The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, March 23, 1961, Image 4

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    Sports
John Kurtz Honored
John Kurtz, senior at O'Neill
ptblic high school, was under
consideration for the All-State
Class It basketball team which is
selected annually by The World
Herald.
Kurtz, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kurtz of O’Neil is a four
year veteran in basketball and
other sports.
O'Neill High Plans
Sports Dance Tuesday
O’Neill public high school bas
ketball players will be guests of
honor at the Sports dance to be
held Tuesday evening in the old
gym.
A queen and king and their
attendants will be announced dur
ing a coronation ceremony pre
ceding the dance.
Servicemen's Notes . . .
Ronald S. Holly, SOSN. son of
Mr. ami Mrs. Stan Holly of O’
Neill graduated from the Fleet
Sonar school at Key West, Fla.
He will now be stationed on
the U.S.S. O’Hare out of Nor
folk, Va. His address is Ronald
S. Holly, SOSN, U.S.S. O’Hare,
542-67-30, care of FPO D. D. R.
XX», New York, N. Y.
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ATKINSON — Paul F. Seger,
son of Mr. and airs, Leo F.
Seger of Atkinson, has com
pleted the prescribed course of
study at Worsham College of
Mortuary Science at Chicago,
and will be affiliated with his
father at the Seger Funeral
Home here. Paul received his
diploma March 10 at graduation
ceremonies. Hi' Ls a graduate of
St. Joseph’s high school of At
kinson in 1956, attended Kearney
State Teachers college one
term transferring to Norfolk
Junior college where he was
graduated In February, 1960. His
wife Ls the former Karen Kaup
of Atkinson. The couple has one
daughter, Sharon Ann.
PAGE — George Wettlaufer
of Page, American Legion Com
mander of District Two, was
presented an award by State
Commander, Ken Yost of Kene
saw at the county meeting held
Monday evening in Atkinson.
The award was given to only
one district commander in the
state for outstanding member
ship as well as other Legion
activities.
Track Meet Slated
In O'Neill May 11
Supt. M. J. Baack has re
ceived word from C. C. Thomp
son, executive secretary of
NSAA, that the State Class B
track meet will be held in O'
Neill May 11.
Tentative list of schools repre
sented are: Valentine, Ainsworth,
Burwell, Ord, Albion, Neligh,
Plainview, Bloomfield, Crofton,
Hartington, Holy Trinity and O’
Neill. About 200 athletes will be
participating.
Texas Cowgirls Plan
Basketball Appearance
In O'Neill April 7
The Texas Cowgirls, a girl’s
professional basketball team,
will meet the Sandhills Guards
men in a game to be played in
O’Neill Friday, April 7.
The Texas Cowgirls is a bas
ketball club that features basket
ball ability, showmanship and
beauty. The world famous ag
gregation is made up of the top
girl players on the North Amer
ican continent.
Playing men’s teams and men’s
rules the girls won 70 per cent of
their games in the past 10 years.
Advance tickets are now avail
able from any National Guards
man in the O’Neill unit.
Niobrara Valley Names
All Conference Team
Coaches attended a meeting of
the Niobrara Valley conference
Monday evening at Lynch and at
this time named the All Con
ference Team of NVC.
Selected for this honor are Al
len Boelter and Leland Tim
merman of Verdigre, Kenny
Liska and Larry Peed of Nio
brara, Bruce Schollmeyer of
Lynch, Leonard Kopesky and
Ronny Kopesky of Spencer, Den
nis Wentz of Naper, Lee Sealer
of Center and Russell Anderson
of Butte.
Dorsey News
By Mrs. Harold Osborn
Friends Help
Bruce Miller
To Celebrate
Curtis Miller accompanied Les
lie Graham home Wednesday
evening after school. The Gra
hams and Curtis went to the
Cecil Miller home to help Bruce
Miller celebrate his birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Crawford
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Osborn
were callers at the Gordon Barta
home Monday. Mrs. Barta is re
covering slowly from a recent
illness.
Harold Osborn attended a tele
phone meeting in Lynch Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Otto Ruzicka cared for the
Marvin Ruzicka children Friday
evening while their parents at
tended a banquet and meeting.
The community was shocked
at the death of Mrs. Eldon Sed
ivy Friday morning. She had
been under doctors care at
Omaha for some time, and
hadn’t been home too long.
Callers at the Gordon Barta
home to visit Mrs. Barta were
Mr. and Mrs. William Kalal, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Caldwell and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Miller and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Crawford.
