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Volume 82—Number 46 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 7, 1963 Seven Cents
National 4-H Week
A'1" s our nation this week 4-H memliers and leaders pause to
recognize what a great youth program we are a part of. With this
thought in mind we would like to bring to the general public a few
facts that make our program so interesting.
1 If started in the rural areas of our country to help youngsters
loam liow to care tor beef and hogs the profier way It also helped
to keep their interest by keeping accurate records to assure them
it they were making a profit. The girls partake in these projects,
tan also have their projects in different phases of home making.
The hr t projects are simple ones and gradually become advanced
so that we can do all phases of cooking, sewing, keeping a room
(Groom your nx»m), plus other projects that are just for fun or
develop into hobbies. For example, photography, bird-watching and
gardening to mention a few. Any project can Ik- taken by a Ixiy or
gill if they wish to learn the “how-to” the right way.
4-11 is recognized across our country as well as in lands across
the sea. IJke any worthwhile organization it is not just the 4-H'ers
but many men and women behind them that keep this great organiz
ation going. At this particular time I would like to say "thank-you”
to our local club leaders. They are our spark-plugs, they encourage
us when the learning may seem hard and rejoice with us when we
have clone the very best and results are tops.
I o you tiie general public we hope you will understand that our
4-H stands for “Make the Best Better”, we need your interest in
todays youth in order to progress successfully. If you have a young
ster nine years of age or older, find out if a 4-H club wouldn’t lie
that extra something he or she needs to make them a better citizen.
Judy Mlinar, O’Neill Happy Helpers
Rites Held for
Mrs. Otto Retke
At Inman
Funeral services for Mrs. Otto
Retke, {>9, wen* held March 5 at
the Methodist church, Inman,
with the Rev. Robert Under and
the Rev. Paul Andre officiating.
Burial was in the Orchard ceme
tery.
Palll carers were Wayne and
Lynn Fry. Willie Shrader, Lee
Fink, Dale and Richard Napier.
Jessie Irene Fry was born July
27. 1893 at Deep River, la., and
died March 1, at Our Lady of
the Lourdes hospital, Norfolk.
She was the daughter of Henry
and Margaret Angus Fry.
She married Otto H. Retke,
August 7. 1912 at Neligh and
they became the paren s of six
children.
The Retkes celebrated their
golden anniversary in August.
Survivors include the widower,
Otto, sons, Vernon C., El Monte,
Calif., Robert L., Los Angeles,
daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Margar
et! Killenger, Seattle, Mrs. Cur
tiss (Lucille) Smith, Ephrater,
Wash., Mrs. Floyd (Elaine)
Jones, Mirahoma. Calif., broth
ers. Z. H. Fry. Ewing, Lester
Fry. Minnesota, sisters, Mrs.
Gladys Hopkins and Mrs. Zelma
Lipscomb, Calif.
Passport Issued
A passport was issued March 1
to Winnie Krietman, Stuart.
Miss Kreitman plans to leave
sometime in May for Europe
where she expects to reside for
a year or more.
Saturday Night Hours
Preferred to Thursday
Saturday night held a slim un
official lead over Thursday night
as a preferred night open for
O'Neill businesses. The voting,
conducted among O’Neill Cham
ber of Commerce members, was
conducted by postcard ballot. The
tally stood at 49-47 as of 7:30
p.m. Wednesday.
Chamber Secretary Howard
Manson emphasized, however,
that the vote did not conclusively
decide the issue.
Hoard action on the election
will follow final tabulations and
an official poll.
Mrs. Al Kailhoff Wins
First Safeway Prize
Mis. Al Kailhoff is the first
winner in Safeway's “Spell Cash"
contest, Manager Mark Herbers
said Wednesday.
Mrs. Kailhoff completed the
lucky word Wednesday and will
receive $100 from the store.
Herbers said the contest con
tinues and there is no limit on
the number of persons who may
win or the number of times any
one person may win.
F. Butterfield
Accepts Job With
State ASC Office
Floyd Butterfield, Atkinson,
Chairman of the Holt ASC Coun
ty Committee resigned his office
March 6, 1963 to accept a posi
tion with the Nebraska ASCS
State Office as a State Compli
ance Assistant. Mr. Butterfield
will have a 20 county area ex
tending from Knox, Boyd and
Keya Paha Counties south to the
Platte River. Past ASC work in
Holt County includes seven years
as a County Committeeman and
an additional two years served
as a Community Committeeman
from Atkinson precinct.
