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STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NEBR. HX . o a WE.4THKR Section One Sixteen Pages w •»» Thursday 23 til 41 „ 1*0 Friday 30 ST 51 “Ages 1 to 8 |n jwo Sections Sa*:rday i 73 45 Sunday 2 tiV US Monday 3 6ft 33 Tuesday 4 73 48 "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Wednesday s » 45 ___Volume 80—Number 24 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 6, 1960 Seven Cents School Board to Present Study On Details of Proposed Program At the regular meeting of the O Neill Hoard of Education Tues day night, the lx>ard passed a resolution to call an election to be held at the general election November 8, to ask the electors of the district to vote on a (465,000 bond issue. The money will be used to construct and equip a complete, modem high school building. For many months the board has studied the problems connected with the growth of the population in O’Neill and the school district and have concluded that the best, most ecomical solution is to con struct a new' building on another site and utilize the present facili ties for a combined junior high and elementary program. The present buildings adapt them selves well to this type of state recommended program and will allow extension of the curriculum to be more in line with the de mands being made throughout the nation for a more complete edu cational program. The board will present between now and the election a more com plete description of the proposed program, what it will cost the individual taxpayer and other de tails concerning the need for the facilities. Services Held At Spencer For H. L. Blitzkie SPENCER Funeral services for Homer L. Blitzkie, 64, were conducted Sunday at the Metho dist church with Rev. V. R. Daniels officiating. Burial was in the Union cemetery under the dir ection of the Jones Funeral Home. The late Mr. Blitzkie was > born March 29. 18% at Spencer, a son of William and Frances Mae Aley. He was reared and educated in the community and served in World War I. He suffered a heart attack Thursday and was taken to Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch where he died that morning. On June 28, 1943 he married Ann G. Carlson The couple be came the parents of four children Mr. Blitzkie was a rural mail carrier for a number of years. He was a member of the Metho dist church and the American I-egion, Luther Whidden Post of Spencer. Survivors include: Wife, Ann; son Darrell: daughters- Elaine, Eileen and Marilyn. The children are all at home. Pallbearers were Don Moler, Melvin Jacoby, Donovan Klasna, Don Cizek, Lynn Doty and Robert Whetham. Klusman Winner In Frontier's Football Contest The entries in the first week of the Frontier’s football contest have been checked and we’re happy to announce that Fritz Klusman of O’Neill has been selected as the winner of the $5 prize for picking the most winn ing teams. Mr. Kinsman missed only one the Notre Dame-Purdue game ami that was one that up set many of our contestants. Olive Tomlinson and Joe Ol lendlck each missed only two games to place them near the top. The toughest to predict ap parently were the Nebraska-Iowa, Notre Dame-Purdue and Kansas Syracuse games. Jim Murphy, who is stationed with the Navy at Portsmouth, Va., missed on three of the games as did many of our contestants. So if you didn’t win in the first contest get out that pencil now and start picking the winners in the next contest. You may be the next lucky winner. :■ A'* .. -/ Republicans Announce Committee Members Nebraska Republicans have named members of the state executive committee, congression al district chairmen and state centra] committee members. Named as central committee members for the twenty-eighth legislative district were Ethel Cole of O'Neill and Vera Van Norman of Bassett. Two Minor Mishaps Reported to Police Only two mishaps were reported to O’Neill police during the past week. An auto driven by David J. Schon, 16, backed into a fire hvdrant, David paid the city $12.50 for labor involved in making the repair. A minor mishap was reported when an auto belonging to Harry R. Smith and one owned by Martha M. McDonald of O'Neill were damaged as the McDonald auto was being parked. Check Charges Filed In Holt County Court A no fund check charge was filed against Everett H. Hurlbert of O'Neill in Holt county court Monday. M. A. Coday