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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
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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.
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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
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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
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gas tank wagon driven by E. M.
Yaryan of Clearwater.
Yaryan was attempting a left
turn at the time of the mishap.
The car was badly damaged
and the driver received minor
injuries. Damage to the truck
was negligible.
State Patrolmen R. Hausman
and Eugene Hastreiter were the
investigating officers.
Stewart Returns From
Book Research Trip
Carroll ‘‘Cal” Stewart, former
Frontier editor-publisher, has re
turned from a two month tour of
European countries gathering
facts for a book he is co-author
ing on the Ploeste oil field raid
of World War II
The book being researched is
called “Black Sunday," and ac
cording to Stewart will be going
forward at a rapid pace now that
final details are ready to be
edited.
Enlist in Navy
Two graduates of St. Mary’s
Academy, class of 1960, enlisted
in the U. S. Navy, Aug 3 under
the "buddy” group plan. They
were Ronald Eugene Richards, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rich
ards of Emmett and Richard John
Cleary, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
P. Cleary of O’Neill.
Richards picked the field of
Electronics while Cleary chose
the Seaman field.
Church Group
Opens Meeting
Near Atkinson
Special conference services
began Wednesday evening at the
Wesleyan Camp Grounds located
east of Atkinson on highway 20
and will Ik* concluded Thursday
evening. Csmp meeting services
open Friday evening at 7:45 and
end Sunday evening, Aug 21.
Rev. John L. Landrey of Sacra
mento, Calif., will he guest
speaker and the inspirational
singing and special music will la*
led by Jerry Terrill of Lincoln.
Esther Grosenbach of Rapid
City, S D., will be in charge of
the children’s services for the
conference and camp.
Rev. Landrey is a former mis
sionary with 14 years of service
in India.
Sunday school will be held at
the O’Neill Wesleyan church
August 14 and 21 at 9:30 a m. in
stead of 10 the usual hour. All
other worship services will be dis
continued during the conference
and camp services.
Sixty Five
Compete In
4-H Contest
Sixty-five 4-H members and
leaders from 12 clubs took part
in the 4-H livestock judging work
shop held Saturday at O'Neill,
Three classes of dairy animals,
three classes of beef animals, a
class of faf*lambs and a class of
market hogs were judged by the
group.
Joe I-Mcbcke, 4 H leader from
Page, was the official judge of
the dairy class*'* and A. J.
Snyder, Holt County Farm and
Home Development agent put
the official placings on the
livestock classes.
The first ten places in the dairy
judging were Alvin Crumley,
Mary Lou Luebcke, Becky Bee
laert, John Crumly all of Page,
John Wabs of O’Neill and Mar
vin Dawes of O’Neill tied for
fifth and sixth, Seal Luebcke, and
Jim Melcher of Page, Dennis
Funk of Clearwater and Billy
Halstead of Lynch
In the livestock judging the
top ten judges wore Larry Dob
rovolny of O’Neill, Bonnie Melke
of Ewing, Seal Luebcke of Page,
Jim Melcher and Lynn Grass,
both of Page, tied for fourth and
fifth, Keith Krugman and Eldon
Krugman of O'Neill, Dennis Funk
of Clearwater, John Crumley of
Page and Joy Dvorak of Atkin
son.
The county dairy and livestock
judging contests will be held
Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 4 p.m. as
part of the Holt County Fair.
*avmuuu ivn uir nuum^
term for the O’Neill Public School
has boon announced by Sunt.
Milton Hunch. According to Mr.
Haach kindergarten, fourth grade
and seventh grade will be divid
ed into two sections. One section
in each grade will attend morn
ing sessions and the other after
noon classes. This is the first
year that such a division of
classes has been necessary.
In a letter to the editor on
another |mgo of this section
Mr. ttaach sets forth sonic of
the problems which presently
confront the O'Neill I’uhltc
School system.
Teachers will have a pre
school in service training pro
gram meeting Tuesday. Aug :I0,
at 9:30 a.m. in the home economic
room. This meeting will include
materials such as a general ori
entation, specific assignments and
general policies governing the
coming school term.
All students will register on
August SI, DMHI. This registra
tion will he for all grades In
eluding kindergarten. After
students have been registered
they will he excused. All fresh
men students will return at t
p.m. In the afternoon and take
special tests for grade and
section placement. Thursday
all high school classes will he
shortened, however the entire
schedule will be covered,
tirade school students will lie
dismissed at 2:30. Friday will
he a full aohedule for all stu
dents. There will be no school
labor Day, September 5.
Two grades, fourth and
seventh, will receive their section
assignments Thursday. The
general policy on section assign
ments fur the fourth grade stu
dents will he according to ability.
In so far ns possible, the wishes
of the parents will he considered.
The teachers and administration
will divide the youngsters accord
ing to achievement tost scores
obtained at the end of school last
year Students that have not had
the tests will take the test before
definite assignment will be made.
The section assignments for
the seventh grnde will be deter
mined around band students.
Students in band will have to
take band and physical educa
tion in the morning and will be
in the afternoon formal instruc
tion section.
School hours for the fourth
and seventh grades will vary
from the other students. The
fourth grade morning schedule
will commence at 7:45 a.m. and
ship at 12 noon. The afternoon
schedule will begin at 12:45 and
stop at 5:00 p.m. The seventh
grade morning schedule will
commence at 7:30 a.m. and
ship at 11:45 and the afternoon
group will start at 12:30 and
ship at 5 p.m. The approval and
accreditation munual for Ne
braska schools specifies the
length of a minimum school
day in grades 7-12 shall be A
hours exclusive of the noon
hour. In grades 4-0 the mini
mum time is 5 hours for the
hiisle program.
The kindergarten program will
include two sections, one morn
ing and one afternoon. There will
be two qualified teachers in each
section.
Ken Werner, Chambers, became the third golfer this year to hit
a hole in one on the par 3, 115 yard fourth hole at the O’Neill Country
Club. Playing with Ken Saturday were Earl (Short) Hunt, Gene
Raker and Stan Elkins.
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