George Skopec, Emmet, will
now serve as Chairman of the
Holt ASC County Committee.
Homer Ernst, Emmet, will be the
new member on the Committee.
Ewing High Plans
Science Fair Saturday
EWING—There will be a sci
ence fair at the Ewing high school
gym. sponsored by the Ewing
Science Club. Saturday night.
Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Projects will
be exhibited by students from the
school. Demonstrations will also
be given on the stage.
FLOYD BITTERF1ELD (left) Chairman of the Holt ASC County
Committee has announced his resignation to join the Nebraska A SOS
State Office as a State Compliance Assistant. Homer Ernst, (right)
has been named as a new member to the Holt County board.
Grunke D-X Station
Opens for Business
Announcement was made this
week of the opening of the
Grunke D-X service station. The
station will be managed by Har
mon Grunke, who also manages
the O'Neill Drive-In theatre.
Hoi) Matthews and Darrel Ad
amson will take over the bulk
D-X distributorship and will op
erate under the name of O'Neill
Oil Company.
Contracts, Pay
Get Attention
By School Board
A big load of work faced the
O'Neill school board Tuesday
night as members considered
teacher contracts, teacher pay,
investing $492,000 in school bonds
and reaching agreement with and
making payment to the architect.
Ail elementary teachers signed
and returned contracts except
l\Irs. Wayne Spelts who does not
plan to teach next year. Present
plans are to move Mrs. Alvina
Avery from first grade to the
fifth grade post and seek another
teacher for first grade.
In high school all teachers have
signed contracts or have asked
for a week’s extension of time.
The extension reauests were
granted.
A motion to increase base pay
of teachers by $50 per year was
defeated.
Board Treasurer John Watson
was authorized to invest the
board's $492,000 in bonds so that
it may be earning interest until
needed.
Watson recommended that the
money be invested in U. S.
Treasury bills which are fully
guaranteed and yield slightly less
than three per cent.
Bills of 182 days duration re
turn 2.922 per cent on the current
market while 91-day bills earn
2.87 per cent.
Watson also said the bills could
be cashed at any time they were
needed and would collect interest
up to the time of their conver
sion to cash. He explained that
there need be no physical trans
fer of the bills, that a custody re
ceipt was issued instead.
Bills totaling $13,750.25 were ap
proved and insurance on band
uniforms was increased to $5,000
following a request for the action
from the band parents organiza
tion.
The board held for further
study a request from the archi
tect for a detailed survey of the
school plot and location of the
new building on the plot.
A meeting with the architect
has been set for March 13 to
review for approval some prelim
inary working drawings for the
new building.
In other action the board ap
proved Supt. H. L. McCoy at
tending the North Central Confer
ence meeting in Chicago, March
18-22, as a delegate from Ne
braska.
Slick Streets
Cause Rash of
Auto Mishaps
A two-car collision occurred
Sunday about 10 a.m. on High
ways 20 and 275 near the drive
way into Hap Seger's station.
Arnold Babl, 24, O’Neill, driving
a 1959 sedan, and Ralph S.
Voecks, 20, O'Neill, driving a
1955 car, were involved in a side
swiping mishap. Both cars re
portedly skidded on ice.
Damage to each vehicle was
estimated at $100, according to
Holt County Deputy Sheriff Jim
Mullen.
Sunday, Mar. 3 an accident
occurred at 10:30 a.m. in front
of the Golden Hotel involving a
1959 station wagon driven by
Helen Sullivan, O’Neill. As she
was attempting to back from the
curb she backed into a 1960 car
driven by Lyle Ray Tucker, who
was traveling west on Douglas.
Minor damage to both cars.
Also Sunday an auto driven by
Donald Burger, Newell, S. D.,
stopped for a red light and a 1963
car driven by Thomas Treihway,
Rapid City, S. D., ran into the
rear of the Burger vehicle. Due
to icy streets he was unable to
stop.
At 9 :45 Monday morning, a 1962
pickup belonging to Dr. G. R.
Cook which was parked in front
of Moore-Noble Lumber Yard
was struck by a 1959 auto driven
by Dayle Hewett, O’Neill. Ap
proximately $326 damages to the
Hewett car.
Two accidents occurred March
5, one was due to icy streets
when a car driven by James
Stoffer at the comer of E. John
and N. 5th. making a right turn
onto N. 5th skidded into the curb.
