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__Volume 81-Number 51_O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 12, 1962 s#ven c#n
M. Mary's Plans Dedication of
School and Convent Here Aoril 25
i nt* Most Reverend Gerald T
Bergen, Archbishop of the Arch
diocese of Omaha will is- in O'
Neill Wednesday, Apr. 25, to of
ficiate at the dedication of the
new St. Mary's high school and
the convent for the Franciscan
Sisters who staff the schools.
The religious services for the
dedication will t>egin at I p.m.
followed by a banquet at 6 p.rn.
in the new social hall. The num
la*r of tickets available for the
banquet will he limited to atiout
275 find may la? purchased in ad
vance.
Total cost of the new school
and convent is estimated in ex
cess of one-half million dollars.
Lions Talent
Contest Winners
Are Announced
First place winners in the an
nual Lions Club talent contest
Thursday evening were:
Junior division to Nan Kersen
brock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Kersenbrock and Jana
Poese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Poese. The two perform
ed a tap dance routine.
In the intermediate division,
11 to IS, Helen Gokle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gokle,
won first place with a piano
solo.
Joyce Harmon, vocalist, won
first in the senior division, 16 to'
19. She is the daughter of Mf.
and Mrs. Clinton Harmon.
These winners will compete in
the district contest in Genoa.
Other medal winners were:
Junior division, Cheri Holsclaw
and Hose Ann Pappenheimer,
second with a ballerina dance;
uiea Mctvenny and Charla Beh
rens, third, with a tap dance.
Second and third place winners
in the intermediates were Mike
McCarville and Dick Martin, who
sang, tap danced and did the
twist, and Cheryl Mullendore,
who played a piano solo.
9econd and third place winners
in the senior division were: Di
anne Gillespie, with a piano solo
and Terry Kurtz, drum solo.
Wayne Spelts, Lions Club
president, presented the certifi
cates to each contestant and the
medals to the winners.
Judges were Mrs. Gary Marcel
lus, Mrs. Kenneth Wilcox and
Ronald J. Gustafson.
Dr. Gildersleeve
Elected Boat
Club President
The first meeting of the Fort
Randall boat club was held in
Pickstown. S. D. Thursday night.
Flection of officers was held.
Elected were: Dr. H. D. Gilder
sleeve. president: Loran Ketel
sen. Pickstown. vice president,
and Mrs. Loran Ketelsen, sec
retary.
Named to the board of direc
tors for 1962 are D. H. Clauson.
O'Neill, Carl Nelson, Spencer,
Wayne Nelson. Lake Andes. Ken
ny Rhoades, Pickstown, John
Schroeder, Avon, William Mor
row. Armour and Dr. Honke.
Wagner.
Alan Van Vleck, O'Neill, was
appointed chairman of the im
provement committee.
Those attending from O'Neill
were. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clau
son, Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Gilder
sleeve, Mike Trupp, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Prouty, Mr. and
Mrs. Alan Van Vleck. Virgil
luuirsen and Mr. and Mrs. M.
B. Marcellus.
Extension Leaders
Honored Thursday
Leadership recognition program
for rural homemakers was held
Thursday at the Town House in
O'Neill. Sponsors were the O'
Neill Chamber of Commerce, the
Omaha Cham tier of Commerce
and the Nebraska Agricultural
Extension Service.
Registration was from 10:30 to
11 am., followed by a coffee
service and shopping hour.
.John Hurbank, Holt County
Agent, was master of cere
monies. The Rev. Ivan Christof
ferson gave the invocation. Ken
neth Curren, president of the O'
Neill Chamlor of Commerce
gave the welcome address and
the response was given by Mrs.
A T. Crumly, Holt county exten
sion club chairman.
A movie, "View from the Pyra
mids" was shown by Mrs. Peggy
Walton from the Nebraska Wheat
commission, who traveled in
Egypt last year.
