VOL. LIX. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938. No. 1
CYCLONE TUESDAY
WRECKS BUILDINGS
EAST OF CHAMBERS
Mrs. Frank Urban Suffers From
Shock When Caught In Storm
W'ithout Any Shelter.
Downpours of rain, accompanied
by damaging winds, visited various
parts of Northeast Nebraska Tues
day evening, that sent many
streams out of their banks and
caused the loss of many farm
buildings from cyclonic winds.
A tornado struck in the south
country, for the second time in
three weeks and - caused several
hundreds of dollars worth of dam
age in ruined farm buildings, wire
fences and trees.
Pat Connolly, of this city, who
was on a cream collecting trip in
the southern part of the county,
was an eye witness to the storm
being only a few hundred yards
from the path of the storm. Pat
said he saw it coming and stopped
his car and watched the storm.
He was near the old Jarman
place, now occupied by Ted Fred
ericks, when he noticed the storm.
It was at this point that it started,
according to F. J. Dishner of this
city, who has charge of the place
for the owners, and he went to the
farm the next morning.
Mr. Connolly says the air was
filled with flying debris, trees and
farm buildings being picked up
and tossed around like feathers and
the roar of the storm was terrific.
Although the loss to farmers as a
result of the storm will run into
high figures, fortunately no one
was seriously injured.
According to Mr. Dishner the
storm covered an area of about
thirty yards wide and six miles
long. It started at the old Jarman
place, about six miles southeast of
Chambers, and went east. At this
place a large barn was destroyed,
outbuildings and hundreds of trees
uprooted. The house was un
touched.
The Leisenwald farm was the
next in the storm’s path. Here
everything except the house was
torn to pieces.
The George Herzog farm was
next, Here the hen house was de
molished and taken several hun
dred yards, and other out-buildings
destroyed.
The next place in the line of the
, storm was the old Schrier place,
now occupied by Mr. Fisher. Here
it tore thru a large grove of cotton
woods, pulling up 40-foot trees
and piling them in heaps. All the
outbuildings were destroyed, but
the house was undamaged.
The next place in the path of
the twister, known as the old Lien
hart place. All the buildings on
the place were wrecked, except
the house, and a large grove was
badly twisted and torn. We were
unable to learn who is now living
Oil tile pittic.
The next place in the storm’s
path was the Frank Urban place,
occupied by Mrs. Urban and her
son. This place was badly wreck
ed. A large grove surrounded the
buildings and the trees were tom
up, many of them over forty feet
high, and they were thrown over
on the house, caving it in. Mrs.
Urban, about 70, was in the yard
and saw the storm coming. She
ran for a brooder house, it being
the closest place of refuge, but
before she reached it, the storm
had carried it away, and she was
hurled up against a wire fence,
where she stood holding onto a
post, and was badly buffeted by the
wind. All outbiuldings on this
place, as well as the house, were
badly wrecked. It was at first
thought that Mrs. Urban was badly
injured, but the latest report we
have had was to the effect that
she was suffering mostly from
shock. The storm seemed to have
lifted here, for no further damage
was done by it in this county.
Several miles south of there,
near Cumminsville, Wheeler county,
a storm struck shortly after the
Holt county storm, and destroyed
four buildings and a school house
on the Elgin highway, east of the
filling station, where the highway
turns east.
From local insurance agents we
learn that some of the buildings
that were destroyed were covered
by insurance, while other were not.
Practically all the fences in the
path of the storm were destroyed
and the next morning cattle were
all over the south country and at
various places visited by the storm
neighbors were present in large
numbers helping their neighbors
repair fences, buildings, and get
ting their stock back in their own
pastures.
Mail Plane Fails To
Show UP; Reported
Down At Clearwater
The plane which was to have
picked up air mail here today at
11:12 in the forenoon, had not made
its appearance by 3:30 p. m., as
this is written. The last report
received here was to the effect
that the plane was down at Clear
water on its way west to Basset.
