The Frontier
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VOL. LIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12,1939. No. 35.
Holt County Pioneers
Celebrate Their 50th
Wedding Anniversary
One hundred and thirteen old
time neighbors and friends gather
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Brennan, in Sheilds town
ship last Sunday to help them cele
l brate their Golden Wedding anni
versary.
James A. Brennan and Eliza
Casey were united in marriage on
January 8, 1889, in Omaha at St.
Philomenia’s Catholic church by
Rev. P. F. McCarthy. None of the
guests present at the wedding are
now living.
After their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. Brennan moved to a farm
northeast of this city, later moving
to their present farm home where
they have resided for over forty
years. Eight children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Brennan, four
daughters and four sons, seven of
whom are living. They are: Mrs.
Nora O’Laughlin, Walter L., Frank
J., Janies E., Mary, Bessie and Dr.
Louis V. There are six grand
children.
At their home last Sunday the
color scheme was carried out jn
yellow and white. A three tier
§ golden wedding cake was made by
Mrs. John Schmidt and decorated
with a bride and groom in front of
a church door. The wedding cake
was served from a cake stand,
which was a wedding gift to the
Brennan’s fifty years ago. Each
guest received a piece of the cake,
during lunch which was served at
3:30.
Many nice gifts and cards were
presented by those in attendance,
the presentation being made by Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. Whaley, who were
selected for this position because
they had lived beside the Brennan’s
for over forty years. Among the
gifts was a set of dishes, service
for twelve, decorated in gold. These
dishes were given by the neighbors
and friends of this estimable couple.
Mr. Brennan has reached the age
of 78 while Mrs. Brennan has
reached her 72 second birthday and
both are hale and hearty. After
the presentation of the gifts both
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan responded
briefly to the presentation remarks
and with marked feeling thanked j
the donors for their many good
wishes and the valuable gifts pre
sented.
Mr. Brennan was born in Mem
phis, Tennessee, and came to this
county in 1880 when he was twenty
years of age. Mrs. Brennan was
born in Scranton, Pa., and came to
this county when she was twelve
years of age in 1879. At the time
of the arrival of the families of
both of these old pioneers in this
county O’Neill had but one grocery
store, that owned and operated by
Patrick Hagerty, on the corner
where the Golden hotel now stands.
And by the way the old building
that stood there is now the Horis
key building on Douglas street re
cently vacated by the O’Neill Food
Center. There was also a small
Catholic church and Father Smith |
looked after the spiritual wants of
the members of the congregation.
In the olden days horses were
n d f o w o nrl Avon nrnvn
the principal means of transporta
tion, as well as being used on the
farms for the work that is now per
formed by tractors. At that time
the C. and N. W. railroad came as
far as Wisner and the trip from
there to this county had to be made
by wagon. The railroad did not j
reach here until 1881.
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan endured
all the hardships and privations of
the early day settlers of the county.
Indian scares, grasshopper plagues
and d*>ughts, but they perservered
V. through it all and now, in the hey
day of life, are resting content in
their farm home with all cares and
worrys far behind them. They are
an estimable couple and have a
host of friends throughout the
county who wish for them many
morejiappy wedding anniversaries.
James Keith Ernst
James Keith Ernst, the three
and a half year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Ernst, died at his
home west of this city last Tues
day morning after an illness of
nine days of pneumonia. The fun
eral was held last Wednesday af
ternoon from the Presbyterian
church, Rev. Ohmart officiating.
Music was furnished for the fun
eral services by Mrs. Grace Spind
.
ler, pianist, Atkinson, and songs by
a mixed quartette consisting of Mr,
and Mrs. Hubby, Mrs. Frank Sil
verstrand and Mrs. Ray Elders.
Burial was in Prospect Hill ceme
tery.
