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Volume 80—Number 23 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, September 29, 1960 Seven Cents
O'Neill Lions Club To Support
Drive for Funds for R. Strube
The O’Neill Lion’s Club went on
record Wednesday as supporting
a drive for rehabilitation funds
for Richard Strube, 39, of O'
Neill. The Lion's club has an in
terest in the field of sight con
servation.
Richard Strut*- who has suf
fered from a diabetic condition
for tbe last 19 years has lost the
eyesight in both of his eyes. A
drive for Richard has begun in
O'Neill to raise funds to assist
in his rehabilitation. Funds in
any amount may be left at the
Frontier, radio station KHItX,
the First National Hank or the
O’Neill National Hank.
Mr. Strube has been a resident
of O'Neill most of his life. He and
his wife, Ellen, are the parents of
four children, Larry, 12, Steven
9, Bobby, 6 and Billy, 16 months
As a result of this diabetic con
dition he lost the sight of one
eye in May 1959. The sight in the
other was also impaired. He
made a trip to the Joslyn Clinic
in Boston, Mass. He was advised
to lighten his work load. He ther
went to work in a supervisory
cupacity with the Spelts Lainber
Co. On Labor Day, Septemb. r 5
1960, he lost the sight of the other
eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Strube were mar
ried in 1946 on the west coast.
They came back to O’Neill in 1950
and Richard continued his work
us a carpenter. The first building
he completed upon his return was
the Gillespie apartments. Richard
worked with Frances Gilg and
then he formed a partnership
with Louis Zastrow which contin
ued for several years.
Services Held
Wednesday For
L. Cunningham
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Biglin
Chapel for LeRoy Cunningham,
61. Rev. Glenn Kennicott, pastor
of the Methodist church was in
charge of the service. Burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers were William Bux
ton, Herman Dimmitt, Clarence
Finch sr., Orville Kemper, Soren
Sorensen sr., and Kenneth War
Iing.
David LeRoy,
son of Robert L.
and Ida Boyer
Cunningham, was
born November
7, 1898 at Kings
ley, la., and died
at O'Neill Sep
tember 25 following a long linger
ing illness from a heart ailment
He was united in marriage with
Miss Laura Stevens August 14,
1922 at LeMars, la. They were
the parents of five children.
Mr. Cunningham came to Holt
county with his parents as a boy
in 1911 and lived on a farm most
of his life until his health failed.
The family moved to Page and
in 1958 to O'Neill.
Survivors include: Wife; two
daughters- Mrs. William (Flor
ence! Mosley of Rockford. 111.,
and Mrs. Max (Lora Lee) Bergs
trom of New Castle, Wyo.; three
sons Robert S. of Neligh, Rich
ard L. of Neligh and Dennis L.
of O'Neill and nine grandchild
ren. Two sisters Mrs Mary
Stevens of Belvidere. 111., and
Mrs. Herbert J. (Ida! Stevens of
Page and a brother Don of
Page also survivie.
He was preceded in death by
sisters, Mrs. Edgar (Ethel)
Stevens and Mrs. Belle Montange
and brothers, Ray, Lou and Ben.
Band Boosters to Meet
The general meeting of the O'
Neill Band Boosters will be held
at the O’Neill public school band
room at 8 p.m. on October 6.
Two Minor Mishaps
Reported to Police
Accidents were reported to O'
Neill police this past week in
volving autos driven by Erma
McDonald of Elgin and Selena
Kazda of Winner, S. D. About
$25 damage was done to the Kaz
da vehicle.
A car driven by Catherine
Matthews collided with one driv
en by Harden Anspach at the in
tersection of Douglas and Mad
ison street Saturday. Some dam
age was done to both cars. Chris
McGinn was the investigating of
ficer.
Services Held
Monday at Page
For E. O. Leist
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 1:30 p.m. at the Page Wes
leyan church for Earl O. Leist, 65
Rev. Mina Smith, pastor, was in
charge of the service. Burial was
in the Butte cemetery under the
direction of Biglins.
Sharon Elsbury and Donna
Smith sang favorite hymns. Ale
tha Rutherford was accompanist
Pallbearers were members of
American legion Post No. 315.
They were Lloyd Cork, Ronald
Grass. Calvin Harvey, Edd Stew
art, William Sorensen and Arnold
Tikalsky.
