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" The Frontier VOL. LVIII O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937. No. 4 ’ NATIONAL OFFICER WILL BE HERE FOR WOODMAN MEETING Local Woodman Circle Will Also Have Several State Officers Here at District Meet. Mrs. Ethel Holiway of Montgom ery, Ala., national treasurer of the Woodman Circle, will be in O’Neill Saturday afternoon and evening, June 19, to attend a district con vention of the society at the I. O. O. F. hall. Members of O’Neill grove No. 128 will be hostesses, and delegates will be present from about twenty groves in Holt, An telope, Boone, Dixon, Knox, Madi son, Pierce, Stanton, Thurston and Nance counties. Among special guests for the oc casion will be: Mrs. Florence H. Jensen, Omaha, national regional director and state manager; Mrs. Ella Ferguson, Neligh, past state president; Mrs. Clara B. Miles, O’Neill, state president; Mrs. Stel MRS. ETHEL HOLIDAY la Callahan, Scottsbluff, state sec retary; Mrs. Carolyn Gray, Omaha, state treasurer; Mrs. Flora Mc Guire, Pender, state assistant at tendant; Mrs. Christine TenBrink, Norfolk, state auditor; Mrs. Emma Leamy, Pierce, state auditor; Mrs. Anna Jensen, Plainview, state inner sentinel; Mrs. Ruth Marhenke, Lin coln, state captain; Mrs. Marie Olsen, Omaha, state musician, and Mrs. Norma Rhode, Cedar Bluffs, president of Founder’s dist. No. 1. Mrs. Julia Graves, O’Neill, dis trict president, is in charge of plans for the program and will pre side over the sessions. Mrs. Ella Porter, district secretary, and Miss Lanone Miles, district junior coun selor, will have important parts on the program. The convention will begin at 1 p. m. with formal opening exer cises, introduction of visitors and seating of district officers. At torney Emmett Harmon will give the welcome address and Mrs. Mar garet Reimers of Norfolk, will re spond. Mrs. Miles will welcome the Visitors on behalf of the graves. There wrill be a business session, election of new district officers and exemplification of the ritualistic work, with the Norfolk drill team assisting. The LaRocca-Talley guards of Omaha, will assist with the initiation of a large class of candidates. The charter will be draped for deceased members by the Pender grove delegation. At 6:30 p. m. there will be a banquet at the Golden hotel, with Miss Beryl Winchell, guardian, as toastmistress. At 8 p. in. there will be an open meeting. A number of juniors will be graduated into the adult society with the Neligh drill team assist ing. The O’Neill juniors will pre sent a program of drills and music al and other entertainment num bers. A special military drill will be presented by the LaRocca-Talley drill team of Omaha. The program will also include installation of newly elected district officers, en tertainment features and talks by national and state officers. Mrs. Holiway will tell about the pro gress of the home for aged mem bers and orphan children which the society maintains at Sherman, Tex. This month groves thruout the jurisdiction are observing the sev enth anniversary of the dedication of the first building of the home. A special fancy drill of the O’Neill adult and juvenile teams and teams from Omaha and Nor folk will close the convention. The public is invited to attend the evening program. i Attends W.C.T.U. Meeting Miss Meta M. Martin returned Wednesday from Washington, D. C., where she has been attending a World’s W. C. T. U. convention. Thirty-six countries were repre sented of which Finland was the guest of Nebraska. The govern ment gave $10,000 for the expenses of this meeting and President Roosevelt sent Secretary of State Hull to speak to the delegates on Thursday afternon. Canker Worms Infest Holt County Trees Canker worm, another pest to be reckoned with, is infesting scores of trees in Holt county. Reports of damage are being made to the county farm bureau office. The worm is not only attacking trees in towns but also elms along river courses and in creek bottoms. Some apple trees are being infested. Re ports of damage to hackberries are also being made. Prof. M. H. Swenk, chairman of the entomology department at the Nebraska college of agriculture, advises spraying with a solution of arsenate of lead, one and one half pounds of the powder to fifty gallons of water where spraying facilities are available in control ling the pest. The full-grown caterpillers, after feeding on the leaves, spin silken threads to the ground following them down and entering the soil, where they pupate, according to Prof. Swenk. Thru cultivation of the ground beneath the trees be tween Julyl and next winter will destroy some pupae and have some control value. The most useful control measure is banding the trees with sticky bands early in March to prevent the wingless canker worm moths from crawling up the trees and laying their eggs on the leaves. Cattle Prices Steady At Good Demand; Price On Hogs Sags; Horses Up Atkinson, Nebr., June 8.