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Neb. State Historical Society The Frontier VOL. LVI ~ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935. No. 29 DARNELL GETTING ON NICELY AFTER HIS CAR SMASH-UP About $30 Worth of Merchandise In His Car At Time of the Accident Is Missing. Last Wednesday afternoon while returning from a meeting of the Golden Rule store managers held at Holdrege the forepart of last week, the car of C. B. Yarnell, local manager of the Golden Rule store, was sideswiped by another car about six miles south of Atkinson^ on highway No. 11. His car went into the ditch, turning over, Mr. Yarnell evidently being thrown thru the roof of the car, as their is a hole in the roof. He was picked up in the road unconscious and tak en to a hospital at Atkinson and his family was notified. In the accident Mr. Yarnell suf fered a severe cut over the right eye and another on the back of the head, and was severely bruised and shaken up. He is of the opinion that the accident occurred about 4:30 in the afternoon and it was a little after 5 o’clock when he was taken into Atkinson. He was brought home Thursday afternon and is getting along very nicely, altho rather weak from the shock and loss of blood from the cuts on his head. All the glass in the car, except the windshield was broken and the roof of the car badly torn, but the outside of the cA: was not seriously damaged. , Mr. Yarnell says that he does not remember much about the ac cident. He saw the car coming down the road but does not re member being hit or side-swiped, altho the car shows that it was side-swiped by another. Mr. Yar nell was unconscious from the time of the accident until 2:30 the next morning. The accident might have been much worse and his many y friends here are congratulating him on the fact that he escaped as luckily as he did. Mr. Yarnell had about $30 worm of merchandise in the car at the time of the accident. The car was brought into Atkinson about 9 o’clock that evening, but the mer chandise had been removed from the car. It appears that light fingered gentry are not all confined to the great cities of the country. The Atkinson graphic of last week contained the following ac county of the accident: “Charley Yarnell, manager of the Golden Rule store in O’Neill, was brought to the Atkinson hos pital Wednesday evening in semi conscious condition and suffering severe cut and bruises received when his automobile was wrecked on highway No. 11 south of this city. “The accident happended late Wednesday afternoon and appar ently no one witnessed it. A south Holt ranchman, Mr. Bly, and Lance Withers, discovered Yarnell lying on the highway near the Nick Kline place. He was unconscious and bleeding badly from a severe head cut. His car was in the ditch and looked as though it had rolled over several times. A hole thru the top indicated that Yarnell had been thrown out of the car by that route. Bly and Withers brought the injured man to Atkinson for medical attention.” Winchell- Jansen Gilbert Winchell and Miss Anna Jansen were united in marriage last Saturday by Rev. B. J. Leahy, in the presence of a few of the rel atives and intimate friends of the contracting parties. Mr. Winchell is the son of Mr. ^ and Mrs. B. T. Winchell and is one of the most popular young men in the city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jansen, promi nent residents of Shields and is a very popular and charming young lady. The many friends of this charm ing young couple wish them many years of happiness and prosperity. Methodist Group Meet Held Mere Monday There were one hundred present at a group meeting held at the Methodist church Monday evening, Dec. 2, representatives from Inman, Chambers and O’Neill. Inman had the largest group, sending 46 to the meeting. All ate supper to gether in the basement of the church at 7 p. m. and the program Followed in the auditorium. Each group presented a number and Rev. L. Yost of Page conducted the round table. The next meeting of the group is to be at Chambers. Fred Fox Dead At An Omaha Hospital After Several Months Illness Fred Fox passed away at the University Hospital in Omaha on | Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 27 aft er an illness of several months with a cancer of the esophagus, at the age of 58 years and 28 days. Private services were held Fri day at 1 p. m. from Hoyt and Max field, mortuary in Omaha and inter ment was in Evergreen Memorial Park, Omaha. Fred Fox was born at Elk Point, S. D., on Oct. 29, 1877 where he grew to manhood. He later moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Fox to Kalispell, Mont., where he resided for several years. He came to Nebraska in the fall of 1925 and remained in this state until his death. He leaves to mourn his death three brothers, Harry, of O’Neill; Louis, of Kalispell, Mont., and Leonard, of Browning, Mont. BRIEFLY STATED Lutheran Services at the Episco pal church, Tuesday, December 10, at 7:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. Wm. G. Vahle of Atkinson. Miss Eileen Davidson came up from Omaha last Wednesday night and spent a few days visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson and with other