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Volume 80—Number 37 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 5, 1961 Seven Cents
Regents Honors Won
By Koenig, Rosenkrans
Angela Koenig of St. Mary’s
academy and Marion Rosenkrans
of O'Neill high school are the
winners of the Regents scholar
ship for the University of Nebras
ka.
These students will be given
free tuition a full year at the
University which can be re
newed at the end of the year if
a certain average is main
tained during the year and if
the students obtain a specified
grade in a special test.
Miss Koenig is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koenig of
Butte. Miss Rosenkrans is the
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ANGELA KOENIG
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Rosenkrans of Lynch
Alternates have not yet been
announced at the academy. At
O’Neill high, Gary Jeffrey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jeffrey of
O'Neill, has been named alter
nate.
Angela, an honor roll student,
is active in Sodality, pep club,
glee club, is a member of the
National Honor society, and has
participated in the junior and
senior class plays.
Marion has never missed plac
ing on the honor roll, is active in
MARION ROSEN KRANS
hand and was awarded a second
class musician's award. She re
f ceived a “one” as a music con
test solist with her saxophone, is
school librarian, office girl and
a member of girls’ glee.
She ranked in the top three of
the National Merit Scholarship
ratings; second in state in geome
try at the Kearney Inter-high
Scholastic contest, rated in the
top ten percent in American his
tory in the Kearney contest and
was the winner of the National
Science Foundation scholarship.
Regent scholarships are
awarded to Nebraska high school
seniors who rank in upper one
fOurth of class. They are also
awarded on basis of high scores
in competitive examination.
When scholarship winners do
not accept the awards, the high
est ranking alternates are chosen.
These Words May be
Closer to The Truth
Muring the holiday season
the 4-year-old paid close at
tention to various Christmas
songs she heard on radio and
TV . . . and finally tried sing
ing some of them.
Perhaps it was an acute ob
servation on the “good old
days,” but the words came out
like this:
“Oh, what fun it is to ride In
one more open sleigh?”
Blizzard Club
To Hold 73rd
Annual Meet
Survivors of the 1888 blizzard
will meet January 14 at the
YWCA in Lincoln for a noon
luncheon meeting at which time
they will pay tribute to those who
gave up their lives in this
country’s worst storm.
This will be the 73rd annual
meeting of the survivors who
call themselves members of the
1888 Blizzard club. The public is
welcome to attend this meeting.
Reservations must be sent by
January 12 to R. V. Graff, 445 E.
6th St., Fremont.
A. Waldman Found Dead
Funeral Rites Pending
AMELIA - A rthur Waldman,
life-long resident of this communi
ty, was discovered dead in his
lied Monday evening when neigh
bors became alarmed after not
seeing him since his return from
Lincoln Thursday.
His body was found by Edgar
and Bill Gilman.
Funeral services are pending,
being delayed until the arrival
of his daughters, Mrs. Emmet
Carr and Mrs. Leo Marcellus of
California.
Biglins Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Licenses Now
On Sale at
Court House
Holt county residents may
receive their new automobile
licenses now at the county
treasurer’s office in the O’Neill
courthouse.
The office opens at 9 a.m.
and closes at 4 p.m. During
January and February, the of
fice will remain open during the
noon hour to aid persons wish
ing 1961 licenses. Normally
licenses go on sale January 1
but because of the double-day
holiday the first of the week,
the first sale date was January
3.
Taxes for 1961 must be paid at
the time of licensing and motor
vehicle owners must present their
1960 vehicle registration certifi
cates as well as their 1961 motor
vehicle tax statements in order to
receive their licenses.
This year a small tag with
adhesive on the back will be is
sued in place of new plates. It
is to be placed in the lower right
hand comer of the old plates.
To Manage Store
Orland Anson of Atkinson has
been named manager of Martin’s
Grocery store in Newport, begin
ning his duties January 1.
Prior to returning to Atkinson,
Mr. Anson was employed from
the fall of 1959 to May, 1960, at
Shelhamer’s Food store in O’Neill.
Gordon Johnson of O’Neill will open a new fo >d drive in sometime in the spring, and the partially
completed building which will bouse the drive in is located on the west edge of O’Neill, one block west
of the junction of highways 20 and 281.
The interior of the 20 by 30 foot building is nst yet completed and the new fixtures have not
been installed at this date. Leveling of the area an] a great many plans for ground improvements are
included in the work to be done before the spring op ning.
There will be no inside seating facilities. Service will be handled by carhops and a self-service
window. Mr. Johnson’s drive in is an independent business and will not be affiliated with any dairy lee
cream concern.
Kip Eugene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Marti:i of N'aper, took the honor of being the first baby
bom in Holt county in 1961. Kip was born at the Atk nson Memorial hospital at 6:30 a.m., January 2.
