The
V0L LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1939 No. 19
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Isn’t the Hon. Paul V. McNutt
1 off his nut when he says any at
tempt to close ourselves in with a
wall of isolation will result in an
upheaval in the United States worse
than war?
Maybe a special session of cong
ress to keep out of war will be the
first step toward getting in.
Criticisms of Nebraska’s junior
senator consist principally of sense
less but nasty jibes from the blood
suckers of organized labor. Unless
his equal in my own party ranks
shows up I shall be for Senator
Burke.
Someone has suggested that all
the people will get out of this lat
est war is more taxes, widows,
wooden legs and debt.
The Nebraska sandhills have a
* people of high quality as well as
splendid livestock. A distinguished
editor of Washington, D. C., comes
all the way to Valentine for his
bride, or rather on a bridal flight
after securing the bride in Wash
ington, a daughter of Judge Quig
ley of Cherry county. Editor Har
rison of the Pathfinder is the gent
leman concerned.
I don’t know that I can say it is
worth a half-dollar to go out to the
fair grounds and mill around in the
heat and dust and sweat among 50,
000 of whom you know not a soul.
There is no shade, no place to drop
down for a moments rest nor a de
cent seat short of 75c additional.
The race track is walled to heaven
but should have roof so the bird’s ;
view is shut out. The view from
the upper floor of the cattle barn
has been shut off by canvas over [
the east opening to prevent the
dairy cows from seeing the ponies
run. Skin games of all kinds were
on every hand and I understand that
among the hundreds, a 9-year-old
girl staked her little savings and
lost. Notwithstanding there were
fine exhibits from field and garden,
cattle ranch and horse farms. And
it looks like the horse is again on
the way back.
The passing of William Noll
kamper no doubt revives memories
of many Frontier readers of the
man as well as his mill on the Eagle.
Perhaps not many of his time and
place survive out there in that pic
turesque neighborhood. Among my
early duties as a printer was getting
out letterheads and other items of
^ printing for the miller of the Eagle
and I never heard a complaint about
the work we turned out for him.
The whole force was always glad
to see him come in that little old
shop back of the postoffice.
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"He wandereth abroad for bread,
saying where Is it?” In a world of
plenty bread has been the problem
of the ages. There passed along
0 street recently, travel-stained and
sun-browned, a man, a woman—
yet in early life—followed by a
very small child—a child that should
have the privileges, the joy, the
play of childhood. A family group
apparently coming out of nowhere
and pressing on, footsore, weary,
heartBore, to nowhere in that search
for bread—the bread that is a sym
bol of home, of security, of a place
* to rest at the end of the day. As
the pink of early dawn faded in the
full glow of sunrise, I passed up
Nineteenth street on an errand just
as three or four men were getting
up in an open freight car where
they had found a night’s repose.
Glancing down an alley yesterday
as I passed along P street another
of the indigent of earth was fishing
a little nourishment out of a gar
bage can. These specimens, are
they of the race the Lord God had
made to walk upright as kings and
queens? Must some portions of
the race forever “wander abroad
for bread, saying, where is it?"
Every time the situation in
Europe gets more critical the Japs
move nearer to the British conces
sior - in china.
“Believe It or Not”
Extracts Tooth
From Leg
A “Believe It or Not” occur
rence happened in O’Neill on
Tuesday evening when a young
man entered Dr. Carter’s office
in this city, complaining of a
pain in his left leg just above the
ankle. The leg was slightly
swollen and there appeared to
be a source of infection there, so
Dr. Carter, probing the wound,
took his forceps and extracted a
tooth from the man’s leg. It ap
pears that just a week ago there
was a bunch of dogs fighting and
in attempting to separate them
the young man kicked into the
group, evidently hitting one of
the dogs in the mouth and there
by embedding the tooth in his
leg. He paid little attention to
the leg, until Tuesday, when it
became very sore, as the tooth
was lying right against the shin
bone. The tooth itself, is a dog’s
front tooth and is about three
quarters of an inch long. Dr.
Carter says that he has extracted
many teeth, when necessary, but
never before had he extracted
one from a man’s leg.
O’Neill Growing; 739
Pupils in the Two Schools
The fact that O’Neill is rapidly
growing in population is evidenced
by the large attendance in the
O’Neill public schools and St.
Mary’s Academy for this school
year. In the O’Neill public schools
221 are registered in the grades and
198 in the high school, for a total of
419. St. Mary’s Academy has 189
registered in the grades and 129
in the high school for a total of
318. Both schools show an in
creased attendance over last year.
