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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1931)
A«-w . The Frontier. * • \ • * • uw - • ■ VOLUME LI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15,1931 No. 34 REp CROSS SEEKS AID FOR DROUTH-STRICKEN AREAS Following is a copy of a telegram received Tuesday by Dr. W. J. Doug las, Chairman of the Holt County chapter, American Red Cross, from Wm. M. Baxter, Manager of the Mid western Branch American Red Cross St. Louis, Missouri: . Dr. W. J. Douglas, Chairman Holt County Red Cross, Atkinson, Nebraska: Greatly increased demands during last ten days have made imperative immediate campaign for Red Cross relief fund to meet emergency situa tion in part of twenty-one states in drouth-stricken area. Minimum ten million dollars needed to prevent un told suffering and actual starvation of thousands of families. Polluted water supply caused by dying cattle added to winter hardships in some sections. President Hoover in pro clamation tomorrow will urge imme diate and generous response. Confi dent your people will not fail to meet their share this humanitarian need, but because of general conditions de sire to impress you necessity most vigorous possible campaign. Suc cess our effort will be regarded as test of Red Cross by President and entire Nation and we must not fail. Your chapter quota $200.00. Report action taken. WM. M. BAXTER. THE FARM BUREAU BOARD BRING SUIT AGAINST COUNTY The Farm Bureau Board have brought a mandamus suit against Holt County to compel the county to employ the county agent asked f6r by the Farm Bureau Board. The county board refused the re quest for the county agent at their last meeting, giving their reason for so doing, the present financial condi tion of the county and the further fact that they considered that the pe tition did not require the correct number of legal signers. The suit will be tried before Dis trict Judge Dickson next Saturday. J. A. Donohoe will represent the Farm Bureua Board; County Attor ney Julius D. Cronin will defend the action of the county board. THE COUNTY BOARD REORGANIZE, TUESDAY _____ The new County Board met Tues- j day and effected their organization1 for 1931 by electing John Sullivan chairman. Chairman Sullivan ap pointed the following standing com mittees for the year: Court House Committee:—James, McKim and -Root. Finance Committee: Skidmore, Mc Kim and James. Printing and Supplies:—McKim, Stein and Root. Tax Committee: Steinhauser, Skid more and Stein. Bond Committee: Root, Steinhaus er and James. Bridge Committee: Skidmore, Mc Kim and James. Settlement of County offices: Stein and entire Board. Claims: James and entire Board. The Board is composed of the fol lowing members: District No. 1—Joe Stein, Meek. District No. 2—L. C. McKim, Op portunity. Dist. No. 3—John Sullivan, O’Neill District No. 4—L. E. Skidmore, Ewing. District No. 5—Rodell Root, Cham bers. District No. 6—John Steinhauser, Stuart. District No. 7—Hugh L. James, At kinson. The Board is checking the county officers and transacting the routine business. PRESBYTERIAN GENTRY HOLD A STAG PARTY The men who are affiliated with the Presbterian church held a stag party in the church basement Tues day evening. The evening was spent in playing various games. Several ladies came in the late evening and arranged the tables and served oy sters, sandwiches and coffee. Covers were laid for thirty-four. The gathering was in the nature of a get-together party and was greatly enjoyed. Similar meetings are anticipated each month. MR. AND MRS. WALKER ENJOYING WESTERN TRIP The following news item appeared in a recent issue of the Corvallis, Oregon, daily paper: “Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, of Page, Nebraska, are guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Anderson on North 4th street. They are here to spend several weeks at the Anderson home. They came in time to spend part of the holidays and have accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Anderson to Newport for a brief vis- | it at the beaches and their first glimpse of the Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. Walker say they are enjoying their j stay in Oregon and have seen sever al things new to them.” Mr. and Mrs. Walker are leaving this week for San Francisco; they will also visit friends at San Diego before they return. EARL GARNETT WANTED FOR FORGING A CHECK Peter W. Duffy went to Omaha, Wednesday where he expected to get Earl Garnett, who is alleged to have forged a check for $10.00 on P. L. DeBerry, in favor of A. J. Allison, and drawn on a Grand Island bank. A small amount of goods were pur chased by the party who presented the $10 check in payment, receiving the difference in cash. CHALFANT—LEWMAN DeWayne Chalfant and Miss Claud ia Lewman, both of Clearwater, were married at the Presbyterian manse, January 10th, by Rev. H. D. John son. — BECKER—MORL AN Ernest Becker, of Verdigre, and Miss Mildred Morlan, of Creighton, were married at the Presbyterian manse, by Rev. H. D. Johnson, Jan-1 uary 14th. LIBRARY NOTES The librarian of the Public Library reports the following: 350 Fiction and Junior books re- ; ceived this month. Adult circulation the past year. 6240. ... \ New readers, 155. _^_■ January Clearance Sale DISHES All breakfast and tea sets 331 o|o off 25 Piece $7.00 Breakfast Set.