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—_____Volume 82—Number 12_O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, July 12, 1962 Seven Cents
O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK’S new bank building Ls under con
st ruction at the corner of Fifth and Douglas streets. The Colonial
styled structure will be lift x 45 feet with a drive-in hanking window
on the east side. The rear of the building will house J. D. Cronin’s
law offices. Geer-Melkos company, Grand Island, is general con
tractor on the job. The building, located on the southwest corner of
the intersection, will face north with drive-in hanking access coming
olf Fifth street.
Carolyn Max To
Join Tour Group
PAGE Caroyln Max, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Max jr.,
will go to Omaha Sunday w-here
she will join the Nebraska group
of delegates at the "Degree in
the Hills" near Florence for a
get-together and picnic prior to
the early departure Monday by
bus on the "United Nation’s Pil
grimage for Youth” tour.
Carolyn's sponsors are ihe
Friendship Rebekah and the Odd
Fellow Ijodges of Page.
Their itinerary will include a
visit to the site of Lincoln’s im
mortal Gettysburg Address, the
Arlington National cemetery at
Arlington where they will witness
the changing of the guaid at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
the White House and other build
ings and sites of national interest.
They will visit Ft. McHenry at
Baltimore, the scene of the writ
ing of "The Sar Spangled Ban
ner ", the Valley Forge Park at
Valley Forge, Pa. and Indepen
dence Hall, Liberty Bell and the
Betsy Ross House at Philadel
phia.
Six days. July 22 to 28, will
be spent as Delegates of “United
Nations Pilgrimage for Youth"
in New York City. They will be
guests in me aneraion-Auanuc
Hotel while there.
The return trip will include
Hyde Park, the F. D. Roosevelt
Estate, Vanderbilt Mansion. Nia
gara Falls. New York and On
tario, Canada, the Greenfield Vil
lage at Dearliorn. Mich, and the
Museum of Science and Industry.
They will arrive at Omaha,
Wednesday. August 1.
Cub Pack 210 Plans
Food Auction Saturday
Looking for an auction? Don't
look any farther than the corner
of 4th and Douglas Saturday at
7:00 p.m. when cub pack 210 will
hold a food auction.
The auction is to be held tor
money used for craft materials
to help plan for the coming year
and thru the winter. Donations
will be accepted for food. Phone
982 or 606 for pick-up or further
information.
Social Security
Mr. Gail Robart, field repre
sentative of the Norfolk social se
curity office, will be in the As
sembly Room of the Courthouse
in O’Neill from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. on Wednesday, July 18.
Builders Class To
Sponsor Family Picnic
Builders class of the Methodist
church are sponsoring a family
picnic at Ford Park, Sunday,
July 15, at 6:30 p.m.
Families are to bring their own
service and covered dishes. Grills
will be available for hot dogs
and hamburgers. Anyone owning
an ice cream freezer is asked to
bring it ready to freeze at the
park.
Marion Rosenkrans
Earns Spot on Dean's
List at Evangel College
Marion Rosenkrans, daughter
of Mr.- and Mrs. Roger Rosen
krans, Lynch, has been placed on
the dean’s list for the spring se
mester at Evangel College.
Marion has a grade point av
erage of 2.83 out of a possible
3.0. A freshman at Evangel col
lege, she is majoring in Biology.
Evangel College is a four-year
liberal arts institution owned by
the Assemblies of God. National
headquarters of the denomination
are also located in Springfield,
Mo.
Fall enrollment at Evangel
College this year was 568. The ad
ministration is headed by Pres
ident J. Robert Ashcroft.
Three Break-Ins
Reported During
Week in County
Three break-ins were reported
this past week in the O'Neill area
The O’Neill Town House was
broken into Saturday. Entrance
was gained through the back
door. A cigarette machine was
pried from the top and broken
into. Approximately $150-$200 was
taken in nickles, dimes and quar
ters.
The burglary was discovered
about 9:30 a.m. when Darold
Beckwith arrived on business. He
awoke the proprietor and auth
orities were called. The break
in occurred sometime between
1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Approximately $58 and some
marijuana was stolen from the
office of Dr. Ramsay, Atkinson.
Friday. Sheriff Leo Tomjack said.
Nelson-Brayton Co., Stuart was
the site of the third break-in.
This also occurred Friday. Two
tires were stolen from a trailer.
O'Neill's Senior Citizens
Home on Move Annin
O'Neill’s Senior Citizens home
has been delayed by government
red tape, according to a leiter
from R. H. Golden, general man
ager for Senior Citizens Home,
Inc.
