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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1931)
Our January Clearance Sale I Will Continue All of Next Week ANTON TOY j JUDGE HOLMES ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED LABORER Judge Holmes of Omaha is chair man of a committee of three who are doing considerable 'work to find em ployment for those who are out of work at this time. The Judge and his assistants are sending out the following letter, which is selr-explanatory: To the Farmers of the Middle West: Dear Sirs: As Municipal Judge of the City of Omaha, I am daily brought face to face with the present acute unem ployment situation and am going to do what I can in relieving it by offer ing to send to those of you who could use the services of a man or men, someone whom I feel is fitted to do your work and who is willing to give you h i s services for the winter months in exchange for room and board. Among the hundreds of men I come in contact with are a good per centage, I am sure, who will make willing workers for someone. So if you can use such a man or men write me fully as to what kind of work you would have him do—dairying, feed ing, wood chopping or whatever it may be, and I will try to send you a man suited to your needs. To guide me in making these selec tions of men for you, I will be assist ed by Henry C. Glissman of Omaha, Neb., and Charles O’Brien of Ham burg, la., well-known farmers and dairymen. They are men with a life time of experience in dairying and general farming, and have necessar ily hired a lot of men and are good judges of farm labor. We will do our best to send you men that are suited to your work and wish to say there will be no charge on our part for these services either to you or to the men, and the men will come to you with the under standing that they are to receive board and lodging only for their ser vices. Anything that you may give them more than that will be a dona tion on your part. Be free to write me fully and be assured that I will appreciate any co operation you may give me in this plan of unemployment relief. Please give full directions for these men to find your home. Call JA-7315 or WA-2570, Omaha, any day after 6 p. m. Yours truly, GEO. HOLMES, Judge. BELOW ZERO JUST ONCE DURING THE PAST YEAR Why go to California ? The weath er throughout this part of the state has been almost ideal for a year as far as the cold weather is concerned. Just once—the night of January 14, did the mercury fall to below the zero mark since the night of January 22nd, 1930. The night of January 13, the thermometer registered one de gree above zero. We believe that _ this has been the most pleasant win I ter that has been experienced here for many years. WELFARE COMMITTEE OF WOMAN’S CLUB WILL GIVE CHARITY BALL The Welfare Committee of the Woman’s Club are arranging to give a Charity Ball at the K. C. Opera House on Tuesday evening, February 10th; Red Wilson’s Melody Kings \<rill furnish the music. This will be a great dance and you will not want to miss it. SCOTVILLE DISTRICT HAS MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING (By County Superintendent) Dedication services were held last Friday evening, January 16th at the j Scottville school for the new school ) building recently completed in Dis i trict No. 38. This new building is a line, mod- j j ern structure, with a full basement,; 1 and standard in every respect. It ! takes the place of a building that has j done service for many years and had really fulfilled its duty to the dis trict. For several years it had been much too small to accommodate the i increasing enrollment of the school. The new building is very spacious and is surely a wonderful addition to any school district. It has a full base ment with a modern heating plant and it is arranged with plans for community gatherings and as a play j room for the children. At 8:00 o’clock, parents, teachers, neighbors, patrons and friends of youth gathered for the formal dedi cation services. A short but well rendered program was given by the pupils ofthe school under the direction of their teacher, Mr. Duane Carson. A quartette com posed of Claude Pickering, Duane Carson and the Misses Vera and Wil na Pickering very ably rendered sev eral selections. Instrumental music was furnished by the Pickering orch estra. At the close ot the entertainment program several members of the board and old settlers and teachers of the district were called upon. These included a history of the dis trict by Joseph Schollmeyer, Sr., a report of the new building by Wm. Farrand, the director. Mr. Farrand reports that there is only a very