The Frontier
VOL LX " O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1939 No. 20.
BRIEFLY STATED I
Mrs. M. L. Landon, of Colome, S.
D., spent the week end here visit
ing at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Bridget Rohde.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Protivinsky
and Mr. and Mrs. James Corkle
spent Sunday visiting relatives and
friends at Tilden.
Mrs. J. P. Brown and Mrs. C. E. j
Lundgren enertained at a 7:30 din-:
ner at the M. and M. cafe on Thurs->
day evening, followed by caids.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell returned;
Sunday from Omaha, where she
had been visiting for the past week
with relatives and friends.
James Carney, of Long Pine,
spent the week end visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.,
J. H. Carney.
Lyle and Charles Green and Bob
Thompson returned Saturday from
a fishing trip to Canada and Min
nesota.
Mary Catherine Coyne left Mon
day evening for Minneapolis, Minn.,
where she will again enter the Uni
^ versity of Minnesota.
Chap Iler, of Laurel, arrived in
O’Neill Monday to take John Klein
jan’s place at the Council Oak dur
ing Mr. Kleinjan’s vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kusha re
turned Sunday from Wisconsin and
Minnesota where they spent their
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry De Vore re
turned Sunday from their vacation,
which they spent visiting relatives
and friends in Alabama.
The rummage sale, which is con-1
ducted annually by the Presbyterian .
Guild, will be held the third week in
October, this year.
Miss Anna Clark, of Omaha, ar
I rived here on Sunday to visit at |
the home of her sister, Mrs. M. R.1
Sullivan.
Miss Lucille Paulson, of Osmond, j
spent the week end here visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
George.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kinsman, of j
David City, spent the week end
here visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Dishner and other
relatives.
Mrs. Margaret Dwyer and
daughter, Margaret, left for their
home in Denver on Friday, after
visiting here at the home of Mrs.
Dwyer’s brother, John Sullivan.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vitt returned
Sunday from Minnesota, where they
were visiting relatives and fishing.
They returned with a nice string of
, fish.
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A. M. King drove to Sioux City
on Thursday, taking J. A. Mann
there, from which point Joe took
the train for Rochester, Minn.,
where he will visit the Mayo Clinic.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Loy, of
Salt Lake City, arrived in O’Neill
on Monday and will visit for the
next ten days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Loy.
Mrs. Mattie Barnhart, Misses
Florence Nelson, Eleanor De Groff
and Trudy Raymer drove to Sioux
City on Sunday and spent the day
visiting friends.
Leonard Kelley, of Winnetoon,
Nebraska, has been transferred
from the Council Ook store at
Plainview to O’Neill and arrived
it here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moss and
daughters, Suzanna and Sarah Lou,
left Thursday morning for Park
Rapids, Minn., where they will
spend their vacation.
Mrs. Harvey Mitchell has ac
cepted a position in the County As
sistance office here as visitor. She
takes the place vacated by the
transfer of Miss Miller.
Joey Marsh of this city had the
misfortune to break the bone in
his right leg on Monday afternoon,
when he darted from between two
cars right into the path of an on
coming car. The driver of the car
was proceeding at a very slow rate
of speed, otherwise Joe might have
f been more seriously injured.
4-H Winners At Holt
County Fair
Holt county 4-H clubs played an
important part in making the Holt
Couny Fair a success this year. 4-H
exhibits and contests were held for
each project and practically every
4-H member in the Chambers vi-j
cinity took some part.
Livestock exhibits provided the
most spectacular exhibit with 45
members exhibiting. Following is
the list of winners.
Stocker Feeder Calves
1st, Betty Ressel; 2nd, Bill Rees;
3rd, Elaine Ressel; 4th, Jack Res
sel; 5th, Alvin Forbes.
Breeding Class
1st, Zane Rowse; 2nd, Boyd Res
sel; 3rd, Jack Alderson; 4th, El
wyn Robertson, and 5th, Jack Al
derson.
Baby Beef Class
1st, Bud Spath; 2nd, Irven
Forbes; 3rd, Roy Forbes; 4th, Tom
Lambert; 5th, Bob Summerer.
Dairy Class
1st, Delbert Robertson; 2nd, Ray
mond Walters; 3rd, Donald Gibson;
4th, Jim Adams; 5th, Irven Forbes.