In a letter tc Howard Mansun
Tuesday. Golden explained that
the O'Neill cnh should go to
FHA for processing about August
1. Delays in orocessing the Ox
ford unit have held up the O'
Neill building, he said.
His letter to Manson follows:
"There have been in the past
few months unavoidable delays
in processing the Oxford Senior
Citizens home through FHA.
And. as of yesterday, it appears
the project will be out of FHA
no later than August 1. 1962.
"The O’Neill project was given
to the architect about a month
ago to set the building on the
topographical survey. When the
Oxford job is closed with FHA
the O’Neill project will be given
to them for processing and loan
application.
‘They told us yesterday (July
9> that it then should not take
more than 60 days to receive a
commitment.
“O’Neill is slated as our No. 3
unit and we are very anxious to
start, but these matters with the
government seem to have built-in
delays not anticipated. When your
project goes into the FHA office
I will keep you posted as it pro
gresses.”
Private subscriptions raised
S3.000 this spring to buy a site
for the home on Highway 281
north of O’Neill and adjoining the
recently annexed Cleveland and
Kipplc addition.
Brothers Sentenced
The two Minneapolis brothers
who were charged with the June
13 robbery of a combination gen
eral store and post office at
Burton and breaking jail at
Springview, were sentenced to
terms in the Nebraska Peniten
tiary Monday by District Judge
William Smith, Ainsworth.
Ronald Johnson, 29, was sen
tenced to 10 years for armed
robbery and 3 years for jail
breaking. His brother, Lyle, 25,
was sentenced to 8 years lor
armed robbery and 3 years for
jail breaking. Judge Smith or
dered the terms to run consecu
tively.
Traffic Mishaps
Cause Damage,
Minor Injuries
Four highway traffic accidents
during the past week caused min
or injuries and extensive property
damage in the area, according to
Safety Patrolman Gene Hastrei
ter’s reports.
About 12:15 a.m. Wednesday a
truck driven by Jerry D Smith,
Creighton, struck a cow about
three miles east of Inman on
Highway 20-275. The cow, owned
by M. J. Gallagher, was killed
and about $150 damage was caus
ed to the truck.
Sunday at about 3 a.m. William
Bahm, Ewing, said he was side
swiped on the right side of his
car when an oncoming car cross
ed the center line into Bahm's
lane and crowded him into his
left lane. Bahm said the other
vehicle did not stop.
Lloyd Angus, a passenger with
Bahm, suffered a scratched right
arm and complained of abdomi
nal pains, Patrolman Hastreiter
said. He was taken to St. An
thony's hospital in O’Neill for ex
amination.
About two hours and a half
earlier about a mile and a half
west of Chambers, cars driven
by Dale L. Adams, Chambers,
and Clifford E. Clemens, Amelia,
were involved in a rear-end col
lision
Adams, westbound, had slowed
to turn into a farm driveway,
when Clemens, also westbound,
started to pass. Clemens changed
his mind, the report said, and
applied his brakes, sliding into
the rear of the Adams car. Ad
ams’ car slid into the south ditch
while Clemens' car ended up in
the north ditch.
Clemens received skull lacera
tions. He was treated at St. An
thony’s hospital and released.
Patrolmen estimated extensive
damages to both vehicles
Shortly after noon Thursday
uoiuutv ivmier, creignion, coiiia
ed at a comer with a tractor
driven by Jerry D. Rosenkrans.
About $300 damages were suffer
ed by the car and the tractor
was broken completely in two.
The Rosenkrans boy received
minor injuries and the woman
was unhurt.
This accident was about five
miles south of Redbird on the
Redbird road.
Attends Mission
Dianne Gillespie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gillespie, O’
Neill, has been chosen to attend
a Christian Witness Mission at
the Methodist church in Holdrege.
July 8 to 15.
This mission is a statewide
meeting. Mrs. Sigler, Lincoln, is
director. Miss Gillespie is the
Christian witness chairman of the
northeast district of Methodist
Youth Fellowship.
Holt SWCD
Balloting Set
For Monday
This is the last of a series of
three articles giving a resume of
the candidates for Supervisor for
the Holt Soil and Water Conser
vation District.
Bob Sumrnerer is a 37 year
old rancher who has lived on
his place all of his life. He op
erates 1360 acres 23 miles South
an.-! 3 miles Cast of O’Neill. His
family includes five girls and
one boy. The youngest, the boy,
is seven months old and the old
est is thirteen years.
