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Volume 80—Number 41 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 2, 1961 Seven Cents
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Now Installing
Additional Cable
"Sidewalk superintendents”
have boon busy this week watch
ing Northwestern Bell Telephone
company crewman hard at work
laying underground cable beneath
the street near The Frontier of
fice and north of Murray’s Liquor
store.
John Ilermson, Northwestern
construction foreman, explained
Wednesday morning that his
crews are putting in additional
cable to relieve congestion of the
present cable system. In due time
this change will eliminate the
four-party system now in use,
prior to dial conversion at a
future date.
Mr. llermscn transferred to
the O’Neill area from Omaha, re
placing Dean Horner. He is build
ing a new house at 519 Archer
street and until the house is
completed, is looking for rental
quarters so his wife, Marrianna,
and two sons. Douglas, 4, ami
David, 7, may join him here.
Rites Held at
Atkinson for
Mrs. G. Morgan
ATKINSON Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at
the Presbyterian church here for
Mrs. Gilbert Morgan, 73, who
died Saturday at the Atkinson
Memorial hospital.
The Rev. Kersting officiated at
the services and at burial in the
Woodlawn cemetery at Atkinson.
Edna Bea Morgan was born at
Atkinson January 3, 1888 to
William Griffin and Mary Ellen
Donnelly.
She and her husband have al
ways resided at Atkinson where
Mr. Morgan owned and operated
the Morgan Hardware store until
they sold it about 15 years ago.
She is survived by her hus
band, Gilbert E.; two daughters,
Mrs. John M. Tamul of Everett,
Wash., and Mrs. Ned Shaw of
Bassett; three grandchildren, and
one brother, Roy Griffin. William
Griffin of O’Neil] is a nephew of
Mrs. Morgan.
Pallbearers were Fred Do
brovolny, Otto Gloor, Albert Lem
mer, Fred Jungman. Carl Smith
and E. V. Hickok.
Four-H Leaders Plan
Meeting at Atkinson
Four-H leaders from Holt. Boyd,
Keya Paha, Brown, Rock, Loup,
Garfield and Wheeler counties
will meet at Atkinson Tuesday to
receive instruction in animal hus
bandry.
Three persons from each of the
eight north-central Nebraska
counties will receive instruction
from Dave Williams, Extension
animal husbandryman at the Uni
versity of Nebraska College of
Agriculture.
The main topic to be discussed
is the planning of a year'.y live
stock club program. Other dis
cussion items at the Atkinson
meeting will involve feeding pro
ject animals, feeds used in finish
ing the animals.
Closson Is Re-elected
Rural Schools Head
Average monthly salary paid -
to Holt county rural school
teachers this year is $356.86, ac
cording to statistics furnished by
Miss Alice French, Holt count}'
superintendent, at the annual
meeting of the County Rural
School Boards association Friday
afternoon at the Legion hall.
The meeting was conducted by
President Anson Closson. Mrs.
Lloyd Whaley is treasurer. Both
Closson and Mrs. Whaley were re
elected. Miss French is secretary
and her term has not expired.
Mrs. Fred Boettcher of Atkin
son, Mr. and Mrs. Whaley of O’
Neill and Mrs. John Moore of
Amelia were elected delegates to
the state rural school meeting
which will be held in Grand
Island February 8. Several re
solutions were read at Friday’s
meeting and these will be pre
sented at the Grand Island ses
sion.
Among the resolutions are re
quests for the following: more
simplified form of bookkeeping;
that reorganization of rural
school districts be kept on a
voluntary basis; that teacher
certification requirements remain
statutory rather than be set by
the State Board of Education;
resolve in favor of amendment of
law section 79-420 which compels
dissolving of school districts in
active for one school term and re
commend this be changed to
three school terms; opposing of
any raise in certification require
ments.
Continuance of eighth grade ex
aminations is favored by the
board.
Miss French, in her explanation
of statistical sheets which were
handed to the group, stated that
there have been 14 modem
schoolhouses built in Holt county
in the past 10 years and nine
buildings have been modernized.
Fifty-eight teachers out of 91 in
Holt county will have certificates
which expire this year.
PRICES WERE GOOD and bidding was brisk at the George Kubik farm sale Monday about 30 miles
northeast of O’Neill. Shown here is part of the crowd of farmers and stockmen bidding on the Kubik
cattle. At the left is an auctioneer just picking a bid. Out of sight in the picture at the right are owner
George Kubik and another auctioneer. This successful sale was advertised solely in The Frontier. Ku
lak said it was a good sale and he was well satisfied with results. Had bad weather forced cancella
tion of the sale as scheduled, Kubik’s ad would ha ve been re-run in The Frontier for no extra charge.
