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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1939)
^ The Frontier — ■ —1 ■ 1 — ' -i- 1 1 — 111 1 —- ■— — "i rf „ LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 13,1939. No. 9. _ ■ * SOUTHEASTERN BREEZES By Romaine Saunders Very little that Senator Norris has said or done during the many years he has been in the senate meets my own mind, but here is something: "There are two things I want to do. First, I want to keep out of war. Second, I want to do anything we can do legally to help lick Japan, Hitler and Mussolini.” Out beyond the state hospital for mental patients the city has had under plans, development and engineering proposals for some ten years past a 600-acre tract official ly known as Pioneer Park. Progress has been slow. From a hurried trip through the grounds it appears little changed from the day it was first opened. The municipal play ground in the center of the city is the popular resort this summer. Mermaids and their masculine coun terparts splash and plunge in great V numbers in the swimming pool. Ball J games and tennis are me cniei land sports, as many as five ball games in progress at one time. A girls’ team from one of the depart ment stores arrayed in yellow satin uniforms are the top soft ball play ers and can give you an hour’s spec tacular exhibition for a nickle in case another group of soft ball as pirants have the temerity to match up with them. Old Antelope park has begun to sag. Center of in terest there is the building where you note on one corner “PWA.” Here housed a few birds and beasts, constituting a modest beginning of a zoo. Parks afford a place of freedom—to. relax and rest, but for the gorgeous beauty of floral bloom, the arresting splendor of holly j hocks and riot of colors in pansy beds the residential sections are the inviting centers. I notice from what is stamped on the bottom it is now necessary to have a license to make a pair of socks. We are all a little puffed up over being known as the white spot when talking to a stranger. But down at the Capitol City employers of labor in the dairy industry, gas stations and other unskilled labor sort of hang their heads when they tell you they pay workmen a dol lar a day out of which they must board and clothe themselves. At cafes and grills women work the night through in hot kitchens for 15 cents an hour. “Dieing thou shalt die.” The inexorable fiat of the infinite Be ing is evident. I have a close neigh bor who is a living specimen of life’s fitful dream. Marred, scar red, bowed with the weight of nine ty odd years, hands knotted and limbs unsteady, deaf as a post, yet friendly and responds to a wave of the hand as I pass. I stopped one day for a little talk. A friendly talk with a partiarch does a lot for a fellow. I couldn’t talk to him be cause he could not hear. He talks to me. For fifty-seven years he has been rooted to one spot. The little house where he lives—has lived for nearly three score years— has aged too. Shingles are curled, boards turned to dull grey and the house settled close to earth as if it would sink with its aged occupant * from sight of this hurrying, mod ern age. Notwithstanding being rejected for service in the civil war as physically unfit, the old man survived to witness the vast chang es in earth’s activities since then and now totters to life’s end. “Thou shalt surely die” is the fundamental fact of life. CARD OF THANKS Neighbors and friends were very gracious to us during the sad hours following the sudden death of qur beloved husband, son and brother, the late 0. W. Wittchen, and we wish in this manner to convey to them all our sincere gratitude for their kindly ministrations and ex pressions of sympathy.—Mrs. Mar guerite Wittchen, Oscar Wittchen ^ and family. I BRIEFLY STATED Warren Hall, of Burwell, was in O’Neill on Saturday visiting his mother, Mrs. Georgia Raceley. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hasburgh, of Cody, Nebraska, returned to their home on Monday after spending the week end here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Reardon. Mr. Hasburgh is a brother of Mrs. Rear don. Miss Madeline Ullom, of Wash ington, D. C., arrived Friday night and will make an extended visit here at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Ullom. Miss Ullom is a nurse in the Veterans Hospital at Washington. Miss Louise O’Donnell returned Monday morning from Omaha where she had been visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Z. W. Cre del and other relatives. Miss Ruth Lull, of Fort Crook, Nebraska, re turned with her and will be her house guest for the next week. Mr. and Mr*. Donald StnnnaH A. M. King and Mrs. George Stan nard and daughter, Lynn, drove to Grand Island on Saturday where Mrs. Stannard and her (laughter, who had been visiting here for the past month, took the train for their home in San Diego, Calif. _ i Loren Nelson left Saturday on his vacation for New York City, New York, where he will join Mrs. Nel son, who has been visiting there for the past month. Loren attended the All-Star baseball game which was played in Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. Misses Mary Lois and Margaret Hammond left Saturday for Omaha where they will visit for a few days before going on to Denver. Colo., where they will spend the next two weeks visiting at the home of their aunts, the Misses Mayme, Kathryn and Rose Grady. Miss Vena Aim has been spend