Conservation work he has ac
complished does not follow the
usual pattern of some of the ot
her candidates previously inter
viewed, however, it is a typical
ranch type operation and Bob has
been doing a good job of conser
vation. Tree planting is probably
one of the largest single opera
tions, the most recent being done
this past spring. A part of the
planting dates back to trees plant
ed during the shelterbelt project
in 1937 and quite a lot that his
father did even before that.
He has retired some cropland
to permanent grass, has produced
intermediate wheatgrass seed and
red clover seed which he has sold
by consigning it to the Holt Soil
and Water Conservation District.
Much of his hayland has been fer
tilized, which has increased pro
duction considerably and is of
particular significance to them in
drier years because of the great
Pr HpnpnriaKiliHr r\f ^
crop. It has also enabled him to
harvest red clover seed on the
after-growth.
Probably one of the most im
portant practices the county over
is one that few people consider as
a conservation practice, never
the less, it is one that will give a
larger return than any other in
Holt county. This is the proper
range 'use and is being followed
by Mr. Summerer in his ranch
ing operations.
Walter Fick operates a 2760 ac
re ranch 8 miles Southeast of
Inman. He has lived in that vicin
ity since he was a small boy. The
Ficks have five children, thme
boys and two girls ranging in age
from Kindergarten to a Sopho
more in College. Walt too, has
only ranch type conservation
practices. He has converted near
ly 100 acres of cropland to per
manent grass. Just recently com
pleted is the last of his blow out
work. He says “It seemed like a
hard way to do it but for many
years we have been hauling dead
trees, trash, etc., to blow out ar
eas and have not affected their
control. By shaping the rough,
broken edges, mulching, seeding
and fencing, these areas are be
coming re-established so that with
proper use in the future they will
offer no problem.”
Walt has planted a few trees
each year for many years and
has excellent protection for his
ranch headquarters and for win
tering livestock. Through defer
ment he has brought back a pas
ture from poor to fair condition
up to a very good condition. He
says that the three years rest
he gave this pasture has resulted
in producing twenty times the
grass it formerly produced.
Walt has been active in Range
management on his own ranch
and has led 4-H Range Manage
ment clnbs, having the top tmra
in the nation and he, himself
taking top individual honors
SWCD Balloting—
'Continued on page 10)
Legion, Auxiliary
Convention To
Be Held Sunday
American Legion and Auxiliary
Oiunty Convention will lie Sunday
in O'Neill.
Registration will begin at 5
p.m Program for the convention
includes rehabilitation films, a
luncheon and later, a dance.
Bob Manifold, candidate for de
portment commander, and Bill
Galbraith, department senior vice
commander, will be present at
the convention.
At election of officers Tuesday
night the following were elected
to posts: Harold Mlinar, post
commander; Francis Hob:, first
vice-commander; Arnott Buxton,
post adjutant; Edward Murphy,
finance officer; Alvin Heese!
service officer; James Earley,
Sergeant at arms; Charles Fox
jr. child welfare chairman;
Archie Bright, membership chair
man; Edwin Krugman, post chap
lain; Richard Minton, disaster
relief chairman: Norman Gonder
inger, judge advocate; William
McIntosh, Americanism chair
man; William Jansen, publicity
officer.
Members of the pvppntiup
board are Darel Bright, Joe
Grutsch, Melvin Ruzicka, Fran
cis Belzer, Virgil Tomlinson.
Harold Mlinar, Francis Holz ant)
James Earley.
WWI Vets Slate
Picnic July 22
The third annual Nebraska
State World War I Veterans pic
nic will be held at the Atkinson
City Park, Atkinson, Sunday,
July 22.
All World War I Veterans, their
wives and families, sweethearts
and friends are cordially invited
to attend this big reunion.
The program includes regis
tration from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00
a.m., a pot iuck dinner from 12:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and an address
by a prominent speaker from 1:30
p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Also there will
be short talks given by an offic
ial of American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Disabled War
Veterans and Velerans of World
W'ar I.
Swimming can be enjoyed in
AJfc *ion's modern pool. Fishing
is also available at Atkinson
Lake camping facilities, and golf
enthusiasts will enjoy playing at
the Stuart-Atkinson golf club.
Carroll French
To Speak At
Farm Meeting
Carroll French. Page, will be
the featured speaker at the Holt
County Farm Bureau monthly
meeting Monday evening, July
16, at the Courthouse Annex As
sembly Room at 8:00. He will
tell of his experiences as an ag
ricultural missionary in the Con
go, as well as of his visit to the
United Nations and the Agricul
ture Department in Washington,
D. C. earlier this year.
Mr. French will be commis
sioned a full-term missionary by
Bishop Kenneth Copeland at a
special service at the First Meth
odist church in Page, Augus: 5.
