NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL .'iOCirrT Lincoln, Nutraa** Your . -o: fu™ _ _ _Sa ^ *wj£*p*r T\ /^v'E Trpr in tv Tw.iv. p.9., m "tLS" KUJN 1 ilk h "*U,u* "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-Non* -Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper __Volume 82—Number 32 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 29 196° ■ ‘ —--- 1 • .. .—_' More Information Given On Proposed New School Preliminary planning for the pnjjKjsed Junior * Senior high school to lx- voted on December 14 indicates the* total structure to he ol tire resistive and non-com bustible material. The building will he constructed of a combina tion of masonry and steel I ear ing walls with a rool structure of sled framing. Exterior wall sur fact s will lx- face brick and in terior partition* will lx* of light weight concrete Mock. Floor surface* will Im- cither ceramic or quurry tile In all entrances, locker rooms, toilet rooms and all other heavy traf fic areas. Classrooms ami other (Ivor spiu-c will In- surfaced with either vinyl or asphalt tile. The will Is of the locker rooms, showers, toilets, etc., will have a ceramic finish for moisture and wear resistance. All materials for this structure have been selected for their durability and low maintenance cost factors. lighting will lie a combination of fluorescent and incandescent fixtures with sky domes in all classrooms for balancing ade quate natural lighting. Class room* and latxiratory rooms will lx- oriented to the north to take advantage of the north light and for heat control Windows on the .south of the building will bo heat resisting and glare-reducing gray glass. Heating for this lb teacher sta tion structure, with a total square footage of approximately 39,000 square feet, will be supplied from a central heating plant. Individ ual temperature controls will be installed in all classrooms and other major space areas. The gym-auditorium will be equipped with separately controlled heat ing and ventilation equipment. Further facts concerning con st rue lion methods, materials, floor plans, building sketches along with cost data will be forth coming during the next two weeks. Services Held Saturday for Joe Cunningham Funeral services for Joseph Cunningham, 74, were held on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 9 a m. at St. Patrick's church with Father Kucera officiating. Burial was at Calvary cemetery under the direction of Biglins. Pallbearers were Max Golden, Fritz Clark, Ray Orsiborn, Harry Jolley, Don Clyde and Francis Murphy. Joseph Cunningham, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cun ningham was born on January 6, 1889 at Spalding and died on No vember 21, 1962 after a year’s illness. He married Sylvia Caulfield on May 31, 1935 and to this union three children were born. Survivors include, widow, Syl via, son, Joe Jr., at home, daugh ters, Mrs. Dick (Pat) Harmon, Lincoln and Mrs. Jim (Barbara) Walnofer, Orchard, brothers, Pat and Tom, Riverton, Wyo., Ray, Artesian, S. D , and Jack, Kansas City. Mo. Butte Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment BURKE, S D Duane Reiser, 24, Butte, Nebr., pleaded guilty in circuit court Monday to a murder charge and was senten ced to a life term in the South Dakota penitentiary. Reiser was charged in the fatal stabbing of his former sweet heart, Marlene Schmitz, 19, Bone steel, 9. D., in her home Nov. 12, He was captured by law en forcement officials several hours later in a barn about 30 miles northwest of Bonesteel. Friends had said Miss Schmitz and Reiser had gone together while Miss Schmitz was in high school, but she had broken up the romance last summer. Arnold Peterson To Be Speaker at Extension Meet Arnold Peterson, well known radio and TV Farm Service Di rector from Omaha, will be guest speaker at the Holt County Ex tension Service Annual meeting Wednesday, Dec. 5. Mr. Peterson will present a slide talk on “Agri culture in Our Two New States”. me meeung win oegm at r.M p.rn. in tlie O'Neill Legion Hall. All Holt County residents are invited to attend. A brief report will be given on Exteasion Ser vice activities in the county dur ing the past year. Two Extension Directors will be elected, one from Grattan and Shields town ships, and one from an area in cluding Green Valley, Sheridan, Emmet, Holt