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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1962)
__ fiSftttAiKA S Ih : i , ; an jj . ^ Your ^ Lincoln, N*t>ra*,.., Newspaper I % if 1 a^ I "B Twelve Pages STATE HIST soc •" B^F fl I |B| I I ■ * B^T In This Issue PEC 17 1962 LiriCOLH. NEBR. North Central ^ JL A JL^XV Nebraska XXX "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 82—Number 34 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 13, 1'62 s.»v«n C# its Rites Held Here Monday For Dr. W. F. Finley, 75 I)r W. F. Finley. 75, a long time physician at O'Neill died Friday morning at his home. Funeral services were held Monday from St. Patrick's Cath olic church with Father Duffy officiating. William Francis Finley, the son of Timothy and Johanna Raach Finley was bom on May 25, 1887 at Terryville, Wis. He was one of 13 children. In 1913 he graduated with hon ors from five University of Min nesota. He married Grace Donovan in 1914 and they became the par ents of two daughters. They came to O'Neill in 1918 from Lansdaie, Minn., where he had practiced medicine for two years. He was a member of Phi Beta medical fraternity and belonged to the American Medical associa tion. He had been a coun'y physi cian in N. E. Nebraska for many years. Survivors include two daugh ters. Mrs. W. Carroll (Mary Joan' Stephenson, and Mrs Go wan (Catherine Elizabeth> Miller, sister, Mrs. Hugh Francis; broth ers, James and Lawrence, and ten grandchildren. Pallbearers were William J. Froelich. Julius D. Cronin, John McCarville. Edward Campbell. Dr. F. J. Kubitschek and William Griffin. Freak Pig Bern a* James Sicheneder's Whin Jim Sichene.’.er went to check his pigs last week he found one that was just a little differ ent from the rest. Upon check ing further, he found the pig not only to have eight legs, but also one head, containing two mouths, two sets of teeth and three tongues. Clifford Ranches ? II3 Incorporation LINCOLN — Helen B. Clifford and R. bert H. Clifford of Atkin son Monday filed articles of in 5 rpo ation for two farming and r-nc.hing corporations wi.h the Secreta y of State. They are the Cross Star Com pany of Atkinson, with 50 thou sand dollars authorized capitali zation, and Clifford Ranch Inc., with 75 thousand dollars capita lizati n. Strokes Honored With Surprise Pariy Sunday The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Straka surprised them on Sunday at a family ga thering and dinner at the home of Mrs. Ed Dvorak, to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. The 39 guests present enjoyed an informal afternoon of visiting and playing cards. The three tier anniversary cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Alfred Straka and her mother. Mrs. Edwin Engler. M". and Mrs. Straka were married on Ncv. 13, 1917 at St. Joeseph’s Catholic church. Atkin son. They are the parents of six children. They are Alfred and Mrs. Ed (Kay) Dvorak, both of Atkinson, Mrs. Theron (Ethel) Bogue, Chamberlain. S. D., Ro bert, Stuart, James. Beatrice and M_s. Louis (Marilyn) Laible. Stu art. The Strackas reside on a farm which they purchased 42 years ago. 71: miles southwest of At kinson. Prairieland Talker Back at Typewriter Kotnainr Saunders, better known t<» many «»f our readers as "f’tairleland Talker” is baek at hi* typewriter again alter an absence of several weeks. Ill- I ness and a fall forced Mr. Saunders to lemporairily **u*. p*-i; t his colum. We here at t The Frontier, as well as many faithful readers are happy to hear that he Is able to return to his work again. Welcome back -Prairieland Talker.” Fighters Display Boxing Talents In Stuart Bouts Fight fans in the O’Neill area were treated to some last action Friday night at Stuart as nearly 4o fighters took part in the eve nings fight card. Five exhibition bouts started off the evening. Fighting in the warm up bouts were Mike Se ger, 9, and Tony Runirn, 8; Steve Davis, 8, and Terry Da vis, 7; Ronnie Seger, 8, and Tommy Pofahl, 9; Melvin Zah radicek, 12 and Ralph Pelster. Petersburg, and Andy Riffey and Bruce Page, Orand Island. In ( ther bouts, Rick Devall, 155, O’Neill, won on a TKO over Sam Frost, 142. in one minute and 35 seconds of the first round. George Tagle, 151, Ewing, won a split decision over George Pel ster, 143, Petersburg; Jerry Do bies, 129, Central City, lost the decision to Tony Drake, 121, South Sioux City. La-ry Sutton, 150, South Sioux City, won a TKO over Danny BelAire, Grand Island in 1:56 of the first round. Dale Hixson, 176, Ewing, took a TKO over Calvin Ironshell, 175, Grand Island in 1:30 of the third round. Bob Liebig, 155, Colum bus, won a decision over Jim Dobias, 147, Central City; Walt Rogers, 157, South Sioux City, split decision over Jim Lillian thall, 162, Petersburg; Marlin Davis, 153, Grand Island, won a TKO over Zane Frost, 157, Stu art in :57 of the first round. Dick Pelster, 123, Petersburg, split decision over Jim Gregory. 