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__ Volume 82—Number 19_O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, August 30, 1962 _ Seven Cents
Boyd Fair
Set Today
At Spencer
The 18th annual Boyd county
fair will officially open today at
Spencer as it begins its three
day run. Free acts, thrill show,
a carnival, band concert, parade,
ball games and a dance will high
light the entertainment.
An added attraction, a tractor
pulling content, slated for Hat
unlay afternoon promises to be
of unusual interest to farmers
according to Robert K rotter,
fair secretary.
Today (Thursday) will be entry
day with demonstrations and con
tests being held in the afternoon.
A ball game is slated for tonight
along with a dress revue ami a
free square dance later in the
evening.
Livestock judging will be held
Friday. Free acts will be pre
sents! at the ball park at 3 p.m.
followed by a horseshoe pitching
contest at 4. A band concert and
free acts will be presented at
the ball park in the evening.
Royal United Shows will be on
the grounds both Friday and Sat
urday evenings
On Saturday all exhibits will be
open to the public. A big parade
is slated for 1:30 p.m. followed
at 3 by kid races, horseshoe finals
and the tractor pulling contest. In
the evening Bob Smith's spectac
ular auto daredevils and motor
cycle maniacs will present a
thrill show followed by the pre
sentation of the woman of the
year.
A dance will be held at 10 p.m.
at the Spencer Community Hall.
Eagle Hustlers
Win Honors at
Newport Show
The Eagle Hustlers 4-H club of
Page earned honors as Top Club
at the Sandhills National Stock
show held at Newport last week.
Winners from the O’Neill area
included Leonard Butterfield, In
man, champion dairy animal;
Seal Luebcke, Page, dairy show
manship champion; Jim Melcher,
Page, reserve champion here
ford; Jim and Tom Melcher,
Page, best pair of breeding hei
fers; Bonnie Garwood, Atkinson,
reserve champion Angus; Jim
Melcher, Page, champion here
ford baby beef; Bonnie Heiss,
Page, champion shorthorn baby
beef; Jim Melcher, Page, champ
ion baby beef steer; Eagle Hust
lers 4-H, best group of three.
Becky Beelaert won first in the
beef showmanship division.
Jim Melcher was the winner of
the $50 savings bond.
Uncle of Gil Poese
Dies While Visiting Here
William H. Franke. 57. Con
cordia, Mo., died of a heart at
tack August 28 in St. Anthony’s
Hospital.
Mr. Franke and his wife had
been visiting in the home of
their nephew, Gil Poese, when
William became ill and taken to
the hospital.
Funeral services will be held in
Concordia. Mo.
Page Community Slates
Monday As Free Day
Page will hold Free Community
Day Monday, Sept. 3. The days
events begin at 11:30 with a
luncheon. A free dance beginning
at 9:30 will end the days activi
ties.
Free Day is sponsored by the
Page Commercial and Communi
ty club and Improvement club.
Rites Pending for
Henry Claussen
Henry (Heine) Claussen, 75,
died Wednesday in the University
hospital at Omaha. Mr. Claussen
had been a lifelong resident of
Atkinson. He had been hospitaliz
ed since June 21.
Survivors include three bro
thers, William, O’Neill, Rudolph,
Atkinson, and Otto, Artesia,
Calif.; one sister, Mary Lewis,
Atkinson.
Funeral arrangements are
pending.
Lynch Woman
Dios Wednesday
In Atkinson
LYNCH Barbara Rihanek, 84.
Lynch, died Wednesday afternoon
at the Atkinson Memorial Hos
pital.
Funeral services were held
August 25 in the Lynch B.V.M.
Catholic church, with burial in
the Riha cemetery near Mon
owi.
Barbara Drobny was born in
Czechoslovakia September 24,
1877. She came to America with
her parents at the age of five
and one half years. Her parents
homesteaded near Sparta where
Barbara grew to womanhood.
She was united in marriage to
John Rihanek October 17, 1898,
at Niobrara. They moved to Mon
owi where they established a
homestead, moved to Lynch in
1941.
To this union five children were
liorn, Joseph, Minnie, Lydia, Al
fred and Thomas.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, John, in 1954, one
daughter, Minnie, and one son,
Joseph.
Survivors are one daughter,
Mrs Lydia Reagan, Santa Mon
ica, CaJif.; sons, Alfred, Red
Owl, S. D., and Thomas, Omaha;
seven grandchildren and one
brother, Anton Drobny, Sparta.
