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_ _ Volume 80—Number 31 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 24, 1960 Seven Cents
Survey Cards to
Be Distributed
State-Wide
About 20,000 livestock survey
cards will be left at random in
mail boxes of livestock and
poultry producers by the rural
carriers throughout Nebraska this
week.
When filled out by farmers and
ranchers and returned, these
.cards will help the State-Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
.determine the number of live
stock and poultry on Nebraska
farms and ranches. This is im
portant in Nebraska where a
large part of the farm income
comes from livestock and live
stock products.
Only one out of every four or
five producers is selected for the
• sampl?, so every farmer and
rancher getting a survey card Is
urged to fill it out as carefully
as possible and return It prompt
ly. “We need their cooperation,
■ regardless of size of their opera
tions, for a successful survey.”
The December 1 survey is the
basis for the state and national
figures on the pig crop in
ventories of livestock and poultry
on farms as of the first of the
year. It coveres cattle, calves,
milk cows, hogs sheep, workstock
and poultry. , ,
R. L. McDonald
Services Held
At Creighton
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at Heng'tler’s Cha
pe] at Creighton for Raymond L.
McDonald, 44. Rev David T.
Gustafson, pastor of the Creigh
ton and Verdigre Methodist
churches, officiated at the 2 o’
clock service. Burial was in the
Greenwood cemetery at Creigh
ton.
Mesdames Dale Morrill and Ice
land Stokes sang hymns accom
panied by Mrs. Russell Sorensen
at the piano.
Pallbearers were Edwin Boggs
jr., Walter Bohren, Clark Hoard,
Marvin Hint, Garren Schmeckpe
per and Wo >drow Svatos.
Raymond Lester, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George McDonald of Bloom
field, was born at Belden, June
17, 1916 and died November 15 in
Sioux City, la.
Raymond attended school in
Dallas, S. D. returning to Nebras
ka in 1935.
He was united in marriage with
Miss Leila Carlow, March 29lh,
1941 at Hartington. They became
the parents of three children.
Mr an l Mrs. McDonald farm
ed in Knox county and in the
Verdigre community.
Survivors include; Wife, Leila;
three sons Lyle, Doyle and Dale,
all of Center; his parents—Mr.
and Mrs. George McDonald; bro
ther—-Leonard of Bloomfield; sis
ters—Mrs. Arnold (Eva) Nickols,
Mrs. Henry (Lulu) Fredricksen
and Mrs. LJoyd (Irma) Kriz, all
of Bloomfield and Mrs. Wayne
i (Mi.dred) Murray of Center.
■ Those who attended the rites
were from Bloomfield, Belden,
Center, Creight n, Verdigre, Lau
rel, Norfolk, Randolph and Win
i netoon, Winner, S. D., Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Winner, S.t).
Thanksgiving Service
Scheduled Wednesday
The annual Thanksgiving eve
ning service will be held at the
Christ Lutheran church at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday. The public is
invited to attend.
Rev. A. S. Gedwillo also an
Eounced Thanksgiving day ser
ices at 9 a.m. Thursday at the
(Immanuel Lutheran church in
Atkinson.
All They Want
For Christmas
What does the (■! overseas
want for Christmas? If is home
town newspaper, that’s what.
This was revealed In a sur
vey just completed by the I SO
In Its J2 dubs abroad, ranging
from Paris to Istanbul. When
all returns were in, requests
for pictures of the family rated
number one with the service
men, with newspapers a close
second.
As one GI put it: “It (the
hometown (taper) Is the
strongest tie I have with the
States.”
So, for that serviceman
friend or relative of yours, why
not give him a gift subscription
to The Frontier. The Frontier’s
■pedal price for subscription*
sent to servicemen Is still only
12 no matter where they may
be stationed.
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Students at U. N.
First Semester
Thirty six students enrolled at
the University of Nebraska have
listed Holt county as their home
address. They are:
AMELIA David B. Garwood,
arts and sciences; Sharon Cleone
Swanson, agriculture.