This “weather insurance’’ is only one of the features of The Frontier's one-stop complete farm sale
service. Kiidlolf brothers w ere auctioneers, First Nat ional bank of O’Neill was clerk.
Mothers March, Games
Net $546.13 for Charity
Mrs. Verne Reynoldson, chair- ■
man of the O’Neill March of .
Dimes, reports a total of $405.68
from the Mothers March last
week and $140.45 realized at the
basketball volleyball games Sat
urday evening.
Tiiis is not a complete re
port for O’Neill as there is still
money to be turned in from the
business section and from store
containers. Anyone having do
nations for the polio fund may
contact Mrs. Reynoldson.
In the Saturday night games at
the OHS auditorium the program
got underway with a grade school ,
basketball game between the
sixth grades and the fifth grades
of the public school. The sixth
graders wound up the victors by
the soore of 26-13.
Next on the schedule was a
volleyball game between the O’
Neill high girls and a team of
married and unmarried women,
who call themselves the “Has
Beens.” This was a close game
with the high school team fight
ing off a determined last-minute
rally to come out on top 30 to 28.
Playing on the “Has Beens”
team were Mmes. M. J. Baack,
Paul Shelhamer, Dale Wilson,
Chuck Smith, Don McKamy, John
Hart and Larry Strong, and
Jeanette Fricke and Carolyn
Schmiechel.
The final feature of the evening
was an exciting town team game
between the Grand Island Ducks
and the O’Neill All-Stars. The
combined efforts of Jake Hawley
and Chuck Smith, who each had
19 points, led the All-Stars to a
68-67 victory. Smith collected 12
of his points in the first half,
while Hawley hit for 12 in the
second half. Senkberk led the
losers with 24 points.
Royal Family Escapes
Injury in Freak Mishap
ROYAL—Members of the Clar
ence Thomsen family escaped
possible serious illness due to
escaping gas fumes at their home
last week.
The family complained of head
aches and nausea but had
thought influenza and colds were
the cause of their illnesses. How
ever, one member of the family
fainted and an investigation was
made. It was discovered that a
chimney, clogged with nests and
several dead birds, had prevented
the gas fumes from escaping.
Let Us Spray
It was one of those days
when everything went wrong.
After cleaning up spilled
sugar and a broken glass of
jelly, the housewife finally got
to the furniture polishing stage.
Grabbing the can of spray,
she gave the top of the dresser
a generous layer and that’s
when the fun began.
She had used hair spray!
Services Held
At Stuart for
Walter Conard
STUART—Funeral rites were
conducted at the Funeral Chapel
here for Walter Conard, 81, who
died in the Atkinson Memorial
hospital.
The Rev. Charles Gates of
ficiated at the services and at
burial in the Stuart cemetery.
Walter Conard was born at
Atlantic, la., August 12, 1879 to
Jonas and Dora Soper Conard.
He came to the Newport com
munity 73 years ago with his par
ents. He resided south of New
port until a few years ago when
he moved to Stuart where he and
a brother made their home. He
never married.
Survivors are four brothers,
Byron. Dave and Dick of Stuart
and Rudolph of Newport, and two
sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Thompson
of Holyoke, Mass., and Mrs.
Bertha Irwin of Newport.
.Pallbearers were Price Aider
man and Frank Ammon of New
port, John Wilcox, Guy Carl
wallader, Harry Cadwallader and
Glen Cadwallader of Stuart.
Firemen Summoned to
Blaze North of Page
Firemen from O’Neill and Page
were summoned to a grass fire
north of Page Friday morning
near the Raymond Noble place.
The fire was started by a baling
outfit and burned a path 80 rods
wide and one and one half miles
long before being stopped.
The blaze came with 10 rods of
the buildings on the Noble place
before it ran into a swamp which
stopped it long enough for the
firemen to bring it under control.
About 15 or 20 tons of hay were
burned.
Wragges Plan to Open
Hotel at Niobrara
EWING—Gilbert Wragge, who
recently sold his ranching inter
ests near here, has purchased the
Koster house in Niobrara. Mr.
Wragge and his family are now
living in the building, which they
plan to remodel and re-open as a
hotel. The Koster house dates
back to pioneer days.
He has also purchased the
horse yards from Walter Barn
hard.