George Wettlaufer, Page, was
recently elected Area B Com
mander at the state convention
at Lincoln. George has held po
sitions in the legion the past
few years including district adj.,
vice commander and commander
for two years. He was also coun
ty commander for two years and
post commander for three. Mr.
Wettlaufer is married and the
father of two children.
Atkinson Man Hurt
In Fall from Haystack
L. E. Axtell, Atkinson, was ser
iously injured Wednesday when
he fell from a haystack while
stacking hay 23 miles north of
Atkinson. He was taken to the
Atkinson hospital.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT WINNERS — Je n Calmer, fourth flight, Constance Miller, second
flight. Mary Reynoldson. first flight and Amy Kersenbrock. championship flight are shown here with
their trophies following the completion of the tournament Sunday evening. Other winners were: Dorothv
Yantai, runner-up and Chickie Artus. consolation, championship flight; Barbara Hart, runner-up and
Marilee Kyster. consolation, first flight, Sheila Wan er. runner-up and Elizabeth Gallagher, consolation;
Mary Langemeier, winner, Kay Gakle. runner-up and Betty Dewitt, consolation, third flight, and Benita
Cuddy, runner-up and Yiona Cuddy, consolation, fonrth flight.
AT A SAKE l Y MEETING held Wednesday at the REA office in O’Neill, employees of the Niobrara
Valley Electric Membership Corporation received training in mouth to mouth resuscitation from Harry
Wiseman, job training anti safety director. A llfel ke plastic doll named “Rescue Annie” is used in
teaching this method of artificial respiration to be used in case of electric shock or drowning. Shown
here are REA employees, Jim I .arson, Ron Clark, Gerald Schmaderer, Darrell Dexter, Ed Boyle, A1
Carson, Larry Tomlinson. Dwayne I’hilbrick and H irold Humrick as they take part in the lesstm.
Chamber of Commerce
To Meet September 10
O'Neill Chamber of Commerce
will not hold their regular meet
ing September 3 because of Labor
Day.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Monday, Sept. 10.
Timmermans
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
STUART — Funeral services
were held Saturday for Mrs.
Frances Timmermans, 73, at
10:30 a m in St. Boniface Cath
olic church in Stuart. Father
Paschang officiated. Burial was
in the Stuart cemetery. Pall
hearers were Leon Schaaf, Don
ald Schaaf, Charles Deermer,
I^eo Weichman. Lawrence Hamik
and Don Hanna.
Frances Timmermans was born
May 13. 1889, the daughter of
Michael and Anna Marie Brau,
in Pinzing, Germany. She came
to this country in May, 1906, at
the age of 17 and made her home
with her uncle, the late John
Brau, Stuart. January 27, 1914,
she married Joseph Timmermans
at Stuart. In September of the
same year they moved to a farm
five miles northwest of Valen
tine, where they made their home
until April 1945, when her hus
band was killed in a tractor acci
dent on their farm.
After the death of her husband
she moved to Stuart where she
made her home until her death.
She had been in failing health
since she had a leg amputated
in 1954.
Frances Timmermans died
Wednesday evening, August 22 in
the Atkinson Memorial hospital.
She is survived by her son,
Patrick, and seven grandchildren.
665 Register
Wednesday At
Public School
O’Neill Public school held re
gistration Wednesday beginning
at 9 a.m. A total of 665 registered.
Four hundred and sixty-four re
gistered in grades kindergarten
through eighth. Ninty-seven re
gistered for kindergarten. Two
hundred and one registered for
high school courses.
Architects Report Brings
Protests from Creighton
A storm of protest was raised
in Creighton last week following
a report in the Frontier of state
ments made by an architect con
cerning school buildings of the
type being erected in Creighton.
The following letter, written by
a Creighton school board mem
ber to the Frontier, defends their
building:
August 27, 1962
Editor
The Frontier
O'Neill, Nebraska
Dear Sir:
Your article in the August 23rd
issue concerning statements attri
buted to Kenneth Clark about al
leged shortcomings in the Creigh
ton High School now under con
struction, has caused much re
sentment in Creighton and vicin
ity. The statements by Mr. Clark,
as applied to the Creighton
School, are inaccurate and mis
leading.
The fact is that we have under
construction a very attractive,
sound, functional 6-year high
school building of over 50,000
square feet, financed by a
$460,000.00 bond issue which pass
ed on the first try with an 82.5%
majority. which is costing
$8.291&c per square foot. It is a
building which any community
would be proud of, and we in
vite you and any group of O’
Neill citizens to come over and
inspect it and see for yourselves
what we are getting for our
money.