small debt remaining on the build ing. V. V. Rosenkrans, an old settler, was an early teacher. His wife also l taught in the same school. Grandma ; Pinkerman also made a few remarks I on old times. Following this the lines of the dedi cation service were read by County Superintendent, Luella A. Parker, ! who complimented the school board, patrons and pupils on their fine build ing. She also presented them with a Standardization plate for the school, which adds District No. 38 to the list of “Standard Schools” in Holt coun ty. Judge C. J. Malone, the speaker of ; the evening, gave a short but inter esting Efddress in which he brought out the changes in education and times and commended the school board and, patrons on their fine achievement. Following this a short entertain ment was given by Mr. Glenn Ander son, lecturer and artist. Mr. Ander son was formerly County Superin tendent of Wheeler county and is very much interested in school and education. Mr. Anderson is a chalk artist and entertained the crowd with his crayon drawings of some of the patrons while he gave his talk. At this time all retired to he base ment where a delicious lunch was awaiting them. At a late hour they departed for their respective homes, pleased and proud of their achievements in this fine structure, and well they may be. It is a building deserving of praise. Mr. Duane Carson is the teacher, and the school board members are Mr. William Farrand, director; Mr. Chas. Richter, moderator, and Mr. Joseph Schollmeyer, Sr., treasurer. | THE CLASSIC | | Will Have a New Home | |i We will move into the building recently occu | pied by Helen’s Novelty Nook, one door north of ij | our present location and will be open for business New Fixtures and a Beauty Parlor, with a first I class operator from the city. I We would appreciate a share of your trade. ! THE CLASSIC I Barber and Beauty Shop j HEARING ON COUNTY AGENT QUESTION WEDNESDAY Whether or not Holt County will have a county agent, will be decided after the hearing before District Judge Dickson which is scheduled to be heard next Wednesday, January 28th. The Farm Bureau Board present ed their petition last fall, asking for a county agent. At a meeting of the old Board soon after the first of the year, the County, Board turned down the application for the reason that they were not satisfied that the peti tion contained a legal number of ac tual dirt farmers and for the further reason that the finances of the coun ty were low. The Farm Bureau Board then man damussed the Board and Judge Dick son has set the hearing for Wednes day as stated above. DR. MADELINE DOYLE WEDS CINCINNATI MAN The following account of the wed ding of Dr. Madeline Doyle appeared in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sun day Herald of January 18, 1931: “An announcement of interest to a wide circle of Grand Rapids folk is that of the marriage of Dr. Mad eline Doyle of the Stuyvesant apart ments, to Edwin D. Bolger of Cin cinnati, O. The marriage was solemnized Jan. 10 in the Paulist church, Chicago, by Rev. Fr. John Morris. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hoban of Chicago, attended the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Bolger spent a week in Chicago, but are now at home in the Madison apartments.” I)R. AND MRS. CARTER ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT The following announcement of the engagement of Miss Marjorie Car ter, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter of this city to Vance R. Begh tol, appeared in the Saturday issue of the Hastings Daily Tribune: Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter of O’Neill, Neb., announce the engage ment of their daughter, Miss Mar jorie Carter of this city to Vance R. Beghtol, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. V. Beghtol of Hastings. The marriage will take place in the early spring. They will make their home in New York for about a year and later expect to return to Hast ings for their permanent residence. JOSEPH GARNETT RETURNED TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Joseph Garnett, the young fellow who was accused of forging a ten dol lar check on P. L. DeBerry in favor of A. J. Allison , and drawn on a Grand Island bank, was returned to O’Neill by sheriff Duffy last week. Saturday an officer came up from the Industrial school at Kearney, Nebras ka and took Garnett back with him. Garnett was paroled from the insti tution about two months ago. He is reported to have been a model lad during his former incarceration and won his points, which entitled him to a porole in a very short time. CLASSIC BARBER SHOP WILL SOON OCCUPY THE RYAN