Schools were dismissed and the
school children and most of the
city’s citizens were at the field
on Tom Griffin’s place where the
plane was to land, but by noon
most of them had left in disap
pointment.
Mrs. Sullivan, postmaster, in
formed this office that she would
call Omaha to find out what was to
be done with the air mail from
here, as it is not known at present
whether the trip will be completed.
The Frontier 58 Years
Old With This Issue
This issue of The Frontier is
number 1, volume 59. For fifty
eight years this paper has been
published weekly in this city boost
ing the city of O’Neill and Holt
county. It has always been for
the upbuilding of this city and
county and for the welfare of the
people herein, and it will continue
to do so.
Since Feb. 11, 1892, the present
editor of The Frontier has been
connected with its publication, for
a time in partnership with the late
W. D. Matthews the founder of the
paper, and with Clyde King. Mr.
Mathews retired from the paper
after about a year and then Mr.
King and the writer conducted it
together until the summer of 1896
when Mr. King retired and since
that time the present editor has
been in charge of the destinies of
the paper.
During the years we have been
in control we have tried to give
the people of Holt county a good
newspaper and one that would be
a welcome visitor in every home in
the county. It always has had the
largest subscription list in the
county and it still holds that posi
tion. Many improvements have
been made in the past few years
and more are contemplated in the
not distant future. So now is the
time to get your name enrolled on
The Frontier’s list of readers.
We desire to express our sincere
appreciation to the many people in
the county and to the merchants of
this city for their liberal patron
age in the past and hope by con
tinually striving to give them the
best in the county, we will continue
to merit that patronage.
Attend Family Gathering
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hancock
and son, Warren, Ed Hancock and
daughter, Barbara, Mrs. Loyal Hull
and daughter, Lois, and son Galen,
drove to David City Saturday
where they attended a family gath
ering at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hancock.
All of the children were present,
except Mrs. Vance Kline of Clarks
burg, Mo., who had planned on be
ing present, but then was unable
to attend.
Claude’ Hancock returned to
O’Neill and visited friends here,
returning to his home at David
City Monday evening. Wednesday
Mr. Hancock left David City for
Tekaman where' he has been ap
pointed County Supervisor for the
Farm Security Administration in
Burt county.
Alpha Club
The annual May tea was held
at the home of Mrs. Aaron Bosh
art on Wednesday, May 11. Eleven
members and twenty-three guests
were present. Roll call was to
name an old pioneer, when and
where they settled in Holt county.
Most of the old settlers were men
tioned. Esther Robertson read the
story of two local pioneers which
were John Robertson and Mrs. P.
J. Lansworth. La Vern Robertson
gave the history of Holt county
and Nellie Boshart the early his
tory of local schools. Then the
aid settlers were called on to tell
about their journey to Holt county.
Mrs. Lansworth showed us a pic
ture of a glacier in Alaska which
was tinted and painted by her
brother.
Louise Robertson and Evelyn
Simonson presided at the table
which was lace covered and cen
tered with tulips. After tea each
guest received a tulip as a favor.
The guests were: Mrs. Lans
worth, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Ervin
Simonson, Mrs. Lease, Mrs. Phie
file, Mrs. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Malone,
Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs.
Whaley, Mrs. Burt Ott, Mrs. John
Claussen, Mrs. Grace Burg, Mrs.
John Donohoe, Mrs. Jim McNulty,
Mrs. Grace Hammerlin, Mrs. Hans
Egger and Sharon Kay, Ilene and
Anna Marie Hammerlin, Ilene and
Vera Grutsch.
The hostess served open faced
sandwiches, pickles, olives, cream
puffs, coffee and cocoa. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Ruby
Morton June 8.
Elmer Lorenz Married
Sunday To Miss Ruth
Scott At Plainvew, Neb.
