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y0L Lx . O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26,1939 NUMBER 24
VACANCY ON COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS IS FILLED
William E. Wulf, Long Time Resident And
4 Eastern Holt County Pioneer Is Chosen
Represent Fourth Supervisor District
William E. Wulf, of Deloit town
ship, was elected Tuesday as a
member of the Holt county board
of supervisors to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Coun
ty Judge Louis W. Reimers last
May, so after five months the elec
tors of the Fourth district are again
represented on the county board.
The appointee, William E. Wulf,
is 62 years of age and has been a
resident of this county since 1879,
sixty years. He came to this county
when a little tot of two and has
ever since been a resident of the
county, living in the extreme south
east corner,1 mile west of the An
telope county line and one mile
north of the Wheeler county line.
He is an uncle of County Judge Rei
mers who had represented that dis
trict for 6!4 years on the county
board.
For the past five months the
county board could not agree on a
candidate for the place, several bal
lots being taken, but none of the
candidates could secure more than
three votes, when it took four to
elect. Electors of the four town
ships comprising the district, Ver
digri, Golden, Ewing and Deloit
townships, called a caucus in the
several townships for the purpose
of selecting ten delegates from
each township to meet in conven
tion for the purpose of selecting a
candidate whose name would be
presented to the county board. The
caucuses were held a week ago last
Monday and the convention was
held last Monday, when Mr. Wulf
{ was selected, securing 23 votes in
the convention to 19 cast for Ives of
Verdigris. The members of the con
vention came to this city on Tues
day and presented Mr. Wulf’s name
to the members of the board as
their choice for the position and he
was elected by the board unani
mously, receiving the vote of all
six of the members of the board
and everything is again peaceful
and harmonious.
Politically the new appointee is a
democrat, according to records
available, as he voted in the demo
cratic primarly election in 1934, but
politics was not taken into account1
by the members of the board in
making the appointment.
Old Age Pension
Applicants Should
Act Promptly
“Delays in qualifying for month
T ly old-age insurance benefit pay
ments under the amended Social
Security Act will be avoided by en
titled persons 65 years of age or
over if they obtain such data as
they can to establish proof of age
before January 1,1940,” stated Em
mett H. Dunaway, manager of the
Social Security Board field office in
Omaha.
“A certified copy as to date of
birth shown by public record or a
certified copy of a church record of
baptism is a recognized authority,”
said Mr. Dunaway. “Other records
which tend to establish proof of
age but which may delay benefit
payments because of the time ele
ment involved in verification are:
statement of doctor or midwife who
attended at the time of such birth;
p a Bible or other family record cer
r tified to; business, fraternal, gov
ernmental, school, or similar docu
ments.”
“Inasmuch as these records go
back 65 years or more, time may be
consumed in gathering the neces
sary data; but if they are looked up
now, delay in payment of monthly
benefits will be avoided," said Mr.
Dunaway. “This office must submit,
with claims, proof that all condi
tions established by Congress in
passing the Social Security Act
have been met.”
WE THANK YOU
We wish to thank Atkinson,
O’Neill and Emmet merchants,
and others who contributed to he
success of our bingo games and
lunch.
* St. John’s Luther League.
O’Neill High Football
Team Finally Wins
O’Neill high school defeated Ew
ing in football last Friday 7 to 0.
O’Neill’s score came in the second
quarter when Brown intercepted a
forward pass on the Ewing 25 and
ran it back for a touchdown. Ryan
converted on the try for point. O’
Neill ad threatened just previous
to the pass interception. Ryan cut
back from the Ewing 35 and ran to
the 20 on the first play of the quar
ter. Four plays failed to gain the
required distance and Ewing took
possession of the ball only to fum
ble in the first play. O’Neill recov
ered the fumble on the 20. Two
plays gained 7 yards but o', the
Ihird O’Neill win thrown for a loss
and the 4th down pass was muffed
by a pass receiver out in the clear.
Ewing then took the ball and threw
the pass intercepted by Brown.
The teams played evenly through
the third quarter with O’Neill
playing safe trying to protect its
lead. In the final period Ewing
threatened in the last few minutes
when Ryan’s kick was blocked on
the O’Neill 40-yard line. Ewing
made two first downs, taking the
ball to the O’Neill 18-yard line. On
the last play before the horn blew
O’Neill was off-side and Ewing
thereby was granted one more
play. It was a pass, juggled by sev
eral players on each team, but
which finally dropped to the ground
incomplete.
