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VOT, LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939 NUMBER 30
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St. Mary’s Basketball
Team Opens Season By
Defeating Sacred Heart
St. Mary’s basketball team went
down to Norfolk last Sunday to
play their first game of the season
•with the Sacred Heart team of
Norfolk. The O’Neill boys won the
game with a score of 26 to 13. A
return game will be played here on
February 18.
The Tuesday afternoon edition
of the Norfolk Daily News carried
the following account of the game:
“Scoring 10 points in the last
quarter while blanking their op
ponents, St. Mary’s cagers of
O’Neill Sunday afternoon defeated
Sacred Heart of Norfolk here, 26
to 13, in the home club’s game of
the season.
“The game was a nip-and-tuck
affair until Sacred Heart lost the
services of Rodney Montgomery,
center, via the personal foul route
in the third quarter. The invaders
took full advantage of the break
and slipped through Sacred
Heart’s defense to score five field
goals.
“Sacred Heart held a 5-2 lead at
the end of the first quarter, and at
halftime the count was 12 to 9 in
favor of St. Mary’s. The O’Neill
tossers were out in front, 16 to 13,
at the close of the third period.
G. Hammond led the invaders
with 9 points, while Rodney Mont
gomery paced the losers with 4.
“Harold Stoeber, former Norfolk
high school star, is coaching Sacred
Heart this season, having assum
ed his duties last Friday.”
Box Score
Summary:
Sacred Heart (13) FG FT PF Pts
Bob M’gomery f 1 0-0 0 2
Ed Kirby, f 10-112
R. M’gomery, c 2 0-0 4 4
Keleher, c - 0 0-0 0 0
Schaefer, g - 1 0-0 0 0
Kent, g — 1 0-1 1 2
Stinson, g 1 1-2 3 1
Totals - 6 1-4 9 13
St. Mary’s (26) FG FT PF Pts
Kubitchek, f . 2 0-0 1 4
J. Shoemaker, f... 0 1-1 0 1
Hammond, f 4 1-2 0 9
Biglin, c . — 1 0-0 1 2
B. Shoemaker, g 4 0-6 1 8
Price, g _0 0-0 1 0
Kersenbrock, g .... 1 0-0 0 2
Totals . 12 2-9 4 26
The Weather
The weather has been excessively
warm the past three weeks, in fact
Wednesday the thermometer went
up to 76 degrees, which was the
hottest December day ever record
ed by the O’Neill office, since the
records have been kept, in 1916.
The nearest to Wednesday’s, in the
month of December, was on Dec
ember 22, 1933, when it registered
72 degrees. Small grain is badly
in need of moisture and farmers
are hoping that we will have some
before the real winter sets in.
H. L.
November 30 .47 28
December 1 . -48 30
December 2 . 46 23
December 3 .52 24
December 4 .—56 37
December 5 .69 36
December 6 76 38
This office is in receipt of a let
ter from its old time friend, Joe R.
Sullivan, of Larmie, Wyoming, en
closing a renewal of his subscrip
tion to The Frontier. In his letter
accompanying the remittance he
says, “Regards to all the Good
L O’Neill Folks.” Joe was raised
in this county, being one of the
hoys who grew up in the Michigan
settlement northeast of this city.
After his graduation from the col
lege of law of the Creighton Uni
versity he went to Larmie, Wyom
ing, and entered active practice of
his profession, and has become one
of the best known citizens of that
state and one of its best lawyers.
The O’Neill Commercial Club of
the O’Neill High school met for the
second time Tuesday, December 5.
Thirty new members were pledged
into the club. After the business
was over the rest of the evening
was spent playing games. The
officers of the club are: Mary
Allen, president; Doloris Bachman,
vice president; Dorothy Larson,
secretary and treasurer; William
Allendorfer, reporter.
Mrs. J. H. Meredith
Mrs. Cora Meredith died at her
home in this city last Friday even
ing, after an illness of about three
months of a complication of ail
ments, at the age of 76 years, i
months and one day.
Cora Riggs was born at Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, on April 30, 1865,
where she grew to womanhood and
lived until she came to this city
in the spring of 1884, where she
made her home up to the time of
her death. On September 8, 1884,
she was united in marriage to John
H. Meredith, the ceremony being
performed in this city. To this un
ion five children were born, one son
and four daughters, all of whom
were present at the funeral except
her son, Col. Owen R. Meredith, of
the U. S. Army stationed at San
Francisco, Calif., who was on of
ficial business in the state of Wash
ington and could not attend the
funeral. The children are: Col.
