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VOL. LIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1938. No. 23
Old Time Copy of The
Frontier Brought to
This Office Last Week
Ben M. Kopetka, who lives near
Dorsey, was a caller at this office
last week and he brought with him
a portion of a copy of The Frontier
dated September 16, 1880, it being
the eighth number of the paper. ]
The paper had been addressed to j
John E. Bader, a pioneer resident
of that section of the county and
Mr. Kopetka found it in the old
Bader home near Dorsey when he
tore it down a few weeks ago. The
place is now owned by the heirs of
Mrs. Schroyer, Mrs. August Trines,
of Dorsey, being a daughter.
Mr. Kopetka has been a resident
of this section for over fifty years,
his father having come to this
section of the state and taken a
homestead near Walnut, in Knox
county, where they lived for over
fifty years. For the past few years
Mr. Kopetka has been a resident of
this county.
The old issue of The Frontier
carries many advertisements of the
pioneer merchants and professional
men of this city of the olden days,
none of whom are in business to
day, nor living. Being crowded
for space this week we are unable
to give as much publicity to this
edition as we would like, but in
future issues we shall reproduce
some of the items carried in this
old edition. We herewith desire
to express our thanks to Mr. Ko
petka for bringing this old paper
to us.
Levi Hershiser
Levi Hershiser passed away last
Saturday morning in his room at
the Western hotel after an illness
of about four years, of hardening
of the arteries, at the age of 69
years, 9 months and 26 days. The
funeral was held last Monday af
ternoon from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. Johnson officiating and
burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Members of the local post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars were
present at the funeral of their com
rade and the final salute fired by
the firing squad, after which were
sounded Taps for their departed
comrade.
Levi Herschiser, more familiar
ly known in this city as Joe and
Lee, was born on December 19,
1868, at Somerset, Pennslyvania.
While still in his teens his parents
moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where
he grew to manhood. In 1890 his
parents moved to this city, where
three sons had been living for some
years, and Levi came with them.
With the exception of about ten
years, when he lived in Norfolk, this
city had been his home ever since.
On April 4, 1894, he was united in
marriage in this city to Miss Tillie
Axelson, who passed away a few
years later. One son was born of
this union. Clyde Herschiser, of
Emmet, Nebraska, who is left to
mourn the passing of a kind and af
fectionate father and advisor.
When the Spanish-American war
broke out in 1898, Lee made ar
rangements for the care of his
young son and became a member of
Company M., of this city and ac
companied the troops to Florida.
They never got across into Cuba
but they suffered more from dis
ease in the infested swamps around
Jacksonville than they would have
in Cuba. At the conclusion of the
war, which was hastened with the
sinking of one of the Spanish gun
boats in Havanna harbor, Levi,
with his comrades returned to this
city. He remained here for a time
and then went to Norfolk and was
employed in the drug store of his
brother Jake for a few years. Then
he was on the road for a whole
sale house and traveled this terri
tory for several years and finally
took a homestead about 18 miles
southwest of this city in 1910 mov
ing thereon in 1911 and until three
years ago this was his home, spend
his time raising cattle.
When his health failed him he
disposed of his personal property
and came to this city and for the
past three years has been a resi
dent of O’Neill. For a time he kept
bachelor quarters, but a bad spell
of sickness a couple of years ago
caused him to dispose of his per
sonal property and move to the
hotel where he had made his home j
for the past two years.
Levi was a good citizen and canje j
from a family of hardy pioneers. He
always took an active interest in
the civic affairs of the county, the
city and the state and was a genial
and companionable man. While for j
the past three years he has known j
that his days were numbered he
was the same cheerful man as he
had been in the hey-days of his
health. He knew the end was near
yet \yas always cheerful. No won
der a man with these attainments
was loved by relatives and friends
alike.
The following out of town rela
tives were here for the funeral: Ed
Beal, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sackett,
John Hershiser, Mrs. Addie Her-j
shiser, all of Waterloo, Iowa, as
well as numerous relatives from
various sections of this county.
Card of Thanks
We desire through the columns of
The Frontier to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors in O’Neill and
other parts of the county for the
many acts of kindness extended to
us in our recent bereavement, the
death of our beloved father, grand
father and brother. We especially
desire to express our thanks to the
local post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars for their assistance
and sympathy. Your kindness will
ever be held in grateful remem
brance.—Clyde Hershiser and fam
ily; Mrs. David Anderson and the
Brothers and Sisters.
