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VOL. UX. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1938. • No. 29.
M. F. Norton
M. F. Norton, for over forty-four
years county surveyor of this
county and reelected November 8
for another four year term, passed
away at his home in this city last
Monday morning after an illness
of about ten days of ailments inci
dent to old age, at the age of 91
I years, 6 months and 27 days.
Melvin Fletcher Norton was born
at Skowhegan, Maine, on May 1,
1847. In 1869 he moved west and
settled in Dodge county, near North
Bend, Nebr., where he resided until
he moved to this county in the
spring of 1879. On May 1. 1873,
he was united in marriage to Miss
Sarah E. Maben, the ceremony
being performed at North Bend,
Nebraska. To this union twelve
children were born, nine sons and
three daughters, of whom live sur
vive their father. The children who
survive are: Charles Norton, Salt
Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Alma Peter
son, Moline, 111.; Kay Norton, Los
Angeles, Cali.; Ira Norton, De
troit, Mich.; Mrs. Mabel Bowman,
Tampa, Florida. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Norton and Mr. and Mrs.
Peterson and Ira w’ere at their
fathers bedside when he parsed
away.
Mr. Norton was one of the real
pioneers of the county, having
been a continuous resident of the
county for fifty-nine years last
June. When he came to the county
it was a real wilderness and there
were very few settlers in the south
ern part of the county, where he
located. He took a homestead and
later a timber claim in the south
wester part of Lake township and
started to carve his fortune there
from. Mr. Norton resided there a
good many years and planted sev
eral fine groves of trees on his place
that are still standing, a monument
to the pioneer life of the county.
Mr. Norton owned his homestead at
the time of his death.
About forty-four years ago ne
was elected to the office of county
surveyor and he had been contin
uously reelected at each succeed
ing election since that date, being
reelected, without opposition to the
post for another four year term on
November 8. After filling the
office for a couple of terms Mr.
Norton decided to move to this
city and rented his place and moved
to town and built himself a home
here that has been one of the show
places of the city for several years
on account of the beautiful foilage
splendid trees and numerous flowers
he had growing therein. While the
trees of his neighbors were dying
by the hundreds on account of the
extreme drought of the past ten
years his were blooming and green
all the time. He irrigated his trees
and sunken garden by constructing
special ditches, catching and saving
the rain water and spring snow
water that came down his street
t and used it to irrigate his trees,
flowers and shrubs.
He was one of the most industri
ous men in the city. Day after day
he could be seen in his yard, some
time on a ladder up near the top of
a tree trimming it or down on the
ground with a rake or hoe taking
care of his plants and shrubs and
anyone who would look at the yard
cain see at a jflance that his lawn
has had the best of care. He was a
splendid citizen and had a host of
friends all over the county who
will regret to learn of his passing.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the district
court room at the court house, a
tribute to a pioneer of the county
who had served the people for near
ly half a century as one of their
public officials. Rev. V. C. Wright
officiated at the services and Judge
R. R. Dickson read an obituary
of the deceased and gave a resume
of his long and active life as an
officer and a citizen of the county.
After the services the body was
taken to Prospect Hill cemetery
and buried at the side of his wife,
who passed away in June, 1915.
Murphy-Ford
Miss Dora Mabel Ford of At
kinson was a Thanksgiving day
bride when she became the wife of
Francis Murphy, of O’Neill, Thurs
day morning, Nov. 24, at 10 o clock.
The marriage lines were read by
the Rev. John Pieper, pastor of St.
Joseph’s Catholic church of this
city, and the ceremony was per
formed at St. Joseph’s parsonage.
The bride was attractively at
tired in a navy blue tailored trav
eling suit of mannish cut, and her
accessories were in rust color. She
was attended by Miss Muriel Mur
phy, sister of the bridegroom. Miss
Murphy wore a black crepe dress
trimmed in gold, and her accessor
ies were in black. The bridegroom
was attended by his brother, Cla
ence Murphy.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford sr., who
have been Atkinson residents for
a good many years. She grew up
in this community, attended school
here, and is one of Atkinson s most
capable and popular young ladies.
After her graduation from Atkin
son high school in 1931, she taught
school for two years in a rural dis
trict 15 miles northeast of here.
