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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1960)
STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NEBR. -- S'''' THK WtlATHICK Open Thursday Nights Sixteen Pages £*» > w i» »«*• Until Christmas In This Issue Saturtxy 3 2 § SutHlay 4 49 31! T Mvm.Uy 5 44 21 Tvjcs<iay 6 34 14 'The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper W«Sw*day ? 34 14 _ Volume 80—Number 33 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 8, 19 60 Seven Cents O'Neill Merchants to Sponsor Turkey Days Friday, Saturday Haw many people do you think will register for Turkey Days at the different establishments in O’Neill Friday and Saturday? If you think you have a good Idea of the number, be sure to visit each business place that Is a Chamber of Commerce member and write your esti mate. A first place winner and first and second place alter nates from people making the best estimate w'll be seleeted. "Die winners will he announced In next week’s issue of The Frontier, and will he presented certiorates which may be re deemed for turkeys at the local grocery stores. All merchants are requested by Joe McCarvllle, chairman, to turn in the names of their win ners to Howard Manson by Mon day. Contest rules hnve been stated in an ad on another page in this Issue of the newspaper. Anyone wishing to take part in the con test is ureod to carefully read the regulations. Stores *non«oring Turkey Days are as follows: Harding Cream. Robertson Motors, Fourth Street Garnee. Thelander Auto Service, O'N ill Stvin Shop, Fourth Street Market, O’Neill Studio, Holt County Independent, First National Rank, O’Neill Drug, Coast to Coast. J M McDonald Co., Johnson Jewelry. McCarvil les Graham "SB”, Eby Conoco. O’Neill National Rank, Spelts I^imher D"ov Recall Drug. A A M Shoe S'oro, Patton’s Ren Franklin. O’Neill Cbaners, Mc Intosh Jewelry, Hamik Standard Service, Fo'anvs, Vire l.aursen Insurance, Shelhamer Equip, and Ol, Wilson Texaco J. C. Penney Co.. I^cc Store. Shelhamer Foods, The Outlaw. Meyers Midwest Furniture O'Neill T/icker Plant, Johnson Drug, Western Auto, Safeway S’orcs, Anpnrel Shop, Covnc Hardware, The Fronti°r, Moore - No* le Dumber On.. Cen tral Finance and M & M Bakery * Caf?. Young people in this area may see and visit Santa Claus Decem ber 17 at 2 p.m. Funeral Services Planned Today For Mrs. W. Rieck CHAMBERS Funeral services will be held today (December 8) for Mr. William Rieck, 67, who died Monday at 11:30 p.m., fol lowing an eight-hour illness Two services will be con ducted. One will he held at 10:30 am. in St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Chambers, and the other will be at 3:30 p.m., in the Albion Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Rosehill cemetery at Albion. Alma Lillv Wilhelmine was born March 27, 1893 to Nicholas and Matilda Warken at Snyder. She was married May 18, 1910 at Primrose to William Rieck and two ch'ldren were bom to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Rieck moved to. Holt county from Wheeler county in 1950. She is survived by her hus band, William, and two daugh ters. Mrs. Helen Buhlmann of Bartlett and Mrs. Elsie Hanna of Chambers. Pallbearers are Dale Killian, Alfred Rieck, Robert Rieck. Lena’-'t Rankin Merlin Rieck and Otto Rickard. Honary pallbearers are William Jutte, John Walter, Eric Retzlaff. Elmer Oetter, Wal ter Haake and Emerson Loseke. Holt County Ranks Fifth In State Fatality Count At the present time, Holt county has four highway deaths reported for the y?ar as compared with eight in 1959, two in 1958 and two in 1957. Holt county is tied with Cedar county for fifth place in total number killed in the 19 counties in this area. Seven of the 19 counties have no fatalities re ported. Boyd County 4-H Holds Jamboree; Leaders Honored BUTTE—A county wide 4-H Jamboree was held Wednesday. Nov. 30 at the Butte Legion Hall to recognize 4-H award winners and club leaders. Ken Schmidt, assistant state 4-H club leader was guest speaker. His topic was "Keys to Club Success." The evening re creation period was also led by Mr. Schmidt. Rich I.ooek, president of the Boyd County Extens;on Board made the following 4-H pin pre sentation to club leaders. Two year bronze pins were given to Mrs. Arthur Boettcher, Mrs. Bcrnord Kaczor. Mr. Law rence Lechtenberg, Mrs. Evan Lewis, all of Spencer and Mrs Ivor Johnson of Bristow. Five year Silver pins w’ere given to Mrs. Elv;n Allen of Bristow, Mrs. Bert Johnson of Spencer, Mrs. Al Englehaupt and Mr. Ben Woodruff of Butte and Mrs. William Vogt of Napcr. Ten year Cold pins were given to Mrs. Albert McDonald of I.vnch and Mrs. C. F. Sattler of Naner. Mrs. Evan Lewis, cnairmnn of the 4-H Council made the pre sentation of the following 4-H awards. For Achievement: Charlotte Mather of Butte: Marita