ST.»*£ '^Zi ZJ' L!i .--i • Five New the weatiiek Twelve Pages , Thursday, 12 56 26 Subscribers Friday, 13 44 27 . . Saturday, 14 27 16 In This Issue This Week Sunday is 42 i» Monday, 16 45 19 Tuesday, 17 45 30 ^ Wednesday, 18 37 28 Trace of prec. Wednesday. Volume 80—Number 39 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 19, 1961 Seven Cents County's Bank Deposits Top $14,000,000 in'60 Holt county band deposits totaled $14,005,403.97 at the close of busi ness December 31, I960, a slight decrease from 1959 and an increase of $536,911.08 over five years ago. According to banking officials, deposits are down slightly from a year ago because of the January 1 assessment date. Some depositors withdraw money late in December to invest in non-taxable bonds prior to assessment time. Loans totaled $4,123,831.78 at the close of 1960, showing a slight increase over 1959 and an increase of $2,029,092.73 since 1955. Total loans were listed as $2,094,739.05 as of December 31, 1955. Capital ac counts in the coui^Jy banks totaled $1,658,696.51 as of December 31, 1960. The six Hoft county banks are listed below with their deposits, loans and capital accounts. Capital Rank Deposits "Loans Accounts O’Neill Nat’l Bank .. $ 3,869,028.57 $ 995,538.70 $ 436,080.35 First Nat’l Bank, O’Neill __ 3,278,938.14 519,724.20 443,330.28 First Nat’l Bank, Atkinson 3,213,149.54 1,009,042.28 403,970.26 Tri-County Bank, Stuart_ 1,533,869.78 637,351.46 147,956.70 Farmers State Bank, Ewing 1,136,111.03 505,551.21 133,631.53 Chambers State Bank _ 974,306.91 456,623.93 93.727.39 TOTALS __ $14,005,403.97 $4,123,831.78 $1,658,696.51 Mothers March For Polio Fund In O'Neill Tonite There will he a Mothers March foi* the Polio fund Thursday eve ning in O’Neill and captains have been named by the O’Neill chair man, Mrs. Verne Reynoldson. The captains are Mmes. Al len Van Vleck, Joe Stntz, Do minick Bohn, Reed Herley and Larry Schaffer. These captains are in charge of town sections and have named women to handle each block in O’Neill. Residents are requested to co operate with the workers by leaving their porch lights on to indicate that they are at home. Anyone unable to be at home dur ing the drive will be left an envelope and the residents are urged to mail these envelopes with their contributions as soon as possible to Mrs. Vem Reynold son. Rites Held at Lynch For Mrs. N. Bjornsen LYNCH—Funeral services were held here Saturday for Mrs. Na ta Bjornsen, 73, who died sud denly of a heart attack January 11 at her home in Lynch. Mrs. Bjornsen’s parents were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fredrick sen of Gross. She was raised in the Gross vicinity and lived on a farm north of Gross with her husband, Albert Bjornsen. After his death in 1939, she moved to Lynch to make her home. The couple had 13 children, 12 of whom are living. One son died when struck by lightning about two years ago. She is survived by her 12 children—three sisters and one brother. Oscar Spitzenberger Named Insurance Agent Oscar Spitzenberger of the Spitzenberger agency, 429 North Third street, has been appointed as agent for the Plains Insurance company, a midwestem stock company of Cimarron, Kans. Odd '8' Identifies Father's Figures on 75-year-old Lumber An unusual way of writing the numeral eight caused Charles Cole to recognize handwriting made 75 years ago by his father, the late E. E. Cole. The discovery was made at the I old Charles Downey homestead I where Charles is tearing down a house built in 1885. On one of the boards, he spotted figures and 1 upon studying them, immediately realized that his father had writ- * tern them while figuring the cost of lumber for the house. E. E. Cole was employed at the Mineola Lumber yard which was located near Dorsey at that time. Charles out out the piece of board containing the figures and is keeping it as a momento. O'Neill Players Named To All-Star Honor Squad Two O'Neill public high school seniors, John Kurtz and Larry Donlin, have been placed on the 1960 National High School All American Football honor squad. Sixteen Nebraska seniors re ceived this honor. One Nebraska player, Kent McCloughan of Broken Bow, made the All American second team. Only seniors are eligible for considera tion. The All Star “Prep” game will be played in the third week of August. Rites Held at Stuart For Stephen Thurlow S T U A R T—Funeral services were held Thursday for Sephen Michael, eight-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Thurlow, who died January' 10 at the Atkin son hospital following a brief il lness. The Rev. Herbert Young of ficiated at the services which were held in the Stuart Com munity church. Burial was in the Stuart cemetery . Survivors include his parents, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thurlow of Stuart and Mrs. Alice Carey of Punxsutawney. Pa. James Currans Honored On Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Curran, who reside 16 miles northwest of O’Neill, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary January 11 and to mark the occasion, were guests of honor at a dinner and reception held Sunday at the Town House. Approximately 150 friends and relatives were present for the affair, planned by their child ren, Francis, George, Ardell and Dale of O’Neill and Joe of Minneapolis and families. James and Lulu Curran were married January 11, 1911 in a double wedding ceremony per formed by Father Manning at Burwell. The other couple wed were} her brother, Miles Mina han, and his sister, Gertie Cur ran. Their attendants were Mike and Claire Curran, brother and sister of the