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— The Frontier 4 «*f* „ i , i VOL. LIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939. No. 45. ! , ' " _ - ■ - — - - - - — ■ - SOUTHEASTERN BREEZES By Romaine Saunders An O Street dentist advertises to “exchange dental work for most anything. What have you?” Arrayed in resplendent uniform and lined up with the group before the camera — if you fail to react to this old time thrill, you are getting old. In an eastern state this new thing they call bingo reached a stage of importance that it in volved a court ruling. The genus homo called man must have some thing to play with. A grab for the rattle is the first movements of the baby. I saw a new thing in the show windows and thought it was the latest in mouse traps. They tell me it is the up-to-date shoe for milady, allowing her pretty pink toes to be exposed through a cis culan opening at the toe-end, which comes to a focus like the end of a gaspipe. Hon. Karl Stefan’s press bureau has supplanted the old time Wash ington letter of C. M. Snow and Co., in the Third district papers. Mr. Stefan has humanized and im parted a personal touch to the congressional news that finds a general interest throughout the district. The Snow- letters of fifty years ago were just ‘copy” when there wa3 nothing else on the hook and for use to put the “devil’ to work on when he had nothing else to do. When Bert Blinco performed this funition in the old hand-set days at the Frontier, the printers made life something of a hazard for him and eventually drove him out of the trade to take up other pursuits. Bert always had his hair clipped close with no forelock to be combed and his bare round head was a perfect target for a flying quad that one or the other of the type setters at the cases hurled at him. Jim Killoran, Red Brainard, Frank Brainard, George Riggs, Homer Campbell, John Wel ton were among those old time printers, most of whom have joined that inumerable caravan from whose borne no traveler returns. A. writer in one of the numbers of Nebraska History, incidental to his story, makes somewhat of a worthwhile gent of the notorious Doc Middleton, whom he says stole only from the Indians and govern ment agents. Middleton was a familiar figure in O’Neill before and after his incarceration in a federal prison. Good horse flesh was something he did not pass up regardless of who it belonged to or when found. That he stole only flrom a select few is a myth, any old timer in Holt county can de bunk. Middleton deemed it unsafe to return to his former pursuits, when released from prison and held various jobs as a bartender, the proprietor finding him quite a drawing card. A mixture of curi osity and hero worship drew the patrons of the old time barroom. He spent a summer in O’Neill. I never knew of him entering a church, a lecture or concert hall. His life interests centered in the saloons and pool halls. He was always armed with the deadly six shooter and in the dark would swiftly draw and shoot at the slightest unusual sound. An in cident at the time of the Cowboy race fro m Chadron to Chicago rather mellowed my own feelings toward the wiley old horse thief. He was one of the riders. Two gentlemen representing the Hu mane Society came from the far east to see that these semi-barbaric Nebraskans took proper care of their horses. The incident took place in George Merritt’s black smith shop in O’Neill. Doc stopped in there with his horses to have the shoes reset. The humane society officers looked on. In came a gent whose guiding star had forsaken him and he was looking for a little lift to buy a meal. While the white collared gentlemen from away down east regarded the fellow with cold disdain, the booted and spurred Doc shoved his sombrero back on his head a few inches and tossed the hungry man a dollar. St. Marys’ Grade Boys Win School Trophy The St. Mary’s grade basketball team defeated the freshmen Mon day. It was a close game from start to finish. With the score tied, Jack Gallagher got two free throws he missed the first and with five , seconds to play he sank the second neatly to win the game 17 to 16. Mother Virgina was to present the trophy, but being unable to at tend, Sister Dolores presented it to the captain, Vincent Streeter. OPBETTA REVEALS REAL TALENT The operetta, “The Kerry Danc ers," which was presented by the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of St. Mary’s Academy at the K ,C. Hall on last Thursday and Friday nights was one of the fin est ever seen in O’Neill. The stage was decorated with new scenery and the entire cast beautifully costumed, appropriate to the setting of the play. It is almost impossible to pick out any individual performance as the dis play of talent