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Volume 81—Number 48 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 22, 1962 Seven Cents
Holt County 4-H Leaders Receive
Basic Course Leader Diplomas
i «r;i( ma non diplomas were
awarded to twenty-four Holt coun
ty 4-H club leaders Monday af
termxjn during the final session
of tiie Basic Course for 4-H lead
ers. In order to receive a diplo
ma, leaders had to attend at
least four of the five course ses
sions. Ten of the twenty-four
leaders attended all five sessions.
The course, begun In Febr
uary, was conducted by Coun
ty extension Agents Catherine
Indra and John Burbank. Top
les covered during the five ses
sions included: Cndcrstanding
•toys and (Jirls; Leader Re
s|«ousihillty; 1‘rograiu I'lau
ning; Teaching Methods; and
Records and ltc|torts. A total
of lit different leaders attend
ed one or more of the sessions,
i Those leaders who attended
four or more and received di
plomas were: Mrs. Byrl Beck,
Mrs. Edward Dvorak, Mrs. Inez
Hayes, Mrs. John Schwindt of
Atkinson. Mrs. Lawrence Kaup.
Mrs. Bill Morgan, Mrs. Donald
Skrdla, I^awrence Skrdla, Mrs.
Robert Jonas, Stuart. Mrs. A. T.
Crumly, Mrs. Arthur Grass and
Mrs. George Wettlaufer, of Page.
Mrs. Lloyd Gleed and Mrs. Lloyd
Wintermote of Chambers. Archie
Cleveland, Ewing. Mrs. Gilbert
Fox, Mrs. A1 Kloppenborg, Mrs.
Elmer Schaaf and Mrs. Judy
Strong of Emmet. Mrs. C. E.
McVay, Miss Ramona Wayinan,
Mrs .Albert Widtfeldt, Mrs. Ben
Gillespie and Mrs. Harold Mlinar
of O'Neill.
Rites Planned
At Inman for
Mrs. Kopecky
1 INMAN — Mrs. Josephine Ko
pocky, Inman resident, died Tues
day, Mar. 20, at Antelope Mem
orial hospital at Neligh where
Ishe had been hospitalized the
past month. Mrs. Kopecky’s
(death came three days before
her 74th birthday.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a m. Friday at the Inman
Methodist church. Officiating will
be the Rev. Robert Linder and
the Rev. Lisle Mewmaw. Inter
ment will be at Inman. The body
i will lie in state from 3 to 9 p.m.
Thursday at Biglins Chapel.
Mrs. Kopecky is survived by
one son. Lewis Kopecky jr.. and
one grandson. Richard Ralph,
both of Inman.
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Sale Dates
Claimed
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APR. 11 — ALVIN & ALICE
JOHNSON CLOSING OUT SALE.
7 miles south and 2 east of Cham
bers or 3 west and 1 north of
Hoerle's station. Complete line
of machinery. 20 head of dairy
cattle and some buildings. Merlin
Grossnicklaus. auctioneer. Cham
ibers State Bank, clerk. Watch
The Frontier for complete listing.
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, Area Students Named
To U of N Honor Roll
Four area students earned av
erage grades of 8 (approximately
90' }>) or better in 12 or more
hours of registered course work
during the first semester at the
University of Nebraska.
Ranking in the upper portion
of their class were Michael R.
Voorhies, Orchard. Gary W. Fick,
Inman, Ronald J. Hospodka, Ver
(ligre, and Marjorie L. Kort
meyer, Naper.
Construction to
Begin Soon on
New Building
Construction will start this
week on Oscar Spitzenlierger's
. new building for lus Chevrolet
and Oldsmobile agency to be lo
cated on the east edge of O'Neill,
on the south side of Highway
275.
The building will tie 120x70 feet.
There will be a showroom in the
center front of the building, with
the service station on one end
and the cafe on the other. The
shop will be located in hack, the
full length of the structure.
Spitzenberger will handle the
dealership for both the Chevrolet
and Oldsmobile automobiles and
among the personnel will be his
sons, Mike, presently in the serv
ice, and Jim. The cafe will be
managed by A. L. Wood. A grand
opening date will be announced
later.