BUILDING iHie Classic Barber Shop will move from the Henry Cook building to the J. B. Ryan building one door north, about February first. The propriet ors, Bernard Matthews and Dean Streeter, expect to install new white chairs and fixtures throughout; when the improvements are all made they will have a real nifty shop. They will also have a Beauty Par lor in connection with the shop. O’NEILL HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Brilliancy and originality are ap parently the essence of perfection, at least in the Wise Cracker class. Teacher: “Who was Robt. Burns?” Bright Soph.: “He was a cigar.” In History exam. Q.: “Why do we praise Constantine?” Hazel Schwisow: “We praise Con stantine because he was a great man. Result—he got conceited.” In English 12, discussion “Paradise Lost." Miss Lawlor: “Describe the Lower Regions in the Inferno.” Tuffy: “Looks like the devil.” Ed Vitt says the Magna Charter is a search warrant. Civics exam. Question, “Nominate men for the national tickets in the next election.” ‘Skinny’ Donohoe: “Some members | for the Democratic party are Smith, | Reed and Roosevelt, because they are ! bright men with good experience for the wet platform. Some members | for the Republican party are Hoover, i Morrow and maybe A1 Capone—be ! cause of the prosperity and their | platform.” Miss Henderson: “Do you want a | concrete example?” Lorraine Ennis: "Does that mean solid?” Robert Cook (in English): “After taking poison don’t you take an anec dote?” BIG CARNIVAL Wednesday night, January 28th, come to the O’Neill Public School, i Here’s what you’ll find—for a few pennies and nickels. Biggest attrac tion? All-star basket ball game be tween the O’Neill city team, featur ing Jack Arbuthnot, Francis Welch, Harlowe Schwisow, Kenneth Booher, Elmer Lorenze, Leonard Shoemaker, and O’Neill High Alumni, starring Howard Medlin, Will Griffin, ‘Bunk’ Tomlinson, Dick Tomlinson, Robert Iamb and Edgerton Haskins. And don’t miss the Freshie Zoo and Art Gallery of famous Irish. Hot dogs! Yum, yum! Hamburgers! Just stop at the Home Ec. Booth. Want a new blanket? Well, maybe—play Bingo, at the Sixth Grade Booth. There’s a Senior shooting gallery and you can go fishing, too—that is, if you want to; if not, send a telegram, all for a couple of pennies. The 8th grade will curl you and beautify you in the Beauty Shop. There’ll be a “Circus—the Barn”; and last but not least—the Minstrel Show. See our notables in this remarkable, toe-tick ling, side-splitting performance. Watch for our Honor Roll next week. First Grade ' The first grade have started their second semester study in phonics. The A class have begun the sem ester with a new set of books. Third Grade The pupils of the third grade are making Eskimo folk. Those who have been neither ab sent nor tardy for the first semester are Ralph Brown, Robert Crellin, Bernard Harding, Cleland Johnson, Mabelle Osenbaugh, Donald Wernke and Lucille Worford. Sixth Grade The following pupils have an aver age of 90 or above for the first sem ester’s work: Delta Gunn 95 9-10; Myrtle Brown 94 3-5; Kenneth Miller 93 3-10; Ruth Harris 91 2-5; Lois Templeton 91 1-5; Magel Harbottle 91 1-10; Jack Vin cent 90. There is strong competition for good work in this grade. Next semester will no doubt find even more competition. Tho 6th grade will sponsor a Bingo stand at the school carnival. The Junior Girls’ Athletic Club held a candy sale Saturday of last week; about $7 was realized from this sale. Seventh Grade We have been studying China and think it would be interesting to re ceive a letter from some boy or girl in that country. We have written several letters to •China ' and other foreign countries. We are working out averages and hope to have many names on our Honor Roll this semester. Myrle Burge, Anges Loy, Beatrice Wyant and Melvin Jansen have been neither absent nor tardy during the first semester. Eighth Grade * Opal Ellison led the class in a speed drill in Arithmetic. Wre completed our exams last week and those who received the three highest grades in each subject are: Arithmetic—O p a 1 Ellison, Muriel Brittell, Marjorie Hunt, George Cook arid Joe Hamilton. English—Mar jorie Hunt, Anna Toy and Muriel Brittell. Geography of Nebraska— Orville Green, Wilfred Martfeld and Marjorie Hunt each 100; Opal Ellis on, Florence Surber and Muriel Brit tell, above 95. S p e 11 i n g—George Cook, Wilfred Martfeld, Muriel Brit tell, Marjorie Hunt, Violet Pinker man and Opal Ellison each 100; Mar garet Hamilton, Anna Toy, Florence Surber, Jean Rummel, Merle Spang ler and Joe Hamilton, above 95. Violet Pinkerman, George Cook, W’arren Densberger and Virgil Dens herger