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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1963)
IBWASia ST AT* HISTORICAL SOCIfJf Lkitaain* N*bra»KW AfU i l%9 Your Farm Sale Ten Plge, ™* Newspaper . ST,.. S £ in *n *"14 **SU® March 23 77 31 , _ . , March 23 71 41 North Central March 24 •» 41 aj_l_r__lf- March 25 M 31 Nebraska Marah » 7o n i "The Voice of the Beef Empire"-North-Central Nebraska's BIGGEST Newspaper Volume 82-Number 49 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, March 28, 1963 S*w*n C*n**___ _ ia>.S OF SMOKE DAMAGE SHOWED ON the Cliarlie Fleming trailer during the fire Saturday afternoon, hut most of the dumage was on the outside and underneath the trailer. Fire Chief Hup Miles said. Firemen are shown here as they fought the blaze. Plan Car Wash Here Saturday For "500" Fund Activity continues to raise the funds for the Indianapolis "500'’ trip for the O'Neill Community Band. The band students will hold a car wash this Saturday at the following stations, Eby’s Conoco, Wilson’s Texaco, llamik’s Stan dard and Grunke’s I)X. Anyone wanting their car washed may call any of the four stations and it w ill t*e picked up and delivered when through. A smorgasbord dinner will be held on Sunday, Apr. 7 at the Parish Hall in the St. Mary's School. It is being put on by the Tropical Gardens. Tickets for the smorgasbord will be $1.50 for adults and 75c for children. The band students will canvas the town tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. selling tickets. On April 6 a slave labor day is being planned with the band stu dents being hired out from 8 a.m. to (> p.m. Anyone wanting to hire a student may call 731-J or 951. On April 21 there will be a community auction. The band fund now stands at approximately $1600. Rifes Held for James Binkerd Funeral services were held for James Hurley Binkerd, 78, Sat urday, Mar. 23, at the Presbyter ian church. Interment was in Pleasant Hill cemetery, Lynch. Mr. Binkerd was bom April 6, 1884 at Dorsey, the son of James and Harriet (Kelly) Bin kerd. He died March 20 at the Creighton hospital. He is survived by sons, Walter Niobrara, Nyle, Hartford, S. D. Austin, Seattle, Wash., Marshall Hillsboro, Ore., daughters, Mrs Lee Brady, O’Neill, and Mrs. J E. Wiley, California. Cancer Benefit Set At Orchard Monday ORCHARD — Mrs. Raymon< 9tevens, Cancer Fund chairman said a talent show will be hel April 1 to raise funds. The program will be held ii the High School Auditorium be ginning at 8 p.m. Featured will be solos, duefc trios and quartets, both voca and instrumental. There will b performances by comedian: Readings will be given. In addition to local talent, pe: formers will be present froi Royal, Clea-water, Ewing, Brin swick and O’Neill. Ask Discontinuance Of Page Rail Station Application has been mac with the Nebraska State Railws Commission by the Chicag Burlington and Quinch Railroa Co for authority to discontini its custodian at the station ; Page. At the presen time business the Page station is handli through the O’Neill office. A hearing has been slated fi April 4 at Lincoln. Bjrwall Man Named Land Bank Member Henry I. Bonsall, Burwell farmer-stockman has been ap pointed as a member of the board of directors of the Fed eral Land Bank Association of O’Neill. Mr. Bonsall represents Garfield County on the board and will serve as an appointed member until the next stockhold er's meeting when a Garfield County director will be elected. Other board members are Frank C. Kruntorad, Ewing, chairman, Wilbur L. Moon, Stu art, vice chairman, Emmet J. Re veil, O’Neill, Ralph Hoffman, Ewing and Don Kehn, Butte. Planting Crews Get Ready For Busy Spring Plans are being made for tree planting and grass seeding to be in full swing in Holt county with in a week weather permitting. The District will operate two tree planters and it is expected they will plant over 70,000 trees. Final arrangements for the tree crews have not been made. Trees are expected to arrive in O'Neill the first of next week. Inrry Cleary will operate the range interseeder and will start work within a few days. At the present time committments have been made to seed 200 acres in this manner. Atiaiuon al seeding of this kind may still be planned. Grass seeding will get under way within a week. 500 acres have been