$4.67 $12.50 Tea Set. $8.33 Fancy Colored dishes and Japanese hand painted plates 33 °b Discount All open stock dinner ware 15% off Look over our Variety department. Hundreds of staple articles at very low prices Warner 6? S< >ns O’Neill, Nebraska V ] EDWARD GATZ, O’NEILL, NEBRASKA 3 1 Manager _ __ I ECONOMY WITHOUT SACRIFICE Jf quality is assured when buying your groceries : -- from a Robert C. Moore Store. Every item of stock assembled in our warehouse is most carefully tested and scrutinized by life-time experienced buyers. Every item must pass this most careful test and is your assurance of quality. Throughout a period of almost fifty years our firm as a wholesale organization has been known for handling quality foods and the same high standards are still maintained. RADIO PROGRAM For particulars concerning our word contest, tune in on Radio Station WJAG, Norfolk, every Tuesday and Friday, 6:30 to 6:00 P. M. THANK YOU! Please note herewith some special prices for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17 SSPINACH s Small Size. 10c PORK and BEANS I Med., 2 foo. 15c WKmBHBMmmBBmmH&sBBBR m ■■ SB PRUNES Santa Clara Sweet Prunes, fresh from California, pack ed in 26 pound boxes, 90-100 size, per box $1,29 SALMON An extra special—our choice Pink Salmon, of regular stock, splendid flavor and texture—1 lb. tall tin 10c I TTI A la<iy wanted a saek of one of the supposed highest grade flours sold in ll I I IIJ 1^ Nebraska. The manager sold her one sack of Pantry Pride for trial. She ■*" came back and bought three more sacks of Pantry Pride Flour and ex pressed the delight with her experience in the use of Pantry Pride Flour. This is only one of the many instances that have actually happened in the last few months in the Robert C. Moore stores. You too will like Pantry Pride Flour. Every sack is positively guaranteed to give you satisfaction and the qquality isequal to the best. 48 LB. SACK PAN- ^ 1 TRY PRIDE FLOUR *1^ IH O M I N Y Morning Light Hominy pre pared bl removing the hulls from white corn of a select variety, per can 5c CORN Morning Light Corn is pack ed in enamel lined tins which insures against corro sion and danger of poison. .... . COFFEE Very high grade bourbon Santos Peaberry Coffee, fresh roasted and fresh ground to your order. DOUBLE WEDDING IS KEPT SECRET A double wedding, performed New Year’s day and kept a secret for some time afterward has just been announced after friends had learned of the event. Harlan Elam and Eddie Tepner, both of Orchard, Nebraska, were the bridegrooms, the former taking as his bride Miss Bernice Cederberg, of near Venus, Neb., and the latter choosing Miss Lois Weir, of near O’Neill. The Rev. Roy A. Richmond of Neligh performed the ceremony. Mr. Elam has been' employed at the C. L. McBride store at Orchard for a number of years and made his home with his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Springston, until last Oct ober, when Mr. Springston assumed a charge at Broken Bow. Mrs. Elam who is a daughter of Mrs. John Leis ure, has lived near Venus for some time and has a large number of friends there. Mr. Tepner is a son of Mrs. Frank Tepner, of near Chambers, Nebraska and has been employed at the M. A. Goldsmith store, Orchard, about two years. The above is taken from the Fri day issue of the Norfolk News. Mrs. Tepner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Weir, who reside a few miles southwest of O’Neill on the Mrs. Della Shaw farm. She teaches school in district No. 14 near the Niobrara river dam north of O'Neill. ALMOST FIFTY-ONE WEEKS WITHOUT ZERO WEATHER The temperature dropped to seven degrees below zero some time during Tuesday night according to the offi cial weather department supervised by Harry Bowen. This was the first sub-zero weather since the twenty second of January, 1930. There has been only a few cold days this win ter so far. FRED KACZOR Fred Kaczor, father of Mrs. George Bay of this city, passed away Mon day at the home of his son William, residing on Camp creek, just east of Meek postoffice, at the age of ninety years. He has been bedfast most of the time for the past year. For sev eral months he has resided at the home of his son William, but his home was with his son John on his own homestead, five miles north of Spencer, Nebraska. He leaves six sons and two daugh ters, and a large concourse of old friends to mourn his death. Funeral services were held Wed nesday from the William Kaczor home at one o’clock and from the Presbyterian church at Meek at two o’clock; burial was in the Pleasant Valley cemetery near the church. An obituary will be published next week. W. T. Hayes, of Atkinson, was shaking hands with old time O’Neill friends Wednesday. B. S. MULLEN SELECTED FOR CHIEF OF POLICE (Longview, Washington, Times.) Announcement was made today by R. L. Sailors, mayor-elect, of the se lection of B. S. Mullen to succeed Ed Berger as chief of police when Mr. Sailors takes office next Tuesday. Mr. Mullen’s selection was made last night at a conference between Mr. Sailors and six of the incoming councilmen, Frank Gowdy, who is ill, being the only absentee. Mr. Mul len was immediately notified of his selection and an acceptance was ten tatively given. At the same time Mr. Berger was notified that he would not be re-appointed. Longview’s next chief of police is not a new man to the department, Mr. Mullen having served three years on the department prior to 1927. Mr. Mullen is a married man. He lives with his wife and three children at the family home at 2824 Washing ton way. He is 40 years of age and attended the University of Nebraska for two years. “Barney,” as his friends know Mr. Mullen, was born in O’Neill, Nebr. He came to Longview in 1923 from Gillette, Wyo., where he had lived for five years. His first year here was spent as manager of the Long view auto park. In 1924 he joined the Longview police force, serving until 1927, when he went in the in surance business. PROHIBITION DRAG NET BRINGS IN THREE MORE Jack McAllister, his son John Mc Allister and E. R. Kreger, all of At kinson, Nebraska, were arrested and brought to O’Neill late this after noon, charged with liquor law viola tions; the arrests were made by fed eral officers Bay, Carpenter and Wheeler, assisted by constable H. W. Tomlinson. THE FRONTIER IS OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY The Frontier has been designated by the County Board of Supervisors as the Official paper in which the proceedings and legal notices will be printed during the year 1931. SCHOOL NOTES Our Little Folks The Kindergarten have made a I sand table miniature golf course, | which they have been enjoying this week. The First and Fourth grades are ! studying about the Eskimos. They are going to decorate their sand tables to represent an Eskimo scene. Eighth Grade The pupils of the Eighth grade re ceived some very interesting letters and Christmas gifts from the schools 'of Honolulu; they aslo received two letters from Liberia, Africa. The following earned head marks in Spelling: Anna Toy, Marjorie Hunt, Opal Ellison, Violet Pinker I man, Merle Spangler, Virgil Dens berger. Marjorie Hunt was chosen cheer leader by the eighth grade. Wilfred Martefelt, Orville Green, Opal Ellison, Marjorie Hunt, Anna Toy and George Cook each earned 100 in their six weeks’ history test. The Land O’ Cotton If you can’t endure the cold north, come to “The Land o’ Cotton.” The Boys and Girls Glee Clubs will take you south the latter part of January. Watch for further details next week. SIXTH GRADE SCHOOL NOTES Delta Gunn, Myrtle Brown and Kenneth Miller were exempt from all examinations having earned an aver age of 90'/r in each subject. The Pirates expect to play Bassett this Thursday. The following pupils in the 6th grade have a perfect attendance for the first semester: Myrtle Brown, Eldrey Gaskill, Robert Gaskill, Opal Persons and Ellen Stauffer. The Pirates played St. Mary’s grade boys Friday of last week; this was the second game scored in favor of the Pirates. EDUCATIONAL NOTES A special Eighth Grade examina tion will be held on Friday, January 30, 1931 at Stuart, Atkinson, O’Neill, Page, Inman, Ewing, Chambers, Amelia and Scottville, District 38. This examination is for Eighth grad ers only. The next State Teachers’ examina tions will be held on Saturday, Jan uary 17th at Atkinson, Ewing and O’Neill. There will be no Holt County Edu cational Directory printed this year. Anyone residing in the county and desiring information which has for merly been listed in these directories should communicate with the County Superintendent’s office. District No. 70 organized their Uncle Sam’s Boys and Girls Club I last Week and elected officers. The regular Parent-Teacher meet j ing was held in district No. 91 last Tuesday evening. County Superin ■ tendent Luella A. Parker and Miss i Barbara Hazel, Red Cross Nurse, visited the school in the afternooa and Miss Hazel examined the child ren. In the evening she gave a talk j to the parents. On Friday evening, January 9th, Superintendent Luella A. Parker and Miss Hazel attended the Parent Teacher meeting at Phoenix, District 51. This organization includes three school districts, 51, 53 and 193. Miss Hazel gave a very fine talk to the parents. This was a very interest ing meeting and was well attended. There were also a number of visitors present. The Holt County Spelling Contest will be held some time in March; the exact date will be announced later, now is the time to begin preparation for the contest.