Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier
VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1940 NUMBER 86
THREE PROMINENT PIONEERS PASS |
AWAY DURING THE PAST WEEK
Two of Them Having Been Residents of the County
Over Sixty Years—One Grew to Manhood Here
But Had Been Away For Thirty Years
Mrs. Margaret Brennan
Mrs. Margaret Brennan died at
her home in this city Wednesday
night about 11:30 after,an illness
of about one week of ailments in
cident to advancing years, at the
age of 78 years and 11 months.
The funeral will be held from St.
Patrick’s church, of which the de
ceased had been a lift time mem
ber on Saturday morning, January
13, 1940, at 9 o’clock, Monsignor
McNamara officiating and burial
at the side of her husband who
passed away in August, 1915.
Margaret Keys was born at
Sault Saint Marie, Canada, on Feb
ruary 10, 1861. She came with her
parents to this country about 1877
or 1878 and they settled on a quar
ter section of land a half mile
northwest of this city. The fam
ily came to this county from Park
Hill, Canada. In 1881 she was
united in marriage to Neil Bren
nan, the ceremony being performed
in this city. To this union eight
children were bom, two of whom
preceded their mother in death and
the others are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and affectionate
mother. The children are: John T.
Brennan, Salt Lake City, Utah;
Mrs. Margaret Pfeiler, Pasadena,
California; Neil P. Brennan, Rap
id City, S. D.; Major Francis M.
Brennan, Fort Benning, Georgia;
Thomas J. Brennan and Miss Bern
adette Brennan, O’Neill. She is
also survived by a large number of
grandchildren and one brother,
Cornelius Keys, of this city, and
one siSte^i'-'Si.^tei1 Bernadette, of
Omaha. 'All of her children, ex
cept Mbs. Pfeiler wili'be at the fun
eral. ^ ,J|- '
MrS.',lh,eMian‘ was a splendid
wife and* rfitttHer. She was never
a societyMvdman, devoting her en
tire attention to the care, custody
and welfhre of her husband and
children. In later years the love
and attention she lavished upon
her own children, now that they
had all ^rown to manhood and wo
manhood’s estate*, was lavished
upon her grandchildren and they
were neve)' happier than when with
grandma. She was a member of
but one society and that was the
Altar Society of St. Patrick’s
church, of which she had been a
member %r IfAkny years and she
loved the -duties devolving upon
her as a member of that society, as
she was d devout and<faithful mem
ber of the chumh. “<
Mrs. Brennan h^d been a resi
dent of this oity and community
for over, sixty, yettytj. ;).When she
came he^/iw/tjfci.her p^ents and
family tye ,ffwn yvf^tymposed of
one buiuiw>g ap.d ifer around
there wa»i^j* house pr a tree to
be seen. It was a beautiful look
ing counto^ luxurioua.. grass and
wild gam^deer, elk and antelope
in abundances It# looxed as if it
was destined as the poor man’s
paradise “and -they ;came in hun
dreds during the first-four years of
the eighties. The little hamlet of
one building she lived to see grow
into a beautiful, modebri1 up-to-date
city of 3,000, with miles of sewer
age, water mains, paved streets
and sidewalks.. £he witnessed the
growth o^tjjp fity, and during the
past ten years had quite a prom
inent pa$ ii>, the up-building of
the city, for, y^tside of, her family,
her churcj)vfnd personal friends,
this city jjjPf ^tyr,in ,her heart
than any otJa«yi' thinp. hke her
husband, tyad f^ith in the
i'utur^ pi'o^pqrity, of , (hi? city and
county and ^hc lived toisee the day
that this jjjty^has jjpcopie the fast
est growimj city ,fP the northern
part of the state, filled with hun
dreds of JmfiPXf *9rA'» tyd®* and
contented people. ,.
The Frpptjer joins the many
friends of the family in extending
condolences to ^he bereaved ones in
their hour of sorrow.
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Wiffl&ra (^rpnin
William,, 4JR#)(jq died at the home
of Mr. and Mrs'. Henry Grady in
this city Ugfc JiondityJ morning at
j 1 ’ * '
2:30 after an illness of several
weeks of ailments incident to ad
vanced years, at the age of 89
years, 11 months and 29 days.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning at 9 o’clock from St. Pat
rick’s church, Rev. Father Parr of
ficiating and burial in Calvary
cemetery.
