The Banner-Press from David City, Nebraska • 1

by JACK D. TARR Who says history- doesn't reitself? The 1911 files of this paper show that a wrestling match was scheduled November: 30 that year just as wrestling is slated for Nov. 30 this year. The Young Men's Association was sponsoring a Thanksgiving Night match between George Gion of Aurora, the champion middleweight wrestler of Nebraska, and Frank N. DuGrey of Lincoln.

Two good preliminary bouts between local men were promised, and the admission prices were 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 16. -jdtOn the coldest November day we've had in many a moon came a post card from A. Thomas in Phoenix, Ariz. He must have known a cold wave was coming when he wrote because he mentioned the weather is ideal-'76 to 80 degrees during the day and a nighttime low of about 65. Citrus fruit is just coming on and new dates last week were selling 6 lbs.

for a dollar." L. Anderson of Bellwood has questioned a statement in last week's paper that "There has been no government land available since in Butler County. He writes, "I believe if you dig into the records you will find that Mr. Chester Burch filed on a homestead (NE of NE 10-16-1) in Alexis Township just after the turn of the century. "Incidentally the land that Mr.

Burch homesteaded was located on the same section in which he was born. I doubt if any other homesteader in America can make the same claim." I haven't taken time to make a check of the records yet, but I suspect Postmaster Ray McElravy (who was quoted in the article last week) has and I. will have to check the files. -jdtSt. Mary's and Marietta High School officials were pleased with the pleasant turn in the weather Tuesday because they were entertaining about 500 students from 10 schools at a choral clinic here.

That explains all of the buses in town that day, and also explains why some of the business places had their "Welcome" flags out. -jdtA sports note: Larry Snell, the ace distance runner of the Kearney State Teachers College crosscountry team, is a brother of Lee Snell of David City. Larry captured the Midwest AAU and NAIA district crowns in cross-country competition at Omaha last week. -jdtCoach Hank Amend of David City High School has provided some interesting statistics on Dick Bolton, who concluded his high school football career with the Scouts this year. Dick carried the ball 68 times for a total of 838 yards during the past season, an average of 12.3 yards per attempt.

He scored a total of 59 points this year and his punts averaged 32 yards. -jdtWe had a map of a proposed school reorganization plan prepared to use with a story in this week's paper, but I must have marked it wrong because the engraver didn't return it in time for use. That is a story which you can look forward to next week. -jdtThat's all for -JDT. School Closed Bulletin Will Be Broadcast An organized plan to inform students and parents in this area immediately if school is closed for weather or any reason, has been arranged between the David City Public School and Radio Station KFAB, Omaha.

In the event school is closed because of bad weather or any reason, Supt. E. J. Davis will call KFAB with the information. The station will then broadcast this announcement at frequent intervals on "The Morning Watch" program between 5:30 and VOLUME LXIX DAVID CITY, NEBRASKA, November 19, 1959 Stryker To Police Break-In Check And File Today Two Accidents State Senator Harold B.

Stryker will seek a third term as the representative in the Unicameral Legislature of District 17, comprising Butler and Saunders counties, In an announcement to the weekly newspapers of his district, the Rising City legislator said he will file for re-election today after arranging his personal so that he could devote adequate time to legislative duties in the next term. His statement continued, "I be. lieve that I was better. able to serve Butler and Saunders counties in my second term than my and I am sure I can better legislate for the 17th District and the state of Nebraska by serving a third term. Among his objectives as a legislator, Sen.

Stryker said, would be the following: 1. Further pursue the agricultural research program that has been started since "such research will benefit the economy of every community in Nebraska." 2. Streamline the state accounting system and cut unnecessary expenditures. Included would be a central accounting system where warrants and records are made by modern machines. He also urged microfilming to conserve storage space and provide better preserved records.

3. Oppose an increase in gas tax. 4. Continue to help maintain the best possible state institutions and still attempt to keep the tax levy down. Picking Crews Aid Ray Riha Friends, relatives and neighbors using 12 pickers harvested about 5,000 bushels of corn Thursday morning for Raymond Riha, who had injured his hand in a corn picker accident.

Included in group were Orin Barlean, Carl Barlean, Jimmy Barlean, Dean Raitt, Dick Raitt, Herbert Fricke, Ernest Fricke, Gerald Birkel, Emil Stava, Ernest Prochaska, Leonard Siffring, Fritz Aerts; Wm. Juranek, Don Juranek, Al Svoboda, Lester Jones, George Jones, Frank Rech, Elmer Rech, Gene From, Otto Hoeft, Henry Papa, Ed Allen, Jim Allen, Ray Riha Dennis Riha, and Dale Fadschild. The women who helped Mrs. Riha prepare the meal were Mmes. Orin Barlean, Carl Barlean, Dean Raitt, Emil Stava, Wm.

