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Volume 82—Number 36 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, December 27, 1962
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Services Held
Saturday for
Delia Ernst
Funeral services for Mrs. De
Ua Ernst, 85, wife of the late
.lake Ernst were held Saturday
morning, Dec: 22 at 10 a m. from
St Patrick’s church, with the Rev
O’! mnnell, Emmet, officiating.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery
under the direction of Biglins.
Pallbearers were E 1 w i n
Grutsch, Fred Ernst, George Cur
ran, Bernie Kennedy, Beryl Wal
do and Art Doolittle
Delia Curran was born Octo
ber 22, 1877 at Peoria, 111., to
'I hoinas and Mary Curran and
died December 19 in Wichita,
Kan
Both her parents were natives
of Ireland. In 1885 she moved
with her family to Amelia from
Humphrey, where they lived in a
sod house for several years.
She married Jake Ernst at O’
Neill on May 4, 1894 and to this
union three children were born.
They set up housekeeping on a
farm lfi miles northwest of O’
Neill where they lived until they
retired in 1937 und moved to
Amelia.
Her children, Floyd, Charles
and Gertrude Shipman preceded
her in death.
Survivors include granddaugh
ter, Mrs. Evelyn Weeks, Redling,
Calif., brother, James Curran, O’
Neill, sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Mar
cellus, O’Neill, and Mis. Clair
Conners, Broadwater, Nebr., and
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lela Ernst,
Wichita, Kan
Spencer Youths
Take Part in
Teen Convention
LYNCH — Sharon Christensen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Christensen, Lynch, and John
Seiler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Seiler, Spencer, are dele
gates to the Youth for Christ
Capitol Teen Convention in Wash
ington, D C., Dec. 27 to 29. Then
trip is being made possible by
their parents and the Boyd Coun
ty Youth for Christ Organization.
Jean Mulhair, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Mulhair, is also
attending. Her trip is being made
possible by her parents and mem
bers of the First Methodist
church of Lynch.
Former Celia
Resident Dies
In Oregon
Word was received by relatives
Thursday morning of the death
of Mrs. LaMont Spalding, 62,
Yoncalla, Ore. Death was due to
a heart ailment which she had
had the past few years.
Amalia Frickel was the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Frick
el sr. She was born in Russia
and came to America with her
parents when about 5 years old.
She grew to adulthood in the
Celia Community. She moved to
the West Coast, where she mar
ried Clare LaMont Spalding.
Survivors include her husband;
four brothers, Alex. Herman,
Conrad and Victor Frickel, all of
Atkinson; five sisters, Mrs. Byrl
Beck. Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman, Mrs
George Syfie, all of Atkinson;
Mrs. Bennett Smith, Butte; and
Mrs. Allen Marquardt, Norfolk.
Funeral services will be held
in Atkinson.
New Coach Named
At Inman High School
Inman High School has hired
Jerry Hughes, Geneva, to teach
mathematics, industrial arts and
coach the basketball team and di
rect the physical education pro
gram. Hughes was graduated
Thursday, Dec 29. at Wayne
State Teachers College.
Entries Close Soon
In Coloring Contest
llurry up UiU, limr is grow
ing short (or you to enter the
annual Frontier Coloring Con
tent.
In (his issue merchants are
wishing everyone a ‘‘Happy
New Year" by placing adver
tisements in tiic pajicr. You un
asked to color or |»aiiH with wa
ter paints any holiday greetings
in this week's or last week’s
paper.
The conU-st will lie divided
into two divisions, primary
through the second grade and
Hie third through the fourth
grades. This newspaper will
award cash prizes, first prize
being five dollars and second
prize, three dollars.
All entries must be returned
to the Frontier office by Dec.
29 and (he prize winners will be
announced next week. Judging
will he based on neatness and
originality of color combina
tion.
Three Accidents
Reported Here
During Week
Three car accidents were re
ported to O'Neill police the past
week. On December 22 a car own
ed by Donald Park was struck
on the right side as it was park
ed at 216 South Sixth street. Dri
ver of the other auto was Donald
L. Schommer. Considerable dam
age was done to the right side
and door of the Park Auto. The
Schommer car was damaged
about the front end.
December 24 about 1:45 p.m. a
car owned by Donald Botsford
was struck on the right side as
it was parked on East Davis
street by a car driven by Marilyn
Passieux. The right front door
of the Botsford car was damaged
and the left rear fender of the
Passieux was damaged.
Cars driven by Edward Pier
son, North Platte and Donald
Vandcrsnick, Ewing, collided on
East Everett street Monday af
ternoon causing minor damage.
