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UEShASKA STATE HI. Lincoln, N*»o-m*a hV h 1063 Your Farm Sale Newspaper ;n Twelve Paget North Central , . , . . In Thit Ittue Nebraska Volume 82—Number 42 O Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 7, 1963 Seven Contt F AST ACTION on the part of the Ewing Fire Department was credited Saturday afternoon with averting what could have lieen a »«ri"us fire in the Ewing business section. The lire was extinguished minutes after it began in the office of the Spittler Hardware store. Jack Spittler, owner, was in the front of the store when the blaze broke out in the office, apparently from un oil stove used to heat the office. Records and literature stored on shelves along the east Wiill of the office were damaged by the fire and water. Snack Shop Planned For Teen-agers Remodeling work was begun this week on the Saunto building on north Fourth street by Mr. and Mrs. Barney Nickless, Stu art, who plan to turn the build ing into a coffee shop and short order cafe catering to teen-agers. O’Neill has long felt the need of a well run place for teen agers to gather and the subject was the topic of discussion at a recent meeting held by young people who had attended the Dis trict III Youth Meeting held at St. Paul. Mr. Nickless told the Frontier that although the cafe will be de signed mainly for teen-agers it will be open to anyone. Plans call for having the cafe ready to open about March 1. Funerai Rites for John Zinkon, 78 Held at Amelia r unorai services ior jonn rtnu lip Zinkon, 78,. were conducted from the Methodist church in Amelia, Monday, Feb. 4. Mr. Zinkon was born at Eagle, November 2, 1884 and died at his home in Amelia January 30, 1963. He was the oldest son of Martin and Rebecca Zinkon. With the exception of a few years spent in California, he spent most of his life at Erieson and Amelia. He never married. He is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Iva Smith, North Platte, Mrs. Sylvia Martz, Whittier, Calif., Mrs. Emma Waldo. Cham bers, and Mrs. Edna Davis, North Sacramento, Calif. He is also sur vived by several nieces and ne phews. His parents and one bro ther preceded him in death. Rev. Earl Hess officiated at the last rites. Pallbearers were Blake Ott, Oscar Peterson, Lew Backhaus, George Fullerton, Har old Fullerton and Clyde Doolittle. Soloist was Stanley Lambert ac companied by Mrs. Clyde Wid man. Burial was in the Chambers cemetery. Missionaries To Show Slides at Chambers CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bauer, missionaries ser ving in New Guinea, are expect ed to arrive here this week. They will show slides of their work at the Lutheran church in Chambers Sunday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. A pot luck supper will be held at 6:30 and a lunch will be served following the program. Mrs. Bauer is the former Viv ian Harley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harley, Chambers. Only One Accident Reported in O'Neill Only one accident was reported in O’Neill this week, and that occurred shortly after noon Jan uary 31 at the corner of N. First St. and the county road. The autos involved were driven hy Vincent Latzel, Ewing, and Cor .Jyne Caskey, Orchard. The Lat zel car, traveling north, was at tempting to make a right turn onto the county road when it collided with the Caskey auto, which was going west at the time. Services Held In Ewing for Mrs. Lawrence Funeral services for Mrs. Maud Lawrence, 79, Mound Valley, Kan., were held Sunday afternoon at the United Presbyterian church, Ewing, with Dr. William II. Ross, officiating. Pallbearers were Willie Shrad er, Dewitt Hoke, Wayne and Ed die Shrader, Dale Napier and Lynn Fry. Burial was in the Ew ing cemetery. Mabel Maud Carson, daughter of James T. and Ida Jane Car son. was born July 3. 1883, and died January 31 at the Medical Center Hospital. Parsons, Kan. She moved with her parents from Iowa to a farm east of Ewing which was her home until her marriaeo to Rert I.nwrenrp August 15, 1900. They made their home east of Ewing for a num ber of years, before moving into Ewing where they lived until his death in 1942. Mrs. Lawrence then went to live in Texas until 1957 when she moved back to Nebraska where she took care of her brother at Blair. Following his death she moved to Mound Valley, Kan. Survivors are sisters, Mrs. Hel en Wallwe, Mound Valley, Kan.; Mrs. Flora Fraim, San Juan, Tex., and Mrs. Bessie Napier. Ewing. Also 19 nieces and neph ews. Social Security Agent To Call Here February 13 Gail Robart, field representa tive of the Norfolk social security office will be in the