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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1961)
RONTI ER “r —• Casper, Wyoming _ "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 81—Number 32 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 30, 1961 Seven Cents Rites Planned At Spencer for Robert P. Jones SI’KNCKU Rol>ort P. Jones, 71. Spencer, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch following an illness of over a year. .Mr. •lories was well known in the Spencer area tuning owned and o|>e rated a funeral home here for over 35 yearn. He also operated funeral homes at Nio brara for over 25 years and at Lynch mil 11 he retired from active huslni*ss because of his health. Funeral services will lie held Friday, 1 >ec. 1, at 2 p.m. from the Community hall in Spencer with the Rev. Itolierl Peterson in charge. Interment will be in the Union cemetery at Spencer and Masonic graveside rites will lie conducted by the Orman Lodge No 261 AF At AM, Spencer. The Ixxly will lie in state Wednesday and Thursday at the Jones Funeral Home. Robert P. Jones was bom on a farm near Union February 6, 1890 to William F. and Luella Keyser Jones. He was married at Niobrara November 2. 1913 to Martha Opocensky. Survivors are his wife, Martha; son, Richard, Spencer; daugh ter, Mrs. Donald L. Petersen. Rapid City, S. I>.; seven grand children; one sister, Mrs. Albert L. Miller, Vancouver, Wash., and four brothers, Roy, Freeborn, Minn., Guy and Donald, Van couver, and Clifton, The Dalles, Ore. Pallbearers will be Dwaine J. IjOckmon, Dr. J- M. Pucelik, Charles Sedlacek, R. B. Drickey, John R. Knitter and Louis Klas na. Salvation Army Clothing Drive Planned Dec. 6 The Salvation Army tmek will lie in O’Neill and Orchard Wed nesday, Dec. 6, for collection of clothing and household articles of all kinds. Anyone having good usable clothing, old rags, furniture, etc,, may place them on the sidewalk that morning for pick up. Donors are asked to place the boxes where they easily be seen by the truek driver. Those wishing to donate articles before December 6 may leave them at the O'Neill Police sta tion. Newspapers, magazines and books are urgently needed as well as clothing for adults and child ren. Any type household article from furniture to toys and electricial appliances will be most welcome. Wildcat Well Started On Gotschall Ranch ATKINSON — Drilling of a wildcat oil well started Wednes day morning, Nov. 22 at the Got m hall ranch about 18 miles south west of Atkinson. Hunt Oil company is making the test. Rites Held for Henry Spahn, 89 At Clearwater CLEARWATER Funeral services were conducted Friday at tin- Concordia I^utheran church here for Henry Spahn, 89, who died Tuesday, Nov. 21, at Antelope Memorial hospital, Ne ligh, following a short illness. The Rev. D. L. Eraunersreut lier officiated at the services and at burial which was in the Ziem’s I-utheran cemetery south of Ewing. Henry Spahn. son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrick Spahn, was born April 17, 1872 at Herchenhein, Hassenland, Germany. He was baptized in the Iattheran faith in infancy and was confirmed in 188fi. He grew to manhood in Ger many and in September, 1897 he was married to Anna Lange in Rotthausen, Rhineland. Ger many. The family moved to America and came to Ewing on May 14, 1912. He lived on a farm south of Ewing until later years when he resided with his child ren. He was preceded in death by his wife, August 15, 1932, a son, Eric, and a daughter, Hedwig. Survivors include his four sons, Ewald, Ernest and Harold, all of Ewing, and Herbert, Clearwater; five grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and a brother, Gustav, Essen, Germany. Pallbearers were Walter Mosel, Art Melcher, Adolph Sanne, Carl Michael, Russell Anderson and Walter Menebroker. Nine Students On Honor Roll Nine students at O'Neill public high school made the honor roll during the past six weeks with four A’s. They are: Melvin Sanders, Kay Le Rees and Fred Rosenkrans, seniors; Ann Johnson, junior; Diane Gillespie, Dolores Rosen krans, Dwaine Skopec and Lau rell Haynes, sophomores, and Ivan Hurley, freshman. Other students named to