Earl Otto, son of William Lee
nml Anna a«r Haennx T ni (if «i?n n
bom at Humphrey, September 16.
1895 and died September 22 at
his home in Page from a heart
attack.
He was married to Helen Eva
Hose Comstock at Butte in 1926
The couple became the parents of
four children.
Mr. Leist was a farmer. He
came to Holt county from Butte
in 1945 to make his home with
his children where he lived until
he retired to Page. His wife died
in 1940.
Mr. I^eist was a veteran of
World War I with service over
seas, a member of the Odd Fel
low lodge and the American Le
gion. Last rites were held at the
graveside and the presentation of
the flag was made by Lloyd Cork
to Irene Leist Anson.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Albert (Irene! Anson and
two sons, John W. of Los Angeles,
Calif., and Leroy D. of Omaha
and a step-son, Allen Leist of
Cincinnatti, Ohio and seven
grandchildren.
Butterfield New
Chairman of
ASC Committee
Twenty-three of the eligible 25
voting precincts were represent
ed at the ASC County committee
members held Thursday at O'
Neill.
Elected to office were Floyd
Butterfield, of Atkinson, chair
man; Homer Ernst of Emmet,
vice-chairman; (Jeorge Skopec
of Emmet, member; Ben Asher
of Page, first alternate and
Harry E. Kessell of O’Neill,
second alternate.
The duties of the elected county
committee are: to set general
policies covering programs and
administration; make decisions
reserved to the committee be
cause of their importance or
nature; review work plans and
progress of work, and consider
major program and administra
tive problems and make sure the
manager is administrating the
work efficiently.
Club Woman, Rancher
Still Rides The Range
When you meet Lizzie (Mrs.
S. E.) Dexter who ranches in
southern Holt County, south of
Amelia you meet not one but sev
eral interesting people.
A club woman who is widely
known. A flower culturist who
raises “flowe"s with histories.”
A horse woman of no small abil
ity. An owner and operator of an
extensive ranch. And finally, a
great grandmother of nine prom
ising members of the family.
When Mr DexU*r died three
years ago she was faced with the
decision of leaving Rainbow
Ranch which had been their home
for 48 years or staying on and
managing the place as best she
could So far it has worked out.
With the help of one permanent
hired man and additional help in
haying, things go along pretty
smoothly.
“I find I am slowing up,” she
says apologetically. Meaning that
now more often than formerly
she rides fence and moves cat
tle with a pick-'jp truck. When
roads are bad and meadows soft
stie still climbs into the saddle
and rides herd with the best of
them.
Volumes could be written about
her club activities. The Merry
Makers, a 4-H Club’she organized
and led for 16 years has never
fcrgotten her. At Christmas an
avaLanche of greetings and gifts
arrive from former members
scattered all over the country.
“Women of the community
met and organized the Willing
Helpers Project Club at my home
in 1922,” Lizzie recalls. The club
is still going strong. She is the
only remaining charter member.
Dear to her heart is the Cheer
Club started in 1921. It was and
still is a social group originally
organized for mothers with small
children who could not be left at
heme, (The mothers feared they’d
prove too noisy for a formal club
group.) their purpose was to work
for the benefit of crippled child
ren.
“When we started,” Lizzie says,
smiling. “No one had any money
to bay expensive material with.
So each member made a pin
cushion. We met and auctioned
them off. We received exactly
$2.50 for the lot. That was our
first donation to the cause.” Last
year hand work made and jboW
by the club sold at their annual
bazaar for $158.00
Mrs. Dexter’s “flowers with
histories” are plants that have
all been given her by friends or
obtained through a flower ex
change. One of the most unusual
is a Silver Dollar Plant. A friend
brought her the seed from Wash
ington. The pods when dried look
much as their name implies. They
make fine winter bouquets.
The nine great-grandchildren?
According to their grandmother
they are the finest in the world.
It would add another volume to
the library to write all about
them!
Martin Speaks
At Inman's
Fall Festival
Congress candidate Dave Mar
tin promised a thorough study of
beef and veal imports from New
Zealand, Australia, Argentina and
Ireland while addressing five
hundred person Saturday at In
man’s annual fall festival.