basement of the Court House Annex in O' Neill from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13. Any self-employed applicant should bring with him a camplete copy of his 1962 income tax re turn, the cancelled check show ing payment of the tax and proof of his age. Bruce Ann McKamy Breaks Collar Bone Bruce Ann McKamy, 12 year o’.d daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don McKamy, slipped on the ice Sun day in Ewing. Her aunt, Dor othy Bennett, who was with her, rushed her to the O'Neill hospital, x-rays were taken and it showed Bruce Ann had a broken collar bone. She is home and getting along fine. RODEO PRODUCERS Jim Sutton and Erv Korkow have been signed to furnish stock for the big annual Chambers rodeo slated for August 14 and 15. Missionary to Speak in O'Neill Sunday Morning Jerry Grabher, short-term mis sionary to the Congo in Africa, will speak at the O’Neill Metho dist church, Sunday morning at 11 a m., and Sunday evening at 7:la, February 10. Air. Grabher, a native of Hemingford is a grad uate of Nebraska Weslejpi Uni versity at Lincoln and has had one year at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in the south. He has recently re turned from a three-year term as missionary to the Congo in Af rica. He is spending two weeks speaking in Methodist churches of this area. He will have a timely, interesting message for all, but especially for any young people who might lie interested in shorter or longer missionary work or who might lie thinking of joining the Peace Corps. The puhlic is cordially invited to attend. There will be a special offering. A fellowship supper at 6 p.m. will precede the evening service. Those attending the sup per are asked to bring covered dish food and table service. Krotter, Gilg Buy Campbell Lumber Co. The Wm. Krotter Co. and Francis Gilg have jointly pur chased the Campbell Lumber Co. of Atkinson and will assume operation on March 1. Francis Gilg will sell his home and pro perty in O’Neill and move to At kinson and assume the manage ment of the yard. The yard will be known as Wm. Krotter Co. of Atkinson. The new owners are well-known to the building trade, Krotter’s have operated yards in this area since 1889, and Mr. Gilg, former ly of Atkinson, has been engaged in the building and contracting business in this area all his life. Mr. Dan O’Connell and Mrs. Alta Campbell, former owners and op erators of the yard will be re tiring, after many years of suc cessful operation. Holt County Fair Dates Set for August 12-15 1963 Holt County Fair dates are August 12, 13, 14 and 15. Vern Sageser, vice president, and J. H. Gibson, secretary of the Holt County Agricultural Society attended the 54th annual meeting of Nebraska Association of Fair Managers at the Cornhusker Ho tel in Lincoln on January 21 and 22. They signed a contract with Korkow-Sutton Rodeo, Inc., of Blunt, S. D. to produce the rodeo on the evenings of August 14 and 15. Jim Sutton sr., Agar, and Erv Korkow, Blunt, S. D. are part ners in producing an outstanding string of rodeo competition ani mals that have gained national recognition. They took 11 of their horses and bulls to the National Finals Rodeo at Los Angeles in December. The stock is wintered on the Korkow and Sutton ranches. The rest of the year the stock is busy at high school, col lege and R. C. A. rodeos. Some of the best of their stock will be used at the Chambers R. C. A. rodeo on August 14 and 15. At the rodeo at Chambers in 1962 in bareback riding, no qual ified rides were made in the 1st go round and 2 qualified rides were made in the 2nd go round. Of the twelve bulls bucked out in the two go rounds only one bull was riden. You will see some of the best stock in rodeo at Chambers. Boy Scout Week Slated February 7-13 Boy Scout week, February 7-13, will be observed in O’Neill by members of Troops 210 and 245. Members of Troop 210 plan to have Boy Scout windows in the J. M. McDonald store and The Frontier. Sunday both troops have been asked to attend their churches in uniform. Troop 210 will wear uniforms all day Monday. Troop 245 will hold court of honor Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian church. At the court of honor the local Odd Fellows chapter will present the troop with an American flag. Troop 245 is sponsored by the Lions club while the Legion sponsors Troop 210. Janet Krugman Named To Dana Honor Roll Janet Krugman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Krug man, O'Neill, has been named to the Dean’s List of Honor students for the first semester of the 1962 63 academic year at Dana Col lege in Blair. Miss Krugman is one of 4S