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Volume 80—Number 38 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 12, 1961 Seven Cents
Closed Season Request
Heard by County Board
Approximately 80 persons
crowded into Holt county dis
trict courtroom Tuesday after
noon to discuss dosing Holt
county for the 1961 season on
pheasants, grouse, prairie chicken
and quail. Kenneth Waring,
county clerk, stated Wednesday
afternoon that the meeting was
arranged hy the hoard of super
visors at the request of many
residents desirious of an oppor
tunity of discussing a closed sea
son. The open hearing was at
tended by many sportsmen
having opposite views on the sub
ject. General discussion was held
and talks were made, for and
against the project. Among those
speaking were John Kitchens,
Gerald Waring, Bill Griffin, Frank
Brady, Otto Terrill and Bud Cole.
Game Commission Officer
Harry Spall addressed the group,
advising an open season. He re
commends organizing to kill pre
dators such as skunks, housecats
and coons which are responsible
for 80 percent of the loss.
No definite decision was made
at the hearing. It was decided to
table the project for further con
sideration.
Kathleen Donohoe,
Susan Burney Win
Homemaker Awards
Kathleen Donohoe, daughter of
Mrs. Clarence Donohoe, and Su
san Burney, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Burney, have been
KATHLEEN DONOHOE
named first place winners of the
1961 Betty Crocker Homemaker
of Tommorrow awards.
Miss Donohoe is a senior at St.
Mary’s academy and Miss Bur
ney is an O'Neill public high
school senior.
Having received the highest
I scores in written examinations on
homemaking knowledge and at
titudes, they became candidates
^ . ‘v .
SUSAN BURNEY
for the state Homemaker awards
to be announced in March. Each
winner will receive a pin in the
local level and state winners
receive $1,500 and $500 scholar
ships in first and second places.
The All-American Homemaker
scholarship amdhnts to $5,000.
Ed Reinheimers Observe
Golden Wedding Jan. 9
STUART—Mr. and Mrs. Ed
j Reinheimer celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary January 2.
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Paving Assessments
Delinquent Jan. 17
O’Neill property owners are
reminded that paving assess
ments are due- and will be
come delinquent January 17.
City Treasurer John Watson
staled Wednesday that many
paving assessments are still
unpaid.
Rites Held for
D. E. Bowen at
Page Saturday
PAGE—The Rev. R. Linder
conducted funeral rites Saturday
for David E. Bowen, 88, who
died suddenly Thursday, Jan. 5,
at St. Anthony’s hospital in O'
Neill.
The services were held in the
Methodist church at Page, fol
lowed hy hurial in the Page ceme
tery.
David Evan Bowen was born
July 26, 1872 at Pedonia, Kans.,
to William and Sarah Bowen.
He was married October 12,
1909 at Tecumseh to Anna W.
Miller and two children were
born to 1his couple. His wife and
one child preceded him in death.
Mr. Bowen, a retired rancher,
was a member of the Masonic
lodge, IOOF and Holt County
Hereford association. He was also
a past president of the association.
He is survived by his son,
Roger of Page.
Active pallbearers were Lloyd
Fusselman, Harold Banta, George
Wettlauffer, Melvin Carson, Ott
Terrill and Jerome Allen. Honor
ary pallbearers were Herb
Stevens, Pete Nissen, Anton Nis
ser Floyd Whitaker, Harry Van
Horn and Jim Rooney.
Boyd Extension
Holds Annual
Joint Meeting
The joint annual meeting of
the Boyd county soil and water
conservation district, the Boyd
county extension service and the
Boyd county weed district will
be held Friday. Jan. 20 at the
Legion hall in Butte. The meet
ing will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Ray Russell, area supervisor
for the extension service in Ne
braska will report on his work in
Columbia, South America.
The Boyd county winners for
outstanding conservation ac
complishments will he presented
their awards. They are: Otto
Ahlers. winner of the recognition
award; Frank Ficenek, Alfred
Kaczor, E. L. Hagberg and Mor
ris Hagberg, winners of the Sioux
laid district area soil conserva
tion and better farming award.
William Mott and Elmer Kac
zor are winners of the progress
award.
The extension board will hold
an election to select three board
members. The weed district will
elect two board members.
Huffmans Purchase
Cherry County Ranch
DELOIT—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Huffman have purchased the
Carver ranch in Cherry county,
located 28 miles north of Whit
man, moving there December 28.
