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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1961)
4- > Largest Circulation Newspaper Between Twelve Paqes the weather r .1 ^ •. Oato hi lo South Sioux City , Fob. 23 55 25 arirJ ,n ,hlS ,SSue Fob 24 32 18 an° . Feb. 25 63 15 Casper, Wyominq Feb. 26 45 25 Feb. 27 47 18 Feb. 28 52 25 "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Mar. 1 56 u» r Trace of prec. the 24th Volume 80—Number 45 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 2, 1961 Seven Cents McGinn Loses Wednesday Night; Scores TKO in First Two Bouts Late Flash — -lack McGinn lost his Golden Gloves fight Wednesday night by decision in Chicago, according to word from Matt Beha who had set no contact by amateur radio with an operator in the Chicago area. No details were available. Jack McGinn has been ac claimed the Nebraska hero in the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions which opened Mon day night at Chicago Stadium. In the Monday night prelimi naries, 112-pounder McGinn met left-hander Edward Davis of Columbus, O. McGinn used a right cross to the head to knock Davis to the canvass two seconds before the bell sounded in the first round. Davis was unable to return for the start of the second round. McGinn’s next opponent was Pat Farrell of Green Bay. Wis. After taking the first round by a slim margin, Jack started at the bell of the second round to finish his man. A left hook to Farrell's head spun him around only to be greeted by the same punch all over again, causing Farrell’s knees to buckle. In the third round, a power-packing hook by Jack to the head, fol lowed by a left to the chest and a right to the head brought the referee’s halt to the game with one minute and 20 seconds to go. Jack’s parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Robert McGinn, and his sister, Donna. 15. are at ringside cheer ing him in through the fights. Neighbors of the McGinns, Kathryn Matthews and Ann Asimus are also at ringside. Eighty students and faculty members at O’Neill high school sent a congratulatory telegram to Jack Wednesday. Members of the “O” club at school sent one to him durine the afternoon. Safety Patrol Has Busy Year In O'Neill Area A 1960 Nebraska Safety Patrol activity report has been complet ed for the O’Neill, Ainsworth and Valentine area compiled from totals taken from troopers work* ing the highways and rural roads. A total of 7,003 violators were contacted last year with 944 receiving court summons and 787 receiving warning cards. Twenty-nine drunken drivers were arrested and 113 accidents were investigated. In radar operation 505 speed arrests were made with the troopers working 709% hours in this division. There were 157 warning cards handed out and 103 violation cards issued. The troopers traveled 310,405 miles in the six patrol cars dur ing 1960 using 22,957 gallons of gasoline. Twenty-six summons were is sued in motor vehicle checks and nine warning cards during the 431 hours spent in this division. A total of 9,294 motor vehicles were checked and 2,003 viola tion cards were issued. The Ainsworth base station has been in operation since Septem ber 1, 1960. The telephone num ber at the station is Ainsworth 11. Troopers working out of this station are E. H. Hastreiter and R. L. Gude of O’Neill, C. D. Essley and V. C. Omer of Val entine. D. J. Fiala and Sgt. R. R. Shomey of Ainsworth. Catholic Church Sells 104 Acres for $15,550 A total of $15,550 was realized at the public auction of 104 acres of land Tuesday owned by St. Patrick’s church in O’Neill. The property was sold in two separate tracts. Sylvester Zakrzewski purchased 10051 acres for $10,550. Four acres con sisting of a seven-room, two story modem house, garage and hog house, were sold to L. W. Re mer sr.. for $5,000. The two tracts are located just east of the northeast edge of O’Neill. Wally O’Connel was auctioneer. Ed Campbell was broker. O'Neill's Big Rodeo Slated Here June 16-18 June 16. 