of Atkin son filed the charge. The $10 check was issued to the Service Center of Atkinson on the First National bank of O’ Neill on September 29. No plea was entered Monday at the pre liminary hearing. Judge Louis Reimer set appearance bond at $100 which has been posted. The hearing was continued until October 14. Atkinson, O'Neill Are Selected As Speech Centers The District III Managing com mittee of the NSAA met Thurs day, Sept. 29 at Norfolk. Dates and locations were set for all dis trict sponsored activities for the - school year 1960-61. The following sites were re signed: speech centers, Atkinson and Norfolk; music centers, O’ Neill and Wayne State College. M. J. Knack of O’Neill Is chairman of the managing com mittee. Others members In clude Ken Shibita of Albion, secretary-treasurer; Ted Skll stead of Norfolk, Jack Stevens of Atkinson and George Cris well of Wayne. The committee nominated of ficers and alternates to the man aging committee and representa tive assemhly. Individuals elected at the NSEA convention will be delegates to the representative meeting of the NSAA in Lincoln December 8. Cecil Mashino Injures Arm In Cutter Accident Cecil Mashino of Spencer was seriously injured Monday when his arm was caught in an ensilage cutter while working at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Mashino of Redbird. Cecil managed to free his arm from the cutter and run across the field to where his father and Wally Frederick son were working. He was rushed to the Lynch hospital where he was in surgery for three hours. One thousand stitches were re quired on his hand and arm. There is hope, however, of sav ing his arm. ‘ ~~ ' * 1 Fritz Klusman, the first winner In the Frontier's football con U«sb Is shown here reeelring his cheek from Oaraana Wttherwax, Frontier staff member. Mr. Klusman picked all but one ef the win ners in the first week’s games. fk Klinglers Honored on Sixtieth Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler of O’Neill quietly celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary, Friday, September 30 at the home of their son, Melvin Klingler. Mr. and Mrs. Klingler were married in a ceremony on the lawn of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Mary Pichard, at Cottonwood, la. Mr. Pichard had died several years before. They farmed on a small Iowa acreage for several years. They moved to Holt county fifty years ago. The Klinglers lived on a farm six miles north of Emmet. They became the parents of two sons, Melvin of O’Neill and Herman of Fullerton. The couple moved to O’Neill on February 22, 1941. Mr. Klingler's chief hobby is fishing. However he has constructed children’s furni ture, raised bees and tended a garden. Mrs. Klingler enjoys her housework. Mr Klingler was born on October 22, 1870 at Donaldson in Lee county, la. Mrs. Klingler who is 78 was born at Cottonwood, la., only 14 miles away. The Klinglers have received many cards of congratulations and bouquets of flowers. One bouquet came from Mrs. Kling ler's sister and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Sam V. Warsom of Tar pon Springs, Fla. District XIV Parents, Teachers To Hold Meeting Here Tuesday The annual fall conference of District XIV of the Nebraska Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held Tuesday, Oct. U, at the O’Neill high school auditorium. The theme of the conference is “Study with Action.” The first session will be 2 p.m. to 4 and the second session will be from 7:30 until 9. A banquet will be served at G p.m. in the First Methodist church basement. Tickets for advanced reserva tions may be obtained from Mrs. Clay Johnson, jr. Ten units are included in the counties of Boyd, Brown, Holt, Rock, Keya Paha and Cherry. Dr. Arthur B. Ward of the Uni versity of Nebraska will give a talk on the “Need for Continuing Education of Adults.” A symposium is planned for the evening program. Participants and the topics will be: Mrs. E. J. Roberts, state chairman of legisla tion. will be the moderator; “Teacher Supply and Certifica tion,” Mrs. Esther Miller, Brown county superintendent and state chairman of rural service; “The Price of Education—Who Pays?,” D. E. Nelson, superintendent of Schuyler schools; "Alcohol, Nar cotics and Tobacco- -Why be Con cerned?,” T. R. Doppen, state department of health and state chairman of mental health. R. C. Patterson will Hjscuss