students to receive this honor. In order to be eligible, students must maintain at least a 7.50 grade point average out of a possible 9.00 for the first semes ter of work. Any grade of 3.00 or lower immediately makes the student ineligible. Miss Krugman is a sophomore at Dana College and her grade point average for the first se mester is 7.86. SECOND GRADERS in the Page school are enjoying their new classrooms which they recently moved into. New Addition To Page School Now Occupied PAGE — Last week was a red letter day for quite a few young sters at the Page public school as they moved into their new rooms. The kindergarteners, taught by Mrs. Sharon Jackson, were especially thrilled as their room has been on the stage of the gymnasium for the past sem ester. They moved into the room vacated by the third and fourth grades. The new addition of the school with the exception of a few min or details, is completed and is occupied by the first and second graders, Mrs. Helen Braddock, teacher, and the third and fourth graders, Delores Mellor, teacher. The room now vacated by the first and second grades is now being used as a lunch room, al lowing the students to use the gym for noon hour activities. This $25,000 building which was begun in the fall consists of two classrooms each 24’ by 32’, two rest rooms and a store room for books and supplies. Mr. Allen Gross, superinten dent, says that open house and formal dedication is being plan ned for the spring. Services Held Monday For Mrs. Klinetobe Funeral services for Mrs. Will iam Klinetobe, 62, were held Monday from the Full Gospel church, Butte, with the Rev. Ches ter Anderson, officiating. Burial was in the Prospect Hill ceme tery, O’Neill. Pallbearers were Jack Staples, Gerald Riser, Lester Dye, Lester Carey, Jess Veich and Erwin Armfield. Mrs. Klinetobe, the former Florence Tweedy, was born May 5, 19o« at Fairtield, Pa., and died January 30 at the Sacred Heart hospital in Lynch, following a long illness. On September 15, 1915 she mar ried William Klinetobe and they became the parents of 14 child ren. Survivors include widower, W,ll iam; sons, William jr., Wahoo, Harold, Auxvasse, Mo., Francis, Blair, Dean, Clearwater, Warren, San Diego, Calif., Wayne, Wayne, Lonnie, Aurora; daughters, Mrs. Paul (Laverne) Menkens, Butte, Mrs. Jim (Wilma) Comer, Hus ton, Tex., Mrs. Lyle (Helen) Johnson, Verdel, Mrs. Ralph (Au drey) Colfack, Belgrade, Mrs. Max (Gwen) Bahr, Lincoln, Mrs. Dick (Carol) Appleby, O’Neill; brothers, Orville Tweedy, Nor folk and Albert Tweedy, Lincoln. A son, Dan, died in infancy. Mrs. M. Batenhorst Named Heart Chairman Mrs. William Hasebroock. state chairman for the Nebraska Heart Fund, announces Mrs. Marvel J. Batenhorst of O'Neill as county chairman for Holt county. Heart Month. February, will be a. with a variety of ac tivities for Heart Fund workers. Special fund raising events are planned in many communities. Rural Heart Weeks are being held and the campaign will reach its high point on Heart Sunday, Feb. 24. when volunteer workers will call on their neighbors for con tributions. Two Receive Degrees From Nebraska U. Roland L. Hansen, Inman, and Norman G. Klasna. Spencer, were among the 345 graduates from the University of Nebraska. Saturday morning, who received advanced degrees at the mid year commencement exercises. They both got their degrees in Bachelor of Science in Mechanic al Engineering. Combined Band Plans Final Concert Feb. 14 The combined band of St Mary’s and the public high school will present their second concert of the year Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 in the St. Mary’s Gym. The purpose of this concert is for raising a portion of the mun ey needed to finance the propos ed trip to the Indianapolis ”500” in May. The program will consist main ly of ‘light’ music and selections from Broadway hits and movie themes. Also featured on the pro gram will be a Dixeland combo with band accompanyment play ing the original “Dixeland Con certo”. This is a program plan ned purely for audience appeal and entertainment. . Students from the bands will be selling tickets during the com ing week and will appreciate your support in backing the bands to the “500”. Services Held Wednesday for Mrs. C. Marsh Funeral services were held for Mrs. Catherine Marsh, 92, Febru ary 6 from St. Patrick’s church with Father Duffy officiating. Burial was in the Calvary cem etery. Pallbearers were James Ear ley, sr., Harry Donohoe, Andy Clark, Pete Heriford, Ed Flood and Vince Suchy. Catherine Menish, the daugh ter of William and Bridget O’ Malley Menish, was born Sep tember 26, 1870 in Scranton, Pa., and