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Volume 61—Number 18 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 24, 1961 Seven Cents
Father Finds Larry Strong's Body;
Graveside Rites Held Wednesday
After atwut two months of
searching the body of Larry
Strong, missing since a two mo
tor boat accident June 27, was
found Tuesday on the banks of
Fort Randall reservoir.
Finding the body was his fa
ther, Bill Strong, who has been at
the lake almost every day since
the accident, and a cousin, Ar
thur Urban.
The two men had gone to the
lake Tuesday and had searched
the waters about two hours when
they sighted the body at noon one
mile west of where they believed
the accident occurred near the O’
Neill Boat club location.
They notified Sheriff Lyle Oli
ver, (Burke, S. D., and the coroner
of Gregory county, who retrieved
the body. The coroner estimated
that the body had surfaced ap
proximately 10-12 hours before
its discovery.
Sheriff Oliver told the Frontier
that an inquest would be held
as soon as the state’s attorney
returns from a trip to set the
date.
Graveside rites were held for
Larry Wednesday morning under
the direction of iBiglins Funeral
home at Prospect Hill cemetery.
The Rev. Glenn Kennicott offici
ated.
(Pallbearers were Wayne Fox,
Jay McConnell, Lester Sheets.
Marvin Young, Gale Theye and
Earl Strong jr.
School Opens
September 5
At St, Mary's
School will formally open
September 5 with mass of the
Holy Spirit at 9 a.m. for St.
Mary’s academy students.
There will be registration of
freshmen and sophomores August
31, and for juniors and seniors.
September 1. Students from
neighboring parishes, or who live
at great distances, may register
on September 2 or 3. Grade
school students need not regi
ster until opening day.
St. Mary’s faculty members
are as follows: First, Sr. Brid
get; second, Sr. Thoma; third.
Mrs. Jack Arbuthnot: fourth.
Miss Hilda Gallagher; fourth
and fifth. Miss Clarie Tomjack;
fifth, Mrs. Leo Gokie; sixth, Sr.
Flores; seventh, Sr. Adeltrude;
eighth, Sr. Mildred; ninth, Sr.
Agnes; tenth, Sr. Lenore;
eleventh, Sr. George, and Uvelth,
Sr. Josephine.
Music, Sr. Flores; religion and
guidance, Fr. Duffy, Fr. O’Don
nell and Fr. Kucera; piano, Mrs.
F. J. Kubitschek; coach, Don
Templemeyer; band, Duane Mil
ler; teacher aid, Mrs. Etherton,
and superintendent. Mother An
tonella.
NOTICE
fPNeill’s Public library will
be closed this week while the
floor is being refinished and a
new sidewalk is being con
structed, according to an an
nouncement by the librarian,
Bernadette Brennan.
Page Methodist E<
Dedicated Sunday
Dedication services were held
Sunday, Aug. 20 for the recently
completed Educational Unit of
the Page Methodist church with
the pastor. Rev'. Robert D. Lin
der. in charge of the service.
Rev. Robert L. Embree, O’
Neill district superintendent for
the northeast district, read the
Scripture lesson.
Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland
of Lincoln, bishop of the Ne
braska area delivered the dedi
cation sermon, ‘‘The Witness
to The World.” Mrs. Pat
French was organist; acolytes
were Jimmie Sorensen and
Jerome Crumly; Mrs. Alton
Braddock was in charge of the
guest book.
Hostesses were Mrs. K. V.
Crumly am! Mrs. Jesse Kelly.
Carl Max, Robert Nissen,
Harry Tegeler and Arnold
Stewart ushered.
More than 150 were served
at the basket dinner at noon.
Dedication of the following
memorials was made at the af
ternoon service: Church School
Worship Center in memory of
Everette Mevvmaw and Clem Ha
worth; Candelabra, candle ligh
ter, lectern cloth and literature
Rainfall, Light Failure
Plague Fair Officials
This year’s presentation of the
Holt County Fair at Chambers
was termed a “great success” al
though Fair officials had to re
port a cat in attendance at the
Thursday evening performance cf
the rodeo due to the heavy rain
fall.
Approximately one and one-half
inches of rain fell at rodeo time
and to add to the difficulties of
the Fair board, the lights were
out for a time and the loud
speaker failed to perform. There
was some delay but the rodeo
was held.
Staff Complete
At O'Neill High;
To Open Aug* 30
Supt. H. L. McCoy announces
a complete staff of teachers
at the O'Neill public school for
the opening of school August 30.
