VOL. LIX. '_O'NEILL
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
A great life insurance company
claims assets of over two and one
half billion dollars, but does not
show as a liability close to seven
billion insurance in force. Should
the two and three-quarter million
policy holders pass out within a
year the beneficiaries would be
shortchanged in the settlement.
Cities, villages and hamlets are
over-run with various so - called
credit organizations. The mortg
age forms of some of them come
just short of providing you be shot
at sunrise.
Clutch the thrifty citizen by the
throat, reach in his pocket for what
he has and hand it to a bum—that’s
“humanitarianism."
What’s become of His Honor the
Silver Dollar?
I fear these heavy black headings
The Frontier has adopted attach
unwarranted importance to any
thing that may appear in this col
umn. Type faces undergo changes
of style, perhaps not quite so er
ratic as clothing. Gothics had a
run of popularity, but are now giv
ing way to the bolder styles in com
bination with a semi-script face.
For the purpose of newspaper head
letter the style The Frontier now
uses will doubtless serve for a long
time.
Digging gold out of the earth in
one section of the country and
burying it in the earth under gov
ernment seal in another section of
the country is in harmony with the
federal policy as applied by PWA
directors, who assign workers to
move a quantity of earth from one
location to another and send other
workmen around next day to move
it back where it lay in the begin
ning.
One whose moral discernment is
highly esteemed takes me to task
for referring to a person whom I
had met only by proxy with an un
honored phrase. It was one of the
minority, though amusing, group,
which soars in the vainglorious al
titude of public notice on the
strength of the solid sense and
practical ability of others who re
main in the shadow. The adjec
tive may be taken either as des
criptive or derogatory, but in our
scheme of complex social and in
dustrial life there seem to be jobs
to do for which only an egotistical
ass is qualified.
A ten thousand ton cruiser of the
U. S. Navy sails from Annapolis the
18th for a Japanese port bearing
the cremated remains of the former
ambassador from Japan that might
have been put in an envelope and
transmitted by mail.
The serum laboratory and the
race track are two places left for
the horse.
This is the story as John Brenan
gave it to me: Some men in a town
at the mouth of a canyon watched
a mountain lion track some deer
down from the mountain. The deep
snow drove every thing to the val
ley. A big black dog came be
tween the deer and the lion and a
fight insued. The first round the
dog whipped the lion but the lion
came to the attack again and this
time was the victor. When the
fight was over the lion was too
tired to remember what he was
fighting for and turned back into
the mountain. The dog made his
way toward the city. He had put
up a good fight, won nothing, not
even praises. No one knew the
dog, but he had done what he could
to save the deer with no considera
tion of x-eward or praise. Maybe
when he got into town people threw
stones at him because he was so
mussed up from the fight. There
are a lot of good dogs we don’t
know anything about.
Mrs. Mattie Soukup, Mrs. O. W.
French and Mrs. F. D. McMillian
leturned Sunday from Lincoln, and
Omaha where they visited relatives
and friends over the week-end.
NEW 4-H CLUB IS
ORGANIZED
The Prairie Hill Calf Club held
a meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy DeLong, March 5, under
the supervision of our County
Agent.
The club was organized and the
following officers were elected:
Francis Musil, president; Leo De
Long, vice-president; Mae DeLong,
secretary; Marion DeLong, re
porter; Frank Musel, leader, and
Roy DeLong, assistant. Dean De
Long, Joseph Musil and Dorothy
Musil complete the membership.
FRONTIER READER
ALMOST LIFETIME
Fred Cronk was in the city last
Saturday from his Verdigre farm
and was a pleasant caller at this
office, where he extended his sub
scription to this purveyor of local
news. Fred has been a resident of
this county since 1879, when his
parents moved to the county, and
ever* since he has been one of our
stalwart citizens. When the Fron
tier was established Fred’s father,
was one of the first names entered
upon the subscription list and Fred
says that it was the first paper he
ever read, as it was a welcome vis
itor in his home and as he grew up
he read it each week. When he
started out for himself one of the
first things he thought necessary
in his home was The Frontier and
he ordered it sent to his address
and he has been receiving it ever
since, so it has been going to his
home for fifty-eight years. This
is quite a record for a newspaper
in any man’s country and The
Frontier force are glad to have
upon their list of readers such
faithful and persistent supporters
and hope that Fred Cronk will live
for many years and enjoy the week
ly visits of The Frontier to his
home.
