The Frontier
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ST. MARY’S ACADEMY
NOTES
Grade One
During the past week we have had
perfect attendance in spite of the
“measles.”
Last week James Golden and Mary
Mellor entertained the pupils of the
primury class with very interesting
stories, which they read from the
"Child Library” Primer.. All are busy
preparing stories for the coming week.
Grade Two.
We are happy to state that our en
tire class of pupils received the Gold
Star Buttons given for Primary Grades
in Palmer writing.
The following pupils received the
Jones Spelling Certificate:
Francis Schendt 95) per cent; Donnu
Gallagher 99 per cent; Eldora Lowery
99 per cent; Marcella McNamara 99
per cent; William Brennan 5)8 per cent;
Margaret KHen Reka 97 per cent;
Margaret Kubik 97 per cent; Joseph
Biglin 97 per cent; William Grady 90
per cent; John Protivinsky 90 per cent;
Mury Miles 90 per cent; Frank Peter
92 per cent; Mury Alice Judge 92 per
cent; Alice Stein 91 per cent; Thomas
Casey 90 per cent.
Third and Fourth Grade.
On account of so many of the child
ren being sick with the measles we now
shall have to catch up in some of our
subjects.
The third grade nvernges in spelling
are Dorothy Davidson and Dorothy
Lowery 99; Corine Kubitschek Loraine
Agnes and Grant White 98; Mury
Hickey 90; Leona Bazeltnan 95; Mar
cella Hoffman 92.
During our last drnwing lesson we
made covers for our spelling booklets
and now we have completed our •re
ligion and spelling booklets. Soon we
shall finish our arithemetic workbook
and if you wish just step in to see
them.
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
“THE MERRY-GO-ROIJND”
rersoiuk
The fifth and sixth grades hold their
Holy childhood meeting Tuesday af
ternoon. The speakers for the oc
casion were Robert Miles, Vein Coyne
and Marjorie Cronin. The meeting
was conducted by Catherine Finley,
the president of the Club. An account
of financial affairs was given by the
treasurer, William Biglin and George
Hammond the secretary read the min.
utes of the last meeting and called the
roll. We entered the First National
Prize Essay Contest conducted by the
Catholic Rural Life Conference, and
two essays from our class were chosen
to be sent to headquarters. These
essays were written by Maxine Har
rington and Catherine Finley. Since
only three from the grades were
chosen, we call the two from our class
“Lucky Duckies." We are in hopes
that the Lucky Duckies will be lucky
a theadquarters, also.
The fifth and sixth grade pupils
ransomed a heathen baby during Lent.
The ransoming price was $5.00, so you
see some little people made sacrifices
at one time or another. The baby was
named “Josephine Marie."
Since June Carol White, Catherine
Finley and Maxine Harrington won
the spelling contest for our grade, they
seem to think that marble games also
can be won only by them.
The following have won their 1‘al
mer writing awards for the year. Win.
Kubitschek .William Biglin, Leo Valla,
Walter (’alien, Maxine Harrington,
Catherine Finley, Mary A. Meer, Mar
jorie Cronin, Eileen Kelly, Betty Mc
Nally, Vern Coyne, Constance Biglin
Mary Catherine Farley, Alice Hamil
ton, William Moore, George Hammond,
Donald Lowery, James Mathews.
Loat and Found.
Loat—A pair of tonsils by removal
last Saturday. They are of no great
value. Finders—keepers, if so want
ed, we say. No reward offered for the
return of the same.
Found—A sole of a ahoe or slipper
—not Cinderella’* though. Person
claiming article will be rewarded. Call
at 23 Box Walnut Grove.
Births and Deaths.
A cigarette met its death yesterday
afternoon. Its clothing caught fire
when lit by Mr. Blaze. The fire de
partment was unable to extinguish the
flames and death was the result.
Born, between the hours of 2 and 3
o’clock Friday afternoon a mind with
a prepouderous imagination. The im
agination appears lofty and, idealistic,
and weighs about 12 ounces.
Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin called at the
home of the Box Elder family last
Wednesday afternoon. The Box Elder
family invited the Robin family to re
main for luncheon. The invitation was
accepted and the Robin family spent a
very pleasant afternoon.
The X Y Y attended a picnic on a
lovely day in the latter part of last
week and an enjoyable time was had
by all.
Poetry Corner.
Fishing.
The night was dark and dreary—and
raining,
And all the excellent fisherman were
seining.
All the fish that were to be found
Were on this fine ship homeward
bound.
—George Hammond.
Don’t Wait.
Here we go, here we go,
All are ready for the show.
We’ll he hark a little late,
So don’t you, don’t you wait.
—George Hammond.
The Hidden Home.
In the bushes, trees and vine,
All sorts of squirrels and snakes do
climb,
Looking for a place to stay
So they won’t he scared away.
—Robert Shoemaker.
Explorers Bold.
Since Easter I have saved every
nickle and dime,
And now I shall spend it and have a
good time.
