N&BRAaAA B'lAl’ H 4, oL''•. •i . , tr c i Liflooln, Nebraska 3 * rV i 4 - ’• > * «-J ^ •*' J MrfiJ 1*.“ ....... ' . *' M»fc .V V»* • V« i «;••» •ck*«V •■•ffrrv' *■ »• % • • • • * .. ... . Largest Circulation - \ r Newspaper Between Twelve Pages * ."l Sou,h Sioui: Ci,y In Two Sections and Casper, Wyoming Plus Farm Sec,ion The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper _ Volume 81 —Number 12 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 13, 1961 Seven Cents Inquest Planned in Boating Mishap; Search Continues for Larry Strong fl ivm tt r r1,. CM . ,:rr i . - “O'” J k»IU I 111 M Oliver, Burke, S. !>., told the Frontier in a telephone conserva tion Wednesday morning that an inquest is being planned concern ing the disappearance of Larry Strong following a two-motor boat accident at Fort Randall Reser voir June 27. No date has been set at this time for the inquest, according to Sheriff Oliver. The body lias not yet been found although a search has been oonducted continuously since the accident. Memorial services were held July 1 for Larry at the Methodist church with the Rev. Glenn Ken nieott officiating. Larry DeWayne Strong, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Strong, was horn April 19, 1938 at O’Neill, lie received his schooling from kindergarten through high school in the O’ Neill public schools and was graduated from high school with the class of 1957. Following his graduation, Larry worked for about one year with Motor Parts, Incorporated of O’Neill and since then has been employed by the Fox Brothers' Hay company. On August 9, 1958 he was mar ried to Judith Louise Sanders of O’Neill. One daughter was bom to them. They have made their home in the O'Neill community. He was preceded in death by two infant brothers and an infant sister. Survivors are his wife, Judith; daughter, Tamela Kay; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Strong; brother, Carlyle; three sisters, Mrs. Garry Scheinost, Spencer, Mrs. Robert Wheeler, O’Neill, and Vickie Sue, at home. Deer Hooks Horn On Passing Auto VERDIGRE — A deer was struck and killed Sunday by a car driven by Willard Jacot near the Robert Liska farm about four and one-half miles north of Ver digre. The deer jumped into the path of the Jacot car and the impact caved in the front of the auto and damaged the head lights. One antler, broken off in the accident, was left on the bumper. The park superintendent at Nio brara disposed of the animal. Verdigre Doctor Honored Sunday VERDIGRE — Six hundred persons greeted Dr. James G. Carlson, Verdigre’s recently ar rived doctor, at open house Sun day in the new medical clinic. The Verdigre Women’s Chit Chat club sponsored the event and served refreshments. Many offerings of floral arrangements were presented by local business places. Sunday there was an ‘ap preciation’’ dinner in honor of Dr. Carlson at the St. Wenceslaus auditorium at 6 p.m. Three churches prepared the dinner, First Methodist, St. Wenceslaus Catholic and the Bethlehem Lutheran. The dinner was sponsored by the Verdigre Improvement club. Six Receive 25 Year Pins At Chambers CHAMBERS — Six members of the American Legion auxilary Post 320 were presented 25-year membership pins at a meeting held Friday evening in the Le gion hall. Receiving the pins from the president. Mi's. Edd Coday. were Mmes. T. E. Newhouse, John Honeywell, A. B. Hubbard, L. V7. Cooper, Hattie Tibbets and Dellie Fauquier. A pin will also be sent to Mrs. Genevieve Bell at Ft. Col lins, Colo. New officers were installed by Mrs. Esther Wood, past presi dent, as follows: President Mrs. Donald Green; chaplin, Mrs. C. F. Gillette, and sergeant at arms, Mrs. Coday. Mrs. Coday was chosen as a delegate, and Mrs. Anna Albers as alternate, to attend the dis trict convention at Grand Island August 4-6. Hostesses were Mrs. Dellie Fauquier and Mrs. Charles Fau quier. _ Extension Council To Meet Friday A summer meeting of the Home Extension council will he held Friday at 2 p.m. in the assembly room of the courthouse annex. Ethel Saxton, district supervi sor, will be present for the meet ing. Selecting the program for 1961 will be the main business. Delegates to the state meeting in September will also be selected. Two Injured in Orchard Mishap ORCHARD A two-car crash occurred Friday at 10 a.m. at an intersection two miles northwest of Orchard causing injuries to two passengers in one of the autos. Injured were Mrs. Dwaine Finch and five-month-old daugh ter, Page, who received bruises and cuts and were taken to St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill, for medical care. Mr. Finch, driver of one of the cars, was not in jured nor was the other driver, Ernest Mott, Orchard. Both cars were damaged. Sheila Kaiser Injured In Montana Accident Word has been received by re latives that Sheila Kaiser, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Kaiser, Hardin, Mont., was seriously in jured in a car accident July 4. No further information is avail able at this time. Miss Kaiser, a former St. Mary’s academy student, and her parents resided in the Amelia vicinity until about a year ago. Services Planned Here Friday for C. Caywood Charles A. Caywood, 85. died Tuesday, July 11, at 8:20 a.m. in the Clark Rest Home at Creigh ton. Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church in O’ Neill at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. John Hart officiating. Burial will he in Spencer cemetery with Biglins Funeral home making ar rangements. Charles Caywood was born to Frank and Mary Wall Caywocd .. fllfl■ at Modale, la., December 6, 1875. He moved to Nebraska in 1900 and worked in Gross, Spencer, Lynch, Wayne and O’Neill as long as his health permitted. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Roy Lowry, O'Neill and a brother, William in California. Auxiliary to Fete Gold Star Mothers LYNCH — On Monday the American Legion auxiliary will entertain the Gold Star Mothers of this Unit at 8 p.m. in the Le gion hall. A program is planned in addi tion to the regular meeting at which time the following new of ficers will begin their duties: President, Mrs. Don Allen; vice president, Mrs. G. L. Mulhair; secretary, Mrs. Thomas Court ney, and treasurer, Mrs. Glen Stewart. I ■», — ■ CHAMBERS — These six members of the Chambers American Legion Auxiliary were honored with 25-year membership pins at a meeting held Friday evening. They are (1. to r.) Mesdames Hattie Tibbets. T. E. Newhouse. A. B. Hubbard. Deilie Fauquier, John Honeywell and L. V. Cooper. The first four women are charter mem bers. The pins were presented by the president, Mrs. Edd Coday. ^_ THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE has captivated circus audiences for years. Between 8,000 and 9,000 per sons watched the acrobats perform at the Shrine circus held Tuesday in O’Neill. The largest crowd to ever congregate at the O’Neill rodeo grounds watched as the clowns, acrobats, comedy routines and animal acts were presented. The line of cars waiting to enter the grounds extended at times back into town and along main street. Members of the Shrine circus committee Wednesday expressed their appreciation to all businessmen throughout the Shrine district who assisted in making Tuesday’s circus such a success. Superintendent Post Still Open; Board to Continue Interviewina The search for a superintendent of schools for O’Neill continues. The O’Neill Public School board Tuesday night discussed several applicants for the post but decid ed to continue interviewing. In other action the board ap proved some local bills and voted to accept the petition of Edward L. Krugman to annex his property into District 7, dis cussed a letter from the state ac ci'editation committee and talked over a revision of plans and costs for a new school building. The letter of accreditation approved the school for another year but “warned and/or ad vised” that certain deficiencies existed. The high school library “lacks adequate content (books) ex pected in fully accredited school’’ and “lack of adequate facilities is handicapping the program at several levels,” the letter said. Accreditation approval is given by the state accreditation com mittee of the state department of public education. The letter further explained that a warning is, in a sense, pro bation. Being "advised” indicates that a danger point will be reached in the near future if no preventative action is taken. A representative of the archi tectural firm of Clark and Ener son appeared to go over possible changes in school plan to make a school building acceptable to the district’s voters. He was instructed to draw new plans and report back with a new estimate by August 15 if possible. Hail, Twister Reported Monday; Extensive Damage Done at Ewing u aggcu oiiaip ucui otrvtricij' damaged small grain, shredded garden plants and harmed corn fields at the William Grothe and Fred Grothe farm four miles northeast of Emmet Monday eve ning. Approximately two and one half inches of rain fell in the Emmet vicinity during the storm and continuing on through the night. In O’Neill the rainfall amounted to .69 of an inch. No damage was reported in this community. Heavy hail, rain and wind caused considerable damage to business places and homes in Ewing at 9:30 p.m. Monday. Win dows were broken and roofs damaged by the hail. Twenty eight window panes at the Ewing depot were broken, and in some cases, the force of the hail was so strong the screens were cut Anoka Grain Announces New Mixing Mill A Shetland pony will be given as a prize at the grand opening of a feed mixing mill at the Ano ka Grain