Nebraska Newspapers

    — The Frontier
VDL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1,1939 No. 3.
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Senator Brady, of Atkinson, has
^ made friends among the taxpayers
of the Capitol City who give him
credit for sitting tight on approp
riations. He has also had the
courage to vote “no” on freak
and special interest bills that
.have come before the legislature.
In the death of Judga Malone I
feel the loss of a valued personal
friend. The last visit I had with
him impressed me that it might be
the last. The pioneer, the splen
did citizen, the efficient official, the
loyal friend, scholar and gentleman
were combined in Clarence Malone.
Third termers are notably those
interested in their names being re
tained on the federal payroll.
Simualtaneously with the G. 0.
P. “debt week” came the announ
/ cement of the New Deal keynote
'•f for 1940—“The greatest spending
since the world began.”’
The inspired pagan, Shakespear,
analzing human emotions as none
other has done, says the one not
moved by the “concord of sweet
sound” is fit for treason and sev
eral other similar things. Lin
coln people had the opportunity
yesterday to manifest unteras
onable tendencies by hearing
in person either the Cathedral
choir or the Lincoln Men’s Chorus.
It was rather by chance I chose
the latter. Both are Lincoln or
ganizations and are notable sing
ers. The former group leaves
soon for a concert in New York
City. And these brings to mind
such sweet singers of the long
1 ago as Hattie Potter, Kitty D\yyer,
* Grant Smith and Oscar Snyder,
who to my mind were as good as
the professionals now singing for
us.
I would like to travel the grey,
dusty road of childhood—the road
that ran past the wheat field and
on over the hill between two zigzag
lines of rail fences; that curved
down through the “dugway” and
led past the saw and grist mill to
the od-fashioned red bridge which
spanned the deep waters of the
Pecatonia, on through the village
and by the school house that was
both community church and seat
of learning. The road that led
through a coal forest of oak and
maple to the water’s edge at the
old “Indian ford” where country
boys congregated after school to
splash in their shallow water at a
fordable spot in a deep wide river.
The soft, warm dust, the purple,
* cones on berry bushes beside the
road, the spring of clear water
bubbling out of nature’s “frigi
dair” and forming a brook that
flows over the pebbles to the river,
johny-jump-ups were made for
barefoot boy of nine, who lived in
and aw and felt the world about
him. Rolling along the concrete
at 60 miles an hour in a shining
automobile we pass through space
but see nothing of the world in
which we are.
“Oh, for boyhood’s time of June,
Crowding years in one brief moon,
When all things I heard or saw,
Me, their master, waited for.”
Murray—Moler
A pretty wedding ceoemony was
^ solemnized Thursday morning, May
" 25 at 7:00 o’clock at St. Patrick’s
church in O’Neill, when Miss Dor
othy Moler became the bride of
Laurence James Murray.
The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Moler, who
live on a farm north of O’Neill.
She was a graduate of Lynch High
School and for the past three years
has taught school in Holt County.
The bridegroom is the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Murray
of O’Neill.
The bride was attractively
dressed in a wedding gown of dusty
rose Romaine creep with accessories
to match. She was attended by
Miss Frances Mullen, of Atkinson,
who wore a Boy Blue crepe dress.
Mr. Murray wore a suit of navy
blue and was attended by Thomas
^ Hynes also of Atkinson.
Page Poultry Club Will
Repiesent State at World
Poultry Congress
Holt county 4-H club work won
state-wide recognition this week
when a demonstration team from
the Page Poultry Club won the
right to represent Nebraska in in
ternational competition in Cleve
land, Ohio, this summer at the
World’s Poultry Congress. They
defeated teams from other coun
ties in try-outs at the 4-H Club
Week at the college of agriculture
Monday.
Margery Rees, Alemia, and Mar
vin Stauffer, Page, are on the win
ning poultry production demonstra
tion team which won the state
championship. Both have long been
identified with 4-H work in Holt
county. In winning high honors,
the team demonstrated the mixing
of the 8-S all-purpose mash for
poultry recommended by the agri
cultural college.
