STA1 i MSI 3SjQ Li ?:sol::# r,z3:i. Yayr _ nebka. & bti, • ical Farm Site ip\ - -*wm K f Newspaper ■« T\ 1*>TN Twelve Pages “ FRONTIER “ "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper __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 «*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. * *** ' naf . rmI