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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1930)
_THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher W. C. TEMPLETON. Editor and Business Manager Entered at the Postoffice at O’Neill, Nebraska as Second Class Matter. EDUCATIONAL NOTES The Holt County winner of the World-Herald Spelling Contest, Mary Virginia Agnes, of St. Mary’s Acad emy returned Monday from Omaha where she competed in the World Herald contest on Saturday, April 26. Mary Virginia took eleventh place and received a prize of $5.00. She went down on the word “efficacy.” We think this is a fine record and are very proud of Mary Virginia. She Is only a seventh grader this year, so will have a chance to enter the World Herald contest next year. Miss Agnes Bowers, 13 years, 7th grade, from Sacred Heart School at Greeley, Nebraska, was winner of first place and of the free trip to Washington, D. C., for the National Contest, on May 26th. “Medallion” was the word Agnes spelled which made her winner. Florence Steute ville, South Sioux City, Nebraska, was winner of second place and Bet ty Haller, St. John’s School, Omaha, was winner of third place. The Holt County spelling cham pions, Mary Virginia Agnes and Irene Wertz, returned last Sunday from Council Bluffs where they com peted in the Inter-State spelling con test. Although they did not take a place, they made a fine showing for Holt county and we may well be proud of them. There were 114 contestants enter ed from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. In the written spelling the entire group were given 100 words. Those who had perfect papers or who miss ed only one word were given another test. There were only three with per fect papers and eleven who missed one word. Mary Virginia missed one word so was eligible to the final con test for championship in the written spelling. Irene missed two words. In the oral contest there were 24 still spelling when Mary Virginia went down. Irene went down a short time before. They commenced to spell at 10:30 a. m., and Mary Vir ginia did not go down until 3:00 p. m., and the words pronounced were very unusual and very difficult. There was the largest crowd and the largest number of contestants ever attending an inter-state contest. The grades from he Eighth grade examinations have been mailed out. If you do not receive yours soon, write to the office regarding them. The next examinations will be held on Friday, May 9th. INMAN NEWS Miss Della Thompson went to Inez Saturday, to visit friends. Miss Mary Ellen Pinkerman, of O’Neill, spent the week-end here with her sister, Mrs. R. M. Colman. Miss Emma Anspach went to Em met, Saturday to spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole and fam ily The Junior Class are busy prepar ing for the Junior-Senior banquet, which wil be held on the evening of May 3rd. Mrs. George Killinger, who has been in Wayne for several weeks re ceiving medical treatment, returnd home Sunday morning. She is much improved. Mrs. John Anspaeh, who has been visiting friends at Wayne and Wake field, Nebraska, for the past two weeks, returned to her home last Fri day night. L. Kopecky has laid the foundation for a fine new barn on his Glendale truck farm south of Inman; the structure is to be 32 feet by 54 feet in sia.e and will be in every way a modern farm barn. The Patterson estate hay quarter, which is just east of the Geo. Coven try farm, 7 miles south of Inman, was sold at auction, Tuesday morn ing; Geo. Coventry, of Inman, was the purchaser. Mrs. George Peterson and daugh ter, Joan June, who have been visit ing here the past two weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Roe, left for her home in Cas per, Wyoming, Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Colman left 1 for Chicago, Saturday morning where tb^y will spend a week. Mr. Colman will undergo a physical examination. Mr. Colman was recently granted a leave of absence from his duties on the C. & N. W. railroad, on account of ill health. The school yard was much improv ed in appearance when the students, armed with rakes, hoes, spades, etc., cleaned it up one day this week. Shurbbery and plants vcere set out and the entire front was seeded dowr. with blue-grass. A fine new fence, which will soon be painted, adds much to its appearance. Elder Melvin Russell, traveling Missionary for the Latter Day Saints church, returned to Inman Friday night to resume his work, but short ly before his arrival, he received a telegram stating the death of a very close friend at Independence, Miss ouri; he left on Saturday morning for Independence, to attend the funeral. Mr. J. H. Butler, who is represent ing the merchandise department of the Interstate Power Co., came up from his headquarters at Neligh, THE NEW FORD COUPE A beautiful closed car, distinguished by its substantial grace of line and contour. I'A particularly good car for physicians, business executives and salesmen because of its comfort and reliability. The Triplex thatter-proof glass windshield and the fully enclosed four-wheel brakes contribute to the unusual safety of the new Ford. OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THE NEW FORD New streamline bodies • Choice of colors • Rustless Steel • Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield • Four Houdaille double-acting hy draulic shock absorbers • Fully en closed, silent four-wheel brakes • Extensive use of fine steel forgings • Aluminum pistons • Chrome sili con alloy valves • Three-quarter floating rear axle • Torque-tube drive • More than twenty ball and roller bearings • Sturdy steel spoke wheels • 55 to 65 miles an hour • Quick acceleration • Ease of control • Reliability • Economy • Long life. NOTE THESE LOW PRICES Roadster.