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__Volume 82—Number 32 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, November 29 196°
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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 <d Om
aha.
Funeral services are pending
Question Blanks
Sent to 16,000
Nebr. Veterans
Alvin Hct-xe, Holt County Vet
eruns Service Officer, announced
today that the Veteran* Admin
istration will dispatch almost
16,000 annual income question
naires to Nebraska claimants
with the pension check they will
receive on or atiout November
30, 1962. These will lx- used to
report income received during
1962 nnd expected during 1963
They wiU lx- sent to veterans in
receipt of non service-connected
disability pension and to widows
and orphans in receipt of non
serviee-con needed death pension
In addition, an income ques
tionnaire will he dispatched in
a small number of parent* who
are receiving dependency and in
demnity compensation
Mr- Heese stated that tiiese
questionnaires must ix> 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 <gfer
something special to their ru»
tomers Saturday a* they give
diem die chatice to take burnt a
free F> 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<I kins Id*. Tlie ta-e Store, Ml
I most) Jewelry. O'Neill Style
Shop, J C. Penney, Kby Conoco,
Shelharner Kipnpmrnt Co , A A U
Shoe Store, Dick's Bar. Juitzmg*
King -Korn Launderette, Meyet*
Midwest Furniture, Higlm* o’.
Neill Photo, » A s Farm Store.
O'Neiil Drug, Virgil Jjiursen,
Kanaus Nebi Natural Gas Co ,
O'Neill Cleaners, Holt County Co
t)p. Islington Mills, Sheltuuner
Foods, New Outlaw, Safeway »tui
Hamik's Standard Service
Services Held
At Atkinson for
Mrs. E. Withers
Funeral services for Mrs Kf
fie Withers. H6, were held on
Monday, Nov. 26 at the .Soger
Funeral home Burial was at
Woodluwn cenietary with the 1 trv.
Milan y. Coleman, oil mating
Pallbeurerw John Olson, O K.
Sja-nce, Lee Gilman, Oscar Peter,
aon, Frank Brady and Boy Grit
fen.
Effie Myrtle Withers. the
daughter of Wilbur and Leia
Blown Blackmer, wa* born on
September 17, IK76 at Blair,
Nebr and died on November 24,
l%2 in a Hays, Kan., hospital,
following a stroke.
In 1999 she married W D
Chapman. To this union « child
ren were born Mr. Chapman
died on December 9, 1920
She was united in marriage to
George Withers in 1922
Mr*. Wither* lived in Amelia
and left in Ochiber to spend the
winter with her daughter in Kan
sas, when *he was stricken.
Survivors include daughter,
Mrs. L. tBloasom) Carney. Hays,
Kan., won, Harold, Topeka, Le
larid E , Demur, Kan , Wilbur
A , California. George W Un
ion, N, D., Paul V , Rapid City
ami James W , Boulder, Colo., II
jrandchildren and 16 great
jrandchildren.
One aon. Douglas, preceded her
in death
Stewart McDonald Win*
Prize for Drawing
Stewart McDonald, 11 year old
•on of Mr. and Mr*. James Mc
Donald, recently won a baseball
nitt and ball as first prize in an
irt o/ntest sponsored by a Sioux
-ity television station. Stewart
von the prize for his drawing of
’What I would expect to see
rhen I landed on the moon.”