Minor damage to car.
The second one occurred at
5:05 at the comer of E. Everett
and S. Fourth when a 1960 car
driven by Lyle Ray Tucker turn
ing left on Fourth street going
south, stopped for traffic and a
car driven by Dorothy Frost
struck the rear of the Tucker car.
Minor damage to both cars.
Breakin Investigated
At Northwestern Depot
Sheriff Leo Tom jack and Jim
Mullen investigated Saturday at
the Northwestern depot where a
railroad car was broken into and
insulation was scattered about the
railroad track. It was unable to
determine if anything was taken
until the car was unloaded.
TIRED HIKERS — Bob McKay, Jack Kelly, John Miller, Dan Saunto and Pat Mahony stop for a
rest at Stuart Saturday afternoon on their way to Bassett. The five St. Mary's students had to call it
quits at Newport, 11 miles short of their 50 mile go U when it started to rain.
More Sewer,
Paving Projects
Get Council OK
The O’Neill City Council met
Tuesday evening in regular ses
sion. All council men were pres
ent for the session.
Ed Campbell was present at
the meeting to offer the board a
chance to purchase the lots north
of the creamery lor a municipal
parking lot. Mr. Campbell offered
to sell the lo s for $7,000. No ac
tion was taken by the board on
the matter.
Stub Miller, Henry Reimer and
Ralph Davis appeared before the
board and asked for an extension
of sewer and water lines on north
Tenth Street.
The board aJso received cost
estimates on extending sewer
lines to the new Senior Citizens
home and the Cleveland-Kipple
development. Estimated cost
was $39,613.
Eleven new blocks were also
created in the proposed paving
project, six of which were brought
in by petition.
These include the following
streets: Benton street from the
corporate limits east to Jeffer
son; Fourth street from Adams
north to the county road includ
ing Williams Street from Fourth
to Sixth; Everett street, from
Seventh to Ninth and Eighth
street from Fremont to Everett;
First street from Douglas to
Clay; Williams Avenue from Se
cond to Third; Sixth from Doug
las to Williams, and John street
from First to Second street.
Twenty-nine and one-half blocks
are included in the entire
amount.
O'Neill Honor
Students Named
Honor roll students for the
fourth six weeks have been an
nounced by Principal Marvin Mil
ler. They are seniors, Ann John
son, Terry Kurtz, Rich Hill, Keith
Reynoldson and Kenneth Rey
noldson. Juniors, Joan Riffey,
Dianne Gillespie, Delores Rosen
krans, Dwayne Skopec, Laurell
Haynes, Christine Herley, JoAnn
Maschi, Karen Perry, Mary Jo
Walker, Diana George and Vicki
Fletcher.
Sophomores, Joan Drayton, Bill
Enke and Ivan Hurley. Fresh
men, Joan Aim, Wanda Halgrim
son, Mike McCoy, Jerry Brock
man, Nancy Harshfield and
Sheryl Jackson.
Subscription Price
To Increase April 1
Frontier subscribers still have
a little over three weeks to take
advantage of current prices be
fore subscription rates go up.
Effective April 1, the rates will
go to $3.50 per year in the county
and $4 elsewhere in the country.
Until April 1 subscriptions for one
year only will be accepted for
$2.50.
This first price increase in over
15 years was necessitated by in
creased postal rates and ever
increasing costs of stock, labor
and supplies.
Good Turn Day
Clofhing Drive
Set Saturday
Both O'Neill Boy Scout troops
will cooperate Saturday in the
annual Good Will pickup start
ing at 1 pm.
Troop 210, working from
Fourth street west, will assemble
at the K. C. hall while Troop 245
will meet at the Presbyterian
church and gather parcels from
Fourth street east.
Scout officials asked that don
ors put clothing and other ar
ticles for the drive in sacks or
boxes and place the packages in
front of the house or along the
curbing. Packages on porches
and along sides of houses are
often missed they said, because
they are difficult to see.
Persons are asked to put re
pairable or usable clothing in the
sacks or boxes so handicapped
persons in the Goodwill industry
may rehabilitate the clothing as
well as themselves.
Packages which were missed
in the drive may be delivered to
the Booth Transfer warehouse in
sou hwest O’Neill.
In case of bad weather the day
of the pickup, residents are asked
to wait until 1 p.m., if possible,
before putting the materials out
side.
