VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17,1939. No. 14
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
With some degree of pride the
public interested in fried chicken is
informed, by way of inticement to
buy a dinner, that these spring
fries are “milk fed.” Milk is calf
feed, not chicken. Hens—nor roost
ers—produce no milk for their
young. If you haven’t had chicken
fed on wheat kernels or corn you
have missed the real chicken din
ner.
For the first time in my exper
ience I had a rattlesnake in arms
the other evening. But this fear
some thing was nothing but a wat
ermelon. It looked like the iron
clad of far-off homestead days in
Holt County but I was told the var
iety was called after the most
dreaded creature that crawls the
earth. The vicinity of Wymore is
a great melon producing section and
many truck loads are being brought
into Lincoln from there and also
from Kansas. I believe they would
sell faster if the name was changed
to Meadow Lark.
The scenery consisting of a
steady stream of autos going and
coming can get monotonous, too.
The amusing thing about an
itinerant show are the superlatives
making up their flamboyant adver
tising.
So the Hatch bill is going to
make political nonenities of federal
job holders. If I were one of that
numerous body of loyal New Deal
patriots now “scraping the sides
and bottom” —to borrow an old
Holt county populist phrase — of
our government treasury, I would
not consider it from the standpoint
of “service” to the country. A polit
ical job—fifty a month or eight or
ten thousand a year—is strictly a
selfish matter. Hang on as long
as possible and do your level best
to elect the “right” crowd. Just
how this Hatch law is going to elim
inate this feature of the funda
mental structure of our political
fabric has not been made clear but
the president has given it his bless
ing, probably with a twinkle in the
eye, knowing it means nothing.
Next important affair of state
wide interest will be the fair early
next month. It is astonishing what
the rural realms can muster in the
way of exhibits in even the famine
years. I believe Holt county —as
such—has had no exhibit at the
state fair since Will Dobbs hustled
up vast collections of grain and
grass, fruits and flowers, product
of vine and bush and supervised the
arrangement of these in the old
skating rink into artistic, fantastic
and amazing designs to be shipped
to Lincoln for fair week. There
have been individual exhibits from
Holt at the fair since then and I
trust this year I may see some of
Will Grothe’s products as well as
those of other friends.
In a recent communication ap
pearing in Omaha’s lone daily paper
my friend John A. Robertson ex
presses his view of the hopper pois
on program. John has well defined
views on most things and is able
to express them coherently. He
thinks the program has been pretty
much a fizzle and his prairie in
stincts tell him the prairie chicken
is the stuff to eliminate hoppers.
That those magnificient birds, once
plentiful, are about extinct is re
gretable and if Mr. Robertson has
any plan for restoring the species
in this section he should have co
operation. The late Wm. Conklin
said they were a grass bird and the
country is now pastured and mowed
for hay to such an extant there is
no brooding grounds left for them.
The prairie holds many fascinating
charms. They are best seen and
absorbed riding leisurely across
open country on a horse in the
spring. If you have never run
onto a prairie hen with a newly
hatched brood of fluffy little brown
chicks and see them scamper to hide
in the grass you have missed one
of nature’s most interesting little
dramas.
Native Son Visits Old
Home County
W. M. Hunter, of North Bend,
Oregon, arrived here last week for
a couple weeks visit with his broth
er, Frank Hunter, of Star, and
other relatives in the northeastern
part of the county. Mr. Hunter
lived in his county until about 1914
when he went to the west coast and
has been a resident of that section
ever since. This is his second visit
to the county since he went west,
the last being about twelve years
ago. He said that he noticed many
changes for the better in this city.
Lutherans of Missouri
Synod Will Celebrate
Centennial at Ainsworth
Sunday, August 20th, the fif
teen congregations of the Luther
an Synod of Missouri, comprising
Circuit No. 7, of the North Nebr.