Howard Manson, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce gave
the closing remarks and was in
charge of the gift drawing.
Charles Hogan, new assistant
manager at Lee Stores arrived
in O’Neill Friday. Mr. Hogan,
formerly of Valentine, has been
associated with Lee Stores in
Valentine and West Point. Mr.
Hogan is single.
Mrs. Chambers
Dies After
Brief Illness
Funeral services were held at
the First Methodist church in
Lynch for Mrs. Boon Chambers.
73, who died April 4 in Omaha
after a brief illness. The Rev.
Glen Dyer officiated at the serv
ice. Interment was in the High
land cemetery north of Lynch
under the direction of the Jones
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were Ernest, Car
lie and Jack Darnell, Wallace
Courtney, Edmond Rhode and
Leslie Stewart.
Ella Myrtle Chambers, the
former Ella Park, was bom at
Windsor, Mo., November 30, 1888.
Survivors include two sons,
Daniel. Omaha and Guy; one
daughter, Mrs. Albert (Velma!
McDonald. Lynch, and one broth
n. E. Park, Windsor, Mo.
I HE \ IIJ.AIN IS C'AI'GHT during the last mo meats of “.Midnight Crossing", one of the three one
act plays presented by the St. Mary’s junior class Thursday night. Shown here are Judy Sullivan, Ed
uard Conway, Jim Wilson, Jim Sullivan and Jo in Hoffman. Other plays presented were “What
lit! and ‘ I he Admiral's Daughter’’. Members o the casts were Carmen Benze, James Wilson,
James Sullivan, Ruth Ann Muff, Mildred Schmitz, I) vid Pribil, Marvin Peter, Jerry Beha. Kay Schaffer!
Edward Conway, Carol Jo Holly, Emily Dusatko, B veriy Steskal, Madeline Richards. Donna McGinn!
Norman Mudloff, Joan Hoffman, Barbara Beela rt and Rosemary Mahonv. Owen Donohoe served
ns announcer.
Gallaghers to Hold
Open House April 19
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gallag
her, Inman, are entertaining at
an open house observance in hon
or of their golden wedding from
7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 19 at
the American Legion auditorium
in O'Neill.
Friends and relatives of the
couple are invited to attend.
Former Railroad
Agent Dies After
Extended Illness
Funearl services were held
Wednesday at Fremont for C. W.
(Jim) Roberts, former C. B. and
Q. railroad agent at O’Neill and
Royal. Mr. Roberts died April 2
at Omaha following an extended
illness.
C. W. Roberts was bom in Ken
tucky May 29, 1879, and spent
his boyhood in the foothills of
the Cumberland mountains. He
grew to maturity in Illinois and
learned telegraphy at Tower Hill
on the Big Four railroad. He
served as brakeman and later be
came a telegraph operator.
He was married to Helen Hix
son Feb. 14, 1914 at Glenwood
la. Survivors include the widow;
one daughter, Ruth Munday,
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Burial was in the Ridge cem
etery at Fremont. Graveside rites
were conducted by the Masonic
order.
No Injuries In
Two Car Crash
A two car crash occured Sun
day about 9:30 a.m. on the East
edge of Clearwater, when a car
driven by Ronnie Burt, Bassett,
crashed into the back of the Har
old Kester car. Both automobiles
were traveling east when the ac
cident occured.
The Burt auto was badly dam
aged in the front and the Kester
auto damaged in the back. Both
were late model cars.
Sheriff Lawrence Rittcher in
vestigated the accident. There
were no injuries.
Scout Circus
Planned Friday
The Sandhills Scout District
will present their Scout Circus at
the O'Neill Public high school
auditorium Friday evening at 8
p.m. This show will present the
activities of the hundreds of Cubs.
Boy Scouts and Explorers in the
Sandhills District, Covered Wa
gon Council.
