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Volume 82—Number 17 Q Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 16, 1962____Seven Cents
Fair Honors
Go to Eagle
Hustlers
Engle Hustlers 4-H club (Beef
I >i vision) of Page walked off with
top honors at the Holt County
Fair at Chambers Tuesday as
they picked up riblx»ns in nearly
all divisions of the livestock show.
Becky Beelaert earned top
honor* with her Angu* *teer,
judged Brand ( hainpion over
all breeds in the Baby Beef
division. Torn Melcher exhibited
Hie Champion Hereford and Al
vin Crumly showed the Cham
pion Shorthorn. Using these
three animals the club then won
first place in the Best Pi'fi of
Three competition.
In the stocker-feedcr division
Donnie Melcher added honors for
the club .as he showed his Here
ford calf to win Grand Champion
over all breeds.
The Champion Angus in the
stocker-feeders was shown by
John Hammerlun, Up And At It
4-H club.
In the breeding heifer competi
tion James Melcher won Grand
Champion over all breeds with
his Hereford heifer, while Alvin
Crumly won double honors as he
showed Loth the champion Angus
and Shorthorn breeding heifers.
The Eagle Hustlers placed first
in the Best Group of Three com
petition in the Baby Beef division.
Pleasant Valley 4-H placed se
cond. St. John’s Purple Prospects
were third and the Haylanders
wore fourth.
First place in the Stocker
feeder division, (Best Group of
Three) was won by the Up and
At It Club, followed by the
Swan Lakers, Sandhill Wrang
lers, Prairie Wranglers, and
Martini Club.
Honors also went to the Eagle
Hustlers in Showmanship as four
members placed in the top four
positions'. Alvin Crumly was
named champion showman fol
lowed by Becky Beelaert, Tom
Melcher and James Melcher.
Junior Showmanship honors
went to Donnie Melcher, also an
Eagle Hustler and a repeat win
ner from last year. Also placing
in the junior division were Cyn
thia Dierking, Pine Grove Hust
lers, Amelia. Tom Gant. Plea
sant 4-H, Atkinson, and Bonnie
Garwood, Holt Creek 4-H.
In the dairy division showman
ship contest, senior honors went
to Seal Luebcke, first, and Vir
ginia Sojka, second, both mem
bers of the Eagle Hustlers Club.
Junior honors in the dairy divi
sion were won by Douglas Rob
erts of the Up and At It, first,
and Gary Stauffer of the Eagle
Hustlers, second.
In Open Class competition the
Grand Champion cow was shown
by Bonnie Welke.
Members of the Eagle Hustlers
beef division are Becky Beelaert.
Alvin Crumly, Jerome Crumly,
Lynn Grass. Bonnie Heiss, James
Melcher, Donnie Melcher and
Tom Melcher. Harold Melcher is
the club leader.
Anne Judge Dies
Thursday Of
Heart Attack
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church for Miss Anne
Kathryn Judge, 64, O'Neill, who
died-of a heart attack August 9
at her home. She had been ill
44 days. Father Kucera, Father
Placid and Father Schorn offici
ated for the Solemn High Mass.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews Leo
nard and Francis Troshynski,
Unus Judge, Larry Minton, Wil
liam Schorn and Danny R. Judge.
Bom at Friend, December 12.
1897, she was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Judge. She
was a graduate of St. Mary’s
Academy and of Our Lady of
Unirdes School of Nursing at Hot
Springs, S. D., in 1928. She had
worked as a registered nurse in
St. Anthony's hospital here since
1953 as night supervisor.
Miss Judge was a member of
St. Patrick’s Altar Society, St.
Mary’s Alumni Association and
the National Catholic Nurses As
sociation.
Survivors are a brother. Jo
seph Judge. Atkinson; three sis
ters, Mrs. John Schorn, Atkinson,
Mrs August Troshynski, Atkin
son. and Mrs. Richard Minton.
O’Neill
Fire Reported
At Johnson Farm
O’Neill Fire Department was
called to the L. Johnson farm,
a quarter of a mile east of Mid
way store, Tuesday evening about
11:30 p.m. The fire was a hay
stack which had been struck by
lightning.