company in Anoka Fri day and Saturday. Other attractions include a free watermelon feed, candy, balloons and other gifts and a free dance during the two-day event. Cause of the attraction is a new feed mixing mill which will use the farmers own grain com bined with concentrates to make a complete ration for livestock or poultry. Reduced prices are offered on some feeds during the weekend. For other details see the Anoka Grain company ad in this issue of the Frontier. Hobbs Purchases Graham Ranch CLEARWATER — A business transaction has been completed here whereby William Hobbs jr., Ewing, has purchased the Gra ham Brothers ranch located two and one-half miles northwest of Clearwater. The Graham brothers, Harry and Arthur, have resided on this ranch since birth, the place having been homesteaded by their father, the late Charles Gra ham, some 80 years ago. The Grahams will vacate as soon as possible. They plan to reside in Clearwater. Attends Session PAGE — Dr. Lionel Ickes, New Orleans, La., attended the joint meeting of the Mississippi and Louisiana Veterinary Medical associations July 2-4 in Biloxi. Miss. cuiu me iicui pencil aieu 10 ureaK the glass. The strong winds blew over trees, and the broken branches and leaves covered the lawns. Gardens received a severe beat ing. Ben Larsen, while raking his yard after the storm, reported finding 15 dead birds and others crippled from the effects of the storm. Rainfall in Ewing was officially reported at 1.08 inches. At Inman, an estimated .30 of an inch of rain fell Monday eve ning and a twister struck at the Joe Kalina place two and one half miles west of that town. Several large trees were up rooted along Highways 20 and 275, and one tree was snapped off. The twister also tore up several hay stacks on the Kalina place. There was damaging hail at the George Fick place seven miles southeast of Inman. Two Car Accident Reported Wednesday A two car mishap was reported to police late Wednesday after noon when cars driven by Thomas Zakrzewski of O’Neill and Henry Detgen of Norfolk col lided on highway 20 on the east edge of O'Neill.' The Zakrzewski vehicle was eastbound at the time of the accident and the Detgen auto was westbound. The vehicles collided nearly head-on. Detgen was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital but was later released. Robert Witherwax Interview Slated Word was received Tuesday at the Holt Soil and Water Conserva tion district office that Robert Witherwax, Spencer, had recently been interviewed by a WNAX re porter concerning his farm and ranch operations and his Geat Plains Conservation program contract. The interview will be aired over Station WNAX Friday at 12:50 p.m. Mr. Witherwax is a member of the board of supervi sors of the Holt Soil and Water Conservation district. Verdigre Legion Plans Entertainment VERDIGRE — Members of the Verdigre American Legion Post and Auxiliary are sponsoring en tertainment here July 12 and 13. A camial show will be present on main street, and there will be Junior Legion ball games. July 12 the Verdigre team will play Orchard and the following eve ning, Verdigre will meet Plain view. Both games will start at 8 p.m. O'Neill Youths Leave For Naval Training Leonard Havranek, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Havranek, and Merlin K. Velder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Velder, both of O' Neill, have enlisted in the U. S. Navy and are taking their re cruit training at San Diego, Calif. Both boys enlisted as a buddy group through the Norfolk Navy Recruiting station and will take their recruit training together and return home on leave to gether. Celebration At Clearwater L'nds Tonight CLEARWATER — Two big days of celebation got underway at Clearwater Wednesday and Thursday, sponsored by the American Legion and the Cham ber of Commerce. Children’s races from ages 5 through 14 were held Wednesday evening along with baseball games. Thursday (today) a bar becue will be held starting at noon until 2 p.m. in the city par k. A parade will follow the bar becue. In the evening a talent show will be presented on main sheet at 7:30 p.m. Several bouts of boxing are on docket for this evening with Ver non Hixson in charge. At 8:30 the Elkhom Valley Home Exten sion club is sponsoring an old time dance on the open air dance floor. Perry Waddington will call the square dancing. Alfred Meyer Hurt in Patrol Plane Crash Alfred Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer, is recover ing in a Boise, Ida., hospital from a broken nose and facial in juries suffered Sunday in a plane crash. Alfred was flying a U. S. Fores try service patrol plane when he crashed on take-off. He was taken to St. Luke’s hospital in Boise but he is expected to be released this week. He lives in Seattle, Wash., with his