Scouts from Ainsworth, Long
Pine, Bassett, Stuart, Butte,
Spencer, O’Neill, Inman and
Ewing will be among the partici
pants in the 1962 Scout Circus.
Four acts already scheduled
are Cub acts "Cub 'n A Rug" and
"Cubarade", a parade in cos
tumes. Boy Scouts will feature a
physical fitness act and a dem
onstration called "Inside The
Handbook ”.
Over 700 Attend
Rural Music Festival
A total of 625 students and 88
teachers Friday attended the an
nual County rural schools music
festival.
Merton Welch of Norfolk was
the director. He has been com
ing to O’Neill for the music fes
tival for many years. Accom
panist was Mrs. Howard Manson.
The students and teachers ga
thered in the public school audi
torium at 9:30 for a practice ses
sion. A performance was given
for parents in the afternoon.
Others who assisted Miss Alice
French, Holt county superinten
dent, with arrangements were
Mrs. Marvin Young and Mrs. El
mer Devall.
Dedication
For Chambers
School Planned
CHAMBERS—The new addition
to the Chambers public school
building will be dedicated Tues
day. Apr. 17. The program will
begin at 8 p.m.
Dr. Freeman Decker will be
guest speaker at the service. A
tour of the building and a visit
ing period will follow^ the pro
gram.
Sonic Boom Startles
O'Neill Residents
There's a new sound in town
At least there was Monday eve.
ning. One of the first sonic booms
heard in this area startled O’
Neill residents from their eas>
chairs shortly after 10 p.m. Resi
dents of Ewing also reported
hearing the explosive sound as
the world's fastest jethomber, tht
B-56 Hustler, flew over on a
training mission The radar
tomb-scoring corridor used for
these training missions lies near
ly directly over these two towns
NEW REPORTER on the
Frontier staff is Sharon Tennis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Tennis. Sharon replaces Betty
Burney, who recently joined the
Laursen Insurance agency. Fron
tier readers are asked to give
Sharon their news to aid her in
her work.
Boat Safety Course
To Be Offered Here
Persons interested in boat
handling, boat safety and Red
Crnss first aid classes may con
tact Harrv Spall, he announced
this week.
Spall recently finished a
three-day instructors' course in
these subjects at Norfolk.
Name Planning Commission
Members; Start Rec Work
Former Teacher
At St. Mary's
Dies in New York
On the evening of Laetare Sun
day, April l. Sister Antoinette
Reinhart, of the Sisters of St,
Francis of Penn.-tnce and Chris
tian Charity died at the Mother
house, Stella Niagara, at the age
of ninety two.
Sister Antoinette was born at
Folscmdale, N, Y., February 20,
1870, the daughter of John Rein
hart and Mary O’Brien Reinhart.
She entered the Congregation of
the Sisters of St. Francis of Pen
ance and Christian Charity on
August 15, 1899, at the old Mo
ther house of Washington Street,
Buffalo, known then as the Buf
falo Academy of the Sacred
Heart. She received the habit on
August 18, 1900, and made her
profession of Perpetual Vows on
July 25, 1903.
Sister Antoinette's life work has
been the teaching of youth. She
was a graduate of Buffalo State
Teachers College and had taught
in the elementary schools for five
years before she entered religious
life, which qualified her for the
work to which she was assigned
after her reception, teaching in
a new school which the communi
ty had accepty in O’Neill. This
school developed into St. Mary's
Academy and for nearly 25 years
Sister Antoinette fullfilled the of
fice of principal.
In 1922 Sister Antoinette was re
called to the Motherhouse at Stel
la Niagara to become principal
of the Seminary of Ojr Lady of
the Sacred Heart, a position she
held for four years until her ap
pointment as Supervisor of the
schools of her Congregation in the
United States and a member of
the Diocesan Board of Supervi
sors. She had been prepared for
this supervisory work by taking
a Master’s degree in education at
the Catholic University of Amer
ica. She served as Supervisor for
25 years until her retirement from
active service in 1948. However,
she continued teaching English
part time to foreign students at
Stella Niagara.
