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VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1939 No. 17
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Maybe it is the forms and cere
monies, the suits and trappings of
religion that holds our attention
rather than the principles involved
in Christianity. Again, maybe that’s
why the world has gone on a wild
spree.
Remember when a gent resplen
dent in uniform, a 3-foot headgear
and flourishing a wand marched at
the head of the old cornet band?
The times demand—or have pro
duced—something different. The
bands in the parades during Legion
meeting in the Capitol city were led
by “beautiful but dumb” females
with as little on as the law allows—
and the law allows a lot of things
at certain times
Much of the summer floral bloom
has faded and fallen but the moss
rose and petuna beds remain in
full flower, while the blue spangles
of Morning Glory vines are now re
flected during the morning hours
in a fascinating splash of color. Lin
coln householders in all parts of the
city seem devoted to the fine art of
the florist. It is a pleasant sum
mer job that has its compensation
not in yellow pumpkins but in the
beauty which the yellow' and blue
and white and red and pink bloom
en stalk and bush imparts t.o home
surroundings. I have missed the
beauty, the natural color, the pro
fusion of variety and the captivat
ing charm of Nebraska’s prairies
this summer. While home sur
roundings require this touch of
color, yet to one from the open
prairie, the flowers blooming be
side the hot concrete seems strange
ly out of place.
The Frontier bringing out again
items recalling incidents of the
long ago also reminds the Old
Timer that he is getting on in years.
Strangely, the farther back the re
cord reaches, the greater the inter
est. Perhaps it is because that
was the match’css period of boy
hood’s care-free days.
Europe, that portion of the globe,
which has given much that is worth
while to mankind, again trembles
under the tread of marching armies
and roar of guns. The dream of
national leaders a quarter century
ago has faded as the mists of morn
ing, and the battle cry, as old as the
race, lives on. The answer to the
prophecy of Gen. Pershing made in
1918 when the leader of the Ameri
can forces protested to the allied
generals that there would be no per
manent peace in Europe unless they
marched their armies into Berlin
and brought Germany to its knees,
is now to be written in a fresh bap
tism of blood.
Every city dweller knows the
formula—heat, light, gas, cold and
hot water—at a price. It runs
something like the doctors’ class
ification—eye, ear, nose and throat.
The home life of a half century ago
is gone from the picture. Cool aut
umn evenings, long, frosty winter
nights, the family circle about the
glowing “base - burner” cracking
walnuts, peeling apples or sewing
carpet rags for a new floor cover
ing to be stretched over the straw
three inches deep spread over on
the floor. Its soft, inviting wai'mth
may not have been as “sanitary,”
as swanky, as the hard polished j
floors of today but it was a jodandy j
place for a kid to curl up and listen
to the stories the adults had to tell.
Perhaps but one or two of the fam
ily circle which radiated happiness
in the glow of the firelight now
survive. The hand of death takes
its toll from every family as the
years roll on. And for cherished
memories of home and childhood
what may the future hold for the
up-to-date apartment youngster.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rose, of Grand
Island, who had been here visiting
at the home of their son, Harold,
left Saturday for their home. Mrs. j
Harold Rose and daughter, Norma,
accompanied them to Grand Is-1
land, and will visit there for a few j
days.
Work on Brennan Bldg.
Progressing; Brown
McDonald to Occupy
Work of the excavation for the
new Brennan building is expected
to be completed by noon today and
the work of pouring cement for
the building will start at once. The
building will be 44x90 feet instead
of 44x70 as was contemplated. The
addition to the building was added
at the request of the tenant, the
building having been rented to the
Brown-McDonald company. It is
expected the building will be com
pleted by December 1. This will
make a valuable addition to the
north side of Douglas street.
Program For Saturday
Evening Band Concert
The Band Concert program for
September 9, will be as follows:
March—“Rifle Rangers,” King.
March — “Washington Post,”
Sousa.
Waltz—“American Beauty,” by
King.
Vocal Solo—Selected, Elaine
Streeter.
Selection—“Best Loved Southern
Melodies,” Hayes.
Trombone Novelty — “Slidin’
Some,” Chenette.
March — “Invincible U. S. A.,”
Meyers.
Hymn—“Onward Christian Sol
diers,” Sullivan.
March—“Stars and Stripes For
ever,” Sousa.
“Star Spangled Banner,” Key.
Miss Elaine Streeter, the vocal
soloist for this concert, was gradu
ated from St. Mary’s Academy with
the class of 1938. She is now teach
ing a rural school in Holt County.
