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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1961)
O’NEILL HIGH SCHOOL ROYALTY at the Basketball Frolics last week in the school gym. Shown here during the coronation ceremony are (left to right, front row) Susan Burney, senior attendant; Con nie Brockman, junior attendant; Betty Morrow, sophomore, and Verna Butterfield, freshman. King Jerry Dexter ami Queen Sonita Wilson are in the center. Attendants in the back row are Dennis Wells, freshman; Richard Hill, sophomore; Stanley Schmeichel, junior, and Ron Schmeichel, senior. Services Held At Ewing for Miss J. Napier EWING — Funeral services were conducted Wednesday in Ewing for Miss Jennie Napier, 78, who died Saturday at Elgin following a short illness. Dr. William H. Ross officiated at the services in the United Presbyterian church at 10 a.m. Burial was in the Ewing ceme tery. Jennie Mitchell Napier was bom to Alexander and Alice Napier November 24, 1882. She was preceded in death by her parents and eight brothers and sisters. Surviving are one brother, George of Neligh, and one sister, Mrs. L. D. Clemens of Eugene, Ore. Pallbearers were John Napier, Richard Napier, Melvin Napier, Willard Napier, Dale Napier and Lloyd Napier. Rites Held for Miss Anna Bauer At Ewing April 4 EWING — Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in Ewing for Miss Anna Bauer, 79, long-time resident of this com munity, who died Friday morn ing at the Floyd Lee home where she had spent the winter months. She had been in poor health for the past year. The funeral rites were held at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Catholic church. Burial was in St. Peter’s cemetery. The rosary was recited Monday at 8 p.m. The Rev. P. F. Burke officiated at the ser vices. Sportsmen Discuss New Lake Sites ELGIN — Local residents and sportsmen from the surrounding area met Friday morning with Mel O. Steen, director of the Nebraska Game Commission, to discuss possibilities of a lake site in this area. Sportsmen are trying to pro mote a lake site on the Sink Hole grounds northeast of Elgin, and also one near the Hall ranch west of Petersburg. Social Security Gail H. Robart, field repre sentative of the Norfolk social security office will be in the as sembly room of the courthouse at O’Neill from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 12. Dr. H. D. GILDERSLEEVE OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Phone 167 — O’Neill, Nebr. Hours 9-5—Mon. thru Saturday Closed Wednesday Mrs. Tressa Wagner Dies at Holdrege AMELIA — Mrs. Tressa Wag ner, mother of Mrs. Earnie Johnston of Amelia, died sudden ly March 28 at a Holdrege hospi tal. She had broken her leg re cently and was receiving hospital care when stricken with a heart attack. Mrs. Wagner’s body was taken to her home at Mackey, Ida., for burial. Mrs. Johnston had gone to Holdrege to be near her mother and was there at the time of her death. Easter Cantata Draws Crowd to Ewing Friday EWING — A capacity crowd was in attendance for the pre sentation of “Barabbas,” the Easter cantata which was given Friday evening at the United Presbyterian church with other churches participating.. The cantata was under the direction of Mrs. Keith Bid diecome assisted by Mrs. Z. H. Fry, Mrs. Lee Miller and Ina Bennett. In the drama cast were Walter Miller, Mrs. Ralph Shrader, Mrs. Archie Johnston, Roger Bennett, Janet Switzer, Rachel Shrader and Danny Mil ler. Vocalists were Mrs. Vearl Tut tle, Mrs. Dale Napier, Joan Spangler, Marilyn Johnston, Sherry Switzer, Sandra Tellan der, Kay Bergstrom, Joan Miller, Mrs. Wayne Fry, Sandra Shra rlnr AjTt'c T* HnttAn .TnHv ^narur. ler, Mrs. Wendell Switzer, Mrs. Wilbur Spangler, Glenellen Mc Daniels, Archie Johnston. Doug las Shrader, Gordon Shrader, Leo Miller, Wendell Switzer, Paul Gunter and G. D. Ryan. Mrs. Wilbur Spangler was organist and Mrs. Wilbur Bennett was pianist. Orchard Man Working In Thailand Hospital ORCHARD — Duane F. Ma beus of Orchard, who is a medi cal student at a Presbyterian hospital in Thailand, is pictured in the April publication of Pres byterian Life magazine. The picture shows Mabeus making his rounds at the hospi tal. He is in Thailand as a stu dent through the fellowship pro gram sponsored