THi: SMTHr.K Twelve Pages rati w h» pree. Thursday 4 94 58 , _, . . Friday b T9 6st In This Issue Saturday 6 S9 tit) Sunday 7 81 57 Monday 8 79 60 .23 Tuesday 9_ . 78 50 .01 "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Wednesday 10 «a 49 Volume 80—Number 16 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 11,1960 Seven Cents These girls were the to|> winners in the annual Holt County 4 II Style Show Saturday night. Shown here (left to right) are: Karen Farrier of Chamber,; Kathryn Thiele of Clearwater; Marietta Perry of O’Neill, Iloretta Butterfield and Faye Srheer of Ewing and Jolene Olhderding of Stuart. Record Number of 4-H Contestants Compete in Holt County Style Show Butte. Over 90% of the total enroll ment in sewing activities of the county participated in the style revue. Ribbons in the music con tests were awarded us follows: music identification Blue, Marietta l’erry of O’Neill, Red, Kathy Perry' of O’Neill and White, Judy Beed of Cham bers; song groups—Purple, llappv Helpers t-H club of O’Neill; Blue, Celia 4 II club of Atkinson and Red, Jolly Ram blers 4-H club of Atkinson. Linda Bonenberger of Atkinson and Rita Vequist of O’Neill were awarded blue ribbons in the speech contest. Judges for the music contest were Mrs. Howard Manson. Mrs. John Watson and Mrs. A. J. Snyder of O'Neill. The speech contest judges were Mrs. Wayne Smith of Chambers and Mr. Harry Ressel of O'Neill. The pre-fair activity is sponsor ed by the O'Neill Chamber of Commerce and the Holt County Agricultural Society. Mrs. Cath erine Indra, Holt county agent, was in charge. Blue ribbons were awarded to the following: Becky Beelaert, Cheri Sum Style Show continued on page 8 Accident on South Fourth Street Results in Hit and Run Charge irni'o . n I In ————— O'Neill police during the week. An accident occured on south Fourth Street when a car driven by Earnest Howard of Page struck the rear of a parked car belonging to Evelyn Stannard, knocking the Stannard auto onto the sidewalk. Howard left the scene of the accident but was later appre hended by State Patrolman Eugene Hast re iter. Howard was charged with hit and run and fined $20 and $1 costs and ordered to pay $35.90 restitu tion for damage to the Stan nard auto. . An accident was reported at a private parking lot west of the New Outlaw store Saturday. A parked car belonging to Marie Shellhase of Atkinson was struck in the side by a car driven by William Hull. About $100 damage was estimated to the Shellhase auto. William Hull appeared in justice court Monday and was fined on two counts, driving on the wrong side of the road and making a “U” turn Rites Held Wednesday For Robert Wondercheck Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Se gor Funeral Home at Atkinson for nine year old Robert Wond ercheck of Hershey. Burial was made in the Atkinson cemetery. Rr,.b'”t was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wondercheck of Her shey. He died in a highway traf f ■ incident Saturday when he at tempted to c-o's highway 30 and w is struck by a car. Survivors include parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wondercheck; four s:sters. Mavis, Shirley. Elaine and Hazel: seven brothers-D n, Johnny, Paul, Edward, Frarkie, Bruce and Joseph. Slates O'Neill Visit Gail H. Robart, field repre sentative of the Norfolk social security office will be in the as sembly room of the courthouse in O’Neill from 9:30 a m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Aug. 17. The largest annual Holt county style show was held Thursday at the O'Neill high school audi torium in O'Neill with two hundred girls and one hoy par ticipating. This pre-fair activity included music and speech con tests. The top purple awards were: Doretta Butterfield of Ewing, Let’s Sew; Kathryn Thiele of Clearwater, Skirt and Blouse; Kaye Scheer of Ewing, School Clothm; Jolene Olberding of Stuart, Lounging; Marietta Perry of O’Neill, Work and nay and Karen Karrlor of tlhanibers. Dress Kp. Kathryn Thiele of Clearwater, Marietta Perry of O'Neill and Karen Farrier of Chambers will represent Holt county at the state fair. Theme for this year’s activity was "Around the Clock." The show was narrated by Mrs. Wayne Smith of Chambers as sisted by Connie Johnson of the O'Neill Happy Helpers. The script was prepared by Mrs. Clifford Sobotkn of Inman Ann Johnson and Marietta Perry of O’Neill supplied the background music. The ribbons were pre sented by Harry Petersen, presi dent of the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce. Judges for the style show in cluded Mrs. Ronald Gustafson, Helen Sire and Miss Prokop of Clearwater Boosters Coming Here Monday Celebration boosters from Clearwater will spend 80 minutes in O'Neill Monday from 11:55 a. m. to 1:15 p m. announcing their eightieth jubilee celebration for Sunday and Monday, Aug. 21 and 22. About a hundred rooters from Clearwater are expected to be in the caravan which will include entertainment. There will be free treats for the children in each town. Boosters will be recognized by their black and brown derby hats and other unusual costume. Other towns in this area on the trip schedule are Page, Ewing. Inman, Orchard, Royal and Brunswick. Supervisors Set O'Neill Mill Levy at 16.25 The budget for the coming fis cal year was adopted Wednesday and the mill levies were set by the Holt County Board of Super visors. levies for the towns of the county are: O’Neill, 16 25; At kinson, 19.95; Stuart, 11; Ew ing, 26.50; Page, 14.22; Cham bers, 13; Inman, 7; and Em met 11. The school levies for the coun tv are set as follows: Page, 41.12; O'Neill. 