St. Mary’s Academy
Has Large Enrollment
St. Mary’s Academy opened on
Tuesday, September 5. For the'
term there are 189 pupils registered
in the grades and 129 in the High
school making a total of 318 pupils.
There are fify-four boarders in the
high school and thirteen in the
grades.
The attendance in the various
grades are as follows:
Primary _12
First grade 24
Sec. grade 21
Third grade 23
Fourth grade 23
Ninth grade 38
Tenth grade -28
Elev. grade ..30
Twel. grade 33
Total 120
Fifth grade —23
Sixth grade 19
Seventh grade 26
Eighth grade 18
Total —189
Boarders
High School 54
Grades 13
Total _67
Want to Raise School
Land Rentals
A representative of the Board of
Educational Lands and Funds is in
the city today holding hearings on
the value of school lands in this
county and a large number of school
land lessees are in attendance at
the meeting. Most of the lessees
are of the opinion, that in view of
the fact that drought has practical
ly ruined crops in this county for
the past ten years, that the land
is already appraised too high.
What action the representatives of
the board will take is not known as
we go to press.
O’Neill Girl Weds At
Gary, Indiana
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Protivinsky
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Eva, to Rudolph 'lhomas,
son of A. R. Thomas, of Fremont,
on August 29th at Gary, Indiana.
The bride is a graduate of St.
Mary’s Academy, class of 1930, and
is also a graduate of the Norfolk
business college. She has been em
ployed by the Gamble stores for
the past four years, having been
transferred by that company, first
to Sioux Falls, S. D., and then later
to Fremont.
Mr. Thomas is the youngest son
of A. R. Thomas, of Fremont, and is
also employed by the Gamble stores.
They are at home at 66 Spring St.,
Hillsdale, Michigan.
The Frontier joins with the many j
friends of the couple in wishing
them a long and hapy wedded life.
Scholastic Record Gives
O’Neill Girl Scholarship
Five colleges in the state are
sending eight former students to
the graduate college of the Uni
versity of Nebraska on tuition
scholarships this fall, according to
Dr. Jarold W. Stoke, graduate col
lege dean.
For several years the University
has granted tuition scholarships to
| graduates of Nebraska institutions
of higher learning whose schol
| astic records place them in the
i upper ten per cent of their class.
Among the winners this year of
a scholarship is Miss Ruth Leach,
of this city, who graduated from
Wesleyan University last June with
high distinction. She will register
for graduate work in the depart
ment of geography.
Starts on Trip to
West Coast
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Moore and
son, Tommy, left Thursday for
Seattle, Washington, where they
will visit relatives and then go on
down the coast to San Francisco,
California, where they will attend
the San Francisco Exposition, be
fore returning home. They expect
to be gone about three weeks, re
turning home by the southern
route.
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Boys From Twenty-Nine
States in Boys Town
Boys Town, Nebr., Sept. 21—At
Boys Town today there are boys
from 29 states, from Maine to Cali
fornia. A recent enrollee came to
the Home from Koras, Albania. He
is 18-year old, James Keramas, who
was bom in Peabody, Mass., but left
this country when he was 10 years
old to return to his father’s native
land. An eastern tourist, who met
James in Koras, arranged for his
return to this country and obtained
his entrance into Boys Town.
Saturday Evening Band
Concert Program
March—“Illinois Loyalty,” Guild.
March—“Dear Old Nebraska U,”
Peacho.
Selection—“The Old Church Or
gan,” Chambers.
March—“ Colonel Bogey," Al
ford.
Piccolo Solo—“Efer’s Holiday,”
Yoder. Soloist—Margaret Mur
tphy of Page High School Bund.
Band.
Selection—“There’s Something
About a Soldier,” Gray.
“Chorale," Bach.
March—“Gallant Zouaves," King.
Vocal Solo—Selected, Mrs. Rus
sell.
“Star Spangled Banner," Key.
ROYAL THEATRE TO BE REMODELED
WORK COMMENCES NEXT TUESDAY
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Entirely New Front and Interior Only Three
Walls To Be Retained; New Mezzanine and
And More New Upholstered Seats
Jonathon — Jonothan —
Jonathan — Johnathan
Well! Which Is It?