Word of the state winning came
to this newspaper from Lyndle
Stout, Holt county agricultural
agent, who is attending 4-H Club
Week at the college. Together with
Mrs. Edgar Stauffer, leader of the
Page Poultry Club, he helped train
the demonstration team.
Holt county is well represented at
Club Week with three in attendance
throughout the meetings. Four
others are attending for a few days.
First Band Concert of
Season To Be Held Here
Saturday Evening
The City has erected a band stand
on the lots owned by the county
north of the A. & R. service
station and the first concert will
be given on the new stand next Sat
urday evening. Folowing is the
| program to be rendered:
March, “Rifle Rangers” _
_.__ K. L. King
March “Washington Post” --
_____1_ Sousa
Vocal Solo—Selected _. .
_*_..Mrs. Lawrence Russell
March “Mountaineers” ...
_ Metcalf
Overture “Tannhauser” _
_ Wagner
“Chorale” _ Bach
March “March of Time” ..
___ Alexander
March “Stars and Stripes Forever”
_ Sousa
“Star Spangled Banner” Key
Louis W. Reimer, appointed to
the office of County Judge by the
Board of Supervisors last Thurs
day afternoon, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge C. J.
Malone, filed his bond last Friday,
which was approved and he took
the oath of office and entered upon
his duties Friday afternoon. He
takes to the work like an old timer
and is busy becoming acquainted
with his new duties.
Mrs. Stella L. Friday
Mrs. Stella L. Friday, of Inman,
died at a hospital in Norfolk last
Thursday afternoon after an illness
of several days of pneumonia at
the age of 53 years, 10 months and
21 days. The remains were brought
to this city Friday evening by the
Biglin ambulance and the funeral
was held Monday afternoon at the
M. E. church in Page, Rev. Leo
D Carpenter officiating and burial
in the Page Cemetery.
Mrs. Friday was born at Long
Island, Kansas, on July 4, 1885. She
lived in Kansas for a number of
years and in that state on February
21, 1906, she was united in mar
riage to John B. Friday. They re
sided in Kansas until 1915 when
they came to this county and pur
chased a farm near Emporia, this
county. They lived there for several
years, then moved to Page. Mrs.
Friday was the mother of two
daughters, Mrs. Frances McClure
and Miss Beulah, both of Page, who
with her husband are left to morun
the passing of a kind and affection
ate wife and mother.
—
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors for their
sympathy and many acts of kind
ness to us during the sickness and
death of our beloved husband and
father. Your kindess will ever be
held in grateful remembrance.—
Mrs. Frank Pribil, Sr., and family.
TRUCK WRECK
KILLS ONE AND
INJURES ANOTHER
Mother of Driver Was
Killed Instantly When
Oil Truck Upset at
Danceland Corner
Mrs. John McCaffeiy, about 53
years of age, was instantly killed
about 9:15 this morning, when an
oil truck in which she was riding
turned over rounding the corner at
Danceland while coming to O’Neill.
Her daughter, Mrs. Edith Arther,
whose husband owned the truck,
was driving. In rounding the
corner the brake on the left wheel
locked and the vehicle turned over,
throwing both of the women out
of the cab. Mrs. McCaffery was
instantly killed and Mrs. Arther
suffered severly from shock and
bruises and was taken to the hos
pital here, but as her condition was
not considered dangerous was later
released.
Mrs. McCaffery was a resident
of this county for many years,
formerly living in the south coun
try and later in Atkinson. Her
husband died a few years ago. She
leaves to mourn her passing six
children, two sons and four daugh
ters. They are, Elda May Lyden,
Ewing; John McCafferty, Boulder,
Colo.; Mrs. Edith Arther, Robert,
Miss June and Elizabeth, of Atkin
son.
Funeral arrangements had not
yet been made at the time of going
to press.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses
have been issued in county court
the past week. Looks as if the
young folks were looking eagerly
forward for the appointment of a
Judge from the alacrity with which
they applied for licenses:
Charles William Coolidge, Amelia
and Miss Dorothy Grimes, of
Chambers, on May 26.
