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Volume 80-Number 50 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 6, 1961_ Seven Cents
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Joyce Jones to
Appear April 12
O'Neill’s Community Concerts
association presents Joyce Jones,
organist, for the second concert
of the season Wednesday, Apr.
V2, at 8:15 p.m. at the O'Neil!
high school auditorium.
Doors will be opened at 7:30
p.m.
Joyce Jones owes her present,
fast-rising career to a “fortu
nate accident,” a sprained hand
sustained while practicing the
piano. She began playing pedal
studies on the organ, and by the
time her hand was well, was so
fascinated by the organ that she
decided to make that her major
instrument. After receiving a
bachelor of music degree with
highest honors from the Univer
sity of Texas, she proceeded to
oomplete a master of music de
gree in just nine months.
This goal was realized when
she became the first organist to
win the G. B. Dealey award in
Dallas, and made her debut with
the Dallas symphony orchestra.
In private life, she is the wife
of a minister serving as a chap
lain in the U. S. Army.
The third and final concert for
the season will be the Saint Louis
String Trio May 3.
SPENCER — Fifty years ago, April 3, 1911, Bessie Darr, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darr of Redbird, and Oscar Witherwax, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Witherwax of Redbird, traveled by team and
buggy to O’Neill and were married by Judge C. J. Malone in the
courthouse.
Mrs. Malone and Robert N. Brittell of O'Neill witnessed the mar
riage and following this the couple returned to their new home in
Boyd county, driving back in a heavy snowstorm.
Mr. and Mi's. Witherwax celebrated their golden wedding anniver
sary Monday. They have resided in Holt county on a farm four miles
east of Spencer dam since moving from Boyd county many years
ago.
The couple has three sons, Robert of Spencer, Elwin of Gering
and Clayton of Stockton, Calif., and six grandchildren.
SENIOR PLAY CAST MEMBERS AND PARTICIPANTS en
Certain the audience Monday evening between acts with “good ole
mountain music” which had their listeners tapping toes and clapping
hands. Shown here are (left to right) Lynda Brooks, Leonard Hav
ranek, Consie Anderson, John Harder, Joyce Krogh, Bob Jenkins, Bill
Fricke, Sandra Perry, Larry Godel, Sonita Wilson, Susan Burney,
Roy Bridge, Marion Ilosenkrans and Nick Haramerlun.
H. Underwood
Named VFW
Commander
Herb Underwood has been
elected commander of the O’
Neill Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 926.
Election was held at the regu
lar monthly meeting Tuesday
evening. Other officers for the
coming year are as follows: Ivan
Hurley, senior vice commander;
Joe Schmidt, junior vice com
mander; Bill Gokie, quarter
master; Grant Peacock, chaplain,
and Louis Wray, one-year trus
tee, and Vic Hanna, three-year
trustee.
-Officers appointed are: Ray
Revell, service officer; Otto
Sprague, guard, and Don Rich
ardson, adjutant. District II
Commander Bill Cousins of O’
Neill installed the new officers.
Chambers High Holds
Annual Sports Dinner
CHAMBERS—E. Lundstrom of
Wayne was guest speaker at the
Sports Banquet held March 29 at
the high school gymnasium.
Dean Smith served as master
of ceremonies. Others taking
part in the program were: Rose
anme Blake, Pep club president,
welcome; Dennis Walter, secre
tary of Letterman club, response;
Mr. Carson, doxology, and talks
by Darrell Elkins, Dale Adams,
Arthur Wintermote, Judy Thom
son, Larry Swanson, Karen Far
rier and Delbert Fleek.
Awards were presented by Mr.
Carson and letters by Coach
Geseriech.
Spencer Infant
Fatally Injured
SPENCER — William Earl
Clark HI, 15-month-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Clark jr.,
of Spencer, died Thursday after
noon from injuries suffered when
he pulled a cabinet over on him
self. He was taken to the Lynch
hospital but was dead upon ar
rival at the hospital.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Metho
dist church here with the Rev.
D. R. Daniels officiating. Burial
was in the Union cemetery at
Spencer, under the direction of
the Jones Funeral Home.
William Earl was born Janu
ary 5, 1960 to William Earl and
Daphyne Carr Clark jr., at Ains
worth.
He is survived by his parents;
three sisters, Rhonda, Randi and
Jackie, all at home, and grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Clark sr., of Long Pine and Mr.
and Mrs. George Carr of Spring
view.
Pallbearers were Frank
Nemec, Raymond Nemec, Rich
ard Loock and Roland Horn
back.