ATKINSON-Calvin J. Allyn,
arts and sciences; Roland F.
Bouska, business administration;
Henry R. Dierks, engineers’,
Ronald N. Frickel, engineers;
Jeanette Claire Osborne, agri
culture; Robert R. Pettinger,
business administration and
Charles L. Sweet, arts afid
CHAMBERS Fay E. Blair, en
gineers; Doris Dorine deed,
teachers and Leroy G. Holcomb,
engineers.
EMMET Richard D. Em?st.
engineering.
EWTNG Patricia Po'lock Cros
by, teachers and Lyle D. Spence,
business administration.
INMAN—Roland L. Hansen, en
gineering.
O’NEILL—Dwayne E. Devall.
agriculture; Paul B Fe'row, en
gineering; Gordon W. Fox, en
gineering: Nyla Jodell Ja*zko
wiak, teachers; Sharon Ann Mar
cellus, teachers: James P. Mc
Ginn, arts and sciences: James
C. Reynoldson, arts and sciences;
Brock W Revno'dson. engineer
ing; Larry D. Tomlinson, teac
hers and Nancy Lou Wray, agri
culture.
PAGE Gary R Bow«n. engi
neering; Myma Jean Heiss, arts
and sciences and Marilyn Kay
Terrill, teachers.
STUART J?an E'izabeth Allyn.
teachers: Kenneth F Ba'enhorst,
dentistry: Dana F B'gelow, en
gineering: John F Head, agri
cu'Hire; Calvin E McClurg, agri
culture; Doris Marie Smith, agri
culture and Richard L. Sweet,
agriculture.
Mrs. Wintermote Hurt
In Auto Accident
A two car mishap was reported
Tuesday afternoon when autos
driven by Duane Saltz of Neligh
collided with an auto driven by
Hazel Wintermote of Chambers
at Fifth and Douglas.
Clarabell Wintermote, 82, a
passenger in the Wintermote
auto suffered a broken shoulder.
She is the mother of E. G. Win
termote.
Both vehicles were damaged ex
tensively.
Attend Lions Meeting
Rev. A. S. Gedwillo, O’Neill
Lions cl)jib president, and Joe
Stutz, secretary, attended a Lions
Club zone meeting at Bassett Sun
day.
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Although the mild weather and sunny skies belie the fact that
winter is just around the corner, it is that time of year again. There
are only 27 shopping days left until Christmas and O’Neill city work
men were busy putting up the city’s holiday decorations during the
past week. O’Neill’s annual window unveiling is scheduled for Fri
day evening.
Beth Fullerton Winner
In Legion Essay Contest
Beth Fullerton of Chambers
was awarded a $25 bond for first
prize in the American Legion
essay contest. Mike Coday of At
kinson, Holt County commnnder,
presented the medals and prizes
at the county meeting Monday
evening in Ewing. The theme of
the contest was ‘‘What County
Government Day Means to Me.”
Jerry Gregcr of Atkinson 8t.
Joseph’s won second prize of
$10 and Patty Hobbs of Ewing
was the third place winner for
$5.
Medals were awarded to pH
winners of each school in Holt
county. Other medal winners
were John Cork of Page; Dick
Galyen of Atkinson; Georgia Lou
Fick of Inman; Jean Devoy of
O'Neill St. Mary's; Mike Hand of
O’Neill high and Sharon Wester
man of Stuart.
Minor Mishap Reported
A traffic accident was reported
Saturday, Nov. 19 at 12:05 p.m.
in the private parking of the
Lexington Mills when a car
driven by Joe J. Kubik, 58, was
hit as Jack Bailey backed his
auto out to go home. Damage to
the left side of the Kubic car was
estimated at about $45.
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Harvey Krugman Named
To Head Angus Group
Harvey Krugman was chosen
president of the Holt County
Angus Association at a meeting
held Saturday evening at the
Courthouse annex.
