VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1939 NUMBER 29
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SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
What has become of those Can
adian Quints,
Turkeys have not been for sale
on the installment plan, but it looks
like I might have the 15 cents to
get the stalk of celery.
Recent figures put the govern
ment pay roll at over two billion
dollars. Add to this the pay rolls
of the various states, the counties
and cities, much of the wealth pro
duced goes to keep our organized
behavior none too good.
Is the daily record of the world’s
venom, domestic and foreign per
plexities, war, nationalized brig
andage, distress at home and
abroad about to drive you mad?
Read the household cook book for
a change.
Over 65 per ecnt of mankind
is known to be pagan. The rest is
reverting that way rapidly. But
the world is not altogether aband
oned to the devil. I know a young
man who blushes.
A Polish Jew, who came from
Warsaw in 1913, says he had never
seen a negro up to that time and
did not know there was such a com
modity as chewing gum. He got
into the thick of the colored popu
lation in going direct to the cotton
belt of Texas. He runs a small
mercantile business in Lincoln and
tells me he has relatives in Poland,
of whom he is unable to learn any
thing.
In the Junior Chamber of Com
merce weekly publication I find
this word of commendation for a
much Maligned group: “Repeating
its contribution again this year and
contributing largely to the success
in past years of the annual Christ
mas parade is the man power and
technical skill furnished by the
WPA.” The parade occurs at 1
p. m. December 1 and the invitation
goes out to young Nebraskans to
come in and see Santa Claus.
Organized labor can hardly long
er be called a labor union. It has
become a labor trust whose prac
tices if indulged by a commercial
group would send the trust busters
scooting out of Washington after
them. _ „ _
“What I have written I have
written.” The Jews had blackmail
ed the decree to crucify Christ out
of Pilate. Then they stepped too
far. Pressing a demand that the
inscription be altered they were
met with “What I have written I
have written.” Press the most
abandoned character too far and
the answer is, “No!” Assyrian,
Babylonian,. Median and Persian
monarchs had bowed the knee to
Hebrew prophets. And now the
Jew meets his match in Herr Hit
ler, probably because Hitler is him
self reputed to be of that tenacious
race.
An element has developed among
the medics that is creating a new
slant to the long popular regard
for that honored profession. Sus
picion is growing that the mercen
ary' rather than the ethical domin
ates in many quarters. Institu
tional care of the disabled growing
into a sort of mechanical job—like
leaving the car in the hands of the
auto mechanic. Pioneer doctors in
i Holt, from the days of Connally
and Eiseman on down to Gilligan
and Flynn, did their level best for
those with a bank account and the
penniless alike. And there are still
others in various towns in the
county still doing the same. The
ethical element is out of the pic
ture among aristocratic specialists,
whose clientele comes out of the
stone mansion districts.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch and
Mrs. Neil Ryan and children drove
to Sioux City on Thursday where
they visited Miss Agatha Beelart, a
sister of Mrs. Ryan, who is a stu
dent nurse at St. Vincent’s Hos
pita .
Boy Seriously Injured,
Thrown By Pony And
Dragged Over Tracks
Last Saturday forenoon while
riding a pony in the southeast part
of O’Neill, Bob, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parks, was
thrown and dragged, when the pony
became frightened at a dog, which
was barking at his heels, and ran
away. The boy, 7 years of age,
was dragged some distance before
the pony could be stopped and he
suffered severe lacerations of the
scalp and a severe cerebral con
cussion of the brain. The boy was
taken immediately to the Doctor’s
office and then to the O’Neill Gen
eral hospital, where he is at the
present time and has not as yet
regained consciousness, although
his general condition is pro
nounced good by attending phy
sicians.
Mrs. Alfred H. Bradley
Florence Adeline Ohmart was
born August 17, 1902 and died Nov
ember 23, 1939, aged 31 years, 3
months and 6 days. She was unit
ed in marriage to Alfred H. Brad
ley, December 6, 1932. To this un
ion was born one child, a daughter,
Patricia Violet, aged 6 years. She
is survived by her husband and
daughter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. M. Ohmart, three sisters, Mrs.
Merle Rosencrans of Dorsey, Nebr.,
Mrs. Elsa Redlinger, of O’Neill,
and Mrs. Velma Crawford of Po
mona, Calif.; and many relatives
and friends.
She had accepted Jesus as her
personal Savior and sleeps in Jesus
awaiting the resurrection of The
Just.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Bell from the Presbyterian
church Saturday afternoon and
burial was made in the O’Neill
cemetery.