Creek, Francis, Fairview and Shamrock Town ships. All legal voters in the coun ty are eligible to participate in the election. Refreshments will be served by Home Extension clubs in the county. Mr. Peterson graduated from the University of Nebraska, Col lege of Agriculture in 1939. He grew up on a Dixon County Farm and presently owns a farm in Humboldt County, la., in conjunc tion with two brothers. He was active in 4-H club work and was a County Agent in Nebraska for several years. He also taught junior high school at Spencer and conducted a prize-winning band and glee club there. In addition to his broadcasting duties, Mr. Peterson now con ducts an annual farm study tour. These tours have been to Hawaii, Alaska, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. They provide the back ground for the talk which should be of interest to al! residents in the area. Schmitz Infant Dies; Rites Held Saturday Graveside rites were held for James M. Schmitz, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schmitz, Saturday, Nov. 24, 1962. Father Duffy officiated. Interment was at Calvary cemetery. Survivors besides his parents are his brothers, Thomas and Ronald. DAISY MAY AND LITTLE ABNER — Sberyl Schmeichel and Gary Wettlaufer were awarded honors as the “best dressed” couple at the Sadie Hawkins day dance held Tuesday evening at the public school gym. Car, Truck Collide; No One Injured A car, truck accident was re ported to O’Neill police about a m Friday when a truck own ed by Lou Brown and driven b; Wilbur L>. Hammerlun, collide* with a car driven by Veral Me Dermott at the intersection o: Fifth and Douglas. No damage was done to th« truck but about $85 damage wa done to the car. Rites Planned Friday for Alma Farrier Funeral services will be hek for Alma Farrier, 88, on Friday Nov. 30 from the Baptist church Chambers. Burial will be at the Chambers cemetery. Alma Frances Farrier was borr on May 19, 1874 to Charles anti Irene Austin Stowell. She died a! 9t. Anthony’s hospital on Novem ber 26, 1962. On May 9, 1897, she was united in marriage to Charles E. Far rier and they became the par ents of seven children. Mrs. Farrier was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary and also worked as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Mr. Farrier and a stepson pre ceded her in death. Survivors include sons, Hylas, and Ernest of Chambers, daugh ters, Mrs. Alvin (Rachel) Tange man, Chambers, Mrs. Alice Sta pies, Mrs. Clarence (Aria) Vick, Oklahoma City, Mrs. Carrie Briggs, Red Oak, la., 23 grand children, 51 great grandchildren an one great great grandchild, sisters, Mrs. Lena Springer, Het tinger, N. D. and Mrs. Gladys Springer, Alexandria, Minn. Ranchers Attend Honor Banquet At Sioux City The winners of the Sioux City Permanent Agriculture contest attended the recognition banquet there last week. The ranchers representing the District in the contest were: Raymond and Don Dexter, Amelia, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jarman and Doug, Chambers and Walter Fick, In man. These ranchers won the area competition as well as re presting the local District. The area in which they were wiraiers included the following Soil and Hater Conservation Districts: KBK, Boyd county, Knox county, Antelope county and Holt county. For winning the area award the local Dis trict received $100 in cash which was applied to the purchase of a set of walkie talkies for use of the local staff in the field. Also attending the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sum merer, Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Smith, Stuart, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hill, O’Neill. The Sioux City Chamber of Commerce sponsored an after noon program of slides and talks by farmers from Minnesota and South Dakota showing the con servation work on their own farms and how conservation aid ed wildlife development. Certif icates were given to all county winners at the afternoon session. The winning ranches from Holt county are very good examples of a well rounded conservation program and excellent range management practices. In recent work done by the local District board in up-dating their program of work, studies were made re flecting the increase in economy of ranchers through sound range management. Window Contest Winners Named