LINCOLN, NK3K. xxx Yo"r Farm Sale Newspaper Ten Pages in North Central I" This Issue Nebraska "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper ____ Volume 82—Number 16 O'Neill, Holt, County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 9, 1962 Seven Cents Citizens Committee to Meet With School Board A meeting to discuss plans for a new school at O’Neill Public school has been called for Tues day at 7:30 p.m. at the school. The meeting will be between a subcommittee of the citizens and the school board. The meeting was set up follow ing a discussion ol the school board’s plans with press and ra dio representatives at the end of Tuesday’s meeting. O’Neill Public schools this year will rent four rooms from St. Mary’s academy in the vacated portion of the academy building. Filth and sixth grade classes will be conducted in the rented rooms, Supt. H. L. McCoy said. An item in the recently pub lished school budget calling (or $5,000 for rent came under dis cussion. It was explained that the sum was an arbitrary figure, chosen because no firm agree ment had been reached with of ficials of St. Mary’s and some maintenance and repair work was required. To insure that en ough would be included in the budget, the board set aside $5,000 for the item A manual fire alarm system is installed in the portion of the academy to be used by the pub lic school and escajies are prov ided through windows for base ment rooms. Officials feel ample exits are available. Two classrooms will be in the basement and two on the first floor. The rooms are being made ready for use now. The automatic fire detection system at the public school is still not completed, it was repor ted. The project is 15-20 percent done. A vacancy still existed in the teaching staff at meeting time, but McCoy said he was certain he would have the position filled before schtxil started Aug. 29. Social Security Man To Be Here Wednesday Gail Robart, field representa tive of the Norfolk social security office, will be in the Assembly Room of the Court House in O’ Neill from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15. Stuart American Legion Awarded Citation American Legion {K)st 115, Stu art. has l»een notified by the Ak Sar-Ben Goor Awards group of a citation for their spec ial efforts in the interests of hu manitarian service for others. The Stuart group has helped purchase the school’s reference library and also has helped with many outstanding projects for local youngsters, including send ing a representative to the Corn husker Boys State program in Lincoln. Charles Chace Appointed To State Oil Group Charles L\ Chace, formerly of Atkinson, managing director of Associated Industries of Nebras ka and Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce, has recently been appointed attorney-executive sec retary of the Nebraska Petrol eum Council, effective September 1. Mr. and Mrs. Chace and their six children will continue to re side in Lincoln. Chace received his LLB degree from the University of Nebras ka College of Law. After graduation, Mr. Chace served four years in the Army prior to establishing a law prac tice in Atkinson. He remained in private practice 10 years before becoming active in Chamber association work. St. Mary's Cards To Check Out Gear St. Mary s Cardinals will check out football gear and take physi cal examinations Monday, Coach Don Templemeyer said. All boys interested in football should report to the dressing room at 9 a.m. Dressing room in the new school is through the north en trance of the gymnasium. Individual announcements will not be sent out this year, Tem plemeyer said, and asked that players pass the information along to other teammates. Chambers Couple Feted On Golden Anniversary CHAMBERS Mr. and Mrs. W. H. David, who celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on August 1 were charivaried by friends and relatives the 25th of July. Sunday, Aug. 5. the couple was honored with a dinner and pro gram in honor of the Golden Wedding. Approximately 140 relatives attended. The program consisted of a ^poem, "Our Fam ily" read by the oldest grand child, Mrs. William (Maxine) Lacey, written by a daughter, Mrs. Zane (Donna) Rowse. A poem, also written hy Mrs. Rowse, entitled “Grandpa and Grandma", was read by Ricky Rowse, a grandson. Musical se lections were played by sons, Lyle and Virgil David. A hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross" was sung by a daughter, Mrs. Zane Rowse, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Vernon David. For the clos ing of the program a mock wed ding was performed by two daughters and three daughters in-law, a granddaughter and a great grandson. Roy David, son of Mr. and Mrs. David, was master of ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. David were mar ried August 1, 1912, at Page. They made their first home at O’Neill. The couple have nine children, seven sons and two daughters; twins, Roy, Riverton, Wyo.. and Ray, Newport, Wash.; Dorothy, (Mrs. Clarence Loge manni Brunswick; Lyle, Cham bers; Virgil, Ord; Earl and Don na both live at Chambers. One son Arthur, died at the age of 19 years. Ray, Newport, Wash., was unable to attend. All the other children were present. Relatives from Iowa, Wyoming and Nebraska were among the guests. 