Juranek, Ernest Prochaska, Otto Hoeft, Ray Riha, Anton Riha, and Jim Barlean. Sub-District Meeting Will Be Held Sunday Ministers and lay members of 12 Methodist Churches in the Platte sub-district have been invited to attend a meeting at St. Luke's Methodist Church here Sunday afternoon, according to J. V. Nicodemus, lay leader of the local church.

Mr. Nicodemus said the meeting will begin at 4 p.m. with talks by Dale Goff of North Bend, the Rev. Hugh Houchin of North Bend, A. G.

Wurst of Wahoo, and Lester Oberg of Schuyler. Following supper, which will be served at 5:30, the Rev. Lester Hart, pastor of the Tilden-Oakdale Methodist churches, address the group on the topic, "Relationship of the Lay Leader and His Pas- 9:00 a.m. tor." en 1 AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION for his work with the American Legion Junior and Midget baseball program the past summer, John Daro has been given a piece of luggage by Kregger Post 125 of the American Legion. He is shown above, left, accepting the gift from Commander C.

M. Hibbs at the Post's monthly meeting. THE BANNER PRESS Consolidation of the Butler County Press, Brainard Clipper and Bellwood Gazette with The People's Banner The Rosary will be recited tonight, at 6:30 at Knott Funeral Home for Mrs. Mary Shonka, 74, of Bellwood, who died Monday night at St. Mary's Hospital, Columbus.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 Friday morning at Presentation Church with burial in the church cemetery. Juniors Will Present Rosary Tonight For Mrs. Mary Shonka the Play At Dwight Tuesday "The Haunted 'School" a suspense-filled comedy will be presented Tuesday evening by the junior class of Dwight Assumption High School. It is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Dwight Parish Hall.

Cherry Pie Baking Contest Slated The Butler County 4-H Cherry Pie Baking Contest will be held Saturday afternoon, Dec. 12, at David City High School, Miss Cynthia Payne, county home, demonstration agent, announced today. County winners in the annual competition are eligible to compete in the state contest, and state winners go on to National competition in Chicago. Butler county has been represented by two state winners in the past, Marci Jo Nicodemus, and Elaine Hinze. Among the contest qualifications is the requirement that the contestant must be 14 years of age as of Jan.

1. Further information regarding the contest is available at the County Extension Office. Class Play Will Be Staged Two Nights "Finders Creepers," presented by the junior class of the David City High School, will be staged Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 25 and 24, at the City Auditorium. An earlier item about the play had mentioned only the Tuesday evening performance.

Final Phase of Enlistment Campaign Starts Tonight Over 200 workers in the Aquinas High School Campaign will meet tonight at the Municipal Auditorium to launch the final phase of the men's enlistment program.This session is the organization meeting for team captains and will be attended by pastors, team captains, division managers and chairmen from all the 14 participating parishes. Dr. L. J. Ekeler general campaign chairman, will preside.

Beginning on Sunday, team captains who attended the meeting will be contacting other men in the parishes in an effort to boost the total worker enrollment to an adequate number to carry out the solicitation on Dec. 13. Tonight's session is the third large campaign meeting held this week. Last night the women's committee met at Holy Trinity Parish in Brainard to plan the enlistment of the colonels on that committee. Mrs.

Nicholas Klein and Mrs. Herman Liska were in charge of the meeting and the parish.co-chairwomen from the parishes supervised the work of selecting candidates to be enrolled next week. On Monday night a special informative meeting was held at the St. Mary's High School library with Dr. Norman Lanspa presiding.

Speakers on the Monday night program included the Most Rev. James V. Casey, Bishop of Lincoln; Dale Kerkman, high school student from Shelby, Schmit, pattern gifts committee member from Bellwood; Louis Nantkes, pattern gifts committee member from Ulysses; and Dr. Ekeler. Campaign leaders stated today that enlistments in the program were on schedule and very close to the required 100 per cent.

They commended the enthusiasm of the division managers and their outstanding work in completing the enlistments of the team captains. Bee Parish Leads An office break-in and two property damage: auto accidents were investigated during the past week by the Police Dept. Chief James Hamsa said a burglar or burglars forced open the door of the Edgar V. Thomas law office Thursday night or Friday morning and stole a small amount of cash. On.

Thursday cars driven by Mrs. Agnes Michalek and Miss Mary A. Vanis were in collision at 422 5th St. According to the police report, Miss Vanis was backing her car away from the curb when it collided with the northbound Michalek auto. An accident Friday involved the Post Office station wagon driven by Edwin L.