in speaking and sing ing voices was astonishing. Much credit is to be given, not only to the children, who acted their parts so well, but to Sister M. Constance, the musical director of St. Mary’s Academy, and to St. Mary’s Or chestra, under the direction of Ira George. O’Neill Woman’s Club The Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. Ira George Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. J. D. Osen baugh had charge of the meeting in the absence of our president, Mrs. Malone. The following program was given: Mrs. Russel — Two vocal selections, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Pete Todson. Mrs. Vinton Somonson gave a very fine review of “The Great Horse" by Helen Margaret. There were sev eral general discussions. Miss Do vene Loy — Two vocal numbers. Next club meeting will be held in the club rooms, April 19. State Highway Patrol Busy With License Delinquents Theo Zahradnick was before Judge Malone in county court last Saturday, on complaint of Patrol man Brt, charged with driving an automobile in the county without having proper license for the year 1939. He pled guilty to the charge and was fined $5.00 and costs, amounting to $3.10, or $8.10 in all. Fred R. Mack was before Coun ty Judge Malone charged with driv ing an automobile on the roads of Holt County with out having the i proper license plates therton, the complaint was signed by Patrolman Russell. He pled guilty and was fined $1.00 and costs of $3.10. Alex Head is another motorist that appeared before Judge Malone in county court last Wednesday, on complaint of Patrolman Rus sel, charged with operating a motor vehicle on the highways of the county without a proper license plate. He pled guilty to the charge and was fined $1.00 and costs of $3.10. Duane L. Ulrich was before the county court Wednesday charged with operating a motor vehicle on the county highway without having a proper license plate, the com plaint being filed by Patrolman Russell. He pled guilty and was fined $1.00 and costs of $3.10. Herman Frisch and Miss Ethel Mott, both of Walnut, were granted a marriage license in county court last Wednesday. Louis Babl, O’Neill, about forty five years of age, was before the insanity commission on last Thurs day night, adjudged insane and taken immediately to the Verges Sanitarium at Norfolk by Sheriff Peter W. Duffy. Mr. Babl had been working in South Dakota, where he suddenly went violently insane, and was brought to O’Neill fcy the Deputy Sheriff from Win ner. CITY POLITICAL POT BOILING City politics has livened up a lit tle the past few days. Last week petitions were circulated asking for the nomination of Councilman Pro tivinsky for Councilman in the First ward to succeed himself; for John Alfs, for councilman from the Second ward to take the place now filled by Gerald Miles, who was ap pointed by Mayor Coyne to fill the vacancy caused by his elevation to the Mayorship, and for William Lewis, former policeman, for coun cilman from the Third ward to fill the position now occupied by Norb Uhl. Things ran along fine until the first of the week when petitions were circulated placing in nomina tion Frank Phalin, former council man for the First ward; Norb Uhl, present councilman for reelection in the Third ward; and this morn ing petitions are being circulated placing in nomination Gerald Miles for councilman in the Second ward. This places in the field, all the pres ent members of the council for re election, and the campaign prom ises to be a lively one. J. M. McDonald, of New York City, vice president of Brown-Mc Don^Jd mercantile establishments, and L. T. Johnson, of Hastings, secretary - treasurer of the firm, were in the city Wednesday visiting the manager of the local store, Charles Yarnall, and looking over their holdings here. Miscellaneous Shower For Newly Weds »■* A miscellaneous shower was given for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth El lingson at the L. B. Price home, Friday evening. A mock wedding was performed: Myrna Fox acting as bride and Francis Hershiser as bridegroom, Shirley Schaffer, bridesmaid; Floyd Hershiser, best man; Larry Schaf fer, ring bearer, and Patricia Cal len and Mary Elizabeth Schaffer, as train bearers. Herbert Price was the minister in charge of the ceremony. Grant Price sang “Oh, Promise Me.” Mrs. Price read, “Preserving a Husband.” Games were played after which Mr. and Mrs. Ellingson unwrapped their many lovely gifts. The hostess served a delicious lunch of sand wiches, cakes, jello aiid coffee. The young couple will live at Sargent and their many friends wish them much happiness and prosperity. JACK VINCENT RATES CITY HEADLINES Jack Vincent, son of Mr, and Mrs. Jack Vincent of this city, who is a sophomore in the state