The following day he, his wife,
Tove, and their children, will
leave for France, where he will
have language study for nine
months, preparatory to his re
turn to his work in the Congo.
Mrs. French, formerly of Den
mark, w i! -ontmue her work as
a missionary i orse in the Congo.
Employment Service Schedule
Following is the itinerant serv
ice schedule of the Nebraska Di
vision of employment for Holt
and Boyd County for O’Neill. The
itinerant interviewer, Marland
Beckstrom, will be in the Asses
sor’s Office from 11:00-12:00 a.m.
on alternate Tuesdays. These
dates will be July 10, 24; August
7. 21; and September 4,18.
Ask All Residents to Take
Oral Polio Vaccine Sunday
Over five thousand doses of
Sabin oral polio vaccine have
been ordered for first mass im
munization.
At an organization last Tues
day, preliminary plans were dis
cussed. Hours for the mass im
munization were set from 12:30
to 3:30.
Each dose of the vaccine is
effective against a different type
of polio. This necessitates three
different doses from four to six
weeks apart to combat the three
polio types.
In addition to immunizing the
recipient, the vaccine eliminates
the person from becoming a car
rier of the disease. This is not
so with the Salk vaccine. Theo
retically, if everyone took the
Sabin vaccine, pfflio could lie
wiped out completely,
ly available by breaking the chain
not receive the vaccine?
The vaccine should not be giv
en to a cut el) ill persons with a
temperature of 102 degrees or
over. It is recommended not to
give it to persons who have had
their tonsils or adenoids out
within two weeks prior to the
vaccine, and not to perform such
operations two weeks after the
vaccine is given Persons allergic
to penicillin or to eggs may safe
ly take the oral vaccine.
Where will it he given?
Residents are to go to their
voting wards which include the
Court House, K C. Hall. Police
Station ami City Hall. Rural per
sons and other towns people will
receive theirs at the high school
auditorium.
When will it Is* given?
The first dose will given
July 15. The other two are to’me
given six weeks later and six
apart.
Although persons under 40
Verdigre Celebration
Starts Four Day Run
Verdigre’s Diamond Jubilee be
gins today with the first day of
the celebration marked as Gov
ernor and Homecoming Day. A
Miss Diamond Jubilee Queen’s
Ball will be at 8 p.m.
Friday will be designated as
Ladies’ and Pioneer Day. Young
America Day will be Saturday
and Sunday is set aside as Agri
cultural and Good Neighbor Day.
Highlights of the Jubilee in
clude parades, rides, shows, In
dian ballet, authentic period cos
tumes, buggies, and a huge fire
works display.
Stuart Horse
Show Entries
Hit Record High
With 164 entries, exclusive of
classes for youngsters, the third
annual Four Leaf Clover Quarter
Horse Show sponsored by the
Stuart American Legion post on
Sunday was the biggest and best
yet held. This was the first year
the show qualified as a Class B
show.
Interest was high in all of the
24 classes. The quality of the
horses entered in the show is
proven by the fact that there
were seven American Quarter
Horse Association champions in
the show, which is reported to
be the most in any show in Ne
braska this year. Horses were on
hand from Iowa, Soutli Dakota
and Nebraska.
Howard Pitzer of Eneson had
the grand champion mare with
Poco Sweetheart, with the Cob
lentz Quarter Horses of Aurora
having the reserve champion
mare. In the contest for the
grand champion stallion, the Cob
lentz Quarter Horses of Aurora
won with Ranchero Creek, while
Lloyd Geweke of Ord had the re
serve champion. The Scott Girls
of North Platte had the grand
champion gelding in Buster Cole,
with Howard Pitzer of Ericson
showing the reserve champion.
There was a close contest for
high point horse of the show, and
this was not decided until the
final event, when Lucky Card,
owned by Stan Huffman of Whit
man won the contest.
The show was judged by Miles
Hart of Cozad, while another not
able present at the show was
Paul Temple of Oshkosh, secre
tary of the Nebraska Quarter
Horse Association.
Slate Swim Show
At O'Neill Pool
The O'Neill swimming pool will
be the site of an aquatic show
Sunday, July 22, at 7-45 p m.
The show will include free
style races along with diving ex
hibitions. Participants will lie be
tween the ages of 8 and 17.
Entries in the contest will be
announced next week. Everyone
is cordially invited 1o attend, es
pecially the parents.
Slight Jump in
Holt Evaluation;
Schedules Down
Holt County evaluation for 1962
has slightly risen over that of
1961. This year’s total of all tan
gible property, meaning all per
sonal property except money,
notes, or bonds, was $102,243,120
Last year’s figure for the same
totaled $101,687,735. This indi
cates a $555,385 rise. Both figures
exclude the railroads.
