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— ___Volume 81—Number 37 O'Neill,. Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, January 4, 1962 • iyen q
Pre-Golden Gloves Fight
Slated in O'Neill Jan. 11
Tickets will go on sale this
week for the Pre-Golden Glove
houts which will be held at the
high school auditorium Thursday,
Jan. II, under the sponsorship
of the American Legion Simonson
Post »3.
These fights have proved to be
very fine entertainment for the
sports fans in this locality and
are witnessed each year by ca
pacity crowds.
Last year O’Neill’s “Irish” Jack
McGinn, one of the most popular
boxers in this community, battled
his way through elimination con
tests in O’Neill, Norfolk and Om
aha to land in the Golden Gloves
Tournament of Champions at
Chicago.
He won his first two fights -by
KO’s but lost out in the third.
However, McGinn won the covet
ed Sportsmanship tnjphy as the
most popular featherweight con
tender at the tournament.
McGinn will be fighting at the
Pre-Golden Glove bouts in O’Neill
next weifc, as well as B. Murphy,
Gene Shoemaker and Roland
Closson, all of O’Neill.
Also to appear on the fight card
here will be Butch Pofahl, Roger
Pofahl, Dean Pofahl and Joe Ta
gle, Ewing; Bob McCabe and
Keith Steffen, Norfolk; Tony
Wewel, Newport, and Dale Hix
son and Bob Hixson, Clearwater.
Other contestants will be pre
sent from Grand Island and South
Sioux City.
O'Neill Wrestlers
To Host Neligh
Here Tonight
The O’Neill high school wrest
ling team will host the Neligh
wrestling team at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 4, in the school
gym.
The Eagles were badly outclass
ed by the grapplers from Neligh
in their first meet but hope to
show up much better before the
home crowd.
Neligh has scored victories ov
er Fremont and the School for
the Blind.
Two Plead Guilty
On Forgery Charge
C. D. Puckett, O'Neill, ap
peared in county court Tuesday
and pled guilty to uttering a
forged check on the First
National Bank of Atkinson drawn
on the account of Boh Berigan.
Also charged with forgery was
Teresa Connaro, O’Neill. She also
entered a guilty plea.
Both were hound over to Dis
trict Court and bail tend was set
at $500 each.
Rites Held for
Grace Robertson
At Chambers
CHAMBERS — Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday, Jan. 2,
in Chambers for Grace Robert
son , 71, Chambers, who died
Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the Til
den hospital.
The Rev. Earl Schwenk of
ficiated at the rites in the Baptist
Memorial church. Burial was in
the Chambers cemetery.
Grace Jane Roltertson, daugh
ter of Phillip and Minnie Waters
Robertson, was bom at Cham
bers November 27, 1891. The Ro
bertson ranch located six miles
northwest of Chambers has been
her home her entire life.
She taught school in the local
community for almost 15 years.
Miss Robertson was a long-time
member of the Memorial Baptist
church.
Survivors include one brother,
Lyman, Chambers. She was pre
ceded in death by her father in
1935, her mother in 1947 and a
brother, Verna, in 1952.
Pallbearers were James Platt,
Louis Harley, Vernon Harley,
Glen Taylor, Eric Dankert and
Hylas Farrier.
Breeders Service
To Meet Monday
There will be an American
Breeder Service meeting in At
kinson at Galyen Motor cafe at
7:30 p.m. Monday.
A similar meeting will -be held
in Burwell Wednesday at the
Legion club.
f. E. Andersons Honored
On Golden Anniversary
NEWPORT — Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Anderson were honored at
an open house Wednesday after
noon, Dec. 27, in observance of
their 50th wedding anniversary.
Their six children were present
for the affair.
A daughter, Mrs. Henry Gosa
lin, Prairie City, Ore., modeled
Mrs. Anderson's wedding dress
and locket during the reception
which she wore 50 years ago.
