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VDL LX ~ ~ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939. No. 15
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Give us more Governor Dickin
sons.
^ If a fortune was laid at the foot
Af the inventor of these modern-!
instic food package wrappers an- i
•other awaits the chap who can come
forward with a process for open
ing them without destroying the
contents.
Appropriations totaling over
three million dollars to take care of
Lincoln’s official family, from chief
executive to the husky gent of
foreign tongue who goes around
spearing bits of paper to gather
into a sack. On that budget the
city is well governed.
Many citizens are unable to see
the consistency of the various
groups and individuals being per
mitted freedom for near treason
able propaganda while the NLRB
harrasses to the point of persecu
r tion one of America’s greatest in
dustrial benefactors.
Has the wind been knocked out
of Nebraska farmers that it is nec
essary for the capitol city to get
its red ripe tomatoes from Cali
fornia ? Making allowance for
sentirrtent, I think there is none of
this delightful garden produce
quite equal to that grown in Ne
braska. Doubtless in my home
neighborhood many are going to
waste on the vines, but I under
stand none of the apples at home
are going to spoil since nocturnal
visitors have clandestinely stripped
the trees. The best of neighbor
hoods are never free from invasion
from without.
t The choicest millions and the in
imitable Stowell’s Evergreen sweet
corn that had attained a magnifi
cent growth have come into the
capitol city from the vicinity of
Fremont. The Elkhorn valley is
not making any fuss over irriga
tion I at it is producing the stuff.
Many motorists seem to regard
city traffic rules as something to
thumb their nose at.
Already the capitol building
shows signs of age, but the state
house grounds are a picture of
living green. Scant space is allow
ed for floral bloom but to the
prairie dweller the lawn ascending
from the walks in a round rising
hillock and spreading its emerald
cha;m for two blocks on the east
and west sides ot the building is
altogether satisfying to look upon.
I would prefer fewer or no trees
except those evergreens flanking
k the building. Passing the grounds
a warm evening in company with an
old western prairie dweller he re
marked he could unroll a pack up
there on the grass and put in a
very good night. He had spent
many nights in the open when
Dawes and Box Butte counties
were open range country but
thought he had not before seen a
spot so inviting to roll into a
blanket for the night as this that
we were passing.
The need is not so much for the
man of the hour as the men of the
hour.
Large Attendance Is
Expected at 4-H Club
* Picnic Saturday
All indications point to a large
attendance at the 4-H Club picnic
at the new O’Neill City Park on
Saturday, August 26.
Plans have been made by the
committee in charge to entertain
Holt county’s 4-H members and
families to a real day of entertain
ment.
Along with the group picnic
dinner, a large 4-H parade with the
assistance of the O’Neill band will
be held so the business men will
know 4-H is in town.
Ball games, races and a chance
for 4-H families and business men
to become better acquainted will
furnish the days program and is
planned to be very enjoyable to all
in attendance.
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New High School Addition
When the addition to the O’Neill
High School above pictured, is
completed, O’Neill will have one of
the largest and best equipped Pub
lic High Schools in the state. The
addition includes six large class
rooms, especially designed for cer
tain studies and a gymnasium- au
ditorium second to none in the
state. Much of the old building
has been remodeled and a new
school room for the Smith-Hughes
Agricultural course has been in
stalled.
BRIEFLY STATED
Bert Shearer, of Stuart, was
visiting friends in this city today.
Ed Early left Monday morning
for Sioux City on a business trip.
Buv and Max Wanser left Mon
day for White River and Gregory,
S. D., on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen drove
to Omaha Tuesday toattend market
week in that city.
Mrs. Catherine Keiser left Fri
day for Sioux City, where she will
visit relatives.
Miss Agnes Griffiin left Sunday
morning for Omaha to attend mar
ket week there.
H. J. Birmingham and Mr. and
Mrs. Russ McMichaels drove to
Sioux City Tuesday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parkins re
turned Tuesday evening from a
short visit in Dubuque, Iowa.
Mrs. Helen Simar left Sunday
morning for Omaha where she will
attend market week.
Mrs. Creola Carney left Sunday
night for Omaha to attend market
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burival, of
O’Neill announce the birth of a
daughter on Sunday, August 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bright
and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Langan
drove to Norfolk Monday afternoon
on business.
John Robertson, one of the pio
nters of the northwestern part of
the county, was looking after bus
iness in this city Wednesday.
Robert Ryan left Saturday for
his home in Chicago, after spend
ing his vacation here with his
father, J. B. Ryan.
Norman Gonderinger returned
Tuesday afternoon from Kansas
Ciay, where he had been on busi
ness.
Mrs. Ira Moss returned Tuesday
afternoon from Omaha, whtre she
had been visiting rlatives and
friends for a few days.
Mrs. Eliza Wilcox returned Mon
day from Griswold, Iowa, where
she attended a family reunion held
there over the week end.