Showmanship Contest
1st, Carol Summers, 2nd, Don
ald Gibson; 3rd, Elwyn Robertson;
4th, Bud Spath; 5th, Irven Forbes.
Livestock Judging Contest
1st, Bob Summerer; 2nd, Bud
Spath; 3rd, Roy Forbes; 4th, Carol
Summerer; 5th, Irven Forbes.
Dairy Team Demonstration
1st, Jimmy Adams and John Al
derson; 2nd, Raymond Walters &
Bobby Adams; 3rd, Marie Gibson
and Delbert Robertson; 4th, Charles
Farquier & Donald Gibson.
Home Economics Demonstrations
Clothing—1st, Ruth Clemens and
Betty Enbody.
Cooking—1st, Marjorie Sammons
and Hildegard Frahm.
Style Show—1st, Evelyn Elder;
12nd, Margery Rees; 3rd, Ruth
Clemens.
The Weather
We have had nearly all kinds of
weather the past week, including
snow, rain and wind. Monday
night old timers were surprised to
see it snowing heavily for a time,
but, it melted almost as fast as it
fell. Rain preceded the snow. The
thermometer dropped to 29 de
grees above zero Monday night.
Following is the chart for the week:
H L M
Sept. 21 _ 87 46
Sept. 22_ 92 53
Sept. 23 _ 91 51
Sept. 24 _ 88 43
Sept. 25 _ 86 35
Sept. 26 ._ 58 29 .17
Sept. 27_ 82 38
NOTICE
Starting October 1, 1939, we, the
undersigned, notify our customers
that the price o# milk will be raised
to 10c on delivery and 10c at the
stores, and cream will be 11c for
half pints on delivery and at the
stores, 40c a quart and 20c a pint.
J. C. CARNEY
OTTO F. LORENZ
C. C. PETER
JOHN DUMPERT,
R. M. KURTZ,
HENRY W. WALTERS,
P. V. HICKEY,
GEORGE WEINGARTNER,
JOE JORESKI.
Sand Hill Calf Club
The Sandhill Calf Club held its
sixth meeting at Clyde Hershiser’s j
on Sept. 22.
The filling out of our final re
ports was explained by our secre
tary. After a delicious lunch the
meeting adjourned and we all ex
pect to be together again at the big
show on Oct. 2.
On a complaint signed by Peter
W. Duffy, the State of Nebraska
charged Douglas Hunt and Lester
Ritts with operating a dance hall
and a place of public amusement
outside the corporate limits of an
incorporated city without having
obtained a license from the County
Board of Holt County, in which
county the same was operated, con
trary to the laws of the state
of Nebraska. The complaint was
filed on September 26th in the
County Court of Holt County.
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BRIEFLY STATED
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Stitt left
Tuesday for their home in Benkel
man, Nebraska, after spending the
week end here visiting at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter. Mrs.
Stitt is a sister of Dr. Carter.
Mrs. Ralph Oppen left Wednes
day night for Omaha, where she
will visit her husband, Ralph, who
is a medical student there; also
other relatives and friends for the
balance of the week.
Mrs. Lett Johnson and daughter,
Betty, and Mrs. Marvin Johnson
returned Monday from Sioux Falls,
S. D., where they spent the week
end visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Johnson and children, j
Drs. Gadbois & Stewart, eye, ear,
nose and throat specialists of Nor
folk, Nebraska will be in O’Neill
at Doctor Carter’s office al' day
Wednesday, October 4th. Glasses
fitted. 19-2
The office of the County Sheiiff
has turned over to the County
Treasurer $3,129.10 since Septem
ber 5th, obtained from distress war
rants, which were issued for the
1938 personal taxes.
Rev. William Bell drove to Hast
ings Monday and met Mrs. Bell
and daughter, who had been visit
ing relatives at Ft. Morgan, Colo.,
for the past two weeks, bringing
them home.
H. J. Birmingham left Saturday
for Chicago, where he will join
his wife, now visiting there, and
will attend the National Convention
of the American Legion being held
in that city this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shoemaker
and daughter, of Norfolk, arrived
here Sunday to spend their vaca
tion visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Shoemaker, parents of
Harold.