Lincoln Daily Journal
$4.00 Per Year by Mail
By Carrier 12c Per Week
People paying 25c a week spend
$13.00 a year. Times are hard and
money is scarce. Everyone must
save. The Lincoln Journal will
help you. The Bee-News suspen
sion left but one other large morn
ing daily in the state besides The
State Journal. It left but one
other large Sunday paper in the
state besides The Sunday Journal
and Star. The State Journal has
been serving the territory between
Omaha and Denver for the past
seventy-one years.
The Lincoln Journal sells for
one to three dollars a year less than
any other big state morning daily,
and is priced as low as day late
afternoon papers. With the Lin
coln Journal you practically get the
Sunday free, for the other big morn
ing paper charges nearly as much
for daily only as The Journal does
including Sunday. By mail in Ne
braska and North Kansas, three
months Daily $1.25, with Sunday
$2.00; a year Daily $4.00, with Sun
day $7.00. Or by carrier boy 12c a
week for daily, 10c a week for Sun
day, 20c daily and Sunday. The
Lincoln Journal has openings for
carriers on morning, evening and
Sunday paper routes in many
towns.
Marriage Licenses
Edward R. Kaczor and Miss Mar
garetha Nelso, son and daughter
of pioneer residents of the Meek
neighborhood were granted a mar
riage license in county court last
Tuesday.
Earl Harabeck, of Spencer and
Miss Fera Dick, of O’Neill, were
granted a marriage license in coun
ty court last Tuesday and were
afterward united in marriage by
Rev. V. C. Wright of the Methodist
church, the ceremony being per
formed in the parsonage in the
presence of a few of the immediate
relatives of the contracting parties.
John B. Franzen and Miss Clara
Sorensen, both of Carroll, Nebr.,
were granted a marriage license
in county court last Saturday and
were later united in marriage at
the Methodist parsonage by Rev.
V. C. Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Riggs and j
children, of Omaha, returned to
their home on Tuesday, after spend
ing Labor day here visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mc
Kenna.
ENGLAND & FRANCE
DECLARE WAR
ON GERMANY
Front Information
Meagre; Ships Being
Sunk and Captured
The latter part of last week the
German troops started to march on
Poland. France and England asked
them to withdraw their troops and
if they did not that they would have
to stand by their agreement with
Poland and come to their assistance
if they were invaded. Hitler kept
right on going forward. Then on
Sunday England and France de
clared war on Germany. The latter
has not yet declared war on Poland
but they are bombing Polish cities
and have possession of a large part
of that country at the present time.
News from the scene of the con
flict is very meagre and it is im
possible to believe more than half
of what you hear. All news from
| the warring nations, both radio and
newspaper dispatches are censored,
and what the governments do not
want disseminated is not sent out.
At noon today, according to the
radio, the German army was within
a few miles of the Polish capitol
and has bombed the railway sta
tions in the city. From German
sources the news is that they will
have possession of Poland within a
few days.
From the other side the English
and French reports are to the effect
that the French have engaged the
Germans on a 100 mile front along
the border, which was heavily pro
tected, and that their armies had
advanced several miles into German
territory. The English navy is
maintaining a blockade and is re
ported to have captured several
German freighters. An English
passenger vessel, with about 1,400
people aboard, was sunk last Sun
day and they claim it was by a
German submarine. This is denied
by the Germans. About 150 people
lost their lives in the sinking of the
vessel, about 75 of them Americans.
The United States has declared
its neutrality in the contest and
that is the way it should be main
tained through the conflict, whether
it lasts six months, a year, two,
three, four or five years. Let us
look after affairs in the United
States and let Europe take care
of their own quarrels.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
V. C. Wright, Pastor
Sunday school, 10:00 a.m., H. B.
Burch, superintendent.
Morning worship, 11:00 a.m. This
will be a Communion Service.
Epworth League, 7:00 p.m.
No evening service.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harold Rose
Thursday, September 14.
The seventy-ninth Annual Con
ference of the Methodist church
will meet in Trinity church, Lincoln
Sept. 12. It will close the follow
ing Monday, September 18.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
William I. Bell, Minister
Sunday school, 10 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Young People, 7:00 p.m.
Evening Service, 8:00 p.m.
All people are cordially invited to
attend the services of this church.