State Patrolmen Still
Busy FindingJViolaters
Paul W. Summerer, of Ewing,
was before the county judge on
November 25, charged with oper
ating a motor vehicle with a delin
quent operator’s license, on No
vember 18. He pled guilty to the
charge and was fined $1.00 and
costs of the action, amounting to
an additional $3.10. The arrest
was made by Patrolman Lawrence
Russel.
Oscar Boyer, of Ewing, was ar
rested by Patrolman Russel, charg
ed with operating a motor vehicle
on November 18, without having re
newed his operators’ license at the
end of the original two-year period
as required by law. He appeared
before County Judge Louis Reimer
on November 25, pled guilty to the
charge and was fined $1.00 and
costs of the action, amounting to
$3.10.
Carie E. Sauter, of Osceola, Neb.,
was before County Judge Reimer
on November 27 on a complaint
signed by Patrolman Russel, charg
ing him with careless driving, and
driving in such a manner as to en
danger the lives and safety of
others on the public highways, on
November 25. Mr. Sauter pled not
guilty, but was found guilty by the
court, and fined $30.00 and costs of
the action, amounting to $3.10, a
total of $33.10.
BAND_NEWS
For the past month the O’Neill
High School Band has been rehears
ing for its formal concert to be
given in the K. C. Hall on Decem
ber 12.
On the program are several solos
and small instrumental groups. The
band will play an overture, several
novelties, and marches. Most of
the numbers to be played were se
lected from the National Contest
list.
The band will march on Thanks
giving Day, playing hosts to the
Atkinson band.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many kind
friends for their offerings—floral
and otherwise—and for their help
fulness and sympathy in our be
reavement.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ohmart ,
A. H. Bradley, Patty and family,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rosencrans,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Redlinger.
BRIEFLY STATED
Peter VV. Duffy left Monday for
Kansas City, Mo., on business.
Miss Dorothy Jordan, a student
at Creighton University in Omaha,
arrived home Wednesday evening
to spend the Thanksgiving vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Anna Jordan.
Sympathy is extended to Mr. and j
Mrs. Fred Saunto in the loss of!
their infant son, who lwed only a
few hours after birth, dying on
Tuesday, November 28.
Miss Ramona Dancy, who is a
student at St. Mary’s, left for her
home at Highmore, S. D., on Mon
day to spend the Thanksgiving hol
idays with relatives and friends.
Miss Marjorie Bates, of Omaha,
a student at St. Mary’s, left for her
home on Wednesday to spend the
Thanksgiving holidays with rela
tives and friends.
Paul Naney, of Dubuque, Iowa,
Engineer in charge of Transmis
sion, for the Inter-State Power
Company, arrived here Sunday on
business.
Miss Grace Connelly left Wed
nesday night for Omaha, where she
will visit her sister, Miss Teresa,
who is in a hospital there receiving
medical attention.
Miss Esthel Tasler spent the
week end in Omaha, and in Lincoln,
where she attended the football
game between Oklahoma and Neb
raska.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick and
daughters, Nadine and Arlene drove
to Orchard on Sunday and visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Crandall
and son, Allen, left Friday for Lin
coln, where they attended the Neb
raska-Oklahoma football game and
visited friends.
Mrs. H. J. Birmingham enter
tained the Martez Club with a sev
en o’clock dinner at the M & M
Cafe, followed by cards at her home
on Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harnish and
son of Norfolk, will arrive Wed
nesday to spend Thanksgiving with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Harnish.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gallagher
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell
drove to Lincoln on Saturday,
where they attended the Nebraska
Oklahoma football game.
R. R. Morrison left Sunday for
Anamosa, Iowa, on a business trip
and where he will visit his son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Terrance
Morrison.
Mr and Mrs. Haio'.d Lindberg
drove to Valentine on Saturday and
spi lit the week on ’ there visiting
at the home of Mr. ar.-l Mrs. F. M.
Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond en
tertained at a family dinner at the
M & M Cafe on Thursday night, in
honor of the Misses Rose and May
me Grady of Denver, Colo.
Leonard Kelley will leave Wed
nesday night for Winnatoon, Nebr.,
where he will spend Thanksgiving
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Kelley.
S. M. Ohmart and W. G. Kraft
were among our O’Neill readers
who have called during the past
week and extended their subscrip
tion to the Frontier.
