The Frontier.
VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1930. No. 10
O’NEILL W ATERMELON DAY
DRAWS A LARGE CROWD
One of t h e largest crowds of
people that has visited O'Neill in
many months gathered here Wednes
day and enjoyed the Watermelon
Day sponsored by the O’Neill Lions
Club and paid for by the business
and professional men of O’Neill as
well as members of the Lions Club.
The day was a success from early
morning to late at night. The morn
ing was not hot; the sky was over
cast part of the time with a few
clouds that indicated that a shower
might be expected during the day.
Promptly at one o’clock the melon
cutters began dispensing melons in a
double stand sixty feet long that had
been erected east of the First Na
tional Bank. During the four hours
that followed, 934 melons were out
and passed over the counters; the
melons were large and sweet; many
people were heard to say that the
melons were the best they had tasted
in years. The shipping weight of the
car load of melons was 29,800 lbs;
they came direct from the Texas
melon country.
Several estimates of the crowd
were made during the late afternoon
and all seemed to agree that there
were at least 5,000 to 7,000 people
here.
A number of races were run by the
boys and girls during the afternoon.
A watermelon eating contest was
held at five o’clock which was won by
Gladys Farr, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Farr, residing about ten
miles north of O’Neill, and Walter
Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel
Wilson, who reside near O’Neill.
One of the features of the sports
was a water fight between Frank
Davidson and Clarence Zimmerman
against James Davidson Jr., and Roy
Johnson; the fight was decided a
draw after a long fight had been
staged.
Two free picture shows were given
at the Royal Theatre at two and four
o’clock; both shows were crowded to
the doors.
Many people were here from the
surounding counties.
About four o’clock a rain began to
fall that developed to the amount of
one-fifth of an inch; following the
shower the sports were resumed and
everyone seemed to have a good
time.
TYPEWRITER STOLEN FROM
THE L. G. GILLESPIE OFFICE
Some time during last Saturday
some sneak thief entered the L. G.
Gillespie insurance office and relieved
the office of the portable Underwood
typewriter.
Mr. Gillespie has discovered that a
fellow offered a similar typewriter to
a firm in Norfolk the first of the
week at a nominal price; it might
have been the same machine.
HOT WEATHER REACHES
MAXIMUM EAST SUNDAY
The peak of the hot weather was
reached last Sunday when the mer
cury rose to 110 degrees; Saturday
was considered quite warm when the
temperature rose to 108 degrees;
however the weather cooled off con
siderably Monday.
DEATH OF SAM SEAMAN
Edgemont, S. D.,
July 25, 1930.
Dear Sir:
1 know no one there to write to but
you and hope you will do me a favor.
Sam Seaman, an old time resident
of your town, died at the Sister’s
Hospital at Mitchell, South Dakota,
last Monday, July 21st, and I would
like to have you insert a little notice
in the paper to that effect. He has
old acquaintances there who may
know where his son, Paul and daugh
ter Keva are and notify them. We
do not know their whereabouts; We
got a telegram of his death last Mon
day; he is an uncle of my husband.
The last we knew, he was working
near Egan, South Dakota, for a John
Wax there. I am writing the hospit
al at Mitchell for information con
cerning his death and burial.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Chas. W. Hudson
RELATIVES OFFER TRIBUTE
Those who were here to attend the
funeral of Pearl Clevish were: James
Hoyer and family, Spearfish, S. D.;
Mrs. Ed Hubby and son, Spearfish,
S. D.; John Moler and wife, Wall, S.
D.; Mrs. Susie Goodfellowr and daugh
ter and Mrs. Lawrence Lawrencen,
Butte. Neb.; Miss Eva Kellogg, Al
len, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Idin Loub
and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jensen,
Ainsworth, Nebraska. The following
verse was contributed by these rela
tives:
“Pearl has gone to her Heavenly
Home; she hast left for a time—her
stay on earth was short. But we live
in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not
breath; in feelings, not in figures on
the dial. We should count time by
heart-throbs. He most lives who
thinks most, feels noblest, acts the
best. He liveth long who liveth well;
all other life is short and vain. Yes,
Pearl is gone, she is with the Angels
now in the Heavenly Land. Oh, for
the touch of a vanished hand and the
sound of a voice that is still."
