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Volume 81—Number 7 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, June 8, 1961 Seven Cents
Rodeo Weekend
To Begin Here
Friday, June 16
O'Neill will he ihe center of in
lerest next Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, June- 16, 17 and 18 when
O’Neill’s big annual rodeo gets
underway.
A $71!* purse plus entry fee*
will go to the" top cowboys as
they compete for prizes in sad
die hrone riding, bareback
riding, calf roping, steer
wrestling, Brahma bull riding
aad ladies barred race.
All entries must be in by noon
Friday. June 16. Entries may be
mailed or phoned to Virgil Liur
sen. O’Neill.
The rodeo weekend will Is of
ficially opened Friday, June 16
with a parade through Ihe eity,
sponsored by the O’Neill Lions
club. A total of $200 in prizes is
being offered by the Chamber
of Commerce. Evening perfor
mances are scheduled for Friday
and Saturday starting at 8 pm.
An afternoon program will be
held Sunday beginning at 2pm
A carnival and lunch stand wili
be- on the ground.
All rodc^o stock is NSRA ap
proved. Hollenbeck Brothers will
Ik the contractor and producer.
Services Held for
Charles T. Allen
CHAMBERS Funeral ser
vices were held in Fullerton May
12 for Charles Theodore Allen.
55, who died May 9 at Fullerton
Memorial hospital.
Mr. Allen a, former Chambers
resident, is survived by his wife
Ella; two children, Wilma Jean
and Gary Theodore, both at
home, two sisters and three
brothers.
Burial was in tin* Fullerton
cemetery.
Services Held for
John Burr, 74
NAPER — Funeral services
were held May 31 for John Burr.
74, who died May 28 at Gregory
Community hospital, S. D.
Mr. Burrs parents first resided
at Naper upon arriving in this
country from Russia.
He was the bother of Mrs. John
Zeisler, Butte.
Country Club Tourney
Postponed to July 15
Board members of the O’Neill
Country club decided this week
to postpone the open golf tourna
ment from June 17-19 to July 15
and 16, due to the fact that the
new grass greens are not yet
ready for play.
There will be only two days of
medal play, July 15 and 16, but
qualifying rounds may be played
July 13, 14 and 15. Players may
declare their intention to enter
the championship flight without
qualifying.
This is the first time in 38 years
that the open tournament has not
been held over the Father’s Day
weekend.
Mrs. J. W. Cronk
Dies ai Page;
Rites Pending
PAGE—Mrs. J. W. Cronk, 73,
died Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. in
St Anthony's hospital after an ill
ness of 19 days.
The funeral service time is still
pending. Biglins Funeral home is
in charge.
Gina Clara Walker was born
December 3, 1887 to Jesse Steve
and Rhoda Leatherman Walker
at. Middle Branch.
She was married March 3, 1907
at Middle Branch to Jud W.
Crank. He preceded her in death
in January, 1940.
Surviving are two sons, James,
Kelso, Wash., and John, Page;
and two sisters, Mrs. George
Hartford, O’Neill, and Mrs.
Mayme Hetrick, Ceres, Calif.
K. Black Receives
Vicarage Assignmnet
ORCHARD Kenneth B.
Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Black, Orchard, received a
vicarage assignment from Con
cordia seminary at St. Louis. Mo.
In June he will have com
pleted seven years for ministry in
the Lutheran church. Missouri
Synod, and will be eligible to
accept his appointment for a year
of theological internship at St.
John's Lutheran church, Midland,
Mich
Joe Tomjacks Honored
On 60th Anniversary
EWING—A family gathering
was held Sunday at St. Dominic's
hall, honoring Mr. and Mi's. Joe
Tomjack on their 60th wedding
anniversary. A one o’clock no-host
dinner was served and in the af
ternoon, open house was held.
Seventy-five friends and rela
tives attended the open house ce
lebration. The anniversary cakes
were baked and decorated by Mrs.
Albert Kallhoff, Mrs. Frank
Hawk and Mrs. Floyd Lee, who
cut and served the cakes. Mrs.
Kallhoff presided at the coffee
service. Miss Sherry Kallhoff was
in charge of the guest book, and
assisting with serving were their
granddaughters, including Sher
ry, Carol Herley and Marilyn
Tomjack.
Mr. and Mrs. Tomjack were
married June 2. 1901 at St. Pet
er’s church in Ewing. They' have
spent their entire married life
in the Ewing community, retiring
from farm life five years ago
and moving into town.