I’ve been looking for boys who likefun,
To go about the country and play as a
bum.
I heard some one say that they might
yet appear,
If they do, they’ll come from an old
pioneer.
We’d play that we’re explorers so very
bold
And really I’d dig if you thing I’ll find
gold.
John Shoemaker, Jr.
The Doggie.
Where was that little dog?
1 think he was in the bog.
I know he was not fed,
So that’s why he fled.
—Romaine Stein.
Seventh and Eighth tirades.
Last Friday was letter day at St.
Mary’s and the hoys of the seventh
and eighth grades considered them
selves quite fortunate in being invited
for the program which is usually held
in connection with this affair. This
was indeed a rare privilege, for it was 1
the first time that any group of grade
children had ever witnessed this par
ticular function.
Nevertheless there they were even
occupying the very front seats and
swelling up with pride, as each Cardi
nal stepped out to receive his letter
from Rev. Father Leahy and anxious
for the time, not so very far off, when
they expect to get their first letter.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
The next State Teachers’ Examin
ations will be held on Saturday, April
21, at Atkinson Stuart, Ewing and
O'Neill.
Marjorie Zellers, grade 5, District
No. 23, has earned and received her
Merit Pin for Palmer Method writing.
Miss Ruth Keyes is her teacher.
Reports have been received of the
following teachers having been hired
for the coming year:
District No. 90M», Laura Zimmer
man.
District No. 223, Paul E. Fisher.
District No. 227, Luciille Smith.
District No. 242, Martha C. Kaup.
District No. 232, Pauline Obermire.
TO Start New Method
Of Homesteading
State Rural Rehabilitation Director
L. A. White returned to Lincoln after
he and J. F. Lawrence, state market
ing agent for the university extension
service, and J. M. Anderson have about
completed a survey in Keya Paha,
Boyd, Knox, Cedar and Wayne coun
ties toward aiding families hit by
the drouth and grasshoppers to find
suitable homes in vacant farm houses.
The federal government is to buy a
cow, a pig and some chickens and try
to get each family started again in
the farming game. Heads of fumilies,
where possible, will be employed part
of the time on some neighboring furm.
This project is separate from the move
to get stranded folk out of congested
industrial centers.
Seed and feed oats also are to be
supplied the new generation of home
steaders. Experts will try to fit each
family into suitable residences. All
material supplied is to be reckoned as
a loan of so much cash.
Nebraska News Items
Both Nebraskans and South Dako
tans joined delegations and asked Gov.
Charles W. Bryan to support a try at
obtaining federal funds to combat the
Missouri river near Yankton where
the river bank is eating out earth at
four feet a day and has only 1,000 feet
to go on the Nebraska side to leave
the bridge but a jumjing off place to
an insignificent island. The delegation
wants something of a permanent na
ture done.
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A sneak thief at Ainsworth cracked
glass in a door and. made off with $3.r>
of high school funds.
While all other pupils were busy at
the blackboard in the public school at
Wausa, several yards of ceiling plaster
fell on Jean Swanson, injuring her
about the head. She was at her seat.
Another pupil fainted. The school
board may have a steel ceiling put on
the room.
A fine tornado cellar was completed
at the Fordyce public school by CWA
labor and money. The cave is 18 by
16 feet.
Frank B. O’Connell, secretary of the
state game, forestation and parks com
mission, plans to plant 50,000 trees as
a part of the American Legion’s “tree
for every stump” program. The trees
are to be planted at eight state parks
this spring.
A three year old. son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Morley of near Anselmo got in
to a fracas with a rooster and a sur
geon removed one of the boy’s eyes
after the fight was over.
A heart attack was thought respon
sible for the death of Harry Brown 60,
south of Bingham. Brown was out
in a sand storrm at night. His car
stalled in sand and was found about
four miles south of where his body was
found. His body lay in the edge of
a lake of water only about knee deep.
It is thought he became exhausted, and
the heart attack followed. Brown was
manager of the big Copsey and Brit
tain ranch.
Those who have been waiting for
mother nature to do things to grass
hopper eggs in the ground say they
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their crops cannot take wing next sum
mer and fly out of the country.
A. A. Plummer, 85, of Morrill
county, was granted an automobile
driver’s license. He is the oldest pilot
of automobiles in that county.
Nebraska Strong Man
An Indian affairs report at Wash
ington revived interest in the strongest
man ever to set foot on Nebraska soil,
Antoine Barada, son of Count Michael
Badara and his wife, who was T-ing
the-hae, or Laughing Water, an Om
aha Indian woman.
Records of W. H, Woods, Nebraska
historian, deceased, revealed, the story
of the Barada family and their son
who became known as the man of iron.
It seems the (count met Laughing
Water in Paris and when she came
back to this country the count followed
and while trapping along the Missouri
he and the girl met again and their
marriage followed.
