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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1960)
Twelve Pages r“* **cati»sk llAI'H hi h> pnv. i_ tl- i.„,. Thursday 1 93 69 In This Issue Friday J _ , 94 66 Saturday 3 95 67 Sunday 4 95 60 Monday 5 96 64 TUeaday 6 94 66 The Voice of the Beef Empire" North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Wednesday . Volume 80—Number 20 O'Ne ill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, September 8, 1960 Seven Cents Propose N mr $465,000 Senior High Scho I uilding -- ... . Storage Tanks Burn at Stuart; Six Destroyed A spectacular 15-3) thousand dollar fuel oil fire erupted in Stuart Monday afternoon com pletely burning six Krotter fuel tanks and the bulk plant instal lation. ((ulrk work on th«* part of volunteer fire fighters saved the Stuart Cresmctjr and other buildings In the area In spite of the terrific hlaze. The smoke from the fire could tie seen in O’Neill and many be lieved that the fire was in Em met. Firemen from O'Neill, Bassett, Atkinson. Ainsworth and Newport as w’ell as the volunteer Stuart department Joined in fighting the fire Nearly a dozen fire lines were brought into play at the height of the flames Of the six fuel tanks burned, one was empty. All the tanks blew or split open and the tops of two tanks blew off, luckily landing in vacant spots. non Krotter, who was Ailing a truck In the bulk plant when the Are started, risked his life by driving the truck out of the bulk plant to the street. He wan singi-d considerably. Cause of the fire has not been definitely determined but it is believed that spontaneous com bustion due to an electric spark or a spark from the metal truck in which the fire started was the chief factor. Coal sheds near the scene caught fire and added to the blaze. They too were considerab ly damaged. The fire was the first major town fire in Holt county this year. Services Held Tuesday For Mrs. A. Secrist EWING—Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Ew ing Methodist church for Mrs. i Ada Secrist with the Rev. W. W. Elliott officiating. Burial was made at Bartlett. John A. Wood was organist. Mrs W. W. Elliott and Mrs. Har riet Welke were the singers. Pallbearers were Charles Good, Nevin Ickes, Ernest Pierson, Ben Larsen, Ernest Norwood and Wil liam Snider. ... Ada Elmira, daughter of John and Secmira Hyde Ledgett, was born February 9, 1875 at Glen wood, la., and died at Elgin September 3 at the age of 8o years. Death was due to compli- - cations of old age. She was married to John Sec rist. The couple had four children, three of whom survive her. They are Mrs. Mable Wilson of Yaki ma. Wash., Everett of Rush Center, Kan., and Glen of Gerber, Calif Other survivors are one sister. Mrs. Gertrude Merriman of Oma ha; seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, three sisters and three brothers. Orchard Man's Leg Amputated Silas E. Coy, 27. of Orchard is recovering in a Norfolk hospital after losing his right leg below the knee in a combine accident Sunday. Mr. Coy was injured when his foot became caught in the cylinder of the combine. He was taken to the hospital where the leg was amputated below the knee. Clothing, Luggage Lost Between Deloit and Max A red plaid car-sack, containing more than $200 worth of clothing was lost off a pickup truck load of household goods and personal belongings being transported by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beelaert from the Leo Lydon home near Deloit, to Max, Nebr., for Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Troshynski. The loss included a man's suit worn once, a top coat, ladies winter coats and the newly-weds best clothing. The car-sack was not missed until a stop was made at Kearney. No trace of it has yet been re ported. J. Steinhauser Rites Conducted At Stuart Church STUART Funeral services for John F Steinhauser, 65, were con ducted Saturday at 10 a m. at St. Boniface Catholic church with the pastor, Rev A. J. Paschang officiating. Burial was in St. Hontfase cemetery. A rosary was recited Friday evening. Pallbearers were Francis Stein hauser, Frank Kohle, Fredrick Friedel, Edward Jensen, Harold Dhde and James Steinhauser. The late Mr. Steinhauser was bom January 2, 1895 at Stuart, i son of John and Johanna Paulsh Steinhauser, German em gants. On October 27, 1920 he was united in marriage to Ida Friedel at Stuart. They became the par ents of two children. Mr. Steinhauser died Wednes day, August 31 in a Sioux City pospital where he had been hos pitalized for three weeks follow ng surgery. Survivors are: Wife, Ida; son Harvey of Stuart; daughter— VIrs. A. G. (Delores) Thoene of Hartington and seven grandchild *en. PTA Membership Drive To Open September 12 The first meeting of the Parent Teachers Association will be held Monday. This meeting will also bo the kickoff for the mem bership drive. FCC Schedules O'l To Explain TV Boc Congressman Don McGinley has announced that he has made ar rangements with the Federal Communications Commission for two informational meetings to be held in the Fourth Congressional District