Other officers named were
Everett Miner, vice-president;
Frank Beelaert, secretary-trea
surer ami Gerald Snyder was
chosen to finish the un-explred
term on the board of directors.
Discussion was held on the ar
rangements for the February sale
and banquet.
New members of the associa
tion are Dorothy Garwood and
Eddie Krugman.
Steven Cronin Hurt
In Fall From Horse
Steven, 11 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Cronin, sustain
ed a concussion Sunday noon when
he fell off a horse. He was taken
to St. Anthony’s hospital for first
aid treatment and sent to the
Methodist hospital in Omaha for
further examination. He was re
leased Monday and returned
home. His condition was describ
ed as satisfactory with complete
rest prescribed for a time.
Savings Bond Sales
$69,098 in County
A total of $69,098 in series E
and H Savings Bonds were pur
chased by Holt county residents
last month according to Lyle P.
Dierks, volunteer county chair
man.
G. Thomsons
Honored on
45th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George Thom
son held Open House at their
home in Chambers from 2 to 5
SitiHay aftern on in cbsrrvance
of their forty-fifth wedding an
niversary. Their daughter, Mrs.
Merlin Grossnicklaus, and daugh
ter-in-law, Mrs. Willard Thomson,
arranged the affair. Their grand
daughter. Judy Th msen, was in
charge of the guest book. As
s'strng w th the serving were Mrs.
Roy Backhaus, Mrs. Lew Back
haus and Mrs. Ed B >shart of
O’Neill. Over 100 guests signed the
bock.
Guests frem other towns in
cluded Mrs. Emma McKathnie,
Mrs. Celia Backhaus and Mr. and
Mrs. Milton McKathnie and sons
of Atkinson.
The Thomsens were married
November 29, 1915 at O’Neill. She
was the former Cora Backhaus.
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Douglas Spittler grts a spoonful of eodUver oil f .-om Connie Pederson Monday night as Jimmy Du*
aatko and Sharon Terra look on. It’s all In fun thou ;h and part of the play, “The Inner Willie,” pre
sented by the St. Mary’s senior* Sunday and Mon lay evening.
Window Unveiling, Contest
Planned Here Friday Evening
Escape Injury in
Mishaps Near Milford
CHAMBERS Mrs. Kenneth
Stahley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. Alderson of Cham
bers, narrowly escaped injury in
a car accident near her home
on the outskirts of Milford
recently.
She was about to turn into her
driveway and had the signal
light on when a truck transport
behind her attempted to pass her.
The transport hit her car in the
rear. She was able to get into the
drive when a guy wire on a
telephone pole caught and flipped
the car over.
She received bruises but no
serious injury. The car was
badly damaged.
Firemen Answer
Three Alarms at
Ewing Sunday
The Ewing Fire Department
answered three calls Sunday, the
first about 4:30 p.m. when a
blaze was discovered at the vil
lage dump. The second came in
the early evening hours from the
Ray Tucker home, one mile
northwest of Ewing. Mr. and Mrs.
Tucker had been gone for the
dav and returned home about
8:30 p.m. It was then they saw
flames and smoke coming from
the wash house. Quick work on
the part of the neighbors and
the Ewing Fire Department
hrought the fire under control.
Due to the location of the wash
house to other bu'ldines it could
have been a very destructive
fir" for the Tucker family.
The third call came about 11
p m. when a grass fire was dis
covered southwest of Ewing near
the Bud Bartak ranch.
District 53 Pupils
To Be Heard on WNAX
Mrs. W. H. McDowell and her
pupils of school district No. 53
will he on radio station WNAX
at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in a re
corded interview with George
German.
German made the interview at
the schoolhouse Tuesday after
noon.
O'Neill Musicians
Attend Convention
Miss Alvara Ramm and Duane
Miller, music instructors at the
O’Neill high school, attended the
Silver Anniversary Convention of
the Nebraska Music Educators
Association in North Platte from
Thursday through Saturday.
