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___Volume 80—Number 44 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 23, 1961 Cpvpn Cents
Saturday Funeral Rites
At Lynch for Dr. G. B. fra
LYNCH — Funeral services
were held here Saturday after
noon for Dr. G. B. Ira, 87, well
known physician, who died Febru
ary 15 in Sacred Heart hospital
following a lengthy illness.
The Rev. Glenn Dyer, pastor,
conducted the services at the
Wesleyan Methodist church, as
sisted by the Rev. Lester
Sprague, pastor of the First
Methodist church. Interment was
made in the family lot at L’Rau
Qui Court cemetery at Niohrara.
Dr. Guy Bentley Ira, son of
Beatrice Hobbs and Dr. George
W. Ira, was bom July 22, 1873 at
Greenwood, S. D. He was bapti
zed in the Episcopal church on
the Yankton Agency there Febru
ary 15, 1874. His early schooling
was received at the Santee school
near Niobrara and later, one year
at the Fremont Normal. Three
years of pre-medical schooling
were received at the University
of Nebraska where he took two
years of military drill under the
late General John G. Pershing.
On March 17, 1897 Dr. Ira gradu
ated from the St. Louis, Missouri
College of Physicians and Sur
geons at Bames hospital and re
turned there later for his intern
work. He also took post-graduate
work in New York and Chicago,
111. His first general practice was
at a summer resort near New
burn. 111.
Dr. Ira returned to Santee in
1897 to visit his parents and while
there took a side-trip to hunt with
Will Barker, planning to stay
overnight in Lynch and return. A
Mr. Phimple, whose wife was
gravely ill, learned the young
doctor was in town and appealed
for help. Dr. Ira never returned
to his practice in Illinois, but
ordered his personal effects ship
ped to Lynch. For over 50 years
Dr. Ira was busy administering
the art of healing to those in
need in the tri-county area ad
jacent to Lynch.
He was married to Florence
Elsie Whipple at Omaha April
10, 1898. The Presbyterian mini
ster, the Rev. David R. Kerr, of
ficiated. They came to Lynch by
horse and buggy from Bloomfield,
following a train journey that far,
and established their home here.
To this couple were born a son,
Gordon, and a daughter, Naomi.
The family resided in Lynch
except for the months Dr. Ira
served his country overseas, dur
ing which time Mrs. Ira moved to
Lincoln to be with their children
v attending college there, returning
here in 1919 for permanent resi
dence.
Dr. Ira’s name was inscribed
as First Lieutenant on the Roll
of Honor in the state house at
Lincoln July 20, 1917. He saw
active duty on the European field
with the 15th Balloon Company
and the 59th Infantry, Fourth Di
vision. He came out of service
with a commission of major.
Dr. Ira was medical doctor and
surgeon for many years for the
Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way company; was chairman of
the Boyd County Republican
Central committee; a member of
the Lynch village board of
trustees and District 36 board of
education; a member of Nebras
ka State Medical association and
the American Medical association
and member of the First Metho
dist church at Lynch.
He suffered his first heart at
tack in 1935 and spent one year
bedfast before recovery, and then
continued his practice until fail
ing health deemed it best to sell
his business and practice to Dr.
Donald E. Wyrens in January,
1949. It was not until June 3,
1959 that he became completely
bedfast. He was moved to the
hospital for his last illness Febru
ary 10. He was preceded in death
by his wife March 18, 1953.
Surviving him are his son, Dr.
Gordon H. Ira of Jacksonville,
Fla.; his daughter, Mrs. G. R.
Douglass of Indianapolis, Ind.;
three grandsons, Dr. Gordon H.
Ira jr., a senior resident in medi
cine at Duke university in Dur
ham, N. C., Stewart Bentley Ira
of Jacksonville, Fla., and George
L. Douglass of Indianapolis, Ind.;
four granddaughters, Mrs. Barn
well Daley of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Mrs. C. E. Evans, Mrs. C. D.
