„ V~: 1 *MUaoi ST,-. Farm Sale ATt Hisrowrr-., STATE HIST SOC N.W*p.p.f U»-U. Nmor -'«T LINCOLN. NEBR. fc, TW.lv. P.g., XXX N°nebrask•'*' •» TW* **»»• N0V * W2 ___Volume 82—Number 28_O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 1, 1962 Seven Cent* Officials Close School At Inman The Inman Public School re mained closed Wednesday as a result of a ruckus over the au thority of the schoolboard and the Superintendent, G. E. Tennis. The school was clos'd following a closed meeting of the board late last week. Tempers had flared at an open meeting held earlier in the week. Attending the open meeting besides the school board and patrons of the dis trict were Conty Superintendent, Alice French, County Attorney William Griffin and Deputy Sher iff James Mullen. Members of the Inman Board of Education are Lewis Kopecky, Freelan Pribil, Cliff Sobotka, Vera Halt, Loran Libby and Mick Gallagher. The problem in the school reportedly involves a dispute between board members as to the amount of authority dele gated to the school superinten dent in running the school and determining school policy In re gard to the athletic department. Both Superintendent Tennis and Lewis Kopecky, president of die school board were out of town as of Wednesday noon. Other board members contacted by the Frontier were reluctant to discuss the situation and could give no indication as to when the school might be reopened. County Superintendent Alice French told the Frontier Wednes day that no difficulty was antici pated as far as the legal aspect of closing or opening the school and that as long as the required number of school days were com pleted there was no danger of los ing the school at Inman. Services Held Tuesday for Archie Wyant Funeral services for Archie Wyant, 64, were held Tuesday morning at 11) a.m. at Biglin’s chapel with the Rev. G. Kenni cott, officiating. Burial was at Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin’s. Pallbearers were Clarence Wyant, Eddie McManus. John Honeywell, Van Robertson, Roy Osborne and Frank Greenier. Archie Raymond Wyant, the son of Arch and Gertrude Issac son Wyant, was bom September 29, 1898 and died on October 28 at St. Elizabeth's hospital after a long illness. He was united in marriage to Mildred Vought on July 29, 1919 and three children were born to this union. Mr. Wyant was born near Chambers and lived all his life in Holt county. Preceding him in death were his parents and a brother. Survivors include his widow. Mildred, son, Richard, Ogallala, daughters, Mrs. Don Asher, Lin coln and Mrs. Otto Krouse, Om aha; a brother, George, Salem, Ore., and sisters, Rase, Denver, Colo., Ethel and Blue Belle, Om aha, and seven grandchildren al so survived. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY — Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ashby will observe their 50th anniversary Saturday, Nov. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby were married November 3, 1912 at Butte. They are the parents of three children. Their daughter, Lillian, died in 1955 at Lynch. One son, Fred, lives in Omaha and Vernon lives in Washington. The couple has seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. No open house observance is planned. ALL STATE BAND MEMBERS—Helen (iokie, St. Mary’s student a-id Steve Keynoldson, O’Neill High have been mimed to play with the All-State Band at Norfolk November 15-17. Inman Man Charged With Cattle Rustling Hearing for Kenneth Downs, charged with cattle stealing, will he in county court Friday morn ing. Downs was charged with taking a 400-pound calf valued at $90 from the John Fiala place Sun day. Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Mullen said he found the meat from the butchered calf in a refrigerator at Downs' home in Inman. FAYING — Douglas Taylor, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Taylor, has been named as one of 14 Nebraska 4-H club mem bers to win state awards. Most of the winners will not compete in sectional and national contests for trips, scholarships and tro phies. Douglas was a competitor in the forestry division. Assistant Chief Operator Is Named Announcement has been made of the appointment of Mrs. Rue vina Suiter as assistant chief op erator at the Norwestern Bell Telephone office in O’Neill. Mrs. Sutter began work at the O’Neill office in 1949. She had worked previously in Enid. Okla. O'Neill Students Named to Play In All State Band Word was received this week stating that two members of the O’Neill Band were chosen to par ticipate in the All-State Band at Norfolk November 15-17. The two participating from O’Neill this year are Helen Gokie, from St. Mary’s and Steve Reynoldson from the public school. As the selection for the band is different this year from the past, the appointment