More than 300 guests signed
the guest book, presided over by
Mrs. Ina Oamek and assisted by
Mrs. Avis Hutton. Mrs. Veril An
derson and Mrs. Leiand Ander
son, Wilton, Wis., had charge of
the gift table. Nancy, Karen and
Dorothy Jerred, Millboro, S. D.,
granddaughters, presided at the
serving table. A number of songs
were presented by the Butte Full
Gospel Quartet, consisting of ne
phews and accompanied by a
niece at the piano.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Anderson
were married at the home of the
bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. H.
Armstrong, north of Newport at
Mariaville. December 27. 1911, by
the Rev. Theodore Ludwig.
They were both born in the vi
cinity of Mariaville and have lived
near their birth places all their
lives, now residing in Newport.
During the years 1943 through
1949 Mr. Anderson served as pas
tor at the Pleasant Valley church
15 miles north and 14 east of
O'Neill. Mrs. Anderson is serving
as postmaster at Newport.
The couple’s children are as
follows: Leland. Wilton, Wis.;
Mrs. Henry Goslin and Mrs. Bob
Peters, Prairie City, Ore.; Veril.
Newport; Mrs. Jay Jerred, Mill
boro, Ore., and her twin sister,
Eileen V., Newport. There are 18
grandchildren and 1 great grand
son.
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PRETTS l NfXINCERNED ABOUT IT ALL—Meet Shirley Gale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alton
Rockford, Chambers. little Shirley is the first baby bom in Holt county in 1962, and the winner of The
Frontier First Baby contest. She will be presented m my gifts from O’Neill merchants as the winner of
the contest. Note the ribbon in Shirley’s "hair.”
Graveside Rites Held
For Wright Infant
EWING — Graveside rites were
conducted at St. John’s cemetery
near Ewing Saturday, Dec. 30,
for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Wright.
The baby was bom premature
ly at the Anteope Memorial hos
pital at Neligh Friday, Dec. 29,
weighing two pounds, two ounces.
He lived only a few hours.
The Rev. Francis E. Kubart
officiated at the rites.
Grandparents of the child are
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wright and
Mr. and Mrs. Oarence Schmiser,
Ewing.
Rites Held for
Mrs. H. James
At Spencer
SPENCER — Funeral services
were held here Wednesday, Jan.
3, for Mrs. Harry James, 77,
Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Spen
cer, who died December 29 at
Mesa.
The services were conducted in
the Methodist church at 2 p.m.
Interment was in the Union
cemetery at Spencer under the
direction of the Jones Funeral
home
Gertrude Pritchard James was
bom at Blair April 10, 1884 to
William and Myrtle Pritchard.
She was married to Harry
James at Butte on August 2, 1899.
The couple moved to Arizona in
the fall of 1956.
She is survived by her hus
band. Harry; four sons, Alfred,
McCook, Harold, Modesto, Calif.,
Clyde, Madera. Calif., and Har
rison. Mesa. Ariz.; two daughters,
Mrs. Sam Homback, Mitchell,
S. D., and Mrs. Earl Reiser,
Butte; 17 grandchildren and 35
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Mandus Olin,
Ray Homback, Wayne Blair,
Charles Pecena. Pat Langan and
Cecil Haul.
Mae Carden
To Discuss
Reading Method
Miss Mae Carden will appear
at the O’Neill Legion hall Sat
urday. Jan. 6, at which time she
will discuss her method of teach
ing reading that is now being
used in many schools.
Her method was first intro
duced in New Jersey and since
then has been adopted by other
areas.
Miss Carden is now chi tour in
Nebraska where she is address
ing teachers, mothers and others
who are concerned about die in
ability of some students to read
comprehensively.
If there are at least 20 in
terested teachers and others,
Miss Carden’s two-day course
will be given in this vicinity.
Further particulars concerning
Miss Carden’s lecture may be
found in an advertisement in this
issue of The Frontier.
