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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1962)
STATE HIST soc Yourwbraska state historical SOCIfTI LINCOLN, HEBR. Farm Sale Lincoln, Nebraska xxx New*paPer tnpi I^T\ wt *1 ,<)82 North Control LJ ( I |\| I I H 13 ^w.lv. Nebraska JL e JL JL JLwSJL^^ In This Issue 'The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper --_---Volume 82—Number i8 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 23, 1962 Seven Cent* Second Sabin Series Set For Distribution Sunday Second in the O'Neill series of Sabtn oral |xilio vaccine admin istrations will le Sunday. The vaccine wall lx* given from 12:30 3:.50 p.m. at ward voting places for O'Neill residents and in the public school auditorium for rural folks. This second dose will he tvpo 111 vaccine. The first was type J and six weeks from Sunday type II will be given. A fourth dose will lx? adminis tered as a txjoster later in the fall. A ilimittion of 25 cents will be asked to cover the cost of the vaccine, hut no one will be turned away for inability to l»v> Sabin Sundays arc sponsored in O Neill by the O'Neill Lions club in cooperation with O'Neill physicians. O'Neill residents living north and east of the stop lights will get vaccine at the court house; persons living south and east of the lights will go to the f>olice station; those living south and west will use the city hall, while those Jiving north and west will get vaccine at the K of C hall. Rural residents will again go to the high school auditorium. Mrs. E. Slattery Is Injured in Local Mishap Mrs. Elsie Slattery, 60, receiv ed minor injuries Tuesday morn ing when struck by a car driven by Dr. Edward Gleeson. Dr. Gleeson was making a left turn at the corner of First and Clay and Mrs. Slattery was walking west across the intersection. She suffered minor injuries and was taken to St. Antnony’s hospital for x-rays and further treatment. Two other accidents were re potted to O'Neill jxiJice during the past week. A pickup truck driven by L. C. Fahrenholz, O' Neill, collided with a car driven by Leo F. Corbin. Hooper, Sat urday morning on Douglas street lie tween Second and Third streets. Only minor damage was reported. A two car collision happened Saturday evening near the Le gion club when cars driven by Margaret Ann Shuler, Columbus, Ohio, and Kenneth Peacock were in collision. The Peacock auto was damaged on the right side. D. J. Lee Volunteers For Selective Service According to word received from Mrs. W. H. Harty, clerk for Selective Service office, Daniel J Lee, Atkinson, signed as a volunteer for Selective Service August 20. Game Commission To Rescue Fish , Game commission personnel will be in O’Neill this morning • Thursday) to rescue game fish dying in shallow puddles of wa ter left by the receding Elkhorn river. Conservation officer Harry Spall said the fish truck was due in town about 9:30 a m. Most concern is for the hun dreds of bass and pike that will be lost as the water level con tinues to drop. The fish, mostly small fingertip size, can lie salvaged to use in stocking operations. They are re sults of spring spawning when the river was over its bank this year. Kline Injured August 15 In Fall from Horse CELIA—Marvin Kline, employ ed at the Ed Heiser dairy farm, was flown to Omaha Wednesday after receiving severe internal in juries when a horse he was rid ing reared, dismounted Kline and fell on top of him He was about a mile from the farm checking cattle in the pas ture when the mishap occurred. Kline managed to mount the horse again and return to the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Heiser were not at home at the time of the acci dent but their son. Ralph, assist ed by Mrs. Kline rushed him to the Atkinson Memorial hospital where, following x-rays, doctors advised he he taken to Omaha. He underwent surgery immedi ately upon arrival'at the Clark son hospital. The extent of his injuries has not been determined. His wife, Judy, is in Omaha witfc him. The couple has a four month-old son, Keith. Kline has been employed at the Ed Heiser farm since last April. His parents live at White River, S. D. Mrs. Kline is the former Judy Hoyt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garold Hoyt, Naper. AlBronze Metal Pours First Iron