Hunsche and a car driven by E. A. Stryker of Rising City. It occurred at 420 Street when Mr. Hunsche was stopped while attempting to park at the curb, and the Stryker vehicle struck the rear of the station wagon.

Slippery streets were a tributing factor, the report indicated. Gagne Heads Wrestling Card Three bouts are on the wrestling card which the David City JayCees will stage Monday evening, Nov. 30. The main event will match Vern Gagne and Rock Hunter in a two falls out of three, 60-mintue limit bout. Otto Von Krupp will tangle with Doug Gilbert in a two out.

of three falls match, with a 45-minute time limit. The third match features midgets, Tiny Roe and Cowboy Bradley, in a two of three falls, 45- minute time limit match. Reserved seat tickets priced at $1.50 are on sale starting today at Hotovy Furniture. General admission tickets are $1.25 and children will be admitted for 50 cents. St.

Wenceslaus Parish of Bee was the first parish to achieve 100 per cent of its enlistments. The leaders of the St. Wenceslaus campaign are Father John Prachar, Joseph Jirovsky, John Bartunek, John Dolezal, Jerry Hain, and Ray Hotovy. St. Joseph's Parish of Bellwood was the second to reach 100 per No.

15 29 Listed On Council Protests Northern First Quarter Honor Roll Natural Rate Hike Request Twenty-nine students, seven freshmen, three sophomores, fourteen juniors, and five seniors, are listed on the superior honor roll issued for the first quarter of the current school year by David City High 'School Principal Gordon L. Quick. In addition, 47 others are given honorable- mention. The superior honor roll includes the following: Seniors Dale Hayhurst, Marjorie Hoback, Karen Pallas, Delores Stara, and Martha Zeilinger. Juniors--Bernice Codr, Linda Fadschild, Madeline Gingery, Alta Hoback, Beverly Johnson, Carolyn Kamenske, Georgianne Kozisek, Sharon Lnenicka, Jo Ann Sack, Ronald Shipley, Dennis Siedel, Deltrude Straka, Nancy Wright and Marilyn Wynegar.

Sophomores--Marcia Ball, Judy Brecka, and Sarah Zeilinger. Freshmen--Donald Bonne, Steven Henk, Doris Hoeft, Beverly Kudlacek, Bob Sabata, Jack Wolfe, -and Marjorie Wynegar. Honorable Mention Seniors Rose Marie Bohaty, Mary Haight, Deanna Hascall, Gene Kopecky, Alice. Kucera, Darlene Kucera, Sharon Murphy, and Marcella Palensky. Juniors--James Armagost, Judy Boroviak, Elizabeth Cemper, Garfield Fricke, Melvin From, Marilee Haney, Beverly Heins, Bob Hoeft, Marianne Hookstra, Maxine Huisenga, Gary Icenogle, Ruby Kucera, Dianne Mahlin, and Cheryl Soukup.

Sophomores--Joan Bohaty, Marvin Bohaty, Alfred Hoshor, Mike Jess, Ann Marie Kozisek, Michael McCracken, Phyllis Pelan, Shirley Struebing, Darlene Svoboda, Don Taylor, and Mary Jo Vasina. Freshmen--Larry Chubb, Marilyn Eschliman, Cleo Hoback, Susanne Johnson, Anton Kmoch, Betty Lou Kovar, Mike O'Brien, Janet Pieters, Carol Polacek, Roman Gladys Stara, Sandra Sweney, Richard Taylor, and Don White. Great-Granddaughter Drowns In California The great-granddaughter of a David City couple drowned Wednesday, Nov. 10, in a California boating mishap. She is Debbie Cemper, two-year-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Bernard Cemper, Long Beach, formerly of Shelby. The great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cemper, of David City.

According to wire service reports, Debbie drowned when she was thrown into the water by the overturning of a 14-foot boat owned by Max A. Thelen, Paramount, formerly of Shelby. Mr. Thelen reportedly slipped while refueling the motor and crashed against the boat's side. Mr.

Cemper rescued their other child, Kathy, 4, and Mrs. Cemper was rescued from beneath the boat by another boater. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shockey, Shelby, were also present at the time, and Mrs.

Shockey said she managed to stay afloat by holding onto the overturned boat's gunwale until help arrived. OMAHA MARKET SALES Among recent sales at the 0m- aha livestock market was the following: Charles Dolezal Son, 38 hogs, wt. 238, Co-Op Education Program Needed A program of education for members and the public regarding the work of co-operatives was called for Thursday evening at the annual meeting of the Butler County Co-op Copneil at the Auditorium. Gordon Busboom, executive secretary, -of the 'Nebraska Co-Op Council, told his audience of about 115 co-op managers, employees, and directors, and their wives that it is to vou to call attention to the public to the Falsehoods" being circulated regarding farming and co-operatives. Co-op members, he noted, should be informed about what their Organization is doing for the benefit of the farmers.