Coloring
Contest
Winners
There 67 entries in the annual
Frontier Coloring contest con
ducted with pictures in the
"Merry Christmas” ads placed
in last week’s issue of the paper.
Winner of the senior division,
third and fourth grade students,
was Gary Paulsen, nine years old
who lives at 130 W. Everett street
in O'Neill. Gary, a fourth grader,
will receive $5 from The Frontier.
Ted Hood, a second grader
from Stuart, won the second di
vision made up of primary stu
dents through the second grade.
He, also, will be presented $5
from The Frontier.
Bonnie Summerer, Ewing
fourth grader, won $3 as second
prize in the senior division, and
Esther Poessnecker, Atkinson
first grader, was the second prize
winner in the other division.
Honorable mention went to
Genie Gallagher, fourth grader
in O'Neill, and Craig Hibbs, O’
Neill kindergarten pupil.
Rites Held for
Dale Henderson
At Valentine
STUART - Funeral rites were
conducted Wednesday, Dec. 27,
in Valentine for a former Stuart
merchant, Dale Henderson, 58.
who died December 22 in the
Valentine hospital on the day pre
ceding his birthday.
The services were held in the
Presbyterian church with inter
ment in Bassett Memorial park
Dale Henderson was born in
Iowa December 23, 1902.
He is survived by his wife,
Hazel; a daughter, Mrs. Dennis
Brewster. Tampa, Fla., a son,
Jerry, Valentine, with whom Mr.
Henderson has been in the
grocery business for the past
four years; four grandchildren;
his mother and a brother, both of
Bassett.
Pallbearers were Joe Brews
ter, Dwaine Lockmon. Norris
Coats and Louis Steinhauser, all
of Stuart; R. A. Dvorak, Atkin
son. and M. M. Shattuck. Oxford.
Clearwater Youth
Is Star of the Week
CLEARWATER — Tom Wren
hot. 1 Clearwater high school stu
dent. was cited as “Star of die
Week” in recognition of his per
formance in a recent game with
Royal. The award was made by
the Omaha World-Herald.
renholt. six-foot-six center
cleared the record boards while
setting 39-point school record
with 17 field goals and 5 free
throws in the C3earwater-Royal
game.
Robert William Kramer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Kramer,
has been announced as the win
ner of the University of Nebras
ka Regents exams from the O’
Neill high school.
First alternate is Kay Lee
Rees, daughter of Mrs. Roy
Rees, Ewing, and second alter
nate Ls Melvin Floyd Sanders,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Sanders.
The Regents winner is 17 years
old. Robert is an honor student
and is active in school affairs
as he is student manager of the
athletic department tills year.
He has been a member of the
band since the fifth grade, and
also a member of a 4-H club.
Amelia Man Injured
In Auto Accident
AMELIA — Jack Gilman suf
fered a broken jaw and severe
cuts about the lower part of his
face when the car he was driving
hit an icy spot and went off the
road Sunday evening.
He was alone at the time of
the accident but was able to walk
to get help. Gilman was taken
to the Atkinson hospital and later
was transferred to an Omaha
hospital.
Justice Court—
Everett Powers, Storm Lake,
la.. No. 1, overgross weight, 2,
no reciprocity, fined $60 and
costs; Officer Don Richardson.
Robert B. Copeland, Mabel,
Okla., No. 1, overweight on axle,
2, overgross weight, fined $130
and costs: Officer Clifford Kizzire.
Charles Pennewell, Norfolk, No.
1, overgross interior group of ax
les, 2. overweight capacity plate,
fined $80 and costs; Officer Rich
ardson.
Shirley Gale Rockford is First
New Year Baby in County
Liquor Violations Bring
Fines for Ten Persons
Ten persons appeared before
Holt County Judge Frank Crunk
in county court Tuesday morning
to face charges involving liquor
violations.
The complaints were filed by
State Liquor Inspector Reed Nel
son. All ten offences were com
mitted the evening of Dec. 25 at
Stuart.
