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____ 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 Go<xl Neighl>or 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.
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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 $<iX 45 per
month for a maximum of 30
stations (phones t, Fire Chief
Miles said there were about 20
firemen who woukl need phone
service in homes |>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