The next home game is on Armi
stice day, November 11, when Ne
ligh plays here.
Starting lineups:
O’NEILL * EWING
McKenna LE Rice
Matula LT Belmer
Calkins LG Schmidt
Sirek C Angus
R. Allendorfer RG Lambert
Snyder RT Butler
Morrow RE Chmeil
Brown QB Napier
Ryan LH Pruden
Cole RH Snider
Bausch FB Tomjack
Says He Is Going Into
Training For Next Year
A good story is told of a local
nimrod who went out hunting last
Sunday morning. He was one of a
party of five who headed for the
northwest section of the county.
Several miles west of here they
spotted a big bunch of pheasants in
the ditch alongside the road. The
car was stopped and the local nim
rod with visions of getting his limit
right there blazed away at the
bunch twice, but the only thing he
got was a bruised shoulder, where
his gun had kicked him. He missed
the birds. A few miles further on
they came upon another bunch and
he attempted to redeem himself in
the eyes of his companions, but
without any luck. Two more pot
shots and no birds. It was a good
thing for him that he had a couple
of good shots with him for he came
home with the limit, none of which
he had killed. He says he is going to
practice handling a gun.
Happy Hour Club
A meeting of the Happy Hour
club was held at the home of Mrs.
Blake Benson on Monday, October
16, with six members present. Roll
call was answered by giving the
name of a flower. We had one guest,
Mrs. Jim McNulty.
Mrs. Arthur O’Neill gave an in
teresting book review of the book,
“One Man Caravan.” Mrs. Benson
exhibited some posters.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Arthur O’Neill on No
vember 8.
LUTHERAN NOTES
There will be a regular Lutheran
service at the Episcopal church
Sunday afternoon at 3. We invite
you to attend.
R. W. Fricke, Pastor, Chambers.
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Holt County Pioneer
Dies In California
Word was received this after
noon by relatives of the death in
Glendale, California, of Jack Hayes
for many years one of the promin
ent residents of the Atkinson com
rponity, at the age of 88 years.
He had been ill for the past year
and seriously ill for the past six
months.
Jack Hayes was one of the early
settlers of the western part of the
county and had a host of friends
in this city as well as all over the
county, as he was well known in
all sections. He lived in the county
for about fifty years and about ten
years ago moved to California
where he resided up to the time of
his death. He was the father of
Mrs. Henry Grady of this city and
Mrs. Havjj Harte, of Irmar., and
has numerous relatives in the
western part of the county, includ
ing a brother, William Hayes, at
Atkinson, for many years a mem-]
ber of the Holt county board of
supervisors.
O’Neill Boy Held Up
In Metropolis
On Tuesday evening, about eight
o’clock, while returning from one of
his classes at the university of Ne
braska medical school, in Omaha,
Robert Biglin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Biglin of this city, was held
up and robbed of eight dollars and
twenty cents at the point of a gun
in Omaha, about a block from his
home. After the robbery, Bob ran
the rest of the way home, and then
called police, who captured the
thief within fifteen minutes. Robert
was taken to the station where
he identified the man, then found
out that the gun which had been
used in the holdup was only a toy
one, but Bob said that it didn’t feel
much like a toy, when it was press
ed in the small of his back.
Nebraska Teachers
Conventions Being
Held This Week
I he Nebraska State teachers
conventions are being held this
Thursday and Friday. O’Neill
teachers are attending the meet
ings at Norfolk, Lincoln or Omaha.
Ira George is now serving as
vice-president in this district with
its convention at Norfolk. His
name has been placed on the ballot
for president of the district for
the coming year.
The theme of the Norfolk con
vention is “Improve Schools to
Improve Citizenship.” Leaders
and speakers on the program will
include such individuals as Dr. J.
T. Anderson, president, Wayne
state teachers college and of the
Nebraska State Teachers Associa
tion; Dr. E. W. Blatz, phychologist
for Dionne quintuplets; Senator
Josh Lee, United States Senator
from Oklohoma; Dr. W. A. Wor
cester, University of Nebraska;
Dr. Charles F. Dienst, deputy state
superintendent, and a number of
other outstanding individuals.
Sectional meetings on the var
ious fields of study in school are
an important part of the conven
tion activities.
Miss Lois Jean Robertson en
tertained the following guests at
a dinner and theare party Wednes
day night: Mabelle Osenbaugh,
Mary Jane Idler, Doris Scofield,
Davene Loy, Mary Jo Allen, Ron
na Jeanne Marcellus, Dolores
Bachman and Dorothy Larson.