the honor roll are Eileen Pribil and Ruth Ann Walker, seniors; Chris tine Herley and Karen Perry, ' oliomores, an 1 Pam Hammer l'jn, Bill Enke and Eldon Krag man, freshmen. Alfred Uedtkes Honored On Golden Anniversary CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Liedtke. Chambers, were guests of honor Sunday afternoon at an open house observance of their 50th wedding anniversary. The celebration was arranged by their children. Mrs. Bob Ruther, Inman; Mrs. Ronald Craig, Flint. Mich., and Lloyd Liedtke. O’Neill. Friends and relatives called at the Liedtke ranch home during open house to extend their con gradulations to the couple. The refreshment table was decorated with an anniversary cake and a bouquet of flowers. Alfred and Grace Liedtke were married November 27, 1911 at York, attended by Mr. and Mrs. August Worth. Grace Liedtke's parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson and she was bom in Leweston, 111. Al fred Liedtke was bom in Hamp ton to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lied tke. Since their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Liedtke have resided on a ranch near Chambers. Mr. Lied tke finds time from his ranch duties to enjoy making lamps, end tables, canes, etc., from Diamond willow wood. Mrs. Lied tke enjoys the art of cooking, and also is very handy with crochet and tatting work. Besides their three children, the couple has six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Final Date for Wheat Signup Is December 1 December 1 is the final date for signup for participation in the 1962 wheat stabilization pro gram, according to Floyd Butter field, chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. Unless producers sign up in this program and participate, they will not be eligible for a price support loan on their 1962 wheat crop. A recent change in 1961 feed grain program provisions now permits turning of livestock on diverted acreage from now until the end of the year which saves the farmers unreasonable ex pense for protective fencing in instances where diverted acres might be in the same field. The Chairman pointed out that the main purpose of the feed grain program was to remove grain sorghum and com land crop production this year to help reduce the supply of feed grains. Grazing of the diverted acreages was not permitted after the close of the program signup in late May. The period for keeping the land in a conserving use and out of production runs through the end of the year, but participants who normally would work or plant land this fall for 1962 crops could perform these usual activities on diverted acres under existing pro visions. Land Sold Near Page PAGE — The 80-acre tract of land which was a part of the James D. McClung estate was sold as public auction on the premises Saturday, one mile east of the Orchard-Ewing junction, for 56,000 Guemey Drayton, whose land joins this tract, on the west was the purchaser. The 80-acre tract was part of the bequest made by Mr. Mc Clung to the Presbyterian board of Missions. He lived for a great many years with the N. D. Ickes family in Page. Services Held At Atkinson for E. J. Deseive ATKINSON — Funeral rites were conducted here Tuesday morning, Nov. 21, for Edward J. Deseive, 64, who died Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Atkinson Mem orial hospital following a lengthy illness. The Rev. R. J- Parr officiated at the rites in the St. Joseph Catholic church. Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery. Edward Joe Deseive was bom June 28, 1897 at Stuart to John and Anna Longer Deseive. He grew up in the Stuart community and was a resident of the Stuart and Atkinson communities all of his life. He was married to Rose Camp bell at O’Neill February 10, 1920. Most of his life was spent in business with his brothers, Joe and the late Frank Deseive in the commercial haying business in this area. One son, Clayton, preceded him in death when he was killed in the South Pacific in 1945 while serving in World War n. Survivors include his wife. Rose; a daughter, Mrs. Joe Nathomb. Omaha; two brothers. John. Battle Ground. Wash., and