Former Amelia
Woman Dies
At Watertown
ATKINSON — Word received
by friends of Mrs. Julia White,
formerly of the Amelia communi
ty report the death of her son-in
law, Frank Braddock at a Water
town, S. D. hospital Sunday eve
ning.
Mr. Braddock had been in fail
ing health for some time. His
death was due to a heart attack.
He was about 60 years old.
Survivors include his widow, Al
ta, who has been a teacher in
the school for retarded children
at Watertown for the past 17
years.
Mrs. Julia White has been mak
ing her home with the Braddocks.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at Philip, S. D. Inter
ment was in the Philip Cemetery.
Hildreth's Grandson
Is Injured in Fall
VERDIGRE — Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Hildreth. Verdigre, recent
ly received word that Larry, 13
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Hildreth. Houston, Tex., was
seriously injured when he fell
from a tree while playing.
He received a chest puncture
which required 17 stitches to
close, but the boy's lung was not
injured. Larry is a grandson of
the Verligre Hildreths. The Hil
dreth family of Texas formerly
lived at Omaha.
OPEN HOI SE FOR THE ADDITION to the Town House Inn will be held Saturday Sunday
from 2-5 p.m., Don Denbeck announced this week. Free coffee and doughnuts along with free prizes
will be offered to visitors. The recently completed motel portion of the inn will be open for public inspec
tion daring the open house. For farther details see ad in this issue of the Frontier.
. THIRTY-TWO PERSONS SIGNED THE Gl’EST book Sunday at open house held for Mrs. Della
Grandma” Bowden at the Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer home in O’Neill. Shown here with Mr*. Bowden
are her two daughters and two granddaughters in law. They are left to right: Mrs. Kenneth Wettlaufer
granddaughter in-law; Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer. daughter; Mrs. Myrtle Spangler, daughter; Mr* George
Wettlaufer, granddaughter-in-law. Mr*. Bowden wa, »H year* old Christmas day
Rites Planned
Here Today for
Mrs. M. Whaley
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar;
L. Whaley, 63, will be held toda;
from St. Patrick’s church at 10:34
a.m. with Father Kucera, officia
ting. Burial will be at Prospec
Hill cemetery.
Mary Louise Weber, daughter o
Peter and Susan Mick Weber
was born December 15, 1899 a
Atkinson and died Dec. 24 a
Hastings.
On April 17, 1917, she marriec
Peter Hansen and they becamt
the parents of seven children. H<
died in 1950
She married Clarence Whale)
on June 12, 1953, he died in 1953
Survivors include daughters
Mrs. Lloyd (Catharine) Spence
Columbus, Mrs. Dick (Margaret;
Timmerman, Hastings, Mrs. Ro
bert (Anna) Ferris, Inman, Mrs
Elia (Della) Timmerman, Hast
ings, Mrs. Albert (Rose) Garhet
York, son, Edwin (Bud) Hansen
Enterprise, Kan, sister, Mrs. Joe
(Elizabeth) Disterhaupt, Atkinson
and brother, Peter Weber, jr., O’
Neill.
A daughter. Mrs. Claude Neal
preceded her in death.
Eagles Garner
Fourth Win;
Hill Nets 26
O'Neill led all the way in their
fourth straight victory. Rich Hill
scored 2b points for the Eagles
and Terry Kurtz netted 13 points.
The losers were led by Ken
Claussen with 2o points and Herm
Groethe had 10.
Coach Don Kokrda’s crew led
by 16 points in the final quarter
before a flurry of fouls and mis
cues brought the home team Ba
lers to within nine points.
OHS reserves won 46-40 with
Larry Kurgman and Charley Hili
sharing top scoring honors for
the winners with nine points a
piece.
Office To Close for
New Year Holiday
, Advertisers and correspon
dents are reminded that copy
, should be in the Frontier office
early next week to insure pub
lication.
The office will be closed
Tuesday for the New Year holi
day but the Frontier will be
published Wednesday as usual.
Therefore copy that has been
ordinarily submitted on Tues
day must be in ihe office Mon
day morning because our work
week will be one day short.
Spencer Tourney
Opens Tuesday
The Spencer Invitational tour
nament will be held at Spencer
Community hall on January 1, 2,
4, and 5. On Tuesday night at
7 p.m. Spencer will meet O’Neil]
St Mary’s followed at 8:30 by
Butte taking on Naper.
Lynch will meet Orchard on
Wednesday night for the opening
game and Stuart and St. Joe’s
of Atkinson will tangle for the
second game.
The winner of the Butte-Naper
game will meet the champions
of the Stuart-St. Joe game Fri
day night at 7 p.m. followed by
the winners of the Spencer- St.