James Keith is survived by his
parents and two sisters, Gladys
Mary and Vera Jeanne and a large
number of aunts, uncles and cou
sins. The sorrowing family have
the sympathy of the community in
their hour of sorrow.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely desire to thank our
many friends, neighbors and rela
tives for their many acts of kind
ness and comforting words spoken
to us during the sickness and death
of our little son and brother and
also thank those who gave such
beautiful flowers.—Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Ernst, Gladys Mary and
Vera Jeanne.
Fifty-one Years Ago
Today — Blizzard
Today is the fifty-first anniver
sary of the Great Blizard of Janu
ary 12, 1888, that cost hundreds of
lives in Nebraska and the loss of
thousands of dollars worth of live
stock throughout the middle west.
There are several old timers still
here who have vivid recollections
of the storm, some of whom were
out in it, and managed to escape
with their lives. There never was
nothing like it in the west and
probably never will be again. At
that time with settlers many miles
apart and very little timber in the
county there was nothing to stop
or even check the wind and when
the storm reached here about 11:30
of a balmy morning, it was less
than an hour until the wind was
blowing a gale of forty miles an
hour and snowly heavily. The
heavy wind kept the snow in the
air and much stock was smothered
to death during the storm. After
the storm was over it turned bit
terly cold, thermometers here then
would register 40 below zero. One
in town reached the bottom and
could go no lower, so it is impossible
to tell just how cold it did get, but
it was undoubtedly the coldest
ever recorded in this section of the
country.
Dickason-Simonson
Burt L. Dickason, of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and Miss Mayme Lou
Simonson, of O’Neill, daughter of
Calmer Simonson, were united in
marriage at the Methodist parson
age last Sunday morning at 8
o’clock, Rev. V. C. Wright officiat
ing, in the presence of a large num
br of the relatives of the bride.
The bride’s sister, Carol, was
bridesmaid. The father of the
bride presented her and the wedd
ing ring and a simple ring ceremony
was used.
The Bride wore an ensemble in
the little “Boy Blue” shade, trim
med in grey wolf, with a corsage of
gardenias. The brides boquet was
of beautiful white roses. The
bridesmaids corsage was of pink
roses.
After the ceremony the newly
married couple and relatives par
took of a sumptuous wedding
breakfast at the home of the bride’s
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Si
monson, after which the bridal
couple left for Kansas City, Mo.
After two or three weeks in the
south the newly weds will return
to Council Bluffs where they will
make their future home.
The groom is a practicing attor
ney in Council Bluffs and is prom
inent in his profession there, hav
ing served the people of that coun
ty as prosecuting attorney, and has
[n her letter she hays she noticed
of Iowa and in the eastern part of
Nebraska.
The bride is a native of this
county and a graduate of the
O’Neill public schools and the Oma
ha University after which she
taught school in various points in
this state and in Iowa. She is a
charming young lady and has a
host of friends in this county who
extend to her and the man of her
choice best wishes for a long and
happy married life.
Rev. and Mrs. V. C. Wright and
son left last Sunday for Platts
mouth, where they visited for a day
and then visited friends and looked
after business matters in Lincoln
before their return home. They
returned Wednesday evening.
Another Coyote Hunt
Will Be Held Sunday
Another coyote hunt will be held
in the northern part of the county
next Sunday afternoon, according
to Preston Jones, who is the mana
ger of the coyote association of
that section of the county. The
cming hunt will take in the terri
tory, starting a Eagle Creek, along
the highway and will go north to
the river; thence east five miles
and will then head west along the
Eagle Creek to the highway. The
coming hunt will start at 2 o’clock
and all those desiring to have an
afternoon’s sport hunting the elu
sive coyote are invited to partici
pate.
Clement Bollen
! Clement Bollen died at his home
northwest of Ewing last Friday
evening at 7:40 after an illness of
several months of asthma and
heart trouble at the age of G8 ye»rs
10 months and 4 days. Funeral
services were held last Monday af
j ternoon at the U. B. church at.
j Orchard, Rev. Wintz officiating and
burial in the Enterprise cemetery
| near Venus.