Well here’s one the printer wants
some help on. Copy has it like this
‘“JONATHON,” the printer’s copy
of Webster’s Unabridged didn’t even
give a thought to such a thing as
Mr. Jon-n’s apples. So out of
curiosity decided to see what the
exchanges had about it in their
advertisements and found the Plain
view News spelled it Jonothan, the
Brown County Democrat felt the
same way, so the printer decided
that must be right, but takes an
other look and finds the Orchard
News in favor of Jonathan, with the
Albion Argus, Bloomfield Monitor
and the Clearwater Record in ac
cord. Well what would you do?
While still undecided, found that
the Tilden Citizen favored Jonathon
and we are wondering what all
these papers will do when they get
their regular copy from one of their
more consistent grocery advertisers
with it spelled “Jonathon.” While
still worrying over this alarming
proposition, lo and behold, we find
the Sheridan County Star has de
cided the whole thing is wrong and
spells it JOHNATHAN.
NOTE: Editor messes up print
er’s story by finding that the newer
Webster has it Jonathan.
Son of the Founder of This
City Dies in California
John H. O’Neill, 68, son of the
late General John O’Neill who was
the founder of this city, died at
San Diego, California, recently.
John O’Neill was a resident of this
city for many years in the early
eighties and after leaving here
went to Spaulding where he oper
ated a drug store for a few years.
He also operated a drug store at
Fullerton and Cedar Kapids, mov
ing to California in 1903 where he
had since made his home.
Rev. V. C. Wright Retains
O’Neill Post For New Year
At the Methodist conference held
in Lincoln last week Rev. V. C.
Wright, who has been the pastor
of the church here for the past
year, was returned to O’Neill for
another year. During his resi
dence here Rev. Wright has made
many friends and the residents of
this city, regardless of their re
ligious affiliation, are glad that he
has been returned to his charge
here.
Work on the remodeling of the
Royal Theatre will start next Tues
day. When the 4-'modeling is com
pleted Tt will be practically a new
building, the only part of the old
building that will be left will be
the sides and the end wall. The
front will be taken out and a new
modern theatre front will be in
stalled.
The new theatre will have new
comfortable rest rooms and lounges
with a mezzanine floor, all of the
seats in which will be fully up
holstered. Toilet rooms will be in
stalled in the basement. The re
modeling will add 108 seats to the
seating capacity of the theatre.
The cost of the remodeling and
the new furnishings have been
estimated at between $15,000 and
$20,000 and is expected to have the
same completed about November 1.
The plans for the remodeling
were drawn by Edward I. Sessing
haus, of Omaha, who with R. S.
Ballentyne, of the Scott Ballentyne
company, of Omaha, were in the
city the first of the week. These
gentlement said that all of the ma
erial for the remodeling would be
purchased in this city, that is, all
that could be purchased here, and
that local labor would do the work.
These gentlemen said that O’Neill
would have one of the niftiest mov
ing picture theatres in the state,
outside of Lincoln and Omaha, when
the remodeling was completed.
Marriage Licenses
William Dinslage, of Elgin, and
Miss Matilda Baun, of Stuart, were
granted a marriage license in coun
ty court last Friday.
Everett Hale, Cody, Nebr., and
Miss Ethel Stolte, of Atkinson,
were granted a marriage license on
September 16 and were united in
marriage at Atkinson on Septem
ber 17, Rev. Vahle officiating.
Martin Gregor, of Clearwater
and Miss Lois J. Wilkinson, of El
gin, were granted a marriage li
cense in county court on September
16 and were united in holy wedlock
on September 17 at St. John’s
church at Deloit, Rev. C. A. Byers
dorfer officiating.
Manley L. Lockman, of O’Neill,
and Miss Vera M. Nightengale, of
Dorsey, were granted a marriage
license in county court on Septem
ber 18 and were united in marriage
the next day in the Methodist par-j
sonage, Rev. V. C. Wright offici
ating.
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A letter from heme. The Frontier.
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AN EDITOR’S PRAYER
Blessed are the merchants who
advertise for they have faith in
iheir business, and their pros
perity shall increase many fold.
Blessed is the woman who sends
in a written account of a party
or a wedding for she shall see
the details and the names of her
guests reported. Blessed are
they who do not expect the editor
to know everything by telling
him whenever an interesting
event occurs in which they are
interested, for they shall have a
better newspaper in the town, j
Blessed are they who get their
copy in early for they shall oc
cupy a warm spot in the heart
of the editor. Blessed are they
who do not think that they could
run a paper better than the edi
tor runs it—yea, thrice blessed
are they, because there are so
few of them in the community.
—Times-Record, Spencer, W. Va.