Roger Ofe's Attend
Jewelry Exhibit
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ofe and
Janine were among the hundreds
- of jewelers from Mid-America
who attended the Mid-Continent
Jewelry and Silverware Show at
the Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas
City, Mo.
ecky Beelaert, Eagle Hustlers, Grand Champion over all breeds,
Angus steer
Donald Melcher, Eagle Hustlers, Grand Champion over all breeds,
stocker feeder class
Irene Freed
Dies Sunday in
Omaha Hospital
Irene Freed. 48. died Sunday
morning in St. Joseph’s hospital
in Omaha. Funeral services were
August 7 at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph's
Catholic church in Atkinson. The
Rev. Donald Bartek officiated.
Burial was in St. Joseph’s ceme
tery. Pallbearers were Dick
Schaaf. Tom Schaaf, Donald
Schaaf, Elmer Schaaf. Carl Bur
da and Francis Weller.
Irene C. Zahradnicek was born
January 17, 1914 the daughter of
Michael and Mary Zahradnicek.
in Atkinson.
Irene married Robert L. Freed
at Emmet December 26, 1935.
Survivors include her husband,
Robert and four sons and four
daughters.
Ray Estes Named
To State Committee
Ray Estes. Stuart, who has
been commander of the state
champion American Legion Drill
Squad for a number of years,
was recognized during the state
convention of the organization
last weekend when he was named
as a member of the Contests
Supervisory Committee of the Le
gion, the group which has charge
of developing such units as drum
corps, color guards and drill
squads, and then arranging con
tests for them.
Bowlers to Meet
It has been announced that
the Women's Bowling Associa
tion, O’Neill, will meet August
21 at 8 p.m. at the Legion club.
Large Crowd Attends
Creamery Open House
Over 2.500 people attended the
open house held Saturday at the
Hard ng Creamery according to
Manager Lee Jackson.
Mrs. Glenn Butterfield was the
winner of the calf. Other prize
winners were Ramon Bright,
Walter Devall, Herman Grothe,
and Mrs. Lila K. Schantz. The
prizes were awarded by Kraft
Foods and the Sunset Milk Com
pany.
L P. McCoun. president of the
division from the General office
in Chicago, was present for the
open house along with Mr. and
Mrs. John Epler. zone manager.
Funeral Services
Held Friday for
Atkinson Man
Peter Paul Walnofer. Atkinson,
died August 7 in the Atkinson
hospital. Funeral services were
Friday 9 a m. at St. Joseph’s
Catholic church with the Rev.
Richard Parr officiating.
Mr. Walnofer was bom July
15, 1886. hi Austria, the son of
Joseph and Marion Walnofer. He
married Rosa Spottle at Prutz.
Austria in 1922. They came to
America approximately 1938.
He is survived by his wife.
Rosa, three sons, Raymond, O'
Neill. Joe and Edward, Stuart,
three daughters. Mrs. A1 (Mary)
Valley. Wash.. Mrs. Ralph (Isa
t elle1 Tooker. O'Neill, and Mrs.
Jim 'Adeliai Davis. Stuart. 22
grandchildren, three brothers and
one sister.
Pallbearers were Dick Wads
worth. Harold Goldfuss. Joe Sou
kup. John Peters. Oliver Anson,
and Pete Farewell.
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday for
William Cuddy
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church for William
Cuddy, 83, Sioux Falls, S. D., who
died August 11 at Sioux Falls.
Father Placid officiated. Burial
was in Calvary cemetery'.
Pallbearers were James Roth
erham, Roy Rotherham, William
Troshynski, Thomas Troshynski.
Ed Flood and Anthony O’Donnell.
Mr. Cuddy was bom in Canada
December 8, 1878. He married
Margaret Kane and was a form
er resident of O’Neill.
Survivors are three sons, Jo
seph, BurweU, Clement, Carson
City, Nev., and John, Sioux Falls:
four daughters, Mrs. John Jen
sen. O’Neill, Mrs. Mary Wyant,
Palisade. Minn., Mrs. Robert
Burke, Kingsburo, Colo., and
Mrs. Reba Johnson, Redding.
Calif.
Real Estate Tax
Delinquent September 1
Second half 1961 real estate tax
becomes delinquent September 1.