Martin, Republican nominee
seeking the Fourth District seat,
said he would seek an import
duty "in line with six cents per
pound which was levied prior to
reciprocal trade agreements.”
Martin also attacked the Soviet
Congress Candidate Dave Martin of Kearney ixtsed with five Holt rountyans Saturday during In
■nan's fall festival. Left-to-right: William Klpple “Harve Thistle” (Harvey Tompkins), Mr. Martin
“Hiram Hayseed” (H. E. Smith) and Herley Jones. The boy on the tricycle, Charles Herold, was fas
cinated by “Thistle” and “Hayseed.” who. like Charles and Mr. Martin, participated In the parade.
Martin Is Fourth District Republican candidate for Congress. He is a former state GOP chairman.
commissions being admitted to
the United States for “idea ex
changes.” He said as many as
150 teams have been in U. S. at
one time under this “guise.”
Last week Martin made public
addresses at Broken Bow, Ra
venna, Amherst, Pleasanton,
Kearney and Inman, appeared in
a parade at Cozad, and made
door-to-door visitations in Spald
ing, Greeley and O’Neill.
Security Agent Slates
Butte Visit October 6
James B. Hoffman, field repre
sentative from the Norfolk Social
Security office will be in the
courtroom of the courthouse in
Butte from 8 a.m. to 1 pm.
Thursday, Oct. 6.
A change in law makes people
insured with coverage between
one and one half and three years
Any retired person disallowed
earlier is invited to re-check ir.
case the new law makes him eli
gible.
Shady Lawn Court
Population Growing
The population of the Shady
Lawn Trailer Court has increas
ed to 33 with the addition of new
families. Eight mobile homes are
now parked for the winter and a
platform is being prepared for
another family’s home. Those now
living there are the Gene Schu
macher, Carl Stewart, Owen
Davis, Robert McGill, Clifford
Kizzire, James Jankiewicz, Stan
ley Williamson and the Norman
Peterson families.
National Guard Armory Bids
To Be Let; Construction Soon
Keith Krugman Wins Top Honors in
4-H Range Judging Contest
Keith Krugman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Krugman of O’Neill,
took top place as an individual
4-H Range judge in the State
Range Judging contest held at
North Platte Saturday.
Others attending from Holt
county included Gary Fick and
Richard and Charles Hill in the
4-H division; Richard Devall,
Larry l>)brovolny, Jerry Bailey
and Don Schaaf in the FFA divi
sion; Walter Fick in the adult
division and Bob Hill, an assist
ant in tabulation.
There were over 190 entries in
the judging contest. Thirty of the
contestants were students from
the University of Utah and 164
entered in the adult 4-H and FFA
divisions.
Keith Krugman, who placed
first as the 4-H individual, nad a
total of 238 points and tied with
the top FFA individual, Merle
McAbney of Valentine. Larry
Adkins of Blair and Gary Fick of
Inman tied for third place with
227 points in the 4-H division. Top
4-H teams included Dundee
county first, Blaine county second
and Cherry county third. 4-H
Keith Krugman
boys from Holt county were not
permitted to enter as a team
since they had won the State
championship at last years con
test. Their team score would have
been nearly 100 points over the
top 4-H team.
Team honors in the FFA team
division went to Curtis first
North Platte second and Valentine
third.
Competition was extremely
keen in the adult division with
Don Harford, flying rancher
from Haigler scoring 268 points
in first place, Jim Cook of Mills
won second place and David
Hutchinson of Sidney with 255
points in third place and Walter
Fick of Inman winning fourth
with 248 points.
Although the O'Neill FFA team
did not place in the top three,
they made a very good showing
for their first year in State com
petition, their total team score
being just over 100 points under
the top team.
Leo McCaffrey
Rites Held
In Colorado
Leo Edward McCaffrey of
Boulder, Colo., died September
16 after a several months illness.
He was hospitalized only two
days.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Sacred
Heart Catholic church. A rosary
was recited Monday evening.
Burial was in Mountain View
Memorial Park of Boulder.
The late Mr. McCaffrey was
torn June 11, 1893 at O’Neill a
son of William J. and Elizabeth
McCaffrey pioneer settlers of the
area.
Mr. McCaffrey moved to
Boulder in 1923 where he has
since resided.
