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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1960)
STATE HIST SOC - LINCOLN. NE3R. / \ ^^ \ - . _? xxx sec,ionone M3WE FPONTI^ Six,eenpaqe‘ a^Tr Pages 1 to 8 ^ --L ^ JL JL " V JL Plus Farm Section aJnJS^ij13 w? » "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper u. m. se •- 1 Volume 80—Number 30 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 17, 1960 Seven Cents Rites Held For J. E. Van Every At Page Monday Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 14 at the Page Methodist church for James E. Van Every, 78. Rev. Robert Lin der officiated and burial was in the Page cemetery. Pallbearers were Roy Lanman William Murphy. Soren Sorensen sr., Elmer Trowbridge and Ralph and Walter Young. James E., son of Nelson and Mary Alberta Van Every, was bom at Weeping Water, April 27. 1882 Later the family moved to the Page community. He was united in marriage to Barbara Nitz. June 30, 1910, at O'Neill. The couple became the parents of nine children, two of whom died in infancy, Mrs. Van Every died in 1953. He was married to Mrs. Nellie Benson of Battle Creek on November 22, 1959, Mr. Van Every died Friday at his home in Battle Creek of a heart attack. Survivors include his wife; five sons: Leslie G. of Sioux City, la.; M Ivin R. of Niobrara; Clyde E. of Council Bluffs, la.; James L. of O'Neill; and Kenneth of Atkinson Two daughters, Mrs. Sanford (Mary) Gamel of Boise, Ida. and Mrs. William (Evelyn) Dorickson of O'Neill; two step children. Burdett Ijnnt of Norfolk and Mrs. Leslie Van Every of Sioux City la. Two brothers, George Van Every of O’Neill and R. Glen of Columbus, Mont:; one sister, Mrs Marion Engle haupt of Santa Clara. Calif.; 27 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Among those who attended from out of town were: R. Glen Van Every of Columbus, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. John Nitz of Stan ton; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Van Every, Mr. and Mrs. Burdett Lynnt and Mrs. Carl Miller, all of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs Clarence Anderson, Mrs. Roy Nelson and daughter, Beverly, Mrs. Leonard Anderson and Mrs. Lew McKen ny. all of Newport; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bausch, Mrs. Leo Snyder, all of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Ferviff and Herb Long of Sioux City and Duane Benson of Laurel, Mont. Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Abbie Hanley, 76 Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Patrick’s Catho lic church in O’Neill for Abbie Hanley, 76. Rev. Robert Duffy, officiated at the 9:30 a m. ser vice. Burial was made in Calv ary cemetery. A rosary was recited Monday evening at the Biglin Chapel. Pallbearers were Bart Murphy, Tim Harrington, D. E. Murphy, Ed Quinn. William Kraft and Harry Jolley. Abbie Hanley was bom Janu ary 20. 1S84 at O’Neill, the daugh ter of Timothy and Mary Driscoll Hanley. Her mother was a native of Countv Cork, Ireland. Miss Hanley died at her home in O’Neill, November 12. She was never married. She is survived by one brother, William of O’Neill._ Lonna Haynes is making conservation in “I’m a Family Crisis,” the junior class play presented at the O’NeiU high school Thursday evening. Listening to Lonna are Ruth Ann Walker, Kay Rees and Bonnie Riege. Other members of the cast were Ilene Nelson, Merna Butterfield, Rolland Johnson, Ivan Pease, Connie Brockman, Larry Dawes, Raymond F ox and Mike Hand. Mrs. Harvey A. Tompkins was the director. Douglas Spittler ami Angela Koenig were named King and Queen ol the annual St. Mary’s Har vest Hall held Tuesday evening. Named as attendants were: Mike Kamphaos and Jean Devoy, juniors; Norman Mudloff and Judy Sullivan, sophomores; an I Joe Shoemaker and Erin Ilavls, freshmen. The Frontier Photo by Jim Sullivan Four Auto Accidents Reported to State Patrol; No Personal Injury Four accidents were reported this week by the Nebraska Highway patrol. A property damage accident occured three and a half miles south of Ewing on a county road November 5. A car driven by Beverly Rotherham was traveling north. Loose gravel caused the car driven hy Minerva Forslund of Ewing which was going south, to go to the left hand side of the r~ad. T1’0 vehicles hit headon al though they were nearly stopned. Estimated damages to the Rot herdam car was $250 and $150 to th'1 Forslund car. On November 4 at the inne tion of highways 30 and 375 an auto driven by Clarence Logo mann of Brunswick, hit a cow owned bv Charles Regan. The cow was unhurt hut I<oge mann’s car sustained $300 dam ages. On a countv road four miles oast and one-half mile north of Page two cars were in collision on November 4. A car driven by Gwendolyn W. Cronk of Page was traveling west and an auto driven by Nickolas J. So.ika of Storm I^ake, la., formerly of Pe<re was going north when *he cars met at the intersection. Damages to the Cronk auto wore estimated *t «snn. The Soikn car was considered a total wreck. November 2 on Highway 20 about 3/4 mile west of Shiart a tractor driven bv Louis Shald of Stuart was pulling an under slung out of a field. The left rear of the underslung slipped off the culvert and became high center ed with the tractor blocking the highway. Harold Kramer of Blairsburg, la., driving