I). A. DOYLE PASSES AWAY
AT GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
D. A. Doyle passed away in his
apartments in the Cody Hotel in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wednesday
night of this week. P'or a number of
years Mr. Doyle has been in failing
health and has been cared for by his
daughters, Dr. Madeline Doyle and
Mrs. Kathlene Walsh, who reside on
the old home place where Mr. Doyle
was born and raised.
Mr. Doyle was born in Grattan pre
cinct near Grand Rapids, Michigan,
about seventy-four years ago; he
came to Holt county in 1884 and lo
cated on a homestead on Dry Creek
about seventeen miles southwest of
O’Neill. He moved to O’Neill in 1889;
he was postmaster during Cleveland’s
second administration which began in
1894.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Bessie Flannery, in Alpena, Mich
igan, in January, 1887; to this union
four children were born, Kathlene,
Marguerite, Madaline and Barnard;
Barnard died at Grand Rapids, Mich
igan about two years ago.
Mr. Doyle and family were con
tinuous residents of O’Neill until
about ten years ago when they pur
chased the old home place near Grand
Rapids, and moved thereto; Mrs.
Doyle passed away a few years ago;
since that time Mr. Doyle has made
t h e Cody Hotel his headquarters
most of the time. He and his daugh
ter, Dr. Madaline, visited O’Neill
friends about two and a half years
ago.
Mr. Doyle was one of the early
settlers of the county; he was always
an enthusiastic and consistent demo
crat; he was an ardent supporter of
the principles of right living and at
all times advovcated and endeavoi*ed
to promote the things that were for
the betterment of the people of the
comfunity in which he resided. He
was mayor of O’Neill at one time.
The Frontier will endeavor to ob
tain a further obituary notice for
next week’s issue.
MRS. IVY DALE
A we go to press we learn that
Mrs. Ivy Dale died in a hospital in
Omaha today. Mrs. Dale was taken
to Omaha a short time ago suffering
with cancer. She is the daughter of
Mrs. A. A. Welton of this city and
has made her home here for some
time. ^
An obituary notice will be publish
ed next week.
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JAMES CALMER PARKER
The people of this community were
shocked and deeply grieved last Sun
day morning when they arose to
learn that James C. Parker had been
drowned Saturday night about 10:30
when a boat containing nine persons
sank in a lake at the new Pioneer
Park in Lincoln, Nebraska; six of
the party were able to reach the
shore safely. Two girls of the party
were also drowned; the following ac
count of the tragedy was taken from
the Monday State Journal:
Those who lost their lives were
Clara Toft, twenty, 320 South Fif
teenth; Mildred Bevier, nineteen,
2750 W, and James C. Parker, 18,
O’Neill.
Nine were in the boat, powered by
an outboard motor, which was cruis
ing on Indian lake. While about fif
teen feet from the shore at the west
end of the lake, occupants of the
craft noticed water creeping over the
prow. All were forced into the water
about fifteen feet deep at that point
of the channel.
In the confusion, three went down.
The rest succeeded in reaching shore.
The body of Miss Toft, first to be ;
recovered, was brought to the sur- j
face shortly before midnight, an
hour and a half after the accident, i
Ten minutes later the body of Miss
Bevier was recovered and at 12:30 a.
m. Sunday the body of Parker was
brought up from the bottom of the
channel.
Dr. George E. Lewis, city physi
cian, administered artificial respira
tion as the bodies were recovered.
Firemen used a lung moter to no ef
fect.
Although hope for resuscitation j
was doubtful due to the muddy con
dition of the w-ater and the length of
time the victims were submerged, Dr.
Lewis and the firemen continued their
elforts until after 1 p. m. Sunday.
Hans H. Jacobson, 2 6 7 4 South
Eleventh, recovered the bodies of
M iss Bevier and of Parker. Captain
Feaster of the fire department and
helpers in his boat found the body of
Miss Toft. County Sheriff Hensel
and Assistant Fire Chief Donnelly
directed operations o f the rescue
party, assisted by city and county
state officers.
Those in the boat who were saved
were Loretta Knaller, 1740 J; Vera
Randol, 925 North Thirtieth; Keith
S. Essex, 1743 North Thirtieth; Owen
Shafer, 329 South Fifteenth; Cecil
D. Combs, 1740 J, and George E.
Schmidt, 1515 Sumner, who has the
boat concession at the park and was
operating the craft.
