STATE HI3T SOC your - LINCOLN. NE3R. _p »*™r PONTIFD •— North Central JTVV^X 1 JL 1, In This Issue Nebraska "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper » _______Volume 81—Number 43 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 15, 1962 Seven Cents Parent-Teachers Play Host to 250 at Open House; Record Membershio wer 250 people attended the Parent-Teachers association open house held Monday evening In the O'Neill public school. Prior to the P-TA meeting, a film, “Pathways to the Future," sponsored by the Heart Founda tion, was shown in the gym nasium. Miss Alvara Hamm, assisted by Mrs. 1/>rono Smith and Mrs. Catherine Pease, directed the third grade chorus which gave a selection of songs, combining their music with social studies. Poster winners for this month were Jack Riley, Pam Sch meichel, Mary Asimus, Rocky Stewart, Blaine Graves and Har old Johnson. A record for the O’Neill P-TA was made when 305 paid up memtierships were recorded at this meeting. The visitors in the schoolrooms reported their appreciation and enjoyment of the interesting and educational displays in each room, arranged by the students and teachers. O'Neill Band Boosters Hold Meeting Thurs. The O’Neill Band Boosters met in the school band room for their semi-annual meeting Thursday. Mrs. Floyd Wilson, president of the Association, expressed ap preciation to Mrs. Rex Wilson, chairman of the fund raising committee, and her workers for the recent fruit cake selling pro ject. Mrs. Robert Forwood accepted the vice presidency made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Joyce Franklin. She was unanimously approved by the group. Mrs. Kenneth Curren agreed to fill the vacancy on the board left by Mrs. Fox’s resignation, and she will serve until fall. Band instructor. Duane Miller, asked all band parents to en courage their children to study for the third class musicianship test. An invitation was extended to Mr. Miller and to the combined bands to attend a concert to be given by the Strategic Air Force Command band at Ainsworth Tuesday at 1 p.m. All in atten dance were unanimous in ap proval of this concert as a band trip. The students will leave by chartered buses Tuesday morn ing. Refreshments were served in the home economic room follow ing the meeting with Mrs. Verne Reynoldson and Mrs. Lawrence Haynes in charge. "D" Tournament To Begin Mon. The 1962 Class “D” District basketball tournament will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thurs day, Feb. 19, 20 and 22, in the O'Neill high school gymnasium. Pairings are as follows: Page and Naper at 7:30 p.m., the win ner to play Royal the following night at 7 p.m.; Lynch and Brunswick, 6 p.m., and Orchard and Inman. 9 p.m., the winners to play at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fi nals will be held at 8 p.m. Thurs day. Marvin Miller, O'Neill high school principal, is tournament director. Officials will be Brad Warnemunde and Gwynn Chris tensen, both of Wayne. Stan Will iamson will be timer, and James Luft, scorekeeper. M. Pongratz Named to Creighton Honor Roll Morris Pongratz, son of Mr. anti Mrs. Bernard Pongratz, was named on the dean's list for the first semester at Creighton Uni versity where he is a sophomore. So far in his three semesters at Creighton, Pongratz has made the iXan’s list each semester. During that period he has earned IK A s and 2 B s, including the 6 A’s he had this time. Pongratz, who is taking pre-engieering, graduated from St. Mary’s with the class of 1960. O'Neill Students To Participate in Kearney Contest High school students from O' Neill public who will attend the 32nd Annual Inter-high School Scholastic contest at Kearney State Teachers college March 23 have been announced by Princi pal Marvin Miller. They are as follows: Kenny Lieb, general math; Ivan Hurley, general science and algebra I; Melvin Sanders, physics and American government; Fred Rosenkrans, physics, algebra II and American government. Ann Johnson, American history and English usage; Bill Enke, world geography; Laurell Hay nes, biology; Connie Brockman, advanced typing; Eileen Pribil, advanced shorthand; Mema But terfield, bookkeeping; Dianne Gillespie, world history; Delores Rosenkrans, geometry; Ruth