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HtbKASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lincoln, Nebraska u'::. T _£ ««» «* x Newr* n rYMTI IT r* "asr KUlN 1 IJdK 1 nTh* u "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper _ Volume 82—Number 24 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, October 4, 1962 Seven Cents 'Best of All Days' Aimed For Men's Pleasure, Too Don't get the mistaken idea that the Best of All Days cooking •school scheduled for O'Neill, Oc toher 2T) is just for women. There are men who cook, too, you know. Actually, however. Best of All Days is primarily aimed at the homemaker who wants to make her days a little brighter, her menus a little better and have a real fun day at a cooking school. The Frontier Best of All Days celebration is FREE to the public and everyone is invited, men and women! The diking and baking demon strations at the Best of All Days school will feature such national ly known products as Alcoa Wrap, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Pillsbury Flour, Red Star Yeast, Nestle's Morsels and Brer Rabbit Molasses. Conducting the cooking school will be Mary Fenton from Chi cago. She will conduct her demon strations of food preparation in front of a large, overhead mir ror which will enable every homemaker in the audience to view perfectly the actual pre paration of the foods. Miss Fenton has traveled throughout the midwest putting on cooking demonstrations and lecturing. She is also one of the food staff writers for Farm and Home magazine and Dakota Mag azine. During the free Rest of All I >ays cooking school some lucky homemakers attending the ses sion will go home with free bags of groceries. A quantity of groc ery bags, Hik'd to overflowing with food products, will be award ed as prizes during the school. And there will be many other prizes, too. Free bags of flour given away along with other mis cellaneous items. And, in addition to the over flow of free prizes, every home maker attending the cooking schoal will bo given a fret' Best of All Days cookbook, featuring the recipes demonstrated dur ing the cooking school, and other reo-lpes. Bill Richardson, publisher of the Frontier expressed pride that his newspaper was one of very few in the state of Nebraska to be able to host one of the Best of All Days cooking schools. This will be the only Best of All Days event in this immediate sec tion of the state. Frontier readers are urged to tell their friends about the com ing Best of All Days cooking school. Area home economic stu dents in the high schools are also specifically invited to attend the affair Frank Pierce, Amelia Celebrates 84th Birthday AMELIA — Frank Pierce. Am elia, celebrated his 84th birthday Sunday, Sept. 30. He has been liv ing in Amelia for the past 80 years. Present to help his celebrate his birthday were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bligh, Alliance. Rae. Dee Brau, Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ryschon and son. Gary, Valentine, and Mrs. Floyd Ho man, Valentine. Social Security Man To Be Here Wednesday Gail Robart, field representa tive of the Norfolk social security office, will be in the basement of the Court House Annex in O'Neill, from 9:30 a m to 3 p m. Wednesday, Oct. 10. Any severely disabled person under 65 not already receiving benefits is invited to inquire about eligibility for disability benefits It should lie noted that the meeting place has been changed from the courthouse to the court house annex to permit private interviewing. Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Bessie J. Burge Funeral services for Bessie June Burge, 40, were held Tues day at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church. O'Neill. The Rev. John Hart officiated. Interment was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were Dwight Har der. Weston Whitwer, Dick Clark, Floyd Butterfield, Oliver Maring and James Fritton. Bessie June was bom June 31, 1922, the daughter of Arthur and Bessie Burge, O'Neill. She was baptized in infancy and joined the First Presbyterian church in O’Neill at an early age. She is survived by her mother, Bessie Burge, and five brothers, Harold, O’Neill, Clyde, Amelia, Clayton, O’Neill, Glen, Columbus, and Dean, Omaha, seventeen nieces and nephews and three grand nephews. Her father, one brother, Floyd, and an infant sister preceded her in death. J. C Jorgensen Dies Thursday In Norfolk The Rev. Jens C. Jorgensen, 81, Norfolk, died Thursday. Fun eral services were held Sunday at the Community Bible church with burial at Hill Crest Mem orial Park