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__ Volume 81—Number 46 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 8, 1962 Seven Cents
Warn of
Possible
Damage
Bob Mill, unit conservationist,
warns farmers and ranchers of
I possible flood damage to conser
vation practices due to the com
bination of present frozen ground
conditions and melting snow.
To avoid the large amount of
flood damage resulting in Molt
county from the rapid snow melt
ing two years ago, Mill urges
that precautions he taken prior
to unseasonably warm weather.
Terraces that are filled with
snow tend to clog the channel
and over top quite readily. A
tractor track or wheel track of
any kind mude down the channel
when the snow is first thawing
can do much to start the flow of
water down the channel rather
than having it pile up and over
top the terrace ridge.
The spillways on erosion con
trol and stock water ponds quite
frequently become clogged with
drifted and packed snow. This
tends to form a temporary dam
in the spillway and cause the
water to rise aix>ve the spillway
flow level. When the snow dam
breaks, great pressures are ex
erted on the spillway with the
deeper than normal flow.
Two years ago this situation
was responsible for the destina
tion of the spillway. This damage
can be eliminated if the spillways
are cleaned out prior to a big
thaw.
Careful watch should be main
tained on the mechanical spill
way to see that it is functioning
properly and that it does not
clog with large chunks of ice.
In dams equipped with a drain
pipe, a safety precaution sug
gestion is to lower the water sur
face well ahead of any anticipat
ed large runoff.
Chambers Booster
To Add Equipment
CHAMBERS The Chambers
TV committee, after investigat
ing the regulations of the Federal
Communications commission, find
that they must add more equip
ment to the l zoster t:'■■er which
brings channel 5 to the area.
Approximately $800 was collect
ed by donations some time ago,
and another $150 is still needed.
Of the latter amount, only about
$50 has boon contributed to date.
The committee states that un
less these requirements are met
the booster will have to be dis
continued in accordance with
FCC ruling. All collections would
then l>e returned to the donors.
Verdigre Woman Hurt
In Tractor Accident
VERDIGRE—Mrs. Otto Uhlir
sustained internal injuries Mon
day afternoon when she fell from
a drawbar and was partially run
over by the tractor while assist
ing her husband in the clearing
of snowbound roads on their
place 16 miles northwest of Ver
digre.
An ambulance driver could not
get through the roads to the Uhlir
ranch but Mr. Uhlir and son,
Neil, finally were successful in
bringing her to the doctor in Ver
digre for medical attention until
she could be transferred to the
Creighton hospital.
KL.KVKN STI DKNT8 at O’Neill Idgh school were formally in
itiatcd into Tr»u|H’ MX'! of Tlu-spians, national honorary dramatics
organization, Tuesday evening in the auditorium. New members are
shown (I to r) with the Troupe sponsor, Mrs. Alice llcrigan, as
follows: Steve l’eterson, l,onna Haynes, Judy Smith, Jim Van Vleck,
Terry Kurt/., Hetty Morrow, Bobbie Ma.sehi, t.ailen Young, Ken
Franklin and Steve Keynoldson. Another new member, Mike Hand,
was not present for the picture. Ilene Nelson (front row, left) was
chairman in charge and was assisted in the initiation by the follow
ing officers and members, (1 to r): Joan Pease, secretary; .Melvin
Sanders, president; Ruth Ann Walker, vice president; Holland John
son, treasurer; Connie Brockman, Vickie (iedwillo and Mema But
terfield.
Second Report
Released by
Citizens Group
Following is the second in a
series of reports made by the
Citizens committee of the O'Neill
Public schools on the conditions
of the school. This report deals
with the physical plant and was
prepared by Ray Eby, Mrs.
Harry Gildersleeve, Mrs. Max
Golden and Bob Carroll.
The O'Neill Public school has
no unused space in the present
facilities. Many rooms are over
crowded and many others lack
adequate storage space. Enroll
ment this year is at an all-time
high with 641 students, 460 in
elementary and 172 in high
school. Twenty-nine teachers are
on the faculty.
Children who eat at school
are forced to sit on the floor
of the old gymnasium, spread
their lunches on the floor and
eat amid the clutter and dirt
of fmit-traffic of other students.
No hot lunch program exists.
Much, also, could be done to
improve science and shop needs
both in space and equipment.