the proposed amendment to abolish the state board of educa tion. Parade, Selection of Royalty Will Highlight O'Neill High Homecoming The O’Neill public school will * celebrate their second annual Homecoming Friday with a parade and football game. All class and school organi zations will be represented In a parade In downtown O'Neill at 3 p.m. Friday. Prizes of $20 for first place: $13 for second place and $3 for third will be given. The floats will also be shown at the football game in the evening. The O’Neill Eagles will meet the Creighton Bulldogs in the eve ning contest. The coronation of the royalty will he held at half time of the football game. The king and queen are elected by the entire student body. The king must be a senior participating in football and the queen must be a member of the O’Neill Pep club. The attendants are runners up in the contest. Both teams will be entering the fray undefeated. O’Neill was tied in their first game of the season by Valentine. In other games the Eagles have defeated Bassett 31-0 and Atkinson, 60-0. Creighton has defeated Crofton, 20-6; Atkinson, 39-7; Plainview, 20-14 and Hartington 32-6. The starting lineup for the O'Neill squad include Larry Donlin, Jerry Kilcoln, Curt Larson, Jack McGinn, John Kurtz, John Harder, Gary Jef fery, Jerry Dexter, Dean I.ar son, Bill Frlcke and Daroid Ermer. Playing on Creighton’s first team will be Lyle Neilson, Marlin Carroll, Larry Tyler, Myron Mit teis, Dick Stafford, Lyle Kuhl man. Keith Pulse, Dean Zim merer, Lynn McGee, Leon Kuhl man and Robert Broderson. Both squads average 156 pounds in the line, but Creighton holds an eight pound advantage in the backfield as they outweigh the Eagles 158-156. Last year O’Neill won 27-6 at the Creighton homecoming. Community Concert to Open Membership Drive Captains for the Community Concert drive for membership have been announced for O’Neill. The membership drive will begin Sunday, Oct. 16. An executive meeting was held Monday at the home of Mrs. K. L. Van Voorhis, O’ Neill drive chairman. The cap tains are Mrs. Marlin Wichman, Mrs. Gilbert Poese, Mrs. George Carstens, Mrs. Gifford Kustemeyer and Mrs. Leona Shoemaker. Mrs. Howard Man son is out-of-town drive chair man. John McCarvlIIe is in charge of publicity. Officers for the Community Concert association are: Grant Peacock, president; Newton Mul lendore, vice-president; Mrs. Ver non Lorenz, secretary and Ben Grady, treasurer. Dog is Hero In Tractor Mishap MEEK—Ted Crawford escaped what could have been a serious accident last Monday morning when the tractor he was driving overturned, pinning him beneath it. Not being able to make his wife hear his calls for help he sent his dog to the house. The dogs scratching on the door drew her attention and led her to the overturned tractor. By digging away some dirt she was able to extricate her husband from beneath the tractor. Band Boosters to Meet The general meeting of the O' Neill Band Boosters will be held at the O’Neill public school bandroom at 8 p.m. on October 6. Chamber Hears Report on Present School Situation Calf Show and Sale Scheduled Wednesday ^ The twenth-fourth annual 4-H Calf Show and Sale will be held Wednesday at the O’Neill Sale Barn. The show will be held in the morning and the sale is exoected to get underway at 2 p m. O'Neill National Bank Doubles Capital Stock Capital stock of the O'Neill National Bank at O'Neill has lieen doubled, it was announced Wednesday by President F. N Cronin. Cronin said the Increase from $80,000 to $100,000, autorlzed September 26 by the hank's shareholders and approved September 30 by the U. S. Comptroller of the Currency, would enable the hank “to bet ter serve farming, ranching, commercial and other bor rowers in the area.” The increased capital structure makes the O'Neill National the largest capitalized hank in Holt, Boyd, Rock, Brown, Wheeler and Garfield counties. The O’Neill National's surplus is $150,000, and the undivided pro fits are in excess of 150,000. Inman Man Dies In Mishap At Niagara Falls Air Force T/Sgt. Irvin C Sobotka, 31, a former Inman ro sident, was killed Saturday a Niagara AFB in a collision of hi> small racer and a car on an un used section of a flightline. Sgt. Solxitka, who attended In man high school, is a son of the late Charles Sobotka who diec two years ago at Inman. His sister, Mrs. Lyle (Norma) Ohrmund lives at Seneca and