The Frontier.
VOLUME LII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 No. 1
THE FLANNIGANS AGAIN AC
CUSED OF IRREGULARITIES
The State of Nebraska, through:
the office of County Attorney Julius
D. Cronin, filed a complaint this
morning against John M. Flannigan,
president and James C. Flannigan,
vice-president of the defunct Citizens
Bank of Stuart, Nebraska which con
tained eleven counts charging the
Flannigans with irregularities in
their banking business contrary to
the state banking laws.
Three of the counts recite that on
November 14th, John M. Flannigan,
president, and James C. Flannigan,
vice-president of the Citizens Bank
of Stuart, Nebraska, did unlawfully,
knowingly, feloniously and willfully
misapply the securities and credits
of the said bank in that John M.
Flannigan and James C. Flannigan,
knowing that the bank was insolvent
and unable to meet the demands of
its depositors in the usual and reg
ular course of business did pay a de
posit in the sum of $18,000 to one
Horace Shank, a depositor of the said
bank by assigning, transferring and
delivering to the said Horace Shank
certain promissory notes, the prop
erty of the said bank, to-wit: One
note of Glen Forgey in the amount
of $5,000; one promissory note of
Glen Forgey in the amount of $5,000;
one promissory note of R. L. Paxton
in the amount of $6,000; one promis
sory note of Elmer McAllister in the
amount of $2,000, and by charging
the checking account of the said
Horace Shank with the three items
$10,000, $6,000 and $2,000. On Nov
ember 18th, according to the com
plaint, the promissory note of C. M.
Dugger in the amount of $12,000 was
credited to the checking account of
Horace Shank and on November 20th
a promissory note of Leo Willcuts in
the amount of $6,000 was also cred
ited to the checking account of Hor
ace Shank and given him to pay his
deposit.
Eight of the counts charge that
the Flannigans did unlawfully, etc.,
assign promissory notes of the bank
to pay certificates of deposit before
they became due after the Flanni
gans knew that the bank was insolv
ent. The amount of the notes so
transferred amount to $33,399.65.
The Flannigans have not yet ap- j
peared to give bonds on these count*.
A hearing on all of the charges will
be heard some time in the near fu
ture.
THREE BUSINESS HOUSES
MOLESTED TUESDAY NIGHT
A number of petty thieving jobs
were pulled off in O’Neill Tuesday
night. The lock was broken on the
front door of the O’Neill Battery sta
tion; the cash register was pried
open and less than a dollar in small
change taken after the thieves got
inside. The cook at the Western ho
tel states that the thieves also tried
to get into the Western hotel the
sam night hut were unsuccessful.
The rear window of the Harnish
Variety store was broken out but
Mr. Harnish has a door that he plac
es over the inside of the window at
night and fastens it on the inside and
that stopped the visitors and they
went away.
The Bowen Variety Store was re
lieved of six dollars in small change
from the cash register. Mr. Bowen
says that he either forgot to lock the
door or that he locked the thieves in
the basement when he closed his
store Tuesday evening. When he
opened the store Wednesday morn
ing he discovered that the money was
gone but that the doors and windows
had not been molested. This is the
second time that thieves have enter
ed the Bowen store the same way.
About ten days ago the thieves took
about five dollars.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
AT ST. MARY’S ACADEMY
——
The Senior class of St. Mary’s
Academy will hold their class day
exercises on Manday, June 1st, at
eight o’clock p. m., in the Academy
auditorium.
The graduation exercises will take
place in St. Patrick’s church, Tues
day morning, June 2, at ten o’clock,
with Right Reverend Bishop Rummel
officiating. All are welcome.
The annual reunion of the Alum
nae Association of St. Mary’s Acad
emy will take place Sunday evening,
May 31st.
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MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
! Music O’Neill Concert Band
1 Invocation Rev. Benj. Kuhler
Song “Your Buddy and Mine"
St. Mary’s Glee Club
Violin Solo Mrs. Ralph Oppen
Reading Miss Thelma Riley
Address Rev. H. D. Johnson
Duet Misses Helen and Rita Reardon
Silent Tribute in honor of departed
comrades.
Music O'Neill Concert Band
REPORT OIL FIND
AT M ARIAVILLE WELL >
A rumor is current at Stuart, Ne
braska that Harry Osborn has struck
oil at the Mariaville well. Just how ;
much truth there is in the story will
perhaps deveiope in a few days;l
however, the Stuart people say that |
such a report came from a reliable
source. Let us hope that the story |
is true.
HARDING—BISHOP
Clayton Harding and Miss Doris
Bishop were married at St, Peter’s
church in Omaha last Friday.
Clayton is well known in and
around O’Neill, having lived here for
many years prior to his going to
Omaha about four years ago; he is
employed in the Ford Motor Com
pany plant. He is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harding.
Mrs. Harding is an Omaha girl.
They will reside in Omaha. The
many O’Neill and Holt county
friends of Clayton will wish him
much joy and happiness.
O’NEILL—DR U EKE
Genevieve Drueke and Arthur
O’Neill were married in Spencer, Ne
braska, on Sunday, May 17th, 1931,
by the Catholic priest, in the priest’s
house.