Nine children were born to
this couple, seven of whom are
living. They are Mrs. Mary
Hawk, Ewing, Mrs. Clara Kall
hoff, O’Neill, Mrs. Margaret
Strickland, Howtorin, Calif., Mrs.
Dorothy Herley, Clearwater, John
Melbeta, Sylvester, Artenia,
Calif., and Louis, Rocky Point.
Wyo. The Tomjacks have 28
grandchildren and 27 great grand
children.
Present for the dinner were the
Leslie Herley family, Clearwater;
John Tomjack family, Melbeta;
Frank Hawk family, Ewing; Al
bert Kallhoff family, O’Neill;
Blaine Spes family. Will Czapla
family, Marshall Czapla family.
Walter Spes family and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Coe, all of Colum
bus; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lee,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kreiziger,
the John Rosno family and the
Rev. P. Burke, all of Ewing, and
Mrs. Catherine Uzendoski, Ful
lerton.
FOFR PERSONS BECAME CITIZENS Tuesday morning in naturalization ceremonies held at the
II dt county courthouse. District Judge William C. Smith administered tin- oath of alligiance. Shown as
they became citizens are: .Mrs. Anton D. (Margaret:-) Dobrovolny, Atkinson. Mrs. Peter (Rosa) Walno
i'er, Atkinson, Mrs. Donald E. (Elly) Spahn, Ewing a ■ 1 Mrs. Wayne (Jill) Dorsey, Chambers.
Tornado Sighted
North of O'Neill;
Damage Told
Mrs. Dale Roberts, who re
sides 14 'miles north of O’Neill,
sighted a tornado cloud Monday
at 11 a.m. southeast of their
home.
Mrs. Roberts notified the
radio station to warn possible
farm residents in the path of
the storm. Mr. Roberts saw the
funnel touch the ground a
couple of times and each time
large gusts of dirt were clear
ly seen swirling from the force
of the funnel. Immediately af
ter the cloud passed by, heavy
rain fell in the Roberts area,
accompanied by some hail.
High winds caused some dam
age in the Meek area May 30. It
was reported that a roof was
blown off from a com crib at the
Axel Borg farm, and that some
trees were uprooted on the Henry
Woidneck farm. There have also
been reports of damage by hail
to small grain in that neighbor
hood.
Services Held
Wednesday for
Mrs. T. Moss.
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Theodore
Moss. 82, died Monday morning
at St. Anthony's hospital in O’
Neill, following a engthy illness.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Cham
bers Methodist church with the
Rev. C. Cox officiating. Burial was
in the Chambers cemetery.
Anna Elizabeth was bom No
vember 5, 1878 at Harrisburg, 111-,
to James A. and Nancy Guard.
She came to Holt county in 1899.
and was married to Theodore Al
vin Moss September 25, 1900 at
Chambers. Mr. Moss preceded her
in death in 1959.
Mrs. Moss was a member of
the Chambers Methodist church
for 60 years. She is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. Charles
Grimes, Chambers, Mrs. Chris
Stark, Ceresco, and Mrs. William
Bauer. Pierre, S. D-, and one sis
ter. Mrs. Nellie Gibson, Detroit.
Pallbearers were Kenneth Ad
ams, Glen Grimes, Melvin Bell.
Joe Daas, John Honeywell and
Gaius Wintermote.
Girl Injured by
Auto; to Leave
Hospital Friday
An 11-year-old girl. Linda
Dougherty, daughter of Mrs.
Lucy Dougherty, received abra
sions and bruises when she was
struck by a car six miles west of
Ewing on Highway 275 Monday
about 10:15 a.m.
She was struck by a car driven
by John Miller, 29, Norfolk, when
she ran out on the highway from
behind the mail truck which was
parked by the Dougherty^ mail
box. according to Deputy’ Sheriff
Jim Mullen.
Miller saw’ the young girl but
w’as unable to stop the car in
time to avoid hitting her. In Mil
ler’s report to Mullen. Linda be
came confused w’hen she saw the
car coming and heard the horn,
and she stopped and tried to run
across the highway.
An REA truck came byT shortly
after the accident and called the
ambulance and Dr. Bob Waters
by the car radio. Dr. Waters
stated that Linda would probably
be able to leave St. Anthony’s
hospital either today or Friday.
