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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1936)
^^^_tmm————————Mi_____— . ) | Over the County SOUTHWEST BREEZES By Romaine Saunders There were 17,897,169 votes Mr. Roosevelt didn’t get. A sizeable crowd. > Jim Seybold. of O’Neill, visited d the edge of the southwest a day last week. Amid the strife and turmoil throughout Europe all is serene with the Danes and Swedes. Six inches of snow of two inches that fell the 17th gathered in a can and melted was reduced to one inch of water. Thus a third of an inch of moisture is added to our soil. Since the first fall of snow in October there has been probably one foot in this section. Previous snow falls, however, did not contain the moisture of the one a week ago. The significance of a meadow lark perched upon a post during a snow fall in the southwest and winging its way to a safe distance as a passerby approaches is for the in terpreter of dreams and discerner of signs to say. A lark was seen during the snow fall Thursday morning. Maybe reverting to a type of some far distant ancestor of the snowbirds or one that had got his seasons mixed. Information comes to hand that Edgar Petersen, the popular At kinson creamery representative at Amelia, is one veteran who has put his bonus money to good use by investing in 800 acres of the south west’s grass land, property form erly owned by the senior John Kennedy in north central Swan pre cinct. Lands that have been taken over by loan companies are now available at bargains not likely to ever be seen again. Enroute to the club meeting at the E. E. Young home Thursday / Mrs. George Gilman and Mrs. O’Dair experienced the shivers of their car sliding in the snow out of the road, heading into the always present ditch and coming to a stop against a wire fence. It happended in front of Riley’s. There were men to help the ladies out of their dilema by taking them over to the party in time for the dinner, ex cavating their car a little later. J - 4 Maurice Kennedy had his ability * as a puncher tried out by a wild bovine and her progeny that got mixed with a herd on a neighbor ing ranch a day last week. It was a matter of getting her and the calf across that exceedingly fine strip of the terra covered by a wire fence. He undertook the job without being forked over a cow pony but a biped was a strange creature to her and only made mat ters worse. Eventually it took an experienced nag udder a rider who has developed a real puncher’s art to do the trick. Maurice can handle the worst of them when he has his boots thrust to the heels in the stirrups. Newspapers suddenly swing from from politics to romance—or shall we say the armours—of an English we say the omours—of an English American Vensus and Adonus. Ex planations, with intimations that we old foggies don’t “understand,” to the contrary notwithstanding, fit doth appear that an American born siren with two living husbands had been playing around with Ed w’ard when he was still Prince of Wales, and not altogether clandes tinely. When reproved by his father, the prince is said to have replied, “Sir, I will not be dictated to.” Indications are that there has been a throwback to Henry the Eighth in British royal blood. Nebraska will soon be trying out the one-house legislature idea. Members of that body representing one-fifth of the territory comprised in the state can control the entire group. Douglas county has seven members, Lancaster three and most of the other counties in the east ern one-fifth of the state have one member for two counties. From the coast line of Holt county on west to Wyoming the entire north J west strip has but three members V of the new form of legislative body, while ten entire counties comprise the Thirty-ninth district. The cattle producing section of the state has ten representatives as against thirty-eight from the crop producing lands. “The living know they shall die i but the dead know not anything." I* One by one the portals of the tomb are closing over friends of half a century. “Sliver” was a financial failure but a friend to all. I never knew him to darken the door of a church nor can/ a bank account,! but he had a place in the scheme of things—a place for which it semed there was none other. Incidents of which little note is taken yet dis closing the elements of the heroic often characterizes the lives of human failures. History takes no account of the innumerable occur ances that go to make up the sum total of our daily living. Among the many things that might be told in this column of Jim Trigg I recall today the time he stopped a runa way team at a risk none but he would take. It was one of those things of the long, long ago that come to the memory with the vivid ness of the present. It happened at the intersection down by the the old Evans hotel on lower Fourth street in O’Neill, later known as the Potter house and which finally burned to the ground. A team hitched to a top buggy with the top raised came plunging along the street in a wil runaway. Jim saw them coming and was galvan ized