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Volume 80—Number 9 O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 23, 1960 Seven Cents
Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Ilnhhard . . . wed 50 years
H. W. Hubbards Feted
On Goiden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. II W Hubbard
observed their fiftieth wedding an
niversary with an o|n’ii house at
their home in Chambers Sunday,
June 19 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Over 100 guests signed the guest
book. A large bouquet of gold
chrysanthemums were presented
by the brothers and sisters.
Assisting in various ways were
friends of their younger days, Mrs.
Hattie Tibbets, Mrs G II Grimes,
Mrs James Grimes. Mis Gladys
Ovlord and Mrs Herman Holeomh.
Mrs A I! Hubbard, Mrs Steve
Shnvlik and Mis C. W Porter
served cake and sandwiches. .Mrs,
Edwin Hubbard and Mrs, l M
Eason poured coffee and served
punch.
Hiram Huhlmrd and Loa Porter
were married June 19. 1910 at the
home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. (
Ed Porter in Chambers by Rev.
William Green, pastor of the
Methodist church. Only immediate,
members of the families were pro-1
sent. Chauneey Porter of O'Neill,
brother of Mrs. Hubbard, was the
only one present Sunday who at
tended the wedding titty years ago.
The Hubbards have made then
home at Chambers all their mar
ried life. The are (lie parents of i
one daughter, Mrs. C. M. (Zethai j
Eason of O'Neill and one son,
Edwin of Chambers. They have;
one grandson, Ricky Hubbard of
Chambers.
Out-of-town guests were Mr. anti !
Mrs. Frank Huston of Sedro Woo
ley. Wash., Mr and Mrs Charles
Fleck, jr., of Loretta, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Adams of Atkinson and several
from O'Neill.
Two Accidents
Reported For
O'Neill Region
Two accidents were investigated
by Patrolman Eugene Hastreiter j
during the past week
On Sunday morning a car driven [
by Virgil El Wilson, 17, of Mullen
overturned one mile south and one j
half mile west of Atkinson. He ap-!
parently lost control of the auto ’
and it rollt-d into the north ditch.
The machine was a total loss.
Donald F. (Irelg, 18, of Stuart,
a passenger In thr auto was tak
en to the Atkinson hospital with
head Injuries. His sister, Judy, j
14, also of Stuart suffered a
(trusted shoulder and hack injur
ies.
Another accident occured west
of Emmet on US 20 Sunday eve
ning during the rain storm. A car
driven by iHwglas S. Cobb, 18, of
Stuart collided with the rear end
of a stock car being towed behind
another car. Driver of the first
auto was Donald B. Edwards, 21,
of Spencer. Approximately $200
damage was done to the Cobb ve
hicle and only slight damage was
dime to the stock car.
Youth Unconscious
After Accident
In Lincoln May 31
PACK Steve, 12 year old son of
Mr and Mrs I tick Wood of Lin
coln and grandson of Mr and Mrs.
R. 1>. Copes of Rage, is going into
his fourth week of unconsciousness,
following a concussion suffered in
a bicycle accident within the school
/one when a car driven by one of
the school mothers struck his
bicycle and threw him onto the
curb The accident occured May
31.
Tin* Wood family arc former O'
Neill and Page residents. Steve has
•wo sisters, Barbara and Christie
and a brother, Mike.
Awarded Certificates
Newt Mullendnre and Neil Marsh
field have been awarded special
certificates of merit by the Winona
School of Photography.
Willing Workers
Named Winners
Of $75 Prize
The annual O'Neill Rodeo parade
was held Friday with $200 in prizes
for non-profit organizations. A
traveling trophy was awarded to the
M & M Bakery for the best com
mercial entry.
The Willing Worker's 4-H club of
O'Neill won the first prize of $75.
Second prize of $50 went to the O'
Neill Cub Scouts. $25 for each of the
next three winners went to the
Red Bird Lucky Clover 4-H club,
third prize; Gratton 4-H, fourth
prize and the O'Neill Happy Heljv
ers 4-H club, fifth prize.