Henry Vequists to
Hold Open House
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vequist
will celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary June 8 by holding
open house Sunday from 2 to 5
p.m. in Christ Lutheran church.
They take this means of in
viting their friends and relatives
to help them observe the special
event by attending their open
house celebration.
City Council Approves
Billing Machine Purchase
The O’Neill city council mot
Tuesday evening in a regularly
scheduled session. The purchase
of a new billing machine for the
city water department was ap
proved. Cost of the machine is
$755. It was purchased from
Western Office Equipment Co., at
Norfolk.
The board also voted to accept
650 feet of storm sewer pipe. K.
C. Hunt was the low bidder.
Several resident also appeared
before the hoard to complain
about dogs running loose in the
city.
Bishop Company
To Appear at
Atkinson Church
The Bishops Company of
Santa Barbara, Calif., will pre
sent Alan Paton's “Cry The Be
loved Country” on Friday. June
30 at the First United Pres
byterian church at Atkinson.
The company has toured
throughout the United States and
Canada. The company is inter
racial and inter-faith, and is
named in honor of Bishop Gerald
H. Kennedy of the Methodist
church.
An afternoon program, “Win
nie, the Pooh” will be presented
for the children.
Mrs. Fred King Named
Lynch Correspondent
Mrs. Fred King is now writing
news for the Frontier concerning
the Lynch area.
Persons in the Lynch com
munity with interesting news of
parties, accidents and other
events, will greatly assist Mrs.
King by notifying her of the dif
ferent affairs.
Kenneth Ourren was named
president of the O’Neill Cham
ber of Commerce at a meeting
held Monday evening. Curren is
the manager of the Kansas-Ne
braska Natural tias Company in
O’Neill.
Other officers named were:
Dale Wilson, first vice presi
dent. and Tom Cronin, second
vice president.
Named to the board of direc
tors were John Enke, Bill
Meyers, Joe Stutz and Harry
Petersen.
Larry Dawes Leaves
On Methodist Tour
Larry Dawes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Neil Dawes, left Sunday for
a tour of Methodist Church Mis
sion stations in the southwest
part of the United States.
He will be gone 15 days. Young
Dawes was one of four Metho
dist Church Fellowship members
chosen from this district During
the past year he has been presi
dent of the local Fellowship. His
parents took him to Grand Island
Sunday where he joined a bus
load of students for the tour.
Waiter Fick
To Appear at
Awards Program
During the past week word
reached the Hoil Soil and Water
Conservation District office that
a Holt county rancher has been
selected to present an account
of his ranching operation next
fall at the Sioux City Permanent
Agriculture Awards Program.
The Sioux City Journal Tribune
and the Sioux City Chamber of
Commerce sponsor the Perma
nent Agriculture contest each
year in which each Soil Conserva
tion District in northeast Nebras
ka, northwest Iowa, southwest
Minnesota and southeast South
Dakota select 3 outstanding far
mers and ranchers to represent
their District.
All contestants attend a ban
quet in Sioux City in November.
Awards are presented at the af
ternoon program. The top awards
in each area are made at the
i- - .ng banquet. Mr. Fick will
appear on the afternoon program.
Walter Fick of Inman, who
runs a 2,700 cow-calf yearling
operation will be on the pro
gram and show how conserva
tion ties in with a Nebraska
ranch. Walter has been in
terested in ranch conservation
for many years and has main
tained his range land in good
condition.
Mr. Fick is presently chairman
of the Holt SWCD and is a Great
Plains cooperator. He is also
active in the County Extension
program serving as a member
of the Extension board. He has
been a 4-H club leader for many
years and is now also represent
ing the Extension board on the
4-H Leaders council.
He is also presently serving as
chairman of the Holt county
school redistricting committee
His interest in range management
over the years has taken him tc
the vice presidency of the Ne
braska Section of the Americar
His son and daughter, Gary anc
Kathy, gave a livestock conserva
tion demonstration which h(
coached, at the State Fair win
ning the top award and a chance
to compete in 4-H demonstrations
at Chicago during the Inter
national Livestock Expedition
They were in the blue ribboi
group at Chicago.
Just a few weeks ago the Grat
tan Hustlers 4-H Range Judging
team which he leads won top
honors in the National Range
Judging contest in Oklahoma
Not to be out done by his son 01
his “range boys,” Walter alse
won first place in the adult divi
sion in the National contest.