Allread and Mrs. J. H. Kirchhof
fer, all of Indianapolis, Ind.; 13
great grandchildren, and two
sisters, Mrs. Edith Lang of
Creighton and Mrs. Florence
Mark of Raymond, Wash.
Active pallbearers were Elmer
Christensen, Thomas Schrunk.
Roger Woolf, Lee Wells, Dr. J.
M. Pucelik and Harry Mulhair.
Honorary pallbearers were Anton
Wasatka, Thomas Graham, Dr.
Joseph David, Louis Nelson,
Myron Hodges, Floyd France,
John Wike, Patsy Mulhair, Wal
lace Moffett, Eddie Mulhair, Earl
Rosicky, Guy Barnes, Sidney
Woolf, Wallace Courtney, John
Kelly, Vac Jcdlicka, Eric Nielsen
and Rudolph Prokop.
Boy Scouts Plan
Good Turn Day
in O'Neill Mar. 4
Cubs and Boy Scouts of the
Covered Wagon Area council,
Boy Scouts of America, are mak
ing plans to conduct their annual
“good turn day for the handi
capped” at Goodwill Industries.
this nation-wide program by
the Scouts of collecting wear
able and repairable materials
for handicapped workers is ano
ther of the events which high
light Scouting in O’Neill.
Saturday, Mar. 4, the Cub
Scouts, under the direction of
Cubmaster Roy Humrich, and the
Den Mothers will distribute a
Scout “Good Turn Day Bag” to
all homes in O’Neill. These bags
should be filled with usable
clothing and materials, and small
household appliances, which the
handicapped persons at Goodwill
Industries can process for resale
in their retail stores.
Pickup day will be March 11,
when the Boy Scouts, with Scout
masters the Rev. John Hart and
Dale French in charge, will re
turn to collect the filled bags.
What Could You Say?
A certain well known business
man here kept pleading fati
gue to the urgings of his coffee
pals to attend a church dinner
coming up that evening.
He was told repeatedly about
the merits of the speaker and
about wrhat a "hot shot” talker
he is.
The businessman turned to
his friend sitting beside him
and said, “Who is the so and
so that’s going to speak to
night.”
“Me,” said his friend.
Silence.
DON BBixiarr, exiension service range management specialist from Fort Robinson research sta
tion is shown here as he addresses a group of farmers and ranchers from the O’Neill area on range
conditions and range improvements. Approximately 43 ranchers have signed up for the short course.
Proper maintenance and increased production of range land is the main topic of the course.
VERN SAGESER OF AMELIA walked off wi.h top honors at the annual Hereford sale held Tues
day at the O’Neill Livestock Market. Vern exhibited tie grand champion bull, best pen of two and best
pen of three. He is shown here receiving The Frontier’s traveling trophy for the best pen of three bulls
from Vern Reynoldson. Harold Melcher showed the second place bull and Albert Carson, the third place.
Oh No!
“Mother, these fleas are sure
biting me!” complained young
Steven Hansen of the Meek
community.
The startled mother im
mediately checked him over
and found the “fleas” had left
little red marks—measles!
Jack Hixson Named
To Boys State
CLEARWATER — Jack Hix
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Randall
Hixson, has been chosen as the
representative to Boys State in
Lincoln June 17-24.
His trip will be sponsored by
the local American Legion.
Bob Brayton Named
To Martin's Staff
STUART — Bob Brayton has
joined Congressman Dave Mar
tin’s staff as representative in
the Fourth Nebraska District.
According to a statement from
Congressman Martin, “This move
has been made to serve consti
tuents better in the state, a neces
sary move in view of the large
size of the District and its great
distance from Washington.”
Plan Campaign
Here Sunday
For Heart Fund
Volunteers will visit their
neighbors to call for Heart Fund
contributions between 2 and 5
p.m. Sunday. “Heart Sunday,”
which marks the peak of the
1961 Heart Fund campaign start
ed February 1.
Pre-addressed envelopes will
be left for families that are not
at home So they can mail their
contributions to the local com
mittee. Contributions may be
sent to HEART, care of the lo
cal postmaster, according to the
campaign chairman, M/Sgt.
William Cousins.