requested to date and it is anticipated that 1000 to 1500 more acres may be requested be fore the season is over. Native grass seeding can safely continue until the latter part of May. Milton McKathnie will handle the tree spraying program for the District. Twenty requests have been received from throughout the county. Spraying will be done on trees planted the past two seasons as well as trees planted 1 this spring. Simazine applied in , a 40 inch band down the tree row I has proven very effective in field tests conducted the past several l years by the Extension forester. - By keeping the trees weed free growth and survival have been substantially better than where j weeds wrere allowed to grow, e Any rancher or farmer desir ing information concerning any of these programs is urged to •. contact the SCS office for addi n tional information and counciling. l- Mrs. Carole Reed, Holt SWCD district clerk resumed part time duties this week. Since her crip pling accident January 25 she has been unable to continue her duties at the office. Mrs. Emily Herley has been working afternoons to e assist in keeping the office work y up. Carole does not expect to be >. able to work full time for quite d some time so farmers and ranch e ers are requested to make office it contacts on Thursday whenever possible. The office will be open it every afternoon but due to the d need for the technicians to be in the field the office will normally >r not be open during the morning except on Thursday. CHAMBERS TENTH GRADERS Gary Hertel. Christine Thirstrap. judv Garwood and Carolyn Rowse turn in their compositions on “Americanism, What It Means To Me", for the local content. The contest. sponsored by the American legion Auxiliary, is conducted on a statewide basis. Local winners will then compete in the state contest. *ites Held Here Monday for I. Brunckhorst Funeral services for John f Irunckhorst, 81, were held Mon lay at Uiglin's chapel with the lev. Robert Linder, officiating, nterment was in the Page cemc ery. Pallbearers were Charles Sim nons, Floyd Belik, George Hall, loren Sorensen, Herbert Kemper md Marion Parks. John Brunckhorst was bom May !, 1881, the son of Henry and Catherine Bucklemun Brunck- | lorst. He came to Holt county rom Pierce county in 1920. He vas a retired farm worker. He is survived by brothers, Er nest, Inman, Robert, Osmond, .Vilham, luusk, Wyo., and sister, Vlrs. C. J. (Sofia) Dobbins, Page. Wheat Acreage Referendum to Go to Voters Producers who have an interest in a 1964 farm wheat acreage al- 1 lotment will be eligible to vote in | the 1964 wheat referendum this spring, George 9kopec, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, has announced. If the allotment is less than 15 acres, however, the farm opera tor will be asked to decide, at least seven days prior to the re ferendum whether he wants to participate as an allotment grow er in 1964. If he elects to partici pate, this will qualify the opera tor and the other wheat produc ers on the farm to vote in the . r__i._rrU_ •••111 i CU.1CUUUUI, A made by signing on the back of the regular allotment notice for the farm and filing it with the ASCS County Office. According to the Chairman, the general rule is that each person may cast only one ballot in the referendum, regardless of the number of wheat farms in which he is interested. Exceptions to this rule are: (1) Individual members of a partnership each have a vote, but the partnership as such has no vote; (2) a per son may also vote as the repre sentative of an organization, such as a corporation (which is entitl ed to only one vote); and (3) a person may vote as the admin istrator or executor of an es tate, or as a trustee or guardian, but the persons whom he repre sents are not eligible to vote. Producers who have an inter est in an allotment include land owners who receive all or a share of the wheat crop or proceeds thereof, and tenants or share croppers having an interest in the farm acreage allotment because of sharing in the wheat crop or proceeds thereof. Special provi sions apply to cases of joint ow nership or operation. Wheat growers who have some question about their eligibility to vote in the upcoming referendum on the 1964 wheat program are encouraged to discuss the matter with the ASC County Committee. The referendum will