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_ 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.