The following youths pled
guilty to the charge of being
minors in possession of aleho
lic liquor and were flut'd
and costs. They are: Charles
E. Sladek, Schuyler, Willis F.
Mohr, Atkinson, Klchard M.
Funk, Atkinson, Ken K. Butter
field, Atkinson and I»nnie Lee
Wewel, Stuart.
Clifford E. Coxbill, Atkinson,
was fined $35 and costs and Ken
neth M. Carr, Atkinson, was
fined $50 and costs for possession
of alcoholic beverages. Carr was
committed to the county jail upon
failure to pay the fine.
Thomas J. Hickman, Atkinson,
Anton R. Wewel, Newport, and
Alvin M. Kaup, Stuart,
were each fined $10 and costs for
drinking on a pubic highway.
Basketball Back
In Full Swing
After Holidays
The holidays are over and once
again basketball is going full
force in the schools throughout
the county.
St. Mary’s Cardinals will play
its first game of the new year
at Norfolk with Burns academy
Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Friday the OHS Eagles will
travel to Neligh for their first
game this year.
This week the Eagles receiv
ed a No. 1 rating in Class C
teams throughout the state by
the Omaha World-Herald and
the Lincoln Star-Journal sports
writers.
Other teams in the area rated
in the top 10 positions were Spen
cer, seventh place, and Verdi
gre, eighth place. Both O’Neill
and Spencer have undefeated
teams in five tries. Verdigre has
a 4 win and 2 loss record.
Chambers Couple Plans
Open House Observance
CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Walters will observe their
golden wedding anniversary with
open house Sunday, Jan. 7, from
2 to 5 p.m. at their home one
mile east and two and one-half
miles south of Chambers.
The couple requests no gifts.
They take this means of inviting
their friends and relatives to at
tend.
Employment Schedule
Announced for County
The itinerant service schedule
of the Nebraska State Employ
ment service has been released
for Holt county for January,
February and March.
M. Becks from, intinerant in
terviewer, will be in O’Neill at
the courthouse assessor’s office
January 9, February 6 and
March 6 at 10 a.m.
G. Meierhenry
To Address
O'Neill P-TA
Dr. Wesley G. Meierhenry, as
sistant dean of Teachers college
at the University of Nebrasko,
will be guest speaker at the
monthly meeting of the O'Neill
Parents - Teachers association
which will lie held Tuesday, Jan.
9. at 8 p.m. in the high school
gym.
Officers of the association urge
all parents to attend this meet
ing to hear Dr. Meierhenry's
talk on "High School and Con
tinuing Education"
Dr. Meierhenry is also profes
sor of schtxil administration and
coordinator of the Teachers
Placement division at Lincoln.
He has been a staff member of
the University since 1943.
Services Held
Monday for
Mrs. J. Sedivy
SPENCER — A resident of
Spencer, Mrs. Josefa Mane
Sedivy, 84, died Friday, Dec. 29,
at the Sacred Heart hospital in
Uynch.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the United Lutheran
church in Spencer Monday after
noon, Jan. 1. Interment was in
Pleasant Hill cemetery at Lynch
under the direction of Jone«
Funeral home. Pallbearers were
grandsons
Josefa Marie Soulek Sedivy
was born March 10, 1877 in
Czechoslovakia to Frank and
Marie Qndracek Soulek. She was
married to Frank Sedivy at
Lynch July 28, 1895. Her husband
preceded her In death.
Survivore are four sons, Ru
dolph, Rapid City, S. IX, Vac,
Norfolk, Adolph, Bristow, and
Harold Summerville, S. C.; four
dauf#iters, Mrs. Rose Wilson,
Spencer, Mrs. John Schiessler,
Hooper, Mrs. Robert Rissman.
Chicago, 111., and Mrs. Gust EI1
lis, Sioux City, la.; 15 grand
children; 15 great grandchild
ren, and one sister, Mrs. Anna
Canterbury, Everett, Wash.