$-135 Phaeton.$440 Coupe.$500 Tudor Sedan.$500 Sport Coupe ..... $530 De Luxe Coupe .... $550 Three-window Fordor Sedan $625 Cabriolet ...... $645 De Luxe Sedan .... $650 Town Sedan.$670 (f. o. b. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers and spare tire extra, at low cost.} J|g || || g || |* || ii || || || BEAUTY has been built into the graceful flowing lines of the new Ford and there is median icstl exeel leiiee an appealing charm in its fresh and varied harmony of color. Yet more distinctive even than this beauty of line and color is its alert and sprightly performance. « « « « As days go by you will find that it becomes more and more your favorite car to drive— so responsive, so easy to handle, so safe and comfortable that it puts a new joy in motoring. The city dweller — the farmer — the industrial worker — the owner ol the spacious two-ear garage in the suburbs — to all of these it brings a new measure of reliable, economical service. Craftsmanship lias been put iuto mass production. Today, more than ever, the new hord is “a value far above the price.” ««««««•«« FORD MOTOR COMPANY Saturday, to spend the week-end at home. Mr. Butler is demonstrating the Monarch electric stoves and says that he held demonstrations at Elgin on Tuesday; Neligh, Wednesday and at Ewing on Friday. The attendance and interest at such demonstrations was very good. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church met at their parlors on Thurs day afternoon and after a short busi ness meeting they repaired to the home of Mrs. Geo. Killinger, where they cleaned and dusted the house, prior to the return of Mrs. Killinger from Wayne where she has been for several weeks, receiving medical treatment. The ladies then returned to the parlor where a delicious lunch was served by the committee. The women's department of the Latter Day Saints church, met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lee Conger. The main feature of the afternoon was a report of the work of the women’s department over the United States, by Mrs. J. H. Butler, who recently attended the general conference of the Latter Day Saints church, at Indpendence, Mis souri. The ladies are planning to change from the women’s department to the Patroness Society, a benefit so ciety for the Independence Sanitar ium. The last meeting of the Parent Teacher Association was held last Friday evening at the I. O. 0. F. hall with president R. Poe in charge^ For the first half hour a fine pro gram was presented by the grades of the school, which was greatly enjoy ed; at the close of the program the business meeting was held; as this was the last meeting for the current school year, the new officers were elected by a unanimous vote. Rev. R. Poe was re-elected President for next year; Mrs. L. Kopecky was elected Secretary and Treasurer. It was vot ed to have the annual picnic on May 23rd. George Stevens, a former resident of Inman, but who for some years had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Rodgers, at Laurel, Montana, passed away on Wednesday, April 23rd, at Billings, Montana, following a lingering ill ness. Mr. Stevens was about 68 years old at the time of his death. He leav es to mourn his departure, three sons and four daughters, his wife, one son and a daughter having preceded him in death. The body was brought to the old home at Springview, Nebras ka, for burial. His son, Wm. Stevens of this place, attended the funeral on Saturday of this week. The Senior class of the Inman high school stole a march on the rest of the high school, on Wednesday even ing, when they drove to Page and spent the night at the home of Supt. Alice French. The next morning, in company with Miss French, they drove to Mead, Nebraska, arriving there about 2 o’clock p. m., where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. French, over night. Mr. French was a former superintendent of the schools here and is now Supt. of the Mead schools. They were royal ly entertained while at Mead; on Fri day morning they drove on to Lincoln where they participated in the Wes leyan high school scholastic contests. They also visited the Inman young people who are attending Wesleyan University. Other points of interest visited were the state capitol and the state penitentiary; they returned home Sunday. LOCAL NEWS. Harold Hough, of Ponca, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hough in this city. The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met at the home of Mrs. Gaius Cadwell, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Christie Yantzi entertained the girls of her Sunday School class at her home, Tuesday evening from 7 until 9 o’clock. The members of the Methodist choir went to Page, Sunday evening and presented their musical cantata “Eternal Life,” in the Methodist church. The church was crowded. Neil P. Brennan returned home the latter part of last week from a Council Bluffs hospital where he sub mitted to an operation for appendi citis. He is still quite weak but is improving. Rex Brown, Clinton Gatz and Chick Wyant spent several days last week fishing in Pellican Lake, in Cherry county. 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