District, will meet in a joint Cen
tennial Service in the City Hall at
Ainsworth, Nebraska, to commem
orate the Saxon immigration 100
years ago. These emigrants settled
in the state of Missouri and eight
years after coming to our shores
were instrumental in organizing
the so-called Missouri Synod, now
numbering close to 5,000 congre
gations and actively served by 3,600
pastors. Congregations partici
pating extend from Neligh on the
east to Crookston on the west and
from O’Neill on the south to the
well across the border in South Da
kota. Rev. Martin Dorn is pastor
of the Ainsworth churches.
Holt County Trooper
Takes High Honors in
Boy Scout Work
Vernon Wertz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Wertz, of Page, Nebr.,
and grandson of the late Alex R.
and Althea Wertz of Star, Nebr.,
was recently awarded one of the
highest awards in Boy Scout work,
the Scoutmaster’s Key, at Wash
ington, D. C., by the Nat’l Captitol
Area Council, Boy Scouts of Am
erica.
Mr. Wertz is now a fifteen year
Veteran Scout having first become
associated with Boy Scouts at
Stuart, Neb., where he was leader
bf he Bobcat Tribe of Lone Scouts.
From Stuart he went to Chadron,
Nebr., where he was Scoutmaster
of No. 1. He was Assistant Camp
Director of the Chadron Boy Scout
Y. M. C. A. at Mt. Lookout, (now
Mt. Coolidge) in the Black Hills,
when that camp was dedicated by
President Coolidge. In 1929 Mr.
Wertz was employed by the U. S.
Treasury Dept, and moved to Wash
ington, D. C. There he became
Scoutmaster of Troop No. 41, and
later a Field Commissioner and a
member of the Advancement Com
mittee. For several years Mr. Wertz
has been Chairman of the Board
of Review for Scout Advancement
at the Boy Scout Camp, Woodrow
Wilson, and also one of the Boards
of Review held in the city. Mr.
Wertz has also been closely associ
ated with camping activities in the
District of Columbia, having had
his Troop take part in the Camp
orees held each spring, and with his
Troop at the two Scout Camps,
Camp Woodrow Wilson, at Burnt
Mills, Maryland, and Camp Theo
dore Roosevelt, on the Cheseapeake
Bay at Willows, Maryland. In 1930
he was awarded Camp Emblems at
both of the Council Camps, and in
1937 he was awarded a Staff Emb
lem for his outstanding work with
his group of Scouts during his two
weeks stay at Camp Theodore
Roosevelt and in 1939 again award
ed the Camp Emblem in connection
with Advancement Committee
work. Mr. Wertz has been an ac
tive examiner in various Merit
Badge subjects and in First Class
Map Making, examining over 200
Scouts a year for these various
Merit Badges.
In addition Mr. Wertz is one of
the Volunteer First Aid Workers of
the American Red Cross First Aid
Instructor.
Mrs. Simar and Creola Carney
moved their dress and hat shop
into the remodeled Simar building,
next door to their former location
the latter part of the week. A new
front has been installed in the
building, the interior decorated,
new fixtures installed and it pre
sents a very neat and attractive ap
pearance, with plenty of room to ac
commodate their customers.
AG VOCATIONAL I
COURSE OUTLINED
FOR COMING YEAR
F.F.A. to Be Offered
With Special Instruction
For Adult Groups
By Alfred L. Mathis
In this issue of the paper we
are particularly interested in mak
ing it clear just what the O’Neill
high school sudents will study if
he is enrolled for work in the Voca
tional Agricultural department.
For the coming school term the
plans are to teach two classes. One
to freshmen and sophomores and
the other one to the boys who are
in the junior and senior classes.
The boys in the first division will
meet for three forty minuoe periods
each school day. Three days a
week will be spent in the classroom
and two days a week in the shop.
The subject matter that shall be
taken up in this course will deal
quite largely with the study of the
animals that are common on the
farms and ranches of Holt County
and the simpler shop jobs that have
to be done on the farm. In addi
tion to this work the boys shall car
ry on a supervised practice pro
gram. This simply means that he
makes plans with the instructor to
study and carry out several things
that can be done on the farm or
home ranch. Two credits a semes,
ter or four credits a year will be
given for this work. Boys in this
class may take two other freshman
or sophomore subjects. This com
bination of subjects will have to be
worked out at the time of registra
tion.