In reply to Mr. Clark's criti
cisms : the building has struc
tural steel throughout, as speci
fied by one of the midw’est's out
standing structural engineers, Mr.
Uri Seiden, of Kansas City; it
has sufficient window space to
satisfy anyone who does not want
glass wall school buildings; it has
plenty of storage; it has a forced
air heating system, proven in
Miss Ramm To Teach
Music In Iowa School
Miss Alvara Ramm. Stuart,
former vocal music teacher in
the O'Neill schools for eight
years, has accepted a position
as vocal music supervisor in the
Independent School of Carter
Lake. Ia. Miss Ramm attended
an eight-week summer session at
the University of South Dakota in
Vermillion, where she is work
ing toward her Master of Music
degree. She will live in Omaha
and also plans to continue her
graduate study there this fall.
Former Page
Resident Dies
In Oregon
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Aug. 15 for Spencer
G. Miller at Chimes of the Valley
Chapel. Portland, Ore.
He died August 13 at his home
due to a heart attack.
Mr. Miller was bom at Sanborn
la., July 2, 1896. He moved to
Page with his family at the age
of 14. In early manhood he joined
the Methodist church. December
20. 1919 he was united in mar
riage to Mable Lemmerman and
to this union one daughter was
bom. The family moved to Ore
gon in 1940 and has since resided
in that area. Due to his health
he recently retired from a farm
near Portland.
Survivors include his wife.
Mabel, daughter. Fern Clark.
Portland, four brothers. Lowell.
Gresham. Harold and Leonard.
Portland, and Arthur. Chambers,
four sisters, Gertrude Goddard,
Gresham. Anna Hurst. Earlham.
Hazel Stewart, and Cora Gray,
both of Page.
usage and design, which will
work; it has built in student
lockers for all students; it in
cludes all home economics and
science equipment.
The building also includes
many extra features, such as:
aluminum door and window
frames; public address system;
fluorescent lighting in all class
rooms; Master-time and program
control system; approved fire de
tection system; trophy case. It
will be en irely faced with brick,
backed by concrete block to
make 12” walls; with steel used
for all framing, and solid rigid
steel frames in the gymnasium
on concrete pilasters; the walls
are tiled and the floors are ter
razo in all corridor and rest
room areas. The gym has per
manent seating for 1050 persons.
In short, we are very well sat
isfied with our Architects, Mid
States Architects; they have been
honorable, fair and honest in
their dealings; and they super
vise their work. They were chos
en after we interviewed 10 dif
ferent Architectural firms, in
cluding the Clark and Enerson
firm of which Mr. Kenneth Clark
is a member. "We also inspected
the completed buildings of most
of these firms, before making our
choice of Architects.
Mr. Clark is either misinform
ed about the Creighton Building
or he is indulging in “sour
grapes”, and we do not appre
ciate his attempting to sell a
building program in O'Neill by
trying to run down our building.
We hope you will visit us at any
time. The building is only 35%
complete at this time, but al
ready you can see for yourselves
the absurdity of the criticisms
reportedly made by Mr. Clark.
Sincerely,
Merritt C. Warren,
Member, Board of Education
MCW/dk
Heide Low Bid
For Merritt
Reservoir Job
Bureau of Reclamation Con
struction Engineer, R. L. Boyce,
announced today that one bid was
received for construction of the
inflow gaging station for Merritt
Reservoir. This was a re-adver
tisement. Bids were originally re
ceived July 3, 1962 and were all
rejected.
Lawrence Heide, Contractor.
Smith Center, Kan., submitted
the apparent low bid of $20,655.00.
The Engineer's Estimate was
S16.254.00.
THE NEW CREIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL Is pictured here as a mg are laboratories, borne economics and a gymnasium-auditorium
appears from the southwest corner. The building, according to school with permanent seating for 1,030 persons,
board members, is about 35 per cent complete. Included in the build
State Grants Approval to
Use of Rooms at St. Mary's
Floyd Wertz
Dies After
Long Illness
PAGE — Floyd E. Wertz, 79,
Page, died August 25 in St An
thony’s hospital after a long ill
ness. He had l>een a patient in
the hospital since March 14.
Funeral services were Wednes
day at 2 p m in Biglin's Chapel.
The Rev. Glenn Keraiicott offi
ciated. Burial was in the Mineola
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gerald Lima
son, Harold Blaine, Jesse Kelly,
Soren Sorensen, Carl Max and
Robert Gray.
Floyd E. Wertz was born near
Star, Nebr., the oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alexander R. Wertz,
early pioneers of Holt County.
Mr. Wertz had lived most of his
life in Holt County where for
many years he was active in the
building trade. Many of the
houses and bams in the Page and
Orchard vicinity were built by
him.
He was married to Etta Hart
May 1, 1905, in O'Neill They
were the parents of five children.
He was preceded in death by
one sister, Moma, in March of
1960.
Surviving Mr. Wertz are his
widow, Etta; two sons, Vernon.
Silver Springs. Md., and Donald
Sedro Wooley, Wash.; three
daughters, Althea, Osceola, la.,
Irene, Kennewdck, Wash., and
Eva, Floral Park, N. Y.; three
brothers, Emmett C., O'Neill,
Leland E. Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Arthur B., Boise. Idaho; two
sisters, Margaret, O’Neill, and
Mildred, Medford, Ore., and ten
pranitchildron
Atkinson Youth
Severely Hurt
In Auto Mishap
Ronald Winings, 17, Atkinson,
was severly injured Monday night
when his car left Highway 11, 15
miles south of here, rolled over
through a fence into the Charles
Peterson pasture. Winings was
found early Tuesday by Harold
Fullerton ad ter he had lain in the
field all night. He was conscious
when found.
He had left the Willis Petersen
ranch north of Stuart where he
worked, in the evening to drive
to the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Winings, 16 mi
les south of Atkinson.
The youth was taken by ambu
lance to the Atkinson Memorial
hospital and was flown Tuesday
afternoon to an Omaha hospital
for treatment. X-rays showed
possible vertebra breaks between
the shoulders.
Rites Planned
Here Today for
Mary Dumpert
Mary Dumpert, 86, died August
28 in the Stuart Resthaven.
Funeral services will be held
today at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick's
church with the Rev. Robert
Duffy officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ed Murray,
Ed Flood, John Jansen, Fred
Saunto, Andrew Schmidt and A1
Fritton.
Mary Dumpert was born April
9, 1876, the daughter of William
and Mary Welger, in Muenster,
Germany. She married John
Dumpert May 23, 1899 in Exeter.
They came to Holt County Feb
ruary 22, 1915. Four children were
bom to the union.
Mrs. Dumpert was preceded in
death by two sons and her
huband in 1940.
Survivors are one son, Edward,
O’Neill and one daughter, Mrs.
John (Stella) Wallen, O'Neill;
two brothers, Paul Welger, Kim
ball and Joe Welger, Wilmer,
Minn.
Republican Caucus Set
For September 11
Notice ia given to the quninl
elector* of Grattan precinct.
Holt County rcprauuotliig ih<
ab«tve named (mlllical part)
that a Caucus will be held In
Mtld precinct on the eighth
Tuesday preceetllng the G«ui
end LWtlon at I p.m. Tw»
dny, Sept. 1] at O’Neill public
library, for the pur|mn- of nom
inating candidate* for precinct
or Township offices, to be vot
ed for at the General Election
to be held November 8.
All Caucus nomination* must
be filed with the County Clerk
on i«r before September 22, 1982.
Funeral Services
For Mrs, Lowery
Held Monday
Mrs. Jessie Drwery, formerly
of Emmet, died Friday at the St.
George Rest Home in Caldwell.
Idaho. Mrs Lowery was making
her home with her son, George,
at Parma, Idaho, until a few
years ago when site fell and broke
her hip. She had been in failing
health since and died following
a heart attack Friday morning,
August 24 at the age of 84 years
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p.m. with burial In
Nampa, Idaho.
Jessie Tibbets, oldest daughter
of Mary and Newton Tibbets was
born at Tecumseh, December 8,
1877. She was married to John
Lowery at Chambers, December
11, 1896 To this union were born
two children, a son, George,
Parma, Idaho, and a daughter,
Lucille, Mrs. Merle McKenny.
Darby, Mont.
Mrs. Lowery was preceded in
death by her husband, John,
February 4, 1943.
She is survived by her son,
George, and daughter, Lucille,
tfhgee grandsons^ one brother,
Bert Tibbets, House, N. Mcx ,
two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Tay
lor, San Bernardino. Calif., and
Mrs. Gertie Holcomb, House, N.
Mex,, and a host of nieces and
nephews.