Assessor Urges Return
Of Assessment Blanks
There are still approximately
500 assessment schedules to be
made and returned to the county
assessor’s office before the final
date, February 28, and residents
are urged to fill in the schedules
as soon as possible.
After March 1 there will be a
penalty for failure to return
schedules on time.
Anyone wishing for assistance
may call at the assessor’s office.
Meet (iarlan L. Schoenrock.
manager of the O’Neill Lee Store,
who arrived here Wednesday to
take over his duties. He replaces
Bob Roberts who is transferring
to York to manage the Lee store
there. Mr. Schoenrock comes
here from Broken Bow and for
merly managed a store in Den
ver. He is married and has two
children, a boy and a girl. His
family will arrive Friday and
they will move into the house at
511 Archer at which time the
present occupants, the Roberts
family will move to York. The
Roberts have purchased a house
at York and their new address
is 1015 East 10th St.
Durr Unhurt in
Auto Accident
Near Crookston
Cletus Durr of Stuart, for
merly of O’Neill, narrowly es
caped serious injuries early
Thursday morning, about 3:30
a.m., when he fell asleep while
driving and his car left the road.
The accident occurred about
one and one-half miles east of
Crookston when Mr. Durr was
enroute home from Rapid City,
S. D.
His auto went down an embank
ment, .knocked down several
fence posts and finally stopped in
a stubble field. It missed a
concrete abutment by four feet
when it left the road.
Durr was knocked unconscious
for a period of two hours, slumped
over the steering wheel. The door
was jammed open and it was
fortunate he had on a heavy coat
as the temperature was 14 de
grees below. He suffered cuts
and bruises.
He managed to flag down a
passing truck and the driver took
him to Crookston where he tele
phoned to O’Neill for a wrecker.
His car was extensively damaged.
Four Royal Couples to
Observe Anniversaries
ROYAL—Four couples of this
community will celebrate golden
wedding anniversaries the first
half of this year and all have
lived their entire married lives
in the Royal community and all
but one were bom in this vicinity.
The parties who will celebrate
are Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Curtis
in April. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Reefe in May, Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Rundquist in June and Mr.
and Mrs. Edd Charf, August 1.
Mr. Charf was bom in Sweden,
but all others are natives of
Royal as also were Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Hering whose anniversary
was in November and Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Trautman who cele
brated earlier that year.
Irrigation Committee
Asks Return of Letters
Farmers anil landowners who
have not yet returned their let
ters of intent concerning the O’
Neill Irrigation Project are urg
ed to do so as quickly as possi
ble. - These letters are not bind
ing in any way, but without
these letters, which show gen
eral cpinion and interest, the
project will be severely ham
pered. The deadline for sending
the completed report is draw
ing near.
As of Wednesday letters of
intent representing 26,500 acres
of land had been received. Sur
veys by the board of reclama
tion show that some 76,000 acres
of land in northern Holt county
might be irrigated.
Anyone having any question
concerning the Irrigation pro
ject is urged to contact Dale
Wilson or Gil Poese, co-chair
men of the committee.
Sister Mary Alma
Holt Pioneer,
Dies at Alliance
Sister Mary Alma, 79, the for
mer Agnes Clark, daughter of a
pioneer family of Holt county,
died at St. Joseph hospital in Al
liance January 29.
Funeral services with requiem
high Mass were conducted from
St. Joseph hospital in Alliance.
Burial was in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery there.
Sister Alma was a pioneer, born
in a soddy south of O’Neill,
January 14, 1882, and baptized in
the little frame church later re
placed by the present St.
Patrick’s church. She was bap
tized by Father Smith, the first
resident pastor of the parish. Her
parents, Andrew Clark of Ireland
and Agnes Davidson Clark of
Dundee, Scotland, were home
steaders. Andrew “Andy” Clark
of O'Neill is her only immediate
survivor. Two sisters, Mina Clark
McCaffrey and Ella Clark, pre
ceded her in death.
Agnes Clark was the first
boarding student at St. Mary’s
academy and a member of the
first graduating class in 1903. She
entered the Franciscan Order at
their motherhouse in Stella
Niagara, N. Y., in August, 1904.
She became Sister Mary Alma, a
professed Sister of St. Francis
in 1907. Sister Alma has served
the various houses of her Order
as a teacher and art instructor
since her profession. She earned
a bachelor of arts degree from
Creighton University in Omaha.
On two separate appointments
she was stationed at St. Mary’s
here, the first being in 1933, and
the second 20 years later in 1953.
Sister Alma retired from teaching
less than a year ago.