AlBronze Metal Products Wed nesday made its first pour of iron, Dick Salmen said. Until now, the firm has operated as a brass and aluminum foundry. First iron order was for 150 tractor wheel weights for Shel hamer Equipment company. Another order was received Wednesday for stage curtain weights from an Omaha firm. Cowboys at Rodeo Split $2,500 in Prize Money The Holt County Fair and Rodeo closed Thursday evening after four days of ideal fair weather and good crowds. Following the parade on Wed nesday Miss Mary Lee Jepsen. Papillion, who is Miss Nebraska of 1962, was presented in front of the Grand Stand. She also performed with flaming batons in the arena during the evening rodeo. Stock was furnished by Kor kow-Sutton, Blunt. S. D., whose string of rodeo stock lived up to their reputation as being some of the roughest in the business. Baldy, the 1961 top bucking bull of the nation, was bucked out Thursday night with the usual “no score” resulting. This bull threw the 1961 champion bull rider last December at Dallas at the National Finals. No score was made in the first go round of the bareback event. In the second go round Kenny Badger. Pierre, S. D., scored 152 and Tex Flynn. Broken Bow. scored 148. Scott Hall. Pierre. S. D., was the high point man in saddle bronc riding, scoring 166 in each go round making 332 for the average. Ron Werdel. Ree Heights, S. D., scored 166 on his bull in the first go round. This was the only score made in the bull riding during the two nights. First go round in the girl's barrel race was won by Sally Spencer. Broken Bow, with the time of 17.1 seconds and the se cond go round was won by Shar on Johnston. Ree Heights, S. D., with time of 17.3 seconds. High point man in both steer wrestling and calf roping was Don Brannon. Lakewood, Colo., which made him the All-around cowboy and winner of the trophy which was furnished by the Fair Association. Jerry Olson, Whitewood, S. D.. was the clown and bull fighter. He also put on a fine act with Roman Riding. Prize money amounting to $2,5fK) was split among the cow boy?: who participated in the five events. The announcing was done by Joe Cavanaugh. O'NEILL NATIONAL GUARDSMEN get in a practice session with the 105 recoilless rifle daring their two week training period at Camp Ripley, Minn. Shown here are Larry Williams. Orchard. Jack Welsh, Verdigre. Bob Young, O’Neill, and Tracy Thrapp, Verdigre. OLD SETTLERS HONORED Tuesday at the a.uiual picnic held at Devull’s grove north of O'Neill Included Albert Klingler, «•». Mrs. Delia Harrison, 84, Anna Donlin, 87, and Martha Ross, 7S. This was the 71st year that the picnic had been held. Entertainment tor the day included a talent show, ball game, races, motorcycle races by the Holt and Boyd County cycle clubs, anti a dance In the evening. Champion Duroc Hog Is Attraction at Fair One of the big attractions at the Holt County Fair was the guessing contest on the L. V. Gant and Sons champion Duroc boar. A total of 645 guesses ranging from 500 pounds to one ton were submitted. There were five per sons who guessed the correct weight, 970 pounds. Of those five guesses one person failed to leave his address, and one name was illegible. The three other winners were Nyle Rowse, Chambers, Ralph Metschke, Chambers and Jean Shearer, Stuart. Funeral Services Set Today For Sarah Hohman Sarah Hohman, 87, died Mon day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Keith Biddlecome, Ewing. For the past fifteen years she has been an invalid and spent most of the time in a wheel chair. Funeral services are at 10 a m. today at the First Presbyterian church in Ewing. Sarah Catherine Hohman was born May 22, 1874, to Adam and Tamar Hohman at Ashton, 111. She came to Nebraska with her parents and settled near Ewing in 1878 She was educated in the Ewing public school and gradu ated. in 1893. Miss Hohman taught four terms of school, two near Ewing and two near Mullen in Cherry County. She adopted two girls in 1916, Phyllis, fifteen months and Lucille, three and a half years. Sarah lived at Mountainview, Mo., on a farm for three years and then moved to North Bend, returning to a farm near Ewing in 1929 where she spent the re mainder of her life, except for three years when she lived in Moline, 111., with her daughter and family. Survivors