17 and 18 are the dates selected for O’Neill’s big rodeo, according to members of the O’ Neill Rodeo association which met this week. The board members also voted to have the Hollenbeck Brothers of Long Pine for this year’s rodeo. Hollenbecks will furnish the stock, arrange for the rodeo producer, arena dir ector, etc. Officers of the Association are Leigh Reynoldson, president; Harry Spall, vice president; Vir gil Laursen, treasurer, and Bill Murray, secretary. Band Boosters Sponsor Trip To Omaha The O’Neill Band Boosters, a community wide organization, is sponsoring a trip to the Dallas Symphony in Omaha. Saturday, Mar. 25, for all members of the senior band. This includes the students from both St. Mary’s and O’Neill public. The band members, six spon sors and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Miller, will travel by bus, using Ray Eby’s three buses. The per formance will be in the evening. Specific information regarding departure time and approximate time for arrival back in O’Neill, plus the names of the sponsors, will be announced later. Proceeds from the recent bake sale, sponsored by the O’Neill Band Boosters, netted $139.50. It is the plan of the O’Neill Band Boosters to sponsor a banquet in the near future, either in April or May. All students in the O’Neill community who are studying instrumental music, will be invited. Services Held At Lynch for Mrs. G. Barnes LYNCH — Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Wesleyan Methodist church for Mrs. Guy Barnes, 77, who died February' 22 at Sacred Heart hospital here. The Rev. Glenn Dyer officiated at the services and at burial which was in Pleasant View cemetery north of Lynch. The Jones Funeral Home of Lynch had charge of arrangements. Mary Bernice Barnes was bom February 1, 1884 to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ward in Iowa. She was married to Guy A. Barnes January 12, 1901 at Thurston and the following year, the couple moved to Boyd county. They spent two years homestead ing in South Dakota and follow ing this moved to the Lynch area where they lived until the pre sent time. They moved from the farm six miles north of Lnch into town in 1948. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes cele brated their 60th wedding anni versary January 12. Surviving Mrs. Barnes are two sons, Elmo of Lynch and Ora of Hillsboro, Ode.; four grand children: three great grandchild ren and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bare and Mrs. Earl Davis, both of Lynch. One son and one daughter died in infancy and another son died at the age of 12 years. Talk Armory Site Needs The city council met Wednes day night in a special session tc discuss land requirements for ar armory site. Col Penterman of the National Guard said Federal aid require ments were for a five-acre tract The present site on north Fourth has only 2.1 acres. No decisive action had been taken at press time. Bidders were eager at the Mrs. Marcella Bollwitt farm sale southwest of Ewing last Thursday. Here auctioneer Ed Thorin, O'Neill, and Roy Kir wan. Butte, are shown on a Farmall Regular they were selling when the photo was snapped. The trac U>r sold for $100. This was another successful farm sale advertised in the Frontier’s one-stop weather-insured farm sale service. Another exceptional farm sale is advertised this week for Walter Egger. See sale dates claimed column and his ad in this issue of The Frontier. -4k* __ MR.. AND MRS. FLOYD LONG celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary Sunday by holding open house for 80 guests at the Church of Christ in O’Neill. The Longs were married February 23, 1911 at Butte and they have three children, Mrs. Lloyd Collins of Fremont, Alton of Cottage Grove, Ore., and Oran of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Long have spent the greater part of their married life in farming and their farms were located in Boyd county, at Winside and at Burke, S. D. They resided in Norfolk seven years before moving to Burke and after three years in the latter location, they retired to O’Neill. Their children were home for the observance Sunday. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fuhrer of Spencer who attended the wedding dinner given for the Longs 50 years ago. Organ Recital Slated At Presbyterian Church An organ recital to be pre sented by an accomplished musician, Mrs. John Will of Omaha, will be sponsored by the First Presbyterian church Tues day, Mar. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Presbyterian church. O’Neill public school mixed chorus and members of the Pres byterian choir will participate in the program. This recital is open to the public. A free will offering will be taken. Rites Held at Arcadia For Kay Lynn Collier AMELIA — Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Madsen received word Thursday morning of the death of their little granddaughter, Kay Lynn Collier of Arcadia. Kay Lynn’s death was sudden with no forwaming of illness. Funeral rites were held at Arcadia Friday afternoon. Her mother is the former Willamae Madsen of Amelia. Clearwater Awards New Sewer Contract CLEARWATER — Announce ment has been made of the awarding of a contract for con struction of a $115,915 sanitary sewer system here. The Jansen Construction com pany of Beatrice received the contract. A completion date of March 31, 1962 was set