Mrs. Mary J. Thomas, of Lincoln,
who has been here visiting her
daughter, Mrs. George Robertson I
for the past four months, left Tues-,
day for her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Benbow, of Water
town, S. D., were week end guests *
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. I
Holsclaw. Mr. and Mrs. Benbow i
are the parents of Mrs. Holsclaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tierney and f
daughter, Pauline, of Omaha, will
arrive here Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. F. E. Parkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich and
Mrs. Chas. Stout returned Friday
from Chicago, III., where Mrs. Froe
lich and Mrs. Stout were visiting
for the past week.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs. J. H. Pharris, of Long Pine,
spent Sunday here visiting at the
home of Mrs. Goldie I.iddy.
Mr. and Mrs. George Agnes, of
Petersburg, are expected in O’Neill
on Thursday morning to spend
Thanksgiving day here with rela
tives and friends.
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown will
leave Thursday morning for Lin
coln, where they will spend Thanks
giving with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Mason.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess re
turned Thursday night from Omaha
where they were both receiving
medical attention for the past two |
weeks.
The Presbyterian Guild will meet j
at the home of Mrs. C. B. Scott on
Thursday, December 7th, with Mrs.
Malone, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Fend
erson and Mrs. Fred Robertson,
assisting hostesses.
The Misses Dorothy Ryan and
Constance Biglin left on Tuesday
afternoon for Omaha, where they
will spend Thanksgiving holidays
as the guest of Miss Betty Glad
son.
Misses Marjorie and Marian
Dickson drove to Sio\ix City on
Sunday, where they met their
father, Judge R. R. Dickson, who
was returning from a visit with
relatives at Osage, Iowa.
L. C. Walling, F. E. Parkins and
Cletus Sullivan returned Sunday
afternoon from Albert Lee, Minn.,
where they were on business, con
nected with the Inter-State Power
Qompany.
Miss Jane Parkins, who is at
tending Duchense College in Oniahi
will arrive home Wednesday even
ing, to spend Thanksgiving with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Parkins.
Miss Leona and Ivan French, son
and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O. W.
French, who are attending the Uni
versity of Nebraska, at Lincoln,
will arrive home on Wednesday
evening to spend Thanksgiving.
Jack Arbuthnot drove to Grand
Island on Friday night, where he
met Jane and Bob Mains, of Den
ver, Colo., who were called here by
the sudden death of their father,
T. S. Mains.
J. W. Black, of Coleman precinct,
was a pleasant caller last week and
extended his subscription to the
Frontier up to 1941. He is bound
to keep posted upon the happen
ings in this big county of ours.
Mr. and Mrs. Rurasecik of Bart
lett, Mrs. Hannah Dahlstein and
R. Lehman, of Erickson, are ex
pected on Wednesday to be the
Thanksgiving guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Williams.
Mrs. John Kersenbrock left
Tuesday for Lincoln to bring back
her son Jack and Henry Reimer,
both students at the University of
Nebraska, to spend the Thanksgiv
ing holidays at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Norb Uhl and fam
ily will leave Thursday morning
for Danbury, Iowa, where they will
spend Thanksgiving day with an
uncle of Mr. Uhl’s, and his family,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Uhl.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson, of
Omaha, arrived here Saturday
morning, being called by the sud
den death of T. S. Mains. Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. Mains are sis
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Rummel and
sons, Albert and Julian, will leave
Wednesday night for Albert Lea,
Minn., where they will spend
Thanksgiving day with Mr. and
Mrrs. Bruce Rummel.
Mrs. Kenneth Martyn will leave
Wednesday for Columbus, where
she will celebrate Thanksgiving,
and will be joined on Friday by Mr.
Martyn, and they will go to Lin
coln, where they will visit friends, j
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Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Moore, daugh- j
ters, Dorothy and Marlyu and son, j
rom, left Wednesday afternoon for
Nebraska City, where they will
*pend Thanksgiving with Mrs.
Moore’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Bro.
St. Mary’s Juniors
Are Organized For
The Basketball Season
The Seventh and Eighth grades
of St. Mary’s Academy started the
basketball season last Monday. Two
of last year’s members are back,
they are Don Hynes and John Pro
tivinsky. Others who came out for
the team are, Edward Campbell,
Jame Golden, George Janousek,
William Kelley, Dale Dailey, Junior
Cavanaugh and William Grady.
Last year’s coaches are again in
charge, they are Basil Price and
George Hammond. They are good
coaches and are well liked by the
players. The boys are hoping that
if they have another tournament
with the freshmen that they will
be winners. They have some good
material this year and should have
a much better team than last year.