William Cronin was born at Cov
ington, Ind., on January 9, 1851, and
would have been ninety years of
age on Tuesday. The family mov
ed to this county in 1876, coming
here from Penfield, 111., and he was
one of the oldest settlers in the
county. For a number of years he
farmed north of this city, where
he made a success of farming. In
1914 he sold his farm and moved
to this city, were he had since
made his home, except for periods
when he traveled to the west
coast, Lincoln and Omaha, where
he would spend a few weeks with
relatives.
Mr. Cronin never married and
he leaves to mourn his passing
one brother and three sisters. They
are: D. J. Cronin, O’Neill; Mrs.
Jane McGraw, Dallas, Texas; Mrs.
Julia Hayes, Los Angeles, Cal.;
Mrs. Nell Hunt, Lincoln, Nebr. He
is also survived by several nephews
and nieces and a large number of
friends in this city and county.
William Cronin was one of the
real pioneers of the county, having
been a resident of the county for
nearly sixty-four years. The writ
er had known William Cronin for
sixty-three years, ever since we
came to the county in 1877. In
the pioneer days it did not take
long for anyone to get acquainted
with their neighbors, and while we
lived about four miles apart we
were neighbors. He was one of the
finest men that ever lived in this
O'NEILL HIGH BASKETBALLERS BEGIN A
SERIES OF WINNING GAMES
Winners in Two Games During the Past Week, One
At Home and One Away From Home
O’Neill High defeated Pierce 32
30 in basketball last Friday, when
Lowery caged a field goal in the
first few seconds of an overtime
period. Pierce scored first in the
game, converting two free throws.
Lowery tied the score with a field
goal and O’Neill went ahead on the
first of Sirek’s six field goals. The
score was tied at six all from which
O’Neill crawled into a 13*8 lead.
Little scoring was done in the sec
ond period and Pierce cut O’Neill’s
lead to four points 16-12. Pierce
rallied in the third period when
Zimmer and Luebeck sank five field
goals and the visitors led 25-20 go
ing into the final quarter. Midway
in the quarter they were leading
30-24 but O’Neill came to life and
sparked by French’s two field goals
tied the score at 30-30, with 45 sec
onds left in the game.
’ The rules provide that in case of
a tie an extra period of three min
utes shall be played unless during
that period one team shall score
two points. O’Neill took the tip
off starting the extra period and
Lowery dribbled in for a winning
basket.
This was O’Neill’s last home
game until January 26 when
Creighton will play on the home
floor. O’Neill meets Elgin, Butte
and Neligh away from home and
plays in the Holt County Tourna
ment in Atkinson in the next two
weeks.
Summary
O’Neill—32 FG FT P
Lowery, f .2 2 1
Vincent, f .1 0 0
Serik, f 6 12
French, f .2 0 0
Valla, c_2 0 0
Brown, g —.0 1 0
Calkins, g___0 0 0
McKinna, g-1 0 4
14 4 7
Pierce—30 FG FT P
Runspies, f .„...0 1 0
Magdanz, f .. 1 2 1
Zimmer, f .4 2 1
Luebec, f.. 3 0 1
Chilvers, c .1 0 0
Urwin, g . 1 1 2
Mastalir, g ..0 0 1
Rowley, g-- 2 0 2
12 6 8
O’Neill High School won another
basketball game Tuesday defeating
Elgin 29-25 on Elgin’s floor. El
gin opened the scoring and sailed
into a lead that was maintained
all of the first quarter which ended
7-4 in their favor. Valla went on
a scoring spree in the second per-1
iod to put O’Neill in the lead 13-11.
O’Neill still had a two point lead
starting the last quarter which
they built up to 28-21 with three
minutes to play. Elgin rallied but I
couldn’t close the gap between
the two teams scores.
The O’Neill second team won the
preliminary game in the last six
seconds of play. Trailing by a few
points during most of the game,
Elgin went ahead 12-11 on a long1
shot in the last minute of play but
Calkins came through with a field !
goal to give O’Neill the victory.
O’Neill (29) FG FT P
Lowery . 2 2 1
Sirek . 4 0 1
Vincent.. 0 0 0
Valla 6 1 0:
Brown.. 0 1 1
McKenna ___ Oil
12 5 4
Elgin (25) FG FT P
Daly .-.0 0 0
Watkins S 0 3
Bennett .-.1 1 3
Qualsett . 3 0 1
Vogel .—2 0 1
Henney_0 0 0
Hinman .—3 0 2
12 1 10
or any other country. He was the1
old type of a well educated and \
genteel Irishman; a man who al-|
ways had a good word for every- \
one and a man that was honored
and respected by all, both young
and old for his many fine qualities.