Any real estate taxes not paid
by September 28 must be ad
vertised in the county paper. If
you want the amount of tax
please call or write to the County
Treasurer's office.
Distress warrants for delin
quent and unpaid personal taxes
must be turned over to the sher
iff on or before October 1.
AH series “G" drivers licenses
issued since September 1, 1961,
for under 20 year olds will expire
September 1 with a 60 day re
newal period. We cannot renew
them until starting September 1.
School Board, Citizens Plan
Action on Building Program
O'Neill School board members
and their Citizens Committee
Tuesday night came to a firm
agreement on the procedure for
i tailing action on a new high
school.
Specifically the agreement was:
That the school board take
immediate steps to acquire extra
land in amounts deemed neces
sary and to start with the west
portion of the old fairgrounds now
owned by Dr. F. J. Kubitschek;
and
That the school board plan to
build a six-year high school on
the site now occupied by the
aihletic field; and
That the school board contact
the architect now building the
school at Creighton and consult
with him regarding the O’Neill
needs; and -
That the board build a school
on the order of the one now un
der construction at Creighton.
These recomendaticns were
made by the citizens committee
at a joint meeting of the two
groups.
At the outset of the meeting
Citizens Committee Chairman
Ben Gillespie asked John Watson
to read a report that had been
submitted to the school board
some months earlier. The report
contained some of the same re
comendations the board accepted
Tuesday night.
Citizens committee members
expressed dissatisfaction wi h
the architect now in tin* school
board’s employ and suggested
that the board seriously con
sider a different type building
than that drawn by the archi
tect.
School Board President Henry
Lohaus told the group that the
problem is to determine site, size
and type of building need here in
O’Neill.
In response to a question from
the floor Supt. H. L. McCoy said
the Creighton build.ng was engi
neered to accomodate 275-300 stu
dents, a size that was deemed
inadequate for O'Neill. Best es
timates based on projections for
1%4 school attendance called for
a school that will accomodate
350-400 students at O’Neill.
Dr. G. R. Cook read a pre
pared statement in which he
said, "It has been openly sug
gested that the school board is
deliberately trying to force ac
ceptance of their original plan by
doing nothing to come up with a
new one.’’
“It is my persona] conviction
that tlie lack of planning, co
ordination or action by the school
board is not a planned campaign
out a lack of leadership com
bined with laziness and a Let
Mac do it' attitude. Since the de
teat of the proposed school bond
issue the board has come up with
no new plans," he added.
Committee member Hay Lby
told the group that Creighton
was building for u much smal
ler cost Ilian the architect* es
timate, and ofl'erd to tarnish
transportation for committee
an(| board members to inspeet
school* at Creighton, Osmond,
Stuart, Chamber* and other
town* to see how similar locali
ties solved their school prob
lem*.
Cost of the Creighton school
was listed as $8,211 per square
foot, while the estimate for a
building in O’Neill was about $12
per foot.
Bill Griffin said the sub-com
mittee that met with the Creigh
ton architect could find no fault
with the design or construction of
the building and were "virtually
guaranteed” that bids on a simi
lar building in O’Neill would be
within 25 cents i>er foot of the
Creighton figure.
After asking the committee to
come up with recommendations
<>n site, architect ami tyj* of
budding, board members left the
meeting, turning it over to Gtl
lispie.
Much of the committee's dis
cussion was centered on choice
of a site Arguments for three
different sites were advanced.
Sites across the county road north
were lelt by the majority to be
too far from the rest of the school
facilities and some felt it too far
for students to walk
.Someone suggested that nwil
high school students drove or
were taken to sehooi in cars
and one ronunittce member
commented, "We spend thou
sands of dollars for physical
education but we don't wont our
childien to walk".
The Kubitschek land wasvdis
carded as a budding site for* the
same reason, but with tht* ri ; om
mendation that the athletic held
be moved then* and the school
be built on the present athletic
field site.
Following a question concern
ing the safety of the premises
now being used by the public
school on St. Mary's property,
the board voted to conduct an
examination of the pr« miaes and
make their findings public.