relatives here. She returned to Omaha Sunday night. Attorney D. R. Mounts, of At kinson, was an interested spectator here at the Atkinson-O’Neill foot ball game last Thursday. D. R. was a college football player in Kansas and he used to give the enemy the worst he had in his bag of football tricks. A number of volunteer ladies are busy at the Sewing Circle this week faced with the problem of making old toys look like new. Per haps you could help them by send ing some tiny pieces of ribbon, lace and bias tape and scraps of mater ial suitable for doll clothes, doll quilts, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davidson and children of Casper, Wyo., came down last Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morrison and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson and with other relatives and friends here. They left for home Sunday. Judge R. R. Dickson, County At torney Cronin, Sheriff Duffy, Treas urer Winchell, Clerk of the Dis trict Court Mdss, Supervisor Sul livan, Judge J. J. Harrington and F. J. Biglin drove over to Center Tuesday afternoon and inspected the new Knox county court house at that place. Daniel Dierks, who has been liv ing at Mrs. Clark Hough’s for the past four or five years, passed away last Thursday afternoon about 5 o’clock. The funeral was held last Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Vahle, of Atkinson, officiating and burial in the ceme tery at Atkinson.. He had been a resident of the county for several years, living in the vicinity of At kinson. Miss Agnes Griffen, of Helen’s Hat Shop, left last Saturday night for Kansas City where she will purchase additional goods for her store here. Mis3 Griffen says that business has been very good and she looks for a much better busi ness during December than in pre vious months. She is expected home Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Vance Begthol and children, of Kearney, came up last Wednesday and spent Thanksgiv ing at the home of Mrs. Begthol’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter. They returned home Saturday af ternoon. Mr. Begthol is engaged in the newspaper business at Kear ney and says business in that sec tion has been picking up the past few months. THIS COUNTY HAS 22 AT SCHOOL IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY Atkinson Tops The List With Five With Three Each for O’Neill, Stuart and Chambers. Twenty-two students are regis tered in the University of Nebras ka this year from Holt county, ac cording to a survey of the records of the registrar. Of this number, Atkinson tops the list with five; three come from O’Neill; three from Stuart and three from Cham bers. Page and Ewing are the home of two each and Amelia, Dus tin, Dorsey and Star each is send ing one student to the University. The students from O’Neill are: Harold B. Jones, engineering college freshman who is the holder of a regent’s tuition scholarship to the University. Edna Abigail Mc Nulty is a second-year student in the college of business administra tion. Ralph Lyle Oppen is attend ing the University college of med icine at Omaha this year. He is a freshman there. These students come from At kinson: Charles E. Chace, junior in law college belongs to Phi Alpha Delta, legal fraternity. CariS D. Crippen is a third-year student in the col lege of dentistry. He is a member of Delta Sigma Delta, honorary dental organization. Laura Rob erta MacLachlan, also a junior, is registered in teachers’ college. Martin Leonard Siemsen is a fresh man in engineering. Henry Clar nce Zahradnicek is a senior in the dental college. Registration records yield this information about students at the University from Stuart; Ralph James Chittick is a senior in law college. His fraternity is Alpha Tau Omega. Harold Albert Humrich is a freshman on the ag ricultural college campus. Fredric William Wilson is a second-year student in the college of arts and sciences. He, too, is a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Tnese stuaenis are from Chambers: Richard Clyde Kiltz, medical sen ior at the University college of medicine at Omaha, William John Schricker, agricultural college jun ior, and Dorothy Eula Wintermote, sophomore on the agricultural col lege campus. From Page are Carl William Matschullat, arts and science col lege junior and second lieutenant in the University ROTC, and Har old Eugene Gallagher, freshman in the dental college. Ewing is the permanent address of Richard S. Brion, junior business administration student, and Mild red Marcgllus Miller, third-year student registered in teachers’ col lege. She is a Theta Phi Alpha member, belongs to the Newman Club and is a member of Tassels, women’s pep organization. Mrs. Minta Mae Lee, of Amelia, is registered in the graduate col lege. She is a member of Psi Chi, honorary psychological group. Roger Vergne Rosenkrans, soph omore, attends the agricultural college. His home is at Dorsey. Uniola Victoria Adams, Dustin, is a sophomore student at the Uni versity school of nursing in Omaha. Helen L. Hansen, Star, is a reg ents’ scholarship holder and is a teachers’ college freshman. With an increased enrollment of 9 per cent, the University presents a cosmopolitan