While he lived to a ripe old age no
one ever heard him called “old
man,” it was always Uncle Bill,
with the old as well as the young,
which attests his friendliness with
both old and young. He will be
missed; for with his passing one
of the real landmarks of the city
and county has passed to the
great beyond.
Clarence A. Campbell
Clarence A. Campbell died at his
home in Omaha last Sunday morn
ing about 3 o’clock after an illness
of three hours of coronary throm
bosis, at the age of 59 years, 11
months and 22 days. The body was
brought to this city Sunday night
and the funeral was held from St.
Patrick’s church Tuesday morning,
Monsignor McNamara officiating
and burial was made in Calvary
cemetery.
Clarence A Campbell was bom
at Niobrara, Nebr., on January 27,
1881. His parents moved to this
city a couple of years after his
birth and he grew to manhood in
this city and graduated from the
O’Neill schools. After his gradu
ation he entered the First National
batik in this city and was employed
therein for a number of years. In
1909 he went to Seattle, Wash., and
was employed as a bookkeeper in a
lumber camp north of there for
two or three years.
From Seattle he went to Leaven
worth, Washington, where he was
in a bank for several years. He
then went to Stratton, Nebr., where
he was in a bank for a couple ol
years, then back to Seattle, Wash
ington in 1923 where he entered the
automobile business. While in Se
attle he was hit by a hit and run
driver and left lying on the street.
When found he was taken to a hos
pital and he was confined therein
for several months, having two
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LIONS CLUB ACTIVE
DURING PAST YEAR
As An Organisation Have
Boosted For O’Neill All
During the Year
The O’Neill Lions club met last
Monday evening in the Golden Ho
tel dining room where they re
viewed their accrtyplishments of
the past six me ths under the
leadership of Lioff president Ted
MeElhaney. A few of their activi
tiost included the 4-11 club picnic,
the 4-H club calf show and sale of
baby beeves, Santa Claus day when
they gave away 1500 sacks of can
dy, and their latest achievement
was, making it possible for the soil
conservation crew to maintain their
offices in O’Neill. This took time
and money but wth such fine mem
bers as Lions Putman, Todson,
Sauers, Ruzicka, Rooney and
T.-esident MeElhaney assisted by
the business men of this city, all
these achievements were made pos
sible.
At the next meeting the future
possibilities of O’Neill and an ac
tive program will be lined up for the
next six months. What would you
like to she accomplished? Be at
the next mooting Monday, January
22 and help this organization* do
more helpful achievements this
year. They need your encourage
ment and support. A membership
drive will be made in the near fu
ture. Would you like to join?
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank our friends
and relatives for their kindness
during the death of our infant son.
—Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Luber, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Johnson and fam
ily. 4
Fifteenth Judicial District
Court Calendar for 1940
The following is the court calen
dar for the year 1940 in the various
counties in the Fifteenth Judical
dstrict:
Boyd, Equity terms, February 6,
June 10, August 5, December 2.
Jury terms, March 4, September
30.
Brown, Equity terms, February
8, June 12, August 1. Jury terms,
April 1, October 21.
Holt, Equity terms, June 14,
August 12. Jury terms, March 11,
November 12.
Rock, Equity terms, February 7,
June 12, August 1. Jury terms,
March 26, October 14.
Keya Paha, Equity terms, Feb
ruary 7, June 12. Jury terms,
April 16, September 26.
SOUTHEASTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Automobiles roll on in endless
streams but Lincoln gas dealers
complain of poor business.
There is nothing much sure
ahead of us for 1940 but the tax re
ceipts, the taxes for which we get
no receipt, License plates and coun
try-wide elections.
Neither the plea of churchmen
nor the pronouncements of presi
dents and premiers have any ef
fect on the likes of Stalin and Hit
ler. They understand the kind of
language little Finnland uses.
It is noted that they received
over fifty thousand dollars up at
the treasurer’s office in December.
That ought to be enough for Holt
county for a year or two. Organ
ized society is becoming an expense
beyond the benefits derived and
perhaps we should revert to the
patriarchal mode of life.
For more than two weeks the
capitol city has lain just across the
arctic circle—with respect to wea
ther conditions. One morning,
January 2, it held the honor of be
ing the coldest recorded spot in the
state. Six inches or more of snow
overspread the city with a blanket
“deep and white’’ though the clatter
of traffic deprives us of the poetic
“silence’’ of which Mr. Lowell
Assistance Directors of
Fifth District to Meet
Here January 15
On Monday, January 15, the
County Assistance Directors and
workers from their offices, of the
counties comprising District 5, will
meet in O’Neill at the Golden Hotel
from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Mr. Harry Becker, of Lincoln, di- ]
rector of the Division of Child Wei- j
fare under the Board of Control, |
and Mr. Lester Gerber, Spcrvisor j
of Field Service, also of Lincoln,
will be here to discuss problems
relative to Child Welfare and As
sistance..
