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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1960)
Section One r i d thk wrvrm r Twelve Pages nvr* hi h* i»iw _ . Thursday 14 . 82 SI STATa. hi ST SOC Panes 1 to 8 Friday 15 86 57 1 T • '•or •» *.r i o ln Tkj. lc«ue Saturoay 16 84 S3 04 LI..WJL..V -.tdl. in inis issue Sunday 17 89 59 1 39 Monday 18 87 57 04 Tuesday 19 90 50 "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Wednesday 20 90 82 Volume 80— Number 13 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 21, 1960 Seven Cents Funeral Planned Saturday For Dale Revell, 41 Dale Revell, 41. well known northeastern Holt County farmer and Angus livestock breeder died Wednesday, July 20, at St. Anthony's hospital in O'Neill. Funeral services ire scheduled at the O'Neill Methodist church Saturday, July 23, at 10 a m. Rev. Glen Kennieott will officiate. Burial will tie In Prospect Hill cemetery. Tentative pallbearers are Wil liam Derickson jr., Gerald Sny der, Albert Derickson, Merle Spangler, Clayton Nelson and James Corkle. Mr Revell was bom April 19, 1919 at Star and was raised in the Star community. He was married at Greeley on .July 20. 1940, tc Verna M Un man. The couple l. .. I & I__ _ Bob, Buddy, and Billy Buddy died in liM8 at the age of five. Mr. Revell was a director in the Angus Association for seven years. He specialized in raising purebred cattle and ranched. Mr. Revell had suffered from diabetes and had became a vic tim of a heart ailment in the late stages of his illness. Survivors include his wife, Verna; sons, Bob and Billy; brothers, Harry of Milbrae, Calif., Wayne of San Diego, Calif., and Raymond of O’Neill; one sister, Mrs. M. E. Davis of O’Neill. One brother, Floyd, pre ceded him in death. Services Held Wendesday For Mrs. J. Dennis Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 20, at the Biglin Chapel for Mrs. John E. Dennis, 76. Rev. Glenn Kennicott, pastor of the O’Neill Methodist church officiated at the 10 a m. service. Burial was made in Laurel Hill cemetery at Neligh. Pallbearers were Ira Sum mers, Gil Poese, Norbert Uhl, Ray I^iwrence, Frank A. Murray and A. W. Carroll. Minnie Esther, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Verplank, was born in a sod house near Battle Creek, October 6, 1883. There she grew to womanhood and married John Elmer Dennis of uauic v^irrn a i iTiawi-tvii wu April 1. 1904. To this union sLx children were horn. The Dennis family lived in Madison and Antelope counties where he was a carpenter and contractor. Following the death of her husband in January 194.1. Mrs. Dennis moved to Tilden where she resided until about three years ago when she moved to O’ Neill to be near her son, A. C. Dennis. In her later years Mrs. Dennis pursued the hobby of piecing and quilting quilts, many of which she sold. Mrs. Dennis died at the Atkin son Memorial hospital as the re sult of a heart attack on July 17. She had suffered from a heart ailment for many years. Survivors are: Daughters Mrs. Mae Barnes and Mrs. Eva Wil loughby. both of Neligh and Mrs. Nora King of I^as Vegas, Nev.; sons Elmer James of Wendall, Ida., and Albert Clarence of O' Neill: 20 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren and a sister Mrs. Viola Oring of Montebello, Calif. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ea ton; three sisters: Mrs. Cora Beed and Mrs. Ed Allen of Ne ligh and Mrs. Clara Barnes of Washington state and three brothers: John and Jim of Tilden and Bert of Meadow Grove. O’Neill area whcatficlds are getting their tops trimmed this week as the wheat harvest moves Into this area. This combine crew was at work on the F. Soukup farm northeast of O'Neill Wednesday afternoon. Fre<l Met art of Knimet is shown here operating the ma chine as it moves through the fields and Joe Koukup of O'Neill Is shown cheeking the quality of the grain as It comes from the combine (see insert). The wheat harvest this year is described as "‘average" with yields reported from J'J to 30 bushels per acre. Some farmers, perhaps more optomistic than others, are anticipating even higher yields. Wheat farmers in the O’Neill area will go to the jsdls today, Thursday, to vote on the wheat referendum for ISMil. The Frontier Photo and Kngraving. Lauber Named President Of Youth Session Rev. Duane Lauber, formerly of O’Neill and now of Lincoln, was re-elected to serve as Con ference Youth President at the sixteenth annual session of the Wesleyan Youth Conference con vening on the camp grounds near Atkinson. Morris Itudenslek of Spencer was elected vice-president. Mina Smith of Page will serve as a district leader. Mrs. Altha Lci.i Hornback of Venus was elected editor of the Wesleyan youth page and and will also act as public