Services Planned
At Stuart for
Lt. R. Johnson
STUART—Lt. Roger E. John
son, 24-year-old airman from
Stuart, was killed in a traffic ac
cident Thursday night on a state
road 14 miles north of Grants, N
Mex.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank R. Johnson, and his wife’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weber,
are residents of the Stuart com
munity.
The accident occurred when he
was traveling to an airbase at
Oakland, Calif., transferring from
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. He
stopped at Grants to spend a few
days with relatives and had re
sumed his trip when his car went
out of control and plunged off a
bridge embankment. The car
landed upside down in the dry
wash.
This is the second tragedy in
the Weber family. Mrs. John
son’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Dennis
Weber of Stuart, was accidently
killed in a gun accident.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. today (Thursday) at the
Stuart Community church with
the Rev. Herbert C. Young of
ficiating. Military graveside rites
will be at the cemetery in Stuart
under the direction of the Carlisle
Legion Post.
Roger E. Johnson was bom at
Rushville July 21, 1936 to Mr. and
Mrs. Frank R. Johnson.
He is survived by his wife, Wil
ma; two daughters, Sharon Lynn
and Linda Rae; one son, Steven
Roger; parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Johnson; grandmother,
Mrs. Helen Spillman of Alliance;
two brothers, Marvin C. and
Terry F.; and four sisters, Mrs.
Lloyd Pounds of Gordon, Mrs.
James Hoffman jr., of Newport
and Frances K. and Dorothy Lee
at home.
O'Neill Country Club
Stockholders to Meet
The annual meeting of the
O'Neill Country Club stock
holders will be held Monday at
7:30 p.m. in the meeting room
upstairs at the Consumers Pub
lic Power District office In O’
Neill.
All stockholders are urged to
attend.
Shortage of Room May Halt
Rural 9th Grade Enrollments
It's Groundhog Day
Today is Groundhog day, the
day when, the meteorological
rodent is supposed to tel! us
the type of weather we can ex
pect for the next six weeks.
According to tradition, if the
Groundhog sees his shadow we
are supposed to have six more
weeks of winter. . .or is it six
more weeks of spring? The le
gend is so buried in antiquity
that many modern day legend
lovers can’t remember which
way it goes.
As a matter of fact, the
groundhog himself is so con
fused about the proper prog
nostication that he’s looking up
the weather in the farmer’s
Almanac.
Wells Named
Fire Chief
At Spencer
SPENCER—Sheridan Wells of
Spencer was elected Fire Chief of
the Spencer Volunteer Fire De
partment at a meeting held Mon
day at Spencer.
Other officers named were:
LeRoy Nyquist, president; John
Thompson, vice-president, Wil
liam Bentz, treasurer and
Louis Klasna, secretary. Ed
Martin was appointed assistant
chief.
Ed Krbel, who has been a mem
ber of the department for 26
years and a fire chief for the past
six years was presented with a
wrist watch in appreciation for his
service.
Clayton Klasna and Bob Mlinar
were appointed to audit the
books.
Over 50 persons attended the
turkey supper which followed the
business meeting.
Wilsons to Attend
Store Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wilson will
leave Saturday for Minneapolis,
Minn., where they will attend the
Coast to Coast annual convention.
The convention will last until
February 9.
Three Petitions Filed
To Dissolve Districts
Three petitions have been filed
at the county superintendent’s of
fice to dissolve school districts
No. 1, 16 and 170.
District 1 borders the Nio
brara river and the other two
districts are south of District
1. The new district will be
known as district 1.
These petitions were approved
by the county reorganization com
mittee and have been submitted
to the state committee. The state
meeting will be February 7 and
the hearing will follow this date.
A Tall One
Consumers servicemen are
still shaking their heads over
this one.
Someone, either practicing for
aerial work in a circus or para
chute jumps, managed to climb
to the tup of Consumers two
way radio tower east of O'
Neill and leave a flag at the
very top with these words on it:
“We Give S & II Green
Stamps”.
The tower is 300-feet high!
Holt Fair Board
Plans '61 Fair
For Aug. 14-17
CHAMBERS—Jim Gibson of
Chambers and Vern Sageser of
Amelia attended the fifty-second
annual meeting of the Nebraska
Association of Fair Managers
held at Lincoln last Monday and
Tuesday.
Contracts have been signed
for a carnival with the Fron
tier Shows of Canton, So. Da
kota, and an RCA approved
rodeo with stock to be furnish
ed by Fred Wolf of Fairfax,
So. Dakota.
Plans are being made to hold
the third annual AQHA approved
Quarter Horse Show. Fair dates
for 1961 are August 14, 15, 16 and
17th.