Center Union
Church Will Have
57th Anniversary
The Center Union church will
observe their 57th Anniversary
with services Septemlier 1 and 2.
It will begin with an evening
service Saturday at 8 p.m. This
will be a Missionary service at
which time the Rev. Earl Dix.
Butte, a Missionary on furlough
from Africa, will show pictures
of their work in the Congo.
Sunday services will begin at
10 a.m. with Sunday School. Wor
ship services will be at 11 with
the Rev. C. P. Turner bringing
the message. The afternoon serv
ice will begin at 1:30. Doctor
John Benson will bring both the
afternoon and evening messages.
There will be special music by
a quartet from Practical Bible
Training School of New York
When they come here, they will
have just returned from a two
month tour of Europe.
Dziowgo Honored For
Efforts In F. A. A.
Edward H. Dziowgo, chief en
gineer at the O’Neill Vortac sta
tion has been awarded a certifi
cate of recognition for outstand
ing performance and for his ef
forts in behalf of the Federal
Aviation Agency during the past
two and one-half years he has
spent in O’Neill.
He was presented with the
award last weekend by Ben Don
ahue of the district office at
Sioux Falls. Mr. Dziowgo has
been employed for the past six !
years for the F.A.A. i
Approval lot um- of four iimnni
in the old ponton of Si Mary *
academy win granted Die |*ubhc
»« haul hy I he slate fire marshal's
office and an architectural firm
last week
Making tie* inspection, \yeie
Jeff llanta, llasllnga. depuly
stale* fire marshal, and F o*
Hurgett, a Hastings archil.
The letter from the deputy (in*
marshal’s office said
"At ihe request of the* school
• maid ul the JMlhhc School sv .1. in
ami tin- eittoena’ committee we
Inapectcd foui rooms m the old
art ton of St Mary s academy to
tie used hy the public school sys
tern for the sctmol year of 1W2
63 term
"The use* ot said room*, two
moms on tire ground floor and
two rooms on the second floor for
the fifth and sixth grade**, will he
approved hy Hus office for t,.e
almve said term providing that
break glass sending stations la*
provided In the al*>vc said txr
tion of tiuilchng and connected to
the- existing automatic fire de
tection system and also an addl
tionnl fin* alarm ta*U la* placed
in this said portion
"If the above carreettona are
compiled with the use* of this por
tion of the liuilding will (a* ap
proved for tiiis school term only ”
Other information concerning
the building includes tin* fact
that no rent will lie charged by
St. Mary's for use of the n* ms.
A pro-rated share of Dm* expense
o( operation will tic* assessi d Dm*
public sc bool system to help de
fray the cost of heat, lights and
iascrance.
Supt. H I. McCoy Dlls wec*k
received a letter from Mid-Shitea
architects saying they planned to
be ahle to meet with school offi
cinls about September 6.
The Citizens committee recent
ly recommended that the hoard
consult with Mid-States regard
ing a school plan for O’Neill
Helen Gokie Attends
Music Workshop
Helen Gokie last week attended
a music workshop at Boy* Town,
Omaha. Helen is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gokie.
She partook in choir under the
direction of Dr, Roger Wagner
and worked under Monsignor
Schmitt, director of music nt
Boys Town.
A St. Mary’s student, Helen
heard concerts by Flora Pee ter*
and Anton Heiller, noted Euro
pean organist*. She also had pri
vate organ, piano and clarinet
instruction while she was there,
Helen was the only high school
student attending the work shop.
The rest were college student .
Sale Dates
Claimed
HE NR x S P A H N ESTATE
SALE — 400 acre stock farm • *
be sold at auction September a,
located 9 miles south and 1 west
of Ewing. Herbert Spabn, execu
tor, William W. Griffin, Attorney.
See complete description in thin
issue of The Frontier.
SEPT 7 JOE BEELART
TjOSING OUT FARM SALE. 2
vest. lh south of Page. 17 Hoi
ttein milk cows, 130 pigs, 4 trac
ers, lots of hay and com Ed
rhorin, Roy Kirwan, Chuck Ma
icny, auctioneers Farmers State
iank, Ewing, clerk. See tiiia
veek's Frontier for complete
isting.
SEPT 18 JOHN SUMMER
TjOSING OUT FARM SALE 1*6
niles north, 3 east of Page. 15
iolstein milk cows, 67 hogs, full
ine of farm equipment. Roy Kir
/an. Ed Thorin, Chuck Mahony,
xuction service, Butte and O’
feill. Watch for complete listing
n the Frontier.