—Stock ers and feeders and all classes of breeding cattle found a ready sale at stronger levels at Tuesday’s auction. Recent rains thru South Dakota have revived a keen de mand from that state. However South Dakota buyers had plenty of competition from both Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. The cattle of fering lacked the quality of recent weeks. Some good light yearlings of but fair quality sold at 7.75 while the heifers of the same brand sold at 7.05. Very few light cattle regardless of quality had to sell below 6.00 while the very plainest kinds sold at 5.00 and above. Cows and fat heifers continue in good demand at about steady figures. Best here sold at 7.00 to 7.95; can ners and cutters at 3.50 to 4.50; heavy killing cows at 5.00 to 6.00; bulls at 4.75 to 5.75. Silghtly over 300 head of cattle were on sale. The demand for feeder pigs was less urgent than a week ago and prices tended to sag. Wet sows also showed a loss of 25 to 35 cents a hundred while the top fats sold about steady. Weanling pigs and piggy sows found a ready outlet to local farmers at fully steady prices. Best fats at 10.90 to 11.05; heavy feeders at 9.50 to 10.50; light feeders at 10.50 to 11.50; wet sows at 9.00 to 10.00; weanling pigs at 4.00 to 5.50 a head. The horse market’ carried a firm tone at the seasons best prices. Demand was mostly for something to work. Next auction, Tuesday, June 15, at 1 p. m. Country Club Notes Last Sunday evening the first of the summer parties was held at the club. It was a very enjoyable af fair and was attended by about sixty people. The next party will be held on Tuesday, June 29, and on each following Tuesday there will be a party. President Burgess will name the committee to handle the Fourth of July celebration within a few days. It is planned to have a beautiful fireworks display as in the past. It is necessary that all member ships be paid in order to particip ate in the coming tournament. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Miles left Friday for Chadron, Nebr., to spent a few days visiting at the home of their son, Fay Miles. They re turned home Tuesday morning. GRADUATION HELD PAST WEEK FOR 17 ST. MARY’S SENIORS Class Day Exercises Are Held At Academy, And Commencement Friday at the Church. A large number of relatives and friends gathered in St. Mary’s as sembly hall on the evening of June 3, to witness the Class Day pro gram carried out by seventeen sweet girl graduates. The simple modesty and beauty of the picture presented by the class on the stage in their graceful white gowns and with their quaint curtsies Is one which those who attended cannot soon forget. May the ideals they typified be theirs ’til life’s end. Commencement took place on Friday, June 4, in St. Patrick’s church at 9:30 a. m. A scholarly and practical address was given by Rev. C. A. Beyersdonfer of St. John’s, Deloit, Nebr., in which he outlined a plan of life and charac ter building based on the cardinal virtues, prudence, justice, temper ance, and fortitude. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John G. McNamara conferred the honors on seventeen young ladies of the high school and twenty-four eighth grade pupils. Scholarships were won by Miss Elsie Peter, Miss Mary Janet Ku bitschek, Miss Gertrude Langer, Miss Grace Pribil and Miss Marie Antoinette Stewart. A fitting close to the elebration was Benediction of the Blessed Sac rament, given by the Rev. Peter Vanderlaan. Eniight-Semlak Nuptials Held Tuesday Morning Wed Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s church in this city, Miss Eileen Enright became the bride of Thomas Semlak of Norfolk, Nebr., in the presence of the members of the family, immediate relatives and a group of friends. Father Worth men of Butte, performed the ceremony. The bride wore a navy blue crepe cape ensemble, trimmed in green, and navy blue accessories. She wore a corsage of talisman roses. Miss Loretta Enright, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and wore navy blue net trimmed in white, with navy blue accessories, and a corsage of talisman roses. Joseph Semlak, a nephew of the groom, was best man. Following the ceremony a wed ding breakfast was served to seven teen relatives and friends at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Enright. The bridal couple left shortly after the breakfast fos a three weeks trip to the pacific northwest, thru Port land, Ore., and down the west coast into Mexico. They will be at home after July 15 at Norfolk, Nebr., where they have their home already furnished. The bride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Enright, received her education in O’Neill, graduating from St. Mary’s academy with the class of ’27. She took her nurses training at St. Catherine’s hospital, Omaha, and while there promised Father Worthmen, then hospital chaplain, that if she should marry he could perform the ceremony, which promise she kept. She fin ished her nurses training in 1932 and since then has worked as a registered nurse in Omaha and for the past year at Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Norfolk. She is one of O’Neill’s fairest daughters and has a host of friends here who wish for her and the man of her choice a long and happy wedded life. The groom is an employee of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, and is a graduate of South high school of