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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1962)
NEbkaska state historical SOCIETY Lincoln, Ntbraaka «>« « 1965 STATE .ilST wOC LINCOLN. NE3R. YoWr . Farm Sale Twelve Paget XK Newspaper |n Thif |tfw# in North Central Nebratka "The Voiee of the Beef Empire"—North-Central Nebraska'* BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 81-Number 50 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 5, 1962 ___ - -.• ' • i . ■■ »— 1 ... . . mm O'Neill Stores to Open On Saturday Evenings Retail trade committee mem bers of the O'Neill Chamber* of £ Commerce have recommended that local business establishments 0 remain ojien Saturday nights be ginning this coming Saturday. P It was also recommended that the stores close for Good Friday a services April 2o at 3 p.m. and re- [j main closed for the rest of the c afternoon. A large group of Chamber e members met for a meeting tl Monday evening at the Town House. Cards were distributed to e learn the desires of the business- L men concerning the opening of u the stores through the evening V hours. Fifty-seven cards were F returned and 31 were for staying C open Saturday, 19 for remaining .1 open Thursdays and 7 showed no J preference. d Two En Hospital After One-Car Wreck Tuesday i Two person* were hospitalized in O'Neill Tuesday aliout 11 p.m., following a one-car accident i which occurred on Highway 281 approximately three miles north of O’Neill near the Fred Brede hoft farm. Injured were Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, 18, O'Neill, driver of the auto, according to investi gating officer, Patrolman Robert Gude, and Robert Barnes, 33, Omaha. Mrs. Johnson is under observation at St. Anthony's, and Mr. Barnes is being treated for minor cuts and bruises. The accident occurred when Mrs. Johnson apparently lost con trol of the car when driving south on the highway. The vehicle struck the Bredehoft mail box, swerved across the road and went into the ditch. While Ihe car was still in motion, Mrs. Johnson attempted to bring it out of the ditch, and the car Hill ed over several times, throwing her out of the car. The automobile, a 1959 model, is owned by Ruth Barnes, At K insun. Three Village Board Members Are Elected EWING—Three new members were elected for two-year terms on the village board in Tuesday’s election. They are Robert Eppen bach, 91 votes; Waldo Davis, 90. and Weldon Alexander, 87. Opposing them were Elven Hamilton, incumbent, 48; Merlyn Meyer, 51, and Curtis Roberts. 48. Archie Tuttle, 118, and Alfred Napier, 100, were re-elected for three-year terms on the school board. Also on the ticket were WiLlis Rockey, 50. and Merlyn Meyer, 48. There were 170 votes cast. Sale Dates Claimed APRIL 10 — HENRY PFEIFER PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE 4 miles west of Spencer. Ed Thorin Auction Service conduct ing the sale. 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. -0 head of dairy cattle and some buildings. Merlin Grossnieklaus, auctioneer. Cham bers State Bank, clerk. See complete listing in this issue of the Frontier. APRIL 11 ARNOLD THIELE. Clearwater, selling 115 head Hol stein dairy' cattle. April 12 — ROY DRESHER PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE. Located 4 mile south of Spencer dam and two miles east. Ed Thorin Auction Service. See complete listing in this issue of the Frontier. )ne-Act Plays Given >y Page High Students PAGE — Friday evening the age high school put on three ne-act plays at the high school ufhtorium with members of the eshman, sophomore and junior lasses as cast members. This was part of the increased elocution put on by the school ns year. The plays were entitled Weddin Shoes", “If Girls Ask d Boys for Dates” and 'Lonely ,ady" with the following appear ig m them: Seal Luebcke, De ron Kemj>er, Susie O’Brien, tandall Shaw, Diane Kemper, jinnie Summers, Tom Scheinost, ohn Crumly, Mickey Stewart, ianet Anson, Joe Beelaert, An Irea Wettlaufer, Linda Thomp on, Juanita Ragland, Richard under, Connie Nissen, Bruce Jcwen and Caroline Max. Pie ind coffee were sold by the sen ors. Mew School