a station wagon saw the tractor but did not see the underslung. In at tempting to pass the tractor he h;t the underslung with $1,200 damages to the station wagon and $S0 to the imdrrslung. Patrolman Robert Gude was the investigating officer. Former Bristow Man Loses Hand in Picker ATKINSON Robert Wells, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wells of Bristow, suffered the loss of his right hand in a com picker ac ci tent at his home at Monticello. Wis. Wells was alone at the time of the mishap and was en deavoring to remove stalks from the picker when Ihe hand became caught In the rollers. He was able to free himself and drive the tractor to his home. He was taken to the hospital at Monroe, Wis., where the hand was amputated. Mr. Wells operates a dairy at Monticello. Mrs. Wells is the for mer Pauline Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Ander son of Atkinson. After Hunting Accident Butte Youth Improving BUTTE—Tom Fernau, 15, son of Mr, and Mrs. William E. Fernau, who was accidentally shot November 5 while hunting deer with a group along the Keya Paha river is in good condition at Clarkson hospital in Omaha. Fernau was operated on Mon day and splinters of bone were removed from his chin. Hulda M. Larsen Dies at Lynch SPENCER- Hulda M. Larsen of Valley who has been here with her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Boone the past two months died Novem ber 14, at the Sacred Heart hos pital in Lynch. The liody was forwarded to Valley and services will be held there Thursday at 2 p.m. Inter ment will be at valley. Mrs. R. Talbert Services Planned At Lynch Today BRISTOW Mrs. Ruth Eva Tal bet, 84, died Tuesday in Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch. Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran church with Rev. An derson officiating. Burial will be in the Alford cemetery near Monowi under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home at Lynch. The late Mrs. Talbert was bom September 4, 1876 at White House, Pa. Her parents were John and Eva McGee Cooley. On December 21, 1899 she mar ried Ed Edward Talbert at Uniontown, Pa. The couple came to Boyd county and settled near Lynch in 1915. Mrs. Talbert moved to Lynch to live with her daughter in 1950. Survivors are: Daughter—Mrs. Anna Sinclair; son—Archie M. Talbert of Omaha; 12 grand children and 14 great grandchild ren. Pal'bearers are: C’ifton Nel son, Algot Sandberg, Harry John son, Clyde Beckner, Harold Pot ter and Homer Grimm. County Angus Men Set Annual Meeting Holt County Angus Breeders’ association will hold its annual meeting Saturday in the Court House annex in O’Neill. Changes Made In Social Security Gail Robart, field representa tive of the Norfolk social security office will be in O’Neill at the Assembly Room of the Court House basement, Wednesday, Nov. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:90 p.m. A change on the law makes people insured with coverage be tween one and one-half and three years. Any retired person disal lowed earlier is invited to re check in case the new law makeR him eligible. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hering of Royal, wed on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 19J0, will be honored at an open house Thursday, Nov. 24, in honor of their Golden Wedding. The event is being spon sored by their children at the church recreation hall at Royal from 2 to 4 p.m. Two Youths Enlist In U. S. Air Force Frank O. Shefl, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Shefl of O’ Neill, and Roger S. D /bias, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Dobias jr., of Atkinson enlisted in the U. S. Air Force November 10. Both men enlisted in the electronics career field. They will take their five weeks phase of basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. John Baker Named To Honor Society John L. Baker was initiated in to Sigma Alpha Nu, the Jesuit Honor society, at the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha on November 5. Only 4,000 have been admitted in all the Jesuit universities since its origin in 1924. The award is given for scholarship, leadership and service. He has also been elected president of the junior class at Creighton Law School. Set Study for Trout Rearing The possibility of trout rearing ponds at Grove lake near Royal will be investigated by the Ne braska Game commission, an nounced LeRoy Bahensky, Game Commissioner. "Within the next week we will begin the survey,” Bahensky said. "Grove lake is fed by cold spring water and it has always had some trout in it.” If rearing ponds are deemed feasible, fingerling trout would be brought in from the Game Commission hatcheries. "Eastern Nebraskans took so rapidly to trout fishing at Two Rivers Recreation area that we have to make plans now for securing trout for this area next spring. If we can operate rear ing ponds at Grove lake, we will have an additional supply of adult trout for Two Rivers.” Co. Committee Members Meet to Make Long-Range Extensions Plans The 45 member County Com mittee met Tuesday morning at the Courthouse annex to make long range plans for what they felt the people of Holt county wanted the Holt County Extension Service to provide information on, based on research on national, state and local levels. The