Alpha Club
The Alpha club met at the home
of Mrs. Geo. Robertson on Wednes
day, October 12.
Eleven members were present.
After the business meeting plans
were made for the Hallowe’e|
party which is to be held at Edw.
Boshart’s on October 29.
The program consisted of a
reading by Ruby Morton and a book
review by Pearl Widfeldt. “The
Rumelhearts of Rampler Avenue,”
by Maude Smith Delovan. which
was enjoyed by all. The hostess
served lemon pie, coffee and tea.
The next meeting wil be with
Mrs. Harry Lansworth, Nov. 9.
Tax Expert to Speak
At Ewing Next Week
Frank G. Arnold, noted Nebras
ka Tax expert, will give an illus
trated lecture on Taxes at the high
school auditorium in Ewing on
Thursday evening, October 27 at
8 o’clock. If you are interested in
the tax situation come and hear
him. The public is cordially in
vited.
Mrs. Fyetta Davis
Mrs. Fyetta Davis died at her
home in this city last Sunday af
ternoon about 1 p. m., after an ill
ness of several weeks of pneumonia
at the age of 76 years and 28 days.
The funeral was held last Tuesday
afternoon from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. H. D. Johnson officiat
ing and burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery. Members of the local
Rebecca Lodge, of which she had
Ibeen a member for several years,
were in attendance at the funeral
in a body and had the ritualistic
service of their order at the grave.
Fyetta Bevens was born at
Navior, Ohio, on September 18,
1862. In her early life her family
moved to Michigan and in that
state on April 30, 1876, she was
united in marriage to Charles
Davis. Three children were born
of this union, two of whom survive,
W. P. Davis, of Berkley, California,
and Andrew Davis, of Sioux City,
Iowa, both of whom were at her
bedside when she passed away.
Another son, Cliff and her husband
preceded her in death.
In the spring of 1889 the fam
ily moved to this county, where
Mrs. Davis made her home up to
the time of her death, a period of
49 years. After the death of her
husband in 1920 Mrs. Davis and
her son, Cliff remained in the
home in the southeastern part of
the city until his death a couple of
years ago since which time she
has lived there alone.
Mrs. Davis was a charming1
woman and had a host of friends
in this city and this section of the 1
county where she resided for so
many years and her passing will
be sincerely mourned by all old
time residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davidson of
Capser, Wyo., arrived Saturday,
and will visit here at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Davidson and in Atkinson at the
home of Mrs. Davidson’s mother,
Mrs. Ed Slaymaker.
Entertain Out of Town
Guests, For Opening
Of Hunting Season
Roy Ridge and James Moore, of
Omaha, vice presidents of the
Omaha National bank; Mr. and
Mrs. Lou Jurgens, of Omaha; Mr.
Jurgens being with the R. A. C. C.;
Don Ridge of St. Joseph, Mo.; E.
M. VanHorn, of Chicago, execu
tive vice president of the Ameri
can National Bank and Trust com
pany of that city; R. M. Joyce, of
Lincoln, of the Henkle-Joyce whole
sale hardware company arrived in
the city Saturday and were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes for
the opening of the pheasant season.
They were all out in the field early
Sunday morning and they had a lot
of fun hunting the elusive birds.
While they did not secure so many
birds they all had an enjoyable
time. Some of them left for their
homes Sunday evening, while
others went further west on busi
ness and pleasure trips.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Burge of
Omaha arrived Friday and will
visit relatives here for the next
week.
Mrs. R. R. Dickson entertained at
one o’clock luncheon at the M & M
Cafe on Saturday, followed by cards
in honor of Mrs. Margaret Thomas,
of Seattle, Washington.
In spite of the widespread of
higher education more people seem
to be depending on Santa Claus
than ever before. Is this more than
a coincidence?
Miss Mary Harty, who is at
tending school at Grand Island,
came up Friday and visited at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Harty over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Hank Godak of
Omaha arrived Saturday and are
visiting at the home of John Martin,
and hunting for ducks and phea
sants.
Misses Eva and Bernadine Pro
tivinsky returned Sunday evening
from Lincoln where they attended
the Nebraska-Indiana football
game on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Roach, of
Omaha, spent last Saturday and
Sunday visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Cronin.