O’Neill Boy Married In
Omaha Last Thursday
At a quiet ceremony in St. John’s i
church in Omaha, with only im
mediate relatives present, Miss Eil
een Duffy became the bride of
James A. Arbuthnot on the morn
ing of September 14.
Reverend William Schulte direc
tor of music for Columbia College,
a close friend of the young couple
came from Dubuque, Iowa, to per
form the ceremony.
The attendants of the bridal
couple were Miss Roberta Arbuth
not, sister of the groom, and John
Duffy, brother of the bride.
Joseph P. Cole, of Creighton
University, was soloist, giving a
beautiful rendition of Schubert’s
“Ave Maria.”
The bride was gowned in ivory
brocade and tulle veil held in place
by a wreath of orange blossoms.
Talisman roses were used through
out for decorations.
Following the service breakfast
for the bridal group and relatives
was served at the Blackstone, after
which the couple left for a motor
trip to Yellowstone and Idaho Falls
returning via Salt Lake City and
Denver.
Miss Duffy is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Duffy, of Peters
burg, Nebr., and niece of Mr. and
Mrs. P. C. Donohoe, of this city, •
and in 1932 was selected by the
World-Herald as one of the ten
outstanding young citizens of Ne
braska. She is a graduate of Clarke
College, Dubuque, Iowa, and a post
graduate student of Northwestern
University and Christianson Choral
School.
She has been vocal music instruc
tor^ the O’Neill schools the past
two years.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot of this city.
After completing his high school ed
ucation in O’Neill, he attended
Creighton University, Regis College
in Denver and Georgetown Univers.
ity in Washington, D. C. He has
held various positions of trust in
this city since his school days and is
at present in partnership with his
father in the Arbutnot Oil Com
pany of this city.
The young couple will be at home
to their many friends in O’Neill
after October 15th at their home at
524 East Douglas street.
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Unemployment Examiner
Schedule for Next Six Mo.
The following is the schedule of
Itinerant Service of the Nebraska
State Employment Service for Holt
county for a six months’ period
beginning with October 1, 1939. O.
B. Ziggafoos will be in O’Neill in
the courthouse at the following
scheduled hours to conduct Employ
ment Service business and take
claims for Unemployment Compen
sation.
Between the hours of 2:00 to 5:00
p.m. on Thursdays and 9:00 a.m.
to 12 noon on the following morn
ing, except Thanksgiving week, as
follows:
October 5 & 6, 19 & 20.
November 2 & 3,16 & 17, 28 & 29. (
December 14 & 16, 28 & 29.
January 11 & 12, 26 & 26.
February 8 & 9, 22 & 23.
March 7 & 8.21 & 22.
O'NEILL PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENED HERE
MONDAY WITH 419 ENROLLED
C. F. Grill, Former Principal, Elected Superin
tendent; Kenneth Martyn Elected Principal
New Ag Class Proves Popular With County Boys
The faculty of the O’Neill Public
School held its first meeting of the
year last Saturday. Plans and ar
rangements were made for the op
ening of school on September 18.
On Monday the work of the school
year was started in an orderly and
very satisfying manner. The Kin
dergarten has an enrollment of 34
pupils, which we believe is the larg
est number in the history of the de
partment. The enrollment in high
school is 198 students. This is an
increase of about 20 in comparison
with last year. This increase is
probably due to the desire of boys
in the surrounding community to
take the new Vocational Agricul
ture course. Three students, Ethel
Bennett, Mary Welsh and Beatrice
Jones are taking postgraduate
work.
The members of the faculty this
year are Kindergarten—Miss Mil
dred Miller, First Grade — Miss
FOOTBALL SEASON
OPENS H NfITH
SPENCER GAME
Coach Anderson’s Squad
Working Hard to Get
In Shape for Opener
About forty boys have checked
out football suits at O’Neill high
school and are working to get in
shape for the game against Spen
cer this Friday here. This is the
first game in a ten game schedule.
Seven lettermen are in the squad:
Brown, Marrow, Ryan and Yamall,
backs, and Matula, Snyder and
Valla linemen. New men on the
squad who have had experience in
other schools are Reimer and Sirek
from Ewing and Ramsey from Fre
mont. Other boys out arc: Bill
Allendorfer, Asher, Bausch, Bow
ers, Bright, Burgess, Boshart,
Calkins, Cole, Evans, French,
Grutsch, Huebert, Jeffrey, Jareski,
Loy, Lueben, McKenna, Mitchell,
Moore, Oberle, Osenbaugh, Perry,
Ridgeway, Thomas, Vequist, Vin
cent, Wilkinson, Wrede and Wyant.
