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The Frontier * VOL. LIII. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932. No. 20 WOODMEN CIRCLE 4 TO HOLD DISTRICT CONVENTION HERE National President And Secretary Will Be Pre sent At Meeting Mrs. Mary E. LaRocca, national president of the Woodmen Circle and president of the National Fraternal Congress of America, and Mrs. Dora Alexander Talley, national secretary of the Woodmen Circle, both of Oma ha, will be honor guests at a Woodmen Circle district convention in the K. C. hall Saturday evening, October 8th. Other prominent officers in attend ance will be Mrs. Florence Holden Jensen, state manager, Mrs. T. Gor don Sanders, state president, Miss Ab bie Holden, district manager, and Mrs. Emma Pleasants, state captain, all of Omaha, Mrs. Christine R. TenBrink, Norfolk, district manager, Mrs. Emma Leamy, Pierce, state auditor, and Mrs. Marie Gath, Ponca, state outer sent inel. Mrs. Clara B. Miles, state sec retary and local grove officer, will welcome the guests and Mrs. TenBrink will respond. The meeting will be preceded by a banquet at the Western hotel at 7 o’clock, during which Mrs. Mildred Spann will act as toastmistress and Mrs. Elizabeth Henry as pep leader. The following session, which begins at 8 o’clock, will be featured by the initiation of a large class of candid ates, including tw’enty from O’Neill, sixteen from Neligh, sixteen from Val entine and several from Atkinson and Chambers. Mrs. Bertha Gillespie, ^ guardian of the local grove, will pre side over the initiation ceremony. She will be assisted by the LaRocca-Talley guards, a team of twelve girls from Omaha, captained by Mrs. Pleasants. The program will also include a business session, exhibition of the floor work by the LaRocca-Talley guards, drills by a team from Neligh, and a demonstration of the drill work by « O’Neill juniors. There will also be an entertainment program of musical numbers and dancing. Visitors will be guests at the homes of local members, following the meet ing. The following committees are in charge of plans for the meeting: Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Miles, entertain ment; Mrs. Julia Graves, attendant, decorations; and Mrs. Ella Porter, re freshments. Mrs. Harry O. Miller, of Chicago, visited old friends and school mates in this city Wednesday. She was formerly Miss Bell and lived near Chambers. Mrs. George Whitney and son, George, of Omaha, arrived in the city the first of the week for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffin and other friends here. SHERIDAN COUNTY SHERIFF RESIGNS Sheriff Ben Parker of Sheridan county has resigned, after charges were filed against him by the county attorney, with Governor Bryan. He admitted that there was some truth in the charges, which among other things accused him of consuming excessive amounts of booze. A short time ago he was arrested at Alliance and charged with intoxication. ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY Adolph Emil Peterson died at his residence in the southeastern part of the city last Saturday morning at 8 a. m. after an illness of about three month of infirmities due to old age, at the age of seventy-seven years, three months and seventeen days. The fun eral was held Saturday afternoon, in terment in Prospect Hill cemetery, Rev. H. D. Johnson officiating. Adolph Emil Peterson, or Ed. as he was more familiary known, was born in Sweden on June 14, 1855. In 1880 he came to America and settled in Illinois, where he remained for two years and came to this county in 1882 and settled on a farm about twelve miles northeast of this city where he made his home for many years, until he moved to this city in the fall of 1916. By his thrift and industry he had accumulated sufficient of the world’s goods to keep him in affluence the balance of his days. After his re moval to this city he purchased a home in the southeastern part of the city, where he resided up to the time of his death. He was a good citizen and a loyal and true friend. He had never married and had no relatives in this section. Elmer John, son, of Beresford, S. D., a nephew, was present at the funeral. Besides Mr. Johnson he had four other nephews in the United States and one niece. MANY EVENTS AND A LARGE PREMIUM LIST ARE OFFERED FOR FREE DAY CELEBRATION Arrangements have been completed for the big Free Day in this city, next Wednesday, October 12th, when the citizens of O’Neill will be hosts to all those who may come