The Catholic Daughters enjoyed
a no-host picnic at the picnic
grounds west of O’Neill Wednes
day evening.
Alvin Winchell, of Omaha, spent
the week end here visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr. and MrsJ
Ben Winchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krugman.
of Star, announe the birth of a
son, Merrill Dean, on Monday,
August 21.
Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Johnson and
daughter, Mardell Joan, returned
Saturday noon from Omaha, where
they visited relatives and friends.
Bernard Madison returned Sun
day night from Norfolk, where he
Visited his parents, during his
vacation from the Gamble store.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot
drove to Cedar Rapids on Sunday
and spent the day visiting at the
home of Mr. Arbuthnot’* brother.
Arthur.
St. Mary’s Academy Has
Enviable Reputation as
Educational Institution
St. Mary’s Academy of this city
has long enjoyed one of the most
enviable reputations in the state
as an educational institution. Since
the graduation of the first class in
1902, St. Mary’s Alumnae have
risen high in their chosen pro
fessions and are proud to claim
that St. Mary’s of O’Neill is their
Alma Mater. The school, which
last year had an enrollment of 313,
with 124 in the high school and 189
in the grades, draws its students
not only from O’Neill and vicinity,
but from all over the United States.
Dr. Gadbois and Stewart Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists
will be in O’Neill at Dr. Carter’s
office all day Wednesday, August;
30th. Glasses fitted.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saunto and !
Clarence Saunto drove to Columbus 1
on Sunday and spent the day there
visiting at the home of Mr. Saunto s
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lohr.
Anton Toy and son, Junior, left
Monday morning for Omaha, where
they are attending market week.
They are expected home Thursday
evening.
Dr. Gadbois and Stewart Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists
will be in O’Neill at Doctor Carter’s
office all day Wednesday August1
30th. Glasses fitted. 15-1
Bill Kressen left Thursday for
his home in Nebraska City, where
he will visit his parents for a few
days before returning here to spend
the winter.
Lutheran services will be held
in the Episcopal church in this city
on Wednesday fevening, August
30, conducted by Rev. Wm. G.
Vahle, of Atkinson.
A marriage license was issued by
County Judge Louis Reimer on
August 22, to John R. Paxon of
Martin, S. D., and Miss Margaret
Miller of Iona, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shoemaker
and daughter, of Norfolk, were in
O’Neill on Monday visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoe
maker.
Mrs. O. F. Rummell and son,
Albert, returned Friday night from
New Ulm, Minn., where they spent
the wtek visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rummell.
Local friends received word from
Georgy Harrington that he is now
on his way to Seattle, Washington,
with his brother, Frank, and that
he erpects to arrive in O’Neill some ;
time the latter part of neyt week.
Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French and
sons, Dale and Ivan, and Dr.
French’s father and his brother,
Merwyn French, left Sunday morn
ing for Aitken, Minn., where they
will visit relatives and friends.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McDonough
returned Saturday from a weeks
visit with relatives in South Da
kota. They visited their daughter
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Sutcliff, of Washington, D..
C., who were- visiting relatives at
Millbank, S. D., and also visited at
Watertown, White River, Brook
ings, Dell Rapids and Sioux Falls
on their way home.
O’Neill Public School
Faculty for New Year
Following is tty faculty of the
D’Neill public schfols for the ensu
ing year: Elizabeth Henry, First
grade; Loretta Enright, Second
grade; Hilda Gallagher, Third
grade; Margaret Miller, Fourth
grade; Eleanor Kvan, Fifth grade;
Betty Jones, Sixth grade; Johan
na Englehaupt, Seventh grade;
Dorlin Lockman, Eighth grade; F.
E. Alder, Superintendent, Mathe
matics; C. F. Grill, principal, math
ematics; Ira George, Band, Social
Science; Marjorie Graybill. Vocal
music, Social science; Elmer Stolte,
Athletics, Science; Harold Connor,
assistant coach, commercial; Mild
red Miller, kindergarten, normal
training; Alfred L. Mathis, Smith
Hughes agriculture; Virginia John
son, English, dramatics; Lois Giles,
home economics, English.
New Building to Be Built
On Douglas Street
Workmen Wednesday started
tearing down the old Brennan
building on Douglas street and by
the end of the week it will be
a thing of the past. The main
building was built by the late Col.
Brennan in the early eighties and
he later built an Addition on the
west side. He operated a hard
ware store therein until the time
of his death.
A new building, 44x70 feet, to
be built by the Brennans will be
erected on the ground. There will
be two fronts in the new building
and it can be rented as a whole or
divided into two store rooms. Work
on the excavation for the new build
ing is expected to commence the
first of the week.