Dr. Lockwood To
Speak at Farm
Bureau Meeting
Dr. G. Hoy Lockwood, founder
and head of the Patriotic Evan
gelical News Service with Inter
national headquarters in Sioux
City, will speak at the Farm
Bureau meeting, Augus! 20, at
the O'Neill legion hall.
Dr. Lockwood, a graduate of
Morningside College, Sioux City,
has dedicated his life fighting
communism in our nation. A
week was spent this summer in
Washington, D. C. talking with
Senators and Congressmen con
cerning socialistic men*urn, )ic
ing promoted by the communists.
In his talk, Dr Ixjekwoo l will
expose communism from local
government to the United Na
tions and tell how we, as citizens,
can help fight it.
Women's Golf Tourney
Slated For Next Week
The annual O'Neill Ladies
Gauntry Club Golf Tourney will
be held the week of August 20
through Sunday, Aug. 26.
Ladies wishing to enter must
contact Mrs. Fred Appleby or
Mrs. Vern Reynoldson by Friday,
Aug. 17. The entry fee is $2.
Trophies will be awarded in
all flights.
Attention,
' Safeway Patrons
A late change in meat items
in the Safeway ad this week ar
rived too late to be printed in
the regular ad.
Therefore the proper items and
prices for Safeway’s meat depart
ment are included in a smaller
separate ad elsewhere in the
Frontier.
Featured item in the meat de
partment is ground beef, as con
tained in the smaller ad, not the
chuck roast in the larger ad.
Former Page
Reside!?; Dies
In Sioux City
PAGE O. W. Tuck, 73, Sioux
City, a long time grocery store
employee, died Thursday after
noon at a nursing home after a
long illness.
Mr. Tuck was horn August 21,
1888, in Sioux City and lived
there all his life except for 22
years when he operated stores at
Neligh and Page. He married
Alma Brown, Ontario, Calif.,
March 1912, in Sioux City. He
was a member of the Reorganiz
ed Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter Day Saints. He is survived
by widow, Alma, two sons, Ro
bert, Independence, Mo., and
Ray, San Diego, Calif., one sis
ter, ?vlrs. Mabel Johnson, Ohio,
6 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren. A son, Mario, pre
ceded him in death.
Old Settlers Picnic
To Be Held August 21
Mr. and Mrs. William Hansen
and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hard
ing, chairmen of the Boyd and
Holt counties Old Settlers Picnic,
have announced the program, of
events scheduled for this year's
picnic.
The Old Settlers Picnic will be
held Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the
Elmer Devall Grove, 17 miles
north of O'Neill on highway 281,
3 miles east and V% south.
The day's events will start at
1 p.m. with an interview of the
Old Settlers by KBRX followed
by a Talent Show; ball game,
featuring Holt and Boyd county
men, 35^years-old and over; foot
races; turtle and frog races.
A Motorcycle Show by the Holt
and Boyd Cycle club will start
the evening program at 6:30 p.m.
A dance on the Bowery Floor
with music by Von's Merry Men
will end the day’s events.
Kilcoin To See
Action In Shrine
Game Saturday
O’Neill high’s fleet halfback,
Jerry Kilcoin will go into Satur
day’s high school Shrine game in
Lincoln as a defensive and, pos
sibly, an offensive starter.
Jerry has proven himself well
in the last week and has been
listed as one of the top surprises
on the North Squad.
Kilcoin, earlier in the week,
helped lead the Red squad (sec
ond team) to an empressive 13-12
win over the White squad, (first
string)
North Coach Don Leahy was
especially pleased with Jerry’s
defensive ability and has moved
him to a starting position in the
defensive backfield.
Saturday’s grid contest will be
the fourth such prep all star
game with the South the winner
in all previous meetings.
All proceeds of the game will
go to the Crippled Childrens hos
pital in Minneapolis. Those wish
ing to attend can still purchase
tickets from Mrs. Irene Booth
until 4 pm. today (Thursday).
Gedwillo Family |
Honored Sunday
In Atkinson
The Rev. and Mrs. A. S. Ged
willo and family were guests of
honor at a farewell fellowship
dinner Sunday at the Park House
in Atkinson sponsored by the
local Immanuel Lutheran church.
