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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.
