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Volume 82—Number 15 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 2, 1962 _Seven Conte
Sandhills High Rodeo
Planned at Valentine
The Sandhills National High
School Rodeo will take place in
Valentine August 15-19. Over 400
young cowgirls and cowboys from
at least 20 states will compete for
honors in the rodeo. Contestants
won the right to compete in the
national contest by winning in
state rodeos earlier this summer.
Nine performances are set for
the five day event. The first takes
place the evening of August 15.
Two performances a day will be
held the last four days, one in
the afternoon and one in the
evening.
Scheduled events for the young
cowboys are bareback riding,
saddle bronc riding, calf roping,
bull-dogging, bull riding and a
cutting horse contest. Events for
the girls include pole bending,
barrel racing, break away calf
roping and cutting horse com
petition.
First place winners in each
event will be presented with hand
tooled saddles, while second,
third and fourth place winners in
each event will receive a watch,
buckle and spurs, respectively.
All-around cowboy, cowgirl, and
rodeo queen will also be given a
saddle.
A rodeo queen will be crowned
Sunday night during finals. About
20 high school cowgirls are ex
pected to compete for the queen
title.
Tickets for the rodeo may be
obtained by writing Young’s West
ern Wear, Valentine. For housing
accommodations contact Jordan
Hotel, Valentine.
Besides enjoying the rodeo ac
tivities, visitors attending the ro
deo may enjoy camping, swim
ming, fishing and boating. They
may also visit the Sandhills
ranch country, Ft. Niobrara Na
tional Wildlife Refuge and many
other points of interest.
O'Neill Teacher
Attends College
Nineteen high school teachers
from a dozen states are attend
ing two intensive English cour
ses offered for the first time this
summer at the College of St.
Thomas, St. OPaul, Minn.
The three-week courses are
Modern Theories of Language and
Problems of Reading Literature.
Attending from O’Neill is Sis
ter M. Lenore Connors, OSF. Sis
ter is taking the reading and
language course.
Vandals Break
Courthouse
Annex Windows
Windows in both the front and
back doors at the Courthouse An
nex were broken Sunday night
when vandals threw beer bottles
through them. The windshield cn
a pickup truck parked on the
south side of the building was al
so smashed.
This is the first report of ac
tual damage at the annex al
though employees report that it
is not uncommon to find broken
glass and bottles in the rear of
the trucks when they are parked
near the annex over the weekend.
The incident is being investi
gated by the O’Neill Police de
partment.
Funeral Services
Friday For
Bert Farewell
EWING—Funeral services for
Bert E. Farewell, 68, will be Fri
day at 2 p.m. in the Chambers
Baptist church, The Rev. Earl
Schwenk will officiate. Burial will
be in Chambers.
The body will lie in state Fri
day from 11 a.m. to the funeral
hour.
Bert Ernest Farewell, Ewing,
was born May 8, 1894 in Peters
burg. the son of Walter and Eliza
Arnold Farewell. He came with
his fpmily to Holt County about
1900 and moved to the Chambers
vicinity in 1911.
Mr. Farewell married Mary El
len Bursell September 8, 1928, in
O'Neill. They had two children.
He was preceded in death by
his daughter.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary, son. Ramon Edwin, Ew
ing, and four brothers. Thomas,
Pico, Calif., Sid, Chambers, Wil
liam, Lincoln, and Lawrence,
Atkinson.
VFW Meeting Slated
For Tuesday, Aug. 7
A VFW meeting has been
scheduled for 8 p.m. August 7
at the court house annex. Main
topic of the meeting will be a
discussion of an insurance plan
which offers to members a $1,000
policy for $1.25 per year if post
signs 100 per cent for the pro
gram.
ATKINSON'_Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer L. West were guests of honor
at a family picnic Sunday at the Atkinson City Park in observance
of their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
The occasion was arranged by the couple’s three children, Mrs.
