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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1961)
STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NEBK. __ NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SfJCTTTY , .. _ C , __ ^ Lincoln, Nebraska xxxLargest Circulation _✓ "zkl'X" rn t„.,*.>•'* Casper, Wyoming "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 81—Number 36 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 28, 196! Seven Cents Saturday Closing is Endorsed Iloanl members of the O’Neill Chandler of Commerce met Wed nesday morning for a discussion of a poll taken by the Chamlier to see* alieiut closing stores on Sat urday nights during January, February and March. In the (mil meire merchants were* in favor of closing. The Chamber went on record as re oom mo riding that steire*s close Saturday nights during the>se three* months, effective January • 6, 1962. Funeral Rites Wednesday for George Porter Cl f AMBERS Funeral ser vices were he*ld iiere Wednesday, 1 H»c. 20, for George Porter, 75, who died Saturday, Dec. 16, in the* Veterans hospital in Grand Island after an extended illness. The* Rev. Charles Cox officiated at tire services in the* Chambers Methodist church. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery with military rites by the Chambers American Legion. George Holland Porter was horn near Clinton, la., October 24, 1X86 to William and Joanna Porter. He came to Nebraska wth his parents when they home steaded. With the exception of a few years spent at Creighton and in military service, Mr. Porter made Chandlers his home. He served overseas in Germany dur ing World War I. v/n .muir »>, ihi: was* uiaiiitru to Gwendolyn Coppac of Cham bers. She preceded him in death in April, 1934. He is survived by one daugh ter. Mrs. Robert Beed, Cham bers; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Whaley, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Amy Peterson, Winside, and two brothers, Millar and Lewis, both of Creighton. Ernest Earl Funeral Held In Chambers CHAMBERS Funeral ser vices were held Friday afternoon in the Memorial Baptist church here for Ernest Earl, 76, who died Wednesday, Dec. 20, at St. Anthony’s hospital after about two years of illness. The Rev. Earl Schwenk of ficiated at the services. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery. R. Ernest Earl was born near York August 7, 1885 to William Benjamin and Mary Shaul Earl. He came with his parents to Holt county and grew to manhood on his father’s homestead seven miles southwest of Chambers. He continued to live in that locality where he engaged in farming and livestock raising until he re tired about 15 years ago and moved into Chambers. Mr. Earl never married. Survivors include his sister, Mrs. Mabel Hubbard. Pallbearers were T. E. New house. Wayne Smith. Charles Wright. William Turner. Edd Coday and Lloyd Wintermote. Sale Dates Claimed FEB. 9 — HOLT COUNTY ANGUS ASSOCIATION 16th AN NUAL SALE. 34 registered Angus bulls. 14 registered Angus fe males. For catalog write to Frank Beelaert, Sec., Page. Hunt Oil Company Files Well Drilling Notices H L. Hunt Oil Well company filed two notices of intent to drill wells in Holt county over the past week, according to the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation com mission. The name of the wells, location and contractor are as follows: No. 1 Myrtle Taylor, C NE NE 27, 2f»N, 16W Holt county, wildcat, Exeter t4,000 granite); No. 1 Vrooman, C N. SE 15, 27N, 16W, Holt county, wildcat, Murfin or Exeter (4.000 granite). Rev. Bartak Installed as Lynch Pastor LYNCH — Installation cere monies were conducted Sunday, Doc. 17, for the Kev. James Bar tek, new pastor of the Lynch Assumption church and chaplain of Sacred Heart hospital. Msgr. Timothy O’Sullivan, O’ Neill, installed the Rev. Bartek and presented him with the keys to the church and tabernacle. A no-host dinner was served at 5:30 p.m. Out-of-town guests besides Msgr. O’Sullivan were the Rev. Bartek s parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Bartek, Omaha; the Rev. Robert Duffy and the Rev. K. Kueera, both of O’Neill; the Rev. J. Donald Bartek, Atkinson; the Rev. E. Dickes, Butte; the Rev. R. Steinhausen, Spencer and the Rev. Mr. McNally, Niobrara. Rites Held for William Dvorak, Verdigre Farmer VERDIGRE — Funeral ser vices were held Saturday, Dec. 16, for William J. Dvorak, 