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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
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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,<g team which left Tuesday af
ternoon for Oklahoma City where
the members will participate in
the National Judging contest
Thursday and Friday.
Sponsoring the team are The
O’Neill Production Credit associa
tion, Federal Land Bank associa
tion of O’Neill, O’Neill National
Bank, First National Bank of O’
Neill, O’Neill Livestock Market
and the O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce.
Members of the team are
Gary Fick of Inman, Keith
Krugman and Richard and
Charles Hill. They were ac
companied by Walter Fick and
Bob Hill. The group, although
unable to compete as a team
because they represented Ne
braska at the national contest
last year, totaled over 100 point
above this year’s state winning
team from Dundee county.
Last year at the national con
test J. Homolka of Chambers was
a team member in the place of
Charles Hill. The team tied for
sixth place and Gary Fick placed
seventh as an individual. Twenty
two states and 18 foreign
countries were represented at
last year’s contest.
This year the team has been
working out nearly every week
since the early part of January1
to better last year’s position.
Little League Practice
Slated Here Friday
rirst pracuce iux juum cuiu
Midget League baseball players
will be held Friday at 6:15 p.m.
at Carney Park, according to
their coaches, Joe OUendick and
Lambert Belina jr.
Players in these leagues and
their parents met Sunday after
noon in the Legion hall for dis
cussion of schedules and plans
for the season. Only 16 members
are allowed on each team for
state play. There is still room
for additional players on the
Midget and Junior Leagues and
anyone interested may appear for
practice Friday evening.
Practice will be held Monday.
Wednesday and Friday of each
week at 6:15 p.m. until school
closes.
Rural Students Plan
Sioux City Excursion
Rural eighth grade students will
go to Sioux City Tuesday at 7
a.m. on the annual trip and tour,
returning here about 7:30 p.m.
Miss Alice French, county sup
erintendent of schools, will ac
company them.
May 12 is the date for the eighth
grade graduation exercises which
will be held in the O’Neill high
school auditorium.
Students Present
Sunday Service
National College Day was ob
served at the First Presbyterian
church in O’Neill when students
from Hastings college presented
the services Sunday morning.
Participating were Kathy Bra
dy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Lee Brady jr. of O’Neill, Jan
McCune, Brenda Hill, Marsha
Frey and Lanny LaRue of Cham
bers. The four girls were week
end guests in the Brady home.
Here's Your Chance to Tell
How to Spend Tax Money
O'Neill Youths
Held on Charge
at Columbus
Platte County Sheriff Hermar
Christiansen Tuesday took Sam
my Strong of O’Neill into custody
and is holding him in the county
jail at Columbus on a warrant
charging him with the debauch
ing of a minor March 17.
Sheriff Christiansen informed
The Frontier Wednesday that he
has asked the Omaha authorities
to place a hold order on Gayle
Boyle of O’Neill on the same
charges. Boyle is in an Omaha
hospital receiving medical care
for injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident Tuesday evening
in Omaha.
Another O’Neill boy, Pat Mc
Connell, was in Boyle’s car at
the time of the accident but was
not injured.
Suiters Caught in
Tornado in Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Red Suiter and
two daughters are getting used
to tornadoes, after coming
through one safely Thursday in
Iowa, their second experience
with such storms.
The Suiters were returning
from Ft. Dodge when the tornado
struck about two miles out from
the city. They were bringing back
a boat on a trailer, hooked to
the back of the car.
When hard rains and hail
started pelting the car, Suiter
pulled onto a country road. How
ever, the winds began hitting
them crosswise and he drove on
to a farm lane. This, too, failed
as the winds changed while they
were parked there and a tornado
struck tearing the boat and trai
ler from the car and into a ditch.
A half-block away from them,
sign poles, as large as telephone
poles, were snapped as though
they were toopthpicks.
None of the Suiters were hurt
and the boat was only scratched
by fence wires. Drivers passing
by helped Suiter lift the boat
and trailer back on the road.
Iris Society Plans
Annual Show June 3
ATKINSON—June 3 is the
tentative date set for the Atkin
son Iris Society’s 14th annual
show to be held in the Atkinson
high school auditorium.
The theme will be “A Century
in Iris.’’
Mike Smith Improved
Following Amputation
Mrs. Duane Miller of Emmet in
forms The Frontier that her fa
ther, Mike Smith, Spencer Hydro
Chief operator, formerly of O’
Neill, is showing satisfactory im
provement from surgery April 12
at Omaha where his right leg
was amputated above the knee.
It is hoped that he might be
able to return to his home from
Clarkson hospital the latter part
of this week.
