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__ Volume 81—Number 3 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, May 11, 1961 Seven Cents
Construction to
Start Soon on
Stuart School
STUART Constucton of a new
$111,584 grade school for St.
Boniface Parish here will get
underway immediately, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Rev. A. J. Paschang, pastor.
The one-story structure will
Include four classrooms, an
activity room which can be
divided into two classrooms if
necessary, a small library and
mifik room, an office, nuns’
lounge, first aid room, rest
rooms and furnace room.
Ultimate capacity will bo 200
pupds. Present enrollment at the
parish school is 113 pupils.
Classes are now being held in
the church basement.
Completion of the school is
scheduled for November 15.
The masonry-type building will
have wide copper fascia (support
moulding) around the perimeter.
A colored glass window will be
placed at the entry and cut stone
panels will be placed below class
room windows.
Inside there will be a wall of
glazed tile for a shrine in the
main lobby.
Interior partitions will be of
steel and plaster with vinyl cov
ering below chalkboards. A sky
light will brighten the main cor
ridor area.
The Grecr-Melkus Construction
company of Grand Island has
been awarded the general con
tract. Boyer, Biskup and Wids
trom of Omaha is the architect
firm which has designed the
building.
Two Escape Injury
In Mishap at Butte
State Highway Patrolman Ro
bert Gude investigated a two
car accident Sunday at 4 p.m.
about two miles west of Spencer
on Highway 281.
No injuries were sustained by
the two drivers involved. Floyd
D. McNair jr., 17, Spencer, and
Connie Honke, 16, Naper.
According to Gude the accident
occurred when Miss Honke
slowed her car to return to Spen
cer and McNair who was
driving behind her auto, failed
to notice that she was cutting
speed. The right side of his car
collided with the left rear of the
Honke vehicle.
Graduation, Festival
Planned at Butte
BUTTF. Boyd county rural
eighth grade graduation and
Music Festival will be held Fri
day at 2 p.m. at the Butte high
school gymnasium.
All rural students take part in
the Music Festival.
Warning Issued
On Roaming Dogs
Conservation Officer Harry
Spall this week served notice to
dog owners that it is illegal for
dogs to roam fields this time of
year.
State law prohibits dogs run
ning loose during the nesting
season of upland game birds.
April 1-July 15.
Spall also said he has had
several complaints of dogs run
ning livestock and added that any
dogs found running loose will be
destroyed.
Auxiliary Plans
Poppy Day Saturday
American Legion Auxiliary
and Junior Auxiliary members
will observe Poppy Day Sat
urday by selling from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. the small red flowers
made by servicemen still hos
pitalized.
Proceeds from the sale of
these emblems of remem
brance for the war time sacri
fices will go to disabled veter
ans or members of their fami
lies.
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Architects drawing of the proposed $111,584 St. Boniface grade school at Stuart.
A Whopper!
Jeff, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. <hw>rg© Ham/noml,
caught a “ dog fish” this week
while, trying his luck at the
river with a Dare Devel lure
and casting rod.
As he cast the lure out, his
dog, ready for sport, jumped
into the river and the lure be
came caught in his tail. The,
dog frantically tried to swiii
away, and Jeff, just as frantic,
reeled him in backwards.
Jeff couldn’t free the lure so
he cut the leader and his dog
followed him home, trying to
hite the lure loose.
One observer remarked, “If
he bad gotten his mouth
caught, along with his tail, Jeff
would have had to roll him
home- like a hoop.”
Lowell Grady
Killed in
Auto Mishap
Lowell T. Grady, 46, Fremont,
was killed Saturday evening when
the sports car he was driving
overturned on Linden Avenue in
Fremont.
His son, Jimmie, 17, was a pas
senger in the car but was not in
jured.
Mr. Grady was bom August
16, 1914 at Spencer. He is a son
of Mrs. Goldie Grady, now re
siding in Fremont and the late
Charlie Grady of Spencer.
He was united in marriage to
Eva Gathmiller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ludwig Guthmiller, O’
Neill, December 25, 1942 at
Butte. They are the parents of
four children.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday (today) at the Lawson
Funeral Home at Fremont.
Burial will be in the Memorial
Cemetery there.
Survivors include the wife,
Eva; sons, Jimmie, 17, and
Tommy, 14 months; daughters.