Pre-Golden Gloves Bouts Slated
By O'Neill Legion Wednesday Night
Sports fans in this area are
due for a pre-Golden Glove thril
ler Wednesday, Jan. 11, when the
O’Neill American Legion Post
presents its fight program to the
public at 8:15 p.m. in the O’Neill
high school auditorium.
Featured bout of the evening
will be Butch Pofahl of Ewing
meeting Bill Talbot of Norfolk.
Talbot and Pofahl were stars in
a recent Norfolk fight which
had the audience on its feet.
Talbot was leading in the fight
on points when Pofahl got his
second wind anil rallied enough
to score a technical knockout.
Sports enthusiasts are looking
forward to this rematch.
Also carded for the program
are Jack McGinn of O’Neill and
Bill Miller of Sioux City. Both
have had experience in the ring
and should offer fine entertain
ment.
Snow Removal Costs
Hit Council Budget
Often forgotten during a snow
storm is the cost of snow re
moval which hits hard at the city,
county and state budgets.
In O’Neill it cost $118 to hire
extra trucks and workers to re
move the snow after the Decem
ber 26 storm. The snow which fell
Monday night was cleared off
and hauled away at the cost of
$58.
These charges are in addition
to the regular salaries paid city
workmen.
City council members order the
streets cleaned as soon as pos
sible after each storm, both for
the safety of residents and to
prevent freezing conditions.
There will be at least 12 bouts
Wednesday evening and among
the probable fighters will be Dale
Hixson of Neligh, Rolland Closson
and Pat O’Connell, both of O’
Neill, Don Simpson and Bill
Koenig of Norfolk, Henry Van Ert
of Neligh, Tony Wewel of New
port, John Peters, Ted Downs,
Larry Sutton, Mike Gill and Tom
Foster, all of Sioux City.
Bill Engel of Sioux City will be
the referee, and time keeper will
be A1 Carroll of O’Neill. Judges
will be Dick Tomlinson, Wes
Cobb and Walter Fick. Joe
Cavanaugh will announce the
fights.
O’Neill Legionnaires in charge
of this program, the third annual
pre-Golden Gloves, promise an
evening full of excitement for all
men and women interested in box
ing.
Receives Minor Injury
In Accident at Stuart
STUART—Arthur Urban sus
tained a head cut requiring
several stitches and other minor
cuts and bruises about 2:30 a.m.
Sunday when his automobile, a
1954 Chevrolet left Highway 20
while traveling west at the east
edge of Stuart.
Urban was taken to the Atkin
son Memorial hospital by the
Stuart Rescue unit, and was re
leased later Sunday.
Rifle Shot Breaks
Sub-Station Window
A 22-rifle shot broke a window
several feet above the ground on
the south side of Consumers
Public Power sub-station north of
O’Neill at 5 a.m. Saturday.
City police are investigating the
incident.
Holt County Courts
Record Busy Year
A total of $22,148.57 in receipts
was accumulated by district court
in 1960. Disbursements amounted
to $12,281.86.
There were 17 criminal
cases filed, 14 divorce cases,
6 appeals from county court,
4 dependency and delinquency
cases and 2 foreclosures.
Balances of the cases were
quiet title, partitions, lump sum
settlements, licenses to sell
real estate and equity cases.
During 1960 there were no jury
trials.
Eleven passport applications
were issued, five persons naturali
zed, ten judgments filed in
judgment docket and two cases
went to supreme court.
A new key number for the
selection of jurors will be drawn
Thursday at which time Judge
William C. Smith jr., will take
over as judge of the 15th judicial
district.
Ninety-nine marriage licenses
were issued by County Judge
Louis Reimer sr., during 1960.
County court fines amounted to
$8,695 last year and scale in
fractions, $6,290, making a total
of $14,985.
Ted Manzer Named
CPPD Superintendent
Ted Manzer, 36, of Ainsworth,
former O’Neill resident, has been
appointed as Consumers Public
Power district superintendent at
Atkinson to succeed Lawrence P.
Hayes.
Manzer, who graduated from
O’Neill public school, is a three
year army air force veteran of
World War n. He started with
CPPD in Ainsworth in 1947 fol
lowing his return from military
service.
His wife is the former Yolanda
Baca of Morenci, Ariz. They have
three children, Doreen, Timmy
and Doris. The family will move
to Atkinson as soon as suitable
living quarters sure obtained.
Urge Presbyterian Church Members
To Attend Mass Meeting Tuesday
All members of the First Pres
byterian church in O’Neill are
urged to attend a mass meeting
and pot luck dinner Tuesday, Jan.
10. at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship
hall at the church.
Present for the meeting will
be the Rev. J. George Senty of
the Fund Raising Campaign De
partment of the Board of National
Missions.
