ctatc uicr cnr Sixteen Pages s 1 A 1 “ Hoi J' Section One LiriCOL::. NEBR. In This Issue Eight Pages In Two Sections "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 80—Number 52 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 20, 1961 Seven Cents New Books Now On Display at O'Neill Library Compared 1o the 2.700 hooks which the O’Neill library had to offer the public about 10 years .ago, the present number of 7,500 books shows proof of an active, much used library. The country is observing National library Week April 18-22, juul for local observance, Bernadette Brennan, librarian, has displayed 50 new books for young people up lo 12 years. In addition many new' books have been ordered for adults several of which have already arrived. Over 15,000 books were checked out of the library last year which indicates a very high percentage of readers in O’Neill. Among the many services of fered at the library Miss Bren nan orders books from the State Library commission for high school students who need certain works for book review-s. Rural teachers make use of the library by checking out 8 or 10 books at a time for a month; business men often have Miss Brennan order specific books in connec tion w-ith their w-ork. and special displays are made for different holidays. The O’Neill Woman’s club re cently purchased new bookcases for the library and also ordered new copies of classics to replace worn out copies. St. Patrick's Al tar society has set aside a penny collector for donations to the li brary. Among the recent outstanding books, the following are available here: “The Chess Player" by Frances Parkinson Keyes; “The Dean’s Watch” by Elizabeth Goudge; “The Constant Image" by Marcia Davenport; “The Lin coln Lords” by Cameron Haw ley; “A View- from the Fortieth Floor” by Theodore H. White; “The Listener” by Taylor Cald well; “The Day Christ Was Bom” by Jim Bishop; “1 Kid You Not” by Jack Parr; “The Night They Burned the Mountain” by Dr. Thomas A. Dooley; “May This House Be Safe from Tigers” by Alexander King, and "The Snake Has All the Lines” by Jean Kerr. O'Neill High Names Students To Honor Roll The honor roll at the O’Neill public high school for the fifth six -weeks’ period includes: Freshmen—-Shirley Ennen, Di ana George, Laurell Haynes. Christine Herley, Delores Rosen krans, Dwaine Skopec and Di anne Gillespie. Sophomores — Ann Johnson. Terry Kurtz, Keith Reynoldson and Kenneth Reynoldson. Juniors—Bene Nelson. Kay Lee Rees, Robert Kramer, Melvin Sanders, Connie Brockman, Nor ma Kotrous, Raymond Fox, Gail Johring and Ruth Ann Walker. Baptists to Begin Conference Sunday CHAMBERS—The sixth annual Missions’ Conference of the Memorial Baptist church of Chambers will begin this Sunday and continue through April 30. Services will be held every night beginning at 7:15 p.m. Mis sion films, slides, displays and messages will be seen and heard. Sipeakers wall include Bob and Harriet Foster, working with the Navajo Indians in New Mexico; Donna Garwood. missionary candidate to Africa: Lyle and Helen Scholz, missionary candi dates to New- Guinea; the Ne braska Child Evangelism Fellow ship, and the Nebraska Christian high school. Riese Found Dead At Page Farmhome Art Riese. age 60, was found dead in a farmhouse near Page about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. Death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Riese s body was found by John Denies, owner of the farm, who had gone to see how Mr. Riese was feeling. Mr. Riese had complained earlier of not feeling well. The body was taken to the Jones Funeral home at Spencer. Clinkscales Announces Closing of Town House Mrs. Joyce Clinkscales announc ed Thursday that she is closing the Town House the middle of June and will open a new supper club in Oskaloosa, la., a city of 11,024 population. She signed the lease last week and her new establishment will be known as the Town House. It will be housed in a new building which will soon be completed. The interior decorating is now in pro gress. The O'Neill Town House opened 10 years ago in March. Mrs. Clinkscales first came here 14 years ago at which time she op erated the Tom Tom Cafe. Services Planned Here Today for Mrs. Fred Fetrow Mrs. Fred Fetrow, 86, mother of Dale and Paul Fetrow of O' Neill, died Tuesday at the rest home in Stuart. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Biglin’s chapel in O’Neill by the Rev. Charles Gates, of Atkinson. Pallbearers will be Matt Beha, D. A. Baker, Levi Fuller, Byron Grenier. Dwight and Dwayne Phil-brick. Burial will be in the Page cemetery. Pearl B. Tucker Fetrow was bom February 5, 1875 at Wilbur to Jasper and Nancy Tucker. She grew to womanhood at Wilbur where she was graduated from the Wilbur high school in 1892. She taught school for a number of years in the Wilbur communi ty, where her family had been among the early settlers. She was married to Fred W. Fetrow at Beatrice May 5, 1909 and three sons were born to this couple. Mr. and Mrs. Fetrow made their home first at Hebron, later living in Gordon and in Martin, S. D. In the spring of 1930 they came to Holt county where they continued to make their home, moving to O'Neill in 1947. Mr. Fetrow7 preceded her in death in 1958. Survivors include three sons. Dale and Paul of O’Neill and Claude of Orlando, Fla., and nine grandchildren. Plans Made for Annual May Tea Plens were made for the May Teas at the Holt County Exten sion Council meeting Tuesday in the courthouse annex when Mrs. Louis Siebert of Atkinson pre sided. The teas will be held at Stuart May 3, O'Neill on May 4, Ewing on May 5, Atkinson on May 9 at which time Mrs. Sylvia Leslie of Jamaica and Miss Ethel Sax ton from the College of agricul ture. will be guests. Mrs. Catherine Indra, Home Extension agent, will conduct an unusual cake decorating demon stration and will show a film strip at each center. A committee is to be appointed to make plans for a scholarship for a senior girl who intends to take home economics or nurs ing. ATKINSON—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stolte celebrated their 59th wed ding anniversary Saturday but did not plan any special observance of the day. The couple was married April 15. 1902 at Alliance and shortly af ter moved to a farm three and one-half miles southwest of Atkinson where they have lived all their married life. Mr. and Mrs. Stolte have six children. Mrs. Ottmar Possnecker and Mrs. Everett Hale, both of Atkinson. Mrs. Logan Simpkins of South Sioux City, Mrs. William H. Grayum of Seattle, Wash.. Elmer Stolte of Oakland. Calif., and Mrs. Norman Tegeler of Lincoln. COUNTRY (U B WOMEN met Wednesday morning at the club house for the opening meeting of the season. Retiring president, Mrs. Earl Hunt, turned the meeting over to the new president. Mrs. Don Becker. In the above group are new board members and also those who retire this season. They are: (I. to r.) Mesdames Don Becker, Duke Kersenbrock, Earl Hunt, Ted Kyster, Dale Wilson, George Carstens, Fritz Yantzi, Bob Berigan and Bill Artus. Mrs. Bob Devoy, a member, was not present. Retiring members are Kersenbrock, Wilson and Hunt. Mrs. Berigan replaces Mrs. Wilson as secretary and treasurer. Hoover Sentenced To Penitentiary John Herbert Hoover appear ed in District court Monday morn ing and pled guilty to a charge of breaking and entering a gar age at Atkinson. District Judge William C. Smith sentenced Hoo ver to four years in the State Penitentiary. Hoover was apprehended by state patrolmen last week after a chase which ended when a tire was shot out on Hoover’s car. A check with other authorities showed that Hoover had been in prison at least three times pre viously, including a term in the federal penitentiary in Missouri for bootlegging. Wool Producers Reminded of May 1 Deadline With the 1960 wool marketing year closed, and the 1961 year beginning, growers were re minded today of the importance of complete records on their sales of wool and