Helen and Alyce Halstead call
ed at the Harold Osborn home
Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells
were callers at the Lyle Wells
home Saturday. The Robert
Wells’ are getting ready to move
to a new location, if the weather
permits.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lejral of
Spencer were Sunday callers at
the Harold Osborn home.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carson
and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Craw
ford and Pam, spent Friday eve
ning at the Gordon Barta home.
Mrs. Barta is gaining back her
health.
Lyle Wells and Howard Slack
attended a sale near Inman Fri
day.
Leslie Graham was one of the
students that helped serve at the
athletic banquet in Lynch Fri
day evening. The Legion sponsor
ed a dance at the ballroom for
the banquet group to attend. A
very nice group turned out to
hear the Mullen’s play.
Mr- and Mrs. Lyle Wells had
their little daughter, Donna to a
doctor for a checkup and report
she is improving.
Riverside News
By Mrs. Lionel Gunter
Science Pupils
Visit Norfolk
State Hospital
Mrs. Kieth Biddlecome took a
carload of science pupils of the
Ewing high school to Norfolk
Friday morning and the group
visited at the State Hospital and
the Gillette Dairy.
, Mr. and Mrs. George Mont
gomery visited in O’Neill Thurs
day.
Mrs. Dave Pollock visited Art
Busshardt in Neligh Tuesday and
she also called on Mrs. Rollie
Snell in the Brunswick rest home.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierson vis
ited in Neligh Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pollock
visited Sunday afternoon at the
Rollie Snell home at Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Hoke were
Neligh visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Jensen
and family of Newman Grove
and the Richard Napier family
were guests Sunday at the Dale
Napier home.
Joan Miller was an overnight
Inman School Plans
Athletic Banquet
INMAN — Saturday is the big
day for Inman athletes as the
annual Athletic banquet will be
held at this time.
Friday, the students will hear
the Norfolk Junior college spring
concert beginning at 9 a.m. The
public is also invited to attend.
Seven students will be in Kear
ney this day participating in the
interscholastic contests.
Taking part will be Sharon
Michaelis, Ruby Seholz, Kathy
Fick, Bernice Colman, Terry
Anthony, Gary Fick and Warren
Hansen.
guest of Elaine Tinsley Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Mont
gomery and family visited last
Sunday afternoon at the George
Montgomery home and were din
ner guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Verl Gunter and
Jamey of Mead were dinner
guests Tuesday at the Martha
Shrader home and they called at
the Lionel Gunter home in the
afternoon.
Alice Shrader was an overnight
guest at the Gerald Wettlaufer
home in O’Neill.
Mrs. Dale Napier and Mrs. Z.
H. Fry were Neligh visitors on
Wednesday.
Frances Shrader assisted
Kitty Fry in entertaining the
United Presbyterian women
Thursday afternoon at the Fry
home. Mrs. Z. H. Fry and Mrs.
Dale Napier gave the lesson.
Willie Shrader entered the An
telope Memorial hospital Tues
day morning. He has his legs in
traction and is feeling better.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fink visited
Wednesday at the Lee Fink home
near Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Napier were
Creighton visitors Friday morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fry visit
ed Willie Shrader in the hospital
Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Fry went
to Omaha Saturday morning to
spend a few days at the Frank
Emsick home.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mott and
Sharon and Tammy, Lester Berg
strom and children, Dean Po
fahl, Teddy Hagemoser, Mrs.
Melvin Scheer and Faye, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Williamson and
Jo Ann, Mrs. Lorraine Montgo
mery and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Milan Welke and children, Bon
nie Welke, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel
Gunter and the Chet Taylor and
John Miller families were guests
Tuesday evening at the Leo Mil
ler home.
Mrs. Walter Miller entertained
the Riverside Missionary society
at her home Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mont
gomery attended baptismal
services Sunday morning at
the Congregation church in Ne
ligh for their grandson, Philip
Allen Montgomery. They were
also dinner guests at the Ro
bert Montgomery home.
Mrs. Wendell Switzer enter
tained the Busy Hands 4-H club
Friday evening at the French
town school house.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrol Switzer
and family and Sandra Jenkins
were guests at the Ora Switzer,
Leo Miller and Wendell Switzer
homes over the weekend.
Mrs. William Lofquist and
Cathy were Neligh visitors Sat
urday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scheer
were O’Neill visitors Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Switzer were
guests last Sunday at the Amos
Switzer home in Clearwater.
The Wendell Switzer and the
Leo Miller families were guests
Thursday evening at the Ora
Switzer home in honor of Wen
dell’s and Ruth’s wedding anni
versary. Ice cream and cake
were served later in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Fry and
Mrs. Kitty Fry were Neligh vis
itors Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Napier
visited Friday at the Clarence
Schmitt home in Wisner. Steve
stayed with his grandmother
Napier while his parents were
gone.