Building Is Almost Finished St. Mary’s high school building s nearing completion and plans ire underway for the dedication service which will be held Ap ril 25. Electricians, plumbers and heating men are putting on finish ing touches. In the past week, bleachers and baskets were in stalled in the gym and the stage was almost completed. Athletic lockers and shelving are grad ually being added in the various departments. V/ 1 VIUM To Sell Mural By Sealed Bids A hand-painted mural depicting a Sandhills scene will be sold by the O’Neill Woman’s club and the proceeds from the sale will be used for the Club’s many civic benefits. The mural. 3’ x 4’, was painted in pastel colors by Mrs. Inga Chase, commercial artist who re s des at Battle Creek, at a meet ing of the Woman’s club Mon day afternoon in the courthouse annex. Mrs. Chase studied art in Hamburg, Germany and after her arrival in the United States has had many of her art pieces dis played. She was at one time a window decorator for Hoviland-Swanson’s in Lincoln and she painted s mural which is displayed on the fifth floor of Ben Simons. Sealed bids will be taken bj the club members for the Sand hills mural which is now on dis play in the Consumers Public Power window. Bids may >be lef with the office personnel at Con sumers and the members re serve the right to refuse any an. all bids. Juniors Will Present Three One-Act Plays Three one-act plays will be pre sented Thursday and Friday i St. Mary's auditorium at 8 p.nr by the junior class of the act demy. Cast members for the plaj "What Ho!” are Carmen Benzc James Wilson, James SullivaJ Ruth Ann Muff, Mildred Schmit: David Pribil, Marvin Peter, Je ry Beha, Kay Schaffer and Ei ward Conway. In "Midnight Crossing” ai Judy Sullivan, Norman Mudlof Joan Hoffman. James Sulliva: James W’ilson, Edward Conwa; Barbara Beelaert, Rosemary' M hony and Emily Dusatko. The third play is “The A. miral's Daughter” and the aeto: are Carol Jo Holly, Emily D satko. Beverly Steskal, Madelii Richards, Donna McGinn at Kay Schaffer. Owen Dcnohoe is the announc and vocalists are Ruth Ann Mk and Joan Hoffman. All Incumbents Keep Positions at Page PAGE — Melvin G Roach, 53 votes, and B. H- Stevens, 32, were reflected to the village board in the Page election Tuesday. Op posing candidates were Harold Heiss, 23; Arnold Stewart, 20; O. H. Park, 20, anti P. E. Nis sen, 12. In the school board two mem bers were re-elected, Robert Nis sen, 70 votes, and Warren Cronk, 74 Mrs Jeane Sorensen received 65 and Mrs Elizabeth Stauffer got 41 votes in the opposition. Harley Kennedy ran unopposed for police magistrate and receiv ed 50 votes. New Book Is Released The Nazis had the secret of the atomic bomb within their grasp and failed to discover it, accord ing to PLOESTI, by James Du gan and Carroll (Cal) Stewart, coming from Random House on April 6. The authors reveal for the first time that Col. Jacob Smart, principal planner of the low-level heavy bomber attack on the Ploesti oil refineries in Ro mania and a German prisoner for nearly a year, was one of the very few men to possess full knowledge of the atomic bomb. Liberated from a German pris on camp four months before the first atomic bomb was to fall on Hiroshima, Colonel Smart, whose imprisonment had given some anxious moments to the President and other high govern ment officials, was flown to Washington. His answers reveal Cal Stewart ! ed that the much-vaunted Ger man intelligence machine had a ] few loose-screws. Smart reported that not only had he not been subjected to torture, as had beer feared, but that the Germans never questioned him about nuc lear tission. Ploesti, the story of the first major American air attack in World War II in the strategic German-held oil refineries, re constructs the mission from the 1 day it was first conceived to its unique aftermath. On August 1, lWi a roaring armada of B-24 Liberator bomb ’’ ers swept across the peacefu farms and villages of Romania !’ They had penetrated more that ;* a thousand miles into enemy ter ritory without fighter escort t< ‘ bomb the “taproot of Germai might" — the giant comple: fe which was Hitler's gas station. ’ Hundreds of the 1,765 U. S. air men volunteered for the missioi j! Continued on Page 2 9ection 2 i- County Bond Sales Amount to $124,363 ie February purchases of Series 1 id and H savings bonds in Hoi county amounted to $124.36; it bringing sales for the first tw ff months to $375,581, according t Lyle P. Dierks, county chairmai DISTRICT Jl'DGE G. DITTRICK addresses the guests at the Knights of Columbus 80th annivei sary celebration Sunday. Shown at the speakers table are (1 to r) Mr. and Mrs. Bob Clements. Mr. an Mrs. George Janousek. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Shoema ker (Bob seated in back) Dittrick. the Rev. Robet Duffy, Leo Ruhlman. Norfolk, (unidentified) and M-. and Mrs. John McCarville. James Wilson (right) and Marvin Peter, O'Neill St. Mary’s, demonstrated an interesting chemical problem at the Northeast Nebraska Science Fair, held on the Wayne State College campus Friday. They determined the mineral content of water through tests ot sediment by various chemicals. I heir project was one of nearly 200 from 19 schools at t ie annual high school fair sponsored by the North east Nebraska Junior Academy of Science. Hundreds of spectators toured the- fair with fascination. Atkinson Couple Honored Sunday In Observance of 50th Anniversary ATKINSON — Mr. and Mrs. George Frohardt celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sun day and were assisted in the ob servance when friends and neigh bors called at open house to con gratulate the couple. Mrs. Frohardt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Haslam, and Mr. Frohardt, son of Mr. and Mrs William Frohardt, were mar ried April 2, 1912 at Council Bluffs, la. Attending the couple were Miss Mary McConnell and William Frohardt, twin brother of the bridegroom. The couple ha& three children, Mrs. Harold Seger, O’Neill; Mrs. L. E. Knode, Waterloo, la., and Kenneth E. Frohardt, Manches ter, Conn. There are six grand children and five great grand children. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Frohardt lived at Council Bluffs for awhile then mo%ed to Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada and Atkinson, their present home. Mr. Frohardt is retired now and the couple enjoys raising flow ers and gardening. O'Neill Second; St. Mary's Third In Track Meet U iNeiu *-uduc scnoui aim ji. i Mary's finished second and third behind Ravenna Wednesday in i Wrangler Relays competition. 0 i Neill garnered 59 points, only two : points behind Ravenna, while St. Mary's earned 41 1/3 points. Other area schools in the re ! lays were Springview, finishing ffth; Stuart, sixth; and St. Joseph's of Atkinson, seventh. O'Neill Public took four firsts in field events in Class B while St. Mary's took home one to give all five firsts to O’Neill schools. Rich Hill won both weight ‘ events with a shotput of 44 feet 4*-2 inches and a discus throw of 133 feet 9 inches. St. Mary's Cal Peters high jumped five feet 8 inches to take that event. Jerry Kilcoin took the broad jump event with a leap of 19 feet 9 inches while McGinn vaulted 10 feet 9 inches to first place. In the running events St. Mary’s clocked a 40.05 for first place in the 280-yard high hurdle shuttle relay, with Shoemaker, Peters, Spitzenberger and Dono | hoe. 9t. Mary’s again took first in the sprint medley with Spitzen berger, Belina, Higgins and Get ter timed at 4:02.5. Meanwhile Stuart’s two-mile re lay team of Scholz, Mueller, Weichman and Muller turned in a 9:18.8 for top honors in that race. O'Neill high, coming back in the 480-yard low bardie shuttle relay won with 61.2 turned in by Lieb, Hill, McGinn and Larson. Points earned by each school: » Ravenna 61; O’Neill 59; St . Mary's 41 1/3; Harvard 37; Springview 26 1/3 Stuart 26: St * Joseph's of Atkinson 13 5/6; Pal mer 10 Vi. R/rtd Concert Set For Monday Evening University of South Dakota con cert band will play in O'Neill Monday at 8 p. m. in the public school auditorium as a part of the annual concert band tour. Director Ray DeViloiss will be assisted by Charles Krusexstjerna on the tour. In addition to num bers by the full 65-piece tour band, several specialty