Kerbel of Spencer, and Tommy Mathers of Butte. Agriculture: Helen Mathers of Bufte. Beef: Jack Englehaupt of Butte. Clothing: Betty Prokop and Carol Anderson, both of Bristow and Carole Keller and Marita Kerbel. both of Spencer. Food Preparation :Kay Mathers of Butte. Connie Adams and Ravlene Nemec, bo*h of Spencer. Garden: Linda Howell of Bris tow, Dennis Roether of Butte and Beverly Swanson of Bristow. Tractor: Larry Woodruff and Leonard Mathers, both of Butte. County Dress Revue: Marita Kerbel. Judy Kerbel. Sharon Holmberg. Shirlev Ruda of Bris tow, Carole Keller of Spencer. Bonnie Prokop of Bristow and Audrey NcNair of Spencer. Outstanding 4-H Club Members Trophy: Rose Marie Holmer of Spencer. Ak-Sar-Ben Purple Herdsman ship Ribbons: Judy Lechtenberg, Victor Lechtenberg and Jack Englehaupt. County Agent R J. Gustafson showed colored slides of 4-H activities. Twelve clubs were organized with 230 4-H club members carry ing 440 projects. The county counted 67 men and women leaders. The Butte Community club served refreshments for the event in recognition of 4-H club work O'Neill Hunters Prove Innocence is Incident Of "Shooting The Bull" Three well known sportsmen from O’Neill were recently hunting pheasants In Greeley county when they were accused by an irate farmer of shooting his bull. The men quickly explained that they had just arrived and had not even taken their guns out but the farmer was so In censed he wouldn't listen and »x, prepared to take them to the nearest Judge. The men in desplration turned to the only solution available. They Intniduued themselves to the farmer, who was at last convinced lie had made a mis take. One of the men Is a member of the ministry. Another group from here went hunting and pulled Into a farm yard for permission to hunt. Tragedy struck, however; the car ran over a small dog, killing It. That ended the fun for the hunters, heartsick over the dog. They turned the car around to leave but the farmer corralled th*‘ni and they had to pay. Total hunting cost? Twenty five dollars. Friends Harvest Corn Saturday For Sylas Coy ORCHARD Friends turned out at the Sylas Coy farm Saturday to complete his com harvest. Mr. Coy was injured in a combine acc dent in September and later underwent surgery for a foot amputation. Six cornpickers and two eleva tors were used Saturday. Those assisting with the job were Glen and Bill Ziegenbein, Harold Schwager, Henry Mosel, Gilbert Mosel, Vern Reige, Harry John son, Douglas Mosel, Jim Cooper, Gordon Shrader, Merlin Mosel, Bob Meyer, Sam Johnson, Ralph Shrader, Gerald Seefeldt, Butch Elston, Dan Jacob, Arlen Thomp son, Lester Johnson, George Hamil, Curt Schleusener, Floyd Gibbs and Leonard Stelling. Mrs. Ferd Krutz and Leona Mosel as sisted with the serving of food. Edward Ertz Rites Held at Butte Dec. 7 Funeral services were held at the SS. Peter and Paul Catholic church at Butte Wednesday, Nov. 30 for Edward Ertz, 61, who died Saturday, Nov. 26. Father Ed ward Gill officiated. Burial was under the direction of the Raymer Mortuary. Mr. Ertz had gone to the home of his son, Duane, during the morning to help with some farm work when he suffered a heart attack and died. He is survived by his w’.fe, Leah; one son, Duane; one daughter, Mrs. Donald Jeffrey (lone) of Farmington, N. M., and several grandchildren. New Chambers Building A new building has been started at Chambers which will house the Millers Grocery store. It will be of pre-fab and steel construc tion. It’s located just west of the post office building. Set Presbyterian Building Fund Drive A dream of many years may soon be reality for Presbyterian church members—the completion of a new church home. Attention has now been turned to the construction of a sanctuary unit which will complete the building started in 1956. The pre sent building houses an edu cational unit, complete wUh modern classrooms, fellowship hall, kitchen, stucfcu and office SPThe new sanctuary will be built adjoining the educational unit with the chancel at the south end of the building. An all-out fund drive will be held Sunday. Jan. 15. ft which time personal contact will he made with members and friends of the church Building committee members have started a seven week training and educational course in preparation for the big drive day and the naming of the many workers. Tom Liddy is chairman of the finance committee. Members of the building committee are K. L. Van Voorhis, Mrs. Dewey Schaf fer, Mrs. J. P. Brown, Harry Clauson, H Ressel, L. F. Becken hauer and R. Humrich. Other chairmen include: M. Riaicka, preparation committee; R. Forwood, promotion commit tee; W. Spelts, church staff com mittee, and J. Tennis, finance committee. O'Neill’s first Presbyterian church was organized in Decem ber, 1882 whan 13 persons gathered to sign a petition. For mal