Clement Bollen was born at At
kinson, 111., on March 2, 1870. He
; was a resident of northeast Ne
braska for several years and then
moved to Minnesota where he re
sided for a few years and then came
back to Nebraska and this county
in 1909 and lived for three years
south of Ewing when he purchased
the farm northwest of Ewing, mov
ing thereon in 1912 and resided
there until his death.
On August 14, 1895, he was
united in marriage at Hartington,
Nebraska, to Miss Lillian Trow.
Six children were born of this
union, four of whom with his de
voted wife are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and devoted hus
band and father. They are: Clif
ford, Dertoit, Mich.; Bernice, Ven
us, Nebr.; Everett, Orchard; Earl,
Page; Beatrice, Orchard. In ad
dition to his immediate family he
is survived by two brothers, Floyd,
of Lincoln, and Lee, of Detroit, and
one sister, Mrs. Alice Simpson, of
Sioux City, Iowa.
Mr. Bollen was a good citizen and
had a host of friends in the eastern
part of the county who learned with
regret of his passing.
Agricultural News
The Ash Grove Baby Beef club
met at the George Rector ranch
on January 9, with all members
present. Leader R. E. Lucas gave
an interesting talk about care of
calves. After the meeting lunch
was served.
The next meeting will be at the
Clarence Faulhaber home on Jan
uary 30.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs. W. J. Froelich entertained
at a dinner at the Golden Hotel on
Saturday night, in honor of her
guest, Miss Frances Polly.
C. P. Uhl left Tuesday for Maple
ton, Iowa where he went to attend
the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. H.
Strict.
Herb Schroeder spent Sunday in
Bloomfield, visiting at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
Schroeder.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Stone, of
Coleridge spent Sunday in O’Neill
as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Kersenbrock.
Mrs. J. W. Rooney, of Atkinson
returned to her home on Thursday
after spending a few days here
visiting friends.
Misses Carol and Mamie Lou
Simonsen, of Council Bluff's, Iowa,
arrived Friday to visit at, the home
of their father, C. T. Simonsen.
Charles Yarnell and Miss Marion
Dickson left Monday morning for
Grand Island where they will at
tend a conference of Brown-Mc
Donald employees there.
Miss Frances Polly, of Chicago,
who has been the house guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich since
New Years, left Monday for her
home.
Mrs. Tom Semlock, of Norfolk,
spent the week-end in O’Neill vis
iting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Enright. She
returned to her home on Monday.
Holt County Board
Organizes For The
Ensuing Year, 1939
The county board met last Tues
day and organized for the coming
year by electing Walter K. Smith,
of Stuart, as chairman for the en-;
suing year. His name was the only
one presented and his election was
unanimous.
The chairman named the follow-'
ing committees to serve for the
coming year:
Court House—Sullivan, Stein,
Matousek.
Finance—R eimer, .Matousek
Gibson.
Printing—Stein, Reimer, Carson.
Taxes—Gibson, Carson, Stein.
Bonds—Sullivan, Matousek, Car-1
son.
Bridges—Matousek, Reimer, Sul
livan.
Settlement with county officers—
Gibson and entire board.
Claims—Reimer and the entire
board.
Establishes Training
School At Bellevue
The National Youth Administra-j
tion is established a resident train
ing project at Bellevue, Nebraska,
January 3rd. Approximately 125
boys from 18 to 25 years old will
be enrolled and will continue in
residence for six months. The pur
pose of this project is to provide
inexperienced young men with a
practical knowledge of occupations
and experience in the type of work
for which they are best fitted. A
majority of the youth will be from
small communities or rural areas
where they have little opportunity
for vocational guidance or work
experience.
The boys will live in a dormitory
where each will do his share of (
maintainence work. Meals will be
served in the dining room under:
the supervision of an experienced
chef. Laundry aerviwill be pro
vided. Each youth may earn enough
to cover all essential living and in- j
structional expenses plus $ 10.00 a
month for personal use. Aside
from general rules and regulations
the boys will govern themselves,
under adult supervision, through
the establishment of a house coun-,
cil.