It was during the period of her
supervisory work that she took
the initiative in opening a Nor
mal School for the professional
preparation of the young religious
of the community for their work
in the classroom. In 1948 Rosary
Hill College was opened, the cur
ricula of which included courses
in education and provided an ed
ucational laboratory for the
young religious. The Normal
School had fulfilled its mission
and was closed.
Sister Antoinette retired from
active service in 1948, but her
keen interest in the education of
youth, and the young religious
of the Congregation continued un
til her death.
Sister Antoinette is survived by
three sister: Sister Miriam, Ro
sary Hill College, Mrs. Henry
Mangold, Buffalo, Mrs. Edward
Lamm, Colden, N. Y., and a
brother, John Reinhart, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
The Solemn Requiem was cele
brated in the convent Chapel
Wednesday, April 4, and intern
ment was in the Stella Niagara
cemetery.
Hueser Will Coach
In Sutherland, Iowa
Spencer high school Coach
Gerald Hueser has annoum «*<t
that lie has signed a contract to
teach in the Sutherland-Calumrt
Community sc Is ml at Sutheriarul.
la Mr. Hueser will conch basket
ball and serve as assistant roach
m football and track
The board ol education at Spen
cer has announced the hiring of
two more teachers in high school
Earl Tooker, Atkinson, who will
graduate from Wayne State Col
lege this spring, will teach sci
ence. He is married and has two
daughters.
Ronnie Busch, Tildt}i, has been
hired for the mduslrial arts and
coaching position. He is present
ly teaching at Oakdale Busch is
married and has un 18 month
old daughter.
Meet Planned
Here Monday
On Irrigation
A general information meeting
on irragation will be held Mon
day ut 8 pm. in the Legion hall
at Atkinson.
Included on the program will
be Henry Lang, irrigation farm
er from Ord, Eugene Reed and
Paul Fishback, both with the ex
tension service of tin- University
of Nebraska; and Paul Harley,
project manager for the Niobrara
and Platte Valley irrigation pro
jects.
All men will be available for
a question and answer session fol
lowing the program.
The meeting is open to the
IMibllc and all persons, farmers,
ranchers, businessmen and
others ore invited.
A series of eight meetings slat
ed for communities throughout
the county will start the week of
April 23. The complete scliedule
will be carried in next week’s
Frontier.
The board of directors of the
North Central Nebraska Reclam
ation district will attend the At
kinson meeting.
Refreshments will be served
following the program.
Cancer Crusade
To Begin April 23
The Holt county Cancer cru
sade for 1962 will begin April 23
and will end on April 30, accord
ing to Mrs. Mike Trupp county
crusade chairman of the Holt
county Unit of the American Can
cer Society.
“An important feature «>f tin
Crusade will be the value of
the lifesaving literature left at
every residence during the
campaign ", Mrs. Trupp said.
“Most cancers can be cured
and f»ur educational leaflets
stress this fact”.
The 1962 Crusade goal for Holt
county is $1750.
Town chairmen are; O'Neill,
Mrs. E. E. Cleveland, jr.; Ewing,
Mrs. Alfred Napier; Page, Mrs.
Carl Max; Inman, Mrs. Ralph
Keyes; Chambers, Mrs. Ken
Werner; Amelia, Mrs. Ralph
Rees; Stuart, Mrs. Dana Bige
low; Atkinson, Mrs. Inez Hayes
O'NcUlV »Uy planning coin*
muuion Tuesday night became a
reality when Mayor I) C Schal
ler appointed the nine titan board
and named a lemiioritry chair
man for the group
Named lo U»e tswrd were Jo#
Tennis, Don McKamy, Verm*
Keynohlaon, Ed Bchiiut, Bernard
Allen, AHa-rt Tucker, C, J Gal*,
Tony As.mu* amt Joe StuU.
