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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1928)
VOLUME XLIX. % O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928. NO. 20. Mrs. Moyer Wing At K. C. Opera House Tuesday Evening, October 16 Will speak in the K. C. opera house, Tuesday evning, at 7:30 o’clock, on the republican issues of the day. Mrs. Wing operates large farming interests in Missouri, and is a woman well versed along political lines. She was a member of the governor’s cabinet as the head of the State Economics Department ■s' of Missouri; she is the first woman to hold this position. \ LOCAL NEWS. Fred McNally was in St. Edward, Nebraska, the first of the week. Tom Nolan, of Bassett, spent Sun- ; day with his father, John Nolan. Fred Spires and- family have moved to Long Pine where they will reside. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sauers, of Hooper, spent the week-end with his son, R. M. Sauers and family. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, who reside near Emmett, Sunday morning. Dr. L. A. Burgess is driving a new Graham-Paige sedan which he pur chased the first of the week. County Attorney Julius D. Cronin left for the American Legion conven tion at San Antono, Texas, last Fri day. A daughter, Marjorie Ann, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhaney, at the hospital in Orchard, Wednesday, September 26th. Mrs. W. B. Graves and daughter, Elizabeth, came home from Omaha Saturday evening. Miss Elizabeth is recovering from an operation for the removal of her te*»sils. Past Grand Master J. C. Harnish made a business trip to Long Pine, Nebraska, last Monday in the interest of the Odd Fellows Home, at York. Mr. Harnish is a member of the Home Board. Bert Gunn has a new 1929 four-door Buick sedan. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fox have been enjoying a visit the past week from their son, Gerald and family and Mrs. Welsh, all from Belden, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Vaught and daughter, Barbara Ann, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, came last week for a visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. George Wyant. Frank Howarth and nephew Mervin Howarth, of Cook, Nebraska, visited a couple of days this week with his brother-in-law, A. C. Morton and family. Mrs. George Miles entertained four teen little friends of her grand daughter, Lanone Miles, last Thurs day afternoon, in honor of her eighth birthday anniversary. The Christian Endeavor of the Pres byterian church last Wednesday even ing gave a party in the church par lors for the high school students and faculty of the public school. Frank H. Wheeler, manager of the O’Neill division of the Interstate Power Company, went over to Du buque, Iowa, Tuesday for a couple of days business trip to the home office. The exterior of the First National Bank is being repaired. Coping fell from the south side of the building July 4th and the remainer was later taken down. The part of the building left vacant by the removel of the coping is being stuccoed to match. 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A surprise part was given for Claude Johnson* Monday evening at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I L. O. Johnson, w’est of O'Neill, cele I brating his twenty-first birthday an niversary. About fifty of his friends and schoolmates were present. Light lofreshments were served. L. E. Downey, Burlington Agent, advises he will again sell until Jan uary 1st, low, round-trip week-end ex j cursion tickets at one fare plus 2.r> ! cents fo points within a radius of ' about 200 miles. Tickets on sale each i Saturday and Sunday, return to be completed before midnight of the fol lowing Monday. Mrs. P. F. Van Allen, of Omaha, in a letter to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Berry, of this city, states that she was called upon to write a pageant for the benefit of the Community Chest of Omaha. The lady who was to write the story failed*to do so and at the last minute Mrs. Van Allen consented to produce the story. She was induced to direct the production and present it Wednesday of this week. Mr. Edmond, the campaign manager was so well pleased' with the pageant that he is having it copy righted and Mrs. Van Allen will re ceive a liberal royalty each time that anyone presents it. I Alts HAUL] WKHI &LU IN CRASH AT riLGER (Norfolk News) Within twenty-five feet of the grade crossing west of Pilger, Tuesday morning about 2.25 o’clock, auto mobiles driven by Albert G. Pickier, young man of Wisner, and Ambrose Slattery, O’Neill, collided the latter’s machine skidding along the highway until it stopped on the Chicago and Northwestern railway tracks. Fickler suffered a deep gash, about four inches long, on the left side of his head when his machine crashed into a ditch and turned over, being badly wrecked. Slattery, who was driving a ,car owned by P. J. Mc Manus, also of O’Neill, escaped injury as did Mr. McManus’ brother who was being taken by Slattery to an Omaha hospital. ^ George Roan, 403 Madison avenue, who was returning to his home in Nor folk with his daughter from Missouri Valley, Iowa, arrived at the grade crossing shortly after the accident. He assisted the victims who told him they did not need the attention of a doctor. Mr. Roan stated that Fickler’s es cape from serious injury was narrow as the steering wheel and windshield were broken when the machine struck the ditch. The coupe Slattery was driving was a total wreck, according to informa tion received here from Pilger. This machine was pushed from the railway tracks about four or five minutes be fore a Northwestern freight train ar rived, Mr. Roan stated. PRAIRIE FIRES SWEEPS OVER LARGE TERRITORY (Neligh News, Oct. 11) Several prairie fires south and west of Deloit last evening burned over several scores of sections in Wheeler county. The blaze was plainly visible in Neligh until 10 o’clock, when the fires were checked. One started north of Bartlett in the hills, while another was west of Deloit near Goose Lake and the largest was just southwest of Deloit. Hundreds of stacks of hay were destroyed in the Deloit country and it is reported that one set of buildings was partially destroyed. A call for help was sent in and many carloadls of men from Neligh, Elgin and other surrounding towms drove out and helped to check the blaze, w'hich was given a big advantage for' destruction on the crest of a strong wind. The fire nearest Deloit started ap parently in the w’est pasture of Scott i Bowers’ ranch southwest of Deloit at i about 6 p. m. A lighted cigarette is! thought to have started one fire and lightning was given as the probable cause of the others. A rain helped to | extinguish the fires to some extent. (We are informed that one set of farm buildings and eighty head of three-year-oldl steers were burned in [the northern part of Wheeler county.) ST. MARY’S ACADEMY. On October 25th at 8:lo p. m. music lovers of O’Neill will be offered a rare treat by the Hilger Sisters who will ! concertise in the various large insti tutions of the Middle West during this month. The Hilger Sisters were born near Prague, Czechoslovakia, and are grad uates of the Imperial Conservatory of Vienna, having studied under the ! greatest masters, Elsa with Prof. Paul Gruemmer, Greta with Prof. Joseph ; Hofman, and Marie with Prof. Ot j laker Sevcik, world-famous Violin Pedagogue, receiving the State-Di ploma and a prize upon her gradua 1 tion from the “Meisterschule.” Hilger Sisters have scored triumphs in many of large cities—among them New York, Rochester, Buffalo, Colum ‘ bus, Ohio, Chicago, St. Paul, St. Louis, Omaha at Creighton University where the audience filled the large Creighton j auditorium to capacity, and in San J Francisco and other California cities. | Watch for further announcements. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF RIGHT REVEREND .MONSIGNOR M. F. CASSIDY OF O'NEILL, NEBR. Monday, October 8th, will long be remembered by the people of St. Pat rick’s parish and the children of St. Mary’s Academy. It marked the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood of their dearly loved Monsignor Cassidy. Preceding the Solemn High Mass at 10 o’clock, the Right Reverend Jubi larian ^vas escorted from the parish rectory to the church by the altar boys, fifty little girls, clad in white and carrying yellow chrysanthemums, by the visiting clergy and the Right Reverend Bishop Rummel. The Solemn High Mass was cele brated by the Right Reverend Jubi larian, assisted by Rev. I). W. Mor arity as deacon, Rev. W. A. Giblin as subdeacon and Very Rev. J. W. Sten son as Master of Ceremonies. The Mass for the occasion was sung by n special choir consisting of