Eppenbach, Reed Hurley, Don Hynes, Guy L. Johnson, Har old Mlinar, Esty Nelson, George Nelson, Dwayne Philbrick, J. B. Schmitz, Ralph Walker, Marion; Woidneck and Messrs Eddie Krug man, Charles Mahony and Leo L. Wabs, all of O'Neill. Five year pins were awarded to | Mrs. Art Givens, and Mr. Merrill Smith of Stuart; Mrs. Elmer Schaaf of Emmet, Mr. Milton Cle mens of Amelia, Mr. Clarence Gilg of Atkinson. Mr. Walter Fick of Inman, Mrs. Opal Hammerlun and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gillespie of O'Neill. . A ten year pin was awarded to Mrs. Liqtiel Gunter of Ewing. Rarsge Judgers In Oklahoma For National The Holt county range judging team is in Oklahoma City, Okla., j today readying for the National j Range Judging contest that gets underway tomorrow (Friday). The team won the state contest to j qualify for the national event. . The team members, Gary | F’ick, Jerry Homolka, Richard Hill, and Keith Kragman, and their leaders, Walter Flck and Weston Whitwer, wish to thank all those who contributed to a 1 fund to allow them to attend the contest. Those contributing and the amounts given are: O’Neill Cham ber of Commerce, $50; Verne and Leigh Rcynoldson of the O’Neill Sale Co., $10; O’Neill National f Bank, $10; O'Neill First National 1 [tank, $40; Lyle Dierks, Federal ‘ l and Bank. $40; Jim Rooney, Pro-! luction Credit Assn., $40; Lois and ■ Everett Miner, M and M Ranch, < $5: and Frank and Bob Beelaert,; Triple B Ranch, $5. A special thanks to Jim Rooney ' who volunteered and personally 1 started the drive to help the boys < raise the money. Range judging < teams are new in Nebraska and no i state funds are available to send the winning 4-H teams to the na tional contest. Homecoming Postponed The annual Homecoming of the j Center Union church which was planned for April 30 and May 1 j has been postponed. An announce ment will be made when the new dates have been chosen. Mother-Daughter Fete In O'Neill Tuesday A “Cruise To The New State Hawaii” is the theme of the annual Mother and Daughter banquet to be served at the Fellowship hall in the Presbyterian church Tues day evening, May 7, sponsored by the Presbyterian Women. As has been their custom the men will honor the mothers and daughters by serving the meal. Mrs. Bill Artus will serve as toastmistress. Tickets may be purchased from any of the following ladies: Mes dames Ray .and Wally Shclhamer, K. L. Van Voorhis, Joe Tennis and Weston Whitwer. If requested the ladies will de liver tickets, but make an early purchase to avoid disappointment. Mrs. John O'Neill Died In Oregon Funeral services were held April 23 at St. Peter and Paul’s church in West Bend, la., for Mrs. John O’Neill who died April 21 at Port land, Ore. Mrs. O’Neill suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at her home at Fair banks, Alaska. March 23 and was flown from St. Joseph hospital there to Portland, April 4 where she was under the care of a speo i.ilist. She was accompanied there by her husband. Iler mother flew from West Bend, la., to be with her. On April 21 she underwent brain surgery from which she failed to recover. Her husband, four year old son. Michael and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Summerhayes of West Bend, survive. Earth Moving Threatens Tom Alder Home DORSEY People in this com munity are becoming a little con cerned over mother nature's de termination to alter the landscape, in spite of a house and farm which seem to be in the way. Thursday at the Tom Alder | place, the side hill began to shift and has moved as much as two i feet taking part of the Alder front porch down the hill. The Creighton REA came to the farm and moved a yard pole that was headed for the creek. A wood shed and a huge oak; tree are in the middle of the sink- ; ing ground and if it goes hack 1 another three feet the Alder home j will he in grave danger. At pres- j ent the earth settling has taken ■ out the road to the barn and Mr. [ Alder is hoping that a hew road can be put in. The Alders have three sons, Russell in high school and two .mall children at home. Mr. Al tar's mother has a home just a ew feet from the house that lost >art of the porch. Linquists Celebrate 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Nels Linquist ob erved their silver wedding anni versary Saturday evening at the ish Grove community hall. Two hundred twenty-five guests igned the guest book. The Ash Irove auxiliary served lunch. i Nels Linquist and Elda May But- i orfield were maried April 20, < 935. at Winner, S. D., and moved ; i o a farm three miles west of Ver ligre. They have lived