presenta tions will be given. Specialty groups include the claruiet trio, woodwind ensemble, flute, clari net and oboe. There will be sev eral vocal numbers also. K of C Observes Anniversary With Initiation Knights of Columbus Council 701, O’Neill, conferred first, sec ond and third degrees Sunday in observance of the 80th anniver sary of the founding of the Kmghts of Columbus. The day began with 9 a.m. mass followed by breakfast for members and candidates in the club rooms and exemplification of degrees to the candidates. Honorary Life awards and 50 year pins were presented to the following honored members. A1 Sauser, P. C. Donohoe, Dr. F. J. Kubitschek. Herbert Jansen, Ed ward T. Campbell and Patrick Hickey, all of O’Neill; Patrick Killmurry, Atkinson; Rupert Ark feld, Battle Creek; William J. Hammond, Los Angeles, Calif., and William B. Keenan, Cnvity, Wis. Candidates Sunday were Albert Tooker, Clarence Gokie jr., Pat rick J. Gokie, Jerome Gokie, John J. Hermsen, James Fritton, Clyde McKenzie jr.. Charles Ma hony jr., O. D. French, Mar cellus Schaaf, William Putnam, Patrick H. Jacques, Lyle J. Carr, Sammie Derickson, Bernard J. Schmitz, D. E. Murphy and John Berigan. Inman Junior Class Play Is Friday Night INMAN — Junior class mem bers of the Inman high school presented their class play, “Dan ger at the Cross Roads”, in the school auditorium Friday eve ning. The cast included Everett Stu art, Richard Keil, Leo Herold. Ronnie Libby, Warren Hansen, Janet Gallagher, Leslie Bremer, Rebbeeca Boschult, Carol Gaug henbaugh, Patty Morrow, Bill Coventry and Guy Reynolds. The play was under the direction of William Miller. Be tween-act entertainment was furnished by the sophmore girls. Judy Borgemeyer, Charlotte But terfield, Patty Myer, Carolyn and Marilyn Fick, accompanied bv Marilyn Siders. The girls sang two songs. William Juttes Plan Open House Observance CHAMBERS - Mr. and Mrs. W lliam Jutte will observe their golden wedding anniversary with an open house Sunday, Apr. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. in ’he Lutheran church at Chambers. The couple takes this means of inviting their friend! and rela tives to attend the open house and requests no gifts be given. 5t. Mary s t-tas Many Students At Science Fair Sixty-five students from St Mary’s high school attended a Science Fair Friday at Wayne and 16 of the students exhibited their projects at the college. Following are the students am their exhibits: Jim Spitzenbergei and Jim Decker, ozone genera tor; Ronnie McDermott and Johi McElvain, electric weiner roast er; Janet Devoy, amylose activi ty of saliva; Barbara Beelaert percentage of acidity in variou foods; Marlene Benda and Pat ricia McKenzie, ammonia exper iment. Jim Wilson and Marvin Peter mineral content of water; Jin Sullivan, percentage of alcohol i: various hair oils; Ellen Artus am Linda Stuifbergen. photomicrc graphy; Helen Gokie, fern am leaf classifications, R. Devoy centrifuge, and R. Pongraty atomic table. Accompanying the students i the bus were Mrs. F. Wilsor Mrs. B. Pongratz, Mrs. R. Bosr Sister Agnes and Sister Jos< phine, sponsors. TROUBLES, TROUBLES, TROUBLES—O'??eill high school seniors try to find the answer to their problems in the clae* play, “Out of the Frying Pan”, a three-art comedy presented Friday evening. Discussing the best solution to a ticklish situation in the story are (1 to r) Bob Kramer, Lonna Haynes (seated), Vicki Gedwillo, Holland Johnson and M~ke Hand. Managers Named for Summer Ball Program Chambers Election Ousts Incumbents CHAMBERS All incumbent# were defeated in the village lioard and aehtsd board contests in the elections Tuesday at Cham ber* Winning in tfie village board race were E Dankert, 114 votes; Edwin Hubbard, 112, and Eddie Walters, 104 Dosing opponent* were the following Incumltenis, Frank Porter, 64; Steve Shavlik. 72, and William Renmger, 89 Elected for three-year terms on the school lioard were Ray mond Walter, :W8. and Raymond Heed, 236 Dean Rowae. 236, was elected for a two-year term. Do feated were these incumbents. E. R. Baker. 