The second division will also meet
three forty minute periods each
day. The work will be along the
i same lines as that offered for the
first division except, since these
boys will be juniors and seniors,
they will be given more material
which will be a little more difficult
than that of the first division and
like the other group he various
combination of subjects will have
to be worked out at the time of reg
istration.
The Future Farmers of America
is another phase of the Vocational
Agriculture program. This is a
national organization of boys who
are studying Vocational Agricul
ture. The boys who belong to this
group are able to accomplish more
in their supervised practice pro
gram and they have a chance to get
a more balanced education in farm
ing and rural living than those
without it. There are different de
grees of attainment in the F.F.A.
which a boy may reach by meeting
certain requirements that are set
up by the organization. The high
est degrees are conferred by the
State and National officers. And
too, it is in the F.F.A. that the Vo
cational Agriculture boys have a
chance for their fun and recreation.
While this is not the main purpose
of the organization, it is felt that
it is important. There are many
boys in the state who have been ex
cellent members of the F.F.A. while
in school. And while meeting their
requirements for the advanced de
grees they have continually added
to their supervised practice pro
gram so that by the time they were
graduated from High School they
were almost ready to start farm
ing for themselves. This is not
practical or desirable in a lot of
cases because not all boys are ready
or able to shift for themselves im
mediately after graduation. Per
haps they will need a few years
work with their dads before they
can handle a farm for themselves.
The age and maturity of the boys
are very important in considering
a step of this kind. However, the
work that the boy does while in the
F.F.A. will go a long way in pre
paring him for this type of work.
The students who were in high
school last year registered for the
coming term. Vocational Agricul
ture was not a art of the school
curriculum at that time so it will be
necessary for all of these who in
tend to take the work to re-register.
There is another part of the Vo
catonal Agriculture program that
some may be interested in and that|
is the work for the Young Farm
ers and Adults.
Tht Young Farmers group will
include men and boys up to 25 years
of age who are not enrolled in high
SPECIAL NOTICE
Evidently the citizens of O’Neill
feel that whenever the fire whistle
blows for a fire, it is a call for them
to jump in their cars and rush to
the scene of the fire, because that
is what is happening at the fires
here lately.
Last Tuesday evening when the
fire whistle blew for a fire at the
NuWa Cafe the cars jammed the
streets for a block in every direc
tion and it took about fifteen to
clear the streets so that traffic
could be resumed.
We would like to call the atten
tion of the citizens to the fact
that whenever they rush to a fire
they are hindering the firemen in
their work and if this continues
some person may become seriously
injured as a result. If it became
necessary to string a line of hose
from a hydrant to the fire, it would
be impossible on account of the
streets being blocked by cars and
perhaps considerable damage would
be the result.
The state law requires all auto
mobiles to pull to the curb when a
siren blows and in case of fires, no
cars are to be allowed within one
block of the scene of the fire. We
advise all to pay attention to the
laws, because if you don’t you are
liable to find yourself before Police
Judge George Bay with a fine being
assessed against you.
We regret to have to take this
action to stop»this, but necessity
compels us to do so. This is a
warning—stop driving to the fires
and getting in the way of the fire
men.
H. E. COYNE,
Mayor.
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Youngsters Befort Dist.
Judge for Auto Theft
Judge Dickson and Reporter
Scott were in Bassett Wednesday
where they heW"l» short term of dis
trict court. A Rock county young
man, Giles Brooks, 17, and Arthur
F. Porter, 15, Rock county, were be
fore the court charged with steal
ing an automobils. They pled guil
ty to the charge and will be sen
tenced at the regular October term
of district court in Rock county on
October 16. They are committed to
the custody of James Brooks until
that date.
Rummel—Learner
Miss Marjorie Learner, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Learner, of
Wayne, Nebraska, and Jean Rum
mel, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Rum
mel, of this city, were united in mar
riage last Thursday at Madison,
Nebraska, by acting County Judge
E. Moyer. Walter Learner, father
of the bride, and Miss Ella Studts,
of Madison were present at the
ceremony. Mrs. Rummel is a grad
uate of Wayne High School and also
attended Wayne State Normal, com
ing to O’Neill about two years ago
as an employee in the office of the
Farm Security Administration. Mr.