Seth Lathen Hertel and Miss
Eda Evelyn Tomjack, Ewing, Nebr.,
on May 26.
Clifford Henry, O’Neill, and Miss
Audrey Blue, of Harrisburg, S. D.,
on May 26.
William McElvain and Miss
Thelka Dankert, both of Cambers,
on May 29.
Clarence Shaw, Emmet, and Miss
Frances Tomjack, Ewing, on May
31.
Harry Mitchell, Butte, Nebr.,
and Miss Pauline Fundas, Dustin,
Nebr., May 31.
John deHoll, Jr., Birmingham,
Alabama, and Miss Marion Ar
buthnot, O’Neill, on May 31.
O’NEILL GIRL GRANTED
DEGREE AT WESLEYAN U
Miss Ruth Leach, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Leach of O’Neill,
is one of 65 seniors to be granted
a degree at the 50th annual com
mencement exercises at Nebraska
Wesleyan university, Friday, June
2, at 10 a.m., in the Wesleyan audi
torium. Miss Leach will receive
the degree Bachelor of Arts from
the Liberal Arts college.
Miss Leach is a member of the
Wesleyan chapters of Phi Kappa
Phi, national honorary scholastic
science fraternity, Pi Gamma Mu,
national honorary social science
fraternity, Psi Chi, national psy
chology club, and Theta Upsilon,
national social sorority; the Wo
men’s Athltetic Association; the
Psychology Journal club; and the
Panhellenic council.
Old Pioneer of Holt Co.
Passes Away in Spencer
Mrs. Hans Storjohann, of Spen
cer, died at her home in that city
last Monday after an illness of one
week, of ailments incident to ad
vanced years, at the age of 77 years.
The funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternon and burial in the
Spencer cemetery. Mrs. Storjohann
was a pioneer resident of this coun
ty, living in the Phoenix neighbor
hood. The family moved to Spen
der about twenty-five years ago
and that city had since been her
home. She was well known and
loved by all the old pioneers of
northern Holt county, who will re
gret to learn of hfcr passing.
St. Mary’s Alumnae Hold
Reunion and Banquet
The annual reunion of the
Alumnae of St. Mary’s Academy
was held last Sunday evening at
6 o’clock with a business meeting
at 6:15, followed by the banquet
at 6:30.
At the business meeting Mrs.
Irma Stout FroeHch was elected
president, succefding Anna Carr
Jordan, and will guide the des
tinies of the Alumnae for the next
two years. Mine Jean McCarthy
was elected vice president.
Immediately following the busi
ness meeting the banquet was held
in the gymnasium, which was very
beautifully decorated for the occas
sion. Following the dinner the
following program was presented:
Miss Kathryn McCarthy toastmis
tress. Welcome to Mother Vir
ginia, Martina Golden Dishner;
Vocal Solo, Catherine Finley;
Alma Mater, Bernadette Brennan;
Vocal Selection, Robert Shoemaker,
John Shoemaker, jr., Robert
Miles, Robert Parkins and George
Hammond; Our Clergy, Beatrice
Cronin Harty; Vocal Solo, Patti
Reiser; Clarinet Solo, Alma Wal
lace; Welcome, Class of 1939,
DeMaris Stout Birmingham; Res
ponse, Joan Biglin; Federation
Hym, by the entire group.
Following the. program, Miss
Alma Wallace and Catherine
Finley wene honored by the Alum
ane with a gift, for the showing
they made at the National Re
gional Music Contest held in Colo
rado Springs, Colo., a few weeks
ago. They were also awarded
certificates from the contest held
in Fullerton, and will later receive
medals from Colorado Springs.
The awards were presented by
Mother Virginia and both girls
expressed their appreciation of the
thoughtfullness of the Alumnae.
The Weather
It has been very warm the past
week, with .39 hundredths of an
inch of moisture recorded here. The
heaviest rainfall was last Friday
night and Saturday morning when
we had .37 hundredths of an inch.