Amputation became necessary
when his leg failed to heal fol
lowing an accident March 25, 1958
at the Spencer Dam. He was
clearing an ice jam at the dam
when he fell and was swept
through the trash gate. A hugh
chunk of ice struck him and
crushed his leg against a rock.
He has undergone surgery five
different times since the acci
dent and has been in the hospital
on numerous occasions for com
plications.
Mrs.'Smith is with him in Om
aha and Mrs. Miller returned
home Sunday. A son, Ray of Og
den, U., spent three days with
him last week. Another son, Der
ald, is with the air force, sta
tioned in Hawaii.
The doctors tell Mike it will be
about three months before he can
return to his work. Cards may
be sent to him at Room 804,
Clarkson Memorial Hospital, Om
aiia, i\eurasKa.
Excursion Boat
Nears Gavin's Point
Boating enthusiasts will soon
be able to enjoy daily excursion
trips on the Lewis and Clark
Lake.
A 230-passenger, double-deck
excursion boat has traveled from
Dubuque, la., and will soon reach
Yankton where it will be moved
by house movers over the top
of the Gavin’s Point Dam.
Names Omitted
Five names were omitted from
the O’Neill high school honor roll
which was published in last
week’s issue.
Students earning honor roll
recognition and not previously
named are John Harder, Gary
Jeffrey, Marion Rosenkrans and
Sonita Wilson, seniors, and Eileen
Pribil, junior.
Cake Decorating
Session Slated
Quick and easy icings and de
corations for holidays and special
occasions will be shown by
Catherine Indra, Home Extension
agent, during the National Home
Demonstration Week in Holt
county.
All persons, including non
members, are invited to attend
the series of meetings to he held
May 2 through May 10. The de
monstrations are for people who
have little time and, by their own
admission, little skill in cake
decorating.
The following meetings will he
held, starting at 2 p.m.: May 2.
Page Methodist church base
ment; 3, Stuart auditorium; 4,
O'Neil! assembly room in court
house annex; 5 Ewing Presby
terian church; 9 Atkinson in D o
Kramer residence, and 10 Cham
bers Methodist church.
Would you like an opportunity
to voice your opinion concerning
foreign aid, federal spending or
labor unions.
If you have strong beliefs in
certain government policies, Tin
Frontier now offers you a chanc*
to be heard.
Congressman Dave Marlin
prepared a questionnaire ask
ing opinions on national at
fairs. This questionnaire lias
been printed below. <hit it out
and fill in the spares with your
answers. Then sign your name
and address, and mail It to The
Frontier.
The Frontier will tabulate the
results and will print them in
next week’s issue and during the
following weeks. No names will
ho published. The clippings will
be sent to Congressman Martin
as he has requested the Frontier
to assist him in finding out how
the people in his district feel
about the different jxilicies.
Please return your question
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mni
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1. Do you favor reducing the amount of money
spent for foreign aid? _ _ _
2. Should Communist China be admitted to the
United Nations? _ __ _
3. Do you favor a gradual reduction in farm price
supports? _ _ _
4. Are you in favor of giving the Secretary of Agri
culture the power to sell on the open market
Commodity Credit Corporation feed grains at
less than the support price—as provided by the
1961 Feed Grains Program? __._
5. Do you favor a government program that would
work toward eventually eliminating all supports
and all controls on agriculture? __
6. Should we increase Social Security taxes to
provide free medical care for pensioners—de
spite the fact that many are not covered by
Social Security? _ __._
7. Do you favor more public works spending by
the government as an “anti-recession”
measure? _ _ _
». iJo you ravor raising the minimum wage to
$1.25 an hour and broadening coverage to in
clude 4 million more employees? - - -
9. Should workers be forced to belong to unions to
hold jobs? - --- -
10. Do you believe anti-trust laws should also ap
ply to unions? - - -
11. Do you favor some sort of income tax allowance
for education, rather than direct Federal aid
to education? __ _ _
12. Do you favor Federal aid to ALL schools
public, private or parochial? - - -
13. Do you favor repayable Federal loans to college
students, rather than outright grants of money? ----
14. Do you feel that Federal aid to education will
result in Federal control of education? - - -
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II IIS T PLACE winners at Lions Club Talent contest Monday eve
ning in OHS auditorium. Shown in front is Joan Farrier who placed
first with her piano solo in the junior division. Helen (iokie’s piano
solo won the top position in the Intermediate division and the Kurtz
brothers, John (left) and Terry, won the first place In the senior
division with their instrumental arrangements.