by a United States drug firm which made grants last year to 29 future doctors as part of a three-year program which will enable 90 students to go overseas. Stuart Athletes Plan Sports Banquet Apr. 17 STUART — A former Stuart high school coach and now head football coach at Loup City, Cliff Hermance, will be the featured speaker at the annual Athletic Banquet April 17 at the Stuart auditorium. Since departing from Stuart, Mr. Hermance has also coached in Kansas City, Kans. Just Arrived! BULK GARDEN SEEDS COLORADO ONION SETS Apply Crabgrass Killer NOW! We Have Halt - Vitogro - Pax — FERTILIZE Your Lawn or Garden with SCOTT'S TURF BUILDER OR VIGORO COYNE HARDWARE REED HERLEY MELVIN RUZICKA Phone 21 O’Neill Rites Held for B. J. Matthews At Lincoln Funeral services were held March 29 for Bernard J. Matt hews, 57, who died March 26 at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Lin coln. The services were conducted by Msgr. H. B. Hart in the Sacred Heart church at Lincoln. Burial was in Calvary cemetery at Lincoln. Bernard Matthews was bom in O’Neill April 28, 1903 to James F. and Kathryn JoAnn Donohoe Matthews. He grew to manhood in this community and was mar ried to Winifred Murray, also of O’Neill. September 13, 1926. They made their home here for sometime but had lived in Lin coln the past 20 years where Mr. Matthews had been owner and operator of the Nebraska Church Goods company. He was a mem ber of the Sacred Heart Catholic church, Holy Name Society and was a fourth degree , knight in the Knights of Columbus. Survivors are his wife, Wini fred; one daughter, Magdalene Ann Franssen of Lincoln; five grandchildren; three brothers, Tom and Leo, both of O’Neill, and Mike of Denver, and four sisters, Mrs. Rose Shoemaker of Win ner, S. D., Mrs. Faye C. Hill of Gordon, Mrs. Anna Crilly of Rapid City, S. D., and Mrs. Al bert Williams of Hot Springs, S. D. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. Services Held At Atkinson for Dave S. Ratliff ATKINSON — Funeral services were held March 28 for Dave S. Ratliff, 73, who died March 26 at his home after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. The services were conducted in the Seger Funeral Home with Fred R. Home and Roy L. Ries, elders of the RLDS church of ficiating. Burial was in Wood lawn cemetery. David S. Ratliff was bom Janu ary 24, 1888 to William and Florence Harp Ratliff at Douglas. In 1902 the family moved to O’ Neill and David completed his education at this place. He was married to Mary Ann Dobias October 15. 1916 at Atkin son where they made their home south of town. They also lived a few years in the Dustin com munity but the past 35 years they resided in Atkinson. Survivors are his wife. Mary A.; three sons, Neal of Bassett. Willard H. of Norfolk and Rich ard Dale of Atkinson; five daugh ters, Mrs. Joe Desieve. Mrs. John Schwindt and Mrs. Don Smith, all of Atkinson. Mrs. Robert Knape of Lincoln and Mrs. Ro bert Kissinger of Sunnyvale, Calif.; 13 grandchildren, one great grandson and one sister. Mrs. Izetta Woods of Excelsior Springs, Mo. He was preceded in death by a son, Francis Dean December 25. 1958. an infant son in 1940; two sisters, Mrs. Matt Cleary of At kinson and Mrs. Henry Murray of O’Neill, and one brother, Fred Ratliff of Salt Lake City. Utah. Pallbearers were William Mc Allister, Clede Trobough. Perry Barnes. Anton Tasler, F. E. Seger and Adolph Mlinar. Try The Frontier Want Ads — It Pays ! Morrison Tells Nebraska Needs For the Future Governor Frank Morrison Tues day night said Nebraska offered the best industrial climate in the world. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Holt Soil and Wat er Conservation district and awards banquet, the governor said Nebraskans never need be apologetic about living here. ‘'We have the waters if we can keep them from running away and we have the people if we can keep them from running away.” A strong believer in flood con trol dams and irrigation, Mor rison cited the Republican river plan as an ideal of getting high ly productive lands and ending disastrous flooding at the same time. Despite over-production now, the governor added, there are many hungry peoples in the world. The problem is not pro duction but mal-distribution, he explained, and the problem