4-H Style Revue Is Scheduled For Today More than 200 4-H girls are ex pected to participate in the an nua! style revue and contest be ing held in O'Neill today. Judg ing of costumed girls begins at 10 a m The style revue will be held at 8:30 p.m. in the O'Neill high school auditorium. In addi tion six musical groups will take part in the program. Clubs par ticipating in this event will l>e Willing Workers Garden Club, Clover 4-H Club, Up and At It 4-H Club. Sandhill Wranglers, and two groups from Celia 4-H Club. Immediately preceding the style revue 4-H members may take part in the music identifi cation contest or the speech con test. Members who have regis tered tor the speech contest in clude Sharon Clemm, Margie Gilg, John Mathis, Patty Bonen berger, Billy Gilg and Janice Ve quist. The public is invited to attend all events. Sponsoring groups in clude the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce. Holt County Home Extension Council and Holt Coun ty Agricultural Society. Father Burke to Observe Anniversary Father Ambrose *L. Burke, a member of the Third Order Reg ular of Saint Francis stationed in Loretto, Pennsylvania, will ob serve the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priest hood on August 15 with Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving in Saint Frances de Chantal Church, Randolph, Nebraska. The son of the former Anna Rachel Shoemaker and William A. Burke, Father Ambrose attend ed country school at Coleridge and O’Neill at St. Mary’s Acad emy which provided the first two and one-half years of his formal schooling. He graduated from Coleridge High School. The father of the jubilarian was 92 years of age July 25. He is the last of the Frank Burke family that migrated to Randolph in 18 90. The Frank Shoemaker family settled near O’Neill about the same time. Anna Rachel Shoe maker and William Ambrose Burke were married in Saint Patrick’s Church in 1908. Otto Retkes To Hold Open House August 12 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Retke, In man. will entertain at an open house Sunday, Aug. 12, in honor of their 50th wedding anniver sary. All relatives and friends are invited to attend the open house which will take place at the Meth odist Annex, Inman. FROM MINNESOTA TO UTAH by covered wagon. That’s the goal of Orin Goibranson, his wife and eight children. The family spent Wednesday night camped on the prairie near the Deloit community- south of Ewing. They left St. Cloud. Minn. July 4 with their possessions packed in four covered wagons. Also included in their “wagon trail” are two mules, 13 horses, three dogs, a cat with three kittens and 15 chickens. VMBP. ’■ .Jmm: A' • rtuliiHillH&y——^— MRS. DEAN STREETER, right, retired from the post of coun selor of the Junior Legion Auxiliary in O’Neill Saturday after serving in that capacity for the past eight years. She is shown here with the new counselor, Mrs. Marlin Wichman. Inman Church Addition Is Dedicated Sunday Dedication services of the Max cy Memorial Addition of the Methodist church, Inman, was held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, with Bishop Kenneth W. Cope land, presiding Bishop of the Nebraska Annual Conference de dicating the educational unit and giving the dedication sermon. He was assisted by the Rev. Robert Embree, District Superintendent. Music was furnished by a mixed octet. Following the services a basket dinner was served at 11:45 a.m. The Rev. Robert Linder is the church pastor. The Methodist church had its start in 1880 when a group of neighbors gathered to organize a Sunday school. The first man to serve the church was the Rev. John DeLos Wilson, a Methodist minister who was homesteading east of Inman, he later was ap pointed pastor by the Conference. The first church was completed in the fall of 1881 after a severe wind storm, earlier in the year, had partly lifted the church off its foundation. This was the first Methodist church erected in Holt County and was also the first church established on the Elkhom Valley west of Oakdale. A second wind storm in the fall of 1905 wrecked the church to such an extent that it was necessary to tear it down and rebuild it. The new church was dedicated May 20, 1906. This church stood unchanged until 1945 when plan ning started for an addition to be added to the north of the church. This was during the pas torate of the Rev. Eugene B. Maxcy for whom the addition was named. The Rev. Maxcy cir culated the first petition to raise money for the building fund. An anonymous donor purchased the land north of the church upon which the addition was erected. The actual construction of the addition was started in 1951. Two Chambers Girls Enter Rodeo August 15 CHAMBERS — Two Chambers youths, Danni Whitaker, 18 and Judy Garwood, 14 have entered the