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Volume 80—Number 21 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, September 15, 1960 Seven Cents
O'Neill Country Club Members
Announce Plans for New Greens
The O’Neill Country Club will
have grass green* next season
This announcement was made
following a general meeting held
Friday evening at the club.
OmntrurtJon work on the nine
gnsan greens Is slate*) to begin
next week. The work will be
done by Leo Johnson of Sioux
(tty. Drilling will also be
started on a new well to water
the greens. Water will be piped
directly to each of the greens.
Two holes on the course will he
changed. Holes two and four will
be lengthened
The course will be ready for
play hy next June according to
Mr. Johnson who has had con
siderable experience in this type
of work.
Phelps County
Cattle Feeders
To Make Tour
A group of 30 to 40 Phelps
county cattle feeders will tour
Holt county September 20 and 21.
The feeders, accompanied by
Phelps county agent. Cal Ward,
will stop at the following ranches:
Harold Melcher E L Miner, Al
fred Drayton, Robbert Clifford,
Charles Peterson and Elmer Vo
gel.
At the various ranches, the
group will observe different
breeds and managment systems
for range cattle. The feeders will
see both grade and purebred cat
tle as they are handled on the
ranch.
The O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce is planning a steak fry for
the group at the Country Club
Tuesday evening and the Atkin
son Snle Ttam will treat the tour
to lunch Wednesday.
1,270 Attend
Ewing Festival
EWING More than 800 pounds
of turkey were served with all
the trimmings to the 1,270 persons
in attendance at the annual tur
key dinner and fall festival
sponsored by the Christian
Mothers of St. Peter's church,
held Sunday evening at St. Do
minic's hall.
Mrs. Gail Boies was kitchen
chairman and Mrs. Jerry Tom
jack dining room chairman.
Leonard Knapp was in charge of
the tickets. The outdoor conces
sions were in charge of the men
of the parish.
People attended from Atkinson,
Emmet, O’Neill, Page Orchard,
Neligh, Clearwater, Elgin, Nor
folk, Inman and Ewing.
Fifty Attend
Discussion On
TV Boosters
Nearly 50 interested persons
gathered in the courtroom of the
Holt county courthouse Wednes
day morning to hear Andrew
Bahlay, an engineer represent
ing the Federal Communications
Commission, explain the new
rules legalizing TV booster sta
tions.
The meeting was arranged by
Congressman Don McGinley, who
also appeared at the meeting.
According to laws explained at
the meeting O'Neill must begin
the first of a number of steps
necessary for the granting of a
license before October 31, and all
requirements must be met by
Ocol er 31, 1961.
Representatives from a number
of towns, included Chambers, Ne
ligh, Center, Spencer, Creighton
and others were present for the
meeting.
Employment Officers
Slate O'Neill Visits
L. Kafka, Itinerant interviewer
for the Division of Employment
Security office at Norfolk for
Holt county will be at the Court
house at O'Neill from 10:30 a m.
until 12 noon on alternate Tues
days. October 4 and 18. Novem
ber 1, 15 and 29 and December
13 and 27.
J. O. Walker
Died; Funeral
Services Pending
J. O. Walker, 68, prominent O’
Neill business man died early
Wednesday morning at the Lu
theran hospital in Norfolk fol
lowing an illness of five days dur
ation.
Mr. Walker was supervisor of
the Farmer’s Home Administra
tion service in Holt and Boyd
counties. He came to Holt county
April 6, 1932.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Gay of Lincoln and
Mrs. Mary Ellen Anderson of
Sturgis, S. D. and two brother?,
Harold Walker, also of Sturgis
and Ralph of O’Neill.
Funeral arrangements are pend
ing the arrival of relatives.
Democrats to Meet
Friday at O'Neill
Holt County Democrats will
hold an organizational meeting
Friday at the assembly room of
the courthouse to elect officers
and make plans for the coming
•'lection.
TW meeting will begin at
8 p.m. according to L. I). Put
nam.