O’Neill has been divided into
four districts with the following
volunteers acting as district
captains: Northeast, Mrs. John
Stuifbergen; northwest, Mrs. John
Enke; southeast, Mrs. Albert
Tooker, and southwest, Mrs. E.D.
Gleeson.
The O’Neill quota for 1961 is set
at $650. Mr. Cousins points out
that the deaths from cardiovas
cular disease in Holt county is
at 51.4 per cent.
New Industry
Plans Opening
Here March 1
A new industry will be opening
in O’Neill about March 1. Waite:
and Richard Salmen expect t<
have their brass and aluminun
foundry set up and in operatioi
about that date.
The firm, known as AlBronz*
Metal Products, manufacture!
bronze grave markers, bronzi
vases, bronze name plates anc
other products cast in aluminurr
or bronze. .
Walter Salmen
Owners of the business are
Walter and Richard Salmen,
who have been running the
business in Anoka as a father
and-son operation. Both men
are living in O’Neill now with
their families. Walter, the
father, lives at 317 North
Seventh. His wife works at the
K & M cafe and his daughter,
Mary Ellen attends O’Neill
high school.
\ /
Richard Salmen
Richard and his wife live at
103 E. Adams. They have a 3
month-old son.
Location of the foundry is at
the former Rainbow bread office
at 351 South Fourth street.
The men are now busy re
modeling the building to meet
the requirements of the foundry.
Walter has been in foundry
work for about 30 years, learning
the trade in Omaha. Richard
joined his father in the firm about
two years ago when they moved
to Anoka.
The big bronze letters on the
Boys Town signs near Omaha
were cast by Walter when he was
in Omaha.
Presbyterian Church
At Ewing Planning
75th Anniversary
EWING — The United Presby
terian church here is progressing
with plans for the 75th anniver
, sary of the founding of the churcl
; to be celebrated Sunday.
Regular church services will b<
held as usual in the morning witl
a "basket” luncheon at 12:3
p.m. An open house will be helt
at 2:30 p.m. with a program o
! music, reading of the history o
! the congregation, dedication o
? gifts and the dedication of thi
I church annex. Refreshments wil
1 be served.
The entire program is open t<
the public.
Services Held
At Page for
George Zellers
County Attorney William Grif
fin announced Wednesday that no
evidence of foul play has been
discovered in the death of George
Zellers, 63, of Page whose badly
mutilated body was found Thurs
day morning, Feb. 16, in a hog
feeding lot near Page.
The body was examined by Dr.
Rex Wilson, who confirmed the
belief that Mr. Zellers had suf
fered from a serious heart con
dition.
A missing billfold first aroused
suspicion of foul play. It has not
yet been found by investigating
officer, Sheriff Leo Tomjack who
has conducted a thorough search
in fKo area
An employee of a feed company
discovered the body when he ar
rived to feed the hogs. Zeller’s
car had been noticed near the lot
the night before. He had been
missing since 2 p.m. February
15. The lot is located on the Elsie
Frerichs farm one mile south
east of Page.
Funeral services were con
ducted by the Rev. Charles Cox
in the Page Methodist church
Saturday afternoon. Burial was
in the Page cemetery, and grave
side rites were conducted by the
Odd Fellows.
George Fredrick Zellers, son
of Peter and Maggie Zellers was
bom January 1, 1898 at Unadilla.
His early life was spent at Una
dilla, coming to Holt county with
his parents in 1922. He farmed
northeast of Page for a number
of years before moving to Cham
bers where he lived for the past
19 years.
Due to ill health he retired and
moved into Page November 1,
1960. He was a member of the
Odd Fellows for over 40 years.
He is survived by one brother,
Ray, and a sister, Grace both of
Page.
Two Auto Mishaps
Occur in O'Neill
Two auto mishaps were inves
tigated by O’Neill police during
the past week. Cars driven by
Michael Troshynski and Gerald
Kilcoin collided on west Douglas
street Feb. 13. Only minor dam
age resulted according to officer
Coats, who investigated the ac
cident.