Dan Munn, manager of the Farmers Co-Op Grain Co. in Garrison and chairman of the county council, served as. master of ceremonies for the program. Ben Reisdorff was elected to a three year term as vice-chairman of the council succeeding Eugene Zeilinger, who was not eligible for re-election. Leo Behne is secretary of the group.

BOXES WHICH FELL off a vehicle enroute to the City Dump and were left on the street are shown circled above. City Councilmen have fielded several complaints in the past few weeks about refuse blowing out of vehicles before reaching the City Dump. Garbage Being Lost Enroute The problem of garbage disposal came in for considerable attention Thursday night as the City Council held its regular meeting. Norman Hoeft, who resides at 412 appeared to protest the amount of garbage and other litter which is falling off vehicles en route to the City Dump. The refuse ends up on the lawns of Fourth Street residents, he told the Council.

Councilmen acknowledged that they have received other similar complaints, and they issued in structions to the Police Dept. to take steps to see that persons hauling refuse to the City Dump exercise care to see that the material is not lost en route. Penney's To Make Christmas Payment A special Christmas payment for Penney's store associates will be paid Dec. 1. J.

V. Nicodemus, manager of the Penney store, announced today. The payment will include all regular associates employed on or before October 1. 1959. All those eligible will share in the -payment except management staff whose earnings are determned largely by the company's profit-sharing plan.

Mr. said the payment is in adaition to regular company provisions for associates'. benefits including sick benefits, hospital and surgical insur. ance plan, noncontributory group life insurance, Penco Profit- Shar ing Retirement. Plan, discounts on purchases and others.

Dairymen To Meet The 1960 dairy promotional plans of the American Dairy Association of Nebraska will be for dairy farmers of a seven ty area, Boone. Platte. Collax, Butler, Polk, Merrick, and. Nance, Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Administration Building of the Platte County Columbus. J.

S. Lewis, state manager of the American Dairy Association of Nebraska, will report on. the year's activities and outline the coming year's plans. $3,000 In Back Taxes Collected Approximately $3,000 in back taxes have been collected on 1959 distress warrants during the past two months, Sheriff Joseph F. Meysenburg reported.

The County Treasurer turned over $12,108.18 in distress warrants in September, and this amount has been whittled to about $9,000 by the payments which delinquent taxpayers. have made to the Sheriff's office. Tony Divis Receives Engineering Award Tony Divis, Bruno, has recently received an honor award from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Nebraska Engineering College for ranking in the 'upper one-quarter of his class during his first two years of mechanical engineering study. The award was made by the department and Pi Tau Sigma, national honorary mechanical engineering fraternity. Mr.

Divis has been invited to join the latter organization. He was graduated in 1956 from David City High School where he was an outstanding athlete as well as honor, student. At the University he has competed in track as a shot -putter. His wife is the former Jane Boroviak of Rising City. Named Admiral In Nebr.

Navy H. F. Garhan, Rising City, was among the Scout finance leaders Tuesday evening who received certificates making them Admirals in the Nebraska Navy. The citation was conferred by Frank Sorrell. Syracuse, on behalf of Gov.

R. G. Brooks. at the monthly meeting of the Cornhusker Council executive board. Mr.

Garhan received the award for his work in the current Boy Scout fund drive in Council area. Other Butler County Scout leaders in attendance at the meeting included Louis Novak, Brainard, Gerald Hayhurst, and J. V. Nicodemus, David City. A large percentage of the nickel alloys current use find applications industry because of their in resistance to various forms of corrosion.

BUTLER COUNTY CO-OP COUNCIL members heard Gordon Busboom, standing above, executive secretary of the Nebraska Co-op Council speak at their annual meeting Thursday. Others pictured are Mrs. Paul Johnson, whose husband, the Rev. Paul Johnson gave the invocation, and Dan Munn, chairman of the county co-op council and master of ceremonies. for the program.

The City 'Council, on behalf of the City of David City, has filed a petition of intervention in connection with the rate increase application which the Northern Natural Gas. Co. now has pending before the Federal Power Commission. This action, it was reported at Thursday's council meeting, is a joint effort with other cities. and retail distributors, such as the Gas here, in an effort to gas, block the proposed rate hike which is scheduled to go into effect Dee.