Rummel is a graduate of the O’Neill
Public High School and is at pres
ent employed by the Interstate
Power Company in this city.
The Frontier joins with the many
friends of the young couple in wish
ing them a long and happy wedded
life.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many friends and
neighbors for their many acts of
kindness and expressions of sym
pathy during the sickness and fol
lowing the death of our beloved hus
band and father, the late E. R.
Baker.—Mrs. E. R. Baker and chil
dren.
school. Subjects that are studied
are those in which the majority of
the group are most interested.
The Adult Farmers group is
made up of men over 25 years of
age. This group will usually have
problems that are much different:
from those of the younger men.
This type of work is usually car
ried on in the local community in
which the group lives. Sometimes
in the local schoolhouse or occa
sionally in one of the member’s
home. This type of instruction is
free of charge to the individuals
and may be had in any community
desiring the help.
4-H ACHIEVEMENT
DAY ATTRACTS
MANY CLUBBERS
Many Awards Arranged
By Local Business Men
For Winning Exhibits
The O’Neill Public School was the
sceae of much activity when 200
4-H club members front Holt county
competed Saturday in an achiev
ment day program where members
were chosen to represent this coun
ty at the Nebraska State Fair.
Home economic exhibits together
with 4-H demonstrations and judg
ing contests gave the day somewha:
the appearance of a three ring cir
cus.
The livestock judging contest in
which over 100 boys and girls took
part was one of the main attrac
tions of the program. From the
event, which was won by Jack Res
sel of Chambers with Ed Hanley of
O’Neill and Delbert Robertson of
Chambers next in line, will be se
lected a livestock judging team to
compete in the Nebraska State Fair
contest.
Holt county’s veteran 4-H clubber
Margery Rees, was again outstand
ing in winning both the clothing
and cooking judging contests and
will probably be teamed with Beth
Murphy of Page and Florence
Spease of Stuart to compete at
the State Fair.
Team demonstrations in live
stock, poultry, dairy, agricultural
engineering, and home economics
furnished a variety from which sev
eral may be selected to compete in
the State Fair and of which the
county may well be proud.
The afternoon’s program includ
ed a style revue in which 15 girls
competed in costumes which were
made in 4-H club work.
A large picnic lunch and the dis
tribution of merchandise awards,
contributed by the O’Neill business
men, were included to make the
days program one of the finest
held during the year.
Winners of 4-H Achievement Day
Livestock Demonstrations: 1st—
Bill Rees, Bob Rees; 2nd — Rex
Oberle, Edwin Krugman; 3rd—Leo
DeLong, Mae DeLong; 4th—Vern
Wrede, Robert Thomas.
Dairy Demonstrations: 1st—
Marie Gibson, Delbert Robertson.
Poultry Demonstrations: 1st—
Dale Sauffer, Charles Harmon.
Home Economics Demonstration:
1st—Donna Shellhase, Marian Mc
Nally; 2nd—Mardell Burdick, Flor
ence Spease; 3rd—Helen Wilkin
son, Mary Wagman.
Agricultural Engineering Dem
onstrations: 1st—Ralph Allyn, Dick
Shearer.
Livestock Judging: 1st — Jack
Ressel; 2nd—Ed Hanley; 3rd—Del
bert Robertson; 4th—Stanley Lam
bert.
Clothing Judging: ls^-Margery
Rees; 2nd—Beth Murphy; 3rd—
Patty McMahan; 4th—Marian Prill.
Cooking Judging: 1st—Margery
Rees; 2nd—Florenie Spease; 3rd—
Mardell Burdick; 4th—Leona Rum
mels.
Workbox Exhibit: 1st—Ila Mae
Caster; 2nd—Audrey Brunckhorst;
3rd—Katherine Sobotka; 4th—Pat
ty McMahan.
