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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1962)
NK&KASKA STATK HISTORICAL LOCIXTX Lincoln. NeOriu** STATE HIST SOC F.rmSiU Ki.XV'^WX <rH HUV i 3 1362 .. - s Frontier r.~ I "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper _ Volume 82—Number 31 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 22, 1962 $mvn Cents Plans For New School Announced The board of education of the O'Neill Public schools met in siH'cial session November 14, at the O'Neill Public school. All bonrd members were present with Ken Clark of Clark and Kn ersen, architects, and Bill Daly of St or/., Wachob and Bender, fiscal agents, in attendance. Tlie purpose of this meeting was to review a revised prelim inary plan for the junior-senior high school and to discuss pro cedures for the coming school lx»nd election. The now plan incorporates a lotal of 16 teaching stations with an optimum capacity of approx imately 400 students. The teach ing stations include the standard classrooms for mathematics, so cial studies. English and lang uages, etc., with special purpose la bdratory-class rooms for natural and physical sciences, homemak ing; commercial subjects, instru mental and vocal music, indus trial arts shop and physical edu cation. In addition to these teaching facilities, areas are provided for library, audio-visual equipment, administrative offices, lockers and rest hooms, stage and gym nasium, auditorium seating, and a heating and ventilation plant. The date of the proposed 5492,000 bond election was set for Friday, Dec. 14, 1962. Fur ther facts concerning construc tion methods and materials, along with cost data, will be forthcom ing during the next three weeks. Clearwater Grades To Present Play CLEARWATER — The Early Bird catches the Worm” will be presented by grade school stu dents Frida, Nov. 30, in the high school recreation room at 8:00 P.M. Grades one through six will take part. Grade school teachers directing this years operetta are, Mrs. Ava Ruby, Mrs. Elizabeth Dotson, Mrs. Neta Jones, Miss Ma-garet Pruss, Miss Ina Ben nett, Miss Lois Elsberry. Char acters have been chosen, and practice has begun. Legion and Auxiliary Meet At fcwing The American legion and Aux diary held their county meeting on Monday night at Ewing with members attending from Atkut son, Stuart, Page, Chambers, Ew ing and O'Neill. County commander, Archie Blight, O Neill, presided at the joint session. Winners m the County Govern ment day essay contest on “My Evaluation ol County Govern ment i>ay'’ was announced. Shir ley Skrala, St. Joseph's, Atkinson, received the first prize, a twenty live dollar bond. Di obie Eisen h.iuser, Chambers won second prize of ten dollars and Joan Gril ling, O Neill public, third prize oi live dollars. E^ch read their essay. All contestants were presented medals by Mrs. Mike Couay, county president. George Wettlaufer, Area B commander, gave a report on the National convention held at Las Vegas. John Fangman, District 11 vice commander, Elgin, addressed the group and said he plans on vis iting all high schools in the coun ty before tfie next county govern ment day. After the adjournment of the meeting, separate meetings wer held. Mrs. George Wettlaufer gave her view point on interesting events of the National conven tion. The Stuart unit presented a program on “Civil Defense” which included family shelter de signs, types of alarms and tar gets in Nebraska. Mrs. Angela Wedige, president of the 9tuart unit, presided and was assisted by Miss Leona Jaur ing, Mrs. Larry Bamik, Mrs. Ray Estes and Maxine Olberding. The next county meeting will be in January at Stuart. Lunch was served by the San ders Post unit No. 214. Social Security Agent Will Visit at Butte James Hoffman, field represen tative of the Norfolk social secur ity office will be in the court room of the court house in Butte, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thurs day, Nov. 29. Anyone planning to retire and apply for social security bene fits next year is invited to dis cuss his retirement plan now. Think Your Clan is Big? Try Cooking For This One "Over the hills and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go.” That may be all well and good for some families. 