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SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Back there in those hectic days,
of making the world safe for dem
ocracy there were a lot of patriots
that didn’t shoulder a gun but went
out and dragged in by the hair poor
skalawags who hardly were able to
buy bread and made them buy so
called Liberty bonds to carry on a
war to end war. What do these old
patriots think of it now?
A dark night in the long ago,
Clint Lowrie and I, scouting in
northern Holt, pulled up at the
home of Harry Spindler. Hungry
and tired we were amply fed, giv
en a good bed and for two days Mr
and Mrs. Spindler made us feel we
were honored guests. So the death
of Harry Spindler in the far south
touches one here who retains in fra
grant memory the Spindler home in
Holt county.
Another picture. A large concern
in the center of the business district
whose business extends beyond na
tional boundaries replaced a com
petent employe in charge of a spe
cial line of work with a younger
person. That inexorable element—
age—was the excuse. Undaunted,
brave, sure of his efficiency in the
work he had made a life study and
spurning the recourse that many
another resorts to he found a place
with the leading home furnishing
establishment of the city, and now,
approaching 80, with beautiful wavy
white hair, keen, alert and active he
makes his way among men.
The capital city has been singu
larly favored the past month in be
ing privileged to hear several no
tables. In mid-October a religious
group with representatives of their
work in the far cornci s of the earth
gathered ncre, made appropriations
of over four million dollars for the
extension of their work that is now
carried on in 400 countries and is
lands in 800 languages and dialects.
Last tvoek M>s. Roisevelt made an
address in the city, the week closing
with a lecture at a college in the
city by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. It
required $1 to attend Eleanor’s
party, the expenditure of which in
a period of “repression” seemed
hardly warranted even to hear our
gracious first lady. The name Van
derbilt is associated with the mil
lionaire class and I had probably
unfounded suspicions that one of
that notable family would not get
near enough to earth to be at all en
tertaining to a prairie bred Nebras
kan. But some day I am going up to
the university museum of natural
history to go over again the late
Adam Breede's now complete and
magnificent collection of big things
and terrible things from the Afri
can jungles.
Experiences of life’s daily round
that echo the heart throbs of our
fellows not often get into the news
columns. This story comes out of
what is perhaps the oldest institu
tion doing business in the capital
city today. In one department the
foreman had taken steps to replace
a craftsman on whom time had be
gun to lay a heavy hand. He could
not step as rapidly as the younger
element. He had reached the sun
set of usefulness. So thought the
foreman. Old Joe, the aging crafts
man. had toiled a lifetime for this
one institution. It was looking a
little tough for Joe. The titular as
well as the actual head of the busi
ness stepped into the picture. He
summoned the foreman to his desk.
“I understand you are letting Old
Joe go.” “Yes,” replied the fore
man. “He is slowed down until he is
no longer profitable.” “Old Joe
came here long before you did,”
continued the boss. “He has not ac
cumulated much but has put in his
life into the work here and to turn
him out now to certain failure to
secure employment elsewhere is not
only unjust but cruel. Go back to
your department and forget it. Put
more work on others if necessary,
Joe will stay.”
Mrs. James Chapman, of Omaha,
arrived in O’Neill Wednesday to
visit at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Augusta McPharlin for a few
days.
Inman Boy Wins
Honors at University
Of Nebraska
Gerald L. Sobotka, business ad
ministration sophomore at the
University of Nebraska from In
man, was awarded one of the Wil
liam Gold Prize Keys and was also
named on the plaque list of Beta I
Gamma Sigma, national honorary
scholastic fraternity, at the annual
College of Business Administration |
lecognition banquet held in Lincoln
October 31.
The William Gold Prize Keys are
awarded annually by Mrs. William
Gold of Lincoln to the ten highest
ranking freshmen in the preceding
year’s class. Selection for the Beta
Gamma Sigma plaque list is made
on scholarship, and names only stu
dents in the upper ten per cent of
their class in the college.
Witness Downfall Of
Prospective Champs
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Moore
drove to Albion on Friday, where
they witnessed the Albion-Ord foot
ball game, in which Albion was vic
i torious, winning by a score of 20-6.
The defeat of Ord by Albion is one
of the highlights of the Nebraska
high school football season, as it
was Ord’s first defeat in fortv
games, a record by far the best of
any Nebraska high school football
team. There has been mention in
the daily presse of a proposed game
between Albion and Boys Town
team of Boys Town, Omaha, Nebr.,
which has not lost a game for the
past two years, and which we ven
ture to predict would be a very ex
citing football game.
Mr. Clements
Lectures To F.F.A.
On November 6, the O’Neill chap
ter of the F. F. A. met.
Mr. Clements, the state super
visor gave a very good lecture, and
showed many beautiful color slides
of vocational agriculture work. He
also took a picture in colorfilm of
the F. F. A. officers and of Mr.
Mathis, Mr. Grill and Mr. Mortyn.
It was voted to have the Neligh
chapter initiate the O’Neill chap
ter sometime in December.
A large attendance of 39 was
present. The officers gave the
opening and closing ceremonies
very well.
The next meeting will be on the
second Tuesday in December.
C. F. Grill, Supt.
BRIEFLY STATED
The Presbyterian Missionary so
ciety will meet at the home of Mrs.
C. E. Yantzi on Tuesday evening,
November 14, at eight o’clock. Mrs.
Harold Rose, leader.
M. A. Whaley, Lloyd Whaley and
Mrs. Dede Murphy returned last
Tuesday evening from Omaha,
where they had been visiting rela
tives and looking after business
matters.
Thomas F. Farewell of Pico, Cal
fornia, and Miss Mae Claire Lier
man of Amerlia, Nebraska, were
I granted a marriage license by
County Judge Louis Reimer on No
| vember 6th.
Albert Wabs of Spencer and Vera
Wells of Red Bird, were granted a
marriage license on November 6th
by County Judge Louis Reimer,
who then performed the marriage
ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayne and
daughters, Ellen and Theresa, re
turned to their home in Lincoln on
Sunday after visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McKenna
and Mrs. J. H. Meridith.
Hugh McKenna, a student at the
University of Nebraska, spent the
I week-end in O’Neill, visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mc
Kenna, and his grandmother, Mrs.
J. H. Meredith.
A number of friends and neigh
bors were entertained at the Ar
! thur Densberg home to celebrate
i their twenty-filth wedding anniver
sary. The evening was spent in
playing pitch. High score was won
by Mrs. J. Schmit and Anton
Loeffler, and low to Mrs. John
Schmit and Mrs. Fred Grandorf.
HOLT COUNTY
PIONEERS TAKE
EXTENDED TRIP
Visit Relatives In
Several States And
Travel 9000 Miles
Mr. and Mrs. William Wells and
daughter, Miss Vera, of Ked Bird,
returned last week from a trip of
seven weeks durinp which time
they visited relatives in several
states and took in various points
of interest in the northwest and on
the west coast, so Bill informed us
when he dropped in for a short chat
Monday.
From here they drove to James
town, N. D., where they visited at
the home of their daughter and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Buttolf. From there they drove to
Portland, Oregon, to visit a son,
Earl. From there they drove to
Bremerton, Wash., where they vis
ited a sister, Mrs. Andrew Just,
whom he had not seen for thirty
three years, since the family left
this county, then back to Portland
and south to San Francisco, where
they visited the fair and also their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Miller and family at
Hartford, Cal. Then they made a
trip to Boulder Dam and then to
Bakersfield, California. Then they
started on their return trip, stop
ping at Denver for a short visit,
then came on home.
During their trip they covered
9,000 miles, Bill driving all the way
and said he had the finest and
about the only trip he had ever
taken during his life. At every place
they stopped to visit relatives they
would take side trips and saw many
interesting sights during their
journey. Bill said they had such a
good time on this trip that they now
contemplate taking another within
a few weeks to the southland,
where he has numerous relatives
and he says he might as well see
them all now while he has the visit
ing fever.
Mr. Wells has been a resident of'
the northeast part of the county
for fifty ye&rs. Always a hard work
er and a man who gave close atten
tion to business h« is entitled to a
vacation and the writer hopes that
the visit of himself and Mrs. Wells
to the southland will be just as en
joyable as their visit to the north
west and the southwest Pacific
coast.
Educational Notes
Teachers’ examinations will be
given on Saturday, November 18, in
O’Neill only. Other arrangements
may be possible in January.
The schedule for the examination
follows:
Morning
8:00 to 8:50—Arithmetic, mental
arithmetic, bookkeeping.
9:00 to 9:50—American history,
civil government.
10:00 to 10:50—English compo
sition, grammar.
