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VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939 NUMBER 32
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
For Sale—A heavy, warm over
coat, just purchased this fall.
< Short phrases are coined, sur
vive for a time and pass out of use.
“Merry Christmas” lives on, and
to attempt to change it would be
like trying to improve the Lord’s
prayer.
I have not noticed where the sup
ervisors filled the assessor’s vacan
cy as yet. Maybe they intend
handing it as a Christmas present
to some one of the applicants. \Y hy
not the other candidate at the last
election ?
“And I saw three unclean spirits
like frogs. . . . they are the spirits
of devils, working miracles, which
go forth unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of that
great day of God Almighty.” Mill
ions of mankind uniformed, armed
and converted into a diabolical ma
chine to slay and destroy, great
vessels, cargo and crew buried
|| miles beneath ocean wave, devas
tated regions and ruined homes—
these, in the face of a universal
plea for peace, all testify that the
devils are let loose.
The hens have concluded that
December has traded with May and
are laying eggs by the carload; the
sale price at Lincoln’s stores hav
ing dropped from 28c to 17c.
Time writes no wrinkles on the
ocean’s azure brow, but a heavy
hand is laid on neighbors and
friends of our earlier years. The
death of Mrs. Meredith removes
from the neighborhood in O’Neill
in which she resided for over a half
century, the last survivor except
one family, of the few who pitched
their tents on the west side of town
in the 80’s. When we established
a home in that neighborhood there
were the Merediths, Smoots, Bald
wins, Selkirks, Moores, Corbetts,
Evereds and Harnishes. Mr. and
Mrs. Harnish and daughter, Ruth,
are the only ones remaining. Some
moved elsewhere, others were laid
in the cemeteries on the hill. I
don’t know that Mrs. Meredith ever
had an unkind word to say of a
neighbor or that a neighbor ever
had occasion to speak an unkind
word of her.
An old man, an old woman, she
clinging affectionately to an aged
hut still sturdy masculine arm, pass
up O street frequently these mild
December evenings—just “out for
a walk.” A friend who knows
them tells me he is 80, she 70 odd,
were recently married, and are the
happiest couple in Lincoln. And
they are no slouches to look at.
I Romance may perish from the
earth for all youth cares, but the
old timers think maybe that is one
item of civilization worth saving.
Nebraskans have not been given
to claiming super this and super
that, biggest and best, and so on,
but feel it’s a sensible place for
sensible people who find other
things in life than chasing down
the last dollar. And maybe a lot
of us are surprised to learn that the
largest skeleton of an extinct spe
cies of animals ever found was un
earthed in Lincoln county.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends for
their assistance, and words of sym
4 pathy during the illness and death
* of our mother and grandmother,
Mrs. Maria Bredehoeft, and for the
beautiful floral offerings.—Wm.
Bredehoeft and family; Fred Bre
dehoeft and family.
Holt County Land Owner
Dies In California
Grace L. Badgley, who was well
known to many in this city and in
the northeastern part of the coun
ty, where she owned a half sec
tion of land in Paddock and Scott
townships, died at her home in Al
hambra, California, on December
11, after a short illness. The in
formation was received from her
sister, Mrs. Clarence Perry, of Al
hambra.
i DEAR READERS,
{ MANY THANKS
i
The editor desires to ex
1 press his sincere appreciation
t to our many readers who
J have called within the past
J two weeks and paid their ar
» rearages and extended their
2 subscription, taking advan
| tage of our two-year offer.
• We are sorry that lack of
1 space this week prevents us
2 from giving credit where
J credit is due, but at the end
t of the campaign which lasts n
1 until the first of the year,
2 we shall publish a list of all
J readers who have rallied to
t the standard and assisted
{ with their mite.
The offer of two years for
• $3.00, to all of those who are
1 paid up subscribers will be in
2 effect until January 1, 1940,
and now is the time to get
• under the wire. Come in, i
i square up and let us get
I square with those we owe.