ing her Fourth of July vacation in O’Neill. She is filling the vacancy in the County Agent’s office, while his secretary is on vacation. Miss Aim will return to Wayne State College July 15, where she is tak ing an advanced stenographic course this summer. Mrs. Paul Montgomery, of Far lington, Kansas, who has been here the past week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady, and Henry Grady left Saturday morn ing for Casper, Wyo., where they will spend the balance of the sum mer visiting Mr. and Mrs. John El lis and family. F. L. Iverson, of Stuart, was be fore the county court on July 12, on complaint of Patrolman Harry Brt, charged with reckless driving on the highways of the county on July 9. When arrainged he pled guil'y to the charge and was sen tenced to five days in the county jail. Miss Monica Mannion, who has been employed here in the offices of the Inter-State Power Company Co. the past year resigned her posi tion and left for her home in Creigh ton on Wednesday. She plans on visiting friends in Denver, Colo., for a short time, after which she will go to Chicago and enter the Gregg School of Shorthand. Mr. and Mrs. James Chapman, of Omaha, arrived here Thursday night and spent until Saturday here visiting Mrs. Chapman’s mother, Mrs. James McPharlin. On Satur day they drove to Atkinson where they planned on spending a few days with Mr. Chapman’s mother, Mrs. George Withers, before re turning to Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilson, of Lynch, and sons, Roy and Ray, of Redbird, were visiting friends and shopping in O’Neill Tuesday. Billy said that he was 78 and Mrs. Wil son confessed to being 66. We are very happy to say that neither of them show their years. Having settled in that territory when the Indians camped up and down the Niobrara River every fall. As young folks they were great friends of Chief Yellow Smoke and Sitting Bull. 1 COMMUNITY SING AND SACRED MUSIC FOR SUN. CONCERT A sacred concert and community sing will be presented by the O’Neill High School Band on next Sunday evening, July 16, at 8:00. The first half of the program will be given over to sacred num bers by the band and the vocal solo ists. The second half will consist of community singing in which everyone will be invited to join. Mimeographed copies of the words of songs to be sung will be distri buted to the audience. Community singing has become very popular in cities where it has been presented with band concerts. Everyone is invited to attend the concert and participate in the “Sing.” Following is the program pre pared for that night: March—“Old Comrades,” Tiedke Paraphrase—“Old Rugged Cross” _ Bennard Chorale—“Grant Us to Do with Zeal,” _ Bach Vocal Solo—“Holy City,” Adam Soloist—Charles Yarnall Selection—“The Old Church Or gan,” _ Chambers v ommunuy singing “Adeste Fideles.” “Bells of St. Mary’s.” “There’s a Long, Long, Trail a Winding.” “When Irish Eyes Are Smilin.” “Auld Lang Syne.” Finale—“America" and Harmon ized Taps—Smith. There will be no Saturday night concert this week. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the peo ple of O’Neill and elsewhere, who so kindly assisted us at the death and burial of Dr. M. F. Meer. Mrs. M. F. Meer and daughter, Valentine, Nebr. Owen Meer and Marne Meer, O’Neill, Nebr. BUYS INTEREST IN IMPLEMENT FIRM E. W. Reed, of Spencer, com pleted a deal here the first of the week by which he became a mem ber of the Hall Implement com pany and the firm in the future will be known as the Hall-Reed Implement company. Mr. Reed will serve as sales manager while Mr. Hall will look after the office end of the business. Mr. Reed has been a resident of Boyd county for several years and The Frontier wel comes him to the ranks of O’Neill business men. See their advertise ment in another column. I Husband of (j^eill Girl Drops Dead While Visiting In Ainsworth Monday Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bloomberg, son, Bill, and daughter, Dixie, of Gill, S. D., who wire here visiting at the home of R. H. Murray, left Saturday night for Ainsworth, where they were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Perk ins. On Monday morning, Mr. Bloomberg complained of not feel ing very well and suddenly fell over dead. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter, Mrs. Mattie Soukup, Mrs. Clyde Streeter, Mis. Bernard Mat hews and daughtei, Madge, left on Tuesday for Ainsworth, and then Mrs. Clyde Streeter and Mrs. Perk ins accompanied Mrs. Bloomberg and children to Sturgis, S. D., where funeral services were to be held on Wednesday. Mrs. Bloom berg is a daughter of R. H. Murray. 4-H CLUBBERS TO ATTEND CAMP AT LONG PINE The District 4-n ciud camp, which is held at the Hidden Para dise Camp in Long Pine July 17, will be attended by at least 26 boys and girls who are members of the Holt County 4-H Clubs, they will meet with delegations from neigh boring counties. The camp offers rural 4-H club members advantage of their city cousins, by combining at least three days recreational and eductional outing under the supervision of 4-H club specialists. The camp is operated on a co operative plan by which all ex penses of the camp are paid from a fee of $2.60 charged each mem ber attending. During the three day period nature study consisting of bird and weed study, handicraft, swimming, and jyames will be used to entertain and educate the 4-H boys and girls. A camp such as this furnishes a needed vacation for boys and