Survivors include: Wife, Nellie
H; son—Joseph of Boulder;
daughters—Mrs. Jack (Bonnie)
Pike of Boulder and Mrs. John
(Elaine) Richard of Lynwood,
Calif., and two grandchildren.
Two brothers, Emmett McCaffrey
of Emmet and William F. McCaf
frey of Denver, Colo., and two
sisters, Mrs. Mike Mullen of At
kinson and Mrs. Guy White of
Casper, Wyo., also survive.
Two brothers and a sister pre
ceded him in death.
To Display Art at
Woman's Club Meet
Mrs. Constance B. Swanson of
Chadron will give a program on
art at the meeting of the O’Neill
Woman’s Club at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 4 at the library. Mrs. Swan
son will also exhibit some of her
work which includes oil paintings
and charcoal sketches.
Meeting Held at Norfolk
To Plan Watershed Area
Residents of the Elkhorn Rivi r
basin area Tuesday night took
another step forward in the
movement to develope water re
sources in the form of irrigation
flood control and a watershed
Harvey Toinpkin> of Inman.
Holt enunty ehalrman attended
the meeting held at the Hotel
Madison in Norfolk.
Approximately 90 persons at
tended the meeting to form a
non-profit corporation to farther
he movement to develop the
water resources program.
Leaders were present from Holt
Antelope, Madison, Stanton, Cum
ins and Pierce counties.
City Council
Purchases Land
For Recreation
The O'Neill City Council met
Monday evening at the city hall
for their regular meeting.
A beer license transfer was
authorized from Sam Fuhrer to
Joe Grutsch. The council also an
nounced purchase of additional
land adjacent to the ball diamond
in north O’Neill. The approxi
mately ten acres of land will be
used for ball diamonds for the
little league players. Future plans
for the land may possibly include
tennis courts.
Ninety Teachers
Attend Session
At O'Neill
Ninty rural teachers of Holt
county attended the annual work
shop at the American Legion aud
itorium in O’Neill Monday.
Dr. Rosalie Farley of the Un
iversity gave a talk on "Under
standing the Five Year Old”. Bill
Semrad of the Nebraska State Ed
ucation told of the work of the as
sociation at the luncheon at the
First Methodist church.
Miss Alice French, county su
perintendent, was in charge of the
workshop.
Weichman Infant
Dies Suddenly
Stanley Roy Weichman, 4 lb.
G oz. son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Weichman of Stuart, horn Satur
day, Sept. 24 died Sunday morn
ing at 11 a.m. from a lung con
dition.
The Weichmans have five other
children: Ricky 11, Jeannie 8,
Susan 6. Douglas 2% and 15
month old Jolene.
The Seger Funeral Home of
Atkinson were in charge of the
graveside rites Monday.
Pallbearers were Denton Weich
man, Roger Scholz, Gordon
Givens of Stuart and Jerry Weich
man of Atkinson.
PTA to Meet
The O'Neill Parent Teachers
Association will meet Monday
evening at 8 at the O'Neill public
school.
New ABC delegates are: Floyd Butterfield, Atkinson, Homer Ernst, Emmet, George Hkopec, Em
met, Ben Asher, Page and Harry E. Bessel, O’Neill.
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Irrigation Tour
Planned October 11
The O'Neill Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring a tour to
lloldrcge to visit ihe Tri-County
irrigation project Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 11 and 12.
A bus will leave O’Neill at
7 a.m. Tuesday anti return
Wednesday afternoon. Any
farmers or ranchers interested
in participating in this tour
should contact Dale Wilson.
Services Held
At Naper For
Carl C. Lund
NAPER Funeral services for
Carl Clifford Lund, 71, were con
ducted on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at
the Congregational church with
Rev. Delbert Purman officiating.
Burial was under the direction of
the Raymer Mortuary.
Pallbearers were Lester Ander
son, Elmer Holm, John Schone
baum, Henry Stahlecker, N. J.
Jeffords and Albert Daldorf.
The late Carl Clifford Lund was
born February 1, 1889 near
Brunswick. He died September
17 of a heart ailment.
On November 24, 1927 he mar
ried Vera Nicalous.
Survivors are his wife and a
sister, Mrs. James Corrie of
Tacoma, Wash.
A brother preceded him in
death.
Attending the service rrom a
distance were Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Erickson and Mr. and Mrs.