his mother and grandparents, Mr and Mrs. J. F. Finkral, are re sidents of Madison. Four uncles, John, James, Frank and Lewis Sobotka live at Inman. Sobotka was married and had three children. FFA Names Officers; Skopec is President The O’Neill Chapter of the Future Farmers of America elected officers for the school year They are: Donald Skopec, president; Nick Hammerlun, vice-president; Ronald Knoell, secretary; Harvey Colfaek, treas urer; Terry Ruegge, reporter; Jerry Bailey, sentinel. Vernon Carpenter is the agriculture in structor. O'Neill’s sewers are receiving a complete cleaning this week. Shown here are John Beilin, water and sewer commissioner, Marce Schaaf, superintendent of streets and parks, ami Karl Williams and his son Buzz. Mr. Williams, an independent eontractor has been hired by the city to do the job. Funeral Rites Planned For Mrs. J. Johnson Funeral services will be held Friday at the Mission Covenant Church at Lynch for Mrs. John W. Johnson, 73, who died Monday at the Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. Burial will be in the Mission Covenant cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Herman Landholm, Oscar Anderson, Rich ard Anderson, Carl Anderson, Alvin Londberg and Fred Nelson. Mrs. Johnson, the former Esther Labina Lantz, was born at Westpoint October 5, 1886. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. An drew W. Lantz. She came to Bri stow with her parents when she was a young girl. She was married to John W. Johnson at the Rosedale Coven ant church March 25, 1908. They moved to a farm near Dixon, S. D., where they lived until 1919. They then moved to a farm near Lynch where they have lived since. Survivors include: Husband, John W.; three daughters, Mrs. Herman (La verne) Carlson of California, Mrs. Carl (Tcna) Schultz of Magnolia, HI., and Mrs. Wayne (Charlotte) White of Omaha; sons, I^ester and Ivar of Bristow, Kenneth of Lynch and Marian of Bismark, N. D.; brother, Elos Lantz of Winner, S. D.; sisters, Mrs. Tena Hypse and Mrs. Myrtle Dorothy of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Tillie Wey ant of Lincoln; 22 grandchildren. District Court The appeals of James Earley and Willis Russell in District court were dismissed and the cases remanded to the Holt county court by Judge D. R. Mounts. Open House Sunday To Honor Krugmans Mr. and Mrs. Ed Krugman of O'Neill will hold open house Sun day at the Christ Lutheran church in O'Neill in observance of their fiftieth wedding anniver sary. Courthouse to Close The Holt county courthouse will be closed Wednesday, Oct. 12 in observance of Columbus Day. Bids Received For Merritt Dam Work Two bids were received and publicly opened at the office of project construction engineer, R. L. Boyce at 10 am. Tuesday for Merritt Dam outlet works ex cavation and excavation of in spection trenches in the borrow area for Merritt Dam. Bushman Construction Co.. S» Joseph, Mo., and Grand Island, submitted the low bid of $4,17-1.50. The engineer's estimate was $3,800.00. Mr Boyce pointed out that award of contract is ex pected within 1 tie next two weeks and will mark the initiation of construction of the Ainsworth Project. Holt Countians Show Animals At Ak-Sar-Ben Holt county was represented at Ak-Sar-Ben with two dairy ani mals and 20 fat beeves. In addi tion to these others bought at the O'Neill Calf Show and Sale placed high. Ribbon winners in the dairy division were Seal and Jerilyn Luebcke with milking shorthorns, blue and red respectively. In the beef division blue ribbon winners were: Jim and Tom Melcher, both of Page, Hereford steers, Becky Beclaert of Page, two Angus steers; Cornice Schmi ser of Ewing, Shorthorn steer and Marcene Schmiser, Angus steer. Receiving red ribbons were: T\_U nn^ T^onnoHn Plntni'iic nf Amelia; Denny, Janet and Kath leen Funk of Clearwater; Lynn Grass of Page; Michael Pospichal of Atkinson and John Kuester of Clearwater. Kuester also receiv ed a white ribbon on an Angus Holt county received a purnle ribbon and placque for herdsman ship for the sixth consecutive time. . , . ... Coralee Schmiser placed eighth in beef showmanship. Richard Flannery of Atkinson showed a red ribbon Hereford steer at Norfolk September 17 Business that supported the Ak-Sar-Ben sale were: The First National Bank of Atkinson, Chambers State Bank, The First National Bank of O’Neill, O’Neill National Bank, Farmers