died February 3 at the At kinson hospital. She came to Holt county when she was eight years old with hei family. On October 15, 1895, she was married to Robert J. Marsh. Survivors include sisters, Mrs. W. P. (Frances) Dailey, O’Neill, Mrs. John (Beatrice) Welch, Ft. Lupton, Colo., brother, Hugh Me nish, St. Louis, Mo., and a ne nKoti; Ta« * J w-v. v/ ilCUi. Services Held Friday for Ben Shaffer Funeral services for Ben Shaf fer, 68, long time resident of the Stuart and Atkinson communities were held February 1 at the Seger Funeral Home, Atkinson, with the Rev. Milan S. Coleman, officiating. Burial was at the Stuart ceme tery with military rites given by the Farley-Tushla American Le gion Post No. 86. Mr. Shaffer was a veteran of World War I. Ben Shaffer was born at Nor folk, May 1, 1893 to Chris and Martha Eva Ireman Shaffer and died January 30 at a Veterans hospital. Mr. Shaffer was a plasterer and a brick mason at Stuart and Atkinson for many years. He had been in ill health for some time and had been a patient in the Veteran’s hospital for more than a year prior to his return home early last fall. Survivors include sons. Boyce, Sacramento, Calif.; Keith, Oma ha; daughters, Mrs. Lyle (Georg etta) King. Omaha, and Mrs. Andrew (lone; Johnstone, Alham bra, Calif.; brothers, Elmer and Ray Shaffer, Atkinson; sister, Mrs. John Haskins, Stuart. City Council Meets; New Paving Discussed The City Council met Tuesday evening in regular session. The proposed paving was the main topic of discussion for the eve ning. Petitions opposing the pav ing are being circulated in four or five of the districts. The Council also approved bills and voted to again donate S1.00C to the O’Neill Band Boosters. Officers Named At FLB Meeting Here Monday Three hundred and fifty menv l>ers and guests attended the an nual stockholders meeting of the Federal Land Bank Association at O'Neill Monday. The meeting was held at the St. Patrick’s Parish Hall, beginning with a noon day meal, served by the ladies of St. Patrick's Altar So ciety. RICHARD IIAEDER, SR. Richard Haeder sr., Huron, S. D., a director of the Eighth Farm Credit District was the principal speaker. He spoke on changing conditions in agriculture and the future outlook for demands on rural America. Mayor D. C. Schaffer welcomed the gathering and Wilbur L. Moon presided at the meeting. Wilbur L. Moon, Stuart, and Don Kehn, Butte, were re-elect ed to the lx>ard of directors for three year terms. Other board members are Frank C. Krunto rad. Ewing, president, Ralph Hoffman, Ewing, and E. J. Re vell, O'Neill. The office in O’Neill makes long-term Federal Land Bank loans in Boyd, Holt, Garfield and Wheeler counties and is managed by Lyle P. Dierks with Ed Verzal assistant manager. School Board Holds Regular Session O'Neill School board members Tuesday night approved bills of nearly 52,000, discussed teacher salaries and voted to approve the telephone company’s proposal to offer extended area service at a small additional monthly charge. In other action the board dis cussed terms of the contract with the architect of the new school but no action was taken. Third Beef Workshop Planned Here Friday Development Shares Still Offered for Sale Oiamber of Commerce mem bers continue to solicit mcmlier ships in tin- pro|x>se<i O'Neill lv velopment corporation, an organ ization devoted to helping secure mduatry for O'Neill. Shares in the corporation sell for $100 each. These slut res, in vestments in the future of O'Neill, are sold on a profit-sharing basis. Once sufficient shares have been sold to form tin- corpora* tion, shareholders will meet to elect directors and set up con stitution and by-laws. 4-H Leader Meet Held Monday; Officers Elected The assembly room of the courthouse annex was the scene of the 4-H Leaders meeting, Mon day evening. The meeting was conducted by Lawrence Skrdla, president. Mrs. A T. Crumly, secretary read the roll of clubs that have been organized for this year. A discussion of County Fair judges and other fair activities followed The dates of the County Fair are August 12, 13, 14 and 15. Election of council members to fill the expired two year terms of five members resulted in the following: Lawrence Skrdla, Mrs. A. T. Crumly, Mrs. Harold Co bum, Milan Welke and Mrs Bob Summerer. Elected to fill two un expired terms to serve for one year were Troxel Greene and Helen Martens. Other members of the council include Mrs. Elmer Schaaf, Ivan Heiss and Mrs. Al bert Widtfeldt. Following the general meeting the new council met to elect of ficers. New officers include Law rence hkruia, president; Milan Welke, vice president; Mrs. El