girls who spend nine months of their year in school and three months at routine work on the farm. All 4-H club members in Holt county are eligible to participate and if they deisre to attend this camp they should notify the local county agent so that arrangements may be made for transportation. The group will go in a truck for which there will be no charge. OLD SETTLERS TO HOLD REUNION AND MEETING An Old Settlers Picnic and meet ing will be held at Meek, Monday, July 17. Plans have been made that call for a big day for all the old timers in this community. You are invited to attend. I . I MONEY deposited here today the burglar cannot get tonight. . I The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capita], Surplus and This Bank Carries No Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers $140,000.00 or Stockholders. Member Federal Depoait Insurance Corporation The Weather Exceedingly hot weather, with very little moisture has had Ne braska in its grip the past week. There was a little moisture here on Thursday of last week, with good rains in other sections of the state, but no rain since. On Monday the thermometer reached 104 in this city, which was the hottest place in the state that day, on Tuesday it reached 108 and again on Wednes day it climbed to 104, other points of the state going much higher. To day promises to be another scorcher and residents of the state are eager ly scanning the skies hoping for rain that will cool the air and as sist in saving the corn crop which has been seriously damaged with the intense heat of the past three days with the hot winds that ac companied the heat. The corn crop in this county last Sunday looked as if all records for a county yield might be broken, but the corn can not stand much more of this in tense heat, without moisture and we are all hoping for a good rain tonight or tomorrow. Following is the chart for the week. H L M July 6_ 96 70 July 7 _ 88 61 .32 July 8 _ 92 62 July 9_ 90 62 July 10_ 104 60 July 11_ 108 70 July 12_ 104 70 Precipitation for July, .96. Pre. cipitation since January 1, 1939, 9.07 inches. O’Neill Boys Attend C.M.T.C. Camp Howard Graves, Donald Bowen, Bill Ryn, and Eldon Peterson left Monday for Fort Crook, Nebraska, where they will attend the annual encampment of the Citizens Mili tary Training Camp. Ted Sirek and Bob Moore left Saturday for Fremont, where they participated in the state archery meet, before going on to Fort Crook, where they will also attend the camp. Joe David Barnes Joe David Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Barnes, passed away at the home of his parents in this city last Saturday, at the age of 2 years, 9 months and 24 days. The funeral was held last Monday morning at 10:30 from the Methodist church in this city, Rev. Wright officiating and burial in Prospect Hill ceme tery. Jo David leaves to mourn his passing his parents, two brothers, John Robert and Wilbur Morris and one sister, Movine. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heart felt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors for their kindly as sistance and sympathy extended us in the sickness and death of our beloved son and brother.—Mr. and Mrs. Art Barnes and family. Curran—Ott Francis Curran and Miss Dor othy Ott, of O’Neill, were granted a marriage license in county court on July 8. They were united in marriage in the Catholic church in Emm. t last Monday morning, Rev. Father O’Brien officiating, in the presence of a large number of the relatives and friends of the con tracting parties. Poth of these young people are from pioneer families of the coun ty and have a host of friends who wish them a long and happy jour ney through life. Redbird Calf Club The Redbird 4-H Feeder Calf club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wrede. Two more members were voted in, Joe and Jimmy Smith. The club sang a few numbers. There were several visitors, some from Seward county. The next meeting will be August 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knoell. Refreshments were served. |SISTER CATHERINE WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN JUBILEE Sister Catherine of St. Mary’s Academy will celebrate her fiftieth year as a Sister of St. Francis. The Alumni will hold a reception in her honor on July 23, from three to five p.m. at the Academy. Sister Catherine has been sta tioned in O’Neil] since the opening of the school and all are invited to call between these hours. 4-H Livestock Awards To Be Presented Again For the tenth season, 4-H club boys and girls enrolled in a meat animal project may capitalize on I their records through the national contest which offers county, state, and national awards. In nine years, 34 boys and one girl have won all expense educa tional trips to the annual Chicago convention of 4-H delegates and I leaders held in conjunction with the International Livestock Exposition and $6,400 in cash college scholar ships. Several hundred clubsters also have become proud owners of handsome gold engraved watches and several thousand of specially embossed gold fobs—all gifts of Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago. The same awards are offered for 1939, fobs in the county, watches in the state, and for national win ners four trips to Chicago and three cash scholarships of $200 each. Compliance is simple and assistance and full particulars may be had at the county agent’s office. Partici pants will fill out the standard form from their records as in all contests and write an experience story. No fee or obligation is re quired. Records of winners in each state will be judged in the state 4-H club office at the Nebraska college of agriculture to select a state winner by October 15. State records are | judged by a committee of state and national club leaders in Chicago. Holt county, which has more 4-H beef cattle members than any coun [ ty in Nebraska, will have more than an even chance for their share of these awards. BRIEFLY STATED Mr. and Mrs. William Gatz re turned Wednesday afternoon from Omaha where they had been visit ing relatives and friends since the Fourth of July. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Berkenkrotter and son, Bob, of Denver Colo., re turned to thejr home Friday after visiting here at the home of Mrs. Berkenkrotter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Cronin. Mrs. Lawrence Russell and chil dren left Saturday for North Bend, Nebraska, where they will visit rel atives for the next two weeks while Captain Russell is attending the CMTC camp at Fort Crook. Mr. and Mrs. William I. Bell drove to Blair, Nebr., last Thursday and brought back the O’Neill young people who had been attending the Presbyterian young people’s con ference at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Jr., drove to Battle Creek Thursday morning to attend the funeral of Truman Tyler, of Valentine, who died suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Talmon Bell and Miss Ruth Bell, of Sterling, Kan sas, came Saturday to visit their son and brother, the Rev. William I. Bell and his family. They drove back to Sterling on Wednesday of this week. Patrolman Lawrence Pussell left last Sunday for Fort Crook, Nebr., where he will put in a couple of weeks as an instructor in tne CMTC camp held there. Patrolman Rus sell is a captain in the reserve forces. W. H. Harty and son, Mike, drove to Grand Island on Sunday where they met Mrs. Harty and daughter, Helen, who were returning from a months vacation to the West Coast, where they visited relatives and friends. BOAT CAPSIZES TAKES LIFE OF O'NEILL MAN While O. W. Wittchen and P. J. O'Donnell were fishing from a boat in Criss’ lake northwest of Stuart last Friday afternoon the boat cap sized throwing both men into the water. Ed O’Donnell was also with them but was fishing from the bank. Neither of the three could swim but Ed got hold of a long rake there and managed to get P. J. to shore, but badly exhausted with his struggle. Mr. Wittchen came to the surface once and then sank. In a few moments, when P. J. had recovered his breath he left on a hunt for help. A good swimmer was secured working on a farm near the lake and he got the boat to shore and then recovered the body. The body was in the water about thirty minutes when recov ered. A representative of the Coats undertaking parlors went to the scene of the accident and took the body to Stuart and Biglin’s ambu lance drove up from this city and brought the body here that evening. The remains were taken to his old home at Terrill, Iowa, last Sat urday and the funeral was held there Sunday afternoon, from the Methodist church, Rev. M. L. Jones officiating. P. J. O’Donnell, J. O. Walker, Mrs. Georgia Racely, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Gillespie, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Bridge, Mrs. Law rence Russell and Arthur Spittler of this city were in attendance at the funeral. 0. W. Wittchen was born at Lena, Iowa, on June 10, 1907. He at tended school in his native town graduating from the high school thera in 1926. He later attended the Nebraska University and later the Bradley Polytechnic, of Peoria, Illinois. He taught school for three years at Hartington, Nebr., and went to work for the Federal Land bank in 1933, by whom he was employed up to the time of his death, having held position with the bank in Norfolk and North Platte before coming here a little over a year ago. On April 4, 1937, he was united in marriage to Miss Marguerite MacPherson, of Omaha. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, two brothers, Frank, of Beloit, Wis., and Ray, of Terrill, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. Alta Prentice, of Ear ley, Iowa, and Mrs. Gladys Dick ens, Glenwood, Iowa. METHODIST CHURCH V. C. Wright, Minister Sunday school, 10:00 a. m., H. B. Burch, superintendent. Public worship, 11:00 a.m. Epworth league devotional meet ing 7:00 p.m. The City Band will give a con cert of sacred music and folk songs 8:00 p.m. This concert will be held at the band stand and there will be no evening service in the church. Sunday evening, the 23rd, there will be the union evening worship in the Presbyterian church. Golgotha, a talking picture, will be sponsored by the ladies of the church August 9. Particulars will be anounced later. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH William I. Bell, Minister Sunday school, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 11:00 a.m. Young People’s meeting, 7 p.m. All people are invited to attend the services of this church. Lutheran Church Notes R. W. F 'icke, Pastor. Divine services at the Episcopal church Sunday afternoon at 2. Charles Yarnall, Emmett Carr, Jack Arbuthnot, Cron Stannard, Bob Parkins, Jack Harty, H. J. Reardon, P. B. Harty, Jerry Grey biel and Pug Horn drove to Ains worth where they competed in the one day golf tournament held there on Sunday. Try a Frontier Want-ad.