The O'Neill Chamber of Com-|
merce furnished the prizes and the
O’Neill Lion's Club sponsored the
narade and the trophy. The trophy !
w ill he awarded permanently to the
commercial firm winning it three
times.
O'Neill's mayor Dewey Schaffer
and D'igh Reynoldson, president of
the O'Neill Rodeo association led
the parade on horseback.
Also participating in the parade
were the American Legion Simon
son [>ost 95 colors, the O'Neill band,
rodeo and miscellanous riders and
army recruiters. Other entries in
the parade were the Town House. I
Standard Station, Devoy's Rexall
drug, Gambles, R.E.A., Pinker
man's TV. Boat club, K & M
Cafe, Rartlett 4-H riders. Coast to
Coast, J. M. McDonald, Kansas
Nebraska Natural Gas, Safeway,
Ben Franklin, New Outlaw, Veter
ans of Foreign Wars and A. Marcel
us Chevrolet. Other parade pictures
will be found on another page of
this week’s issue of the Frontier.
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The Willing Workers i II club of O'Neill won first prize In the annual rotleo parade with their entry
In the non profit division. A cheek for $7.V was presented to the club by the O’Neill Lions club, who award
ed some $200 In prizes to the top five floats. th* noimzi photo aho ehsbav.nc
A. G. Johnsons
Hold Open House
For Anniversary
Mr. ami Mrs A. G. Johnson of
Stuart observed their golden wedd
ing anniversary Sunday. June 19
The celebration !>egan with a
family dinner at the city auditori
um The couple's attendants. Mrs
Rose Hovey and Mr Cecil Rad
el ff, and Sirs Elvera Smith who
played the wedding march, were
present for the observance.
An open house was held from
2 to 5 p.m The three tier wedding
cake was baked and decorated by
Mrs. Henry Stalacker of Naper.
After the couple had cut the first
'• • ee of cake the oldest daughter.
Mrs. Laurence Nagel cut and
served the cake Carolyn Van
Every and Verna Fisher, grand
laughti 1 s of the couple, were in
charge of the gifts. Mrs. Frit/
Kurile registered the guests
Mr. and Mrs. A G. Johnson
spent thirty-six years of their mar
ried life on a farm five miles west
of Stuart. The past fourteen years
they have lived in Stuart. They have
| one son, Raymond and five daugh
t rs: Bertha, Fern, Mildred, Ethel
and Delores, twelve grandchildren
and twenty great grandchildren.
Ten Inch Rain
Hifs Community
Ewing—Rainfall in the Ewing
community was recorded in var
ious amounts Sunday evening rang
ing from an inch and one half td
up to 10 inches, Strong winds and
hail accompanied the rain in some
•*P t-.
Nearly all small streams were
running bankfull with some over
flow m the low places. One bridge
j on Cache Creek was washed t ut
| and damage was d ne to r ail m
other places
Bobby Krutz Fund
Started at Orchard
■I 11*1 twu weeks ago litlJe Bob
by Krutz, five year old son id
Mr. and Mr* Kr«d Krulv of Or
i chard, lost his left leg in a trac
tor-powered mower accident.
Bobby is home now from the
Ttlden hospital and getting along
a* well as ran be expected. How
ever a long period of conveles
cenee and an even longer |»eriod
of becoming adjusted to his handi
cap await the little boy.
\ fund has been established
for Bobby krutz, and anyone In
terested ill giving ;o me Bobby
Krutz fund may leave their con
tributions at the flank of Orchard
or at Drayton's Elevator.
Walters Funeral
Held Wednesday
Funeral services fur Mrs. John
Walter, t>8, were conducted Wednes
day at 2 p in. at the I’nited Pres
byterian church in Ewing with
pastor Dr. W. II Ross conducting
the service Interment was in the
Ewing cemetery east of town
tnc I lie Maty Daniels Walter
w :s .iorn January 13, 1892 at Clark
son a daughter of John Daniels
and Mary Jensen Daniels
On November 12, 1912 she mar
ried John Walter at St John's
Catholic church south of Ewing. The
couple became the parents of five
children. They spent their entire
i .tarried life in the community.