Mrs. Mary H. Williams
Mrs. Mary H. Williams died at
her home north of this city Mon
day afternoon about 4:30 after an
illness of several months of
Bright’s disease, at the age of 58
years, 8 months and 18 days. The
funeral was*held at 9 o’clock this
morning from the Catholic church,
Rev. Father Parr officiating and
burial in Calvary cemetery.
Mary H. Feheen was born at
Wilmonton, Illinois, on March 30,
1880. Her family came to Nebras
ka, when she was a little girl and
settled in Madison county. At
Stanton on March 10, 1901, she was
united in marriage to Robert Will
iams. Five children were born of
this union, three sons and two
daughters, who with their father
are left to mourn the passing of a
kind and affectionate wife and
mother. The children are: George,
of Pine Bluffs, Ark.; Mrs. Wayne
Olson, O’Neill; Arnold, Miles City,
Mont.; Mrs. Marie McKim, Atkin
son; Robert, O’Neill. She is also
survived by two sisters and three
brothers. They are: Mrs. Charles
Kemper and Mrs. Ben Hutchins, of
Albion; Mat Feheen, of Albion;
James Feheen, Greeley Center,
Nebr; Joe Feheen, Omaha, all of
whom were present at the funeral
services, as were all her children.
During tne past montn an oi me
children have been home and visit
ed and her brothers and sisters
were also here, the sisters being
with their sister here all last week,
leaving for home Sunday morning
and coming back that evening.
The family moved to this city in
1920, coming here from Valentine,
Nebraska, and has since made
O’Neill their home. Mrs. Williams
was a charming and pleasant lady
and had a host of friends in this
city. Her entire lift was bound up
in looking after the happiness and
care of her husband and children;
her home was her world. Her many
friends sincerely mourn her pass
ing and sincerely sympathize with
the sorrowing relatives.
Relatives and Friends
From Outside County
Attend Hunter Funeral
The following relatives and
friends of the late Frank Hunter
were in attendance at his funeral
last Wednesday afternoon: Mr.
and Mrs. Hal McCormick and Mr.
and Mrs. Russ McCormick, Tipton,
Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. James McCor
mick, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCor
mick and William McCormick, Val
entine, Nebr.; Mrs. Williamson,
Ainsworth, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc
Cormick, Winner, S. D.; William
and Harry Carson, Lincoln, Nebr.;
Mrs. Florence Silvers, Omaha;
Marvin and Robert McWhorter,
North Bend, Nebr.; Mrs. Etta
Compton, Waterloo, Nebr.; Herb
McWhorter, Fremont, Mr. and
Mrs. Will McWhorter, Mrs. Ida
Wanning and Mrs. Mabel Van Bus
kirk, Foster, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs.
Wiggo Larden, Plainview, Nebr.;
Mrs. ClaudiaJones, Elvin Long and
Frank Osborne, Norfolk, Nebr.;
! Mrs. Virgil Hansen, Decatur,
Nebr.; Reverend and Mrs. Long
sttaff, Juaniata, Nebr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Plymesser and Mrs. Mc
Cormick, Sioux City, Iowa.
Wishing A Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year To Our Readers
______,
Mrs. Marie E. Bredehoeft
Mrs. Maria E. Bredehoeft died at
the home of her son, Fred Brede
hoeft about three miles north of
this city, last Saturday, at the age
of 86 years, 9 months and 3 days,
of ailments incident to old age.
The funeral was held Tuesday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock from the Pres
byterian church in this city, Rev.
Bell afficiating and burial in the
cemetery at Page at the side of
her husband who passed away in
January, 1927.
Maria F. Schlaman was born in
Germany on March 13, 1853. When
she was in her teens her family
came to the United States, settling
in Ohio, where she grew to woman
hood and on January 9, 1879,, she
was united in marriage to Louis
Bredehoeft, the ceremony being
performed at Tray, Ohio. The fam
ily lived in Ohio for several years
and then came to Nebraska and to
this county in 1907, coming here
from Plainview, Nebr. For several
years the family lived north of
Page until after the death of her
husband in 1927 since which time
she had made her home with her
son, Fred, north of this city.