Drs. Gadbois & Stewart, eye, ear,
nose and throat specialists of Nor
folk, Nebraska will be in O’Neill
at Doctor Carter’s office all day
Wednesday, October 4th. Glasses
fitted. 19-2
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson
left Tuesday morning for Toronto,
Kansas, to visit Mr. Tomlinson’s
sister, Mrs. A. J. Conway, who has
been ill for a few weeks. They ex
pect to be gone a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gatz and
Mrs. Edward Gatz left Thursday
morning for Omaha, taking Mrs.
Dolph Schroder hack to her home
there, after she spent a few days
here visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Harrison Bridge entertained
at her home on Wednesday after
noon at cards, followed by a lunch
eon. Mrs. Everly Knight won
high score and Mrs. Lyndel Stout
second high.
Roger Olmstead, of Newport, ar
rived here Monday to accept a po
sition in the Council Oak store.
He will move his family here as
soon as he succeeds in finding a
house.
William Wadsworth and daugh
ter spent the week end with his
sister, May McGowan, at her farm
home northeast of O’Neill. They
left Monday for San Francisco
where they will take in the fair.
Drs. Gadbois & Stewart, eye, ear,
nose and throat specialists of Nor
folk, Nebraska will be in O’Neill
at Doctor Carter’s office all day
Wednesday, October 4th. Glasses
fitted. 19-2
Miss Bernadine Protivinsky left
Wednesday morning for Sioux
Falls, S. D., where she will visit
at the home of her sister and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Claude John
son for the next month.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bishop and
children, and Mrs. Tom Sullivan
returned Saturday from Omaha,
where they were visiting relatives
and friends and looking after bus
ness matters the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Arbuthnot
returned Monday from their wedd
ing trip to Salt Lake City and other
points of interest in the west, and
will move into their home on East
Douglas as soon as the remodeling
is completed.
Arrested for Contributing
To Delinquency of Minor
On a complaint signed by Peter
W. Duffy on September 27, the
State of Nebraska charged Henry
Laird of this city with contributing
to the delinquency of a minor. Laird
pled guilty to the charge and a
hearing was held before District
Judge R. R. Dickson on Thursday.
The hearing was continued for sen
tence.
Celebrate Thirty-seventh
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hunt of
this city, celebrated their thirty
seventh wedding anniversary last
week and all of their children,
with the exception of Kenneth of
Minneapolis, who was unable to be
here, were present over the week
end to help celebrate the event. The
children presented their parents
with an over stuffed living suite.
Those present were, Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil H. Hunt and family, of Sid
ney, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Hunt and family, of Sidney, Nebr.;
Mr. and Mrs. William Tatreau, of
Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Vako
lek, and family of Omaha; Mr. and
Mrs. C. Washechek of O’Neill; Miss
Velma Hunt and Harold Hunt, of
Omaha; Dr. M. W. Hunt, of Battle
Creek, and Carrol, Earl and Eunice
all at home.
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Sues For Divorce
Elmer Lee has filed suit in the
district court asking for a decree of
divorce from Isabella Lee. In his
petition he alleges that they were
married at Burke, S. D., on June
13, 1935, and ever since have been
residents of this county. Both had
been previously married and both
had living children. Some time
after their marriage some of the
defendants children came to live
with them, resulting in dissension.
He further alleges that on three
different occasions the defendant
left his home. That on September 9
she left and has been continuously
absent since that time. He has
suffered mentally from the actions
of the defendant and asks for an
absolute divorce. He alleges that
following her departure on Sep
tember 9th a property settlement
was agreed upon and made.
Thajiks Everyone
The Sisters of St. Mary’s Acad
emy wish to thank all who con
tributed food and money on Do
nation Day. Each donation is
gratefully accepted and sincerely
appreciated.
Do you remember the good old
days when the national debt was
less than a billion dollars and there
was no traffic lights on Main St?
Anton Nissen Files For
County Supervisor
The first gun in the 1940 politi
cal campaign has been fired, with
the filing the first of the week of
Anton Nisson, of Page, as a
candidate for the demoiratic nomi
nation for supervisor from the
Fourth district, subject to the pri
maries next April and the general
election next November.