For the past three years she has
been employed at the Schulz drug
store, where she will continue to
work until after the holiday season.
She was president of the Atkinson
high school Alumni association in!
1937.
Mr. Murphy is the fourth son of,
Dennis Murphy who lives on a farm
18 miles northeast of Atkinson.
He attended school at St. Mary’s
Academy, O’Neill. For several
years he lived in Atkinson and was
employed for a time by Balin Bros.,
and later by F. M. Keating & Sons.
He clerked in the O’Neill Food
Center for three years, and at pres
ent is employed by Philly’s Pro
duce company at O'Neill.
Following the wedding ceremony,
the bride and groom were honored
at a dinner served at the Dennis
Murphy farm home. Guests in
cluded a large number of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy will be at
home to their many friends after
January 1, in O’Neill.—Atkinson
Graphic.
Mrs. Birdie Henry
Mrs. Birdie Henry died at her
home in this city last Saturday, af
ter an illness of several months of
cancer, at the age of 62 years, 8
months and 17 days. The funeral
was held last Monday afternoon
ta 2 o’clock from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. H. D. Johnson officiat
ing and burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery, at the side of her hus
band who passed away in 1929.
Birdie Smith was born at Hum
bolt, Nebr., on March 9, 1876. Her
parents moved to this county when
she was fourteen years of age and
settled at Ewing where she attend
de the public schools and grew to
womanhood. In 1897 she was
united in marriage to earnest u.
Henry. To this union three child
ner were born, two sons and one
daughter; one of the sons passed
away a good many years ago and
one son and one daughter survive
their mother. They are: P. L.
Henry, Loveland, Colo., and Miss
Elizabeth Henry of this city. She
is also survived by one brother, L.
S. Smith, of Ewing.
She had been a resident of this
city for a good many years and had
a host of friends here. She was a
charming woman, a devoted wife
and mother and the friend of all.
The Frontier joins the many
friends of the family in extending
corfdolence to them in their hour of
sorrow.
Marriage Licenses
A marriage license was issued
to George W. Sterkee and Miss
Elizabeth Hagel, of Bertloud, Colo.,
on November 29 and on the same
date the couple were united in
marriage by the Rev. Wm. G. Vahle
in Atkinson, Nebraska.
A marriage license was issued by
County Judge Malone on November
30 to Harvey Harkins, of Bliss, and
Miss Grace Rouse, of Elgin, Nebr.
The Weather
Following are the daily readings i
of temperatures for the past week.!
H. L. I
No,v. 24 .... 23 -4
Nov. 25 .—-. 28 3
Nov. 26 __ 22 1
Nov. 27 . 46 6
Nov. 28 - . 60 21
Nov. 29 ...-. 57 21
Nov. 30 - .. 53 21
O’Neill Girl Wins Honors
At Wesleyn College
Miss Ruth Leach of this city,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D.
Leach, is a student in Wesleyn
University at Lincoln. O’Neill
friends have been informed that
Miss Leach has been selected as a
member of the Pfi Kappa Pfi, a
national organization whose memb
ers are selected for their scolastic
standing. During her four years
at Wesleyn Miss l^each had the
highest average of any student in
the College.
Telephone Managers
Holding Dist. Meeting
The Northwestern Bell Tele
phone Company will hold its Annual
Conference for all managers in the
western portion of the district, in
O’Neill, on December 1st and 2nd,
at the Golden Hotel.
The meeting will be presided over
by E. M. Hiebenthal, district man
ger and P. C. Cunningham, district
commercial supervisor, of Norfolk, j
Managers who will be in attendance
are: G. W. Anderson, Valentine;
John Zeplin, Ainsworth; C. B.
Shade, Stuart; E. P. Fisher, Win-,
ner, S. D.; Mark Fait, Gregory,* S.
D.; Ted French, Bonesteel, S. D.; !
Henry Koeber, Spencer, and R. C.!
Walther, O’Neill.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors for their kindness
and sympathy extended us during
the illness and following the death
of our beloved mother and sister.—
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Henry and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Henry,
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Smith.