Remodeling of lien
Franklin Store Completed
A. E. Bowen, owner of the Ben
Franklin store, had his opening
last Saturday when ni3 tew ad-;
dition was exhibited to his many
customers. The new addition
gives the store many more feet of
of store space, gives more room
in the aisles, thereby enable.! them
to wait on their customers more
rapidly as well as display their j
goods to better advantage.
The store is chuck full of season-1
able merchandise and presents a'
very neat and attractive appear-!
ance and we are sure there is not
another town in the state, even
though double the population of
O’Neill, that has a neater and
more attractive variety store than
the Ben Franklin.
Had Enjoyable Trip
To the West
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Todson and
children returned last Thursday
night from a two and a half weeks
visit with relatives at Ogden,
Utah, and Idaho Falls, Idaho, and
a visit to many points of interest
in that section of the U. S. A.
From here they drove direct to
Ogden where they visited at the
home of Mrs. Todson’s parents.
Then they visited the Grand Can
yon in Arizona and next the Bould
er Dam in Nevada. They then
drove to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where
they visited a brother of Mrs. Tcd
son, then back to Ogden for a few
days then on home. During the
trip they drove 4,000 miles without
any car trouble, which is a very
gs.-od record. Pete says they had
an enjoyable trip and that they all
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Goodrich Agency Accepted Here
Holt County Fair Plans
Near Completion
Plans are rapidly nearing com
pletion, by the Holt County Fair
board, for what they believe will be
the best fair and rodoe ever put on
in the 47 years of the organization.
Entertainment never before feat
ured at this big event is the famous
Art B. Thomas Bombshell Stage
Show, which will be presented on a
$2,000 portable all steel stage,
adorned with beautiful scenery and
indirect lighting effects. This free
entertainment will start at 1:15 on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
and will give a continuous show for
an hour and a half. Besides this
they will give a night performance
under the lights each night.
Immediately after the stage
show at 3 o’clock the rodeo will
start. The stock for this contest
rodeo will again be furnished by
Len Bab. He has an entirely new
line of stock and, according to those
who have seen and ridden them,
they are much better stock. There
will be bronc riding, bulldogging,
brahama steer riding, calf roping
and a wild horse race each day.
It is strictly a contest rodeo.
O. M. Herre and son, Jimrney,
returned Tuesday evening from
F’remont, where he had met his
son, who had spent the summer in
Kansas City. From F’remont they
drove to Lincoln, where they made
arrangements for Jim to enter the
University of Nebraska this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merriman
and son, Jimmie, drove to Sioux
City on Sunday where they met
Mr. Merriman’s mother, Mrs. El
mer Merriman, who had been visit
ing relatives and friends in Iowa
during the summer. They all re
turned home Sunday evening.
Lohaus Motor Co. Takes
On New Tire Line
Henry Lohaus, o£ the Lohaus
Motor Company, has announced
his appointment by the B. F. Good
rich company as wholesale and re
tail distributor for Goodrich pass
enger, truck and Tractor tires
and tubes.
Mr. Lohaus is the dealer for
the Ford Motor Company in this
city, having succeeded the Mellor
Motor company last April. He is
assisted in the conduct of his bus
iness by Mrs. Lohaus, who is a
native of O’Neill and is well known
to many of our citizens and univer
sally admired.
The Lohaus Motor company also
carry the complete line of the
California company products and
with his ten employees, and mod
ern equipment in the shop, he is
well prepared to give motorists
the best possible service in all
ways.
Goodrich passenger tires feature
the Life Saver tread for skid pro
tection and the Golden Ply for
blow-out protection, the safest
thing on wheels. Quality is built
into Goodrich truck tires, using
hi flex cord that prevents truck I
tires from breaking under most
severe conditions.
Mr. Lohaus says that he is going
to carry a complete range of sizes |
and types of Goodrich tires that
bear a lifetime guarrantee.
The Friendly Neighbor Club held
their August 24, meeting at the
City Park. Ten members were
present. After the meeting a
luncheon was served, consisting of
roasted weiners and marshmallow
buns and coffee. The September
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. Levi Yantzi. with a covered
dish luncheon, on September 28.
Tri-State Swells O’Nei YlPayroll
Tri-State Produce Co.
Valuable Asset to City
The Tri State Produce Company
has the largest payroll of any bus
iness institution in the city, fifty
four being on their payroll, which
for the year will average about
$5,000.00 per month. If we had a
had a half doen institutions in the
city with a pay roll as large we
would really boom.
The writer made a visit to the
plant Tuesday morning and was
surprised at the activity in that
institution and for a moment we
forgot that we were in O’Neilll and
thought we had been transferred
to one of the large packing plants
in Omaha. We were escorted thru
the plant by L. F. Kenney, the gen
eral manager of the plant. The
people of this city have no idea of
the size of this institution and a
visit to and Inspection of the plant
we are sure will be a real surprise
to them.