former choir members under the able direction of Miss Mary Cullen, niece of Mon signor Cassidy. The offertory was sung by Rev. E. M. Gleeson, of Oma ha. His wonderful rendition of an Ave Maria added greatly to the sol emnity of the services. Right Rev. Bishop assisted at Mass from his throne, and was attended by Rev. J. W. Jungles, Rev. P. J. Van derlaan, Rev. J. W. McNamara, and Rev. N. H. Wegner. Before opening up his sermon the Rt. Rev. Bishop read the following radio cablegram sent from Rome by Pope Pius XI. Lord Bishop Rummel, 708 South 28 St., Omaha, Nebr. Holy Father sends special blessing to Monsignor Michael Cassidy on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Priest hood. (Signed) CACCIA DOMINIONI. His Lordship then preached a very impressive sermon quoting for his text the words of our Lord1: “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen You.” The Reverend Speaker dwelt at length on the historical facts re garding the foundation of Holy Mother Church on the divine commission to the apostles to teach all nations, and on the promise of His divine assist ance upto the consummation of the world. In unmistakable terms he described the continuance of the Church through the sacred ministry of the priesthood. It is through the priest that Christ continues His work of leading the faithful to everlasting salvation, by administering the sacraments. As the life of Christ was life of sacrifice, so is the life of a priest be set by trials and hardships, in the struggle for the spiritual and tem poral upbuilding of his parish. His Lordship then paid a high trib ute to Rt. Rev. Monsignor Cassidy, who in his fifty years of service to the Church and forty-two in the parish of O’Neill, gave unstintingly his best ef forts amid many sacrifices. He taught his people to know Christ, to lcve and revere Him in the Blessed Sacrament. “I am impressed,” said the Rt. Rev. Bishop, “by the great number of par ishioners who, during my Mass this morning, approached the Holy Table to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. Their reverence and spirit of faith was a source of joy and conso- j lation to me.” Here you have the re sults, the first fruits, if you will, of a good tree. Our Lord has said, “By j their fruits ye shall know them; a bad tree cannot bring forth good fruit, neither can a good tree bring forth bad fruit.” His Lordship congratulated the Rev-‘ erend Jubilarian on the great work he had accomplished in the material or der—the parish buildings—but this is not to be compared with the good that has been wrought in the spiritual life of his children during the forty-two years he has labored among them. The Reverend Speaker also congratulated the people of St. Patrick’s parish on having such a zealous pastor, and ad ded that in the few months he had known Rt. Rev. Monsignor Cassidy he had learned to esteem him as a wise counsellor and beloved friend. Before close of the services Mon signor Cassidy, in his usual plain heart to heart manner, spoke a few words saying, “What shall I render unto the Lord for what He has given to me?” He thanked Rt. Rev. Bishop Rummel, his fellow priests, the con gregation and all friends who were instrumental in making the occasion a day of true joy for him. He pleaded for them to remember those who had labored with him for many years in the upbuilding of St. Patrick’s Parish, but who had gone to their eternal reward. The Right Reverend Bishop granted an indulgence of fifty days to ad present at the services. At the close of Mass Rt. Rev. Bishop gave bene diction of the most Blessed Sacrament. At 12:30 Monsignor Cassidy was host to the Rt. Rev. Bishop and visit ing clergy at a dinner given at St. Patrick’s rectory. The following were present to honor the Rt. Rev. Jubilar ian: Right Reverend Joseph Francis Rummel, D. D., Very Rev. J. A. Aher ne. Very Rev. J. W. Stenson, Very Rev. J. W. McNamara, Rev. I). W. Moriaritv, Rev. W. A. Giblin, Rev. W. J. O’Sullivan, Rev. J. W. Jungles, Rev. F,. M. Gleeson, Rev. A. Alberts, Rev. M. F. Byrne, Rev. G. F. Jonaitis, Richard Barthelmess “The Noose” At the Royal Theatre Sunday and Monday, October 14 and 15 Broadway as you’ve never seen it before—love behind the sec ones of a Honky-Tonk—bootleg kings and their gangmen— and a brave kid who was willing to give his all—love, happi ness, and even his life—to protect the good name of his