SCHOOL BOARD MAKES SELECTIONS
OF FACULTY FOR COMING YEAR
Present Staff Re-elected Except Three Who
Made No Application; Vacancies Not Yet
Filled; New Course Added to Curriculum
At a meeting held Friday, Mar.
10, the Board of Education re
elected teachers. It is generally
felt that the O’Neill City schools
are enjoying one of the best years
in the history of the schools. All
teachers and pupils are eagerly
looking forward to the coming
year with the new building and
the added opportunities made pos
sible by it. A Smith-Hughes de
partment will be added to the pres
ent curricular offerings. The in
structor for that department has
not yet been selected.
The faculty for the past year
consists of the following instruc
tors :
Eileen Duffy, kindergarten and
music; Elizabeth Henry, first
grade; Loretta Enright, second
grade; Hilda Gallagher, third
LAST COYOTE HUNT
OF SEASON
The last coyote hunt of the sea
son will be held next Sunday.
Those desiring to participate, and
all are invited, are requested to
meet at the Midway store at 1:30
p.m., from which point the hunt
will start. At the conclusion of
the hunt, coffee and doughnuts
will be servei Lo all participants.
Manager Jones says that he would
like to have all those who have par
ticipated in hunts the past winter
to be on hand on that date, but
they are to bring their own cups.
There will be lots of coffee for ev
eryone and plenty of doughnuts.
Why not make the last hunt of
the season the banner one '1
BUILDING CONTRACT FOR NEW SCHOOL
ADDITION TO NORTH PLATTE FIRM
Work Expected to Start Right Away and to Be
Rushed to Completion; General Contractor to
Make Residence Here During Building
WILL CELEBRATE
ST. PATRICKS DAY
The pupils of St. Mary’s Acad
emy are hard at work on the op
eretta “The Days of the Kerry
Dancin'?,” which they will present
in the K. of C. Hall on the evenings
of March 16th and 17th at 8:15.
They have planned a matinee for
the school children and will give it
on Thursday afternoon at 2:00.
The operetta contains a variety of
features, one more amusing than
the other. Those in the cast include
Lou Birmingham as Granny O’Mal
ley, loving the wholesome world,
but Patrick the most. James Gol
den as Patrick O’Malley, one of the
“rale old stock.” Nora, their grand
daughter, the Pride of County Ker
ry, with Beverly McCarthy; Lepre
chauns — Edward Campbell, Ann
Harty, Bonny Hynes, Jimmie Mer
riman and Bobby Wallace.
Rose O’Malley, Patrick’s mother,
Mary Hickey.
Act II—Pat O’Malley, “Broth of
a boy,” James Golden; Eileen Eag
en, Rose O’Malley’s adopted daugh
ter, Lu Birmingham; Witch, un
canny and cruel, Margaret Hig
gins; Dinny Sheeley, a “crabbed
ould skinflint” as mean as you make
’em, James Hillock; Irish Dancers,
Billy Froelich and Donna Gallag
her, “make their feet behave thim
silves.” The Golden Fish, John
Protovinsky, under the Giant’s spell
in the Wishing Well. The Donkey
_???? Star Fairy, Mary Mil
ler.
Mrs. Thomas Brennan, who gives
so unsparingly of her time, will ac
company the singing. The high
school orchestra, under the able
direction of I. B. George, will ren
der the good old Irish melodies
which awaken memories in every
true Irish heart.
Contracts were awarded March
10th for construction of O’Neill’s
new Public Works Administration
financed $85,000.00 school addition
and auditorium, P.W.A. Resident
Engineer Inspector A. M. Wind an
nounced Monday.
Under the Public Works Admini
stration Recovery Act, which made
funds available for the construc
tion of the local project, all work
must be done by private contrac
tors who obtain their contract thru
open competitive bidding. Effec
tiveness of the Public Works Ad
ministration as a recovery measure
was shown by the fact that twelve
contractors bid on the project. Mc
Miehael Construction Co. of North
Platte, Nebr., submitted the low
est bid on the general contract.
General Contract — McMiehael
Construction Co., North Platte,
Nebr., for $59,404.00.
Plumbing and Heating Contract
—Seiffert Co., Norfolk, Nebr., for
$9,962.95.
Electrical — Quelbog Electric
Co., Norfolk, Nebr., for $1,395.00.
Hardware — Johnson Hardware
Co., Omaha, for $465.00.
All bids were based on the plans'
and specifications furnished by
Davis & Wilson, architects of Lin
coln, which were completed after
many conferences with the school
board.
Under the Public Works Admin
istration Act the contractors must
pay the men employed on the pro
ject the prevailing wages in the
locality. Selection of the men to
work on the job is up to the con
tractor.
