A BKI'.IITI.Y DECORATED gym abided color to the enjoyment of the O’Neill high school stu
dents at their Basketball Frolics Tuesday evening.
The evening of dancing was highlight's! by a coronation ceremony in which Sonita Wilson and Jerry
I text'd* were crowned as queen and king. Their attendants were Susan Burney and Ron Schmiechel,
seniors; Connie Brockman and Stanley Schmiech si, juniors; Betty Morrow and Richard Hill, sopho
mores, and Verna Butterfield and Dennis Wells, freshmen. Charles Smith and Don Kokrda placed the
crowns on the royal couple’s heads.
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CUB SCOUT AWARD WINNERS at the Pa ’k meeting Monday evening are shown here follow
ing the presentation of their arrows: (I. to r,) Ron lie Schmidt, Jimmy Janousek, Charles Coats, Rich
ard Marking, Allan Lee and Stanley Longnecker, Kerry Errington, Gary Paulson and David Sprague.
Their parents are: Mrs. Ed Schmidt, Mrs. George Janousek, Mrs. Milford Coats, Mrs. George Morlang,
Stanley Longnecker, .Mrs. Dermot Errington, Mrs. B id Paulson and Otto Sprague.
Schacht, Classen
Named Royalty
At Orchard
ORCHARD — Diana Classen
was selected as queen and Wayne
Schacht as king at the annual
Athletic banquet March 18 in the
Orchard high school gym.
The Pep club members and
sponsor, Mrs. Anna Carlos, ar
ranged the affair. Attending the
royal couple yere Shirley Stein
berg, Claudia Mitchell, Karen
Wehenkel, Butch Elston, Douglas
Mosel and Roger Shope. Richard
Hamil and Elaine Rang crowned
the royal couple. The mascots,
David Lenz and Valerie Demps
ter, carried the crowns.
The banquet was prepared by
the basketball players mothers.
Karen Wehenkel serv ed as toast
master and the following took
part in the program: Jan Withee,
grace; Diane Shrader, welcome;
Butch Elston, response; Mister
Touchdown USA, Douglas and
Carol Ann Mosel; accomplish
ments, Rick Cowling; piano trio,
Linda Barton, N. Vrooman and
Jenelle Lautenschlager; loyalty.
Wayne Schacht; musical selec
tions, Karen Wehenkel, Lana
Cleveland and Betty Von Seg
gern; letters, Chris Hall; Pep
club, Mrs. Anna Carter; basket
ball, Robert Carpenter, and yells,
Claudia Mitchell.
O'Neill CAP
Holds Meeting
All members of the Civil Air
Patrol O’Neill squadron, met at
the Norman Wayman home
March 22 at 8 p.m. There were
also five visitors and two cadet
candidates present.
Film was shown at the meeting
depicting rescue, cadet training
and an exchange of foreign ca
dets. Following this lunch was
serv ed by Mrs. Wayman.
The next meeting will be held
April 12 at the Wayman home
starting at 8 p.m. More films will
be shown. Boys and girls, 14
years and older, interested in
the Patrol, are invited to attend.
All persons interested may con
tact Mr. Wayman, commander,
or any CAP member.
Guests of honor at the meet
ing were Gene Pope, Sy Mattock,
Bob Monrow, all CCA field men,
and County Agent Neil Dawes.
In the business meeting. Stan
ley Lambert of Chambers, presi
dent of the board, presided as
Machinery - Car - Horse Auction
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Atkinson, Nebraska
Machinery & Car Auction Starts 1:00 P.M.
In front of the Atkinson Livestock Market
1954 Super H Farmall with 2 IHC No. 24 Mowers with Kramer
built hydraulic controls, 1952 H Farmall. Super H Gears, & 2 No.