relations director. Sharon Wellman of Orchard and Doug Trenneipohl of Neligh reigned as Mr. and Miss Camper of 1960. Aletha Rutherford of Page and Jim Lloyd of Lynch were among those receiving prizes in the liible reading contest. Frank Musil Services Held Saturday Here Funeral services were held Sat urday, July 16. at St. Patrick's Catholic church at O'Neill for Frank Musil, age 60, who died at tL/i liL.tL.oLci UiAortital in Hmohn July 14 following a lingering ill ness. Msgr. Timothy O'Sullivan officiated at the 9 a.m. requiem Mass. Burial was made in Cal vary cemetery. Palll)earers were LeRoy Doh rovolny, Benedict J. Schmidt, Joe Kalina, Charles S. Kalina, Fran cis C. Peter and J. B. Peter. Frank, son of Joseph and Fran ces Fanta Musil, was born Jan uary 16, 1900 at O'Neill. His par ents were natives of Czechoslo vakia. He was united in marriage Oc tober 23, 1923 with Anna Burival. To this union five children were bom. An infant daughter died in 1932 and his wife died in 1933. He was married to Mae De Long August 1945. One daughter was born to this marriage. Mrs. Musil died in 1947. Survivors include: sons Frank and Joe, both of O’Neill; daugh ters—Mrs. LeRoy J. (Dorothy) Dohrovolny of Atkinson, Mrs. Benedict J. (Mary Alice) Schniit and Helen Musil, tioth of O’Neill; eleven grandchildren; a broth er, John Musil of O’Neill; three sisters Mrs. Anton Jirak and Mrs. John Fiala, both of O’Neill and Mrs. Charles Kalina of In man. A sister, Mrs. John Peter jr of Charribers preceded him in death. Engineering Firm Studies Armory Site Represendtives of Thomas, Ben iamin and Clayton engineering firm in Grand Island were in O’Neill yesterday to survey, ground stake and take soil tests -t the proposed sight of the new armory. Howard J. Strong, Norfolk, ar chitect, said that blue prints for the brick and steel structure will be ready August 21. Tournament, Breakfast Held at Country Club A golf tourney and breakfast were held Sunday morning at the O’Neill Country club. Mrs. D. A. Kersenbrock and William AJrtus were the first place winners. D. A Kersen brock and Mrs. Dale French tied for second place with Mrs. Bob Roberts and John DeWitt. Airport Improvements Estimated at $63,312 Sealed bids for grading, con struction of soil cement base courses for runways and taxi .vays, fenc'ne and lighting im provements are now being re ceived for the O’Neill Municipal airport. This action was announced this week hv J. F. rVintnis rhnirmnn of the board and other members of the board. Estimated cost of the im provements is $63,312.91. The bids will be read August 9. Holt Legion to Meet At Stuart Sunday Evening The Holt County American Le gion and Auxiliary convention will be held at Stuart, July 24 et 8 p.m. Joe Baldauf of Rush villo, area vice commander an i candidate for department senior vice commander, will be the speaker for the joint meeting. Also scheduled for the meeting is election of commander and auxiliary president. This will be followed by contests for firing squads and color guards. A dance will complete the evening's ac tivities. DISTRICT COl’RT Jerry O’Connell, of Atkinson has been charged with cattle theft. The complaint was filed July 18. Bail bond has been set at $500. Pending the filing and approval of the bail, the defend ant will be in the custody of the sheriff. - *• •- l • A l> O’Neill firemen are shown here as they extinguished a blaze Monday evening at the rear of Dirk’s Bar, located on south Fourth street Dirk Tomlinson, proprietor of the bar. said only a small amount of damage resulted and most of that was caused by smoke. Donations Still Coming; May Top $750 Mark Tire Bobby Kurtz fund is still growing. It has pushed over the $500 mark and checks are still coming into the Frontier office and the Bank of Orchard. Already over $500 had been turned over to the special fund at the Orchard bank. Jim Clif ton president of the bank, and one of Bobby’s staunchest sup porters. estimates that the fund will reach $750 by early next week. The find will officially close next Tuesday afternoon . All checks and donations will be pick ed up and deposited to Bobby's account. The Frontier will pick up the names of all persons who have donated to the Krutz fund since last week’s issue of the paper and the grand total and list of donors will be published. Originally the Frontier had plan ned to close the fund this week but so injury donations were being received at the last moment that it was decided to wait one more week to give everyone a chance to mail .n their donations. May we say that the response to Bobby’s plight has been rich and rewarding, not alone in mon etary value, but in the expression of friendship and sincere neigh borliness of everyone who has given. Next week’s issue of the