This meeting is being held for the
purpose of giving instruction to ]
the county workers, relative to |
special problems of Child Welfare
Service.
It is expected that workers from
Holt, Knox, Antelope, Rock, Keya
Paha, Brown, Cherry and Boyd
counties, in District 5 will be in at
tendance, as well as workers from
adjoining counties outside the dis
trict.
Mrs. Lila Graves, Field Super
visor of this district, will preside
at the meeting.
Former Resident Dies At
Her Home in Lincoln
Mrs. O. B. Hatch, for many years
a resident of the northoaBt part of
the county, passed away at her
home in Lincoln on December 31,
1939, at the age of 66 years. She
is survived by her husband, three
sons, Harold, of Beatrice; Ray W.
and Merle, of Lincoln; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lula Hansen, of Lincoln,
and Mrs. Marguerite Alger, of
York. Funeral services were held
January 2 at Lincoln, burial in
Lincoln Memirial Park.
wrote. All this has com$ about
just when we were hearing re
marks that mild December vouch
safed the belief that the Nebraska
climate was changing.
ft has been given out that Neb
raska republicans are going to get
a first hand contact with the racket
busting Mr. Dewey from New York.
According to latest information he
has accepted the invitation to de
liver an address here on the occas
ion of the annual Founders Day
love feast. Brighter omens appear
on not too distant horizons for the
Grand Old Party and after these
many agonizing years the sov
ereign citizens can again hang
their hopes on sane and tried poli
cies of government under the guid
ing hands of patriots who will
shake the dust from the folds of
Old Glory and bear it high with the
emblazoned adornment of a reborn
America.
Chicken raising, once left to shift
for itself in the barnyard with the
tempermental and uncertain hen,
has become a scientific affair run on
an intelligent business plan. The
capital city has, in the Lincoln
Hatchery, the largest institution
for the production of poultry in the
country, if not the entire world. W.
G. Lewis is at the head of it. Mr.
Lewis, a university man with a
combination of practical know
ledge, scientific methods, business
ability and general personality, is
making the hen a factor in the
community’s commerce. He has
just issued his 1940 Poultry Guide,
a beautiful thing of 112 pages
printed in colors. The hatchery
plans this season to hatch some
four million chicks, their present
capacity taking care of one and a
quarter million eggs—if you know
what that is—at a “setting.” The
Poultry guide is an interesting
treatise covering the whole range
of poultry growing and should be
the means of inspiring an interest
in this somewhat neglected field
which may hold industrial possibil
ities that would rejuvenate fagging
agriculture.
Mrs. John ' Kersenbrock enter
tained the 9 F F Club at her home
on Tuesday evening, honoring
Mrs. Harold Weir. There were
five tables of bridge. Prizes were
won by Mrs. Harold Lindberg, Mrs.
Lawrence Russel, Mrs. Ambrose
Rohde and Mrs. Wiley Richards.
Jack Quig left Sunday for Oma
ha to enter a hospital to receive
medical treatment.
COUNTY BOARD ORGANIZE WEDNESDAY
ELECTING J. C. STEIN, AS CHAIRMAN
Has Been a Member of the Board for Twelve Yean,
And Was Chairman of Board in 1937
The County Board WednesdajC
morning met as per adjournment,
and elected J. C. Stein, who has
represented the First district on
the county board for the past
twelve years and who served as
chairman of the Board in 1937,
chairman for the ensuing
year. The election came on the
third ballot when he received four
votes, three not voting. On the first
of nominating ballot the following
vote was caBt: Stein 3, Gibson 1,
Sullivan 2. Sullivan withdrew his
name from consideration and the
first ballot resulted in 3 votes for
Stein and 1 for Gibson. On the
second ballot Stein received three
votes and he was elected on the
third ballot with four votes, the
record showing only that number
of votes being cast, out of the sev
en eligible to vote.
When the Board convened for the
afternoon session Chairman Stein
submitted the following list of
committees for the ensuing year:
Court House—Sullivan, Smith and
Matousek.
Sinance—Wulf, Matousek and Gib
son.
Printing—Smith, Wulf and Carson.