Judy Kav, 15, and I tenise Marie,
3.
Mr. Grady was a veteran of
World War n and a member of
VFW. He has lived 14 years in
Fremont.
Clarence Hansen Leases
Tompkins Livestock
INMAN —Harvey A. Tompkins,
has leased his Tompkins Live
stock headquarters to Clarence
Hansen of Inman, effective
August 1, and will serve as
special rural agent for the Equit
able Life Assurance Society of
the United States beginning Sep
tember 1.
The Tompkins family will make
their home in Waverly this win
ter and Mr. Tompkins will spend
several days each month in Holt
county with his new position and
looking after his other business
interests.
Mrs. Tompkins, who has been
teaching in the O’Neill high
school for the past four years
will teach in the Waverly Con
solidated schools.
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Will Spindler
Adds Book to
Growing List
Will Spindler, retired U. S.
Indian Service teacher and
author of Gordon, has added
another book to his list of five
previously written, “Yesterday’s
Trails,” true pioneer and Indian
tales of western South Dakota
and Nebraska.
Bom on a ranch in the Atkin
son-O’Neill area of north-central
Nebraska, he has 38 years of
school teaching to his credit. Of
these, 8 years were in rural
schools of Nebraska and 30 in
Indian day schools on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation of
South Dakota at the Potato
Creek, Manderson, Wounded
Knee, and Porcupine day schools.
Mrs. Spindler, the former Lulu
Coon, a native of the Gordon
area, was also employed as cook
during their 30 years of service,
both being in the Federal Civil
Service.
His writing career began with
"Comrades of the Lone Star” in
1921 at the age of 21. The others
that followed were “Lure of the
Hills” in 1937 “Rim of the
Sandhills” in 1941; “Badlands
Trails” in 1948; "Tragedy
Strikes at Wounded Knee” in
1955, and his latest book just off
the press. The new book also in
cludes many of their personal
experiences during their 30 years
in the Indian service from 1929 to
1959.
Spindler also authored over 100
feature stories on Indians and
pioneers for newspapers and
magazines.
Copies of his new book may
be secured directly from the
author at Gordon or from book
stores in Nebraska and South Da
kota.
Spindler is a son of the late
George Sindler and a brother of
Floyd Spindler of Atkinson.
Child Loses Fingers
In Accident with Ax
Rebecca Wrede, four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vem
Wrede, was taken to a Sioux City
hospital Saturday following ar.
accident in which she suffered
the loss of three fingers and
damage of one on her left hand.
The accident apparently oc
curred when an axe she was
using to crack nuts, slipped and
struck her hand.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Earl
Stevens of Page reported that
Rebecca is doing “remarkable
well.”
Six Initiated Into
Thespian Troupe
Six O’Neill high school stu
dents were initiated into the
Thespian Troupe No. 882 Thurs
day evening.
They are Susan Burney, Larry
Godel, Nick Hammerlun, Leon
ard Havranek, Rolland Johnson
and Marion Rosenkrans. Mrs.
Harvey A Tompkins is the spon
sor of the O’Neill Troupe.
Kindergarten Sign-Up
To Be Held May 23
Supt. Milton Baack announced
today that all students planning
to enroll in school next year, will
attend the pre-kindergarten regi
stration May 23 at 1 p.m. in the
O’Neill public kindergarten room.
Parents unable to appear with
their children that day for en
rollment, should send the infor
mation to the school so total
coverage may be made.
Events Slated
At St. Mary's
A calandar of events has been
prepared for the coming week
at St. Mary’s academy.
May 11 there will be a registra
tion of next year’s first grade,
morning only; May 14, a piano
recital will be presented by Mrs.
Kubitschek’s pupils, and on May
14 there will be a senior program.
May 15-17 final exams will be
given and at 7:30 p.m. May 15
the May crowning ceremonies
will be held; May 17 an 8 a.m.
mass will be offered at the
eighth grade graduation, and
May 18 there will be high school
graduation with seniors mass at
8 a.m. and awarding of diplomas
at 10 a.m.
Clearwater Man
Injured in
Freak Mishap
CLEARWATER — Relatives
here have received word that
Raymond Luben, son of Mrs.
Grace Luben of Inman, received
serious injury while at work in
Fremont with a construction
crew.