The playground lacks both
space and equipment; restrooms
are clean but in poor condition.
No school nurse is employed and
the school has no driver training
program.
Enrollment in 1929 totaled 466
with 279 in elementary and 187
in high school. In 1961 that num
ber had jumped to 641 with 469
in elementary and 172 in high
school.
Indebtedness on the lower ele
mentary building will be retired
in two years.
Band Concert
Planned Tuesday
There will be an O'Neill public
school Band Concert in the high
school auditorium Tuesday, Mar.
13, at 8 p.m.
The Eagle Band Parents or
ganization is sponsoring the con
cert which will be under the di
rection of Duane Miller.
Heart Fund Started
For Dick Young
CHAMBERS—A heart fund
lias been established for Dick
Young, Chambers, who had
heart surgery at an Omaha hos
pital recently.
Contributions are being sent
or left at the Chambers State
hank. Dick has been a patient
in the Atkinson hospital since
returning from Omaha.
Elkhorn Valley
Group To Meet
At Neligh Friday
The chairman of the watershed
committee of the Elkhorn Valley
Water Resources Association,
Elmer Juracek, O’Neill, has an
nounced two meetings of interest
to all persons interested in basin
wide land and water resources
development of the Elkhorn val
ley. The meetings will be at
Hooper today (Thursday) at the
City auditorium and the second
meeting will be held at Neligh,
Friday at the Soil and Water
Conservation District office.
The purpose of the meetings
is to inform all Interested peo
ple of the status of the basin
wide planning and development
and to give responsible persons
of the Elkhorn valley an educa
tional work plan to be follow
ed.
The educational work plan will
be used to develop the necessary
water conservation, reclamation,
and flood control for the Elkhorn
valley and it’s tributaries. The
following federal and state ag
encies will be present at these
meetings to report their progress,
to date. The agencies are: The
Corps of Engineers, Bureau of
Reclamation, Soil Conservation
Service, The State Extension
Service, The State Soil and Water
Conservation Commission, and
representatives from 19 counties
Soil and Water Conservation Dist
ricts.
The meetings will start at 10
a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. All
interested persons are invited to
attend either of these meetings.
DKPOSUTKO BY
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REMEMBER WHEN? This deposit slip from the Bank of Dorsey
was found by Harden .Anspach in a book in his basement. The Bank
of Dorsey closed about 1909 or 1910, according to friends of Mr.
.Anspach and was operated by John O’Donnell at that time. Charley
CV>le still has a check book for the bank and also remembers seeing
the bank safe in O’Neill at one time. .Although the deposit slip is
about 52 years old, it is still in good shape.
Services Held
In Lincoln for
Mrs. W. Carson
Mrs. William Carson, 88, a for
mer O’Neill resident, died Fri
day, Mar. 2, in Lincoln where she
made her home with her son
in-law an ddaughter, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Fred Wickham.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning in Lincoln and
burial was in Lincoln Memorial
Park cemetery.
Mary Emma Carson was born
February 9, 1874 in Watkins, la.,
to Edward and Mary Ann Tur
ner. At the age of four years she
moved near Wilbur, Nebr., with
her parents and attended school
in that community. She taught
six years in a rural school near
Wilbur and two terms in Holt
county.
She then returned to Wilbur
where her parents had moved
and became secretary to the Sa
line county judge.
In November, 1901 she was
married to William Carson and
they resided on a farm east of
O'Neill until 1916 when they mov
ed to Norfolk. Three years later
they moved to Lincoln where Mr.
Carson preceded her in death in
March, 1942.
She was a member of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church and had
been a member of the Order of
Eastern Star the past 70 years.
Survivors are her son, Will
iam Harry; daughter, Mrs. Wick
ham; two grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Tom Turner,
Don Wickham, Frank Turner.
Lee Brady, Lloyd Brady and
Bruce McElhaney.
Teacher Problems Beset
Board; Hawley Resigns
Robart To Visit At
O'Neill March 14
Gail Robart, field representa
tive of the Norfolk social secur
ity office, will be in the assembly
room of the courthouse basement
in O'Neill from 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 14.
James Hoffman, another rep
resentative, will be in the court
room of the courthouse at Butte
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday,
Mar. 15.