Heart Drive Nets
$135 at Ewing
EWING — A total of $135 was
collected in the Heart Drive here,
according to a report by Pat
Hahlbeck, chairman.
Following is a list of collec
tions: Facts and Fun Home Ex
tension club, $1; house canvass
ing, $91.80; Try and Do Home
Extensions club, $2; Legion auxi
liary, $2.50; American Legion,
$1; benefit program, $32.50;
business places and heart con
tainers $5-20.
O'Neill Bands
To Attend
Symphony
Reservations have been made
under the sponsorship of the O’
Neill Band Boosters for 90 band
students from St. Mary’s acade
my and O’Neill public school for
the Dallas Symphony which will
be presented in Omaha Saturday.
Three buses will transport the
students, the band master,
Duane Miller and the following
sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. John
Pithan, Mrs. Floyd Wilson, Mrs.
J. R. Gallagher, R. N., Mrs. Don
ald Franklin, Mrs. Leo Gokie and
Mrs. Bennett Gillespie. Alter
nates are Mrs. Rex Wilson and
Mrs. Joe Stutz.
The group will also tour Boys
Town while in Omaha and will
return to O’Neill around 4:30
a.m. Sunday. Arrangements have
been made for the schoolhouse
to be opened, permitting the stu
dents to use the telephone to
call home after their arrival.
They will leave at 9:30 a.m. Sat
urday from the public school
house.
The above information was re
ported to members of the O’Neill
Band Boosters when they met for
their semi-annual meeting Fri
day evening in the bandroom of
the public school, with Mrs. W.
B. Gillespie presiding. Mrs. Don
ald Franklin, secretary, and
Mr. Miller gave the report.
Mrs. Joe Dufek, treasurer,
read a copy of the financial re
port which had been given to
the city council. Each year $500
is put into bonds to build a fund
for the purchase of an entire new
set of uniforms when needed.
The present balance is within a
dollars of last year's report, de
spite the purchase of six new
uniforms for new band members.
Nearly $160 has been raised
through fund raising projects
since the last general meeting in
October. This money will be used
to help defray the expense of
the Omaha trip.
The dates for the annual Music
Contest held in O’Neill are April
20 and 21. Each school participat
ing in the contest may have 24
entries inclusive of the piano
selections. The piano contest will
be April 21 in the afternoon.
Mrs. Rex Wilson and Mrs. Jim
Corkle were in charge of refresh
ments. The next general meeting
will be in October.
Rites Held for
Elmer Reed, 81,
At Page Monday
ROYAL — Elmer E. Reed, 81,
long-time Holt county resident,
died Friday at the Plainview hos
pital following a short illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church in Page
Monday afternoon with the Rev.
Robert Linder in charge. Burial
was in the Page cemetery.
Elmer Ellsworth Reed was
born to Pulaski and Elizabeth
Reed at Mahomet, 111., Novem
ber 8, 1879. He was three years
old when his parents moved to
Holt county and settled on a
homestead four miles east of In
man. He grew to manhood here
and received his schooling in the
Page public school.
He was united in marriage in
January, 1899 to Mabel Smith.
After farming a few years, the
couple moved to Royal where he
was employed by the railroad.
Later he served as rural mail
carrier for a few years, then re
turned to farming until his health
forced him to retire.
Surviving him are his son,
Glenn of Fresno, Calif.; three
grandchildren; six great grand
children, and three sisters, Mrs.
Nelle Storm of Royal and Mrs.
Allen Haynes and Mrs. Harry
Harper of Page.
Pallbearers were Emil Kla
benes of Chambers, Forrest
Storm, Dale Weber and Eloit
Blackmore of Royal, and Ivan
Heiss and Frank Beelaert of
Page, all nephews of Mr. Reed.
Honorary pallbearers were W.
J. Rouse, Truman Kirby, Frank
Storm, Frank Woodard, Alfred
Ziegenbien and Harold Holm, all
of Royal.
Marie Anderson Named
To Attend Girls/ State
CLEARWATER — Marie An- .
derson, 16, daughter of Mr. and I
Mrs. Russell Anderson, has been
selected as Clearwater’s repre
sentative to Girls State to be held
in Lincoln in June.
Miss Anderson, a member of
the junior class as Clearwater
high school, is sponsored by the,
Clearwater American Legion
auxiliary.
CLUB LESSON
County Extension leaders will
receive the lesson on “Senior
Citizens” at separate meetings in
the next few days.