Krynoldson wm ajipoinird
temporal > chairman and In
druml to cull a mrrtlng to
elect permanent olfkm Chair
man, vfc-r-chairman and sec*
rotary were nsiiilird lor Uie
board. The group U In meet
once a month
Duties of the recently created
board toe to “make and udopt
plans for the physical develop
mem of the municipality, utrkxi
ing any ureas outside of its
boumtiines but within Us statute
authority which, in the Commis
sion's judgement, bear relation to
the planning of the municipality."
Members will serve staggered
terms of three years each Orig
inal appointment terms are for
one, two and three years.
Selected for three year term*
•ere Joe Tennis, Verne Reynold
.sfoi and Albert Tuuker Two-year
terms: Bernard Allen, C. J. Gats
and Tony Astmus. One year
terms: lain McKamy, Ed Bchmit
and Joe Stats
In other action the City Court
ell discussed sower and water
needs for tin* newly annexed area
on the mirth edge of town and
considered plans for a well In the
city recreation area.
Hans for lighting the four base
bull fields in the new recreation
area north of the sub station were
approved.
Burns Named
Superintendent
At Chambers
R-xutld P. Burns has been nam
ed as sujierintendt'nt of school*
at Chambers for the coming year
Mr. Burns has taught the {wist
four years in Valentine. He is a
iSLiK graduate of tl*e University
of Nebraska and will receive his
masters degree in school admin
istration from Chadron State
Teachers College this summer.
A native of Norfolk, Mr. Hums
Is married and ha* two sons.
Mrs. Bums has also signed a
contract to teach the fifth and
sixth grades
Good Friday Service
Planned in O'Neill
A Union G<*sl Friday Service
is being planned by the O’Neill
Ministerial Association for 3:30
p m., April 20, at the Methodist
church. There wll be music by
a joint choir.
Three speakers will give brief
seravms on different aspects of
the theme. “The Faces About the
Cross.”
Alumni Banquet
Slated for May 29
The annual Clearwater Alumni
l«nquet has been set for Tuesday
evening, May 29 at the Lutheran
church basement. Ladies of the
Lutheran Aid will serve Reser
vations may be made with Mrs.
Roy Stevens Classes of 22, 32,
42, 52 and 62 will he honored.
CONCENTRATION' — Ann Hershiser and Debbie Yantzie show
plenty of concentration as they demonstrate their skill with the
abacus. A featured part of the program at the Friends of St Mary’s
meeting held Monday night was a demonstration by the St Mary’s
first and second grade pupils of their skills with the abacus, or
number aid. Shown in the first photo are Man Hynes. Janie Tooker.
Laurie Shaw, Ann Hershiser and Debbie Yantzie. In the second photo
Tom Haniik. John Grady. Patricia McCarville and Vicki Ollendick
prepare to work a problem in multiplication using the abacas. In
the third photo Kelly Appleby, Pamela McDonald and Jixrnnv Win
ehell wait to begin a new problem. In the fourth photo Craig Deric k -
son, Tom Hamik. Vicki OUendick. Barbara Buxton and Pamela
Gallagher take part in a class exercise using the number aid. First
and second graders quickly solve problems in addition, subtraction
and multiplication using numbers up into tbe thousands. The abacus,
used for centuries by tbe Chinese in working mathematical problems,
has just made its debut in the American school systems. This is tbe
first year that this new method has been used in the elementary
grades at St. Mary’s. The Abacus uses a series of colored beads
strung on wires representing units, tens, hundreds, thousands and
ten thousands. The Abacus, however, is used more as a training
aid in arithmetic ami stlii doe, not repine the original system of
teaching younger, the method, of addition, subtraction and mni
tiplication. Teacher, beUeve that when the abacus i, used i„ con
JtmcttoB with other methods of teaching it does help the young stu
dents to more readily underhand ami learn to use number, more
quickly.
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