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VOL LVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936. No. 43
Spring Jury Court Term
Opens Monday; Teacher
Winner In Salary Suit
District court will convene next
Monday for the trial of a few jury
cases. Scheduled for the opening
of court is the case of the state of
Nebraska vs. Conklin. Following
this the damage suit of McCarthy
vs. Douglas comes up, an Atkinson
physician being sued on an alleged
charge of malpractice in caring for
an injury sustained by the plain
tiff. O’Connor vs. Wilburn, auto
mobile accident, is also set for trial.
George E. Collins, of Atkinson,
Tuesday began action for divorce
from Lettie Collins, alleging de
sertion and cruelty.
A recent ruling of the court will
be of interest to school boards gen
erally thruout the county. 'Elean
or Monahan, teacher in Dist. 35,
brought action for her pay which
was being with held by the action
of some of the school board on the
grounds the teacher was not legal
ly hired. The court holds, in effect,
that the patrons of the school were
getting the benefit of the teacher’s
services and she is entitled to her
pay.
Burned About Face In
A Gasoline Explosion
G. A. Mitchell, hostler at the
Burlington round house, has a
somewhat badly burned face as the
result of a gasoline fire in his home |
Sunday morning. The little child j
of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, some two (
years of age, had turned the burner
of a gas stove so that there was a |
leakage which filled the pan below.
When Mr. Mitchell lighted the stove!
this pan of gasoline burst into
flame.. George carried the burn
ing pan to the door to thow it out
and the cold air carried the flame
up to his face. He tossed the hot
receptical out and turned his at
tention to the fire that had spread
from the stove, some damage re
sulting to the walls.
Postoffice Construction
Should Be Started Soon
^ Mr. Beha tells us he has word I
that the deeds have been completed
and accepted for the property on
upper Fourth street where the
postoffiee is to be built and the
money will be sent completing the
transfer in a few days. The post
office project was started over a year
ago, there being delay in getting
property titles perfected. Getting
this building started should be ex
pected soon now.
Tenth Birthday For
Holt County Doctor
Page’s busy M. D., Dr. O. W.
French, really has a birthday of
convenience since he rarely has time
to celebrate it anyhow. The event
occurs only every four years on
February 29th and occasionally not
that often as the doctor was 12
years old when his second birthday
came along. This was due to the
fact that a rule of the Gregorian
calendar made 1900 not a leap year,
and hchcc contained no extra day
in February.
Dr. French’s mother, Mrs. George
French, served an oyster supper
last Friday evening in honor of
his tenth birthday and also the
birthday of his father which oc
cured last week. Dr. French was
born on a farm southwest of Page
and was one of the earliest grad
uates of Page high school.—Page
Reporter.
Point Record For Soukup
Francis Soukup, St. Mary’s
center, who made 274 points the
past basketball season was chosen
on the all-tournament team at the
recent Class B tournament at Loner I
Pine. Other selections were O'Neill j
and Johnson of Atkinsbn, Dennis of j
Butte, and a player from Lynch.
Two hundred seventy-four points
in one season is an all-time rt ovd
of players at the Academy,
Work of ex: a ‘b ‘ )r the bo c
meat for the co irt hot; <- wa »m
plcted Tuesday. The architect is
to meet with the board Monday to
arrange for calling for bids on the j
construction work.
IT’S A Si NS AT ION !
With each Columbia Tire, "O-S’/a,
at only $3.89, you also get a gal. of
[Oil, Tube Repair Kit, Chemically j
Treated Dust Cl >th and an 8-piece
Handy Socket Wrench Set, aii for
$3.89—4.40 Tire at $ 1.39, same
FREE good.:. Gamble Store.—Adv.
LOCAL LINGO
Superintendent McClurg is tour
ing in the northern end of the
county in behalf of the schools.
First and second mortgages, cov
ering the same property and total
ing $218,750, executed by the
Northern Nebraska Power corpora
tion to the First Trust company of
St. Paul, were filed with the regis
ter of deed at the court house
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Asher of
Page, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George Van Every last
Saturday. Accompanying the Ash
ers here were Mary Jane and
Evelyn Van Every, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. James Van Every of
Opportunity.