Joe, Atkinson; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Cole and Mrs. Henry Dierks. both of Atkinson, and Mrs. William Nadeau, Los Angeles, Calif. Pallbearers were A. J- Tasler, Clarence Brenneman. Frank Schaaf, Harry Van Fleet, Wayne Galyen and Ivan Gilg. Ewing Juniors To Present Play EWING — Junior class mem bers of the Ewing high school will present a play, “Glamour Girl" Monday evening, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium under the direction of Mrs. Am ber Schlotman. assisted by stu dent directors. Bonita Welke and Lois Woslager. Cast members are Virtus Lee. Kay Bergstrom. Faye Scheer, Mvra Rotherham. Clayton Hoke, Victor Thoendel. Sharon Mott. Barbara Emesti and Pauline Jurgensen. Grant Continuance In Abduction Case A week’s continuance was granted Tuesday in the abduc tion case against Thomas Zakrzewski sr.. Dean Bowman and Frank Oberle at Lake Andes, S. D. States Attorney Paul Kern said he expects to start picking the jury Dec. 5. The defendants were denied a motion for a separate trial and will all be tried at once. The men are charged with abduction of a minor female, growing out of an incident last June in Lake Andes. Turkeys Disappear From Sanders Farm Eight turkeys disappeared from the Willis Sanders farm Friday, about six miles southeast of O’ Neill. Sanders said he believes hunters took the birds. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT—Richard Stru ie (purpoftely portruyed in slindnw to Indicate his blindness) is shown here with his new dog, "Copp >r.” The beauty of this Genu tn Sin | herd leader do* will soon become apparent to residents in this are i as tiiey become used to her on tin* O'Neill streets guiding her master. Richard has just returned fro n a month of training at the leader I>. »g School in Rochester, Mich., where he was sent through the Lions Club International Sight Conservation program under the arrangements of the O’Neill Ijons club. It was a difficult time for Richard to work in a new terrain as well as becoming used to the training technique. The initial three days were spent with a trainer, and from then on the dog has never left his side. Eight hours a day were spent ia training mostly on the streets of Rochester where the two learned to handle difficult steps and hazards, and where Richard became accustomed to the better than average speed with which <’ pper moves. Be cause of Richard’s young family, ho was given the "pick of the dogs” for her gentleness with children, as well as intelligence. Graveside Piles Conducted for Silvers Infant STUART •— Graveside rites w«-re conducted here Tuesday, Nov. 21, for Bryan J)■ an Silvers. 28-month-<.ld son of Mr. and Mrs. Gro- or S. Silvers, who died Si n day, Nov. 19. at the Silvers home in Stunr!. The Rev. A. J. Paschang c tv ducted the services at St. Boni face cemetery. Bryan Dean was bom July 20, 1959 at Atkinson. Survivors are his parents; four brothers, Pfc. Terry C. Silvers, wi»h the army, Darryl, Duane and Thomas, at home; one sister, Sonya Sue, at home; grandpar ents, Mrs. Nettie Silvers, Union Star, Mo., and Mrs. Alois Babl, Newport. Two from O'Neill Attend Conference Mike Trupp and Ray Eby re cently attended a joint meeting of the Nel raska State Chamber of Commerce and the Aooiated Industries of Nebraska which was held in Lincoln. The two served as representa tives of the O'Neill Chamber of Commerce. Among the notable speakers on the program was Fulton Lewis jr., Washington. r* :«&•. - ♦ w. ». *• ■ ' Gust Weickums Feted Wednesday On Golden Anniversary at Naper NAPER — Mr. and Mrs. Gust Weickum. Naper, were honored Wednesday, Nov. 22. when 213 relatives, friends and neighbors gathered at a reception held at the Congregational church from 2 to 5 p.m. in observance of the Weickums' golden wedding anni versary. Bouquets of gold crysanthe mums and fall leaves decorated the reception room, and a four tier anniversary cake, baked and decorated by Mrs. Henry Stah lecker, centered the refreshment table. Mr. and Mrs. Weickum s son, Rudy, took movies during the af ternoon. Another son, Fred. Lin coln, assisted by Arthur Martin received the guests. Their daugh ter. Mrs. Arthur Martin, pre sided at the coffee service. Mrs. Rudy