uni versity got his name in the head lines of Sunday’s papers on ac count of his work in a practice football game at Lincoln last Sat urday. Jack secured the ball and ran sixty yards for a touch down and reporters, who witnessed the game were profuse in their praise of him as a coming star. Jack will be eligible to compete this fall and we will all look forward to his appearance on the Varsity football squad. NEW FEDERAL LOAN 11 r ORGANIZED H E THIS WEEK Last Thursday George W. Boyd, of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, of Washington, D.C., arrived in this city and organized the O’Neill Federal Credit Union, char ter No. 3070. Mr. Boyd is the field man for this organization and has five states under his supervision. The organizers of the union here have been waiting for Mr. Boyd to come and complete the organiza tion for about five weeks. The Federal Credit Unions are organ ized to take care of the small bor rower who can arrange to make his payments by the month. , The officers of the O’Neill Fed erl Credit Union are R. E. Calvert, president; Laverne Newman, vice president; John L. Quig, secretary and clerk. In addition to the above officers there is a loan committee of five men and an advisory com mittee of three. Emmet A. Har mon was selected as the legal ad visor. Mrs. Frank H. Griffith, who sub mitted to a major operation in the O’Neill hospital a couple of weeks ago, is getting along nicely and was able to leave the hospital last Sunday and is now convalescing at the home of her niece, Miss Maud Rouse in this city. Mrs. Griffith has many friends over the county ftho will rejoice over news of her rapid recovery. _ 4 are on sale! i We’ve bought manufacturer’s sample line rayon and silk dresses, almost at half the manufacturer’s cost. To share with you, we’ve marked these dresses down to rock-bottom prices. It would be much to your advantage to come in and buy two or three at these low prices. These dresses come in prints, pastels, and dark shades, including black; sizes 12 to 48, originally sold up to $9.75. We have them in four groups, on racks on our main floor. GROUP 1 @ $1.59 GROUP 2 @ $1.98 GROUP 3 @ $2.98 GROUP 4 @ $4.98 WE CAN ALSO SHOW YOU A LARGE SELECTION OF THE SNAPPIEST STYLES IN COATS, SUITS, SHOES AND HATS. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR EASTER SHOPPING! ANTON TOY Quality Merchandise JURY ALLOWS $2,000 IN $15,000 DAMAGE SUIT LAST WEEK The jury in the damage case of Ruth Spangler, guardian of Walter Spangler, who were considering the case at the time The Frontier went to press last week, brought in a verdict fof the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000. Suit was brought for $15,600. The defendant has filed a motion for a new trial on which motion no date has yet been set for hearing. O'NEILL SCHOOL BAND TO GIVE EWING CONCERT The O’Neill School Band, under the direction of Professor Ira George, will give a concert at the Ewing School Auditorium Friday evening, March 24. The concert will be one of the features of the fourth and last of a series of Edu cational Conferences held ip Holt County this year by County Super intendent Elja McCullough. Dr. Charles S. Bream, of Casper. Wy oming, will lecture on the subject “Education Faces Today’s Prob lems.” The Ewing Primary Rhy thm Band and Page Instrumental Solos w'ill also be on the program. MOTHER OF LOCAL BUSINESS MAN DIES Mrs. Johanna Quinn died at her home in this city Thursday morn ing about 2:40 after a short llness of ailments incidental to old age at the advanced age of 80 years, 11 months and 25 days. The funeral services will be held in St. Pat rick’s Catholic church Saturday morning at 8 o’clock, Rev. Walter Flynn officiating and after the ser vices the body will be taken to Mapleton, Iowa, for interment*Hi' the cemetery there. Deceased was born at Cascade, Iowa, on March 28, 1858, where she lived for several years until the family moved to the western part of the state. On January 16, 1881, she was united in marriage to Thomas Quinn, the ceremony being performed at Garryone, Iowa. To this union five children were born, three sons and two daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter survive to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate mother. The children are Mrs. R. J. Regan, Creighton, Nebr.;James C. Quinn, Mapleton, Iowa, and E. F. Quinn, of this city. There are also several grand children and great grand children. Her husband passed away in January, 1933. Mrs. Quinn was a splendid wife and mother, a good neighbor and a friend to a host of people in this city and county. She had been a resident of this city for over thirty years, coming here with her hus band in February, 1909 from Map leton, Iowa, and since that time had