Mr. and Mrs. James Evans re
turned to their home at Grand Is
land yesterday after a stay in the
city for a time looking after some
property interests here. Mrs.
Evans will be remembered as
Martha Smith by long time resi
dents here.
Thirty-nine cars, with license
plates other than Holt county,
nosed to the curb at Fourth and
Douglas Tuesday morning— a sim
ilar number most any morning
now—indicates that the winter
famine in traffic from far and wide
is now' well over.
John Dick and family with his
brother, Henry, moved this week to
York county- They have resided
the past eleven years on farms two
miles north of town. Mrs. Friesen
and sons, Frank, Pete and Clause,
of the same neighborhood, also
have moved to York county.
Our old friend Mike Englehaupt
writes from Chambers that in the
fifty-five years he has been in Holt
county ’36 is the first time he had
“frozen his fingers and thumbs
feeding the stock.” From various
reports, you are not the only one
to have been frost-bitten, Mike.
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OLD FASHIONED TIRE SALE!
48% & 50% from Standard Frist
Line List on Certified 1st Line
Tires and good quality tube. These
items are FREE with 30x3% —
29x4.40—1 Gal. Oil, Tube Repair
Kit, Treated Dust Cloth and 8-piece
Socket Wrench Set at $3.89 & $4.39.
—Adv.
A crew of shelter belt workers,
standing roo(n only in a truck with
a stock rack, pulls out from in
front of the postoffice at 7 sharp
each morning for the vicinity of
the Hickey farm north of the cem
eteries, where tree planting for a
stretch of the shelter belt project
is going or,.
Archie Bowen had to get up early
Tuesday morning when he heard
the patter of rain outside. In the
work of enlarging his store bu ild-j
iug an opening extends along the
east edge of the roof. Rain was
imperiling some goods in the store
and Archie hustled out before day
light to take care of things.
Services at the Presbyterian
church.—Sunday school at 19 a.m.,
C. E. Yantzi, superintendent;
morning worshp at 11, “Creative
Living’.’ Evening service at 7.30.
Rev and Mrs. Goodenberger will
tell of their work in China. The
talks will be illustrated with pict
ures. Rev. H. D. Johnson, pastor.
As will be seen by their adver
tising, Stoff Bros, are having a sale
out at the ranch the 19th. They
came here four years ago and have
gotten together a fine herd of the
popular .White Faces. They c
ct to leave soon for their native
Germany and we trust will not fund
Europe a general battle field when
they arrive.
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Joe Wagman called Tuesday to1
have his paper sent to Atkinson in
the future. Mr. Wagman and fam
ily have been residing three miles;
down the river. As a substantial
testimony of the esteem in which
this family was held in the neigh
borhood friends gathered in Sunday
evening for a farewell party. The
Wagmans were all packed un ready
to start in the morning but the
guests had brought baskets of
lunch and a pleasant evening w un
spent, everybody joining in well
wishes for the family in their new
home.
Funeral Services For
Henry Ritts Held Here
Wednesday Afternoon
The funeral of Henry Ritts, who
died on Monday, was held at the
Methodist church at 2 o’clock yes
terday with Rev. Mr. May conduct
ing the service. Deceased was a
long time resident of O’Neill and
had been for years the reliance of
many householders for their inter
ior decorative work. He was a na
tive of Iowa, in which state he was
born April 1, 1864. Two daughters
survive, Mrs. Ritts having d.ied
some four years ago. Mrs. Sam
Thompson of this city and Mrs.
Harry LaPage of Omaha, are the
immediate surviving relatives. Mrs.
LaPage, with her husband and
daughter, came from Omaha for
the funeral.
Square Stacks Offer Hay
Measuring Problem
Dr. L. A. Carter returned Sat
urday evening from a trip to his
ranch in Wyoming precinct. He
has taken the ranch over after hav.
ing it leased the past five years
and is stocking up with a resident
manager in charge. He found no
difficulty in getting into that sec
tion of the county, following high
way 11 to some three miles north
of Swan lake, where he had to
leave the highway to go southeast
to the ranch. He made the pur
chase of a number of stacks of hay
in the neighborhood at $1.50 per
ton. The stacks are square in
stead of the familiar round type
and this offers a problem in math
ematics which puzzles the doctor
to know how to ascertain the
amount of hay per stack. The
rules are simple and largely in use
in this county for measuring round
stacks but nobody seems to have
at hand a formula for measuring a
square stack.