Mrs. Charles Yarnell entertained
fourteen guests at a midnight sup
per at her home on Saturday night
in honor of her husband’s birth
day.
R. R. Morrison left Wednesday
for Casper, Wyo., to take his daugh
ter, Mrs. E. Davidson, who has
been visiting here, back to her
home.
Mrs. J. A. Frenking and son,
John Jr. of Omaha arrived Friday
and will visit here at the home of
her mother, Mrs. M. A. McCaffery
and her sister, Mrs. R. E. Gallag
her.
Mrs. R. E. Benson, of Omaha, and
Mrs. F. H. Butts, of Nebraska City,
who have been visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Cronin for
the past week returned to their
homes Tuesday.
Mrs. Mattie Soukup drove to
Grand Island last Friday where
she met W. P. Davis of Berkeley,
California, who was coming to vis
it his mother, Mrs. Fyetta Davis,
who had been seriously ill.
Mrs. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers left
Thursday, October 13, for Chicago
to attend a reunion of the 314 Field
Signal Battalion and to go from
there to Erie, Pa. to visit his sister
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and
Miss Ruth Guillen of Omaha re
turned to their home on Sunday
evening, after spending the week
end visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Mellor.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Deutsch
of Norfolk were visiting friends in
O’Neill on Wednesday. Mrs.
Deutsch was formerly Miss Cath
erine Lawlor, a teacher in the
O’Neill High school.
Albert Rummell, who has been an
employee of the Council Oak store
here for the past seven years, has
been transferred to Cherokee, la.,
and left Thursday night for his
new position.
Francis Stevens of Creighton
and Herbert Schroeder of Bloom
field have accepted positions in the
Council Oak store here and have
already started in their new posi
tions.
Miss Frances Polly of Chicago,
who has been the house guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich, left
Monday for her home, accompanied
by Mrs. Froelich, who will visit in
Chicago for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Downey of
Pittsburgh, Penn., and' Charles
Downey of Independence, Mo., were
here Sunday and Monday visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sum
ner Downey.
Marriage Licenses
John Mohr and Miss Eleanor’
Stanek, both of Atkinson, were
granted a marriage license in
county court last Monday. They
were united in mariragc last Tues
day by Rev. John H. Bishop, Metho
dist minister at Atkinson.
Ernest Twiss and Miss Gladys
Johnson, both of Clearwater, were
granted a marriage license in coun
ty court last Friday. They were
married the same day in the Meth
odist parsonage, Rev. V. C. Wright
officiating.
Delbert Addison, of Atkinson and
Miss Bessie Tielke, of Stuart, were
granted a marriage license in
county court last Saturday.
Susie Belle Closson
Susie Belle Closson died at her
home in this city last Friday morn
ing about 9 o’clock, after an ill
ness of several months, at the age
of 38 years, 11 months and 2 days.
The funeral was held from the
Methodist church last Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Wright
officiating and burial in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Susie Belle Bowden was born near
this city on Nov 12, 1899. Prac
! tieally all her lift was spent in
this city and county. On April 15,
'1925, she was united in marriage
toPaul Closson, the ceremony
performed in this city. Two child
ren were born of this union, Allen
Gene and Dale Freeman, who with
her husband are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and loving wife
and mother.
Congressman Karl Stefan will
be in O’Neill next Thursday after
noon, October 27. Karl says that he
will be interested in meeting people
while here who may desire to take
up congressional business with
him. He will be here all afternoon.
Mrs. .James Davidson will enter
tain ten guests at a seven o'clock
dinner at her home on Friday even
ing in honor of Miss Patricia
Robertson, who leaves Sunday to
accept a new position with the Pro
duction Credit Association at Shel
don, Iowa.
Foreign War Veterans
Will Hold District
Meet Here Sunday
A district meeting of districts
three and eight of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will be held in O’Neill
on Sunday, October 23. There be
a closed meeting in the forenoon at
the K. C. Hall for members only
and in the afternoon from two un
til four there will be an open meet
ing at which all veterans, whether
they belong to any organization or
not will be welcome, and they are
all invited to attend.
The O'Neill High School Band
will give a concert on the main
street at one o’clock, under the di
rection of Ira George. Dr. Leo S.