Ann Walker, penmanship; Karen Bates, literature, and Terry Kurtz, art ability. Rites Planned At Spencer for Mrs. A. Johnson Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran church at Spencer for Mrs. Arden Johnson, 62, who died Tuesday at the Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch. The Rev. Robert Petersen will officiate. Burial will be in the Bristow cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Jones Funeral home from Thursday until the funeral hour. Survivors include three sons, Robert, Wakefield, Raymond, Glenwood, la., Lyle, serving with the army in Germany, who is now home on leave; six daugh ters, Mrs. Ivan (Lelia) Johnson, Lynch, Mrs. C. (Mavis) Femen, Omaha, Mrs. Larry (LaDonna) Bowers, Bristow, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley) Anderson, Bristow, Mrs. William (Dorothy) Sukup, San Antonio, Tex., and Mrs. Wayne (Maude) Cizek, Spencer; three sisters, Mrs. William Lan gan, O’Neill, Mrs. Lester John son, Emmet, Idaho, Mrs. Frank Boska, Columbus; one brother, Horace Rouse, Higby, Mo. "Favorite Dance" Planned at Lynch LYNCH — The annual Favorites Dance, sponsored by the junior class, will be held Sat urday at the Lynch ballroom. At 11 p.m. the Lynch high school "favorites,” the boy and girl members receiving the most votes from students, will be pre sented gifts. A' W*.?* GARLAN SCHOENROCK has been transferred from the O'Neill Lee store, effective Friday, to Hastings where he will be manager of the Hested store, and is being replaced here by Leonard Longstaff. Auburn. His family will join him at Hastings as soon as suitable quarters can be arranged. Schoenrock has been in the O’Neill store the past year. Longstaff has been with the company four years, the past two at Auburn. He originally resided at Gordon. His wife and three children, Terri Ann, 8, Leslie. 5. and Johnny. 3, will move to O’Neill as soon as housing can be arranged. The new manager's father, the Rev. George Longstaff. at one time served as pastor in the First Presbyterian church in O’Neill. He died at O’Neill in 1949 and is buried here. Mrs. F. King Named Lynch Drive Chairman LYNCH Mrs. Fred King is Boyd county chairman for the 1962 Heart Drive. Town chairmen are as follows: Mrs. Marlin Carstens, Naper; Charoyl Mathre, Butte; Fran Becker and Janet Krupicka. Spencer; Janice Prokop and Janice Peterson, Bristow, and Sharon Christensen and Gloria Retzlaff, Lynch. CPPD Brochure Gives Report on City of O'Neill A comprehensive survey cover ing every phase of O’Neill’s economic, business, industrial, civic, human and physicial assets and resources was recently com pleted by Consumers Public Power district community de velopment department. The 29-page booklet has been distributed in O'Neill to civic of ficials, and to state and federal government agencies and private trade and business groups. Civic leaders in the community cooperated with Consumers in compiling information needed for the book. Heading up the survey team was K. L. Van Voorhis, CPPD manager at O’Neill, assisted by A. L. Patton, Ray Eby, James Rooney, Kenneth Curren, Wayne Spelts, Ben Grady, and Virgil Laursen Specific highlights of the sur vey include: The community has 106 retail firms with annual sales of about $17,000,000; 17 wholesale concerns with annual sales of approximate ly $3,000,000 and two banks, each with deposits in excess of three million dollars. Some 45,000 citizens live in the 45 mile primary retail trade zone. The Harding Creamery Co., Al Bronze Metal Co., O’Neill Live stock Market, Foree Tire and Supply CO., Dr. Pepper Bottling Co., Beilin Honey Farm and the Lake Shore Honey farm are the principal industries operating in the area; the city, founded in 1882, operates its own sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water systems. O’Neill has 629 students in public school and 439 in catholic parochial school. The property tax mill levy covering city, school district, state and county assessments was pegged at 57.49 for 1960. The city’s assessed valuation is $4,161,672 and the bonded in debtedness is $249,000. The bonded indebtedness of the public school district is $30,000. The 29 page survey booklet, complete with pictures and maps, also, points