Senior Class Play Mar. 17
On the most appropriate day of
the year, St. Patrick’s, the Senior
class of St. Mary’s academy will
present its play, “The Luck of Der
ryveragh,” a modern Irish comedy
in three acts.
The cast: Lord of Derryveragh,
Donald Wehrstein; Cathleen, Jane
Mains; Larry O’Leary, Francis
Soukup; Constance, Betty Biglin;
Fergus, Bennett Heriford; Deirdre,
Estella McNichols; Sheila, Mary
Kathryn Coyne; Nora, Cecilia Ed
wards; Mike, Donald Martin; Brid
get, Lucille Hickey.
There will be a matinee at 2 and
the evening performance at 8.
Botonical Freak
A curious botonical specimen
was secured along the Elkhoru riv
er near town during the winter. It
consists of a bare stock of extreme
ly bard wood about two foot it. j
length terminating in two branches
at the top and attached to a large
bulb similar in shape and sice to |
a squash and two short roots. A j
few have ventured more or less j
authoritive suggestions as to what j
it might be but no absolute auth
ority is available. The specimen |
is to be seen in the window at the j
Hershiser shoe shop.
Grattan Project Club
The Grattan Project club met a:
the home of Mrs. Clarence Iloxie
on Wednesday, Feb. 23 for an all
day meeting. Mrs. Viola Hoxie
was a visitor. A very nice dinner
was served at noon. Mr3. L. Bar
rett and Mrs. Emma Lawrence
demonstrated needle work and cro
cheting. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. George Wcin
gartner.
Tall Tale
Holt county ha3 many splendid
fields of sweet clover every sum
mer. It is interesting—if true— j
how a Holt county man was in-;
•■•irumental i:i getting sweet clover j
introduced in the hard hills of'
counties c.mtheast of Holt. The
r.to-y comes on no k,;s authority
than Frank Bigiin that an O'Neil!
man driving thru Boone county
reached for his shotgun, removed
the shot from a shell, took a hand
ful of sweet clover seed from a
sack in the car, loaded the shell, j
put it in the gun and blazed away !
at the side of the road. Ne?t time I
thru there he saw a fine bunch of.
sweet clover growing.
Mrs. Brooks of Atkinson is in
the ' >ty today for the funeral of
her life-long friend, Mrs. Chapman.
BRIEFLY STATED
Rodell Root was up from Cham- j
bers Monday.
W. O. Houshin, of Stuart, was in
the city Tuesday.
Tom Henrihan, of Atkinson, had
business here the first Of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roblyer of At
kinson, were in the city Monday.
John Gaughenbaugh went to At
kinson Monday, expecting to return
Wednesday.
L. G. Gillespie was looking after
business in the Emmet neighbor
hood Tuesday.
Sheriff Duffy had official business
in western Wyoming township the
first of the week*
J. P. Mann expects to leave the
first of the week for a visit to his
niece in California.
Mr, and Mrs. Ed Chudomelka of
Inman visited Sunday afternoon at
the Vic Halva home.
Mrs. R. Saunders and two sons,
of Swan precinct were in the city
for a short time Monday.
Alien Spindler and Marvin Van
Every spent Friday and Saturday
in Norfolk visiting friends.
The Friendly Neighbors exten
sion club met at the home of Mrs.
Tom Edwards Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Carson, ac
companied by Mrs. Carson's moth
er, Mrs. Scott, are up from Cham
bers today.
Tom Edwards returned Sunday
night after spending a week at the
bedside of his father, gravely ill at
Rockton, Wis.
L. H. Taylor has j, i»vved to River
ton, Wyo. He has been living on
a farm in southern Holt county on
highway 281.
R. H. Mills came over from
Gregory, S. D., Monday to make
some arrangements for moving
back to O’Neill.