can be solved by resourceful people. “Let’s not kid ourselves,” he said, “the winner in the battle of freedom over tyranny and communism will not be deter mined on the battlefield. It will be which country and system meets the needs of the people.” This can be done only when we put together all our resources and must be done by Holt county and Nebraska people working to gether in cooperation as a part of a great movement, he said. He closed with a promise to work for the full development of the Niobrara, Elkhorn and Loup River basins. •Prior to the governor's speech, _ _1 _ awcuua ^ " ing Holt county persons. Sioux City Permanent Agricul ture winners: Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Focken, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hendricks and Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Miksch. Goodyear award, Mr. and Mrs. Milton McKathnie. Conservation photo award, Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Hamilton. Ten-year award to past district supervisor, Clarence Ernst. A sjpecial award was made to Jack McGinn of the David Moore sportsmanship trophy given by the Chicago Tribune charities for McGinn’s showing in the Golden Gloves finals in Chicago. Rites Held for Faye O. Nilson At Atkinson ATKINSON — Funeral rites were conducted March 27 in At kinson for Faye O. Nilson, 39, an Atkinson construction worker who died March 24 at a hospital in Sterling, Colo., following in juries received in a fall March 1. Mr. Nilson was injured in an accident while working at Sterl ing. He suffered multiple frac tures and internal injuries in a 21-foot fall from a steel grain bin. The services were held at the United Presbyterian church with the Rev. Raymond Kersting of ficiating. Rites were also held the same day in Blair with the Rev. Samuel Elliston of St. Mary’s Episcopal church officiat ing. Burial was in the Blair cemetery. Faye Oliver Nilson was the son of Clyde O. and Blanche L. Nilson and was bom September 29, 1921 on a farm near Phoenix, northeast of Atkinson. He at tended school in Atkinson. He spent three years in World War n and was discharged from service November 6, 1945 after overseas duty. He was married to Evelyn M. Behrens of Whiting, la., Septem ber 22, 1947 at Atkinson. The couple resided in Ainsworth, Blair and in Minnesota, moving back to Atkinson October 1, I960. Surviving him are his wife, Evelyn; two daughters, Mar garetta, 7, and Nancy Jo, 3; one son, Michael Kevin, 19 months; f~\ Nilson of Atkinson; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Roberts of Atkinson and Mrs. John W. Nelsen of Der by, Colo. Pallbearers were Lloyd M. King, Paul Vogt, Dick Meyer, Marvin H. Asselu, Sidney Peters and Melvin Hemme, all fellow workers with Mr. Nilson and employees of the Rolph Company of Luveme, Minn. Chambers High Volleyball Gals Win 92 Games CHAMBERS — The volleyball girls at Chambers high school can point with pride to their record as they have not been de feated in 92 games during the past five years. The sharp-shooting team took the championship at the Holt County Volleyball tournament held recently fn O’Neill and are once again the champions of the Sandhill Gateway Conference. First team members are Kay Tracy. Judy Beed, Judy Smith, Betty Hertel, Judy Thomson, .Karen Farrier, Danelia Whitaker and Jeanette Klabenes. Coach Duane Carson instructs the girls. Try thf Frontier Wan* Ads Ponton Insurance Insurance of All Kinds and Bonds FLORENCE PONTON, Prop Phone Iftfl_Golden Bldg. Paul Shierk INSURANCE AGENCY O’NEILL, NEBR Insurance of AD Kinds Mrs. Bob Pappenheimer To Speak Friday on Concentration Camp Mrs. Robert Pappenheimer will speak Friday at 8 p.m. in school district 14 of her experience in a concentration camp in France during World War II. She was seven and eight years old during her imprison ment. She was born in Germany and when the Nazi occupation began she was deported to France and placed in the con centration camp. As frightening as her exper iences were, Mrs. Pappenheimer states that this camp was not as bad as some. There were no gas chambers there although prison ers were taken from her camp to others where they were killed. The public is invited to hear Mrs. Pappenheimer speak. The schoolhouse is located north on highway 