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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1962)
NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETT Lincoln, Nebraska MAh Z 1362 STATE HIST SOC LINCOLN. NE3P. Your _ -*rt DONTIFD — North Central £XV/1 1 JL JL JL/A\ In This Issue Nebraska "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 81-Number 45 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 1, 1962____ . . . _ S®v#n C*n,t Come Out, Leprechauns, Win Money in a Contest 11 will lx a big day for the children Irish or otherwise when youngsters of the O'Neill trade area line up for the best dressed leprechaun contest March 17 St. Patrick’s day. The leprechaun contest will lie only one of the events planned for the day when everyone be comes Irish in O'Neill. Other events scheduled for llie day will include a moon shot planned to |mt an Irish man In orbit. This skit will hike place near the traffic lights on Fourth street. The contest for leprechauns is open to all youngsters under 13 years of age . . . mostly because leprechauns are the “little people” of Irish legend. Cash prizes will be awarded for best costumes ... so, mothers, help your youngsters locate a picture of a leprechaun or use your imagination to deck the kids out as you think a leprechaun should look. Free treats will be given to every contestant. Many events of the day will be sponsored by the O’Neill Cham ber of Commerce, including the leprechaun contest, but other privately planned activities bid fair to make the day one of fun and laughter for everyone. More details of the day will follow next week. Chairman of the event for the Chamber of Commerce is Joe McLxish. O'Neill Scouts To Distribute Good Turn Bags This Saturday Cuhmasters, Harry Spall and Frank Shefl, will have their Cub Scouts dis tributing "Good Turn Bags,” with the help of the Den Mothers who will take the Cubs to dif ferent parts of O’Neill. The Scouts urge the local citi zens to fill these bags and extra boxes with materials of repair able condition that the handicap ped workers at the Goodwill In dustries can mend. Their only in come is derived from the sale of the renovated articles. These “Good Turn Bags” will be picked up the following Satur day by the Boy Scouts. Superintendent at Clearwater Resigns ClEARWATER — Casper P. Englehaupt, superintendent of the Clearwater public schools, has in formed the District 6 school hoard that he will not renew his contract next year. Englehaupt has been at Clear water the past two years. He has not announced his future plans and no replacement has been found at the present time. Sale Dates Claiired MAR. 14 — ALVIN & ALICE JOHNSON CLOSING OUT SALE 7 mileii south and 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 Chambers State Bank, clerk MAR. 19 — REFEREES SALE. 400 ACRES LAND. 2Vi miles west and 2 miles north ol 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. Inman Student Vieing For Old Grouch Title INMAN Sam Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Watson, In man, is one of four men vieing for the title of "Old Grouch" to be awarded to the most popular senior affiliated man at the an nual Big Snob-Old Grouch dance to l>e held at Nebraska Wesleyan university in lincoln March 2. Watson is the Phi Kappa Tau candidate for the honor. Rites Held for Mrs. W. Grutsch Here Saturday Funeral services were held at St. Patrick’s Catholic church Sat urday for Mrs. William Grutsch, 78, who died Thursday, Feb. 22, at St. Anthony’s hospital after an illness of eight months. The Rev. Robert Duffy of ficiated at the services, assisted by the Rev. Ralph O’Donnell, Emmet. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. Rosary was recited at Biglins chapel at 8 p.m. Friday. Bridget Cecelia Morris was born at Stratford, Ontario, Canada May 19, 187.1, the daugh ter of Anthony and Bridget Mor ris. May 15, 1907 she was married . to William Grutsch at Stratford, Canada. In March, 1909 they came to Holt count” and lived in the Rock Falls community, north of O’Neill, for many years. Mr. Grutsch preceded her in death May 9, 1951. In August of that year. Mrs. Grutsch pur chased a home on West Benton street where she spent the re mainder of her life. She is survived by two sons. John, North Platte, and Joe, O’ Neill; four daughters, Mrs. James McNulty, Mrs. Harry Lansworth, Mrs. Lyle Vequist and Mrs. Bernard Pongratz, all of O’ Neill; 20 grandchidren, and two brothers, Michael and James Morris, Stratford, Ontario. Pallbearers were Francis Cur ran, Walt Grosse, Ardel Curran, Francis Murphy. John Cleary and Bill Murray. Trailer at Naper Damaged by Fire NAPER — Considerable smoke damage resulted to the trailer home of Ray Vaughn Wednes day. Feb. 21, when a fire started near an oil burner and began to 1 smolder. Mrs. Vaughn discovered the fire when she smelled smoke and found an addition to the trailer filled with smoke. She took her two small daughters to a neigh bor and telephoned for assist ance. CLASS “C” DISTRICT CHAMPIONS — the Spencer Pirates. A 61-52 win over the O’Neill Eagles Saturday night