Owen R. Meredith, San Francisco,
Cal.; Mrs. Ruth M. Caffrey, Kan
sas City, Mo.; Mrs. Lucile Mayne,
Lincoln, Nebr.; Mrs. Mabel McKen
na, O’Neill; Mrs. Cora Hiltabrand,
Boston, Mass, who with several
grandchildren are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and affectionate
mother and grandmother, her hus
band passing away seven years
ago.
Mrs. Meredith was a charming
woman and had a host of friends in
this city and county where she liv
ed for so many years. When she
came to O’Neill 55 years ago it was
a little town of a few hundred peo
ple, but they all had faith that it
was destined some day to become
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one oi tne leaamg ciue» n» ««
central Nebraska. She witnessed
the town grow from a few hundred
population to a nice little city of
about three thousand of active, en
ergetic and hustling citizens. In
younger days she always took an
active interest in the affairs of her
church and was always a leader in
church and civic affairs that were
for the bettennent of the town and
community. She will be missed,
not only in her family circle but by
many old time and new friends in
the city and county.
The funeral was held last Mon
day afternoon and was very largely
attended. Services were held in the
Presbyterian church, Rev. Bell of
ficiating and he was assisted by
Rev. George Longstaff, former pas
tor of the church, but now retired
and living at Juanita, Nebr., who
with his wife came here to attend
the funeral of his old parishoner.
Interment was in Prospect Hill cem
etery at the side of her husband.
The funeral was one of the largest
seen in this city for some time,
many old time friends coming from
various parts of the country to at
tend the services.
CARD OF THANKS
At times since the sudden and un
expected death of our dear brother,
the late Thomas S. Mains, the bur
den of our grief has seemed greater
than we can bear, but our sorrow
has been in a measure lightened
by the wealth of sympathy accord
ed by friends and neighbors, and in
deed by the entire community.
Your kindness to us in our hour of
sorrow will ever be held in grateful
remembrance.—Robert A. Mains,
Mrs. Florence Johnson.
Last Wednesday Schultz’s store
erected a Christmas tree in front
of their store, with the intention of
properly decorating it, in line with
the Christmas and Holiday spirit.
Wednesday evening, between 8:30
and 9 o’clock, a bunch of high school
boys tore the tree up, leaving it
lying in the gutter. These high
school boys should be taught a
lesson, that the destruction of prop
erty is a poor way to have fun.
Mr. Schulz, who was in the store
at the time the tree was torn up,
has a list of the boys guilty of this
offense and they should go to Mr.
Schulz at once and apoligize for
their thoughtlessness, for if they
had used their heads for reasoning
they would never have committed
the act of vandalism.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Smith, Sr.,
daughter, Sebanna, and Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Smith, Jr., and son, Dick,
drove to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on
Sunday and spent the day there
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Smith and family.
BRIEFLY STATED
James Kinsman returned Sun
day night from Columbus, Nebras
ka, where he • had been to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Kinsman and to attend the funeral
of his grandmother, Mrs. Kinsman.
County Superintendent Elja Mc
Cullough went to Omaha Wednes
day where she is to serve as a dele
gate at the Delegate Assembly of
the State Teachers’ Association,
which meets there this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Russel McMich
aels, of Alliance, were in O’Neill on
business on Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week. Mr. McMichaels
was the contractor for the new ad
dition to the school house.
Miss Jane Parkins returned to
Omaha last Sunday, where she is
attending school, after spending
the Thanksgiving vacation here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
E. Parkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Matthews
and daughter, Madge, left Sunday
for their home in Lincoln, after
j spending the Thanksgiving week
end here at the home of Mrs. Mat
thews’ father, R. H. Murray.
Mr. and Mrs. Norb Uhl and
children returned Friday from
Mapleton, Iowa, where they spent
Thanksgiving day. Miss Arlene
Uhl, a niece of Mr. Uhl’s, returned
with them and will visit here for
the next three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Deaver, of
Sao Paulo, Brazil, landed in New
York City last Sunday, and will
visit in the East for a short time,
before coming to O’Neill, where
they will spend Christmas with
relatives.
Former Governor A. J. Weaver,
of Falls City, stopped in the city for
a few hours Tuesday afternoon,
while on his way to South Dakota
on a business trip. While here he
called on a few of his old time
friends in the city.
A. M. Tuner left Friday for his
home in Ottumwa, Iowa, after
spending Thanksgiving here. Mrs.
