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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.
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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.