up the area’s recreational facilities. Survey team members expres sed their sincere appreciation to O'Neill citizens for their coopera tion which enabled the commit tee to make the survey complete and correct. Reward Posted for Arrest of Thieves A $100 reward has been posted by Lester Spragg, Ewing, for in formation leading to the arrest and conviction of thieves re sponsible for the theft of ac cessories from his auto white it was parked at the farm southeast of Inman. Hubcaps and the police type aerial were stolen. Anyone having information concerning the thefts is asked to contact Mr. Spragg or Sheriff Leo Tom jack. Loys to Observe 55th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Dave Loy will observe their 55th wedding an niversary Tuesday, Feb. 21. A quiet family observance will be held this year with about 25 or 30 members of the family pre sent for a dinner at the Tropical Gardens Sunday, Feb. 25. Band Instructor Resigns at Clearwater CLEARWATER — Lyle Dur ham. local band instructor, has resigned, effective February 5. A replacement has not yet been secured. BOARD MEMBERS of the North Central Nebraska Reclamation District met Friday evening at the Tropical Oardents for an election of officers and final clearance of by-laws; also preliminary work on petitions to be sent to the state for official approval. Dale Wilson is president of the district and of the board; D. C. Evans. Springview, is vice chairman of the district and board, and Howard Munson (not a member of the board), secretary and treasurer. Shown here are: (I. to r. front row) Tony Asimus, Paul K nig man, Harvey Kingman and Wll von, all of O’Neill, Evuns and Manson; (back) Al fred Drayton, O’Neill, Dean Fleming, Fouis Kliment jr., anil Ed Rentschler, all of Atkinson, Paul Zaknew ski and Fred Frerichs, both of O’Neill. Frank Carr, Springview, was not present for the meeting. The next board meeting will be February 26 at the courthouse. Ewing Golden Glovers Preparing For Omaha Bouts Friday-Saturday If Jack McGinn, O'Neill, Jack Schindler, Butch Pofahl, Dale Hixson and alternate Roger Po fahl, Ewing, members of the Ew ing Legion boxing team, win their bouts at the Midwest Gold en Gloves tournament in Omaha Friday and Saturday, they will get an expense-paid trip to the National tournament in Chicago. In addition each titlist will re ceive a pair of trunks, a jacket and a Golden Gloves ring. Run ners-up will be presented with a gold pocket knife. McGinn, who fought in the Chicago fights last year, is the proud possessor of the above gifts. He also won the Davey Moore Trophy in the Tourna ment of Champions, evidence of the O’Neill high school athe lete’s popularity with the sports writers, officials and contes tants at Chicago. All the Omaha contestants will be entertained at a luncheon this week in the Colony Club restaur ant, given by the sponsors, the World-Herald Good Fellows. After the bouts Saturday night, four special awards will be made at the city auditorium. They are: Sammy Williams Memorial Tro phy for the Outstanding Fighter; Roy C. Feltman Sportsmanship Trophy (Dean Pofahl won this in 1959, and Butch Pofahl was the 1960 winner); Charles N. Moon Trophy for the Most Promising Fighter and Team Championship plaque. Many sports enthusiasts from this area are planning to attend the Omaha fights. The program will start at 8 p.m. in the Omaha Civic auditorium . Former Spencer Resident Dies Of Gun Wound SPENCER — Funeral services were held here Saturday for a former resident of this com munity, Lambert Havranek, 52, Bull Head, S. D., who was fatally wounded Tuesday, Feb. 6, when his shotgun accidentally dis charged. The Rev. Robert Peterson of ficiated at the rites. Burial was in the National cemetery. He is survived by his wife and four children. His mother, Mrs. Anna Havranek, and sisters, Mrs. Betty Blake. Mrs. William Shell and Mrs. Charles Lineburger, all of Denver, and Mrs. Rosa Bow ers, O'Neill, also survive him. Sixteen County Boys Report for Physicials Richard Poessnecker, Atkinson, and Bertheld D. Straka, Stuart, volunteered for armed service and joined Ronald E. Murphy, O'Neill, and V. A. Wedige, Atkin son, for induction at Omaha Wed nesday. Sixteen Holt county boys re