Two O’Neill Boys Earn
Nursing Certificates
At the tenth annual commence
ment of the Westchester School of
Nursing, which was held on Tues
day, September 19, 1939, at Val
halla, N. Y., two O’Neill boys, Wil
liam J. Beha, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Beha of this city, and
Gerald Phalin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Phalin, were members of the
graduating class.
The class consisted of fifteen
members, thirteen girls and two
boys. The O’Neill boys have ac
cepted positions on the hospital
staff and they wiil remain there for
the balance of the year at least.
The hospital, where they received
their training, is a county hospital, i
Westchester county, which is one,
of the richest counties in the state.
The many friends of these young i
men extend congratulations and
wish for them a successful career
in their chosen profession.
Pre-Nuptial Shower
Given Last Friday
On Friday afternoon, Sept. 22,
about fifty friends and relatives
gathered at the John Carson home,
the occasion being a pre-nuptial
party for Miss Iris Carson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carson,
whose marriage to Warren Beattie,
of Woodbourne, New York, will;
take place on September 28th.
Various contesting games were
played during the afternoon, after |
the bride-to-be opened her gifts,
which were mar.y and beautiful, j
Refreshments were served.
Holt County Baby Beeves
Make Good Showing
At Sioux City Show
4-H baby beeves owned by Ralpn
and Helen Rector of Middlebranch
were shown and sold at the 4-H >
baby beef and swine show in Sioux
City last week.
Although the calves were not rib
bon winners, they placed well in
the better half of 700 calves pres-:
ent at the show and were sold at a
premium to Armour and Co. thru
the 4-H sale for $11.75 per cwt.
Ralph and Helen, who are mem
bers of the Ash Grove 4-H Calf
Club have found their 4-H project
both profitable and enjoyable.
LABOR and Thrift are
the cornerstones upon
which alone can be
erected the building of
saccess and riches.
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The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
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Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No
Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers
$140,000.00 or Stockholders.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
High School Football
Team Loses First Game
O’Neill High School lost its first
football game of the season to Spen
cer, 6-0 on a last minute touch
down. A fumble on the second play
of the game gave Spencer the ball
in scoring territory. The threat
ended when Phil Yarnall picked a
Spencer fumble out of the air on
the four yard line and ran it out to
the 22.
In the third quarter Spencer
threatened again. O’Neill fum
bled on the kickoff and Spencer
recovered on the O’Neill 25 yard
line. Spencer tried a field goal on
the fourth down from inside the
twenty but the ball hit the crossbar
and bounced back into the playing
field.
A blocked punt set up the final
scoring opportunity for Spencer.
Kicking from the twenty-five,
O’Neill’s punt was blocked and re
covered by Spencer on the O’Neill
fifteen. In eight plays Spencer
smashed over for a touchdown. The
try for point was blocked. The
game ended several plays later with
the ball in mid-field.
The O’Neill lineup was as fol
lows:
Brown, QB; Ryan, LH; Morrow
and Bausch, FB; Sirek and Calk
ins, C; Allendorfer and Ridgeway,
RG; Wyant, LG; Grutsch and Sny
der, RT; Matula, LT; McKenna, RE;
Ramsey and Moore, LE.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mr. and Mrs. William Gatz, Mrs.
Edward Gatz and son, Edward,
Mrs. Jack Vincent and Mrs, Dolph
Schroder, of Omaha, drove to Long
Pine on Sunday and spent the day
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Clift.
William R. McMurtrey, of Long
Beach, Cal., and Misa Doris Ann
Davis, of Ewing, were granted a
marriage license in county court
last Tuesday and were then united
in marriage by County Judge Louis
Reimer.
Mrs. Ida Kreuch, of San Fran
cisco, Cal., Miss Margaret Kreuch,
of Grand Island, and Miss Helen
Kreuch, of Norfolk, spent Satur
day here visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rakowski. Mr.
Rakowski drove them to Grand
Island on Sunday.
Mrs. Cowin and daughter left
for their home at Middletown, N.
Y., last Friday after a two weeks
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Mulford and other relatives.
While in the west they also visited
relatives at Grand Junction, Colo.,
and Norfolk, Nebr.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Turner and
son, Jimmie Paul, of Omaha, ar
rived here Sunday to visit at the
home of Mrs. Turner’s mother,
Mrs. Teresa Connolly. Mr. Tur
ner returned Sunday but Mrs. Tur
ner and son remained for a longer
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickly and
children, of Fullerton, Nebr., ar
rived in O’Neill on Tuesday even
ing, and will make this city their
home. Mr. Rickly is the owner
and manager of the new Variety
store which will be in the new
Hagensick building now being
completed by Elm^r Hangensick.