The Presbyterian Missionary So.
ciety will meet with Mrs. Peter
Todsen, Tuesday evening, Septem
ber 12th, at eight o’clock p.m. Mrs.
L. A. Burgess, leader.
Lutheran Church Notes
R. W. Fricke, Pastor.
There will be no Lutheran service
at the Episcopal Church Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Walling and
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Stroud, of
Pierre, S. D., spent the week end
here visiting at the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Walling and Mrs. \
Harry Starlin. Mr. and Mrs. Stroud
and Mr. Walling left Monday for
Pierre, while Mrs. Walling will re
main for a longer visit.
ST. JOHN’S
THANKS YOU
The Pastor and congregation of
St. Johns are at a loss for words
to express their gratitude and ap
preciation to their many O’Neill
friends, for their friendly gesture
towards us last Sunday. Your
presence and whole-hearted co-op
eration made the day the success
that it was. Sincerely we say,
I “You’re the tops—Thanks a mil
lion.”
P. 0. Beyersdorfer.
Harold Nelson, who has been em
ployed here by the Harding Cream
Company for the past few years,
resigned his position and left Sun
day morning for his home in Omaha.
He plans on attending school this
fall.
The Weather
It has been hot the past week,
not only in this county but all over
the state, as well as other sections
of the midwest. We have had .64
hundredths of an inch of moisture
the past week, more than that re
ceived in any section of the state.
Farmers say that forage feed is
suffering for the lack of moisture
and a good soaking is eagerly looked
for. Following is the chart for the
week:
H L M
August 31 _ 89 65
September 1 _. 89 63 .67
September 2 ... _ 89 66
Stptember 3 _ 93 70 .07
September 4_ 89 54
September 5 _ 100 65
September 6 _ 99 72
JUST A GLANCE AT THE PAST
Clipped From the Files of The Frontier
Fifty-Five Years Ago
September 4, 1884
County Officers: Judge, B. F.
Roberts; Clerk, M. D. Long; Treas
urer, D. L. Dkrr; Sheriff, Ed Hers
hiser; Superintendent of Schools,
Bartley Blainf Coroner, I. R. Smith;,
Surveyor, A. E. Rice. County Com
missioners, F * a n k Bitney, chair
man, Atkinson; George T. Bastedo,
Cleveland; Joseph E. West, Ewing.
Officials of City of O’Neill: Mem
bers of the Council, Frank Camp
bell, Neil Brennan, M. M. Sullivan,
N. Martin, M. D. Long. Appointive
Officials, Attorney, H. M. Uttley;
Clerk, J. P. O’Donnell; Treasurer,
D. L. Darr; Marshall, E. E. Evans.
Hundreds of chickens arc now
being killed every week in this
vicinity.
A corn country? Well we should
remark—-and the last addition to
our exhibit we must admit is the
best. It is from the farm of J.
P. Weekes on the Red Bird.
Fifty Years Ago
Sept. 5, 1889
On Tuesday morning Ed Hers
hiser received his commission as
postmaster of O’Neill and took
possession Wednesday morning.
Among the Bliss Items: S. E.
Honeywell and wife have returned
from a three week? visit to his
father’s in Saunders County.
Forty Years Ago
September 7, 1899
Art Mullen is assisting in the
First National Bank in the absence
of J. F. O’Donnell.
At the Republican Judicial Con
vtntion R. R. Dickson received 19
votes, lacking only six of the nomi
nation. L. K. Alder of Brown
County and W. W. Wood of Sheri
dan were nominated.
Judge Westover and J. J. Har
rington received the popocratic
nomination for District Judges at
the joint convention held in Valen
tine last Saturday.
The ball team went up the road
last Saturday to play a series of
games with South Dakota teams.
Sunday they played the Lead City
team, the O’Neill boys winning 21
to 8. Monday they again defeated
the same team 7 to 5. They played
again Tuesday, losing the game 11
to 17. There was no game on Wed
nesday but they will play Dead
wood Thursday and Friday, Rapid
City again Saturday and Chadron
Sundav and then home.
The prohibition party held their
county convention in this city Tues
day and nominated a full county
ticket.
Thirty Years Ago
September 2, 1909
Garry Benson, of the Ewing
Advocate was an O’Neill visitor
Friday.
Miss Bea McCafferty returned
from a month’s visit with rela
tives Monday morning.
S. J. Weeks went to Atkinson
Sunday for a brief visit to Roy
Smith, who has been quite ill the
past month.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell are
rejoicing over the arrival of a son
and heir at their home Tuesday
I
morning. Jim was feeling so good
that he passed out Perfectos all
day.