A complete physical examination
will be given each boy at the time
of entrance. A staff doctor will
take care of all ordinary sickness
and disabilities. Arrangements
have been made with Omaha hospi
tals to provide emergency hospital
and medical care.
There will be seventeen units of
work experience. Each will be
under skilled supervision. They in
clude cooking, carpentry, commer
cial work, commercial art, draft
ing, electrical, shoe repairing, auto
mechanics, phote-processes, plumb
ing, heating plant operation, wood
working, sheet metal work, agricul
ture, welding, painting, and mason
ry. Each youth will be given op
portunity to work in three units.
Related instruction will be given
outside working hours and will
parallel the work experience.
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BRIEFLY STATED
Jack Davidson, Charley Reka,
Bill Lewis and H. J. Bauman drove
to Ewing on Wednesday on busi
ness connected with the American
Legion Post of this city.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown, Mrs.
W. H. Harty and Mrs. C. E. Lund
gren drove to Omaha Wednesday
on business, returning late the
same day.
Mrs. Lou Yearout, of Boulder,
Colo., arrived here Saturday and
will remain here for the next two
weeks visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Mary Roseler.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Stone and
daughter, Ardith Ann, of Coleridge,
were guests at the Golden Wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Brennan.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stannard
and daughter, Mary, arrived Tues
day from Tuft, California, and will
remain here for the next two
months, visiting at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Dave Stannard.
Dave Bright, sophomore at the
Wayne State Teacher’s college, re
turned to Wayne Sunday after
spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ramon
Bright.
St. Marv's Wins Two
Good Close (James
During the past week St. Mary’s
won two games giving them a total
of four victories so far this season,
defeating Inman Friday by a score
of 22-15 and Sunday defeating
Sacred Heart, of Norfolk by a score
of 17-14.
Against Inman, St. Mary’s dis
played a tight defense, holding In
man to three field goals. Bob
Shoemaker and Connelly were tied
for scoring honors with 7 points
a piece. Stevens led Inman with
seven points.
On Sunday St. Mary’s journeyed
to Norfolk where they defeated
Sacred Heart in a low scoring game
17-14. Loisel again was trouble
some to St. Mary’s making 10 of
their 14 points. John Shoemaker
led St. Mary’s with six points.
The Weather
Nebraska has enjoyed some real
nice weather the past week, at
least this section of the state. The
coldest night during the past week
was last Friday night when the
thermometer dropped to 22 above
zero. During the day, however, it
climbed and was real spring-like.
Sunday night we had .09 of an inch
of rain and Monday morning it was
as balmy as a day in April and
some farmers who were in town
that morning said it made them
feel as if they should be getting
ready for spring work.
Following is the chart for the
week. H. L. M.
Jan. 6_42 25
Jan. 6_44 24
Jan. 7_54 22
Jan. 8 57 32
Jan. 9_4-4_48 33 .09
Jan. 10 42 28
Jan. 11_45 25
Farm Bureau Meeting
In O’Neill January 20
The annual meeting of the Holt
County Farm Bureau will be held
in the court room of the old court
house in O’Neill, at 10:30 a. m. on
January 20. The public is invited
to attend this meeting which will
be attended by H. G. Gould, the as
sistant director of Extension ser
vice in Lincoln. The program will
also include a financial report of
the Farm Bureau, a report of the
work of the County agricultural
agent and presentation of the certi
ficates of achievement to each 4-H
club leader whose club earned this
award in the past year.
Women project club members, |
4-H club leaders and Farm Bureau
members are especially asked to be
present in order that a larger Ex
tension program may be planned
for Holt county. A covered dish
luncheon is planned so that those
planning to attend may come and
spend the day.