competition in the National High School Rodeo to be held in Valentine August 15 through 19. Danni, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Whitaker, will par ticipate in barrel racing, pole bending and breakaway calf rop ing. Judy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garwood, will participate in barrel racing and cutting con test. in the annual event. Twelve events with nine pre form ances are planned for the five day affair. Four hundred high school boys and girls from over twenty states will partici pate. Tomlinson Reunion Held Here Sunday Over 50 friends and relatives of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom linson gathered at Fords Park in O’Neill Sunday noon for the fourth annual reunion. A picnic dinner was served at 1 p.m. and later motion pictures of former fam ily gatherings were viewed at the home of Virgil Tomlinson. Vi Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Glen Tomlinson, Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Thomson, Kenneth, Judy, Susan and Jean, Chambers, A1 Sipes Jr., Denver Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bruhn, North Platte, Mr. and Mrs. James Coventry and son Bill, Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd France, Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tomlinson and Nina, Grand Island, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nolte, Genoa, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schiessler, Ainsworth, Mrs. Ethel Siders, Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Fox, Peggy, Barbara and Debbie, Emmet, Mr. and Mrs. V.E. Stevens, Bill, Jim and Pam, Rapid City, S. D. Heart Assn. Will Sponsor Special Clinic A “Stroke Rehabilitation Pro gram” will be presented in O’ Neill in the High School Audi torium starting Thursday, Aug. 9, for a two day session. The program is for stroke patients, members of their families and those who attend them. Special therapists will be from Omaha and Norfolk for the occa sion. They include: John McGee, speech therapist; Arden Nelson, occupational therapist and Robert Aschley, physical therapist. Doc tor C. Allen Roehl, Ph. D., Nor folk, will also address the crowd. Doctor Robert Waters. M. D., O'Neill, will discuss the medical aspect of the stroke. The program is being sponsor ed by the Nebraska Heart Asso ciation in cooperation with the Medical Societies in the North western area of the state. Guy Harris to Get Master's Degree Guy Harris, son of Mrs. Esther Harris, O'Neill, will receive his master s degree in music educa tion, August 16, at Greeley. Colo. Mr. Harris received his bache lor's degree at Nebraska Wesley an University. Presently he is teaching vocal music in Harlan, la. Mrs. Harris expects to make the trip to Greeley for the grad uation. Council Sets 15.0 Mill Levy; Approves Building Permits Ruth Harris On European Study Tour Miss Ruth Harris, daughter of Mrs. Esther Harris, O’Neill, is one of the sfionsors for a group of 34 college students who left July 10 for a study-seminar tour of Europe. Presently, the group is in Rus sia. Mrs. Harris received a tape recording from her daughter tell ing of the amazement of the Rus sian people as they witness the compatibility of the six Negro students and the whites. Some of the Americans in the group speak Russian. Countries visited so far include the Scandinavian countries and part of Russia. They plan to be back in the United States by Sep tember 4. Miss Hams is the national as sociate secretary of student work for ihe Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of the Methodist church. O'Neill's city council Tuesday night approved a city levy of 15.0 mills for the ttKtt-Ki fiscal year. This is a drop of .5 mill from last year. The drop amounts to a savings of 50 cents for each thousand dollars of taxable valuation Included in the levy are: C.t neral i 00 mills Streets 'boo mills Parks 90 null Airport 1.00 mill Advertising .20 null Fire Department .50 mill Sewers .50 mill Street lights 1.10 mills Sewer sinking fund and interest .60 mill Water sinking fund and interest 60 mill Intersection paving sinking fund and interest 2.00 mills Street widening IMst 16 paving bond sinking fund 1.00 mill TOTAL MIIXS 15.00 In other action the council con sidered building permits, heard a report on a mosquito survey of O’Neill and approved a telephone fine warning system for the O’ Neill fire department: The system, as explained •»>' a Hell Telephone representative, would cost the city $lus others in tiusinesses. The system Mould ro Into ■ Mr. | Mlwll 111*' . tl.lllIM-O' <1 l« dial Is made and Mould work on the regular dial phone. The only other requirement Is that tl»e firemen's phones In- private lines ami a 24-hour ansMerliiK ser\lee l*e kept at the police station. . The operator couid alert all firemen at once, then lliey could call die police station to get the fire location Permits granted included Gil lette dairy for a dock and cooler* east of Hornby's Jalopy drive in; E. E. Cleveland to move a sur plus barracks Info town, prob