281, 19% miles, then west four miles. The building is on the south side of the road. Gary Fick Receives Scholastic Certificate INMAN — Gary Fick received a scholastic certificate for his competitive work in American government at the recent Inter high School contest at Kearney State Teachers college. He also competed in elementary alegbra. Others participating at the con test and their subjects were: Ru by Scholz, second year algebra and typing; Warren Hansen, world geography; Terry Anthony, English usage; Bernice Colman, bookkeeping; Kathy Fick, book keeping, and Sharon Michaelis, Mrs. Ruth Krotter To Teach at Stuart STUART — Mrs. Ruth Krotter has returned her signed contract to the Stuart board of education. She will teach seventh and eighth grades for one-half day and the kindergarten for one-half day. Mrs. Krotter will also serve as grade school principal. There is now only one vacancy in the public school. That of band instructor. Senior Play Draws Throng A large crowd attended the senior class play Monday after noon and evening in the high school auditorium. “The Campbells Are Coming” was the title of the play, a farce with hillbilly trimmings, de scribing the most effective tech nique for getting rid of an un desirable suitor. Cast members were as follows: Susan Burney as Ma Brannigan; Linda Brooks as Catalpa Tapp; Marion Rosenkrans as Betty Brannigan; Roy Bridge as Dick Brannigan; Leonard Havranek as Bildad Tapp. Nick Hammerlun as Cyrus Scudder; John Harder as Jeff Scudder; Sandra Perry as Kaye Brannigan; Bill Fmeke as Kings ton Campbell and Consie Ander son as Mrs. Augusta Campbell. Sonita Wilson was student dir ector and Bob Jenkins was stage manager. Prompters were Joyce Krogh and Larry Goedel. Ron Schmeichel was business man ager and took charge of the pro grams. He was sssisted in ad vertising by Darold Ermer and Dean Larson. Mrs. Charles Smith was in charge of make-up. Us hers were Sheryll Eisert, Gary Jeffrey and Bill Nelson. Furni ture for the play was provided by Midwest Furniture company. At the close of the matinee, the play members presented a gift to Mrs. Lois Tompkins, who directed the presentation. Fol lowing the evening performance the group adjourned to the home of Susan Burney for a party. Stuart High Wins Scholastic Trophy STUART — The Inter-High School Scholastic Trophy was won by the Stuart public school March 24 at Chadron State col lege. Carmen Givens placed first in clothing and textiles; Karen Weichman placed first in Stand ard Food Test; Maureen Coufal won third in advanced typing and Larry Addison placed third in literature. The O’Neill City Council Mon day evening voted to again spon sor a sports banquet for athletes from the O’Neill public school and St. Mary’s academy. Tenative date for the banquet has been set at April 27. FOUR HAYSTACKS WERE DESTROYED in this fire Tuesday afternoon eight miles north and three east of Atkinson. The fire started when sparks from trees and stumps, bulldozed and burned by the manager, Garhart Mommsen, were blown by the strong wind suid started a blaze, according to Atkinson Fire Chief Ivan Gilg. Mommsen and his wife helped control the fire until the Atkinson fire men arrived. The property Is owned by the Chester R. Drown company of Morrill. STRONG WINDS HAMPERED firemen when they fought this fire Sunday afternoon at the Neil Ryan property one mile west of O’Neill. Atkinson and Chambers sent trucks to assist in controlling the fire when the O’Neill trucks became mired in the swampy meadow land nearby. The EUchora river served as a barrier to the fire, bringing it to a halt. ASC Personnel Hear Report on Grain Program ASC County committee and of fice personnel attended a district meeting in St. Paul Monday to find out more about the new feed grain program which was recent ly passed by congress. While they did not receive either the average county yields for corn and grain sorghum, both dryland and irrigated, a number of questions which have been asked were answered. The new program in general provides for payments to pro ducers who divert a specified amount of com and grain sor ghum acreage to conserving use. Only com and grain sorghum producers who cooperated in the program will be eligible for sup port prices on their normal pro duction