The PWA Resident Engineer In
spector on this project is charged
with seeing that the plans and spec
ifications of the local authorities
are carried out. He also is charged;
with aiding local authorities in;
completing the new facilities in as
short a time as possible.
Mr. McMichael will reside in
O’Neill during the construction.
grade; Mildred Miller, fourth
grade; Eleanor Kvam, fifth grade;
Bessie Jones, sixth grade; Neva
Wolf, seventh grade; Frances Tom
jack, eighth grade; Warren Thomp
son, commercial; Marie Wind, home
economics and normal training;
Jean Gist, English and dramatics;
Ruth Kraemer, social science and
Latflh; Elmer Stolte, science and
physical education; Ira George,
band, English and history; C. F.
Grill, principal; F. E. Alder, sup
erintendent.
Three teachers, Warren Thomp
son, Jean Gist, and Eileen Duffy,
have announced their intentions not
to return next year. The commun
ity appreciates the excellent work
these teachers have done and wishes
them the best of success in their
new fields of endeavor. xxx
ENTERTAINS FORTY
AT STAG PARTY
_
Mrs. James F. O'Donnell enter- 1
tained about forty guests last Sun
day evening at a stag party honor
ing her husband’s birthday anni
versary. Jim has been a resident
of the city for so many years, none
will predict how old he is, but he
has been past the voting age for a
quarter of a century and then some.
The guests were entertained with
various card games. A delicious
lunch was served at 11:30 and as
soon as the tempting viands had
been disposed of the card games
were resumed. About 1:30 all de
parted for home after wishing
James many nwre happy birthdays
and thanking Mrs. O’Donnell and
daughter, Mrs. Meech, who were
responsible for the party, for tb'V'
delightful evening they had sfr€nt.
It was a real party and brought to
gether many of the oW timers who
have not feasted together for many
years. .
SECOND ACCIDENT OK HIGHWAY 275
TAKES TOLL IN HEAVY DAMAGES
Students Injured VVht^i Light Auto Crashes
Parked Truck and Trdjber Near Scene of Last
Week’s Accident Which Took One Man’s Life
ANOTHER PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
! Mrs. Lilian Cocntbs died in the
Lynch hospital last Monday morn
ing about six a.m., after an ill
ness of about three weeks of bron
chial pneumonia, at the age of 64 |
years 9 months and 2 days. The j
funeral services were held from the
Methodist church in this city Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev.
V. C. Wright officiating and burial
in the cemetery at Spencer, at the
side of a son, who passed away
many years ago.
Lillian Ross was born at East
Dickinson, N.Y., on June 11, 1873.
When she was eight years of age
her parents moved to this county,
coming here in 1881 and located on
Eagle creek northwest of this city
where she grew1 to womanhood.
When she was seventeen years of
age, she went east and spent two
years attending school in Vermont,
living at the home of an aunt. She
then returned to Holt county and
Holt and Boyd counties had been
her home ever since.
On May 18, 1896, she was united
in marriage to Josiah Coombs, the
ceremony being performed at the
home of her parents on Eagle
creek by Rev. George, of this city.
To this union two sons were born,
one dieing in infancy, the other,
Cyril, now being a resident of Los
Angeles and holding a responsible
position with the U. S. Government.
He came for the funeral, flying
from Los Angeles to Omaha. She
also leaves a brother, Colmer, who
has been her constant companion
for the past twenty years, and one
sister, Mrs. Estella E. Twiford, of
San Diego, Calif. Mr. and Mrs.
Coombs separated over twenty
years ago and since that time she
has made her home with her brother
in Spencer and on her farm, the old
home place, northwest of O’Neill.
Mrs. Coombs had a busy and use
ful life. Prior to her marriage j
she was a nurse employed in the j
office of Dr. Skelton, one of Boyd
county’s earliest and most beloved .
physicians, a position she retained
after her marriage. Then her hus- j
band was appointed postmaster at
Spencer and he engaged in the
newspaper business as editor of
their only paper and Mrs. Coombs’
time was fully occupied, as she
put in most of her time on the
paper.
Mrs. UoomDs was a notaoie wo
man in many w-f ys, as evidenced by
her remarkable foresight or intu
ition, proven by the fact that last
August, while in the best of health,
she" came to this city and entered
into a contract with the Biglin Mor
tuaj-y to take care of ner when she
passed away, picking out her cas
ket and informing them of the ser
vices she wished performed. The
/ nother accident on Highway j
276 last Sunday night; about 8:45, i
re» ted in the destruction of a car j
and t he injury of a couple of young i
lathe* who were on their way back
to yne, where they are students j
in th| normal.