committee was compos ed of homemakers, ranchers, farmers, businessmen, news papers, radio, agricutural agencies, church groups, schools, farm organizations, chamber of commerce and other groups. Again this year the committee selected four major areas of study: community and family life, family unit living, farming and ranching. Each person chose one of the areas according to their in terests. These groups or sub committees met in the afternoon and reviewed the work done by the committee five years ago and the results and accomp ishments since that time. They then made changes based on the present and long time needs in the county. Present situations were determined and goals were set up. The sub-committee brought back their findings and recom mendations to the full county committee and the county committee report was turned over to the Extension Board for use in making fheir annual plan of work that helps meet the needs. Harold Corbum, vice chairman, presided in the absence of the chairman. Ray Russell, disrict supervisor from the University of Nebraska was present to as sist and served along with Ex tension Agents as resource per sons. O'Neill Residents to Vote on School Bond Issue Dec. 9 Census Bureau To Conduct Farm Survey The 1960 Sample Survey of Agriculture will be conducted in this county during the next several weeks. The 1960 Sample Survey of Agriculture will collect information on ownership and size of farms, acreage and har vest of crops, and livestock pro duction and inventories. Information will be collected also on farm equipment, farm income, construction of new farm buildings, farm contracts, and farm operator debts. This ■ survey will supplement in formation collected in the i9.">9 Census of Agriculture. Farms in the county which will be covered in the 1960 Sample Survey of Agriculture were selected at random under the Census Bureau’s scientific sampl ing program to provide a repre sentative cross-section of all farms in the country. Information collected locally will be com bined with that co'li cted in other areas of the country to provide national estimates. Local interviews for the 1960 Sample Survey of Agriculture will be conducted by Mrs. Wilma Held. Five Grid Experts In First Place Tie Ih<> woods was lull of experts this week as five—yes five— contestants tied for first place in the Frontier football contest. Koch missed only one game and each was only one p >iiit oil in the total points estimate. One contestant was thrown by Ihe Nebraska game while the others fell down picking Minnesota. Who were the five? Oh, yes, Iir. K. M. Glccson, Donnie Klus man, Casey Tomlinson, Jerry Dexter and Dick Tomlinson. Checks will be awarded to each of them. Quail and Duck Seasons To End Two bird hunting seasons are rapidly drawing to a close for North Nebraska hunters. Northern area quail shooting will end at sunset Sunday while duck shooting in the state will come to an end November 26. Quail limiters need not put up their guns, however, for the Bob White season will con tinue through December 11 In the southern area. Zone bound aries are outlined in game commission hunting regulations. Goose shooters can legally pursue their game until sunset December 21. All shooting hours for upland game birds and water fowl are from one-half hour be fore sunrise to sunset. Kathy, Gary Fick Win Trip to Club Congress Kathy and Gary Fick, daugh ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Fick of Inman, and mem bers of the Inman Victory Boys and Girls 4-H club, will represent Nebraska at the National Club Congress November 27 to Decem ber 1, as state winners. Kathy as Champion Agricultural De monstrator and Gary as Cham pion Boys Agriculture Record. Kathy has been In club work seven years and completed 24 projects. She has been out standing in her demonstration record having received purple ribbons at both County and State fairs. She and Gary were awarded Top Livestock I-oss Demonstration team in the 1900 State Fair and will repre sent Nebraska at the National Livestock Loss Demonstration competition in Chicago which is held during Club Congress. Mr. and Mrs. Fick will also at tend this Livestock Loss Demon stration event, and have the op portunity to see their youth com pete for national honors, climax ing the many long hours they have worked with the team. Gary has been in club work eight years and has competed 231 projects, some of which were beef, dairy, safety, rope, forestry, range management, junior leader, weed, auto care, and tractor. His outstanding work in these projects over a long period of time along with his public speaking activities, demonstrations, judging and Identification contests and ex hibits was why he was selected state winner of the Agriculture Record award. This is the first time a brother and sister in Holt county have ever gone to Club Congress the same year. This is the thirteenth trip won by Holt County 4-H’ers in the last 15 years. JKK& ‘ .i rrl1f*'iilWl———I Fred Scheinost Hurt In Tractor Accident Fred Scheinost, farmer mirth of Spencer, was injured Monday when the tractor he was driving overturned. Mr. Scheinost was taken to St. Anthony's hospital in O’Neill and later transferred to Clarkson hospital at Omaha. Rites Planned Friday For J. W. Rihanek MONOWI—Funeral services lor Joseph W. Rihanek will be