Considerable damage was done
to cars driven by Clifton D. Clyde
and Gary Anderson when they
collided at Second and Everett
street Feb. 18. Police chief Chris
McGinn was the investigating of
ficer.
Deadline Nears
For Car License
County Treasurer J. Ed Han
cock reminded vehicle owners
that they have only three more
courthouse working days in which
to purchase 1961 license tags be
fore the deadline March 1.
A total of 6.109 tags had been
obtained by Tuesday, leaving—
900 still to be purchased to make
. the number equal to last year’s
total by February 28.
First Crop Storage Pay
To Start About Mar. 1
Four Changes
In Personnel
At Consumers
Consumers Fjblic Power Dis
trict Thursday announced four
changes in personnel at the O’
Neill district office and in the
Columbus general office, all
shifts effective March 1.
Tom Liddy, 45, O’Neill district
accountant for 7*,4 years and a
22-year veteran of the electric
utility business, has been nam
ed supervisor of the IBM-tabu
lating department in the Co
lumbus general office. He suc
ceeds Bob Jensen, 36, who will
take over as senior IBM ma
chine operator.
Daniel E. Murphy, 34, chief
clerk at the O’Neill office since
1953, succeeds Liddy. Murphy
Daniel E. Murphy
will be replaced by Ted Kyster,
33, of O’Neill.
Liddy and Murphy are natives
of O’Neill where both received
their grade and high school ed
ucations, and Kyster is a native
of Council Bluffs. He was grad
uated from high school at Coun
cil Bluffs and the University of
Omaha.
Liddy, the father of three
daughters and a son, started his
GPPD career in 1942 at Colum
bus. Liddy, the 1959 chairman of
the Holt County TB Association’s
Master Seal campaign and a for
mer director of the organization,
has been active in the O’Neill
Country club. He also was chair
man of the finance committee
during a recent building project
at his church. The Liddys are
members of the Presbyterian
church.
The Liddys have a son, Mike,
with the US Army in Germany;
daughters, Susan, 14, Colleen
Beth, 6, and Mrs. Dan Farring
ton, of Hawaii.
Murphy, who joined CPPD at
O’Neill in 1948, is treasurer of the
O’Neill American Legion Post No.
93. The Murphys are members of
St. Patrick’s Catholic church.
Kysters came to O’Neill in 1955
at which time Ted was employed
with the Harding Creamery. Since
1960 he has been associated with
the Coast to Coast store. The
Kysters are members of the First
Presbyterian church and Ted is
the chairman of the Presbyterian
Men’s council. The Kysters have
four children, Teddy, 6, Debbie,
5, Kirk, 3, and Janie, 16 months.
Harry Peterson returned to his
home in O’Neill Saturday from an
Omaha hospital where he
recently underwent surgery.
Warizk Sentenced
To County Jail
District Judge William Smith
sentenced Donald A. Warizk, 47,
(no address) to 90 days in county
jail when he pleaded gjilty to as
sault and battery in district court
Monday.
Warizk was brought before
County Judge Louis Reimers Feb
ruary 8 following the filing of
charges by Deputy Sheriff Jim
Mullen in behalf of Mrs. Lois
Martens of Atkinson.
The case was bound over to dis
trict court and in Monday’s ses
sion the state accepted a plea of
guilty to assult and battery and
withdrew the felony complaint for
aggravated assault.
Holt SWCD Plans
Seed Meeting
Here Tuesday
The Holt Soil and Water Con
servation District Board of Sup
ervisors will hold a meeting of in
terest to all seed growers begin
ning at 1:30 p.m. at the Court
House Annex, Tuesday.
At this meeting the new dis
trict policy on handling seed
consignments will be discussed
and prices will be determined
by the growers and the District
board combined. Most of the
seed test results have been re
ceived and u is anticipated that
prices in general will be based
on the percentage of pure live
sWfl pii/'h Ini
For many years the Holt SWCD
has handled locally grown native
grass seed on a consignment ba
sis. This is a big reason why so
many grass seedings in Holt
County have been so successful.