Mrs. A. Streit
Funeral Rites
Held at Lynch
Funeral services for Mrs. An
ton Streit, 73, who died Septem
ber 2 at Lynch were held Tues
day, Sept. b at 9 a m. at the As
sumption BVM church in Lynch.
Rev. Karl Kucera of O’Neill was
in charge of the service in the
absence of Rev. Charles Kamber.
A rosary was recited at the
Jones Funeral Home at Lynch
Monday at 8 p.m. Burial was in
the Catholic cemetery at Lynch.
Pallbearers were Lewie Chris
tensen, Cap Haselhorst, Albert
Kalkowski, Tommy Courtney,
Francis Stenger and Ray Alford.
Hannah, daughter of Charles
and Bridget Underwood, was
born in Platte county December
28, 1886.
She was married to Ellard
Bryant in 1905. The couple was
the parents of one daughter,
Edna. Mr. Bryant died in 1907.
She was united in marriage to
Anton Stl*eit in March, 1911. They
lived on a farm in Madison
county and moved to a farm north
of Lynch in 1919. Mr. Streit died
in January, 1929. She continued
to operate the farm with the help
of their three sons until 1943 when
she retired to Lynch She spent
three years in Portland, Ore.,
then returned to Lynch which has
since been her home.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. Charles (Edna) Courtney
and three sons, Edward Streit of
Lynch, Leonard Streit of Wichita,
Kan., and Albert Streit of Port
land, Ore.; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Chandler of Portland, Ore., and
a brother, Charles Underwood of
Salem, Ore.; ten grandchildren
and nine great grandchildren.
Reg Plnkennan, I>s>n McOty, Andrew Bah lay of the FIX', Congressman Don McGinley and Joe
Omtols of the O’Neill TV booster committee are shown here discussing some of the changes which must
be made so that the existing boosters stations can be licensed.
Barnetts Celebrate with Fishing Trip
What is the best way to cele
brate a very special occasion?
The Stacey Barnetts of Amelia
asked themselves this question re
cently when their fifty-fifth wed
ding anniversary was imminent.
They answered it promptly. “Go
fishing.”
Fishing has been a lifetime tra
dition with Mr. and Mrs. Stacey
Barnett. During a long busy life
of farming and ranching they
have always taken time to go fish
ing and hunting with their child
ren, and grandchildren and are
looking forward to carrying on
the same pursit with their two
small great grandsons at some
future date.
“When we decided what we
were going to do we contacted
the kids,” said Mr. Barnett. “To
decide on the time and place.”
The kids are the Glenn White
family of Amelia-Mrs. White is
their daughter-and their son Lau
rence Barnett and family of Gree
ley Colorado. The big day actual
ly falls on September 20 but due
to working conditions they pushed
the date ahead to the Labor Day
weekend. The place selected was
Willow Lake s<mth of Ainsworth
where a cabin was reserved for
•the occasion.
Get.ing bait was no problem for
Stacey. He has a Worm Getter
Upper designed by his son who
is an electrician. It is a device
when inserted in the ground and
connected to a light, cord makes
worms pop out of the ground like
peas frcm a pod. They did not
however take alcng the boat which
the Barnetts built a fetr years ago
shortly after retiring from the
ranch to their Amelia home.
The Barnets come by their
fondness for fishing honestly.
Both are from pioneer stock. May
be pretty, dark haired Myrtle
Adams wasn’t consciously angl
ing on that summer day back in
1905 but she caught the eye of
young Stacey Barnett just the
same.
“We were helping fix dinner
for the congregation at a camp
meeting at Bethany, <It has since
become a part of Lincoln) and
we got acquainted laughing over
the skinny old hens that were
supposed to cctne to the table as
delicious pot pies,” says Mrs.
Barnett.
Maybe it wasn’t love at first
sight but it was mighty near;
September 20 found them saying
“I do,” and settling into a home
of their own at Bethany. Their
two daughters were born there.