Any self-employed applicant
should bring with him an extra
copy of his 1961 income tax re
turn together with his own copies
of income tax returns for 1958,
1959 and 1960.
O'Neill Students
Participate in
Merit Tests
Tuesday was National Merit
Scholarship qualifying day at O’
Neill high school, and 20 students
participated in the day long tests.
They are: Gary Brewster, Den
ny Drayton, Sally Burney, Larry
Dobrovolny, Kenneth Franklin,
Richard Hill, Ann Johnson, Terry
Kurtz, Russell Kopejtka, Kenneth
Peacock, Steve Peterson, Keith
Reynoldson, Kenneth Reynoldson,
Steve Reynoldson, Danny Schaaf,
Esther Young, Juanita Warner,
Joyce Harmon, Richard Marcel
lus and Dianne Groves.
Writ Issued
In Petition
For Mandamus
A petition for mandamus was
filed in District Court this week
by the State of Nebraska, Della
Peterson, A. G. Miller and
Thomas Slattery versus Roy Grif
fin. Raymer Funk and Ralph J.
Kelly.
A peremptory writ was issued
by District Judge Wm. C. Smith
ordering the names of Roy Ries
and Lawrence Kramer to be cer
tified as the persons nominated
at the caucus held February 13
to be candidates for the office of
the Board of Education of At
kinson school district 21, and that
the names of Roy Ries and Law
rence Kramer be placed on the
ballot.
J. Sullivan Named
To Student Council
Jack Sullivan, O’Neill student
at Wayne State Teachers college,
has been elected as a member
of the student council.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Sullivan.
O’Neill Public schools have
started a search for a new foot
ball coach, following the an
nouncement Tuesday night that
Jake Hawley is being considered
as coach at both Ogallala high
school and Wayne State Teach
ers college.
Teacher problems continue to
beset the board as Mrs. Nyeulah
Sanders announced her resigna
tion and Bandman Duane Miller
had indicated he had a better of
fer at another school.
Supt. H. L. McCoy also said
the school would be in need of
two more teachers next year,
one in eJementary and one in
high school.
McCoy saJd he oppose* com
bination classes and feel* the
children can best be taught in
separate classes.
More space would also have
to be made available if the ad
ditional teachers are hired, he
said, and explained that he had
been in consultation with officials
at St. Mary’s to rent some
schoolroom space there.
Board members gave him the
go ahead to hire new teachers if
the needed space can be found.
In other action the board boost
ed custodians’ salaries, appointed
committees and discussed the
fire alarm system.
Arnold Mace received an in
crease from $298 per month to
$325 monthly and Harry Gra
ham from $290 to $315.
Committee appointments were:
Americanism committee, Dr.
Rex Wilson, George Hammond
and Dr. G. R. Cook. Appointed
to building and grounds commit
tee were Dale Fetrow', Dr. G. R.
Cook and Harold Weier. On pur
chases and supplies were named
Harold Weier, Dale Fetrow and
George Hammond.
O'Neill High
Names Eight
To Honor Roll
Eight O’Neill high school stu
dents earned four A’s during the
past six weeks of school, accord
ing to an announcement by Supt.
H. L. McCoy.
They are Kay Lee Rees and
Fred Roseocrans, seniors; Ann
Johnson, junior; Diane Gillespie,
Christine Herley, Dwaine Skopec
and Delores Roseocrans, sopho
mores, and Bill Enke, freshman.
Other honor roll students are
Karen Bates, Carolyn Fuhrer,
Don Skopec. Merna Butterfield,
Rolland Johnson and Melvin
Sanders, seniors; Terry Kurtz,
junior; Laurell Haynes, sopho
more, and Betty Miller, Vickie
Roe, Ivan Hurley and Joan Dray
ton, freshmen.
Roy Griffins Honored on
Anniversary of Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Griffin,
who operated the Golden hotel
in O'Neill from 1922 to 1934, ob
served their golden weddng anni
versary Saturday, Feb. 24, in
Atkinson.
As Mr. Griffin had surgery
the previous day at the Atkinson
Memorial hospital, no special
celebration was planned. How
ever, the Hospital Sisters pre
sented a cake to the honored
couple and invited Mrs. Griffin
to have dinner at the hospital
with her husband.
Mabel Florence Stratton and
Roy F. Griffin were married
February 24, 1912 at the home of
Mrs. Sam Becker in Atkinson.
After residing in Atkinson for
10 years, they moved to O’Neill
where they lived for 11 years.
During World War II the couple
lived in California and Oregon.
They returned to Atkinson and
purchased the Morgan Hardware
store in 1944 which they still op
erate with their son. Lane.
Another son, William W. Grif
fin, is Holt county attorney and
resides at O’Neill. The couple
has three grandchildren.
Mrs. Griffin attended school in
Atkinson and St. Mary’s Acad
emy, and taught for several
years in the Atkinson public
school.
Mr. Griffin, son at the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Griffin,
pioneer settlers at Atkinson
graduated from Atkinson high
school.
Council Grants Approval to
City Planning Commission
Moon Shot to
Be Highlight
Of St. Pat's Day
Devious plans are afoot to
make St. Patrick's day in O'
Neill a day to lie remembered by
children and oldsters alike
Cash prizes totaling $30 will
he offered to children in the Ix-st
dressed leprechaun contest. First
prize is $10; second, $7.50; third
and fourth, $5 each; fifth, $2.50.
Youngsters under 13 are elig
ible to onter leprechaun competi
tion. Mothers may help with cos
tumes, of course, and since no
one has ever seen a leprechaun,
the best imagination will win.
In other event* Paddy’* Pig
will be on display a* the cen
terpiece in a weight guessing
contest. Kntrant* may get
blanks (mm business places,
inspect the pig and fill out
their entry with the weight
they believe the pig will have
at 5 p.m. St. Patrick’s ilay.
At 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. a free
showing of ‘‘God’s Own Oow
Country'' will lie held in the K.C.
Hall. Free coffee and doughnuts
will be served by the O’Neill
Chamber of Commerce following
each showing.
At about noon, St. Patrick's
Day, a moonshot will be made at
the traffic light comer in an at
tempt to put an astronut into
orbit.
Shooting will take place despite
cloud cover or down-range con
ditions, Cape Carnival techni
cians said.
Construction is proceeding on
schedule with the moon rocket,
crew members said Wednesday.
In addition to the fun events,
O’Neill merchants are planning
a Lucky Shamrock coupon pro
motion with bargains for area
shoppers and several firms are
planning private contests and
events for the day.
Tom Ressel
To Edit New
Seward Paper
Tom Ressel, formerly of O'
Neill, will serve as editor of a
new publication, The Seward
Citizen.
He has been residing at Milford
the past year and a half being
associated with the paper there.
Last spring he started a new
paper for Beaver Crossing.
Ressel first started his news
paper work with The Frontier,
working for Cal Stewart. He
served in 1951 and 1952 with the
army in Korea.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ressel, O'Neill, Mr. Ressel is
married and has four small
children.
Four Building Permits
Issued by City Council
Four building permits were ap
proved by the council at the
meeting Tuesday evening. They
were issued to Sam Derickson,
and Dean Jeffrey for new homes,
and to Gil Poese for the construc
tion of a new radio station. Mrs.
Chmiel petitioned for the moving
of a house into O’Neill.
Shut In, Shut Out,
But Not Shut Up
'Irs. Fred Undbcrg, The
Frontier (*orrc*|Niiident for the
'leek area, describes her situ
ation during the past miserable
blizzard like days, tw In-lug
“shut In, shut out and shut off,
t>ut iM>t shut up”.
One pleasant event occurred
during her "shut In” days—
10 deer appeared In her hack
yard and stayed for a length
of time Thursday evening, nib
bling at the snow and trees.
World Prayer
Day Planned
Here Friday
A World Day of Prayer service
will lie held at the Wesleyan
Methodist church Friday, at 8
p.m. The Assembly of God and
Center Union churches will be
taking purl in the service.
Also on Friday will lx* a World
Day of Prayer service at the
First Methodist church at 8 p.m.
The First Presbyterian and First
Methodist churches will partici
pate in tliis service.
The public is welcome to at
tend these services.
Services Held
Tuesday for
Mrs. F. Whitaker
CHAMBERS — A well known
Chambers resident, Mrs. Floyd
Whitaker, 70, died Saturday,
Mar. 3, at St. Anthony’s hospital
in O’Neill where she had been a
patient for most of the past four
months.
Her husband preceded her io
death November 1, 1961.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Cham
bers Methodist church. Burial
was in the Chambers cemetery
Susie Carpenter was born July
10, 1891 at Poole to Stephen and
Adelle Barker Carpenter. She
received her early schooling at
Rose Hill school, and attended
the first class when the Kearney
State college was started. She
taught one year near Kearney.
Susie Carpenter was married
to Floyd Whitaker April 26, 1910
at the home of the bride’s par
ents at Poole. The couple lived
on a farm near Poole and Plea
santon until March, 1927 when
they moved to a farm they pur
chased northwest of Chambers.
This remained their borne un
til four years ago when they
moved into town . The couple
celebrated their 50th wedding an
niversary in 1960.
Survivors are her two sons,
Vernon, Chambers, and Ranald,
Indianapolis, Ind.; two daughters,
Mrs. LeRoy Holcotnb, Chambers,
and Mrs. Everette Miner, O’
Neill; 11 grandchildren; two great
grandchildren; two brothers, Fe
lix, Omaha, and Erwin, Cham
bers, and one sister, Mrs. Sarah
Bourne, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Pallbearers were Gene Halsey,
Gaius Wintermote, Melvin Bell,
Don Cameron, Zane Rowse and
Gerald Grimes.
A niiv- member clly planning
commission w;a approved fur O'
Neill Tuesday night at tin* regu
lar meeting of the rtty council
The approval rreated u coin
mission empowered to "make
and adopi plans fur the physical
development of the municipality
including any areas outside of
its I ton ndnr leg hut within its sta*
lute authority which, in the Cbm
missions* judgement, bear rela
tion to Die planning of the mimic -
ipallty’*.
Tlie ordinance creating Hits
tsxiy provides that the member*
shall as nearly ns |s>ssihlc. re
piesent different occupations, in
lercstit or professions
Member* will tie mayor-np
pointed uttti approval of the
(-oilla'll iukI will serve wllleml
pay. Terms will lx* three years.
Officer* of the commission will
lie elected by Its llieinbers.
Mayor 1> C. Schaffer said he
would name hoard mettilier* later
this spring.
Funds for the operation of the
planning commission may be pm
vided by the city council. IhiI ex
penditures of the commission,
except for gifts and bequests,
may not exceed amounts pro
vided by the council
The commission, from time to
time, should make recommenda
lions to public officials for pn*
grams for public structures and
improvement methods of financ
ing such programs. The commis
sion further shall "consult and
advise with public officials and
agencies, civic organizations,
public utility companies, educa
tional. professional and other
groups” with relation to carry
ing out plans.
In addition the commission will
have i*rwer to delegate author
ity to these groups to conduct
surveys and studies for the com
mission.
The chairman of the commit
sion will have the power to ad
minister oaths to any person In
matters relating to the commis
sion along with authority to com
pel attendance arid sulipoena
hooks, records and papers.
Complete details are printed
elsewhere in this issue of The*
Frontier in the legal publication
of the ordinance.
Boy Scouts to
Collect Bags
Here Saturday
The final phase of the annual
Covered Wagon area council Boy
Scout "Good Turn Day for the
Handicapped" will take place
this Saturday. Mar. 10, when the
Roy Scouts, with scoutmasters
John McCarville and Joe Mc
Leish, will gather the good turn
bags from the homes in O'Neill
and store them until the Good
will truck pickR them up and
takes them to the Goodwill plant.
The scouts request that the con
tributors have their bags and
any extra boxes of material out
on the front step by 8 a.m. Sat
urday no that they will not have
to ring doorbells.
The materials urgently needed
at this time of year are usable
clothing, shoes, t jedding ami
small household appliance*.
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BOARD UP THE WINDOWS—as Monday, Mar. 18, the Free World’s tartest bomber, the B-58
Hastier will fly over the O’Neil] area in simulated bomb runs at Omaha and Lincoln. The mission*,
which will be flown at twice the speed of sound, will follow a route within a short distance to the
southwest of O’Neill (see mapj. March 2 when the bomber was flown in a speed test run, it traveled
1,300 mph, leaving a path of broken windows, caused by the sonic booms which may be heard on
the ground.