at Lynch gave the Spencer players t le championship in this district. If they win over Verdigre Wednesday night at Pierce, the Pirates will make a return trip to the State Class “C’ tourney. DR. GEORGE CARSTEN8 was guest speaker Wednesday noon at an Area Cancer Crusade and luncheon held at the Town House. The Crusade covered the North Central division but due to the in clement weather, several area chairman were unable to attend. Shown here are (1. to r.) Mines. Dana Bigelow, Stuart; Carl Max, Page; Ken Werner, and Dona Carson, Chambers, and Betty (Xirlstensen ami Betty Stolcpart, Newport. At the table (L to r.) Mrs. E. E. Cleveland jr., O’Neill; Mrs. Jay Blair, Newport; Mrs. John Oonard, Emmet; Dr. Carstens and the Rev. Glenn Kennlcott, both of O’Neill; Mrs. Leo Dye, Bassett, County Chairman Mrs. Mike Trupp, O’Neill, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner, Creighton. District representative for this area, P. Bryan Cope, Hastings, and state crusade and publicity dir ector, Jim Guest, were also present. x Parks Fund Totals $271 At Page PAGE — A total of $271.75 has been donated to the Harry Parks fund by the first of the week to be used toward the purchase of an artificial hand far Mr. Parks, who lost his hand in a cornpicker accident last November. The Page Legion auxiliary is sponsoring the drive and anyone wishing to contribute, may leave their donations at the Page bank. Following is the list of contri butors: American Legion auxili ary and Salvation Army, $25; Carl R. Max, William Neubauer, Frank Beelaert, Dan Mudloff, American Legion Post 315, Page I OOF1 lodge, H. A. Melcher and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wood, Lin 'ccln, $10. Lyman Park, Robert Harvey, Hal Farnsworth, Mrs. James Kel ly, Inman, George Wettlaufer, Tony Mudloff, Mr. and Mrs. John Steinberg, Mr. and Mrs. Law- I rence Smith, Frank Cronk, C. E. Walker, Jesse Kelly, Otto Terrill, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Summers and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pussel man, $5. Calvin Harvey, Duane Gray, Arnold Tikalsky, O T. Kemper and Jerry Lamason, $3; Anton Nissen, $2.50; William Buxton, $1.25; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haynes, Lincoln, Elbert Chichester, Lura Grass, Norman Trowbridge, Mrs. William Kelly, Inman, Gaylard Albright, Loran Libby, Jerome Allen, Effie Stevens, Harold Ash er, Ivan Heiss, Hellice and Cas sie Stevens, Neighborhood club, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Braddock, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Halstead, Don Nissen, Art and Doris Miller, Harry Tegeler. and Get-to gether club, $2. Hester Edmisten, Otto Wahletz. Nels Linquist, Jr. Sorenson, W'ill iam Sorenson, W. B. Lamb, Will iam Melenke, Arnold Stewart. Frieda Asher, Jerry Asher, Emil and Marie Johnson, C. J. Dob bins. Mrs. Emma Dorr. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Retke, Mrs. Ethel Park and Dennis Ickes. $1 Former O'Neill Couple Honored on Anniversary An O'Neill couple, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Quinn sr., were honored at an open house ob servance of their golden wedding anniversary February 18 at the home of their son and daughter in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Quinn jr., in San Diego, Calif. The special day opened with mass at 8 a.m. in the Im maculata Chapel of the San Diego university, attended by Mr. and Mrs. Quinn, members of their family and close friends. After the mass, Mr. and Mrs. Quinn received the papal bless ing from His Excellency, the Most Rev. Charles Buddy, bishop of the San Diego docese, who presented to each of them a rosary and prayer book. In the afternoon guests called at the open house to offer their congratulations to the honored couple. Bouquets of yellow roses decorated the living room, and above the dining table was a large wedding bell with gold streamers. Attached to each streamer were white and gold bells. The dining table was centered with a three-tier cake surrounded by fern and gold roses for a base. Gold candles were placed at each side of the cake. Cheryl Quinn was in charge of the guest book, and Mrs. Gerald Versal served. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn were mar ried at St. Patrick’s church in O’Neill February 20, 1912. They have resided in O’Neill since that time- The couple has four grand children. Gerald Verzal, Gary, Cheryl and Maureen Quinn, and two great grandchildren, Richard and Timothy Verzal, all of whom were present for the occasion. Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin, Med ford, Ore., parents of Mrs. Quinn jr., who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary a year ago February 19; Mr. and Mire. Wil liam Moore, Whittier, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Price, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mrs. Myrtle Ruggles and Mr. and Mrs. Orson Ruggles, Escondido, Calif., and Mrs. Edith Rutledge, Norfolk. Village Caucus Held at Ewing EWING — Approximately 50 persons were present for the vil lage and school board caucus held in the schoolhouse Tuesday evening. Nominated for two-year terms on the village board, three to be elected, were Bob Eppenbach. Waldo Davis, Weldon Alexander, Veldon Hamilton. Curtis Roberts and Merlyn Meyer. Jerry Rother ham, mayor, Gene Zimmerman and Elvin Hamilton are the re tiring officials. Beard of education nominees are Alfred Napier and Archie Tuttle, incumbents, Willis Rockey and Merlin Meyer. Two will be elected for three-year terms. Jerry Hamilton was chairman and Stanley Davis, secretary, for the village board caucus. Former Naper Man Placed on Parole NAPER — In circuit court in Gregory. S. D., this weekend, Roger Cline, extradited from California, was placed on three year probation by Judge D. G. Grieves. Cline, originally from Naper. was charged with third degree burglary. Coach Jerry Hueser Resigns at Spencer SPENCER — Coach Jerry Hue ser, who successfully steered his basketball players to the championship of the District Class “C” tournament, has re signed from the Spencer high school faculty, effective the end of the school year. Besides coaching in football and basketball, Hueser has serv ed as mathematics instructor. World Day of Prayer Planned at Spencer LYNCH — World Day of Prayer will be held at the Wesleyan Methodist church March 9 at 2 p.m. Music will be presented by the high school chorus, and there will be special talks dealing with cur rent events and the spiritual ap plication. The public is invited to attend this service. Holt Residents Invest $248,219 in Bonds Holt county residents pur chased $248,219 worth of E and H savings bonds last month, ac cording to Lyle P. Dierks, county chairman. Curriculum Report Presented By Local Citizens Committee Chambers Couple Plan Open House CHAMBERS Mr. and Mrs Herman R. Holcomb will observe their golden wedding anniversary Saturday. Mar. 10, and in ob servance of the occason will hold open house that day from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Methodist church in Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb have lived the entire 50 years on the farm where they now reside. They have one son, LeRoy, Chambers, and two grandsons, Gary, a graduate student in electrical engineering at the Uni versity of Nebraska, and Gale, Chambers. The couple requests no gifts. Services Held At Carleton for James H. Bryant CHAMBERS — Funeral servi ces were held Monday at Carle ton for James H. Bryant, 05, resident of the Masonic Home at Plattsmojth, who died Friday, Feb. 23. His son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sexton, are former residents of Chambers when Mr Sexton was cashier at the Chambers State bank. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant resided with the Sextons at that time. Mr. Bryant was born in Mor gan county, Indiana, and moved to Filmore countv. Nebraska, at the age of five years. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Carleton for 64 years and was secretary of that lodge 48 years. He was past grand tyler of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. Survivors are a son, Lyle, Lin coln; two daughters, Mrs. Roma Pierson, Lincoln, and Mrs. Keith Sexton, Wauneta; four grand children; four great grandchild ren and four sisters. Nell Harding Takes Honors As Top Bowler The Women’s city bowling tour nament was played recently ir O’Neill and Nell Harding took tof honors as all events winner wit! a score of 1493. JoAnn Weckei won second place in this divisior with 1311, and Myrtle Miller third, with 1305. Mrs. Harding also won firsi place in the singles. Her score of 524 was followed by second anc third place winners, Olive Tom linson, 523, and Mary Anderson 518. In doubles, Phyllis Waldo anc Billie Thompson, berth of Cham bers, won first place having a score of 1032. Grace Borg anc Myrtle Miller had 1019 for sec ond, and Marie Graham anc Olive Tomlinson had 1000 for third. The Caterpillars scored 2401 for top positron in the team divisior followed by Ten Pin Lanes with 2338, and First National Bank team, 2307. Carol Hoffman Named To Dean's Honor Roll CLEARWATER. — Carol Hoff man, graduate of St. Mary’s academy in O'Neill, was namec on the Dean's list for the firsi semester at Duchesne College ol Sacred Heart at Omaha. She is the daughter of Mr. anc Mrs. Joe Hoffman, Clearwater and is in her junior year. Report* of the three sub-com- t mittees of the Citizens committee « on the O'Neill public schools have been prompted to the committee i as a whole. These reports will la* i made available to the public. The first report, on curriculum, is i published today. < K< |Mirt of the Curriculum (Committee This commiltee has made a detailed study into the curriculum offering of the O'Neill public high school and has found the following: 1. That the school is offering a college preparatory course which is meeting the standards of the North Central Accreditation association and college entrance examinations. Concerning this, we recognise that these standards are tieing met with a minimum offering. An example of this minimum stand ard is that only one language course is offered from which the students may choose. It la difficult tit see how standard* will continue tit to met in science with Ihe limited space and outdated equipment. We can say that the courses are being taught. The library has good reference encyclopedias but books in the library for high school material is wodfully inadequate. Grade school reference books seem to be a little better, but the com mittee did not get to see them as they were divided among he rooms. 