Eli McConnell, Mrs. Henry Zahradnicek and Mrs. Richard Berry.
The anniversary cake, baked by Mrs. Robert Thomas, grand
daughter of the couple and decorated by Mrs. Don Gokie, was a
gift from the grandchildren. Shades of lavender, cream and silver
trim decorated the cake of double wedding ring design which was
topped with the numeral 60 and a spray of roses.
Wilmer West and Miss Ida Dunning were married July 30, 1902.
at Broken Bow. They came to this community in 1903 and have since
resided on their farm a half mile north of Atkinson. Before retiring
Mr. West was engaged as a livestock feeder.
Page Couple Honored on Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Harvey
and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wright
entertained at an open house ob
servance in honor of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Robert Har
vey’s 50th wedding anniversary.
The actual wedding date was
Dec. 11, 1912 but they decided to
observe the anniversary at the
annual Harvey reunion rather
than trust December weather
when as complete a reunion could
not have been possible.
Pearl Ames and Robert Harvey
were married Dec. 11, 1912 at
Wayne and have lived all their
married life in Holt and Ante
lope counties, residing now on a
farm three and a half miles east
of Page.
Pearl was one of nine children
born to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ames,
the family came to Holt county
when Pearl was 10 years old.
Robert (Bcb) had nine bro
thers and sisters. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harvey
homesteaded three miles north of
Orchard.
Both Bob and Pearl grew up
in an era when families were in
dependent and resourceful rais
ing their own vegetables, salt
ing and drying corn and apples,
butchering and curing their own
meat ad making jellies and pre
serves of the fruits people now
can or freeze.
They found entertainment in
games, music and reading in the
home and candy pulls, socials,
home dances and traveling by
horse drawn conveyances to old
Settlers picnics, fourth of July
celebrations and church services
as they were held in the eai'V
days at school houses and homes
by itinerant preachers.
The Harveys are the parents of
two children, Calvin, Page and
Mrs. Leonard (Doris) Wright,
9ioux City, la. They have four
grandchildren.
Mrs. Dan Stauffer, Grand Is
land, registered the guests and
Mrs. Calvin Harvey and Mr.-.
Leonard were in charge of the
gift table.
Among those attending from a
distance of the immediate family
were Mr. and Mrs. William
Griers, Fort Laramie, Wyo., Mr.
and Mrs. Rolie Scott, Bloomfield,
la., Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ames, Ne
ligh, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ames
and family, Chicago, 111. There
were sixty three dinner guests.
The Harveys enjoy very good
health and Mrs. Harvey is act.ve
in a social club and the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary.
Local 'Stroke Rehabilitation'
Program Planned Aug. 9
Riles Planned
Saturday for
/4nna Pruss, 84
Anna Pruss, 84, died August 1
at h, r home in O’Neill. The body
will lie in state from 3 to 9 p.
in. Friday in Biglin's Chapel. Fuu
eral services will be Saturday
at 2 p.m. in St. John's Lutheran
church, Atkinson, with the Rev.
Emil Kuehn oificiating. Burial
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery,
in St. John’s Lutheran church,
Atkinson, with the Rev. Emil
Kuehn officiating. Burial will be
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Anna Pruss was born October
20, 1877, in Germany, the daugh
ter of Woeble and Gebka ldeus
Meyer. She came to Holt Coun
ty 4n 1891. January 10, 1896 she
married Frank Pruss in O’Neill.
They had two daughters.
She was preceded in death by
her husband in April, 1950, and
one daughter.
Survivors include her daughter,
Mrs. William Stretmeyer, O’Neill;
one brother, John, Sioux City, la.;
two half brothers, Henry Mey
er, Pilger and Charles Herrick,
9. D.
Grimton School to Have
25th Anniversary
The Grimton school will cele
brate its 25th anniversary at a
reunion to be held at the school
house Sunday, Aug. 19. It is
hoped that as many of the pu
pils and teachers as possible
will be present.