be held sometime in May or June, the ex act date to be announced later. The referendum will offer wheat growers a choice between (1) limited production of wheat, a relatively high price support, and payments for wheat acreage diverted to a conservation use; or (2) no limits on production or marketings and a relatively low price support only to growers who stay within their allotments. Bristow Lions Club Plans Talent Show The annual Bristow Lions club Talent show will be held Friday. April 19, at the Bristow Legion hall. All contestants wishing to enter may do so by writing the Bristow postmaster, giving name, address, age as of Sep tember 1, 1962, the talent time needed and if a group number the names. There will be three divisions: up to ten, 11 to 5 and 16 to 19. Second and third place awards will be given and the first place winner will go to the District Lions Contest at Sargent April 27. Farm Bureau to Hold District Meeting Here Nebraska Farm Bureau Feder ation has scheduled a district meeting to be held in O’Neil] Thursday, April 14 at the Annex Assembly Room, beginning at 10 a.m. and adjourning at 3 p.m. All Farm Bureau members of Holt and surrounding counties are invited to attend. This will be an informational meeting with discussions on cur rent state and national issues. All state and national affairs persons, board of director mem bers and women’s committee members are especially urged to attend. Rev. Lester Hamilton To Speak Here Sunday The Rev. Lester Hamilton, missionary to India, will speak Sunday at the Center Union church at the 11 a.m. service. In the evening, pictures will be shown of their work in India. A PRAIRIE FIRE 23 miles south of O’Neill swept over portions of the J. J. Berlgan and Eel lles-rle •anches Tuesday afternoon. Fanned by a se.uth wind the fire rae-eel several miles before being stopped it a road. Clouds of de nse smoke were visible at O’ Ne ll. The fire apparently starte d at the- Johnson dare-. Firemen and volunteers from be»th O’Neill an! Chambers were railed out te> fight the- blaxe. Rynold A. Cimfel Moves to Norfolk Rynold A. Cimfel, County Sup ervisor of the Farmers Home Administration in Holt and Boyd counties, will assume the duties of Area Supervisor at Norfolk, effective April 1. The No'f lk area is composed of 19 coun ties in northeast Nebraska. Bill Waldo, Chadron, will re turn to O’Neill and Holt counties. Bill worked as an Assistant Coun ty Supervisor in the O’Neill of fice in the spring and summer of 1962. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo and their two daughters will move to O’Neill as soon as suitable housing is located. Services Held At Atkinson for Michael Freed Funeral services were held 'for Michael Dean Freed, Lincoln, March 25, at 9 a.m. at St. Jo seph’s Catholic church wi.h the Rev. Donald Bartak, officiating. Funeral was in St. Joseph’s Cath olic cemetery. He was born December 29, 1961 the son of Robert and Kathleen Grothe Freed at Atkinson and died March 21 at St. Elizabeth hospital. He is survived by his parents, brothers, Kevin Michael, Steven Lee, grandfather, Robert Freed. Omaha and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grothe, Em met. Atkinson Plans Hay Days Fete For August 5 ATKINSON — The Atkinson Chamber of Commerce will spon sor the return of Hay Days with a one-day celebration scheduled for August 5, according to Cham ber of Commerce secretary, Ro bert Tingle. At a recent meeting the group voted to form a Baler Club to boost the proposed event. Hay Days was last celebrated in Aikinson in 1959. Arrangements for this year’s program are as yet incomplete. Lions Talent Contest Planned Here April 6 The annual Lions Club Talent Contest will l>e held on April 1G at 7:30 p.m. in the high school public auditorium. Interested con testants may enter in one of the three divisions according to their age. The divisions are as follows: Junior, 10 and under, intermedi ate, 11 thru 15, and senior, 16 thru 19. There will be medal awards for first, second anc third place winners in each divi sion. The local winners of each divi sion will be eligible to compete in the district contest held a Sargent with a possibility of go ing '.o the state contest. Anyoni interested in entering the contes is asked to contact Dennis Hous ton, local band director, befori 6 p.m. April 11. Rites Held for Mrs. Ida Howarc Funeral services for Mrs. Id Howard, 61, of Oakland Calif, were conducted Saturday at th Methodist church at 2 p.m. witl the pastor, the Rev. Earl Hes officiating. Pall bearers were A] vin Tangeman, Ernest Farrier Ralph Hoffman, Homer Ernst Kenneth Adams and Glen White The music was by Letha Cook and Stanley with Mrs. C. V. Rc bertson pianist. Mrs. G. H Grimes and Mrs. Herman Hoi comb were in charge of flowers The mortician was Wadlows, Lir coin. Burial was in the Chamber cemetery. Relatives and friends from oil of town here to attend the fur eral were; Mr. and Mrs. Williar Phipps, Sandre and Jerry, Lir coin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tri xell and Richard, Lafayettf La., 9/Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Wa ace, Paul and Tracy, Waco, Tex Mr. and Mrs. Rosco Baughr Brookings. Oregon, Mr. and Mr Eldon Wilkie and Cynthia, On aha, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ei nest, Emmett, Mrs. Sam Rober son, O’Neill, and Mrs. Orvill Kemper, Page. A group of relatives, friends find neighbors railed at the El mer Devall home, Thursday night to surprise "Grandma” on he 85th birthday. Also honored was Nancy Anderson, daughter of Mr. sind Mrs. Merlin Ander j son who celebrated her birthday on the same day. i » > Duchesne Alums Hold Meeting at Froeiich Home The William Froeiich ^iome at O’Neill was the scene of a Du chesne alumnae meeting recent ly. Mrs. Froeiich was assisted at the meeting by Mrs. Robert De voy and her daughter, Mrs. J. 5 Robert Berigan. William E. Ramsey, director of * development and public relations discussed the Duchesne Develop 1 ment in the Sixties program. Miss Yonne Dascher, admissions coun selor, told alumnae and parents of prospective college students about the college. She also spoke •> to 35 students at St. Mary’s High l> School in O’Neill. The O’Neill is one of a series " of out-of-town alumnae meetings to acquaint alumnae and friends e with the Duchesne expansion program. IT TOOK MOKE THAN “A BIG, COLD WIND” to hold back the crowd Monday at the Frank Skrdla sale 22 miles north of Atkin son. Shown here are Auctioneers Elmer McClurg, Vern Key no Id son and Wally O'Connell surrounded by a portion of the big crowd at -.i< sale. A car-truck count at the peak of the sale indicated nearly 300 vehicles on the grounds. This was another successful farm sale advertised through The Frontier’s one-stop weather-insured Farm Sale Service. Club Members Asked To Remove Golf Carts All O'Neill Country Club mem bers with clubs, curt# or other etfilptncni art asked to remove Uu-m from the kicker rtiom be tore April 7 due to remodeling of the basement. According to club president Duke K rsenbruck, more stalls for golf carts will be added dur ing the coming month. Anyone wishing to retain the same cart space as last year must contact A P. Juszkowiak bt lore April 1 First cart space per family is available at $2 with Additional spaces available at $1. Whole Milk Sales Show Big Gain In O'Neill Area Whole milk sales are bringing added dollars to the O’Neill ar ea, according to a statement by Lee Jackson, manager of Hal ing creamery in O’Neill. Following is Jacksons state ment. Here are some facts about your local industry which will be of interest to you. Last month we paid out over $20,000 00 to operate the plant in O’Neill. This money was paid out for the following payroll, hauling milk, taxes, insurance, telephone, gas for boilers, power, gasoline, tires, contributions, printing, ad vertising, laundry, repairs, licen se, package supplies, water, transportation anil of by-products In addition to this, we paid out aiiproxlmately $50,000.00 to the people In tills area, who sell us milk, or a total of $70, 000.00 each month. "We can handle approximately three times this much milk, which means we are in the posi tion to pay over 200,000.00 each month in the O’Neill area.” nf ikio rnmmu is hpintf spent in this area. Therefore if we encourage the farmers ami ranchers to milk more cows and sell to their home market this will help our community gr<™ and prosper. Home Ec. Leaders Maet Here Today Leaders of Home Economic projects of 4-H clubs from Ant* lope, Boyd, Holt and possibl other counties in the area ar attending training sessions in O Neill today, Thursday. Th Knights of Ak-Sar^Ben sponso this meeting and the entire ser ies held throughout the state. Material for the projects wil be given in the beginning unit for home living; middle unit: for foods; and advanced units fo clothing. Specialists from the Universit; of Nebraska who will presen the information include Magda lene Pfister, home furnishings Kathryn Cooley, foods; and Ger da Peterson, clothing. O'Neill Seniors Plan Class Play Here Friday The senior class of O’Neill higl school will present "Adam’s Eve ning”, a three-act farce by Kath erine Kavanaugh, Friday, Mar 29 at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium. Taking part in the play an Terry Kurtz, Diane Graves, Sail* Burney, Rich Frost, Bobbi* Maschi, Jim Van Vleck, Bettj Morrow, Ken Franklin, Gaiiei Young and Esther Young. Jud* Smith is student director and Kei Peacock is stage manager. The play is directed by Mrs Alice Berigan. Two Appear In Court for Cattle Theft Cuttle slenlmg charges were I licit Wednesday in iMsdict Onin against I M aine Schwagvr. 1®. Orchard, and I .ytm I-arson, 72. Page, Tlie two are charged with stealing two calves front Frank lleelaert, Page A hearing on the matter w.<* held Wednesday moraine In Chun ty Court before Judge Frank Crook at which time tltey pled guilty. Appearance toruU wire set at $7!>0 each amt the case was transferred to district court, investigation in die case in gun when Walter Jutuuwjn reported that two small calves were miss log from his plant', one ot which had Uiui eat tagged I tram! In spectors in the area were alerted At die sale at Spalding Tuesday the two calves were identified and were returned to O'Neill along with two other hluck calves in die consignment The complaint against Sehwag er and 1 jiisoii was signed tiy Kr nest K. Bailey, state brand in K|*'ctor from Valentine. Rites Held Here Tuesday for Lee Avery, 3 Funeral services were held Tuesday for Lee Avery, 3, at the Methodist church with the Rev Glenn Kennlcott officiating. Our 1 ial was in the Lynch cr meter v. Pallbearers were H. L. McCoy, ! Larry Schaffer, Edwin Lickte r and John Vandcrberg Lee Francis Avery, ihe son <>i ’ Arthur and Alvina Clyde Avery s was born April 7, 195'J and diul ' at his home from cancer, March 24. A fund raising committee had raised more than $1,000 to help defer medical expenses. Lee is survived by his parents brothers, Raymond Charles, A1 f vin Arthur, Gerald i/avid, sis ters Beverly Ann and Charlene ^ Mildred. One brother died in Jn ? fancy. e Mrs. Avery is a first grade r teacher in the O’Neill public •. school. s Hastings College r To Play Concert y At Atkinson it i. The 1963 Hastings College Con . cert Band will appear in AUrir. ■1 son at the Atkinson high school auditorium, 8 p.m. April 2 as part of their 1963 Spring Tour. The 42 member touring Band called the "Daddy of Nebraska Touring Bands’’ and the first in the State of Nebraska, will play i three daily concerts 8s they tour y Nebraska The Band is under the direc tion of Professor James M. "Jim mie” King, who is in his 34th e year as band director and head y of the band instrumental depart e ment of the College. Often call y ed the Dean of Nebraska Band a Ihreotors, King is a popular and y well-known high school and col li lege band critic and guest con doctor, i. Inman School Patrons To Meet Again Tonight A special meeting has been called by the School Board of In man School District No. 30 , for Thursday night, March 28th, 1903 at 8 p.m. for purpose of voting to discontinue the High school This is a legal meeting and we urge all voters to attend. Behmer Music Center To Open Store Here Behmer Music Center at Nor folk has announced plans to op en a music store in O’Neill. Re modeling of the old Frontier building owned by E. E. Cleve land sr. is now underway. Present plans are for the store to be opened the middle of Ap riL Library Benefit Planned The O'Neill Women’s club are sponsoring a Grattan Township Library benefit. It is to be an Antique symposium at the Town House, April 1 at 8 p.m. Sale Dates Claimed APRIL 3 — JOHN & RUTH RITTERBU9H FARM SALE. Sell ing buildings, livestock and ma chinery Located 3 miles west, 2 south and m west of Chambers, , Nebraska. Merlin Grossnicklaus, auctioneer. Chambers State bank, clerk. 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