1 ut for the Jack Trant family of O’ Neill that could turn into quite a crowded journey. You see Jack's grandmother is Mrs. Mary Schutte, 92, "queen mother” of what may be the world's largest clan. Mrs. Schutte of St. Francis, Kan., has 340 living descendants. This matriarch of what very likely is America’s largest clan and possibly the largest in the world - has nine sons and daughters, 87 grandsons and granddaughters, 243 great grandchildren and 21 great great grandchildren. Several years ago Parade mag azine noted that there were 264 members of the Hellenger clan in Sweden, apparently the largest then known. The Schutte clan ob viously dwarfs the Swedes. Although the possibility of ever getting the Schutte family all toge.her at one time is extreme ly remote (members live all over the U. S. and some in foreign countries) we imagine even pre paring a Thanksgiving meal for the family could set some world records too. Firemen Called To Three Fires \n Past Week O'Neill firemen were summon ed three times during the past week, twice Saturday and once Monday morning. About noon Saturday a fire of undetermined origin burned three stacks of hay which had been moved onto the Clay Johnson sr. place in the southwest part of O’Neill. About suppertime Saturday the department was called to the Margaret Anderson home where a fire had started in an upstairs tied loom. A lot of smoke and water damage resulted to the house. Monday morning at about 8 a.m. firemen were summoned to the Mike Burney residence where a car had caught on fire as Mike was attempting to start it. Ex tensive damage was done to the car but luckily the Burneys were able to get the car out of the garage and away from the house preventing more serious damage to the home. THE COOKS HELPED TOO — Assisting wi 1 the cooking and the serving of the food were Mrs. Lyndiey Crumly, Mrs. A. T. Crumly, Mrs. Keith Kennedy. Miss Lnra Grass and Mrs. Tony Mudloff. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS — City workmen, witi an assist from Consumers Public Power District, have been busy erecting O’Neill’s holiday lighting system. They are shown here as they prepare to raise one of the main ornaments at O’Neill’s ma n intersection. Rites Held for I Reich Findley I At Atkinson Funeral services were held for Reich Findley, 74, on Monday, Nov. 19, at the Methodist church in Atkinson with the Rev. Milan S. Colman, officiating. Burial was in the Woodlawn cemetery. Pallbearers were Bernard Blackmore, Earl Houts, Lloyd Mc Dowell, George Randol, Fred Juracek and George Tracy. Reich Findley, the son of Ar chie and Clara Reich Findley, was born on December 18, 1887, at Pawnee City and died on No vember 16 at the Atkinson Mem orial hospital. He married Mabel Cuch on December 30, 1908 at Hamburg, la., and to this union three child ren were born. Mr. Findley has lived in the At kinson community since 1917. He had been a member of the Methodist church for the past 50 years. He was aiso a member of the Atkinson IOOF Lodge. A daughter preceded him in death. Survivors include his widow, Mabel; son, Archie, Tilden; daughter, Mrs. William McKown, Richard, Va.; mother, Mrs. Clara Jennings, Stuart; brother, Boyd Findley, Spokane, Wash, and six grandchildren. Robbers Take Money From Orchard School Thieves entered the Orchard Public School sometime Tuesday night or early Wednesday morn ing and made off with a total of $46.80. Entry was gained by forcing the front door and also the door to Superintendent Kenneth Ander son’s office. The front of the safe door was pried loose from the inside of the door so the intruders could get at the con tents. The inside of the door was placed against a radiator and the insulation and combination scat tered about on the floor. Antelope