21.62 plus 1.80 for bonds for a total of 23.42; Emmet, 21.22 plus 5. for building or a total of 26.22; Atkinson, 38.02 and 8 66 for bonds for a total of 46.68; Ewing, 42.26; Inman, 43.22; Stuart, 50.48 and 942 for bonds for a total of 59.90; Chambers, 26.38. The levies for two towns are complete. They are Chambers with 58.34 mills and Page with a mill levy of 75 66. The mill levies for the other towns are estimated using last year's figures partially. O'Neill, 57.35; Emmet. 61.24; Atkinson, 84.65: Ewing, 87.98; Inman, 69.48; Stuart, 89.90. These figures in clude town, township, general, schooi, state and county levies. The total of the state, insti tutional and county levies for the coming year is 1602. This com pares with 14.76 total last year. The 1959 figures for the towns were: O’Neill, 15; Atkinson. 22.60; Stuart, 11; Ewing, 26.50; Page, 14.22; Chambers, 12; In man. 7; and Emmet, 11. Two bids had been received to assist the county in repairing flood damaged bridges. The low bid of the Western Bridge Construction Co. of Oma ha was accepted this morning and work will begin soon. «t■ ! Fifty-two officers and men of the O’Neill Co- U. of the First BG of the 134th Infantry of the O’Neill N-itional Guard left O’Neill Saturday morning at 6:13 a.m. The unit joined the Wayne unit and then eon tinued to Camp Ripley, Minn., for the two week training session. The unit will return to O'Neill August SI. O'Neill Airport Bid Too High; New Bids Aug. 26 One bid, that of the Missouri Valley Construction Co., was re ceived by the Airport Authority lward Tuesday morning for the proposed improvements at the O’Neill Airport. The bid was higher than the engineering estimates however and the work has been re-ad vertised with new bids to be opened August 26. The bid of the Kreuger-IHLE Company of Norfolk for the light ing was accepted subject to the securing of a satisfactory general contract bid. The Norfolk com pany’s bid was $8,801.20. The complete legal notice for the bid appears on the w-ant ad page of today's Frontier. Hereford Association Plan Tour Aug. 18-19 The Nebraska Hereford As sociation will sponsor a tour August 18 and 19 through the heart of the sandhills. It will make fifteen stops at members spreads to view registered and commercial cattle. The group will assemble at the Monahan Cattle Company ranch a mile north and two miles west of Whitman at 7 am. (MST>. Cattlemen are welcome and urged to attend Benefit Planned Tonight For St. Patrick's Fund A demonstration and lecture tor the benefit of St. Patrick's building fund will be held to night (Thursday) at 8 p.m. at the St. Mary's assembly room The benefit, sponsored by St. Mary's alumni, will feature a discussion on personal groom ing, figure analysis and discus sion period by Margo R. Gra ham, the former Margaret Ryan, an alumni of St. Mary's. Rites Scheduied For Frank Sokol, Knox Pioneer VERDIGRE Funeral services will be held today (Thursday> at the ZCBJ hall in Verdigre for Frank Sokol, 83, one of Knox county's pioneers Rev. David T. Gustatson, pastor of the Metho dist church will officiate and bur ial will be in ZCBJ cemetery. Mr. Sokol was born in Niobrara January 10, 1877. He was a long time member of the ZCBJ lodge. He died Monday, Aug. 8 in the Lundberg Memorial hospital at Creighton. Survivors include his wife; two sons and three daughters; two brothers and one sister. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Rosenkrans . . . on their fiftieth anniversary H. V. Rosertkrans Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary at Redbird Wednesday Mr. ana Mrs. it. v. uosen krans celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary Wednesday afternoon at their home in the Redbird community. Miss Alma Aim anil Harold V. Rosenkrans were married at the home of the bride’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Aim at Mimieola on August 10, 1910. The couple lived on the Rosen krans farm for forty years. They then operated the Red bird post office for nine years until it closed a year ago They became the parents of five children. Roger lives on the home place near Dorsey and is the third generation to operate the farm. Ernest is a minister in the Assembly of God church at Pender and Dorothy, Mrs. Milton Edwards of Pine Island, Minn., is married to an Assembly of God minister. Two sons, Arthur and Lester are deceased. They have 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. The grandchildren are Larry, La Vonne, Marian, Dolores, Fred, Jerry and Lynn Rosenkrans, Christie, Anita and David Ed wards, Mrs. Allan (Connie) Wal ters and Richard Rosenkrans in California. The great grandchild ren are Douglas and Allan Wal ters, jr. Mr. Rosenkrans raises bees for a hobby. His parents come to Holt county in 1881 or 1882 and he has been a life long resident of the county. His grandfather was a Pres byterian minister. He was a superintendent of the Dorsey Presbyterian church for many years. Mrs. Rosenkran s parents came to Holt County in 1882 from Swe den. She has two brothers. Dr Oscar Aim of Manhattan, Kan., and Arthur Aim of O'Neill and two sisters, Miss Clara Aim of O’Neill and Mrs. Herman (Elsie) Dimmit of Page. Their niece and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Klein of Harlan, la., celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary on the same day. President Peterson Names Chamber Of Commerce Committee Members Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Harry Peterson released the names of the chamber committee chairman and members this week. The men were chosen with the cooperation of the chamber board of directors. The chairmen of the different committees and the committee members are as follows: Highways Committee: Leo Moore, chairman, Tony Asimus, Jim Earley, Fred Heerman, Carl Johnson and Senator Frank Nel son. Retail Trade Committee: A. L. Patton, chairman, Winnie Bar ger, John Enke, George Janou sek, Joe McCarville, Bill McIn tosh. Frank McKenny, Joe Mc Leish, Don Meyer. Robert Ro berts,, Melvin Ruzicka and Joe Stutz. New Industries Committee: Ray Eby, chairman, Virgil Laursen, Gil Poese. Wayne Spelts, Francis Tighe and M. G. Trupp. Membership Committee: K. L. Chamber— (Continued on page 4.1 William Oik Killed In Auto Crash Saturday William 01k, about 60. of Petersburg died Sunday in Columbus of injuries suffered in an auto mishap Saturday night near Monroe. A car driven by Mr. Oik and one driven by Leonard Williams, 39, of Columbus collided head-on on highway 22. Mr. Oik is the father of Mrs. Joe Stutz of O’Neill. O'Neill Swimming Pool Damaged by Vandals The O’Neill swimming pool was damaged late Saturday night or early Sunday by vandals. Dam age was estimated at nearly $200. Shower curtains, mirrors and a clock were damaged and bottles, benches and other debris were thrown into the pool. The pool was closed Sunday but was open Monday. O'Neill Public School Schedule Set; Three Classes Have Two Sessions ~ **"■ — ■■ ■" " ■ " ■ ' —•* — « I I * -.!■!> ». I ■ I I- ... ■ .I II ■ TU. „ _t_L.i m . > Sixty-eighth Annual Holt County Fair Begins Monday at Chambers It's fair time again in Holt County. The sixty-eighth annual Holt County Fair and Rodeo will open Monday and continue through Thursday at Chambers. There'll be parades, a rodeo, quarter horse show, a rarni\ al and dancing, and of course an outstanding array of exhibits. Monday will be entry day, Tuesday, judging day and Wed nesday and Thursday will be entertainment days. Parades are scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday at 1 p.m. of all livestock entries, floats and other entries. An RCA approved rodeo, pro duced by Fred Wolf of Fairfax, S. D. will be held Wednesday anti Thursday evenings. A quarter horse show is slated for Thurs day. There’ll be a big dance both Wednesday and Thursday eve nings and a carnival will be on the grounds. Children Clinic Scheduled For O'Neill Area The next extension clinic to be • held for crippled children of this area will be at the O'Neill Public School on Saturday, Aug. 20. This clinic Is to serve the counties of Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Knox, Rock and Wheeler In ad dition to Holt county. Registra tion begins at 7:80 a.m. and all registrations are to be com pleted by 10:30 a.m. Examing specialists will be Dr. Dwight W Burney, Orthopedist of Omaha and Dr. G. E. Ro bertson, Pediatrician of Omaha. Children who are not now re ceiving services under the pro gram of Services for Crippled Children may be admitted to the clinic when referred by the fami ly physician. Children who are already receiving treatment under the program will be seen for check-up and after-care services. Cheryl Richter, 13, Dies After Fall From Horse Funeral services were held Monday morning at St. Mary's Catholic church at Spencer for Cheryl Marie Richter, 13. Rev. Robert Steinhausen officiated at the 9 o’clock requiem mass Bur ial was made in St. Mary's cem etery at Spencer under the dir ection of the Jones Funeral Home. Pallbearers were LeRoy Schei nost, Marvin and Max Lampman, Paul Ohohri, Gary Schmidt and Leo Roerler of Fairfax, S. D Cheryl Marie, daughter of Ed mund J. and Mildred M. Nemec Richter, was born February IS, 1947 at Lynch. She was a pupil in the rural school near her home. Her death came as the result of a horse back riding accident on August 3. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J- Richter, a brother, Frank and a sister, Gladys, at home. Accident Reported At Clearwater Friday CLEARWATER- A Iwo car ac cident was reported on the east edge of Clearwater Friday eve ning on highway 275 when an auto driven by A. W. Carroll of /"V 'KT^xIll «nm*v > it;j