Schedule
Sept. 22—Spencer. Here.
Sept. 29—Burwell. There.
Oct. 6—Bassett. Here.
Oct. 12—Creighton. There
Oct. 20—Ewing. Here.
Nov. 3—Bloomfield. There.
Nov. 11—Neligh. Here
Nov. 17—Ainsworth. There.
Nov. 24—Valentine. There.
Nov. 30—Atkinson. Here.
Holt County Project Clubs
Start New Year’s Work
Extension Project Clubs of Holt
county will start a new year’s work
when leaders of each club meet at
the training centers for lessons
given by Miss Verna Glandt, Home
Demonstration specialist for Holt
county.
Schedules for training centers
will be O’Neill, October 5th, Cham
bers, October 6th, and Stuart, Oc
tober 9th.
Lessons for this years project
club season will be on such sub
jects as Home Hospitality, Merry
Christmas for the Home, Table
Service, and Beautifying the haim.
Present enrollments point to one
of project clubs most successlul
years. Nineteen clubs are to take
training from Holt county’s three
training centers and communities
desiring to organize new clubs
should contact the local county
agent so as to receive the first
training lesson.
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.
Evening Service, 8:00 p.m.
All people are invited to attend
the services of this church.
Henry, Second Grade — Miss En
right, Third Grade—Miss Galla
gher, Fourth Grade—Miss Marg
aret Miller, Fifth Grade — Miss
Kvam, Sixth Grade—Miss Jones,
Seventh Grade—Miss Engelhaupt,
Eighth Grade—Mr. Lockman. The
high school instructors are: Mr.
Anderson—coach and mathematics,
Mr. Connors—commercial and as
sistant coach, Mr. George—band
and social science, Miss Giles—home
economics and English, Miss Gray
bill—vocal music and history, Miss
Johnston—English and dramatics,
Miss Mildred Miller—normal train
ing, Mr. Martin—Principal, and Mr.
Grill—Superintendent.
The superintendent is confident
that our pupils have a very profit
able year ahead of them. Each
teacher possesses outstanding abil
ity in her or his field of teaching.
Each is sincerely interested in pro
viding educational experiences for
the pupils that will develop them to
successfully meet the responsibili
ties of life and perpetuate our dem
ocratic society.
Patrons are urged to visit classes
throughout the entire year. Mutual
understanding and cooperation be
tween the home and school is highly
desirable in order to permit the
maximum educational growth of
the pupil.
The enrollment in the grades is
as follows: First 26, second 27,
third 26, fourth 26, fifth 31, sixth
26, seventh 28, eighth 32.
Carl F. Grill, principal of the
O’Neill high school for the past two
years, has been promoted to sup
erintendent of the school. He re
ceived his undergrate training in
Teachers College at the University
of Nebraska and graduate training
in Teachers College at Columbia
University, New York City.
Mr. Grill is well acquainted with
the school and its program and work
is progressing very desirably. A
few of the high school classes are
under a slight handicap until the
classrooms in the new building can
be used. Some of the new rooms
will probably be available within
the next week.
Kenneth L. Martyn, has been
elected to the principalship of the
O’Neill High School, a position
made vacant by the election of Carl
F. Grill, former principal, to the
superi ntendency.
For the past ten years Mr. Mar
tyn has been in charge of the science
department in the Beatrice Have
lock and Crete high schools.
After graduation from the Uni
versity in 1925, he continued his
education by attending summer ses
sions at Columbia University in
New York City, receiving a Mas
ters Degree and Principal’s certifi
cate in 1934.
In addition to the principalship,
Mr. Martyn will teach classes in
physics and general science.
Mrs. Martyn, son, Lee, and
daughter, Marilyn, will join Mr.
Martin in O’Neill in the near future.
The Vocational Agriculture De
partment of the O’Neill high school
has an enrollment of forty-six boys.
This number is equal to the largest
of the new departments installed
in Nebraska last year. Mr. Mathis,
the instructor, is pleased to have
such a large group of boys who are
eager to receive this type of train
ing. The work in this course is in
tended for boys living in the coun
try. Boys who are interested in
this course may still enroll any time
during the next week.
The instructor believes that each
boy in the agriculture course now
is here for business. We are for
tunate in having a splendid shop
with the best in equipment and an
excellent classroom.
The public is welcome to visit this
department or any of the classes
in school at any time.
That Russian - Nazi agreement
may be another of those cases
where you marry in haste and re
pent at leisure.