of these two crops this year. These producers will also be eligible for support on other feed grains (oats, barley and rye) raised. The diverted acreage can not be harvested or pastured, and it must be in addition to the average 1959-60 acreage devoted to soil conserving uses on the farm. The payments will be in the form of negotiable certificates for which producers may receive grain or a cash equivalent of grain. Half of the estimated total payment for a farm will be of fered to the producer as soon as he signifies that he will co operate in the program. Farmers will be notified, as soon as possible, what acreage they would be eligible to put under the feed grain program and the amount of the payment per acre they will receive. _1 National POLLED SHORTHORN CONGRESS Sioux Empire Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls, S. D. April 20 - 21, 1961 45 BULLS 25 FEMALES Range Bulls, Herd Bulls, Foundation Females Consigned from 8 states Show — 9:30 a.m. — April 20 Banquet & Annual Meeting — 7 p.m. — April 20 Sale — 9:30 a.m. — April 21 — Fairgrounds For catalog and information write American Shorthorn Association Dept. Z, Livestock Exchange Building Omaha 7, Nebraska Receive Word of Death Of Former Holt Man DORSEY — Word has been re ceived of the recent death of Watson Huber, who formerly re sided in Holt and Boyd counties with his parents. His brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leman Huber, vi sited recently in Page and brought word of Watson’s death. He also informed Page friends that his parents are living in Washington. Bartos to Move To O'Neill Area Stanley Bartos, who has been employed by the Kansas-Nebras ka Natural Gas Company, Inc., at Kimball, has been transferred to the O’Neill area. Mr. and Mrs. Bartos will move to O’Neill as soon as suitable housing can be found. Try the Frontier Want An* O'Neill Guardsmen Slate Game With Texas Cow Girls The Texas Cow Girls will meet the O’Neill National Guardsmen Friday evening in a basketball game to be played at the O’Neill high auditorium. The Cow Girls play men’s clubs and men’s rules. Now in their 11th season, the Texas Cow Girls have won wide acclaim as a top professional girl’s basket ball team. The game starts at 8 p.m. Try The Frontier Want It's an April “SPRING SPECIAL" 800 to 1000 Cattle FRIDAY, APRIL 7 11:00 A.M. Following is a partial list of consignors: R. Angus 35 fancy Holstein bred heifers, 700 to 800 lbs. A. Baird 4 Holstein springer heifers J. Kounovsky 2 Guernsey springer heifers G. Mlady 20 Angus Shorthorn cross calves F. & J. Famik 40 WF and Angford calves J. Ehrhardt 35 fancy light green Angus calves Krupieka Bros. 15 Angus calves W. Tuch 32 WF calves J. Mashek 15 WF calves E. Dryak 15 WF calves C Caufield 20 WF calves Other mixed consignments from Leiwer, Raff, Volquardsen, Ru zicka, Hansing, Thompson, Drongensen Holan. These are some of the early consignors ten days ahead of sale date. Many more by sale day on the 7th. If you have cattle for sale, bring them to VERDIGRE THIS FRIDAY. REMEMBER THE BIG BULL SALE ON APRIL 14th. Bulls consigned locally from A. Kruse; P. Sukup; B. Sukup; L. Sukup; A. Henderson; L. Moeller; Rudy Julls; F. Dobrichovsky; Other bulls from Columbus, Hartington, Pierce, Tilden, O’Neill consigned to date. If you have bulls for sale or need a replace ment, attend this sale. Watch next week’s paper for listings. HOG MARKET A BALL OF FIRE LAST MONDAY ON A RUN CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN THAT OF ONE YEAR AGO. Top reached $18.10 with the bulk of the hogs from $17.75 to $18.00. Brood sows sold from $45.00 up to $77.00. TRY THAT NEXT CONSIGNMENT OF HOGS OR CATTLE IN VERDIGRE. YOU CAN BE ASSURED OP" FULL MARKET VALUE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIGNMENTS AND WILL - . . . t-w~>-m ^ m.tm «■ mCk TTTi I 17/\I T .Tirmiv M-J > lilt I urt'M. V/ i * vv-. YOU CAN ATTEND A SALE EVERY FRIDAY IN APRIL AT VERDIGRE AS WELL AS OCR REGULAR MONDAY AUCTION. Keep these dates In mind .... FRIDAY, APRIL 7th (this week) SPECIAL CATTLE SALE FRIDAY, APRIL I4th “All Breeds Bull Sale” FRIDAY, APRIL 21st SPECIAL CATTLE SALE (The Big Red Sale Bill Sale) FRIDAY, -APRIL 28th 7:00 P.M. ANNUAL HORSE SALE VERDIGRE LIVESTOCK MARKET Don Jensen, Mgr. Phone 8G-W in Verdigre