. oTVte HISTORICAL 50CILI i NEBRASKA ,. jr03to LinCOli*. * STATE HIST SOC 0 q LINCOLN. N E 3 R . ^ 1 XXX Largest Circulation Newspaper Between ixteen ages South Sioux City In Two Sections and . Section One Casper, Wyoming "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 81—Number 1 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 27, 1961 Seven Cents Final Results of Dist.lll Music Contest Released Over 2,(XX) students and adults were in O’Neill Thursday and Friday for the District III Music Contest which was held in O’Neill public high school and St. Mary’s academy. Following is a list of the in strumental and vocal contestants and their ratings: (1 superior, 2 —excellent, 3— good and 4—fair). These are Class D schools: Clarinet solo 2, Bill Coventry of Inman, Connie Bowlby of Lynch and Charlotte Tuma of El ba. 3, Helen Snider of Clearwater. Trombone solo 2, Thomas Rundquist of Royal, Bemiece Coleman of Inman, Marilyn Si ders of Inman and Gail Grant of Meadow Grove. 3, Tom Melcher of Page, Connie Nissen of Page, Bill Heckert of Elgin and Lee Jackson of Elba. E alto saxophone—1, Marlin Barnes of Lynch and Kenneth Porter of Elba. 2, Caroline Max of Page, Janis Daniels of Mea dow Grove and Dennis Collins of Meadow Grove. 3, Peggy Crumly of Page and James Ras mussen of Elba. B tenor saxophone—2, Bonnie Heiss of Page, Carmen Givens of Stuart and Jane Harrocks of Meadow Grove. 3, Carolyn Hall man of Page. Comet solo—2, Alvin Crumly of Page, Garnett Gillogly of Inman and Jo Ella Rasmussen of Elba. 3, Doris Synowski of Elba and Carol Sucksdorf of Meadow' Grove. Violin solo—1, Kay Kelly of In man. Clarinet solo—3, Maureen Cou fal of Stuart. JLICll *J*CI -1, Berg. 2. Lorraine Butterfield of Inman. 3, Donna Sanne of Clear water. Trumpet solo 1. Jean Mulhair of Lynch. 2, Jim Melcher of Page and Dean Fauhel of Elgin. 3, Larry Walker of Page. Brass quartet—4, Elba. These are Class C schools: Clarinet solo—1, Helen Gokie of St. Mary’s. 2. Janice Sweet of Atkinson. Judy Spangler of Ew ing, Joan Spangler of Ewing and Mildred Ficenec of Spencer. 3. Marion Corkle of Tilden. Trombone solo—1, Kenneth Lis ka of Niobrara. 2, Carol Ander son of Spencer. E alto saxophone solo—2, Shar on Holmberg of Spencer and Smo key Spann of Keya Paha. B tenor saxophone solo—2 plus. Ken Miller of Spencer and Mary Welke of Keya Paha. E mellophone solo—2, Carol Cameron of Niobrara. Comet solo—1, Dale Anders of Niobrara. 2, Lonnie Gibson of Ke ya Paha. 3, Frances Becker of Spencer. Flute solo—1, Jean Soulier of Tilden and Janall Soulier. 2, Rosemarie Zaubik of Niobrara and Elinor Blair of Spencer. 3, LaRoyce Blunt of Ewing. Snare drum solo—2, John Sielar of Spencer. Wind bass solo—2, Dennis Roe ther of Butte. Bell lyra solo—2, Karen Lauts of Spencer. French horn solo—2, Neil Smith of Atkinson. Clarinet duet—1, Ewing. (Continued on page 4.) Elmer Devaiis Plan Ooen House Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Devall will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Friday and in ob servance of the occasion will hold open house at their home Sun day, Apr. 30, from 2 to 5 p.m. The couple takes this means of notifying their friends and relatives and to invite them to attend. They request no gifts. Rites Held for Mrs. W. C. Smith At Ainsworth AINSWORTH -Mrs. William C Smith, wife of District Judge Wil liam C. Smith jr., died about 10 p.m. April 19 when stricken ap parently by a heart attack, while visiting friends in Valentine. Funeral services were held Sat urday in the Ainsworth Con gregational church. Burial was in the cemetery at Ainsworth. Mrs. Smith was the former Helen Virginia Lindberg of Lin coln. She was married to Mr. Smith in 1934 at Lincoln, shortly after he received his law degree at the University of Nebraska and smarted law practice in Long Pine. They moved to Ainsworth several years ago. She was active in the Woman’s Fellowship of the Congregational church. A member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, she was a past worthy matron of Blanche Chapter, Long Pine. She was also a past