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Volume 81—Number 16 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 10, 1961 Seven Cents
Education Costs Vary Thru County;
O'Neill Per Pupil Average is $368
A report from Miss Alice
French, Holt county superinten
dent. shows a wide variation in
the cost of educating high school
students in Holt county. The per
pupil cost in town schools in the
county range from a low of
$491.67 per pupil at Page to a
high of $805.72 per pupil at
Chambers.
The per pupil cost in the O'Neill
[xiblic school is $532.06 per high
school pupil and $203.95 for ele
mentary students.
The following chart shows a
breakdown of the costs in both
elementary and secondary or
high school grades.
Town Elem. Sec. Aver.
Page $230.37 $491.67 $361.02
O’Neill 203.95 532.06 368.00
Atkinson 298.24 548.92 423.58
Ewing 18-4.06 535.20 359.63
Inman 316.16 664.69 490.42
Stuart 259.74 687.32 473.53
Chambers 306.47 805.72 556.09
The above figures are based
on daily average attendance.
High school tuition is set at $540
[xt pupil, so only three of the
schools were able to furnish in
struction to their tuition students
with the amount paid to the
school. They are O’Neill, Page
ami Ewing.
Clifford Named to
Brand Committee
ATKINSON — Robert Clifford.
Atkinson rancher, has been ap
pointed to the Nebraska State
Brand committee by Gov. Frank
Morrison.
Clifford has been one of the
Samlhills Cattle industry’s promi
nent leaders for several years.
He is serving his second year as
president of the Sandhills Cattle
association and Mrs. Clifford is
presently staving as president of
the Nebraska Cow Belles.
Frontier Honors
Correspondents
At Luncheon
Wednesday was Correspondents
Day at the Frontier newspaper
office.
Twenty-five correspondents who
write county news for the Fron
tier were invited as guests of the
Publisher Bill Richardson, to a
luncheon at the M & M Bakery,
followed by a tour of the plaat
and a get-acquainted visit.
This is one of the largest num
bers of correspondents to write
for a weekly paper in the state.
Present for the occasion were
the following persons who are
named with the locality for which
they write: Mrs. R. J. Hering,
Royal; Mrs. Jack Everitt. O'
Neill: Mrs. Herb Skala, Stuart;
Mrs. Lionel Gunter, Riverside;
Mrs. James McMahan. Inman;
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter, Chambers.
Mrs. Merrill Anderson. Celia:
Mrs. Ralph Brookhouser, Venus:
Mrs. Charles Curtright, Clearwa
ter; Dolores Tunender, Emmet;
Mrs. John Schonebaum, Naper;
Janice Kirwan, Ft. Randall; Mrs.
J. W. Mahood, Orchard; Mrs.
Ben Asher, Page; Mrs. Fred Lind
berg. Meek; Vac Randa, Verdi
gre; Mrs. Harold Osborn, Dor
sey, and Mrs. H. R. Harris, Ew
ing.
Unable to be present were Mrs.
William Wefso, Atkinson; Mrs.
Fred King, Lynch; Florence Lind
sey, Amelia; Mrs. Henry Reimer,
Doloit; Loris Anderson. Butte;
Carol Mahlendorf, Rosedale, and
Mrs. Mike Picklapp, Monowi.
These correspondents write
community news for the Frontier
covering an 8o-mile square area.
Chamber of Commerce
Plans Membership Drive
Mayor I>. C. Schaffer has is
sued a proclamation designat
ing August 15 as ‘‘Join O’Neill
Chamber of Commerce Day”.
lie has asked all progressive
citizens to join (he Chamber of
Commerce and promote Hie
growth ami prosperity of the
city.
Services Planned
Here Today for
a
Mrs, C, King
Mrs. Clifford King, 47, Long
Beach, Calif., died Thursday, Aug.
3 in a hospital at Barstow, Calif.,
of apparent heat prostration.
Mrs. King was enroute to O’
Neill to visit her mother, Mrs.
Laura Myers, when her death oc
curred. She was discovered by
a motorist who noticed her slump
ed in a parked car on the desert
on Highway 91 about 25 miles
west of Barstow. She was dead
10 minutes after her admission to
the hospital with a body tempera
ture of 105 degrees.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday (today) at 10 a.m. at
Biglins chapel in O'Neill. Burial
will be in Prospect Hill ceme
tery.
fX .