eleven and >ne half miles north and one half nile west of Page for the past 19 «?ars. Mr. and Mrs. Linquist are the Barents of two daughters, Mrs Eddie (Beverly) Ritts of O'Neill ind Vicky, at home, and one son, 3on. Mr. and Mrs. Ritts entertained ier parents, Don and Vicky, Wed lesday at dinner in honor of the >ccasion. Mrs. Eldon Butterfield laked and decorated the anniver sary cake. O'Neill Schools Win 10 Superior; Band Wins Only "B" Superior ine iiuai u .win train? area re suits of the District 111 Music Contest held last weekend in O' Neill are as follows; Plano Soto • class ♦•ii”. Superior B innic (Grundy. Page, Excellent Aletha Rutherford, Page; Mari lyn Siders, Inman; Judy Deed, Chambers. Plano Solo - (Ham Superior Marcia XVidman, Atkinson. Ex cellent Norine Kolnzan, Wheeler Co Plano lluet. Excellent Atkin son. Inslnunental Solos Class ”11" Clarinet Solo. Superior Omnie How I by. Lynch. Excellent Hill Coventry. Inman. Trombone Solos. Superior Ber nice Colman, Inman; Carolyn llei mers, Inman; Jim IJoyd, lynch. K Flat Saxophone Sotos. Super ior Marlin Barnes, lynch. It Flat Saxophone Solos. Excel lent Bonnie lleiss, Pnge. (Virnet Solos. Excellent Alvin Crumly, Page; James Melcher, Page. Violin Solos. Superior Kay Kel ly, Inman. Bell lyra Solos. Excellent Lor raine Butterfield, Inman; Kathy Pick, Inman. Trumpet Solos. Superior Roger Tompkins, Inman. French Horn Solos. (Superior Karen Brown, Inman. Baritone Saxophone Solos. Su perior Sharon Mlehnells, Inman. Wind Bass Solos. Superior Mary Morsbnch. Inman. B Flat Saxophone Solo, Super ior I jois Sanne, Clearwater. Class Instrumental Solos Clarinet Solos. Superior Helen Freidrieh. Spencer. Excellent — Burbara Berney, Wheeler Go., Maureen Coufal. Stuart; Janet Krupicka, Spencer, Trombone Solos. Excellent Rose M. Holmberg, Spencer; Con nie Coufal, Stuart. E Flat Saxophone Solos. Excel lent Cartoon Givens, Stuart II FhM Saxophone Solos. Excel lent Sally Brewster, Stuart. Flute Solos. Excellent Laroyce Blunt, Ewing; Annette Givens, Stuart. Trumpet Solos. Excellent Fran ces Becker, Spencer. Girls Glee Clul* Class "C” Superior Atkinson. Excellent , Butte. Boys Glee (Hub. E . client At | kin.son (with plus). Mixed Chorus. Excellent Atkin 1 son. Instrumental Class “D" Saxophone lbiet. Excellent Page. Clarinet Duet. Excellent Page. Saxophone Trio. Excellent — Lynch. Trumpet Trio. Superior Lynch. Brass Sextet. Superior Lynch. Cornet Quartette, Excellent — Page, Inman. Flute Duet Excellent Inman Clarinet Solos. Superior Diane Herley, Clearwater. E Flat Saxophone Solo. Excel lent Dorthea Yaryan, Clearwater. Class <‘C" Saxophone Trio. Superior Butte. Trombone Trio. Excellent Butte. Clarinet Trio. Excellent Butte. Saxophone Quartette. Excellent — Spencer. Clarinet Quartette. Superior - Spencer. Excellent Si. Mary’s. Brass Sextet. Superior Spencer. Excellent St. Mary’s, Butte. Vocal Groups Class “C” Boys’ Low Voice. Superior La vem Phipps, Atkinson. Music Contest (Continued on back page) Joe Filsinger Dies In Oregon Mr. Joe Filsinger. 73. a former resident of O’Neill, died in Port land, Ore., April 17. Funeral serv ices were conducted there April 21. Mr. Filsinger was bom in Cairo February 17, 1887, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Filsinger. On Fe bruary 16, 1918. he married Mrs. Minnie Roseler at Atkinson and to this union tnree children were bom. lie worked for the city here for 12 years as tin* engineer of the pump station. In October, 1934. they moved to Portland. Mr. Filsinger is survived by his wife, Minnie; son, George; daugh ter, Nina; and four step children, Harry Roseler, Salem, Ore., Mrs. Florence Felts, Newport, R. I., Mrs. Violet Robertson, Providence, R. I., and Mrs. Helen Shaw of Bas sett. Nine grandchildren also sur vive Mr. Filsinger. Mrs. Helen Shaw attended the funeral in Portland. Ash Grove People Present Plays Friday ASH GROVE—Two one-act plays and other musical entertainment will highlight an entertainment program Friday night at the Ash Grove Hall northeast of Page pre sented by the Ash Grove Auxiliary. The one act comedys are en titled “A Date for Bobby Sox” and "HiHbilly Sue”. Starring in the plays are Ruth Vonacek, Jack Welch, Mrs. Lysle Josnson, Mrs. Raymond Soucek, William Hansen, Mrs, William Hansen, Mrs. Howard Johnson, Mrs. Marvin Johnson, William Deriekson jr., Mrs, Bill Dufek and Clayton Johnson. The program will begin at 8 p.m. Herzog Land Sales To Chambers Churches CHAMBERS An executors sale of a quarter of hay land south of Chambers belonging to the estate of tlie late Lillian Herzog was held Saturday, at the Chambers State Bank. The buyer