cemetery, Norfolk. Mr. Jorgensen was bom De cember 11, 1880. in Dakota coun ty. He retired from the ministry in 1949 and moved to Norfolk two years ago. He is survived by his wife Emma, one son, Dwight, Omaha, three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Heithold, Hartington, Mrs. Caro line Engdahl, Omaha, and Mrs. Dorothy Stauffer. Mitchell, S. D.; one brother, Carl C., Tempe, Ariz., and one sister. Mrs. Mabel Pagh, Lyons. The Rev. Jorgensen was for merly pastor of the Methodist church in Chambers. Bethany Church Celebrates Anniversary The 75th anniversary' of the or ganization of the Bethany Pres byterian church was observed Sunday, Sept. 30. Church serv ices with special music and sing ing began at 10:45 a.m. with the Rev. John Hart presiding. The Rev. Oliver Proett. Wayne, gave the sermon. “We Measure The. Church”. Dinner was served in' the basement. The afternoon program consist ed of songs by the "Farmhouse Quartette”, other music and hymns, the history of the church, letters of congratulations from former ministers, and interesting comments about the history of the church from Mrs. Charlotte Honeywell, who is the only living charter member. She is 95 years of age and was an honored guest. Over 100 signed the guest book Cookies and coffee were served following the program. Sale Dates Claimed OCT. 9—RAYMOND J. NOBLE CLOSING OUT SALE. II east, 5 north and 1 east from O'Neill. 34 head of cattle, 47 hogs, farm ma chinery, hay and household goods. Roy Kirvvan. Ed Thorin. Chuck Mahony auction service. Butte and O'Neill. See complete listing in tins issue of The Frontier. OCT 22 — JOE KUBIK CLOS ING OUT PERSONAL PROPER TY AND LAND SALE. 11 miles east of O’Neill, 10 north, 3 east. 1 north and V* east. 37 head of cattle, 29 feeder pigs, excellent line of machinery and shop tools, alfalfa and prairie hay, oats, about 65 acres of good corn in field plus 360 acres good Holt county farm land. Ed Thorin, O’ Neill, and Rudloff Bros.. Verdi gre, auctioneers. First National Bank. O’Neill, clerk. Ed Thorin, O’Neill licensed real estate brok er and auctioneer, on the land sale. mm MRS. FRED SEATON, second from left, was guest of honor Tuesday morning at a Women's Club tea held at the Town House. Shown here are (left to right) Mrs. Dewey Schaffer, Mrs. Fred Seaton, Mrs. Joe Brewster, Stuart, and Mrs. Harry Gildersleeve. Mrs. Seaton's husband Is the Re publican candidate lor Governor. Also present at tile tea were Congressman Dave Martin, who is seeking reelection and Boh Brayton, Stuart. Host ,es for the tea were Mrs. D. C. Schaffer, Mrs. Larry Schaffer and Mrs. Guy Cole. Reception Is Held Tuesday At Inman The Inman Community club sponsored the annual reception for teachers of the Inman com munity Tuesday evening. The re ception was held in the Methodist church parlors. A covered dish supper was served to about 1^5 guests and members of the Com munity Club. The teachers in the Inman public school and their husbands and wives, bus drivers, board of education, cooks, the custodian, and two rural school teachers were guests. Donald Keyes, president of the Community Club presided over the evening’s program. The In man teachers were introduced by Mrs. Frances May who was dressed to represent the school custodian, James Banks, and who presented each with a hum orous gift fitting his or her needs in the school. Lew Kopecky, vice president of the Community Club introduced the board of educa tion, the drivers and other offi cials of the school. Kenny, Curtis, and Carroll Peacock sang several songs, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Clara Peacock. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reynolds showed slides they had taken on their trip to the west coast and the World's Fair at Seattle. Gen eral chairmen for the evening’s program were Mrs. Dave Mors bach, Mrs. Cal Geary, and Mrs. Harvey Tompkins. Caroline Max Guest Speaker For PTA Caroline Max will be guest speaker and show slides at the O’Neill Parent Teachers Associa tion meeting Monday evening at 8 p.m. in the high school audi torium. Miss Max recently returned from a students tour of the United Nations Buildings and Washington D. C. sponsored by the Odd Fel low and Eden Rebekah Lodges of Nebraska. The Junior high and high school will also be guests of the PTA that evening. Instrumentalists from the mu sic Department under the direc tion of Dennis A. Houston will al so be featured on the program that evening. Future plans for PTA entertainment will include a lecture tour by Mr. Danny Liska, world traveler from Niobrara, at the November meeting. Graveside Services Held