The Huffmans have managed
the Huffman ranch near Deloit
for many years. Mr. Huffman is
a past state president of the
American Legion.
They have two daughters, Zoe
Ann. who is a junior, and Becky
who has been attending grade
school at Deloit. Zoe Ann attends
school at Bartlett and will com
plete the school term.
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William C. Smith jr., 51-year-old native of Long Pine and practic
ing attorney in Brown county for 26 years, was installed Thursday as
Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District to succeed Judge D. R.
Mounts of O’Neill, who has retired after serving 19 years on the
bench. The new District Judge and Judge Mounts are shown here as
Judge Smith officially took over his new duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cars ten of Lynch observed their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday. Their
rule for a happy and prosperous life can be summ ‘d up in two words, “keep busy.”
Carstens Honored on Anniversary
After 50 years of married life
how do you celebrate an anni
versary? For Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Carsten of Lynch this posed no
problem. The answer? Invite all
your friends to visit you during
an open-house during the after
noon and then have them stay
for an anniversary dance in the
evening. And, after spending a
lifetime in north-central Nebraska
that can amount to a heap of
friends.
Over 200 persons called at
the Oarsten’s home in Lynch
Saturday afternoon. And some
persons who attended the dance
in the evening estimated that
it was the largest attendance
in the village during the past
three years.
Frank Carsten and Bridgette
Glynn were married at Platte, S.
D., January 10, 1911. The first
21 years of their married life was
spent on the Mulehead ranch at
Bonesteel, S. D.
In 1932 they moved to Spring
view, Nebr., where they lived for
three years. During the following
years they lived on ranches near
O’Neill, Page and Verdigre and
finally settled on their ranch
south of Lynch. Their son, How
ard, now lives on the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Carsten movec
to Lynch in 1956. However, the?
could not be described as beinf
"retired.” Mrs. Carsten, knowr
to her friends as “Bid,” stil
holds a part-time job. And nearly
everyday during the busy seasor
on the ranch finds Frank ou
helping at the ranch.
The Carsten’s four grandchild
ren and six great- grandchildrer
come in for their share of at
tention too.
The Carstens needed only tw(
words to sum up their formul;
for a happy and prosperous wed
ded life, "keep busy.”
Services Held
Tuesday for
Richard Copes
PAGE—Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday for Richard
D. Copes, 77, who died Saturday
at St. Anthony’s hospital in O’
Neill following a five-days illness.
The Rev. R. Linder was in
charge of services in the Metho
dist church. Burial was in Page
cemetery.
Richard Duncan Copes was
bom July 26, 1883 at Dunbar to
Ewing G. and Emeline Copes.
He was married May 31, 1905
at Cook to Nora Mae Sigerson
and in 1911, moved to Holt county.
Four children were bom to this
couple. His wife and three child
ren preceded him in death.
Surviving are one son, Everette
Copes of Ainsworth; five grand
children, and one sister, Mrs.
Edith Fisher of Cook.
Pallbears were Glenn Stewart,
Jerry Lamason, Bill Sorensen, K.
Ralph Larsen, Lloyd Cork and
Arnold Stewart.
Rites Held for
Harry D. Snyder
INMAN—Funeral services were
held Wednesday at 2 p.m. for
Harry D. Snyder, 76, who died
Monday at St. Anthony’s hospi
tal in O'Neill following a six
months illness.
The Rev. R. Linder officiated at
the rites in the Methodist church
at Inman. Burial was in Page
cemetery.
Harry David Snyder was bom
April 15, 1884 to David and Sarah
Snyder at Tecumseh.
He came to Holt county in 1910
from Tecumseh and on October
18, 1911 he was married to Lillian
Leona Haffner. She preceded him
in death.
On July 10, 1957, he was mar
ried to Nelle Gray Stevens.
Survivors include his wife,
Nelle; two children, Victor E. of
Ft. Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Lewis
F. Kopecky of Inman; one sister,
Mrs. Cora Jacka of Tecumseh,
and two brothers, Frank and El
mer of Page.
Pallbearers were Merwyn
French jr., Robert Nissen, Nor
man Trowbridge, Don Keyes,
Kenneth Smith and Marvin
Rowse.
Justice Court
A speeding charge brought 510
fines and $4 costs to Jim McGinn
in Justice court Friday. City
Policeman Robert White was the
arresting officer.
If Lori Lynn Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Thomp
son of Verdigre, becomes a teacher when she grows up it will be no
surprise to the rest tof her family. Lori’s mother, grandmother, Mrs.
Melvin Thompson and great-grandmother, Mrs. Louis J. Bartak,
have all been teachers in Knox county schools.
Gary Fick Wins
Regent Award
INMAN—Gary Fick has been
named the University of Nebras
ka Regent scholarship winner at
Inman high school.
The Regents examinations were
given to four seniors at Inman
and all placed at the top. The
other three were named as alter
nates and they are, Keith Kivett,
Bernice Colman and Karen
Brown.
Services Held
At Atkinson for
H. Gruenberg
ATKINSON—Funeral services
for Henry Gruenberg, 81, were
conducted Wednesday at 10:30
a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran
church. Mr. Gruenberg died Janu
ary 8 in the Weyer Nursing home
where he had been a patient the
past 14 weeks.
The Rev. Emil Kuhn officiated
at the rites. Burial was in Wood
lawn cemetery.
Henry Gruenberg was born
October 15, 1879 to Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Gruenberg of Verdi
gre. He was reared and educated
in that community.
On August 4, 1903 he was united
in marriage to Pauline Liska.
The couple celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in
1953.
They moved to Holt county in
1920 and settled about 20 miles
southwest of Atkinson. In 1945 the
couple retired and moved into
town.
Survivors are his wife; one
son, Ernest; two daughters, Mrs.
Gene Masters of Buhl, Ida., and
Mrs. Joe Blankenfeld of Cedar
Rapids, la.; five grandchildren;
three great grandchildren; one
brother, Ed Kuehl, and a sister,
Mrs. Fred Lee of Johnstown.
Pallbearers were Pete Gonde
ringer, Max Karo, Fred Juracek,
William Fryrear, Fred Dobrovol
ny and Edward Brandt.
4-H Leaders to
Attend Sessions
Four-H leader training sessions
for leaders of automotive, tractor,
safety and electrical projects will
be held in O’Neill Tuesday, Janu
ary 24.
This is one of a number of
training sessions for 4-H leaders
Services Held
At Royal for
Glenn Rundquist
ROYAL—Funeral rites were heli
Friday afternoon at the Metho
dist church for Glenn Rundquist
48, who died suddenly at th?
Veteran’s hospital in Grand Islani
January 3 *vhere he had receive!
medical care since suffering i
heart attack November 26.
The Rev. Duane Lenz officiate!
at the serv ices. Interment was a
Royal. The American Legion wa
in charge of services.
Glenn Rundquist was bom Apri
4, 1912 to Clifford and Ollie Rund
quist at Royal. With the except
ion of three years spent in ser
vice at New Guinea and the Phil
lipines, his entire life was spen
in Royal where he assisted hi:
parents in Rundquist’s genera
merchandise store.
He was married May 20, 194]
to Veryl Burch of Mema, and tc
this union one son, Nolan wa?
bom.
Survivors include his wife
Veryl; son, Nolan; his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rundquist
two sisters, Mrs. Gwendolyn Mor
rison of Santa Ana, Calif., ant
Mrs. Corinne Thomsen of Orch
ard.
Pallbearers were Fremont Cur
tis, Wendell Barton, Warrei
Holm, Millard Charf, Kennetl
Eyer and E. A. Rundquist.
Extension Council
Names Three Officers
Three officers were elected a
the Holt County Extension counci
when it met in the courthouse
annex Tuesday with Mrs. A. T
Crumly presiding.
Elected were Mrs. Fred Ro
berts of Atkinson, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. Dale Stauf
fer of Page, music chairman,
and Mrs. Harold Van Meek of
Clearwater, 4-H chairman.
New year books were dis
tributed and discussed and follow
ing this, Mrs. Edgar Stauffer pre
sented a report on the state
council executive committee
meeting which was held in Grand
Island. She also reported on the
home demonstration counci
meeting to be held in Lincoln ir
September.
Mrs. Catherine Indra discussed.
"Looking ahead—How differently
will we live,” the lesson for this
month.
Irrigation Committee Urges
Return of Letters of Intent
Wild Turkeys
Released in
Holt County
Holt county hunters may some
day have the opportunity to try
their skill in wild turkey shooting.
Sixty-four Merriam turkeys
were released in Holt county
within a few miles of Spencer,
through the efforts of Don
Angel of Spencer last week.
Angel bought 18 gobblers and
46 hens at $5 each and resold
them to 32 farmers and sports
men for release on 10 different
farms and ranches.
It is the hope of the group that
the birds will stay in the area
and propagate in sufficient num
bers for an eventual hunting sea
son.
