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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1937)
Neb' Statc Histo«caJ Society The Frontier 1 VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937. No. 15 t BURGESS WILL FILL PLACE ON SCHOOL BOARD OF DOWNEY Selection Made At Meeting Held Monday Evening. Faculty Vacancies Filled At a meeting of the O’Neill school board last Monday night Dr. L. A. Burgess was elected as a member of the board of education, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of L. E. Downey. At this meeting Miss Frances Tomjack of Ewing, was elected to teach the eighth grade in the pub lic school and Miss Mildred Miller, also of Ewing, was selected as teacher of the fourth grade, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig nation of Miss Hilma Zimmerman, who was elected to the position at the May meeting of the board and resigned a couple of weeks ago. The entire faculty has now been selected for the ensuing school year and everything is in readiness for the opening of the O’Neill public school Monday, September 6, 1937. Body of Mrs. Corrigan Former Resident, Is k Bro’t Here For Burial Mrs. Birdget N. Corrigan, widow of P. C. Corrigan, died at her home in Omaha last Tuesday, after an illness of several weeks of ailments incident ta. old age. The body will be brought to this city on the North Western tonight and will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Quilty until 9 o’clock tomorrow morning L when the funeral will be held from ' St. Patrick’s church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery at the side of her husband, who passed away in 1922, and a little daughter who died a good many years ago. Mrs. Corrigan was 83 years of age. Mrs. Corrigan was a resident of this city for a good many years, where her husband was engaged in the drug business until about 190C> when he disposed of his business to Frank Pixley and T. D. Hanley. The Corrigans moved to Omaha about 1907 and she made her home in that city up to the time of her death. She had many friends in this city, where she came as a bride in the early eighties, who will regret to learn of her death. Holt County W. C. T. U. Will Convene At Page The annual convention of the Holt county Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held next Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the 1 Methodist church of Page. A fine program has been ar ranged for this meeting. The fore noon session will be taken up with reports of county officers, the meet ing of the executive committee, county directors reports, old and new business, song and noontide prayer. During the afternoon an address ■ will be given by Miss McCullough, county superintendent of schools, on “Character Education.” Miss Martin will bring echoes from the World's W. C. T. U. convention, and a round-table conference will be conducted_ by the different di rectors, led by the director of al cohol education. Rev. Marien Halbert of Emmet will bring a message during the evening. Songs, instrumental music and readings will be interspersed thru the meeting. A general good time is planned and everybody is cordially invited. The ladies of Page will serve lunch at both noon and evening. All Counties Open For Pheasant Season The entire state of Nebraska has been thrown open to pheasant hunters this fall. Heretofore only a few counties have been available to hunters. Open season will be gin on October 17 and run thru nine days, ending October 26. Shooting hours will be from 6 a. m. to 7 p. m., and the daily bag limit is placed at five birds, two of which may be hens. The Weather Intense heat has been the record for the past week in this section of the state, as well as practically the entire state for the past week, and it also has been very dry in most parts of the state. Last even ing this section was visited with a shower that measured .21 of an | inch here and was much heavier northeast of this city and a little further north. Corn in a large part of the county has been burned beyond redemp tion, but there will be a little corn in most sections, but nothing like the promises of a great crop we expected when this month started. Those who have been making trips to the various parts of the county during the past week say there will be some corn but not very much, except in the loose sandy soil, which seemed to hold the moisture better, and the corn there is in good shape. Following is the weather chart for the past week: High Low Mois. Aug. 19. 98 70 Aug. 20 __ 89 60 Aug. 21 .