The schedule is as follows:
March 24, Chambers, William
Crawford resident; March 27,
Ewing, J. L. Pruden residence;
March 27, O’Neill at 7:30 p.m.,
in annex; March 28, Atkinson
Leo Kramer residence; March
29, Stuart, school lunch room;
March 30, O’Neill, annex, and
April 3, Page, Harry Harper
residence.
All meetings, with the excep
tion of O’Neill March 27, will be
gin at 1:30 p.m.
Services Held
In Minnesota
For D. Yantzi
Funeral services were held
March 9 in Slayton, Minn., for
a former O'Neill resident, David
Yantzi, 89, who died March 6 at
the Slayton hospital following a
lingering illness.
Burial was In Prairie Hill cem
etery at Fulda, Minn.
David Yantzi was born Febru
ary 18, 1872 in Canada to Christ
and Magdalen Yantzi. He accom
panied his parents to Holt county
during his boyhood, and the fam
ily settled on a farm 13 miles
north erf O’Neill.
On June 4, 1904 he was married
to Maggie Wettlaufer at O’Neill.
To this couple eleven children
were born. Three of them, Irene,
Martha and Susie, as well as
his wife, who died February 4,
1952, preceded him in death.
Mr. Yantzi resided in Minne
sota since 1909 when the family
settled on a farm in the Rush
more community and later mov
ed to a farm east of Iona where
be was residing at the time of
his death. He was a member of
the Christ Lutheran church of
Slayton.
Survivors include his children,
Mrs. John Tammeus of Wilmont,
Minn., Mrs. George Bednar of
Newell, S. D., Harry of South
Shore, S. D., Mrs. Kenneth Lang
of St. Paul, Minn., Harvey at
home, Mrs. Mirl Smith of Wil
mont, Minn and Mrs. Edward
Stevens and Mrs. Donald Erick
son of Sioux Falls; 23 grandchild
ren; four great grandsons, and
two sisters, Mrs. Anna Huff of
Grand View, Mo. and Mrs. Mary
Taylor of St. Louis, Mo.
Who's Crazy?
Everyone is Krazy over
The Krazy Bargains in
O'Neill April 14
Services Held for
Mrs. Walter Jacox
INMAN—A former Inman resi
dent, Mrs. Walter Jacox, about
74, died Tuesday at a Glenwood
Springs, Colo, hospital.
Funeral services will be Sat
urday at 2 p.m. in the RLDS
church at Inman with burial in
the Inman cemetery.
She is survived by her hus
band and four children. An obit
tuary will be printed in next
week’s issue of The Frontier.
Security Representative
Slates O'Neill Visit
Gail H. Robart, field repre
sentative of the Norfolk social
security office, will be in the
assembly room in the basement
of the courthouse at O’Neill from
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29.
Severely disabled people under
65 who have had at least five
recent years under social securi
ty should inquire.
Holt Countians Buy
$153,536 in Bonds
Holt county residents pur
chased $153,563 worth of Series
E and H savings bonds during
February, according to county
bond chairman, Lyle P. Dierks of
O’Neill.
Total sales of the two series
during January and February
amounted to $477,270 for 36.6 per
cent of the 1961 county goal.
Weed District
Re-elects Two
Board Members
Art Shotkoski, Chief of Weed
and Seed Division of the State
Department of Agriculture, was
present at the annual Weed Dis
trict meeting in O’Neill Thursday,
and talked to the group on pro
posed legislation affecting control
of weeds in the county.
He commended the District on
its operation and urged farmers
to consider the ASC cost-shar
ing program. Any one with nox
ious weeds in cropland is urged
to contact the ASC office for
details.
The board again voted to set
up awards for 4-H Weed exhibits
at the county fair.
At the annual election of two
board members, Robert Miller
and E. A. Bouska were re-elected
for three-year terms.
Those present voted to adopt
a budget of $2,500 for 1961 to cov
er all operations of the Holt
Noxious Weed District.
Anyone wishing to have seed
grain cleaned and treated by the
District may contact E. A. Bous
ka at Atkinson, who will be oper
ating the spraying and seed clean
ing.
Ivan Kaiser Elected
Senior Class Officer
Ivan Kaiser of O'Neill has been
elected Treasurer of the senior
class at Wayne State Teachers
College.
Dwayne Strasheiin of Norfolk
is president and Ron Marcellus
of Bassett has been named vice
president.
Legion Celebrates
42nd Anniversary
EWING — Thirty-five members
of the Legion and Auxiliary cele
brated the 42nd birthday of the
American Legion Thursday eve
ning.
The anniversary cake was
made and decorated by Mrs.