to the city. A splendid program of sports has been prepared and there will be something doing, from the time of the big parade in the morning until the shades of night have fallen, and even after that hour those who desire to trip the light fantistic and swing them on the corners, will be given that opportunity with the dance at the K. C. Hall. Take a day off, come in and enjoy yourself. Following is the program that has been prepared for the day, and it is all free: Daylight 10:00 Grand Parade, Atkinson, Ew ing and O’Neill Bands, school children, Green Beret Club members, auto mobiles, etc. 10:30 Talk on Roads by R. L. Coch ran, state engineer. (Continued on page 8.) FRIDAY & SATURDAY SPECIALS SOAP, White Beat-Em-All QQ PORK LIVER 1C. SYRUP—Dark AQ CHUCK ROAST QC 10-lb. Pail_Tub 2 pounds_Oub FANCY PEANUT *JQn HAMBURGER Qfc BUTTER, Per Quart_IJb 2 Pounds Zub SOAP CHIPS, Quick- -ly* PICNIC HAMS -IQ Arrow, Large Pkg._lib Per pound_I Zb COCOA—Bulk QC BOLOGNA QC MATCHES, Swan Brand 1Q« Niagara Brand Cured 1 Cn Per Carton_ItJU Hams Half or Whole, lb._I UU R. R. MORRISON GROCERIES AND MEATS PHONE PHONE 22 WE DELIVER 2J BRIEFLY STATED Carl Oppen, of Creighton, spent Sunday in the city visiting friends. Mrs. Charles Downey will entertain the Delta Deck Club at her home this evening. E. Roy Townsend was up from Page Tuesday visiting his many old friends in this city. James Beck, of Stuart, was looking after business matters in this city last Wednesday. Miss Rose Taylor entertained the Martez Club at the Golden Hotel last Wednesday evening. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Bergstrom was a business visitor in Omaha the latter part of the week. Miss Martha Hanley, of Omaha, was here last Saturday visiting friends and looking after business matters. Mrs. H. E. Radaker, of Newport, was in the city Wednesday visiting friends,returning home that afternoon. The first of the week Mrs. Luella Parker purchased the John Moler residence from the administrator of the estate, John Alfs. 4 ________ Mrs. Ruth Oppen spent Sunday visiting with her husband in Lincoln, Mr. Oppen being a student in the University of Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Regan and child ren, of Creighton, Nebr., were in this city Sunday, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Quinn. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Salmans and family, of Grand Island, arrived in the city the first of the week and will make O’Neill their future home. Fred Vitt returned home from Om aha last Thursday evening. He had a load of heifers and steers on the Omaha market Thursday morning. Mrs. L. C. Chapman and the Misses Anne and Grace Connolly left last Saturday afternoon for a motor trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Mildred Heihn, of Norfolk, vis ited with friends in the city for a few hours Wednesday afternoon, while on her way from Ainsworth to her home. Two farms changed hands in this county last Saturday and both sales were for cash. It begins to appear as if brighter times are just around the corner. Rev. H. D. Johnson left Monday morning for North Platte to attend the annual meeting of the Synod of the Presbyterian church which will be held in that city from October 3 to 6, in clusive. J. D. Cornin returned last Sunday night from his trip to the American Legion convention at Portland, Ore gon, which he attended as one of the delegates at large from Nebraska. After the adjournment of the con vention he visited friends in Sacre mento and Los Angeles, Calif., before his return home. ROSELER-POTTER Edward Roseler, of O’Neill, and Miss Loeta H. Potter, of Stuart, were united in marriage last Saturday at the Presbyterian manse by Rev. H. D. Johnson, in the presence of a few friends of the contracting parties. The groom is one of our hustling young farmers, living north of this city and has a host of friends in this city and vicinity. The bride has been a resident of Stuart for several years and is said to be a very charming young lady with many friends in that section of the county. Their many friends wish them a long and happy married life. ; CHARITY SOCIAL j Card Party and Dance * ! October 14, 1932 K. C. Hall I 8:00 P.M. Adm. 25c jj Judge Dickson and Reporter MeEl-1 haney went over to Butte last Monday morning where they are holding the regular fall term of district court, with a jury in attendance. They have a good sized docket in Boyd county and will probably be there all week. Mrs. Ralph Melior and Mrs. Clinton Gatz