I’erion of Fremont, Department
Commander; C. S. Thorpe of Oma
ha, Adjutant and Quarter-Master;
Henry Kriz of Lincoln, Liasion
officer; Bill Anderson, Lincoln,
Veterans State Employment Repre
sentative; and Allen B. Clocher, of
Norfolk, District Commander of
District No. Eight, will all be pres
ent, and give brief addresses at the
morning and afternoon meetings.
There will be a Dutch Lunch served
at the Hall for ull members of the
convention at five o’clock.
Three Young Men
Injured While Hunting
The first hunting acident of the
season was reported late Sunday
afternoon, when Kenneth Leidy of
Inman was brought to O’Neill for
medical attention, as he lost the
thumb and part of the index finger
of his left hand in the accidental
discharge of his gun.
Marion Davis of Newport sus
tained the loss of his left eye, while
out hunting on Monday near Bet
sett. He was standing some seven
ty yards away from the hunter who
shot the gun, and one stray pellet
struck him in the eye. He was
brought to O’Neill for medical
treatment the same day.
Whileout hunting last Tuesday,
Kenneth Otter of Bliss placed his
shot gun in the rear of the car, and
! in closing the door, the gun acci
! dently discharged, and the full
| charge of the gun, a four hundred
ten gauge gun, tore through the
I right side of his neck. He was
brought to O’Neill for medical at
tention, and to have the wound
dressed. He was very fortunate
that the charge in going through
his neck missed the jugular vein
and the spinal cord.
Pete Duffy accompanied Mrs.
Caroline Stebner to Rochester,
Minn., leaving for there this morn
ing. Mrs. Stebner is going there
for medidal treatment. Sheriff
Duffy is a life long friend of Mrs.
Stebner, they having been neigh
bors in the northern part of the
county in the early days and he ac
companied her to the Clinic.
Subordinate your
idea of what is aes
thetically proper to
what is financially
profitable.
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and This Hank Carries No
Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers
$140,000.00 or Stockholders.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. William Credel and
daughter Judy, Mrs. Maxine Meech
and Miss Grace O’Donnell of Oma
ha arrived Saturday evening to
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. O’Donnell. Miss Grace re
turned to Omaha Sunday, but the
others will remain for a longer
visit.
E. C. Richards, of Sioux City,
Iowa, formerly sales manager for
the Interstate Power company here
and Charles G. Lammers, of Chi
cago, general sales manager of the
Westinghouse Electric company,
were in the city over the week-end
as guests of Manager Walling of
the Interstate Power company for
the opening of the pheasant season.
They put in several hours in the
field and had good success.
O’Neill High Team
Is Still Unbeaten
The O’Neill-Crelghton game
played on the O’Neill gridiron Fri
day, October 14, with a tied score
of six and six.
O’Neill’s score was made by
Harold Hunt in the second quarter,
made on a 15-yard run. Creigh
ton’s was mude during the fourth
quarter, on a long pass that was
played with a sleeper play, from
Joe George to Gerald Hansen.
Time outs: O’Neill 7 and Creig
ton 3.
Two penalities were called on
O’Neill during the last quarter.
O'Neill will play Ewing next
Friday, October 21, on the Ewing
gridiron. The next home game is
scheduled for Tuesday, October
twenty-fifth.
O’Neill Woman’s Club
The O’Nell Women’s club met at
the club room Wednesday, October
nineteenth.
The following program was given
and enjoyed by all present:
Two vocal solos by Mrs. L. Rus
sell, accompained by Mrs. Howard
Manson. Mrs. F. E. Parkins re
viewed “Bright Land,’’ by Janet
Fairbanks. The discussion was
lead by Mrs. C. E. Lundgren.
New books received this week:
“Carrie Eaton” by Elizabeth Cor
bett; “My Son, My Son!” by How
ard Spring; “ . . . And Tell of
Time,” by Laura Krey.
Mrs. Carter, custodian turned
over to the library board the fol
lowing books: “Honor Bright”
“Sins of Sallyfi,” “If Inflation
Comes,” and “The Rummelhearts
of Rampler Avenue.”
The President, Mrs. Malone, ex
tends to all visiting ladies who may
be interested a cordial welcome to
attend reading circle work.
Andy Davis came up from Sioux
City the latter part of the week,
being called here by the serious ill
ness of his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelley and
daughters of Fairbury and Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Dimmitt of Lincoln ar
rived Friday and will remain here
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Eidenmiller until Thurs
day. The men of the party have
been hunting every day, and they
report exceptionally good luck.