are her two daugh ters, Mrs. Keith (Lucille) Biddle come. Ewing, and Mrs. dairmont (Phyllis) Gunter, Napa, Calif., four grandchildren, four great grandchildren, a brother, George, Port Angelos, Wash., and a sis ter. Dora Hohman, Quesnel Brit ish Cplumbia, Canada. Dr. Lockwood Main Speaker At Farm Meet Dr. G. Roy Lockwood. Sioux City. Ia.. was the featured speak er at the Holt County Farm Bu reau meeting Monday evening, speaking on the subject. “The Plot to Destroy Christian Civil ization" Dr. Lockwood is direc tor of the Patriotic Evangelical News Service, an anticommunist organization with headquarters in Sioux City-. Having traveled widely in the United States as well as other parts of the world, he was able to present much per tinent information concerning the ever-increasing threat of com munism. Mrs. Dean Rowse. Ewing, in charge of the essay contest, and Mrs. Merwyn French jr.. Page, chairman of the Talent Find Con test. were present with informa tion for contestants. The Talent Find will be held at the next county- meeting. September 17. at the Annex Assembly room. Essay-s are to be sent to Mrs Rowse by October 12. Carl Praeuner, Neligh, Insur ance Agency Manager, spoke briefly, announcing winners at the Farm Bureau booth at the recent Holt County Fair. The two adult winners were Ralph R. Schrunk. Atkinson, and Mrs. Kieth Jones. Atkinson, who will each receive a hand-tooled lea ther billfold. In the junior divi sion. a leather coin purse was w-on by Alan Rowse, Chambers. Senior Citizens Home Delay Explained to C of C The Chamber of Commerce Committee recently conferred with Robert Golden, business manager of the Nebraska Senior Citizens Homes, Inc., the man agement company for the future O’Neill Senior Citizens Home. The purpose of the conference was to determine the present status of planning for the home, and the earliest construction date of the local facility. Mr. Golden assured the group that construction would begin not later than spring of 1963. with completion following in about six months. Noting that this is a delay of about nine months from the originally an ticipated building schedule, the committee asked for an explan ation of so long a delay. After a detailed explanation of the steps taken to date, problems encountered, and other factors beyond the control of either the local committee or the company, Mr. Golden offered the following statement: "To build a home of this dimension, a great many documents, affidavits, certifica tions, etc., have Had to be ac complished. There have been Last Grimton School Reunion Held Sunday Sunday, Aug 19. marked the 25th anniversary of the Grimton Homecoming held at the school house. 129 registered for the last Grimton Get-to-gether, 45 pupils, 4 teachers and 80 visitors. Teach ers were Helen Grim, Ewing, Cecil Allen, Hattie Butterfield and Margaret Risinger, Orchard. Some of the mothers in the district decorated the tables with silver streamers and Mable But terfield baked and decorated a 25th anniversary cake. Bouquets of flowers were furnished by six of the women. The oldest person present wras Rebecca Butterfield and the youngest was Jamie Volquard sen, oldest pupil was Lizzie Grim and the oldest teacher was Cecil (Risingeri Allen. Helen Grim has taught the school longer than any other teacher. A business meeting was held in the afternoon by Elden Butter field, president. The first 22 picnics were held at the former Oak View Park, the last three have been held at the school house. A short program was held con sisting of “Do you remember when”, things taken from the re cords of 25 years, by Lilia Pos pesihll. Violin selections. Clar ence Grimm. Lincoln, song. Ho mer Grimm. Lincoln, flute solo. Rita Pospeshil, songs by Anita Hines, and baton twirling, Rachel Rice, Salina, Kan. Several were present who have attended all 25 meetings. Lunch followed the program. Three New Families Locate in O'Neill Three new families who have moved into O'Neill are: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Menck and three daughters. Grand Island, moved to O'Neill last weekend. Dave in stalls and repairs telephones for the Telephone Company. They are living in the Church of Christ parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Badura and daughter. Broken Bow. moved into one of the homes owned by Harrv Ressel. Mr. and Mrs. Cashius Arra smith and sons, Ravena, moved to O'Neill this week. They are living in the home owned by Paul Beha. many delays due to paperwork and other red tape between the state, local, and federal offices. As of this dale, the F.H.A., which must give final approval of the project, has assured the Nebras ka Senior Citizens Homes, Inc., that future procedural factors will be much more readily handled. “'Another factor has been en gineering and architectural changes in the plans for the O’ Neill Home. The original concept of plans and design have not been changed, but several design and functional improvements have been made, based on ex perience gained by further study of previous projects elsewhere in the country. “We wish to assure the Com mittee and the citizens of this community that the original plan ning is being followed, and that the home will be built, in spite of unfortunate but unavoidable delays.” Announcement of applications for occupancy and employment in the O’Neill Home will be adver tised well in advance of the open ing date. Two Escape Injury In Auto Accident A young couple returning to Milwaukee wound up in a ditch at the east edge of Inman early Sunday morning. Patrolman Ro bert Gude reported. The car, a compact model, re ceived about $600 damage, he es timated. Neither the driver, Rich ard A. Vanseth, 22, Milwaukee, Wis., nor his fiancee, Donna K. Seiler, also of Milwaukee, was in jured. A boom truck was necessary to lift the car from the deep drainage ditch at the mouth of a culvert. JERRY KILCOIN takes a pass from North quarterback Dan up the North team’s first score Saturday in the annual Shrine game McGinn and advances the ball to the nine yard line. This play set played at Lincoln. Architect Given Go-Ahead To Draw New School Plans Judging Contest Slated Tuesday The 4-H judging contests in fixxJs, clothing and homemaking will be held Tuesday, Aug. 2X at the Courthouse Annex in the assembly room. The foods judging contest will lx* held at 1 .30 p m., the clothing at 2:30 pm., and the liomemak ing at 3:00 p m. Top judges who are twelve years of age or over may com pete in the state fair contests Paint Tests Conducted On Douglas Street A new product of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture and Inspection research program will undergo testing in O'Neill The product, a new type of paint, was painted in stripes across main street between first and second streets Tuesday by personnel of the State Department of Agri culture and the Midwest Re search Institute of Kansas City The paint used is the latest prcxiuct of the department’s re search projects seeking new uses for farm products. The test paint is based upon soybean oil and is a new use for this Nebraska grown crop. The paint is white and has all the desirable qualities of regu lar highway paint. It is hoped that the new paint will outlast regular highway paints by months or possibly even a year. Seven different types of paint were painted in the test section in O’Neill. North All-Stars Win 28 to 0 In Shrine Game The North All-Stars rambled to a 28-0 triumph over the South Saturday afternoon in the fourth annual Shrine Charity Football Game played at Memorial Sta dium in Lincoln. The victory was the first in the series for the North, coached by Don Leahy of Creighton Prep. An important factor in the up set was 165-pound halfback Jerry Kilcoin of O’Neill. The former OHS gridiron star carried out all of his assignments perfectly, caught a screen pass for 13 yards that moved the north to the ten yard line and helped set up the North’s first score. Jerry saw considerable action throughout the game after earn ing a starting position among the “cream of the crop’’ of Nebraska High School football stars of the 1961 season. Jerry Kilcoin plans to attend Wayne State Teachers College. He led the Rangeland Conference in his senior year in scoring with 128 points, averaging nearly l3 yards per carry. Along with other members of the North All-Star squad, Jerry worked out for two weeks at the North training camp at Midland College in Fremont. The go-ahead was given Tu«« day night for an architectural firm to draw preliminary plan* far a sot-year high school in O' Neill similar in design to the one