organization was approved January 14, 1883 at a meeting of 10 persons. The church base ment was dug about 1900. In 1913 the first church was remodeled for the addition ot a choir loft, pulpit, minister’s study and other changes. The decision to build a new edu cational unit and sanctuary be came official in November 1954 when congregational meetings were held to nominate and elect members of a building committee. Leigh Reynoldson New Rodeo Association Head O’Neill Rodeo association of ficers for 1961 were elected Fri day evening at which time Leigh Reynoldson was named president. Other officers include Harry Spall, vice president; Bill Mur ray, secretary, and Virgil Laur sen. treasurer. Directors are C. E. McVay. Dale Wilson, Lou Brown, E. J. Miner, Bernard Allen, Henry Johnson, Fred Jones, Orlo Rhodes, Roger Bowen, Gordon Watson, D. C. Schaffer, L. D. Putnam and J J. Bsrigen. The annual dinner and dance was held Sunday evening at the Legion hall with approximately 165 members and families of the Association attending. Dobias Infant Rites Held At Atkinson ATKINSON — Funeral services were (xwducted h re Saturday for Mary Elizabeth, eight-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dobias of Papillion. The infant died suddenly Wednesday eve ning, Nov. 30 The Rev. C. H. Gates, officiated at th? services which were held at the Seger Funeral home. Burial was in Woodlawn ceme tery, in Atkin'on. She is survived by her par ents, a sister, Carol Francine; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dobias of Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snyder of Omaha, and grat grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kliment ?r., of Atkinson and Mcs. Bessie Sny der of Fort Calhoun. Prairieland Talker Celebrates Birthday Belated congratulations are in order for Romaine Saunders, "Prairieland Talker” for The Frontier, who celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday in l/ncoln. Mr. Saunders resides with his daughter, Mrs. Harold E. Eno at 4110 So. 51st street. Mr. Saunders was bom at Mon roe, Wis., and came to Holt county about 1884. He edited The Frontier for 11 years before World Warl and from 1930 to the 1940’s. Graveside Rites Held For McGinn Infant Graveside rites were conducted Tuesday for Patrick R. McGinn, day-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Emmet McGinn of O'Neill. Msgr. Timothy O’Sullivan offi ciated at the services at Calvary cemetery. Survivors are his parents and a sister, Deborah. Rev. Louis Miller to be Speaker at Annual Extension Service Meeting The Reverend Louis Miller, National Rural Life Figure and Diocesan Rural Life Director of the Catholic Rural Life Con ference is to be the key speaker at the annual Extension Service meeting Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Legion Hall in O'Neill begin ning at 8 p.m. Father Miller has been serv ing as pastor for three rural parishes In South Dakota. For many years he had a deep interest in the rural scene and for that reason has been active in the National Catholic Rural Life Conference of Des Moines, la. His interest in rural people has made him more convinced that America must look to rural com munities for strong leadership to strengthen the moral fiber of our nation. Father Miller will point up the valuable opportunities of living in our rural areas that many of us have never realized. Every one in Holt county is invited to come and take part in the meet ing and hear the Reverend Lou's Miller, report of National 4-H Club Congress and local 4-H musical talent. One Holt county extension board member will be elected from Supervisory Dis trict’s 3 and 5. The board will furnish a sum mary of work done during the year. Three Holt county farmers and ranchers will receive recogni tion for their tree planting activities. See next week’s paper for com plete program. Channel 13 Booster Back in Operation Strong winds delayed the re pair of Channel 2 booster this week, due to the fact that repair men must climb a 100-foot tower which is extremely dangerous during inclement weather. Channel 13 was repaired last week and it took six and one half hours for three men to re string the Rhombic antenna. Dr. E. M. Gleeson reported the re pair cost at $64 for Channel 13 alone. The antennas were put out of Commission during O’ Neill’s blizzard November 27 and 28. 