for Stuart Child STUART — Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. Sunday for David Deforest, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lavem Thurlow, Omaha. The Rev. Milan Coleman, pas tor of the 9tuart Methodist church officiated. Interment was made in the Stuart Communiy Cemetery. David died Sept. 28 in the Uni versity hospital, Omaha. He had been in the hospital since Decem ber 18, 1961. Death was due to gall stones. David Deforest Thurlow was bom July 4, 1960, in Omaha, the son of Lavem and Ruth Agnes Doyle Thurlow. He is survived by his parents, one sister, two brothers and his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thurlow and Mrs. Mable Doyle. Brother of Local Woman Dies in Littleton, Colo. Word has been received by relatives of the death of Ivan Hubbard about 65. Littleton. Colo., Saturday a.m. following a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Gordon where the family formerly lived. Mr. Hubbard is survived’ by his wife, one daughter, three broth ers. Hiram. Chambers, Arthur Rapid City, S. D., and Ned. Gil lette, Wyo., and one sister. Mrs. Chauncey Porter, O’Neill. Presbyterian Women To Hold Rummage Sale Women of the Presbyterian church will hold a rummage sale this weekend in the old Murray liquor store building on north Fourth Street. Items will be on sale Thursday, Friday and Sat urday of this week and on Thurs day and Saturday of next week. * - Simultaneous preaching mis sions for Methodists of the North east District will be held at O’ Neill and Wayne, October 14-18 each evening. Dr. G. Ernest Thomas will be the visiting preacher at O’Neill. Dr. Thomas, now pastor of First Methodist church, Birmingham, Mich., was for many years associated with the National Board of Evangel ism of The Methodist church as Director of Spiritual Life. He has written many books which are widely read throughout America. He is a graduate of Boston Uni versity with B.R.E., M.A., S T.B. and Th.D. degrees. He also holds honorary degrees from several universities. Holt County 4-H Calves Sell At Ak-Sar-Ben Holt County was represented at the 35th Annual Ak-Sar-Ben live stock show by 11 4-H club mem bers. These members exhibited and sold 14 fat beef animals. The animals were sold at pub lic auction Thursday in the Ak Sar-Ben livestock arena. The members exhibited, the ribbons and prices received for their calves and the buyer were as follows: James Melcher, Page, purple, $39.00. United States Check Book Company; Thomas Melcher. Page. blue. $30.50, First National Bank, O’Neill; Sharon Watson, Amelia, Diue, iJi.w, Lieswald Feed Trucking, Cham bers; Joyce Watson, Amelia, blue. $31.00. buyer unknown; Becky Beelaert, Page, blue, $32.00, Cantonies, Omaha; Bonnie Heiss. Page, blue, $30.50. O’Neill National Bank; Janette Clemens. Amelia, blue, $30.50, Federal Land Bank Association, O’Neill; Donald Clemens. Amelia, two reds. $30.00. First National Bank. Atkinson. $30.00, First National Bank. O'Neill; Janette Clemens, Amelia, red. $30.00. Platte Oil Company, Chambers; Bonnie Heiss. Page. red. $38.50. O’Neill Production Credit Association; Judy Mohr, Amelia, two whites, $27.75, Nixon and Company and one buyer unknown: Jean Mohr, Amelia, white, $28 00, S & S Farm Supply. O'Neill. Becky Beelaerts calf also re ceived support from the Farmers State Bank of Ewing. Highway Near Ewing Nearing Completion EWING — The spur that links Highway 275 in Ewing with High way 20 is nearing completion. Construction on the five mile stretch was started about a week ago. An oil mat has been laid and travel has been resumed. This is a great improvement for north south traffic. Juracek Elected President of Association A large crowd attended the 22nd Annual Conference of the Nebraska Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Sup ervisors at Valentine the first part of this week. Attending from the Holt Dist rict were state president and Mrs. Elmer Juracek, Milton G. McKathnie, Merrill Smith, Atkin son. and Elmer Vogel, Stuart, all members of the Holt District Board of Supervisors. Past Super visors attending were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick. Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witherwax, Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. French sr.. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Krugman and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ernst, O'Neill. Al so attending were Paul Krugman, extension board member, Rynold Cimfel, FHA Advisor, Floyd But terfield, chairman of the ASCS county committee, Bill Miller, office manager of ASCS, Charles Dvorak, Atkinson, and Bob Hill. Dean Hallock and Eugene Schnei der of the local soil conservation service staff. The afternoon program Sunday was somewhat hampered by in termittent showers and part of the tour had to be delayed until Tuesday. Don Williams, administrator of the soil conservation service from Washington. D. C. gave a few brief remarks following the chuck wagon meal at the Everett Brown ranch south of Valentine. He re called some of the ranch conser vation work that he had viewed on a previous visit to the sand hills a couple of years ago. John A. Baker, newly appoint ed assistant secretary of agri culture, reviewed some of the provisions in the new farm bill and praised the work of the Soil and Water Conservation Dist ricts. He said that they are an outstanding example of local people with initiative, imagina tion, drive and cooperation, that it was through the districts ef forts that the conservation move ment has been able to accom plish so much in the past 22 years. He said that the Rural Area Development Program should follow the example of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts program and that in fact that Districts would play a big part in this new program Ten years ago two out of ten new businesses were located in rural areas and at the present time, eight of ten are rural in nature. He pledged the support of the United States Department of Agriculture in these programs and stated that Rural Area De velopment is entirely up to the rural people. Monday, state president, Elmer Juracek. opened the program with his annual president’s re port. He said. "Promotion, edu cation. technical assistance, pub lic relations, credit, cost sharing and research are all a vital part or our program, lake out any one of these and our progress will be greatly hampered.” Mr. Juracek also stated. “I credit the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, a division of the state government, with making possible the rapid growth of the Watershed program in Nebras ka.” Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ernst were among the honored farm families and received the large, tinted aerial photo of their ranch. Mr. Juracek was re-elected president of the State Association for another one year term. Spencer Boy Injured By Horse Thursday SPENCER—Larry, seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Kocian was seriously injured Thursday, Sept. 20 when he was kicked in the face by a horse. He was taken to Clarkson hos pital in Omaha for treatment of broken facial bones, numerous cuts and the removal of one eye. Type Two Vaccine Will Be Given Sunday Sabin Oral Sunday will hr held again IhU Sunday in O’* NHII front 12:30 to 2:30. No make-up clinic will he held Ml all resident* who have taken type* one ami three of the vac cine are urged to In* present Sunday, Type two vaccine will be given this time and the place* for receiving Ihe vaccine will In* the same as last time. Sponsors for the clinic are the O'Neil! Hon* (lull. Judge Smith Attends National Convention District Judge William C. Smith left Wednesday for Fort land. Ore., to attend the annual National Reclamation Association convention. Judge Smith is a member of the resolutions com mittee for the state of Nebraska. Howard Manson, Clerk of the District Court will Ik* leaving Saturday for the convention where he will represent the North Cen tral Reclamation District. Miss O'Malley Dies Tuesday In Omaha Elizabeth O’Mally died Tues day in an Omaha hospital. Fun eral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick’s Cath olic church, O'Neill. Miss O’Mally came to Holt county in 1878 from Scranton, Penn. She was a school teacher, worked in the post office and in the telephone office until she re tired in 1938. She was registrar for Holt County until a few years ago. Survivors include her sister, Mrs. Nora Quilty, Omaha, and one brother, Walter, O’Neill. The body will lie in state from 3 to 9 p.m. in Biglin’s Chapel Thursday. Rosary will be at 8 p.m. Thursday. Milnes Recovering From Pneumonia Bill Milnes, druggist at the O’ Neill Drugstore is in St. Antho ny’s hospital recovering from pneumonia. Mr. Milnes entered the hospital Sunday. Senior Sneak Day Trips Pose Problem for Board Dr. Fowler To Be Achievement Day Speaker Dr Beverly Fowler from tin* University of Nebraska will la the featured speaker today < Thursday) at the annual Home Extension Club Achievement Day here in O’Neill 1 >r Fowler will s{M-nk on the management of young children, Dr. Fowler is new on the staff at the University this year Site is u member of tire Family Re lations Department, and is well