Sunday afternoon, May 15, at
the Congregational church of Plain
view, Mr. Elmer Lorenz of O’Neill
and Miss Ruth Scott of Plainview,
were united in marriage by the
Rev. Brownell. Shortly after 2
o’clock the bridal party arrived and
was ushered in by the rendition of
Lohengren’s wedding march. First
in the bridal procession came the
bridesmaid, Miss Dorothy Carpen
ter, followed by the bride on the
arm of her father. In front of a
flower-covered lattice work and
glowing tapers the bridal proces
sion was met by the bridegroom
and his attendant, Vernon Lorenz
nephew of the groom, and the
double ring ceremony was solmen
ized.
Frances Blezek, accompanied by
Maxine Baber, sang two selections,
“At Dawning” and “I Love You
Truly.”
The bride was attired in a gown
of white silk marquisette and long
trailing veil edged with imported
French lace. She carried a small
colonial type bouquet of lillies of
the valley and pink roses. The
brides-maid wore a dress of peach
organdie and a corsage of Talisman
.roses.
After the ceremony a reception
was held at the home of the bride’s
parents, where ice cream and cake
was served to the guests. The
center of attraction on the table
of the bridal party was a three-tier
wedding cake, beautifully decorated
in pink and white, on top of which
were a tiny bride and groom.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Scott of Plain
view and a graduate of the Plain
view high school, class of 1935.
After graduating from high school
she completed a secreterial course
at an Omaha business school. For
the past two years, she has been
employed as stenographer by the
Interstate Power company here.
The groom is the son of Fred
Lorenz of O’Neill, and is a gradu
ate of the O’Neill high school. For
the past few years he has been
in partnership with his father on a
ranch west of O’Neill.
Immediately after the reception
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz left for a
wedding trip thru the western
states, and they will visit Mrs.
Lorenz’s brother, George Scott, at
Longview, Wash.
Attends Funeral Of Wm.
McCormick In Texas
Henry Grady left last Saturday
night for Dallas, Texas, in response
to a telegram announcing the death
in that city of William McCormick,
as the result of a heart attack
after an illness of but two days.
Mr. Grady left here in time to at
tend the funeral.
Mrs. McCormick is the daughter
of Mrs. Jane McGrath, formerly
Jane Cronin, a sister of D. J. and
William Cronin of this city, and
she was born and grew to woman
hood in this city. Mr. McCormick
was also well known in this city as
he was here on various occasions
with Knight of Columbus degree
teams when the order was holding
semi-annual initiations in this city.
He was a comparatively young
man, but had retired from active
business a couple of years ago,
having amassed a comfortable for
tune in the contracting business as
a member of the contracting firm
of William Condon & Co.
Henry will visit relatives and
friends in various parts of Texas
before his return home.
HOLT COUNTY 4-H
CLUBBERS WIN IN
NATIONAL CONTEST
Donna Shellhase and Helen Wilk
inson Win Prizes On Farm
Accounting Records.
Two Holt county 4-H club mem
bers won prizes for outstanding
farm account records in a national
contest, according to word received
here from L. I. Frisbie, state leader
of 4-H clubs. Donna Shellhase and
Helen Wilkinson each won $5.00.
Nebraska club members took 33
out of the 805 awards thruout the
United States. This represented
one twenty-fourth of the awards
and one twentieth of the money.
W. W. Heuermann, extension
specialist in rural economics at the
Nebraska college of agriculture,
assisted a large number of these
club members in making inven
tories and planning their work.
Mr. Frisbie says the 403 mem
bers enrolled this year in farm
account clubs are looking forward
to the 1938 contest in which $8,500
will again be offered by the Inter
national Harvester company.
A check-up May 1, showed more
than 2,000 increase in Nebraska 4-H
club enrollment. With 19,993 en
rolled, 1937 was the record year.
Boys Face Cut When He
Rides Into Barbed Wire
Duke Kersenbrock suffered a
severe pash in'his forehead and
left cheek Sunday evening when
he ran into a barb wire while rid
ing his bicycle. He was entering
the tennis court from the north
west corner, which has been a
pathway for school children for the
past two years, and ran into a barb
wire that had been stretched across
the opening, evidently in an at
tempt to stop children from cross
ing the courts.