Mrs. Bredehoeft is survived by
two children, Fred, of O’Neill, and
William, of Lincoln, Nebr., who
came from Birmingham, Alabama,
to attend the funeral. She is also
survived by six grandchildren who
with her sons are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and affectionate
mother and grandmother. Mrs.
Bredehoeft had many friends in the
Page country whei'e she lived for
so many years, where she was rec
ognized as a splendid wife and
mother, and an exceptionally fine
neighbor and friend.
St. Mary’s basketball
Team Still Winning
St. Mary’s Baakeballers contin
ued their victory string, by defeat
ing Long Pine at LoAg Pine on Fri
day night by a scdre of 24-15. Bob
Shoemaker paced the victors, being
high point man with 14 points, and
A. Oldberg was high point man for
Long Pine, ringimp up 11 points.
St. Mary’s tack iron* the
opening gun, and was never in dan
ger, leading at half time by a score
of 14-6. The reserves also won
their game, winning by 19-17.
Following is the score for the
first team game:
St. Mary’s (24) FG FT PF Pts
Kubitchek, g .... ....2 1-0 3 4
J. Shoemaker, f 7 3-0 3 14
Biglin, c 2 0-0 0 4
B. Shoemaker, g 0 0-0 4 0
Price, g 1 1-0 0 2
Hickey . 0 0-0 0 0
Kersenbrock 0 0-0 0 0
Long Pine (15) FG FT PF Pts
Shaneyfelt, f .. 12-1 1 3
McNally, f .... 0 1-0 2 0
Krause, c - 0 2-0 0 0
Oldbert, g -4 7-3 1 11
Harp, g 0 0-0 0 0
Upstill . 0 0-0 1 0
Dewill 0 1-1 0 1
Johns 0 0-0 0 0
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our heart
felt thanks to our many friends
and relatives who so kindly assist
ed during the last illness and bur
ial of our beloved one. We es
pecially want to thank all who con
tributed to the beautiful floral of
ferings.—Carrie B Hutucr, Mar
garet M. Hunter, Cleda J. Brady,
Wm. M. Hunter.
GREETINGS
from
ST. JOHN’S
With appreciation for the many
friendly gestures shown us during the
past year, the Pastor and People of St.
John’s extends to our many O’Neill
friends, the heart-felt greetings for a
Merry Christmas and a New Year filled
with bountiful blessings for all of you.
C. A. Beyersdorfer.
A ^ ***"- <* Sib.*.,. > *w. A jft*
O’Neill High Basketeers
Win One and Lose One
O’Neill High School dropped its
first basketball game losing to
Spalding 27-23 last Friday. O’Neill
opened the scoring on Lowery’s
field goal. Spalding went ahead on
the free throw and a field goal and
were leading 5-2 at the quarter and
10-7 at the half. O’Neill came back
strong the third period to take the!
tbad holding a one^pwint Tnai'gkvXl*
the end of the quarter. The lead
see-sawed during the final quarter
until the closing moments when
Spalding spurted to take a com
manding lead. C. Hiatt, Spalding’s
elongated center, led the scoring
with 12 points. Gorman, who scor
ed 7 points in tl e last quarter was
second high. Of the five starters
for O’Neill, three scored 5 points
each and two 4 points each.
O’Neill’s seconds took the pre
liminary game 16-12 from the
Spalding reserves.
The next home game will be on
Friday, December 22, when the
barn storming Albion club plays
here.
