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i ■ -* * ’ * * L. + y • ’ _ THE WEATHEtt „ v ,, Date M lo pm. - ■■ *s Mar. 2 _53 39 Section One cjxteen Paaes Mar 3 —.« » 03 sixteen i ages Mar. 4 . 35 27 28 Mar. 5 _32 28 .35 Eighf Pag« In This Issue I” S S 3 Mar. 8 . 34 23 .09 A total of 15 and 3/4 inches of snow fell between Mar. 3-8 "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 80-Number 46 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 9, 1961 -----—------ Seven Cents McGinn Looking Ahead To '62 Golden Glove Tilt Rv Kfttv fill rm*v -■— It takes a pretty good man to battle his way through elimina tion bouts and to finally end up in the main event the Chicago Golden Gloves. It takes an even bigger man to win the hearts of sports columnists, his sparring part ners, his opponents and the ring officials to walk off with a big ger prize—the Sportsmanship trophy given to the most popular lightweight contender at the Chicago fights. All of this was done by Jack McGinn, O’Neill’s boxing star. Jack left for Chicago February 25, after two days of training in Omaha, with a party of eight fighters. Accompanying them were Omaha World-Herald sports columnist, Wally Provost and wife, Coach Jack Fickler and Trainer Bob McKee. The group signed in at the La Salle hotel and from this point on, Jack began one of the most enjoyable trips a young athlete could have. His first day of fighting which was Monday started with weigh ing in at noon at the Catholic Youth Organization gym and with x-rays. At 5 p.m. the fighters drew names for their opponents in the first fight and following this Jack had a thorough physi cal check-up. His fight started at 7:30 p.m. and as all his friends already know, he successfully wound fV<roi lr/li f hie onn nnrl oleo hie next one that same evening to give him a berth in the quarter finals Wednesday night. In answer to questions concern ing the crowd, lights and size of the Chicago stadium (the largest indoor arena in the world), Mc Ginn said he felt no nervousness in regard to anything but his op ponents. The only difference in the fighting there and in Nebras ka was the size of his gloves. He wore 10 ounce gloves there and in Omaha, he fought with 8 ounce gloves. His Wednesday night fight, which he lost by a decision at the end of three rounds, was a disap pointment but not a heart breaker. His opponent had him out-pointed in experience and ac cording to Jack: ‘‘I did the best I could but he had me and I knew it. I didn’t get hurt but I was a little wobbly once in the second round and I knew then that I would have to take him with a knockout in the third round if I were going to win. I just couldn’t do it, so it was no surprise to me when they gave the decision to my opponent.” However, it wasn’t all fighting and training. Jack enjoyed many sightseeing trips and his most exciting excursion was going through a German submarine at the Science and Industry Mu seum. He was also greatly im pressed with the size of the Stadium where" they had 90 fights going in one night in the three rings, and with a huge organ pealing out music during the intermissions. Jack and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McGinn, and his sister, Donna, got back to O’ Neill Friday and then he settled down to make up on the studies which suffered slightly while pre paring and taking part in the Golden Gloves. He has in his possession many treasures to help him remember this experience: a beautiful corduroy robe with his name on back and the emblem of the O’ Neill American Legion which first sponsored him; a jacket and topaz ring which he won at the Omaha fights, and the top trophy of all—the Sportsmanship award, which he didn’t even know he had won until he read it in the paper after his return home. Now, it’s back to the quiet way of life for Jack but it won’t be many months before he’ll be working out again with Max and Dean Pofahl of Ewing, preparing for a return ticket to the 1962 Golden Gloves. Egger Farm Sale Is Reslated for Next Monday Heavy snows Tuesday forced postponement of the Walter Eg gert farm sale about 16 miles northeast of O’Neill. The sale was rescheduled for Monday, March 13. Running in this issue of The Frontier is another listing of the items on the sale, inserted free for Mr. Egger as part of the Frontier’s one-stop farm sale ser vice. The Frontier's free weather insurance plan pays the whole cost of new bills and re-running the ad in The Frontier. Check the ad for time, date listing and location of the sale. Included in the sale are many items of antique and keepsake nature not listed on the bill. Band Boosters The