Omaha. He is a pleasant young man, with a very likeable personality. Out of town guests at the wed ding were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Semlak and daughter, Celia, of Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Micek of Chadron, Nebr. Returns from West Visit J. A. Mann returned last Satur day night from a three weeks trip to the west coast. His first stop on the trip was at Seattle, where he took in the sights for a few days and then visited Port Angelus, Wash., where he visited at the home of Rafe King, a brother of Clyde King and a former O’Neill boy. He is engaged in business in that city and Joe says that he is prospering. At his home Mr. Mann met Charles W. Hamilton, who formerly lived at Stuart and was sheriff of this county in the early nineties. Mr. Hamilton lias a ranch in Montana, w'hich is operated by one of his sons while he makes his home at Port Angelus with his daughter, Mrs. Rafe King. Joo says that Mr. Hamilton is hale and hearty and appears to be enjoying life. From there he went to Sun Diego where he visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Stannard and while there met and visited with Jake Hershiser, for marly years a resid ent of this city and later of Nor folk. Joe says all of the O’Neill people on the coast were getting along nicely and prospering. Interstate Power Co. Would Rebuild Dam The following from Thursday’s edition of the Lincoln State Journal is the first intimation in this sec tion that a movement was on for the repairing of the Spencer dam that was destroyed several months ago. From the within article it seems as if the Interstate Power company of this city was interested in acquiring the property. “E. A. Wisco, operating engineer for the Interstate Power company of Dubuque, which serves a num ber of northeastern Nebraska towns with current for light and power, has asked the railway com mission to furnish him with a statement of its opinion on the value of the property of the North ern Nebraska Power company five miles cast of Spencer. Several years ago the earth part of the latter’s dam went out, leaving its powerhouse powerless. Later a re organization of the company was effected and funds furnished for rebuilding the plant. Most of the bonds issued are held by the St. Paul Fire & Marine insurance com pany of Minnesota, and when the concrete part of the dam was dumped and twisted into the river by the action of the Niobrara some months ago, it declined to supply funds for rebuilding. The com pany said it was in the insurance business, not the utility business. “The Interstate Power company, which had a contract from the be ginning of operation of the North ern Nebraska to take all its cur rent, has secured an option on the plant still left for $60,000, and plans to spend $100,000 more to put in a dam elsewhere than on the shale which proved the undoing of the old dam. Mr. Wisco asked tfie commission to make a state ment to the effect that the property still intact is worth $60,000. Since the disaster the company has had to draw on other sources of supply, but finds manufacturing cheaper at the Spencer plant.” Grasshopper Bait To Be Shipped In Word was received by Agricul tural Agent F. M. Reece, that a carload of grasshopper bait mater ial would be shipped to Holt county as soon as possible. Anyone wish ing bait should get in touch with Mr. Reece or call their county sup ervisor at once. The raw material for the bait is shipped out this year and must be mixed before going out to be spread on the land. While the hoppers are young is the most successful time to treat as 100 pounds of bait applied early is worth a ton in July. Others Make ’Em Too Readers have been heard to make fun of the local papers on occas ions when they found a word or two misspelled in an edition occasion ally. We would like to call their attention to the fact that one of the large dailies the other day car ried a notice of the death of Wil liam H. Thompson of Grand Island, for many years a prominent figure in Nebraska politics, and the pic ture accompanying the article was that of William Hale Thompson, formerly a resident of this county and for many years mayor of Chi cago. Then only on Tuesday one of them carried over a dozen errors in a little short story of only about six inches. So it is not only the country papers that make the er rors, their metropolitan brothers are also guilty. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carey of Middlebranch visited Tuesday af ternoon at the Emil Block home. PLANS BEING LAID FOR ANNUAL CLUB GOLF COMPETITION Largest Crowd In Its History Is Expected Here June 20 For The Golf Tournament. On June 20, 21 and 22 the O’Neill Country Club will hold its sixteenth annual tournamant. The indication? are that the meeting this year will bring more pleasure than any of the previous tourna ments. In all probability the at tendance will be the largest on record. Of recent years the annual tour nament has developed into a home, coming and reunion of former O’Neillites. All persons who form erly lived in O’Neill and are con templating a trip back to the old home town are urged to come at this particular time, inasmuch as they will be certain to meet all their friends and acquaintances of other days. The entertainment promises to be of the best. Naturally the golf tournament will be the big feature, but the ladies bridge parties will be cer tain to please all lady visitors. Mrs. Edward Gallagher is in charge of the bridge parties and has named a committee to make these parties come up to the standards of the past. The club house will be entirely redecorated under the supervision of Cob Olson and Arthur King. Abundant rains will make the course perfect at the time of the tournament. Former Emmet Man Dies at Yankton, S. D. Jerome Maring died at Yankton, S. D., last Thursday evening after an illness of but a few days at the age of 58 years. The body was brought to this eity last Tuesday and the funeral was held that after noon, and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Jerome Maring was born at Cen terville, Iowa, March 15, 1879. At the age of four years his parents came to this county, locating near to manhood and lived until 1925 Emmet where the deceased grew when he moved to Yankton, S. D., where he had since made his home and was an employee of the Gurney Seed Co. He was married in this county to Miss Sybil Harding, who with a son, are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate husband and father. Healso leaves three sisters, Mrs. John Horn and Mrs. A. Ashton, formerly of Emmet, but now residing in Oregon, and Mrs. Ella Herrick, of Norfolk. Besides his immediate family he leaves sev eral cousins and many friends in this county where he lived for nearly fifty years. Youthful Journalistic Ambitions Awakened by Screen Star’s Death By A Harlow Fan On Monday, June 7, a shocked world learned of the death of Jean Harlow, glamorous “platinum blond’’ actress from uremic poison ing. She passed away in a Holly wood hospital at 11:37 p. m. She was admitted to the hospital the same day, although she had been sick since May 29th. It is said that she had a premonition of death. It can be truly said that it was devotion to her work that caused Jean’s death. She would not sub mit to an operation, which usually cures uremic poisoning, because it would mean the losing of money for M. G. M., as she would be laid up for quite a while. She also be lieved that she would be cured without an operation. Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter at Kansas City 2(5 years ago last March. Her first visit to Holloywood was when she was ten years old and it ended in a spell of homesickness and she re turned home. Later she went back and attended a Hollywood school for girls. In the meantime she had appeared with Clara Bow in a pict ure, but the part was small and she soon forgot all about it. How ever one day a friend of the family told Jean she had seen the picture and was sure that Jean would be a great actress. This friend was Marie Dressier. Her first starring part was in Hell’s Angels with Ben Lyons and James Hall. Since then (her first picture was in 1930) she had ap peared in many pictures with such great stars as Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Wallace Berry,Spencer Tracy and in such pictures as Chtna Seas, Wife vs. Secretary, Riff Raff and many others. At the time of her death she was working in Saratoga, a racing picture, opposite Clark Gable. This picture, however, so says Mr. Mayer of M. G. M. will be scratched at a cost of half million dollars to the studio. Jean Harlow was almost usually cast as a rough, unsympathetic type of girl but in real life this was not like Jean at all. She was gracious, modest, unasuming and with a keen sense of humor and a sense of fair play. She also proved she had a heart as beautiful as Jean herself, whose beauty was the admiration and envy of millions. The screen has lost one of its out standing stars and film lovers one of its greatest attractions. M. C. Funeral For Mrs. Mae Simpson Will Be Held In O’Neill Next Sunday Mrs. May Simpson died at her home about three miles southwest of this city about 9 o’clock this morning, after an illness of more than a year of cancer. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m., from the Methodist church, Rev. A. J. May officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mae Column was born at Neola, Iowa, on December 5, 1882, and was 64 years, 6 months and 6 days old at the time of her death. On April 1, 1903, she was united in marriage to Guy P. Simpson, the ceremony being performed at Armour, S. D. Four children were born of this union, three sons and one daughter. The children are: Ralph A., Clar ence W., Mildred Ruth and Russell Gordon. The family moved to this county in the spring of 1936, coming here from Fairfax, S. D., and during their residence in the county have lived south of this city. Past Week Sees Three New 4-H Clubs Formed Handy Helpers Cooking Club The Handy Helpers Cooking club of Page, organized again this year with Mrs. B. H. French as leader and Rose Snyder as assistant lead er. The officers and members of the club are as follows: Betty Lou French, president; Lorraine French, vice president; Ruth Mary French, secretary; Marie Funk, news re porter; Elinore Trowbridge, Vir