unshorn lambs. Producers are eligible for payments for the 1960 market ing year for wool and unshorn lambs marketed not later than March 31 of this year. Later marketings will be eligible for payments for the 1961 year. Floyd Butterfield, chairman of the Holt County ASC committee, reminds wool growers that the sales documents must show the true net sales proceeds including deductions made for freight and other marketing changes. Where false information is filed, both the producer and the wool buyer are subject to penalties. Applications for payment under the 1960 program must be filed at the Courtly ASC office not later than May 1. The average price received by farmers for wool during the entire marketing year can then be calculated and the payment rate announced. Pay ments to growers wall be made sometime during the summer. For the 1959 wool marketing year, 5,805 sheep growers in Ne braska received net shorn wool payments amounting to $645,933.61, and 3,572 Nebraska lamb growers received net pay ments of $182,002.06 on unshorn lambs sold. These amounts repre sent payments after deductions withheld for the gravers’ contri butions to a fund for promoting the use of lamb and wool pro ducts. Deductions were 1 cent per pound for wool sold and 5 cents per hundredweight for lambs sold. Clinic Planned At Ainsworth An extension clinic will be held for crippled children of this area at the elementary grade school in Ainsworth Saturday. Clinic registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and is to be completed by 10:30 a.m. Examining specialists will be Dr. Dwight W. Burney, ortho pedist from Omaha and Dr. Michael Crofoot. pediatrician from Omaha. Children who are not now re ceiving services under this pro gram may be admitted to the clinic when referred by the fami ly physician. Children who are already receiving treatment under services for crippled child ren will be seen for check-up and after-care services. A lunch is being furnished by the Elks Lodge to all children and their parents who are regi stered for the clinic. Jolly Workers Celebrate On Anniversary RIVERSIDE—Forty years ago nine farm women met with Mrs. Dan Austin to organize the Jolly Workers club with Daisy Miller as their president. Thursday afternoon the club celebrated its 40th anniversary with an open house observance at the Z. H. Fry home. One charter member, Mrs. Emily Johnston, is still a member of the club. Mesdames Dan Aus tin, Merna Buckingham, Dave Duncan, Mina Craig, Joe Hoerle, Jake Hoerle, Hillard, Carrie Gibbs and Daisy Miller were also charter members. Attending the open house were the following former members: Tillie Conner. Carrie Gibbs, Wan da Larson. Luellen Jones, Dora Lorenzen. Daisy Miller, Alberta Napier, Betty Napier, Mary Lou Napier, Norma Napier, Hene Schmitz. Aletha Woslager and Myrtle Kimes. Die club, originally formed to help the hostess with her work. grew7 from nine members to twenty the first year. Die largest number of members was 43 and at the present time there are 28 members. Officers of the club now are Frances Shrader, president; Lucille Biddlecome, vice presi dent, and Luella Bennett, secre tary and treasurer. Florence Hoke, Algenia Hord and Luella Bennett presented a history of the club since its beginning in February7, 1921. Other present members are Kitty Fry7. Margaret Fry, Hazel Gunter, Martha Gunter. Edna Johnston, Lena Lee. Ardis Mc Daniel, Joyce Montgomery, Laree Mott. Bessie Napier, Fern Pollock, Edna Rotherham, Alice Shrader. Belva Shrader, Lola Shrader, Martha Shrader, Ruth Ann Shrader, Mary Sturbaum, Lovenia Switzer, Frances Tom jack, Georgie Wiegand and Flora Young. Wheeler County Jury Finds Plugge Innocent BARTLETT—A Wheeler county district court jury found Walter Plugge of Bartlett not guilty of charges of four counts of forgery on chattel mortage notes. The jury deliberated from 12:30 to 11:05 p.m. Saturday. The state alleged that Plugge, a bank director, forged the name of his son, Walter