Floyd Lee. Other hostesses were
Mesdames Bob Kreiziger, R. H.
Shain, Clifford Hahlbeck and Al
fred Napier.
Mrs. R. H. Shain, president,
conducted the business meeting
for the Auxiliary, and Leo Hawk,
commander, was in charge of the
business session for the Legion.
Arrangements were made for a
wrestling match to be held at the
schoolhouse gymnasium April 12.
Hargis to Address
Jehovah's Witnesses
Calvin Hargis, representative
of the Watchtower Bible and
Tract society will visit the Bas
sett congregation of Jehovah’s
Witnesses in Bassett, Stuart and
O’Neill March 28-April 2.
Highlight of his visit will be a
public discourse entitled, “The
Sacred Bible and Our Problems
for Survival.” The address will
be given Sunday, April 2 at 3
p.m. at the Kingdom Hall at
Bassett, Nebr.
Bill Kelly Attends
Plumbing Meeting
Bill Kelly of Kelly Plumbing
at O’Neill recently returned from
Norfolk where he attended a
one-day seminar featuring a pre
mier showing of the latest in
home water systems and water
purification equipment.
Kelly Plumbing is the exclusive
dealer of Aeromotor systems in
the O’Neill area.
Rites Held in Wyoming
For Mrs. J. Thomson
CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
George Thomson have received
word of the death March 14 of
his sister-in-law, Mrs. John
Thomson of Casper, Wyo., who
died suddenly of a heart attack.
Funeral services were held in
Casper March 16.
The deceased is survived by
her husband. The couple have vi
sited in Chambers many times
and Mr. Thomson was reared
here. The George Thomsons and
Mrs. Duane Carson of Chambers
attended the services.
Tams Wins Second
In Essay Contest
EWING — Jerry Tams of Bat
tle Creek, former student of the
Ewing high school, has received
second place in the Americanism
essay contest sponsored by the
American Legion auxiliary of
Battle Creek.
Tams, a junior, is the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tams of
Ewing.
Fashion Show Held
A spring fashion show was pre
sented at the Thursday meeting
of St. Patrick’s Altar society
with James Cavanaugh as mas
ter of ceremonies.
After the program, group sing
ing was held. St. Helen’s guild,
with Mrs. Robert Timmerman as
chairman, was in charge of the
meeting. Mrs. Gallagher report
ed on the stamp plan and it was
announced that several (books
were purchased by the Society
and donated to the public libra
ry. Next month St. Monica’s guild
will entertain with Mrs. William
Jansen as chairman.
Verdigre Drive Collects
$211 for Heart Fund
VERDIGRE — Walter Dob
richovsky, chairman of the Heart
Fund Drive, announces a total
of $211.20 collected during the
recent drive.
The following amounts were
collected: Individual contact,
$150; store containers, $10.55;
School district 27, Harold Diez,
chairman, district 40 with Ed
ward Dohry and district 40 with
Thomas Vech, $45.65; Spring Val
ley Farmers Union Local, $3 and
Chit Chat clul?. $2.
Alice French, Atvara Ramin
and Mrs. Eileen Seger, all of
O'Neill, attended a dinner meet
ing of the Alpha Delta chajJter
of Delta Kappa Gamma at At
kinson Saturday.
The State president, Grace
Pfeiffer of Omaha, will visit at
the April 15 meeting in Bassett.
At the Saturday meeting, the
Rev. Mr. Green, who recently re
turned from missionary work in
Belgian Congo, presented a talk,
and two civil defense* films were
shown.
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LAND AUCTION
320 Acres of good producing land located 1 1 /2 miles west and 3/4
mile north of Emmet, Nebraska on . . .
Friday, Mar. 3
Sale Starts at 1:30 P.M.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: NE 1/4, Section 16 and SE 1/4 Section 9, Twp.
29, Range 13, Holt County, Nebraska.
This farm has a good shelter belt and wind break for buildings, excellent location for feed yard,
usable set of improvements including a 6-room dwelling, double crib and granary, poultry house,
granary for barn, cattle shed and other outbuildings.
All this land is under cultivation except building site.
Has reputation for good crop production and has been fertilized.
A contract on this place of $14,500 has payments of $1,000 per year
and an interest rate of 4
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Immediate possession will be given upon satisfactory completion
of sale terms.
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TERMS: 25% down day of sale, balance upon assignment of con
tract.
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Anyone wishing to inspect this land or get additional information
may contact Ed Thorin, licensed real estate broker, O'Neill, Nebr.
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Ed Thorin Auction Service, O'Neill, Nebraska
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