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--_---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.