Fron tier will carry the results and we are sure that everyone who has given will feel richly rewarded when they see whjrt the friend liness of good people can do for a small boy L. H. I.undln, personnel director for Consumers Public Power, presents Paul Moseman a watch Monday night in honor of Mose man’s retirement. Consumers Fete Paul Moseman On Retirement Consumers Public Power men met Monday evening at the Country Club for dinner to honor Paul W. Moseman on his retire ment from the company. The group presented Moseman with a gift and the company gave him a watch. Oj^hanrl to represent Con ' L. H Lundin, per* sottfrar director amf" Jack Mc Ghghy of the rate department. Mr. Moseman has been with the company for the past 18 years acting as a field engineer. He is a 1927 electrical engineer graduate of the University of Ne braska. Mr. Moseman is married and has a son working in Iowa and two daughters in Omaha. About 30 from Ainsworth, Hartington, Wausa, Butte, Spen cer and O’Neill were present at the party. 1960 March of Dimes Campaign Totals $4,169.06 for Holt County The Holt County chapter cf the ' National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis met in O’Neill last week for a special meeting. Of ficers present were Mrs. K. L. Van Voorhis, Holt County chair man; Dale French, treasurer and Mrs. Carrie McMahan, secretary. A complete report of the i960 March of Dimes campaign was given by Mrs. Robert Martens, of Atkinson, Holt County direc tor. The report which was accept ed and filed is: Amelia, Mrs. Vernon Berry, campaign director, receipts, $15.90; Atkinson, Mrs. Roy Ries, $579.57; Chambers, Mrs. J. H. Gibson, $221.23; Emmet, Helen Martens, $48.78; Ewing, Mrs. Wayne Schrader. $247.53; Inman, Mrs. James McMahan, $166.35. O’Neill, Mrs. Melvin B. Marcel lus, $1,437.48; Page. Mrs. C. E. Walker, $219.38; Stuart, Mrs. Lawrence Hamik. $230 62; rural schools, Alice French, $445.72 and rural mailers, $556.50. The total received was $4,169.06 and organizational ex penses amounted to $96.26. O’Neill will keep half of the amount for local use and the rest will go to the national fund. County Supervisors Propose 1.16 Mill Tax Raise; Bridges Are Cause Lion's Announce Committees For Coming Year The executive committee of the O'Neill Lion’s Club met Monday at the L. and R. Cafe, Committees appointed for the new year include: Kenneth Cur ren and Howard Manson, at tendance; K. I, Van Vo.irhis and A. L. Patton, finance; John Enke, membership; Milton J. Haack and Gilbert Poese, program and entertainment: Gilbert Poese and James Champion, publicity; Ro bert Pappenheimer, John Hart and Wayne Spelts, boys and girls; A. L. Patton, Dale Wilson and Tom Cronin, community betterment; Howard Manson, sight conservation. Robert Pap penheimer and A. L. Patton, ac tivities, and Kenneth Curren, of ficial greeter. Polling Places Open On Marketing Quotas Polling places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Holt County courthouse annex for persons eligible to vote on the referen dum on marketing quotas for the 1961 wheat crop. Growers eligible to vote in the referendum will be those who will have more than 15 acres of wheat on one farm for harvest as grain in ltkil (ex cept growers taking part in the feed wheat program). Two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum must approve the quotas if they are to become effective. If more than one-third of the voters oppose the quotas, there will lie no restriction on wheat market ing, but allotments will re main in effect as a condition for price support as 50 percent of iMirity, as directed by law. O'Neill Men Tour Irrigation Unit Five O’Neill men toured the proposed O’Neill Irrigation unit Friday to acquaint themselves with the project. Dale Wilson, Gil Poese, Don Meyer, Howard Manson and Jim Champion toured the area with Gordon Wendler, bureau of re clamation agent from Ainsworth. Funeral Rites Held For Orchard Infant ORCHARD Funeral services were held Monday, July 11. at 7 a m. at the Hamilton funeral home for Denise Ray Thompson, seven month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert A. Thompson. Graveside rites were held at Albany cemetery at Ft. Lookout. S. D., at 2 p.m. with Rev. Estes in charge of the service. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert A. Thomp son one sister, Darlene, and a brother, Ward. Security Agent Slates O'Neill Visit Wednesday Gail H. Robart, field repre sentative of the Norfolk social security office will be in the as sembly room in the basement of the courthouse in O’Neill from 9:30 a m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, August 3. Severely disabled people under 65 who have at least five re cent years under social security are advised to inquire. Pre-Fair Judging Day Scheduled August 6 A pre-fair livestock judging «la> will lx> held Saturday, August 6. I>eo Walls, a mem ber of the livestock judging committee urges all members and leaders to attend. Those planning to bring livestock tor judging should contact the county agent. Harold Melcher of Page, Joe Welbel of Kuiiig, Milton Me kathule of Atkinson, l-eo Walls and A. Nell Hawes, members of the committee, met Satur day evening to discuss Ihe plans. Don W. Asher Joins Staff At Shelton Station l\>n W. Asher, 37, former operator of the Consumers Public Power District hydro water plant at Valentine is a member of the current 18 man "Shelton Station” training class. Asher, along with IK other members, three of which are former Navy Atomic sub marine erew operators, have joined t'PPD’s fleet for training and operation "Shelton Sta tion” steam plant and nuclear power facility. The training, which is being conducted at Lincoln, covers inalh, general physics, nuc'ear and atomic physics, instrumenta tion on the Hallam Nuclear Power Facility's components and systems. Another 11-week session will be held at Canoga Park, Calif. Don and his wife, the former Marge Wyant, and their daugh ter, Sue, have recently moved to Lincoln. Auto, Deer Collide MEEK A car driven by Gar old Risor was damaged Friday evening when it struck a deer. The deer was later found in a shelterbeit hut was so badly hurt it had to be destroyed. Two Auto Acciden In O'Neill During Only two accidents were re ported to O’Neill police this week. A 280 pound hog was killed Thursday night one mile north of the city limits. The auto was driven by Ed win A. Fleck, 18, of Chambers. The hog came up out of the dlteh into the traffic lane. Damage resulted to the front fender, grill, bumper and wheel. Bob Whitt; was the in The spring (Usuis which hit Holt county and destroyed many bnd gos ami countless numbers of roads increased tax costs when the boanf of county supervisors met in session over the weekend and proposed a 1.16 taxation raise. The bridge levy alone account ed for 1.06 mills of this tax raise although the general levy was reduced by .15 mills. Other mill Increases were to county relief, by ,12 mills; soldiers and sailor's relief by .03 mills, and the county medical fund hy .16 mills. The eounty fair ftuxl was tlve only other reduction besides Unit of the general fund The fair le vy was pegged at .11, a .04 mill reduction. The total mill levy us pro post'd for I960 is 5.46 mills com pared to 1959 levy of 4.28. According to county clerk Ken neth Waring the budget mast tie adopted hy August 1 and tile levy set by August 10. A public hear ing on the budget will be held Wednesday, July 27, for one hour lium 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Holt county courthouse. The board also allowed claims at the Friday and Monday meet ings. The block of sidewalk in front of the courthouse and the sidewalk to the front of the en trance are also to lx* replaced the board decided. Work on the walk began Wednesday. Sen. C. Curtis Speaks Tonight Sen. Carl Curtis will arrive in O’Neill this afternoon at 4:30 at the O’Neill airport to speak at the Appreciation Fund Raising dinner to be held tonight (Thurs day) at the Presbyterian church. The dinner starts at 6:30 and tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets cost 10 dollars. Joe Brewster, county Republi can chairman, has asked that a good crowd bo on hand to meet the Senator. Auto Mishap Reported At Chambers Thursday CHAMBERS -Cars driven by Dale Epperson of O’Neill and Mrs. A. B. Hubbard of Cham bers collided Thursday at the in tersection near the Gillette Garage. Both cars were damaged hut no one was injured in the mishap. Holt Countians Buy $800,987 in Bonds Series E and H savings bond purchases in Holt county amount ed to $45,918 for the month of June according to Lyle P. Dierks, volunteer county chairman. This brings the total sales for »h« first half of 1960 to $800,987 re presenting 55.2 percent of the county’s 1960 total. Purchases in Antelope county for the month of June amounred to $95,738; in Knox. $106,479, and in Boyd county, $10,738. is Reported Past Week vestlgattng officer. Autos driven by Michael J. Spitzenberger and John McGinn collided Friday on west Douglas street. The McGinn car ran into the rear of the Spitzenberger vehicle after it stopped. Both cars were damaged Chris McGinn, O’Neill Chief of Police, was the investi gating officer. . »■«»• ■******.. r-mi. ,i <i,ii i'l.^; Workmen began the task Wednesday of replacing the sidewalk in front of the courthouse and the walk to the front entrance. This was one of the projects approved by the Board of Supervisors at their meeting Friday and Monday. tk raorrna photo amp erghaviho