guardian of Job’s Daughters. Survivors are her husband; a rlaiifrhfer. Mrs. Robert Oem of Sioux City, and a son, Bob, a freshman in Ainsworth high school. Mass Band Concert Planned at Royal ROYAL—May 5 is a big day for Royal and surrounding com munities as five bands, under the direction of L. H. Sawyer, will present a combined band concert in the new Royal audi torium. The Band Mothers club has been busy for months preparing for the coming event. The entire community is cooperating to make a success of the meeting. Baseball Mothers To Meet Sunday All mothers of Little League, Minor League and Pony League baseball players are urged to attend a meeting Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Legion hall at O’Neill, for the purpose of organizing a drive for funds for baseball equipment. There is a need of additional baseball equipment and supplies for the coming baseball season. There has been such great num bers of players turning out for the sport this year, that it is necessary to raise funds to meet expenses which will occur. Doug Drueke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Drueke of O’Neill is shown here as he made his first communion Sunday morning at St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Officiating at the rite was Father John Hynes, a distant relative of young Doug. Father Hynes stopped in O’Neill over the weekend on his way to Ireland after spending the past seven years in the Philippine Islands. He was a guest in the Matt Hynes home during his visit in O’Neill Lloyd Rubecks Honored On 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rubeck celebrated their 50th wedding an niversary by holding open house at the Town House Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Assisting them in the celebra tion were their children, Mrs. Ivan Johnson of Wakefield, Mrs. Milford Coats of O’Neill and El win Rubeck of Chambers; also their five grandchildren and other relatives and friends. Hazel Tidrick and Lloyd Ru beck were married at her par ents’ home near Wayne April 20, 1911. They moved to Granite Falls, Minn., where they resided for four years after which they returned to Wayne county and lived there until 1938. At this time they moved to Holt county where they ranched for 10 years. They sold their property and Mr. Ru beck managed the Standard Oil station until his semi-retirement in 1958. A three-tier cake trimmed in gold bells and flowers beauti fied the table at the open house Sunday, along with a floral ar rangement and candelabra. Mrs. Helen Honeywell cut and served the cake and Mrs. Viona Cuddy presided at the coffee service. Mrs. Cherri Schmidt assisted with serving and Miss Lynda Rae Coats, a granddaughter, served the punch. Miss Kathy Rubeck, another granddaughter, was in charge of the guest book and Miss Karen Ermer took care of the gifts. Guests from out-of-town, be sides Rubeck’s children and their families, were: Mr. and Mrs. Norman Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Packer, all of Wakefield, and Mr. and Mrs. John Honey well of Chambers. Cal Thompson Hurt In Fall at Ranch ATKINSON — Cal Thompson was taken to the Clarkson hos pital in Omaha April 19 for treatment of a fractured verta brae in the upper part of his back, and other injuries, suf fered when he fell from the roof of a building at the White Horse Ranch April 15. He had been receiving medical attention at the Atkinson Mem orial hospital prior to his trans fer to Omaha. Wavruneks Observe 50th Anniversary VERDIGRE—Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wavrunek of Verdigre, long pioneer residents of Knox county, quietly observed their golden wedding anniversary Sunday at the home of their son, Leonard Wavrunek and family near Ver digre. Relatives attended a dinner given in honor of the couple. They have two children, Mrs. Bolton Randa and Leonard Wavrunek. both of Verdigre and six grand children. Two sons died several years ago. The couple entertained at a dance in the local ZCBJ hall that evening. Representative Here James Hoffman, field repre sentative