Mrs Walter died Saturday in St
Joseph’s hospital in Omaha follow
ing a short illness.
Survivors include: Husband,
John; son Alvin of Grand Island;
daughters Mrs. William iLavinaf
Stamp of Inman, Gladys Walter.
\\ is W alter and Mrs Dean Lichty,
all of Omaha; sister Mrs. C. I>
Walter of Chambers; brother
Gus Daniels of Clearwater and
seven grandchildren.
Pete Hertford accepts the Lions Club trophy from President Ken
Curren for the winning commercial float in the parade held last
Friday in conjunction with the O’Neill Hodeo. Mr. Ileriford represents
the M and M Bakery and Cafe.
Stolen Car Reported
A 1955 President hardtop Stude
baker was stolen in O’Neill some
time late Monday night. The own
er of the car is Fred Heerman,
who says the car disappeared with
out a trace. The auto is two-tone
with a pima red bottom and a
black top. The license number is
36-2701.
Langston Gets
2-3 Years For
Hog Stealing
Charles Langston was sentenced
to from 2-3 years in the men's re
formatory Tuesday morning after
pleading guilty to hog stealing.
District Judge D. R. Mounts sen
tenced Langston.
Carl Curtis To
Speak at Dinner
Senator Carl T. Curtis will be
the featured speaker at the Holt
County Republican Appreciation
fund raising dinner on July 21 ac
cording to J. G. Brewster, Stuart,
chairman of the Holt County
Republicans, Charles Thone, Lin
coln, State Republican chairman,
will accompany Senator Curtis.
New officers of the Holt County
Republicans are: Mrs. Ethel Cole,
O'Neill, vice-chairman; Mrs. Opal
Keating, Atkinson. secretary;
Frank Cronk, Page, treasurer, and
Cal Stewart, O'Neill, manpower
chairman.
Joins Shorthorn Assn.
Jeanette Clemens, Amelia, has
been awarded a junior membership
in the American Shorthorn Associa
tion. the oldest purebred livestock
organization in America.
m
Gambling Devices, Liquor Seized
In Ewing Legion Club Raid Tuesday
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Kced Nelson, iils|iector for the State Liquor Commission is shown here with evidence ohtuinril from
•he Kwing Legion Club Tuesday evening after a search warrant was issued by County Judge Louis IJei
mer. Three pinball machines, two punchboards, lottery tickets, playing cards and a quanity of liquor
were seized. Nelson and Deputy Sheriff, Jim .Mull n made the search.
Bartlett Banker
Sentenced To
Penitentiary
Clifford O. Bishop, 62, former
| president of the Bartlett State
i Bank, was sentenced to four to
i six years in the penitentiary by
District Judge William F. Manasil
I of Burwell.
Bishop was convicted May 28 of
[ false entry and two counts of ern
besslement in connection with ir
regularities in the operation of the
now defunct bank, which closed in
April of 1958.
He was sentenced to two years
for the false entry charge and
four to six years <>n each of the
| two counts of embezzlement,
j and also fined $10,000 on one em
1 bezzlement count, $5,000 on the
J second and ordered to pay the
costs of the suit. The sentences
will run concurrently.
Defense Attorney Merle McDer
mott of Grand Island said the case
will be appealed. Appeal bond was
set at $10,000.
A preliminary hearing was also
held before Judge Manasil for
Itishop, Walter Plugge and Walt
er Lee Plugge, directors of the
bank on charges of conspiring
to defraud. The Plugges are fa
ther and son.
Darlene Johnson
Home After Fall
From Horse
Miss Darlene Johnson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Johnson
wno live north of O'Neill, re
turned home Sunday from the O’
Neill hospital.
Miss Johnson and her cousin, Bet
ty Bausch, were both thrown from
a horse while riding in a pasture
at the Johnson place last Wednes
day. She was knocked unconscious
and had cuts on the left side of
her face.
Miss Bausch also had facial
brusies. The two girls wandered
more than a mile in a severe storm
that hit the area that night but
finally got home. They were then
taken to St. Anthony’s hospital.