He will address the congrega
tion on the all-out fund drive to
be held Sunday, Jan. 15, at which
time personal contact will be
made with members and friends
of the church to raise money for
the construction of a sanctuary
unit which will complete the
Presbyterian building started in
1956.
At the dinner Tuesday evening,
hostesses will be Mrs. L. F.
Beckenhauer, Mrs. Max Farrier,
Mrs. Arlo Hiatt, Mrs. C. E. Jones,
Mrs. C. E. Lundgren, Mrs. J. D.
Osenbaugh. Mrs. Paul Shelhamer,
Mrs. Wally Shelhamer, Mrs.
Christine Williams and Mrs. Wes
ton Whitwer.
Baby sitters will be provided
for the small children at the
dinner. Anyone wishing trans
portation may contact one of the
hostesses.
January 11 and 13 will be one
hour training sessions for the
campaigners who have recently
been named by team captains,
Dr. L. A. Burgess. Harry Clauson,
Arlo Hiatt, Roy Humrich, Elroy
Lieb and Weston Whitwer.
The campaigners are as fol
lows : L. F. Beckenhauer, Lee
Brady, jr., Fred Bredehoft, Har
old Burge, D. D. DeBolt, Bill
Derickson. Bob Forwood, Veidon
(Bud) Godel, Dwight Harder, Ray
Harmon, Art (Bill) Hibbs, Roy
Humrich, Bruce Johnson, Ted
Kyster, Milo Landreth, Tom Lid
dy. Bill MacKinlay, A. L. Patton,
Eddie Price, Melvin Ruzicka,
Larry Schaffer, Ray Schuchman,
Paul Shelhamer. Wayne Spelts,
Joe Tennis, E. L. Van Voorhis,
Alan Van Vleck and Bill Richard
son.
A dinner will be served Sunday,
Jan. 15, at the church for the
campaigners and following din
ner, the men will canvass the
town and rural area from 2 p.m.
to 7 p.m.
Kip Eugene Martin is First
New Year Baby in County
TV Channel 13
Conversion to
Cost About $300
Television viewers in this area
will have to wait for the trans
ference of Channel 13 to 12, due
to the fact that it is necessary for
the whole antenna unit to be con
verted.
Previously, the city council
had ordered three crystals
from a Canadian manufacturing
firm. The crystals were to be
used In the switching of Chan
nel 13 to 12 to avoid station in
terference from Sioux Falls.
However, the firm notified the
council this week that the
crystals would not be strong
enough and that the unit must
be changed.
City council members discussed
the project at a meeting Tuesday
evening. It was decided to further
investigate the matter as there
would be an approximate cost of
$300.
Other business brought up at
the Tuesday meeting was the al
lowing of bills and the hiring of a
consultant firm.
Kids Color
Greetings;
Win Prizes
Frontier staff members were
overwhelmed this week with
Christmas greeting coloring en
tries in the Frontier’s second an
nual contest.
Judges were hard put to arrive
at unanimous decisions in some
cases and several times during
the judging sharp words passed
between them.
Anyway. . .now all is sweetness
and light and here are the win
ners:
First Division
Beverly Rockford, Chambers,
first place. Bruce Sedivy, Ewing,
second place. Terry Steskal, At
kinson, third.
Second Division
David Cadwallader, Stuart,
first. Frances Poessnecker, At
kinson, second. Mickey Doolittle,
Stuart, third.
It was orginally planned to give
two prizes in each division, but
so many of the entries were ex
ceptional that a third prize was
added in each group.
Prizes for each division are
$5 first prize: $3 second: $1
third. Checks for each of the
six children named above are
waiting in the Frontier office.
All the prize winning entries
plus many of the other entries will
be on display in the window of
the Frontier this weekend. The
public is invited to see this dis
play of outstanding entries by
children of the area.
The two divisions of the con
test was designed to keep more
advanced children from compet
ing with younger ones. Children
in primary through second grade
were in one group while third
and fourth graders made up the
other section..
The children colored Christmas
greetings run in the Dec. 22 issue
of the Frontier by businesses and
professional people of the county.
Coloring is done either with
water colors or crayons.
Supervisors to Ask
Closed Season in 1961
A request to the State (tame
Commission to close Hott
county for the 1961 season on
pheasants, grouse, prairie
chicken and quail, will be made
at a hearing January to at 1:80
p.m. in the courthouse.
The hearing, sponsored by
the board of supervisors, will
be open to anyone interested in
this matter.
The supervisors met Fiiday
to complete the end of the year
business.
Postal Receipts
At Record High
During Past Year
An all time high in postal
receipts was realized in 1960 at
the O’Neill post office, according
to figures released by Postmaster
Ira H. Moss.
Receipts totaled $62,200, an
increase of $4,500, or nearly
eight percent, over 1959. A
slight gain was shown through
out most of the year, but the
heaviest gain was in Decem
ber reflecting heavier Christ
mas mailing than usual.