W. H. and Patsy Harty, of Shells
burg, Wise., arrived in the city la8t
week and will open a tailor shop in
the Reka building, two doors south
of the postoffice, formerly occupied
by a restaurant. The boys come
to O’Neill well recommended as
expert tailors and have several rel
atives in this county.
Last Saturday afternoon at Nor
folk Charley Richter pitched one of
the classiest ball games seen in
northeast Nebraska this season.
The game was between Norfolk and
Lynch with Charley Richter and
Bill Wilson as the battery for
Lynch. The game went 14 innings
and was won by Norfolk in the
fourteenth with a score of 4 to 3.
Richter had the best of the argu
jment all the way through, but a
wild throw by the Lynch third base
man in the last of the fourteenth
after two were down lost the game.
Norfolk had a salaried team and
Charley held them to 7 hits, while
Lynch secured 13 off Norfolk’s
twirler.
C. E. Stout and daughters, De
marus and Irma, left Sunday morn
ing for Omaha where the two girls
will enter St. Mary’s Convent school
for the coming year.
Patrick Hickey left Wednesday
for Lincoln, where he will attend
the state fair.
Hugh Birmingham came up from
Omaha Wednesday afternoon for
a short visit with relatives.
Mrs. F. D. McMillan went down
to Omaha Friday to spend a few
weeks with Mr. McMillan, who is
in the employ of a real estate firm
there.
J. A. Naylor, of Thompson ville,
Conn., arrived in the city last Fri
day and will make O’Neill his fu
ture home. He purchased a half
interest in the restaurant of his
brother-in-law, George Weingart
ner. He has also commenced the
erection of a cement block 2-story
building on Douglas street.
Twenty Years Ago
September 4, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cole, of Star,
were in the city Monday evening on
their way to the state fair.
Miss Mary Markey rtturned last
Thursday evening from California,
where she spent four months vis
iting relatives and friends.
Harry Reardon went to Omaha
Sunday morning to purchase his
stock of holiday goods.
Ten Years Ago
September 5, 1929
A light frost was reported to
have been in evidence early this
morning in the southern part of
the city.
Mrs. T. A. Quilty and daughter,
Miss Grace, returned Sunday from
a few days visit with relatives and
friends in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Johnson were
visitors at Plainview Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Bennett ar
rived home the end of the week
from Chicago, after a couple of
week’s visit at the home of Dr.
Bennett’s grandfather.
James Moore purchased the T. T.
Waid lfiO-acre farm 2 miles east of
O’Neill.
I^arge Delegation From
Here Attends Celebration
at Stuart Tuesday
A good-sized delegation of O’Neill
people were in Stuart last Tuesday
to help the people of that entrpris
ing little metropolis to properly
dedicate their new $30,000 auditor
ium. Judge Dickson was the main
speaker at the dedication cremon
ies. Those who inspected the build
ing say it is one of the finest audi
toriums to be seen in any town in
the state and in fact would be a
credit to towns a dozen times larger
than Stuart.
Ben Franklin Store Has
New Ice Cream Machine
A. E. Bowen has installed in the
Ben Franklin store a new ice cream
making machine and is now pre
pared to take care of the wants of
all his many customers in the ice
cream line. It is a neat and attrac
tive looking machine and will un
doubtedly add much to the attrac
tiveness of this store. Notice his
ad in another column of this issue.
Returns From Extended
Visit to West Coast
George Shoemaker returned last
Tuesday night from a three months
visit to the west coast. George
says that he had a dandy time on
his trip and visited the world’s fair
at San Francisco and put in the
rest of his time at Boulder Dam,
Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and
San Diego, California. He has a
couple of sisters now living in Los
Angeles and he put in a good deal
of time there with them, taking ex
cursions to various parts of the
state from there. He did not get
to see many of the former O’Neill
people now on the coast as he said
it was hard to find them in the big
cities.
Church of Epiphany of
Emmet Will Have a
Picnic, Sunday, Sept. 17
Father O’Brien, of Emmet, an
nounces that the church of the
Epiphany, of Emmet, will have a
picnic on Sunday, September 17.
There will be a baseball game at
2:30, Bingo; from 4:30-10:30. Fried
chicken dinner from 5 o’clock until
8:30. Adults 40 cents, children
25 cents. Everyone is invited to
attend and put in a pleasant after
noon and evening.