11:00 to 11:50—Physiology and
hygiene, public school music.
Afternoon
1:00 to 1:50—Theory and art,
Nebraska elementary courses of
study.
2:00 to 2:50—Reading, orthog
raphy.
3:00 to 3:50—General geography,
agriculture and geography of Ne
braska.
4:00 to 4:50—Penmanship, draw
ing.
All examinations must be given
at the scheduled hour only.
Elja McCullough,
County Superintendent.
ARMISTICE DAY
WILL BE CELE
BRATED SATURDAY
Program To Be
Held At K. of C. Hall
Starting At 10 A. M.
The Armistice Day Program,
sponsored by the American Legion
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will be held at the K. of C. hall on
Saturday, November 11. The Vet
erans and Legionaires will meet at
the Arbuthnot Oil Company Filling
Station corner, and will then march,
with the O’Neill band and the chil
dren of both schools, to the hall,
where the program will be pre
sented. Following the program
there will be a Dutch Lunch at the
Hall, and in the afternoon, the foot
ball game between O’Neill High
and Neligh.
Following is the program at the
hall:
Invocation—Rev. William Bell.
March, "Old Panama” (Alford)
—O’Neill Band.
Vocal Music—St. Mary’s Acad
emy.
“Over There” (Cohan)—O’Neill
Band.
Vocal Music by the O’Neill High
School.
Introduction of Speaker—J. D.
Cronin.
Address—Dr. W. J. Douglas, At
kinson.
Descriptive, “There’s Something
About a Soldier’’—O’Neill Band.
“Star Spangled Banner’’ (Key)
—O’Neill Band.
Taps.
Benediction—Rev. V. C. Wright.
The program will start at 10:00
a.m.
To the People of This
Community:
y N KEEPING with the Brown-McDonald policy of
providing adequate selection of goods and ade
quate space to assure greater shopping comfort, it has
become necessary to enlarge our floor space. You have
heard much about weather and economic conditions.
These conditions fluctuate from time to time and are
more favorable some times than others. We believe
that the fundamental resources of this community are
secure. Therefore, rather than pursuing a policy of re
ducing stocks and curtailing services, we are expanding
these to more adequately serve the needs of the com
munity.
OUR STORE will be closed Monday and Tuesday due
to moving our stock and fixtures to our new location in
the new Brennan building recently completed.
Sincerely yours,
MOuinnrDoiMLD
Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey
Entertain Friends At
Hallowe’en Party
About 100 neighbors and friends
old and young gathered at the old
Stanton farm Friday evening about
9 o’clock in answer to an invitation
from Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey to
come for a Hallowe’en masquerade
party. This proved to be one of the
most enjoyable dances and parties
of the season. One Mr. James Car
ney, dressed as a blond belle of the
gay 90s, made one of the best look-1
ing girls in the gang. There were I
many prizes but we did not get the
names of any except Mr. Carney,
who received a prize for the best
looking lady in the gang. About a
dozen or more little folks were there
all masked. They made a very
charming picture. Little Patty Hic
key was dressed as a wild and wool
ly cowboy but he got impatient and
threw his mask and gun away be
fore the parade. We congratulate
Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey and
their two charming daughters, MisB
Lucille and Miss Clara, for the way
they can handle a crowd and for
everyone going home well pleased
with the evening’s entertainment.
The masks were removed at about
10:00 o’clock after which coffee,
sandwiches, doughnuts, cake and
pickles were served. Again we con
gratulate Mr. and Mrs. Hickey for
the splendid cups of coffee that
were passed around. This has been
an annual event for several years
for Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey and
their daughters. Come again, Hal
lowe’en party and the invitations
from Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey
and daughters.
Annual Farm Bureau
Meeting November 24
The annual business meeting of
the Hold County Farm Bureau will
be held in the M. E. ehurch in O’
Neill at 10 a.m. Friday, November
24 th.
In addition to the business meet
ing the theme of the program will
center around the twenty-fifth an
niversary of Agricultural Extension
work in the State of Nebraska. Ag
ricultural Extension Work, which
includes women’s project clubs, 4-H
clubs, and the distribution of agri
cultural information in the county,
has been carried on in this county
entirely through the office of the
county agent since 1917.
The committee in charge of this
program is making plans to honor
the leadership of both pioneers and
present local leaders in Extension
work who have made possible an
organization which is carrying on
such a constructive program. The
days program will be made up en
tirely of local people who will re
view the beginning of progress of
4-H, women’s project clubs and
other Extension activities from
their start until their present de
gree of progress.
A covered dish luncheon will be
held at noon and the program prom
ises to be interesting to anyone who
iB interested in the local progress
of rural communities.
The Holt county women’s project
club chorus, one of the few organi.
zations of it» kind in the county,
will be featured throughout the day
with the idea of making the pro
gram very enjoyable in addition to
an interesting review of many
years progress.
The program is being designed to
include leaders from all parts of
Holt county and promises to be an
event which will be a good place to
renew old and make new acquaint
ances.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all our neigh
bors and friends who were so kind
and helpful during the sickness
and death of our beloved aunt, Mrs..
Margaret Allen.—John Grutsch
and family, William Grutsch and
family.
CARD OF TH ANKS
We desire to express our hearty
and sincere thanks to the many j
kind friends and old neighbors for
the kindly assistance rendered and
the expressions of sympathy ex
tended to us on the death of our
beloved mother and grandmother.
—J. J. Schweitzer, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Schweitzer and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Haas and family/
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ashby, Jay
|
Schweitzer.
GOVERNOR ISSUES
RED CROSS
PROCLAMATION
Holt County Red
Cross Drive Starts
Wednesday
Governor Cochran has issued the
following statement calling atten
tion to the necessity of Red Cross
volunteer work:
“The American Red Cross will
conduct its annual membership en
rollment from November 11 to 30
this year. It is through this annual
enrollment that the Red Cross
maintains the efficient organiza
tion which carries on its splendid
program of service throughout the
year in our state.
In addition to its disaster relief
facilities that are available at all
times to the people of Nebraska in
the event of emergency, the Red
Cross program serves our state in
such fields as health, safety, edu
cation and welfare. I am advised
that the Red Cross in order to be
ready to meet the demands that are
made upon it and may be made up
on it must have the assistance of
17,000 additional volunteers in Ne
braska to carry on the enrollment
campaign.
“I therefore, urge those who are
free to do so to volunteer their ser
vices to the local Red Cross chap
ters and I urge the people of the
state generally to assist in this
work as members of the Red
Cross.”
Signed,
R. L. Cochran, Governor.
O’Neill’s annual Red Cross drive
will start Wednesday, November
15, under the direction of Mrs. Dave
Stannard as chairman, and with the
assistance of the following ladies:
Mrs. H. J. Birmingham will take
the northeast section of town, Mrs.
C. J. Gatz the southeast section,
Mrs. J. P. Brown the southwest sec
tion and Mrs. Ed Campbel the
northwest section. Meet them with
a smile, and we will see a Red
Cross in all the windows in town
and country.
BAND NEWS
The O. H. S. band began practice
this week on various selections
which are to be used for formal
concert on December 12.
BRIEFLY STATED
The Worthwhile club met at the
home of Mrs. K. Hanna on Friday
afternoon, with eight members
present. Lessons on gift making
were given by Mrs. Peterson and
Mrs. Stout. Lunch was served at
the close of the meeting.
Mrs. Paul Montgomery, of Far
lington, Kansas, who has been here
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Grady, for the past two
weeks, spent Wednesday in Ains
worth, visiting at the home of Mrs.
C. Montgomery, and her daughter,
Miss Kathleen.
Mrs. P. B. Harty entertained the
Martez Club at a seven o’clock din
ner at the M & M Cafe, followed
by cards at her home on Monday
evening. Mrs. H. J. Birmingham,
Mrs. Chas. McKenna and Mrs. Ho
mer Mullen winning high score.
—
H. R. Holcomb, of Chambers, one
of the pioneer farmers and stock
men of the southern part of the
county, was a pleasant caller at
this office Wednesday afternoon
extending his subscription to The
Frontier.
John Haggerty of Casper, W’yo.,
arrived in O’Neill Thursday night
and visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kubichek until Sunday,
when he returned home, Mr. and
Mrs. Kubichek returning to Casper
with him, and where they will visit
relatives and friends.
County Agent “Casey” Fouts of
Seward and Walter Chase, county
agent of Stanton, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Lucas Ranch.
Mr. Fouts was looking for more
club calves like the one purchased
of R. E. Lucas last year and fed by
one of the Seward club boys. This
calf won second at Omaha Ak-Sar
Ben.