The Spitzenberger family mov
ed here in 1957 from Bonesteel,
S. D., at which time he operated
a Buick agency. In 1959 he be
came a representative for an in
surance company. Mutual of
Omaha, which association he
plans to maintain. Mr. and Mrs.
Spitzenberger have four children,
Mike, Jim, Kathleen and Ann.
The Donovan Brothers at Val
entine will be in charge of the
construction of the Butler build
ing.
Poppy Day
Chairmen
Named Here
Betty Hamik and Jean Holz
have been named co-chairmen
for Poppy Day by the American
Legion auxiliary at its regular
meeting of Post 93 held March 7
in the Legion club rooms.
The date for Poppy Day will
be announced later.
Plans for the Legion Junior
auxiliary state conference which
will be held in O’Neill June 3 and
4, were reported by Gertrude
Streeter. Edith Davidson report
ed on the Junior auxiliary pre
paratory work for the Pan-Amer
ican program.
Lucille Klingler told the mem
bers that cards had been sent to
Gold Star Mothers and a pin has
been ordered for Mrs. John M.
Gallagher. Helen Grutsch, re
habilitation chairman, sent thank
you cards to be used by patients
at the Veterans hospital in Oma
ha.
Hostesses were Viola Ruzicka,
Edith Davidson, Winnie Barger
and Mary Lowery.
Services Held
At Stuart for
Mrs. Engler
STUART — Funeral services
were conducted in Stuart Thurs
day morning for Mrs. Pete Eng
ler, 88. who died on her birth
day Sunday. Mar. 11, at 8 p.m.
in the Stuart Rest Haven after
a lingering illness.
The Rev. A. J. Paschang of
ficiated at the rites in St. Boni
face Catholic church. Interment
was in the Stuart cemetery'.
Mrs. Engler’s husband preced
ed her in death September 5.
1957. and a son, Andrew, died
in 1951.
She is survived by her sons,
Bernard C and Edwin. Stuart;
Paul. Bassett; Julius, Newport,
and Gilbert and Eugene. Atkin
son.
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES were conducted Wednesday morning at O’Neill high school for
members of the National Honor society. Senior members are (1 to r, front) Merna Butterfield. Connie
Brockman, Vicki Gedwillo, Eileen Pribil. Fred Rosenkrans, Melvin Sanders and Robert Kramer. In
the back row are sophomores, probationary members: Duane Skopec, Dolores Rosenkrans. Joan Riffey.
Laurell Haynes, Dianne Gillespie. Diana George and Vicki Fletcher.
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LEPRECTIAUNS RAN' RAMPANT THROUGH O’NEILL Saturday as nearly Ho of the "little
people” vied for honors in the St. Patrick's day leprechaun contest at the K. C. hall. Shown above are
the five winners as they appeared in the finals. They are, left to right, Kevin Thamish, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Thamish, fourth place; Terry Cleveland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Junior Cleveland, third place;
Phil Gildersleeve, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Gildersleeve, fifth place, Mary Margaret Howard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynus Howard, first place; an 1 Terry McManus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mc
Manus, second place. Cash prizes, totaling $30, were awarded with $10 forsfirst place, $7.50 second, $5
each for third and fourth and $2.50 for fifth.
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Former O'Neill Men
Held for Robbery
Two former O'Neill area men
are reported being held on a rob
bery charge at Kimball. The two,
Dennis Dale Kazda, 20 and Don
ald Gene Kazda, 27, have been
charged with the $1,100 holdup
of a Kimball liquor store. The
pair were returned to Kimball
Friday after being captured near
York after their car became
stuck in a field.
Police in Anaheim, Calif., are
reported to be holding a third
brother, Ralph, 22, under $25,000
bond in connection with a holdup
shooting there.
The three, originally from O’
Neill, have been living in the
Neligh area.
Services Held
At Bristow for
Mrs. Mineburg
BRISTOW — Funeral services
for Amelia Mineburg" were held
Monday at 2 p.m. from the Meth
odist church with the Rev. V. R.
