The Frontier
V0L. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939 NUMBER 27
ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION
WAS ONE OF THE BEST
Splendid Program Rendered, With
An Able Address Given By
An Honored Citizen
One of the largest crowd of Le
gionaires to assemble in an Arm
istice Day parade here for some
time was present in the line of
march last Saturday morning.
The parade got under way
promptly at 9:45 and headed by
the O’Neill High School band, fol
lowed by the War veterans, then
the school children of the Public
School and St. Marys Academy and
several other citizens in cars, they
marched down Douglas street to
the K. C. Hall where the exercises
of the day were to be held.
A splendid program was put on
at the Hall, the invocation being
delivered by Rev. William Bell of
the Presbyterian church and the
benediction by Rev. V. C. Wright
of the Methodist church.
The address of the day was de
livered by Dr. Wr. J. Douglas, of At
kinson. People here had never
figured Dr. Douglas a talented
orator and one who could control
an audience with the magic of his
expressed thoughts. The doctor
has always been known as a good
single handed convincer in many
past county compaigns, but last
Saturday he convinced those that
heard him he was equally good on
the platform. In fact we have heard
many very favorable comments on
the address from several who were
in attendance.
State Patrolmen
Still Active
Jay Butler, of Ewing, was be
fore the county judge last Monday
charged with driving a car on the
highways of the county without
having in his possession a driv
ers license. He plead guilty to the
charge and was fined $3.00 and
costs or a total of $6.10.
Mrs. Julius Yelli, also of Ewing,
was before the county court on
Monday charged with driving a car
on the highways of the county with
a delinquent drivers license, her
license having expired about six
weeks before. She pled guilty to
the charge and was fined $1.00 and
costs, amounting to $4.10.
' Holt County Native
Tendered Farewell Party
A farewell party was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor
Sunday, November 12 for Mrs.
Mable Clark, her sons Myrlin and
James and daughter, Helen.
Those present at the farewell
were: Mr. and Mrs. Soren Soren
son and family of Page, Mrs. Viola
Morgan, Mr. Francis Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Morgan, Mr.
Clayton Messner and daughter,
Aleta, all of O’Neill, Mr. George
Burrows of Climax, Canada, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Taylor and twins of
O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Taylor and family of Star, Nebr.
Mrs. Ben Clark, as known at
Page, Nebr., arrived at her moth
ers’,Mrs. Viola Morgan in O’Neill,
on October 26 from Climax, Canada,
driving through in a car in 3 days.
> Mable was born and raised at
Mineola, driving to Alberta, Sask.,
Canada, in 1912 with horses and
wagon. This is her first return
visit in twenty-seven years.
Henry J. Neigenfino
Henry J. Neigenfino, age 70
years, passed away last Sunday at
the Stuart hospital where he had
been a patient for a little over a
week. The body was brought to
this city by Biglin’s and the funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon at
2 o’clock from the Methodist
church, Rev. V. C. Wright officiat
ing and burial in Proepect Hill cem
etery.
The deceased was born at Osh
kosh, Wis., on June 27, 1969. The
» information on his life is rather
meagre, but he leaves his wife and
two daughters to mourn his pass
ing. They are, Nona Willie, Simp
son, Minn., and Gladys at home. He
came to this country with his fam
ily about five years ago and for a
few years lived in the Phoenix
neighborhood, moving to a farm
southeast of the city last fall, where
fce resided up to his last illness. He
was highly thought of in the Phoe
nix neighborhood as many of his
old neighbors were in for the fun
eral Wednesday.
Miss Leona Bazelman, 15, re
covered last week from a severe
attack of pneumonia. She desires
The Frontier to express her thanks
and that of her family and friends
for the many kindnesses extended
to her by her schoolmates during
her illness and for the many beau
tiful flowers received.
Rickly Store Opened
Last Saturday
The Rickly five and ten cent store
opened for business last Saturday
in the new Hagensick building on
Douglas street. The proprietor,
Ralph P. Rickly, has had several
years of experience in this line of
business and he has a very nice
store here and says that he enjoyed
a splendid business last Saturday,
the store being crowded most of the
day.
BRIEFLY STATED
Peter W. Duffy, Miss Grace and
Miss Teresa Connelly left Thurs
day for Omaha, where Miss Teresa
will again receive medical treat
ment for the infection in her leg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Verzal, of
Wayne, spent the week-end in
O’Neill visiting at the home of
Mrs. Verzal’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Quinn.