The bride has made her home with
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Chapman for sev
eral years and is well known in
O’Neill. Mr. O’Neill is also well
known in O’Neill and the northern
part of the county; he is the son of
the late Hugh O'Neill and Mrs,
O’Neill.
The newly weds will be at home to
their friends at the O’Neill ranch in
the northern part of the county.
The Frontier extends congratula
tions.
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LIONS ( LI B CALF DAY
WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
A very large crowd of people from
all parts of the county gathered in
O’Neill Wednesday afternoon to be
here at the closing events of the
Lions Club Calf Day and to take ad
vantage of the wonderful bargains
that were offered by the business
members of the Lions Club.
The O’Neill Concert Band gave a
concert on north Fourth Street.
A number of valuable prizes were
given away by the Lions Club as well
as by the individual merchants who
were members of the club. The two
calves were secured by Miss Mary
Jolly and Wm. Clausson; the $10
check by Miss Ann O'Donnell; the $15
check by J. T. Walker, and the $5.00
check by Mrs. Sam Sturts.
The Baseball boys conducted a
dance in the K. C. opera house dur
ing the evening which netted them a
neat sum.
Mrs. Rasley, of the Royal Theatre
opened the doors of the theatre fol
lowing the afternoon program and
packed the house until the lights
went out on the last show at night.
The picture was “Reducing," featur
ing Marie Dressier and Polly Moran.
The Lions Club members feel that
the Calf Day was a success from
every angle and many favorable com
ments were heard from the visitors.
BOY KNOCKED FROM
HORSE BY CAR, FRIDAY
“Buck” Hunt, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dug Hunt, was knocked
from his pony last Friday evening
by a car driven by a young man by
the name of Kelly, of Chadron, Ne
braska.
We understand that the Hunt boy
and another lad were riding their
ponies south on tenth street at the
intersection of Tenth and Douglas; a
car coming from the east struck the
rear leg of the pony and threw Buck
to the ground; no bones were broken
but Buck’s face was badly cut and
bruised; Dr. Brown fixed him up and
he is recovering fairly well; the
pony’s leg was broken; Dr. Bennett
took care of the pony and it is going
to be in good shape again soon.
HENRY SCHACHT CAR
IN DITCH AT CARROLL
Ihe hold car driven by Henry
Schacht, who was accompanied by
James Davidson, struck the side rail
ing of a bridge near Carroll, Nebr.,
last Friday and turned over into the
ditch. A defective steering gear was
the cause of the accident. Mr.
Schacht was quite badly cut and
bruised; Mr. Davidson suffered a dis
located thumb and numerous bruises.
The car was not badly damaged.
RAYMOND THOMPSON
ARRESTED AT ATKINSON;
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Raymond Thompson, of Amelia,
was brought before County Judge C.
J. Malone, Monday charged with driv
ing a car while intoxicated and driv
ing without a drivers license. After
hearing the case the Judge fined him
$40 and took away his right to drive
a car for one year. We understand
that the young man is in the county
jail on default of the fine.
SAINT MARY’S ANNUAL
DECLAMATORY CONTEST
Friday, May 22 the Expression pu
pils of Saint Mary’s Academy held
their annual Declamatory Contest.
The program was as follows:
Diana—Grand Valso de Concert
E. Holst
Piano I—Helen Reardon and Nor
ma Custer.
Piano II—Martina Kovar and Irma
Marlatt.
ORATORICAL
“Tousaint L’Ouverture” __
Wendell Phillips, Robert McCarthy
DRAMATIC
“The Fact of Christ”
Catherine Jennings
“The Little Old Person and Jeffy”
__1_ Doris McNally
“When Monty Came Home from the
Marines” Kathryn O’Brien
“Now Abidoth Faith” Angela Pribil
“Man Who Opened Eyes” .. .
Rita Reardon
“Benefits Forgot” Ralph Shaw
“The Dee-Troit Kid” . ...
. .Elizabeth Strong
“Mothers of Men” Alyce Webster
Trio, “The Chirping Sparrow” Polka
(Spindler) Margaret Tyler,
Mary Ellen Hull, Mary Joan Fiidey
HUMOROUS
“Advertising for a Wife"
___ Mary Joan Finley
“Jimmy Jones Studies His Geog
raphy Lesson” Helen Reardon
“Buying Rugs in a Department
Store” . Helen Regan
“Keeping the Office for Papa”
....— Margaret Ryar
“Learning to Swim” .__
Jeanatte Protivinskj
The winners were:
Oratorical, Robert McCarthy, first
Dramatic, Catherine Jennings, 1st;
Ralph Shaw 2nd; Doris McNally 3rd
Humorous, Mary Joan Finley 1st;
Helen Reardon, 2nd; Helen Regan
3rd.
There was a large crowd and the
| program was very interesting.
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O’NEILL BLANKS CREIGHTON
IN FAST GAME SUNDAY
One of the best games of baseball
\ that has been played on the O'Neill
diamond for many months was wit
nessed by a fair sized crowd at the
fair grounds diamond last Sunday
I afternoon when Creighton was shut
j out by the O’Neill team, 3 to 0.