con ducted on Friday at 2 p in. at the First Metnodist Church in Lynch. Rev. Lister Spragg will officiate. Burial will he in the Alford Cemetery near Monowi un der the direction of the Jones Fun eral Home. Pallbearers chosen are: Elmer Christensen, Edward Heiser, Gien Hull, Edward May, Arthur Vise ly and Fred Hrbek. The late Joseph W. Rihanek was born August 30, 1 (199 at Mon owi a son ot the late John and Barbara Drdbny Rihanek. On July 3, 1922 at Butte he mar ried Tilde Vraspier. liie couple ■becume the parents of two child ren. He spent his entire life in the community. He was a farmer For the past 12 years he has been supervisor from Bush tiwn ship. At the time of his death her was chairman of the board for Boyd county supervisors. Mr. Rihanek died Tuesday in Clarkson hospital in Omaha. Survivors are: Wife; son—Glenn of Monowi; daughter—Mrs. Jehn (Donna) Corey of Venice, Fla. and five grandchildren. Two brothers, Alford of Red Owl, S.D. and Thomas of Omaha and a sis ter, Lydia Rragan cf Santa Mon ica, Calif, also survive. Chamber Slates Window Contest For November 25 Prizes totaling $50 will be of fered in O'Neill's annual Yule window unveiling and unrelated item contest, Friday, Nov. 25. The Chamber of Commerce sponsored event is open to per sons 18 years or older. Entry blanks may be picked up at either of the O’Neill news papers starting at 7 p.m. the day of the contest. Contestants must return completed entry blanks to the newspapers byt 9 p.m. the same day. Participation of businesses is limited to paid-up Chamber of Commerce members. Business places have been asked not to light windows until 7 p.m. Contestants must view the contest windows and pick oat the unrelated Items, then mark their entry blanks and return to the newspapers. Entires will be judged on accuracy and time of return. Chamber of Commerce mem bers and members of their im mediate families are not eligible to compete. First prize will be $20, second, $15, third, $10 and fourth, $5. Anton Jiraks Plan Wedding Observance Mr. and Mrs. Anton Jirak of O'Neill will observe their fifthy fifth wedding anniversary Sun day, Nov. 20 with an open house from 1 p.m. until 4:30 at their home. ■ imam O'Neill e»Use«’8 will be asked to vote again on tin' $4ti5,(W> bond issue to buy the site, build and equip a new high school for O’ Neill The election will In* Decem ber 9. First legal notice of the new election is running today in the Frontier. School board officials are ask ing the same amount the voters rejected in the November 8 elec tion. The amount Includes funds for the site and building and fur nishing the proposed building. Henry Ixihiuiit, school'board president, sold (lie Ixnxrd would furnish speakers for organisa tion* or groups wishing to hear explanation* of the proposal. Kispiest* for spoukorn may he directed to any of the hoard member*, he said. Some confusion arose during live last eliM’ti-tn regarding the voter qualifications In the school bond issue. The law lists the fol lowing requirements for a legal voter in a school bond issue: Kvor" Citizen of the Unit'd States wlto has resided in the dis trict 40 days, and Who is 21 or more years old, and Who owns real or personal pro perty that was assessed in tin' district In his name In the last general assessment, or Whose spouse owns retd or per sonal property that was assessed in the name of said spouse, or Who has children of school age residing in the district, shall bo entitled to vote in any district mooting or school election. An attorney general’s opinion has ruled that paying taxes on nn automobile or truck in the dis trict meets the requirement* on property assessments. Survey Shows 233 Persons Seek Jobs in Industry More than 230 persons have re sponded to the labor survey questionnaire recently sent out by the O’Neill Chamber of Com merce new industry committee Chamber Secretary, Howard Manson said Wednesday. Included in the returns nre 113 men and 120 women Returns from this first group will be sent to the Nebraska Resources divi sion at Lincoln immediately, Man son said. Questionnaire forms will also be made available to high school seniors, Manson said. Requests should be dtr eetod to him In the office of the Clerk of District Court In O' Neill. The survey is being taken at the request of the state resources division and a representative of an eastern inlustrial firm In terested in setting up a branch plant in O’Neill. loiter, aerial photos of the town and possible industrial sites will be forwarded to be includr-d with the survey. Other informa tion needed includes tax levies^ condition and numbers of churches and schools. Services Held For Petsche Infant Ann Marie Petsche, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Petsche, died Tuesday, Nov. IS fit St. Anthony’s hospital. Graveside services were held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at Cal vary cemetery with Rev. Robert Duffy officiating. Biglins were ir> charge. Ann Marie was born Monday, Nov. 14 at St. Anthony’s. Survivors include her parents, a brother, Charles and a sister, Patricia. ^ v Mrs. Leo Moore of O’Neill is shown with her a ntl<|iie glass and china display which was a part of the hundreds of items on exhibit at the second Worn an’s dub Arts and Hobby show at the American Legion hall in O’Neill last Thursday.