August Nelson, all of Brunswick,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knapp and
family of Clearwater, Mrs. Hazel
Makemson of Royal, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Schultz and Mrs. Art War
neke, all of Pierce, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Ulmer and Mrs. Gertrude
Bettcher, all of Omaha, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Zimbelman and Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Zimbelman, all of
St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Clelland
Moeller and sons of Alba, Metha
Becke of Winner, S. D., Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Grohs and Mrs. Har
old Grohs ,all of Sioux City, la.,
Mr. and Mrs. William Faatz and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Stelwag
and Mollie Pastien, all of Greg
ory, S. D., and Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Melwhirter of Stuart.
Land Bank Men Attend
Association Meeting
Four O’Neill area delegates at
tended the conference for dir
ectors and managers of Federal
Land Bank Associations in Iowa,
South Dakota and Wyoming in
Omaha Thursday and Friday,
September 15 and 16.
O'Neill delegates included
Ralph Hoffman of Ewing; Wilbur
L. Moon of Stuart; Lyle P.
Dierks, O’Neill ELBA manager
and Ed Verzal, assistant man
ager. The O’Neill association
makes loans to farmers and
ranchers in Boyd, Holt and
Wheeler counties.
Area Musicians Play
With Wesleyan Band
Six members of the 1960 Ne
braska Wesleyan University’s
marching band are from the O’
Neill area. The band made its
first appearance Saturday night
with completely new uniforms.
Members are Perry Dawes of
O'Neill and Roger Tompkins of
Inman, trumpets; Paula Reed of
O'Neill and Gary Gillespie of
O’Neill, clarinets; Linelle Tomp
kins of Inman, baritone, Jan
Buckendorf of Bassett, percus
sion.
Buis arc toeing accepted at the
National Guard headquarters m
Lincoln for the new National
Guard armory at O'Neim bids
will be let on October 18 and the
construction is scheduled to toe
gm ten days utter the bids are
let. Howard J. busing associates
are the architects.
The iHMKHi armory will be eon
strueted uf structural steel rmn
holed with hrick. Some aium
tolled steel «til b,> used oil llie
outside. The floor wid tk' ol
concrete covelikl with asphalt
tile. The building wUi ho 188’
by US' with a K8' by 57' drill
hull.
The drill floor will also have
standard gym iloor markings so
it may be used fur toaskcibuU
games.
Other space in the touiMmg will
be utilized with a lb' x IT arms
'ootn, lb x 8 storage, 2(1 x 2b
supply room, office 14 x 20, two
command ultices lor conferences
10 x 15, class room 42 x 20 and
a class room 22 x 37, a kitchen
14 x 20 and shower anil rest
rooms. A locker room 44 x 2b will
be included as well as a rifle
range and garage.
The rifle range will tot" available
to organizations such as the Hoy
Scouts. The outside of die build
uig will tnature a 79 x 7 front
canojiy.
Inman Festival
Raises Funds
Far Churches
Inman’s tenth annual fall fes
tival was favored by a perfect
fall day.
First place winner in the parade
was the Rural Latter Day Saints
church float depicting “Liberty
Bell’’. The dinner was followed
by an auction. A free watermelon
feed concluded the festival.
Proceeds netted over $275 lor
the RLDS church, approximate
ly $400 for the Methodists, and
members of the MYF realized
about $60.
Inman 4-H Western Showman
ship Horse club under the leader
sliip of George Colman performed
before the crowd daring the noon
hour.
The Inman haying project of
the Methodist church have about
150 tons of hay which will res
ize over $700 for the local church.
New Postmaster
Assumes Duties
At Royal Office
ROYAL Mrs. Zola llering,
acting postmaster at Royal, has
been notified that Stanley Mont
gomery will take over his duties
as postmaster Friday, Sept. 30.
Mrs. liering has been acting
postmaster for the past two years
and previously served as clerk
until the retirement of post
master Harry Hagedom.
Mr. Montgomery is a graduate
of the Royal high school and was
employed in the postal service
while in the armed service. At
the present time he and his fami
ly are living on a farm west of *
town hut will move to Royal as
soon as his residence is com
pleted.
Petersen Named to
State C of C Board
Harry Petersen, president of the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
has received an appointment to
the board of directors of the Ne
braska State Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. Petersen is the man
ager of the telephone company
here in O’Neill.