ported for their physicials the £ame day, according to an an nouncement by the Selective Ser vice fnoard. Holt County Hereford Assn. Sole Set Feb. 20 Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association will hold its Silver Anniversary Show and Sale Tues day. Feb. 20, at the O’Neill Live stock Market. The show will start at 9:30 a.m. and the sale will begin at 1:30 p.m. Members will have an out standing consignment of 54 bulls and 5 females at this special 25th sale. Harold Harms, Valentine, will judge the event, and Don Wer ner, Thedford, will be the auctioneer. Harold Melcher, Page, is presi dent of the Association. Kieth Abart is secretary, treasurer and sale manager. Robert Sukup Named Verdigre FFA Pres. VERDIGRE — Robert Sukup has been elected president of the Verdigre Future Farmers of America at a recent meeting held in the local high school. Other officers include: Willard Ruzicka, vice president; David Jacot, secretary; David Vesely, treasurer; Larry Frank, re porter; Gary Hines, sentinel; Vernon Vakoc, student advisor, and Dennis Rudloff, student parliamentarian, assisted by Don ald Forman, Jerome Forman and Allen Wavrunek. Atkinson Youth Is Boys' Stater ATKINSON — Garold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Frickel, has been selected to represent Atkin son at the Comhusker Boys’ State in Lincoln next June. He will be sponsored by the Ameri can Legion Farley-Tushla post. Ed Pettinger. son of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Pettinger, Emmet, is alternate. He is a junior at St. Joseph’s high school. Dollar Days Planned Here Beginning Thursday O’Neill merchants wHt present Dollar Days—a three-day event Feb ruary 22-24 in which shoppers will have an opportunity of pur chasing outstanding buys. Watch for Dollar Day ads in next week’s issue of The Fron tier and take advantage of the special merchandise being of fered at appealing prices. Services Held for Adrs. E. Harrison PAGE — Funeral services were held in Lincoln Tuesday mQrning for Mrs. Ernest Harri son, who died early Sunday morn ing. She was the mother of Mrs. Dale Matschullat, Page. Mr. and Mrs Matschullat and Joan left Monday afternoon to attend the services. Holt Girls Win Homemaker Awards Three additional Betty Crocker Homemakers of Tomorrow for Holt county have been an nounced by General Mills. They are Donna Elizabeth Wright, Ewing high school; Alet ha Joann Rutherford, Page public school, and Danelia Faye Whita ker, Chambers high school. Chosen as Queen A frequent visitor in the Will iam Froelich home in O'Neill, Nancy Neadeau, secretary to Sen ator Case at Washington, D. C., has been selected as queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival, repre senting the State of South Dakota. Former Area Recreation Grounds To Be Sold At Auction Today A playground and recreation area well-known to all but the younger residents of North Cen tral and North East Nebraska will go on the auction block to day. The spot, known as Oak View Park, will be offered for sale today (Thursday). Owners Viola and Vlasta Pospeshil and Mrs. Albert Pospeshil will leave the place that has been home to them for many years. Old-timers, many of whom remember the opening of the park, spent many happy hours at Oak View up through the late 30's. The park was famous throughout the area for its holi day celebrations, baseball games, dances, roller skating and swim ming. Located 19 miles east and four miles north of O'Neill, it had one of the first and largest swimming pools in the territory. The cool clear water was pumped from nearby Middle Branch creek into the pool. Next to the pool stands the old dance pavilion and skating rink so well remembered by young sters of the park’s heyday. The baseball field, used by many of the teams of the area, was partially bordered by a steep hill that served as a natural grandstand for the spectators. The house at the park, still sturdy and warm, was built by the members of the Pospeshil family from concrete bricks made at the site with sand and water taken from the stream. Also being sold today will be the 320 acres that comprise the real estate of the park. Other items on the sale list include sporting equipment, farm ma chinery, antiques