O'Neill Band Boosters will - meet Friday evening, Mar. 17, in the band room of the public school. Atkinson Names City Candidates ATKINSON — Ray Elsbury, Michael Coday and James White were nominated for city council at the city caucus held here Feb ruary 28. Elsbury and White are now serving by appointments. Their nominations, and also that of Coday, were unopposed. Coday was elected to the council two years ago and his name will ap pear on the ballot for re-election at the city and school election April 4. New O'Neill Industry Slates Open House Saturday and Sunday An invitation has been ex tended to the public to attend open house at the AlBronze Metal Products Saturday and Sunday. O’Neill’s newest industry, located at 351 S. Fourth street, is owned and operated by Wal ter and Richard Salmen. They do all types of custom work in their complete brass and aluminum foundry. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served during the open house. Patrol Lists Two Auto Accidents Two automobile accidents were investigated by Safety Patrol man Gene Hastreiter Friday. One accident occurred five and one-naif miles south of O’Neill on highway 281. The driver, Merle P. Jones, 21, of O’Neill lost control of his car, a 1960 Chevrolet, when a tire blew’. The auto went into the right ditch and plowed through a fence, damaging the under carriage of the vehicle. Jones was not in jured. Marvin G. Anderson of O’Neill also escaped injury when the car he was driving hit a slick place on highway 20 during a rain storm. This occurred four miles west of Emmet. Anderson lost control and the vehicle went in to the right ditch and rolled over, damaging the right side of the car which is owned by the Gonderinger Auto Company of Atkinson. « ■ ■ ■ ■ mm H-n Leaders meei On Home Ec Work Eight 4-H leaders in home eco nomics projects attended a dis trict training meeting in Ains worth March 2.v Food leaders who attended were Mrs. Milton Clemens of Am elia and Mrs. Byrl Beck of Atkin son. Mrs. Ralph Walker of O’ Neill, Mrs. A. T. Crumly of Page and Mrs. Elmer Schaaf of Em met were clothing leaders who re ceived training. Homemaking leaders were re presented by Mrs. Lloyd deed of Chambers, Mrs. Dale Barnes of Atkinson and Mrs. Herman Grothe of Emmet. Home Agent Cather ine Indra accompanied the group. Tentative dates for training in the county are April 13 for cloth ing leaders and April 20 for food leaders. G. W. Pond Rites Held Monday at Ewing Church EWING — Funeral services for George W. Pond, 74, were con ducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church with the Rev. W. W. Elliott officiating. Burial was in the Ewing ceme tery. George Pond, son of the late Charles and Ida Pond, was bom November 26, 1886 at O’Neill and died in the hospital at Bassett Thursday following a long il lness. In 1910 he was united in mar riage to Mable Chase. > To this couple were bom four children. Mr. Pond spent most of his life in the Ewing and Stafford com munities. His wife and two children preceded him in death. He is survived by one son, Ber nard of O’Neill; one daughter, Mrs. Edward Fick of Billings, Mont.; two stepdaughters, Billie Bauman and Garnet Tottenhoff, both of Billings; four grand children and eight great grand children. Pallbearers were William J. Boies, Ralph Munn, Charles Good. A. E. Spittler, Lester Bergstrom and Kermit Jefferies. ROLAND MILLER AND SON, GLENN have their names on this new traveling silver tray for having shown the Champion Angus Bull in the Holt County Angus Association Show and Sale. The tray Is presented by Dale Wilson, vice president of the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce which furnished the award. Mr. Miller holds the tray as his wife examines it. Glenn is shown at the left. Mounts Gives Legal Books for Holt Law Library Attorney D. R. Mounts, retire*! District Judge, has donated ap proximately 1,200 law books to Holt county as a start of a legal library. Office space has been preparer! at the co»arthouse, in the jury room, and the books have been placed there, available for all in terested persons. Clerk of the District Court, Howard Manson, is serving as librarian at the present time. Holt county and attorneys in thi s area have purchased the Pacific Reporter system, a set of books which include all cases de cided in the western states. List Names For Honor Roll Superintendent Milton Baack has announced the honor roll for the past six weeks at O’Neill public high school. Following is a list of students making high scholastic averages: Freshmen, Shirley Ennen, Dian ne Gillespie, Christine Herley, Diana George, Delores Rosen