Last fall 50 young birds, off
I springs of six hens and three
■ gobblers, were released south of
Naper. Game Commission Of
i ficer Harry Spall reported seeing
a flock of 20 birds during the deer
season in that area.
Funeral Services
Held Thursday
* For A. Ellwanger
Funeral services for Albert
Ellwanger, 61, were held at the
Butte Community church Thurs
day, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. The Rev.
Elden Bergen officiated.
Albert Ellwanger, son of the
late Jacob and Christina Ell
wanger, was bom January 17,
1899 near Anoka. He died Janu
ary 1 at the Dick Femau farm
northeast of O’Neill where he had
been working.
Mr. Ellwanger was baptized
and confirmed in the German
Congregational church at Butte.
He attended school in Anoka and
spent nearly all his life in that
community. For the past ten
years he had been employed on
various ranches in Boyd and Holt
counties.
Pallbearers were Carl Ander
son, William Baumeister, M. V.
Jordon, Roy Olson, Lyle Luber
and Henry Hoffman. Burial was
at the Butte cemetery.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, a brother, Ferdinand,
and a sister, Edith.
Survivors include five sisters,
Mrs. Alwean Stockwell of Butte,
Mrs. Martha Johnson of Gre
gory, Mrs. Alma Schumann of
Butte, Mrs. Esther Dawson of
Naper, and Mrs. Helen Guth
miller of Anoka; six brothers,
Harry of Gregory, Curtis, Edwin
and Arthur of Butte and Harold
and John of Anoka.
M. V. Landreth Named
Supervisors Chairman
■ M. V. Landreth was named
: chairman of the Holt County
J Board of Supervisors at a re
organizational meeting held Tues
1 day at the courthouse. Ed Flood
was re-elected chairman of the
! Welfare board.
Frank Cronk is the past chair
’ man.
. It was voted to have the super
visors proceedings published in
The Frontier and the Atkinson
Graphic. The Holt County Inde
pendent was named official paper
for 1961.
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Schools Decide
To Dissolve
NCNC Conference
Administrators and coaches
from all nine member schools dis
solved the North Central Nebras
ka conference Jan. 1. Schools
I were so far apart in enrollments
that the conference was no long
er practical.
Original schools were Wood
i Lake, Long Pine, Rock County,
Springview, Stuart, Ainsworth,
Spencer, Atkinson and Newport.
Valentine and O’Neill joined
around 1950. Springview, Stuart,
Atkinson have gone with C
Schools north and east of O’Neill
and formed another conference.
O’Neill, Valentine, Bassett and
Ainsworth formed new confer
ence will be the Range Land
Conference.
Conference activities will get
underway in the school year 61
62. All activities for both groups
will continue the rest of this
year as NCNC A and NCNC B.
Activities included are Basket
ball, Track.
Officers for the newly formed
conference are M. J. Baack,
president, and Marvin Miller,
secretary-treasurer, Warren Mc
Clurg, superintendent of Rock
county high, is chairman of the
constitution committee.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Sheriff and Mrs. Leo Tomjack
attended the Nebraska Sheriffs
association convention in Lincoln
Sunday through Tuesday.
Holt Tournament
To Start Monday
The 24th annual Holt county
basketball tournament will be
held in O’Neill January 16,17,
19 and 20. All games will be
played at the higb school gym
nasium.
The first nights action will
get underway at 5:45 p.m. when
Stuart and Atkinson meet. The
second game will be between
Chambers and Inmun and O’
Neill and Ewing will go on the
boards at 8:45.
Atkinson St. Joe and Page
will begin the Tuesday night
play at 7 p.m. and St. Mary’s
will meet the winner of the
Stuart-Atkinson game at 8:30.
Scholarships Available
For Area Farm Youths
Local Tarm boys who are now
seniors in high school are eligi
ble for two $.300 Federal Land
Bank scholarships, according to
an announcement today by Lyle
P. Dierks, Manager of the
Federal Land Bank Association of
O’Neill.
These scholarships are for
study in the college of agri
culture at the University of Ne
braska this fall. Funds are pro
vided by the 38 Federal Land
Bank Associations in Nebraska
and the Federal Land Bank of
Omaha.
The scholarships, which have
been awarded for the past nine
years are intended to encourage
boys of outstanding ability to con
tinue their education in agricul
ture.
Application blanks are available
at the FLBA office at O’Neill,
and from vocational agriculture
teachers, high school superinten
dents and the county extension
agent.