Mrs. Ed Quinn returned rriday
from Wayne, where she spent the
past week visiting at the home of
her daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Verzal.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burge drove
to Page on Sunday evening, where
they attended the wedding of Miss
Wilma Taylor, of Page, and James
Smith, of Ohio.
Mrs. Harold Rose, daughter Nor
ma and Mrs. Wiley Richards drove
to Grand Island on Tuesday to
spend a few days there visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Nelson and
daughters, of Omaha, arrived in
O’Neill on Tuesday to visit at the
home of Mrs. Nelson’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Reardon.
Mrs. C. J. Gatz entertained the
Delta Deks at a seven o’clock din
ner at the M. & M. cafe, followed
by cards at her home on Thursday
evening.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess, who
left last week for Omaha, are at
present both in the Methodist hos
pital in that city, receiving medi
cal attention.
Fred Beckwith, George Fink and
A1 Sauser left Tuesday afternoon
for Lincoln, where they will trans
act some soil conservation bus
iness.
Robert Biglin, a student at the
University of Nebraska medical
school at Omaha, spent the week
end in O’Neill visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fra. k Biglin.
Mrs. Paul Montgomery ieft Fri
day for her homo in Farlmgton,
Kansas, after visiting the past two
weeks at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady.
Miss Genevieve Biglin entertain
ed the Marton Club at a seven o
'.?! ek dinner at the M & M Cafe,
followed by cards at her home on
Monday everdn.^.
Emmet Carr, Sammy Reagan
and Danny Gallagher left Thurs
day for South Bend, Indiana, where
they will attend the Notre Dame
Northwestern football game on
Saturday.
Former O’Neill Minister
Honored By Presbytery
Rev. George Longstaff, for many
ears pastor of the Presbyterian
church in this city and one of the
eloved citizens of the countv, has
retired from a regular pastorate in
I he ministry. On the occasion of
his retirement, the Presbytery of
Hastings, of which he was a mem
ber at the time of his retirement,
adopted the following resolutions
in appreciation of his long and
aithful years of service:
“The Presbytery of Hastings de
sires to record its appreciation of
the fruitful ministry of Reverend
George Longstaff in the service of
our Lord Jesus Christ, upon the
occasion of his retirement from the
regular pastorate.
“Mr. Longstaff was born in Eth
erly Dene, Durham County, Eng
land in 1864, and received his edu
cation in that country, where he
was made a fellow of the British
Institute of Mental Science.
“After coming to the United
States in the year 1898, he served,
at various times, the churches at
Sumner, Ashton, Farwell, Lynch,
O’Neill and Hansen in the Synod
of Nebraska. It is fitting and
proper, in this connection, to call to
mind the effective work accom
plished by Mrs. Longstaff among
the women of our Synod and Pres
bytery, as well as the services of
their children for God and country,
through the persons of Commander
John B. Longstaff, U. S. N., Mrs.
Hilda Goodenberger, of our church’s
mission in China, and Arnold
Longstaff and Mrs. Elsie Riddle
moser of this state.
“Hastings Presbytery does,
therefore, made this official record
of its appreciation of, and thanks
giving to God for, the work of this
faithful servant of the Cross; and
expresses the hope that our Lord
may yet spare him for a prolonged
extension of loving labor in the
vineyard of Him, Whose we are,
and Whom we serve.
“T. H. Spence, Jr. for the Com
mittee.”
Mrs. W. P. Hiltabrand of Boston,
Mass., will arrive in O’Neill on Fri
day morning, being called here by
the serious illness of her mother,
Mrs. J. H. Meredith.
Miss Marjorie Dickson and Miss
Helen Biglin returned Monday from
Lincoln, where they attended the
Nebraska-Kansas football game,
which Nebraska won by the score of
7-0. _
Drs. Gadbois and Stewart, Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists
of Norfolk, Nebraska will be in
O’Neill at Doctor Carter’s office all
day Wednesday, December 6. Glass
es fitted. 27-2
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Williams
left Saturday for their home in
Forsythe, Montana, having been
called here by the serious illness
of Mr. Williams’ mother, Mrs. Rob
ert Williams.
Drs. Gadbois and Stewart, Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists
of Norfolk, Nebraska will be in
O’Neill at Doctor Carter’s office all
day Wednesday, December 6. Glass
es fitted. 27-2
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Moore and
son, Thomas, left Monday for
Omaha, where Mr. Moore will at
tend a meeting of the managers of
tne Travelers Insurance company,
mortgage loan division.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Tomlinson,
Mrs. Henry Bruhn, Mrs. Wm. Tur
ner and Mrs. James Coventry of
Inman, left Monday for Toronto,
Kansas, where they will attend the
funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Amanda
Connery.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Einspahr,
of Redfield, S. D., arrived in O’Neill
on Sunday and visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka.
Mr. Einspahr returned to his home
Sunday evening, while Mrs. Eins
pahr remained for a longer visit.
—
Mrs. James Chapman and Mrs.
Ambrose Gladson left Sunday for
their homes in Omaha, after spend
ing the week-end here visiting
their mother, Mrs. James McPhar
lin. Mrs. McPharlin returned to
Omaha with them and will visit
there for a few weeks.
Mrs. L. J. Conklin and son, Don
ald, of Omaha; Mrs. W. L. Selden
and H. E. Brown of Valentine,
spent the week end in the city as
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fay Miles. Mrs. Conklin and Mrs.
Selden are sisters of Mrs. Miles,
while Mr. Brown is a cousin..
SOUTHEASTERN |
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
It would be a pretty mean trick to
try to get by with last year’s Red
Cross Button.
Besides a handsome breed of
horses, the Arabs gave to the world
he simple form of numerals which
we use every day, 1, 5, 3, etc., re
lacing the clumsy roman numer
als, which have gone out of use ex
cept for formal inscriptions such as
bedeck our state house. *
Some how our grandparents got
long and were blissfully happy on
the farm while being blissfully ig
norant of agricultural colleges,
state and federal departments with
their “bureau of animal industry,”
farm experts and county agents.
Enlarged tax expenditures us
ually win over the talk of tax re
duction. Well defined plans are
now said to have been approved for
a new court house and enlargement
of the postoffice building in Lin
coln. Now is the time to get your
brand new postoffices and court
houses.
In the early days of Ewing there
was operated what the settlers all
knew as Austin’s Hardware. The
widow of the proprietor of that
store is spending a few months
with a daughter in Lincoln, her
own home being in York. Mrs.
Austin, who I meet frequently, tells
me she is in her eightieth year. Not
for flattery’s sake but because she
looks it I told her I would guess her
age at about sixty-five. It is sev
enteen blocks from where she stays
to the church she attends and she
walks this distance each week. She
says it is no effort for her to walk
three miles at a stretch.
“Never man spoke as this man.”
So said the simple citizens when
they had heard the Man of Galilee.
Not that He spoke an unknown
tongue. He doubtless employed
the Aramic in common use at that
period. He said some new things
in a new way. Direct, brief, auth
orative. Now we have the radio
“orators.” Again it may be said
never men spoke as these men—
in a circle, endless, words upon
words droning above the static in
a voice that rasps up and down the
spine. And after it is over all you
know is that you have been bad
gered into trying a tube of Tom
Thum’s tooth paste.
A surprising number of old tim
ers one forms a casual acquaint
ance with on the street, are vic
tims of those flush days when our
soldiers were making the world safe
for democracy and the common
laborer with bare hands got $7 a
day. The stories uniformly run,
after making some allowances for
exagerations, that the victim was
on the highway to “easy street” in
the cattle industry or other agricul
tural pursuits when prices collap
sed and left them stranded. So,
with that numerous body of Ne’er
do-wells, the country was swamped
with an army of helpless, which
shows no appreciable signs of dim
inishing.
Apparently there weren’t enough
hungry ones in California and Ohio
to swing the “ham and eggs”
amendment. Nebraska has what
is called old age assistance, but
from what 1 hear from the old duf
fers it is slim picking for them.
The soldiers pension is the only
grant from public funds worth
while. Other successful pension
plans, such as retired corporation
employees, federal employees,
teachers and others are maintained
from funds these employees them
selves created. The present federal
social security setup is an expan
sion of the idea; sort of an ad val
oreum duty on employer and em
ployee. The employee stands a
chance of getting his back, but 1
don’t know where the employer is1
to get his.
Some weeks—or was it months
—in the past this column carried a
paragraph concerning a patriarch
ninety years of age. A fateful
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
Annual Meeting Holt
County Farm Bureau
The annual business meeting of
the Holt County Farm Bureau,
which is scheduled for Friday,
November 24, at 10:00 A. M. in the
M. E. Church in O'Neill, is expected
to attract a large group of Holt
county residents who have been in
terested in education along agricul
tural and home economics lines.
Those in charge are particularly
interested in a large attendance
because a fine program is being
prepared in honor of the twenty
fifth anniversary of Agricultural
Extension work which is sponsored
by the Farm Bureau.