Miss Neva Wolfe, who resigned
her position here as teacher in the
O'Neill grade school to accept a
position in the Scottsbluff schools,
has resigned there to accept an
i other position in the schools at
I Sheridan, Wyoming, where she will
teach only the subject of geog
raphy.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eli Woods, of F ul
i ton, Kansas, and Mrs. Rufus Ot
well, of Missouri, Ray Woods, of
Kansas City, Kansas, and Harry
Woods, of Ft. Scott, Kansas, re
turned to their homes on Friday,
after spending three days here vis
iting at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
L. A. Carter. Mrs. Woods and
Mrs. Otwell are aunts of Dr. Carter.
A baby shower in honor of the
two weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Cook, Jr., Michael Terrance,
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Halva on Wednesday af
ternoon with Michael being the re
cipient of many beautiful and use
ful gifts.
Lions Club Entertain
Holt County Cattlemen
The O’Neill Lions Club were hosts
to about a dozen of the leading
cattle men of the county at their
regular meeting last Monday night,
in the dining room of the Golden
Hotel. District Governor Thomp
son, of Genoa, was also present and
made an interesting address to the
members. He w a s accompanied
by Father Leahy, for many years
an assistant to Father Cassidy here,
and he made a few appropriate re
marks to the members.
The Lions Club with the business
men of the city are sponsoring the
4-H calf sale which is being held
here next week and their entertain
ment of the pure bred cattle raisers
of the county last Monday night was
in the interest of the show, to en
courage the stockmen to assist in
making this sale one of the biggest
in the state. It was an enjoyable
meeting and thoroughly enjoyed
by the guests as well as the hosts.
O’Neill Boys to Be Tried
On Robbery Charge
At Kearney
Veldon Wyant aged sixteen and
Arthur Gilday, aged nineteen, both
of this city were arrested by a State
Patrolman at Kearney on Monday,
after they attempted the armed
robbery of a filling station at Shel
ton, Nebraska. The two boys, both
of whom are on parole from the
State Industrial School, left O’Neill
Sunday night in Curley Washe
chek’s car, which they stole from
the street sometime between nine
and ten o’clock on Sunday evening.
The two boys will be left at Kear
ney where they will stand trial for
the robbery, while the Holt County
authorities will issue a hold order
for them, and they will probably
be brought back here on the car
stealing chavge.
Traffic Violators Before
County Court
On a complaint signed by Pa
trolman Lawrence Russell, George
Paxson, of Valentine, was before
the County Judge September 21st
charged with operating a motor
vehicle in excess of 16,000 pounds
on two of the axels, contrary to
law. Mr. Paxson pled guilty to
the charge, was fined $10.00 and
ordered to pay costs of the action,
which amounted to $3.10.
Championship Contest
To Be Played Here
Redbird and Long Pine will
tangle on the O’Neill Diamond
next Sunday afternoon to decide
which is the champion baseball
team in this section of the state.
Long Pine claims the championship
of the west end of the state and
they have already played Redbird
two games, winning one and los
ing one. The game Sunday will
decide the title and promises to be
a real game.
Under the leadership of Ed
Burge, who has charge of the con
struction of the Brennan building,
the work is progressing rapidly
and with favorable weather the
next two months the building is
expected to be completed and ready
for occupancy.
Steinauer and Schweser, Invest
ment brokers of Lincoln, purchased
the bond issue of some sixty-seven
thousand dollars, issued by Holt
county, to take up judgments and
general fund warrants, for two and
one half per cent and a bonus of
$525.00. E. L. Schweser, of Lin
coln was in O’Neill on Wednesday,
when the final arrangemets were
completed.
LUTHERAN NOTES
The service at the Episcopal
church will begin at 3 p. m., instead
of 2 as heretofore.
R. W. FRICKE, Pastor,
Chambers.
A boy thief who has robbed elev
en homes in Philadelphia was put
on fifty-five years probation by
the court. By the time his pro
bation is over he will be eligible for
an old age pension and won’t have
to do any more burglarizing.