This rise in evaluation is shown
in spite of fewer business and in
dividual assessments filed this
year.
Business schedules filed in 1962
totaled 480 compared to 485 files
the previous year. Individual
schedules amounted to 5178 this
year compared to 5260 filed last
year. Special schedules numbered
11 both years.
VFW Auxiliary Talks
Nurse Scholarship
VFW Auxiliary 926 held its reg
ular monthly meeting in the
Court House annex on July 3.
Goldie Tucker, president, was in
charge of the meeting. Mrs. Ray
mond Revell was the acting sec
retary in the absence of Mrs. Ot
to Sprague.
Mrs. Carl Schenzel gave a re
port on the VFW Auxiliary Dept,
of Nebr. meeting held in Norfolk
on June 9, 10, 11 and 12. Others
who attended this meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tucker and
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stoffer. A
community service award was
received by O’Neill Auxiliary 926
at the Dept, of Nebr. meeting.
A discussion was held concern
ing the idea of presenting a scho
larship award to a high school
graduate who is going into nurses
training.
Mrs. Steele received a prize for
bringing the most members to
the meeting.
Lunch was served by Mrs. Ray
mond Revell and Mrs. Verlin
Peterson.
years of age are more suscep
tible to polio, It is advised that
everyone la* immunized to elim
inate the possibility of carrying
the disease
A donation of 25 cents wiU lie
asked to help cover th< n«i of
the vaccine and its admmiatrn*
tion; however, no one util he
turned away if they are unable
to pay,
Is polio always riuiscd bv the
sjmiic virus?
There are three* different known
tyjies of polio virus which cause
poliomyelitis In order to Is* fully
protected against t»olio. m in
dividual must Is- protect i at
against all three* types.
" hat is the oral vaccine *
« *t is a live virus vaccine*, taken
oy mouth, which has been w«*ak
eiK'd for the pur|s>sc of produeing
immunity without pnxiueing clin
ical illness. (It is like dlpix
vaccine which is also a Ik vac
cine i.
"tiat is Hie difference in 'tween
sahln oral vaccine and the Salk
vaccine?
The Salk vaccine is produced
from m dead v irus and the* three
types are combined. Four shots
are usually given over a period
of several months. With Sabin
oral vaccine, each type is given
separately by mouth, four to
six weeks apart. Immunity usual
ly results wnmn a week thus,
greater immunity can tw ac
quired more quickly against
Tyjies I II and III of the [tolio
viruses.
•I<*W safe Is Ihe Saliln vac
cine?
The vaccine has been given to
more than 70 million people ui
Russia. Mexico, Czechoslovak', i
and Yugoslavia with excellent re
ports of results. Several l .idred
thousand doses have lieen given
in the United States so far. with
complete safety.
How effective is the Sabin oral
vaccine?
Because the oral vaccine us
ually produces an intestinal har
rier against infection, it is ex
pected that the vaccine will be
more effective than any present
1 yavailable by breaking the chain
of transmission, or eliminating
the vaccinated person as carrier,
which killed vaccine does not do.
Should you have oral vaccine If
you have already had Salk vac
cine?
Yes, it is wise to take the oral
vaccine. It will increase your
own protection and help you pro
tect other persons in the com
munity.
How is it given?
A dose of the vaccine will be
put on a sugar cube and the re
cipient will eat the sugar cube.
Infants will be spoonfed
Who may get the oral vaccine?
The vaccine may be given to
persons of all ages. It is saf for
new-born infants but it in . •
necessary to give a booster dote
at about one year of age to in
fants who receive their first dose
under the age of six weeks. In
this mass immunization program,
vaccine will be given to babies
from three months of age and up.
What are recommended doses?
For children of three months
of age and adults, the recom
mended dose is three drops of
the diluted vaccine.
Are there any reaction* from the
v OA A -uav- .
No, all studies have demon
strated the absolute safety of the
oral vaccine ami no side reac
tions of any nature have been
demonstrated to be caused by the
vaccine.
How much will it cost?
The vaccine will lie distributed
at a cost of 25 cents per dose, or
free if the person is unable to
pay.
OPENING IS ANNOUNCES) TODAY of the new Oscar Spitz en
berger Chevy-Olds agency in the new building east of O’Neill on
highways 20-275. The building, facing east, will house Woody’s Cafe
in the north end. The Balt wffl include SkeHj- service, large truck
parking area and 24-hour food service besides the automobile agency
and service needs.