Guy Cole of Emmet was in the
city yesterday and called on busi
ness, radiating a lot of good cheer
at the same time.
Mr. and Mrs.' .1. 0. Chocholouseh
and son, August, of Verdigre, vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Halva last Tuesday.
Mr3. John Golden, who has been
ill at the Western hotel the past
three weeks‘with pneumonia, is
still under the care of the nurse.
A baby boy wa > born to Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Saund rs .Sunday. The
mother and child, both in superb
condition, are at the home of Mrs.
Zastrow.
Mr. end Mrs. Don Powleski were
called to Ericson yesterday. Mrs.
Powleski's fath. - Mr.'Pierce, Jin
the drug bu. i ■ at Erie on, filed
suddenly.
Charlie Pettijohn, who has spent
the winter in the ity, made a trip
to the ranch up in Dustin last week.
He says they have pot thru the
winter in good ah pe up there.
Robert Remter, a former resid
ent of the Chambers community,
was in the city o\er night Monday
cn his way home near Lincoln after
a visit to relative; in Boyd county.
Miss Helen H \ earno up from
Grand Island L hui -d y for a
short visit at th one o ' Vie Hal
va. Miss Halva ft for Gregory,
S. D.. where she !1 visit with her
father for some no
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Dick Morrison I!:; us his father
is still at the In pita: in Omaha
and Mrs. Morm is staying with
him. It was i nd necessary to
reset the bones »• they had no.
started to heal properly,
Ralph Leidy, the enterprising
hatchery man, is busy these days
testing chicken florka on the farms
for disease reafters, similar to
what has been done among cattle
herds. Any flock from which he
secures eggs for hia hatchery is
given the test.
Last Rites Held Monday
At St. Patrick’s Church
For Mrs. Myron Sparks
Mrs. Ellen Sparks, another pion-1
eer, passed away Friday, March,
6, following a paralytic stroke.
Funeral was held Monday at St.
Patrick’s church, interment in Cal
vary cemetery.
Deceased was the daughter of
Michael and Margaret Sullivan,
who came to Pennsylvania from
Ireland and where she was born on
Feb. 7, 1868. In 1880 she came
with the family to Holt county and
in 1897 was married to Myron
Sparks. Her husband died some
five years ago. There are five
children, William, Edward and
Joseph Sparks and Mildred Davis
of O’Neill, and Margaret Lovey of
Omaha, surviving. Mrs. Sparks was
a sister of Supervisor John Sulli
van snd had a sister. Mrs. Margar
et Dwyer, at Denver.
Her death removes another from
the ranks of the fast diminishing
group of early pioneers. Her par
ents were among the first settlers
across the river south of town as
were also the family of her hus
band and Mr. and Mrs. Sparks had
made their home in the same
neighbrhood.
Asks O’Neill Man
For Information
Inquiry comes to Eli Hershiser
of this city for information con
cerning an old trail from the long
abandoned Ft. Niobrara, near Val
entine, to Ogallala. Grace McCoy
Hummel, at one time a Holt county
girl, is doing some historical re
search work in the counties west
of Holt. Another inquiry is where
the town of Irwin derived its name.
Mr. Hershiser has been able to
give some facts as he was in the
country from Valentine to Gordon
at the time. Irwin got its name
from Bennet Irwin, a ranchman.
Eli, another small town of that
section, was named for Mr. Her
[ shiser. He was endeavoring to
i hold down a claim and also a jub
with the newly built railroad. The
claim was “jumped” and he had to
take up quarters elsewhere, his last
stopping place becoming the town
of Eli.
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Estimates A Sortage
of About 300 Farms
Judge Tomlinson estimates that
there is a shortage ot 300 farms in
Holt county. Not that there isn’t
plenty of land. The need is for
buildings and fencing and improve
ments necessary to make farms.
There are vacant tracts of one sec
tion or more within a short dis
tance of O’Neill which could be
converted into fruitful farms sus
taining a considerable population.
The same is true all over the
county, some communities having
more and others less of little used
land. The judge also feels that
the one-year tenure of lease is an
expensive system, entailing much
moving each spring that is a waste.