Larrv Schaffer will head the
pickup for Troop 210 while Troop
245 will be under the direction of
Joe McLeish.
Langan House Sold
To Mrs. M. Dishner
Martina G. Dishner purchased
the Joseph M. and Rosemary
Langan house at a sheriff’s sale
Monday morning. Max Golden
bid on the house for Mrs. Dish
ner. Sale price was $11,079.15 plus
costs of $27.75.
Rites Planned
Here Today for
D. D. DeBolt, 54
Funeral services for D. D. De
Bolt, 54, will be held Thursday
(today) at 2 p m. at the Presby
terian church, O’Neill, with the
Rev. William Ross, Ewing, offic
iating. Burial will be in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ned Allen
dorfer, Lee Brady, Lyle Abney,
Dale Wilson, Ed Verzal and Lee
Smith.
Duriin Dorsey DeBolt the son
of Stella Marie and Marshall De
Bolt was born November 5, 1908
at Bassett and died suddenly
March 4. in St. Anthony’s hos
pital following a heart attack.
He married Leota Thelma
Lashmet, July 14, 1929 at Ains
worth and they were the parents
of two daughters. Mr. DeBolt
came to O’Neill in 1940 and was
employed at the Coast to Coast
s ore at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife,
Leota, daughters, Mrs. Richard
(Delores) Farrier, Rapid City,
and Mrs. Larry (Patricia)
Krause, Melrose Park, 111.
Holy Land Pictures
To Be Shown Here
Virgil Marshall, Wymore, will
show pictures of his trip through
the Holy land at the First Chris
tian Church Sunday, Mar. 10 at
7 p.m.
The public is cordially invited.
Band Fund Hits $1,157;
More Projects Planned
Castro is Thorn in
Side of Diplomats
WASHINGTON - March 3
General Castro is coming to
Wasliington. This developed today
when a downtown hotel received
a cablegram from Havana ask
ing that a suite of rooms in- re
served for him and his party.
The exact date was nut given.
i>ut the exiled dictator is expect -
ed here in time to attend the
President's inauguration.
'Hie hotel is the gathering place
of the ministers ami diplomats
from central America, and in
terest approaching consternation
was evident when the news of
Castro’s coming was made
known. Several of the envoys ap
parently foresaw diplomatic com
plication, and the manner in
which the former president shall
he received by them is a question
of grave discussion.
Editors Note: Taken from the
flies of The O’Neill Frontier,
Marc.h 6, 1818. The (kutro re
ferred to was tieneral Cipriano
Castro, deposed dictator of
Venezuela and the Inauguration
he was coming to attend wait
President Wilson’s. Even 50
years ago the Oaetro elan ap
parently wasn’t too popular. No
doubt a visit by Castro today
would merit a little "grave
discussion” even in this ad
vanced age.
Informative
Meeting Slated
At Inman School
Another meeting of the resi
dents of the Inman school district
has been slated for tonight,
(Thursday) at 8 p.m. at the In
man schoolhouse. Announcement
of the meeting follows on the
heels of a statement by the Ne
braska Board of Education that
they had voted unanimously that
the Inman high school l>e disap
proved by the State Education
Department.
A public hearing on the mat
ter will be held at the hoard'a
next monthly meeting. One
other high school in the shite.
Liberty high school, was also
recommended for disapproval.
Disapproval means the schools
cannot collect free high tuition
and the district would be subject
to a free high school levy of
about 6.8 mills.
Disapproval for the school was
prompted by a report compiled
by Mel Olson, Education Depart
ment consultant. Mr. Olson is
quoted as including in the report
that both schools “have little
regard” for the state’s minimum
requirements for approval. Mr.
Olson listed eight deviations for
the Liberty high school and six
for Inman. Five are enough for
disapproval.
According to Mr. Olson disap
proval of the Inman school “was
not so much because of its devi
ations from minimum rules, but
because something has been lost
in this community whereby boys
and girls have lost one year of
schooling. It is the most discour
aging school situation I have
ever observed.” he said.
Two Youths Hurt
In Auto Accident
Lonnie Sparks, 18, Chambers,
was hospitalized overnight in At
kinson Memorial hospital follow
ing a one car accident which oc
curred about 10 p.m. Saturday on
a county road two miles west of
Atkinson.
Sparks and a companion, Jerry
Bailey, O'Neill, suffered bruises
and minor lacerations.