R. R. Smith, sr., left Monday
(night for Omaha where he will
attend a school for Ford salesmen
the balance of the week. On
Friday night he, in company with
about forty other salesmen from
this district, will leave Omaha for
Chicago where they will spend a
few days and then go on to Detroit
where they will make a tour of
the Ford factories.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edmon and
daughter, Jean Carol, Mrs. R. E.
Benson and son. Robert, of Omaha,
and Mrs. Fred H. Butts, of Nebras
ka City, drove up last Saturday and
spent a few days here visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Cronin. The men folks put in their
time hunting pheasants, while the
ladies visited. They returned home
Wednesday afternoon.
MANY WILLING
TO SERVE AS
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Office Will Probably
Not Be Filled For
Several Weeks
Now that the county hard has
finally succeeded in naming a su
pervisor to fill the vacancy in the
Fourth district part of their trou
bles are eliminated but they still
have another vacancy to fill, that
of county assessor. As the work of
that office has been completed for
this year most of the members of
the board are in no hurry to fill the
office as there will i>- no work for
that official until after the first of
the year. The salary of this office is
$600 per year. This amount was
formerly paid at the conclusion of
the work of the assessor but for the
past five years the salary has been
paid monthly. By August 15th the
work of the assessor Is completed
for the year and many members of
the board are of the opinion that
Mrs. Mulford is entitled to the bal
ance of his salary for this year, as
he had completed the Work for the
year before his death and there is
no doubt but what they will pay her
the balance of the salary if they are
convinced that they can legally do
so.'
Nine candidates have filed appli
cations for appointment to the of
fice of county assessor. The appoint
ment would hold until the next gen
eral election, in November, 1940,
when an assessor will have to be
elected for the balance of Mr. Mul.
ford’s term of office, which would
be two years. The following have
filed applications for the appoint
ment: L. G. Gillespie, Walter G.
Sire, W. A. Ellis, John P. Sullivan,
T. J. Coyne, O’Neill; E. F. Porter,
Chambers; Hugh L. James, Theo
dore Graf, Atkinson; J. V. John
son, Sand Creek.
Howard Burch
Howard Vincent Burch was born
at O’Neill May 26, 1905, and died at
his home Thursday, October 19,
1939, aged 34 years, 4 months and
23 days. With the exception of
about four years his entire life has
been spent in O'Neill, attending the
public school here. He leaves to
mourn his passing his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch,
four uncles gnd one aunt, besides
more distant relatives and many
friends. He was a young man of
high ideals, courteous and friendly
to all. His life spoke for itself.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church October 21, at 2
p.m. The Rev. C. A. Fortune of
Hemingford, Nebraska, conducted
the services at the home and the
pastor, Rev. V. C. Wright, conduct
ed the service at the church and the
body was laid to rest in Prospect
Hill cemetery. The sympathy of
this community go out to the grief
stricken father and mother.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the neigh
bors and friends who were so kind
to us in our sorrow and we appre
ciate and will always remember the
many beautiful flowers and the tri
butes paid to our son.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
William I. Bell, Minister.
Sunday school at 10 a m. Classes
for all ages.
Morning worship 11 a.m. Ser
mon, “God’s Purpose in Christ.”
Young People’s meeting 6:30 p.
m. Leader, Donna Marcellus.
Evening worship 7:30 p.m. Ser
mon, “God, Our Helper.”
All people are invited to attend
the services of this church.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sin
cere thanks to the many kind
friends in O’Neill and over the
county for the many expressions
of sympathy extended and the
beautiful floral offerings sent fol
lowing the death of our beloved
husband and father. Your kind
ness to us in our hour of sorrow
will ever be held in grateful re
membrance.—Mrs. Laura Mulford
and children.
St. Mary’s Will
Entertain October 29
The students of St. Mary’s
Academy have been working hard,
preparing two one act plays and a
musical interlude to present to the
public on Sunday evening, October
29, in the Knights of Columbus
Hall. The plays are under the
direction of Mrs. Kubitchek who
is teaching dramatics at the
[Academy this year. The musical
interlude has been prepared by the
students of the music department.
A special feaure of the enter
tainment is the band. The five
ew instruments purchased by
Mr. William J. Froelich and pre
sented to the Academy, will be
used in public for the first time.
Mr. Froelich has made it possible
for the Academy to have a band
and for the pupils to receive in
structions in band music. The
pupils are using this occasion to
thank Mr. Froelich and to show
appreciation of his splendid gift.