He was draining oil from a
caterpillar and the oil started to
spray. Several hundred pounds
of pressure escaped striking him
in the face, causing injury to
his entire body.
His face was badly cut, and his
eyes injured. It is believed the
sight of one eye is entirely gone
and the extent of injury to the
other is not yet determined.
Luben is in the Clarkson hos
pital in Omaha.
Johnson Drive-In Plans
Grand Opening Monday
Gordon Johnson, owner of the
new Johnson Drive-In has an
nounced that they will hold their
grand opening Monday, May 15.
As a means of greeting their
friends and new customers they
will give away free ice cream
cones, free Dr. Pepper and free
pizzas at various times through
out the day.
The new drive-in, located on
the west edge of O’Neill, features
the latest in modern equipment
to better serve its customers.
Plans also call for the addition
of equipment to enable them to
serve a complete line of pizzas
in the very near future.
Six Injured
In Accident
At Clearwater
EWING—Six persons out of
seven involved in a two-cAr acci
dent were hospitalized at Ante
lope Memorial hospital in Neligh
Sunday afternoon.
The accident occurred about
3 Vi miles east of Clearwater
at approximately 3:30 p.m. In
volved were the autos of Ed
ward Laborde, 69, Plain view,
:md Donald Halil beck, 17, Ew
ing. The Laborde vehicle was
traveling west at the time of the
accident and had started to
tom south across the highway
when the car collided with the
I.ahlbeck auto which was
headed east.
t ccording to the attending
physician, Hahlbeck suffered
£ce’p and facial lacerations, a
i er(bral concussion and neck
spilin. His passengers, also from
Ewing, were Charles Roberts,
18, and Kenneth Brion, 16. About
60 stitches were requied to treat
the scalp and facial lacerations
on Roberts, who was thrown
through the windshield. He also
sustained a cerebral concussion
and excessive blood lost. Brion
(s eated with a fractured left
Laborde was not hospitalized
following examination but his
wife, Maida, 67, remained in the
hospital until Monday. Also pas
sengers in the Laborde car were
Clinton Snodgrass, 69, Neligh,
and his wife, Alta, 64. Mrs. Snod
grass still remains in the hos
pital and Mr. Snodgrass was
taken to an Omaha hospital Mon
day afternoon for further treat
ment.
All suffered cuts and bruises.
Investigating officer was Trooper
Donald Matejka of the Nebraska
Safety patrol.
Margie Gilg
Wins First in
Ortaory Contest
The 4-H Public Speaking con
test was held in the Courthouse
annex Saturday with 17 4-H mem
bers taking part.
Winner of the senior division
was Margie Gilg, Atkinson, a
member of the Clover 4-H club.
Margie’s title of her speech was
“Bend the Twig.” Winner of the
junior division was Susan Taylor
of Ewing and she is a member
of the Happy Hollow 4-H clhb.
The title of her speech was “Try
ing To Have Better Health In
My Community.”
Ribbon placings in the junior
division were as follows:
Blue—Susan Taylor, Ewing;
Jo Ann Scripter, Atkinson, Clover
4-H club and Janice Vequist, O’
Neil], Eagle Creek 4-H club.
Red—Doraellen Ferris Atkin
son, Clover 4-H club; Linda
Bonenberger, Atkinson, Clover
4-H club; VaReane Gray, O’
Neill, Sugar and Spice 4-H club;
Patsy Davidson, O’Neill, Happy
Helpers 4-H club; Dennis Hoerle,
Chambers, Silver Star 4-H club,
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4-H club.
White—Jean Crabb, O’Neill,
Willing Workers 4-H club; Patty
Straka, Atkinson, Celia 4-H club;
Vickie Frickel, Atkinson, Celia
4-H club, and Gary Ferris, At
kinson, Clover 4-H club
Ribbon placings in the senior
division were as follows:
Blue—Margie Gilg, Atkinson,
and Patty Bonenberger, Atkin
son, Clover 4-H club.
Red—Rita Vequist, O’Neill,
Eagle Creek 4-H club.
White—Dorothy Poessnecker,
Atkinson, Celia 4-H club.
Margie Gilg will represent Holt
county at the district contest
which will be held June 1 in
Bassett in connection with Junior
Leader conference. Judges were
Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, Page; Mrs.
