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_______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, <R) county clerk; Eli
McConnell, (R> 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, <R)
county treasurer; Lawrence Pri
hil, (D) supervisor, district 5,
and William W. Griffin, (Rl
county attorney.
Still Time to Name
Family of Week
Persons wishing to submit
names of outstanding farm and
ranch operators in The Frontier’s
area have the remainder of this
month to get their nominations in
for "The Frontier Family of the
Week’.
Beginning March 1 The Fron
tier will give recognition each
week to an outstanding farm or
ranch family in this area. Selec
tions of the winning family will
be based on their participation in
local and civic affairs, and in
good farming and ranching prac
tices.
If you have a friend or neigh
bor whom you feel deserves re
cognition, submit his name with
a brief note telling of his ac
complishments.
Four Cases Set
For Spring Court
Call of the docket was held
Tuesday in preparation for the
spring term of court. Four cases
are set for trial during March.
They are: Monday, Mar. 19,
Edna Gideon vs Joe Foster, suit
for damages; Thursday. Mar. 22,
Zingler vs. James, suit for dam
ages; Monday, Mar. 26, State of
Nebraska vs. Gene Giliogly,
criminal, and Thursday, Mar. 29,
Lexington Mill and Elevator Co.,
vs. Ray Shelhamer, suit of ac
count
Names of 36 prospective jurors
were drawn for the spring term.
Polio Fund Total
Raised to $622.52
A total or $74.16 has been added
to the sum of $548.36, making the
amount of $622.52 collected so
far for the polio fund.
The $74.36 was realized at the
recent benefit games played at
the public gym by the town team,
grade school team and vollyball
players.
The U S Department of Agti
culture today announced date4
and other detail* of the pnee-sup
l*»rt operation for UNi2-crop feed
grain* (com. barley, grain sor
ghum. and rye and oats )
Support prices tor 1962 for these
grains were announced January
9
Com. tiarley, and grain sor
ghum producers, who participate
in the 1962 feed grain program
l>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.