Those attending the reunion
are asked to bring a picnic din
ner. Coffee and tea will b * fur
nished by the committee. Any
contributions for the afternoon
entertainment will be appreci
ated according to Lilia Pospi
shil, publicity chairman.
The Nebraska Heart Association
in cooperation with the medical
societies of to counties are spon
soring a “Stroke Rehabilitation’'
program in O’Neill, Aug. t». The
two-session program will be held
in the high school auditorium and
will be proceeded by a one-half
hoar registration beguining at
9 30 a.111.
The two-hour morning session
will include presen tat ions by
Dr. Hex Wilson, who will dis
cuss the medical aspect of the
stroke; a psychologist, Uie men
ial aspect and a s|M-ech thera
pist.
Sandwiches and coffee will be
served at noon. The afternot n
session, which will begin at 1.
p m., will feature discussions and
demonstrations by a physical ther
1962 County Fair
Books Are Now
Available
Premium lists are ready lor
Holt County fair exhibitors, Fair
Secretary James Gibson announ
ced this week. The fair is set for
August 13-16 at Chambers.
Books may lie picked up at
Stuart sundries, Stuart; Wilson
Rexall drug, Atkinson; John Con
ard store, Emmet; O’Neill drug,
County Agent’s office and The
Frontier, O'Neill; Clark’s store,
Inman; Farmers store. Page;
Munn's store, Ewing; Newhouse
sundries, Chambers, and Peter
son’s grocery, Amelia.
The lists may also be obtain
ed by writing or contacting Gil>
son at Cham tiers.
Besides the two-day RCA at
proved rodeo August 15-16, a big
feature of the 1962 fair will lx
the appearance of Miss Nebraska
of 1962, Mary Lee Jepsen, in af
ternoon and evening perform
ances August 15.
apist, an occupational therapist
ami a rehabilitation nurse.
All stroke patients, members of
their families, nursing home
personnel and ail person* Inter*
ested in rehabilitation an- sin
cerely invited lo attend tills
worth wtule program.
Todays greater medical umler
staiuhng is beginning to 1m* re
flected m a more hoiwlul and op
timistic attitude on the part oi
those who live with or cate lor
the stroke patient. Some know
ledge ol now strokes occur, how
tile doctors treat tin m and the
part lumihes and friends cun
play in recovery and rehaoihtu
lion my http develop a mors con
structive approach to a critical
situation.
Once a stroke has occured, the
most important step in current
treatment is development of a
sound rehabilitation program that
will help the patient live and
work ugam to his utmost capaci
ty.
There are three essential and
vital points lor effective rehabili
tation. First, begin therapy as
soon as possible; second, cooper
ation of the doctor, patient and
family; and third, that the doc
tor and family call on other
sources in the community to help
in the rehabilitation.
Dr. Carstens Shoots
Hole-ln-One Wednesday
The second hole-ln-one of the
season at the O’Neill Country
Club was recorded Wednesday
evening when I)r. George Car
kten* scored on number seven.
Dr. Carstens us«-<-d an eight
iron lo ace the lift yard |»ar
three hole. Playing with Cars
lens ut the Him- were BUI Mc
Intosh Dale Wilson, John Wat
son and Newt Mulleiidore. The
other hole-ln-one was seared
last week on the same bole by
Lawrence Haynes.
Clyde Newton
Dies July 29
At Emmet
Clyde E. Newton died July 29
in the home of his parents in
Emmet following an extended
illness. Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. in
Biglin’s Chapel with the Rev.
Glenn Kennicott officiating. Bur
ial was in Prospect Hill ceme
tery. Pallbearers were Oliver
Maring, Homer Maring. Joe
Ziska, Dean Beckwith, George
Skopec and Gains Rzeszotarski.