The wire caught him in the fore
head on the left side and made a
diagonal gash across his forehead
and right cheek, which took eight
stitches to close. He is getting
along nicely, but has to have a
bandage on his forehead and face.
He was mighty fortunate that his
eye did not come in contact with
the wire.
It seems to us that it was crim
inal carelessness for anyone to put
barbed wire across this opening
that had been used for two years,
without some warning &s to its
presence.
Country Club Notes
The opening dance of the 1938
season will be held at the Club
house on Friday evening. Danc
ing will start at 9:30 and end at
12:30. It will be a complimentary
dance to all members and prospect
ive members.
The lower room of the Club
house has been entirely redecorated
and the members of the club will
be pleased with the appearence of
this room.
THE
RIVER
OF
SKULLS 6*
GEORGE
MARSH
Only one man had returned
alive from this treacherous
valley of the far north, but
Alan Cameron and John
McCord braved its dangers in
search of gold. With them
went beautiful Heather
McCord, braving untold
perils toescape thefatcawait
( ing her if she stayed behind.
Here is a story that breathes
the fragrance of pine trees,
I that sparkles like fresh snow
on the Arctic wastes 1
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FOLLOW' IT IN
THESE COLUMNS
Beginning On Page 3
Of This Issue
New members who have joined
the club for this season are: Max
Wanser. Gene Harty, Robert Smith,
K. B. Morrison, Jim Preston and
H. I. Bishop of Kearney, who took
out the first non-resident member
ship for 1938. A special rate for
non-residents of $5.00 per year is
bound to attract many residents of
neighboring towns who enjoy play
ing golf. Present indications point
to the largest membership on rec
ord. Last season (1937) the total
membership was 81 and R. M.
Sauers, chairman of the members
hip committee, expects to boost the
enrollment to very near the 100
mark.
Max Golden, in charge of enter
tainment, has engaged Lloyd Wells
and his orchestra for the Tourna
ment dance, which will be held on
Monday, June 20.
Holt County Farmers
Are Making Tests With
Hybrid Corn This Year
Considerable interest has been
shown by the farmers of Holt
county in the various tests in this
county of the new hybrid seed
corn. The Travelers Insurance
company have two different plots
of this seed corn, one on the farm
of Herman Esiert south of Oppor
tunity, and the other on the farm
of Cecil Bogue south of Atkinson.
Judge R. R. Dickson is also very
much interested in these experi
ments, and he has given enough of
this seed corn, Iowealth and Iowa
939, to different farmers for them
to plant from one to eight acres
of corn.
The men who are planting this
corn as an experiment are Joe
McNichols, John Hickey, Ed Mur
ray, John Donohoe, Joe Stein and
Frank Burivall, O’Neill; John Car
son, Redbird, and William Grothe,
Emmet.
The hybrid corn has been raised
very successfully in Iowa and parts
of Nebraska, but as far as we
know, this is the first time there
has been any attempt to raise it
in Holt county.
St. Mary’s Graduate
Winner of Awards At
Eastern Nurses School
Madeline Marie Ullom, daughter
of Mrs. M. L. Ullom of this city,
was awarded the Jefferson Alum
nae medal and prize aijd the Wil
liam Potter medal and prize at the
1 commencement exercises of the
Jefferson Medical College Hospital
School of Nurses in Philadelpnia.
The William Potter medal is given
by Mr. Goodman of Chestnut Hill,
Pa., to the nurse who has the high,
est average in training and the
Jefferson Nurses Alumnae medal
is given to the most efficient nurse.
Madeline won these honors for
the 1937-1938 class.
During her training Miss Ullom
was active in all nursing interests.
She was a member of the educa
tional committee of the Jefferson
Nurses Organized Staff associa
tion. She has attended the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in the de
partment of nursing education,
where she was an honor student for
the first semester's work. Follow
ing her graduation she accepted
the position of Supervisor of the
obstetrical clinic of the Jefferson
hospital.