Two Auto Accidents
Reported to Police
Two auto mishaps were re
ported to O’Neill police during the
past week. Sunday afternoon a
pickup truck driven by Joe Pritc
hett backed into an auto owned
by Louis Brown at the inter
section of Madison and Douglas.
Estimated damage to the pickup
was $10 and to the Brown vehicle
$250.
Also on Sunday autos driven by
Josephine Steward land Jerry
Gokie collided at the intersection
of Douglas and Madison. Dam
ages amounted to $50 on the
Stewart car and $150 on the Gokie
auto.
Extension Service
Plans Workshop
On Animal Husbandry
Catherine Indra, Home Exten
sion agent, has announced a
handicraft workshop which will
be held in Stuart February 10 at
the auditorium.
Those attending should bring
paper for notes and design
sketching, pencil or pen, shears
or knife. There will be a small
registration fee.
The schedule is as follows:
Demonstrations of engraving a
luminum, 9:30 to 9:50 a.m.; group
participation in project, 9:50 to
11 a.m.; beeswax candle making,
11 to 11:20 a.m.; group participa
tion, 11:20 to noon; lunch hour,
noon to 1:15 p.m.; basket weaving
and “magic glitter,” 1:15 to 1:35
p.m., and group participation,
1:35 to 3:45 p.m.
Receive Word of
Brothers Death
AMELIA—Mrs. Bertha Sam
mons has received word of the
death of her brother, Arthur
Moss, last week at Bremerton,
Wash. He was near 90 years of
age.
The third in a series of meet
ings with rural school boards and
patrons was held Tuesday eve
ning at O’Neill public schools.
The O'Neill board called the
meetings lo inform rural board
members that new enrollments in
O’Neill public high school may
not be accepted lor the fall of
1961.
A chart of present enrollments
in all grades up through the
eighth was displayed, showing
how heavy enrollments in the
grades will soon crowd out any
tuition students. Supt. M. J.
Baack said there will be 50 stu
dents from die district in ninth
grade next fall.
Three school boards from rural
areas were present, represented
by four men and two women.
After the O’Neill school board’s
position was explained, Mrs. Dor
othy Pribil replied, “Well, you
know, it we take our kids to ano
ther school, we’ll trade there,
too.”
One of the men .present told the
board that he already had one
child in O’Neill high school and
another ready to start in the
ninth grade.
‘ If <me can’t go here,” ho
said, “neither one wiJi. I won’t
send my children to two dif
ferent schools. I’ll send them
where they both can go.”
He went on to explain that he
knew conditions in the school
were crowded because his child
ren had told him that desks wero
so close together that a student
could read papers on desxs on
either side of him.
No action was taken at the
meeting, since- it was informal
and for information only.
Channel Two
In Operation
Channel 2 antenna which was
damaged during the severe snow
storm in November, has now
been fixed and is in working con
dition.
Pinkerman’s television service
men repaired the transmitter an
tenna and removed the rombic
wires for straightening, then re
placed them. Repair has been de
layed due to the fact that the
antenna is 100 feet high and is
extremely dangerous to climb in
inclement weather.
O’Neill City Councilmen will
hear further discussion Tuesday
evening covering the conversion
of channel 13 to channel 12.
Albert Blocks Plan
Open House Feb. 12
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Block will
observe their 50th wedding anni
versary Sunday, Feb. 12, with
open house festivities from 2 to
5 p.m. at the Christ Lutheran
church in O’Neill. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend the
affair.
Former Ewing Couple
Feted on Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Borden,
long time residents of Ewing who
are now making their borne with
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Borden, in Wash
ington, D. C., celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary on
January 25. In observance of the
occasion they were honored at a
dinner by their grandson, Donald
Borden, and by their Washington
friends, including, Mrs. Annie
Vande Ploeg, formerly of Kado
ka, South Dakota.
THIS HUGE 13,000-POUND capacity cheese vat is now in operation at the Orchard cheese factory.
Watching the new equipment in operation is one of the factory’s owners, John Kiley. The set of con
stantly revolving paddies travel back and forth the length of the vat on an electrically-powered dolly.
Kiley, with his partner, Ernest Gudenschwayer, ship the finished product of chedder cheese to New
Ulm, Minn., where it is reprocessed by the Kraft company. About 7 hours is required to make a batch
of cheese. The partners purchase whole milk locally. They employ one other man in the factory, Ken
neth BTurtig, and their bookkeeper, Patty Elliott.