A Correction
The Frontier regrets an error
made last week in the wedding
notice of Clement Cuddy and Miss
Margaret Cannon. The notice
stated that they were married in
the Parish house, when as a matter
of fact they were married in the
Catholic church. The Frontier re
grets the error and hereby extend
apologies for it to the aggrieved
parties.
Spring Like Weather
In Nebr., Also Oregon
The Frontier is in receipt of a
letter from an old time reader, Mrs.
Owen F. Herring, of Eugene, Ore
gon, enclosing a renewal of her
subscription. Mrs. Herring was
raised in the southern part of the
county and has a warm spot in her
heart for the land of her girlhood.
In her letter she says she has noticed
that Nebraska has enjoyed a mild
fall and winter, and they have had
a delightful winter so far in her
section of the country. She enclosed
a clipping from the Eugene Regis
ter-Guard, of January 5, 1939,
headed “Pussy Willows and Robins
Hint Breath of Spring in January”
which follows:
“Is spring just arriving, or has
it really departed? That’s the
“contest” problem right now.
“Gordon Gullion, Eugene, says,
after reading about the robins in
Tuesday’s paper: “There was a
report that spring must be coming
fast because the robins have ar
rived. But the robins have not
left the vicinity of Eugene yet, so
they are not coming back. To
further verify the report that
spring iirjust around the corner is
the fact that willow goldfinches
(though they do not leave) and
western bluebirds are much in evi
dence at present. In my mother’s
garden the peonies and astillbess
are coming up nad filberts are in
full bloom.” Aparently, spring is
here!”
“Up Culp Creek way, Frances
Thrun sends the paper a bouquet
of pussy willows and the little blue
flowers frequently referred to as
“blue bells.” She found them New
Year’s day, Jan. 1. Frances, who
is 10 and in the fifth grade, says
there is no question but that
spring is here, whether just leaving
or just coming.”
Mr. and Mrs| Herring sent New
Years greetings and best wishes to
all in the old home County.
Page Will Entertain
Basket Ball Teams
Holt County basket ball teams
are to meet Friday and Saturday
at Page for a Holt County Tourna
ment. Sponsored by Holt County
schoolmen, it will have teams from
all ten schools in the county. There
will be five sessions with at least
two games in each session. The
pairings: Friday at 2:30 St.
Joseph vs. Page; 3:30 Ewing vs.
Chambers; 5:00 Atkinson vs.
Amelia; Friday night at 7:00
O’Neill vs. Inman; 8:00 Stuart vs.
first game winner; 9:00 St. Mary’s
vs. second game winner. Saturday
at 10:00 consolations; 2:30 semi
finals; 7:00 three final games.
O’Neill Woman’s Club
O’Neill Woman's club meets
Wednesday afteronon, January 18,
at the home of Mrs. C. J. Malone.
Vocal selection by Mrs. Elmer
Stolte. Mrs. Ira George will re
view “Dark River’’ by Charles
NordhofT and James Norman Hall,
discussion will be led by Mrs. Ben
nett Gillspie.
Free Concert at the
High School Next Thurs.
The Dramatic and Vocal music
departments of the Public school
will give a free concert in the high
school auditorium Thursday even
ing, January 19.
Two plays, “The Telegram,” and
“At the Sign of the Cleft Heart,”
and a humorous reading “Brotherly
Love,” will be given by the dra
matic department.
The glee club and grade chorus
will each give two numbers. The
girl’s sextette, boys’ octette and
vocal solos will complete the pro
gram.
Grinding Grain Sorghums
To grind or not to grind is the
question facing mny Holt county
farmers and livestock feeders who
are getting their first experience
with grain sorghums this year.
Experiments made at the Ne
braska College of Agriculture and
released to the county agricultural
agent show that it all depends upon
the classes of livestock the grain is
to be fed.
Sorghum seeds are small and
without exception best results are
secured from them as cattle feed
when they are coarsely ground.