Turner and son, Jimmie Paul, will
remain for a longer visit at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Teresa
Connelly.
Mrs. Pete Todson and children,
and her mother, Mrs. W. L. Blane
of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Harold
Rose and daughter, Norma, left
Friday for Grand Island, where
Mrs. Blane will visit before return
ing to her home in Utah. The oth
ers visited until Sunday, returning
home Sunday evening.
The Frontier received a letter
last week from our old friends,
John H. and Bernard Stoff, who are
now located at Boise, Idaho, send
ing a renewal of their subscription
to this household necessity. The
boys say they are getting along
nicely in their new home and wish
to send their best regards to their
many friends in this vicinity.
BRIEFLY STATED
Henry Lohaus left Wednesday
for Omaha to attend a meeting of
the directors of the Ford Dealers
association, Mr. Lohaus being the
director representing this district.
Bob Biglin returned Sunday to
Omaha, to resume his studies at the
University of Nebraska Medical
school after spending Thanksgiv
ing at home.
Misses Ruth Ann and Rose Mary
Biglin and Harriett Hammond left
Sunday for Ames, ^where they will
resume their studies, after spend
ing Thanksgiving at home.
Mrs. Hannah Meals of Atkinson,
and her grandaughter, Miss Marie
Whalen of Valdez, Alaska, spent
Monday in O’Neill visiting relatives
and friends.
Judge and Mrs. Louis Reimer
drove to Lincoln, on Sunday, tak
ing their son, Henry, and Jack Ker
senbrock back to resume their stud
ies at the University of Nebraska.
Bart Kubitschek returned to
Ames Iowa, on Sunday to resume
his studies at the University of
Iowa, after spending Thanksgiving
I at home.
Harold Hunt returned to Omaha,
to resume his studies at Creighton
University on Thursday evening,
after spending Thanksgiving at
home.
Miss Margaret Hammond, of
Omaha, returned to that city on
Sunday, after spending her vaca
tion here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Hammond.
Mr. and Mrs. George Agnes and
daughter, Lorraine, returned to
their home in Petersburg on Sun
day, after visiting relatives here
over Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clements
and family spent Thanksgiving day
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Psotta and family at Pil
ger, Nebraska.
Mrs. Teresa Connelly returned
Friday night from Omaha, where
she had been visiting her daugh
ter, Miss Teresa, who is confined to
the hospital with an infection.
Misses Mayme and Rose Grady
of Denver, Colo., who have been
visiting relatives here for the past
two weeks left Saturday morning
for their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Halva and
family drove to Niobrara Sunday
on business. The afternoon was
spent visiting friends in Verdigres
and Walnut.
Mrs. Pete Morgan and Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Dishner drove to Colum
bus on Saturday, where they at
tended the funeral of Ivan Kins
man’s mother.
Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy of
Hastings, spent the week end in
O’Neill, visiting at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mc
Carthy.
Traffic Violators Fined
In The County Court
Six residents of the state, most
of them from this county, were be
fore the county court last Satur
day charged with violations of the
Motor Vehicle law. They all pled
| guilty to the charges filed against
I them and paid the fines and costs
j assessed by the court. Following
are the names of those appearing
i before the court:
John Angus, of Ewing, appre
J bended by Patrolman Harry Brt,
for having a delinquent drivers li
cense. Fined $1.00 and costs, or a
total of $4.10.
Edward M. Shaw, Jr., of Orch
ard, apprehended by Patrolman
Russell, for having a delinquent
drivers license, fined $1.00 and
costs, «or a total of $4.10.
Esther Carlisle, of Stuart, for
having a delinquent operator’s lic
ense, apprehended by Patrolman
Russell, fined $1.00 and costs, or a
total of $4.10.
Verda Bowden, O’Neill, on com
plaint of Patrolman Russell, for
not having a drivers license. Fin
ed $3.00 and costs of $3.10, or a to
tal of $6.10.
Charles W. Schrader, Jr., of Ew
ing, delinquent drivers license,
complaint by Patrolman Brt, fined
$1.00 and costs, total of $4.10.
Eddie G. Morris, apprehended by
Patrolman Brt, charged with reck
less driving, fined $10.00 and costs,
or a total of $13.10.
Mrs. Esther Cole Harris, daugh
ter, Betty and son, Guy, spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Cole at Emmett.
Miss Clarissa Teaquist return
ed Wednesday night from Spencer,
where she spent a few days visit
ing at the home of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tierney and
daughter, returned to Omaha on
Sunday, after spending Thanks
giving here at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Parkins.