They were accompanied by
Susan Burney, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Mike Burney, and Vic
kie Gedwillo, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. A. S. Gedwillo. Susan
was a member of the State
Clinic Chorus and Vickie was a
member of the State Clinic Band.
Joins Eta Kappa Nu
Jerome Twibel of Orchard was
recently initiated into Eta Kappa
Nu, an honorary electrical engi
neering organization.
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Jiraks Honored
At Open House
On Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Anton Jirrk ob
served their fiftv-tfifth wedding
anniversary Sunday in an open
house celebration.
One hundred seventy-five guests
signed the guest book which was
in charge of the two oldest great
grandchildren, Jimmy McCart
and Margaret Ann Marcellus.
Two wedding rakes graced the
serving table. They were baked
by the granddaughters and Mrs
Joe Kalina. Ice cream, cake and
coffee were served during the af
ternoon and a supper was served
for the immediate family in the
evening. Rev. Karl Kucera was a
guest.
The evening hours were spent
in playing cards and listening to
accordian music. A late lunch
was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Jirak were mar
ried November 20, 1905 at St.
Patrick’s Catholic church. Mr.
Jirak is 76, his wife is 74.
They are the parents of two
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Sonkup
and Mrs. James Havranek. There
are seven grandchildren.
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At Bassett on
Narcotics Charge
BASSETT—Four men who said
th»y were rnroute to Billings,
Mont., have been bound over to
R~ck county district court on a
chnrge of possession of narcotic
drugs.
The men were arrested Nov.
lfl by Sheriff Marvin Kreitman
and state l'quor commission
agent Reed Nelson.
A search of the automobile in
which the four were traveling re
vealed between 10 and 15 pounds
of mariiuann weed concealed in
a bedroll, Kreitman said.
Bond has been set at $3,000 for
each man, and as of today they
were still confined to the county
jail unable to meet the bond.
Thc«e arrested wore Forest
Brown, Arturo I^ipez, Zeearias
Zutierrey and Pete Awtobee.
Immigration officials interview
ed the Mexican men, but appar
ently satisfied themselves the
men were not Mexican nationals.
Sheriff Kreitman said narcotics
bureau men told him marijuana
is worth about $150 per pound at
the present time. The men are
believed to have obtained the nar
cotics in the vicinity of Norfolk,
Kreitman said.
Hershiser Services
Planned Here Today
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the
Biglin Chapel for William Her
shiser of Anoka, Minn., who died
Saturday. Rev. Glenn Kennicott
will be in charge of the service.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Mr. Hershiser was a veteran of
World War I.
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Casey Tomlinson Wins
Frontier FB Contest
Two more lies thin week
made lough the job of picking
the football contest winners.
Casey Tomlinson and Jerry
Dexter each missed only one
game, but Casey’s choice of
total points scored by one team
gave him the nod.
Casey missed when he failed
to pick Nebraska's surprising
upset of Oklahoma, while Jerry
correctly picked both the Ne
braska win and Missouri's loss
to underdog Kansas, but trip
ped on the Stanford-Callfornla
fray.
A check Is waiting In the
Frontier office for Casey while
Jerry receives condolences and
a chance to win one more time
when the final winners are an
nounced next week.
Holt Extension
To Hold Annual
Meet Thursday
Molt County Extension Service
will hold its annual meeting
Thursday evening, Dec. 15, 8 p.m.
at the Legion hall in O’Neill.
There will be local 4-H entertain
ment, election of two board mem
bers, a speaker, special reports
anti a movie.
Every taxpayer in the county
may vote in the election and
the meeting Is open to the
piddle. The Extension Hoard
decided to hold the meeting in
the evening so that the entire
family might attend.
Walter Fick of Inman and Mar
old Coburn of Phoenix, annual
meeting committee, said more in
formation will be given in the
near future.
Stuart Legion
To Sponsor
Boxing Matches
STUART—American Legion
Post 115 at Stuart will sponsor
pre-golden gloves boxing matches
to be held at the Stuart Auditori
um on Thursday, Dec. 1.