bridegrooms. Following the ceremony a wed ding reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents and a wedding dance was held in a nearby sod house. James Curran was born De cember 25, 1878 at Joliet, HI., to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Curran. The family moved to Platt coun ty, Nebraska when James was one year of age, and three years later, they moved to Holt County in 1908. They homesteaded on the place northwest of O’Neill, where James and his wife still reside. Dulu Curran was bora August 18, 1890 to Mr. and Mrs. John Minahan at Oak. She accompan ied her parents to Holt county in 1899 in a covered wagon. Presbyterians in O’Neill Sunday were busy with a finance campaign to raise funds for a new sanctuary. Shown here Sunday afternoon checking out results of the drive are left to right: Rev. John Hart, church pastor; Tom Liddy, drive chairman and member of the building committee; Rev. George Senty, campaign director from the Board of National Missions of the church; Harry Clauson, L. F. Beckenhauer and K. L. Van Voorhis, all members of the building committee, t an Voorhis is com mittee chairman. For details on the drive see story below. Frontier photo Presbyterian Fund Campaign Totals $50,000 Sunday for New Sanctuary A successful drive for funds was held Sunday insuring First Presbyterian church members of a new church building. Tom Liddy, general chair man of the fund raising com mittee, announced Monday that $50,081 was collected by Sunday evening, the result of a one day, all-out drive. One hundred and one house calls were made by campaigners and there are still 20 calls to be made. A total of $10,491 was collected in cash and the remainder of the amount was pledged. Mr. Liddy will remain at the church Sun day following services to receive any outstanding pledges remain ing to be turned in by the cam paigners. Now that the fund raising has been completed, the plans for the new building will be discussed by members of the building com mittee, under the direction of K. L. Van Voorhis. The Rev. J. George Senty, Pres byterian church stewardship educator, assisted with the drive and conducted training sessions during the past week. He stated Sunday that the O’Neill session attendance surpassed any in his 10 years experience in fund rais ing. A kick-off luncheon was served at the church Sunday noon to the campaigners. Ted Kyster was personnel chairman and campaigners were L. F. Beckenhauer, Lee Brady jr., Harold Burge, Dr. L. A. Bur gess, Harry Clauson, Durlin D. DeBolt, Bill Derickson, Bob For wood, Veldon Godel, Dwight Har der, Ray Harmon, Arlo Hiatt, Arthur Hibbs, Roy Humrich, Bruce Johnson, Ted Kyster, Milo Landreth, Tom Liddy, Elroy Lieb, Bill MacKinlay, A. L. Patton, Eddie Price, Bill Richardson, Melvin Ruzicka, Dewey Schaffer, Larry Schaffer, Ramon Schuch man, Paul Shelhamer, Wayne Speltz, Joe Tennis, K. L. Van Voorhis, Alan Van Vleck and Weston Whitwer. Sportsmen Plan Meeting Friday; Steen to Discuss Game Problems Holt county farmers and sports- - men are invited to attend a meet ing in O’Neill Friday which will be held in the K. C. hall at 8 p.m. This meeting is an aftermath of a recent meeting before the County Board in O’Neill, at which time approximately 100 farmers and sportsmen expressed enthusi asm for doing something on the local level to restore the pheasant and upland bird hunting in Holt county. Mel Steen, Director of the Game Commission, and mem bers of his department will be on hand to discuss and advise on the problems involved, as well as other matters of current interest to sportsmen. Measures under discussion will include the possibility of institut ing effective methods to reduce and control the number of preda tor animals, such as coon, op posum, skunks, crows, owls, etc., which prey upon nests and young birds. Also for discussion will be the possibility of forming an organization of farmers and sportsmen to carry out a program of raising and restocking birds locally. Many local sportemen believe that something worthwhile can be accomplished if the hunters and farmers will get together and attack the problem on a local level. The meeting promises to be of interest, and it is hoped that many will attend. Sportsmen and farmers from other counties will be welcomed. Services Planned At Spencer for Mrs. Jan Zidko SPENCER—Mrs. Jan Zidko of Spencer, 98 years of age, died Wednesday at Sacred Heart hos pital in Lynch. Funeral services were held Saturday at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic church with the Rev. Robert Steinhausen officiating. Burial was in WBFA cemetery at Spencer. Rosary was recited Friday evening at the church. Service arrangements were made by the Jones Funeral home. Frances Zidko was born De cember 13, 1862 in Czechoslova kia. She came to this country in 1901. Her husband, Jan Zidko, pre ceded her in death. Survivors are six children, Tho mas of Gregory, S. D., Mrs. Mary Jerman of Verdigre, James of Minneapolis, Charles, Frank and Mrs. Bessie Panacek, all of Spencer; nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Pallbearers were M. W. Jacoby, Joe Jamber, Frank Nemec, Dr. J. M. Pucelik, Ted Lauts and James Klasna. Nominations Asked for U. S. Merchant Marine Requests for nominations as candidates for the U. S. Merchant Marine academy are being ac cepted by Congressman Dave Martin. A candidate must be single, in excellent health, must have reached his 17th but not his 22nd birthday by July 1, 1961, and be a high school graduate or now in his senior year. Monty Taylor Named To Minority Council PAGE—Monty Taylor of Oma