Rev. Wm. G. Vahle, of Atkinson,
announces that there will be Luth
eran services at the Episcopal
church in this city on Wednesday,
December 13, at 7:30 P. M.
Madelyne, Donald, and Bonnie
Hynes spent Thanksgiving vaca
tion with their parents north of
town. They all attend St. Mary’s
Academy.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Nelson and
daughters left Saturday for Nor
folk, after spending a few days
here visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Reardon.
Robert Armbruster left Monday
for Holdrege, Nebraska, where he
will attend a convention for the
managers of the Brown-McDonald
stores.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Greenfield
and daughter of Hastings, Nebras
ka, spent the week end in O’Neill,
visiting at the home of Mrs. Tena
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Moore and
family returned Saturday from
Nebraska City, Nebraska, where
they spent Thanksgiving at the
home of Mrs. Moore’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Bro.
Miss Ramona Dancey returned
Sunday from Highmoor, South Da
kota, where she spent the Thanks
giving holiday with her parents.
Miss Dancey is a student at St.
Mary’s Academy.
Mrs. O. W. French left Sunday
for Lincoln, taking her daughter,
Leona and son, Ivan and Bill Arndt,
who spent their vacation here visit
ing, back to resume their studies
at the University of Nebraska.
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Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Martin, of
Lincoln, left for their home
last Sunday, after a week’s
visit here at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Heriford. Mr. Martin is
a brother of Mrs. Heriford.
Miss Louise O’Donell entertained
five of her classmates at Duchesne
College at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell, over
the week-end. The guests in
cluded, Miss Marie Ryan, Carrol,
Iowa; Miss Constance Campbell,
of Valentine; Miss Evelyn Sjulin,
of Hamburg, Iowa; Miss Jerry
De Bacher, of Hastings and Miss'
Jasephine Kuhl, of Ashland.
jO’Neill High Defeats
I Atkinson High School
On Thanksgiving Day
O'Neill High School closed its
football season with a 2-0 victory
over Atkinson in the annual
Thanksgiving Day game between
these two Holt County rivals. Each
team was deep in the others terri
tory on several occasions but the
only scoring was on a safety made
in the third quarter.
In the first period, O’Neill
marched down the field to the ten
yard line but couldn’t get any far
ther. Shortly after that the Blue
and White team got inside the
twenty but again failed to score.
Atkinson opened up with passes in
the second quarter and got to
O’Neill’s twenty but their offensive
fire sputtered and died out.
O’Neill threatened again in the
third period and when they lost the
ball, a blocked punt and a couple
of poor snap backs from center
forced Atkinson behind their own
goal line.
O’Neill’s defense held Atkinson
at bay and near the close of the
game the ball was again in At
kinson’s territory.
I Eight of the boys in O’Neill’s
starting lineup played their last
game of high school football. In
addition to those eight, Phil Yarn
all, Dale Matula, Bill Allendorfer
and Joe Grutsch were playing their
last football for O’Neill.
George Clyde
George Clyde was born Decem
ber 4, 1861, at Elk Point, S. Dak.,
and passed away Friday, December
1, 1939, at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Glen Lewis at Ashland,
Nebr., at the age of 77 years, 11
months and 28 days. Mrs. Clyde
and Joe preceded him in death. Joe
gave his life for his country in the
World War.
Mr. Clyde lived at Elk Point un
til 1902 at which time he moved to
Paddock, Nebr., where he resided
until 1918 after which he moved to
O’Neill, Nebr., and after the death
of his wife in 1925 he went to Mem
phis and lived with his daughter,
Mrs. Otto Quass, until last fall he
moved to Ashland with his daugh
ter, Mrs. Glen Lewis, where lived
until the time of his death.
On July 19, 1893 he was united in
marriage to Miss Clara Mae Bras
field. To this union five children
were born; Joe, Mable, Vera, Er
ma and Uyma.
In 1881-1884 he was a trainsman
freighter from Pierce to Deadwood,
S. D. He was wagon train boss.
There was 32 oxen to a wagon and
three wagons to a team and a train
was made up of from 20 to 30
teams. This gives one a little of
the immensity of his responsibility,
and especially so during those pio
neering days when frontiers were
in the making and alcohol was so
plentiful. It took real bronze and
sinew with a keen mind to com
mand such an order.
Whenever there was sickness and
death in the community within*
miles, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde were in
demand and were on the job. He
was a member of the Elkhorn Val
ley Lodge 57 of the I. O. O. F. for
35 years.