Grade teachers are as follows:
Mrs. Grace Petersen and Mrs.
Eleanor Hunt, kindergarten;
Miss Bonnie Berger, first; Mrs.
Florence Kersenbrock, second;
Mrs. Nyeulah Sanders, first and
second; Mrs. Lorine Smith and
Mrs. Catherine Pease, third;
Mrs. Edna Jeffrey and Mrs.
Clara Herley, fourth.
Mrs. Theresa Ernst and Mrs.
Elizabeth Spelts, fifth; Mrs. Vi
vian Bartos and Miss Cleta Mur
ray, sixth; Mrs. Cloris Van
Nice, Mrs. Nona Beckwith, Miss
Helen Martens and James L*jft
(coach), seventh and eighth.
High school faculty members
are: Marvin Miller, principal
and social studies; Vernon Car
penter, agriculture and gui
dance; Duane Miller, instru
mental music; Gerald Hawley,
mathematics and head football
coach; Charles Smith, social
studies and head basketball
coach; Don Larson, commercial;
Stan Williamson, mathematics
and science; Richard Van Valin,
German anil science; Don Kokr
ria, social studies, science and
assistant coach; Mrs. Eileen
Seger. home economics and
English; Mrs. Alice Berigan,
English, and Miss Alvara Ramm.
vocal music.
Miss Joyce Krogh is school
secretary. Custodians are Amie
Mace and Harry Graham.
Grant Approved for
O'Neill Armory
The Senate Tuesday gave ap
proval to a military construction
bill which includes the O’Neill
armory at $43,250.
This National Guard armory is
to be built on land in the north
part of O’Neill.
Guardsmen Home from
Two-week Training Trip
National Guardsmen from this
area returned Sunday from a
training period at Camp Ripley,
Minn.
iucational Unit
r at Morning Rite
rack in memory of Marlene Kel
ly Schneider; Four light fixtures
in memory of Mrs. E. A. Chi
chester; Guest book table in
memory of Charles Cronk; Silver
coffee service in memory of Mrs.
Grace Lamason, Herbert Stein
berg and Louis Downey; two
flower planters in memory of
Harry D. Snyder of Inman; four
electric fans in memory of Ray
Snell; bulletin board in memory
of David E. Bowen and drapery
for the mother’s room in mem
ory of Mrs. Bertha Reed.
A special dedication service
was held following the 1959 in
stallation of the Baldwin organ,
the gift of Mrs. C. J. Malmsten
of Lincoln in memory of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. David Farns
worth. Miss Minnie Farnsworth
of. Omaha and E. H. Farnsworth
of Page represented the Farns
worth family at the dedication
service.
Rev. Feodor C. Kattner of
Fayetteville, Ark., pronounced
the benediction at the close of
the morning service and Rev.
Lisle Mewrnaw of Neligh dismis
sed the congregation at the af
(Continued on page 4.)
Oil Attempt Fails;
Another Well Planned
A third attempt to hit oil in
Holt county failed this week when
granite was sruck at 2,531 feet
after almost a week of drilling.
The attempt was made on the
William Froelich land about one
mile east of Emmet. The Time
Petroleum company holds the oil
lease on this property.
The rig has now been moved to
land south of Emmet and is being
set up for another try at oil.
Methodists to
Purchase Home
For Parsonage
The O’Neill Methodist church
held a brief congregational
meeting in the morning church
services Sunday to vote on the
proposed purchase of the Earl
Rodman home for a future
church parsonage. The vote was
almost unanimously in favor of
the purchase. Of the 88 votes
cast there were 84 yes votes and
four no.
The matter is now in the hands
of the building committee and
the church trustees. The building
committee is responsible for
working out the financial ar
rangements and the trustees will
take care of the legal trans
action.
Long range plans call for the
eventual removal of the present
parsonage to provide more room
for a new church sanctuary and
Christian education space as
well as a fellowship hall.
Aquatic Show
Well Attended
Sunday Evening
A large crowd was present Sun
day evening for O’Neill’s Aquatic
show held at the swimming .pool,
conducted by Manager Chuck
Smith and the pool personnel.
Many youngsters participated in
the show and the first, second
and third place winners of each
division were presented with cer
tificates of awards.
Following are the winneis,
named in the order of their plac
ing: Free style, intermediate,
Dick Martin, Melvin Schmit and
Dennis Jeffrey (boys) and Carol
Sindelar, Rita Winkler and Mau
reen Shoemaker (girls).
Free style, junior, Russ John
son, Duane Winkler and John De
Witt—Kathy Hynes, Virginia Law
rence and Karen Bartos.
Free style, senior, T. Kurtz, J.
Oetter and Tomjack—J. Lohaus,
L. Haynes and J. Smith.
Back stroke, intermediate, M.
Schmit, D. Martin and Kent Cole
—R. Winkler, C. Sindelar and D.
Conway.
Back stroke, junior, R. John
son, D. Winkler and John DeWitt
—R. Hynes, Virginia Lawrence
and Linda Switzer.
Back stroke, senior, J. Oetter,
T. Kurtz and Tomjack—Ilene Nel
son, J. Lohaus and L. Hynes.
Diving, intermediate, Jerry
Trant, Kelly Fuhrer and Tim
Langan—M. Shoemaker, Susie
Larson and Janet Spelts.
Diving, junior, Bob Riley, Jeff
Hammond and Mike Langan—R.
Hynes, V. Lawrence and Marilyn
Peterson and L. Switzer, tied for
third.
Diving, senior, Gaylen Young,
J. Oetter and T. Kurtz—J. Lo
haus, I. Nelson and J. Smith.
Gamble Store Honored
The local Gamble store, man
aged by Frank McKenny, has
been named the outstanding store
in its district for the month of
July.
The award, made in the form
of a bronze plaque signed by B.
C. Gamble, president of Gamble
Skogmo, was presented today to
Frank McKenny and the em
ployees of the store by Art
Beach, district manager for this
area.
The award is made each
month to the store in each of
Gamble-Skogmo’s sixteen dis
tricts which obtained the greatest
percentage of actual sales over
budgeted sales.
Hermsen Honored
J. J. Hermsen observed his
10th year of service with the
Northwestern Bell Telephone
company this month.
He is in the construction de
partment.
THE PRESENT Page Methodist church and educational unit.
I
Boyd County Fair to Open Monday;
Plan Three Days of Entertainment
Next week, Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, will bring about
the 17th annual Boyd County
Fair to Spencer. With the recent
rains and general crop conditions
good, this should prove to be one
of the biggest exhibits ever wit
nessed at the fair. Fair books
were mailed early this year to
give all exhibitors more time in
which to prepare their exhibits.
Monday, Aug. 28 (Entry Day)
will again be a complete day of
free entertainment. Besides the
normal entries and judging
activities planned for Monday,
at 3 p.m. at the ball park, the
Tractor Operator’s contest will
be held. This is open to both
4-H and Open Class participa
tion. Monday evening starting
at 7 p.m. the Lynch girls soft
hall team will meet the Spen
cer girls soft ball team, fol
lowed at 8:30 by a ball game
between Pee Wees and the
Butte Pee Wees. Free square
dancing will be held at the
south end of Main street.
Four-H and Open Class exhi
bits will be located in the Spen
cer Community hall and the
livestock tent at its usual loca
tion. School exhibits will again
be in the basement of the li
brary, and the Commercial exhi
bits will this year move to a
special tent south of the live
stock tent. Two ball games are
scheduled for Tuesday, with the
Spencer Jr. Legion playing the
Lynch Jr. Legion at 2 p.m. and
the Bonesteel Town team meet
O'Neill Firm Files
Corporation Papers
Robertson Motor company. O’
Neill, with capitalization o
$50,000, and the Galyen Moto:
company, Atkinson, have filei
incorporation papers with thi
Nebraska secretary of state.
Incorporators are James W
Galyen and Claudia I. Galyen
Atkinson, for both firms, Charle
F. Radke, Atkinson, a third in
corporator for Galyen Motors
and Delbert V. Robertson, C
Neill, for the Robertson Moto
company.
Women's Tournament
Now Underway
Monday was the opening dat
for the O’Neill Country club wc
men’s golf tournament followei
by a week of play with the fina
rounds falling Sunday.
First round matches were 1
by Wednesday evening and th
second round contests will b
completed by Saturday. Th'
finals Sunday will be followei
by a mixed two ball foursom
and steak fry.
ing the Spencer Town team at
8:30 in the evening under the
lights.
Horseshoe pitching contest
starts at 4 p.m. at the ball park,
and at 7 p.m. the Spencer school
band wall present a concert on
main street. For the ladies and
girls the dress revue will be
held at the high school at 8:30.
Wednesday finds a full pro
gram for entertainment, starting
at 1:30 with the parade. Every
year the Boyd County Fair has
displayed one of the outstanding
parades in this area. Following
the parade there will be horse
shoe pitching finals at the hall
park, kid races at the ball park,
and just added this week since
the bills were published—there
will be a Quarter Horse show at
the ball park at 3. The bands
within the county will hold a
joint concert at 4:30 on Main
street, followed by a watermelon
feed for all participating mem
bers.
Wednesday evening brings the
Don Chadwick’s “Tournament of
Thrills” show to the Spencer ball
park. This show has played
most of the bigger fairs through
out the country, and promises
to be a fast moving show for the
whole family. Following this
thrill show, the Boyd County
“Woman of the Year” will be
presented at the Spencer ball
park under the lights. Through
popular request the Bobby Layne
orchestra returns again this
year for dancing at the Com
munity hall.
Leigh Cull Hired as
Lynch Superintendent
LYNCH — Mr. and Mrs. Leigh
E Cull and son, Paul, have arrived
in Lynch where Cull will serve
1 as superintendent of schools.
; Previous to this move, Cull
was superintendent at Bendon.
The family is residing in the
, Ronald Carson home.
Football practice opened Mon
day at which time over 35 boys
; registered. Physical examina
tions were given in the morning.
Band instructor Miller, a new
member of the faculty here, has
returned from National Guard
training.
Social Security Agent
In O'Neill August 30
1 Gail Robart, field representa
1 tive of the Norfolk Social
Security office, wall be in the
i assembly room in the courthouse
; basement at O’Neill from 9:30
; a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
? 30.
1 Men €2 years or older, who
? are not working, may now re
ceive reduced benefits.
Age Branding Legal
Is Now Permissable
In recent legislation, passed by
state legislator, age branding of
livestock is now permissible.
The only requirement to be
met is that one digit only may
be used and it must be placed
on the shoulder on the same side
that the recorded brand is used.
The age brand must not be
used by itself but is to be used
in conjunction with the recorded
brand, in other words the animal
should carry both the age brand
as well as the recorded brand
of the owner.
Mrs. Chmiel Leaves
On Demonstration Trip
Mrs. Stanley Chmiel left from
Fremont Wednesday morning
with 73 Nebraskans to attend the
national meeting of Home De
monstrations clubs in Orono,
Me.
The trip will comprise an 18
day tour of many interesting
places in the eastern states. Two
busses were used for transporta
tion.
Three from Chambers
Enlist in Service
Kenneth Lidgett, Gary Rickard
and Bill Day, Chambers, enlisted
in the armed services and left
Monday morning for Omaha to
start their training.
Infant Grandson Dies
Monday in Niobrara
John E. Kee has received word
of the death of an infant grand
son, John Edward Kee 2nd, Mon
day at the Sacred Heart hospital,
Lynch.
The baby was bom July 6 at
the Lynch hospital to Mr. and
Mrs. Mervin H. Kee, Niobrara.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Niobrara.
Sale Dates
Claimed
SEPT. 8 — CLIFF FLEMING
FARM SALE. Personal property
and livestock including 24 head
Holstein milk cows, 24 mixed
yearling steers and heifers, 11
spring calves and registered
Hereford bull.
SEPT. 8 — 240 ACRE LAND
SALE to settle the estate of Em
ma Fleming. Both sales at the
farm located 8 miles southwest
of Ewing, Nebraska on the Ew
ing-Chambers road. Ed Thorin
Auction Service and licensed real
estate broker.
City Recreation Program
Shows Signs of Progress
Where in O Neill could approxi
mately 260 youngsters find a
place to play baseball this was
the problem which faced city
council members.
When the National Guard
Armory site was agreed upon it
became necessary to find a new
location for the two baseball
diamonds in the north part of
O'Neill.
A discussion of this problem
and the desire to provide sports
facilities for this area, brought
about the beginning of a
“dream-type” recreation area
for O’Neill—one of the finest
recreation places in the state.
With this project in mind,
council members started the ball
rolling. The city had to provide
an additional three acres for the
National Guard Armory in order
to qualify for federal aid, so
when they purchased these three
acres, they acquired about 17
more acres for recreation
grounds. Thirteen of these acres
were Iiought from Harry Ressell
and the remainder of the land
from Joe Noble.
This land is located north of
the Consumers Public Power Dis
trict sub-station.