ginia Funk, Virginia Murphy, Beth Murphy, Dorothy Albright. Izeta Lipsky and Juanita Albright. Kim Grove Poultry Club The Elm Grove Poultry club or ganized this year with Mrs. Blake Benson as leader and Mrs. John Grutsch as assistant leader. The officers and members of the club are Madelyne Hynes, president; Mary Jane Moler, vice president; Inez Benson, secretary; Irene Mo ler, news reporter; Lavonne Moler and Russel Moler. New Stocker-Feeder Club A new Stocker Feeder club has been organized with Mrs. John Grutsch as leader, and Mrs. Blake Benson as assistant leader. Of ficers and members of the club are Marie Hynes, president; Hugh Ben son, vice president; Maurice Gru tsch, secretary; Donald Hynes, news reporter and DeMaris Benson. Attend P. C. A. Meeting At Broken Bow, Nebr. D. C. Shaffer and James W. Rooney, returned Friday evening from a farm credit conference held on Thursday and Friday at Broken Bow, Nebr. Mr. Schaffer attended at president and Mr. Rooney as secretary and treasurer of the O’Neill Production Credit associa tion, which provides credit for live stock and farming operations. Fire Burns Ak Stable A disasterous fire swept the stables at the Ak-Sar-Ben race track in Omaha last Sunday after noon causing the death of two men and the loss of about 75 horses, about half of them running horses ( that were there participating in the present race meet. The financial loss, as a result of the fire is es timated at between $150,000 and $200,000. Among the horses lost in the fire was Arrowheart, raised and trained by Sheriff Peter Duffy. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. FINAL PLANS MADE FOR COURT HOUSE DEDICATION HERE ! Governor Cochran and Judge E. F. Carter Are On Program for Next Wednesday. Final arrangements were made ut a meeting held in the Assemby room in the court house last Fri day afternon for the dedication of the new court house, which will be held next Wednesday, June 16. ! This promises to be a great day in O’Neill and citizens from all parts of the county are cordially in vited to visit the city that day and inspect the new building that has been erected in this city to house the officials of the county, who are looking after the business of all the people of the county. This is not an O'Neill celebration, but a cele bration for all the people of the county, as it is their property that is being dedicated. Governor Cochran will be here and will be the principal speaker of the day. Governor Cochran was raised in western Nebraska,» in Lincoln county, and he is familiar with the problems that confronted the people in the western part of the state in earlier years. Edward F. Carter, born and raised in the eastern part of this county, now a member of the Ne braska supreme court, will also be here and will speak of the early days in Holt county, when his par ents lived on a farm in the Middle branch section of the county. Bands from the following towns in the county have been invited to attend and assist in the exercises of the day: Stuart, Atkinson, Page, Ewing and O’Neill, and they are expected to furnish soul-stirring music during the day. One of the attractive features of the day will be the presence of Foster May of Omaha, who will broadcast his “Man on the Street” from this city that day from 12:45 to 1 o’clock. Holt county citizen* have become familiar with Mr. May thru his broadcasts over WOW during the past two years and they will have an opportunity neat Wednesday to see him in person. Following is the program that has been arranged for the day: 11:00 A. M. Historical parade, with all the bands present partic ipating. 12:45 P. M. Foster May, “Man on the Street.” 1:00 P. M. Luncheon at the Gold en for Governor Cochran, Judge Carter atid other distinguished vis iting guests and representatives of the various towns in the county. Those desiring tickets for this luncheon should contact R. E. Gal lagher of O’Neill. 2:JO P. M. Address by Govern or Cochran and Judge Carter in front of the new court house. During the day the Pep Squad from the public school, who have been in training for the past week under the direction of Mrs. E. M. Gallagher, will escort visitors thru the new court house, showing them the various offices in the building. The Weather This county was visited with an other nice rain last Thursday night, Friday and Saturday, amounting to 1.02 inches, for the three days. The rainfall was quite general over the county, heavier in the western and northern part of the county than in this section. This brings the rain fall for the month of June up to 1.02 inches and for the year to 9.01 inches. Following is the weather chart for the past week: High Low Mois. June 3 _ 80 49 June 4_76 49 .28 June 5 _52 44 .63 June 6 _ 64 45 .03 June 7 __ 74 44 June 8_ 75 45 June 9_ 62 46 Rev. H. D. Johnson and Clyde Burge left last Monday morning for Hastings, Nebr., where they will attend the annual meeting of the Nebraska Presbyterian Synod. They expect to return home Thurs day night. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neigh bors for their kindness during the illness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Catherine Matthews. —Her children.