~~ 88 54 Aug. 22_ 94 60 Aug. 23 _ 90 61 Aug. 24 96 65 Aug. 25 - 97 70 .21 — Former Secret Service Head and Brother of Mrs. Weekes Is Dead Mrs. S. J. Weekes left for Om aha Wednesday morning, being called there by a telegram announc ing the death of her brother, David W. Dickinson, in a hospital there, following a heart attack suffered last Sunday. Mr. Dickinson was 60 years of age and was well known in this city where he visited many times at the home of his sister. D. W. Dickinson was in the em ploy of the government in Omaha for many years, first in the dis trict attorney’s office and later as chief of the Omaha Secret Service for about twenty years, prior to his retirement five years ago. As chief of the secret service he assisted in ■rounding up manj counterfeiters and in trailing gangs passing worthless war savings certificates. In 1922 Mr. Dickinson headed the special body guard of President Harding on the presidential party’s tour of Yellowstone park. He was recognized by all federal employees as one of the aces in the secret service division. He was a fine appearing and af fable gentleman and had many friends in the federal service, not only in Omaha, but all over the United States. He is survived by a son, Lawrence, in Omaha, and a sister, Mrs. S. J. Weekes of this city. Three Silage Meetings Will Be Held Friday Ross Miller from the agricultur-1 al college at Lincoln, will discuss; trench silos, their construction and use at a series of meetings in Holt county Friday, August 27. His schedule arranged in connection j with the Holt County Farm bureau will be: Atkinson, Park House, 10 a. m. O’Neill, Old Court House, 1:30 p. m. Page, City Hall, 3:30 p. m. Everyone interested in silage is invited to attend one of these meetings. Farm Bill First January Business i Members are promised that a farm bill, long-range one, will be the first matter of business next January. Cotton farmers say they are going to have a good cotton crop and that prices are dropping. They want a “cost of production” loan on cotton. Corn district con gressmen say they will have a big corn crop. They want “cost of production" loan on corn. So these factions are joining together in a fight to stave off adjournment until they are promised a loan on their 1937 crop to beat what they allege is a plot by speculators to get hold of this year’s crop at the expense of the producing farmers. At the same time the CIO and other labor groups are here urging members to stave off adjournment‘until the wage-hour bill is passed. Author Hears Nebraska Girl Recite His Creed Little Gloria Ingolsby of Omaha, 13-year-old daughter of Tom In golsby the Nebraska representative of the United Press in Nebraska, waved to Tyler Page, the author of “America’s Creed” in the House gallery today. Page, who was born in the home city of Barbara Fritch ie, heard this little Nebraska girl recite his “creed.” Then he auto graphed a copy of that creed for her and now the little Nebraska girl is going back home to tell her school chums about the thrill she had when she visited Washington. Ready To Go Home The Nebraska delegation is ready to go home. Most of them, how ever plan a few weeks rest before going into their districts. Con gressman Coffee has rendered valu able work on the agriculture com mittee. Mrs. Coffee is one of the most outstanding Nebraska women in Washington. She is president of the seventy-fourth congress wo men’s organization. Congressman Luckey has concentrated a great deal on fighting army and navy ex penditures and has worked for in ternational peace. He has some hopes of visiting Europe before go ing home. Mrs. Luckey plans to visit her daughter in California. Congressman McLaughlin is a member of the powerful Judiciary committee on which he has worked a long time with results that have made him a leading member of that committee. Congressman Binderup has concentrated on monetary re form. Ne has gotten up what he pow calls “Uncle Sam’s Hospital Chart” in which he shows how he believes money reform would solve most of our problems. Generally speaking, this first session of the 75th Congress has been a very strenuous one for every member of the Nebraska delegation which has worked harmoniously on most all legislation that in any way effects our state. Regardless of party pol itics these Nebraska members have been in frequent huddles discussing national legislation affecting Ne braska. BRIEFLY STATED Alyce Jane McHenry entertained eight of her girl friends Wednes day evening at a theatre party, following which they enjoyed a delicious lunch at the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. A. Nelson. Alyce Jane, whose home is in Omaha, has been a house guest of her aunt and uncle for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Horiskey and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W'il liam Darling and Walter Horiskey left this morning for their home at Cody, Wyo., after a three