In the northern and northeastern
parts of the county th? rainfall
was heavier reaching as high as two
inches in places. The total rain
fall as registered here during the
month was 1.84 inches. Following
is the chart for the week:
H L M
May 25 . . 90 56 T
May 26 .. 68 57 .02
May 27 66 57 .37
May 28 .... 81 57
May 29 . 91 60
May 30 . 94 62
Total precipitation for May, 1.84
inches. Total rainfall since Janu
ary 1, 1939, 5.63 inches.
Shaw—Tomjack
Clarence Eugene Shaw( of Em
met, and Miss Frances Theresa
Tomjack, of Ewing, were united in
marriage in the Catholic church in
Ewing this morning at 8 o’clock,
Rev. Father Vanderlein officiating,
in the presence of a large number
of relatives and close friends of the
contracting parties.
The bridegroom is a native of
this county, being the son of pion
eer residents of the county. He is
at present engaged in business in
Emmet and has a host of friends in
this city and throughout the coun
ty, for he is an upstanding and
capable young man.
The bride is also a native of this
county, being the daughter of M. F.
Tomjack of Ewing. For several
years she has been engaged in
teaching, being recognized as one
of Holt county’s most capable
teachers. She is a charming young
lady and has a host of friends over
the county, who will join us in ex
tending to the newly weds best
wishes for a long and happy jour
ney on the matrimonial seas.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will take a
short wedding trip and after June
10, they will be at home to their
many friends in Emmet, where the
bridegroom has a nice cozy home
prepared for occupancy.
Dr. J. L. Sherbahan has installed
in his offices here an X-ray labora
tory,the installation being made the
first of the week. This is the lat
est on the market and will be a
valuable addition to his office and
the community.
COUNTY OFFICIALS
PRAISED BY STATE
AUDITORS OFFICE
The following letter from the
State Auditor regarding the recent
audit of the offices of the Holt
county officials will be of interest
to the citizens of the county:
Lincoln, Nebraska
May 24, 1939
O’Neill Frontier
O’Neill, Nebr.
Gentlemen:
For your information and for the
information of the people of Holt
County, we wish to advise you that
we have recently completed an audit
of th(e County officials of Holt
County with the exception of the
Clerk of the District Court. This
audit covers a period from July 1,
1937 to December 31, 1938 and is
now in the hands of your County
Clerk.
We examined the records and af
fairs of all of the county officials.
I believe that this is the first time
in the history of the State that the
State Auditor’s office has maoe a
complete audit of Holt County.
That is we examined and audited
B. T. Winchlell, county treasurer;
John C. Gallagher, county clerk;
Esther Cole Harris, register of
deeds; Ira H Moss, clerk of the dis
trict court; C. J. Malone, county
judge; Peter W. Duffy, county
sheriff; Elja McCullough, county
superintendent. The report of the
rudit of the clerk of the district
court has been delayed for the rea
son that it is especially long and
will not be filed for at least another
wieek or ten days.
We are very happy to report to
the people of Holt county that all
of the records of your county of
ficials were found to be in excellent
shape both as to neatness and com
pleteness and also all monies were
properly accounted for. We are
very happy to he able to pass on to
the people of Holt county this word
of recommendation of your county
officials.
Yours very truly,
RAY C. JOHNSON.
State Auditor
deHoll—Arbuthnot
Miss Marion Arbuthnot, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Arbuth
not was united in marriage this
morning, June 1, 1939, at 8 a.m.,
at the Catholic church to Dr. John
C. deHoll, Jr., of Birmingham, Ala
bama, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. de
Holl of that city, in the presence
of a large number of relatives and
friends of the young couple.
Miss Gesina deHoll, of New Or
leans, La., sister of the bridegroom,
served as bridesmaid and James
Arbuthnot, brother of the bride,
was best man.
The bride’s wedding gown of
white triple sheer was fashioned on
full lines with a short jacket and
long puffed sleeves fitted from the
elbows forming points over the
hands. Her veil of Illusion was
lace trimmed and was made with a
coronet of seed pearls. The bou
quet was white carnations, sweet
peas and baby breath tied with tulle
ribbon.