Winners of the Chamber of Commerce unrelated items con test held Friday evening have been named. First place winner was Jack Pitham who correctly identified all but four of the mis placed items. Other winners were Don Obst. second. Marge Reynoldson. third, and Sharon Marcellus, fourth. They all missed five of the items and were placed according to the time their entries were turn ed in. At The Courthouse Nine persons appeared in coun ty court this week before judge Frank Cronk. All nine were fined on speeding charges. Appearing were: Bruce J. Rehberg. O'Neill, night speeding, $15 and costs: Vern P. Naber, Waco, day speed ing. $10 and costs: Clark R. Dix. Butte, night speeding, $15 and costs; Darold Hamar, South Sioux City, night speeding, $10 and costs; Gary Addison, Stuart, night speeding, $10 and costs; David Maughn, Norfolk, night speeding, $10 and costs; Dar lene Denbeck. O’Neill, night speeding. $15 and costs; Royce G. Wright, Ewing, night speed ing. $10 and costs, and Ronald C. Partridge. O'Neill, night speed ing, $35 and costs. THANKSGIVING ROYALTY — Named as royalty at St. Mary's Thanks|ftvUi|c dame held hist weekend were Bill Brass. Terry Brown. Brace Appleby, King Jerry Bella. Qu.-en Mildred Schmlti. Kathy Hynes, Kileen Corkle anil Cecilia Dzlowgo. Atkinson Couple Feted On Anniversary Sunday Friends, neighbors and rela tives called at the home of Mr. and Mr^. Alfred Kazda last Sun day to help them celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kazda were married December 25, 1922 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Cady, Riverview, Nebr. with the Rev. Harry E. Petersen performing the cere mony. The couple has twro children, Dick. Winner. S. D., and daugh ter, Mrs. Brice Braziel, Lincoln. Open house was held from 2 to 5 p.m. at their home in east Atkinson. The table was graced by a three tier wedding cake. The sugar and creamer used in serving was a wedding gift from the late Mr. and Mrs. Harm Damero. and has been treasured through the years. Mrs. Brice Braziel. daughter of the honored couple, and Mrs. Pearl Smith, Johnstown, and Mrs. Stanton Clark. Seattle, Wash., sisters of Mrs. Kazda were in charge of the serving. The three oldest guests to reg ister during the day were Mrs. Kazda’s mother, Mrs. Rose Hull. Johnstown, Mrs. George Syfie sr., and Mrs. Bertha Mitchell. Relatives on hand to make the day memorable were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kazda. Kathy and Dickie. Winner. S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Brice Braziel, Kent and Blaine, Lincoln. Mrs. Rose Hull, Johns-own, Mr. and Mrs. Stan ton dark. Seattle, Wash.. Mrs. Social Security Agent Here Wednesday Gail Rob art, field representa tive of the Norfolk social securi ty office will be in the basement of the Court House annex in O’ Neill from 9:30 am. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Dec. 5. Pearl Smith, Johnstown, Mr. and Mrs. George Cady and family, Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. William Cady and family. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Muriel Cady and fam ily. Ainsworth, Mrs. Anna Holz, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright and family. Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Norb Uhl, O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Byington, Bassett. Bfc ■ r- - * ... CORN PICKING BEE — Friends and neighbors gathered at the Alfred Walters farm west of Chambers Monday to pick about 44) acres of corn for Mr. Walters who recently returned home from the Mayo C linic at Rochester where he underwent surgery. Helping with the work were Duke Reed. Henry Fleck, John Ritterbush. Dick Jarman. Ray Beed, Ralph Maas. Melvin Bell. Glen Jungbluth. Ber nard Grimes. Elwyn Robertson. Merle Fagan, George Cameron, Ray "towell, Orville Svatos, Bob Beed, Leonard Swanson, Erwin Carpen ter, Rueben Pelster, Pete Hoffman, Ralph Garwood, Dean Smith, Alfred Maas. Don Cameron, Raymond Walter, Edgar DeHart and t ern Whitaker. Dinner was served at noon at th Raymond Walter home. Helping prepare the meal were Mrs. Alfred Walter, Mrs. Merie Fagan, Mrs. Don Cameron, Mrs. Raymond Stowed and Mm. Rueben Pelster. Awards For Conservation To Be Given The Holt Soil and Water Con servation Supervisors in coopera tion with the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce are combining the re gular Chamber meeting on De cember 3 with the awards Recog nition Program of the District. As the evenings program, fol lowing the regular Chamber meeting, awards will be present ed to the Photo Award winners, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ernst, by Mr. J. W. Rooney of the O' Neill Production Credit Associa tion, local sponsor of the con test. Ihe Goodyear Award win ner, Merwyn French, jr. of Page will be presented the award by a representative of the Goodyear Company. The area winners in the Sioux City Permanent Agriculture con test will be recognized for their outstanding work by the District Supervisors. These winners are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick, In man, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Jar man, Chambers and Mr and Mrs. Raymond Dexter, Amelia. Lynch Firemen Answer Cali to Grass Fire Last Tuesday, the Lynch fire men were called to the Howard Slack farm, south of Lynch to a bridge and grass fire. A tree blew on the REA line causing the fire. A bridge close by burn ed, making it impassable. It is believed that beavers had gnawed cn the tree causing it to fall on the power line. Infant Baptized Darla Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Johnson, Verdigree. was baptized on Sunday, Nov. 25 at the Methodist church with the Rev. David T. Gustafson, officiat ing. Mrs. Eva Kurtz, Pasadena, Calif., Delmar Splangler, O’Neill, Mrs. Claytcn Nelson and Sherye Dee, Sioux City, were sponsers. O'Neill Merchants Plan Turkey Day Saturday Albert Ratkovec, 88, Dies at Spencer Albert Ratkovec. BH. died at noon Wednesday at the lionie id his daughter, Mrs Agnes Halva. S|>encer, Survivors include 10 children, daughters, Mrs Mary Moan, O’ Neil], Mrs Josephine Junousek, lormcrly of O’Neill, now o! New York City, Mrs. Anna Jaiiousek. Brainerd, Nebr.. Mrs Helen But kus. Fergus Falla, Minn , Mrs Alice Swartzlander, Omaha, Mr* Agnes Halva, Spencer, sons, James. Valley. Albert. Pasadena, Calif., Edmund and Virgil com pleted and returned to the Vet erans Administration Regional Office at IJncoln not later than January 31, 1963, otherwise the February pension check will not lie released. He offers his help in the pro[x*r completion of these questionnaires to nil residents of Holt County. All-Sports Night Slated Monday The O’Neill High school “O” club will sponsor an All-Sports Night at the OHS auditorium this Monday evening at 6:30. The pro gram will provide an unveiling of the teams that will comfiete for O'Neill High during the win ter months in the various school sports. The program will get under way with an inter-squad Junior High basketball game, under the direction of coach Jim Luft At 7:15 coach Boyd Blomen kamp's wrestling team will stage three or four matches to decide positions on this season’s squad The present "O” club will then present a short initiation at 7 45 for the new lettermen from this fall's football team. At 8:00 the OHS volleyball girls, under coach Dean Houfek, will split up for an inter-squad match. And to round out the evening’s entertainment, the O’Neill High Eagles basketball squad will stage an inter-squad battle under the direction of coach I>/n Ko krda. The “O” Club will charge ad mission prices, 25c for grade i schoolers, 50c for high school age and 75c for adults. Three- i fourths of the money taken in < will be donated to the scoreboard < fund for the payment of the new i addition at the O'Neill Athletic Field. i O’Neil! merchants will turkey Any O'Nril] shop jier over tit years of age Is in vited to take paid in die eonlrwt To enter just estimate tlie total number of person* register mg tn each of ihe partiri|>atmg stores and if your guess i» tire close*.I, you win Un> turkey Knch store wttl have a separate contest and each store will give away a turkey so enter tire tots test in aa many of the different stores as you wish for complete rules mat irtfur rnatlon about the contest *e<- tb< < tramtrer of Commerce ad el«r wtiere in this issue of the Fron tier. Firms taking part m Ibe pro motion include. Tlie Apparel Shop. Tlie Ben Fiaiiklln Store Devoy ResaJl Drug, Oiyne Hard ware. Const -to-Coasl, Gambl. Store, Scovies Western Auto, O'* Neill Nutkiiial Hank, First Na tional Bank. Holt County Irate (lendent, Ihe Frontier, Graham’s Phillip ik., Johnson Drug, J M M