The Sparks auto missed a
curve and rolled. It was a total
loss, according to State Patrol
man Eugene Hastreiter.
CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN track* were torn up on both sides operation. The flatcar stopped on the west side of the crossing and
of the railroad crossing in O’Neill Wednesday when a locomotive and the engine continued on over to the east side. Considerable track was
a flatcar loaded with rails jumped the track during a switching torn up and the load of rails was spilled but no one was injured
Word was received tins week
from ltoherl <J Moorhead. prrsi
dent of the "MW" Festival 'V*o
elute* confirming tin* official .»<
eeptanee of the O'Neill bands to
participate In tlx- "500" "1 am
sure that you will I** interested
to know that this in vital km Is
iiemg issued t«> only 33 musk ul
units, each of which has re* elv
etl outstanding awards In their
own state Each of those selected
was chosen from hundmts of
applications f'-mi outstanding
groups thnxighout the United
States We are looking forward to
having your fine organization in
tire parade next may," sakl Mr.
Moorhead.
On Saturday of Udw week
tin-re will be a benefit pancake
feed at Uie Irflnn to bHp rsi'o
money for Uds trip. Pancake-,
will In- served from It a m. to
7 p.m. ni Uie la-gion bulktlng.
In the event of bad weather,
the feed will bo postponed until
the following Saturday.
The Dixieland Cbm ho wlh tx
out Thursday afternoon at 4 otv
the hank comer to "kick off" tin
final ticket drive for the fe*-d.
They will entertain the public
with a few numlx-rs after which
members of the band will circu
late through the liusiness district
selling tickets.
Two other items to be dispfuy
ed at the fee*! will lie a never
fail needle threader for the wo
men and men, who have trouble
threading a n«*edle.
The other item will lx* for those
who wish to release inner ten
sions and feelings of anger in a
constructive manner. Two used
curs have been donaU'*l along
with two sledge hammers for the
purpose of smashing metal
against metal. A Small fee will
lx- charged for each swing, liow
ever, tliere is no limit to the
numtxT of swings a person may
take.
Money ItulM-d to date:
Food Sale $153.95
Concert 25190
Coffee Day 54.62
SaJebam Cal**• 70 00
A*lv. Pancake Sale 356.50
Donations;
Hand Boosters $200.00
Msgr. O'Sullivan >.00
American Gear 25 00
Walt Young 10.00
Associated Press 5.00
Jim Donlin 5.00
Dr. Kile (Creighton! I 00
Total $1157.97
IJnria HUiirtwrg*-n, daughter of
Mr*. John Htuifbergen, wan chos
en by the, American lx-gion Aux
iliary, Simonson f'o*>t 83 to rc
prtwMit them at Girl* State In
June at Lincoln.
Linda, a junior at St. Mary’s
Academy, is a member of the
band and glee club and If also
a cheer leader. She belongs to
Sodality.
Jolene Stutz was chosen alter
nate.
Sale Dates
Claimed
MAR. 8 — 1040 ACRE IM
PROVED LAND SALE 2% mile*
north of Lynch, Nebr. Two sets
of improvements. Heirs of James
T. Muller. Ed Thorin, licensed
real estate broker and auctioneer.
MONDAY, MAR. 11 — Henry
Vequist closing out farm sale at
the place located 11 miles north
of O'Neill on 281, 5 miles west
and 2% miles north. 95 head of
cattle, 14 Yorkshire brood sows,
a full line of farm machinery and
some household goods. Dean
Fleming, Wally O’Connell and
Chuck Mahony, auctioneers, O’
Neill National Bank, the clerk.
MAR. 12 — CLARENCE SCH
MISER CLOSING OUT FARM
SALE. 11% miles south of Ew
ing. 57 head of cattle, 31 head ol
hogs and an excellent line of ma
chinery, some near new. Ed
Thorin Auction Service, O’Neill.
For complete details see listing
in this issue of the Frontier.
MAR 16 — 320-ACRE LAND
SALE OF LEONARD AND DOR
IS SWANSON. 2% miles west of
Chambers on Hwy 95. Ed Thor
in, licensed real estate broker
and auctioneer.
MAR. 25 — FRANK SKRDLA
CATTLE AND MACHINERY
SALE. 22 miles northeast of At
kinson. Elmer McClurg, Wallace
O’Connell and Vem Reynoldson,
auctioneers. Watch the Frontier
for complete listing.