Following is the box score of the
game:
O’Neill (23) FG FT F
Lowery, f —. 2 11
Vincent, f . 2 0 0
Porter, f 0 0 0
Sirek, f, g ._ 0 0 0
Osenbaugh, f 000
Valla, c . 2 1 3
McKenna, g 2 0 4
Brown, g 2 14
Calkins, g 0 0 0
10 3 12
Spalding (27) FG FT F
Gorny, f . 1 1 1
K. Hiatt, f 12 1
O’Connell, f 0 0 1
C. Hiatt, c . 5 2 2
Gorman, g 3 2 0
j Bloomquist, g 0 0 3
10 7 8
O’Neill High School won its first
basketball game of the season, de
feating the Stuart quintet at Stu
art Tuesday by a score of 23-13.
Steinback of Stuart opened the
scoring with a field goal. Valla’s
shot tied the score. Stuart again
went ahead on Kozasch’s basket
but Lowery’s goal tied the score
4-4 at the end of the first quarter.
O’Neill had a 9-5 lead at the half,
stretched it to 14-7 at the end of
the hird period and scored 9 points
in the last quarter to build up the
lead. Valla and Kozisek, centers
on their teams were high point
men, Valla scoring 5 field goals and
Kozisek accounting for 7 points.
O’Neill’s seconds put on a second
half spurt to win from the Stuart
seconds 18-15 after trailing at the
intermission 14-6.
Summary:
O’Neill (23) FG FT F
Lowery, f . 3 10
FORMER FRONTIER EDITOR AND MAYOR
OF O'NEILL PASSES AWAY WEDNESDAY
Clyde King, For Many Years One of the County’s
Prominent Men, Passes Away After a Short
Illness At An Omaha Hospital
Citizens of this city were shock
ed shortly after noon yesterday
when word was received from Oma
ha that Clyde King had passed
away in St. Joseph’s hospital in
that city about 12 o’clock. The Big
lin ambulance went to Omaha after
the body shortly after noon and 't
was brought back to this city last
night. The funeral will be held
from the home, on east Douglas
street tomorrow afternoon at 2
o’clock and will be in charge of the
Masonic lodge of this city, of which
the deceased was a member.
Clyde N. King was born in Ches
terhill, Ohio, on December 4, 1809
and was 70 years and 20 days old at
the time of his death. His family
came to Nebraska a few years af
ter his birth and settled at Bennett,
I Lancaster county, Nebraska, where
they lived until 1879, when they
came to Holt county and settled at
Ewing. When living in Ewing
Clyde learned the printing business
in the office of the Ewing Item,
starting in the office shortly after
the establishment of the paper in
1884. About 1886 the family mov
ed to this city and Clyde entered
the employ of Doc Mathews, who
was then publishing the Free
Press.” After the discontinuance of
the Free Press he entered the em
ploy of the Frontier.
In January, 1891, in company
with the writer we leased the Item,
which had been moved from Ewing
to O’Neill by Clarence Selah. This
was Clyde’s first entrance into
business. This paper was conduct
ed for one year when Doc Mathews
purchased the Frontier and The
'Wew *md~Ohfdo-and the writer with
Doc Mathews organized The Fron
tier Printing Company. Doc re
tired in a couple of years and
Clyde and the writer operated the
paper until the fall of 1896 when
Clyde retired, the writer purchas
ing his interest in the plant.
In the fall of 1898 he went to
Moline, Illinois, where he was sup
erintendent of the Moline Plow
Company’s printing plant, where
he remained for about twelve
years, returning to O’Neill in the
fall of 1911 and purchasing the
Galena Lumber Co. here, which
he operated successfully ever since.
On February 4, 1904, he was
united in marriage to Miss Mattie
Mann at Chicago, 111. Two child
ren were born to this union, Mrs.
George Stannard, of San Diego,
California, and Arthur King of this
city. He is also survived by one
brother, Rafe King, of Port Ange
lus, Wash., and one sister, Mrs.
Nettie Shore, of Forks, Wash., who
are left to mourn the passing of a
kind and affectionate father and
brother. Mrs. King died in Decem
ber, 1930.