Six Area Schools
Join Conference
STUART — Six schools have
formed a new conference which
will be known as the Three
Rivers Conference.
These schools make up the new
conference: Atkinson, Spring
view, Stuart, Butte, Ewing and
Spencer.
Activities that will be governed
by this conference are basket
ball. eleven-man football, track,
volleyball, music and dramatics.
James Carr is president of the
conference and Jay Muma is
secretary and treasurer. Both
men are from Stuart. The first
formal introduction of this con
ference w'as Wednesday at O’
Neill where an Invitational Track
Meet was held.
Firemen Fight Ser
Action Taken to D
Sparks from passing trains and
strong winds have combined the
past few days to plague firemen
in this area.
O’Neill firemen were called
Thursday morning to the Neil
Ryan property one mile east of
Emmet where approximately 100
acres of pasture land, leased by
L. D. Putnam, burned until the
firemen got it under control. Mr.
Ryan stated Tuesday that there
were no haystacks burned but the
burned ground is left without
cover and the hard winds cause
considerable ‘‘blow off” to the
top soil.
About four years ago a fire
struck in about the same place
on Mr. Ryan’s land but rainfall
shortly after the fire protected
the soil from wind erosion.
Sunday afternoon fire hit again
on Ryan’s property, this time
about a mile west of O’Neill.
About 70 acres of meadow was
burned from the railroad track
to the Elkhom river. Fire chief
Gerald Miles reported the two
O’Neill fire trucks became mired
down in the swampy meadow
land and it was necessary to call
on the Chambers and Atkinson
Fire departments for assistance.
The O’Neill firemen unloaded the
water from their trucks and a
large tractor with winch pulled
the trucks free.
A third fire broke out Tuesday
afternoon in Emmet and O’Neill
and Atkinson each sent two
trucks to extinguish the blaze.
The fire started along side the
railroad track just west of Em
met’s main street. The blaze
jumped the street and started
burning southeast until brought
under control.
Action is being taken by Holt
county fire departments and the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce
in attempt to decrease the fire
hazard. Monday evening the Holt
County Mutual aid, an organiza
tion made up of rural and city
fire departments, met in the O’
Neill Fire House and voted that
all departments would write the
State Railway commission, voic
ing their concern over the situa
tion.
Fire Chief Miles met with
Chamber of Commerce member,
Dale Wilson, this week urging the
railway commission to take im
mediate action on this problem.
Further discussion was held
Monday evening at the Com
merce meeting.
Services Held for
Mrs. Ray Fuhrer
... NAPER — Mrs. Ray Fuhrer of
Jamison died March 30 in the
Yankton. S. D., hospital
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Naper Catholic
church at 10 a.m. Monday.
ies of Blazes;
ecrease Hazard
Methodists Plan
Building Program;
Name Committee
Methodist church members
voted unanimously at a special
Quarterly Conference held Fri
day evening to elect an official
building committee for considera
tion of a new church building.
Members elected to the com
mittee are Dr. Rex Wilson, who
was named chairman, W. B.
Gillespie, Earl Rodman,
Wayne Roelle, William McIn
tosh, Elmer Juracek and Gil
bert Poese.
A brief presentation was made
at the conference by the church
pastor, the Rev. Glenn Kennicott,
of the needs of the church and
pictures were shown of accepted
types of buildings. Nearly all
members of the Conference were
present.
♦ -:
Plan Krazy Days
Here April 14
Folks of the O’Neill trade area
next week will get a chance to
see people at their Kraziest. . .
when Chamber of Commerce re
tail merchants join together in a
Krazy Day promotion April 14.
Krazy bargains, krazy kos
tames and krazy ads will be
the order of the day when krazy
prices will be put on items in
a sidewalk bazaar and inside
bargain sale.
AH employees of participating
stores will be invited to dress in
krazy kostumes with prizes given
for the best three.
Prizes will be an all-expense
paid trip to Phoenix* or $5 in
cash; second, shown the road to
Opportunity or $3 in cash; third,
four chicken dinners or $2 in
cash.
The fun of the day should be
worth the trip but the big bar
gains will make the trip valua
ble to the thrifty shopper.
♦Nebraska
Page Juniors Plan
Class Play April 14
PAGE — A mystery play.
"Murder in the Library," will
be presented April 14 at 8 p.m.
in the school gymnasium by
members of the junior class at
Page high school.
Cast members include Jon
Cork, Alvin Crumly, Jim Melc
her, Loren Boelter, Ron Asher,
Arnold Hall, Charles Hovey,
Aletha Rutherford, Marilyn Park.
Linda Smith, Ben Asher, Harlan
Saltz, Byron Blain and Pat O'
Brien.
Hammond and Cook Elected
To School Board Positions
Sound Effects
Members of the Bethany
Presbyterian church and the
minister, the Rev. John Hart,
were startled by a loud crash
during Easter morning ser
vices.
A driver had lost control of
his car and it had rammed in
to the corner of the church,
knocking out a couple of
cement blocks in the foundation
of the building.
Lesson for the day, “—and
the stone was rolled aside.”
Mrs. A. Chvala
Honored on
99th Anniversary
VERDIGRE — Mrs. Anna
Chvala of Verdigre celebrated
her 99th birthday March 15,
taking time from her housework
to do so.
Mrs. Chvala has 81 living de
sendants—7 children, 20 grand
children and 45 great grandchild
ren.
She was born March 15, 1862 in
Nemecky, Moravia, Czechoslo
vakia and at the age of 30 came
to the United States with her
family. Two of her children were
born in Czechoslovakia.
She came to Pischelville, Ne
braska in May, 1939 and she set
tled with her family on a farm.
After two years they moved to
Boyd county where they lived
for awhile before moving to
Monowi. They lived 50 years in
Monowi and in 1942 moved to
Verdigre where they have re
sided ever since.
Her husband, six children, two
sisters and two brothers preceded
her in death.
In honor of her birthday Mrs.
Chvala’s children entertained for
her. They are Mrs. Agnes Rarey
of South Gate, Calif., Mrs. Mary
Beck of Omaha, Mrs. Frances
Beak of Gregory, S. D., Mrs.
Mady Hopkins of Niobrara, Frank
of Verdigre and John and Pete
of Monowi.
Mrs. Chvaia enjoys good health
fine eyesight and hearing. She
tends her own garden and does
all her housework. She is a de
vout church member and attends
church every morning. She re
calls her trip to the United
States, remembering that it took
an old sailing vessel six weeks
to make the crossing.
Council Members
Hold Meeting
City council members met Wed
nesday evening with the city en
gineer to discuss the possible an
nexation of land located north
of the city boundary.
No definite action was taken at
Wednesday’s meeting.
O'Neill Men Held
In Boyd County
For Break-In
Complaints have been filed in
Boyd county court against three
O’Neill men on charges of break
ing and entering.
Two of the men, Thomas
Zakrzewski jr., and Ronald
Gene Timm, are being held in
the Butte jail pending the
hearing which will probably be
held Friday, according to
County Attorney W. P. Willis of
Butte.
The third man, Edward H.
Moos, has not yet been appre
hended.
County Sheriff Claude Collins
arrested Zakrzewski and Timm
Tuesday evening for questioning
in regard to the breakin Satur
day night at the Farmers Co-op
in Bristow.
Nothing was taken from the
Co-op as the intruders were ap
parently frightened off when a
car drove down the street. Ac
cording to Sheriff Collins, the
driver of the car spotted three
young men running down the
alley behind the Co-op, and later
notified the night marshall.
Jury Panel Finds
Iverson Innocent
Forrest Iverson of Stuart was
found innocent on charges of in
toxication and disturbing the
peace in a jury trial held in
county court Wednesday after
noon. The jury deliberated for
nearly 30 minutes before reach
ing a decision.
The charges were the out
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took place in the Klkhom Bar
at Stuart. Donald Shald of
Stuart, also charged with dis
turbing the peace, had earlier
pleaded guilty and was fined
$50 and costs.
Members of the jury were Ar
nie Mace, Peter Morgan, Melvin
Klingler, Harden Anspach, Frank
Clements and John W. Nachtman.
Atkinson Church
Nears Completion
ATKINSON — A-new $120,(XX)
Methodist church building here is
nearing completion and the first
worship services are set for May
28.
Members of the building com
mittee are Dean Gotschall, chair
man, Robert Horner, R. A. Dvo
rak, Robert H. Clifford, C. C.
Raymer, Mrs. L. V. Humphrey
and Mrs. W. C. Gage. They will
assist the public in touring the
new “L” shaped building during
Sunday noon following church
services.
There will be no public solicita
tion for the building fund. The
project has been possible due to
the many gifts of members and
friends.
Neighbors Hold
Planting Bee
STUART — Good neighbors do
nated seven hours of their time
to plant 35 acres of oats for Ro
bert Batenhorst who has been in
an Omaha hospital, St. Joseph’s,
since March 4.