weeks visit with relatives and old-time friends in this city. It had been six years since Jack had been in O’Neill and he said that he noticed many changes for the better in the city during that time, Mrs. Jake Schweitzer of Milford, for many years a resident of this county, died at her home at Milford last Monday night, after a short illness. Mrs. Schweitzer was visit ing at the home of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Allen, here a little over a week ago, and was not feeling well at that time. Mrs. Allen went down to Milford Monday morning, her grandson coming from Milford after her. Mrs. Thomas Green entertained eight girls at a watermelon party at her home Tuesday evening, hon oring her niece, Mary Catherine Regan of Omaha, who is visiting here. The following were the guests: The Misses Constance Golden, Constance Biglin, Verne Coyne, Marjorie Cronin, Betty Mc Nally, Alyce Jane McHenry of Om aha, and Laverne Schultz of At kinson. The young folks had a de lightful time. Mrs. Mattie Soukup and son, Francis, and sister, Mrs. E. Per kins, of Page, her father, R. H. Murray and niece, Elaine Streeter, returned last Saturday from a ten day trip to western South Dakota and Sheridan, Wyo. At Lead, S. D., they visited the home of Mrs. Soukup’s brother, George Murray and family, and then went to Sher idan, Wyo., where they V’rited at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ray Williams and family. They had an enjoyable trip, without car trouble. CARD OF THANKS We desire to extend our heart felt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors for their words of sympathy and the many beautiful floral offerings at the funeral of our beloved husband and; father. Your kindness to us in' our hour of sorrow will ever be gratefully remembered. — Mrs. j George Bowden and children. SOUTHWEST BREEZES By Romaine Saunders Jack Davis, representing Miller Bros. Chevrolet Co. of O’Neill, was in this community a day last week. Miss June Snelion of Long Pine, is staying at the home of her aunt, Mrs. George Cottier, in this neigh borhood. «■* Hylus Farrier of Chambers, was over this way a day last week spot ting ranchers who have stock ready for market. The compiler of the Breezes has heard of but one case of sleeping sickness among horses of the south west. It was reported that at the Boetcher ranch in southwest Swan some forty head of horses were vaccinated when the disease affect ed one of the herd. No anthrax re ported in this neighborhood. Ed Turner, the genial star route carrier on the Atkinson-Amelia \mail line, is trying his hand with the fish rod up in Minnesota during his summer vacation this season. Floyd Vequist of O’Neill, is at tending to the mail service and has captivated the patrons along the route with his million dollar smile. A local contemporary discusses the cause and Cure of droughts. Turning to the same bibical back i ground the writer has employed, The Psalmist David gives this ! simple remedy: “Let the people - praise thee, O God; let all the peo j pie praise thee. Then shall the | earth yield her increase.” Or is it | so simple? A wayfarer, who gave his age at <52 and occupation that of a laborer, was found resting at the barnyard windmill a hot noontime last week. He was wending his leg-weary way to friends some 10 miles further on and stopped to $ae if a morsel of food was available and to rest in the shade. With the garden plot yield ing abundance it was a simple and pleasurable task for the la^y of the house to gratify his hunger. Like the ancients of Bible days, he car ried his bed with him, a mat and coat tied into a pack with a rope, and after being refreshed swung the load to his back and plodded westward. He had come thus from Cedar county. The historical controversey in the O’Neill papers having subsided without “the oldest inhabitant” be ing introduced, I risk the temerity of laying that distinction on Sam Thompson at O’Neill, who was about the first wee kid on the banks of the Elkhorn years before O’Neill was thought of. To keep up our interest my friend Senator Robert son comes aboard with some en lightening dope respecting federal loans. Government notes with farmer’s names attached now fall like a black shadow across Nebras-’ ka. Men and women worn with j life's hard toil are surrendering I their holdings to federal agents and stepping out over the thresh hold of home to God only knows where. Landed interests of ancient Egypt, Assyria, Rome, became the property of the crown through pro cesses now at work in America. I have been away most of the. summer. It is fine to be back for a week. The Breezes have not been stirring for many weeks. No body is the worse for that. Our lines may be cast in ever so pleas ant places and among the choice of our fellow creatures, but the hom ing instinct will not be denied. Neighbors, friends, family, the j sweep of prairie, trees, flowers, the feeding herds and countless fam iliar common places impart the Satisfying touch to our lives which is no where else available. “Here dwells no perfect man sublime, Nor woman winged before her time. But with the faults and follies of the race Old home-bred virtues hold their not unhonored place.’’ Mrs. Gray Able To Move About Mrs. Maggie Gray was down from Atkinson last Saturday visit ing her many friends in this city and vicinity. Mrs. Gray, who is about 84, fell and broke her hip last fall and since that time has been making her home with her brother, E. J. Mack, in Atkinson. Mrs. Gray is getting along nicely and, although she uses crutches, she gets around very well and in a short time she will be able to dis card them. Mrs. Gray had an en joyable visit here and as she has been a resident of the vicinity of O’Neill for over fifty years she enjoyed visiting all the old timers who happended to be in town that day. Her friends hope that it will be but a short time until she can discard her crutches. 4-H Achivement Day Here Saturday Members from Holt county’s thirty-nine 4-H clubs will meet in the high school building at O’Neill on Saturday, Aug. 28, for their annual Achievement day. The re sults of the contests that day will determine what judging and dem onstration teams will compete at the state fair in Lincoln Septem- j ber 5-10. Parents and leaders are cordially invited to attend. 4-H Clubbers Will Sell Lambs At Sioux City Holt county 4-H club members who are in the Ewe and Lamb pro ject will send over fifty lambs to Sioux City for market, Monday,! Aug. 30. In addition the members Hope at the bottom of the heart—Determination in the top of the head—have result ed in making many wealthy. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers $125,000.00 or Stockholders. MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION will accompany their shipment and spend the day in the yards as guests of the Sioux City stock yards company. This project has been one of the most successful from a financial standpoint of any of the clubs started this far. Mar vin and Vernon Yarges of Stuart, raised six lambs and five cows and in addition sold enough wool to pay about one-third of the initial price of the ewes. Many other club members have similar records. Cattle Firm To Higher; Fat Hogs Lower; Pigs Steady At Atkinson Sale Atkinson, Aug. 24.—A few less than 600 cattle were on sale at Tuesday’s auction. Demand seemed somewhat better than a week ago with good action on all kinds and classes at fully steady to slightly higher prices. Bidding was spirit ed and clearance was complete. The cattle were mostly of plain quality, with but very few choice kinds included. No heavy cattle were offered. Best yearlings were sold at 7.50 to 8.25, with plainer kinds at 5.50 to 6.75. Some good heavy steer calves sold up to 8.90 with heifers of the same sort at 7.80 while the bulk of the calves sold in a range of 7.50 to 8.00 a hundred. Yearling heifers sold mainly at 6.00 to 7.00 with plainer kinds on down to 5.50 and below. Heavy feeding heifers at 7.00 to 7.40 while the best cows here stopped at 7.00. Good butcher cows were wanted at 5.00 to 6.00 while canners and cutters sold at 3.25 to 4.50. Butcher bulls of all weights sold at 5.00 to 6.00 a hun dred. Considering the sharp break in the hog market all around the cir cuit the local market gave a very good account of itself. About 600 feeder pigs were here from the dry area south and they looked fully steady bringing from 11.00 to 13.00 a hundred. About 150 fat hogs and sows were on sale and brought from 10.60 to 10.85 for tops and 8.75 to 9.25 for sows. Wet sows sold at 8.00 to 8.50. Next auction Tuesday, August 31, starting at 12:30 p. m. Page High School Students On Radio Miss Bonnie Bernholtz and Miss Della Zumbrum, students in the Page high school, will play instru mental solos over radio station WJAG of Norfolk, Sunday, Aug. 29, at 1:15 p. m. Miss Ruth Riggs will play the accompaniments. The students will present thu' musical numbers under the auspices : of the South Fork Fair association J of Chambers, Nebr. — Something Big The largest thing in the way of peaches we have ever seen was brought into this office this morn ing by Ambrose Rohde, manager of the Council Oak store. He had several from a shipment received by the store for sale. They are defuzzed peaches, raised by J. H. Hale of Vernalis, Calif., and they weigh one pound each. Those he had with him measures over twelve inches in circumferance. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Todsen re turned last Thursday afternoon from a two-and-a-half weeks vaca tion trip to the mountains and as far west as Utah. They were ac comapnied on the trip by Mrs. Tod sen’s mother from Grand Island. They visited Yellowstone National park and Glacier National park and various points in Idaho and as fas west as Salt Lake City. Pete says the temptation was great to con tinue on to California, but he had to get back. They made a trip of 3,500 miles and he says the finest terrritory he seen, where crops looked nicest was in the ir rigated section of Idaho, north from Pocatello to St. Anthony. Mrs. Mayme Boehme and Mrs. George Weingartner returned Tuesday afternoon from Omaha where Mrs. Boehme had been at tending market week, buying her fall and winter supply of ladies hats and dresses for her store. Bernard Matthews came up from Lincoln last Saturday evening for a few days visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Matthews and daughter had been visiting here for a week and they accompanied Bernie home Monday. PUBLIC SCHOOL TO BEGIN FALL TERM MONDAY, SEPT. 6TH Six New Teachers Will Have Places In The Faculty. Registration Will Be Sept 2 and 3. The O’Neill public schools will open Monday morning at 8:45 a. m., Sept. 6, with the following faculty: Roy W. Carroll, supt.; C. F. Grill, principal; Elmer Stolte, coach and science; Warren Thompson, com mercial; Ruth Kraemer, language and social science; Marie Wind, normal training and home econ omics; Lyle Durham, band and manuel training; Blanche Collins, English; Eileen Duffy, kindergarten and vocal music; Mary Morrison, 1st grade; Ella Caffrey, 2nd grade; Hilda Gallagher, 3rd grade; Mild red Miller, 4th grade; Eleanor Kvain, 5th grade; Betty Jones, 6th grade; Neva Wolfe, 7th grade; Francis Tomjack, 8th grade. Registration will begin Thurs day, Sept 2, seniors and juniors registering that day and sopho mores and freshmen Sept. 3. It is important that all students be present on the above dates. Some rural students will be registered Saturday, Sept. 4, as it will be more convenient for them. Mr. Grill, a Nebraska university graduate, comes here from Fair mont, Nebr., where he has been principal of the high school. This summer he has been attending Columbia university, New York City, where he is working on his master’s degree. Warren Thompson, the new com mercial instructor is a University of Nebraska graduate. He taught in Iowa last year. His home is at Dorchester, Nebr. Miss Duffy, whose home is at Petersburg, Nebr., is a graduate of Clark’3 college and this summer has been attending Northwestern. Mildred Miller of Ewing, is a ! graduate of the Nebraska adver sity, and comes here with experi ence and highly recommended. Eleanor Kvan is from Albion, Nebr., and she has more than two years of college work and three years teaching experience. Miss Frances Tom jack of Ewing comes here with three years of college work and several years ex perience as a teacher. A teachers meeting will be held at the high school auditorium Sat urday, Sept. 4, at 4 p. m. A number of teachers will be wanting rooms and places to board, and parents have inquired at the superintendent’s office concerning rooms for their children while at tending school. There have also been inquiries about ooportunities to work for board and room, in cluding girls who can cook and care for children. People who are interested should get in touch with Supt. R. W. Carroll. Miss Duffy, teacher of the kind ergarten, would like to meet the parents and children on Saturday, Sept. 4. It is her purpose to get acquainted with you and your child. She will be at the school building all day Saturday. Mr. Morton the custodian of the school building, has everything in readiness, with new paint on the walls and every nook and corner clean. Inman Calf Club The Inman Calf club met last Thursday evening at the I’ome of Lorin Keyes. All members but one, and five guests were present. The guests were Herbert Rouse, Jack Gallagher, Floyd Ermund and Cecil Keyes. The boys received their club pins last week. Refreshments of cake, cookies and lemonade were served. August 12, the boys met ^t the Jim Hopkins home with Kemp and Donald Hopkins as guests. GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB The Grattan Project club met Tuesday, Aug. 17, for an afternoon meeting at the home of Mrs. Emma Lawrence. The lesson wras read and a general discussion was given on “Birds of Nebraska.” which was very interesting. No definite place or date was set for the next meet ing. Ice cream and cake was serv ed at the close of the meeting. 1 ■ 1 1 ' - • John Grutsch left Wednesday for Milford, Nebr., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jake Schweitzer, which is to be held there today.