Mary’s, Lynch-Orchard games.
The championship game will be
played Saturday at 8:30 preced
ed by the consolation game at
7 p.m.
Cornerstone for
New Convent is
Laid at Atkinson
ATKINSON — Ceremonies for
the laying of the cornerstone of
the new convent were held at 11
a.m. Friday concluding with 11:30
mass in the church.
Included in the ceremony of
blessing and laying the corner
stone was a choral reading of the
Magnificat of the Blessed Virgin
Mary by the students of St. Jo
seph’s high school.
The convent will be the resi
dence of the nine nuns wo teach
in St. Joseph’s school. It is locat
ed on land which is part of a
large area which was leveled
west of the rectory and church.
The main floor contains a chap
el, parlor, community room, din
ing room, cook’s quarters and
the kitchen. The upper floor has
eight individual sleeping quarters
and a central bath.
The unit is nearing completion
and ‘is expected to be ready for
occupancy soon.
Claims Jump Title
From 20,000 Feet
ATKINSON — Bill Blake, Great
Falls, Mont., and a nephew of
Mrs. Frank Skrdla, Atkinson, was
lauded a hero recently when he
captured the annual “Birdman of
America” title with a parachute
jump of 20,000 feet, a record
breaking performance.
Mr. Blake was recently elect
ed president of the West Side
Kiwanis club in Great Falls.
Local Hospital Notes
ST. ANTHONY’S
ADMITTED: Dec. 18 — Laurie
Kloppenborg, Emmet and Mer
wyn Parks, O’Neill. 19 — Melvin
Myer, O'Neill, John Brunckhorst,
Page and Mavis Thompson, O’
Neill. 20 — Mrs. John D. Conard,
Emmet, Mrs. Leo Wiseman,
Page. Floyd Ritts, Emmet, Her
man DeGroff and Mrs. Calvin E.
Coolidge, both of O'Neill and Mrs.
Wayne Pollock, Ewing. 21 Mrs.
John M. Gallagher and Mrs.
Don Enright, O’Neill. 22 — Bar
ton Walton, O’Neill and Mrs. Jes
sie Cronk, Page. 23 — Hans Sass,
O'Neill. 24 — Glen Jungbluth,
Chambers. 25 — Deborah Roth
erham, Ewing, 26 — Mrs. Ramon
Bright.
DISMISSED: Francis Anderl,
Inman and Mary Beth Summers,
Bartlett. 19 — Lauri Kloppen
borg, Emmet, Mrs. Donald Sch
neider and son, O’Neill, Mrs. Don
avan Angel and daughter, Spen
cer, and Mrs. Robert Shoemaker,
O’Neill. 20 — Mrs. Alma Tege
ler, Page. 21 — Mrs. Gertrude
Dew. Newport, Mrs. John Far
rier, Chambers, Floyd Ritts, Em
met and Herman DeGroff, O’
Neill. 22 — Gus Timmerman,
Melvin Myer, Merwyn Parks,
Mrs. Max Grenier and Mrs. Let
ts Conrad, all of O’Neill and Roy
Rees, Bartlett. 23 — John P. Ri
ley and Mrs. John M. Gallagher,
O’Neill, Mrs. Leo Wiseman, Page
and Mrs. John Conard, Emmet.
24 — Mavis Thompson, Mrs. Don
Enright and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
all of O’Neill, Mrs. Wayne Pol
lock and daughter, Ewing and
John Dankert, Chambers.
ATKINSON MEMORIAL
ADMITTED: Dec. 17 — Donald
Clemens of Amelia. 18 — Mrs.
Mary Babl of Stuart; Cheri Lee
Paddock of Atkinson and Mrs.
Leo Bonenberger of Bassett. 20
— Mrs. Richard McConnell of
Amelia and Mrs. John Flannery
of Atkinson. 21 — Mrs. Richard
Pallas, Mrs. Frank Svoboda, Mrs.
Feme Livingston and Mrs. Don
ald Walton of Atkinson and Mrs.
Lloyd Oakley of Sppooner, Wis.
22 — Mrs. Fred Dobrovolny of
Bassett; George Frohardt and
Frank Bigelow of Atkinson. 23 —
Mrs. Jim Jarman of Chambers.
DISMISSED: Dec. 17 — Pat
ricia Lee Frahm of Amelia. 18
— Mrs. Wilmer West and James
D. Rockford of Atkinson. 19 —
Dan Scott of Atkinson and Mrs.
Alice Henning of Kelso, Wash. 21
— Cheri Paddock and Mrs. John
Flannery of Atkinson. 22 — Mrs.