2. For the most part, we think the teachers and teaching loads •mi u’oll #1 itriluitiFilch 1i»Jirh«*r has one hour each day for plann ing. Several teachers have five solids per day, that is five classes in which they have a preparation Scholarship Tests Planned At O'Neill High Twenty students at O’Neill public school plan to take the 1962 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test, Vernon Carpen ter, guidance director, announced today. The test will be administered at the school at 9 a m. March 6. All students who wish to lx* con sidered for merit scholarships to be awarded in 1963 must take the test at that time. A qualifying test is composed of a three-hour examination of educational development. Scores of students who are examined in March will be reported to their schools by May 15. The scores are used by class advisors in many high schools to help stu dents make decisions about col lege attendance and field of study. » make and deliver, or lab* to upervtse (Music and goidam •• and >liysteal education were hard to letermine at this point. > :t Also, most teachers are curbing in tlielr field of major >r minor All available space Wir> itili/etl to the fullest extent *»t the curriculum offering There ire classrooms which are vacant me hour of die day. I tut that jsually is when Uie teacher has a planning period, or there an* alter curriculum conflicts Mae classroom* arc lictn* used for the high school, four of which are not being uand for their original purpose. tXr In stance, ail typing and business ruunus. hut one are no ad acted In I he typing room. Hoehk rep lug is taughl on I hr ounr desk a s typewriting. English classes are conducted In I be sewing and home ccunomlen room. One riuss Is In-lng taught In the ok! laundry room. Shoo clauses are definitely Is* iMi«H|uately equipped. with several of the \lses being broken and no workbenches. 4 We find the elective* very limited. In dial regard we would like to sec added to the curricu lum two years of speech instruc tion. One semester of speech is offered as part of the English offerings This takes valuable time away from Enlgish ami gives the student u false idea that he is equipped to make a speech. (This fact is reported from students now In college». Added lo the speech instruction could be another course for Clean or oiivrcu «■ <ui u»u« curricular activity on the same Icasis as sports ami band, drama tics ami debate. We feel such activities better prepare the stu dent* for their future and give the town good publicity. We feet it is good to have scholastic com petition as well as competition in sports. Miner nut all students are col lege material we feel Uiere should be offerings In the cur riculum to prepare them more adequately for their future, tti-ully, It is soinewtutt of a dis crimination against tliem In put ho much stress on college pre paration when they will mil use it. Therefore, we would like to see an Industrial arts course given, starting with the seventh grade and giving at least two years of such a course In high school. Since we are an agricultural area. vocational agriculture should be included on a three or four year offering Journalism is another elective course that we feel stiould lie of fered, at least on a two year basis. None of these can lx* offered at the present time because of limited facilities. A Big Pay Raise Frontier staff members have heard several comments since the last issue of The Frontier regarding a paragraph in the school board story. The paragraph said: "Just before the meeting closed George Hammond moved to double the salary of the school board for the l%2-€3 school year. The motion was approved unanimously just before adjournment " Comments have varied from the irate to jocose. Some person* thought it was fine . . . others thought the board was playing fast and loose with the tax money. We had a two-fold purpose in mi ml when we printed the paragraph. First, we wanted to call attention to the school board; second, we wanted to see just how much people knew about the salaries paid to the school board. We found out that many persons apparently know little regarding the workings of the group that spend the largest single chunk of die tax dollar. You see school board members draw no pay at all . . and two times nothing is nothing! (TTY BOWLING TOURNAMENT WINNERS are shown here with their trophies. Tiam winners axe in the back row (L to r.) as loliows: Max Grenier, Cecil Grenier, Merle Schlensener, Don McKamy and Dick Tomlinson. Chuck Hamik (L to r.) was singles winner; George Hammond took the all events, and Fred Moore and Byron led in doubles.