Rites Held for
Mrs. A. Kortje
Funeral services were helc
May 31 at St. Paul’s Lutherar
church in Norfolk for Mrs
Arthur Kortje, 53, of Norfolk, for
merly of Holt county, who diet
May 28 after a long illness.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Tom Harding, she was bom Ma;
18, 1908, in Holt county, and wa:
married to Arthur Kortje, Nor
folk farmer.
Survivors are her husband; on<
daughter, Sharon, Norfolk; hei
mother, Mrs. Rose Harding, O'
Neill; four brothers, Tom, Peters
burg; Vernon and Clifford, O'
Neill, and Byron, Rockford, 111.
and four sisters, Mrs. Frank Nei
son, Hartington, Mrs. Lorei
Havens, Rosco, 111., Mrs. Willian
Hobbs, Ewing, and Mrs. Edn;
Huebert, O’Neill.
Ted Ward Awarded
Ag. Scholarship
VERDIGRE — Ted D. Ward
vocational agricultural instructor
has been awarded a scholarship
by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Mr. Ward intends to enroll ir
a four-week summer school ses
sion at the College of Agriculture
in Lincoln, with classes beginning
June 12.
Board Sets $187,585 Budget
For 1961-62 School Session
Frank Cronk
To Serve as
County Judge
Frank Cronk, 51 year old Page
farmer, was sworn in Thursday
as Holt county Judge by County
Clerk Kenneth Waring. Cronk
succeeds Judge Louis Reimer,
who has retired.
Mr. Cronk has served as Holt
county supervisor for the past
12 years. A replacement on the
board of supervisors will be
IHIliil SR,
named sometime later this
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronk currently
reside on a farm near Page but
plan to move to O'Neill sometime
this year. The Cronks have three
children, Fred and Julie, at home
and a daughter, Mrs. Larry
Hiess, who lives near Page.
First Christian
Church Holds
First Service
Services were held Sunday for
the opening of the First Christian
chujra at 506 East William
street.
Carrol Holz, a Nebraska
Christian College student, was
guest speaker. Howard Manson
is school superintendent.
Vacation Bible school will be
this week Monday through Fri
day from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Patricia Reed and Barbara Mc
Chesney, Christian College stu
dents, will be in charge assisted
by local church members.
Trustees of the church are Nor
ris George, R. L. George, J. F.
Contois and C. E. MeVay.
Tourist Attractions
Plentiful in State
Holt countians planning to
vacation in their State of Nebras
ka this year, may be interested in
the following calendar of events
prepared by the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company.
Not all special events scheduled
for Nebraska during the summer
months are listed here. Following
is a partial list: June 8-10, Miss
Nebraska Pageant, Fairbury;
June 16-18, Rodeo, O’Neill; July
15-16, Open Golf tournament, O’
Neill; June 22-24, Fort Sidney
Days, Sidney; June 25, State 4-H
Horse show, Ogallala; July 8-9,
Panhandle Horse show, Scotts
bluff; July 11, Shrine Circus, O
; Neill; July 13-16, Keith County
Fair, Ogallala.
In next week’s issue of the
Frontier, other items of interest
i for vacationers will be named.
A tentative budget of $187,583
for the 1961-62 school year was
approved by the O’Neill Public
School board of education Tues
day night.
The budget is an increase of
$7,650 over last year. Most of
the increase ($6,900) is brought
alxiut by salary boosts.
Following is a departmental
breakdown of expenses in the
budget with figures for the 1960
61 and 1961-62 school years for
comparison purposes:
Department 1960-61 1961-62
Administration $ 13,100 $ 14,250
Instruction 110,900 118,350
Teaching suit
plies 4.900 5,000
Other school
services 350 350
Operation of
plant 14,435 14,535
Maintenance of
plant . 7,700 7,500
Fixed charges 2,500 2,500
Capital outlay 25,950 25,000
Debt service 100 100
Totals $179,935 $187,585
Included in the proposed budget
are summer improvement pro
jects including installing acoustic
tile on ceilings in three rooms,
new sidewalks south of building,
remodeling a shower room, re
modeling Ag room and installing
new windows on south side of
building and painting them.
In other action the board hired
Services Planned
Here Today for
John Sullivan, 88
John Sullivan, 88, died Monday
at 2 p.m. in St. Anthony’s hos
pital following a four months il
lness.
Rosary was recited Wednes
day at 8 p.m. in Biglin’s chapel.
Funeral services will be held to
day (Thursday) at 10 a m. in St.