Miss Ullom has been a student
of tne college of nursing for the
past four years. She taught school
in this county following her gradu
ation from St. Mary’s academy and
has many friends in the county who
extend congratulations on the hon
ors she has won in the big eastern
hospital, where there were several
hundred competitors.
Grenier Children All
Home Sunday For A
Reunion of The Family
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Grenier were
pleasantly surprised Sunday when
all their children came home for a
family reunion. This was the first
time in several years that all the
family was at home.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Grenier daughter Ardis
and son Carol, O’Neill; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Crippen and twin
daughters, Loris and Doris, Farm
er, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kind
lund, Geddes, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs.
Max Grenier, Star, Nebr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Erhon Cline and Vern Greni
er, Bassett, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs.
James Donohoe and daughter Joan,
O’Neill, and Cecil and Byron at
home.
Five grandchildren and one great
granddaughter were unable to be
present.
A sumptious dinner was served
at two o’clock in the afternoon and
the remainer of the afternoon was
spent playing cards, baseball and
pitching horseshoes.
Mary Joan Finley Wins
Two Literary Awards
For Her Contest Essays
Miss Mary Joan Finley, a senior
in the Creighton University College
of Arts and Sciences, Omaha, and
a daughter of Dr. W. F. Finley of
this city, won first prize in an
essay contest sponsored by Dr.
Phillip Sher of Omaha, with an
essay entitled “Appropriate Eng
lish Used.” The prize amounted
to $75.00 in cash.
She also won second prize in an
other essay contest sponsored by
Dr. David Jacks, of St. Louis, Mo.,
with an essay entitled “Racial and
Religious Tolerance.” This prize
amounted to $25.00.
Miss Finley, who was chosen the
Queen at the Annual Creighton
Prom this year, has achieved much
scholastic prominence during her
college course and will undoubtedly
achieve success in her chosen field
of journalism.
John Schmidt Given A
Surprise Party On His
Birthday Wednesday
Last evening about seventy-five
friends of John Schmidt gathered
at his home northeast of O’Neill
to help him celebrate his 63rd
birthday anniversary and it is
needless to say all had a delightful
time.
Wednesday evening after supper,
John went out to a couple of pas
tures and to inspect his growing
crops, returning to his home about
dusk. He said he was astonished
to see half a dozen cars parked in
the yard when he dfove in, but
thought nothing of it until he was
met by Mrs. Schmidt who informed
him that he had better clean up a
little, and asked him if he did not
know what day it was.
John says the years are slipping
by so rapidly that he never thinks
of birthdays anymore. But he
cleaned up and when he made his
appearance he found about seventy
five of his neighbors and old friends
gathered to help him properly cele
brate the occasion. The party was
planned by his daughter and his
daughter-in-law, and John said it
was some surprise and a delightful
event.
The participants in the surprise
party all came with well filled bas
kets and augumented with the
Schmidt larder a delicious banquet
was served at midnight, to which
the guests after three hours of card
playing, did ample justice.
After the feast card playing was
again resumed by those loving the
pasteboards, and visiting and talk
ing over old times by those who
enjoyed that form of amusement.
A few songs of olden times, by the
bard of Shields, added to the en
joyment of the old timers.
Shortly before daylight the
guests departed for home, after
wishing John many more happy
birthdays and thanking the hos
tesses for a delightful and pleas
ant night.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Tom Salem went to Lincoln Sun
day to bring home a new Buick.
R. W. McGinnis of Fremont, was
looking after his interests near
Amelia last w^ek.
I have ridden some few cow
ponies and plow horses, but could
never assume the folded-up atti
tude of a jocky on a racing mount.
Since 1876 there has been from
five to a dozen political parties
functioning in the nation. Where
do the Wisconsin aspirants have
any claim to call themselves a
“third party”?