Needle Case Exhibit: 1st—Aud
rey Brunckhorst; 2nd—Patty Mc
Mahan; 3rd — Virginia Podany;
4th—Ila Mae Caster.
Kitchen Apron Exhibit: 1st Aud
rey Brunckhorst; 2nd — Ila Mae
Caster; 3rd—Mary Ramold; 4th—
Jean Keyes.
Kitchen Hand Towel Exhibit: 1st
Leola Carey; 2nd—Virginia Pod
any; 3rd— Patty McMahaa; 4th—
Katherine Sabotka.
Slip Exhibit: 1st—Bernice Ever
etts; 2nd—Donna Shellhase; 3rd—
Mary Wagman; 4th—Betty Lou
Aim.
Any Garment in summer ward
robe: 1st—Phyllis Brown.
Dress Exhibit: 1st — Eleanor
Trowbridge; 2nd — Marian Prill;
3rd—Evelyn Elder; 4th—Lorraine
French.
Repaired Summer Garment: 1st—
Valera Lofquest.
Play Suits: 1st—Loretta Weber;
2nd—Helen Rector; 3rd — Ardis
Hansen; 4th—Doris Hansen.
Optional: IstEvelyn Elder; 2nd—
Donna Shellhase; 3rd — Theresa
Ramold; 4th—Annie Ramold.
Cookies: 1st—Lila Spease; 2nd—
Florence Spease.
Bassett Boosters Here
Boosting Fiftieth Anniv.
A delegation of Bassett Boosters
were in the city last Monday fore
noon arriving here a few moments
before 12 o’clock, on a trip boost
ing their annual Rock county fair
and the fiftieth anniversary of Rock
county. The cars were loaded with
representative citizens of that hust
ling little town and accompanied
by a band. They left here about 1:30
and went north into Boyd county
and will then head west and home
that evening. The affair will be
put on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of this week.
Former Resident Visits
Here After 32 Years
Otto Beaver, of Elinore, Cal.,
was in the city last Tuesday visit
ing friends of his boyhood. Mr.
Beaver was raised in the Agee
neighborhood where he lived for
many years, leaving here in 1907
for the west coast and has been a
resident of California since then.
He and Mrs. Beaver arrived in this
section last week and they have
I been visiting relatives and friends
at Spencer and old friends in the
Meek and Agee neighborhood. Mr.
Beaver was a pleasant caller at
this office and said it felt mighty
fine to be back in the old home
town, but there had been so many
changes here since 1907 that he
could not find familiar old land
marks. He is operating a turkey
farm in California. They expect
to start for home this morning.
Band Concert Program
For Saturday Night
March—“Invercorgill”, Lithgow.
March—“Queen City,” Boom,
Trombone Novelty — “Slidin’
Some,” Chenetle.
Overture—“King Arthur,” Thom
as.
March “Under the Double
Eagle,” Wagner.
Vocal Solo—“Old Timer’s Waltz,"
arranged by Lake.
“Sidewalks of New York.”
“Daisy Bell.”
“After the Ball.”
March—“King Cotton,” Sousa.
Hymn—“Onward Christian Sol
diers,” Sullivan.
March—“Our Director,” Bigelow
Taps—“America,” Smith.
There will be an all request pro
gram on Thursday, August 24. A
Community Sing will be held after
the concert.
The Weather
The weather has been fairly mod
erate the past week, although a
little warmer than seasonable. Sui>
day last was the hottest day of the
week when the thermometer climbed
to 97 degrees, following .11 hund
redths of rainfall the evening be
fore. Following is the chart for
the week:
H L M
August 11_ 80 50
August 12 - 84 59 .11
August 13_ 97 64
August 14 -. 96 78
August 15 - 90 64
August 16_ 87 64
Total precipitation for August
1.72 inches. Total precipitation
since Jan. 1, 1939, 11.62 inches.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity of
thanking the Alpha Club, Ladies
Aid, The O’Neill and Redbird base
ball teams, the Galena Lumber
company and all of those who so
kindly furnished material and as
sisted us in arranging and pre
senting our program for the Old
Settler’s Picnic.—A. L. Borg, presi
dent.