Mr. Moss noted smoother handl
ing of Christmas mail during
December which indicates co
operation from the public in shop
ping and mailing earlier.
Also helpful in the holiday
period was the fact that no break
downs in mail trucking service
were experienced. In December
of 1959, local postal service was
plagued by a series of truck
breakdowns.
Rites Planned at Royal
For Glen Rundquist
ROYAL—A well know mer
chandise store operator, Glenn
Rundquist, 50, died Tuesday in
the Veterans hospital at Grand
Island following a heart attack
suffered about seven weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held
at Royal Friday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife
Veryl; one son Nolan; his parents
and two sisters.
A six pound, twelve ounce son,
Kip Eugene, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Ervin Martin of Naper at
Atkinson Memorial hospital at
6:30 a.m. January 2, winning
honors as the first ha by torn in
Holt county.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kramer
of Stuart ran a close second as
their son was tom at 10:30 a.m.,
also January 2, at the Atkinson
hospital.
First baby torn at St. Anthony's
hospital in O’Neill, since the
beginning of the new year, is a
son, born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Cunningham of Noligh, formerly
of O’Neill, at 9:29 a.m. January
3.
The prize winning toby, Kip
Martin, is an only child, as there
are no brothers and sisters. He
measured 20 inches at birth.
Young Kip qualified for The
Frontier’s 14th annual First Baby
contest. He and his parents will
therefore be awarded the follow
ing prizes from O’Neill mer
chants : One dozen photos, O’Neill
Photo company: five pounds but
ter, Harding Cream company;
one case of i>op, Merri Dr. Pop
per; case of Gerber’s Baby Foot!,
The New Outlaw; dozen Curity
diapers, Ben Franklin; gold baby
ring, McIntosh Jewelry; pair of
Red Goose shoes, McCarville’s;
Formulette bottle sterilizer, De
voy Rexall Drug.
A $5 gift certificate, Coast to
Coast; dozen Toddlcrtime diapers,
Penney’s; case of Cherub evajxi
rated milk, Safeway; $5 gift certi
ficate, Johnson Drug; Hardwood
nursery training chair, Gambles;
$7.50 in trade on purchase of
crib and mattress set or on pur
chase of playpen and pad,
Meyer’s Midwest Furniture; do
zen gauze diapers, McDonald’s;
$25 discount on any major appli
ance, Dankert’s; baby bath,
Coyne Hardware; special steak
dinner, M & M Cafe and Bakery,
and one-year subscription to The
Frontier.
Nissen Nominated
To Air Academy
James Nissen, grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Nissen of Page
and nephew of Mrs. Raymond
Eby of O’Neill has been nomi
nated for appointment to the air
force academy.
James is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Nissen of Sidney and will
graduate from the Sidney high
school in May.
An Editorial ...
Letters to The Editor
Every newspaper publisher enjoys letters to the editor . . . especi
ally those from persons who want the letters reprinted in the news
paper for everyone to read.
However, to protect himself—and assure readers they are getting
the genuine article—many publishers ask that the letters be signed by
the writer even though the name is withheld from print.
This is a rule of The Frontier—that all letters must be signed by
the writer, even though he requests the name he withheld from publica
tion. The Frontier will respect the wishes of the writer if the author
is known to us—or he seems to be a genuine person who writes on a
subject important to him.
We will not accept annonymous letters ... or letters we feel are
signed with a false name.
First of all, we take it as a personal affront that anyone should
feel i at we will betray a confidence promised.
Secondly, if the letter is signed with a false name we immediately
have serious doubts about the authenticity of the contents.
The Frontier invites letters from our readers. We want to know
their views and we are happy to serve as the medium to make these
views available to the rest of the world.
We go to great lengths to keep names secret when we are re
quested to do so. Most of our staff is kept unaware of the names of
writers of such letters.
But we won’t print anonymous letters or those signed with fictitious
names.
■ « /hh im jr ct—MMafrg lir'iry'liTT I lITTiTf
Holt county executive board members of the National Polio foundation met at the Town House Tues
day evening for the regular annual meeting. William Downes jr., of Grand Island, outlined the campaign
of the March of Dimes. Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson is the county drive chairman and Mrs. K. L
Van Voorhis of O’Neill is the county chairman. Shown here (left to right) are: Mrs. J. H. Gibson of
Chambers, Mrs. Robert Martens of Atkinson, Mrs. C >rdes Walker of Page, Mrs. A. B. Hubbard of Cham
bers, Lyle Dierks of Ewing and Mrs. Anna Albers of Chambers.
Back row: Mrs. Carrie McMahan of Inman, Mrs. K. L. Van Voorhis, Mrs. Melvin Marcellus, Mrs.
Vem Reynoldson, John McCarville and William Mil ler, all of O’Neill and William Downes, state repre
sentative.
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