McDavitts Win “Little
World’s Series” Crown
The McDavitts, the Omaha Jun
ior Legion base ball team, won the
championship of the United States
last Sunday in the fourth contest
with the Berwyn, Illinois, team,
the eastern champions. The Mc
Davitts won three of the four con
tests, the last game with a score of
6 to 2. They won an all expense
trip to New York to witness two
games of the world series.
Celebrate Forty-Sixth
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sengleman, liv
ing northwest of the this city, cele
brated their forty-sixth wedding
anniversary last week and also had
a family reunion. Their thirteen
children and their families were
home and they had a picnic at the
grove at the home of their par
ents. Everyone enjoyed their home
coming and all hoped they could
be back again next year to spend
another happy reunion with their
parents.
ST. JOHN’S PICNIC A
DECIDED SUCCESS
A great many of the residents
of O’Neill, journeyed to St. John’s
at Deloit last Sunday to attend the
Fourth Annual Tri-County day. The
annual reunion of Creighton gradu
ates was successful, a large num
ber from O’Neill, Neligh, Clear
water, and surrounding territory
gathering for the meeting, and then
attending the celebration. The day,
which was very windy and dusty
about noon, cleared off into a beau
tiful fall evening, and all present
reported a very enjoyable time.
SPENCER DAM
TO BE REBUILT
Engineer in Charge of
Construction Here;
Work Starts in 10 Days
The Spencer dam, on the Nio
brara river north of this city, is to
be rebuilt. The present owners
have let a contract for its construc
tion to the Power Service Corpora
tion, of Minneapolis, Minn., and
work is expected to get under way
within the next ten days.
C. C. Adams, of Minneapolis, is
in the city and will be the engineer
in charge of the construction of the
dam. He estimates that it will
take eight or ten months to com
plete the dam, depending on the
weather throughout the winter.
Fishermen in Holt and Boyd coun
tits, and in fact in all the counties
in this section of the state, wili be
gratified with the news that Tthe
dam is to be rebuilt. Before tJ»e
dam was taken out, about thispe
years ago, this was the mecca fo '.r
fishermen from this section of th*r
state and many nice catches were \
made there.
Another good thing m its rebuild
ing is that it will furnish work for
many men during the winter
in order to keep the home fires
burning.
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Marjorie Dickson and Miss
Helen Biglin left Thursday morn
ing for Lincoln where they will
visit Miss Rose Taylor and then to
Kansas City where they will visit
other relatives.
This office is in receipt of a card
from Ed O’Donnell asking that his
paper be changed from North
Platte, Nebr., to Clinton, Oklahoma,
as his headquarters had been
changed to that point.
Mrs. W. J. Biglin, daughters,
Ruth Ann and Rose Mary and Mrs.
W. J. Hammond and daughter, Har
riette left Wednesday for Sioux City
where they will visit until Thursday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harrington
and family, who had been here
visiting his mother, Mrs. Tom
Donlin, and other relatives for the
past three weeks, returned to their
home in Washington, D. C. Satur
day morning.
Mrs. Ethel Cole Harris and
daughter, Ruth, went to Sioux City
last Monday morning and there met
their son and brother, Ross, who
had spent his vacation at Des
Moines, Iowa, and returned home
with them.
The engagement of Miss Patricia
Flynn, of Omaha, to Richard A.
Moran, also of that city, was an
nounced by Miss Flynn’s mother,
Mrs. Catherine T. Flynn on Sun
day. The wedding will be an event
of early fall.
Miss Helen Toy left Friday for
Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, being
taken there by her brother, Junior,
where she visited friends over the
week end, and then left for Bayard,
Nebraska, where she will teach the
first grade during the coming year.
For the past two weeks Ralph
Leidy has been busy remodeling the
interior of the O’Neill Hatchery,
painting the interior and fixing up
the front of the building which will
add greatly to its appearance, mak
ing a neat and attractive show
room.
The Methodist Ladies Aid last
Thursday afternoon met at the
home of Mrs. Luella Parker. A
little playlet was given by some
of the members which was enjoyed
and appreciated by all. Over 50
ladies being present. Everyone
had an enjoyable time.—Aid Re
porter.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McNally
drove to Omaha on Sunday and vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
E. G. Nelson and also attended the
last game of the Little World
Series, between the Omaha Mc
Devitts and the Berwyn, Illinois
team. The Omaha team won the
series winning three of the four
games played.