ably on a lot north of tin1 fire station; and to !X>n I ienherk for a 14-unit mote) at the Town House The council took no action on a proposal by the Frontier Pub lishing company to codify Hie rity ordinances and print the code in loose leaf binders for $2,550 in cluding attorney fees. Results of a mosquito survey by a state entomologist were also released to the council The report stated that near the river, at the rodeo grounds and through most of the town lying south of Highway 20 an- many drain ditches holding stagnant water and providing breeding grounds for the mosquitoes. The rejKirt recommended that: The cily form a mosquito abate ment district; and Drainage ditches in the -outh half of the. city lx- cleaned and regraded to prevent standing water after flow is stopp'd and all vegetation lie removed from ditches; and Starting next spring the city use a soil sterilant, one applica tion per season; and Drain all areas with standing water or fill them to prevent water accumulation; and Get a thermal aerosol genera tor to kill adult mosquitoes that hatch near the river then invade the town; and Request that the state Highway department either drain the ditches along Highway 20 or treat them for mosquito control; and Hire a man to he in charge of it mosquito control program, if possible, get a high school science teacher who could then get train ing from the State Health depart ment. The entomologist estimated ex penses of such a program would be about $4,325 per year, Inelu't ing about $2,000 worth of insec ticide a year. Gist per citizen would Is- about $1.45 js-r year and could Is* fi nanced by a special use fee of 35 cents per month and included with water hills. This would bring in approximately $5,000 per year the report said Junior Auxiliary Selects New Officers for Year The following girls have re cently been selected as new offi cers in the Junior Auxiliary El len Abart, president; Arlene Frit ton, vice-president; Joan Wich man. secretary; Tonya Hurley, chaplin; Joan McKenzie, Sgt at arms; Jean McKenzie, color hearer; Mary Kay McCarville and Mary Fritton, color guards; Ann Gleeaon, Historian; Susan Abart, Rehab, chairman; and Carol Sindelar, news seirbe. Edith Davidson was the install ing officer Gertrude Streeter, who has been Junior counsellor for the past eight years turned the books over to the new coun sellor. Mary Ann Wichman. O'Neill Fourth to Apply For Urban Planning O’Neill will become the fourth Nebraska community to apply for Federal urban planning as sistance for cities under 50 thou sand population. The Division of Nebraska Re sources was preparing the appli cation Saturday in accordance with a City Council resolution. David Peterson, community planning assistant for the divi sion, said it will seek $5,736 in Federal funds. This will be matched by $2,868 in local money. The purpose of these funds are to develop a comprehensive city plan including zoning and sub division controls, economic base studies, population projections, community facilities plans and programming of public improve ments over the next 20 years. Federal grants have already been given to three Nebraska communities. These include Col umbus, Kearney and Grand Is land. Crippled Child Clinic Slated For August 18 Nebraska Services for Crippled Children w® be holding their clinic for Holt County and sur rounding counties at the O'Neill High School Saturday, Aug. 18, 1962. Registration liegins at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 10:30 am An Orthopedic Team consisting of Dr. Paul Goetowski and Dr. Paul N. Morrow will examine the children with orthopedic handi caps, cerebral palsy, cleft palate and harelip. Physicians may re fer crippled children either for consultation or for treatment. The Elks Lodge will furnish a noon lunch for all children and their families at the Presbyterian church. Children from Antelope, Hoyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Rock and Wheeler coun ties may lx? seen at this clinic August 18, 1962. WTEMER WARNER, Atkinson, died instantly when his ear etd lided with a road maintainer west of Chambers Friday evening. The above photo shows the auto following the crash. Sale Dates Claimed HENRx SPAHN 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 thir, issue of The Frontier. Ewing Asks for Bids On Post Office Building The Post Office Department is seeking competitive bids for an improved building to house its postal operations at Ewing, Post master General J. Edward Day announced recently. Bidding documents will be available on or about August 6. They may be obtained from Ron ald Gass, Regional Real Estate Officer, P. O. Box 1377, Omaha. Bids must be submitted to the Real Estate Officer by 2:00 p m. September 6. I OPENHOI SE IS PLANNED SATURDAY at the Harding Creamery In O'Neill. The public is invited to stop in and view the added improvements recently completed to enable the creamery to procem cheese in O’Neiil. See details of the openhouse elsewhere in this issue. Holt County Fair Opens Monday . . . Plan to Attend