krans, Dwaine Skopec and Lau rell Haynes; sophomores, Ann Johnson, Terry Kurtz, Keith and Kenny Reynoldson. Juniors, Fred Rosenkrans, Ei leen Pribil, Kay Lee Rees, Carolyn Fuhrer, Karen Peterson, Donald Skopec, Rolland Johnson and Melvin Sanders; seniors, Concie Anderson, Bill Fricke, Larry Godel, John Harder, Gary Jeffrey, Marion Rosenkrans, Linda Seger, Sonita Wilson and John Kurtz. Mike Hand Wins Boys State Spot Mike Hand, 16-year-old junior at O’Neill public high school, has been selected to represent O’ Neill at Boys State in Lincoln June 17-23. Hand, who is sponsored by the O’Neill American Legion Post, is active in football and track, is treasurer of tne junior class and is vice president of the O club. He was a member of the junior play cast and has been named on the honor roll. He is the son of Mrs. Vernon Gorgen. To Start Work On Access Road To Merritt Dam Work will start on the Merritt Dam and Access Road the latter part of March, according to plans now underway. Persons desiring employment should contact the Nebraska State Employment service. A contract amounting to $2,655,000 has been awarded to the Bushman Construction com pany of St. Joseph, Mo. Work wall start with the first section of the Access Road from Valentine southwest including the Niobrara River Bridge. Preparatory work will also be carried on at the dam, chiefly in performing exca vation for the dam foundation and outlet works structure. M. D. Price Dies In Seattle, Wash. A former O’Neill resident, May lon Del Price, 68, died February 28 in Seattle following a long ill ness. Maylon Price was born in O’ Neill in 1893 and he went to Kirk land in 1910 with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Maylon D. Price. He played football for Kirkland and Lincoln high school. Mr. Price retired about five years ago as an automobile sales man. He was a member of the Washington State Used Car Deal ers Association. Funeral services were held in Seattle and burial was in the Acacia, Wash., cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Al meda; two daughters, Mrs. Ro bert H. Karl of Santa Ana, Calif., and Mrs. Charles Crosetti of Sea ttle; a sister, Mrs. Maureen Ful lenwider of Gig Harbor, Wash.; a brother, Clem H. Price of Se attle, and seven grandchildren. Frontier Editor III With Infected Elbow Bruce Kehberg, editor ol The Frontier, had two choices Wednesday—he could either work that day and go to the hospital Thursday or go home Wednesday and keep out of the hospital. Needless to say, Bruce tool his doctor’s advice and is home with proper medication for an infected arm. Shrine Circus Se( For July Showing O’Neill will be the site of th 1961 Shrine Circus to be held her in July, exact date not yet detei mined. Paul Shierk of O’Neill has bee named chairman of the Shrin Bowl committee in charge of ai rangements for the circus. C. E Foree of O'Neil] was chosen t serve on the committee. The Gil Gray Shrine circus wf he secured for the circus thi year and afternoon and evenin performances will be given. Fre tickets will be provided for al children under the age of 1 years. The monthly meeting of th Sandhills Shrine club was hel recently in Atkinson and was at tended by Mr. Shierk, who wa named as director of this area The principal charity of thi Shrine is the support of 17 crip pled children’s hospitals through out the country. Dr. Warner Dies In California A former O’Neill resident, Dr Fred Warner, 60, of Rocklin Calif., died February 26. Dr. Warner was a son of Mr and Mrs. Zeb Warner, a pioneei Holt county family who at one time operated a hardware store in O’Neill. He was a graduate of the O' Neill high school, attended col lege at Wayne State Normal, the University of Nebraska and wa: ^ aduated from Creighton Uni versity with a dentistry degree He served in the IJS naw Survivors include his wife Blanche; one sister, Mrs. Loui: Taggert of Dannebrog; two bro thers, Elmer of Kansas and Johr of Atkinson, and three aunts Mrs. Emma Lawrence, Mrs Fannie Ernst, both of O’Neill and Mrs. Rose Jennings of Blu< Earth, Minn. He was preceded ir death by a sister, Mrs. Alva Ste vens of Sioux City, and two bro thers, Walter and Roy. Elmer Warner was in Calif omia at the time of his brother’* death. Red Cross Drive Seeks Workers There is an urgent need for volunteer workers to help with the Red Cross drive for funds, according to Allan Jaszkowiak, Holt county secretary of the Red Cross compaign. County chairman Ken Waring and Mr. Jaszkowiak discussed the need in a recent meeting here in O’Neill. Thirteen workers at tended from Atkinson and are making plans for their drive. Mr. Jaszkowiak reminds O’ Neill residents that the Red Cross has been responsible for the swimming instructions con ducted here the past seven years. Last year 602 children were in structed in this program. spring bnows Hamper Driving; Helps Pastures Approximately fourteen and one-half inches of snow were measured on the ground at O’ Neill at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Visibility was poor in this area when the storm struck Saturday but the snowfall lightened that evening. It became dense Sunday and traveling was tricky, due to ice and packed snow. Heavy snowfall began once more on Monday and by Tuesday this area was in a severe storm as far as wind and visibility ware concerned. Country residents re ported great difficulties during the first of the week as the roads were drifted and travel was at a minimum. Several country schools were forced to close Wednesday. Safety Patrolmen Hastreiter and Gude investigated two acci dents Sunday which were caused by'the storm. One occurred west of town when a truck jack knifed on the highway. No in juries reported. The other accident occurred about one-quarter of a mile further west than the truck and the driver of a car involved was John Ziska of Atkinson. The Ziska auto struck a culvert dur ing the storm Sunday. Mr. Ziska was admitted to the Atkinson hospital for medical care. There have been other reports of stalled cars along the high way. Safety Patrolman Gene Hastreiter stated Wednesday night that the county highways are now clear and safe. Council Approves Ordinance For Beer and Liquor Controls Mrs. Rose Bauer Has Few Birthdays Mrs. Rose Bauer of Ewing never has to worry about tell -ing anyone her age because she has only celebrated 13 birthdays in her life so far. e Her birthday falls on Febru e ary 29 which occurs in the cal ender year only once every four years. In between birth 1 days she can celebrate any day 2 she chooses and this year, she selected February 28. The late Dr. O. W. French 5 of O’Neill also iiad his birth day on February 29, as do Ro bert Woeppel and Julie Marie * Anderson, both of Ewing. 3 Correction . . . Welke Bros, of Ewing wort* omitted in the write up of the recent Holt County Hereford Show and Sale when The Frontier erroneously credited Harold Melcher with showing the Re serve Champion Bull. Welke Bros. showed the Reserve Champion Bull. The Frontier re grets this error and takes this opportunity to correct it. Pick Candidates At Ewing Caucus February 28 EWING—The village and school caucus was held February 28 at the public school here with an attendance of approximately 40 persons. Nominated on the village board as candidates for the April 4 election were Stanley Davis, Ray Funk, Wayne Shrader and Wel don Alexander, two to be elected for two-year terms. Charles Rotherham presided at the school caucus with Alfred Na pier as secretary. Nominated were Wilbur Spangler, Wayne) Shrader, Stanley Davis and Wel don Alexander, for one three year term. Named for the one year term were Archie Tattle and Dean Pofahl. Mayor Jerry Rotherham called the meeting to order. Gene Zim merman was appointed chairman and G. D. Ryan, as secretary. Officers Warn on Money Orders A clevedly forged money order was passed recently in an O’Neill store and bank officials in New York have notified Sheriff Le0 Tomjack concerning the order in an effort to apprehend the .pass er. The money order was made out for $1 and a $5 figure had been stamped by the $1 numeral which made it look like a bona fide $51 order. It successfully passed through several channels before being de tected. Verdigre Plans Clinic Building For New Doctor VERDIGRE—It has been unan imously agreed by members of the Doctor for Verdigre Corpo ration to build a new medical clinic for the incoming doctor, Dr. James Carlson, who will lo cate here about July 1 to prac tice medicine. Present plans call for a build ing to be constructed on a lot east across the street from the schoolhouse. Dr. Carlson’s arrival in Ver digre will provide the town with a residing physician for the first time in almost 18 years. He is a graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Nebraska, in Omaha. Dr. Carlson has served his intern ship at the Lincoln General hospital and is now specializ ing in general surgery and ob stetrics at the Lincoln hospi tal. The Doctor for Verdigre cor poration was formed for the pur pose of obtaining a doctor and has worked toward this end the past 10 years. O’Neill’s city council Tuesday night rejected an application for an on-sale liquor permit and ap proved an ordinance limiting the number of beer and liquor per mits in the city. Turned