Patrick's Catholic church. Inter
ment will be in Calvary ceme
tery.
The Rev. Robert Duffy of
ficited.
John Sullivan was bom Janu
ary 1873 at Bartley, Penn., to
Michael O. and Margaret Mc
Carthy Sullivan. July 1, 1880 he
accompanied his family to Holt
county.
On May 31. 1899 he was mar
ried to Rose Ann Smith at Atkin
son. Mr. Sullivan farmed on the
same place in Holt county all of
his life, on the farm located two
miles south of O’Neill. He served
22 years as Holt county district
supervisor, and was the Demo
crat County chairman several
years.
He is surv ived by his children:
Daniel. Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Mrs. Loretta Hynes, O’Neill.
Tom, San Femado. Calif., Harry
and Frank, O’Neill, John, Glen
dale, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret
Dakin, Seattle, Wash.
Pallbearers are Leonard Shoe
maker, Louis Vitt, Ralph Mc
Elvain, Fred Heerman, Dick Min
ton and Dave Moler.
Cottage Sites Sold
Near Ft. Randall
Cottage sites were sold Satur
day at Ft. Randall in the North
Bay cottage area near Ft. Ran
dall Boat club location.
The sale was advertised by
the U. S. Army Engineer District,
Omaha. Several from O’Neill
purchased sites. The prices
ranged from approximately $160
to $350.
It has been reported that a
future sale will be held to dispose
of additional sites in that area.
two teachers tind offered a con
tract to a third, thus filling out
the faculty for the coming year.
Approved for English and
Speech was Alice Meyers who
was given a contract tor $5,000
a year. Miss Meyers litis a
masters degree and several years
experience teaching.
Bonnie Berger, Dakota City,
was given a contract at $3,000
to teach lower elementary. She
has a two-year ecrlificah It in
Wayne State.
Mrs. Catherine Pease also was
offered a contract tit $3,000 and
Supt. M. A. Baack said Wednes
day Mrs. Pease had said she
M innie Berger
would accept. She has been
teaching near Emmet.
No elementary tuition stu
dent will be accepted at the O’
Neill school this year. Board
members voted not to accept
them following a request from
a rural school district to enroll
two sixth graders. Overcrowd
ing of classrooms with students
from the district was given as
the reason for the move.
Baack also reported that 75
students have pre-registered for
kindergarten this fall and he ex
pects the number to reach 80 by
the beginning of school.
Bills allowed at the meeting
totaled nearly $12,000 as the
* board neared the end of its fiscal
year.
The board also began making
plans for a new approach to the
building program at the school
and announced a meeting set
for July 11 to discuss specifica
tions.
Juracek Named to
Watershed Post
Elmer Juracek, O’Neill Water
shed Development chairman, and
Robert T. Bridge, chairman ot
the Elkhorn Valley Water Re
sources Association will be in
Lincoln today (Thursday) to at
tend a meeting of the State Com
mission watershed sub-committee
making preliminary plans on a
basis wide survey of the Elkhorn
Valley.
Juracek has also been ap
pointed committee chairman of
the watershed development of the
Eikhom Valley Water resources
Association. Mr. Juracek will
have full authority to activate
the development of this phase of
water and land conservation.
Juracek has long been active in
the soil and water conservation
in Holt county and is vice presi
dent of the Nebraska association
of soil and water conservation
districts.
Membership in the EVWRA is
nearing the 4,000 mark including
2,800 in Norfolk.
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FIRST COMMUNION SERVICE was held Sunday morning at St. Patrick's church for these youngsters
from the country and town who do not attend St. Mary’s academy during the school year. Attending
were (front row. 1. to r.) Jan Gokie, Marie Donohoe. Leona Matthews. Linda Fox, Dona Pribil, Sandra
Klabenes and Sally Stewart; (second row) Kathy McCabe, Pamela Sobotka, Patty Clark, Debby Adam
son and Carolyn Donohoe; (third row) Pat Donohoe, Bobby MeKenny, Greg Scheinost. Kevin Mahony,
Timmy Gallagher. Douglas Drueke, Jack Clyde, Paul Zakrxewskl and Roger Haxelhorst; (fourth row)
Eugene Sobotka, Gary Butts, John Matthews and Ricky Butts. Msgr. O’Sullivan and the Rev. R. Duffy
are In back. Servers were Joe Gilg (left) and Pat Carr.