Ceil Anderson, of Gregory, S.D.,
was driving a Ford pickup with a
trailer attached. When about a
mile w|* of Inman, just about that
distant'! from where a man was
killed a- t ouple of weeks ago, his
tires went down and he stopped on
the higher, ly to repair them. He
had no tdjl light on his trailer and
no flares In the car. A truck driven
by Pete K* lly, of Bassett, came
along and w« nt to pass the stalled
truck. A! he pulled out to go
around him It seen three cars com
ing from the east and he had to
back onto th<> highway. A car
coming from i t he west driven by
Harold Ulrich, cf Winside, in which
were four you®f ladies from west j
dlof here on I Kje r way to Wayne, j
where they wert atteding school,
came along an<K crashed into the j
truck. Two of th* ladie. received j
slight cuts and t brasions. They |
were brought to city and re
ceived medical trci»’ni(»#t and con
tinued on their way on the morn
ing passengti train.
Anderson, driver of the stalled
truck, was arrested and was ar
raigned before County Judge Ma
lone in county court Monday morn
ing. He pled guilty to the charge
filed against him, of stopping on
the highway without displaying
flares and was fined $00.00 and
costs of $3.10.
Mrs. I. W. Johnson entertained
the 9 FF Club at her home on
Thursday evening.
Emmet Moore left Thursday for
Omaha where he will attend, a dis
trict meeting of the managers of
the Travelers Insurance Co., being
held in that city on Friday and
Saturday.
Frank Froelich was in from his
south country ranch last Monday
and was a pleasant caller at this
office, extending his subscription
to this household favorite. Frank
says it sure has been a dandy win
ter for cattle and, while he has
been out of the cattle game for f
several years, he is rapidly getting
back into it.
week preceeding her death she
wrote them that she wanted the
services to be held in the Meth
odist church and asked that the
Rev. V. C. Wright officiate. She
had no fear of death and for the
past few years had anticipated its
coming. Not many people in this
day and age think enough of the
end to make arrangement , while in
good health, for the day w! en they
pass to the great beyond, so we
are convinced that she was a re- ;
markable woman.
$15,000 PERSONAL DAMAGE SUIT TRIED
IN DISTRICT COURT; SECOND CASE
SLATED FOR JURY FRIDAY
Alleged Careless and Negligent Driving Charges
Denied by Defendant; Brown Attempts to
Show Accident Unavoidable
THREE LICENSE
DELINQUENTS
PAY FINES
J. W. McKinney, a trucker from
Colome, S.D., was arrested on com
plaint of Patrolman Brt, of the
state b'Klfcr**,patrol, on March 13.
He was cbar:i%>with operating a
motor vehicle on the highways of
Holt county without a number plate
for 1939 on front aid back, as pro
vided by law. He appeared in the
county court on Aarch 15, pled
guilty to the charges and was fined
$10.00 and costs, or a' total of $13.10
which he paid.
W. T. Latta, of Cldy, was ar
rested Monday for not having an
1939 license plate on \iis car, the
complaint being made by Patrol
man Lawrence Russel, He pled
guilty and was fined in he county
court $1.00 and costs, ^ total of
»410- _ i
Omer McClehnahan, A Cham
bers, was arrested on Ma»h 15 on
complaint of Harry Brt pi rolman
charged with reckless driving. He
was taken before the countA court
where he pled guilty to the yhargc
made against him and was> fined
$10.00 and costs of $3.10, a total of
$13.10.
RECREATION CENTER
EXTENDS INVITATION
A cordial invitation is extended
to all ladies living in the country,
when they are in town on aty
Thursday afternoon, to visit the
Recreation Center, which is locate)'
on the second floor of the Old
Court House Building. We wifi
show you many entirely new ways
of making rugs, as well as other
crafts that would be vitally inter
esting to you.
OLDEST PIONEER
CELEBRATES 90TH
ANNIVERSARY
Thursday, March 9th, was Mrs.
William Menish’s birthday, when
she was 90 years young. Conse
quently a large crowd of friends
and old time neighbors gathered in
to help her celebrate this occasion.
Tnose present were as follows:
Mrs. James Brennan and son,
Walter, Mrs. Alice Minton, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter O’Malley, Mr. and
Mrs. Herb Jansen, Mrs. T. J. Dono
hoe, Mr. and Mrs. John Jansen,
Mis. J. B. Dononoe, Mrs. F. F.