24 Mowers with hydraulic controls, Farmall C tractor with mount
ed cultivator, Farmall C with mounted No. 24 mower. 1943 IHC H
tractor sweep with Heisler high speed gears, with sweep head,
1919 Jolin Deere A tractor with power trol, rolla matic, & 2 No.
5 J. D. power mowers with hydraulic controls, Oliver tractor with
starter and lights, Farmall M tractor good as new & newly
painted, IHC H tractor, 1948 B John Deere tractor with 10 ft.
sweep head. Model A sw'eep, 32 ft. Valley hydraulic rake, used 4
seasons. 1946 Ford tractor, 1944 Ford Ferguson tractor, 1941 In
ternational truck & gravel box \Vz ton. 10 used cars & pickups—
take your choice, includes 53 Plymouth wagon; 51 Chev. % ton
pickup & box: 1955 Hudson Hornet; 50 Dodge; 53 Ford 4-dr; and
others. The long list of mowers, rakes, rake hitches; underslung;
manure loaders; hammermills; drills; winches: discs; post hole
digger; cement mixer; and almost every item machinery is re
presented. In addition there will be new & used stock tanks large
and small; feed bunks: cribbing; posts; wire; lumber; wheel
chair plus many more articles. Note: These articles are ready
for the field and will be represented by those who own them.
AT 7:00 P.M. in the Livestock Market Pavilion
ANNUAL SPRING HORSE SALE
100 Head or More
Fine Saddle horses, Shetland ponies, work teams, killer horses.
Included are many Registered Quarter & Appalloosa horses &
brood mares bred to top studs. Be sure to attend this annual
event. Bring the horses you have to sell and buy a real top using
horse at this sale.
ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET
Phone 5141
ATKINSON, NEBRASKA
chairman. Other board members
are Guy Blake of Chambers, Dar
rell Heiss of Page, Leo Burival
of O’Neill and Weslyn Larson of
Ewing. Harvey L. Root is senior
manager. Weslyn Larson was re
elected to the board for a three
year term.
Three drawings were held and
they were won by Louis Sobotka,
Caroll Summerer and E. D. Bur
rell.
Rites Held for
Mrs. E. Maurer
At Clearwater
CLEARWATER — Mrs. Edna
Maurer, 71, died Thursday at her
home in Clearwater following a
heart attack.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the
Church of Christ with the Rev.
Delbert Biehle of Sheridan, Mo.,
in charge. Burial was in the
Pleasant Valley cemetery near
Royal.
Edna Ziegenbein Maurer was
born June 6, 1889 to Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Ziegenbein at Orchard.
She was married at Neligh
June 9, 1909 to Antonn John
Maurer. To this couple were born
nine children. Two daughters, one
son and her husband preceded
her in death. Mr. Maurer died in
1947.
Survivors include five sons,
George and Robert of Red Oak,
la., Elmer of Driscoll, N. D.,
Steve of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and
Herman of Harrisburg; one
daughter, Mrs. Chester Bridge of
Albin, Wyo.; 26 grandchildren;
10 great grandchildren; five
brothers, Ernest of Wisner, Al
fred of Royal, Clifford of Orch
ard, Earl of Neligh and Willie of
Albama, and two sisters, Mel
vina Ricard of Los Angeles,
Calif., and Saloma Noddings of
Royal.
Pallbearers were Clarence
Rouse, Clarence Thompson, Har
old Dawson, Oliver Snodgrass,
Earl Snider and Dwight Hoffman.
Rites Held for
M. E. Gorman .
Margaret E. Gorman, 98, died
at O’Neill Tuesday following a
five weeks illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at St. Pat
rick’s church in O’Neill with the
Rev. Robert Duffy officiating.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Rosary was recited at 8 p.m.
Tuesday in Biglins Funeral chap
el.
Margaret Ellen Gorman was
born February 15, 1863 at Bloom
ington, 111., to Patrick and Ann
Gorman. She never married. Pall
bearers were Ralph McElvain,
Dr. E. M. Gleeson, Dale Kersen
brock, Joe State, Bob Lowery
and D. F. Murphy.
Ponton Insurance
Insurance of AD Kinds
and Bonds
FLORENCE PONTON, Prop.
Phone 106 Golden Bldg.
A SUCCESSFUL HED CROSS DRIVE for funds was conducted by these members of the VFW
auxiliary who canvassed O’Neill Tuesday. A total of $455.69 was collected for O’Neill and turned in by
County Cliairman Ken Waring. Handling the drive were (left to right) Margaret Scofield, Claudine Staub,
Violet Sholes, Doris Peterson, Anna Brown and Ooldie Tucker. Anyone wishing to add their donation
may give it to Ben Grady, county treasurer.
Services Held
At Inman for
Mrs. W. Jacox
INMAN — Funeral services
were held Saturday afternoon at
the RLDS church in Inman for
Mrs. Walter Jacox, 70, who died
at the Valley View hospital in
Glenwood Springs, Colo., March
21.