and buildings. The park ceased operation dur ing the 30's, but when Auctioneer Ed Thorin starts the sale today it will mark the end of a recreation area fondly remembered by many residents of Nebraska. Announce Support Prices For '62 Crop Feed Grains Harry Parks Fund Started at Page The Page l.'glmi Auxiliary has announced that It Is c»*i (Im-Ung a fund drive fur Hurry Parks. Anyone wishing to con tribute may leave their dona tions at the Page bank. Proceed* from the fund will be used lo (Hirebase iui artificial hand for Mr. Parks. Harry live** <*i a farm near Page ami lost his right hand In a conipitkcr accident last November. All donations will he acknow ledged and greatly appreciated. More Filings Listed for County Offices Filings received at the Holt county clerk s office for county offices thus far include Frank Cronk, county judge; Kenneth Waring, sui»er visor, dis trict 7; Clarence Ernst, (R) supervisor, district 3; Harlan A. Dierking, tRi supervisor, dis trict 5; Frank Nelson, state legi slature, 28th district; Leo S. Tom jack, (D) sheriff; Wm. F Wefso, (R) county assessor; C, R Fox, (R) county assessor; K. Abart, iFO clerk of the district court; Ray A. Bosn, (D) supervisor, dis trict 3; Arthur W. Knapp, (Rl county treasurer; Howard L). Manson, (R) clerk of the district court; J. Ed Hancock, y diverting acreage* (o con serving use*, will tie eligible for price sup|sirt no these crops The required reduction dot** fmt nji ply to qualified malting barley producers. Corn and gram sorghum pro ducers wall Is* eligllile for *ti|i jsirt im these crops if they reduce their corn and grain sorghum acreage by a minimum of 20 per cent and tin not exceed their Ixtae acreage (1959 60 average) of tiar ley. Harley producer* will fie eligible for tiarley supfsirt if they reduce their barley by the mini mum .11 per > ent and do no! exceed their tmae acreage of com and grain sorghum Hast'd on u review of an earlier determination, participation in the 1962 feed grain program will not tie a condition of eligibility for 1962-crop oat* and rye price support. 'nil* Is ulso n change from the 1961 program when par ticipation in the 1961 feed grain program for corn and grain sor ghum was required to be eligible for 1961 support cm oats and rye. Under legislation authorizing the feed gram program, there will be a quantitative limitation un 1962 production of com, grain Continued on Page 5 Sale Dates Claimed FEB. 15 - OAK VIEW PARK I AND AND PERSONAL PRO PERTY SALE, 320 acres land, buildings and personal property at the park 19 miles east of O' Neill and 4 north. Ed Thorin and Roy Kirwan realtor and auctione ers. FEB. 17 — L. V. Gant A Sons Polled Hereford sale, at Geddes, S. D. FEB. 20 — HOLT COUNTY HEREFORD BREEDERS AS SOCIATION Silver Anniversary sale. Selling 53 bulls, 5 females at O’Neill Livestock Market. Write Kieth Abart. sale manager, for catalog. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 DON AND LESL LINES, owners, 29 head of cattle, mostly milk cows, farm machinery, hay and miscel laneous goods and some house hold goods. At the place located 3 miles west and 1 mile north of Chambers. Merlin Grossnick laus, auctioneer. Chamber* State Bank, clerk. MAR 14 ALVIN A ALICE JOHNSON CLOSING OUT SALE. 7 miles south ami 2 east of Chambers or 3 west and 1 north of Hoerle’s station. Complete line of machinery, 20 head of dairy cattle and some buildings. Mer lin Grossnicklaus, auctioneer. Chamber* State Bank, clerk. Watch The Frontier for complete listing. MAR 19 REFEREE’S SALE. 400 ACRES LAND. 2% miles west and 2 miles north of Chambers. Sale at 2 p.m. at the courthouse in O'Neill. John R. Gallagher, referee. Wm. W. Grif fin, attorney. See ad for com plete details. ONLY A PORTION OF THE CROWD attending the Alvin Nielsen, McChire-W'iiliams farm sale Friday is shown in this picture, as Auctioneers Ed Tborin, Roy Kirwan and Chuck Mahony moved along the line of machinery. A head count of buyers was impossible but cars and trucks at the sale about 2:30 p.m. totaled 224. The sale, at the farm located 18 miles south and 3 east of O’Neill, was one of the largest of the season in Holt county. This successful sale used The Frontier’s one-stop, weather-insured farm sale service.