Judgment Suits
Filed in Court
Two suits for judgement were
filed Monday in district court.
One case filed amounted to
$11,228.45 in a truck-pickup acci
dent 25 miles south of O’Neill on
Highway 281 in May, 1960. It was
filed by an Omaha law firm re
presenting Joe J. Pfeifer and Mar
tha Pfiefer, plaintiffs, each of
Spencer. Vernon Beyer of Mont
pelier, N. D., and Charles Scri
vens of Ypsilanti, N. D., are de
fendants.
The other suit amounted to
$15,775 for petroleum products,
merchandise, labor and repair in
1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960. It was
filed by an Atkinson attorney,
Francis D. Lee, representing
James W. Galyen, doing busi
ness as Galyen Motor company,
plaintiff, of Atkinson. Leonard
Rerucha, Adrian Rerucha and
Richard Rerucha of Atkinson are
the defendants,
Ewing Youth Hurt
In Hunting Mishap
EWING—Tom Sisson was acci
dentally shot in the lower part of
his body Friday evening when he
took his gun from the car to
shoot a rabbit.
Sisson was accompanying his
sister, Mrs. John Steskal jr., and
children to their home near In
man following a basketball game
at Ewing when the accident oc
curred .
He was taken to St. Anthony’s
hospital in O’Neill for medical
care. Latest reports show satis
factory progress.
Dale Wilson and Gil Poese were
re-elected co-chairmen of Ihe O'
Neill Irrigation project at a Tues
day dinner-meeting held in the
Town House. Joe Stutz was elected
secretary to replace Jim Cham
pion.
The project Is an cduc:«ti<m:U
program, a division of the O’
Neill Chamber of Commerce.
The purpose of the program is
to farther agriculture in this
area through irrigation. Studies
made by the Board of Reclama
tion men show that some
71,000 acres of land in northern
Holt county might be irrigated.
There were 2(i persons at the
Tuesday meeting. They heard
talks by three guests from Ains
worth, Judge William C. Smith.
Dr. Beatty, president of the Nio
brara Valley Development as
sociation, and Gordon Wendeler of
the Bureau of Reclamation.
It was decided to contact per
sons who have not yet returned
their letters of intent. These let
ters were sent to ranchers and
farmers for the purpose of allow
ing them an opportunity of declar
ing their interest in the project.
They are not binding any way to
the rancher or farmer. However,
without the letters which show
general opinion of interest the
project will be hindered in its
organization.
Anyone still having one of these
letters is urged to sign it and re
turn it as soon as possible to
either Dale Wilson, The Frontier,
Holt County Independent or
KBRX.
Pat McGraw Receives
Inauguration Invitation
A 13-year-old boy, who headed
tine "Kennedy-tor president
campaign” at the Fort Morgan,
Colorado junior high school, has
received an invitation to the pre
sidential inauguration.
The invitation created a great
deal of interest to relatives in
this area as the boy is Pat Mr
tlraw, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry T. Metjraw of In
man, and the great nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Higgins of
O’Neill.
Young McGraw, whose father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Mac
McGraw are Republicans will be
the official Democratic repre
sentatives for the city of Fort
Morgan and Morgan county. He
campaigned with Rep. Byron
Johnson, Sen. John Car ml and
Lt. Gov. Robert Knous. His party
will travel by chartered plane
to Washington, D. C., for the
ceremonies.
Warden Issues Warning
To Persons Taking Traps
Game Commission Officer
Harry Spall Tuesday issued a
warning to anyone guilty of taking
traps set in Holt county.
He reported a large number
of traps missing. Anyone caught
in such an act will be taken to
court and fined to the fullest ex
tent, according to officer Spall.
He also stated that there have
been reports of persons firing .22
rifles at traps to spring them.
Such persons are liable to fines
for malicious destruction of pro
perty.
Funeral Rites Held
For Mrs. Betty Hill
Funeral services were held
January 2 at Rocton, 111., for Mrs.
Betty Hill, 80, who died Decem
ber 30 at the Brunswick Rest
Manor where she had lived for
about three years.
She resided in O’Neill for
several years after her marriage
to Oliver Hill.
A happy smile beams on the face of David Cadwallader, 9, as he
shows little brother Harold a check for $5 he won as a prize for first
place in Division H of The Frontier's annual Christmas greeting
coloring contest. Six-year old Harold also entered the contest for the
younger set, but he did not place in the money. The youngsters are
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cadwallader, Stuart.