Donohoe, Mrs. James Earley, Mrs.
Maynie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Fran
cis Donohoe, Mrs. A1 Sauser, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Donohoe, Con O’
Connell, Mrs. John Hickey, Mrs.
Joe McNichols, Mrs. Steve Hicks
and Richard Bowden;
Evelyn Ferris, Evelyn reairoy,
Frank Turay, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Dailey, a daughter; Mrs. John
Welsh, a daughter; Mrs. R. J.
Marsh, a daughter; Ed Menish, son;
Joe Menish, grandson; Mary Men
ish, granddaughter.
A nice birthday present was pre
sented to Mrs. Menish as a token of
esteem for her on this occasion.
The afternoon was spent in card
and checker playing and recalling
incidents of long ago. T his grand
old lady is sure a wonder at her
age of DO years, and is the last one
left of the early pioneers of Shields
Township. Several letters and
telegrams were read from grand
children with greetings and well
wishes for her anniversary.
A nice lunch was served to all
those present, after which the
guests departed wishing Mrs. Men
ish many more happy biithdays.
Mrs. C. E. Yantzi ar.d Mrs. R.
M. Sauers entertained at a one o’
clock luncheon at the M & M Cafe
on Thursday, followed by cards at
the home of Mrs. Sauers.
District court convened last Mon
day morning with Judge Dickson
on the bench and Reporter McEl
haney at his desk.
The first case on the docket was
that of Ruth Spangler, guardian of
Walter Spangler, a minor, plaintiff,
vs. Jerry A. Brown, defendant, be
ing a suit for personal injuries.
The amount sued for is $15,600.00;
$15,000.00 for injuries sustained by
the boy and $400 for medical care
and nursing and $200 for the horse
that was injured in the accident
and had to be killed. J. D. Cronin
and Judge J. J. Harrington are
representing the plaintiff, while
Fred Deutsch, of Norfolk, and W.
J. Hammond of this city are repre
senting the defendant.
A jury was selected to try the
case last Monday and the presen
-tation of evidence began. The plain
tiffs concluded their evidence in
chief on Wednesday, shortly after
noon and the defense started. The
case is still on and may not go to
the jury before tomorrow.
This case grew out of the colli
sion of an automobile being driven
by the defendant and a horse upon
which the plaintiff’s ward was re
i turning home from school. The
plaintiff’s petition alleges: “That
on September 7, 1938, at about 4:30
p.m., the said Walter Spangler was
j returning home on horseback from
school and while traveling on a
country road and public highway,
going east on the south half and
south of the traveled portion of
said country road and public high
way, at a point about six miles
south and about one and three
quarter miles west of the Village
of Ewing, in Holt County, Nebr.,
he saw an automobile coming from
the east at a high rate of speed on
said country road and highway,
iwhich automobile was being driven
\»y the defendant. That before the
ipitomobile reached the point where
Ipangler and his horse was, he
stopped his horse on the south bank
and south shoulder of said highway.
That defendant rapidly, carelessly
utid negligently and at a dangerous
rate of speed and with great force
and violence he struck with said
automobile the said Walter Spang
le r and the horse he was riding and
carried the horse and him for thirty
or forty feet west on said highway
on the front part of the automo
bile and then threw them clear
across the highway and into the
north ditch.”
That as a result of this collision
Spangler sustained a fracture of
the left leg and injuries to his shold
der and his entire body. They al
lege that as a result of the injuries
received to the left leg, from his
ankle up and his entire body from
hips to shouldefs, after medical
treatment, were sealed in a plaster
paris cast. That the injuries sus
tained in said accident and the pain
therefrom caused the said Walter
Spangler to become exceedingly
sick and nervous and will continue
so. That the injuries are perman
ent.
The defendant, in answer, denies
that he was running his automobile
in a reckless and at a dangerous
speed and claims that the ward
of the plintiff recklessly came off
a side road onto the highway in
front of his car and that he was
riding recklessly and that the col
lision was unavoidable.
The case was submitted to the
jury about 5:30 this afternoon.
Mrs. W. J. Biglin and son, Bill,
left Thursday for Dennison, Iowa,
where they will meet Ruth Ann
and Rose Mary Biglin, who are
students at the University of Iowa
at Ames, and bring them home to
spend the spring vacation. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bruening of
Hendley, Nebraska, returned to
their home on Thursday after
spending a few days here visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les B. Yarnell, and attending the
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Calvert.