Arthur Mann, O’Neill; Rynold
Cimfel, O’Neill; Elmer Vogel,
Stuart, and Gil Poese, O’Neill.
Day of Recollection
Held at Spencer
SPENCER — Seventy-five
youths were in attendance at the
Day of Recollection held at St.
Mary’s Catholic church Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. NcNally of Nio
brara conducted the Day of Re
collection. The Boyd County
Knights of Columbus served a
lunch, followed by a social hour,
to close the day’s activities.
AN ESTIMATED 750 PERSONS attended the mass band con
cert Friday evening at Royal when combined bands from Cfe-arwater,
Inman, Page, Meadow Grove and Royal performed under the dir
ection of L- H. Sawyer, There were 154 musicians from the second
grade through high school in the bands. Visitors from 15 towns were
present for the event. Before the close of the program, five students,
one from each of the five bands appeard on the platform and pre
sented a gift to Mr. Sawyer. The Royal Band Mothers club provided
refreshments.
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Tractor Accident Claims Life
Of 14 Year Old Bristow Lad
Dr. Meierhenry
To Speak at
Graduation
The Rev. Don Olmsted of the
Wesleyan Methodist church will
present the sermon at the bacca
laureate services which will be
held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the O'
Neill high school auditorium.
Invocation and benediction will
be given by the Rev. Ivan Chris
tofferson of the Assembly of God
church. Miss Alvara Ramm and
Mrs. Harold Seger will provide
processional and recessional mus
ic and the mixed chorus and
eighth grade girls will present vo
cal selections.
Commencement exercises will
be held Wednsday at 8 p.m., also
in the high school auditorium, and
the main address will be given
Dr. W. C. Meierhenry
by Dr. W. C. Meierhenry of the
University of Nebraska.
Dr. Meierhenry, assistant to the
dean of Teachers college and
director of the Advanced Pro
fessional Division, Teachers col
lege, received his bachelor of
science degree at Midland col
lege in Fremont, his masters and
doctor of philosphy degrees at the
University of Nebraska. He was
a teacher and superintendent of
schools at Republican City from
1936 to 1943. Dr. Meierhenry has
been extremely active in Audio
Visual association work and has
held many positions in connec
tion with this field as well as "
writing and giving book reviews.
Dr. Rex Wilson, vice president
of the Board of Education, will
present the diplomas to the grad
uating class of 1961, and Supt.
M. J. Baack will present the
eighth grade diplomas. Presenta
tion of scholarships will be by
Principal Marvin Miller.
What A Race!
Bobby and Becky Hendricks
from the Celia community are
pretty good at scaring up wild
game for their father, Robert
Hendricks.
The family went looking for
hollow stumps Sunday to be
used as a planter in their yard.
Bobby found one that wasn’t
hollow—it was occupied by the
familiar black and white “cat.”
It was up to father to get the
skunk out of the stump, which
he did, and then the race was
on.
Dad thought he was good at
foot racing but the competitor
won.
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William Schaffert
Named President of
Nebr. Beef Council
William T. Schaffert of Dalton,
Nebraska rancher, was elected to
his second term as president of
the Nebraska Beef Council at the
annual meeting held in Grand Is
land last week.
Elected to the vice presidency
of the council was M. J. Hankins,
Stanton, Nebraska cattle feeder
Robert Howard of Alliance was
named secretary and treasurer.
The council adapted articles of
incorporation and by laws, and
according to Schaffert, is now do
ing business as a non-profit cor
poration.
Cattle Testing
Deadline Nears
At least 9,000 cattle must be
tested in Holt county before June
1, in order that this county may
requalify for accreditation as a
modified tuberculosis-free area.
Emmet and Sheridan precincts
have been designated as test
areas to obtain the required
number of cattle. Farmers and
ranchers in Emmet precinct re
ceived notice last fail that their
herds were due for test. Dr. G.
R. Cook has tested as many
herds as his schedule would per
mit.
Doctors Frank H. Christ and J.
N. Gruber with the Department
of Agriculture are completing the
testing, which started April 4.
Tuberculosis has been nearly
eradicated from cattle in this
area uiruugu orgoiiueu ueiu test
ing throughout the country. Com
plete eradication of the disease
is, however, the goal. Each six
years every county must re
qualify for accreditation. In most
herds all breeding cattle over six
months must be tested. On large
ranches all the dairy cattle, all
of the herd kept at home, all of
the purebred cattle and a cross
section of range cattle must be
tested.