Mayor It. C. Schaffer and city
council members voted to use
$2,000 for the start of this pro
ject. City employees are al
ready on the job, clearing tlic
land and doing basic work. The
engineers’ estimate of the total
cost of the project is $90,(MM(.
Only a beginning can be made
with the original amount of
money but each year, further
development can be added until
the project is completed.
A four-tenth mill levy was in
cluded in the city budget which
will p r o v7 i d e approximately
$2,000 from the general fund each
year. All labor will come from
city workers, and such things as
lights, presently on the Carney
ball park property, can be uti
lized as well as diamond equip
ment.
When the project is completed
there will be two Little League,
one Pony League and one
American Legion League base
ball diamonds, all constructed
with proper drainage facilities,
built-up bases and measurements,
according to I.egion and League
rules. In addition there will be
four tennis courts, refreshment
area, bleacher sealing and park
ing accomodations.
In the meantime, the Little
League diamonds will be com
puted in the near future, and
weather and money permitting,
the work will he continued on
through the grounds.
According to the plans drawn
by Omaha architects, the Little
League diamonds will l»e 60 feet
square and the distance from
home base to the ends of right
and left fields will l e 175 feet.
From home base to the outer
edge of center field will he 180
feet. There will be accomodations
for the parking of 60 cars on the
south side of the two diamonds,
and eventually there will he
bleachers, a concession stand and
rest rooms.
I'util annexation of land north
of the city limits is completed,
sewer aid water pipes will not
he laid ami until that is done,
rest rooms ea”",ol lie built on
the grounds. Present plans call
for the moving of the night
lights from the south |»ark to be
used when the first two dia
monds are completed.
Just north of the Little League
diamonds will be the site for the
Pony League field which will be
75 feet square and the side dis
tances will he 225 feet long with
a 250 f(x>t measurement from
home base to the outer edge of
centerficld. North of this diamond
will he the American Legion
league field which will lie 90
foot square, with 310-foot side
distances and a 350-foot measure
ment from home plate to the
center field edge.
Both of these diamonds will
have bleacher accomodations and
there will bo a parking area for
XX cars on the west side of the
Pony League area.
At the northeast comer of the
grounds will be a parking place
for 172 cars and south of this will
be room for four hard-surfaced
and lighted tennis courts. The re
freshment area, concession stand
and rest rooms are planned for
the location just north of the
tennis courts.
Council mom!« rs cannot esti
mate the date for completion of
this project. With ihe youth of
this area in mind, they are en
deavoring to pzo\ i(ie a place for
healthy recreation. They have
been able to obtain a location and
a basic financial plan to start
immediate action toward this
goal without going into debt.
This is a step forward in the
right direction a sign of a pro
gressive city.
Two Mishaps
Reported to
Police Dept.
Two minor accidents were re
ported to police last week. Beth
occurred during the rain storm
Monday noon. Autos driven by
Margaret Howard and George
Fritz collided at the intersection
of Second and Everett. Another
accident was reported shortly af
terward when cars driven by
Doris Hynes, O’Neill, and D. K
Miller, Chambers, collided at the
intersection of Fourth and Clay
streets.
Three Men Named for
Conservation Awards
VERDIGRE Fred Uhlir, O’
Neill. Wendell Morrill, Orchard,
,ioe Jacot jr., and Chris Larsen,
Verdigre, are among the 18 far
mers who are candidates for con
servation awards, according to
the Knox County Soil and Water
conservation district.
Four will be selected from the
18 to be recognized in Sioux
City later this fall. Nominations
were made by farmers and con
servation district supervisors.
Final judging of the farms will
be completed in late August.
(TTY GOLF TOT- RN'AMEXT champion Fred (Table is shown here
with Max Golden, runner up in the championship flight. Gakie, who
cinched the victory on the 18th hole Sunday also won the tournament
last year. A. P. Jaszkowiak defeated Jack Everitt in the champion
ship consolation play. Other winners were: First flight, Dr. Wilson
over Father Bartak; second, Jim Sanford over Marv Johnson; third,
Ted Kyster over Dr. Ed Gleeson; fourth, Fritz Yantzi over Eric
Dankert; fifth. Bill McIntosh over Gary Gillespie; sixth. Father
Duffy over L. A. Beeker, seventh. Chuck Smith over Jim Fritton,
eighth, Wayne Spelts over Bud Calmer, and ninth, R. Cimfel over
Carl Max.