144; Sam Young, 213, and Stan luimbcrt, 215. Conduct Search For Kazdas Near Neligh 1.ATK FLASH: Dennis ha/da Wednesday night turned himself in to authorities at Neligh. lie said his brother Don aid swam across the Elk horn river near Neligh, but lie failed to *ee IRnald eome out on the other side. He said he didn't know where the thiril member of the trio was. An extensive search is being conducted in this area and the state for Donald Gene Kazdo, 27, and his brother, Dennis, 20, formerly of this community, and Harry McGuire, 39, The trio escaped early Sunday from the Kimball county jail where thev were being held for trail on a charge of armed rob bery of a Klnvball liquor store February 9. The car in which they fled was found on the western edge of Oakdale late Monday and Antelope County Sheriff Law rence Rittscher reported it as be ing the car stolen from Kimball. No trace of the three men has as yet been found. Wednesday a police trained dog from Norfolk, planes and law enforcement rrffi cers participated in a thorough search in the Oakdale-Neligh ar ea. Officials also are alerted in O’Neill. No car has been report ed missing in this part of the state and authorities are consid ering the theory that they might have gotten aboard a freight train to escape detention in this vicinity. A hardware store in Oakdale was broken into, apparently Mon day night, and rifles were taken as well as 14 boxes of shells. Legion Sets Meeting Members of the American I a gion Post 93 will hold a regulei monthly meeting Tuesday. Apr 10, at fe p m. in the Legion halJ , Legion business will be dis cussed and a social hour wil follow. Youngsters who wish u» P“i> baseball this summer can sign up immediately h*r rrgt*trati.w. tin* baseball bi>ard amswnced this week following Monday night's meeting. Deadline lor receiving afVttra Uon* is April 16 A f.»rm lot re gistration accompanies this story Pari id the night's discussion Centered around the problem of getting umpires for the young sters’ games Those present felt that more jiersons would umpire tf they were adequately trained and had a chance to study rule*. It also was pointed out that many persona stayed away from games for fear they would be asked to umpire. It was hoped that with a sufficient number of umpires they I'oukl be scheduled for games and would know in ad vance just which games they would have to work. Managers were nurned for the minor league. Second and third names after each team deisHe coaches. Yankees. Manager Sain Fuhrer, Coaches Don Clyde and Neil Marshfield. White Sox. Iteg Pink erman, FrtU Klustnan Dodgers, Ben Grady. Bill Artus Giants. Jim Butts, BUI Ware. Senators, Harry Spall, Ben Baselntan, Jer ry Cuddy Tigers, Dirk Lauraeu, Ted Kyster, Woody Melena. Major leagues Cardinal*, Dale French Braves, Jerry Schmidt Indians, Maynard Morrow. These three teams will compete in the City league und the Elkhorn Val ley league this season. Pony league Junior Adamson, A1 Mainik This team will com pete in the Sandhills Pony league with Elgin, Nellgh, Stuart Atkin son and Butte. VI mI u,-l k • F'rsit Almlebv Clvde McKenzie. Thi* is an American Legion sponsored team Junior Legion Joe Ollendick. Another Legion sponsored team. A meeting for umpire* will be set some time after April 18 when team manager* select play ers from the registration*. Alao approved was purchase of a pitching machine for batting practice. Thi* electrically operat ed machine ha* six different speed settings up to 90 mile* per hour. Down payment of $75 was donated by the Legt n on the ap proval of the board of directors. Mrs. Kennicott Named To NWSCS Post Mrs. Glenn Kennicott was elected a* literature secretary of the Northeast Woman's S'lcicty of Christian Service at a spring meeting held Tuesday at Wausa. Others attending from the O’ Neill Mettvxiist church were* Mmeg. Roy Wayman. Hen Way man, Norman Wayman, Ed Way man, Richard Clyde, William Spence, Carl Schenzel, Rosa flowers, Frank Eppcnbach, Louis Wray and Robert Fmbree. O'Neill Little League Baseball Registration NAME .. * 1 1 Street Address . I i Name of Team played with last year ’ Age . Birth date and year . i Farm boys must register also BRING OR MAIL REGISTRATION TO EITHER NEWSPAPER