was William Hobbs of Ewing and the price was $130.00 per acre. The proceeds of the sale will be divided between the three Chambers churches,—the Memor ial Baptist, St. Paul’s Lutheran and the Methodist. G. H. Adams was the executor. Sale Dates Claimed THURSDAY, MAY 12—Land and Personal Property sale of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson located 4 miles south of Bristow. Total of 317 acres on Niobrara river. Has I never flooded. Also 48 cattle and ] good line of machinery and irri-, gation equipment. Household fur niture. Col. Ed Thorin, auction service, conducting the sale. Whitaker Open House Scheduled at Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Whitaker vvili be honored at an Open House at the Chambers Methodist church Sunday afternoon. May 1 between 2 anil -i in observance of their Golden Wedding anniversary which occurred April 26. The Whitakers request there be no gifts. ■ Page Man Plows Garden Twice In Search of Money PAGE There is one garden in Page, the garden of Rollie Park, that was thoroughly plowed during the past week and Robert Gray, the plowman, did it intentionally. Gray was plowing town gttrdens in Page and was finishing the third garden of the morning when he discovered that his billfold was missing, lie had no idea whore he lost it hut decided to re-plow the second garden in search of the billfold. After dinner he liogan the plow ing and it was not until he was within two or three furrows of the end that he turned up the billfold. The wallet contained about $70 in cash and the usual important pa pers. After he found the billfold. Gray didn't know if he should plow the land again to turn the soil back over but decided that discing would serve the purpose. Page residents have been accus ing Gray of trying to plant a money tree, hut Gray says he’s glad to have the ‘‘seed’’ back. War I Vets To Organize A meeting will be held in the Court House Annex in O’Neill. ' May 11 at S p.m Irt organize vet | erans of World War I. Proposed legislation sponsored by the Veterans of World War T I are bills— To grant widows of World War I an increase in pension; Increase compensation of those now drawing service - connected disability to meet the cost of liv ing increases. To secure hospitalization for World War veterans, without the “pauper’s oath”. Secure out-patient treatment for | all veterans of World War I with non-service-connected disabilities, without the ‘'pauper’s oath”. Secure a veterans committee in the United States Senate. Clearwater Bridge To Be Widened CLEARWATER — The creek bridge Vfe mile east of town on highway 275 is being widened and traffic is being detoured mile south of town until workmen have completed the project. A truck loaded with tar and roofing upset Friday morning on the detour near | the Fred Nolze property. No one was injured. - M w ■ »■-...a.Kid SU... I Pictured above are some of the athletes at tli ■ Holt County Sports Banquet Tuesday night at the St. Dominie’s Hall in Ewing. Frontier photo and engraving. Mass Band Concert Monday Night Here Leonard Sawyer, noted band di •ector in this area, will direct a nass band concert in O’Neill Mon lay night at the high school aud torium at 8. About 110 students will partici >ate in the mass band and 22 O’ Neill students will be guest mus eians. Sawyer is the band direc nr of the Royal, Page, Inman, ! Clearwater and Meadow Grove schools. He has conducted a mass j band concert for the past sever-! si years. O’Neill students will present a rlarinet choir and woodwind quin tette for their special numbers. The concert is free to the public and everyone is invited to attend. I Mr.and Mrs. G. Meals CeSebrafe Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. George Meals, ongtime Atkinson residents, cele brated their 50th wedding anni versary Tuesday in Atkinson with i family dinner and open house. The dinner was at 12 a.m. at i the Knight’s of Columbus Hall far the family and close friends. An >pen house followed from 2 to 5 p.m. Mr. and Mrs Meals were mar ried April 26, 1910. at St. Joseph's ZTiurch in Atkinson. Mrs. Meals s 13 and was born Mary Gond eringer. Mr. Meals is 75 Both were horn and raised in the O’ Neill-Atkinson areas and have liv ed in the area throughout their married life. Mr. Meals has made ranching his life occupation. Four children were born to the couple and all were able to at tend Tuesday’s celebration They are Mrs. Joseph Krochina, Am sterdam. N. Y Mrs. B. S. Black. Denver, Colo., and twin sons, Mel vin and Marvin, both working with their father, One grandson, Pat rick of Amsterdam, N. Y. also was present.