Lee Plugge, on notes in the now defunct Bart lett State Bank. Evidence was shown by the defense that the handwriting on the notes was not that of the de fendant, but that of a bank of ficial. Defense also introduced evidence to show that on August 20, 1958, the date one of the notes was signed, Plugge w-as in Ne ligh where his wife underwent major surgery at Antelope Mem orial hospital. A number of character witnes ses were introduced who testi fied as to Plugge's integrity and honesty7. O'Neill Firemen Called To Quench Grass Blaze O’Neill firemen were called to extinguish a small grass fire Sunday evening near the drive-in theatre. Only a small amout of damage was caused by the fire but approximately $125 damage was done to the rear of the fire chief’s car when it was in col lision with one driven by John Schmitz. About $100 damage was done to the front of the Schmitz auto. Holt county sheriff Leo Tom jack investigated the mishap. State Committee Nixes Reorganization Plans Three petitions for school dis tricts reorganization have been reviewed and were not approved by the State Reorganization com mittee. Following are the districts petitioning for change of bound aries: To dissolve Dist. No. 125 and to annex the territory to Dist. 29 to dissolve Districts 56 and 122 and to annex the terri tory to Dist. 49, recommending that the schoolhouse be located on the southeast comer of section 23, township 31, range 9; to dis solve 155 and 159 and to annex the territory to Dist. 89. O'Neill Lions Club Plans Fund Drive The O'Neill Lions club this week announced start of its an nual magazine subscription com paign to raise funds to purchase sick room equipment for free use in the county. Equipment needed includes portable wheel chairs, invalid walkers, hospital beds and other sick room equipment. Lions Club President Rev. A. S. Gedwillo said. Some such equipment is now' available for free home use by residents of Holt county and is now housed in O’Neill, he added. Reverend Gedwillo said a bonded representative of the pub lisher with credentials signed by officers of the Lions club will call on Holt county residents to explain the plan in full detail. Donations will not be accepted or solicited. For further information regard ing use of the equipment con tact Rev. Gedwillo. Grain Rates Set For Holt County The following rates have been established for Holt county for com and grain sorghums, both irrigated and dryland. Irrigated com. 69.9 bushels. $39.30 (50% payment) and $47.20 (60% payment); Dryland com. 28.3 bushels. $16 (50%) and $19.20 (60%); irrigated grain sorghum, 66.2 bushels, $33.60 (50%) and $40.30 (60%), and dryland grain sorghum, 22. 9 bushels, $11.60 (50%) and $13.90 (60%). The local county office is work ing on setting the individual farm rates and official notices will be mailed to all interested in the farms. Both the tenant and the landlord will be advised of the rates. It is expected that sign-up meetings will be scheduled in the variojs towns in the county af ter the notices have been mailed. Clearwater Youth Hurt in Mishap CLEARWATER—A five- year old boy suffered serious injury April 12 when a wagon load of com, beding pulled by a tractor, passed over his body. The youngster, Jackie, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lund, was taken to Antelope Memorial hos pital where his condition is de scribed as "improved.” The accident occurred when Jackie fell from the wagon and both of the wagon wheels ran over him. No bones were broken. Holt Countians Buy $127,159 in Bonds E and H saving bond sales in Holt county amounted to $127,059 last month, according to Lyle P. Dierks, county chair man. Expect 2,400 Students Here For District Music Contests Don't Laugh! It Could Be You Tliis is the time of year when the man of the honse buys the new fishing and golfing equip ment, then uses all types of unsportsmanlike methods of hoodwinking the little woman. It brings to mind Max Gold en's purchase last fall of