Laura Mildred King was born
October 10, 1913 at Little River,
Kan., to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Smith.
She was married to Clifford
King at Lincoln in 1932, and
moved to Long Beach about three
years ago.
Survivors include her husband,
Clifford, Long Beach, Calif.; sis
ter, Mrs. Irene Booth, O’Neill:
half sister, Ollie Deardorff. and
a half brother, C. R. Smith, Kan
sas.
Pallbearers will be J. R. Galla
gher. Fritz Yantzi, Don Enright,
Orville Sindelar, Ralph McElvain
and Loyal Hull.
Appeal Filed to
Supreme Court
An appeal to the Supreme
Court has been filel by Air. and
Alls Richard Gross of Madison
in the matter of iht dependency
of Pamela Rae Gross and Pa
tricia Sue Gross, minors. The
children are presently in the cus
tody of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Zimmerman of Ewing.
\Y. G. Whitford is the attorney
for the plaintiffs.
FRONTIER CORRESPONDENTS who write community news for the 80-mile-square area served
by North Central Nebraska’s largest weekly newspaper were guests Wednesday at a luncheon held in
their honor. Shown here are part of the group as th \v tmred The Frontier's printing plant later in the
afternoon. Bill Richardson, Frontier publisher, is shown at left explaining part of the printing process.
EA11LY IIOLT COUNTY SETTLERS were honored Tuesday at the
annual old settlers picnic held at Devall’s grove. Shown here (left
to right) as they were honored at the afternoon program are George
Robertson, O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. John Rohde, Cheyenne, Wyo., Mrs.
Alike* Ivondon, O’Neill, Mrs. Delia Harrison, O’Neill, Mrs. Preston
Jones, O’Neill, W. S. Devall, Spencer, Mr. anil Mrs. Albert Klingler
and Martha Ross, O’Neill. Pam Hammerlun is shown presenting
them with corsages. A short program and a ball game furnished
the afternoon’s entertainment and an outdoor dance was held in
the evening.
Style Revue, Music Contest Today;
Winners to Compete at State Fair
The 4-H style revue and music
contesls will he held this eve
ning. Thursday. The program will
begin at 8:30 p m. in the audi
torium of the public school in
O'Neill.
Judging of the girls modeling
their garments begins at 10:00
a.m.
Music groups, small and large,
will compete for awards during
the morning’s program. The top
purple music group as well as
three purple award winners in
style revue will participate in
the state tair activities.
The individual who places frst
in the music identification con
test preceding the program will
also participate in stale fair ac
tivities.
The theme for this year’s rev ue
will he “Dress Right”. Awards
for the activities are to be pre
sented by the O'Neill Chamber
of Commerce, Holt County Agr;-<
cultural Society, and the Home
Extension Council in the county.
The public is invited to attend
the evening’s activity.
Kansas Firm
Files 24 New
Oil Leases
Twenty-four oil and gas leases
have been filed by Robert R.
Freeman. Wichita, Kan.
Signing the leases were the fol
lowing Holt county owners; Hen
ry Kloppenborg, O’Neill. 480
acres; Joe Winkler. Emmet, 480;
Robert J. Fritton, O’Neill. 160;
Mary7 Lewis, Atkinson, 320; Ru
dolph W. Claussen. Atkinson. 160;
Anthony O'Donnell. Atkinson,
160; Joe Pongratz. Emmet, 640.
Herman H. Grothe, Emmet,
240; Jesse C. Wills. Emmet, 160;
Elizabeth Babl. Emmet. 160;
Guy F. Cole. O'Neill. 160; Wil
liam Schmohr. O’Neill, 320; Guy
F. Cole. O’Neill. 160; Andrew F.
Clark, et al, 2.400; D. C. Schaffer,
et al, 120; Bernard Pongratz,
O’Neill. 560.
Wesley E. Riffey, O’Neill, 240;
William F. Grothe jr.. Emmet,
400: Albert Miller. Emmet, 320;
Rex Beckwith, Emmet, 160; Guy
Beckwith. O’Neill, 880; and Wil
liam .T. Froclich. O'Neill, 640.
Atkinson Youth Hurt
In Fall from Horse
CELIA—Clair Beck, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Beryl Beck. Atkinson,
received a fractured right arm
Monday.
The accident occurred when he
fell from a horse while riding.