Mrs. George Zink was treated
to a surprise party at her home by
a group of friends last Tuesday
night, it being her birthday. The
evening was spent in visiting and
playing cards. A delicious lunch
was served at midnight. Everyone
had a delightful time and left after
expressing the wish to Mrs. Zink
that she have many more happy
birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Keenan and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Graham,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorenbach and
two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Dreich and Dr. L. C. Mueller, all of
Lincoln, were guests at the home!
of Mr. and Mrs. John Kcrsenbrock
over the week-end while the men j
folks enjoyed the opening of the
pheasant season. Part of them
returned home Monday, the balance
Tuesday.
Mrs. Agnes Sullivan and Mrs.
C. E. Yantzi entertained at a one
o’clock dinner at the Golden Hotel
last Thursday followed by cards in
honor of Mrs. Sullivan’s sister,
Mrs, Margaret Thomas of Seattle,
Washington, who is here visiting.
Mrs. Ira Moss won the high score,
Mrs. H. E. Coyne, second high,
Mrs. J. P. Brown low score, Mrs.
L. A. Burgess the all-cut and Mrs.
Thomas the guest prize.
Holt County Huskers
To Compete Next Wed.
To Be Held Near Page
The Page Community Club is co
operating with Holt County Farm
Bureau in conducting the Holt
County Corn Husking Contest
which will be held on Wesdnesday,
October 26, at the George French
farm, starting at 1:00 p. m. The
field for the contest is located one
mile west from Page.
The contest is open to anyone re
siding in Holt County. Teams,
wagons and drivers will be fur
nished each contestant.
If you wish to participate, please
register your name with Lyndle
R. Stout, County Agent, O’Neill,
Nebraska, before Wednesday if
possible.
Premiums funished by the Page
Community Club will be paid win
ning contestants and the winner
will have a chance to compete at
the State contest at Madison, Ne
braska, on Monday of the following
week.
If you do not care to compete in
the contest, you and your friends
are invited to attend as spectators.
An O’Neill Native Son
Dies In California
Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Saunders
were up from the southwest Wed
nesday afternoon. That morning
they had received a telegram from
California announcing the death in
a hospital at Lompoc of their old
est son, George Saunders, who pass
ed away Wednesday morning fol
lowing an operation. Mrs. Saunders
left this morning for Grand Island
where she will be joined by her
daughter, Mrs. L. M. Rohrer of
Hastings and they will go to Cali
fornia to attend the funeral.
George Saunders was born in
this city in 1899 and was about 39
years of age at the time of his
death. He went to California in
1916 and had been a resident of that
state since that time. The many
friends of the family in this city
extend their heartfelt sypipathy to
■ the sorrowing parents and other
relatives of the deceased.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors for the many acts
of kindness extended to our be
loved mother during her last illness
and to us following her death. We
are also grateful for the many
beautiful Floral offerings.—W'illiam
P. and Andy Davis and families.
NOTICE
The Grade children of St. Mary’s
are presenting a “Singing Revue”
in the Academy gymnasium, Fri
day, at 7:30, admission 10c.
The public is invited to attend.
BRIEFLY STATED
Melvin Ruzicka and Gordon An
derson drove to Yankton, South
Dakota on business Friday, re
turning the same evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kerschbaum
and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schburt of
Grand Island arrived Saturday and
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lamont Horn over the week-end.
Mrs. Theresa Connelly, Mrs. Mc
Donough and Mrs. Ralph Bauman
entertained the Catholic Daugh
ters at a card party at the home of
Mrs. Connelly on Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Byers of Oma
ha, who have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Byers’ sister, Mrs.
C. E. Yantzi left Tuesday for their
home acompained by her mother,
Mrs. Sam Bernard, who will visit
there for a few weeks.
W. P. Davis, of Berkley, Cali.,
arrived in the city last Friday from
his home, being called by the
serious illness of his mether. Bill
is still holding down a linotype job
on one of the coasts largest dailies,
and while his hair is turning slight
ly, he looks fine and appears pros
perous.
The usual salutation the past
Week: “How Many Did You Get?”
The young and the old have been
out in the fields since last Sunday
hunting the elusive pheasant. Many
were able to get the limit, while
others had to be satisfied with a
bird or two. As the duck season is
also open some of the visitors from
the eastern part of the state were
able to take home a few ducks, as
well as pheasants and they all
figure they had a splendid time
here.