The lure of that check is too
much for them. It was known at
Washington it would be. Farmers
say they don’t believe in a program
of scarcity and feel they have done
something they should not have
done when they “signed up,” but—.
The lure of something for nothing
has filled the penitentiaries.
(Continued on page 5, column 3.)
COMMENCEMENT
ADDRESS WILL BE
GIVEN BY HOSMAN
Diplomas Will Be Presented To
( High School Seniors Next
Thursday Night.
E. M. Hosman of Omaha, and a
former resident of this city, will
deliver the comemncement address
for the Seniors of O’Neill High
school at the K. of C. Hall next
Thursday night. Mr. Hosman is
director of the Extension division
and of the summer session of the
University of Omaha, this year.
Formerly he was engaged in school
administration work and for ten
years was secretary of the Nebras
ka State Teachers’ association. He
founded and was editor of the Ne
braska Educational Journal for a
like period.
Mr. Hosman is not a stranger to
this section of the state, having
lived at O’Neill and Plainview when
a boy. In fact he began his school
career in O’Neill in the hard times
of '93, when boys used to try to
throw stones up and over into the
old standpipe, and when they
missed they came down on each
others heads with bloody results.
The standpipe then was on the
school grounds. He will speak on
the subject “An American Right.**
The program for the commence
ment exercises follows: Procession
al, O. H. S. band; Invocation, Rev.
A. J. May; Sing a Long, by Penn,
O. H. S. Glee Club; Address, H. E.
Hosman, Omaha; Song, “Give A
man n. nurst* ne uan iviut?, uy
Geoffrey O’Hare, Charles Yarnall;
Presentation of High School Dip
lomas, Dr. H. L. Bennett, Pres, of
Board of Education; Presentation
of Eighth Grade Diplomas, Supt.
R. W. Carroll; Benediction, Rev.
A. J. May.
Forty-four high school seniors
will receive their diplomes at these
exercises.
Class Night exercises of the
graduating class at the public high
school will be held in the audi
torium at the school building on
Tuesday, May 24. The program is
as follows:
Xyolophone sole, by Elizabeth
Graves; Salutatory by Virgil John
son; Class History, by Elizabeth
Graves; Class Prophecy, Nadine
Kilpatrick and Virgil Jonnson; Last
Will and Testament, by Maxine
Barnes; Valedictory, Dora Hughes.
Class motto: With ropes of the
past, we will ring the bells of the
future; class flower, American
Beauty rose; class colors, Blue and
Silver; class seal, Covered Wagon.
Mrs. Newton Carson
Celebrates Her 86th
Birthday Annivrsary
On May 15th Mrs. Newton Car
son celebrated her 86th birthday at
her home near Redbird. Her four
sons and three daughters spent the
day with her. Well filled lunch
baskets were brought and at 1:30 a
lovely birthday dinner was served.
The table was decorated with &
gorgeous boquet of tulips from
William Carson’s garden at Lincoln
and with two pretty birthday
cakes, one made by Mrs. John Car
son the other by Mrs. William
Carson.
Those present for dinner were:
Mr. and Mrs. William McWhorter
of Foster; Mr. and Mrs. William
Carson of Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs.
James Carson of Page; Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Wolfe of Lynch; Mr.
and Mrs. John Carson son Albert
and grandson Alvin Carson, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Carson and
daughter, Beverley Ann and Lizzie
Carson, all of Redbird; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hunter of Star, and
Claude Peterson pf Lynch. Mr.
and Mrs. William Pickering called
in the afternoon.
Mrs. Carson received lots of
cards, flowers and gifts from her
friends and relatives. She was
born in County Antrim, Ireland.
She came to New York when an
infant and resided there until 1879,
when she and her husband and
family moved to Saline county,
Nebraska, residing there 9 years.
They then moved to the present
home where she and her daughter,
Lizzie, still live. Her husband
died in 1927.
She is able to be about the house
most of the time and wait on
herself, and take care of a few
household tasks.
Mrs. Bert Shoemaker made a
business trip to Sioux City Monday.