a beautiful new boat motor. The large crate bearing the motor was delivered to the house and when Max got home, his wife apprehensively asked what it contained. “Oh, it’s just a motor, honey, but don’t worry. I'm just going to try it out ami it’s going right back.” Five minutes later she sur prised him burning the crate. Tickets on Sale for Lions Talent Contest Four places have been desig nated for advanced sale of tick ets for the Lions Club Talent con test which will be held at 8 p.m. in the O’Neill high school audi torium Monday. Tickets will be available at the Devoy Drug store, Safeway Store Coast to Coast and New Outlaw. Plan Work Day At Club Sunday All Country' Club golfers arc expected at the club Sunday at 9 a.m. to work one day cleaning up the golf course and clearing it of rubbish in preparation for the coming season. Golfers who are unable to be at the club Sunday to assist with the work, are being asked to donate money toward the pur chase of hams for the “pot luck" dinner that evening at 5 p.m. All families, and members are urged to attend the dinner. Each fami ly is asked to bring one covered dish. The opening stag Monday was termed a "big success” by club president, Allan Jaszkowiak. There were 135 members present for the turkey dinner. O'Neill Deanery Planning Annual Meeting May 1 Members of the O’Neill Dean ery will hold their anuual spring meeting May 1 at 2 p.m. in Clearwater at which time the St. Theresa guild women will be hostesses. The Rev. Peter Dunne of Pierce, moderator of the National Rural Life Movement in Nebras ka. will be guest speaker. O’Neill Deanery is made up of all the Catholic women in Atkinson, Emmet, Amelia, O’^ Neill, Spencer, Butte, Lynebr Ewing, Deloit. Clearwater and Neligh. New officers who will be instal led at the spring meeting are as follows: Mrs. Thomas Keefe of Spencer, president; Mrs. A. C. Anderson of Neligh. vice presi dent; Mrs. Ed Bouska of Atkin son, secretary, and Mrs. A1 Hav ranek of Emmet, treasurer. Mrs. Robert Devoy of O’Neill is retir ing president An estimated number of be tween 2,000 and 2.400 high school students and adults are expected in O'Neill for the District III Music contest Thursday and Fri day. There are 1,800 students regl stered lor vocal, instrumental and band divisions which will be held at St. Mart 's academy and O’Neill high school. The additional number expected will be from those who ac company the contestants. Contest judges will be Carbon Chaffee. Charles Krusentjerna and Myron L. Osterberg, all of the University of South Dakota at Vermillion, and Rupert Good brod and Wayman E. Walker, both of the Colorado State college at Greeley. District managing committee members are M. J. Baack of O' Neill, chairman: W. Ludington of Stanton, vice chairman; K. E. Shibata of Albion, secretary and treasurer, and Ted Skillstad of Norfolk, board member. Local contest management con sists of Mr. Baack, director: Henry Lohaus and Dale Fetrow, general chairmen; Mrs. Roy Shelhammer and Mrs. Joe Mc Carville, chairmen of door com mittee, and Ted McElhaney. Mrs. Ira Moss and Mrs. Harold Holt 4-H Team To Compete In Oklahoma A 4-H team from Holt county which competed for national honors last year, will be one of two 4-H teams to represent Ne braska at the National Range and Pasture Judging contest at Oklahoma City, Okla., April 27-28. Members of the Holt county team include Gary Pick of In man. Keith Krugman. Richard Hill and Charles Hill, all of O'Neill. They win be accompa nied bv their leader, Waiter Rck. The other 4-H team is from Dundy county. Also from Nebras ka will be a team composed of Future Farmers of America. Page Juniors Present Three Act Mystery PAGE—A large crowd attended the junior class play entitled "Mystery in the Library,” a three-act mystery-comedy pre sented last week. Following is a list of east mem bers : Alvin Crumly, Aletha Rutherford, Jim Melcher, Loren Boelter, Ron Asher, Ben Asher, Linda Smith, Marylin Parks, Jon Cork, Arnold