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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1963)
KKbKASKA ST A'. £ HISTORIC A! V ' * TTY • - • Lincoln, Nebraska XXX WAR 1 1963 Your Farm Sale New‘PaPer Twelve Peg*, in North Central In This Issue Nebraska "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 82-Number 45 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, February 28, 1963_Seven Centi_ Rifes Held for Bert Finley, 74 Funeral services for Bert Fin ley, 74, were held Wednesday af ternoon at the Page Methodist chtr h with the Rev. Robert Lin der, officiating. Burial was in the Page cemetery under the direc tion o[ Biglins. Ber , the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Finley was born 1889 in Ottumwa, la., and died Febru ary 211 at his home. He married Jenny Prill, Oct. 14, 1912 at the Page Methodist parsonage. The Finleys just re cently observed their golden wed ding anniversary. Upon retiring from the farm in 1948 they moved into Page. He is survived by his widow, Jennie, sons, Gordon, Mojava, Cal., Laveme, Ewing, Leland, Page, James, Bronson, la., daughters, Mrs. Fred (Jean) Walker, Denver, Mrs. Gailen (Faye) Miller and Mrs. Jerome (Helen) Allen, Page. A daughter, June Nissen died in 1943. Lloyd Gleed Dies Afver Surgery; Services Today Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) for Lloyd Gleed, 64, Chambers, at the Meth odist church at 2:30. Burial will be in the Chambers cemetery un der the direction of the Seger Funeral home. Lloyd Gleed, the son of Mary Higgins and William Gleed was born December 5, 1899 and died February 25, following brain sur gery at Rochester. He married Leona Adams at Dakota City February 14, 1926 and they became the parents of three daughters. He is survived by his widow. Leona, daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Celesta) Cooke, Sheffield, la.. Mrs. Donald (Armetta) Prill, Oakland, Mrs. Charles tDorine) Blevins, Lincoln, mother, Mrs, Mary Gleed, sister, Mrs. John Crow, Long Beach, Calif., and 14 grandchildren. Class D Play-Off Set at Plainview The date of the Class D play offs at Plainview originally sched uled for Wednesday, Mar. 6 have been changed to Thursday, Mar. 7 The reason for this change was that the Class B district play off is slated for Wayne on March 6 and it would be difficult to obtain help to run the Class C playoff on the same evening. Name Candidates At Ewing Caucus EWING- The village and school caucus was held February 26 at the public school with a good crowd in attendance. Nominated on the village board as candidates for the April elec tion were Stanley IJavis, Lyle Dierks, Cletus Thramer and Jer ry Tomjack, two to he elected for a two year term. Stanley Davis presided as chair man for !>oth caucuses with Wel don Alexander, acting secretary. Nominated tor a three year term on the Board of Education were Charles Rotherham, Waldo Da vis, Willie Shrader and Bill Hobbs, two to he elected. SWCD Board Hears Reports From Members The Holt Soil and Water Con servation I>istrict Board met in regular session Thursday, Feb. 21. In addition to txiard members those present included Floyd Butterfield and George Skopec, ASCS county committee, Ray mond Bly, district manager. Bud Sholes, Inman, Walter Fick, as sistant supervisor, Emily Herley district clerk, Orville Kaschkt and Bob Hill, SCS technicians. Bud Sholes reported that he would be unable to handle the tree planting operations for the district this spring. Milton Me Kathnie was the supervisor as signed to tree planting operation in supervision of revising and re pairing equipment and hiring men for two tree crews. The board feels that two crews will he able to plant all of the trees in a shorter season and that all trees will be planted before the last week in April. Walter Fick reported on the National meeting of the Range Society of America held ai napiu City recently and future plans for that organization. Elmer Juracek reported on the National Convention of Soil and Water Conservation District Su pervisors held in Denver the first week in February. He was also assigned the responsibility of or dering some new office equip ment. Hill reported that there had been considerable interest in the spraying program for trees and some interest