126, South Sioux City, Bill Knud sen, 197, Verdigre, split decision over Bob McKabe, 191, Norfolk; Ted Nickolite, 130, Columbus, TKO over Jerry Spangler, 130, Ewing in 1:38 of the first round; Don Rudd, 118, Miller, S. D., split decision over Darrel Black fish, 120, South Sioux City, Dave Liebig, 146, Columbus, decision over Larry Gokie, 138, O’Neill and Keith' Steffen, 153, Norfolk, decisioned Sarg Olivia, 165, Grand Island. Judges for the matches were Vern Hixson, Neligh, Dave Les ser, Norfolk and Martin Pofahl, Ewing. Referees were Bill Farr. Newport, Bill Engle, South Sioux City and Max Pofahl, Norfolk. Jim Davis served as timekeeper, Joe Cavanaugh, O’Neill, rodeo and fight announcer, served as master of ceremonies and fight announcer. Trophy buckles for the winning fighters were furnished by Stu art merchants. Ewing Couple Leaves On Trip to Bahamas Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hupp have left by plane on a week's ex pense paid vacation at Nassau in the Bahamas where they will be guests of the Perfection In dustry. This is the third trip Mr. Hupp has won in recent years, the others being to Mexico City and Jamacia. The Hupps live in Norfolk. They lived for many years in the De loit community. HOME EOOXOMIST — Loretta Amt, Hastings, demonstrates cooking and meal planning tips to members of the St. Mary's and O'Xeill high school home economics classes at a cooking school held Thursday at the Kansas-Xebraska Gas Company office in O'Xeill. Classes from Ewing and Orchard at tended the morning session. Vote Slated for Friday on *492,000 Six-Grade High School Building Bond Rodeo Association Re-elects Officers Approximately 200 persons at tended the annual Rodeo Associa tion dinner held Sunday evening in the American Legion hall. A dance, which was opened to the public, followed. At the business meeting held Friday night all officers were re elected. They were Harry Spall, president; Larry Schaffer, vice president; William Murray, sec retary and Virgil Laursen, treas urer. Members of the board of dir estors are Everett Miner, Ber nard Allen, Leigh Reynoldson, C. E. McVay and Mayor D. C. Schaffer. Combined Band Plans Formal Concert Here r . The band and vocal depart ment of the O'Neill Public school will present their formal concert of the year on December 17th at 7:31 in the public school gym. This will be the final appearance of the combined bands of St. Mary’s and the Public school for the year as far as concert work is concerned. The program will be centered around the music usually heard during the holiday season with new apd unusual variations play ed on several of the old stand ards. This type program should appeal to both the young and old as most of the music to be per formed will be heard and enjoy ed many times throughout the Christmas season. The vocal department will be making their first appearance of the year and is working hard to present a fine concert of Christ mas music. The department this year, under the direction of Mr. Roger MacNeill, has made vast improvements and we are sure you will enjoy hearing them per form. The Band and Mr. Houston wish to thank all those who have supported and expressed their appreciation of their performan ces over the past three months. It is truly gratifying to have the support of the community in all they do and it is hoped the sup port will continue with the com ing program and throughout the year. Rites Held for Mrs. Chambers At Atkinson Funeral services for Mrs. Ava T. Chambers, 76, Seattle, were held Friday at St. Joseph’s Cath olic church, Atkinson. Pallbearers were G. A. Stein hauser. Peter Morgan. Lawrence, Joe and Fred Kramer and Ro bert Keating. Burial was in the parish cemetery. Mrs. Chalmers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Will iams. was born on Aug. 27, 1886 and died Dec. 2 at a hospital in Seattle. , In 1901 following the death of her parents, she and her two sisters, Helen and Hazel made their home with an uncle, S. D. Robinson, Atkinson. She was united in marriage to Arthur W. Chambers in 1907 and they became the parents of five children. Mrs. Chambers moved to Seat tle in 1954. Her husband and a daughter, Rita, preceded her in death. Survivors include sons, Rus sell. Ravenna and Delma, Seat tle; daughters. Velma Chambers. Seattle and Doris Chambers, Ar lington. Va.; four grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. R. W. Dickerson, Butte. Services Held At Chambers for John Walter Funeral services for John Wal ter was held Sunday, Dec. 9 at 11 a. m. from St. Paul’s Lutheran church, Chambers. Interment was at the Chambers cemetery. Pallbearers were Elwyn and Delbert Robertson, Raymond and Dwayne Walter, Clarence Spran- . dal and Reno Pfeil. Mr. Walter died December 6 at St. Anthony’s