explaining the new rules legalizing TV booster stations. The meetings arc tentatively scheduled to be held at 9 a.m. at Alliance on September 42 and at 9 a.m. at O’Neill on Septem ber 14. This will be an oppor tunity for communities receiv ing television service via boos ter stations to learn of the new requirements in force as a re sult of a recent licensing law (Missed by Congress and Ihe new rules adopted by FCC for ad ministration of the law. Mr. Andrew Bahlay, FCC Engineer in charge of district 15, with regional headquarters in Denver, Colo., will give informa tion concerning the licensing pro Country Club Members Will Discuss Grass Greens Friday Night There will be a general meet ing of all O'Neill Country Club members Friday night at the clubhouse following the O'Neill Eagle-Valentine football game. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the possibilities of in stalling grass greens at the club All mem tiers are asked to at tend. Three Youths Apprehended In Stolen Car Three Huron, S. D., hoys were arrested Tuesday about 11 a.m, by Patrolman Robert Gude in a stolen 1959 Plymouth station wagon. The boys, Michael Sara han, 14, Donald C. Frank, 13, and Robert Ketelsen, 13, were lodged in the Holt county jail until Wed nesday morning when their par ents came for them and returned them to Huron to face charges in juvenile court. The car was allegedly stolen from Dan Carr of Huron about 10 30 p.m. Monday. They also stole gas from a farm garage. O'Neill Police Chief Chris Mc Ginn noticed the hoys and thought they looked suspicious. He said that none of them could see over the steering wheel to drive. He called the sheriff's office and the message was sent to Neligh. In the meantime Officer Gude had apprehended the boys. Verdigre School Shows Decrease VERDIGRE Enrollment in the Verdigre public school showed a decrease this year as registration was completed Wednesday. Figures show an enrollment of 201, down 18 from last year. This term 93 students are en rolled in high school as com pared with 100 last year. There are 26 freshmen, 18 sophomores, 21 juniors and 28 seniors. Grade school enrollment drop ped from 119 last year to 108 this year. Dr. Waters' Father Is Dead at Scotia Word has been received here that Fred Waters, Scotia drug store owner died Tuesday even ing. Mr. Waters was the father of Dr. Bab Waters of O’Neill. Other details of the death were rot im mediately available. Sleill Meeting ster Stations cedure required on the part of low-power VHF television booster stations. The new law and agency orders are the result of several years of confusion in the govermental supervision of booster stations. Many communities remote from major television stations had been threatened with loss of TV reception when, early in 1959, the FCC issued an order demanding the shutdown of VHF boosters and mandatory conversion to UHF facilities. The reason given for this order was that VHF signals were a dangerous interference to com mercial and military aircraft. Conversion to UHF transmitter systems would have been very costly for communities which had voluntarily raised funds for in stallation of booster facilities to make home TV reception pos sible. Explosion and fire wrecked these storage tanks at Stuart Monday when a blaze swept through the bulk station. ■■■■■IHHHKmf • ■' •', " JT ^ Five generations were on hand at the ann lal celebration of Grandma Hull's birthday. Shown here are Grandma Hull holding Sandra I>oe Cars m, du'.iglitcr of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Carson, Mrs. Rex Carson, Mrs. I<eon Mellor and Mrs. Harold Halstead. "Grandma" Hull Honored at 105 Grandma Sarah Hull has F«rf another birthday. And that’* news. There’s a new addition to the Hull clan that turns the an nual celebration of Grandma’s birthday into a five generation get-together. And that is news. The latest addition is Sandra Dee Carson, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Rex Carson of Redbird, shown here on Mrs. Hull’s lap. Other members of the five gen erations present at Tuesdays celebration are Mrs. Rex (Doris) Carson, Mrs. Leon Mellor and Mrs. Harold Halstead. Receive Order To Cut Sunday Mail Service A reduction in Sunday and holi day mail service in towns from O'Neill to Norfolk has been ordered by the Wichita office of the Post Office Department. All Sunday mail will be dis patched in the morning. The new schedule also affects most holi days. Sunday and holiday mail ad dressed to towns between here and Norfolk will be delivered the following day. Previously such mail would arrive the same day. Democrats To Meet Sept. 16 Holt county Democrats will hold an organizational meeting September 16 at the assembly room of the courthouse to elect officers and make plans for the coming election State Democratic chairman Russell Hansen of Wausa and Bob Conrad, assistant to the governor, will attend the meeting The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. according to L. D. Putnam. Highway Group Slates Session At Ainsworth The fifth in a series of infor mational meetings, to be con ducted