State Bank of Ewing, O’Neill Production Credit Association, Federal Land Bank Association of O’Neill, Citi zens State Bank of Clearwater, Clearwater Motor Co., Clearwater Elevator Co., Rice Transfer of Clearwater and Union Oil Co., of Neligh. Assessments To Be Completed By November 1 The O’Neill City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening. A petition to open a road between blocks one and two in Fahy’s ad dition on south Sixth street was presented to the hoard. The peti tion will be taken under con sideration and a study made to see if the street was included in the original city plans. The council voted to issue a building permit to Harry Larson for the construction of a new house. A report was also heard on the paving assessments and it was announced that the assessments will be completed by November The O'Neill Chamber of Qwn merce held their regular monthly meeting Monday night. flans were discussed tor the forthcoming Irrigation (our scheduled Tuesday to visit the Trl-C'ounty project at lloldrcgc. The hus will leave at 7 a.m. Tuesilay morning from I'.hv's Conoco stallon, A complete tour of the project and farms in I he area Is planned and per sons taking the tour will ho treated to a steak supper Tues day evening. Only a limited number of re servations are still available and anyone wishing to make (lie trip should contact Dale Wilson at the Coast to Coast store not later than Friday. Members of the ('hamher also heard a speech by M. .1 Baack, superintendent of the O'Neill public schools outlining the pro blems presently confronting the O’Neill school system. A report from the State I7o partment of Education based on a recent survey of the O'Neill public school system was also presented. > • The report, prepared by com mittee members, Pearl Schaaf, Ray Built and Mel Olson made the following observations pre taining to the present school facilities. The basic recommendations are that a senior high school housing grades 10 through 12 be built on a site selected near the present football field and that re modeling the present building to serve for the elementary grades and junior high school he in cluded in improving the school situation. The report also stated that "l,aek of facilities on the ele mentary level has a definite negative effect on the instruc tional program. Throe areas are nnrdmdnrlv affected the kinder garton, fourth and seventh grades." "E i g h t y-f o u r kindergarten children are provided with only one classroom This means ap proximately 42 children in a Section. Even though two teac hers are provided who apparent ly work together in a very co operative manner, this is not a desirable situation.” ‘‘Two groups of children, the fourth and seventh grades, are on double sessions. This is a stop gap measure only to he con doned in an emergency. "No library facilities are pro vided for kindergarten through six. It is doubtful that under existing conditions that the seventh anti eighth grade have much library experience either. ‘‘Physical education facilities are very inadequate for the ele mentary school under the present arrangement." A number of other inadequacies were also brought out in the re port including facilities for shop, home economics, science, special education and school lunch. A comparison in mill levies and indebtedness was also presented by Supt. Baack in which it was shown that O’Neill presently has the lowest total mill levy on a number of towns of comparable size and valuation. O’Neill voters will vote on the proposed bond issue in the forth coming November 8 election. Richard Strube Fund Reaches $170 Mark Friend of Richard Strube have thus far contributed $170 to the fund begun last week. The O’Neill Lions Club had previous ly gone on record as supporting the drive. Contributions may be sent to either the First National bank or the O’Neill National Bank. Women of the Holt county extension clubs met Monday afternoon at the courthouse a8 sembly room at O’Neill for a rug weaving demonstration. Shown in this picture are from left to right: Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick of O’Neill, Mrs. Louis Kiebert of Atkinson, Mrs. Fred Roberts of Atkinson, Mrs. J. L. Pruden of Ewing, Mrs. C. G'. Hahlbeck of Ew ing, Mrs. Edgar Stauffer of Page, Mrs. Roy Goefce of Atkinson, Mrs. Lorenze Siege of Page and Mrs. Harrison Hallman of Page. '** aw* »j nfi. „i