County Sheriff Law rence Rittscher and Marshal Merle McGee investigated the hreak-in. This is the second time the school house has been broken into. In January intruders enter ed the building and took $24.10 from the Superintendent's office. Eagles Close '62 Season Land Bank Offers Local Scholarships Local farm boys who are now seniors in high school are eligible for two $400 Federal Land Bank scholarships, according to Lyle P. Dierks, manager of the Feder al Land Bank Association of O’ Neill. Dierks pointed out that these scholarships are for boys who are planning to begin study this fall at the college of agricul ture, University of Nebraska Funds are provided by Nebras ka’s 30 Federal Land Bank As sociations and the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. The scholar ships, which have been awarded for the past 11 years, are intend ed to encourage boys of outstand ing ability to continue their ed ucation in agriculture. Application blanks for the Land Bank scholarships may be ob tained from your high school su perintendent and must be sub mitted to the University of Ne braska before February 1. Rites Held for Mrs, FauShaber At Orchard Funeral services were held for Mrs. Louise Faulhaber, 89, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at St. Peter’s Lutheran church. Burial at the Lutheran cemetery under the di rection of Hamilton mortuary. Louise Timmermeier, daugh terter of Joseph and Anne Tim mermeier, was born on April 25, 1873 at Palmyra, and died on No vember 18, 1962. She was united in marriage to Fred Faulhaber on February 12, 1898 at Lincoln. The couple moved to Middle branch in 1900 and has ever since made this their home. They became members of the Lutheran church in 1952. Survivors include sons, Clar ence. Norfolk; 9idney, Orchard; daughters, Nora, Cedar, Minn., and Irma, Stockton, Calif., step son, Earl, Denver, nine grand children and 17 great grandchild ren, also brother John Timmer meier, Elmwood. Her husband, Fred and son, Archie, preceded her in death. Three Rivers Assn. Names Top Eleven Members of the Three Rivers conference ‘AH Conference Team' have been announced by Coach George Fuerst. Butte, conference secretary. Players named to the first 11 this year include: George Bige low. center. Stuart; Leigh Muel ler. guard. Stuart; Roger Pecena. guard, Spencer; Gary Hoffman, tackle, Spencer; Tom Thomas, tackle, Springview; Marshal Luth, end. Butte; Dwaine Fil singer, end, Spencer. Backs on the team are Bill Lewis, Butte. Carl Clements, Stuart. Paul Ohri. Spencer, and Glenn Linse. Springview. Other players named as honor able mention are: Spencer. Bruce Anderson and Rog Fisher; Stuart, John Steen and Leon Weichman; Butte. Vic Lechtenberg. Merle Liewer. Byron Carmichel. Leroy Kibby; Springview, Larry Lee'; Atkinson. Tom Osborn. Larry Schrunk, Lavem Rossman; Ew ing, Joe Tagel, Larry Mlnarik, Tom Mlnarik. Te O'Neill High Eagles, in their first year under head coach Jim Taylor, closed their 1962 gridiron campaign with a respectable re cord of six victories and three defeats. The Eagles were Eastern Rangeland Conference Champs and runners-up to the Rangeland Conference Championship. Coach Taylor’s crew scored a total of 154 points, 54 of them in Rangeland competition, as com pared to their opponents’ 94 points. Ironically, the Eagles were outscored in Rangeland play with their opponents’ racking up 62 points. Senor halfback Rchard “Jack’’ Frost led the OHS scorers with nine touchdowns for 54 points. The transfer from Grant was somewhat of a question mark during the opening of the sea son, but the 142-pound hustler earned a starting halfback posi tion mostly due to his pass catch ing abilities. Frost surprised ev eryone in the Eagles’ opener against Valentine when he scored three ID’s, including his longest run from 18 yards out. Frost's longest scoring play was a 35 yard pass reception from quarter back Terry Kurtz. The longest scoring jaunt of the year was junior haiiback, Larry Lieb’s /0-yard gallop in the op ening minutes at Gordon. Big Rich Hill receives credit for the longest pass play for a touch down and probably the most un forgettable TD of the season, his 58-yard fourth-uown catch that turned the tide against Burwell. The senior end grabbed the quick toss and rambled from midfield in the decisive third period that put the big blue back in the game and set up their 12-7 triumph ov er the Longhorns. Halfback Frost was also the team’s leading ground gainer, av eraging 7. 