entertained thirty-four ladies with a 7:30 o’clock dinner at the Idle Hour Cafe last Tuesday evening, fol lowed by bridge. Mrs. Hugh Coyne won the prize for high score, Miss Helen Biglin the all-cut and Mrs. Max Golden the booby. While on his way to Boyd county with a large truck of watermelons, A1 Halbert, of Clearwater, had a little hard luck. His truck upsqt while go ing down the hill at the Eagle and the melons were all mashed, but the driver escaped injury and the truck was only slightly damaged. Last Friday Frank Smith and Louie Storz, of Omaha, arrived in the city on their way west on a hunting trip in Cherry county. In this city they were joined by Ralph Mellor, Tom Coyne and William Eggers and went on west to Cherry county to celebrate the opening of the duck season. The boys returned Monday night and say that they all had a delightful time and lots of shooting. Mr. Smith and Mr. Storz left for home Tuesday morning. Dwight F. Fulton, of Lincoln, sec retary of the department of agricul ture in Governor Bryan’s cabinet, was visiting friends in this city last Mon day. Mr. Fulton was on his way home from a visit to his boyhood home in Rock county, which he left about a quarter of a century ago. While up there he also put in a little time, since the duck season opened, hunting ducks. He said there were quite a few ducks but the weather being so warm they were flying high, therefore they did not bag a great number. tj. P. Protivinsky, Henry Bauman, Howard Bauman, L. R. Hudgel, Norb Uhl, Jack Arbuthnot, Gerald Miles and Harry Ott went up to Cherry county last Saturday morning for a hunting and fishing trip in the lakes of that section. Mr. Protivinsky and Mr. Hud returned Sunday night, the others re maining until Monday night. The boys say they had a delightful outing, lots of fishing, but that the w'eather was too warm while they were there and that the ducks were flying too high for them to get an oversupply. President Hoover spoke to an im mense audience at Des Moines last ruesday night, the speech being broad cast with a national hook up. Many of those who heard the address say that it was by far the best speech over delivered by the President. lie went after his democratic opponents, especially “Pork Barrel” Garner with out gloves and showed more aggres siveness than he has ever exhibited on the platform. His address has set several people to talking and thinking and there is no question but what he helped his candidacy materially in the middle west by this address. Congressman Edgar Howard and John Brynes, of Columbus, one of the democratic wheel horses of the state and former chairman of the demo cratic committee, were in the city a few hours Wednesday on their way from Boyd county to Wheeler county, and called on several friends while in the city. The Congressman was mak ing a tour of the district seeing as many voters as he could on his jour ney and Mr. Brynes was along for company. Congressman Howard will be in O’Neill next Wednesday, being billed for a political address on Free Day when he wil devote more time to the electors of this county. Last Saturday morning Pete Mor gan, of Atkinson, sold his farm three miles east of that city containing 160 acres, to James Malloy, for $7,000 cash. That afternoon he came to this city and purchased, through Frank Dishner, the old Doyle place, later the Dishner place, containing 213 acres, now owned by an eastern insurance company. This was also a cash sale. John Dumpert, who now lives on the place purchased, has leased the Dennis Hanley place northwest of this city and will move thereon the first of March, when the new owner takes pos session. Mr. Morgan received $45 per acre for his quarter section, which is considered a very good price during these days of depression and low prices of farm products. A QUESTION FOR THE GAME WARDEN A brown Leghorn hen has taken up her abode with a pheasant tribe in the willow trees along a creek in the eastern part of the county. This hen has brought up six or seven chickens and the question arises, who do they belong to ? Of course they belong to the hen but they seem to favor the pheasant in color. They are now full feathered and make a pretty picture. CHARLES COLE, SR., DIES Charles Cole, Sr., died at his home, about nine miles northeast of this city last Saturday, after an illness of sev eral years of paralysis. The funeral was held from the Catholic church at Stuart Inst Monday, interment in the Stuart cemetery. Charles Cole was born in Germany