11 -.. - 1 11 ■ ■■ . I— ■ ■ " — Board Says 'Misinformation' Used in School Bond Hassle Channel 10 Planning Satellite Station Word has been received at The Frontier office that Channel 10 television officials at Lincoln are contemplating installing a new satelite station, Channel 11, north of Grand Island. No official word has t een is sued as yet, however O'Neill tele vision dealers have received communication concerning the project. The addition of a new sate lite In this area would not Im prove television viewing In this •rea to any great extent, as the station would be approxi mately ftt miles from here. Another factor which should be considered. Is that the O’Neill boosters would be In the center of the Sioux Falls Channel 11 and the proposed satelite Chan nel 11. According to Ken Werner of Chambers, this situation causes interference and poor reception. Such a condition exists at the present time as O'Neill lies be tween Sioux City Channel 4 and Hastings Channel 5. Former O'Neill Woman Seen on TV Program Thanks to good friends, Mrs. H. J. Hammond was able to see her daughter on the television program, “The Price Is Right," Wednesday morning. Friends recognized the daugh ter, Mrs. Charles E. Chace of Lincoln, and immediately notified Mrs. Hammond. Mrs. Chace who is visiting in New York with her husband, won merchandise valued at over $500 on the program. Mrs. Hammond will leave Sun day to spend Christmas with her daughters, Mrs. W. II. Bowker % t Mrs. Chace at Lincoln. Fol lowing the holidays she will go to Denver, Colo., for several months. Frisch Promoted Mrs. Ethel Frisch has been in formed that her son, Larry, has been promoted to sergeant in ROTC at the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. He is a sophomore. Larry formerly was employed at The Frontier office and is a graduate of O’Neill high school. _ O'Neill Chamber Holds Meeting Monday Evening O’Neill’s Chamber of Com merce met Monday evening for a dinner meeting and to discuss items of interest concerning city affairs. Representatives from KVTV and KTIV at Sioux City informed the members that a 1,500-foot tower would be erected by Sioux City in the near future. This w II insure O'Neill viewers of f<*tter television reception. Channel 4 representatives have been in O’ Neill during the month of Novem ber to check reception in this area. There w ll be no solicitation or expense to the city In con nection with the new tower. Ray Eby, chvrmun of the new industry committee, reported that his committee is now working toward an industrial development corporation. This type of set-up would make it easier to handle new industry promotion. Two-hundred and fifty re sponses were received in the recent labor survey conducted by the Chamber. These responses have been sent to Lincoln for classification. It was also announced that seven different arrial views of O'Neill had been taken and de livered at the request of a weav ing company. The O’Neill Frontier provid’d the pho tographer for these pictures and donated them to the Chamfer. Airport manager, Walter Kopejt ka. donated his Diane and time for the photos. Y A report of the city Christinas decorations was made by Chair man Tom Cronin. Four large de corations and many light bulbs were destroyed by the recent blizzard. New scroll ornaments and garlands h''V" been received and are now being installed by ci^y workmen tach year the Chamber of Commerce orders $500 worth of new decorations. It was voted to use this money next year for the installation of electrical outlets on the street. This will provide improved light ing. K. L. Van Voorhis will in vestigate the cost of this pro ject and report at the next meet ing. Members voted to again purchase the second place trophy for the Holt county basketball tournament and It was decided to underwrite the program for the District Music contest which will be held here about April 23. The cost will be 9100. A discussion was held concern ing the question of having a city recreational director during the summer to supervise city play activities. Joe Stutz was named chairman of the city improve ment committee and he will con tact the city council to determine its interest in the project. The Chamber will hold its next meeting January 2. Leave for Army Ray D. Witherwax of O’Neill, Vernon D. Rothchild of Atkinson and Jimmy P. Menkens of Em met were inducted into army November 29. u Nem Hoard of Education members Tuesday night replied to charges that O’Neill’s census figures and the public school en rollment do not warrant building a new high school. The charge was made last week in a letter to the editor printed in the Frontier, stating O'Neill's population had increased only 131 in the last 10 years and that elementary enrollment had dropped 21 pupils in grades 1-tt since Sept. 1. “Regardless of what the over all census reports, the Board must concern itself with school aged children,’’ the letter stated. “The Board also realises that a certain percentage of school aged children will attend St. Mary’s school. School census figures in the District reveal an increase of 325 children from five to 21 years over the past 15 years.’’ “ltie school district extends be yond the city limits and includes a largir area than the city, there fore, one cannot go entirely on the last official census which shows the city of O’Neill in creased 131 persi ns at all age levels. “Actual facts arc that tho school age population In the dis trict increased from 860 from 1950 to 1.039 In 1960, or 179 po tential sch Md aged children In the district. The increase has been graded and consistent.” “The Board of Education re ceived the following information G E to Present Science Show At Schools “Adventures in Science,’’ the General Electric traveling stage show, will be presented at O'Neill high school and St. Mary’s academy Tuesday under the local sponsorship of Consumers Public Power District. As the successor to the world famouH General Electric “House of Magic,” the present “Adventures In Science” show is designed to alert students to the challenges of the Space Age. Two lecturers from the New York offices of General Electric are traveling with the shmv, presenting It to all secondary schools In this area* The program is made up of a series of scientific demonstra tions showing the progress and development which made possible our entry into outer space, ar.d suggests ways in which today's students can take advantage of their educational opportunities in order to make similar progress in any field. It is meant to supple ment the work of teachers, gui dance counsellors, and parents in the over-all effort to stimulate and ecourage young people to plan for their own careers. Attend Lincoln Meeting Superintendent Milton Baack and Instructor Gerald Hawley of O’Neill public school, will attend a Nebraska School Activities As sociation Representatives as sembly Thursday evening at Lin coln. Purpose of the meeting is to establish official seasons for all sports. Mr. Baack is chairman of the district 3 managing commit tee and Mr. Hawley is a delegate m i * u • tem: .» from the County Superintendent's permanent records on school aged children m the district: Y ear Const® 1945 TH 1946 122 1947 7,9 1948 SDD 1M9 x:a 1950 XfiD 1951 KK) 1962 80 1953 - 921 1954 !WI 1955 a;tr» 1956 8517 1957 _ 500 1958 1.019 1959 1,00 19GD 1,(09 11»e boani also lushed out at persons who “attempt to contuse voters through distorted lnionina tlOllu” “Figures that do nothing to help them Justify their negative -atti tude are omitted or juggled," the statement said. “It is their hope tiiat by contusing and creating doubt in tlie voters through false information tliey can gum sup port (or their negative viewpoint. “Tlie Board wants all voters to have facts and is therefore cor recting some of the misinforma tion tiiat has been spread. Please do not be misled. “The one figure which stated grades 1-8 has lost 21 students is false. Here are the factsc Twelve children in these grades have withdrawn, five (others) have enrolled since school open ed. This is a net loss of seven “i’his f.gure could well be re versed in several days with It® moving in of one or two families* Six oi the children (who left) have been in two families. One has left because of the half day program. How many more leu because the children were in the hall-day program or might have to attend a half-day at a later date is not known. “A true picture of wiihdrawila and new enrollments most cover a number of years. Records ov er a 10-year period indicate an average of 25-30 students will with draw and enroll each year.” Voters will go to the polls Fri day to determine whether the school board will be successful In its second attempt to get approval of a $465,000 bond issue to build a new public high school in O’ Neill. ONE POLLING PLACE Voters of School District No. 7 will go to the polls Friday to decide on a $465,000 bond lssan to build a new high school. Only one polling place will bB used for this election. . Its basement of the Holt County Court House. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 pan. Voters must he citizens of the U. S., at least 21 years df age, have 40 days residence tl the district and own real or personal property that was as sessed in his name in the last general assessment or have a spouse owning such property, or have children of school age residing In the district. An Attorney General's opinion rules the payment of taxes on a car or truck as such assess ment and qualifies the person as n voter provided he meets all other requirements. h-t—-—~ x -- JUN I Oh • S E> N I O ft HIGH “SCHOOL -/.’i; * C, W Hbtht ' • ‘ ' HtDMSIi* ' ' ■ >U Voters in school district 137 at Chambers will go to the polls on Friday, Dec. 23., to vote on a proposal to build a new $280,000 high school and junior high combinations joining the present sc hoi. The proposed addition will include five class rooms, hot lunch facilities anil a regulation size gymnasium. District 131 has a valuation of $3,141,4,12. There Is no present Indebtedness and the proposal will be spread over a 20 year period. • V