ha, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Tay lor of Page, has been named by Senator Roman Hruska to be mi nority counsel of the judiciary committee subcommittee on im provements in the judicial ma chinery. Mr. Taylor, 29 a member of the law firm of Hotz, Hotz and Tay lor, will go to Washington Febru ary 1 to begin his duties. He will take over the post that Henry Grether held until last fall when he returned to his duties as a law professor at the University of Nebraska. Taylor is a graduate of the Creighton Law school. He is married and the father of three children. J. Sullivan Honored On 88th Birthday John Sullivan, a long-time resi dent of Holt county, celebrated his eighty-eighth birthday Tues day at his home in O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan and Mrs. Loretta Hynes helped him to have a happy birthday. He received cards and gifts from his' sons and daughters who live out of town. Rites Planned Today For Mrs. B. Cooper EWING—Mrs. Benjamin Coo per, 90, died Monday at Butte at the home of Mrs. H. Hensley. Funeral services will be held at Elgin Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Cooper was the mother of Mrs. Leslie Cary of Bloomfield, a former resident of Ewing. She spent sometime with the Cary family when they resided in this community. Tomjacks Receive Invitation to Inauguration When a large envelope, 8 by 11 inches in size, arrived at the home of Sheriff and Mrs. Leo Tomjack it didn’t cause too much interest. However, it was a thrill to both of them to find an invita tion inside—requesting their presence at the inauguaration ceremonies for President-elect Kennedy. It would have been a plea sure for both of them to attend but their son, Terry, lias been under the weather due to ef fects of influenza and is at St. Anthony’s hospital for medical care. Services at Neligh For Mrs. B. McDonald DELOIT—Mrs. Bertha McDon ald, 87, former resident of this community, died about 10 a.m. Saturday in the Antelope Memor ial hospital in Neligh. She has been a resident of the Brunswick rest heme for some time. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Neligh Methodist church. Mrs. McDonald was the mo ther of Charles and Watson Mc Donald of Deloit. John Moore Appointed To General Services John Moore, vice president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named administrator of the General Services administra tion in the incoming John F. Ken nery administration. Leo Moore of O’Neill, brother of the new appointee, first had word of John’s appointment when he heard it announced on his car radio while driving to Grand Island. John Moore is 57, a native of Greeley, He is a graduate of Villanova college in Philadelphia and has had about 10 years government experience as a regional official of the War Pro duction Board, the War Assets administration and GSA before joining the University of. Pennsyl vania administrative staff in 1954. Former Chambers Man Dies at Holbrook CHAMBERS—Word has been received of the sudden death of Ray Disney,' of Holbrook Satur day, due to the effects of a heart attack. He is a former resident of Chambers, having lived southeast of here. He is survived by his wife and three children. Holt ASC Loons, Payments Total $1,000,000 in 1960 Two Youths Questioned In Atkinson Burglary ATKINSON—Two youths, 14 and 15 years of age, were apprehended Tuesday on charges of burglary in two Atkinson stores, Monday evening. One store, Gambles, was en tered at 10 p.m. by removing a rear screen and raising the win dow. Three cartons of rifle shells, two boxes of shot gun shells, hunting knives, pencils, liens and a pair of furlined chopper mittens were were :imong the items taken from the store. At midnight the Atkinson creamery was entered by break ing down a rear door. About $3 in dimes were removed from a pop machine. A key to the ma chine was taken from the cash drawer to open the machine. Au thorities reported the key miss ing when checking the premises. Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom jack and Atkinson Marshal Ole Wewel investigated the breakins and questioned the youths believ ed to be involved. Sheriff Tomjack stated Wednes day that he did not believe the five breakins which happened in Atkinson about a month ago were connected with the two Monday night. Tomjack will go to Bassett for questioning concerning a bur glary in Bassett. Rites Held For Oliver Hill, 84 At Orchard Oliver Hill, 84, of O'Neill died Monday at the Brunswick Rest Home following a lingering il lness. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Orch ard. Burial will be in the Page cemetery. Oliver C. Hill was born in Adams county, Iowa October 31, 1876. He came to Holt county 52 years ago, working here as a farmer and carpenter until retire ment age. He was married to Fidelia Spen cer June 7, 1899 at Orchard and to this couple were born four children. He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter; also four brothers and two sisters. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Nelson of Laramie, Wyo.; 5 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and one brother, Leonard Hill of Ewing. Pallbearers were Alan Hill, Ray Hill, Delbert Hill, Marvin Lichty, Merle Ellsbery and Donald Hill. The Holt County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation of fice was a busy place during the calendar year of 1960. The office is maintained in the county to locally administer various govern mental farm programs, price sui> pcyt operations, agricultural con servation program, wheat allot ments and loans on farm storage structures and mobile dryers. I.