hospital. John Walter married Mary Spooler Sept. 9, 1888 and they became the parents of five child ren. Survivors include sons, Wil fred, Chambers; Henry, DeWitt; daughters, Mrs. Rena Dierking and Mrs. C. V. (Mabel) Robert son, Chambers and Mrs. Chris (Lavina) Haussler, Holbrook, Nebr., 21 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren, brothers, Alfred sr., Chambers and Otto, Omaha. Out of town relatives that at tended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. William Pfiel and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koplin, Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sprandel, Omaha, Reno Pfiel, Ralston, Clarence Sprandel and Paul, Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Haussler, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Robertson, Pat and Nancy, O’Neill, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walter and Roger, DeWitt, Dwayne Walter, Lincoln and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morgan, South Sioux City, Nebr. Two Directors Chosen Here for Extension Board The annual meeting of the Holt County Extension Service was held in the O’Neill Legion Hall last Wednesday evening, Dec. 5. Two directors chosen to serve three year terms on the Exten sion Board were Mrs. A] Klop penborg. Emmet, and Paul Krug man, O’Neill. Another new mem ber of the Extension Board this year is Mrs. Leo Kramer of At kinson. Mrs. Kramer is president of the Home Extension Council and represents that group on the board. Following the annual meeting, the directors met to elect officers Dale Stauffer, Page, was re-elect ed chairman for 1963. Other of ficers are Harold Coburn, O’Neill, vice chairman; Mrs. A1 Kloppen borg. Emmet, secretary and Charles Mulford, Stuart, treasur er. Other directors not previous ly mentioned include; Harold Melcher, Page, Glen White, Am elia and Lawrence Skrdla, Stu art, present 4-H Council chair man. During the annual meeting, a report of financial expenditures for the 1961-1962 fiscal year W3s given by Charles Mulford, and a brief report of Extension activi ties was reviewed by County Agent, John Burbank. Guest speaker was Arnold Peterson of W. O. W. Radio and T. V. in Omaha. He showed slides and gave a very interesting talk on Agriculture in Hawaii and Alaska. The Sandhill Wranglers 4-H club presented several musical num bers. About 85 persons were in attendance. Elms Motel Sold To Herb Voecks Mr. and Mrs. Herb Voecks of Madison have purchased the Elms Motel from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Olherding. The 21-unit motel will be man aged by the Voecks’ son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. De’ Theasmeyer. starting January 2. The Theasmeyers are presently managing the Redwood Motel at Hastings. Santa Claus is Coming To O'Neill Saturday Hey Kids! Santa Claus will be in town Saturday afternoon at 2 pm. at the I’ublie School. There'll be treats for everybody so make it a date to bring all your brothers and sisters and visit the jolly old gent. Atkinson Sale Barn Is Sold Roy W. Aten, owner of livestock auction markets at Ainsworth and Atkinson the past few years, has sold the Ainsworth Sale Yards to Ern Larsen and Dr. Richard Dougherty, both of Ains worth. Announcement of the sale was made last week, jointly by Mr Aten and the new owners. Mr. Larsen has been employed at the Ainsworth Sale Yards for some time and Dr. Dougherty was a practicing veterinarian un til selling his practice earlier this year. Mr. and Mrs. Aten and family plan to make their home in At kinson and expect to move there when school is out next spring. They have four children Mr. Aten had owned the Ains worth Sale Yards the past sev en years. He purchased the At kinson Livestock Market from Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Weller, the founders in 1958. Judge Ralph Walker Dies in Omaha Word was received in O'Neill Wednesday evening of the death of Judge Ralph Walker in an Om aha hospital. Funeral arrange ments have not yet been made Sale Dates Claimed DEC. 18 — MR AND MRS GLENN GILLOGLV CLOSING OUT SALE. 73 head of hogs, 38 head of cattle and full line of farm machinery plus some house hold goods. 