71, longtime fanner and rancher of the Verdigre vicinity who died at the Creighton hospital Tuesday, I>ec. 12, following a heart at tack. The Rev. Charles J. Obomy of ficiated at the rites in St. Wenceslaus Catholic church at Verdigre. Burial was in the. parish cemetery. Survivors are his wife, Eliza beth; four children, Mrs. Tom Lloyd, Robert and Cleta, all of Verdigre, and Mrs. Billy Tyler, Salina. Kan.; 10 grand* hildren; one brother. Frank, Verdigre, and a sister, Mrs. Kate Vech, Niobrara. R. Hansen Named To Honor Fraternity INMAN — Roland Hansen. In man, is one of 34 University of Nebraska students initiated by Sigma Tau, national engineering professional fraternity. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hansen. Sigma Tau elects its members from the upper one-fourth of the junior class and upper one-third of the senior class. Selection is based on scholarship, practicality and sociability. Receive Word of Death Of Former Page Woman PAGE — Word has been re ceived here of the death of a former Page resident, Mrs. Claude Stimson, 80. at San Antonio, Tex., November 28. The Stimson family lived here many years ago on the farms where Kenneth Heiss and Albert Chichester now reside. Mr. Stimson died seven years, ago. Among the survivors are three children. Blain. Irene and Max ine, and three grandchildren. Mrs. Tucker Submits To Surgery Monday Mrs. Lyle Tucker, O’Neill, for merly of Ewing, underwent ma jor surgery’ at St. Anthony’s hos pital Christmas afternoon. Mrs. Ray Tucker. Ewing, is caring for her son. Rickie, while she is in the hospital. Three Mishaps Reported Here Three auto mishaps were re ported to O'Neill police during the past weekend. Thursday cars driven by Jo seph L. Shoemaker and F. N. Cronin collided at the intersec tion of Seventh anti Everett. The left front fender a n<yp bumper of the Cronin vehicle.si-re damaged and the front of /the Shoemaker auto was damaged. Cars driven by Rudolph VVost rel. Pierce and Dwight Harder were damaged Suntlay when they collided at the intersection of Jefferson and Clay. A pickup driven by Ed Dum pert suffered a damaged left rear fender when it was struck by a car driven by Ruben Redlinger Wednesday morning. Icy streets were a contributing factor in all three of the mis haps. Services Held Wednesday for Mrs. M. Cook A 41-year-old O'Neill woman, Mrs. Milford Cook, died Sunday. Dec. 24, at the Atkinson Memorial hospital from a kidney infection. Mrs. Cook had been ill six weeks. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. in the Chambers Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. Charles Cox. Burial was in the Bloomfield cemetery. Evelyn Florence Downie Cook was born at Bloomfield, March 5, 1920 to Hector and Alta Mac key Downie. She was married February 8, 1941 to Milford Cook at Ponca. In the spring of 1946 they moved to O’Neill from Bloomfield. Survivors are her husband, Mil ford; children, Madeline and Den nis, O'Neill; two sisters, Mrs. Wayne Bingham, Wausa, and Mrs. Wayne Carpenter, Bloom field, and three brothers, Harold and Alex Downie, Bloomfield, and Lester Downie, Ontario, Ore. Pallbearers were Eugene Hal sey, Arthur Miller, Frank Nicko lite, W. M. Ermer, F. Peters and Jay McConnell. Knox Pioneer, Mrs. Stanek, Dies Friday VERDIGRE — Funeral rites were held here Tuesday for Mrs. Barbara Stanek, 88, Knox county pioneer, who died Friday, Dec. 22. The Rev. David T. Gustafson, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated at the services in the ZCBJ hall. Interment was in Riverside cemetery. Barbara Johanna Bicek Stanek, daughter of Lucas and Marie Bicek, was bom November 28, 1873 at Chicago, 111. In her in fancy the family moved to Knox county where they homesteaded three miles south of Verdigre. She grew to womanhood there. On July 20. 1902 she was mar ried to Otto C. Stanek, and to this couple were bom three child ren. Her husband preceded her in death November 18, 1936. Survivors are her daughters. Mrs. Harold Diez, Verdigre, Mrs. Reynold Nelson, Gordon, and Mrs. James Hildreth, Palisade, Colo.; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and one sis ter. Mrs. Anna Pakhurst. Win ner. S. D. Margaret Belik Has Surgery in Omaha PAGE — Cards and letters would be greatly appreciated by Margaret Belik. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Belik, who is re cuperating in St. Joseph's hos pital, Omaha, following surgery. Margaret, a sophomore at Page high school, was injured while playing volleyball at school in September. She has been out of school since that time and had to enter the hospital Christmas Day for surgery. GOOD OLD ST. NICHOLAS—These kindergarten youngsters at the O’Neill public school truly en joyed their visit with Santa Claus when he called at the lower grade rooms Thursday morning with treats for an. Posing with Santa are (L to r.) Mark and Maty Susan Carpenter. Cheryl Butts. Debby Pappenheimer. Lee Ann Richardson. JaNei Bosn. Steve Meyer. Bobby Miller, Nancy Poese and Jan Gedwillo. ) WHAT A MESS! Chamber* School SuperintenJent Kenneth Weller is shown here inspecting the damage done by burglars at the Chambers school T lesday night. Services Held Saturday for Elmer Farrier CHAMBERS — Funeral ser vices were held Saturday, Dec. 16, in Long Beach. Calif., for F1-, mer B. Farrier. 69, a former Chambers resident who died December 12 at Memorial hos pital in Long Beach. The rites were conducted in the Rainbow chapel with the Rev. William D. Powell officiating. In terment was at Rose Hills Mem orial Park, Whittier, Calif. Mem bers from the American Legion Post 488 assisted with the ser vices. Elmer Blaine Farrier was bom at Chambers November 27, 1892 to Charles and Abby Farrier. He attended country schools and the Chambers school, also Wayne Normal for two years. Mr. Far rier served in the United States Army during World War I from March 1918 to June 1919. On October 16, 1919 he was married to Clara Belva Nickel. One son, Robert, was bom to this couple. Mr. and Mrs. Farrier lived in and near Chambers from 1921 to 1941 wrhen they mowed to California. He worked in the shipyards until 1943 wrhen he suf fered a stroke and was in the Veterans hospital for six months. Following this he worked as a watchman until his retirement in 1955. Mr. Farrier entered the hospital again in October. 1960 until February. 1961. He suffered another stroke the day before his death. He is survived by his wife. Clara Belva; son, Robert; one grandson, Richard; a great granddaughter, Toni Lyn; his mother. Mrs. Alma Farrier. Chambers; sisters. Carrie Briggs. Red Oak, la., Arta Vick and Alice Staples, Oklahoma City. Okla.. and Rachel Tangeman. Chambers, and two brothers. Ernest and Hylas Farrier, Cham bers. Mrs. Laverne Dorr Dies in Germany PAGE — Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorr recently received word through the Red Cross of the death of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Laveme Dorr. 36. Sunday in Germany. Mrs. Dorr joined her husband, who is attached to the munitions branch of the U. S. Air Force near Frankfort. Germany a month ago. Death was caused by a kid ney infection. Students in District No. 46 Give Program EWING — School District 46 presented a Christmas program Monday evening under the dir ection of the teachers, Mrs. Mar tin VanConet and Miss Catherine Bauer. Ed Muff, a student, was master of ceremonies. Gloria Schindler was accompanist. Solos, specialty numbers, an operetta and group singing were presented. Lunch was served to the large crowd attending at the close of the pro gram. COUNTY COURT— Dec. 21 — Harry Schrader. Ne ligh. night speeding, fined $10 and costs, officer R. L. Gude. Dec. 24 — James E. Sullivan, O'Neill, night speeding, fined $10 and costs, officer R. L. Gude. BILL LOfiEMAX, manager of the CSiambers Co-op points to the broken hinges on the office safe. The thieves were apparently profes sionals from the expert way in which they punched often the safe. Western Hotel Reported Sold Mrs. Lenna Wolfe has sold the Western hotel to Anson Closson, effective January 1, 1961. She has operated the hotel since December 13, 1954. After the change of management be comes effective. Mrs. Wolfe plans to visit her family in California for an indefinite time. Four Archers from Area Kill Deer Four men from this area were successful archers recently to add to the record kill of deer re corded in the state since 1955, the first season. Getting deer during recent days were Elvin J. Hamilton, Ewing, white-tailed doe; Robert F. Wildman. Bartlett, fallow buck; William H. Shoenecker, Bassett, mule doe, and John Mbiarik. Ewing. white-tailed buck. Aliens Must Report Address by January 1 All aliens in the United States will be required to report their addresses to the attorney general within the near future, according to Robert C. Wilson, district