of the Norfolk social security office, will be in the courtroom of the Butte courhouse from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 4. Saint Louis Trio To Present Concert The Saint Louis trio will ap pear in O’Neill May 3 at the OHS auditorium at 8:15 p.m. for the third and final O’Neill Communi ty Concerts association. Three distinguished St. Louis instrumentalists will provide five different kinds of instrumental music. They are Melvin Ritter, assistant concert master of the St. Louis Symphony, Olga Zil boorg, cellist of the St. Louis Symphony, and Jane Allen, pianist, winner of the Artist Pre sentation Award in St. Louis. Four File Petitions For Naturalization Four petitions for naturaliza tion were filed in the district court during the past week. Submitting applications for naturalization were Jill Gesiriech of Chambers, Rosa Walnofer of Atkinson, Margarete Dobrovolny of Atkinson and Elly Spahn of Ewing. Rites Held for Mrs. J. Nelson At Spencer SPENCER—Mrs. Janettie Nel __ on a on OVll< Ul | l md\J 111 U1V Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday in the United Lutheran church at Spencer by the Rev. Hugh Dowler. Burial was in the Union cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. Pallbearers were her grandsons. Janettie Brownfield Nelson was bom October 22, 1873 to Elias and Elizabeth Brownfield at Champaign, HI. She came to Shelby at an early age accompa nied by her parents. They moved to Boyd county in 1891 by covered wagon. She was married to Christian Nelson August 19. 1892 and they homesteaded on Ponca Creek, three miles east of Spencer. In 1946 she moved to Omaha where she lived until 1952 when she moved to Center and resided with her son, Alfred. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Clara Anderson of Mission. S. D., Mrs. Elsie Schonebemer of Hollister, Calif., Mrs. Amelia Koehn of Niobrara and Mrs. Goldie Bryce of Bloomfield; four sons. Kari and Elmer of Duran go, Colo., Alfred of Center and Roy of Anchorage, Alaska; 24 grandchildren; 40 great grand children and one sister, Mrs. Charles Sinclair of Gendale. Calif. Mrs. Schaffer to Speak At District 14 PTA Mrs. D. C. Schaffer will be guest speaker Friday at 8 p.m. at School District 14 which is located about 19 miles north on highway 281 and four miles west. She will present a film of Alaska, taken when she visited her daughter when she taught school there. The program is sponsored by the PTA. All persons are wel come. Refreshments will be served. Oh Those Aching Feet! How do you think the young ladies spent their spending money when they were visiting our city last week during the Music Contest? First guess would be lipstick, or maybe hats or purses. If that's the way you guessed, you’re wrong! Gamble’s report a sell of 435 pairs of flat heel shoes by 5:30 p.m. the first day of the con test. They just couldn’t face that walk back up to the academy and schoolhouse in their high heels. Neighbors Help Extinguish Blaze VENUS—Neighbors assisted at ihe Ralph Brookhouser farm Sun ' day afternoon in extinguishing a fire which had started from burn ing leaves. The fire was quickly brought finder control. Those helping were Mr. and Mrs. Ora Caskey, Larry and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Finch, Mr. and Mrs. L. Hines and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Podony and Richard, Dennis Von Seggren and Donald Kinnison. Cattle Industry Film To Be Available Soon ATKINSON—Robert H. Clif ford, Atkinson rancher and presi dent of the Sandhills Cattle as sociation, announces the ordering of a 25 minute sound-color, edu cational movie regarding the range area’s cattle industry. Cameras of the producer, Max Howe of Rapid City, S. D., will become a familiar sight in the range country this summer. The film will be available for all organizations interested. Associa tion officials state that the film will be ready for distribution next spring. Judging Team Departs for Oklahoma City Six O’Neill business firms and organizations are again sponsor ing the Holt County Range Judg i,