W. J. Hammond and daughter,
Miss Harriette, and the Misses Rose
Mary and Ruth Ann Biglin, left
Sunday afternoon for Denison, la.,
where the girls took the train for
Ames, Iowa, to continue their
studies at Iowa University, and W. J
J. returned home.
SOUTHEAST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
A surburban real estate operator
advertises that he has for sale and
rent both “new and used houses.”
Recalling that the head of the
Red Cross is paid $18,000 a year
salary the $800 a year worker is
is not quite so keen about tossing
in his dollar for the privilege of
wearing one of their buttons.
The young woman who can step
like a Hambletonian filly, handles
herself with some grace on the
three-inch spikes at the heel, but a
frail little old lady, snow white hair,
hobbling along in the modernistic
shoes with a person on each side
to support her presents a grotesque
picture.
A lady who might rightly con
sider it out of the circle of her
station in life to herd a band of
sheep or roundup a bunch of cows
will slide into an outdoor outfit to
step out and herd a frazel-faced
stub-legged dog. Perhaps that
is the best that can be doitr in con
gested centers to humor the prim
itive instinct inherited by most of
us as a tribal trait.
While about everything which
the soil of every climate produces is
available to us at low prices many
food products are said to be denied
Nazi Germany. Fruits, butter,
meats and other stuff that makes
good citizens and soldiers are lack
ing. Had the Hitler bluff been
called there would have been no
war as the Nazi chief knew too well
the futility of putting armies in the
field to subsist on limberger cheese
and sauerkraut.
Here is one from my son Glenn
at Owen, Wis., worth repeating:
“The deer and bear season are open
now and everyone is crazy to bag a
buck. One man went out in a
brand new car and threw a robe
over the front of it to keep it warm,
the robe being black fur. After
wandering around in the woods he
got back near where his car was
and saw the black robe, it being
moved slightly by the breeze, and
so he took five shots at it thinking
it was a bear, but as his bear did
not drop he investigated only to
discover he had injured the radiator
and the motor of his new car.”
After some years in the quiet of
the open spaces readjustment of the
nerves is necessary in becoming
attuned to the steady roar of street
traffic in this city. This is sup
posed to be a 25-mile-an-hour limit
where the most congested traffic
throbs its hurried way on Lincoln
streets but 50 miles is the schedule
of most drivers. The shriek of
locamotives, the rumble of incom
ing trains, the shrill alarm of flying
fire trucks, the noise of steady
streams of speeding automobiles—
all this is something else again to
the one bred to the surroundings
where the song of birds is heard,
where the early dawn is announced
by the crowing of barnyard cocks,
where the tree tops wave their fad
ing plumes in the autumn breeze
and quiet restfullness broods over
the whole landscape. It is presum
ing much to say what the Creator
intended, but I find myself leaning
to the school of thought promul
gating the view that the purpose
of the Father of us all was that
mankind should be land dwellers
rather than hive up like honey bees.
Not giving out his exact age,
Lincoln has a printer who claims to
have started as an apprentice sev
enty-six years ago at the publi
cation office of the Youth’s Com
panion in Boston. This veteran
of the “art preservative” is Henry
Allen Brainard, known to most of
the older newspaper men of Ne
braska. Henry says there was
family opposition to his taking up
printing, so at an early age he
came west to continue a job which
fascinated him. He was associated
with Walt Mason, when that not
notable writer of jingles was at his
best in the days of the old Lincoln
Call, an evening publication. Now
at an advanced age, with impaired
vision, yet irrestibly drawn to the
memories and associations o1 a
life-time, Henry carries on a clip
ping bureau” work with the hund
reds of state papers received by the
Nebraska Historical Society at the
state house which he explains is
just to “put in time.” The histor
ical Society, long under the guid
ance of Addison E. Sheldon, an
other former Nebraska newspaper
man who has perhaps done more
than any other citizen to preserve
historical records and bring togeth
er a splendid array of both relics
and records of the past, seems to be
passing into control of the federal
set-up functioning under an alpha
betical brand, similar to the marks
on the cattle in the sand hills.
Years ago Henry and I set ads
together in the old W. N. U. com
posing room on Fourteenth streett.