Young Boy Injured
When Car Upsets
Last Sunday afternoon, while re.
turning from the funeral of A. T.
Crumley, the car driven by Fred
Royal, of Chambers, either blew a
tire, or struck loose gravel, and
overturned about two miles west of
Ed Mathews’ place. Both Elaine
and Gene Streeter, daughter and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter,
were thrown out of the car, while
Elaine suffered only bruises, Gene
sustained two cracked vertebras at
the base of his neck, and was taken
immediately to the O’Neill General
Hospital following the accident.
The driver of the car, Mr. Royal,
was not injured, but the car, a 1937
Chevrolet, was very badly dam
aged.
Bombardment On
All Fronts Here
Sunday and Monday
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O’Neill was filled with hunters
! last Sunday and Monday, coming
! from various sections of the state,
as well as other states, to try their
! luck at pheasant shooting. In addi
tion to those who were here from
outside, about everyone in this city
and vicinity, who had a gun or could
borrow one, were also in the field
! and there was a bombardment all
day long, not only on the western
I front, but on the northern front,
the southern front and the eastern
front. Practically all the hunters
who went out were fortunate in se
curing the limit within a few hours,
so they came in well satisfied. The
birds are said to have been more
plentiful this year than for several
years and to be fatter, so they evi
dently had plenty of feed all sea
son. The duck season also opened
! Sunday and a few of the hunters
j were able to get a few of these game
birds as well as the pheasants,
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Ash Grove Project Club
The Ash Grove Project Club was
organized Thursday at the home
of Mrs. Glen Carey with eleven
members present. A delicious cov
ered dish luncheon was served
after which the meeting was called
! to order. Officers were elected
las follows: Mrs. C. Aim, presi
dent; Mrs. C. Faulhaver, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. Hall, song leader;
Mrs. Hendricks?, leader A, and Mrs.
leader B optional. An interesting
lesson on “Company Dinners” was
I given by Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs.
R. E. Lucas.
The next meeting will be held
! at the Lucas ranch.
Friendly Neighbor Club
The Friendly Neighbor Club met
October 19 at the home of Mrs.
Ray Jansen, with Mrs. Emma
Leach assisting. Two members
were absent, but we were very
glad to have Mrs. James Marsh
and Mrs. Hildreth as our guests,
Mrs. L. Yantzi and Mrs. C
Hicks gave a very interesting dis
| cussion on the October lesson
which is entitled “Company Din
ners.” Plans were discussed for
1 a Christmas party and also for a
! January Dinner party.
The next. Club meeting will be
November 16 at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Hicks.
INDIRECT TAXES ON CLOTHES
PRODUCE $4,465 LAST YEAR
Figures Given to Arouse Tax Consciousness
And To Oppose Consumer-Penalizing Taxes.
Total Apparel Taxes in County Estimated $47,000
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Prominent Resident of
Antelope Precinct Passes
Albion T. Crumley died at his
home northeast of this city last
Friday afternoon about 4 p.m. after
a short illness of a heart attack,
having been afflicted with heart
trouble the past 5 years, afthe age
of 75 years, 2 months, 3 days. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 p.m. from the Methodist
church in Page, Rev. A. J. Lamm, a
cousin of the deceased officiating,
and burial in the Page cemetery.
Albion T. Crumley was born Au
gust 17, 1864, at Pleasant Plain,
Iowa. He lived for a time in Mis
souri and at Osceola, in that state,
on February 14, 1906, he was united
in marriage to Miss Mildred J. Dill
man. To this union three children
were born, all sons, who with their
mother are left to mourn the pass
ing of a kind, affectionate husband
and father. The children are: Lind
ley, Jr., R. V. and Alfred Crumley,
all at home. He is also survived by
two brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Crumley came to this county
in March, 1918, and located north
east of this city on a half section
that he had purchased, coming here
from Texas. As he prospered he
acquired other land and was quite
a land owner at the time of his
death. In addition to the land he
owned he rented several quarters
which he and his sons farmed, and
they were rcognized as the biggest
farm operators in northeastern
Holt. All being robust men they fig
ured they could farm more acres
with the use of tractors than they
could with horses, so disposed of
most of their horses and used trac
tors in their farming operations.
Unlike most gas wagon farmers
they made a success of it and made
money farming, even during the dry
cycle we have been enduring for the
past eight years.