9 yards per carry. Senior quarterback Terry Kurtz completed 69 of his 115 pass at tempts for an even 60% and 61 points. End Gary Plessell led the able Eagle pass receivers with 25 receptions for 386 ya-ds. Ples sell s three TD receptions were from 42, 26, and 13 yards. 202 pound end Hill grabbed 24 passes for 291 yards and three touch downs. The OHS opponents’ took ad vantage of quarterback Kurtz for ten pass interceptions. Coinciden tally , the first and last scoring plays against the Eagles were pass interception runbacks; Va lentine’s Ben Cool pirated one for 82 yards in the opener and Chad ron's Denny Blundell intercepted another for 48 yards in the Rangeland Conference Play-off. The O'Neill High defense held their opponents to 10.4 points a game. The only teams to score more than one TD against the Eagles were Bassett (24-0) and class ‘B’ champs Chadron (26-7). The defense, led by linebackers Coach Taylor was assisted by Wayne State graduate Boyd Blomenkamp. Reserve basketball coach Dean Houfek also contri buted a great deal of time to the Eagles’ football squad throughout the season. The OHS squad matched last year's 6-3 record and duplicated the Rangeland Conference out come. The only differences in the two teams’ rcords was this year’s 24-0 Joss to Bassett (35-li win last year) and this year’s 12-7 victory over Burwell (6-0 loss last year). With the completion of this year’s campaign, the OHS Eagles have been defeated only twice on the O’Neill Athletic Field in four years of play. O'Neill Juniors Present Annual Class Play Friday "Seventeenth Summer", n com edy in three act* was presented by the junior class of O Neill Public High School Friday eve ning in the sctiool auditorium. Mrs John Berlgan, English In structor, directed the play She was assisted by I M aine Skopee, student director Connie Morrow played ttie ro mantic lead Character leads were played by Verna Butterfield and Kieth Krugman Cast in sup portmg roles were Dm cell Hay nes, Ijois Anderson. Jo Ann Mas chi. Bob Hals ead, Jay McCoy. Greg Derickaon, Sheryl Schmei chel. Iiennis Wells. Karen Perry and Larry Lieh. Assisting with the production were Lurry Ofost, Rusaell Sprague, Dennis Spangler. Shar on Kallhoff and Virginia l.aw rence. scenery; Christine llerley and Dianne Gillespie, publicity; iM’ame Skopee and Dianne Gil lespie, prompters; Cheryl Clyde, Joan Riffey, Charlene McClellan, Mary Jo Walker and 1 kilores Itosenkrans, ushers Judy Mlinar and Norma Wal ters were in charge of the hake sale which followed the play Junior class sponsors are James Taylor and Miss Janis Myers. Picking Bee Held At Page for Ronald Grass aires, of the Page American Le gion post No. 315, and neighbors with pickers, wagons and eleva tors, came to the Ronald Grass farm on Monday morning to pick 80 acres of corn for him. Mr. Grass was recently releas ed from a Veteran’s hospital. The men started the work ear ly in the morning and it was completed before 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The men who helped were Richard Heiss, George, Kenneth and Norman Wettlaufer, Willis Robinson, Ben Asher, Harrison Hallman, Keith Kennedy, William Scheinost, Calvin and Gordon Harvey, Dale Matschullat, Art Grass, Lyndley, R. V. and A. T, Crumly, George Clast y, La Vein VanConnett, Robert Prill, Jim Stewart, William Buxton and Jim Hartman. The Auxiliary ladies who assist ed Miss Lura Grass, Ronald’ sis ter, were Mmes. Tony Mudloff, Lyndley Crumly, Keith Kennedy and William Scheinost. Mrs. A. T. Crumly also assisted. Stock