on the project. Mrs. Hattie Eyemann Rites Held Wednesday Mrs. Hattie Eymann, 64, died suddenly at her home in Oakdale February 19. She was the mother of Alvin Eymann of O’Neill. Funeral services were conduct ed February 22 at the Oakdale Methodist church by the Rev. I. Lester Hart. Burial was in the Oakdale cemetery. This Squirrel Really Ate Himself to Death One little pet squirrel in the yard at the Newton Mullendore home is no longer around simply because he never learned the old saying, “never bite the hand that feeds you.” Mrs. Mullendore offered a tasty portion of popcorn Sun day to her four footed friend, but he bit too deep and sampled the finger on her right hand. It was necessary to destroy the animal for state laboratory tests for rabies. Mrs. M ullen - dore received medical attention and is now awaiting the results of the lab tests. O'Neill Seniors Announce Plans For Class Play Mrs. Lois L. Tompkins, Eng lish instructor in O’Neill public high school, has announced the production crew and cast mem bers for the senior class play “Campbells Are Coming”, to be presented April 4 in the school auditorium. Student director is Sonita Wilson with Bob Jenkins as stage manager. Prompter and understudy are Joyce Krogh and Larry Goedel. Cast members are Susan Bur ney, Lynda Brooks, Marion Ros enkrans, Roy Bridge, Leonard Havranek, John Harder, Nick Hammerlun, Sandra Perry, Bill Fricke and Consie Andersen. Rehearsals started Tuesday a1 7 p.m. Ewing Church Observes Anniversary of Founding EWING — Two hundred per sons attended the 75th anniver sary of the founding of the Ew ing United Presbyterian church Sunday. Services opened the day of observance and the same scrip tures which were read by the late Rev. T. H. Pollock in his opening services as first mini ster of the church, were again repeated Sunday by his great granddaughter, Mrs. Ernest Nor wood of Ewing. The hymn used to dose the services 75 years ago. was also sung Sunday. Dr. William H. Ross, presiding pas tor. gave the benediction. The Rev. John Hart of O'Neill was guest speaker. Following the services the persons attending adjourned to the annex where the building was dedicated with Dr. Ross in charge. Mrs. Wilbur Bennett was mis tress of ceremonies for the af ternoon program. Mrs. Archie Johnston and Mrs. Vearl Tuttle were hostesses. The guest book was cared for by Miss Ina Ben nett. The five-tier anniversary cake was made by Mrs. Dale Napier and her mother, Mrs. Z. H. Fry. Mrs. Forrest Henderson cut and served the cake, assisted by Mrs. Dale Napier. Mrs. Ro land Hord was in charge of the punch bowl and Mrs. Wayne Shrader poured. During the earlier services let ters and messages of congratu lations were read by Mrs. Leo Miller and Mrs. Willie Shrader. In the church history7, which was read by Mrs. Ralph Shrader, an interesting resume of the life of the church was outlined. It first organized February 26, 1886 and the 14 charter members were Alexander Miller, Jane Mil ler, John Miller, Maggie Miller, Nancy Shenefelt. Charlotte Shenefelt, John Napier, Agnes Napier, Alexander Napier, Alice Napier, Andrew Laurence. Jane B. Laurence. Adam Hohman and Thramer Hohman. The first place of worship was the old public schoolhouse and it was located in the east part of Ewing. Later the board of mis sions moved the building to the ground where the present church stands. In 1894 when the Rev. J. M. Continued cm Page 8 Request All County Farmer* to Furnish 59-60 Crop Data Services Pending At Atkinson for Mrs. A. Martens ATKIN SON —Mrs. Alfred Mar tens, 48, died Tuesday at 2:30 a.m. at the Atkinson Memorial hos pital. An autopsy was performed in Omaha Wednesday, requested by County Attorney William W. Grif fin. Results of the autopsy were received Wednesday afternoon and the certificate described the cause of death as “natural cau ses”. Mrs. Martens was the vic tim of assault and battery Febr uary 8. Funeral services have not yet been completed pending the ar rival of members of the family. The Seger Funeral Home in At kinson is in charge of arrange ments. Lois Martens was born July 6, 1912 to Benjamin and Anna Mc Euen Kuhler at Hemingford. She was married to Alfred W. Martens December 14, 1934 at Reno, Nev., and they spent the greater pari of their married life on a ranch near Atkinson. Seven children were born to this couple. Mr. Martens preceded her in death March 1, 1980, and a daughter, Joycellyn also preced ed ner in oeam. She is Survived by four daugh ters, AC Jacqueline A. Cole, of the air force in Puerto Rico, Jaralyn, RN of North Platte, Mrs. Jean Pease of Emmet and Shel ley of Atkinson; two sons, Bryan and Thomas, both of Atkinson; two Sisters, Mrs. Walter Frey of Gordon and Mrs. Ray Bohner of > -Anchorage, Alaska, and one bro ther. J. D. Kuhler of Sioux City. tmmmm awcas??