Sterling Bowers Named
All-Around Cowboy
One hundred cowboys and cow
girls competed in the O'Neil!
r deo Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. Sterling Bowers of B"rw !1
was named the all around cowboy.
Cowboys from Kansas, Nebraska,
Arizona and South Dakota partici
pated.
Champion bare back rider was
Dean Kinney of Ainsworth.
Other champions were Howard
Parker, Gordon, saddle bronc;
Elver Lord, Valentine, calf rop
ing ; Monte Elam, Brookvllle,
Kan., steer wrestling: Byron
Johnson, Brahama bull and
Danni Whitaker, Chambers,
ladies barrel racing.
First place winners:
Bare Back: first go round. Tuf
(> Barent; second go round, Jim
jvoboda.
Saddle Bronc: first go round,
toward Parker; second go round,
Orville Gallins; third go round,
Howard Parker.
Calf roping: first go round,
Monte Elam; second go round,
Elver Lord.
Steer wrestling: first go round,
Monte Elam; second go round, l
Sterling Bower.
Brahama Bulls: first go round,
Byron Johnson; second go round,
Ronnie Cole.
Ladies Barrel racing: first go
round. Danni Whitaker; second go
round, Monty Sorenson.
Bartons to Celebrate
Golden Wedding Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Barton o
Creighton will observe their fiftietl
wedding anniversary Sunday, Jum
26, at the Creighton municipa
auditorium. They are former resi
dents of Antelope county and o
the Royal vicinity.
Funeral Services
For W. C. Bowden
Held Saturday
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 2:00 pin. at the Biglin
Chapel for William Clyde Bow
den who died of a lingering ill
ness at St. Anthony’s hospital June
15. Rev Glenn Kennicott, pastor
of the O’Neill Methodist church,
officiated. Burial was in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Pall bearers were : John Watson,
Ben Grady. Archie Bright, Dale
French, Woodrow Melena and
George Janousek.
Mrs. Grant Peacock was soloist
She sang "Beautiful Isle of Some
Fred Marconnit,
r i
Beats Don Bridge
In Tournament
Championship flight: Fred Mir
eonnit, Norfolk, winner; Don
I Bridge, Norfolk, runner up; and
A. J. Jas/kowiak O’Neill, consola
I tion.
First flight: Tom I.iddy, O'Neill
winner; Jim Snyder, Ainsworth,
runner up and Boh Huston, Bassett,
consolation.
Second flight: Jim Clifton, Orch
ard. winner; Wayne Mareellus,
Bassett, runner up and Marvin
Johnson, O’Neill, consolation.
Third flight : Hied Snover, Ains
worth. winner; Verne Reynoldson,
O'Neill, runner up and Bob Kurt/,
O’Neill, consolation.
Fourth flight: 1 >on Ciodel, Winner.
S. D., winner; Oscar Krohn, Neligh,
runner up. and Bud Miller, Orch
ard, consolation.
Fifth flight Bill Nelson, O’Neill,
winner; Fred Appleby, O'Neill,
runner up and Gary Gillespie, con
solation.
Sixth glight: Glenn Butler, Bas
set, winner; Mike Hammond, O'
Neill, runner up and Mike Champ
ion, O’Neill, consolation.
Mate liquor commission inspoc
*"i txe d . Mill and Ivputy Sheriff
James Mullen raided the Ewing
Amer can I cgum club Tuesday
night.
1 luec slut machines, two punch
Uiards. a |ar of lottery tickets,
cards and iniker chips were eonfi
seated along with the beet , whiskey
and other alcoholic liquor found
on the promises.
•lake Itiiltor. the elutt m.lunger,
was urrestisl and ehargisi nil
thrtHi ennuis In ||,>ll 4 Vainly
cum l ii ihIiiinIiii afternoon. He
enleretl a plea ul giiiltx In each
charge.