wife Nancy. Services Planned for Sam Reinke Friday CLEARWATER — Sam Reinke, Clearwater, died Wednesday morning at Antelope Memorial hospital in Neligh. Rosary will be recited at the Snider Funeral chapel in Clear water at 8 p.m. Thursday. Ser vices will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday * in St. Peter’s Catholic church in \ Ewing. Burial will be in St. i Patrick’s cemetery northeast of Ewing. Whetham Injured In Truck Mishap MEEK — Mr. and Mrs. Ted * Crawford have received word “ that their son-in-law, Lloyd Whet- ' ham, Belle Fourche, S. D., es- j caped serious injury in a truck accident near Belle Fourche last week. The truck was demolished in the accident and Mr. Whetham, who was not driving the vehicle, was throwTi through the wind shield from the sleeper at the rear of the cab. The Crawfords have no further information at this time concerning the extent of his injuries. Former Clearwater Man Dies at Long Pine CLEARWATER — A. T. West, 86, Long Pine, died Tuesday in a Norfolk hospital. He was a former Clearwater resident. Funeral services will be held at Clearwater in the Church of Christ Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Neligh cemetery. Rites Held for Mina Stauffer At Page Monday PAGE — Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mina Stauf fer, 88, Monday at Page Metho dist church with the Rev. Robert Embree officiating. Burial was at Page cemetery. Mrs. Stauffer died July 5 at St. Anthony’s hospital, O’Neill af ter a brief illness. Mina Leisy was born in Keo kuk, la., December 16, 1872 to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Leisy. She was married to John Stauf fer at Wisner on September 21 1894. He preceded her in death June 26, 1955. A son, John, jr., also preceded her in death June 2. 1952 in Norfolk. Survivors are one son, Edgar, Page; three daughters. Mrs. Harry Tegeler, Page, Mrs. C. D. French, Lamberton, Minn., and Mrs. E. E. Allen, Santa Rosa. Calif.; 13 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters. Pallbearers were her grand sons, Marvin, Dale and Bernard Stauffer, Dean. Thane and Gregg French. 40th Annual Golf Tourney Planned; First Time Played on Grass Greens ,(MKi, and improvement of sewer systems was upped from $5,(MM) to $15,000. A complete estimate of ill city expenses will be found on another page of this week’s paper. The council also heard a com plaint from a delegation of Iteer tavern operators alleging that one O'Neill Class C licensed bar was selling beer in violation of an old city ordinance prohibiting the sale of beer and whisky in the same building. The class C li cense issued by the state authori zes the sale of both beer and whisky within the same building. Mac’s Bar, which holds a class C license, questioned the validity of the old ordinance. The council voted to uphold lIn validity of the city statute. The council also reviewed plans for an O’Neill city playground. The plans were approved and per mission was granted to go ahead on making the necessary improve ments. Included in the plans are both large and small baseball diamonds and four tennis courts. 4-H Activities Slated During July, August A calendar of events has been prepared by Catherine Indra, Home Extension agent, to show several 4-H activities which will be coming up in the next few weeks. Following are the events: July 26, 4-H Council meeting, 3 p.m., assembly room of courthouse an nex. Kenneth Schmidt, associate state 4-H club leader, will be pre sent; July 24, annual Demonstra tion Day activities, 9:30 a.m., and 2 p.m., assembly room; July 25, Demonstration Day, 2 p.m., Atkinson park. Auto Mrshap KiJIs Youth; Brother Hurt BUTTE A 12-yoar-old youth, Dwayne Femau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Femau. who farm near Butte, was killed instantly and his brother, Dennis, 14 seriously injured, in a one-ear accident at about 10:30 a.m Sun day The accident happened six miles west of Butte. According to Sheriff Claude Collins, Dennis lost control of the car when the accelerator stuck and he tried to free it. The car over-turned three and one-half times, landing in a ditch, completely destroyed. Dennis sustained a badly fractured and cut leg and was brought to the O’Neill hospital and later a Sioux City hospital by an ambulance from Biglins Funeral home Fifteen Receive First Communion VERDIGRE — One hundred and seven children attended the annual Catechetical instruction of St. Wenceslaus parich which was held here recently. Fifteen candidates received their first holy communion at the close of the session. They were Vaneta Coover, Blain Larson, Peter Pavlik, Joseph Sukup, Jean Svoboda, Sheila Barta, Robert Block, Dwight Dufek, Richard Harder. Roberta Ruzicka, Mary Sandoz, Scot: Schreier, Marie Su kup, Patricia and Joyce Zila. ' ■ ' tf- " .SI-* Ki- .