by the Highway Advisory Commission, will be held Septem ber 12 at 9:30 a m. at the city hall at Ainsworth. This meeting will cover the fol lowing counties: Cherry, Keya Paha, Brown, Rock. Boyd, Holt, Blaine, Loup and Garfield. The meetings are designed to afford the public an opportunity to express themselves on high way problems and that the infor mation gained will be used as an additional tool to be used in the planning of the highway program for the next biennium. T-Shirt League Boys Presented Awards Boys of the Senators T-Shirt league met at the home Dwayne Philbrick Tuesday evening- Six teen members were presented awards in appreciation of their good sportsmanship. Birthday number 105 was cel ebrated in much the same way as Mrs. Hull’s other birthdays. Each year since 1929 a family gathering has been held on the Tuesday nearest Grandma's birthday at the home of her son, William, who lives 22 miles north east of O’Neill. Friends and rel atives, never less than 100, drop in to visit and eat during the day long festivities. Sarah Ellen Ross (Grandma) Hull was bom September 6, 1855 at Boone, la. She married Wil liam Hull sr., at Boone la., on Marvin Vavak Is Top Trapper In Knox County VERDIGRE Marvin Vavak of Verdigre tops all trappers of mammal pests in Knox county, Vavak is working under govern ment and county supervision to destroy pests. Vavak is the highest man in this work over 23 counties in Ne braska. He has destroyed a total of 630 animals in the first six month period of this year. Among his kill are 230 coyotes, 100 opossoms, 210 raccoon, eight fox, one porcupine, 42 badgers and 30 skunks. Mr. Vavak has been the mam mal pest exterminator for several years in Knox county. Livestock Loss Demonstration Wins First Place for Inman 4-H Members Gary and Kathy Fick, mem bers of the Victory Boys and Girls 4-H club of Inman, won first place at the State Fair with their Livestock Loss Prevention demonstration. They will represent Holt county and Nebraska at the National Livestock Conservation demon stration contest to be held in the last week of November in Chicago in connection with the inter national livestock show in Chicago. Gary missed a perfect score for the fourth straight year by one-half point, but still was high in the Weed and Grass identifica tion- contest held at the Nebraska State Fair. Other demonstrations and ex hibit winners from Holt county are: Luncheon Set—Red—Jo Ann Ries, Atkinson. White Bread—Red—Rita Ve quist, O’Neill; Faye Scheer, Ew ing; Kathy Fick, Inman; and Judy Beed, Chambers. Whole Wheat Bread—Blue— Faye Scheer, Ewing; Carolyn Fuhrer, O’Neill. Cloverleaf R o o 1 s—Blue—Pa mela Hammerlun, O’Neill; Ruth Ann Hansen. Inman. Red—Joan Drayton, O’Neill. . Plain Cake—Purple—Christine Her ley, O’Neill. Red—Linda Thompson, Page. Sponge Cake—Red—Sheryl Brady, O’Neill. Food Preservtion (3 jars vege tables)- Purple -Kathy Firk, In man; Blue Ruth Ann Hansen Inman. (3 jars fruit)—Purple Kathv Fick, Inman. Canned Emergency Meals Rec - Ruth Ann Hansen, Inman Kathy Fick, Inman. Woodworking boa r d- R o d Darrell Gillette, Chambers. Grass Root Display- Purple Gary Fick, Inman. Plant Press- Purple—Leslie Graham, Lynch. First Aid Kit—White—Terr} Brown, O’Neill. Forestry—Red—R i t a Vequist O’Neill. Junior Leader Posters—White Rita Veqquist, O’Neill; Pattj Bonenberger, O’Neill. Secretary Book—Red—Maureer Schaaf, Emmet. Range Management Books Purple Keith Krugman, O'Neill Blue- Richard Hill, O'Neill; Rec —Charles Hill, O’Neill. Demonstrations —Blue—Karei Farrier and Judy Beed both ol Chambers; Blue—Faye Scheer Ewing. Song Group Red -Celia 4-1 club of Atkinson. Tree and Shrub Identification Gary Fick of Inman tied for nintl place. Weed and Grass Identificatior Contest—Gold Medal—Gary Fid of Inman; Richard Hill, O’Neil fourth place; Keith Krugman, 0’ Neill ninth place. October 7, 1876. They homestead ed north of O’Neill when she was 23. The couple became the par ents of 12 children, eight of whom are still living. Mr. Hull died in 1929. Grandma Hull is spry and alert and thoroughly enjoys life. Ir fact, she’s looking forward tc celebration 106. Other pictures of Grandma’s annual party will be found or another page of this issue of the Frontier. College Credit Course To Begin At Butte History 10, American History since 1865, will be offered in Butte on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 9 o'clock in the high school The completion of this course will en title an individual to three hours credit. Teachers planning to *tlsc this course for certifications pur poses should secure the approval for enrollment in the course prior to the organizational date. In the event an individual does not secure the approval prior tc the organizational date, he should complete his enrollment. If tin course is not approved by this college, the total cost of tin course will be refunded to the individual. At least twenty per sons must show interest in the course before assurance can be given that class session will be continued. 4-H Leaders Meeting Scheduled September 14 Harold Melcher, president of the Holt county 4-H Leaders Council has called a meeting of the council for Wednesday, Sept 14 at 8 p.m. The meeting will l>e held at the courthouse annex in O'Neill. Melcher urges all leaders to at tend and take part in the discus sion of how to improve next years county fair. Registration At Chambers School Shows 156 Pupils CHAMBERS The Chambers school opened on Monday, Aug. 29 with an enrollment in the high school of 56 and in the grades of 100. The faculty consists of 11 teachers in town this year ami seven in the rural districts which have consolidated with the Cham bers District. The high school anti Junior high teachers include: Kenneth Weller, Supt.; Wayne Gesiriech, Coach, and Duane Carson. Myron Griffin of Ft. Cbllins, Colo.; Loo Chronopilus of Grand Island, Mrs. Mabel Newton of Spalding and Mrs. Stanley Lambert. The grade teachers are Mrs. Art Walter, kindergarten and first grade; Mrs. Kenneth Ad ams and Mrs. Emil Klnbenes, second, third and fourth grades and William Schipman, fifth and sixth. Some of the lower grades are being taught in the Legion Hall. Mrs. Harold Fullerton of Am elia and Mrs. Beverly Swett of Chambers are the teachers in Valley center school this year. Mrs. Joe Daas is teaching in the Gleed district wgst of town. Mrs. Darrell Wedgewood of Chambers at Lone Tree, Mrs. Ed Coday is teaching again in District 212. Days Receipts Up in Smoke At Page Cafe PAGE While most people shy away from "hot money,” the owners of the Page Cafe are wish ing right now that they had some of their "hot money” hack. Their money, some $190 in fact, was hot alright but not in the general sense of the term. It seems that after the close of business Monday, one of the help put the days receipts in a cigar bo*. Where would bo a safer place to hide the money but in the waste paper basket? And where would be the most logical place to start the early morning clean-up hut to burn the trash. You guessed it the money, all $190 of it went up in smoke. After poking around frantically in the fire in an effort to re cover the money, the ash may not be sufficient for identification to have new currency issued. I I VlilllUUtl > IUI « V posed $465,000 senior high tnuld ing for the O’Neill public school were presented to the O’Neill school txmrd Tuesday evening. The bond Issue for the pro poned building will ln> put to a vote at the general election November H. The proposed plans for the senior high include classrooms 35’ x 128’ for the grades 10, 11 and 12. There will lx* classrooms for mathematics, English, foreign language, social studies, library, commercial, science, music and a teachers* study. The back section of the build ing will l>e 94’ x 143* and will In clude a gymnasium, shop, stage and storage. The physical educa tion facilities provides for seat ing 1,300 persons with one section permanent and one section fold in'.;. Offices will be provided for the superintendent, principal a n d guidance director. The center section of the build ing will he 64’ x 128’. The $4(15,1X10 will include the following items: $12,000 for furniture, (10,(MX) for the loca tion, (25,000 for architect fees and $2,000 for the fiscal agent. The building will be a brick fire-resistant structure. Plans in Ihc future also include a junior high building. The board also announced that work on a fire alarm system for the old building will be begun this week. Record Crowd Attends Page Community Day A record breaking crowd at tended Page Community Day held Labor Day. The celebration began with the parade led by the Page band dir eted by Leonard Sawyer and fol lowed by a number of floats, walking costumes and mechanized units. First prize of ten dollars went to tiie East Side Kountry Klub for their float, a Circus Side Show with the announcer hawking the familiar bally-hoo announcing the Siamese twin dancers, the two headed womnn, hula dancer in grass skirt and etc. Second place with a $7.50 prize was given to the MYF for the church float “One Christ For All” witli a representative attendance of people of all nations in the same worship service. Third prize of $5 went to the Ideal I.ockcr Plant butcher grinding out hot dogs. The walking division earned the Ruther sisters, Patricia and Nadine $7.50 for their Indian family characterization: Joan Crnnk took the $5 prize with the hula girl dress-up and Ponelle Hartiean received the third prize of $2.50. In the mechanized unit the War ren Cronk girls were the first prize winners with their inter pretation of “The Old Woman Who Lived in The Shoe.” Second prize of $5 went to Carry Kornock with his covered wagon and third prize of $2.50 was given Nancy continued on page 8 Community Day It's not a tricycle or a unicycle, so it must be a bicycle. Willie Herman, the owner of this two-wheel method of trans|>ortation says he's not just sure what to call it either. He put it together in his spare time out of odds and ends and apparently it’s just the thing for a quick trip to the post office. The trips take longer though—it seems 1 everyone he meets wants to stop and visit so they can ge a good look at the newfangled contraption. I _ t