Clyde Elmer Newton was born
July 14, 1893, the son of William
and Ida Peck Newton, Coleridge,
Nebr. He grew to manhood in
Cedar County in the Coleridge
vicinity. Clyde served in the
armed forces of his country dur
ing WWI. In 1927 he came to
Holt county and made his home
with his parents at Emmet.
For the past several years he
has been in declining health. He
had been at home from the Vet
erans' Hospital in Grand Island.
Survivors include his parents,
three brothers, Paul, Emmet,
Howard, O’Neill, and Alvin,
Laurel; three sisters, Mrs. Walt
er Lindberg, Laurel, Mrs. Rollie
Brittell, Laurel, and Mrs. Marvin
Clouse, O’Neill.
4-H Style Review
Slated August 9
The annual 4-H style revue is
to be held Thursday, Aug. 9 at
the public school in O’Neill. Con
tests in speech, music identifi
cation and group singing will be
held that same evening.
The style revue will be held at
8:30 p.m. All 4-H girls enrolled
in clothing projects will partici
pate in this event. Awards and
ribbons for the event are given
by the O’Neill Chamber of Com
merce, Holt County Home Ex
tension Council and the Holt
County Agricultural Society.
The speech and music identi
fication contests wall be held at
7:30 p.m. Group music contes
tants will be a part of the style
revue program. The public is in
vited to attend.
Holt Bond Purchase
Equals Set Goal
Holt County residents purchas
ed S735.375 worth of Series E and
H savings bonds during the ac
counting period of the Treasury
Department’s Freedom Bond
Drive, according to Lyle P.
Dierks. county chairman. This
figure equalled 94.8 per cent of
the goal set for the county for
the January'-June period.
Kindergarten Exams
To Be Given August 9-10
Parents having a child whose
fifth birthday comes after Octo
ber 15 and before January 1, who
wish him to take the State Board
of Education test for entrance
into kindergarten next year
should make arrangements for
such tests with the county sup
erintendent soon. Testing will be
done August 9 and 10.
Dr. W. C. Langefeld, Concordia
Teachers College, will administer
the examination. Dr. Langefeld
has been approved by the State
Department.
A fee of $7.50 plus one dollar
for the examiners expenses will
be charged. Requirements will be
the mental, physical, emotional
and social age of at least 5 years,
6 months, making it difficult for
a child to pass.
No tests are given for five year
old children to determine eligi
bility for entrance into the first
grade.
One Accident Is
Reported During Week
Gene Shoemaker, O’Neill, driv
ing a 1946 chevy pickup west on
Adams was blinded by mist Sun
day night causing him to run
into the front end of a 1961 chevy
station wagon that was parked
in front of the William Artus
home.
Owners of the car are James
and Dorothy Urlaub of Chadron.
Damage was light to both ve
hicles.
Sale Dates
Claimed
AUG. 7—MRS. ROBERT GAL
LAGHER FARM SALE. Full line
of machinery, haying equipment
and an exceptionally large num
ber of excellent shop tools. 3
miles west of O’Neill, 9 miles
north and % west. Ed Thorin
auction service.
See complete listing in tills
issue of the Frontier.
HENRY S P A H N ESTATE
SALE — 400 acre stock farm to
be sold at auction September 6.
located 9 miles south and 1 west
of Ewing. Herbert Spahn, execu
tor, William W. Griffin, Attorney.
See complete description in this
issue of The Frontier.
GRAND OPENINGS OF TWO NEW O’NEILL business* s will be
;his weekend when Oscar Spitzenberger and A. L. Wood plan an
;vent with free prizes and treats. Spitzenberger who operates the
»kelly station along with his Chevy-Olds dealership on Highway
!0-275 east of O’Neill has prizes for adults and gifts for children
along with a live clowro Friday and Saturday. Wood, who operates
Woody’s cafe in the same building, plans free coffee and doughnuts
and other treats Friday and Saturday 9-11 a.rn. and 2-3 p.m. Further
details are contained in their ads elsewhere in this issue of The
Frontier.
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