The Rev. Gedwillo recently re
signed his pastorate at the Christ
Lutheran church in O’Neill and
the Immanuel Lutheran church
in Atkinson. He has served this
capacity for five and a half years.
No permanent pastor has been
assigned to fill the pastorate va
cated by Rev. Gedwillo.
Approximately 60 congregation
al members and guests from Stu
art. Ainsworth and Butte attended
the Sunday evert.
Sabin Vaccine Clinic
Slated Here August 26
Type three oral Sabin Vaccine
will be administered in O’Neill
Sunday, Aug. 26, according to Dr.
Robert Waters. The drug will be
given at the same locations as
the first type.
Otto Retkes Honored on Anniversary
An Open House observance was
held Sunday. Aug. 12 at the In
man Methodist church honoring
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Retke on their
golden wedding anniversary.
More than two hundred guests
attended. A no-host dinner was
served at noon to the Retke and
Fry families in reunion at the
church parlors
Mrs. Wayne Fry of Ewing was
in charge of the entertainment.
The program featured a piano
solo by Sherri Smith, Ephrata,
Wash. Mrs. Henry Reimer gave
a musical reading. Deanna Em
sick, Omaha, sang a solo, and
Z. H. Fry and sot, Wayne, sang
a duet.
Doug and Sandra Shrader pre
sented “How Great Thou Art’’
in a duet. Peggy Emsick. Anna
Marie and Janet Jensen. New
man Grove, Rita and Nancy Na
pier, Julie, Jody and Jayne Fry,
Ewing, sang “Whispering Hope ’.
The above group was joined
by Jack Fry for a medley of
Mitch Miller tunes led by Richard
Emsick. Omaha.
Mrs. Wayne Fry was pianist.
Otto Retke and Jessie Fry
were married August 7, 1912 at
Neligh by Judge Ingraham. The
ceremony was witnessed by
Gladys Fry and Guy Thornton.
For a short time the couple
made their home in Orchard be
fore moving to the George Miller
farm five miles southeast of Or
chard. They moved to Holt coun
ty in 1927 and to their farm near
Inman in 1931. They retired to
Inman some years ago.
Otto Retke was one of ten chil
dren bom to Carl and Caroline 9
Retke. He was bom in 1890 at
Dodge shortly after the family
arrived from Germany.
Of the Retke family two bro
thers and three sisters are living.
They are Carl, Salt Lake City,
and Fred f Fritz >, Alliance, Lena
Lieswald. Alba, Okla., Emma
Weseioh, Wayne, and Augusta
Allen. Norfolk. A brother, Henry,
and three sisters, Mary Gatenby,
Gallatin, Mo., Annie Koepkea,
Harrington, and Martha Jahr
markt, Snyder, are deceased.
Jessie, daughter of Henry and
Margaret Angus Fry was bom
at Deep River, la. in 1893 and
came to Holt county when a
small child and has lived most
of her life here. Jessie was one
of a family of six children. Liv
Lng are two brothers, Z. H., Ew
ing, and Lester, Hinkley, Minn.;
two sisters. Gladys Hopkins, El
Monte, and Zelma Lipscomb,
Visalia, Calif. One brother, Earl,
is deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Retke are the
parents of three daughters and
two sons They are Mrs. Elmer
'Margaret) Killinger, Seattle,
Wash., Mrs. Curtis 'Lucile)
Smith, Ephrata, Wash., Mrs.
Floyd 'Elaine i Jones, Mira
Lorna. Calif., Vernon, El Monte,
and Robert, Los Angeles. Calif.
Mmes. Z. H. Fry Ewing. T.
D. Hutton, and Marye Harilgan
were in charge of the arrange
ments. Mildred Keyes, assisted
by Mmes Harvey Tompkins, Ira
Watson, Vernon Davis, George
Herold and Blanche Rouse were
in charge of the kitchen.
Mrs. T. D. Hutton presided at
the gift table, Mrs. Karl Keyes
was in charge of the guest book.
Mrs. Marye Hardigan presided
at the punch bowl, Mrs. Charles
Cadwallader poured coffee and
Mrs. Harry Appleby served the
cake. The anniversary cake was
baked and decorated by M-s. Z.
H. Fry and daughters.