*,... . - : VERDKiRE — John Mastalir, son of Mr. and Mrs. L E. Masti lir, has been chosen for Boys State to be held in Lincoln June 17-25. His candidacy is spon sored by the American Legion Post No. 259. Glenn Boerrigter Named To Educational Post ATKINSON—Glenn Boerrigter, formerly of Atkinson has accept ed an educational post with the federal government and will soon move to Washington, D. C., with his wife, the former Carol Dunk er of Atkinson. Boerrigter is presently dean of Northern State Teachers college at Aberdeen, S. D. He served as Atkinson high school principal and superintendent until 1958. His new position will be in the school housing section of the United States Office of Educa tion. Cub Scouts to Conduct Good Turn Day Saturday This Saturday is the day Cub Scouts, under the direction of Cubmaster Roy Humrich, will distribute “Good Turn Day Bags” to all the homes in O’ Neill and in the entire Covered Wagon Area Council. The Scouts urge the local citizens to fill these bags and extra boxes with usable cloth ing and other items for the handicapped at Goodwill In dustries. Pick up day will be March 11 and the bags should be placed on the front step by 8:30 a.m. for the Boy Scouts to collect. D. L. Fletchers Honored on 50th Anniversary ORCHARD—February 23 was the 50th wedding anniversary' date for Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Flet cher and this special day was observed quietly at their home where they enjoyed congratula tory messages and floral trib utes. The Fletchers were married February 23, 1911 at the home of the bride’s parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Bowen. The Rev. W. N. Niles, pastor of the United Brethren church, per formed the ceremony. Mrs. Fletcher was bom at Wheaten, HI., November 8, 1890 and she attended public school at Orchard. She entered Mom ingSide college at Sioux City where she majored in music. Dr. Fletcher was bom at Flet cher, Ontario, Canada, Novem ber 9, 1884. He attended Normal school in Fremont and was grad uated from this school. He enter ed the Sioux City Medical col lege in 1909 and after graduation, entered Mercy hospital at Des Moines for one year of surgical training. He did graduate work in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. He became a life member of the Surgeons club at Rochester, Minn., in 1918 and in 1931 he was made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in New’ York City. After practicing a few months in South Dakota, be came to Orchard in 1908 and has been in practice here since that time. In 1958 he received a 50-year membership pin from the Amer ican Medical society. Elms Motel Purchased By Leonard Olberding Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson have sold the Elms Motel at the east edge of O’Neill to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Olberding of Stu art. The Olberdings will take pos session April 1. The Elms Motel was built about a year and one-half ago. Mr. Johnson and his wife plan to remain in 0!Neill. New Business Plans Opening at Clearwater CHAMBERS—Melvin Baer has announced his plans to move to Clearwater w’here he will oper ate a plumbing - electrical and building business with opening date in the immediate future. His wife and six children will move this week from here into a home owned by Mrs. J. W. Bennie north of the Hiway cafe. Missing Billfold Found; Papers, Money Intact Holt county Sheriff Leo Tom jack announced Wednesday that the billfold belonging to George Zellers of Page has been found. The billfold was discovered un der some boards nt ar a well where it had apparently been rooted by hogs. The billfold had been missing since Mr. Zeller’s mutilated bo dy was discovered last week. Money and papers were found in siue the billfold. North Nebraska Transportation Holds Meeting A meeting of persons interested in bus transportation for the north part of Nebraska was held in Valentine Tuesday, under the sponsorship of the North Nebras ka Transportation association, (formerly known as the "Save the Trains Association"). There were 54 representatives from Rapid City, S. D., and as far down the line as Inman. Einar Viren, attorney for the Association, stated that in order for a bus line to be feasible, it would be necessary to have the patronage of every town between Omaha and Chadron or Rapid City. Leonard Hansen of Omaha, operator of a bus line from Oma ha, stated he was interested in establishing a bus line in this area, provided it were feasible. He said if he started a line, he would use two 29-passenger air