Elder Fred Home of Atkinson
officiated. Burial was in the In
man cemetery.
LaRetta R. Donaldson Jacox,
daughter of Orson and Louisa J.
Donaldson, was born November
3, 1890 at Stuart.
She was married December
2, 1913 at Long Pine to Walter C.
Jacox. The couple made their
home in Nebraska until 1948
when they established a resi
dence at Carbondale, Colo., and
Mintum, Colo. She was a mem
ber of the Reorganized Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints.
Surviving are her husband,
Walter, who is confined to the
Glen Valley Nursing Home in
Glenwood Springs, Colo.; four
children, Jennie Leidy of Min
tum, Colo., Donna Rae Wolfe of
Elgin, Donald of Gypsum, Colo.,
and Darrell of Fairfield, Calif.;
15 grandchildren; three sisters,
Mrs. Nellie Conard of Fort Col
lins, Colo., Mrs. Lloyd Brown of
Bassett and Mrs. LaCretta Ellis
of Spokane, Wash., a twin sister.
Pallbearers were Roy Ries,
Ralph Schrunk and Charles
Peterson jr., of Atkinson, Ronald
Schrunk of Clearwater, Gordon
Brittell of Norfolk and Donald
Thomas Shaughnessy was born
in Iowa and moved to O’Neill
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Shaughnessy, who settled
just east of O’Neill. He has made
his home in California for the
past 40 years and operated a
vineyard there.
Surviving him are his wife; a
daughter, Sharon, 13, at home;
three sisters, Mrs. Esther Reka
of Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Leo Mul
len of O’Neill and Mrs. Ray Phil
bin of Wisner, and one brother,
Harry of Omaha.
Charles Teiple Submits
to Further Surgery
VERDIGRE — Charles Teiple,
78, is reported to be in good con
dition following amputation of
his left leg March 17 in the
Creighton hospital, and will soon
be able to return to his home in
Verdigre.
Mr. Teiple suffered frozen
fingers and toes while digging a
grave in St. Wenceslaus ceme
tery in January and about a
month ago for the removal of all
the toes on his left foot and two
fingertips on his right hand. His
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Vemer Teiple of Conners
ville, Ind., were present dur
ing the recent surgery and gave
blood transfusions to Mr. Teiple.
Christian Church Plans
Revival Meetings April 9
PETERSBURG — The Peters
burg Christian church is having
a week of revival meetings April
9-14.
Speakers will be Lowell Bur
kum, Don Beckenhauer and
Everett Epperson.
Chauncey Everhart Dies
Friday Following Stroke
ORCHARD — Chauncey Ever
hart, 75, publisher of the Orchard
News 40 years died at the Plain
.view hospital Friday morning af
ter having suffered a stroke
several days ago.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon in the EUB
church with the Rev. Duane Lenz
officiating.
He is survived by his wife,
Olive; a daughter, Mrs. George
Voorhies, whose husband put>
lishes the Elgin Review, and a
son, Harold of Sargent.
Long-Time Chambers
Resident Dies Tuesday
CHAMBERS Georg? Thom
son, 69, long-time resident at
Chambers, died in his sleep Tues
day morning at his home.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Thursday (today) at
the Memorial Baptist church in
Chambers with the Rev. Earl
Schwenk officiating. Burial will
be in the Chambers cemetery.
George Washington Thomson
was born Ma yl5, 1892 at Clark
to James and Sarah Thomson.
He came to Holt county when
he was 11 years old. He was
married to Cora Backhaus at O’
Neill November 29, 1915. Four
children were bom to this cou
ple. One child preceded him in
death . Mr. Thomson was a
plumber and carpenter.
He is survived by his wife,
Cora; one daughter, Mrs. Merlin
Grossnicklaus of Chambers’; fwo
sons, Wesley of Boise, .Ida.,-and
Willard of Chambers, and seven
grandchildren.
O'Neill Public Pupils
In Top 25 Percent
Five O'Neill public high school
students finished in the upix^r 25
percent at the Inter High School
Scholarship contest at Kearney
Friday.
These students and their sub
jects are as follows: Marion
Rosenkrans, American govern
ment and chemistry; Fred
Rosenkrans, general biology and
plane geometry; Laura I Haynes,
general science and world
geography; Delores Rosenkrans,
world geography, and Melvin
Sanders, American history and
chemistry.
Recommend Stores
Close Friday Afternoon
It has been recommended by
the retail committee of the O’
Neill stores be closed at 3 p.m.
March 31 in observance of Good
Friday.
Inman News
By Mrs. James McMahan
Mr. and Mrs. Cal Geary and
Marlene spent the weekend at
Craig visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Nelson and daughter and Kenneth
Nelson. The Geary’s attended the
Athletic banquet at Craig Fri
day evening and the baptism of
Rhonda Sue Nelson Sunday.
Mrs. Don Angel and family of
Spencer visited Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Reynolds and family Sun
day. In the afternoon the Rey
nolds and Angels went to Neligh
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Reynolds. The occasion was
the 81st birthday anniversary of
Bert Reynolds.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reynolds
visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rey
nolds at Neligh Wednesday eve
ning.
Tony Baker of Nebraska City is
visiting his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Robinson.
Mrs. Fred Bursell of Burbank,
S. D. visited her mother, Mrs.
Edna Michaelis, for a few days.
She also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Michaelis and Sharon and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smitn.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd DeLong re
turned Sunday evening from Om
aha and Sioux City where they
spent two weeks visiting in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dean
DeLong and family and Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baker and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGraw
visited Mr. and Mrs. James
Banks Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Lou Fossler re
turned to her home at Beatrice
Friday after spending a week
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Emmet Stamp and Ray
mond, and also Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Davidson and family.
Mrs. John Gallagher entered
St. Anthony’s hospital Monday for
medical treatment.
Mrs. Cora Caldwell of Utica
is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Tompkins and family.
Last Week’s News
The Inman Workers project
club met March 15 at the home
of Mrs. Albert Reynolds. Twelve
members and one visitor were
present. Mrs. Karl Keyes and
Mrs. II. E. Smith gave a lesson
on “Arthritis”. Mrs. Reynolds
served a lunch at the close of
the afternoon.
Jack Butterfield left Saturday
for Frankfurt, Kans., where he
will be employed by Cushing
Constuction company. He accom
panied his aunt, Mrs. Woodrow
Gaughenbaugh, to Norfolk Satur
day and continued from there to
Frankfurt.
Mrs. Violet Sholes spent Mon
day visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Clark and family at O’Neill.
Margaret Pruss of Clearwater
spent the weekend visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Pruss.
Bruce Couch of O’Neill visited
his grandmother, Mrs. Ivan
Couch, Saturday.
Dale Lines, Vaden Kivett and
Bert Smith left Monday for New
man Grove, where they will be
employed.
Services Planned
At Wayne for
Norman D. Obst
Norman D. Obst, 32, of O’Neill
died Tuesday evening at the Lu
theran hospital in Col’jmbus fol
lowing a three month illness.
Funeral services will be held
V
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Saturday at 2 p.m. in the St.
Paul’s Lutheran Evangelical
church at Wayne. Burial well be
in the Wayne cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Obst of O’
Neill; three sisters, Mrs. Claus
Ruchmann of Schuyler, Mrs. Wal
ter Rewinkehl of Sacramento,
Calif., and Mrs. Charles Court
ney of Harlan, la., and three
brothers, Herb and Melvin of O’
Neill and Arnold of Columbus.
One sister and a brother preced
ed him in death.
T. Shaughnessy
Services Held
In California
A former O’Neill resident,
Thomas Shaughenssy, 60, of Din
uba, Calif., died March 18 after
a long illness.
His sister, Mrs„ Leo Mullen of
O’Neill recently returned from a
visit with Mr. Shaughnessy.
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DR. D. E. DAVID
OPTOMETRIST!"
Complete Visual Care
Contact Lenses
By Appointment Phone 2101
8pencer, Nebraska
Paul Shierk
INSURANCE AGENOT
O’NEILL, NEBR
Insurance of AH
Kinds
O'Neill Little League Baseball Registration
Every IJoy, who is 12 years old or under on July 31, 1961, must
register 1o play baseball this year. All registrations must be in by
April 17, 1961.
Due to the large number of boys in the Little League any l>oy not
registered will not be allowed to play baseball this year.
If two or more l>oys in family, use a plain piece of paper.
Name .....
Street Address . .. .
Name of Team played with last year .
Age Birth date and year .
Farm boys must register also
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