into action like a bolt of light ning. He got in front of the horses in an .effort to check the mad plunge but they raced on and as the buggy was passing he leaped over a front wheel, landed in the seat and gath ered in the lines. The frightened team was soon under control. “Sliver” moved with the agility of a cat. Personal consequences meant nothing to him when life or property was in jeopardy. A poet speaks of our “unsung heroes." Jim is dead; yet in the memory of at least a few he liveth in those deeds of daring that sprung spon taneous from a soul which never knew the consolation of religion nor sought the refining culture of art, oratory or literature. PLEASANT DALE Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Linus Howard in O’Neill Friday. Miss Marion Holbert was visit ing in this neighborhood. Wednes day afternoon. Arlene Beckwith spent Sunday afternoon with Naydene Kee. Alex McConnell and his crew are bailing hay for Chris Gathje. The Misses Mary Bruder, Mary Ann Winkler and Armella Pon gratz came home Friday evening to spend the Christmas vacation at their several homes. The young ladies are students of St. Mary’s Academy. Henry Segar, of Sutton, Nebr., made a short visit at the Gus Segar home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murray and Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy and family and John Ernst visited at the Ed Heeb home on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kubicheck spent several days at the John Jennings home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith entertained Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith and Leona Fern at din ner Sunday evening. Mrs. John Babl spent Wednesday afternoon at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heeb. The pupils and teachers of Pleas antdale are enjoying their holiday vacation this week. A nice crowd attended the pro gram and pie social at Pleasant dale school Friday evening, and $12.05 was taken in from the sale of the pies. Miss Angela Pribil is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pongratz were dinner guests at the Ed Heeb home Thursday. EMMET ITEMS The Ladies Aid of the M. E. church will be held Wednesday, Dec. 30, at the home of Mrs. Cecil McMillan, instead of at Mrs. Bon enberger’s as announced. Mrs. John Conard, Helen An spach, Mrs. Howard McConnell and son, J. A., and Sadie Marie and Calra Lowery were shopping in CVNeill Tuesday. W. R. Tenborg was a business visitor in Atkinson Tuesday. Mrs. Bob Strong and son, Leo, were in Emmet Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan. Mrs. Ella Dallegge, Mr. and Mrs. John Bonenberger and son, Duane, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bonenberger. Miss Geraldine Harris was in O’Neill on business Monday even ing. Kathleen Cadman spent Sunday afternoon at her home. With her were Dorothy, Lewis and Doris Rieken. Mrs. Jesse Wills spent Monday visiting her mother, Mrs. Anthony Welsh. Herman Grothe has started to work for W. R. Tenborg. Mr. and Mrs. John Bonenberger attended the Catholic Sisters play at Memorial Hall in Atkinson. Charles Strong has returned home to spend the winter. He has been with a CCC unit stationed at Fairbury. Mr. and Mrs. William Wolfe were guests of their daughter, Mrs. Clyde Allen and family, Sunday. Mrs. Joe Ziska nee Margaret Gaughenbaugh, was operated on for appendicitis at the Stuart hos pital this week. Mrs. Frank Sesler spent several days at Bassett visiting friends and doing Christmas shopping. Clyde Allen and son, Hugh Stan ley, and Joe Sesler were shopping in O’Neill Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Welsh went to Stuart to call on Mrs. Joe Zisla who is ill in the hospital there, on Tuesday. Ed Evans, Frank Sesler and Jerry O'Connor were O’Neill callers Tuesday. Mrs. Ella Dallegge of Atkinson was an Emmet caller Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bonenberger. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Jay of Dixon, Nebr., are expected to arrive in Emmet this week to spend. Christ mas with friends. Mr. Jay was minister of the Methodist church here for a year. Miss Marion Holbert will leave this week to spend Christmas at Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Emma Maring and son, Ollie, called on Mrs. Joe Ziska at the Stuart hospital Monday. Mrs. Alice Bridges is expected to arrive in Emmet to spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Guy Cole. B. W. Wagner, of Burwell, was in Emmet Tuesday on business. One of Walliss Tweedale’s semi trucks was wrecked near Randolph last week when the steering gear got out of order. Fortunately no one was hurt. Milt Lawrence is in O’Neill this week working on the sale pavillion being erected there. Mr. and Mrs. Elda Swiek of Clinton, and daughter, Mrs. Lawr ence Motz and daughter, Theresa, made a brief call at the W. Ii. Ten borg home on their way home from Meadow Grove, Where Mrs. Motz lives. INMAN NEWS Keith McGraw and Marvin Youngs, students at the state uni versity at Lincoln, are here to spend the holidays with the home folks. The community program put on by the Inamn schools will be held Wednesday evening at the school auditorium. Miss Gladys Hancock visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ohniart near Emmet Tuesday af ternoon. Several from Inman attended the program at the Willow Lake school house on Friday evening. The pupils under the supervision of their teacher, Miss McNichols, gave a fine program. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Coleman have gone to Lincoln to spend Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Jerry Hare and family. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Keyes and children spent the week-end in Omaha with his father who is in an Omaha hospital recovering from an operation. Andrus Pond of Craig, Nebr., was here several days of last week transacting business and visiting with old friends. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Conard on Sunday, Dec. 20, a baby boy. Mother and son are doing nicely. Mrs. R. L. Sharp of Los Angeles, Calif., was here several days this week visiting rmong old friends. Mrs. Sharp was a former Inman resident as Mr. Sharp was station agent here for a good many years. Mrs. Sharp expects to return after the holidays for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. George Thorp and Harry Thorp, all of Long Monte, Colo., were here last week visiting their sister, Mrs. George Killinger and other relatives. Elias Brumbaugh Monday, Dec. 6th marked the passing of one of Inman’s oldest pioneers, Elias Brumbaugh, at the age of 93 years, 7 months and 18 days. In spite of his advanced years Mr. Brumbaugh had main tained good health until a few days prior to his death when he suffered paralytic stroke from which he did not fully rally. Elias, son of John and Susie Brumbaugh, was born at Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio, April 18, 1843. At the age of two years he, with his parents, moved to Kindel ville, Noble county, Ind., where they resided for four years. When he was six years of age the family moved to Valparaiso, Ind., where he grew to manhood. Mr. Brumbaugh was a carpenter by trade and as a young man was very active in that occupation. On June 18, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Idilla Auten. To this union were born two child ren, Ezra A. of Blair, Nebr., and Mr3. Maysie Kelley of Inman. In 1881 he moved with his family to Saunders county, Nebraska, living there for one year after which they came to Inman. In 1882 they took their homestead which is about three and one-half miles south of Inman. He has lived on the home stead continuously since, a total of fifty-four years. When Mr. Brumbaugh and his family moved onto the place it was just an expanse of grass—no tim ber—just a sea of waving grass. This was a drastic change from Indiana, a state of heavy timber, flowers and birds and an abundance of wild fruits, etc. Mr. Brum baugh was a lover of the beautiful things of nature and at once began to make things at the homestead more attractive. Hundreds of cut tings, mostly cottonwood, were set out. Other timber nml and orchard followed. During the past fifty four years the trees have grown until the Brumbaugh homestead has one of the finest groves in the whole community, many of the huge cottonwoods having a trunk circumference of 11 to 14 feet. Mr. Brumbaugh took great pride in his farm and was a home loving man. He was a man of great hon esty, his word was his bond. Warm friendliness was also a character istic mark. He was one of the few really independent people, for he, like the blacksmith of poetical fame could “look the whole world in the face, for he owed not any man.” Never was there any in cumbrance on his home. The deceased was also a great lover of music, being especially fond of the violin. So fond in fact that he made more than seventy five of them, giving them to his children, grandchildren and friends, remarking as he presented them, “I planted the cutting, raised the timber, and made the ‘fiddle’ from my own growing.” Yes, this grand old pioneer was a lover of the beautiful — nature, music, but more than that was a lover of an honorable life and the pioneer type of fair dealing stayed with him during the years of his life. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, Idilla Brumbaugh, his son, Ezra A., daughter, Maysie B. Kelley, fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren with many relatives and a host of friends. Funeral services were at the M. E. church in Inman, Elder Charles Soderstein, L. D. S. pastor of Clearwater officiating, and burial was in the Inman cemetery. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. ., . _ __ MEEK AND VICINITY Word was recently received by relatives of the death of Henry Smith at his home at Sidney, Mon tana. Mr. Smith lived at Paddock for years. From there he moved to Boyd county, then to Montana. He had been in poor health for a long time. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife and several child ren, besides many other relatives and friends. Miss Maude Rouse, of O’Neill, spent the week-end at the Howard Rouse home. The program and social at Meek school on Thursday evening was a success. The children acted Jtheir parts well and the teacher, Mrs. Woodward, deserves a great deal of credit. They had not worked on the program very long. Walter Devall has been helping Preston Jones this week. Word was received a short time ago of the passing of Mrs. Joseph ine Joslyn. She lived only five weeks after her husband’s death, he dying at their home at Gillette, YVyo. After his death Mrs. Joslyn went to Belden, Nebr., to live with a (laughter, where she died. The program and box social held at the Benson school and sponsored by Mabel Jones and Dorothy Moler, the teachers at the Benson school and the one west, was a success. Everyone spoke highly of it and praised the teachers and pupils. Some from here attended ser vices at Atkinson last Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Frank Griffith was an over night guest of Miss Maude Rouse in O’Neill ySunday. In the coyote hunt of last Sun day only one was caught, some did not do as directed, resulting in some getting away. A nice program and social is re ported from the Leonie school on Tuesday evening. The children did nicely. Miss Edith Miller is the teacher. Arthur Rouse spent Tuesday evening at Frank Griffith’s. Wm. Hubby and Ralph Rausch are again helping Hostynek Bros, bale hay. Charlie Linn has been on the sick list the past few days with a severe cold. j Mrs. Will Langan and children and Miss May McGowan visited Mrs. E. H. Rouse on Sunday. Rural School Has A Christmas Program One of the most successful pre Christmas vacation school exercises was given by Miss Cleta McNiehols Friday night at her school house about four miles southwest of In man. The program was excellent, everyone taking part doing just splendidly. It was one of those things that make life in the rural school dif ferent from the average school. After the program was over Santa Claus, in the person of L. K. ar rived. He said that he came part of the way with sled dogs out of the far north. Then he hitched up Dunder and Blixon, the reindeer and came as far* as he could with them. On account of the lack of snow and the heavy load that he carried he had to abandon the reindeer and sleigh and charter an airplane until he came into Holt county, when he encountered a heavy mountainous current of hot air, after which he dropped down to earth and chartered an auto mobile. With all these troubles and trials he finally arrived at the school house with his load of pre sents, his sleigh bells jingling and his accordian. He made a very good Santa and the kids were delighted with him and his presents. More than one hundred friends of the teacher, and parents of the pupils were there to help celebrate. The guests from out of the district were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McNich ols and girls, Jim McDermott and the boys, Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey and daughters, Lucille and Clara, Mrs. P. V. Hickey and daughter, Mary, James Carney and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Quig. The teacher is to be congratulat ed on the manner in which the program was carried out. Let us hope we have another one soon.— Reporter. A BANK account is a delightful thing to possess. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undirided Profits, $125,000.00 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders. MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Holiday Trade Good O'Neill merchants report a very good holiday trade. The extra fine weather for this season of the year has curtailed the trade in winter clothing, but as a whole they say business has been good. State Treasurer Hall Dies State Treasurer George Hall, 66, died of a heart attack at his home in Lincoln last Monday evening. His present term would have ex pired Jan. 7, 1937. He served the state of Nebraska as state treas urer for eight years, two different terms, from 1915 to 1919 and was again elected in 1932. His deputy H. J. Murray has been appointed state treasurer to fill out his un expired term. 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CEIRISTHM Wishes To You All OUR GREATEST HOLIDAY BARGAIN $1.50 ALARM CLOCKS while they last for only 9Qc REDUCED LONG DISTANCE RATES CHRISTMAS DAY All DAY Christmas there will be re duced rates on long distance telephone calls. These lower rates will be the same as those already in effect every night from 7 p. m. to 4:30 a. m. and all day Sundays. All Day Christmas you can talk— 100 Airline Miles for 35c—a Reduction oi 25c 200 Airline Miles for 60c—a Reduction of 45c 300 Airline Miles for 75c—a !{eduction of 50c 500 Airline Miles for $1.10—a Reduction of 80c (These rates are for three minutes when you ask to talk with anyone available at the telephone called. Person-to-person rates also are reduced..) With night rates in effect all day Christ mas, you may prefer to make your calls on Christmas Day and avoid the possibil ity of delay on Christmas Eve when so many people are calling. 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