Weickum and Mrs. Fred Weickum cut and served the cake. Mrs. Ray Sondgroth served punch. A granddaughter, Mrs. Don Mc Nair. Kearney, had charge of the guest book. Miss Delores Fuhrer and Miss Ella Bechtold took care of the card and gift table, assisted by a great grand daughter. Miss Pamela Smith, and Miss Marcine Martin. Mrs. Hans Teigten and Mrs. Clayton Smith served. Seated at the honor table were Plan Graveside Rites For Dr. E. E. Gallagher Graveside rites will be held here today (Thursday' for Dr. E. E. Gallagher, 70. who died Friday, Nov. 24. at La Crosse, Wis. Msgr. Timothy O'Sullivan will officiate at the graveside ser vices at 10 am. in Calvary cemetery. Dr. E. E. Gallagher was born June 2, 1891 at O’Neill and grew to manhood here. Inman Post Office To Open Saturdays The Inman Post Office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. cm two Saturdays before Christmas, December 16 and 23, for the con venience of the patrons with their Christmas mailing. Mrs. Will Kelley, acting post master. urges all patrons to do their mailing early. the Rev. Mr. Peermann, Mr. and Mrs. Rude Becker, Herrick. S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Given Reber, Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. George Sieh and Mrs. Minnie Wentz. Mr. and Mrs. George Weickum. Omaha, were unable to attend because of illness. They are all brothers and sisters, along with their husbands and wives, of the honored couple. A short program was held with the Rev. Mr. Peermann. Verne Mills. Rollin Kibby, Marlas Mills and Mrs. Opal McFadden par ticipating. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Weickum were married November 22. 1911 at Butte. Mrs. Weickum w»as born Octo ber 24, 1884 at Schuyler to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Becker. Mr. Weickum was born at Lestorvil le, S. D., to Mr. and Mrs. Wil helm Weickum March 19, 1885. The couple farmed at Milboro, S. D., for awhile before settling on their farm near Naper. They are now retired and Mr. Weic kum spends his time at his favorite pastime, visiting with old friends. Mrs. Weickum's favorite hobby is collecting recipes. Besides their three children. Rudolph, Fred and Mrs. Martin, the couple has four grandchildren and ten great grandchildren Spall Named Rodeo President Harry Spall was elected presi dent of the O’Neill Rodeo associa tion at a meeting held Monday evening. Retiring president is Leigh Reynoldson. Larry Schaffer is the new vice president, and the following two men were re-elected to office: Bill Murray, secretary', and Vir gil Laursen. treasurer. Board of directors are Leigh Reynoldson, C. E. McVay. Dale Wilson, Louis Brown. E. L. Min er. Bernard Allen, Henry John son, Orlo Rhodes, Roger Bowen. Gordon Watson. D. C. Schaffer. L. D. Putnam and J. J. Berigan. Reports were given concerning the 1961 rodeo and notice was taken of the fact that the annual rodeo production has had an in crease in attendance each year. It was decided to hold four per formances next year instead of the usual three. Irrigation Committee To Attend State Meeting Town Teachers Hear Dr. Freeman Decker A large attendance wa* present Monday evening when the Holt County Town Teacher* assnein t.un convened in ttie O'Neill high scho 1 gym. Gu< Ms were mem lx-rs of tile Holt County Rural Teachers association. Dr. Freeman l»ecker, Mate superintendent of public instruc tion, was the main speaker. He discussed professionalism tn teaching, teachers’ certification and mlistrlctlng Mrs Theresa Ernst presided at tiie business session The main order of business wns the appointment of a committee f >r the revisal of tlie constltu* t on. Two future meetings are planned, one in the new si lx*>! building at Chambers and one at Atkinson public school Two Rare Birds Captured Here This has been Harry Spall’s week to find rarely seen bird.