Hall, Harlan Saltz, Byron Blain, Charles Hovey and Pat O’Brien. Mrs. R. F. Park was the director. Between acts musical numbers were presented by Aletha Rutherford, Alvin Crumly, Gene Harvey, Dennis Ickes. Rodney Kennedy, Norman Wettlaufer and Fred Cronk. C of C Announces Krazy Day Winners Winners in the Krazy Days Krazy Kostume contest were: Mrs. Ward Smith, of the Lee Store, first place; Elmer Alder of Van Vleck Motors, second and Emerson Steele of the Gamble store, third. Lindberg, chairman of the steno graphic committee. Thursday's program consists of the following schedule: Instru mental solos, Class D, St. Mary’s auditorium, 8 to 12 noon; instru mental solos, C, SMA recreation, 8 to 11:45 a.m.; glee clubs and mixed chorus, C and D, IHS auditorium, 8 to 11:50 am.; miscellaneous groups, C and I>, SMA auditorium, 12:15 to 5:12 p.m.; instrumental, C, SMA re creation, 1 to 4:54 p.m. chorus. C and D, and hand, D, IHS audi torium, 1 to 4:44 p.m. vocalists. D, SMA auditorium, 6:45 to 9:26 p.m.; vocalists. D, SMA re creation. 6:45 to 9:08 p.m., and bands, C, OHS auditorium, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Friday's program will be: vocalists and instrumental, B, SMA auditorium, 8 to 12:06 p.m.; vocalists, B, SMA recreation, 8 to 11:18 a.m.; instrumental, B, OHS auditorium, 8 to 11:54 a.m.; pianists, D, C, and B, SMA audi torium 1:54 to 3:30 p.m.; miscel laneous, B, OHS auditorium, 1 to 3:30 p.m., and bands, B, OHS auditorium 6:30 to 8:49 p.m Class B schools, the superinten dents and music supervisors are as follows: Ainsworth, Supt. F. R Haun, Robert Leishman and Ron ald Elliston. music supervisors; Rock county, Supt. Warren Me Clurg, Joseph Chapman; Creigh ton, Supt. Bill Stafford, Duane Booth; Neligh, Supt E. Warren Peterson. Donald Schumacher; O’Neill, Supt. Baack, Miss Alvara Ramm and Duane Miller; Plain view, Supt. James L. Withee, Richard D. Davenport, and Valentine, Supt. Sam Metcalf. Bill Thom Class C s c h o o 1 s—Atkinson, Supt. Jack Steven, Leona Kil murry and Rex Thompson; Butte. Supt. Galen Cheuvront. David Morgan; Ewing, Supt G. D. Ryan, * also the supervisor; Keya Paha county, Supt. Ramon Mieth, Robert Resseguie; Nio brara, Supt. Robert Pease. Carl Nielsen; St. Joseph, Atkinson, Sister M. Puleheria and Sister Mary Blaise; St. Mary’s acade my, O’Neill, Mother M. Antonel la, Duane Miller and Sister Flores; Spencer, Supt. Leo Marx. John J. Vondracek: Tilden, Supt. Robert C. Sweenie, James Fors ter and Verdigre, Supt. Robert Sheckler, Esther Deitchman Class D—Clearwater. Supt Casper P. Engelhaupt. Leonard H. Sawyer; Elba, Supt. Clinton A. Wells, George Vondracek; Elgin. Supt. Vernon F. Linnaus, Paul Rimovsky; Erieson, Supt. W. C. Priestley, Mary Ann Wat son; Inman, Supt. Nerman D. Card, Leonard Sawyer; Lynch. Supt. Joseph I. Walsh, John Bowen; Meadow Grove, Supt. Gustave J. Blade, Carol J. Henry and Leonard Sawyer; Naper, Supt. L. M. Carter; Oakdale. Supt. Bob Ashbum, Paul Rimov sky. Orchard. Supt. Fred Deter ville, Mrs Neil A. Henry; Page, Supt. Dale Lewis, Leonard Saw yer; Primrose, Supt. William T. Speich, Sister Claudia; Royal, Supt. Fred E. Terry, Leonard Sawyer; St. Boniface. Elgin. Sister M. Carlotta, OSF, Sister M. Mark; St. John the Baptist. Petersburg, Sister M. Petronelle, OSF. Sister M. Olata; Spalding academy, Sister Vernon, Sister Claudia; Stuart, Supt. James A. Carr Ron Jones; Wheeler county. Bartlett. Supt. Greeley D. Price, Harley L. Miller, and Wolbach, Supt. J. A. Conway, Mrs. Belva Tack. THE WINNERS OF THE O’NEILL INVITATIONAL track meet Tuesday afternoon in O’Neill_ the O’Neill high school team took the honors with 971-/2 points. St. Mary's academy won second place with 37 points, and Chambers was in third place with 35. Members of the O’Neill team are (front row. I. to r.) Ron Schmeichel, Leonard Havranek and Jerry Kilcoin; (back row, 1. to r.) Assistant Coach Kokrda, Mike Hand, Curt Larson, Darren Ermer, Jery Dexter and Coach Hawley. Welcome, District III Music Students