Mr. Clyde leaves to mourn, his
death, four daughters, Mrs. Mable
Quass of Memphis, Mrs. Erma
Lewis of Ashland, Mrs. Vera
Hough of Messinola, Mont., Mrs.
Oyma Versaw of Lincoln, Nebr.
Also nine grand daughters, three
grandsons, three great grandsons,
one great granddaughter and many
relatives and friends.
The body of Mr. Clyde was
brought here from Ashland Mon
day and laid to rest in Prospect Hill
cemetery at the side of his wife.
The local Odd Fellows lodge were
in charge of the service here.
Marriage Licenses
Vern C. Clark, of Orchard, and
Miss Alice Rogers, of Brunswick,
were granted a marriage license in
county court on November 29. They
were united in the holy bonds of
wedlock the same day in the Meth
odist parsonage, Rev. V. C. Wright
officiating.
Donald Geidl and Miss Dorothy
Lutz, both of Mitchell, S. D., were
granted a marriage license in
county court last Saturday.
St. Mary’s Basketball
Team Will Play in
Tournament at Spalding
St. Mary’s Academy opened the
basketball season at Norfolk on
Sunday, playing Sacred Heart
Academy of that city, and emerg
ing victorious by a score of 26-13 in
the first game of the season.
St. Mary’s should have one of its
best seasons in some years, as eight
lettermen have returned from last
year’s squad, these including, Bob
and John Shoemaker, Bill Biglin.
Bill Kubitchek, Basil Price, Francis
Hickey, George Hammond and
Duke Kersenbrock, and there are
three members of last year’s sec
ond team available, Bob Milesv
Paul Kubitchek and Bob Parkins.
The next game will be St. Mary’s,
vs. Butte, which will be played in
the new High School Gym, starting
at seven-thirty, and both the first
and second teams will play. St.
Mary’s will also participate in the
invitational tournafent, at Spal
ing, December 19-20-21, and which
will be played in the new Spalding
auditorium recently completed in
that city.
A large crowd of enthusiastic
rooters accompanied the St. Mary’s
team to Norfolk, including, Mr. and
Mrs. John Shoemaker, Emmet
Carr, Mary Clair Waldman, Mr.
and Mrs. Paddy Carr, Mr. and Mrs.
Max Golden and family, Owen Dav
idson, Francis Connelly and Steve
Wallace.
First Game in New High
School Gym Wednesday
St. Mary’s basketball team will
play their first home game next
Wednesday, December 13, with the
Butte High School team as their
opponents. The game will be play
ed in the O’Neill High School gym
nasium and will start at 7:30. The
boys are naturally feeling good
over their victory over Sacred
Heart at Norfolk last Sunday, but
they recognize that they have a
real contestant in the Butte High
School team and a fine game is
looked for. Attend the game and
help the boys by your presence.
Former County Clerk
In Omaha Hospital
Ed F. Porter, for many years,
county clerk of this county and for
a half century a resident of the
Chambers country, has been in a
hospital in Omaha for the past two
weeks and last Friday underwent a
major operation. He came out
from the operation nicely and ac
cording to the latest advices from
there, received by his son, Chaun
cey, he is getting a long nicely,
which will be pleasing news to his
many friends scattered over this
county.
Reason A. Sarehet
Reason A. Sarehet died at his
home in Page last Tuesday morn
ing, after an illness of several
months, at the age of 82 years, 2
months and 20 days. The funeral
was held at 2 o’clock this after
noon from the church in Page, Rev.
Inez Batchelor officiating, and bur
ial in the Page cemetery.
Mr. Sarehet was born at Cam
bridge, Ohio, on September 15,
1857. He came to this county
from Missouri in 1878 and located
i north of Page, where he resided for
I many years until he moved to Page.
On July 4, 1876, he was united in
marriage to Miss Nancy L. Jones,
the ceremony being performed at
Wakler, Iowa, coming to this county
two years later. To this union six
children were born, three sons and
three daughters, of whom three,
two daughters and one son, survive.
The children are: Mrs. Ada M.
Gross, Page; Mrs. Minnie L. Lines,
Page; Colgie M. Sarehet, Sandwith
Sask., Canada; who with his wife
and twelve grandchildren are left
to mourn the passing of a kind and
loving husband, father and grand
father.
At the regular meeting of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
held Wednesday evening, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Leon Sargent, N.
G.; Ira H. Moss, V. G.; Elmer
Bowen, secretary; L. G. Gillespie,
treasurer; B. T. Winchell, trustee.