For several years past Mr. Crum
ley did not participate in the hard
work on the farm, having three ro
bust sons who could take care of
that part of farm life, so he went
into the gardening business and the
raising of watermelons, and, take
it from one who has tried it, no loaf
er need ever get into the melon
business for it takes a lot of hard
work and painstaking care. He
raised such fine melons on his place
east of this city that he became
known as the Watermelon King of
Holt county, as he raised more mel
ons each year than any man in the
history of the county and they were
all of a delicious flavor and of un
usual size, and he had no trouble in
marketing them by the truckload in
this city and surrounding towns in
this and adjoining counties.
The writer met Mr. Crumley
shortly after his arrival here in the
spring of 1918. For several years,
while we were out of the county,
we never met him, but on our i-e
turn in 1932, we renewed the ac
quaintance formed fourteen years
ago and there was hardly a Satur
day when he was in town that he
did not drop into the office for a
chat. An ardent republican, altho
spending many years in Texas, he
liked to discuss current events and
the future welfare of this great
country of ours. He was exception
1 ally well informed on all the cur
i rent events of the day and had a
I wonderful knowledge of the history
; of the early days of this nation,
showing that he was a great stu
dent. with a very retentative mem
i ory. He has gone and his loved ones
i will mourn his passing as will hun
!dreds of friends over the county
| who knew him and loved him as a
man and a splendid citizen and they
join us in expressing condolences
to the family in their hour of sor
row.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Credle and
daughter, Judy, of Omaha, came
up Saturday for a short visit at
the home of Mrs. Credit's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell
and to spend a few days hunting
pheasants.
Indirect taxes buried in the cost
of clothing sold in Holt county’s
apparel stores last year produced
an estimated $4,465 for local, state
and national governments, the Na
tional Consumers Tax Commission
reported today.
“This tremendous burden of hid
den taxes was paid by unsuspecting
shoppers as unseen parts of their
apparel purchases,’’ Mrs. Melville
Mucklestone, president of the NCTC
stated in the report. “These are
taxes against producers, manufac
turers, shippers and distributors
which, of necessity, must be passed
along to the consumer. Studies at
our Chicago headquarters show hid
den taxes take nearly 10 per cent
of clothing costs.’’
Mrs. Mucklestone, leader in the
Commission’s nation-wide campaign
to “arouse tax consciousness and to
oppose consumer-penaliaing taxes,”
pointed out the taxes refer to cloth
ing sales in apparel stores only and
do not include clothing sales in de
partment and general stores.
The study was made public thru
Mrs. I. S. Magowan, of Gordon,
state director, who, with Mrs. Geo.
DeWald, of West Point, national
committee members, heads the
NCTC educational program in Ne
braska. Groups in approximately
5,100 cities and towns throughout
the country are active in the tax
education program.
The clothing tax figure was com
puted from NCTC averages based
on last available U. S. Bureau of
the Census figures which placed
1915 apparel stores in the county
at $47,000. Government estimates
of total sales in the country last
year approximate the total in the
1915 study, the NCTC pointed out.
Gets Three Years And
Ten Months For
Stealing Load of Rye
Tom Strong, jr., of Emmet, was
before District Judge Dickson on
Saturday on a charge of stealing a
load of rye on September 29th
from Ed Barret of Emmet. He
pled guilty to the charge and was
sentenced to three years and ten
months in the Nebraska state pen
itentiary. He was taken to Lin
coln on Monday by Deputy Sheriff
C. C. Bergstrom.
Jolly Stars Club
The Jolly Stars Club met at
the home of Mrs. C .V. Cole on
October 20. The members res
ponded to roll call with recipes and
helpful hints on the preparation
of company dinners. One visitor,
Mrs. Alex Juraeek was present.
The lesson, “Company Dinners,”
was presented by the leaders, Mrs.
L. A. Hansen and Mrs. Robert
Miller. At the close of the meet
ing lunch was served by the
hostess.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Will Derickson.
Pep Club News
The O. H. S. Prep Club gave the
opening school dance Friday even
ing after the big game. A large
number of Ewing students stayed
for the dance. A good time was
r‘ported by all.—Reporter.
The Weather
Fairly moderate weather has
been the rule for this section of the
state for the past week, with no
moisture. It is cloudy this morning
and we have had a trace of mois
ture, but according to weather re
ports it will be fair and warmer to
morrow. Following is the chart for
the past week:
H L
October 19 76 43
October 20 76 48
October 21 71 49
October 22 76 42
October 23 76 42
October 24 68 36
October 26 .. 68 35