2 south, 1 west and 4 south of the southwest corner of Inman. See complete listing in this issue of the Frontier Ed Thor in auction service, O'Neill. Two Accidents Reported by State Patrol Two in cidents were reported in this area in the past wi-ek December 10 at 12:15, urn hall mile west of Emmet on U, S highway 20, a I!ttt2 station wagon driven by Donald J Vencil, 27, Atkinson, ran into a tractor and hayrack driven tiy Ivon Berk with, 62, Emmet Mr Beckwith was attempting to cross the high way and was hit hy the Vencil car, throwing him off the tractor Mrs. Vencil was taken to an At kinson doctor. Car damage was estimated at JHKK). the hayrack was a total loss Also on Monday at 12:50 p.m. on U S. highway 281. a 1052 auto driven by William McClellan, 81, O'Neill, was southbound, slowed down to make a right turn and was hit from tiehind by a 1962 pickup driven by Walter I, Knud sen, 5(1, Gregory. Damages were estimated on the pickup at $125 and the car around $75 Mariner Group To Read Play Wednesday The Launcher Mariner group of the O’Neill Presbyterian church will present a reading ol the play, “The Sign of Jonah”, on Wednesday. December 19, at 8 p m at the O'Neill Presbyter ian church. Guenter Rutenborn, a Luther an pastor in Post-Nazi Germany is the author of the play. Pastor Putenborn saw a parrelell in hus own ministry to the preaching of Jonah in Nineveh The meaning of scripture becomes clearest when contemporary history is put into a Biblical setting. This is what Mr Rutenborn has done. Through a technique known as surrealism, the characters find, as they participate in this play about judgement day, that the accusations made them, might have to be born by them in re»! life. “The Sign of Jonah" answers in a surprising way the question of the meaning of Christmas. Those participating in the play reading are The Judge, Edward Price; Jonah the Prophet, Roger McNeal; A man in the audience, Marvin Young; merchant, Clay ton Johnson; Gabriel, John Hart; Michael, Veldon Godel; Raphael, Charles Hogan; the average man, Hugo Fletcher; the Queen of the south, Babylon, Nineveh. Doris Price; the average woman, SU-i a Fletcher, and stage manager, Lois Johnson. County Extension Service Officers Named Thursday Ml*•rial eliiin.ii for Hu* |itt> |m»t*d »i\ >e.ir junkr MUkir high m ImioI will tie t»el<| *.11 Friday l*ec 14, 1962 ’Hie jmll*. .it tie four voting want*, will l# open from K a m in M p m ‘I1m- »pt-< ml elei tlon will lie held .it On* usual four w iml voting plan** Uni ward, f'lHirtlwmm*, Senm l uard. Knights of I'oltimlHiM hull; Third want, Polar Ml at it .it. and Four th ward, (‘it> hall All other nun I id vigors of Site ml luatilit No 7 living outside the city I mil* will vote at die First ward ml ' place, the t'ourttmuac Qualification* of voter* on him iK’iud school I mini election are Kvery dti/en of th# t tinted Slate* 1 Who turn re*tiled in the dnt* rict 40 day* 2 Win i* 21 years or more and : 1st Wlw tiuis real or ]«■* Minal properly that wa* inou tmmf in the district in hr name at tfw* luvl annual auiettamefit, or ilit Who*e spouse own* real or pcnvonal property that wa* a* i s e<! in ttu* name of wild s|mu<e in the dial riel at the hug annual .is exarnent or let Who ha* children of at to ol age residing In die district shall la- entitled to vote at any * I wo I election I In- proposed In teaching • I* lion school sirin hire Is design ed tor a complete educational progrtun with niulllpic usage of clnenrooin areas. < 'oinplcl« pro grams In KnglLh, speech, dra matics, IliatherilallcS, sclent e, social studies, physical e<luca tion, lionii-inaliing, comment', Itidustrlnl arts, instrumental music, vocal music, foreign language and library are plan nisi for In this educational structure, Construction materials of thin building arc to he structural steel and masonry Exterior walls of face brick with interior parti lions of light weight concrete block are planned Floor surf aces are to Is- either ceramic ot quarry tile in all enframes, loels er rooms, toilet rooms and other heavy traffic areas. Classrooms and other floor space are to be surfaced with vinyl or asphalt tile. The walla of the locker rooms, showers and toilets are to have a ceramic finish for moisture an<f wear re sistance All materials for the structure have L-en wMrd for their dural ility and low mainten ance cost factors. Lighting for this structure is io lie a combination of fluorescent and incandescent fixtures with kydomes in all classrooms for balancing adequate natural lighV mg. Classrooms ami laborah ry rooms will lx- oriented to the north to take advantage of th« north light ami for heat control Windows on the south exposur< are to la- of heat-resisling ai.-l glare-reducing gray glass l>tca.Uoii of this u-hial, on school-owned land directly north of tie* present football field still tract, will allow public access to the rest rooms placed In the south portion of the pro|xned school. This location will allow for ample parking facilities for school and public functions m well as areas for physical edu cation. The students In grade* Kindergarten through grade six will attend school In the present school building and grades seven through IZ will atteiMl school in tlw new six-year high school. If future expansion of this pi ex posed Lidding ever proves net essary, this building is designed for possible addition at any of the four comers or classroom areas Pre requisites of good edu national opportunities are ade quate- school facilities, qualified teachers and a balanced curricu lum.