nature. In addi tion to students from all parts of the state and nation, many are registered from such far off places as Hawaii, Liberia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Intlia and Porto Rico. ' Burge-Holcomb Clyde R. Burge, of Emmet, and Miss Ruby Irene Holcomb, of this city, were united in marriage on November 30, 1935, Rev. H. D. Johnson, pastor of the Presbyter ian cburch officiating. This young couple have many friends in this city and vicinity who extend heart iest congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Blain, father and mother of Mrs. Pete Todsen and her brothers and their families, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Blain and two sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blain and son, of Grand Island, and Harry Blain, of Norfolk, came up last Wednesday and spent Thanks giving at the Todsen home, return ing to their various homes Friday. BRIEFLY STATED This office is in receipt of a let ter from Mrs. A. J. Meals, of Val dez, Alaska, extending her sub scription to The Frontier. Mrs. Meals was a resident of this city and county for many years, until her removal to Alaska in the early nineties, where she has since re sided. An idea of the distance be tween O’Neill and Vrfldez may be gained from th6 fact that the let ter was mailed there on November 20 and it was received here on the morning of December 1st. Altho it has been many years since Mrs. Meals left this county she still re tains her interest jm her old home town and county and looks eagerly each week for the arrival of The Frontier. -r Bernice M. Finjey has filed suit in the district court asking for a decree of divorce from Lawrence W. Finley. In her petition she al leges that they were married in this city on July 26, 1927, and that she has been a resident of this county for more than five years. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, and asks the custody of their three children, aged 8, 5 and 4 years. She asks for such alimony as the court may deem proper and also asks that the defendant be re quired to contribute to the support of the children until they reach their majority. Many O’Neill resident were hosts to friends Thanksgiving from dif ferent parts of the country who came here to spend Thanksgiving. To Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cambre and family goes the honor of enter taining friends who came the farthest distance to spend Thanks giving with them. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Crum and son, Wendell, of Lincoln, Illinois, the old home of the Cambre family, arrived here Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with them. Lincoln, IU., is 700 miles frpm O’Neill. They started on their return trip Sun day morning. Half of a dead ringer to a six inch gaming stave used by ancient man, drawn from a 40-feet re deepened well here at the Chet Calkin’s place last summer was found on a street here where a road grader uncovered it by Junior Vanderlinden. The half stave is stone, shows it was wood and is worked similar to the one of bone from the Calkins well. The puz zle is, what occurred 40 feet below here in the long ago? Human and animal remains have been re ported frequently here from that depth. According to a report ju^t re ceived from the Works Progress Administration Holt county had a total of 79 men employed on pro jects in this county during the first half of November. Of this number 76 came from the relief rolls and for the two weeks period they were paid the sum of $844. Three men came from the non-relief roll* and were paid $167.00. During the week ending November 23, employ ment in tl is county had jumped to 88, with 86 from relief rolls and 2 from non-relief rolls Of fhis num ber 87 were men and one woman. Dr. Edward Donohue stopped in O’Neill Wednesday evening to vis it his aunts, Misses Agnes and Anna Donohoe, on his way east from Bonsteel, S. D., where he had spent the summer visiting at the home of P. J. Donohue. While in South Dakota he took the state medical examination and was awarded a years scholarship at the Harvard medical school. He is on his way to Baltimore where he is a doctor in the army hospital. He left on the train early Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil D. Broun and son, Cecil, and daughter, Geraldine, of Buhl, Idaho, came by automobile to attend the funeral Saturday at Page of Mrs. Katie O’Haver, who died at Upton, Wyo. Mrs. O’Haver was the mother of Mrs. Broun. The Broun family visited at the home of Mrs. Kate Wiseman, sister of Mrs. Broun, and also here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris John son on Tuesday. The Brouns plan on starting for Idaho Thursday. Genevieve Lydon left Tuesday for Burke, S. D., where she is to be stationed about three weeks in the interests of the O’Neill Photo Co. LADIES’ CHRISTMAS TOY FUND IS WELL OVER 100 DOLLARS One Hundred Twevle Dollar Taken In and Surplus Will Be Used As A Shoe Fund. _ Under the supervision of Miss Roberta Arbuthnot a group of O’Neill Ladies collected money for a toy fund for those children whose happiness Christmas morning de pends entirely upon the assistance of others. The committee was ov erwhelmed by the generosity of the O’Neill people and wish to thank everyone for his donation. There will be no further soliciting by this committee. The amount collected, one hun dred and twelve dollars, is far greater than necessary to cover the cost of the new toys and the larger portion of it will be placed in a shoe fund. Many needy children in and around O’Neill will be hap pily surprised with a new pair of shoes Christmas morning. Mrs. Lucy Cheney Buried At Bartlett Mrs. Lucy Cheney died at the hospital in this city last Saturday evening after an illness of a few weeks at the age of 39 years, 5 months and 9 days. She gave birth to a little son about two weeks be fore and never fully recovered therefrom. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church at Bartlett last Saturday afternoon, Rev. H. D. Johnson of this city officiating and burial in the cem etery at Bartlett. Lucy Cunningham was born at Springfield, Nebr., on June 6, 1896. The family moved to Wheeler county when she was a little girl and there she grew to womanhood. On February 22, 1918, she was united in marriage to Gilbert P. J. Cheney in this city. Four children were born of this union, two sons and two daughters, who with the husband are left to mourn the pas sing of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. the children are: Viola, Venia, Marvin and Melvin. She also leaves her parents, who reside at Spalding and seven broth ers and four sisters, as follows: George Cunningham, Petersburg; Emory, John Verne, Glenn, of Spalding;Pleasant,of Albion; Elm er, Loretto; Mrs. Harold Lawrence, Loretto; Mrs. R. W. Bentley, Glenn Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. J. C. Smith, Crookston, Nebr.; Mrs. Leo Smith, Spalding, Nebr. Lost Southern Markets Under the AAA the South is fast becoming a competitor of the Western states. As a result of re duced cotton acreage the following census figures reveal the trend in Alabama toward general farming: Corn acreage jumped from 6, 226,704 acres in 1930 to 7,278,261 acres in 1935, a gain of 2,051,567 acres. Wheat jumped from 1,524 to 9,075 acres. Oats jumped from 12,299 to 15, 084 acres. Grain sorghums from 667 to 2, 680 acres. Irish potatoes from 21,256 to 33,583 acres. Sweet potatoes from 68,105 to 110,749 acres. Hay from 454,696 to 906,286 acres. Cattle increased from 681,298 head to 1,125,208 head. Hogs from 831,171 head to 888, 602 head. The census bureau comments up on this: “The additional production of food and feed crops is such as to enable a large portion of farm ers to live at home rather than buy their supplies from the stores.” With the export market gone and the South raising its own wheat and corn for feed, the Western farmer is going to have to curtail production still more. There are a great many Western farmers who are for the AAA wholeheartedly now, but when they realize how their export and many domestic markets are being taken from them it will be a different story.—Ne braska Farmer. Word reaches O’Neill friends that E. J. Velder, who owns the bus line between O’Neill and Bon steel, is seriously ill at his Bone steel home with an attack of pneu monia. The ladies of the Methodist church are holding a bazaar and chicken dinner next Tuesday, Dec. 10 in the church basement. The dinner starts at 6:30 p. m. Hospital Notes Charles Wrede went home on Saturday the 29th. Ambrose Rhode went home Thanksgiving day. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sanford on Monday, December 2, a baby boy, weight seven and a half pounds, named George Gene. All doing nicely. Atkinson Wins Turkey Day Grid Game From O’Neill On Snowy Field Football playing came to a grand climax here Thanksgiving day when Atkinson won over the local public school eleven, 7 to 6 in a game that was nip and tuck all the way. The game gave Atkinson the championship of the Niobrara Valley conference for 1935. At kinson also won top honors in this conference in 1934. At Stuart, on November 21, Atkinson, playing Bassett, won the 1935 champion ship of the North Central confer ence by the same score, 7 to 6. Town schools in the Niobrara Val ley conference are Stuart, Lynch, Chambers, Butte, Bristow, Anoka, Spencer, Inman and O’Neill. The afternoon was a raw one for a game here turkey day; there was about an inch of snow on the field, which was muddy from an inch of rain before snow fell and a north wester chilled a large crowd of spectators. There was practically no squabbling and everything went along in grand style. S. J. Weekes Goes To Washington Meeting S. J. Weekes left last Thursday night for Washington, D. C., where he will meet with the high officials of the Regional Agricultural cor poration, making the trip on the invitation of the head ofi that or ganization. Mr. Weekes has been a member of the loan committee of that organization for the past three years. For the past year they have been closing up the business of the corporation in the state. The Nebraska branch of the corporation has made a splendid record in the amount of money loaned, and in collections, and as a tribute to the organization they have been invited to Washing ton. Mr. Weekes expects to re turn home the end of the week. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES The Methodist church will be open to the public Sunday, Dec. 8 with four worship services at 10 a. m., 11 a. m., 6:30 p. m. and at 7:30 p. m. You are welcome to all of these programs. — A. J. May, Pastor. Miss Ruth Evans came up from Omaha last Wednesday and spent Thanksgiving with her mother and other relatives in this city. Miss Mayme Cullen, who has been visiting in Omaha for the past couple of months, came up last Sunday night for a few days visit with old friends here. Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock and family went down to Osmond last Thursday and had Thanksgiv ing dinner with relatives in that little city, returning home that night. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson and daughter, Mrs. Cora Kirkpat rick and children, went to Bruns wick last Sunday and visited at the home of Mrs. Edward Arm strong. C. E. Linn, one of the energetic and hustling farmers of the Meek neighborhood, was a pleasant cal ler at this office last Saturday and extended his subscription to this household necessity. Mrs. Bernard Matthews and little daughter came up from Nor folk last Thursday afternoon for a couple of days visit with relatives and friends here, returning to Nor folk Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harnish and son came up from Norfolk last Wednesday and spent Thanksgiv ing at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mr8. J. C. Harnish, returning to Norfolk Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arnold, of Hastings, formerly of this city, came up last Wednesday and spent Thanksgiving at the home of their son, Willard and family. They re turned home Thursday night. GRAND ISLAND FIRM BIDS LOW ON COURT HOUSE EXCAVATION Receive Three Bids On Excavation. Four Bids For Tearing Down Jail Not Yet Opened. The County Board of Supervis ors met this morning to open the bids and award a contract for ex cavating for the new court house, as per bids called for two weeks ago. Three bids were submitted for this work and the contract was awarded to the Island Supply Com pany of Grand Islnad for $1,042.50, this being the lowest bid received. The other bids submitted for this work .were as follows: Atkinson Sand & Gravel company, $1,095; C. P. Uhl, O’Neill, $1,200. Four bids were received for tear ing down the jail but at the time of going to press the board had not acted on them. J. P. Golden, of Omaha, and A. A. Hagenow, of St. Paul, Minn., were present at the opening of the bids as the representatives of the WPA and Architect Frank Laten ser, of Omaha, was also present. They expect to have work on the excavating commence within ten. days. St. Mary's Cardinals Down Royal By 57 to 6 And Anoka 32 to 12 In a game of basketball played here on the Academy floor last Fri day evening, the Cardinals of St. Mary's Academy won from the public high school team of Royal, 57 to 6. The second teams of the schools went into a contest and again the Academy team won, 14 to 1. The Academy team is facing one of the longest schedules ever arranged in this vicinity but at last reports there were several open dates. Tuesday evening St. Mary’s Car dinals took the Anoka high school basketball team to a trimming on their gynasium floor with a score of 32 to 12. This is the second straight win for the Cardinals. The Busy Hour Club The Busy Hour club met at the home of Mrs. Lett Johnson on Nov. 21st. All members were present except Mrs. Clyde Hershiser and Irene. Visitors were Mrs. Lowell Johnson and Mrs. Claude Johnson. The afternoon was spent in sewing. The hostess served a delicious luneh consisting of orange salad, macaroons and coffee. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. John Sehmohr Dec. 19th.—Irene Hershiser. Santa’s helpers need new toys to remodel. Do your part. Send dis carded toys to the Sewing Circle, just west of the Library. W. J. Froelich came out from Chicago last Wednesday night and spent Thanksgiving with his fam ily and other relltives here, return ing to Chicago Sunday night. Manager Lundgren, of the Miller Brothers Chevrolet company, says that the automobile business is fine. They received a carload of new cars Monday morning, and he does not think they will last very long. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Hayne, of Page, returned here Sunday in company with Roy Junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson from Wayne, where Junior had been vis iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nuss. Miss Loretta Enright, who is teaching at Petersburg, came up last Wednesday night and spent Thanksgiving at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas En right, returning to Petersburg Sun day afternoon. The Misses Mary and Rose Grady and nephew, Owen Grady, and Mrs. Dennis Carlon, of Denver, Colo., who had been visiting rela tives and old friends here for the past week, left for their home last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, were in the city last week for a short visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell. Mr. Wilson is general superintendent of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad and an old friend of the O’Donnells.