qualified to cover tins topic She Invites questions from parents, teachers or anyone working with youngsters. The afternoons activities will begin with a covered dish lunch at noon. The program will begin about 1 30 p in. This includes musical numliers by the Willing Workers 4-H club trio from O' Neill. The boys in the group are Ken. Carol and Curtis Peacock. This was the purple riblion l»ys small group at the State Fair thin year. The entire program is open to ttu- public at the Legion Hall in O'Neill. Chamber Sets Promotion Dates Fall and winter promotions for O'Neill Chamber of Commerce members were set by the Cham ber’s retail committee Friday. Pre-holiday clearances will be Nov. 15-16-IV follow<-d by window unveiling and an unrelated items contest set for Nov. 23. Turkey day will be Dec. 1 with Santa Claus day Dec. 15. Joe Mc Carville was appointed to look in to the possibility of an Apprecia tion day program for Dec. 8. The committee recommended firms observe open evenings all Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days during December. Chamber of Commerce officials reporter! Monday evening that 140 members had joined the O' Neill chamber this year. Sneak day iri|M j*»»e problem* for file O’Neill Public :* h»c>l l«oar«l of education Al Tuesday’* meeting the board hashed over time, cost and coin plications for annual sneak day tups that seem fo get longer and more esjienstve each year Seniors this year are contem plating a trip to the Ozark* that will ('list an estimated Vi IftKl for the clans. A questionnaire sen! to the par ents of senior*. gave no conclusive indication of feeling Of IS s< out. Supt II I. McCoy said, eight were not returned, nine indicated they were opposed to the long sneak day trips and H gate what seemed to Is- reluctant or quail lied approval Action on Ihe mutter was de ferred until the November meet ing of the Iioard. In other action tin* lasted dis cussed grading of the sehcsd yard west of the old gym where *eep age wider Is damugkng walls b< low ground level McCoy aid tiie sidewalk next to the lanldlng had separaled from the wall leaving a crack that allowed Water to seep In He suggested tarring the crack full and grad ing the yard sloping to the west to carry run-off waters away, The Iioard also made plans to repair a portion of the sidewalk near Mrs Birmingham's pnip erty. Another problem nagging at the school Iioard now Is the status of {iersons win* move to O'Neill from farms and ranches outside the scIhkiI district, send tlaiir cmiurcn u> scri'xti nere. rsit main tain residence or operatic farm* in other districts Action was do ferred until the hoard could con sult with its attorney. McCoy also announced that he would lx- participating in a panel discussion Wednesday at Spnug view during a meeting ot Dial net XIV of the Nebraska 'infer ence of parents and teacher*. The board turned down a re quest to change Imard jxilicy and permit four fixjtbali games per season for the seventh and eighth grades instead of the usual two games. Named Ak-Sar-Ben Countess Nyla Jaszkowiak, daughter erf Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Jaszko wiak, O'Neill, has been selected as a countess to the court of the 1962 Ak-Sar-Ben coronation and ball which will take place Friday and Saturday evenings, October 19 and 20 at the Ak-Sar-Ben coli seum in Omaha. Nyla is a 1958 graduate of St. Mary’s Academy. She attended St. Mary’s College in Xavier, Kan., for two years where she played in the college orchestra, was active in the Dramarian Club, and was vice president and president of the W.A.A. She transferred to the University of Nebraska in UN50. where she is affiliated with Delta Gamma Sorority and a member of the Newman (.Tub. She will gradu ate at mid term in February from teachers college where she is majoring In physical educa tion with a minor in biology. While at the university she has participated in Coed Follies and was chairman in charge of homecoming activity for her sorority in 1961. Nyla has spent every summer since she was in the eighth grade until tins past summer as life guard and swimming instructor at O’Neill’s swimming pool. Dur ing this time she has helped to teach hundreds of children to swim. This past summer she worked as counsellor at Camp Robtndei, at Wirmipesaukee, N. N’yla was O’Neill s Ladies Golf Champion in 1956 when she was lif teen years old She was winner of O’Neill’s Ladies Open in 1958, and won the Club tournament in 1961. Nyla is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeWolfe, Gordon, and the late Mr. and Mrs. John S. Jaszkowiak, Rush ville and Chadran.