Emil Johnson and Mrs. Donald
Walton of Atkinson; Mrs. Leo
Bonenberger and baby of Bassett
and Mrs. Lloyd Oakley of Spoon
er, Wise. 23 — Mrs. Frank Svobo
da and George Frohardt of At
kinson.
EXPIRED: Dec. 21 — Ed Rein
heimer of Stuart.
Merchants Offer Prizes in
Frontier's First Baby Contest
Claranna Witherwax
Joins Frontier Staff
Mrs. Ray Witherwax has re
turn to the Frontier family alter
being gone for the past two years
Claranna, who has been with
her husband while he was in the
army, has recently returned to
O'Neill and is back at work at
this office.
Ray is now employed with
Pinkerm an's TV and they are liv
ing at Gibson's Trailer Court.
Cards Take Win
From Bronchos
After Slow Start
After a slow start the Cards
threw their fast break into high
gear during the second quarter
and poured in 21 points to break
the game wide open. At one point
during this period the alert Card
inal defense intercepted six
straigh bronco passes. The Cards
continued to maintain their scor
ing pace during the second ha^f,
with nine men entering the scor
ing column.
Owen Donohoe paced the 9t.
Mary’s outfit with 18 counters,
with Bill Coventry adding 14
points to the cause in his first
game after becoming eligible for
varsity competition.
Jerry Donohoe teamed with
Owen and Coventry to dominate
the boards while Mike Ham
mond's and Norman Mudioff’s
floor play and ball handling on
the payoff end of the fast break
kept the crowd well entertained.
Again as in their earlier games
it was the Cards hustle and ex
tra effort that allowed them to
dominate he game.
The Cardinal reserves won a
squeaker 31-29.
Gillogly Buys
Davis Station
INMAN — Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Gillogly have recently purchased
the Davis Oil Station from Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Davis. Mr. and
Mrs. Davis left the first part of
the week to spend Christmas with
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Bridges at
Fremont, after which thev will
spend the winter in Florida and
Arizona.
Lyle Gillogly, Grand Island, will
be in partnership with his father
after the first of the year. He has
been employed as an assistant
manager of Kaugmann's depart
ment store in Grand Island for
the past year.
Orchard Man
Is Injured in
Grinder Mishap
Ralph Shrader, farmer living
southwest of Orchard, was sever -
ly injured about three o’clock
Wednesday afternoon when his
right leg became caught in some
machinery while he was grinding
feed. He was alone at the time at
another farm he operates. He
managed to free himself, crawl
to the house and call his wife
at the home place. She called for
help and Ralph was taken to
the Tilden hospital in the Ham
ilton ambulance.
It was necessary to remove the
injured foot and amputation was
made between the ankle and ,
knee. 1
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Court News
County Court
Dec. 20 — Don 9chaaf, Stuart,
night speeding, lined $15 and $4
costs; officer — Donald J. Fiala.
Dec. 20 — Earl C. Storjohann,
Spencer, night speeding, fined $15
and $4 costs; officer — Donald J.
Fiala.
Dec. 21 — Kenneth E. McNair,
O’Neill, speeding in city limits,
fined $10 and $4 costs; officer —
John S. Havelka.
Dec. 21 — William E. Gibbs,
Ewing, day speeding, fined $15
and $4 costs; officer — E. M.
Hastreiter.
Dec. 24 — Elroy D. Hickel,
Ray, N. D., night speeding, fined
$15 and $4 costs; officer — E. M.
Hastreiter.
Marriage Licence
Lyle Keith Scranton, 19, Plain
view and Georgette Mae Clyde,
17, O’Neill, Dec. 20.
Ralph Kanp, 19, Atkinson, and
Connie Moeller, 17, Atkinson, Dec
21.
Ronald Richard Brion, 19, Ew
ing and Patricia Josephine
Hobbs, 18, Ewing, Dec. 21. s
Count down time draws near
again as Fattier Time ticks off
the final minutes until the new
year Midnight. Dec 31. will not
only mark the beginning of the
tu*w year but the start of the
Frontier's 17th annual First Baby
Derby,
Leading O'Neill firms are going
to go all out again this year to
provide the lucky little fellow, or
girl as the caw* may be. with gifts
to start Uie new year off right
The baby must be lawn with
in the confine* <>{ Bolt ('minty,
and to be eligible, the parrots
must fill out the entry blank
and forward It to the Find Hu
by Editor, The EronUer, O’
Neill.
The official entry blank, con
teat rules and a complete dea
cription of the shower gifts ap
pear in the pages of this issue
The M and M Bakery will roll
out the red carpet for the par
ents of the winner as they treat
them to a steak dinner in thru
establishment Patton’s Ben
Frankin will present the winner
with one dozen Cunty diapers,
Johnson Drug will present the
champ with a $5 gift certificate
redemnble on the purchase of
any item the (mrenta may choose.