down was Max Golden’s application for a liquor license for the Golden hotel. In setting a limit on the num ber of licenses to be granted in the city, the council geared the limit with the number of resi dents in the city. Liquor by the drink licenses were limited to one per I,MM of population. Package liquor permits will be granted at the rate of one per 3,000 persons while on-sale beer permits may be sold at the rate of two per 1,000 people. These restrictions would hold such permits to the number now in force in O’Neill. In the same ordinance fees for these permits were increased. Liquor-by-the-drink licenses were raised from $500 to $750 per year; package sale permits from $300 to $450 per year and beer per mits from $150 to $225 a year. The new fees will be effective when licenses come up for re newal in May. While the ordinance was ap proved at Tuesday night’s meet ing, it will not become effective for about 30 days. In other action the council granted a buildii^j permit to Joyce Clinkscales for a 60x40-ft. addition to the Town House, ap proved payments of $1,000 each to the O’Neill Band Boosters and Chamber of Commerce and ap pointed an annexation committee to study any area discussed for annexation to the city. Also approved was payment to Chief of Police Chris McGinn and Officer Milford Coats for extra time they have worked on the police force. The extra time is incurred because there is no thi.-d officer on the force now. Councilmen are seeking .Appli cants for the part time relief job in the police department. Mrs. Seth Noble Dies; Former O'Neill Resident A former O’Neill resident, Mrs. Seth Noble, 96, died at Los An geles, Calif., Saturday. Burial will take place in Plan kinton, S. D., in the family plot in which her husband, Seth No ble, was interred. Minnie A. Noble was born in Marble Rock, la., August 30, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Noble met in Plankinton where he was in the lumber business and she was a school teacher, graduated from Oberlin, Ohio college. They were married in 1890 and continued to pioneer in the midwest. They had a home in Los Angeles where they moved in 1920 but Mr. No ble continued his business in ScAith Dakota and Nebraska. In 1933 they settled in O’Neill and Mr. Noble had the lumber yard here which is now known as Moore-Noble Lumber and Coal company. Mr. Noble died in 1948. Mrs. Noble was a member, and continued her membership, in the Eastern Star chapter in O’Neill. A 50-year pin was presented to her while in residence here. In 1953 she moved to Los Angeles to be near her daughter. She is survived by one daugh ter, Lorain Noble Trenham. two grandchildren, S'hari Trenham Gillespie and Noble B. Trenham, and two great grandchildren Lynda and Scott Gillespie. Mrs. John B. Will of Omaha will present an organ recital at the First Presbyterian church | in O’Neill Tuesday, Mar. 14, at ’ 8 p.m. The mixed ensemble of O’Neill high school and the chnrch choir win present vocal selections. Mrs. Will graduated I In 1955 from Eastman School of i Mnsic of the University of Rochester, N. Y., with a bache lor of mnsic degree, majoring in piano. She received her t master of music degree In 1957. ■ She has taught for two years in the preparatory and college de partments of the Eastman School of Music and one year at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. She has been the organist In the Miller Park Presbyterian church in Omaha, where her father, Dr. Roland C. Propst, has been pastor in charge. This was where the Rev. John Hart of O’Neill served for a year as intern pastor. Gov. Morrison to Speak Here Apr. 4 Governor Frank B. Morrison will be the featured speaker at the Conservation Awards Night banquet co-sponsored by the Holt Soil & Water Conservation Dis trict and the O'Neill Chamber of Commerce April 4. In addition to the Governor the program will include recognition and awards to several farmers and ranchers in the county who have included good soil and water conserving practices in their farming and ranching operations. The Governor is a strong booster for the develop ment of our soil and water re sources. Gov. Morrison plans to tour some of the proposed O’Neill Ir rigation projsct and the Elkhorn Basin the afternoon prior to the banquet. GEORGE ROWSE OF CHAMBERS receives the traveling silver tray from Dale Wilson (left), vice president of the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented to Mr. Rowse by the Chamber for having shown the Champion Male and Female Herefords at the Holt County Hereford As sociation Show and Sale. This is the second year that Mr. Rowse has won this award.