on February 29, 1808, and was sixty four years, seven months and two days old at the time of his death, lie came to America when a young man and lived in Iowa for a number of years. In Sioux City on February 6, 1894, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Murphy. To this union ten children were born, five boys and five girls, six of whom, three boys and three girls, are left with their mother to mourn the passing of a kind and loving hus band and father. The children are: Mrs. Frank’Schneider, Stuart; Charles Cole, Jr., Atkinson; Mrs. George Babl, John, Margaret and William, of O’Neill. On February 6, 1913, the family moved from Bancroft, Nebr., to this county, locating near Stuart, where they made their home until two years ago when they moved on a farm north east of this city, where they now re side. Mr. Cole has been a partial in valid for several years, suffering from paralysis. He was a good citizen and a good neighbor, and the sorrowing family have the sympathy of their many friends in this community in their hour of sorrow. GREAT DAY IN EMMET Last Sunday was a great feast day at the Catholic Church in Emmet. It was Rosary Sunday, First Commission Sunday and the Thirteen Hours De votion Sunday. The church was filled to the doors for the High Mass at 8 o’clock. Special music was rendered by the choir. Two hundred people re ceived Holy Communion. The following children received first Holy Communion: Helen O’Donnell, Alice McCaffrey, Florence Monahan, Ethel Winkler, Helen Mullen, Leona Mullen, Florence Winkler, Leona Winkler, Mary Welsh, Rebecca Kane, Mary Ramold, Teresa Ramold, Ethel Givens, Mary McNally, John Fernholz and Norbert Fernholz. Evening devotions and the closing of the thirteen hours Devotion were held at 7:30. A large congregation was present. The usual October de votions of Rosary, Sermon and Bene diction will be held on Sunday even ings at 7:30. xx. MANY MAKE TRIP TO CHAMBERS TO BOOST FREE DAY — i Several Cars Leave This Morning on Extended Booster Trip About sixty cars loaded with resi dents of this city and headed by the O’Neill Cornet Band made a booster trip to Chambers last evening. The trip was made to advertise the O’Neill Free Day, October 12th. There was a good crowd of people in Chambers last evening and the boys put on a good show for their edification. Kan gero Court w'as opened with Judge Bland presiding and a couple of prom inent citizens of that hustling little burg were taken before the bar of justice charged with henious offenses. They were convicted of the offenses charged but Judge Bland was lenient with them. On their promise to bring the entire population here for the Free Day celebration they were released. Emmet Harmon delivered a very nice invitation to the people of the south country to enjoy the hospitality of this city on Free Day. Jeannette Kub icheck and Jane Means entertained with tap dancing while Clarence Zim merman and James Davidson put on the gloves and punched each other around for a while and the O’Neill Cornet Band, under the direction of Dr. Lubker, rendered several choice selections. It was a splendid trip and the boosters are thankful to the people of Chambers for their kind reception and hope they will all be here on Oc tober 12th. A large and active delegation of Boosters left the city this morning for a trip to Emmet, Atkinson, Stuart, Naper, Butte, Spencer, Bristow, Lynch, Red Bird, Orchard, Ewing and Page to distribute advertising matter and to tender invitations to the people of these towns and surrounding country to come to O’Neill on October 12th. The O’Neill Cornet Bund went along and will announce the arrival of the Boosters in the several towns with inspiring music. These booster trips are a good thing for any town and the only regret is that more of our citizens could not have made the trip today. , Milo Vaughn Landreth, of Thayer, Iowa, and Miss Margaret Hendrick, of Middle branch, were united in mar riage at the Presbyterian Manse last Saturday afternoon by Rev. H. D. Johnson. The body of Dan Grady, who died at Wichita Falls, Texas, in July, 1930, was brought to this city Tuesday and interred in Calvary cemetery yesterday morning. His widow accompanied the remains here and will remain for sev eral weeks to visit with relatives here and at Atkinson. Money out of bank and a fish out of water do not long survive. The O’Neill National Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00. This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders.