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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1931)
BE COURAGEOUS! BE INDEPENDENT. ONLY REMEMBER WHERE TRUE COURAGE AND INDEPENDENCE COME FROM.’’ Self-Denial may be disagreeable now—but Poverty in the future will be disastrous. The O’Neill National Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders. MEEK AND VICINITY The Bert Miller family spent Sun day at the Frank Nelson home. Mr. and Mrs. William Hubby spent Sunday at the Will Kaczor home. The schools of this vicinity are having a vacation during the holdays. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Spindler were callers Christmas night at the F. H. Griffith home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith called at the S. J. Benson home Monday afternoon. The Dan Hansen family and Cal Henifin family, spent Christmas at the Ed Henifin home. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kaczor of Edward, called at the S. J. Benson home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith and Arthur Rouse were Sunday visitors at the Ralph Young home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith were Christmas dinner guests at the Ray Spindler home, Mr. and Mrs. George Welden and Miss Jessie Mitchell, spent Christmas with relatives up in the Black Hills. Meek school had a very interest ing program on the afternoon of the 28rd, Miss Margery Grutch is teacher. A large crowded attended the fuer al of Mrs. George Spindler, «t the Pleasant Valley church ort Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rouse' and children and Mrs. Elmer Rouse, -were 'guests at the Winchell home in O’Neill on Christmas. Miss, Dorothy Harrison, who at tends school at Atkinson, is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rouse and family and Mrs. E. H. Rouse and Mr. Gus Johnson were callers at the Oscar Johnson home Christmas night. Christmas dinner guests at the Ralph Young home, were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Young and sons, and Paul, Walter and Jake Long of Opportunity. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Eld Thomas, December 21. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Mrs. Thom as was formerly Miss Nellie Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindburg and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lindburg and daughter, spent Christ mas eve at the Pete Lindburg home near J*y. Haaian McCain who has been home at ©rofton for the Christmas vacation netwwaeid fre A. L. Bergs B««d®y. Hi* father and brother motered up with him. Mr. and Mrs. Benton Binkard of Lynch spent the first part of the week at the home of Mrs. Binkard* 1 sister, Mrs. Oscar Lindburg and I family. Rev. and Mrs. Marts, Wilma and Nancy Jo, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hulshizer, of near Basset, were Chjristmas guests at the Merriady Hubby home. Dinner guests at the Eric Borg home were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby, Mr. and Mrs. Howard House and sons and Arthur Rouse, Albert, Henry and | Charlie Kaczor, and Mr. and Mrs. ] William Hubby. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Benson, came I from Owanka, S. D., to spend Christ ! mas at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Benson. Others of the family to sp*”vd Christmas with them, were, Evelyn Benson of Wayne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ben son, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Benson arid Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harri son and daughters, Helen and Leone of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. Blake Ben son and children and Mrs. Alice Rob erts of O’Neill, Dr Ruth Krul of Mil waukee, Wis., and Mrs. Mamie O’Neill of Ancar. STEEL CREEK PICK-UPS | I Hershel Miles drove to Plainview last week. Marvin and Judith Wiley are home ifof the holidays, , ! The Lee Brady family spent Xmas day at Guy Jahnson6. A large crowd attended the Christ mas at the Dorsey church. The Voads in this vicinity are in bad shape and almost impassible. Grant and Goldie Alder Visited their sister Mrs. Parks at Page last; Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simrkrubbe made a business trip to Omaha last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter and Mrs. Hunter visited at Grandma Car son’s last Sunday. Mrs. Hershel Miles and Janice are spending the holidays with her per erits at Plainview. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Johnson announce the arrival of a baby girl at theier home Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rosenkrans are the proud parents of a baby boy, born December 21. The Christmas program at the Gib son school house was postponed be cause of the bad roads a«id weather. Mr. and Mrs. Ge® Drassol spent €hris»»as at tfee home ®rf *tee latters 1 parents, Mu. and Mrs. B. B. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Will Derickeon and {family, Mr. and Mrs. John Derickson and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Oral Pickering and daughters were Christ- ; ✓ BRING THE HORSES IN BY 1 11 The Truck Load . and I’ll shoe them cheap or sell you a TRUCK LOAD of HORSESHOES the lowest you ever ■ bought ’em. EMIL SNIGGS Q’neill. Nebraska mas dinner guests at Mrs. Dericksons. Those who attended Christmas din ner at Frank Butterfield’s at Verdi gre, were, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Winkle bauer and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brady and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marston and family. OPPORTUNITY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bauer spent Christmas at Creighton, Neb. Miss Lucille Grenier called at the George Tomlinson home Sunday after noon. Miss Lucille Grenier spent Wednes day and Thursday with Mrs. F. E. Grenier. Miss Catherine Bauer is visiting with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bauer. Dick Tomlinson, who is attending the Creighton university is home for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Grenier and son Vern motored to Bas-ett Sunday, re turning Monday. Byron and Cecil Grenier are at Bassett visiting at the home of their sister, over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Krugman and family had Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hubert. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Engelhaupt are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. McKim. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Grenier and family called at the Ed Krugman home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hill entertained their neighbors at cards and dancing Saturday evening. A good time was reported by all. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Taylor and family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tomlinson and daughter bad Christmas dinner at the George Tomlinson home. Those who enjoyed Christmas day at the Frank Grenier home were, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Godel and son, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Grenier and family, and Mrs. Frank Frenier’s mother, Mrs. A. Springer. I I I EMMET ITEMS I J Miss Gladys Hodapp, Aladene and Nayadene Kce, visited Friday after noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Seger and family. Miss Mildred Findley, who teaches school 76, had a Christmas treat for her pupils and other little children of the District Thursday afternoon. Gladys spent a few days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weidman at Chambers. Mrs. Weid man will be remembered as Miss Gladys Zinky. Miss Mildred O’Connell. Blanche and Ruth Young; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith and daughter Leona Ferne spent Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Keeney and Harold Seger returned to Norfolk Sunday evening after spending Christ mas with their parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Seger and other relatives. Miss Gladys Hodapp arrived at the John Kee home Christmas day to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. Since completing a course in nurses training at a Kansas City hospital, she has been visiting rela tives at Humboldt, Neb. Mrs. Clara Jennings had her house hold goods moved to Atkinson the first of the week. She is moving into the Tesch house where she will make her future home. Mrs. Jennings will be greatly missed by her many friends in and about EmWiet. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seger arrived here Monday night to spend the week with their " parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Seger, and with the Vern and Ralph Beckwith families. They were accompanied by Jerry Lee who is visiting his parents at Bassett. Mr. Seger and Mr. Lee are both students at the state university at Lincoln. O’NEILL PEOPLE The county board convened Monday and has been in session during the week. Miss Morgan of fitmaha, an aunt of Mrs. Ed Campbell, is a guest in the city. Miss TIubbard, teaching in Lincoln, c.nmo up to spend the Christmas st on at home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mills were up f 01 lillerton to spend Christmas v if i home folks. fl Kuhler, who is teaching in lie school of Sioux City is g he holidays with his folks. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hamish and family entertained a group of friends at their home Tuesday evening. Judge Dickson has been in attend ance during the week at the meeting of district judges and county attorneys in Omaha. Mrs. Cora Bronillette 'and little daughter Romana Ann of Jefferson, S. D., visited at the Charles Jenkins home last week. The Ladies' Guild of the Presby terian church meets with Mrs. C. J. Malone on Thursday, January 7. Mrs. L. C. Walling will assist. Mrs. Alvin Stephens and little 'i Tighter of Sioux City are visiting at 4 lie home of Mrs. Stephens’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Warner. Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, of Neligh, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Pier son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harnish. E* E. DeLany of the Highway Maintainer company of Havelock was in the city yesterday looking after some real estate intei^sts in this community. Mr. at<d Mrs. Walter Frey and baby of Gordon, Neb.,, were guests of the Rev. Kuhler family from Friday to Monday. Mrs. Frey is the daughter of Rev. Kuhler. The musical program of the Wo man's Club secheuuled for Wednesday, January 6, has been postponed. It will be given on Wednesday, January 27, at the club rooms. The schools will resume their work again next Monday after the holiday vacation of two weeks. Some of the rural schools of the county resumed their studies last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chapman were up from Omaha for Christmas, and were called back again Tuesday by the serious illness of Mr. Chap man's father, L. C. Chapman. Fred J. Cole of Omaha, a public accountant, was in the city the first of the week. The object of Mr. Cole's visit here was to consult with those interested in an accounting of the county offices. We learn that Col. Jim Moore is suffering from injuries sustained when knocked over by a car at the intersection at the oil station on west Douglas street and is thereby con fined to his home. Thi Presbyterian Young People bad a delightful New Year’s party Tuesday night in the Church parlors. About thirty were present and all joined in the games. Delicious re freshments were served. Dr. Fred Warnea, accompanied by Miss Mary Showalter, came up from Lincoln for Christmas at the home of Dr. Warner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Warner. Dr. Warner is finishing his studies at the dental college. The highway maintainers coupl’d on the snow plows this morning be fore starting out. Busses and tru< ks were late getting in. The truck bring ing the Omaha and Lincoln papers, usually here at 7:30, arrived at 0:30. Mrs. Cecelia Balch departed Mon day for El Paso, Tex., after spending Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins who reside north of this city. She is stopping enroute at Fort Worth to attend a conven tion. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gallagher had thejr son and two daughters with them over Christmas, Frank, who is attending school at St. Louis, Miss Helen at Denver and Miss Hilda who teaches in the schools at Casper, Wyoming. Irwin Cronin was in the city over the Christmas season. He is employed by one of - Lincoln’s leading lawyers and has been out in the state gather ing information for an important law suit, coming here from Grand Island. He returned Monday to Lincoln. J. D. Cronin attended the state meeting of county attorneys in Omaha the first of the week. The attorneys showed their confidence in Max Towle of Lancaster county, under fire for dismissing charges against Gus Wink ler, l?y electing him president of their association. Walter and Earl Laviollett arrived in the city yesterday. Walter is living at North Bend and Earl at Chicago. Both were raised in this city anil are known to the older resi dents of the community. They are on business connected with property left here by their father, now deceased. Another touch of winter arrived'' yesterday in the form of a few inches of snow. It is reported general over the north central part of the state. It was proceeded here by a few days of drizzling rain. Getting around outside is not the best but it is one of those million dollar soakers that the ground was in need of for another season’s crop. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Waldron left last week for Nixa, Mo., near Springfield, where they expect to make their future home. Mr. Waldron had a sale early in the fall at the farm six miles j northwest of O’Neill and has been arranging his business affairs pre paratory to the move. Friends in this community wish them abundant success in their new location. The Frontier will knep them informed of events in Holt county. CARD OF THANKS We wish to xpress* our sincere ap preciation and prititude for the many acts of though’fulness and kindness extended to us in the loss of our-dear mother. H. J. Hammond W. J. Hammond " - Grace Moss Mae D. Hammond k. J. Hammond Harald Hammond. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS Flour, 48 lb. Guaranteed 99c Coffee, fresh ground 2 lbs 33c Sugar, 10 lbs . . . 53c Rice, fancy Blue Rose 3 lbs 19c Choice Beef Roast . . 13c Choice Beef Boil . . 11c Fresh ground Pork Sausage 15c Fresh ground Hamb. 2 lbs 25c R. R. MORRISON Groceries... Mea ts Phone 24 Phone 23 TRICKS of MAGIC <f£ EXPLAINED » VMl <Os> o o Lindhoist THREE MATCHES CAN BE LIFTED WITH ONE w L Sharpen the end of one match, put a slit In the end of another, and place the sharpened end In the silt so that the two matches are held together. 2. Balance a third match against the first two, forming a pyramid or tent-shape arrangement 8. Insert the fourth match nnder the apex of the three, and tilt the two' raatened together slightly forward so that the third match falls fdrwsrd beneath the first two. The three matches are then pressing against the foorth or lifting match and It will be found easy to raise }bem. (Copyright. Will U I.ln<1hor*t> ' PUBLIC SALE I am quitting farming to engage in other biiMinetw, and will offer for sale at public auction on the premises 8 and one-half miles east of O’Neill on highway Nos. 8 and 20 commencing at 1 o’clock on TUESDAY, JANUARY 5 JftO ACRE FARM—NW‘4 Sec. 32-29-10. Improvements consist of six room house, barn 30x32 ft., double conerib and granary 30x32 ft., hen house, 3 A hog houses, 2 good wells and windmill, a good orchard, all fenced and cross fenced, 43 acres of rye. TEN HEAD OF CATTLE FIVE HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES FORTY-ONE HEAD OF HOOS MACHINERY HAY AND GRAIN Some good sets of Harness OFFICE FIXTU RES AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS See BiMk for 'Peryus and Details IRA M. SMITH, Owner Col J. A. JARVIS, Auctioneer FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Clerk 188 Proof Denatured Alcohol 45 cents GALLON MELLOR MOTOR COMPANY .; f' O’NEILL, NEBRASKA . . Ml' t...