were neither absent nor tardy during the last six weeks. Florence Surber received a very interesting letter from Sidney, Aus tralia, in response to one she had written. JAMES HOOD BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT James Hood, charged with posses sion of a still and with other viola tions of the liquor laws was arraign j ed in County Court, Monday before Judge C. J. Malone, who bound him over to the District Court under a $1,000.00 bond, which he furnished. FREDRICK KACZOR Fredrick Kaczor, a resident and one of the early settlers of Boyd county, passed away at the home of his son, William, near Meek, at 11:20 a. m., Monday, January 12, 1931. His death was caused by complications of old age, after being bedfast for several months. Mr. Kaczor was born in Germany,; October 18th, 1840 and lived to the ripe old age of 90 years, 2 months and 24 days. Mr. Kaczor came to Canada in 1809 and later moved to Holt county, Nebraska in 1884 where he took a timber claim, fifteen miles north of O'Neill. In 1891 he moved to Boyd county, where he took a homestead five miles north of Spencer. He had made his home there since, except for visits to Holt county. He w'as united in marriage to Ern stine Ehlert. To this union nine children were born. His wife pre ceded him in death July 17, 1902 and one child passed away in infancy. Mr. Kaczor is survived by eight children and ten grand-children. The children are as follows: Charles, of Agee; Christina, of Meek; Mrs. Min nie Bay, O’Neill; William and Henry of Meek; Albert, of Agee; Fred, of Richey, Montana, and John, of Spen cer, Nebraska. A large number of friends also mourn his passing. Mr. Kaczor was an honorable , up right, industrious citizen who made many lasting friends wherever he went. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, near his home in Boyd county. Funeral services were held Wed nesday, January 14th, 1931, from the Presbyterian church at Meek; burial was in the Pleasant Valley cemetery near the church, Rev. Walters, of his church, officiating. The pall-bearers were John Ruff, August Erlich, Geo. Classen, A. L. Rouse, E. W. Sargent and Jacob Erb„ CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to those who so kindly assist ed us during the sickness and death of our beloved father. The Kaczor Children. DONLIN—HARRIS GTON The wedding of Thomas Donlin and Mrs. Anna Harrington was sol emnized at the seven o’clock Mass Thursday morning, January 15, 1931 by Monsignor M. F. Cassidy. The attendants were Mr. arid Mrs. T. J. Coyne of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Donlin need no intro duction to residents of O'Neill and vicinity; they have each resided here for many years, although Mr. Donlin has spent a part of his time on his ranch, north of Gross, Nebraska. Kach belong to highly respected fam ilies and enjoy a wide circle of friends who are extending congratu lations. The wedding was a secret affair; the immediate relatives of the family were not advised that it was about to take place and only a limited num ber had any knowledge of the wed ding until after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Donlin are at home in the Donlin residence on north Fourth street. The Frontier joins the many friends of the contracting parties in extending to them hearty congratula tions. THINK BONES FOUND AT CENTER THOSE OF PRE-COLUMBIAN INDIANS (Omaha World-Herald) George Van Every, of O’Neill, foreman of a crew of workmen build ing a 10 mile stretch of state high way between Center and Verdigre, thinks skeletons of Indians recently unearthed three and one-half miles west of Center are a small part of an extensive burial mound that may date back to pre-Columbian times. The bones were unearthed by the blade of a large ditcher. At least eight, and possibly twelve skeletal remains were found. Van Every be lieves the find a valuable one for those interested in the prehistoric Indian. “One skull is abnormaly large; the jaws are remarkably massive and square. Judging from these and oth er material facts, I suppose he stood seven feet high and weighed around three hundred pounds. This burial ground is on ideal site for the purpose. The hill is flat crowned, fairly large, of dense clay material, and isolated. At first, we thought we had un earthed the bones of a party of Black Hills gold seekers, but squirrels and Indians are the only creatures on earth whose bones are red. Every bone of the hundreds we found near Center have that red hue.” . •' • 'C f A SPENDTHRIFT is like a cannon ball. He must go on. If he stops his career is gone. The O’Neill National Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders.