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VOL. LX • O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,1939 NUMBER 23
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SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Something new to try for has
* come to light. A 70-year-old Texar
has been awarded the bow-legs
championship.
Perhaps Herr Hitler’s plea foi
peace on the western front is thal
he may deal with Stalin on the
eastern front, mindful that Rus
sian armies have distinguished
themselves heretofore when the
bugles sounded the call to retreat
In bold, if somewhat crude letters
a road sign in Boone county throws
out this warning. “Breeze Out.’
All the same, travelers know what
is ahead.
A ranch woman with a friendly
interest in how things were in a
home where there is a new arrival,
called by telephone a nearby house,
wife and was told everything was
lovely at her neighbor’s and that it
was a 9-pound boy. “That’s a big
^ baby,” remarked the first lady.
“Yes,” was the response, “but most
of mine were twelve pounders.”
Fields that once rolled out fifty
bushels of corn per acre now show
bare stubs of stalks forlornly stick
ing from dead grey ground, yet
farmers seem to be a cheerful lot.
Maybe those “conservation checks”
convey the same feeling as the
presence of full com cribs in the
barn yards.
The cattle raisers out home are
feeling the touch of prosperity, this
season’s increase approaching the
demand and the price of World
war days. Neighbors tell me of
sales of grade stock calves at $40 a
<head. Tom Baker at the Riley ranch
has sold a number of Shorthorn
calves for calf club feeding at $70.
The demand seems to arise because
of large corn yields east of the
Missouri river and works to the ad
vantage of the ranchers in the grass
country where hay is less plentiful
this season.
Autumn again touches the plumes
of cottonwoods and willow with
brilliant colors though the land
scape stretches brown and dead to
a thin horizon. In this immediate
section the earth has been seared
by a merciless summer heat reflect
ed from a sky of burnished brass.
Like a cooling hand laid upon a fe
vered brow October weather changes
bring release from the withering
summer sun. Out on the great prai
rie the autumn calm rests as a
soothing element on the soul. The
first morning recently in the famil
. iar scenes of home there spread
across a far-flung prairie, meadows
and timber land a cooling mist that
moistened the air until tree and
grass blade dripped distilled jewels.
Coming from a dry belt where there
had been neither dew nor rain for
many weeks it was like a refresh
ing draught to a thirsty traveler.
The prairie sunrise, the flaming
sunset, the calm, the quiet night
under the stars, old friends and
neighbors, I was going to be among
these again for a little while.
John O’Neill
“Services for John H. O’Neill, 73,
son of the late Gen. John O’Neill,
were held Monday at the Lady of
Angels church.
^ “A San Diego resident for 36
years, Mr. O’Neill died Saturday.
A native of Nashville, Tenn., he
moved to O’Neill, Nebr., a town
which was founded by and named
for his father.
“Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Nicholas Martin and Mrs.
Ruth O’Neill, San Diego, and Mrs.
Hans Nansen, Oslo, Norway, and
one sister, Mrs. Catherine Tipton,
San Diego.”
The above clipping cut from a
San Diego, California, newspaper,
was received by S. J. Weekes from
Mrs. Catherine Tipton, sister of Mr.
O’Neill. Mrs. Tipton will be remem
bered here as Miss Kitty O’Neill,
who served many years in this city
as deputy postmistress in the early
nineties, and will be remembered
by many of the old timers here,
f She is now the only one left of the
General O’Neill family.
O’Neill High Again On
Wrong End Of Score
O’Neill high school football tean
lost to Creighton at Creighton 19
j 0 before a Columbus day crowd, in
| creased in size by the O’Neill Pef
club and O’Neill high school band
j The first quarter was all O’Neill’s
with two scoring opportunities
coming when the Blue and White
team recovered a Creighton fumble
on the Creighton 40-yard line and
after Creighton had stopped the
| O’Neill attack, when their punt
| went off bounds on the 32-yd. line,
Midway in the second quarter the
tide turned when Creighton blocked
an attempted quick kick on O’Neill’s
40 and marched to within the 10
yard line. With goal to go and four
downs to make distance O’Neill’s
defense tightened and after the
fourth play Creighton was farther
from the goal than in the first.
Only two minutes were left to
play in the half, O’Neill fumbled
and Creighton recovered. Again it
was first and goal to go for Creigh
ton and this time they were not to
be stopped. Yinel scored on a
drive off tackle.
The second half Creighton out
played the visitors, scoring in the
third quarter on a drive down field
and in the fourth quarter when a
blocked kick gave them the ball in
O’Neill’s territory and Yinel ran
35 yards to score. Yinel, Salomn and
Burt were outstanding players on
Creighton’s team.
O’Neill’s next game is to be
played at home this Friday, October
20, against Ewing. Both teams have
lost to Bassett this season, Ewing
by a score of 7-0 and O’Neill by a
14-12 decision.
Starting lineup in the Creighton
game:
O’Neill Creighton
McKenna . LE — Hladik
Snyder _ LT Lund
Matula _ __ LG Kyriss
Sirek _ C- Falter
Calkins . RG ....Larter-Burt
Valla _ RT Miserve
Grutsch _T RE .Ganz
Brown _ QB Yinel
Yarnell _ RH George Burt
Ryan . LH Jamen Burt
Morrow _ FB Salomn
John N. Stauffer
John N. Stautfer died at his home
in the northwest part of the city
last Sunday afternoon about 4:15,
after an illness of a couple of
months of cancer of the liver, at
the age of 48 years, 6 months and 6
days. The funeral was held last
Tuesday morning at 10:30 from the
M. E. church, Rev. Wright officiat
ing and burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
John N. Stauffer was born at
Venus, Nebraska, on April 9, 1891,
and had been a resident of Holt and
Knox counties practically all his
life. A couple of years ago he went
to Fargo, N. D., where he was em
ployed and was taken sick a little
over a month ago and came back
home three weeks ago. Although he
was given the best of care and
medical attention he kept gradually
sinking until Sunday aftrnoon when
he passed away.
On July 15, 1914, he was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Murphy,
the ceremony being performed at
Page. Four children were born of
this union, three daughters and one
son. The son, Arthur, lost his life
in a gas explosion in a filling sta
tion in this city last April. The
daughters are: Mrs. Elva Nickels,
Mrs. Lola Calkins and Miss Ellen
Stauffer, O’Neill, his wife and two
grandchildren. He is also survived
by three brothers and one sister.
They are: William, of Lynch; Mar
tin, Sioux City; Dan, Elm Creek,
Nebr.; Marshall, Belleville, Kans.;
Mrs. Robert Beede, Interior, S. D.,
all of whom were present at the fu
neral services.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank everyone who
so kindly assisted us in our last sad
sorrow. We especially wish to thank
the choir for the lovely music.
Mrs. Mary Stauffer
and Family.
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Bennett and
daughter, Barbara, returned Tues
day from Osage City, Kansas,
wherte they visited Mrs. Bennett’s
mother, Mrs. Hannah Hokanson,
and from Waverly, Kansas, where
they visited Dr. Bennett’s father,
! Hirman Bennett.
HOLT COUNTY TO BE WELL |
REPRESENTED AT OMAHA SHOW
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Honors Of Holt County Will Be Upheld
At Ak-Sar-Ben By Eight Representatives
Six Boys and Two Girls From 4-H Clubs
Holt county will be represented
by six boys and two girls who have
entered their prize-seeking baby
beeves in the 4-H club competition
which features the twelfth annual
livestock and horse show opening
at Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum in Omaha
next Sunday at 2 p.m.
Noted as being the world’s larg
est 4-H exhibition in the world the
entry list, .. w closed, ehoxva it to
be the largest in the history of the
Omaha exhibitions. Four-H baby
beeves to the total of 1,047 will be
competing from Nebraska, Iowa,
South Dakota, Missouri and other
states.
Aside from the outstanding 4-H
club competition there will be other
big features which will provide not
only entertainment but education
for the many thousands who will
come from all sections of the mid
dlewest. While the horse show will
present many of the best purebred
arena performers in the United
States there will be other new and
additional forms of entertainment.
Tops in the program of thrills j
and chills will be Ken Maynard,
world-famous cowboy movie star
and his wonder horse “Tarzan” in
thrilling exhibitions.
Important in the program is the
Mid-West championship band and
drum corps contest and the region
al flower and garden show.
A week of special events for all
4-H club members has been ar
ranged. Coupons for free admis
sions to banquets, shows, tour of
the city and other forms of enter
tainment will be given every boy
and girl.
General admission to the show it
self is BO cents and, for the first
time, a large section of reserved
seats for only 26 cents.
4-H club representatives from
this county are:
Patricia, Richard and Shirley
Faulhaber, Middlebranch, each one
calf; Jene Ranim and Bob Ramm,
Stuart, each one calf; Irven and
Roy Forbes and Frank Spath, Am
elia, each one calf.
DROPS DEAD
WHILE EATING
NOON HEAL
Howard Vincent Burch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch of this
city, dropped dead in his home at
about 1 o’clock today while sitting
at the table eating his lunch. The
attack came suddenly and he fell
out of the chair to the floor and had
passed away by the time the doctor
arrived.
Howard was born in this city on
May 26, 1905, and was 34 years of
age at the time of his death. Fu
neral arrangements had not been
completed at the time of going to
press.
The Weather
The weather has been nice and
mild the past week, with no pre
cipitation. It was very warm last
■ Sunday, the thermometer reaching
81. Monday was the coldest night
of the fall, the thermometer regis
tering 26 above zero. Following is
the chart for the week:
H L
October 12 71 32
October 13 .— 71 36
October 14 . 58 28
October 15 - 81 43
October 16 .. 67 33
October 17 . 56 26
October 18 .—— 72 43
Precipitation for October—.52.
Total precipitation from Janu
ary 1, 1939—13.87 inches.
Mrs. Lucinda Neal
Mrs. Lucinda Neal died at the
home of her son, Elmer Neal, in this
city, last Saturday of ailments in
cident to old age, at the age of 89
years, 10 months and 14 days. The
funeral was held Monday morning
at 9 o’clock, Rev. V. C. Wright of
ficiating and burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Lucinda Moore was born in De
catur county, Ohio, on December
22, 1849. On September 19, 1872,
she was united in marriage to
Henry Neal in Page county, Iowa.
Two children were born of this
union, Elmer and James Neal, both
of this city. Mrs. Neal had been a
resident of this county for twenty
one years, coming here from Ante
lope county.
O’Neill Man Heads
Grand Encampment
Of I. O. O. F.
At the annual Grand Encamp
ment at the I. 0. 0. F. state con
vention held in Lincoln the first of
the v/eek, L. G. Gillespie, of this
city, was advanced from the office
of Grand Senior Warden to the of
fice of Grand Patriarch of the Or
der, the highest gift at the hands
of the members of the order. Mr.
Gillespie went to Fremont last Sun
day to attend the meeting.
Telephone Company
Managers Hold
Meeting Here
The northern part of the Grand
Island District of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone Company held a
sales meeting in O’Neill on Satur
day with managers present from
Ainsworth, Long Pine, Stuart, At
kinson, Lynch, Butte, Anoka and
Spencer. Mr^Spears of Omaha, Mr,
Johnson, Mr. McCullon and Mr.
Wilson of Grand Island addressed
the meeting.
O’Neill Boy Gets
Interstate Promotion
Bruce Rummel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. F. Rummel of this city, has
received a promotion from the In
terstate Power company, for whom
he has been working the past six
or seven years. He had been man
ager at New Ulm, Minn., and about
ten days ago was transferred to
Albeit Lea, Minn., where he has a
larger field and a corresponding in
crease in salary. His many O’Neill
friends tender congratulations.
School Notes From
O’Neill High
umcers:
President, Mary Jo Allen.
Vice-President, Dorothy Larson.
Secretary, Lois Jean Robertson.
Treasurer, Delores Bachman.
Publicity Director, Eunice Hurt.
The O’Neill Pep Club attended
the game at Creighton Thursday.
Twenty members participated in
the drill given by the band and pep
club.
The Pep Club initiated thirteen
new members into the club at the
regular meeting Wednesday night.
A committe arranged a very effec
tive program. The new members
taking the oath were as follows:
La Vein Borg, Ruth Burge, Dor
othy Ann Davidson, Vivian Derick
son, Yvonne Ernst, Helen Hagen-;
sick, Doris Kiltz, Leone Korab, Ber- j
nice Jones, Anita Williams, Dorothy
Yenglin, Esther Fox.
Student Council
The O. H. S. student council el
ected their officers at a meeting on
Wednesday. Officers were chosen as
follows: Sponsor, Principal K. L.
Martyn; prsident, Owen Hiatt; vice
president, Philip Yarnell; secre
tary, Keith Vincent. Senior repre
sentatives, Philip Yarnell and How
ard Graves. Junior representatives,
Owen Hiatt and Ted Sirek. Sopho
more representatives, Keith Vin
cent and Francis Gunn. Freshmen
representatives, Francis Yantzi,
Dorthy Yenglin.
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CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors who so kind
ly assisted us with their help and
sympathy during the death and bur
ial of our beloved father, Charles
E. Sholes.
The Children.
Interstate Power Co.
Entertains Employes
The Inter-State Power Company
of Nebraska gave their annual din
ner dance to all of their employes
last Saturday night at the Golden
hotel in this city, with forty-one
employes and their wives present
at the banquet and dance. Follow
ing the dinner, which was held at
six-thirty, the company presented
the following employes, who have
been with the company five or more
yaers, with service awards. The
employes and their length of serv
ice are as follows: Twenty years of
service, H. J. Blomgren of Creigh
ton and C. I. Oppen of Creighton;
fifteen years, Wm. F. Keen, Hart
ington, and L. A. Walker, also of
Hartington; ten years, G. E.
Schultz of Gregory, A. L. Fugate
of Valentine, M. O. Hooper of Val
entine and L. C. Walling of O’
Neill; and for five years of service,
H. F. Little of Wausa.
M. L. Kapp, assistant to the
president; E. R. Lehmen, safety di
rector; Doyal Journey and Frank
Bescher of the merchandising de
partment, all of Dubuque, Iowa,
were present at the dinner.
Mrs. Joseph Schollmeyer
Mrs. Edith Schollmeyer, beloved
wife of Joseph Schollmeyer, died at
the home of her son, Ernest, at
Crofton, Nebr., last Sunday after
noon at 4:20 p.m., after an illness
of about three months of uremic
poisoning, at the age of 63, years,
9 months and 21 days. The Biglin
ambulance went to Crofton after
the body and she was brought back
here Saturday night. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon at
2 o’clock from her residence and
burial in the Scottville cemetery.
Mrs. Schollmeyer accompanied
her husband, daughter and son-in
law on a trip to the west coast
about three months ago. The trip
lasted nearly a month and they vis
ited many relatives on their trip
to the coast and on the west coast.
The climate of the west did not
agree with her, the weather being
too moist, but she apparently en
joyed the trip. After her return she
did not feel very well and she was
taken to Crofton for medical treat
ment. She had been there about
four weeks and was apparently on
the road to recovery when she had
a setback and passed away last
Sunday evening.
Edith Richter was born in Ger
many on December 24, 1875. She
came with her parents to the Unit
ed States in 1883 and was a resi
dent of Wisconsin for three years,
coming to this county in 1886 and
the family settled northeast of this
city where she grew to womanhood.
On March 27, 1894, she was united
in marriage to Joseph Schollmeyer,
the ceremony being performed at
Scottville. To this union were born
sixteen children, two of whom pre
ceded her in death, and fourteen of
whom, five sons and nine daugh
ters, with her beloved husband, are
left to mourn the passing of a kind
and affectionate wife and mother.
The children are. Henry, Sheridan,
Wyoming; Charles and Joseph,
Dorsey; Mrs. Rosie Harper, Seattle,
Washington; Mrs. Mary Tomlinson,
Inman; Ernest Richter, Crofton;
Mrs. Ida Hughes, Dorsey; Mrs. Em
ma Axberg, Spencer; Minnie, San
Francisco; Dorothy, Portland, Ore
gon; Mrs. Frances Neeley, Long
Beach, Cal.; Mrs. Hilda Butterfield,
Walnut, Nebr.; Herman and Vera,
Dorsey.
Mrs. Schollmeyer was one of the
pioneer residents of the northeast
section of the county, having lived
in that vicinity for fifty-three years.
She had a host of friends in that
section of the county, but she cared
little for social activities, being con
tent to devote her attention to look
ing after the welfare of her hus
band and large family of children.
She will be grealy missed in that
section of the county as she was
known to all the residents of that
secion of the county and loved and
esteemed for her many fine qual
ities.
The Frontier joins the many
friends of the family in extending
condolences to the family and other
relatives of the deceased in their
hour of sorrow.
Miss Freda Parr and Matt Beha
drove to Elgin on Sunday and spent
the day there visiting at the home
of Miss Parr’s parents.
COUNTY ASSESSOR MULFORD
SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK
Official Is Suddenly Stricken Monday
In His Car, While Preparing To Leave
His Duties During the Noon Hour
County Assessor Fred Mulford
died from a heart attack last Mon
day morning about 11:45 in his car
at the rear of the courthouse. Mr.
Mulford and a friend, Fred Primus,
of Ewing, an old friend and
neighbor of Mr. Mulford, had just
got in the car on their way to the
Mulford home for lunch. Mr. Mul
ford started the car, backed up and
had the car headed to the north on
the driveway to the street. He
stiffened in his seat and reached
forward and shut off the ignition,
then straightened back in the driv
er’s seat. Some of the county offic
ials were called and they called Dr.
Brown who came at once but Mr.
Mulford was dead when he arrived.
We learn that he has been bother
ed from heart trouble for the past
two or three years and that was
one reason why he became a candi
date for county assessor as the work
on the ranch was too strenuous for
him.
The funeral was held last Wed
nesday afternoon in Stuart and bur
ial in the Stuart cemetery. The
court house was closed during the
afternoon and all of the officials
went to Stuart to attend the funer
al services. It is said that it was
the largest funeral seen in that sec
tion of the county for years.
Mr. Mulford was elected county
assessor last fall and took the of
fice last January. Mr. Mulford had
spent practically his entire life in
the western part of the county
where he was well known and. had
the confidence and respect of all the
people of the west end of the coun
ty. At the election last fall Mr.
Mulford carried Atkinson township
and the three wards of that city
with a majority of 158. In Stuart
township where he lived for many
years he carried the township with
a majority of 384. In Sand Creek
precinct, where he had lived for the
past thirty years, he received all
the votes cast except three, secur
ing 78 to three for his opponent. In
eight townships in the western part
of the county he received 992 votes
to 450 for the opposing candidate,
or a majority of 542. This speaks
well for his standing in the section
of the county where he was well
known. He made a gocd officer and
his many friends over the county
will be saddened to learn of his
sudden passing.
FRED MULFORD
Fred Mulford, son of Chas. M.
Mulford and Hortense Hallock Mul
ford, was born in Orange county,
New York State, February 19, 1870,
and died October 16, 1939, at O’
Neill, Nebraska, at the'age of 69
years, 7 months and 27 days
He came to St. Joseph, Missouri,
in 1878 with his parents and stayed
there a year. In 1879 they came to
Stuart, Nebraska, in a covered wa
gon, and settled at Stuart when it
was a small town of one store and
only one tree in sight. The railroad
reached no farther than O’Neill.
He spent the rest of his boyhood
life on the home place one mile
west of Stuart.
When a young man he united
with the Presbyterian church in
Stuart of which he was still a mem
ber. He was always active in church
work as long as he was able to take
part.
On May 20, 1896, he was united
in marriage to Laura E. Miner at
Stuart and to this union five chil
dren were born: Chas. M., Stuart;
Mrs. Laura F. McClurg, Atkinson;
Mrs. Helen Raymer, Stuart; Mrs.
Elsie A. Sire, O’Neill, and Mrs.
Marion E. Haisk Milbank, South
Dakota,
In 1908 he purchased a farm on
the Sand Creek 14 miles northeast
of Stuart, where they lived for 30
years. He held the office of local as
sessor of the home precinct for 15
years and at the last general elec
tion was made county assessor.
Last January he and his wife
moved to O’Neill where he tran
sacted the business of his office un
til his death.
He leaves to mourn his loss his
beloved wife, one son, four daugh
ters and twelve grandchildren. Also
one brother, Linden Mulford, of
Grand Junction, Colorado, and two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Corwin, Middle,
town, New York, and Mrs. Katie
Margritz of Norfolk, Nebraska.
Also several nieces and nephews
and many friends.
All the children and a sister, Mrs.
Katie E. Margritz of Norfolk, were
present at the last sad rites except
Mrs. Marion Haish of Milbank, S.
D., who was unable to attend.
Pioneer Celebrates Her
Ninety-First Birthday
At Home Of Daughter
On Sunday, October 15, Mrs.
Charlotte H. Planck celebrated her
91st birthday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. R. M. Sauers. Her
brother, W. A. Woodruff of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, was here for the oc
casion, as well as her son, B. W.
Planck, wife and daughter, Donna
Rae of Atkinson.
She received many calls, cards
and gifts from kind friends and
these were greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Planck is one of Holt county’s
early settlers, coming here in 1884
and taking a claim on what is now
known as the Chase farm.
Northeast Residents
Come To Aid Of
Ailing ^Pioneer
A very neighborly and Christian
act was done Monday, October 16,
in the Star and Dorsey neighbor
hood when fifteen men and five wo
men came to the Frank Hunter
home and did a real day’s work.
The men threshed cane and kalo
seed, filled barn and feed racks with
hay and feed, stacked cane, ground
feed, fixed fences and done other
small jobs that would get things in
shape for winter weather. All brot
some eats and the ladies saw to it
that the men had plenty to eat. Mr.
Hunter has been ailing all summer
and hasn’t been able to do a day’s
work since July 1. The last two
weeks he hasn’t been able to even
do the chores and Mrs. Hunter and
her sister have been doing them.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter certainly ap
preciated what was done for them
and ail are hoping Frank will soon
be able to be his old self again. How
wonderful to have good friends,
relatives and neighbors. What
would we do without them ? Those
helping were Emmet Wertz, Mr.
and Mrs. W'm. Derickson, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Han
sen, Mrs. Grant, Dick Curran, Mr.
Hibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Krug
man, Emmet and Dale Revell, Hal
Rosenkrans, Fora Knight, Albert
and Edward Carson, George Kubik
and Ralph Rosenkrans.
Ministerial Association
Elects Officers
The regular monthly meeting of
the Ministerial Association of Holt
county was held at the Methodist
church in this city on last Monday.
1 At this meeting, the officers elect
ed for the coming year were: Rev.
Leo D. Carpenter of Page, presi
dent; Rev. W. I. Bell of O’Neill,
vice-president, and Rev. George I.
Friday of Ewing, secretary-treas
urer. The Rev. Bell read a paper at
the meeting on the subject, “Atone
ment.” The meeting was started
with a luncheon at the M & M Cafe
at twelve-thirty, at which all the
members were present.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our heartfelt
and sincere thanks to the many
kind friends and neighbors who so
1 kindly assisted us during the last
illness and following the death of
1 oor beloved wife, mother and sis
ter. Your thoughtfulness of us in
our sorrow will ever be held in
' grateful remembrance.—Joe Scholl
meyer and family, Charles Richter
and family, Fred Richter and fam
ily, Ernest Richter and family, Mrs.
• Minnie McDonald, Mrs. Rose Chase
and Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson
>'and family.