Following is a list of the men
who helped Mr. Batenhorst: His
sons, Gene and Mike Batenhorst,
Harvey Steinhauser, LuVem Ol
berding, Bill Kohle, Art Olberd
ing, Ivo Shald, Louis Shald, Stub
Kunz, Jim Davis, George Kohle
and Marion Davis.
Their wives prepared and
served dinner at noon at the
Batenhorst residence.
George Hammond was re
elected to the O’Neill board of
education and Dr. George R.
Cook was elected to fill the other
vacancy on the board as the re
sult of city election held Tuesday
in O’Neill.
Other candidates on the board
ticket were Harold L. Lindherg.
incumbent, and Hugh E. Coyne.
Number of votes cast for each
candidate is as follows: Cook,
439; Hammond, 407; Coyne, 391,
and Lindberg, 373. This tally is
unofficial until canvassing of
votes is completed.
Hugh G. Kruse, incumbent, and
Alan Van Vleck were elected to
the Airport Authority committee.
There was no contest in tin
election for city counci Imen. Re
elected to the council were tin
following men and their wards
William McIntosh, first; George
Janousek, second; Fred O. Heer
man, third, and Dr. Edward M
Gleeson, fourth.
Heiss, French Named
To Page School Board
PAGE — Kenneth Heiss and
Mervin French sr., were elected
Tuesday to the Page school t
board with 54 and 48 votes re
spectively.
Also running on the school
board ticket were Mrs. William
Sorensen, 45 votes, anti Mrs.
Arnold Tikalsky, 26 votes.
Three members were elected
to the village trustee board for a
two-year-term and they are
George Clasey, 48 votes, Ralph
Stevens, 46, and Lloyd Fussel
man, 29. Other candidates were
Otto Terrill, Owen Park and Del
bert Anson.
Harlan Kennedy ran unopposed
for police magistrate.
Ewing Voters
Elect Officials
EWING — There were 321
voters at the polls in Tuesday's
election.
Elected to the village board
were Stanley Davis, 59 votes,
and Ray Funk, incumbent, 64
votes. They will serve two year
terms.
Chosen for the school board,
two year terms, were Stanley
Davis, 63 votes, and Wilbur
Spangler, incumbent, 73 votes.
Archie Tuttle was elected for the.
one year term with 82 votes.
Three Districts
Now Planning
Combine School
MEEK — Patrons and mem
bers of school districts No. 1, 170
and 16, now dissolved, voted
Thursday to build a 510,000 school
to be known as district No. 1.
A school board was elected to
serve the new district and the
members are Austin Searles,
secretary, Cecil Miller, treas
urer, and DeWayne Anson,
moderator. Henry Walters and
Paul Nelson were chosen to help
the board on the building pro
gram.
All old business was concluded
at the meeting for the three dis
tricts. There was a good atten
dance present. Another meeting
will be held tonight (April 6) at
district No. 170 at 8 p.m.
Galyen Appointed as
Martens Administrator
A hearing was held in county
court Wednesday morning at
which time James W. Galyen of
Atkinson was named adminis
trator for the estates of Alfred
and Lois A. Martens. Mr. Galyen
was also named guardian of the
three minor children.
JACK MCGINN receives the David Moore Sportsmanship trophy
which he won at the recent Golden Gloves tournament in Chicago.
The trophy, sponsored by the Chicago Tribune, was presented by
American Legion Commander Virgil Tomlinson at the Conservation
Awards banquet Tuesday evening at the Legion hall in O’Neill
MR. AND MRS. L. U. HAMILTON of Stuart were presented this
colored aerial photo of their ranch at the banquet Tuesday evening
in the O’Neill Legion hall. The award was co-sponsored by the
Federal Land Bank association of O’Neill and the Holt Soil and Water
Conservation District. Presentation was made by Lyle Dierks,
CLARENCE ERNST, (right) retired supervisor, was honored at
the Awards banquet Tuesday evening at the Legion hall. Emmet
Lee, of Spaulding shown with Mr. Ernst, is chairman of the Nebras
ka Soil and Water Conservation committee and he presented him a
10-year certificate.
GOVERNOR FRANK MORRISON was guest speaker at the Con
servation Awards banquet held in O'Neill Tuesday evening at the
Legion bail. He is shown here as he addresses the large crowd in
attendance. Mrs. Morrison Is seated at the right of Gov. Morrison.