Trophies will be awarded to
the winner of each bout and the
matches will be AAU sanctioned.
Dave Loesser of Norfolk and
Dean Pofahl of Ewing will serve
as judges.
Itoiits have already been ar
ranged between Skeet Cobb of
Grand Island and Jack McGinn
of O'Neill; Butch Pofahl of
Ewing and I>ale Hixson of
Clearwater; Ell Gonzales of
Grand Island and Joe Carr of
Atkinson, and Tony Wewel of
Newport and Oscar Oil via of
Grand Island.
Fighters who will also be pre
sent but as yet have not been
matched include Jerry Judge of
Atkinson and Jerry Aldonna of
Grand Island.
Fighters will also be present
from Palmer, Clearwater, Nor
folk and South Sioux City.
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ivcMiiCTns oi mr w nrui arwi
will have a chance to win Jfifl in
prizes Friday night, Nov 25 wfitut
O'Neill merchants conduct their
animal Yule window unveilhig
aud unrelated item contest.
Cards in w ndow.s will iiFntify
participating stores and entry
blanks will be available at both
O'Neill newspapers from 7 9 p.m.
Entries will be judged on sc
curacy amt time returned to the
newsfiaper offices. The contest
Is s|MiiiHonsl by the retail trade
committee of the O'Neill Cham
her of <V»mmeree.
Each contest window wilt con
tain one item that is unrelated
to the rest of the items in the
window. Contestants must find the
object and write it in the blahk
space opposite the name of the
store. .
Contestants must lie 18 years or
older. Chamber of Commerce
members and members of their
immediate families are not eligi
ble. Participation of buslrtbsses
is limited to paid up Chamber
members.
Entry blanks must lie picked
up and returned between the
hours of 7 and 9 p.m.
Mvp prizes will be offered.
First prize Is $20, second, $IS(
third, $10; and fourth, 9ft.
Everyone has a chance to wtn
eash for sharp eyes and speedy
work. Be here early, work fast
... a cash prize may he tin'
reward.
Winners will ho announced next
work.
Participating stores include:
Apparel Shop; lien Franklin
Store; Devoy Drug; Coyne Hard
ware; Coast to Coast Store;
Gamble Store (2 windows);
Scovie's Western Auto Store; Mc
Carvilles; Johnson Drug; John
son Jewelry; J. M McDonald’s;
I.ee Store; McIntosh Jewelry; O'
Neill Style Shop; Consumers
Public Power; J. C. Penney Store;
Higlin’s; Helen’s Flower and Gift
Shop; O’Neill Photo Co.; S & 5
Farm Supply; N W Hell Tele
phone tin M St M Bakerv win
dow) ; O'Neill Drug and Pinker
man’s TV.
Participating merchants have
been asked by the committee not
to turn on window lights until 7
p.m.
State 4-H Club Names
Beef Market Champion
The State 4-H Club, under the
Extension Service of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, College of
Agriculture, has selected from
the County Beef Champions In
marketing projects, Ted Gentrup
of Bremer, in Cuming county as
the State Roof Market Project
Champion.
This award “for outstanding
work in beef production" car
rlm with It an expense-paid
trip to the National 4-11 Club
Congress In Chicago as the
guest of Safeway Stores.
Ted’s father, Thetxlore S. Gent
rup, has this to say about 4-H.
"4-H taught my son to assume re
sponsibilities at home as well as
in the club and county. It
developed his leadership abilities
and has given him the actual ex
perience needed in the field of
selecting feeding and selling live
stock. It gave him an apportunity
to visit different sections of the
state and ncttixl him a profit
financially too.”
Representatives from 18 colleges and business schools plus
representatives from the armed forces were present Tuesday at the
annual Career Day held at the O’Neill Public School. Career Day,
sponsored by the Holt County Town Teachers Association is designed
to acquaint students with the opportunities offered by the variow
schools and colleges throughout the state. Fred L. Nicolai of the
University of Nebraska is shown here addressing one group of in
terested students.
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