mer Schaaf, secretary and Helen Martens, reporter. Laursen, Smith Receive Honors Virgil L. Laursen, O'Neill, Mo dern Woodmen district manager for the local area, has received notice that he attained member ship in the organization's Century Cluh for 1962. He is one of 40 agents in the nation who qualified for the production club, with his ranking being based on total vol ume of new business and prem ium income. Also honored was Conrad I. Smith, O'Neill, Modem Woodmen district representative, who rank ed in the Champion's Club for the past year. The two men were advised of their achievement by T. W. Cheney, Rock Island, IU., presi dent of the life insurance organiz ation. Juracek, French Attend Confab The National Association of Soil Conservation Districts is holding its annual convention in Denver this week. Attending from Holt County are Elmer Juracek, pres ident of the State Association and Mr. and Mrs. M. G. French sr., former supervisor of Page. Outstanding speakers on the program include the Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall; Colorado’s Governor John A. Love; James G Patton, Presi dent of National Farmers Union; Howard D. Godfrey, Administra tor for the ASCS; Edward P. Cliff, Chief U. S. Forest Service; William Anderson, President of the American Society of Range Management and others. Aside from the business at hand attending committee meetings delegates to the convention will make a special tour of Winter Park, high in the Rockies, with time to visit the ski lodges and watch a special ski show. The stfoml session of IIh* Heel Cattle Workshop held in 0 Nr til hist Friday, Fci> I. win. attended by 50 rancher* nml farmers from Molt county. Tt»e workshop is sponsored by the Molt County Fx tension Service. It i isisists of four sessions of intense training for cattlemen in Molt county Dr James Wiltlsuik from ttie Fori Robinson Beef Cattle Re search Station near I Yaw ford « on duck'd the session |>r Will)tank is in ebarge of all Physiology Re search for ttie U. S Department of Agrteulture Me told the cattli men aIssit work being dime at Fort Robinson and oilier station* to improve the percent of cult crop, by finding causes and solo Uorm to repnsluckve problem* ut cow*. He stressed the importance of feeding row* well following calving and otiier nutritive tar tors that seem to affect the cult crop The tliird workshop session wijl lie held this Friday at 1 :.H) p m in the O'Neill Courthouse A man* Dr. Crosby Howe, Kxtension Vef erinarlan from the University r>i Neliraska will discus* diseases oi cattle, their prevention und con trol. Local veterinarian* have iieen invited to imrtictpate also Avery Benefit Fund Tickets Still Available Time to purchase advance ti» k(<s to the Lee Avery lienefit buffet Sunday is rapidly drawing to a close The benefit smorgas bord is slated for 11 a m. to ti pm. at the Town IIcmisc Inn. Purchasers of the ticket* may use them as admission to the buffet dinner. If the tickets arc so used the benefit fund will re ceive $1.10 for each ticket. If the purchaser wishes the en tire sum to go to the fund he need only keep the ticket in bis pocket and not use it. In such a case the entire $2 will go into the fund rickets will be available at th» door Sunday for persons who have not purchased them. A committee of seven local men will administer tlx* fund lj't\ 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Avery is suffering from an incurable ailment. Msgr. DeWitt New Diocesan Officialis Msgr. Max G. DeWitt has been appointed officialis of the dioce san tribunal of the Lincoln Catho lic Diocese. He succeeds the late Msgr. Roliert F. Sheehy. As officialis, Msgr. I-»eWitt will head the diocesan tribunal. "Just as the civil society has It* own court, so the church for her people has her own court, or tribunal,” Msgr. DeWitt said. The new post "ranks second only to the office of the vicar general in canonical precedence”, Bishop James V. Casey of Lin coin said. Msgr. DeWitt has held several diocesan offices, including chan cellor, director of hospitals and director of cemeteries. A native of Hastings, Msgr. De Witt received his doctorate in canon law from the Catholic Uni versity of America in 1952. Msgr. DeWitt is a brother of John De Wrtt, O’Neill. Sale Dates Claimed FEB. 19 — MERWYN FRENCH JR. CLOSING OUT FARM SALE. Farm machinery, cattle, hogs, many miscellaneous articles. % mile south, 1 west of Page. Ed Thortn Auction Service, O’Neill. See complete listing in this issue of the Frontier. LANDSCAPING WORK remains to be done ar>und the new Page sehooi addition but classes have already moved into their new rooms.