* Spall, Game Commission of ficer, found a snowy owl Satur day morning south of the Nio ! i-ora river on the Carroll O'Neill ranch. These owl* are not com mon in this area ns their natural habitat is ice and snow country such ns lound in Northern Canada ond Alaska This particular bird is nlx>ut the size of the horned owl found in tliis community. It is all while except for black spots on the wing feathers. Another unusual find was made by larry Schaffer while hunting on the river atiout a week ago. He saw a bald eagle fly out of the underbrush and land in the water where it seemed to lx? in dif ficulties due to an injured wing. He tossed a stick to the eagle and the bird sunk its powerful la lor s alx ut ail inch into the wood. After wrapping if in canvass, Sc'.inffer brought it into town and turned it over to Spall. Since the Paid Eagle is federally protected Spall lias written to the authori ties for further instructions. In the meantime 13 li Milne* is nursing the bird I ark to health and has it caged in his bam. Auth rities state that there are fewer than 5,(XX) b.ikl eagles re mair ing in this country A very high lilt H set against anyone shooting this type eagle. Naper Church Holds Mortgage Burning NAPER A special service was held Sunday, Nov. 19. at the b irst Congregational church for the burning of the mortgage of the new church which v.a: de dicated May 1. 1%0 Speakers assisting the Rev. Mr. Pecrmann, were Dr. Hoffman. Huron, S. D , and the Rev. Neu, Gregory, S. D. Celia Youngster Receives Burns CELIA Michael Dobias, young son of Mr. anil Mrs. Ray mond Dobias, received painful burns Wednesday, Nov. 22, when he plunged his arm into a pa i of hot water which his mother had been using to scald chickens. He was taken to Atkinson for medical treatment. ■1" -_* MHUHk Dale Wilton and Gil l\<e*e. «*• chairmen, and Joe Stuu. secre tary, were re cl« ted i»» officer* of dve Owniler of Gmuuerce Ir rigation committee at a meeting held Tuesday evening. Fourteen member* of die 15 man u>mrmitiv wen- present for the meeting «* well as four re presentative* from Sprtngvtew and Norris Kndert, Iteetanwuon Hurt au office, Grand Island ’•tie) xoti'il to name tilts ill. trii t die Noith-t’entittl Nsbrsw lot Reckuimlton District. The district will to- dlt tiled into tlo is* approximate rtptol luxrts in acreage winch will liate five directors to each area. The names of the directors will l*e announced at a later dale. The group discussed the petit ion* which villi Ik* sent to the state for the formation of thi* district ami the membert I»>ix to have tiie petition* ready by the first of the year. There will Ih* a good repre sentation at the Reclamation »» s «iatk>n and State Irrigation a* sociatkm joint convention to la hold m Norfolk today (Thurs day » and Friday. Turkey Day Planned Dec. 9 Haw good of a gueuter are you? 11 you cun guess the number of people regbtei lug in t in f the I nrtKipnt.ng ston during O’ Nciil • Turkey D y, Salurtlay, Dec 9, you will win t $5 ticket for the purchase of a froasen turkey. Each store will have a sep arate canted and each store will give a turkey. However, mdy one PtrJsry may be w< n by a tatidly. However you may re gister in each id die parliripat inr stores. The rules are timplc O>nt**> l nts must be IB years old or c,,t-r t) register, no employe* may win the turkey given by hi* store; m punch m is necessary, winners of fjrkey* wil! b< n**ii 11»- ! Tuesday. Turkey day each year ls upon ta n 1 by the O’Neal Chamber of C tmuerec. For further detail* *ee the ad in th v w< ek’s Usue. Ashgrove Auxiliary To Meet Tuesday Ashgrove auxiliary will lK»ld their annual meeting at the Asb grove hall Tuesday afternoon. Anyone interested in the auxiliary and the auxiliary’s help toward the hall is asked to attend thi* meeting Election of officer* will take place and any plans for the fu ture wil! be discussed. Dates Claitred DEC 19 BOYD BOELTHK CIjOSING OUT FARM SALE, in cluding 26 head of out standing Holstein and Guernsey milk eowK, lots of go cl machinery 1 mih* northeast of Gateway Motel in O'Neill, 2 north and 1 east. Ed Thorin Auctioneer. First National hank. O’Neill, clerk THIS FINE WHITETAIL BUCK fell victim to b.whunter Edward Price Sunday along the Niobrara river in Holt county. Price bagged the 190-pound trophy with one shot from about 30 yards. The five pointer ran about 100 yards in a circular path before he dropped, Price said. The successful hunter was hunting with Harley Miller, Lynch, and Dean Clyde, O’Neill.