Clyde King was a pleasant and
agreeable man, with a lot more
than average ability. As editor of
The Frontier he gained quite a rep
utation over the state for his trite
and trenchent editorials and refus
ed positions on the editorial staff of
two of Omaha’s large daily papers.
After his removal to Illinois he
made quite a reputation with his
company for the able manner in
which he handled their printing de
partment. But he wished to get
into business for himself and came
back to O’Neill, where he had first
entered business and purchased a
lumber yard.
During his residence here he took
an active interest in the business
and social life of the city and serv
ed as a member of the city council
from the First Ward for several
years and served one term as may
or of the city, from May 1, 1919.
He refused to be a candidate for
re-election.
Clyde appeared to be in the best
of health, but the last three months
he seemed to be losing weight and
on December 4 he went to Omaha
for a medical check up. They
found on examination that he was
suffering from a malignant ail
ment, with little hopes of recovery.
WhiU'^feis condition was serious it
was not thought that he would pass
away as quickly as he did. He
took a turn for the worse Wednes
day morning and his folks here
were called and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur King left at 6:30 that morn
ing for Omaha, but Mr. King had
passed away when they reached
Omaha.
In the death of the former editor
of The Frontier, as well as a for
mer business partner, we feel that
we have suffered a distinct loss and
that the people of this county have
lost one of their most prominent
and substantial citizens. The Fron
tier force joins the many friends of
the family in this city and county
in extending them their heartfelt
sympathy in their hour of sorrow.
Vincent, f . 0 0 0
Sirek, f 0 10
Valla, c . 5 0 2
McKenna, g . 2 0 3
Brown, g 0 1 3
10 3 8
Stuart (13) FG FT F
Marshall, f . 0 12
Bartlett, f I 0 1
Shearer, f . 0 0 0
Kozisek, c . 3 1 1
Stienback, g 10 1
Radcliffe, g. 0 0 3
Raymer, g . 0 10
5 3 8
O’Neill High School
Basketball Schedule
Following is the local schedule
for the O’Neill High School basket
ball team for this season: Friday,
December 22, Albion; Friday, Jan
uary 5, Pierce; Fridty, January
26, Creighton; Tuesday, January
30, Bloomfield; Tuesday, February
6, Atkinson; Tuesday, February 20,
Spencer; Friday, February 23, Oak
dale; Tuesday, February 27, Valen
tine.
In addition to the above the boys
play eleven games away from
home during the season. The first
game away from home was Tues
day, when they played Stuart. On
, January 9, Elgin; January 12 and
j 13 in the Holt county meet at At
kinson; January 16, Butte; Janu
ary 19, Neligh; February 2, Ains
worth; February 9, Page; Febru
ary 13, Orchard; February 16,
Plainview; March 1, Atkinson.
O’Neill Native Still Rises
In Her Chosen Profession
Miss Mona Melvin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin, of this
city, who has been in St. Louis for
the past four or five years, study
ing dress designing, and who has
achieved considerable success in
her chosen work, has risen another
notch in her profession as evi
denced by the following notice
which was taken from a story, “St
Louis' Designing Women,” and
which appeared in the St. Louis
Post Dispatch for Monday, Decem
ber 4th, 1939.
“If a dress makes a hit, there are
possibilities of bonuses. One no
vice, Mona Melvin, designed a lit
tle number that sold 27,000 which
is a lot of dresses* Her stock went
up until employers were compet
ing for her service. She has left
St. Louis for even greater pas
tures.” (St. Louis being known as
the outstanding junior dress mar
ket in the United States, ^.e above
really means something.v
Miss Melvin left St. Louis for
Dallas, Texas, where she will work
for a short time, but believing that
the opportunities offered in St.
Louis were much greater, and hav
ing a very attractive offer from a
large dress concern there, she re
signed her position in Dallas, and
returned to St. Louis. She is ex
pected to arrive in O’Neill on Sat
urday or Sunday to spend Christ
mas with her parents in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weir drove
to Plainview on Sunday, and spent
the day there visiting friends.