to the band is quite an honor. This year stu dents were selected by audition only and only the best students from the entire state were select ed for the band. Helen will be one of 10 selected to play first clarinet in the band and Steve will be one of six selected to play in the trumpet selection. Mr. Houston and the communi ty can be equally proud of these fine students who have made a tremendous contribution to the lo cal band and will surely be a credit to the State Band. The fi nal concert will be held on Sat urday evening, Nov. 17 at 7:30. All who are interested are urged to attend this concert of choral band and orchestra. The individ ual groups will be under the di rection of noted conductors of national recognition. Directing the band this year will be Mrs. Paul Van Bodegraven, Chair man of the Music Education De partment at New York Univer sity. Rites Held for Clarence Farr At Atkinson Clarence E. Farr, 72, O’Neill, died suddenly on Sunday while on a fishing trip. Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at the Seg ers funeral chapel with the Rev. Emil Kuehn, officiating, burial at Woodlawn cemetery Pallbearers were Charles and Keith Thelander, Donald Clyde, Herman Grothe, William Belik and Leonard Young Clarence Emanuel Farr was born on June 21, 1890, at New port and was the son of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Eugene Farr. Besides his parents, he was . preceded in death by thrae bro- ! thers and wives, Anna Plant ( Farr and Ruth Dickson Farr. He is survived by sons, Earl, ( Norfolk and William, Ewing, bro ther, Leroy, Wilmington, Calif., half brother, Ervin Bacon, Grant City, 111., sisters, Mrs. Eva Wed dles, Mrs. William (Monia) Kuntz, Portland, Ore., stepchild ren, Mrs. Rudy Miller, Orchard, Charles and Keith Thelander; two grandchildren and 10 step grandchildren. 4-H Fun Night Planned In O'Neill November 10 The 1962 Holt Conty 4-H Fun Night will be held on Saturday evening, Nov. 10. This annual achievement program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the O’Neill high school auditorium. Award pins will be presented to many 4-H members for their project work. Pins will be award ed for both 1961 and 1962 since a Fun Night was not held last year. A special program has been planned and the committee has contacted 4-H clubs and individual members whom they would like to have take pan. All 4-H mem bers, leaders, parents and friends of 4-H are invited to attend. DISTRICT COURT— State Department of Roads vs. William Paulis and Stella C. Paulis, South Dakota. Plaintiff asks damages of $1,152.98 for damages done to a snowplow in a collision with the Paulis auto in March of 1962. Absentee Voters Urged To Pick Up Ballots Holt county voters who will be absent from the county Tuesday, Nov. 6 are urged to pick up their absentee ballots not later than noon Saturday. The ballots must be returned aU* Tuc' day some of which may be word ed in auch manner that the voter wiU be confused No. 1, the so-called lottery amendment would not authorize lotteries if it should pass. It was written to jiernnt merchant* and other businesses to give prizes away by a drawing. Such method* are now illegal according to Ne braska law, although they are of ten practiced A vote FOR Aniednim-nt No. 1 would simply legalize the awarding of prizes by drawings. Many Nebraskans today are l>rohibltcd from participating In national contests because Ne braska taw bars the contest. No. 2 would permit tlie left* lature to authorise up to seven members in the state railway Rites Held for C. Dobbin at Page Saturday PAGK — Funeral services were held for Clarence Dobbin, 82, on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Page Methodist church with the Rev. Robert Linder officiating. Pall bearers were Don and Ro bert Nissen, Gailen Miller, Dar rell Heese, Floyd Belik and Cal vin Harvey. Two hym.s were sung by Mr and Mrs. Dale Stauffer accom panied at the organ by Caroline Max. Burial was at the Page ceme tery under the direction of Big lin’s. Clarence Julian Dobbin was born at Underwood, la., on Sep tember 5, 1880 anil died at his home in Page on October 24, 1962, after a long illness. His family moved to Lodge Pole, Nebr., when he was a young boy. They later moved to Harkins, where he grew to man hood. He attended telegraphy school and was employed by the great Northern Railroad for sev eral years. He married Sofia Brunckborst on July 6, 1907 and two children were born to this union. After farming in Pierce coun ty for a few years, they moved to Holt county where they farmed until his retirement in 1949. Since then until his death they made their home in Page. On April 6 of this year they ob served their 55th wedding anni versary. Survivors include his widow, So fia; daughter, Mrs. Thomas