Gets One to Ten Years
In the Pen For Forgery
In district court last Monday Leo
Vanderbeek, 39, treasurer of school
district No. 249 north of Stuart,
pled guilty to a charge of forging
a $40 order on the county treasurer,
and was by Judge i Dickson, sen
tenced to serve from one to ten
years in the state pentitentiary and
was taken to Lincoln by Sheriff
Duffy Thurdsay morning to com-1
mence serving his sentence.
Vanderbeek had been treasurer
of the district for eight years and
a resident of Holt county since
1908. While he pil'd guilty to the
charge of forging one $40 order it
is said that the district is short
about $1,000.
Vanderbeek is a > married man
with a wife and nine children and is
in straghtened circumstances fin
ancially.
McN ally-Reardon
Miss Dorothy Reardon, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rear
don, and Bernard E. McNally, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNally,
were united in marriage on Thanks
giving morning at St. Patrick’s
church by Rev. Monsignor Mc
Namara, who also celebrated the
nuptial mass.
The bride was very attractive
in a light gray tweed suit, trimmed
with Oxford gray fur, with which
she wore Dubonnet accessories and
a corsage of American Beauty
rose buds.
The couple were attended by
James McNally, brother of the
bridegroom, and Miss Louise O’
Donnell. Miss O'Donnell wore
green and a corsage of yellow tails
man roses. Vocal selections were
rendered throughout the services
by the Misses Jane Mains, Ruth
Harris and Elizabeth Finley.
f ollowing tne ceremony a wen
ding breakfast was served to the
bridal party, and immediate memb
ers of the family, at the home of
the bride’s parents.
Mrs. McNally was graduated
from St. Mary’s Academy, O’Neill,
with the class of 1937, and Mr. Mc
Nally is a graduate of Creighton
Prep., Omaha, 1936.’
The happy couple left fpr Nor
folk later in the day, where Mr.
McNally is employed, and where
they are at home at 310 North
Ninth street.
Out of town guests here for the
wedding include Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Nelson and daughter, Nancy, of
Omaha, and the Misses Loretta and
Charlotta Dowd and Leo and John
Dowd, of Schuyler.
The Frontier joins with their
many friends in wishing them a
long and happy wedded life.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Moser, of
Venus, announce the birth of a
daughter on November 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Boelter, of
Walnut, announce the birth of a
daughter on November 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sanford
announce the birth of a son on No
vember 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Konopasek,
of Page, announce the birth of a
son on November 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl, of Emmet,
announce the birth of a daughter
on November 24.
Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy
announce the birth of a daughter
on November 26.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis an
nounce the birth of a son, John
Richard, on November 27.
Rev. H. D. Johnson
Will Leave O’Neill
Rev. H. D. Johnson and family
will leave O’Neill next Tuesday
morning for Pawnee City, Nebr.,
where they expect to make their
futufe home, Rev. Johnson having
received and accepted a call from
the First Presbyterian church of
that city. His successor here has
not yet been named.
Rev. Johnson came to this city
as pastor of the Presbyterian churh
eight and a half years ago and
during that period of time has
labored for the spiritual welfare
of the people of his congregation
and community generally, irre
spective of their religious beliefs,
regret to see him leave the city, but
will rejoice that he has secured a
much more desirable pastorate. The
church to which he is going has a
membership of over 400 and they
have a fine brick church. It is a
very old congregation and its
membership contain many members
of wealth and influence in that sec
tion of the state. Rev. Johnson is
an affable gentleman, with a pleas
ing and likeable personality and
leaves a host of friends in this
city who will wish for him and his
estimable family prosperity and
happiness in their new home.
Rev. V. C. Wright
Honored Ry Church
Rev. V. C. Wright, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church of this
city, received an invitation the first
of the week to become a member
of the Eighteenth Annual College of
Preachers to be held under the
auspices of the General Conference
Commission on courses of study.
The meeting will be held at Garrett
Biblical institute, Evanston, 111.,
Tuesday, December 27 to Friday,
December 30, 1938. Dr. Wright
has accepted the invitation and will
attend the conference. The many
friends of Rev. Wright in this city
extend congratulations on the hon
or that has been conferred on him.