dir ector of the Immigration and Naturalization service. Omaha. Every alien, with few ex ceptions. in this country on Janu ary 1, should obtain a report from any post office or im migration office during January. Inman Rancher Loses Arm in Winch Accident Charles Fox jr., Inman rancher, suffered the loss of his right arm below the elbow Friday while cabling hay south of Inman. Fox was workisg alone at the time of the accident when his coat became caught in the gears pulling the arm into the winch. He managed to free himself and drove to the farmhouse about one half mile away. He was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital by neighbors and sur gery was performed Friday af ternoon. Volleyball Team Has First Loss in 97 Games CHAMBERS — The Chambers volleyball team suffered its first defeat Friday after winning 97 straight games over a five-year period. Meadow Grove’s team won over Chambers 32-16 at Meadow Grove. So far this year the Chambers team has had wins over O’Neill, Oakdale and Ewing. Services Pending For Chambers Woman CHAMBERS — A life long resi dent of this community, Grace Robertson, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, at Tilden. No funeral arrangements had been made at this time. Burglars Hit Chambers; Loot Estimated at s1800 Social Security Agent Here Jan. 3 Gail Hobart, field representa tive uf tin* Norfolk social security office will lie in the basement assembly room of tlw courthouse in O'Neill from 9:30 a m to 3 p m Wednesday, Jan 3. The following day, January 4, James Hoffman, also a field re presentative. will !«• in Hie court room of the Unite courthouse from 8 a m. to 1 p m Any self-employed applicant should bring with him an extra copy of his 1961 income tax re tum together with his own e<»pies of income tax returns for 1958, 1959 and 1960, if he plan* to see either representative The amount of work needed to get benefits under social security has tieen reduced, according to Clifford Kittelson Norfolk office manager. Many older people who did not work for the length of time required under the old law will now lie eligible for payments. The following chart shows the amount of work needed to druw lieneflts under the new law: Vr». of birth Vrs. work needed .Men Women 1892 1895 1 Mi 1893 1896 1*« 1894 1897 2 1895 1898 2 Vi 1896 1899 2fe 1897 1900 2% 1898 1901 3 District Court Terms Slated Court terms have t>een an nounced for the Fifteenth Judicial Distric t for the coming year. In Holt county court will bo in session the week of March 19 and the October 1 week; in Boyd, March 12 and September 10; Brown, March 5 and Septemiier 17; Keya Paha, April 2 and September 4, and in Rock, March 26 and September 24. William C. Smith jr., Ains worth, is judge for this district. Ted McElhaney, O'Neill, is court reporter. Inman Grade School Gives Operetta INMAN Pupils in the Inman grade school presented an operetta, "When Toys Come to Life” Wednesday evening, Dec. 20. at the school auditorium. It was directed by Mrs. New man Card, Mrs Mae DeLong and Miss Mildred Keyes. Leonard Sawyer directed the band. Kindergarten, first grade stu dents and the high school chorus presented songs. The following took part in the operetta: Ken neth Pribil, Judy Kaczor, Wally Fick, Hobby Musil, Eddie Fick, Timothy Gallagher, Brenda Kac zor, Kathy Sholes, Linda Butter field. Georgia Kestenholtz Marlene Geary, Patty Kiser, Kathy Musil, June Kiser, Donna Pribil, Barbara Kestenholtz. Jimmy Fick, Rickie Alder, Tom my Harte, Gary Kopejtka, Ken neth Kestenholtz, Wesley Myer, Don Myer, Kenneth Musil, Randy Keil, Bobby Myer, Jimmy Borge myer, Arlee Butterfield. Marvin Davidson, Louise Pribil, Betty Stamp, Glenda Eaton, Mildred Boschult, Bernice Boschult. Mary and Sally Geary. Richard Forneys Are New Cafe Operators Mr. and Mrs. Richard Forney are the new operators of the 24 Hour Cafe located across the street from the New Outlaw store. The Forneys moved here fiom Moorcroft, Wyo., Sunday. They have four children, ages 8 to 15 years. Helen Hatch Named Chief Operator Helen Hatch has been promoted to chief operator from acting chief operator at the North western Bell Telephone office in O’Neill. A rash of burglaries late Tues day nig tit or early Wednesday had law enforcement officials tit a mmds-r of counties on the W»>k out for ja rs t»» who may have been involved III bieuktim tn several towns At Chamber* l*»th tls- Chum l>ers (’>o|i and