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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1961)
, Know your Guardsman. He I lives next door, has a family and works at a job just like you. But he spends extra hours eiich week training as a combat infantryman in order to protect i your family and his from those I who would take away our form of life as we know it. Feel fortunate to have a unit in your home town, to protect you and to provide trained serv ices in time of emergency. I Pfc. Lawrence Martin Fire Direction Computer Stuart Sponsored by Fourth Street Market ^ 131 N. Fourth Phone 93 ] I — Pfc. Lanny Ballagh Rifleman Burwell Sponsored by Moore-Noble Lumber Co. [118 N. Fourth Phone 32 | M Sgt. Ed Schmuecker Platoon Sgt. Atkinson Sponsored by Coyne Hardware ' 414 E. Douglas Phone 21 I SFC Vernon Held Squad Leader Royal Farmer Sgt. Larry Heiss Squad Leader Page Farmer Sponsored by Biglin's 118 S. Fourth Phone 38 2nd Lt. Darold Oltjenbruns Platoon Leader Valentine Sponsored by Harry R. Smith Implements \ 3 328 E. Douglas . Phone S62 I Pfc. Curtis Miller Rifleman Verdigre Farmer Sponsored by Lindberg Home and Auto Supply 310 E. Douglas Phone 108 I Pfc. Woodrow Nelson Rifleman Verdigre Farmer Sponsored by Graham’s Phillips 66 I 220 E. Douglas Phone 362 Sixty-seven citizen soldiers of Co. "D", 1st Battle Group, 134th Infantry, O'Neill, serve not only their country by providing a ready mili fary defense, but also serve their area in time of emergency. They stand ready to provide trained aid during disasters with police action, first aid, radio contact, traffic control, local manpower needs and many other vital services. You contact these trained men every day in their civilian occupations as clerks, mechanics, farmers, etc., but only during time of emergency do you see these men provide their trained service as a unit. A visit to a Guard meeting c an give you an insight into the unit standing ready to serve you. Get to know your Guard, as you know a friend you would depend on in time of emergency. SFC Harvey Sorensen Squad Leader Creighton Sponsored by First National Bank 330 E. Douglas Phone 50 I Sp. 4 Lawrence Root R Machine Gunner ■ Atkinson E Sponsored by I O’Neill National Bank Rl 110 S. Fourth Phone 99 Pfc. Charles Reiser | Machine Gunner m Butte 1 SFC Gail j Heiser Squad Leader ■ Monow i Farmer I Pfc. Robert Dennis Communications Employed by Western Home Improvement .Jim Sessions, Mgr. Phone 409 National Guard “Muster Day” commemorates the annual muster of the mili tia on the village green in colonial times. The purpose then was to “count noses” and see how many physically - qualified men were at hand to bear arms in an emergency. “Muster Day in O’Neill found 67 trained and equip ped men of the O’Neill Na tional Guard unit ready for any call. UP-TO-THE-MINUTE MEN DEFENDING AMERICA YOUR NATIONAL GUARD I Sgt. Herman Meyer Squad Leader Atkinson Farmer Sponsored by Robertson Motor Co. 216 E. Fremont Phono 33 Pvt. Stanley Ickler Rifleman Orchard Farmer a Sponsored by Thelander Auto 217 S. Fourth Phone 430 4 — CpI. Donald Lueken Squad Leader Lynch Sponsored by Spelts Lumber Co. 401 E. Everett Phone 74 | Sp.4 Bob Beelaert Rifleman Page Farmer Pvt. Frank Uhlir Rifleman O’Neill Farmer Sponsored by McCarvilles 304 E. Douglas Phone 58 Sp. 4 Larry Halstead 105 Gunner Employed by Pinkerman’s TV 423 E. Douglas Phone 302 Pfc. Dwaine Schwager Rifleman Orchard Farmer Sponsored by O’Neill Cleaners 423 E. Douglas Phone SO SFC Gail Theye Squad Leader Employed by Merri Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. 416 E. Fremont Phone 276-W i