conditioned buses, costing about S98 non President Joe Brewster of Stuart named the following com mittee to co-ordinate and work with the bus companies: Ed Wil son of O’Neill, Ira Watson of Inman, F-alph Kelley of Atkinson, Bob Brayton of Stuart, Richard L. Mauch of Bassett, Roy Raitt of Ainsworth, Wallace H. Teaford of Cody, Doug Borman of Gor don, William Hewitt of P-ush ville and Pete Sola of Chadron. Havraneks Honored on Anniversary Sunday ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. Jim Havranek sr. celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary Sun day with a dinner party at their home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Al Havranek and Ellen and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Havranek and Larry of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Havranek and family, Mrs. Dolly Barrett and Mr. and Mrs Jim Havranek and family of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Havranek and Mr. and Mrs. Art Fuhrer and family of Lincoln; Mrs. George Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Famik and Jim and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Marshall of Verdigre, and Mema Davis of Creighton. Sale Dates Claimed TUESDAY, MAR. 7—Walt Egger farm sale 14 miles north, 1 east, 1 mile north and % east. Full line of machinery, 45 head of cattle, 15 head of hogs, household goods and miscellaneous items, Ed Thorin, O’Neill, auctioneer. All farmers in Holt county were alerted today to be pre pared to furnish information on the acreage of all crops grown on their farms in 1959 and 1960 Floyd Butterfield, Chairman of the Holt County AW! eom mittee, said that the survey has been ordered by Secretary ol Agriculture, Orville I,. Free man, and indicated that the information will be needed to speed implication of the pro posed feed grain program it it is approved by Congress. According to farm spokesman this legislation would provide for higher price supports for the feed grains, and will require a 20 per cent reduction in feed grain acreages to be eligible for this price support. Grains effected would include, com, oats, bar ley and grain sorghums in this area. Since any such program will likely be effective for 1961 crops, the county and community ASC committees are starting im mediately to gather this informa tion, with a deadline of March 21 set for completion of the sur vey. Since there is not sufficient time to visit every farm to obtain this information, the ASC County committee has scheduled meet ings on March 6 and 7 at the following places in the county. Precinct Cleveland, Dustin, Stuart, Sand Creek, Saratoga, Coleman, Atkinson Sheridan, Holt Creek, Green Valley and Francis, in the Fire hall at At kinson. Paddock, Rock Falls and Belle, Pleasant View, Shields, Emmet, Grattan and Inman, Holt county courthouse annex in O’Neill. Scott, Steel Creek, Willowdale, Antelope, Iowa and Verdigris. Legion hall at Page. Golden, McClure, Ewing, Lake and Deloit, St. John’s church basement, Deloit. If it is possible, farmers are asked to bring crop data on March 6 or 7 at anytime be tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Bulls Average $449 at Annual Production Sale Denzel Anderson, Dallmont Erickson, M-M Ranch and the Sandhill Angus Ranch combined their herds for their third annual production sale Friday in O’ Neill. The top selling bull was D. A. Bardolier 20 from the Ander son herd. He went to Harold Spahn of Ewing for $1,050. M-M Banomere Bar Ebon 3 from the M-M Ranch went to Delbert Drey of Herrick, S. D., for $835. Mr. Drey recently pur chased all of the M-M Ranchs’ heifers. Cecil Clouse of Bartlett took an Anderson buD at $670. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin John of Summer took all of the Sandhill Angus heifers at an average of $160. David Landholm of Bristow also took home a Sandhill Angus bull at $600. Several from the Erickson herd sold in the $500 bracket. Overall average for the 46 bulls offered was $449. County Bond Sales Top $323,708 Mark Sales of E and H savings bonds in Holt county totaled $323,708 during January, 1961, according to Lyle P. Dierks of Ewing, volunteer county chairman. The January sales figure repre sents 24.8 per cent of the county quota for this year. BEAR BADGES WERE AWARDED to these 11 Cub Scouts at the annual Blue and Gold banquet Monday evening at the Legion hall. The youngst ers are required to have at least one parent come forward with them to receive the awards. Shown hare receiving the badges are Terrv Cleveland. James Grady, David Kipple, Terry- Liedtke, Bob McCarville, Richard McIntosh. Dennis McLeish. Ear! Peter sen, Steven Strube, Allan Tooker and Jim Wilson,