To keep the first-comer happy
and well fed the Outlaw store
will present him with one case
of Gerber's baby food. Janzmg’s
King Koin Launderette will give
the parents a $5 cleaning certif
icate to be used for either wash
ing or dry cleaning. Safeway will
help keep the young fellow's cup
board full as they present him
with a case of baby food. McDon
aid’s have one dozen diapers
waiting for the lucky newcomer
and Lee Stores are just waiting
Saturday Night
Closing Gets
Committee OK
Most O’Neill businesses will be
closed Saturday nights during
January and February, beginning
Jan. 5.
Retail trade committee mem
bers Monday approved recom
mendations of a mail vote taken
of Chamber of Commerce mem
bers which showed returns hea
vily in favor of closing Saturday
nights during the first two months
of the year.
Of 154 cards sent to Chamber
members, 55 were returned with
the vote showing 24 in favor of
closing, 16 favoring staying open
and 15 indicating it would make
no difference. Nearly two-thirds
of the cards were not returned.
Committee members present at
the meeting were Joe Stutz, Bill
McIntosh, John Enke, Leonard
Longstaff, Frank McKenny, Win
nie Barger, Bill Meyer, Bill
Richardson and Bob Pappenbei
mer.
Social Security Man
Due Here January 2
Gail Robart, 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 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Any self-employed applicant
should bring with him a com
plete copy of his 1962 income tax
return, the cancelled check show
ing payment of the tax and proof
of his age.
dflfc A aflfc ^
to iMCM-nt him with <«r pair «d
shoes.
And, in case the piutal dial ha*
to offer treats hi his ftienda. tin*
Mcrri Dr Pepper foXlUng coin
pany is offering one rase of pup
So the proud parents and grand
parent* will have inctures to r*
member him by, the O'Neill Pho
to Company will prevent thrm
with one dozen three by five phis.
U*v. mounted Devoy Renal! ,Uug
are waiting io help <to their part
in kei'|>ing the winner happy by
providing a. leftle warmer lor
him Just nr he will be well dress
ed, McIntosh Jewelry has set
aside a 10 karat gul.l baby ring
for that »|>ecla! baby
McimIom (Oil, I Dairy (a *lw
waiting hi |■«event the champ
with a ease, oi flesh Meadow
(•old milk Mrt'arvlllr* clothing
are saving a pair of Red (loose
'•hors far the lucky fellow and
Meyer’s MMwevt Korn Kara
have * $.1 certificate gooml oik
the piireti.iv, of a erlb or high
chair.
Coyne Hardware will present
tlie champ with a safe, sturdy
Polyethylene baby bath and since
we want him to Ire pi mentable
at all times Penney’a will pre
sent the first baby with one <kjz
en toddlertirne diallers.
Harding cream will welcome
the first born in ’ft.) by present
mg his parents with five iwundv
of Harding butter, made right
here in O'Neill, and (lambic* Wi.it
present the baby derby winner
with a hardwood nur»«*ry tranuruf
chair. t
And last, but not least, to the
parents of the first baby <>nte*l
the Frontier will present a one
year subscription to The Frontier,
Winners of the Holt county
first baby contest since it was
first inaugurated in 1*47 include:
itei
Kathleen Wanner
4 a m., January I, 1947 >
IBM
Nancy Elaine Hainchlwlii
6 35 a m., January 1, 1948
IB4B
James Michael Beha
7 a m., January 1, 194#
1934
David Lynn Tracy
1 a.m., January I, 1950
1951
Betty Jean Knocll
9:10 a m, Jaruiary 7, 1951
1952
Linda Lee Tolbert
11:59 a m., January 4, 1952
1953
Randy Joseph Schaaf
5:25 a.m., January 1, 1953
1954
David Wilbur Trowbridge
3:11 a.m , January 1, 1954
1935
Diane Fay Scnpter
12:10 a m., January 1, 1955
IBM
Douglas Lynn and Daniel Leon
Frahm
10 a m., January 3, 1956
1957
Kathleen Marie Blake
7:50 a.m., January 3, 1957
1958
Cynthia Marie Syfie
4:15 a.m., January 3, 1958
1959
Lee Ann Welke
3 p.m., January 1, 1959
1960
Kevin Roy Klahenes
8:58 p.m., January l
1961
Kip Eugene Martin
6:3o a.m. January 2, 1961
1962
Shirley Gail Rockford
6:35 a.m. January 2
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