Social Security Agent
To Be Here Wednesday
Gail Robart, field representa
tive of the Norfolk Social Securi
ty office will be in the assembly
room in the basement of the
courthouse in O’Neill from 9:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
16.
Men 62 or older, who are not
working, may now receive re
duced benefits.
Two Chambers Students
Among U of N Grads
CHAMBERS- Two University
of Nebraska students from Cham
bers were among 400 graduates
receiving advanced and bacca
laureate degrees at the summer
commencement exercises Friday.
They are LeRoy G. Holcomb,
bachelor of science in electrical
engineering, and Clara I. Harley,
bachelor of science in education.
Mans Expected for
Verdigre Auditorium
VERDIGRE — According to an
announcement by Joe J. Jacot,
chairman of the board of educa
tion, an architect will be here
this week with final plans for the
new $120,000 gymnasium and aud
itorium.
The new school addition will
be 100 by 100 feet. Bids will be
open this week for the construc
tion of the building.
There was a reduction in the
tax levy in the Verdigre District
83, regardless of the new build
ing. The 1960 levy was 35.60 and
the tax levy for 1961 is 35.30.
County Agent Neil Dawes to Leave
O'Neill; Accepts Fairbury Position
rt. i\eu uawes rias accepieu a
position as Jefferson County Ex
tension Agent, and will assume
his duties there September 1.
County Agent Dawes has serv
ed as agent in Holt county for
the past 16% years and was Boyd
county agent for three years be
fore coming to Holt county.
‘‘As Agent I wish to thank the
people of Holt county for the
years of fine cooperation they
have given me, and hope you
will give the new agent, that the
Extension Board hires, the con
tinued fine cooperation. I partic
ularly want to thank the Exten
sion nuaiu iui men ime aupyui i
as was shown at their recent
meeting when they voted to keep
me as their Extension Agent,
however, I feel that the oppor
tunities are sufficient in Jeffer
son county, to cause me to leave
Holt county and go to Fairbury,
Nebraska as County Agent.”
We have purchased a home
there and plan to move August
26. We welcome any of you to
stop at the office or at our home
in Fairbury. We certainly will
miss our many friends in Holt
county and in O’Neill.
Ewing Girl Takes
initial Vows To
Become Nun
EWING — Ann Rotherham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rotherham, recently made her
initial vows as a nun in the order
of the Franciscan Sisters of Pen
nance and Christian Charity.
Miss Rotherham has been at
Marycrest, the Mother House of
the order for the past year, lo
cated in Denver.
The vows were administered
and the ceremony performed by
Bishop Mahoney. Denver. Miss
Rotherham chose as her name,
Sister Veronica. She will remain
at Marycrest where later she will
resume her studies at RegjS col
lege.
Those attending were her par
ents and family, Ewing; Larry
Rotherham and Mrs. Frank Ag
osta, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Tessmer, Carroll; Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Streeter, Lincoln; and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Regan and
family, Ewing, relatives and
friends from Denver also attend
ed.
Ivan Kaiser Receives
R. E. Ley Scholarship
Ivan Kaiser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Kaiser, senior at
Wayne State Teachers college,
has been awarded the Rollie E.
Ley scholarship for the 1961-62
year at Wayne State.
Kaiser is majoring in chemis
try, and minoring in physics and
mathematics.
Road Repair Begun
West of Stuart
STUART — Construction work
ers have moved to Stuart and
work has begun on the six-mile
stretch of highway on the west
edge of Stuart.
Road barriers are now up and
drivers are alerted to slow driv
ing through that area.
Crippled Child
Clinic Planned
In O'Neill Aug. 19
The next Extension Clinic to be
held for crippled children of this
area will be at the O’Neill public
school Saturday, Aug. 19.
This clinic is to serve the coun
ties of Antelope, Boyd, Brown,
Cherry, Keya Paha, Kncx, Rock
and Wheeler in addition to Holt
county. Registration begins at
7:30 a.m. and all registrations
are to be completed by 10:30 a.m.
Examining specialists will be
Dr. Louis S. Campbell, orthope
dist and Dr. G. E. Robertson,
pediatrician. Omaha.
Children, who are not now re
ceiving services under the Serv
ices for Crippled Children pro
gram, may be admitted to the
clinic when referred by the fam
ily physician. Children, who are
already receiving treatment un
der the program, will be seen for
check-up and after-care services.
A lunch is being furnished with
out cost by the Elks Lodge at the
Presbyterian church to all chil
dren and their parents wrho have
registered at the clinic.
Clearwater Lad
Injured in
Tractor Mishap
CLEARWATER Three-year
old David Hoffman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dwight Hoffman suffer
ed a severe cut on the arm and
also a bruised jaw when he was
pinned under a tractor after it
overturned in a deep ditch Mon
day at 11 a.m.
The little boy was riding with
an uncle near the Charles Knapp
place when the accident occured.
The uncle escaped injury.
Firemen were called to help
free the child. However, Louis
and Paul Thiele arrived just as
the firemen did. and lifted the
machine off the lad.
Roy Rogers' Horses
Draw Much Attention
ATKINSON Many persons
from here called at the Harvey
Hansen yards in east Atkinson
Sunday evening to see Roy Rog
ers famous horses which were
stabled there overnight
Rogers’ trainer, Corky Randall
and Mrs. Randall, Hollywood,
Calif., who are transporting the
horses, stayed overnight in At
kinson. enroute to Milwaukee.
Horses Place in
Ak-Sar-Ben Show
STUART—Two of Willis C. Pe
terson’s horses placed in the final
Horse Show results at the Ak
Sar-Ben show in Omaha held the
weekend of July 29.
Jack McGrew entered one quar
ter horse in the show which plac
ed first in the halter class.
Farmers to Vote Here August 24
On Wheat Marketing Referendum
In setting the August 24 refer
endum date, Secretary Freeman
said: “The decision that farmers
make is extremely important to
them and to the rest of the nation
not only for 1962 but also for
many years to come. The pro
gram available with quotas in
effect would be far different from
that which could be operated
without quotas.’’
Quotas for the crop were pro
claimed by the Secretary of Ag
riculture on May 12, but setting
of the referendum date was de
ferred, pending action to provide
an improved wheat pragram for
the crop.
While action has not yet been
completed on a new wheat pro
gram, the date for the referen
dum on 1962 wheat marketing
quotas is being set now in order
that as many producers as pos
sible may be apprised oi me
voting time. All eligible produc
ers will be encouraged to parti
cipate in the referendum, making
their desires known through a
free vole.
If quotas are approved by at
least two-thirds of the farmers
who vote in the August 24 refer
endum, cooperators will be elig
ible for 1962 wheat price support
at a level to be determined later.
If quotas are not approved by
the necessary percentage of
votes, there will be no limit on
marketings, and price support,
at 50 percent of parity, will be
available to those farmers who
comply with their acreage allot
ments.
Ballots wiO be cast at the Holt
county annex, O’NeiU. The Holt
ASC County committee will have
charge of the referendum locally.
FRED JONES AND HIS HORSE, STORMY, throw this calf for a loss as they practice for the big
annual Chambers rodeo. It takes many hours of practice to make a champion roper and perhaps even
more important than practice is the horse carrying the roper. For a complete story- on this O’Neill
calf roper see page 3'of the Holt county fair supplement.
Set Stock Shows,
QH Show, Rodeo
Frontier to Publish
Value Packed Issue
Over 7,000 copies of The Fron
tier will be mailed next week as
O'Neill merchants offer back-to
school bargains and other money
saving values to shoppers in
North Central Nebraska.
Advertisers and correspondents
are reminded that copy must be
in earlier than usual to allow
time for longer press runs nec
essary for an issue of this size.
Watch for this big value-filled
issue of The Frontier packed
with bargains for all North Cen
tral Nebraksa coming next week.
Ask Continuance
In Application
For Bus Line
A motion for continuance in the
hearing of the application of the
Black Hills 9tage Lines, Inc.,
Norfolk has been filed with the
Nebraska State Railway commis
sion.
Filing for continuance were the
United Motor Ways, Inc., Grand
Island, and the Greyhound Cor
poration, Omaha, both protesting
the granting of the authority
sought by the applicant.
Therefore, the hearing set
for II a.m. August 16 in the dis
trict court room of the court
house at Chadrcn is continued,
the date to be announced later.
The protestants state that they
should be allowed to present their
testimony and evidence at some
hearing site located in eastern
Nebraska, and also that the pre
paration of exhibits cannot be
completed by the date of the hear
ing.