mother. Cast also includes Alice Joyce—Lina Basquette and Montague Love Rev. E. G. Graham, Rev. P. J. Van derlaan, Rev. A. Zemp, Rev. J. Pieper.' Rev. N. H. Wegner, Rev. B. J. Leahy. Monsignor Cassidy was the recipient of many beautiful and useful Rifts from friends and admirers, far and near. They thus showed their love and respect for the saintly prelate, as! Rt. Rev. Bishop remarked in his sermon. At two o’clock Rt. Rev. Joseph Rum-! rnell, Bishop of Omaha, ninteen brother priests and a large number of parish-1 ioners met in the auditorium of St. j Mary’s Academy where the children' were to offer their words of welcome j and congratulation. The room wasj beautifully and artistically decorated for the festal day. The children’s song of welcome to His Lordship was followed by an ad dress of welcome, for the occasion also marked the first visit of His Lordship to O’Neill. When the tiny tots came tripping on to the stage, arm in arm, they won all hearts. In their simple childlike, unassuming way, they told of the great things they would do for Monsignor were they but big men and women. What they really did do, was to offer a spiritual bouquet to their beloved pastor, the children’s friend. The older students then portrayed, in allegorical form, the “Laurel-crown ed Past,” the “Golden Present,” and the “Diamond Future” of the grand and noble pastor of St. Patrick’s; parish. The musical numbers were well ren- [ dered, the choruses being purticulnrly; beautiful and appropriate. Upon the conclusion of the program, j Mr. J. A. Donohoe, on behalf of the I people of the parish, welcomed Right Reverend Bishop Rummel, thanked him for honoring the beloved (Jubilar ian with his presence, since in honor ing one so close to their hearts he had 1 honored them, and assuring him of the love and affection, support and obe dience, of the Catholics of O’Neill. Owing to an engagement which call ed our beloved Bishop away, Mr. Dono hoe’s speech was brief, yet it carried his audience back over the years to the day on which Monsignor Cassidy had come to the expectant parishioners —young, zealous and “Every inch a priest.” The speaker’s words recall ed1 the long, long years of faithful service, the many deeds of devotion and self-sacrifice that have made all hearts turn to him as “Father" and all lips still continue to call him "Father” though Pope Pius XI has honored him with the much-deserved title of Monsignor, and made him a member of the Papal Household. His closing words summed up their deep love and loyalty in a primise ever to remember their venerated Father here, and to lead their children and their children's children to the foot of the cross that will one day mark his resting place, there to recount to them the deeds of love and devotion, and to whisper prayers of filial gratitude. His address was followed by a few words from the Venerable Jubilarian who thanked the speaker, the children of the parish, and the good sisters; the former for the entertainment and the prayers which made him so hap py; the latter, for their years of serv ice for the children of St. Patrick’s. Right Reverend Bishop Rummel then rose to address the audience. He com mented on the beautiful program and the words of welcome on behalf of school and parish. His Lordship re marked that it was a source of conso lation to come into their midst, and to find a beautiful, strong, Catholic spirit not to be excelled anywhere. He had often wondered what had so fascinated Monsignor Cassidy that for forty-two years he had been so happy, so content, here among the people of O’Neill that no power could draw him away. Surely temptations and invitations to advance to the city, to assume larger responsibilities, must have come to him; yet, h^ has re mained among his people and labored for their welfare. Now, he had dis covered the secret—the beautiful, tropical decorations were symbolical of the hearts of the people, whose lively faith made them appreciative of the priesthood, of all the shepherd of souls stands for. Monsignor Cassidy has been a Father in the midst of his lambs. His Grace told the people he had been edified at the spirit of faith and piety, so clearly evidenced during the morning ceremonies, at the dignity and grandeur of the buildings of the parish, and the beautiful children. No (Continued from page seven.) 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