The bridesmaids gown was acqua
tone lace fasnioned on full lines and
short jacket with puff sleeves. Her
corsage was pink roses and her
hat was a white plume picture hat.
Following the ceremony a wed
ding breakfast was served at the
Golden Hotel to the bridal party
and immediate relatives. The
tables were nicely decorated with
garden flowers.
Those from out of town who at
tended the wedding were Mr, and
Mrs. J. C. deHoll, Sr., parents of the
bridegroom, Miss Bessie deHoll, a
sister, and Mr. and Mrs. William
Sims, of Birmingham, Alabama, and
Miss Gesina deHoll, of New Or
leans, La.
Following the wedding break
fast the bridal coople left on a
honeymoon trip to the south and
will then go to Birmingham, Ala
bama, where they will make their
future home.
O’Neill friends of the bride ten
der her and her husband best wishes
for a long and happy journey
through life.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely thank our friends
for their uncounted acts of kind
ness and helpfullness during the
illness and death of our beloved
husband and father.—Mrs. C. J.
Malone and children.
John Shald, of Stuart, was in
the city on business Monday.
Redbird Ball Team Has I
Opened the Season
The Redbird baseball team is
again busy on the diamond. Last
Sunday they crossed bats with the
Verdigre team at Verdigre and took
honle the bacon with a score of
17 to 15. The batteries in this game
were: For Redbird, Krugman, Ed
wards and Boeiter; Verdigre, Mar
shal, Boeiter and Boeiter. Hits:
Rledbird 19, Verdigre 13.
Two weeks ago the Red Bird
team played at Anoka and won the
game with a score of 10 to 8. A
week ago last Sunday they crossed
bats with the Verdigne team on
the latters home grounds and won
the contest with a score of 22 to 0.
Memorial Day Services
Here Well Attended
Memorial Day program was ren
dered last Tuesday morning, as an
nounced last week and the K. C.
Hall was packed to hear the pro
gram and the inspiring address of
the day delivered by Rev. Leo Car
penter, of Page.
A parade was formed shortly
after 9:30 o’clock at the A. & R.
service station and headed by the
band, followed by the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, marched to the K. C. Hall
where the exercises were held.
All the business houses in the
city were closed during the hours
of the program and a large number
remained closed all day. In fact,
as far as business places are con
cerned, we think it was the most
general observance of the day that
we have ever had in this city.
St. Mary’s Acadeipy Will
Graduate Twenty-Nine
Here Tomorrow
■s. -
St. Mary’s Academy will gradu
ate 29 seniors tomorrow morn
ing and send them forth into the
world and leave the Juniors of 1939
in possession of the honor of Sen
iors of 1939-40, those of them that
return to school here. For the past
ten days numerous parties and pro
grams have been given by the Jun
iors and others honoring the Senior
class. They have been honored and
extolled and all feel that they can
now go iortn into the world ana
win their way. Following is a list
of the graduates this year:
O’Neill: Jean Biglin, Norma Car
ney, Francis Connolly, Evelyn
Coyne, John Flood, Margaret Ham
mond, Claire Hickey, Jane Parkins,
Dorothy Jordan, Jacques Kersen
brock.
Betty Ainsworth, Greyball, Wyo.
Valentine: Doris Bachelor, Cleo
Beel, Emma Engel, Ruth Taylor.
Winiford Balthazar, Campbell,
Nebr.
Ewing: Rachel Burke, Ann
Leahy, and Sofia Sojka.
Springview, Nebr.: Ellen Davis
and Joan Jackson.
Ethel Flakus, Gregory, S. D.
Alice Givens, Emmet, Nebr.
Veronica H o u f s and Pauline
Houfs, Woodlake, Nebr.
Mildred Hutto, Bassett, Nebr.
Ann K a u p and Beata Kaup,
Stuart, Nebr.
Marjorie Thiele, Clearwater,
Nebr.
Meech — Rickoff
Mrs. Maxine Meech, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell, of
this city, was united in marriage
to Lawrence Rickoff, of Chicago,
Illinois, in Omaha last Saturday,
May 27, in the Holy Cross church
by Rev. Father Pschang, pastor,
in the presence of a few relatives
and immediate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Rickoff arrived
Wednesday evening for a short vis
it at the home of her parents be
fore returning to Chicago, where
they will make their home.
O’Neill friends tender the bride
and her husband congratulations
and best wishes.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank all of the
people of O’Neill for their wonder
ful kindness during Emmet’s sick
ness and death. We will ever re
member your kindly help and solici
tude.
Mrs. Grace Harmon
and Children,
Mrs. John Harmon,
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Morton
PROMINENT YOUNG
ATTORNEY DIES
HERE MONDAY
Grand Knight of K. of
C. Fought Losing Fight
With Incurable Disease
And a Lingering Illness
Emmett A. Harmon passed away
at his home in this city last Monday
evening after an illness of several
months, of cancer, at the age of 35
years, 8 months and 25 days. Fun
eral services were held from the
Catholic church at 9:30 this morn
ing, Rev. Walter Flynn officiating
and burial in Calvary cemetery.
Emmet had always enjoyed good
health until about a year ago, when
he began failing. In August or
September last year he went to
Rochester, Minn., and went through
the clinic there. After his return
he seemed to improve for a time,
but began failing in January and
then went to Omaha where he re
ceived medical treatment for about
a month and then returned home.
The physicians there gave him no
hope and after his return he be
gan to get his affairs in order be
lieving that the disease from which
he was suffering could not be cured.
A few weeks ago he disposed of his
law business in this city and for the
past three weeks has been in a ser
ious condition, so his death had been
expected for several days.
Emmett A. Harmon was born in
this city on September 4, 1903 and
had been a resident of this city all
his life. He is a graduate of the
O’Neill schools and ior several
years was an employee of Reardon’s
drug store, a position he filled dur
ing his school days and for a time
afterwards. Then he went to Leb
anon, Tenn., and studied law, grad
uating from law school there and
then returned to this city and took
up the practice of law after his ad
mission to the bar of this state. He
had been engaged in the practice of
law in this city for about ten years
and had built a very nice practice.
Qn February 26, 1935, he was
united in marriage to Miss Grace
Huiggens, the ceremony being per.
formed at Creighton, the home of
the bride. Two children were born
of this union, one son, John A.,
and a daughter, Janette, who with
their mother are left to mourn the
passing of a kind, affectionate hus
band and father. He also leaves
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Karmon
and a sister, Mrs. Eva Morton, to
mourn his passing.
Emmett was a likeable young
man and had a host of friends in
all parts of the county. For four
years he served the city as city at
torney, retiring from that position
a year ago last month. He leaves
a nice monument in the city, the
■nice office building that he erected
for his office on upper Fourth
Street, one side of which he used
for his office, the other part of
the building being rented by the
O’Neill Productive Credit Associa
tion.
He had always taken an active
interest in civic affairs of the city
and county and at the time of his
death was Grand Knight of the
local Council of the Knights of Co
lumbus.
He had a very extensive acquain
tance over the county and his
death, while in the prime of life,
will be sincerely regretted not only
by his immediate family and rela
tives but by a host of friends in all
parts of the county. The Frontier
force join the many friends of the
family in extending sincere con
dolences to them in their hour of
sorrow.
Lieut. Commander and Mrs. J. V.
Carney and family arrived here
on Wednesday and will remain un
til Friday visiting at the home of
Lieut. Commander Carney's sister.
Miss Mary Carney, before continu
ing their trip to the West Coast
where Lieut. Commander Carney
has been transferred to Admiral
Cook’s staff aboard the S. S. Mem
phis.
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Nolan and
family and Miss Margaret Sulli
van, of Omaha, spent Sunday in
O’Neill and Emmet as the guests of
Rev. Walter Flynn and Rev. John
O’Brien.
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