Reading Workshop
Slated Here Jan. 9
A reading workshop will be
held at the O’Neill high school
Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 2:30 p.m.
This workshop is being held for
elementary teachers of O’Neill
public school, St. Mary’s acade
my and the Atkinson public
school. Mrs. Roma Hiatt, reading
specialist for Scott, Forseman
and company, will conduct the
workshop.
Small World
A person wouldn’t expect to
encounter someone you know
visiting in Korea but that’s
exactly what happened to Don
ald Schaaf, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Schaaf, Emmet.
Donald, who Is stationed in
Korea, was selected for a re
treat and while enjoying a rest
from his service dutie, met an
O’Neill resident, the Rev. Basil
Price, son of Mrs. Mary Price.
O’Neill.
An eight pound girl, Imrn at
6:36 h m to Mr ami Mr* Alton
Rixkford Chamlx-rs, at live At
kin*on Memorial tv spit id Tues
day, Jan 2, lias the distinction
of tx-ing tin* first txihy I mm In
Molt eminty in 1962
She ts also the winner of many
fine prizes given by O'Neill mer
chants in the tmnuiil Baby Con
test.
Ti>e little miss, named Shirley
Gale, was 22 inches Uatg
at birth. When she leaves the
hospital she will join four sisters
and one brother in the Rockford
home.
There were no close seconds
in the contest race as neither the
Atkinson Memorial or St An
thony's hospital in O'NelU had
other babies to report at noon
Tuesday.
Included among the gifts which
will lx* presented to the Rockford
baby and her parent* are: a 10
kurat gold baby ring from Mc
Intosh jewelry; a vaporizer, l>ot
tle warmer and feeding dish
combination, Devoy Rexail drug;
a case of pop, Merri I)r. Pepper
Mottling company; one dozen 1x5
photos mounted, O’Neill Photo
company; pair of stxx-s, Iwe
stores; a s|*-cinl steak dinner,
MAM cafe and bakery; dozen
gauze diapers, McDonalds.
A case of Cherub Evaporated
milk, Safeway; $5 gift certificate,
Coast to Coast; dozen Curity
diapers, Patton’s Hon Franklin;
15 gift certificate, Johnson Drug;
case of Geriier’s baby food. New
Outlaw; $5 in trade on the pur
chase of a crib or high chair,
Meyer’s Midwest.
Pair of Red Goose shoes, Mc
Carville's; J3 98 baby bath,
Coyne hardware; dozen gauze
diapers, Penney’s; hardwood
nursery training chair, Gambles;
5 pounds of Harding butter, Hard
ing Cream, and a year's sub
scription to The Frontier.
This is the 15th year that Hie
Frontier has sponsored a First
Ha by contest.
Postal Receipts
Remain Stable
Postal receipts at the O’Neill
post 'if fire (luring 196) were
162.200 which was practically the
same as for 1960. according to a
report by Ira II. Moss, post
master
A slight increase in receipts
was noted during the first II
months of the year, and a slight
decrease during the Christmas
mailing period.
Sale Dates
Clairred
JAN 24 RAY WILSON
CLOSING OUT FARM SALE. 60
Head of cattle, 36 hogs, arm, full
line of machinery, other items
HU rods west of old Redbird tsore.
O’Connell and Wanser, auction
eers First National bank, O’Neill,
clerk. Watch The Fronter for
complete listing.
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.
1961 ... A Year of Changes
The year 1961 brought changes
in Holt county as each year does
—some changes which were
goood for the community and
others, such as tragedy, which
left a sad memory among the
citizens.
With the new year coming it is
interesting to note the stories that
made news during the past year.
The Frontier lists these stories
in chronological order to refresh
your memory.