Marriage Licenses
A marriage license was issued by
the county judge to Vern Cleveland,
of Orchard, and Alice Rodgers, of
Brunswick on November 29.
A marriage license was issued to
Thomas Higgins, of Mariaville,
Nebr., and Josephine Timmermans,
of Stuart, on November 24, by
County Judge Louis Reimer.
Methodist Ladies Aid
BAZAAR AND TURKEY DINNER
Decembeer 6th
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church will hold their ANNUAL
BAZAAR and serve TURKEY
DINNER at the church Wednesday,
December 6. Dinner will be served
from 5:30 P. M. to 7:00 P. M.
Mrs. Molly Kelly returned Mon
day evening from Columbus, where
she had been visiting at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Snyder and
family. Mrs. Snyder and Mrs.
Kelly are sisters.
Mrs. Frank Mayne returned to
her home in Lineoln on Tuesday
evening, after spending the past
two weeks here with her mother,
Mrs. J. H. Meredith, who is serious
ly ill.
W. J. Hammond left Wednesday
morning for Dennison, Iowa, where
he met his daughter, Harriett, and
Rose Mary and Ruth Ann Biglin,
who are attending Iowa University
at Ames and brought them home to
spend Thanksgiving vacation.
F. J. Biglin, daughter, Constance,
son, Joe, Miss Dorothy Ryan and
Mrs. Teresa Connelly left Tuesday
afternoon for a short business
trip to Omaha, and where Mrs.
Connelly will visit her daughter,
Teresa.
E. Borg, who has been a resi
dent of the northeastern part of the
county for the past fifty years, was
a pleasant caller at this office last
week and extended his subscription
to this household necessity up to
1941.
Bennett Grady and Mrs. H. J.
Hammond drove to Omaha on Tues
day, returning in the evening, and
bringing back with them, Margaret
Hammond, who is attending school
there, to spend the Thanksgiving
holidays at home.
Symphony Chapter, U. D., order
of the Eastern Star, met in regular
session on Monday night. Visiting
chapters from Plainview, Creighton
Atkinson and Albion were pres
ent. Visitors from Butte, York
and Pawnee City were also pres
ent. E. J. Mille, of Albion, past
Worthy Grand Patron, was present
and assisted in the initiation. Mrs.
Ver Tomek, past grand organist,
and Mrs. Ruth Stotsman, both of
Butte, assisted with the music.
O’Neill relatives and friends have
recently received word that Miss
Virginia Dwyer, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Jack Dwyer of Omaha, is
now appearing in a radio play, pre
sented every morning at 10:15 over
the Blue network of the National
Broadcasting Co. Miss Dwyer
takes the role of “Ellen,” in the
play, “Houseboat Hannah," spon
sored by the Proctor & Gamble Co.
The program is broadcast over
WOW and originates in the Chicago
studios of the NBC.
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN DIES
FRIDAY AFTER OVEREXERTION
Thomas S. Mains, a Resident of this County
Practically All His Life, Passes Suddenly
Residents of this city were griev
ed and stunned last Friday evening
when word was received that Thom,
as S. Mains had dropped dead that
afternoon while on a business trip
up in Rock county.
Friday morning Mr. Mains and
Paul Whitehead, of Norfolk, left
O’Neill on a business trip to the
southern part of Rock county.
That afternoon they had reached a
point about 24 miles southeast of
Bassett when their car got stuck
in the sand. Mr. Mains got out
and tried to push the car
out, while Mr. Whitehead handled
the controls. After struggling
with the car for some time they
decided that it would be impossible
to get it out without assistance and
Mr. Mains said that he would walk
to a farm house and get help. He
started down the road and after
^walking about two miles he cut
'across the meadows for a house, it
being a little over a mile from the
road. He never reachel the house.
Some time after he left a man in
the employ of Floyd LaCaif, a
ranchman, for whose home Tom
had started, came along and he
got some planks and they got the
car out and then started down the
road looking for Tom. They did
not find him and after visiting
some farm houses in that vicinity
noticed something out in the pas
ture about a quarter of a mile from
the house. Mr. Whitehead drove
in there and found the body of Mr.
Mains. Mr. LaCaif and his hired
man accompanied him to the pas
ture and his body was placed in
the car and taken to Mr. LaCaif’s
home, where it remained until after
the arrival of the ambulance and
Undertaker Biglin, who brought
the body to this city.
Thomas S. Mains was bora at
Ute, Iowa, on December 17, 1890.