The present unsettled state of in
dustry and uncertain property
rights now disturbing real estate
values in Nebraska combine to dis
courage capital to venture into
farm development.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. SusD Ross went home Sun
day afternoon, feeling much im
proved.
Mrs. Floyd Anderson and baby,
Mary Joann, of Chambers, went
home Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Ted Hopkins, of Inman sub
mitted to a minor operation Friday
the 6th, and went home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Lewis Taslor, who has been
in the hospital for sometime for
medical treatment is in '<■ -rious
condition at present.
Zcb Werner, who ha been i.> the
hospital the last week, is sUM in
a serious condition.
The weather gua; • t;. is 74
above Monday but enough of a
drop by Wednesday mm .1 <; to
form ice. ^Nobody L partie d.; ly
interested in the temper,it;: • ,.ily
as it goes to the extreme eer
way.
9 DAY BIRTHDAY RADIO SALE!
7-tube A. C. Console, $29.95—5
tube Mantel, $14.91—Farm Mantel,
complete with tubes, less batteries,
$14.95—“B” Batteries, 73c—House
Lamps, 7c—Flashlight Batteries,
3c—Dairy Pails, 3 for 79c—1 qut.
Varnish FREE with a gal of Egg
Shell Paint. Gamble Store.—Adv.
MINOR MATTERS
The school boy that hasn’t a bag
of marbels as he reluctantly heads
toward the temple of learning at
the clang of the first morning bell,
feels he is not properly equipped
for the more important affairs of
the day. He may be “skinned”
out of most of them by evening
but comes back with another sack
to enter the apena again next day.
One million dollars worth of
cattle were sold at the Atkinson
sale ring during 1935 according to
information at hand. At 4 per cent
sale charges a neat profit accrues
to the promoters of the enterprise
and the town business interests
profit to some extent. It will pro
bably show the largest turn over
of any single business in the
county.
Ed Burge had a fall from a lad
der at Inman Tuesday, sustaining
a fractured heel bone. He is now
at his home here with the foot in
a cast and will be laid up for some
weeks. He was at work at Inman’s
new school house when the accid
ent occurred. This is the second
accident that has befallen Ed, he
just lately having resumed work
after a long period of idleness from
an injury.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva and
family were surprised by a group
of friends last Friday night. The
evening was spent in visiting and
card playing, after which a delic
ious lunch was served. Those pre
sent were, Mr. and Mrs. William
Bruegman and family, Mrs. and
Mrs. Frank Jenson and son. Law
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Daily and
daughter, Betty, and Mr. and Mrs.
George Zink.
Five representatives frpm ad
ministrative headquarters at Lin
colncoln were in the city yesterday
and held a meeting at the Golden
hotel to talk over in an instructive
way matters pertaining to Hie as
sistant act. Fourteen counties are
in the O'Neill district. The county
treasurer and county board in each
county comprise committees to
pass upon the cases in their re
spective counties. Ten counties
had representation in the meeting
here.
Mrs. Meer, of Valentine, was in
the city Monday, returning her
daughter and two friends to St.
Mary’s academy after the qfeek-end
spent at home. Mrs. Meer is the
wife of Dr. Meer, at one time a
printer in O’Neill, now a dentist
and druggist at Valentine with an
extensive practice and large busi
ness. His drug store has attracted
country wide attention for furnish
ing a prescription which is said
to work wonders for asthma suf
ferers.
A tragedy—bloody, shocking, fa
tal—on the hard and cold pave
ment directly in view of the edit
orial sanctum with no possibility |
to act the role of the hero to the
rescue. A pair of White Leghorns
from the yard of a householder
wandered this way and were look
ing things over up and down the
curb when one ventured too far and
was caught in the hurrying traffic.
A spurt of blood, a flutter of wings,
a clawing of the air and that hen’s
day was done.
Editor Cronin, accompanied by
his son, J. D., drove to Sioux City
Sunday. J. D. returning to O’Neill
while D. H. proceeded to Rochester.
Minn., to the Mayo institution for
some medical work he lias had un
der contemplation all winter. He
expects to bo away two weeks.
Those in charge at The Frontier
will endeavor to keep the wheels of
industry going at the old stand
while Mr. Cronin is away and trust
he returns with the desired results
attained from the dental work in
volved.