Fine grinding is not only costly but
produces a feed less palatable. The
entire head may be ground for cat
tle feeding, produces a feed quite
similar to ground ear corn. The
stalk of the head provides rough
age which serves to reduce hay con
sumption.
Sheep according to experiments,
handle sorghum seed well enough
so that grinding is not essential.
For horses coarse grinding is con
sidered desirable.
Pigs can be self fed sorghum
without grinding while coarsely
ground they give the best results
when hand feed. Ground heads
and feeding of the entire heads
gives considerable waste and not
nearly as good results when fed to
hogs.
These tests also point out that
grain sorghums, like corn, are de
ficient in protein and should be fed
with dairy by products, oil meal or
some other good protein supple
ment.
Jimmie Herre returned Sunday
from Fremont, where he spent the
week-end as the guest of his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Herre.
Production Credit
Held Annual Meeting
In This City Wed.
The annual meeting of the
' O’Neill Production Credit Associa
tion was held in O’Neill on January
i 11, 1939, with two hundred and
fifty stockholders and borrowers
present from Holt, Garfield,
Wheeler and Rock counties. D. C.
Schaffer, of Emmet, and C. F.
Clark, of Burwell were re-elected
| directors for a three year period.
J. W. Rooney, of O’Neill was re
i elected Secretary-Treasurer and
Edith J. Davidson was re-elected
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. D.
C. Schaffer, of Emmet was re-elect
ed president, and A. U. Dix, of
Butte, Boyd county, was re-elected
as vice-president. The annual re
ports of the President and the
Secretary was read and approved
by the meeting. Walter E. Ander
son, Vice President of the Produc
tion Credit Corporation, of Omaha
was present, and addressed the
meeting. Luncheon was served at
the K. of C. Hall to all present, and
trumpet solos were given by How
ard Graves and Woodrow Melena,
I accompanied on the piano by Miss
Elizabeth Henry, under the direc
tion of Ira George.
BRIEFLY STATED
John Sullivan left Wednesday
for Lincoln on business.
Art Kiehl and son, Wendel, of
Ainsworth, were here visiting Art’s
father, Gus Kiehl on Sunday.
James Marron left Sunday for
Lincoln, where he went on busi
ness.
John Miller left for Omaha on
Wednesday and will undergo medi
cal treatment there.
Mrs. Anna McCartney returned
Thursday from Butte where she
has bene visiting friends.
P. B. Harty and Emmet Moore
made a business trip to Spalding
! last Friday.
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Mrs. J. B. Brown entertained the
Contract club at her home on Sun
day evening.
Earl Watson, of Inman was in
O’Neill on Tuesday transacting
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Griffen, of
Atkinson spent Sunday in O’Neill
visiting friends.
John Murray, of Spencer was in
O’Neill on Thursday transacting
business.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Sauser enter
tained twelve couples at their home
on Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lod Janousek drove
to Bristow on Sunday and visited
friends there.
Mrs. Marvin Johnson left Tues
day for Sioux City where she will
visit relatives and friends.
_
Mrs. LaMonte Horn entertained
the 9 FF club at her home on
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merriman
and son, James, and Miss Mar
jorie Lyons drove to Omaha on
Saturday on business.
Miss Helen Biglin returned Sun
day from Hays, Kansas where she
had been visiting friends for the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kubichek
returned Tuesday from Casper,
Wyo., where they have been visit
ing at the home of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vitt left
Thursday for Omaha where they
will visit relatives over the week
end.
C. J. Gatz returned Thursday
night from Kansas City, Mo., and
Topeka, Kansas, where he had been
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. John Liddy moved
into O’Neill last Monday from the
old Liddy place in the northern part
of Holt county.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lund, of
Omaha arrived here Sunday and
were guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Reardon until Monday.
Mrs. Mabel Gatz entertained the
D"Ra Dek club at a seven o’clock
dinner at the M & M Cafe followed
by cards at her home on Thursday
evening.