When he was two years of age the
family moved to Stuart, Nebr. Here
Tom attended school and lived un
til March, 1931, when he moved to
this city. On September 3, 1914,
he was united in marriage to Miss
Eva Tierney. Three children were
born to this union, one son and two
daughters, who with his loving
wife are left to mourn the passing
of a kind and affectionate husband
and father. The children are: Mrs,
Joseph Schwarte, Pine Ridge, S. D.;
Robert and Jane, of Denver, Colo.
He also leaves to mourn his pass
ing one brother, Robert A. Mains,
of Emmett, Nebr., and one sister,
Mrs. Florence Johnson, Grand Is
land, Nebr.
Tom Mains was a genial and com
panionable man and had a host of
friends in this city and the western
part of the county, where he lived
most of his life. After graduating
from school he entered a bank in
Stuart where he was employed for
many years. In 1931 he came to
this city and entered the employ of
the Mellor Motor company, where
he was office manager, a position
he held until they disposed of their
business last April. Shortly there
after he entered the employ of the
Central Finance corporation of
Norfolk, as manager of the O’Neill
office, a position he was holding at
the time of his death. He was a
rugged man and always apparently
in the best of health, never having
had even a slight illness, so that
the news of his death was a distinct
shock to everyone in this county.
On account of his many years in
the banking business in the west
ern part of the county and his busi
ness activity in this city he had an
extensive acquaintance all over the
county and his sudden death, when
in the bloom of manhood, is sin
cerely mourned by hundreds of
friends in all parts of the county.
Funeral services were held last
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the home, with brief prayers at
Calvary cemetery, where the body
was laid to rest. The funeral was
one of the largest seen in this city
for many years. Many of the
friends of his boyhood and early
manhood from Stuart were in at
tendance to pay their last tribute
to their departed friend and neigh
bor, which attested to the high es
teem in which he was held by the
people in the western part of the
county as well as the citizens of
this city.
CARD OF THANKS
Groping beneath the shadow of
a great sorrow, still we behold a
star of beauty—a star which re
flects the sympathy and kindness
of many neighbors and good friends
who gave so freely of their sym
pathy and helpfullness on the oc
casion of our recent bereavement
in the loss of our beloved husband
and father, the late Thomas S.
Mains. We are very grateful to
each and every one who made offer
ing of kindly words, helpful hands,
or beautiful flowers. Your kindness
will ever be held in grateful re
membrance. —Mrs. T. S. Mains,
Robert and Jane and Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Schwarte.
Congressman Stefan
Was Here Last Saturday
Congressman Karl Stefan was in
the city for a short time last Sat
urday afternoon and made this of
fice a short call. Karl was on his
way west and said that he would
be back in this city later and would
visit for a day with his many
friends in this city and vicinity.
Happy Hour Project Club
The Happy Hour Project Club
met at the home of leader A., Mrs.
John M. Grutsch on Monday, No
vember 27, to discuss plans for
making table decorations for the
meeting in O’Neill December 11.
Many splendid exhibits were
shown by members, the like of
which could be made for Christmas
gifts. Several songs were sung,
led by the music leader, Mrs.
Arthur O’Neill.
Mrs. Benson, reading leader, gave
the history of Christmas in Ameri
ca, “Christmas Hard Road’’ after
which gifts were exchanged among
those present. One visitor was
present. The hostess, assisted by
Miss Ileen Grutsch, served a de
licious luncheon after the meeting.
Mrs. Mattie Sokup left Saturday
for Lincoln, where she visited her
son, Francis, and attended the foot
ball game on Saturday. She re
turned home on Saturday evening,
Francis returning with her for a
few days visit.
Holt County Pioneer
Celebrates 85th Birthday
Last Saturday Mrs. Robert Sar
gent celebrated her 85th birthday
and in honor of the occasion thirty
five of her friends gathered at her
home to help her celebrate the
event. The out-of-town guests at
the celebration were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Roberts and two children,
of Wahoo, Nebr., and Mrs. Swan
son of Omaha.
Mrs. Sargeant has been a resi
dent of this county for half a cen
tury and has a host of friends in
the northeastern part of the county,
where she lived for many years,
who extend felicitations and hopes
that she will continue to enjoy good
health and celebrate many more
birthday anniversaries.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors for the many
acts of kindness extended to us
and sympathy expressed during
our recent bereavement, the death
of our beloved husband and father,
Frank Kubichek.—Mrs. Susan Kub
ichek, Mr. and Mrs. John Hagerty.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Timlin, Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Long, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
McManamy, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hancock,
Wilfred Kubichek and Miriam
Kubichek.