In the first week of January,
1961, announcement was made of
the first baby bom in Holt
county, Kip Eugene Martin, Na
per January 2: Angela Koenig,
St. Mary’s academy, and Marion
Rosenkrans, O'Neill high school,
are winners of die University of
Nebraska Regents awards.
Janaary VS — Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Carsten, Lynch, observed
their golden wedding anniversary
January 10; William C. Smith
jr„ Long Pine, is installed as
Fifteenth District Judge to suc
ceed Judge D. R. Mounts. Jan.
19 — Holt ASC loans, payments
total $1,000,000 in I960; Mr. and
Mrs. James Curran celebrate
golden wedding anniversary Jan
uary 11; Presbyterian new
sanctuary fund campaign totals
$50,000. Jan. 8« — Funeral ser
vices held for Charles E. Cavan
augh, 77, who died January 19 in
Omaha hospital; William Derick
son sr., dies in his sleep January
21; Steen promises state help in
Holt county pheasant shortage.
February * — Orchard cheese
factory adds new 13.000 pound
capacity cheese vat; North
western Bell Telephone company
installs additional cable to re
lieve congestion of present sys
tem; Rites held January 31 for
Mrs. G. Morgan at Atkinson.
Febr. 9 — Roland Miller and son
show top Angus bull at Holt
County Angus Association Show
and Sale; Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Block observe 50th wedding an
niversary February 12. Febr. 16
— Gary Fick wins scholarship in
state 4-H competition; O’Neill
school board offers contracts to
25 teachers; Mrs. A. Bowers, 69,
dies February 14 in Atkinson hos
pital. Febr. 23 — Congratulations
extended to Mr. and Mrs. D. N.
Loy on their 54th wedding anni
versary February 21; Walter Sal
men arid son Richard, open new
brass and aluminum foundary
here March 1; Funeral services
held at Lynch February 15 for
Dr. G. B. Ira, well known
physician.
March 2 — Ewing United Pres
byterian church observed 75th an
niversary; O’Neill’s Jack Mc
Ginn scores TKO in first two
bouts at Golden Glove Tourna
ment of Champions in Chicago
and loses third fight by decision;
Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Fletcher ob
serve golden wedding anniver
sary at Orchard February 23;
Open house held for 50th wedding
observance of Mr. and Mrs. F
Long. Mar 9 — George Rowse.
Chambers, wins award for show
ing champion male and female
Herefords; O’Neill city council
approves ordinance for beer and
liquor controls; Mike Hand wins
Boys State spot; Mar 16 — St.
Mary’s grade school eager* cop
first place in tourney here; Ser
vice* planned at Atkinson for
Mrs S. Hoppe, 93; Newt Muilen
dore Is named president of O’
Neil] P-TA. Mar. 23 - Dr. Jame*
Carlson, Lincoln, will locate in
Verdigre which has been without
a doctor for about 18 years; Mr.
and Mrs J. A. Shoemaker die
March 16 and 10, respectively,
just six days apart; Patricia
Heerman chosen O’Neill’s Girl
Stater. Mar 30 Farm home of
Roger Pofahl bums to ground
southeast of Chambers; Services
held for William J. Kipple, 78,
who died March 29.
April « — Chambers high
school volleyball girls win Holt
County tournament; Mrs. A.
Qivala, Verdigre, honored on
99th birthday; George Hammond
and Dr. George R. Cook elected
to school board positions; Herb
Underwood named commander
of O'Neill VFW. Apr. IS — O’
Neill Cleaners wins Tuesday night
Varsity Bowling League and
Mac’s Bar wins Thursday Night
League; Melcina’s Powder Puff
team wins city bowling tourney;
Dr. Harry Gildersleeve elected
Ft. Randall Boat Club head.
Apr. 20 — O’Neill high cops top
honors in Holt County Track
meet; Services held April 20 for
Mrs. Fred Fetrow, 86; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Stolte, Atkinson, cele
brated their 59th wedding anni
versary April 15. Apr. W — Over
2.000 students attend District HI
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