Locally grown strains are far su
perior to similar seeding where
the source of seed has been even
150 or 200 miles removed from
our area.
The district has not made it a
policy to handle Brome grass and
Alfalfa but handles largely the
Native grasses and a few of the
more scarce tame grasses.
Any one interested in having
the district handle their seed is
urged to attend this meeting so
that they fully understand the
new policy and the pure live seed
method of pricing.
Atkinson Passes
Teen Age Curfew
ATKINSON — A 10:30 p.m.
curfew for persons under 16 years
of age is now being enforced here.
It is unlawful for youngsters
under 16 to be on the streets af
ter this hour unless accompanied
by parents.
New Pastor Begins
Duties at Ewing
EWING — The Rev. Mrs. Nina
Haines has arrived here from Ot
tumwa, la., to assume her duties
as the new pastor of the Church
of the Nazar ene.
She had been an evangelist
with her husband before his
death. Nebraska has been her
home for about 20 years. She has
served as pastor in Lincoln for
five years, St. Edward for four
years and at Kenesaw, Fremont
and South Sioux City.
Worship services will be as fol
lows: Worship hour, 11 a.m.; Sun
day school, 10 a.m.; evening ser
vice at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday
evening prayer meeting at 8 p.m.
Half of the storage payments
to farmers under the 196(M>1 price
support reseal program for farm
stored grains will be advanced
to farmers early in March. (Nor
mally the payments are made
when the loans mature but, the
storage payments, already earn
ed, are being advanced in light
of present economic conditions
and the cost-price squeeze on
farmers.
William A. Miller, manager
of the Hull county ASC office,
said payments will be in the
mail about March 1. The pay
ments will be made on reseal
loans on 1959 crops of corn,
wheat, barley and grain sor
ghums; 1958 crops of barley,
grain sorghum, corn, and
wheat; 1957 crops of corn and
1956 crop of corn.
The advance payment rates
will be seven cents per bushel
for corn, wheat and barley; five
cents per bushel for oats, and
12 cents per hundredweight for
grain sorghum. The balance of
storage payments (in similar
amounts for the crops) will be
paid after the maturity dates of
the loans, which fall on March
31 for wheat and grain sorghum,
April 30 for barley and oats ;ind
July 31 for corn.
Candidates Must
Submit Names
For City Election
City Attorney John It. Gallag
her has petitions prepared to
place names of prospective candi
dates on ballot in the municipal
city election April 4.
Councilmen having terms which
expire this year are Bill McIn
tosh, Fred Heermann, George
Janousek and Dr. E. M. Gleeson.
School board members whose
terms expire are George Ham
mond and Harold Lindberg.
At the present time only one
candidate, George Janousek has
assented to be a candidate for re
election. The others have not yet
been contacted.
Signed petitions must be on file
with city clerk 20 days before
election.
Fritz Gilg Injured
In Fall from Roof
Fritz Gilg slipped from the roof
of the partially constructed home
of Dr. George Carstens Monday
morning while removing snow.
His feet slipped on frost on the
boards and he slid face down,
landing on his feet. X-rays
showed he fractured his heel
bone in the fall and his left foot
was placed in a cast.
Sale Dates
Claimed
TUESDAY, MAR. 7—Walt Egger
farm sale 14 miles north, 1 east,
1 mile north and xk east. Full line
of machinery, 45 head of cattle,
15 head of hogs, household goods
and miscellaneous items, Ed
Thorin, O’Neill, auctioneer.
THURSDAY, FEB. 23-Mrs.
Marcella Bollwitt and sons, 520
acre farm, full line of farm ma
chinery, 36 head of cattle, 35
tons of prairie hay, household
goods. Ed Thorin and Roy Kir
wan the auctioneers.
LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR W. W. STEEN of Sargent was present at the Lions club
luncheon-meeting Wednesday at the Town House. He spoke to the group on the latest details of sight con
servation which is sponsored by Lion members. Shown here are (left to right) Gil Poese, Dale Wilson,
the Rev. A. S. Gedwillo, Steen, Tom Cronin and Joe Stutz.