The test itself dot's not take
long, but the cattle must be con
fined so that a proper injection
of tuberculin can be made in the
fold of skin under the tail.
Ranches with alleys and chutes
have little trouble, but some
preparation has to be made in
other cases.
Penning the herd in a barn,
shed or corral is the first step.
Some method is provided to stop
the cattle from milling around
and to provide safety for the
veterinarian. The injection site
is observed three days later,
again requiring that the cattle
be properly restrained.
Frontier Being Sent
To All Homes in Area
Today’s Frontier is going in
to 7,000 homes in the vast
Frontierland area. This doubl
ing of our regular circulation is
done to bring to more people
in the area the benefits of
shopping in O’Neill and sub
scribing to the Frontier.
Many merchants of O’Neill
have made a special effort to
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values for the shopper.
Use the coupon on page 5 and
subscribe today.
BRISTOW A 14-year-old youth.
Clayton Edward Tunender, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tunender,
was killed Momlay when his trac
tor overturned on the Bristow
Main Street, pining him beneath
the machine.
The young toy had driven the
tractor into town and was turning
the machine into the Lumlier
yard when it skidded on gravel
throwing him from the machine
The tractor flipped over, landing
on the youngster and killing him
instantly.
Several persons witnessed the
accident and rushed over to free
his body from beneath the trac
tor.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's
church at Spencer. The Rev. Ro
bert Steinhausen will officiate.
Burial will be in St. Mary’s ceme
tery at Spencer with the Jones
Funeral Home in charge.
The Tunender family has lived
in Bristow since 1955. Clayton
was torn at Atkinson October 18,
1946.
Survivors are his parents; two
brothers, Jim and Leo jr., Oma
ha, two sisters, Shirley at home
and Mrs. James Betz, Walters.
Okla., and grandmother, Mrs.
Emma Campbell, Atkinson.
Terry Kurtz
To Receive
Scholarship
Terry Kurtz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kurtz, has been
awarded an all-expense trip and
scholarship by the Eagle Band
Parents to Chadron State college
for his scholastic and musical ac
complishments.
Ken Franklin, who plays the
baritone horn, has been named
as alternate. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Franklin.
Kurtz was awarded a superior
rating for his snare drum solo
presented during the District IH
music contest held recently in
O'Neill.
Judges gave him one of the
finest cirticisms ever received by
an O’Neill high instrumentalist.
He was credited with the follow
ing reviews by the judges: “Fine
technique—this young man re
flects fine teaching and train
ing;” "couldn’t find any weak
points” and finally, “drummers
of this calibre are hard to find—
excellent dynamic control!”
His music instructor is Duane
Miller.
All students receiving superior
rating durin" the contest were
presented tuition scholarships by
the Nebraska State college at
Chadron to attend the Summer
Music Festival May 28 to June 4.
Burney, Larson
Named Royalty
O’Neill high school auditorium
was transformed into an Oriental
Garden Saturday evening, com
plete with cherry blossoms, lan
terns and Oriental costumed
servers, to provide a setting for
the junior and senior banquet
and piom.
Rolland Johnson, president of
the junior class, welcomed the
seniors, and Sonita Wilson, presi
dent of the senior class, re
sponded. Others on the program
were Marvin Miller, Carolyn
Fuhrer and Supt. M. J. Baack
Servers were Richard Hill.
Denny Drayton, Gary Brewster.
Dick Marcellus, Rick Devall,
Gary Plessel, Karen Ermer.
Esther Young, Sharon Velder.
Dianne Graves, Judy Smith and
Betty Morrow.
Following the banquet, a dance
was held and during the corona
tion ceremonies, Susan Burney
and Dean Larson were crowned
as queen and king. Attendants
were Sonita Wilson, Joyce Krogh,
Larry Godel and Bill Fricke.
FOOt-H SPEECH CONTEST WINNERS^Jo Ann Scripter, Janice Vequist, Susan Taylor junior
division, Margie Gilg and Patty Bonenberger, senior division, took top honors in the 4 H Public Sneak
mg contest held in the courthouse annex Saturday. For other winners see story elsewhere ^