Daniels officiating. Burial was in
the Pleasant View cemetery
north of Lynch under the direc
tion of the Jones Funeral home.
Amelia Sommerfeld Mineburg
was bom August 18, 1882 in Ger
many the daughter of Gustav and
Constance Sommerfeld. The fam
ily came to America and settled
in the Turner community when
she was a small child. In 1892
they homesteaded in Boyd county
south of Bristow.
She was married to William
Mineburg in 1912 and the couple
moved to a farm north of Lynch
where they resided until his
death in 1937. At that time Mrs.
Mineburg went to a farm south
of Bristow to reside with her
brothers. James and Joseph. In
1950 she retired to Bristow.
Mrs. Mineburg died Friday in
the Sacred Heart hospital at
Lynch.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
Arthur Parker and Mrs. Francis
Fernen of Valentine and four
brothers. Gustav Sommerfeld of
Gregory, S. D.; Albert Sommer
feld of Sterling. Colo.; Herman
of Hartington and James of Bris
tow.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, a sister and a bro
ther.
Verdigre Pioneer Woman Honored
By Friends on 100th Birthday
VERDIGRE — Tribute was
paid Sunday to Mrs. Anna Chvala,
who celebrated her 100th birth
day Thursday, Mar. 15.
Her children honored her with
a dinner and open house at the
St. Wenceslaus auditorium which
were attended by most of her 93
living descendents.
The children are Mrs. Frances
Belak, Gregory, S. D.; Frank and
Mrs. Marie Beck, Omaha; Mrs.
Agnes Rarey, South Gate, Calif.,
and John and Pete, Monowi. She
has 30 grandchildren, 64 great
grandchildren and two great
great grandchildren.
Among the congratulations the
honored guest received were
Services Held
At Ewing for
Mrs. E. Black
EWING—Funeral services for
Mrs. Edith Black were held Sun
day afternoon at the First Meth
odist church in Ewing with the
Rev. Lester Spragg officiating.
Burial was in the Ewing ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Clarence
Bergstrom, Elmer Bergstrom,
Nels Bergstrom, Gail Boies,
Ralph Munn and Thomas Bishop,
all nephews of Mrs. Black.
Julia Edith Shobe was bom at
Ewing July 2, 1887, the daughter
of Charles and Mary Shobe. She
died March 12. 1962 at Renton.
Wash., after a brief illness.
On April 7. 1909, she was unit
ed in marriage to John Black at
the home of her parents west of
Ewing. The couple was the par
ents of four children.
Mrs. Black was a member of
the Methodist church, the Royal
Neighbors of America, and the
WSCS of the Ewing Methodist
church.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, cme son Uoyd,
three sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include: sons, Floyd,
Ewing, and Gerald. Seattle,
Wash.; one daughter, Mrs. John
< Eleanor) Angus, Ewing, two
sisters, Mrs. Maude Boies, Ew
ing, and Mrs. Fred (Bertha'
Gombert, Banks. Ore.; two bro
thers. Edwin. Ewing, and Ernest.
Norfolk and 10 grandchildren.
Lynch Seniors Plan
Class Play Friday
LNCH — The senior class play,
“In Case of Murder'’, will be pre
sented Friday at 8 p.m. in the
school auditorium.
Special entertainment is plan
ned for between acts two and
three.
birthday greetings from President
Kennedy, special blessings from
Pope John and Archbishop G, T.
Bergan, Omaha.
Mrs. Anna Chvala was born
March 15, 1862 in Nemecky, Mor
avia, Czechoslovakia, and came to
America with her family when
she was 30 years of age.
Hdty settled at Pischelville in
May, 1939, where Mr. Chvala
farmed for two years, and then
moved to Boyd county for a per
iod of time. After that the fam
ily farmed for 50 years at Mon
cwi until 1942 when they moved
to Verdigre. Mr. Chvala died
June 2, 1945 and 6 of their 13
children also preceded her in
death.