made her home in this city, so she can be classed among the pioneers of this section of the state. Her sorrowing family have the sym pathy of a host of friends in their bereavement. Dependent and Neglected Boy Sent to Lincoln The case in the matter of the de pendency of four minor Eckland children was before the district court on February 25. On that date a representative of the Board of Control, who have charge of the care and custody of the dependent children of the state, was present and the second youngest child, Bil ly Eckland aged 3, was sent to Lin coln to be cared for at the Ortho pedic hospital. The case was again before the court on March 18 and on that date Judge Dickson entered an order setting forth that the parents had separated and neither was fit to have the care and custody of Billy and he ordered that said William Eckand be and he is hereby com mitted to the care, custody and con trol of the Board of Control of state institutions and the board authorized to place said child in a suitable home for adoption. Mr. and Mrs. Eckland, parents of the children, have a divorce action pending in district court. JURY FINDS FOR DEFENDANT IN $5,000 SUIT The $5,000.00 damage case of Marguerite Muff against Casper Larson, which was on trial in the district court the first three days of the week was submitted to the jury yesterday morning about 10:30 and the jury arrived at a verdict about 5:30 Wednesday evening, finding for the defendant. The attorneys in this case were Judge J. J. Har rington for the plaintiff and J. D. Cronin for the defendant. The plaintiff tn the action lives about ten miles south of Clearwa ter, in Antelope county, while the defendant is a resident of the Bliss neighborhood in this county. The petition alleged that on Oc tober 3, 1937, Ruth Larson, daugh ter of the defendant, who was six teen years of age, was driving the defendant’s family car and had three minor children of the de fendant’s family in the car and three other minor children. That she drove recklessly and at an ex cessive rate of speed and failed to properly control said car. She drove north into the intersection of sections 3 and 4 in township 25, range 10, in Holt county, Nebraska, and continued after entering said intersection to drive at an excessive rate of speed. Alleges that she attempted to go west after enter ing the intersection but on account of excessive speed she made a wide circle to the extent that while try ing to turn to the west her car went south of the traveled portion of the road, which runs east and west. That the plaintiff herein with her huso ml was coming frcm the west on saiJ road On ac count of the ea oless and negligent manner of drvlug indulged by the other driver h * compelled to drive south of t,he traveled portion #orthe road over on the shoulder to avoid a coll; i o” but defendant crashed into fhov.. As a result of the crash plaintiff alleges that she suffered severe and permanent injuries. Her right leg was severely and^ permanently injured, bruised and lacerated. That ever since said injury she has had constant pain therein, which constantly irritates her and mukes her very nervous nd unable to sleep. That the sixth and seventh ribs on the right side were severely fractured; her left arm and shoul der severely bruised and the mus cles, ligaments and nerves thereof severly and permanently injured; that the brachial nerve plexus was severely and permanently injured. For the injuries sustained in the accident she asks for judgment against the defendant of $5,000.00. In their answer to the plaintiffs petition the defendant denied that Ruth Larson was driving at a reck less and dangerous rate of speed and placed the speed she was travel ing at as about 15 miles per hour. On the other hand they alleged that the husband of the plaintiff, who was driving the car in which she was riding, was driving at a dangerous rate of speed and on the wrong side of the highway and failed to give the defendant a fair share of said road. The Weather Balmy spring weather this week and farmers are taking advantage of it and they are busy in the fields. Tuesday and Wednesday were two of the warmest days seen in this section of the state, during the month of March for many years. It registered 80 above zero on Tues day and 81 above on Wednesday. A little cloudy today and it may not get as hot. Predictions for this section for tomorrow is cooler and possibly rain or snow. Follow ing is the temperature for the past week: March 16 .v— 29 16 March 1J .. 35 11 March 18 . 58 13 March 19 . — 71 36 March 20 - 69 26 March 21 -,- 80 43 March 22 _ .7- 81 44 With a gasoline station for every mile and a quarter of hard surfaced highways, in the U. S., O’Neill girls j still tell Dad they ran out of gas.