Schmidt, driver of the boat, said
there was no cutting up among the
group while in the boat. He cited sa
a probable cause of the accident the
fact that four of the young people
were seated in the front end of the
boat and that waves thrown up by
the prow flooded the front end which
dipped beneath the water.
Shafer, before he collapsed, said
that the boat had been shipping
water and submerged soon after.
James Calmer Parker was born in
Lincoln, Nebraska bn March 22, 1912
and died in Lincoln-on July 26, 1930,
at the age of 18 years, 4 months and
4 days.
At the age of seven years he mov
ed with his parents to O’Neill, Neb.,
where he has since resided.
He was a graduate of the O’Neill
High School in the class of 1928.
Since that time he has completed a
year’s course in electrical engineer
ing in the State University of Ne
braska.
He was united with the Methodist
church of O’Neill in the spring of
1928.
At the time of his death he was in
the employ of the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company.
He leaves to mourn his death, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker,
of O’Neill; two sisters, Mrs. Homer
Ernst of O’Neill and Mrs. Orville
Kemper, of Page.
Funeral services, conducted by Rev.
S. M. Omart, were held on Tuesday
morning at the Methodist church in
O’Neill and burial was made in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
The pall bearers were Russell Bow
en, Bert Hubbard, James Robertson,
Edmond Hancock, Ralph Ernst, and
Elmer Lorenz.
CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to express our deepest
appreciation of the kindness of our
many friends and the sympathy so
freely offered, and our heartfelt ]
thanks for the beautiful flowers sent j
at the death of our beloved son and ;
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ernst
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kemper
J. H. MEREDITH APPOINTED
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Wednesday the County Board of
Supervisors appointed J. H. Meredith
Justice of the Peace to fill the unex
pired term of the late Frank Camp- i
bell.
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According to reports from Georgia
the popcorn is popping on the stalks |
out i^ the fields. It is now time for
Kansas to come through with a re
port of the hens laying hard-boiled
eggs.
The birth rate in New York City is j
said to be steadily declining. Maybe
they are building the buildings so
high now that the stork can’t fly j
over ’em.
LOCAL NEWS.
Miss Mary Ryan, of Sioux City, is
visiting O’Neill relatives.
Gale Bressler was visiting rela
i tives in Plainview last week.
Mrs. R R. Dickson was in Sioux
City, Iowa, several days last week.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Snyder, of
Columbus, is visiting Miss Mariam
Golden.
Dean Selah is assisting Dale Bres
sler in the operating room at the
Royal Theatre.
F. K. McCarty is erecting a minia
ture golf course at the corner of
seventh and Douglas streets.
Miss Marjorie Dickson was visit
ing friends in Cheyenne, Wyoming
and Denver, Colorado, last week.
Mrs. Chas. Grass, of Page, had her
tonsils removed at the Gilligan &
Brown hospital, last Saturday.
Frank O'Connell, of Denver, Colo
rado, has been shaking hands with
former O’Neill friends this week.
E. H. Ennis and family, of Mel
bourne, Australia, will land in the
United States the 11th of September.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Mitchell, of
Wayne, spent several days last week
visiting in the Frank Langmack
home.
Rev. O. A. Fortune and family re
turned home Wednesday night from
a few week’s visit with relatives in
Texas.
Chas. Stockman, of Plainview and
Herman Stockman, of Snyder, spe^t
Saturday night at the A. P. Strube
home.
S. F. McNichols left for Denver,
Colorado, this morning where he will
spend a few weeks visiting with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Strube, son
Richard and daughter, Miss Violet,
were visiting in Plainview the first of
the week.
Mrs. W. II. Webster came up from
Neligh, Wednesday for a visit at the
home of her brother, George Crellin
and family.
Mrs. Jesse Mills, daughter Miss
Shirley and son Bruce, came up from
Omaha, Tuesday for a visit with
O'Neill friends.
Little Bobby Frost of Kansas City,
who had been visiting his grand
mother, Dr. Margaret Frost, return
ed home last Friday.
The school house in the Martin
Conway district northwest of O’Neill
| burned about noon today; the cause
I of the fire is unknown.
Arthur Jorgensen, of Wood, South
Dakota, formerly of Inman, had his
i tonsils removed at the Gilligan &
Brown hospital the first of the week.