St. Mary’s Basket Ball
Team To Be Busy
The Basket Ball squad of St.
Mary’s Academy under the direction
of Coaches Kev. W. Flynn and Jack
Arhuthnot have started intensive
training for the first game of the
season to he played in O’Neill on
Sunday, December 11, against
Sacred Heart, of Norfolk.
Three lettermen of last year’s
team have reported for practice,
these being, Francis Connolly, cen
ter; Bob Shoemaker, forward; and
Basil Price guard. Twenty-three
additional players have reported for
duty and the Coaches expect to
put a first class team on the floor
against Sacred Heart. Several
new teams have been added to the
St. Mary schedule this year, and
the schedule will be published in a
week or so.
Former Resident Of
Holt County Very 111
Word was received last Sunday
morning, November 27„ that Ray
mond Vequist was seriously ill in a
hospital at Los Angeles, Calif.
That day Lloyd Vequist took his
father to Grand Island where he
took a plane for Los Angeles. Ac
cording to word received by rela
tives Raymond is getting along
nicely. His many friends in this
county hope that he will speedily
recover.
Former O’Neill Girl
Writes Interestingly
Of Western Home
Leavenworth, Wash., Nov. 23, ‘38
Greetings from the Golden West,
to my dear friends in O’Neill, Old
and New, also new acquainten
ances:
Ever since my delightful visit to
O’Neill in 1936, I have been spurred
with ambition, however much de
ferred—to tell all you folks back
there what a grand time I had and
to tell you how I enjoyed seeing and
visiting with you again after all the
intervening years. I wanted long
before this, to congratulate you,
each and every one on your spirit
of hospitality—the kind, genuine
friendliness that is displayed, why
the whole town in one smiling Wel
come Committee, and you don’t
know what an enviable reputation
the little city of O’Neill carries,
and with what pride people tell of
their visit,at one time or another,to
O’Neill. Not long ago one of our
new neighbors and his wife spent
the evening with us, the fact that
I came from Nebraska was mention
tioned, always have to brag a little
about it, aqd he immediately perk
ed up and started to tell about a
trip he had thru there six or seven
years ago and how he was storm
bound in a little town where he had
the best time. Some people by
the name of Ryan invited him to
Thanksgiving dinner and took him
to a big dance on the highway be
yond the cemetery, and didn’t I
know it was O’Neill. His name
by the way is Larry Folsom, and
he is now a very successful dairy
man in our locality. He said he
wouud never forget how friendly
the people were; said he stayed at
the Golden Hotel, so I knew there
was no mistake about it being
O’Neill.
Anotner i nanasgiving nas ronea
around and I suppose all of you arc
very busy getting the big birds
stuffed and the mince and pump
kin pies on the shelves along with
all the other good things that go to
make up Thanksgiving. We are to
be guests for the day so are not
preparing dinner. I had hoped
that Nancy Anderson and her hus
band would be with us, but they
were unable to come, but we are
now hoping and looking forward
to them spending the Christmas
holidays. With good highways—
fast cars and many snow plows,
people come and go from the coast,
just about like they do in summer
time. Portland is only about 250
miles from Leavenworth. Nancy
spent ten days with me in August
and Marion five which was alto
gether too short for we didn’t get
to do things.
I just wish in time you all could
visit my western country, and in
cidently Leavenworth. I live in
such a beautiful part of the world,
hardly a day goes by I don’t wish
the folks back home, the family
and old friends who have been in
terested in my welfare, could see
this lovely mountain region. We
have lakes, fishing streams that
rush and roar down through the
canyons, lovely oiled highways
that in such a short time take us to
many of the recreation centers.
My own little home is so ideally
situated. I look out on beauty each
time I go to a window for my home
faces the east, and sets on the
high banks of the Wenatchee rgrer
and our grounds cover over half a
block. Each year I improve it,
have apple, pear, cherry trees, lots
of grapes and berries of all kinds,
and this year I had beautiful flow
ers taking several prizes at flower
shows in the valley. My large
zinnias and Golden Marigolds took
second prize at two different flower
shows and I was justly proud of my
efforts. I can walk to the edge of
the back yard and look down into
the swirling waters of the Wenat
chee river which comes roaring
down the mountain canyons and
during high water season—is so
noisy, we can hardly sleep. Look
ing down the river from my yard I
can see the great high concrete
bridge which was completed in 1935
and which I had a hand in helping
build in 1936, when Mrs. Dicksctn
visited me, I handled all office work
for the contractor building this
bridge. It is 95 feet above the
water, 372 feet long,. Tourists
cross this entering our little vill
age and leaving for lower points in
the valley. It is one of the high
est and longest bridges in the state
of Washington and adds much to
the scenic beauty of the Wenatchee
valley and Stevens Highway.
A month ago tomorrow was the
official opening of the new portion
of Stevens Highway thru famous
Tumwater canyon. (Tumwater)
Indian name for Tumbling water.
This beautiful stretch of road or
highway has been rebuilt and wid
ened and surfaced at a cost of
$600,000.00 is a 12-mile stretch, the
sloping walls rise to a height of
more than a mile all covered with
forests whose green background is
splotched during October and early
November with patches of red, yel
low vining maples and other de
ciduous trees. No where else can
such a riot of color be found along
a modern highway. It was a reve
lation to motorists and brought joy
to the thousands of residents in
the Wenatchee valley for now this
is by far the shortest route from
the Atlantic coast to tne racinc
coast, and gorgeous scenery all the
way. Why we can get up early in
the morning, and go to Seattle to
shop. Only takes two and a half
hours now and you bowl along en
joying every mile of its scenic
wonder, and before you know it
are in Seattle. It is hard to realize
that a few years ago less than
fourteen, that the great long
freights of the Great Northern
railway puffed, panted and snorted
their way through these mountains
over a road bed that is now this
finished highway. This highway
follows the Wenatchee river, the
same that flows by my door, for
miles and miles, and where it was
too narrow a space was widened by
blasting out stone walls of granite;
concrete abutments were built, so
that this particular highway is
wide and safe for trveling motor
ists. Tumwater canyon lends out
of the northwest end of Leaven
worth.
Another lovely scenic attraction
is Icicle canyon. You can drive
out past the big CCC camp, which
is two miles from town, and you
then get into mountains and you
can drive up about fourteen miles
thru a lovely country, deep green
woods of virgin timber on all sides,
and you can fish and fry your fish
at one of the comfortable camps
that the U. S. forest service has
provided for this very use. There
are a great many rustic tables and
benches scattered here and there,
great stone fire places and stone
stoves for the convenience of those
that wish to boil their coffee and
fry their trout. This takes us up
into the region of Snow Lakes and
Enchantment Lakes where the
Bureau of Reclamation is now work
ing on a big tdnnel through which
the water will come into a new
river bed and eventually the rear
ing ponds for our big fish hatchery
which is now under project. I will
tell you more about this later.
I don’t know how much of this
letter will be printed by Mr. Cronin,
but if it is acceptable, and the wish
of various subscribers, I shall con
tinue later, for I am like the pro
verbial mountain brook, I can go
on forever.
Now if the various suDscrmers oi
this paper containing my letter,
which is more or less personal, to
all of you, are interested in hear
ing more about my western country
please telephone Mr. Cronin so that
he will know if it is worth giving
the necessary space. I have hardly
gotten started, and before I get
thru hop-; to communicate some of
my enthusiasm to my readers. I
want to tell you about the Coulee
Dam, that gigantic colossal dam
project that is less than 100 miles
from Ledvenworth. Lake Wenat
chee, 25 miles from here, the Petri
fied forest, and the Indian Rocks
on the Wenatchee, our little city
of 12,000 inhabitants, 25 miles
from here, Wenatchee, Wash., the
apple capital of the World. One
thing that makes it so interesting
to live in the state of Washington
is the all-time activity, first one
line then another. I also want to
tell you about our skiing activities,
where the whole town goes Sking,
even to work, during the tourna
ment days a week prior. Our big
stone ski huts, one that is to he
dedicated tomorrow. Papa, Mama,
the children, even Grandpa and
Grandma don warn- winter cloth
ing, strap on their skis, and with a
whiz and a whir are away down
one of those slopes, and is it fun ?