Local leaders from the county
will review the beginning and pro
gress of such splendid activities as
4-H club work, womens project
club work and agricultural organ
ization of farmers in this county.
Members of the Farm Bureau
boards of twenty years ago, who
were so active in planning and
starting Extension work in this
county, will receive recognition for
their efforts in encouraging the
davelopment of rural leadership in
Holt county communities.
The program which will start
at 10:00 A. M. will include in addi
tion to a business meeting a play
let given by the womens project
club members with the help of 4-H
members, the project club chorus
and some agricultural leaders and
a covered dish luncheon is to be
served at noon.
A program designed for the in
terest of constructive people is be
ing planned and everyone who is
interested in the progress of agri
culture and Extension work is in
vited.
BRIEFLY STATED
•
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Marron re
turned Monday from Fort Dodge,
Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa, where
they witnessed the Iowa-Notre
Dame football game in which the
Fighting Irish went down to defeat
for the first time this year, by the
score of 7-6.
L. O. Johnson drove to Sioux
Falls, S. D., on Thursday, returning
Thursday, bringing back with him
Mrs. Claude Johnson, daughter,
Barbara, and Miss Bernadine Pro
tivinsky, who has been visiting
there for the past six weeks. Mrs.
Johnson will visit here at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Protovinsky.
Workmen started Monday morn
ing on the work of laying fourteen
mains of water pipe in the city.
With the installation of these four
teen blocks the breaks in the water
mains will be closed up and a cir
cle of mains will extend practically
all over the city and will enable
many new residences to get city
water after the installation is com
pleted.
Several of the cement coated
buildings around town have been
greatly improved the past two
weeks with coats of paint.The First
National bank looks like a new
building since the paint veneer
was put on. It was the first
cenment coated building painted
and the idea was catching and now
several have been so decorated
with a marked improvement in the
appearance of the buildings.
The Frontier received a letter last
Monday from Hugh E. Donohoe,
who is practicing law at Chehalis,
Washington, enclosing a renewal of
his subscription. Hugh says, “It
is like unto a letter every week."
He sends his regards to his many
friends and relatives in this county,
where he was born and grew to
manhood and it is needless to say
that the “old home town paper”
is eagerly looked for every week
at his home.
According to Nebraska Highway
patrolmen a drive on drivers lic
enses will be started at once anl
checks will be made in twelve dif
ferent places in this district be
tween now and December 2, 1939.
If you have not renewed your driv
ers’ license better do so before the
Patrol boys check up on you. Many
are driving cars in the county with
out drivers licenses and an at
tempt will be made during the next
three weeks to apprehend all those
law violators.
DISTRICT COURT HAS BEEN IN
SESSION ALL THIS WEEK
. District Court Moves Rapidly
Five Cases Disposed Of,
Last Case Now Being Tried
The district court of Holt County
convened last Monday morning,
.with Judge Dickson on the bench
and Reporter McElhaney as report
er.
The first case on the docket for
trial was that of William Krotter
vs. E. J. Sweeley, being a suit on a
note. This occupied the attention
of the court and jury Monday af
ternoon and all day Tuesday, being
submitted to the jury late in the af
ternoon. They reached a verdict
that evening and brought their
verdict into court the next morn
ing, finding for the defendant.
The next case, which is still on
trial at 1:30 this afternoon is that
of Sylvester Zakrzewski, guardian
of Thomas Zakrzewski, a minor,
vs. Joseph Winkler. The suit is
for $15,000.00.
The petition alleges that on Feb
ruary 8, 1938, the plaintiff purchas
ed a hog from George Weber and
that at the time of the purchase
the hog was in the possession of
the defendant The defendant was
a trucker and the plaintiff hired
him to haul the hog to his place,
twenty-one miles northeast of
O’Neill, the delivery to be made the
next day. He alleges that the de
fendant brought the hog out the
next day and that he backed the
truck up to the barn to let the hog
out, the barn door having been
opened, stopping within three feet
of the barn. The petition alleges
that the defendant shut off his en
gine but left the truck in reverse
gear. As a result they allege when
he started the engine the truck
backed up and crowded and crush
ed Thomas—who had gone behind
the truck to close the barn door—
up against the door. They allege
his ribs were caved in, broken and
misplaced; that his right shoulder
was severely crushed, bruised, lac
erated and torn; that his back was
crushed against the bam and that
it was severely tw’isted, lacerated
and tom; that his spine was severe
ly injured.