Miss Peggy Timlin, who visited
with her cousin Miss Mildred Timlin
the past ten days, returned to her
home at Hubbard, Nebraska, Wed
nesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pilger and
children were called to Omaha Wed
nesday evening by the serious illness
of Mrs. Ivy Dale, who passed away
today. Mrs. Pilger and Mrs. Dale
were sisters.
Gertrude Graham and Ann Jansen
returned home Wednesday from their
vacation at Fremont, Omaha, Council
Bluffs and Nebraska City where they
have been visiting relatives for the
| past few months.
Donald Gallagher w a s shaking
hands with old time O’Neill friends
the first of the week. Donald is a Re
publican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor and is out meeting some of
the boys over the state.
Many old time residents of the
county were seen upon the streets
Wednesday, Watermelon Day in
O’Neill; among the number was Sam
Templin, of Neligh who was a resi
dent of this locality a number of
years ago.
Eddie Graham left for his home in
Whittier, California, Wednesday;
Harry Graham accompanied him and
will visit his brother Charles and sis
ter, Mrs. C. C. Jackson, all of Whit
tier. Harry will stay some time on
the coast.
The building recently vacated by
Mrs. Chapman on west Douglas
street is being remodeled and refin
ished. We understand that it has
been renter and will be occupied in
the near future by a business firm
from Atkinsofi.
Ed Quinn returned home Tuesday
from Rochester. Minnesota, where he
has been with Mrs, Quinn, who re
cently submitted to a series of opera
tions in St. Mary’s hospital. Mrs.
Quinn will remain in Rochester about
tw-o weeks longer.
Miss Laura Meals of Lompac, Cali
fornia, stopped over Wednesday night
at the J. H. Meredith home. Miss
Meals will be remembered by the old
time residents of O’Neill as being
deputy postmaster under James H.
Riggs and D. A. Doyle, many years
ago.
Mrs. Harry Cisco, son Vernon, and
daughter, Helen Jean, of Pawnee
City, who have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Cisco’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Carter, expect to re
turn home next Sunday with Mr.
Cisco who is expected to arrive at
that time.
Mentor, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Davis of this city, departed for Oma
ha last Sunday where he entered the
United States Navy; he will be lo
cated at San Diego, California for the
present. A brother, Glenn Davis, is
also in the Navy. Mr. C. L. Davis is
load dispatcher for the Interstate
Power Company.
J. A. Lister, republican candidate
for state senator of the 21st district
comprising Boone, Antelope and
Wheeler counties, stopped in O’Neill
for a short visit to the newspaper of
fices; the Frontier acknowledges a
pleasant call from Mr. and Mrs. Lis
ter. Mr. Lister was publisher of the
Boone County Advance, at St. Ed
ward, Nebraska.
Mrs. Warren Gribble, who came
from the hospital at Norfolk about
ten days ago and was staying at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clauson,
became worse Monday afternoon and
was taken back to the hospital Tues
day afternoon, accompanied by Dr.
Brown, her husband, Mr. and Mrs. D.
H. Clauson and Miss Mary Carney.
Baseball! See the fast Creighton
team play the Milwaukee Colored
Giants at Creighton, Sunday, Aug. 3.
The Milwaukee team constitutes the
fastest aggregation that has visited
Creighton this year, having a record
which includes 35 straight wins.
They will give a 10-minute “pepper
ball” act before the game which will
start at 2:30 p. m. Admission 25 and
50 cents.
A fire was discovered in a box at
the rear of the O’Neill Creamery,
containing a large motor that is used
to run the pump in the basement of
the creamery. It seems that some
thing happened to the automatic
switch, the motor became overheat
ed and set the box on fire; no dam
age was done excepting to the top
of the box and the motor; some
smoke entered the interior of the
building. The fire was discovered
about 4:00 a. m., Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ennis received a
letter from their son and daughter
in-law-, who are at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, in the employ of the Dodge
Motor Company. In part the letter
reads: “Last Friday night, went to
the ball that the Aero Club gave for
Amy Johnson; she is the girl who
flew from England to Australia.
Only a limited number invited; there
was only one other American couple
there. The elite of Melbourne were
there—the Lord Mayor, high army
officers and the Flying Squadron.
The military uniforms were black,
bright red and gold; the Flying
Squadron’s dark blue trimmed in pale
blue. Amy Johnson was dressed in
white—a white velvet gow-n, white
brocade and fur evening wrap, and
white shoes and hose. She is such a
lovely looking girl. Not the sort one
would think of doing such a stunt.”
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