Well folks I have taken enough
of your time now, perhaps if the
editor is willing, I can continue and
wish you all a lot of good things
foi the Holidays. I hope you all
had a Happy Thanksgiving. I
fully intended writing this and get
ting in the mail in time to go in
the paper published before this
Holiday but I was too busy with
other things. If you contest, you
know how much time that takes
.So far I have not won anything in
big cash prizes but I am still try
ing. I have, won, however, four of
the White Star Tuna contests and
now hoping for a good one. in De
cember. I have made a promise
to myself if I win and if I do you
will see me in O’Neill.
With love and greetings and best
wishes to all.
Sincerely,
Sadye Skirving Simpson.
BRIEFLY STATED
C. J. Gatz left Tuesday morning
for Omaha on a short business trip.
A. Marcellus left Thursday on a
short business trip to Omaha.
Mrs. James Rooney, of Atkinson,
was in O’Neill Wednesday visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffin, of At
kinson, were visiting friends in
O’Neill on Tuesday.
Miss Mary Holiday spent Thanks
giving at the home of Miss Luree
Abart in Emmet.
James Preston and K. B. Morri
son spent Thnnksgiving in Omaha
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Marie Hynes has accepted a
position at Margaret’s Beauty
Shop.
Ewalt Spahn and John Mlinark,
of Deloit, were in O’Neill Wednes
day on business.
Mrs. Harry Brt returned Tues
day from Ravenna where she spent
the past week visiting relatives.
Dorothy Jordan visited friends
in Omaha Sunday, returning home
on Manday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Schlect, of
Martin, S. D., were in O’Neill on
business on Monday.
Charles Yarnell and son, Phillip,
left Wednesday for a short business
trip to Norfolk.
Warren Hall, of Burwell, spent
Thanksgiving here with his mother,
Mrs. Georgia Racely.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davidson
drove to Valentine Thursday to
attend the funeral of Peter Con
nolly.
Miss Inez O’Connell entertained
at contract bridge at the home of
Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot on Wednes
day evening.
Ralph Oppen, who spent the holi
days here visiting, returned to his
studies at the University of Ne
braska Medical school on Sunday.
Ralph Walker, who spent the
week end here visiting his brother,
J. O. Walker, returned to his home
in Carlton, Nebr., on Tuesday.
Miss Grace Suchy, who is attend
ing school in Grand Island, spent
the Thanksgiving holidays here
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Kratcavil
and family, of Osmond, spent
Thanksgiving here at the nome of
Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock.
Mrs. Helen Simar spent Thanks
giving with her brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulz in At
kinson.
Robert Walker and son, of Stur
gis, S. D., arrived Saturday and
visited over Sunday with his
brother, J. O. Walker.
James 0. Walker returned Sat
urday night from Rochester, Minn.,
where Mr. Walker was receiving
medical treatment.
Pete Todson left Monday for
Sioux City where he attended the
regular monthly meeting of the
Penney Store employees.
Miss Agatha Beelert returned
Friday night from Omaha, where
she spent the Thnksgiving holidays
witlv friends.
Miss Eliza Jane Bigler, John
Drickey and Forest BradStreet, of
Spencer, visited Miss Marie Hynes
last Sunday.
Fred Cole, who has been here
visiting his mother, Mrs. Alice
Cole, returned to his home in Spo
kane, Washington Monday.
Mrs. A. D. Findley spent Thanks
giving at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. R. M. Sauers. She returned
to Omaha on Sunday.
Pete Duffy and Ed Jones left
Monday morning for Rochester,
Minn., where Mr. Jones will go
through the Mayo Clinic.
Mrs. Margaret Blasius, of Holly
wood, Calif., who has been the guest
of Mrs. Mamie Zastrow for the past
week, left Friday for her home.
All friends of the Presbyterian
church are invited to a farewell for
Rev and Mrs. H. D. Johnson to be
held at the church on Friday even
ing, December 2.
The Southwestern Holt County
Educational Conference will be held
in Chambers on December 2. C.
K. Morse, of the Extension depart
ment of the University of Nebraska
will be present and will give an
address on “Europe Past and Pres
ent.” All teachers in Holt county
and patrons of the schools are in
vited to attend.