Mr. Nelson ehnrgisl Butler with
unlawful sale of alcoholic liquor
without first obtaining a license
I loll County attorney. William W
tlritfin, tiled two charges of pro
curing liquor for two minors and
maintaining gaming devices as a
common gambler
I lie minors who pled guilty in
court Wednesday to possession of
alcoholic liquor were Uonald I,
Tlioendel. 18, and Frank 1 Thoen
del, hi. They admitted getting the
I < er m the dull when they entered
to buy fireworks Ronald was (mod
$40 and $4 court costs and Frank
was fined $25 and $1 costs
Butler paid $150 for maintaining
the gaming devices; $loo for pro
curing the liquor for the Tlioendel
I oy s and Sat) for unlawful sale w ilh
out a lieenso for a total of $.400 and
$12 court costs.
William W. lirlffin also tiled a.
complaint in Unit 4'utility 4 inn I
Wednesday nftcl'ilnun against I
I 4 lex claml. jr,, inr assisting
anil perniiling .lake Ituller and
oilier persons whose names are
unknown, In keep and txhlliil
gaming devices and an eslalt
lisliiiient aim apparatus In win
and gain iiinncy and oilier pro
|W'i'(y of value, In xx it : llirce slut
machines.
The evidence of the raid was
stored in the oiliee oi 1 Ii ill CVmiity
Sherili I as> Tomjaek Wednesday
afternoon. Nelson stated lie had
entered the club early Tuesday
evening and purchased a bottle of
beer for .40 cents. After receiving
his change and the beer lie asked to
see the operating license. Butler
was unable to produce one lie also
observed the two minors drinking,
lie returned to O'Neill for a war
rant and he returned lo the club
with Mr. Mullen and a! that time
they searched the club and took
tin' evidence into possession.
Methodists List
Pastoral Changes
The Methodist listing of pastoral
changes in tIn* Northeast district
as made at the annual conference
have been announced by interim
Bishop Ivan D'o Holt as follows:
Mrs. Charlotte Dillon, Di\on Cole
ridge; Rev Robert D Linder,
I’age Inman; Darrell Keck, l’ender
Thurston; Rev. C. Edwin Anderson,
Randolph-McLean; V R Daniels,
Spencer-Bristow; Rev. John Miner!,
Wiiusa-Magnef and Robert Hren
ning, Wynot-Maskcll.
By common consent and special
arrangement. Rev. Duane Lwnz,
pastor of the Evangelical United
Brethren church at Orchard will
he pastor for the Methodist church
at Royal.
where", "The Old Rugged Cross”
and “Abide With Me” Mrs. Reed
Herley was organist.
William Clyde, son of George and
Adella Bowden, was born at the
family home north of O’Neill Sept.
6, 1884, where he continued to live
until he retired from the farm to
O'Neill in 1928 At the time of his
death he and his 97 year old mo
ther were living in the home on
East John St., which has been
their home for the past 32 years.
Mr. Boyden was custodian of
the O’Neill National and First Na
tional Banks and the O’Neill Coun
try Club for the past 30 years. He
never married.
Survivors are: Mother—Mrs.
Adella Bowden; two sister— Mrs.
Andrew (Lillie) Wettlaufer, all of
O'Neill.
His father, five brothers: Chest
er, Elvin, Guy, Harold and Merial
and two sisters: Mrs. Curt (Ivy)
Spelts and Mrs. Paul (Susie) Clos
son, preceded him in death.
Since his illness and death their
mother is making her home with
Mr. and Mrs. .Andrew Wettlaufer
Out of town attend: nts at thr ,
funeral rites were: Mr and Mrs I
Dale Closson and three children j
of Seatt'e, Wash., Mr. and Mrs j
Ronald Dodd of Lincoln and Gene
Closson of Scuth Sioux City.
Table Given
A new picnic table was made
an 1 presented o the city park by
the O’Neill Odd Fellows Lodge
last week.
Fred .Marcounit and Don Bridge, both of Norfolk, walk „i| with
top honors In the annual Dad's Day golf tourney at the O’Neill
< ountry ( Iut* Monday. Marconntt won the championship flight and
Don Bridge was runner up. A. I’. Jaszkow'lak was consolation winner.
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