That as a result of these injuries
he has suffered great mental an
guish and pain and that his injur
ies are of a permanent character
and that he will always suffer from
the result of these injuries, hence
are asking for $15,000.00. Judge
J. J. Harrington is the attorney for
the plaintiff while J. D. Cronin is
looking after the interests of the
defendant. It is expected that
the case will be completed today.
The case of Hynes vs. Andrew^
which grew oat ot the killing of a
horse on the highway, has been
settled out of court.
Two cases of Wondercheck vs.
Henry and William Storjohan,
which were expected to be tried by
a jury at this term of court, were
settled out of court.
The case of Patrick O’Connor vs.
Dun McCarthy, which was also on
the docket for trial at this term,
was settled at noon today
by a judgment by stipulation
for the plaintiff|.
The cas% now being tried is the
last for this term of court. The
rest of the jurors were dismissed
today and those on the panel in
the case on trial will be discharged
when this case is concluded.
Neligh Cleans Up On
O’Neill High
Neligh high school drove through
he O’Neill line three times in the
first half to score a 20-0 victory
in the Armistice Day football game
here last Saturday. The first
touchdown came at the end of a
drive that carried from deep in Ne
igh territory. The second score
resulted from a blocked punt that
Neligh received on the 25 yard line.
Brown’s punting two kicks roll
ing out inside the 10-yard line, kept
Neligh back in defensive territory
the third quarter. In the final per.
i)d O’Neill started a march but a
fumble, received by the visitors,
topped any opportunity for a
score.
Bob Allendorfer in the line and
Ealph Brown in the backfield play
d well for O’Neill.
The only remaining home game
his season is the annual Thanks
giving day game with Atkinson.
The attendance that day will prob
ably exceed the 400 or so that saw
the Neligh game.
Happy Hour Project Club
The Happy Hour Project Club!
met at the home of Mrs. Arthur
O’Neill on Thursday, November 9.
After the meeting was called to or
der members answered roll call by
giving their favorite radio program
and the reason for their choice.
Mrs. John M. Griutsch, Leader A,
assisted due to the absence of Lead
er B, by Mrs. Joseph Donahue and
Mrs. L. O. Johnson, who were guests
of the club, gave the lesson on
“Merry Christmas for the House,”
which included information on the
making of Christmas gifts and
many finished articles were exhib
ited. Mrs. L. O. Johnson, group
chairman of the O’Neill center,
gave an interesting account of her
attendance as delegate to the "Neb
raska Council of Home Demonstra
tion” held at Fremont June 8th and
9th. This report gave the club
members an inside view of what
the council meetings consists of.
Following guests were also pres
ent: Mrs. Roy Lowry, Nrs. Orville
Lowry, Mrs. Laurence Luben and
Mrs. James McNulty. A two
course lunch was served preceeding
the meeting. Next meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. John
M. Grutsch.
Get Your New Drivers
License or Patrolman
Will Get You
An estimated 100,000 Nebraska
drivers may be required to appear
in Court within 18 days. Surveys
of the state indicate that at least
that many drivers have neglected
to renew their operators’ licenses.
On twelve of the next eighteen,
days Nebraska Safety Patrolmen
will make state wide checks to de
termine compliance with the re
newal license law. Summons fee
appear in Court will be issued te
operators who have permitted their
licenses to lapse. Any person
found in this predicament may suf
fer a penalty of not more than 9#
days imprisonment of a fine of net
to exceed $100.00 in the event of a
conviction in court. An expired
license is not a valid license; con
sequently, this action is being tak
en to reduce the illegal operation of
vehicles on the highway.
Marriage Licenses,"
Jessie L. Smith, of Urbana.
Ohio, and Miss Wilma Taylor ai
Page, were granted a marriage li
cense in county court last Friday.
Paul H. Lidgett, of Chambers,
and Miss Marjorie L. Bemis, <d
Yale, S. D., were granted a mar
riage license in county court oa
last Tuesday.
Howard S. Hitchcock, of Ains
worth, and Miss Edna Pelster, ef
Johnstown, were granted a mar
riag license last Friday and were
then united in marriage by County
Judge Reimer.
Gus Baumen and Miss Anna P.
Bergman, both of Ewing, were
granted a marriage license m
county court last Friday.
Ash Grove Project Club
Ashgrove Project Club met at
the home of Mrs. R. E. Lucas last
Vednesday with nine members
present. Mrs. Stinson of Dakota
City was an interested as well as
interesting visitor. A hot covered
dish luncheon was served at noon
fter which the lesson on “Christ
mas for the House” was given by
Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. Glen Car
ey. Many good ideas were given
n holiday decoration and making
of gifts at little cost. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Miller. December 8.