the ti.gh school were broken into Hill Lgcin manager of the Co op reported to The Frontier that JlfiXl was taken from tiw* safe and i ush register by the thieves. Aecortling to bitrimui Its** llilivi* entered by bn-ukiug tile latch imi the front door. They apparently then opened I lie double doom nl (he side ol the btiikling iuhI drove their car into the building a Idle thrv locoed ii|m-ii the sate. Ilie dial was knocked off Ilie front of the salt* and the tumbler me eliiuilsili us* pinielied out bli I ranee to tin inner eompartmenl was gained by breaking the hlngex us the inner door. Most of die money taken from die Co-op was ui die form of cheeks and most were believed to lie of larger amounts which would la- worthless to the thieves At the Chambers school en trance whs gained by prying open the from dour of the scimoT. The b'o-glars then broke into other classroom* nisi storerooms in their search for valuables Ktiperintciideiit Ki-tincth ttil ler estimated the Ion* at lie tween I2tt and S’.Ut. lirawt-m and filing cabinet* In the Huperintendcnto uffice were r*S sru'ked and the eumlenls strewn about the room. A small inetal safe was also pried open. Musi of Uh- money taken at die school belonged to organisations iuid groups. The burglery at the school was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Peterson, school rushshnns, when they came to work at about it u.m. Sup! Weller reported that he had been at the school build ing until alsait 10 p m Tuesday night Holt County Sheriff Leo Tom Jack and Cham tier* Marshall Bernard Cavanaugh investigated the breaklns. Other breaklns reporter! Wed nesday morning were at Bartlett and Erickson and three busines ses were broken into ut Foster. According to officials the same met hi *1 of operation was used in several of the break-ins. Rural Telephone Program Completed Northwestern I Sell Telephone company this week marked the completion of the rural service improvement program in the O’ Neill exchange. Tills project was started in January 1959 At that time there were approximately 225 rural telephones owned by Bell an/1 16 rural companies The lines have ail been rebuilt by co-operative effort of the far mers, ranchers and the Tele phone company. There are now 310 rural customer* being served over 46 lines with 8 or less custo mers per line. Because of the program, tele phone service has been supplied to 85 families wlio previously had no service, in addition to the ones who received an upgrading of their service. Grandma Bowden Observes 99th Birthday Quietly Grandma Bowden observ ed her 99th birthday Christmas Day at her home in O'Neill where she re sides with her daughters, Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer and Mrs Myrtle Spangler. There was no official celebra tion this year, just a quiet file servance. The honored citizen has lived in Holt county since shortly after her marriage to George Bowden at Nashville, Minn., November 17, 1883. Upon their arrival here, the couple homesteaded on a farm 12 miles north of O’Neill. They lived there until 1.928 when they retired and moved into O’ Neill. Mr. Bowden died 23 year* ago. [ben Graafts Honored On 50th Anniversary EWING - Mr. and Mrs. Eben Grafft, Ewing, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday. Dec. 24. with open house from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the United Presby terian church annex. Miss Gwen Grafft, assisted by Mrs. Vearl Tuttle, cut and served the cake which had been baked by Mrs. Harvey Spangler. Mrs. Z. H. Fry and Mrs. Dale Napier assisted her in the decorating. Sandra Telander was in charge of the guest hook. Mrs. Ralph Bearce and Mrs. Robert Forbes took care of the gifts. The grandchildren of the honored couple took part in the program. They are Judy and Joan Spangler, Leon Spangler and Greg Grafft. Supt. G. D. Ryan presented a solo. Mrs. Wil bur Spangler was the accompa nist. Mr. and Mrs. Grafft were mar ried at Fullerton December 27, 1911. Their attendants were Stella Grafft and Aaron Radfield. The couple resided on a farm at Ful lerton until 1918 when they moved to the Page community. In 1997 they moved to Ewing, their present home. Mr. and Mrs Grafft retired two years ago. They have a daughter. Mrs. Wil bur Spangler, a son, Lisle, Oma ha, and five grandchildren. Preceding the open house ob servance, Mr. and Mrs. Spangler were hosts at a family dinner party at their home.