Growers to Meet At Scottsbluff Dec. 1 Former Resident Dios at Rosalie Claude Marr. 65, Rosalie, a former resident of the O'Neill community died Thursday after suffering a heart attack Funeral services were l»eld Monday at 10 am in St Joseph'* Catholic church in Walthill Burial was in Walthill. He married the former Helen Sauser, June 2», 1926 at Winne bago. Survivors include the widow, Helen, three sons, Bruce of Ban croft, barren of Rosalie and Hugh of Dow City, la,, and two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Jane* Bring of Zumbno Falls, Minn , ano Mrs Gary Tessmer of Friend and 27 grandchildren A brother, Warren lives at Atkin son ' Rites Planned for Mrs. Martha Wilcox Funeral services will be held at the Concordia Lutheran church at Clearwater Friday at 2 pin for Martha M. Wilcox, HO, who died Monday at the Neligh ho» pital Burial will be in the Clear water cemetery. Mis. Wilcox was born on a farm near Clearwater, the daugh ter of Ernest and Dorthea Mich ael. She was married to Grant Wilcox in Neligh in 1901 The couple were the parents of four daughters. Her husband, Grant, died in October of I960 Two Cases Filed In District Court Two new cases were filed and two divorces granted in district court this week at the Holt Coun ty court house*. Robert Waldo filed suit against Carroll Summerer in a personal injury case and Universal CIT Credit corporation filed a reple vin suit against Eugene L. So botka to recover a motor vehicle Frederick Babutzke wax grant ed a divorce from Barbara L. Babutzke and Margaret Ander son was granted a divorce from Marvin Anderson and granted custody of children Leon M Hill, Amarillo, I r* will be banquet apeuker at til* fall regional meeting of tt*e N. brtutka Stork Grower* AtMioaliuii at ScotUblulf «»n December I Hill, a humuriat philiMtnpho, will N|>eak on the topic, "Unlimited Huriaona" lb iuk|oartei» am] rcgiati iition for the one-day meeting will Ire the Lincoln Hotel where boainnu neankunt trrgin at • .» a m and return* at two o'clock in Hu- »l tei noon Speaker* will III! bull t> t Swackhamrt, prc«idi nl nl lh> Vttkmai linalnrk tender* A» •UM-Iatiott of I ark In Mo., mi "(liuiiiti-i in OalUr Feeding a* h> .See Ttiena Now"; Win K. tut well, rancher and chair man id the <.avrnior'i, ('innmiUee ot> Public Iteiaitona for Agrtrul tore, »a "Faring t p m Sonv Kealitte* in AgrtruMure", ami Claude M Maer, Jr., altornri and la* ronnaei fur the Nation id Mvealock Ta» Cunimltte of Denver, Odo, on 'The I Urn h «t and Federal Tan Pr.ddeuis A panel will be held on "Irn porta An- They a Factor In Live sUxk and M< at Sulkily?” Men* bera of the panel, including the moderator, George 8 Round of the Umveratty of Nebraska, are Ihidley Campbell, secretary American National Cattlemen'* Association of Denver, Colo.; A. V Nor<l(|inst, state federal »ta tistician of Lincoln, and Robert Iteirerson. USDA statistician «t Denver, Colo The banquet at Terry’* Arena begin* at tl 30 p m This will be preceded by a social hour at the Lincoln Hltel and followeit by a dance. County Court Eight |lemon* were fined this week in county court on speed ing charge*. They were Edwin Jirak. night six eding, fined $r> and co*t*, Leonard Olberding, O’Neill, night speeding, 915 and coat*, Donald Eppcnbnch, O* Neill, night speeding, fined 915 and costa; Donald L, Nr he moat. Spencer, night speeding, 915 and costs; Leonard Anthony, Fre mont, 915 and costs; Mu* A Dopson, Stanton, night speeding, 915 and costs, Walter Fuhrer, Fremont, night speeding, 915 a ml costa, Marilyn J. Cole, Emmet, night apeeding, $10 arid costs. CORN PICKING BEE — Some of the frien s and neighbors who aMdsied 1 the com pieUng bee Monday at the Ronald Grass farm were: (fro -t, Ben Asher, Norman Wettfurfer and Ray Harmon (rear) George Wettlaufer. A. T. Crumly, Richard Heiss and Jim Stewart. Pictured below are Little Janet Seheinost, L.ndlev Crumly, Art Grans, Kenneth Wettlaufer. Cal vin and Robert Harvey, William Seheinost, Keith Kennedy, Dale Matschullat and George Liases.