About the earliest of 0’.V<"1!1
business men to get down to their
place of business in the morning is
Clyde King of the Galena lumber;
yard. Summer and winter, rain or
=hine. snow or blow, Mr. King is in
his office at 7 o’clock and puts in a
ten-hour day or longer when O'*-;
easion demands. Probably a habit
acquired in youth when a journey
man printer ten hours was a day's j
work. The writer imbibed the same
industrial philosophy which still ■
sticks. '
MRS. CHAPMAN DIES
AT HER SON’S HOME
MONDAY AT OMAHA
Funeral Held This Afternoon At
Episcopal Church. Interment
At Prospect Hill.
Many here were genuinely griev
ed to learn that Mrs. L. C. Chap
man had died Monday. March 9, at
the home of her son Lawrence in'
Omaha where she had gone only a
week previous. Friends knew that
she had not been in the best of
health of late weeks and her son
came here early last week to take
her to Omaha with him. The re
mains were brought to O’Neill by
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman Tuesday
and were at the Biglin chapel all
day yesterday for many friends
who wished to have the last look
at the calm and restful features of
another of our departed pioneer
women.
Angeline Simpson was born Jane
29, 1870, near Kingston, Ont., Can
ada. At the age of ten she went
with her parents to Iowa and in Hie
early 80’s they came to Holt county
and settled with other pioneers
near the river in the northwest
part of the county. When Angeline
became of age she took a home
stead. Interested in the natural
beauties, animals, birds and the
many wild and shy things on the
vast prairies all about she could
make friends even with these. A
pet badger she had tamed was the
source of Badger post office beimr
so named when Mrs. Simpson, her
mother, became postmistress.
In 1889 Miss Simpson was mar
ried to Lewis C. Chapman and they
made their home at Atkinson sev
eral years, two children, Ida Ber
nice and Lawrence, were born there
and in 1900 the family came to
O’Neill, Mr. Chapman transfering
his law business from there here.
Always active, progressive and in
terested in the better things, some
years ago she launched into busi
ness in O’Neill by opening a store
for the sale of ladies garments.
She met with marked success at
this. Four years ago her husband
died.
The funeral is held today at 2
o’clock at the little church Mrs.
Chapman and a few other O’Neill
ladies were responsible for build
ing, the Episcopal church on upper
Fourth street that is soon to be
removed to make room for the new
federal building. Rev. Snowden,
rector at Valentine, conducts the
services. Interment in Prospect
Hill. Her daughter, Mrs. Ulbrich
of Hollywood, Cal., and her son,
with his wife, from Omaha, and a
sisiter of deceased, Mrs. Robert
Byrnes from Minneapolis, are hert*:
Dorsey Club Meets
The Dorsey Project club held a
party on Marclr 7th at the home of
Mrs. Carl Grant with about forty
guests present. Most of the guests
arrived with “Dobbin” hitched to
their wagons, some driving as far
as eight miles. Onl£ two cars
ventured out and they had much
trouble trying to get thru the a!
most impassable roads.
The entire evening wa3 spent in
playing games, which kept the
crowd in a continuous uproar.
These were sponsored by Dome
Hansen and F. P. Hunter. A de
licious lunch was served at 12
o’clock and after an hour of social
chatting the guests departed for
their homes, declaring Mrs. Grant,
anil our program committee royal
entertainers.
There will be Lutheran service r
at the Episcopal church on Wed
nesday, March 18, at 2:30 p. m.,
conducted by Rev. Wm. G. Yahle,
of Atkinson.
CARD OF THANKS
Wc desire i) thank the many
kind friends : :d neighbors for
their thought.' :css and expres
sions of kindm ; and sympathy
during the illness and death of our
darling mother and sister, Mrs.
Myron Sparks.—The Sparks fanm
ily, Mr. John Sullivan and Mrs. J.
J. Dwyer.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and help in the death and
burial of our beloved husband,
father and brother. We also wish
to thank the South Side Improve
ment Club for their beautiful
flowers.—Mrs. Ambrose Slattery
and Children, Brothers and Sisters.