27. Pending action by the Federal Power Commission on the application, which is the eighth increase which Northern has requested in the past nine years, the Council passed on first reading a new natural gas rate ordinance for David City If approved on two other readings, it will set up new maximum rates which the Gas Co. may charge here. Frank Kuska, Columbus, district manager of The Gas told The Banner-Press this week he has been reliably informed that Northern will revise its rate increase application downward before FPC hearing is held. If this is done, Mr.

Kuska said, and if the new rate ordinance is approved by the council, his firm will raise its rates just enough to offset any increase in the wholesale price of gas. Based on the proposed ordinance which the Council has approved on first reading, the following figures show examples of how the new rates compare with present rates (all figures are per month with present rate given first): First 600 cu. $1.35 $1.50. 1,000 cu. 5,000 cu.

10,000 cu. 20,000 cu. $20.86. 30,000 cu. 40,000 cu.

Record-Breaking Cold Wave Hits cent of the required team captain enlistments ahead of schedule. The leaders of the St. Joseph campaign 5041 The Very Rev. T. L.

Mercier, Henry Ebel, Emil Zwiener, and Francis Adamy. Sacred Heart Parish of Shelby led the larger parishes by also reaching 100 per eent of the required team captains ahead of schedule. Leaders of the Sacred Heart campaign are the Right Rev. Msgr. John A.

Kean, Richard Augustin and Leonard Heimer, Lee Nicolas, Robert Gillespie, Leonard Sutter, Charles Augustin and Marvin Grubaugh. Division Managers Division Managers were named -this week also for the other parishes and they are as follows: St. Peter Paul's--Anton P. Brecka, Ernest T. Pernicek and V.

A. Bartunek. Assumption--Louis Plasek and Joseph G. Svoboda. St.

Peter's--Peter Beringer, Anthony Hiller and Richard Birkel. Presentation--Edward F. Hiller, John Morbach, and Victor Birkel. Holy Trinity--Leo M. Behne, Frank Kuzelka, James T.

Chmelka, Frank Helman, Dennis Vrbka and Charles Vesely. St. Anthony's James Proskovec, William C. Koza and Victor Novacek. St: Francis' -Frank R.

Brabec, and Albin L. Stara. St. Mary's (David City)-Alfred Birkel, Michael B. Demuth, Ben F.

Homan, John F. Knott, Leonard Merle Morgan, Joseph L. Vanderheiden, Ben N. Reisdorff, Louis J. Tomek, Robert Litjen, B.

A. Samek, Raymond Smith, Bernard Hilger and Ernest G. Helgoth. St. Mary's (Linwood)-Albin Ustohal and.

Philip Kriz. St. Luke's Rezac, Adolph Svoboda, and William Karnik. Immaculate Conception Thomas Timoney, Florian Geiger, Harley Eichmeier, John P. Hottovy, Raphael Dobesh, and Joseph Ostry.

The Aquinas High School Campaign is being conducted to finance the construction of the new Central Catholic High School to be located south of David City and to serve 14 parishes in the area. Estimated cost of the project os $600,000.00. Record-breaking low temperatures for this time of year featured the week's weather picture in Butler county. According to The Gas Company's thermometers at the south edge of town, the mercury tumbled to four degrees below zero during the night Friday, and it hovered around the zero mark for at least four nights. The severe drop in temperature was accompanied, in other areas of the country, by heavy snowfall.

Except for some icy roads and high winds, however, this area's principal problem was the unusually low temperatures, the likes of which had not been recorded here in November since the Armistice Day blizzard of 1940. The week's temperature summary: Date High Low Nov. 13 32 14 Nov. 14 16 -4 Nov. 15 22 0 Nov.

16 40 Nov. 17 6 Nov. 18 30 4 Wins Prize In Fire Prevention Contest A poster prepared by the granddaughter of a David City couple earned her a $10 prize in recent Fire Prevention Week poster contest at Fairbanks, Alaska. Miss Patty Koza, daughter of M. Sgt.

and Mrs. Lloyd C. Koza and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Koza of David City, is a seventh grader in the school at Fairbanks where her father is stationed.

Sgt. Koza is currently spending this week at Rome, N. a conference of electronics engineers. He wil fly to Omaha and spend the week- end here with his parents before returning to Alaska Monday. Schroeders To Observe 50th Anniversary An open house Sunday afternoon, Nov.

29 from 2:30 to 4:30 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church parlor, Rising City, will honor Mr. and Mrs. John Schroeder, who are observing their golden wedding anniversary. Their children and their families, who are arranging the open house, said relatives and friends are asked to attend without furthe invitation The honored couple's wish is that they receive no gifts..