bring built al ('rvight.rn 11m- order was given In Ken Clark, of (lurk ami t-ju-rsoo, wlto Im* **-r\ cd *•, ore III tee t lor the {itiblle sehool board. Decision IO give tin- go ahead order followed u lengthy discus stun of what determines school rosts and the proper way to con tact other architectural firms. dark said the hoard should dis charge him before consulting an other architect. The discussion on dismissal was started by George Hammond wlto explained that the Citizens cnm Men's Bowling Meeting Set For Friday Night The annual iiieoUng of the 'leif* llowUna Association will be held at a p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the K. V. Hall. Election <:f officers and Uie y .sir’s hn*i ness will !>«■ conducted All member* are urged to nlt.«.l this meeting. Norma Scheer Dies Suddenly In Osceola Funeral services wen- conduct ed Wednesday at 10:110 am for Normn Ann Scheer in Immanuel Lutheran church in Spencer The Rev. Burgdorf officiated. Inter ment was in Immiinud Lutheran cemetery. Pallbearers were Cecil Mash ing, Merle Jannsen, Leonard Ko pocky, Rulland Anderson, James Shepard and Wayne Rudolf. Mrs. Dennis Scheer, 18, died Sunday in the hospital in Oso-ola. Norma Ann was lorn in Oma ha, September 17, 1943, the daughter of Herman and Dora Boettcher. She lived with her parents in Spencer where she graduated from the Spencer high school in 1961. Norma attended Wayne State Teachers college for one year June 3, 1962 she married Dennis W. Scheer Survivors include her husband, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Boettcher, Spencer, and grand father, C. F. Nissen. mitt re had teqursfrd llte hoard consult Mill Slate* Architect* designer* >f li e < ‘iHglitim wtiuil. and tin liourd fell oiilUtNlnl to follow Hie t ommlttee's r< ™m mcmdatioua < Turk * * id ' On a! pi .1 •••tin would I*' to discharge lit* firm and |mi\ them off iiefori' erasul tat ion w ith the Mid Slut*** eo. i pany. Clark t'>o said hi* firm had designed n'\er.il *< I mol* w ith the iiodilorium»y moiMum a* the central part of the building. In cluding *<•!«* in at Hcrshcy, Kim wood, Shelby. Harvard and the Clrla’ 'IT.lining at (iesicvn Smaller fchoul*, tho*e with .'if>0-37T» Modem*, usually cost in Nebraska n'xsit flOO-tl UUP per pupil fo» elementary students; il.wO-Sl.200 per pupil for junior high, and S1.9Xifl.ffiO for high school Clark Haul he Iroqicrtcd a He!!e ville, Kan. school built by the Mid States (irrn of similar design to the Oeighton building Faeh classroom ill the Hellevillc M'ltOol i* a "concrete block cell with windows and a door." he explain ed. and have about half tin- usual amount of window* In addition there are no shelves, cupboards, teachers cabinets, wardrobes or storage, no steal columns supjiort lieu out ar id "Iheir heating system won't work”, he added The cost |* r square foot m low liec.nise a great proportion of the building is gymnasium and locker-dressing mom, a compara tively low cost Space In schoo’s, as in otH«-i lines, you get just what you pay for, he said After Clark showed slides of schools of similar design the meeting was adjisirned. Watson Named President of First Nationaf Edward M. Gallagher has re tired from the active manage ment of the First National Hank of O’Neill, lie and Mrs. Gallag her plan to spend considerable time with their two daughters and their families However for the immediate future he will re main with the hank jsissibly until the late fail. Commenting on the change from active business life Mr Gal lagher stated, "It is a great plea sure to know that John C. Watson will succeed me as president of the bank John has been with the First National for 22 years performing every phase of the operation of the institution. For the past five years he has been in charge of th« loan policy and I predict he will have a most successful career as head the iiank that on August 16 show ed the following structure: Capi tal $50,000 00, Surplus $100,000 00. Undivided profits $.'567,000 00. Ed T Campbell will is* chair man of the board of direr-tor* he arid Mr. Watson together with W. J. Froelich, Robert fk-rlgan and Earl Geiger are included an directors of the bank now in its 78th year. The new president is a native of Holt county. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Watson In man.