One of the attorneys for the
Protestants has military commit
ments from August 4-20.
Ewing Man Hurt
Sn Mower Mishap
EWING Ernest D. McDonald
suffered a severe in.jurv to his
right foot when it came in con
tact with a power mower blade
Thursday evening while mowing
the lawn at the home of his fa
ther-in-law, Ray Butler.
He was taken to Antelope Mem
orial hospital, Neligh, for medi
cal care until Sunday. He will
be confined for a few days but
hopes to get about with the aid
of crutches in the near future.
Mr. McDonald, who has com
pleted 20 years of service in the
US Army, was awarded an army
commendation medal in retire
ment ceremonies July 26 at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Four big days of Ihe good old
fashioned kind of fun will lx
available at Chambers next week,
Monday through Thursday, when
the Holt County 69th Annual Fair
and Rodeo takes place.
Entry day for Fair exhibits is
Monday. Judging day is Tues
day, with demonstrations Wednes
day. There will he a fine array
of Ml club open class livestock
and school exhibits on display,
including horticultural exhibits.
All exhibits will he open untfl
S’ p.m. Wednesday.
There will be parades of all
the livestock entries and other
floats Wednesday and Thursday,
Aug. 16 and 17, at 1 p.m.. and
there will be two evenings of
rodeo with stock furnished by
Fred Wolf of Fairfax, S. D
I'urse money put up by the
rodeo committee this year,
$1,000, will probably be doubl
ed by entry fees front contest
ants themselves. The rodeo M
open to all professional con
testing cowboys in the 1 niteil
States and Canada.
There will he dancing in the
American Legion ballroom the
last two evenings of the Fair.
A third annual South Fork
Quarter Horse show will ho held
Thursday, Aug. 17. Judging of
halter classes \vi 11 be at 10 a.m ,
and judging ol performance
classes will be at 2 p.m. There
will he ?.0 classes in this show.
The top four horses in registered
cutting, both junior anti senior,
will he in finals presented dur
ing the evening rodeo.
Many prizes and trophies will
be given at this show. For fur
ther information or entry blanks,
write Stanley J. Lambert, show
superintendent, Ewing.
The Wiggins Shows of Canton.
S. D., will have carnival conces
sions on the midway all four
days.
Special awards will be present
ed during the fair to livestock
exhibitors. The Chambers Com
mercial club is presenting cups
in the 4-II classes; the Holt
County Hereford Breeders' asso
ciation has arranged to give a
plaque to the champion Hereford
stocker-feeder and breeding hei
fer; Holt County Angus associa
tion will present cash prizes and
plaques to Angus grand cham
pions; the Curtiss Candy com
pany has arranged service
prizes; the American Shorthorn
association, Omaha, will present
bronze recognition bars; the
North Central Shorthorn associ
ation has two special awards, and
Ak-Sar-Ben will make special
awards for 4-H club exhibitors.
The supervisors of Holt Coun
ty Noxious Weed District will
give special awards to 4-H clubs
with best collection of weeds.
There are numerous special
prizes this year which wili create
a large interest in exhibiting in
the Fair.
The new’ 4-H demonstration hall
has been completed at the Fair
grounds. It is a Stran Steel
building 60x64 feet. It will be
used for exhibits in the north
side of the building, and on the
south side are 4-H club bevs and
girls wash rooms, and 4-H offices.
Officers of the Holt County Ag
ricultural society are Lloyd
deed, Chambers, president;
Vem Sageser, Amelia, vice pres
ident; James H. Gibson, Cham
bers, secretary, and Steve Shav
lik, Chambers, treasurer.
Board of trustees include J.
W. Walter, chairman, W. D. Ren
inger, Glen Adams, Frank Por
ter and Steve Shavlik. Directors
are Lloyd Gleed, Henry Wood,
Ray Beed, C. V. Robertson, T.
E. Alderson, Clyde Widman, Vem
Sageser and Ray Hoffman.
Henry Wood and Harlan Hirson
will be in charge of livestock
Other superintendents are: Mrs.
Vernon Smith, flowers; Mrs.
Esther Wood, needle art; Tom
Lambert, farm produce; Mrs.
Wayne Smith, 4-H foods; Mrs.
Ralph Hoffman, 4-H clothing, and
LeRoy Holcomb, 4-H agriculture.