in having the Dist rict re-plant trees by hand. The spraying and hand planting are new services offered by the Dist rict board for the first time. A herbicide will be used to spray the tree row which will prevent the growth of all annual weeds for most of the summer. It is anticipated the Holt SWCD will hire five to seven employees for part time work during the tree planting and grass seeding sea son. Jehovah's Witnesses Meet at Huron, S. D. A delegation of five local per sons attended the semi-annual circuit assembly of Jehovah's witnesses in Huron this past weekend. W. A. Jensen. Bassett, participated on the assembly pro gram with a talk encouraging extensive personal Bihle study. Carl Anderson, local presiding minister, stated that during the three day assembly four persons were ordained into the ministry of Jehovah's Witnesses, bringing the number of ordained ministers associated with South Dakota Circuit No. 1 to 390. Jehovah's Witnesses meet three times weekly at the Kingdom Hall in Bassett. All meetings are open to the public. Services Held At Stuart for Mrs. S. Ergler Funeral serv ices were held for Mrs. Serafin Frgler, 87, Thurs day at St. Boniface church. Stuart, at 10 a m with Father A J. Paschang officiating. Bur ial was in St. Boniface cemetery. Pallbearers were John Hirsch, John Sim Id, Charles Scholz, John Miksch, Ferd Kaup and Victor Kaup. Born 0‘‘tot>er 8. 1875, in Hen nasdorf, Austria, the daughter of Theresa Werner and Karl Spiller, and died February 19 at the At kinson hospital. She married Serafin Ergler January 22, 1906 at Hennasdorf and to this union a daughter was born who died in infancy. She came to America is 1921 and joined her husband in Stuart. Mrs. Ergler is survived by her husband, Serafin. and a nephew. Inman Scouts Are Honored at Annual Banquet INMAN More than seventy five persons attended the Blue and Gold banquet which was held in the Methodist church parlors Thursday evening. Cub Scou’s and Boy Scouts and their families and scouting leaders and families in the community were present for the dinner and eve ning program. Various projects done by in dividual Cub Scouts were dis played. The theme for the eve ning was "Blue and Gold”. Har vey Tompkins, Cubmaster, was master of ceremonies, with Don ald Keyes, Scoutmaster, Hilmer Widtfeldt, Assistant Cubmaster, and Loren Walton, District Exe V.UWYV, WIIUUVii^ I'*** program. Mrs. Harvey Tompkins led in group singing. Five Cub Scouts were advanc ed from Bobcat rank to Wolf rank; Arlee Butterfield, Timmy Gallagher, Niki Keil, Billy Jack son and Maurice Lynn Widtfeldt. Two Webelos were graduated from Cub Scouting into Boy Scouts; Kenny Kestenholtz and Ricky Alder. The following Boy Scouts were introduced as hav ing passed their tests for Second Class Scouts: Arlie and Glenn Sholes, Roger Banks, Dick Ko pecky. Allen Tompkins had earn ed the rank of Second Class Scout while still living in Waverly. The men who had served on the Boards of Review Monday eve ning were recognized and thank ed for giving their time and in terest. Mr. Walton conducted the roll call and inspection of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and also discuss ed the goals for the coming year which had been prepared by the scouting committee. The calendar of events for Feb ruary and March was announced, with special emphasis given to these three; the District Round table at the Presbyterian church in O’Neill Thursday evening. Feb. 25, for all scouting workers, the distribution of Good Will sacks by the Cub Scouts Satur day, Mar. 2. and Cub Pack meet ing Monday evening. Mar. 4 at 8 p.nj. A film about Cub Scouting was followed by the den closing cere monies. Social Security Agent To Visit at Butte Soon James Hoffman, field repre sentative of the Norfolk social security office will be in the court room of the Court House in Butte from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. Mar. 7. O'Neill High Matmen Place Sixth in State Meet The O'Neill High wrestling team closed out its 62-63 cam paign last week at the State Tour nament at Kearney. The local mat men, under Coach Boyd Blomenkamp, placed a respect able sixth among the 18 teams entered in the wrestling season s finale. Senior Steve Peterson led the OHS group through the season and placed second at State in the 163-pound weight division. Greg Derickson, 127-pound jun ior, and young Dick McKim, 103-pouni freshman, both plac ed third in their weight divisions at State. Coached Biomenk amp's team marked up victories over Sew ard Concordia twice and the Ne braska School for the Visually Handicapped while losing twice to both Gordon and Neligh. The local wrestlers placed fourth among the six teams entered in the Amherst Invitational Tour ney. The season was an improye , ment over last year's campaign in which the squad scored three • points and placed tenth at the State tourney. This year's lead ers i Curtis. 94; Neligh, 85; Cozad, 81; Amherst, 71; N.S.V.H., 35; O’Neill, 34; Gordon. 31 and Kim ball, 30. . Seniors that will be leaving this year's squad include Steve Peter son, Gailen Young, Lonnie Mc Kim and Dan Schaaf. O’NEILL HIGH WRESTLERS — Back row (l *t to right): Coach Boyd Blomenkamp, Sandy Trent, Don Havranek, Larry Lieb. Gailen Young, Steve P terson, Keith Krugman. Dan Schaaf, Brian Richter, and Stanley Spangler. Front row: Terry Hesse, Eldon Krugman, Dick McKim, Andy Riffey, Jerry N'ick eson, Greg Derickson, Lonnie McKim, and Bill Mc'ntosh. Chambers Couple Feted At Open House Sunday Contributions Mount For "500" Band Trip Recent contributions have swel led the band’s fund for the trip to Indianapolis Memorial Day. Coffee day netied $55, advance ticket sales Saturday for the 500 pancake feed March 9 brought in $240 and a cake auction at O’Neill Livestock market brought in $10. At a meeting last Thursfl.lt .he Band Boosters heard Director Dennis Houston explain that ex penses for the trip would be ap proximately $4,000. New Loan Fund Available for LI of N Students A new fellowship loan fund is now available for use by Ne braska students enrolling at the University of Nebraska for study in the general field of conserva tion. The fund is being underwrit ten by the Nebraska Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America, and will be administer ed through the University of Ne braska Foundation. Request by students for applications or fur ther information should be di rected to the University's office of scholarships and financial aid. Officials stress that a student may choose to study in the areas of soil and water conservation, agronomy (crops and soils), for estry, biology (including wildlife conservation), agricultural eco nomics, civil engineering and ag ricultural engineering — or a combination of these areas — and still he eligible to seek a loan to help defray costs of at tending the University. Arrange ments for the fellowship fund were concluded recently in Lin coln. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Hilligas observed their Golden Wedding anniversary Sunday, Feb. 24, with a noon day dinner at the Town House for close relatives and friends. Open house was observed at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Chambers from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. with 140 relatives and friends signing the guest book. The table was decorated with gold mums, candles centered by a four tier wedding cake, baked by Mrs. Vernon Smith. Assisting with the serving were Mrs. Glen Hilligas, coffee, Mrs. Walter Jutte, punch, Mrs. Vern Johns and Mrs. Alvin Nielson cut and served the cake and Mrs. Lloyd Hilligas registered the guests. A grandson. Bob Hilligas, Al bion, sang "I Love Thee”. Leona Misner married Ervin Hilligas, February 26, 1913 at Aurora and they are the parents of five children. Present for the occasion were their sons, Glen and family, Lin coln, Lloyd and family, Cham bers, daughters, Mrs. Alvin Neil son and family and Mrs. Lillie Johns, Lincoln. One daughter, June, could not attend. Inman, O'Neill Scouts Planning Good Turn Day This Saturday. Mar. 2, Cub Scouts from O'Neill and Inman will be out distributing “Good Turn Bags". The den mothers will also play an imjxjrtant part in this Good Turn deed by. tak ing the Cubs to the different parts of town. The Scouts urge the local citi zens to fill these bags and extra boxes with materials of repair able condition that the Handi capped workers at the Goodwill « 1 • __3_4-1_4 41__ iiiUUsUKra tan iiicriita j'j mui can maintain their self respect by earning their own living and sup porting their families without asking for charity. Look in your closets, basements or any other storage space for articles to put in your "Good Turn Day Bag” throughout this next week. Let’s all be a good Scout and "Help the Handicapped to help themselves”. You give jobs to the Handicapped when you give your repairable clothing to the Goodwill Industries. It en ables them to be self-sufficient, self-supporting citizens. The wor kers encourage all residents in the Covered Wagon Area to visit the Goodwill Plant and one of the local stores and see what they can do with your contributed clothing. Their only income is derived from the sale of the re novated articles. Remember, on Saturday. Mar. 2, a Scout will leave a Good Turn Day bag at your door. Please fill it, and help the Cub and Boy Scouts help the Handicapped through this critical material shortage period. MYF Chill Supper Planned Saturday The Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship of the O’Neill Metho dist Church will hold a chili sup per Saturday evening in the church basement Guests will be served all the chili they can eat between the hours of 5 and 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to come to the church Saturday evening for suoper and enjoy homemade chili. Profits from the supper will be contributed to the Methodist Youth Fund for special church projects at the state and national level. The money will also be used to help support the work of the Youth Director for Ne raska. World Prayer f Day Planned Here Friday World Day of Prayer services $ will U- held at the Center Union * church, Friday night, Mar 1 at 8 p.m. The Wesleyan Methodist and the Assembly of God churches will also participate. The Methodist and the Presby terian churches will also observe the day, by holding services, Friday at 2:30 at the Presby terian church. i Former Local SCS Member Is Promoted t Lorenz Bredemeier, known by many in this area, will bo re assigned and promoted to Wash ington Field Representative for the Soil Conservation Service. He will be Range conservationist for the combelt area stationed at Milwaukee, Wis. The area to which he is assigned will la? Ixxinded on the north by the Can adian line, west by the Missouri River, as far south as Tennessee and as far east as Pennsylvanna. Lorenz was the first Unit Con servationist assigned to the Holt Soil and Water Conservation Dist rict in 1944. In 1948 he was trans ferred to Valentine to head the original staff for ihe Cherry Coun ty SCD. Later he assumed the duties as Area Conservationist for Cherry, KBR, Boyd and Holt Soil Conservation Districts. From this position he was promoted to State Range Conservationist at North Platte. Lorenz and his wife, Audrey, are the parents of three daugh ters. Linda is married. Lana is a student at the University of Nebraska and Brenda is in high school at North Platte. At the recent national meeting of the American Society of Range Management in Rapipd City D> renz presented a paper entitled, “The Vegetation and Ecology of the Sandhills”. Rites Set Today At Stuart for Joseph Laible Funeral services for Joseph Laible, 69, will be held Thursday morning (today) at 9t. Boniface church with the Rev. Father Ad rian officiating. Military rites will be under the direction of the Stu art Norton Carlisle Post. Joseph Laible was born Jan. 4, 1894 the son of John and Eu genia Haeberle Laible at Stuart Mr. Laible is a veteran of World War I and a member of the Stuart Legion post. He and Rosa Vinzenz were married at St. Joseph’s church, Atkinson, May 28, 1918 and to this union six children were born. He is survived by widow, Ro sa, sons, Felix, Stuart, Rudolph, Father Adrian (Bernard), Elk horn, daughters, Mrs. Alex (Ro sie) Frickel, Sister Beatus (Cla ra), Milwaukee and Mrs. Fred (Katherine) White jr., Schyler. Don Martin Honored For Pontiac Sales Pontiac Motor Division of Gen eral Motors Corporation recently honored Donald Martin of Wm. Krotter Co. of O’Neill at a spec ial banquet held in Omaha. Mr. Martin achieved membership in Pontiac’s exclusive Master Sales men’s Guild and was presented with the emblem of recognition for this outstanding sales ac complishment. Mr. Martin has been employ ed at the Wm. Krotter Co. in re tail sales for three years. Pvt. Don Pettinger Completes Training FORT GORDON, GA. — Army Pvt. Donald J. Pettinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael A. Petting er, Emmet, recently completed eight weeks of military police training at the U. S. Army Train ing Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. _ Pettinger received instruction in such subjects as civil and mili tary' law, traffic control, map reading, prisoner-of-war control and self-defense. The 23-year-old soldier entered the Army last September and re ceived basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He was grad uated from St Joseph’s high school, Atkinson, in 1957. X-Ray Unit Coming To C^Neill March 11 The Holt County Chest X-Ray survey will begin in O'Neill Mon day, Mar. 11. The State Depart ment of Health X-Ray Unit will give free Chest X-Rays to resi dents of O’Neill and vicinity: March 11 to 15 and March 18 to 22. Sponsored by local physicians, the Holt County Chest X-Ray Sur vey has as its goal the Chest X-Raying of every adult in the county. Eighteen years is the minimum age level for X-Raying. Following completion of X Raying in O’Neill on Friday, Mar. 22. the X-Ray unit will give free Chest X-Rays in Atkinson March 26 to 29. rontier Subscription tates to Raise April 1 Supscnptton rates for the From er will increase effective April — the first increase in more tan 15 years Kates will go to 1.50 for instate subscriptions nd $4 00 for out <>f-state Increasing |m>>1.iI rate., plus ever-increasing rusts of >lock and labor make tin- move nr resown . The Frontier Itm brui absorbing the rusts all tlww year* but lias finally reached the point where it Is no longer feasible. There is one bright spot, how ver. Renewals ami new sub .captions may be made at the iresent rate until the price in crease takes effect April 1. Even with the increase, though i’our hometown newspaper — The Frontier — still will costs less han seven cents per week in Ne braska Rites Planned Saturday for Mrs. L. A. Ott Mrs. L. A. Ott. 74, died early Wednesday morning at St. An thony's hospital just a month after the death of her husband. Catherine Erb, the daughter of Jacob and Fanny Kennel Erb, was lx>m August 17, 1889 at Joy. March 10, 1915 she was united in marriage 1o I/irenzo Ott. They resided on the old Ott farm until they retired and moved to O' Neill where they have since lived. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the Wesley an Methodist church, O'Neill with the Rev. Sam Oswald officiating A male quartet from Beemer will furnish the singing. Pallbearers will lie Delmar Nitzsche, Albert Erb jr., Bob Oswald, James McNulty, Ardel Curran and Robert Larson. Survivors include daughter, Mrs. Francis (Dorothy) Curran, O’Neill, sons, Virgil, Ontario, Calif., Robert, Las Vegas, Nev., Alvin, Gresham, Ore., 11 grand children and one great grand child. Farmers Urged To Signup Early In Feed Program “Don't think it over too long”, is the word passed along to feed grain producers by Floyd Butter field, Chairman of the Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion County Committee. He re minds growers who are interested in taking part in the 1963 Feed Grain Program that filing an “intention to participate” form at the ASC County Office is a necessary first step, and the sign up period extends only through March 22. This gives farmers only a few weeks longer in which to make up their minds about 1963 production plans. Indications are that 1963 par ticipation will equal that under last year’s feed grain program. iUlllilllUUl i-/l VCIOIUII UitUVl *•!»« 1963 program is 20 percent of the individual farm’s total feed grain base. For diverting more than the minimum acreage from feed grain production into a conserv ing use, the diversion payment will be figured at a higher rate. Besides the diversion payments available through participation in the feed grain program, partic ipating farmers also qualify for a special price-support payment on the normal production of the acreage planted to feed grains in 1963, and they are also eligible to put their crop under the reg ular price-support loans or pur chase agreements. If the farmer wishes, a part of the diversion payment may be made in ad vance. Participation in the feed grain program not only saves the farm er the costs of planting and har vesting acreages of unneeded feed grains while guaranteeing a substantial income from his diverted acres, but it also in creases the conservation of the Nation’s cropland, continues the reduction of government feed grain stocks, and saves dollars for taxpayers by reducing the costs of storage, shipping and handling the government-owned grains. Corkle and Sons Named To Angus Association James M. Corkle and Sons, O’ Neill, have been elected to mem bership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph, Mo., announces Frank Richards, sec retary. School Fate Undecided At Inman I’tit ions of Inman scIkniI did ru t 30 met Munluy afternoon at tlie Inman school house In an other effort to resolve problem* which have all but closed the school Ihdert Wolfe from tl*e State Education Department was prevent to explain possible pro cedures which the district may take to either keep or give up their school Present indications are Unit tlie school will not receive state approval next year, although official notification will not l*r received until Manh Izms of approval means that tin- school could not evHvrt IH a week high school tuition fvr each pupil outside the district tuid also that the district would bn subject to a free high school levy of approximately S.H mllK A clti/ens committee appointed to investigate the possibilities for the school had earlier voted on four plans available to the school continue live Inman high school for another year contract with another school and keep the In man school a Class 2 district become part of another K 12 (list rict revert to an elementary class 1 district. Of these four possibilities tile citizens commit tee voted to Join another K-lit district. Mr. Wolfe explained the ad vantages and disadvantages of each plan. Following a motion by Ira Wat son, chairman of the Citizens Committee it was decided to ask the school hoard to continue to in veatlgate possibilities for keep ing the Inman high school Rites Planned Here Friday for / Joseph Shanner Joseph Paul Shanner, HO, re tired cabinet maker, died Tues j day at the Atkinson Memorial hospital. , Mr. Shanner was born January 31, 1HH3 at Lincoln, the son of j James and Sadie Combs Shan ner. . Funeral services are tentatively > Funeral services planned at 2 I p.m. Friday at Bighn’s chape! with burial at Page. Pallbearers will lx- Hurley Jones, Archie Ashby, P. E and ’ Anton Nissen and Irn and Eurl Watson. Mr. Shanner was a member of the O'Neill IOOF. Scouts Last Chance For Free T-Shirt r O’Neill area I toy Scouts were reminded tills week that they should get their reservation* I for ramp made before March I If they want to get their free camp T-shirt. Reservations should be made through the Scoutmaster*. Scout Executive I>»ren Walton •aid. Sale Dates i ] Claimed 1 t ' MAR. 2 — 1 GO-ACRE LAND SALE ‘ of land 16 miles east of O'Neill. Sale will be held at the Venus l store, 6 miles north, 2 west and ; Vi north of Orchard. Ed Thorin, . licensed real estate broker and auctioneer. See ad in this issue I for complete detals. MAR. 8 — 1040 ACRE IM t PROVED LAND SALE 2 Vi miles north of Lynch, Nebr. Two sets s of improvements. Heirs of James ™ T. Muller. Ed Thorin, licensed real estate broker and auctioneer, r it MONDAY, MAR. 11 — Henry e Vequist closing out farm sale at s the place located 11 miles north e of O’Neill on 281, 5 miles west and 2Vi miles north. 95 head of cattle, 14 Yorkshire brood sows, r a full line of farm machinery and n some household goods. Dean [- Fleming, Wally O’Connell and Chuck Mahony, auctioneers, O' i Neill National Bank, the clerk. r MAR. 12 - CLARENCE SCH a MISER CLOSING OUT FARM r, SALE. 11 Vi miles south of Ew s ing. 57 head of cattle, 31 head of j. hogs and an excellent line of ma e chinery, some near new. Ed e Thorin Auction Service, O'Neill, j For complete details see listing s in this issue of the Frontier. % MAR. 16 — 320-ACRE LAND 4 SALE CF LEONARD AND DOR 0 IS SWANSON. 2Vi miles west of Chambers on Hwy 95. Ed Thor | in, licensed real estate broker 1 ar»d auctioneer. MAR. 25 — FRANK SKRDLA ’• CATTLE AND MACHINERY l- SALE. 22 miles northeast of At is kfatscn. Elmer McClurg, Wallace O’ChnneG and Vem Reynoldson, auctioneers. Watch the Frontier for complete listing.