The Tri State Company came
here a year ago last March, having
purchased the old Armour plant
which was partially destroyed by
fire a couple of years before. The
plant was rebuilt and this spring
they spent $15,000.00 in building an
Brady, Carson and Mc
Whorter Families
Hold Reunion Sunday
The Sixth annual reunion of the
Brady, Carson and McWhorter des
cendents was held at the Ta-ha
Zouka Park in Norfolk on August
20 with 04 relatives in attendance.
About 20 Norfolk friends attended
in the afternoon.
Those in attendance were: Mr.
and Mrs. William Carson, Lincoln;
Mrs. Etta Compton and two daugh
ters, Waterloo; Robert McWhorter
and daughter and Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin McWhorter and daughter,
of North Bepd; Mr. and Mrs. Sheni
well, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Sorenson, Ponca; Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. McWhorter, Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Van Buskirk and Mrs. Tom
Waining of Foster; Mr. and Mrs.
Lester McWhorter and family of
Osmond; Fred McWhorter of Hast
ings; Mr. and Mrs. Wiggo Larson
of Plainview; Mr. and Mrs. Bohl
and daughter of Copenhagen; Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Larson and son,
Plainview; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ply
messer of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs.
James Carson of Page; Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Brady and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Brady and son and
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady of Dorsey;
Effie M. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Johnson and daughter and Guy
Johnson and two daughters, Op
portunity; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hunter, Star; Iris and Lizzie Car
son, Redbird and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hansen and family of Norfolk.
Members of the first generation
have all passed on and only two of
the next generation are left, name
ly, Mrs. Frank McWhorter, of
Omaha, who on account of ill health
could not attend and Mrs. John
Brady of Opportunity, who was
present and the oldest of the group,
James Bohl of Copenhagen, being
the youngest. Lloyd Brady held
the honor of having the largest
family. The Carson’s of Lincoln,
came the longest distance. There
are 132 decendents of the two
families, the James Brady and John
McWhorter families.
A very pleasant day was spent
with a picnic dinner and supper.
A short business meeting was held
in the afternoon and the rest of the
time was spent in visiting. xxx
addition to the front of the plant
wherein the offices are now neatly
arranged, and installing new mach
inery. The company operates
plants at Sioux City and Akron,
Iowa, as well as the O’Neill plant.
During the last fiscal year, from
July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939, they
paid out in this city $130,000.00 for
poultry and $396,000.00 for eggs
during the same period. Of this
amount $280,000.00 was paid out
during the first six months of this
year. In addition to this amount
they have paid out since they
started in business here $33,000.00
for hatching eggs.
Among the new machinery in
stalled by the company this year
in their plant here is a waxing
machine in the chicken picking de
partment. This machine has a
capacity of 680 chickens per hour
and can be speeded up a little above
that point. It will handle 520
turkeys per hour. This machine
brings the chicken-picking down to
a fine art and it is interesting to
watch it work. The chicken is
fastened on a wire shackle, which
is on an endless chain. The bird
is then carried to the killing de
partment, then through the scald
[ ing machine; then along in front of
a row of women and girl pickers,
who take the feathers off as it
passes in front of them; then thru
the drying machine, being thor
oughly dry when they are carried
out of this room; then through two
waxing machines where they get
two coats ot wax, Deing cuaieu
two different machi nes, then thru
part of the machine where they are
sprayed with water to harden the
wax; then out on the wax peeling
table, where girls pull the wax off,
the balance of the feathers coming
off with the wax. They are then
taken to the finish line where any
feathers left are picked, then to the
inspector who inspects them and
takes them off the line. The entire
journey has been made without tak
ing them from the shackles which
were placed on the bird when it
was first fastened to the endless
chain. After their removal from
the line they are taken to the cool
ing room where they are graded
and packed.
They also operate a wholesale
grocery department with E. C. Kiel
as manager. They also operate a
hatchery with G. J. Ryan as mana
ger. The capacity of their hatch
ery was doubled last spring. They
shipped thousands of baby chicks
and turkey poults to differtnt points
in this state as well as other states
in the midwest.
The grocery department has four
traveling men on the road, travel
ing out of this city. They are:
M. E. Hughes, Wymore Johnson,
Wayne Olson and Wayne Norman.
Their trucks, of which they have
five on the road, cover territory
south to Ord, in the Loup valley,
west to Hay Springs, north to the
Dakota line and then west in South
Dakota as far as Winner and east
to Norfolk. Their trucks take a
load of groceries out and bring a
load of produce back, thus keeping
expense at a minimum.
Their business this year is far in
excess of that of last year, so far,
and they contemplate building an
addition to the building next spring,
in order to take care of the large
stock of groceries they carry here,
or they will build a new building
for a warehouse.
This institution is a valuable
assett to this city and The Frontier
congratulate the general manager
and the company upon their suc
cess and hopes that their business
will increase from year to year.