Muffins: 1st—Lila Spease; 2nd—
Mardell Burdick; 3rd — Florence
Spease; 4th—Leona Runnels.
Cake: 1st—Lila Spease; 2nd—
Florence Spease; 3rd — Mardell
Burdick.
White Bread: 1st — Florence
Spease.
Cookies: 1st—Leona Runnels.
Rolls: 1st—Florence Spease.
Whole Wheat Bread: lsW-Flor
ence Spease.
Bird Houses: 1st—John and Ed
win Sweet.
Nail Boxes: 1st. George Mellor.
Rope Exhibit: 1st — Dale Jr.
Graver.
Style Show: 1st—Marian Prill;
2nd—Betty French; 3rd — Evelyn
Elder; 4th—Helen Wilkinson.
4-H CLUB PICNIC
PLANNED HERE
SAT., AUG. 26
Lion’s Club to Play
4-H’ers in Ball Game
Other Sports Scheduled
Plans for a county wide 4-H club
picnic to be held in the O’Neill City
Park on Saturday, August 26, are
being made by the members of the
O’Neill Lions Club with Ted Mc
Elhaney in charge.
Invitations are being sent to
every 4-H member and their fam
ilies to be present for an old fash
ioned picnic and program. In ad
dition to furnishing a day of recre
ation to many 4-H club members
and families who have had a busy
summer, the members of the club
are desirous of becoming better ac
quainted with the future citizens
of our county.
Plans for the program include a
big 4-H parade through O’Neill
streets with the O’Neill school band
assisting in making it a success.
Each club is being asked to make a
banner in order that their group
may be identified in the parade.
Prizes will be given to the club
judged as having the best banner.
The afternoon program includes
races for both boys and girls of 4-H
clubs with merchandise premiums
for winners of the events. In an
ticipation of the high lights of the
day one of the main attractions
will be when the members of the
Lions Club will challenge the 4-H
members to a game of kittenball.
Prizes will be given to the club
coming the farthest distance to
the picnic and also to the club hav
ing the largest number of mem
bers present. Everyone in attend
ance is asked to bring a picnic lunch
to be eaten in a group and the Lions
Club will furnish ice cream and a
cold drink for the day.
This is a splendid opportunity
for the 4-H members to become
well acquainted with the business
men who are always interested in
the success of the boys and girls.
A large crowd is expected and it
is hoped that every 4-H family may
be present to enjoy the day.
Special Edition of The
Frontier for Next Week
Next week The Frontier will pub
lish a special edition which will con
sist of 2,200 extra copies, which
with our large list of readers will
go to the homes of practically all
the families in the eastern two
thirds of the county. Advertisers,
who desire to be represented in this
issue must have their copy in the
office not later than Tuesday night,
as preparing this edition will entail
a lot of extra work, so with the
cooperation of our advertisers we
expect to get it out on time.
Redbird Ball Club Wins
From Mission Indians
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The Redbird base ball team play
ed the Marty Mission Indians at
Fairfax, S. D., on last Sunday.
The game resulted in a victory for
Redbird with a score of 13 to 8.
Hits; Marty Indians—13; Redbird
17. Errors; Indians—4; Redbird
5. Batteries: Redbird, Conard, Car
son and Schollmeyer; Indians, Scott,
Ree and Flying Hawk, Campbell.
Next Sunday Redbird is to play
Winner, S. D., at the Bassett fair
| and celebration.
China Missionaries to
Hold Services at Holiness
Camp Meeting
The Holiness camp meet will be
held here August 17-27 four blocks
North of the Ford Garage. Aug.
18 Brother and Sister P. D. Kiehn,
out-going missionary to China will
be here for all three services on
Friday at 10:00 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8
p.m.
They have spent sixteen years
on the field in China and have
been held captives twice. They
have a wonderful story to tell.
Bible school for the children be
ginning Thursday morning at 9:00
o’clock.
Parents take advantage of this
opportunity and send your children
to the Bible school.