The game stood 1 to 0 from the
first inning when llocgerl, the first
man at bat for O’Neill, completed
the circle on a hit by Johnnie Har
rington. The next scores were made
| in the last half of the eighth inning
when Holliday and Harrington each
drove long ones into the field; these
I scores are credited to Hocgerl and
| Worley.
Honeycutt and Holliday was the
[ battery for O’Neill; A. Newhaus and
; Bartling was the battery for Creigh
ton. Honeycutt struck out 13 men
while Newhaus is credited with seven
strikeouts.
The umpire was Jack Waldron.
EVANGELINE I*. IIARNISII
Miss Evangeline Percilla Harnish
paseed away at two o’clock Sunday
morning in the Masonic home at
Plattsmouth where she has made her
home for the past three years. Heart
trouble is given as the immediate
cause of her death.
She was born near Rimersburg,
Pennsylvania, June 4, 1853, where
she grew to womanhood and made
her home until coming to Niobrara,
Nebraka, during the summer months
of 1887, where she joined her broth
er, James C. Ilurnish, of this city,
who was then connected with the
United States land office which was
then located at Niobrara. She came
to O’Neill with her brother in Sep
tember, 1888 and made this her home
for eight or ten years. She was a
practical nurse in the state institu
tions of Nebraska for many years.
The remains were accompanied to
O’Neill Monday evening by Mrs. M.
F. Strawn, of Omaha, a cousin of the
deceased, and taken to the Biglin Fu
neral Home, from which place short
funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at ten o’clock, conducted by
Rev. Benj. Kuhler, pastor of the
Methodist church of this city. Burial
was in Prospect Hill cemetery.
LOCAL NEWS.
Miss Teresa Sparks spent the
week-end with her sister Mrs. Elmer
Strong.
Lester Ritts, on May 2fith, filed a
petition in the district court asking
for a divorce from his wife, Hazel
Ritts, claiming infidelity as the
grounds for such an action.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy drove to
Wayne, Nebraska, today and will re
turn with their daughter, Miss Nellie
who has been attending the state
Normal during the past year.
Eleven cars of gravel from the
Stuart, Nebraska, gravel pits arriv
ed in O’Neiii, Wednesday morning
and four large trucks have been put
ting it on Highway No. 20 east of
O’Neill.
Clark Hough is ill at his home in
the west part of the city.
The interior of the county jail has
been newly decorated and painted
during the pase few days.
.J. C. Harnish went to York, Neb.,
Wednesday, to attend a meeting of
the Home Board of the I. O. O. F.
Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allinger drove
to Ord, Monday and visited until
Tuesday morning with Mrs. Ailing
er’s sister, Mrs. Stanley McLain.
Mrs. R. R. Dickson expects to
leave in the morning for Chicago,
where she will visit her daughter,
Miss Marion, at 2816 Ellis Ave.; she
[ will be away about two weeks.
Albert Gibson was brought before
County Judge Malone, Wednesday on
the charge of failure to pay alimony
to his divorced wife, who resides in
Page. Judge Malone sentenced him
to twenty days in jail for failure to
pay the $40 asked for in the com
plaint. The court allowed Albert one
week to pay the $40 into court.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mellor, Ralph
Mellor and Mrs. Lena Shields, of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, were in
Naper, Nebraska, Tuesday attending
the funeral services for Wayne Put
man, aged 20 years, who met his
death ut Wayne, Nebraska, last Sun
day when the plane in which he was
riding as a passenger crashed in a
tailspin from a height of 350 feet.
The pilot, Guy Strickland, 42, of
Wayne, was also instantly killed; the
wreckage burst into flames at once
after the crash. Mr. Putman was a
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Mellor.
The management of the Base Ball
Club desires to state that there will
be a ball game at the Fair grounds,
Sunday between the O’Neill team and
a picked team from the country. No
admission will be charged; everyone
invited. This wili be an opportunity
for the fans to see what the younger
members of the O’Neill club can do.
There has been several complaints
coming to The Frontier office regard
ing to the seemingly disregard to the
use of the “stop” signs by the cars,
pedestrians and the boys who ride
horses and bicycles. The city council
and the Chief of Police should take
some action to see that people in gen
eral conform to the traffic laws. It
is an injustice to the people when
they are allowed to drive and travel
in total disregard to the traffic laws;
when the people of O’Neill go other
places they have to conform to the
road laws but in O’Neill they are not
molested; only last week a young
man from O’Neill was picked up at
Atkinson for driving without a num
ber plate on his car; if the road laws
had been enforced in O'Neill the
young man would not have been com
1 pelled to pay a fine in Atkinson for
not being properly equipped. Let’s
all try to drive eorrectly; get county
license plates and drivers licenses
and comply with the law; it is the
duty of the sheriff’s office to see that
each car is equipped with two license
plates. Sheriff Duffy should tag
every car that does not carry a li
cense plate in front and in the rear;
there are a number of cars on the
streets every day with one number
and some have last year’s plates.
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