Mrs. Chavala has an excellent
memory and is still gifted with
good eyesight and hearing. She
remembers the trip to America
on a sailing vessel and that it
took one and a half months to
make the trip. She still has a
100-year-old trunk that she
brought from Europe and has the
wedding dress she wore 75 years
ago.
Time hasn’t lessened her love
of folk music and dancing, and
Mrs. Chvala continues to do her
own housework.
Among the many guests who
attended Sunday and presented
Mrs. Chvala with flowers, birth
day cakes, gifts and cards were
friends and relatives from Om
aha, Fremont, South Dakota, Ca
lifornia and all nearby towns.
Late Filings Made
For County Election
Four additional candidates filed
with County Clerk Ken Waring
by Friday to have their names
placed on the ballot for county
election.
Filing were Alice French, non
political, incumbent, for superin
tendent; John R. Gallagher,
Democrat, for attorney, and
Chris McGinn and Earl Billings,
Ewing, both on the Republican
ticket, for sheriff.
Rites Held for
Mrs, E. Murten
INMAN — Mrs. Benjamin H.
Murten, 85, Inman, died Friday,
Mar. 16, following a three month
illness at Crowell Memorial
Home where she had resided the
past two and a half years.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p.m. in the Inman
Methodist church. The. Rev. Ro
bert Linder officiated at the rites
and at burial in the Inman ceme
tery.
Eva E. Murten was born Oc
tober 7, 1876 at Ashland, N. Y.,
to Arthur and Lola Tompkins
Smith. At the age of four years
she came to Holt county with her
parents.
She was married to Benjamin
H. Murten December 18, 1907 a*
Inman. He preceded her in death
in December, 1941. Mrs. Murten
was a member of the Methodist
church. She had no survivors.
Pallbearers were Don Keyes,
Jim Coventry, Clarence Hansen,
Elwyn Smith, Lewis Kopecky and
Vaden Kivett.
Ewing Rural Firemen
To Have Meeting Friday
EWING — There will be an an
nual meeting of the Ewing Rural
Fire District Friday at 8 p.m. at
the fire station.
Arrangements Completed
For Senior Citizens Home
Funeral Rites
Saturday for
Mrs. Harkins
INMAN — Mrs. Marshal L.
Harkins, 81, died Tuesday, Mar.
20, at 7:45 p.m. at Inman follow
ing two and one half years of
illness caused by cancer.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 10 a.m. in Biglins
chapel at O’Neill with the Rev.
Robert Linder officiating. Burial
will be in the Inman cemetery.
The body will lie in state from
3 to 9 p.m. Friday at Biglins.
Ella Jane Harkins was born
October 31, 1880 at Griswold, la.,
to William J. and Hannah Kirk
Martin.
She was married June 4, 1902
at Griswold to Marshal L. Har
kins.
Survivors are her hasband;
three children, Forrest R. Hark
ins, Turlock, Calif., Mrs. H. C.
Smith and Hildred Harkins, both
of Inman, and one sister, Mrs.
H. H. Rousseau, Long Beach,
Calif.
OHS Seniors Plan
Class Play March 30
The O'Neill high school senior
play cast is going into the last
week of rehearsal for its Broad
way comedy, "Out of the Frying
Pan ", to be presented March 30
at 8 p.m. in the school gymnas
ium under the direction of Mrs.
Alice Berigan.
Members of the cast are Rol
land Johnson, Mike Hand, Bob
Kramer, Kay Lee Rees, Merna
Butterfield, Vicki Gedwillo, Mike
Fletcher, Jack McGinn, Ionna
Haynes, Joan Pease, Don Skopec
and David Schon. Ruth Ann
Walker is student director.
Scouts to Present
Circus Here April 8
A Scout Circus wall be present
ed by the Sandhills Scout district
April 13 at 8 p.m. in the public
school auditorium.
The Circus will include enter
tainment by many Boy Scouts,
Cub Scouts and Explorers in the
Ainsworth, Long Pine, Bassett.
Stuart, Butte, Spencer, O’Neil],
Inman and Ewing district.
Tickets will be on sale in all
towns taking part in the Circus.
The proceeds will be used for
summer camp and troop equip
ment.
Page Couple Observe
66th Anniversary
FACIE March 10 was the date
of Mr. and Mrs. John Gray's
66th wedding anniversary and a
quiet observance was held t»y the
couple in their Page home.
Celebrating the occasion with
them were Mr. and Mrs Koliert
Gray, Mrs. lcie Snyder and Mrs.
Nell Snyder, Atkinson. Mrs Ro
bert Gray served a dinner in
honor of the couple.
John Gray and Essie Ward
were married at the home of
John's parents. Mr. and Mrs Ro
bert Gray, March 10, 18% The
Rev. Bartley Blain, with whom
Essie made her home, performed
the ceremony in the presence of
immediate relatives.
Hetty Morrow, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Morrow, has
been named as O'Net II'* repre
sentative to (Jlrl* Slate at Lin
coln in June.
Miss Morrow, a junior at O'
Neill high school, is being spon
sored by the American legion
auxiliary at O’Neill. She has
been active in band the past
three year* and i* presently
serving as secretary and treas
urer for the band organization
She has been a member of the
pep hand also.
She was Homecoming and
Frolics attendant in her fresh
man and sophomore years and
has been a cheerleader and pop
club member for three years.
Miss Morrow is junior class sec
retary, a member of Thespians,
anti participates in Walthor
League and Christ Lutheran
church activities.
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Arrangements l«>r the ‘•ih* of
the O'NelU Home tor Senior Citi
zen* were completed this week
between the Nebraska Senior
Citizens Home, Inc,, unit the O'
Neill Cham tier of Commerce
Pliumeit (lilies tor eooslrtie
tlon and o|M*nlii|t will he re
leased by It H. Golden, ImihI
newi linn lager lor Nehrunka
Senior Citizen* lloinen, a* mmw
as the In tor matt on become*
availahli*, however, the »turl
of eon*truetton t* anlielpaleil
Komettme this summer.
The building, a residentisl type
design, wUl have mom* than
19,(NX) square f«*et of actual floor
area in two wings, each extend
ing over 270 feet There will tie
a total of BO ls*d» in the home,
divided into TO rooms with one
or two heda in each
Also included will I** complete
nursing and treatment facilities,
dining rooms and kitchen with
the newest tyfa* equipment, Hire**
recreation rooms, a beauty and
barber shop, complete laundry
and many other features that
provide the liest possible care
and living standard for senior
citizens
Medical cure for the lesidents
will tie provided for by their own
liersonaJ physician and licensed
nurses will Is* on duty 24 hours
a day.
Religious services will Im* held
in the home for the residents who
cannot attend services at the k>
cal churches. The home will Is*
non-dcnominntlonal and non sec
tarian.
The originators have planned
10 years to assure residents tlvy
will receive the highest quality
attention and service without the
proportionately higher costs us
ually involved.
Training for the management
personnel will Is* accomplished
at the original Senior Citizens
Home at Oxford, and this train
ing will Is* necessary prior to
the opening of the O'Neill Home
This training will !«■ required
for the personnel at all 10 home*
the organization is planning to
build in Nebraska this year.
Originators and owners of the
project arc S. A. Swenson jr..
MU, well know n surgeon in Oma
ha, and N. B. Bentley, MI), phy
sician and surgeon, and owner of
the Oxford General hospital In
Oxford.
Tickots On Sale
For Talent Contest
Tickets are now on sale for the
annual Talent Contest sponsored
by the O'Neill Lions club to be
held April 5 at the high school
gymnasium.
STAGGERING FROM THE FOAM-COVERED launching pad in the St. Patrick’s dav activities in
O'Nfeill Ls the brave astronut Pete Matthews, his tattered costume bedraggled and soaked with green
foam. Space crewman Or. G. R. Cook (in shiny be met) points to the fleeing spaceman as firemen
continue to pursue him with the hose. The smoking launching pad still pours forth smoke in a g°»
lant but futile effort to lift off and orbit the Irishman. In the foreground (in tall hats) are part of
the long parade of leprechauns who took part in tie hibrious doings of the day’s festivities.