Antoine was born near DeSoto and
Blair, on Fish creek, and when a mere
stripling he became famed for his
feats of strength. At the age of seven
the Sioux Indians captured him. A
band of whites visited the wild men
and the boy made his escape but the
wild boys took him again. He was
ransomed, for 10 ponies.
Antoine astonished those who met
him by performing feats which re
quired almost super-human strength.
He would snap a canoe paddle with
one hand and these were heavy and
hard to break. The boy went to St.
Louis and worked in a flour mill where
he lifted 1,800 pounds of flour and
walked as if it were a light load. When
he was 35, Antoine came back, in 1832,
and wrestled Jean Palos, and he
pinched Palos with his toes so hard,
the man, thought to be the strongest
on the river, cried out his defeat.
He carried a man from a tree with
one arm. California was his home for
six years. Then he came back to Ne
braska and died at Barada in 1800.
Antoine used to live with the Indians
and often with one hand crushed stone
peace pipes. Many believe he was the
strongest human being ever to live on
this continent.
A resolution was introduced in Con
gress to make Albert Einstein, world
famed scientist, a United States citi
zen.
The postoffice department ut Wash
ington announced it is placing five mil
lion migratory birdstamps on sule June
16. The stamps cost $1 each and are
to be attached to hunting licenses.
Kills made by one not having a stamp
on his license are to be considered il
legal kills.
THE CIRCUS
A service station catering to the de
votees of devotions; affairs of the
heart, eye, nose, pocketbook and giz
zard; crooked made straight, two for
a nickel and three for a dime.
A little bit of everything and not
much of anything, and a 10 mile long
parade two hours after advertised time.
St. Patrick’s Catholic church here
seats comfortably 672 adults but there
is always room for one more.
Sheriff: Is he tall or short?
Banker: Short $50,000.
If you think you caught the flu.
Do think another thought,
Because the flu caught you
And the flu shall not be caught.
Wonder where all of them are, and
what they are doing? They are the
kid leaders of good old ice skating and
prairie chicken shooting days of
O’Neill: Ray Ellis, Stanley McCuteh
eon, Fred Shellhnrt, Charles Shubert,
Billy Hogan, Fred Kautzman, Virgil
Kline, Guy Hamilton, Frank Gillespie,
Walter and Charles Jones and several
hundred others.
A lodger stole loot one night,
And left us in bad humor;
The codger tarried out of sight—
Is he a true false roomer?
Nebraska has 4.‘58 varities of birds.
In one year boys of New York state,
aged 14-16 years, earn a total of $50,
000,000 and go to school at that.
If CWA workers went to wipe out
millions of crows what should the pro
ject be called? The CAW project.
Why? be-caws.
The Nebraska health record is 23
percent better than the average of the
United States.
Waiting for something to turn up
often means one has been turned down.
A dog’s idea of good luck is a jack
rabbit having three broken legs.
Snuggle down Little Fairy.
Your Dad will drop in soon,
He’s rising in his calling
In a stratosphere balloon.
As the Irishman might say—stand
up for Nebraska and sit down for llolt
county.
There must be more than mortgages
and misery in this part of the country.
A recent store opening here resulted
in a one day sale of over $700. There
must be gold in them thar gardens.
Dear Circus: Is there a difference
between a steer and a male cow, or
do the terms refer to the same thing?
—H. I. C., New Ant Hill, Pennsyl
tucky.
Answer: They are the same thing
only different. Often the male cow
gives one a term of six months in the
hospital. The steer attends to his own
business. So you see there is eonsider
bull difference.
It may sound outlandish, but Cherry
county, Nebraska is almost five times
larger than the state of Rhode Island
and it is larger than the state of Con
necticut. If you do not believe it, get
a yard stick and measure it.
‘“Walk and live longer” says an ed.
itorial. Walking on a highway might
cause one to die shorter.
The fellow who first said “back to
the farm” may have meant “back to
the wall.”
The longest river in the world is the
Mississippi-Missouri having a com
bined length of 4,221 miles. The clear
est river in the world is the Elkhorn.
Grasshoppers and ’tater bugs
And drouth and weeds and such;
And endless row of rugs
And the men gone and in Dutch.
A clerk and a customer, both of
them stutterers, met and the customer
said to the clerk: “I want s-some t-t
t-to-tobacco.”
“W-what k-k-k-k-kind?” asked the
clerk.
“T-t-t-t-t-tobacco in your eye!"
angrily replied the customer.
Dear peep-le, now comes the ’steen
miles long pe-rade; 37 Mj elephants,
the other half left at Hay Point be
cause of ingrown toe-nails, astonish
ing monstrosities from Asia, Africa,
the sea, air and earth, seven brass
bands to blow up a 75 mile an hour
hurricane, the World’s greatest pan
orama of trick bananas, two perform
ances, at 2 and 8 o’clock sharp. Bring
the family and get a university educa
tion in three hours of electrical, ener
gizing inexpensive entertainment, all
free for only 50 cents.