Inez (Mrs. G.'enn White) and lit
tle Lucille who remained only
three years in the family circle.
In 1913 they moved to Brunswick.
Tlieir sen Laurence was bom
there. It was 1930 when the fam
ily came to Holt County where
they have resided since.
Due to family illness they were
unable to celebrate their fiftieth
wedding anniversary but the fifty
fifth was satisfying in every res
pect.
Those present to take part in
sport and good fellowship were
the honored couple Mr. and Mrs.
Stacey Barnett of Amelia, Mr. and
Mrs. Laurence Barnett of Gree
ley Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ad
ams of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn White and Vennita of Amel
ia, Myrtle White of Omaha, Bob
Bailey of Mason City, la., David
Adamson, whose parents are mis
sionaries in the Belgian Congo,
Harry White and Sam Gilman of
Amelia. Unable to be present were
granddaughters Connie Barnett of
Greeley, Colo., Mrs. Ron Herbel
and son Rickey of Harlingen, Tex.,
Mrs. Kay Jcy and son Donald of
Seattle Wash.
The family voted to make it a
yearly institution.
Range Judging
Contest Slated
Here Saturday
The range judging contest for
the North-Central Nebraska area
will be held in O’Neill on Satur
day, Sept. 17. The days activities
will start at 10 a.m. in the Court
house annex assembly room. At
this time Don Rurzlaff, Exten
sion Range Specialists will con
duct a range judging workshop
and explain the contest score
card.
At I p.ni. the meeting will
move out to range sites for the
actual contest. There will be
two range sites and a plant
identification site in the contest.
Willy Joe Holmes and Weston
I). Whitwer, Soil Conserva
tionh ts and Don Rurzlaff will
select the range sites and plants
for the contest.
There will be a 4-11, FFA and
adult division in the contest. All
ranchers who would like to know
more about their grasses and how
to get the most from them should
attend and take part.
The contest, which will include
contestants from ten counties is
sponsored by the Extension Ser
vice, the Soil Conservation Ser
vice and the Holt Soil and Water
Conservation District.
Senator Frank Nelson of O’Neill was on hand at the swearing in
ceremonies at Lincoln when Lieutenant Governor Dwight Burney as
sumed Ids new office as governor Monday morning. Shown here are
Governor Burney and Mrs. Burney and Senator Nelson as they visited
briefly following the ceremony.
ASC Community Committee Men
Named; To Take Office October 1
Names of the new ASC com
munity committee officers have
been announced this week by the
local ASC office.
The elected chairman of each
precinct is also the delegate to
the county convention which will
he held Thursday, Sept. 22 for
the purpose of selecting the Holt
ASC county committee for the
coming year.
All elected committees, both
community and county, will take
office on October 1.
The first name in the list for
each community is the chairman,
the second is the vice chairman;
third, member; fourth, first al
ternate, and fifth, second alter
nate.
The officers are:
Atkinson— Elmer Goldfuss, Otto
Gloor, Charles Ohde, Ed Rent
schler, W P. Elley.
Belle and Rock Falls—Elwin
Gnitsch, Donald Sterns, Fred
Ernst, Albert Widtfeldt, Orville
Thorson.
Conley—Bruce Grimes, Alvin
Johnson, Dean Green, John Rit
terbusch, Vern Wilkinson.
Deloit— H a r o 1 d Van Vleck.
Ralph Tomjack, Frank Mlnarik,
Herbert Kurpgeweit, Cletus Muff.
Ewing and Golden—W i I m e r
Mosel, Wesley Larson, John W.
Miller, A. M. Beelaert, Pway
Sedivy
Fairview and Wyoming—Bern
ard Blackmore, William Sam
mons, Glen Ballagh, Marvin
Doolittle, Harold Gilman.
Gratton- Paul Krugman, Earl
Eppenbach, Edward Hanley,
Orville Morrow, Don Adamson.
Holt Creek, Green Valley and
Francis—Gene Livingston, Law
rence Pacha, Robert Lemmer,
Eugene Engler, E. E. Gotschall.
Inman—Lyle Abney, Vernon
Davis, Clarence Hansen, Clifford
Sobotka, Clifford Dick.
Iowa and Antelope—Ben Asher,
Glenn Stewart, Lester Waterman,
A. T. Crumly, William Buxton.
Coleman and Saratoga—Hans
Lauridson, Arthur O'Neill, George
Syfie, Francis Wahs, Werner
Poessnecker.
Emmet and Pleasant View—
George Skopec, Albert Wasson,
Donald Rzeszotarski, Joe Wag
man, A1 Havranek.
McClure and Lake -Albert Har
kins, Seth Hertel, Wilbur Urban,
Irwin Larue.
Swan and Josie—Joe Parrott,
Dick Keenan, Ira Lierman, Dale
Mitchell. Roland Swanson.
Sand Creek—Rollo Berry, Clar
ence Focken. Robert Deming.
Sheridan—Owen Galligan, Nick
Bonnenberger, Clarence Gilg, Leo
Monahan, John Flannery.
Shields—John Conway, Joe Go
kie, jr., Louis Bartos, Clifford
Burival, Melvin Johring.
Steel Creek^-C laude Cole,
Claude Pickering, Joe F. Cihlar,
Clarence Farrand, Otto Drobny.
Stuart—Arthur Givens, Arthur
Ziska, Joe Kaup, jr., Robert
Leisge, Joe Krobot.
Verdigris—Forrest Henderson,
Harold Asher, Robert Wood,
Lorenz Riegge, Robert Nissen.
Willowdale—Arthur (Bill) Hib
bs. Harold Miller, Ben Miller. Ro
bert Young, Forrest Farrand.
Cleveland and Dustin—James
Allyn, Herb Newman, Fred
Fundus, Harry Mitchell, R. J.
Shearer.
Chambers and Shamrock
Henry Weber, Ervin Hilligas,
Lyle David, Guy Blake.
Paddock—George Mellor, Allen
Walters, Walter Devall, Howard
Rouse, Fred Lindberg.
Scott—Howard Wells, Howard
Slack, Harold Halstead, Frank
McDonald, Charles Schollmeyer.
PTA Voices Confidence in
Proposed New Bond Issue
Wayne Man To Be
New Publisher
Of The Frontier
Bill Richardson, 43. Wayne, has
been named publisher and co
owner of the Frontier and will
assume his duties October 1. He
is married and has two children.
Bill 10, a fifth grader, and Lee
Ann, four,
Richardson hits been business
manager of the Wayne Herald
the past seven years. While un
der his direction the newspaper
lias earned 11 awards In news
paper competition for general
excellence, community service
and service to agriculture.
Richardson succeeds James
Champion as publisher Champion
has accepted a post as news ed
itor of the Iowa Falls, Iowa news
papers. He has been co-publisher
of the Frontier since February,
1959.
Like ail new folks moving to
ever-growing O’Neill, Richardson's
primary problem is housing Any
one who could help find suit
able housing for the new Fron
tier owner shdald call 738.
Retail Trade
Committee
Sets Events
The retail trade committee of
the O'Neill Chamber of Com
merce met recently and set the
trade events for the coming year.
The first of the ‘‘special days”
is to be Dollar Days next week
end, September 22, 23 and 24.
Other days include Pre-Holiday
Clearance Sale on November 17,
18 and 19; Christmas Window
Unveiling November 25; Christ
mas Turkey day December 3;
Santa Claus Day December 10
and Christmas Kiddie show, De
cember 17.
Spring events for 1961 are
scheduled to include a Dollar
Days on (he weekend of Febru
ary 17 and Krazy Days with side
walk sales on April 14.
The committee also recom
mended that stores remain open
November 11, Veteran’s Day. and
that stores stay open each Thurs
day evening during December
closing at 5 p.m. on Christmas
Eve. Closing hours were also set
for Good Friday. March 31.
Interior Dept.
Allots Funds
For Irrigation
The Interior Department said
it will use $1.7 million dollars
of newly appropriateed funds to
resume work on the Ainsworth
Irrigation project in Nebraska.
The project had been brought up
to the construction stage with a
$1.1 million dollars appropriation
in 1958. But in the face of contro
versy over the project in Ne
braska, Congress withheld funds
last year.
The 26 million dollar project
will provide irrigation for 33,900
acres in Brown and Rock coun
ties.
The new funds will permit start
of construction of Merrit Dam on
the Snake River and a 26 mile ac
cess road from Valentine.
Lightning Blamed For
Hay Blaze at Verdigre
A bolt of lightning struck a
500 bale hay stack at the Otto
Cihlar farm four miles southwest
of Verdigre at 4:20 p.m. last
Wednesday. The hay was a com
plete loss in spite of the Verdigre
volunteer firemen. Rainfall dur
ing the storm was 1.80 inches.
Services Held
At Verdigre For
Miss Houzvicka
VERDIGRE Funeral services
were held Wednesday, Sept. 7,
at the Sandoz Chapel at Verdigre
for Miss Antonette Houzvicka, 65
of Verdigre. Rev. lister Spragg.
pastor of the Methodist church,
officiated. Hurial was in the
ZCBJ cemetery.
Palltoarers were Leo Mlady,
Thomas Vech, Delbert Mlady.
Otto Dvorak, Vernon Sander and
Arthur Wantlin.
Mrs. Eldiva Pavlik and Mrs
Joe Jacot jr., sang accompanied
by Mrs. Emil E. Sandoz.
Antonette was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Anton
Houzvicka, Knox county pioneers.
Survivors include one sister,
Mrs. Thomas Dvorak of Creigh
ton; four brothers, Jerry and
Louis Houzvicka, both of Omaha,
Dr. Otto Houzvicka of San Diego.
Calif., and Victor Houzvicka of
Verdigre.
Miss Houzvicka was a native of
Verdigre, having been torn on
,.1.1 T .; „1.f/Mir
miles northwest of Verdigre. She
was a registered nurse and had
been employed in both Norfolk
and Chicago, 111., hospitals. She
had been in failing health the
past two months.
Atkinson Man
Fined $300 For
Illegal Shipment
Charley W. Peterson, an At
kinson rancher was fined $300 in
U. S. District Court in Lincoln on
three counts of illegally shipping
cattle.
The charges involved inter-state
movement of cattle without pro
per certification by a state or
federal inspection or an accredit
ed veterinarian.
Peterson pleaded guilty before
Judge Robert Van Pelt to the
five counts charged, but sentence
was suspended on two of them.
Charges involved shipment of
90 head from I,a Plant, S. D., to
Peterson’s ranch between Septem
ber, 1959, and January of this
year.
Clifton Awarded
NDEA Scholarship
ORCHARD Rodney J. Clifton,
23 has received a National De
fense Education Act scholarship
and will leave shortly for Carnegie
Institute of Technology to study
toward a Doctor’s Degree in
Civil Engineering.
Mr. Clifton is married and
the father of a four-month-old
son. He is presently residing in
Omaha where he is employed.
He was graduated from the
University of Nebraska In 1959.
The award covers all living and
educational expenses and is
valued at ten thousand dollars.
Rodney is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Clifton jr., of Orchard
The first mm'ling of tin* O'Neill
Parent Teachers Association was
held Monday evening at the O'
Neill high gymnasium
A crowd was present to
hear superintendent M 111 o n
llnaek's talk on the present
school situation The l*TA mem
hers gave the board of educa
tion a vote of confidence on the
proposal school hond election
to he held November X.
O'Neill will Is’ ls<st to tin’ dis
trict 1*TA meeting October 11.
Mrs W. R Gillespie will lx> th#
chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements.
Harry Spall presided at the
business meeting. Mr. Knack in
troduced the teachers and the
room mothers for the grades.
The room mothers are Mrs.
Archie Bright, Mrs. Ben Grady
and Mrs Carrol McKay, morning
kindergarten; Mrs Eugene Has
troiter, Mrs Marie Baker anil
Mrs. Harlan Peterson, afternoon
kindergarten (Mrs. Harry Peter
son and Mrs. G. I-angemeier).
Mrs. Norman ilesson ami Mrs.
Tom Anderson, fiist grade (Mrs.
A1 Fritton); Mrs Robert Hornby,
ami Mrs. Dallas Behrens, second
grade (Mrs. John Kersenhmck);
Mrs Don Weaker and Mis. Frit*
Matthews, first and second grade
combination (Mrs. Willis San
ders); Mrs. Orville Niekson and
Mrs Harry Spall, third grade
(Mis. Wayne Smith); Mrs. Stan
Longenecker and Mrs. Kenneth
Petersen, third grade ( Mrs. Ro
bert Carroll); Mis. Bob Tibbetts
and Mrs Virgil Tomlinson, fourth
grade (Mrs Dean Jeffrey); Mrs.
Lloyd Liedtke and Mrs. Robert
Forwood, fourth grade (Mrs.
Vernon Harley.
Mis. Re* Wilson and Mm.
Ilarry (illdorslerve, fifth grade
(Mrs. Fred Ernst); Mrs. Ralph
«n.l mjf VVrvit MnKitlllV
fifth grade (Mrs. Wayne
Spelts); Mrs. Gordon Johnson
and Mrs. Vernon Lorens, sixth
grade (Mrs. Leon a Shoe
maker) ; Mrs. I>on Olmstead and
Mrs, Norma Steele, sixth
grade (Miss Cleta Murray).
Mrs. Verlin Peterson nnd Mrs.
Joe Sivesind, sventh grade morn
ing group; Mrs. Joe McLeish and
Mrs William McIntosh, seventh
grade afternoon group; Mrs.
Newton Muliendore, Mrs. John
Enke. Mrs. Gifford Rustemeyer
and Mrs. Lee Brady eighth grade.
Mr. Spall announced commit
tie appointments.
They are: Mrs. Dwayne Phll
hriek, congress publications;
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ixmge
neeker, hospitality; Mr. and
Mrs. Alan Van Vleek, Mr. and
Mrs. Verlin Peterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Hurley, Mr. and Mrs.
Itroek Reynold son, iiu ■ hership;
Mrs. Vernon I>orcnz, National
and Nebraska PTA magazine.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Neil Dawes,
Mr. and Mrs. John Enke, Mrs.
Nona Beckwith, program; Mr.
nnd Mrs. Gilbert Poese, publicity;
Mrs. Richard Hovey and Mrs.
Harry Spall, room mothers; Wil
liam McIntosh, I/'igh Reynold
son, Mrs. Roy Shelhamer, James
Luft and Mrs. Dean Jeffrey,
budget and finance; Newton Mul
iendore, parliamentarian; Mrs.
Elroy Lieb, historian.
The refreshments were served
by mothers of high school stu
dents.
Rooney to Attend
Hastings Meeting
James W. Rooney, Production
Credit Association manager at
O’Neill, will join a group of 70
directors and managers in Hast
ing for a two days session
September 19 and 20.
Mr. Rooney will take part in a
panel discussion on credit with
liwayne Dietz of Lincoln, Eugene
Munson of Norfolk nnd Ward
Snow of Hastings.
A 5,000 kilowatt transformer exploded at the Consumer’s sub-station about 11 p.m. Sunday. This
portable 22,000 kilowatt transformer arrived in O’Neill at 8 a.m. and was in operation by 3 p.m.
The power failure lasted about a half hour. The transformer Is connected to a line from Fort Rand
all Dam. The cause of the explosion has not been discovered.
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