Taxes—Carson, Gibson and Smith.
Bonds—Sullivan, Wulf and Carson.
Bridges—Matousek, Smith and
Sullivan.
Settlement with County Officers—
Gibson and the entire Board.
Claims—Matousek and the entire
Board.
To Give Piano Recital At
St. Mary’s Academy
Sunday afternoon, January 14th,
at two o’clock the following child
ren will give a piano recital in the
Assembly Room of the Academy:
Leah Bruegman, Mary Mellor,
Lou Birmingham, Billy Pickering,
Beverly McCarthy, Joan Rakowski,
Jean Rakowski, Patti Reiser, Bar
bara Birmingham, Nancy Froelich,
John Trout, Donna McElvain, Joan
Simonson, Lorraine Simonson,
Mary Dale and Emory Kiel.
Their friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend.
This office is in receipt of a let
ter from Mrs. O. F. Herring, of
Eugene, Oregon, enclosing a re
newal for The Frontier. Mrs. Her
ring was, prior to her manage,
Lettie Ritts, and came to Holt
county with her parents in 1896,
where she grew to womanhood and
lived for many years. The family
lived in the northwestern part of
Grattan township and two broth
ers are still residents of the coun
ty. She still harbors many pleas
ant recollections of her girlhood
days in Holt county and the many
girl friends who were her neigh
bors, and most of whom are scat
tered over the United States.
COUNTY BOARD ELECTS WALTER & SIRE
AS COUNTY ASSESOR TO FILL VACANCY
Prominent Farmer and Stockman Selected to Fill
Vacancy Caused by the Death of Assessor Mutford
The county board were in session !
for four days last week cleaning up
the business for 1939 and getting
ready for the year 1940. They met
Tuesday for the purpose of reor
ganizing for the coming year, by
selection of a chairman and the
appointment of the various stand
ing committees. No action was
taken Tuesday, as Supervisor Mat
ousek was not in attendance, he
being in Omaha at the bedside of
a brother, who is in a hospital there
recovering from an operation, and
they adjourned to meet Wednesday
morning.
At the meeting last Friday W'al
ter G. Sire was elected county as
sessor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Fred Mulford. Mr.
Sire was elected on the fifth ballot,
receiving four votes to three cast
for former County Assessor T. J.
Coyne. Mr. Sire is one of our suc
cessful pure bred stockmen and is
well qualified for the position to
which he has been appointed. Be
is a son-in-law of the late Assessor
Fred Mulford.
Fourteen candidates had tted
applications for the appointment.
They were: E. F. Porter, Cham
bers; L. G. Gillespie, Marx Peter
son, Walter G. Sirs, T. J. Csyne,
W. A. Ellis and John P. Solttvan. -
O’Neill; Tony Loekman, fitwsrt; w
Janies J. Mullen, Hng-h L. Jesses,.*
Theodore Grof, J. Victor JohsMBr
Atkinson; J. I. Gray, Ira. W.
iams, Page.
The first ballot resulted as fel
lows: Gray 1, Sullivan 1, Coyne 1,
Porter 1, Loekman 1, Grof 1, fibre
1.
The second ballot was as fellows:
Coyne 2, Porter 1, James 1, CMBee
pie 1, Johnson 1, Peterson L.
The third ballot: Coyne 8, Mnfien
1, Sire 2, Loekman 1.
The fourth ballot: CeynmS, fibre
3, Johnson 1.
The fifth ballot: Coyne 8, fib* 4.
Majority of County Beard
Are In Lincoln Today
Supervisors Vlatousek, Canon,
Gibson and Sullivan left Thursday
morning for Lincoln to attend a
meeting of the Board of Edoea
tional Lands and Fund*, being hold
today.
The state hoard recently made
an increase on the Educational
lands in this county of $67,M8jOO
over the appraisement of IMP un
der which rental ha* bona paid
since that time. Part of tpa enlti
vated land ha* been inereaood one
hundred per cent and the avenge
increase on all of the land in 14 par
cent over that of the last appmlfl
ment, 1936.
' 1
In view of the fact that eery Mfc
tie crop* have bon laioad Ip IMe
county for the pact di |m% Mo
members of the hoarf. flgarad MM
the increase waa too mdeh aad Mo
above members tlgpt to liaoaM Pa
appear before tlm^pMaoMPMB.
rescntatives of thg Balt OPipf
Board to enter thoir pntoMi *MM
had been presented by raaoMItn.
The Weather
This section of the state has had
some real snappy weather the paat
week with quite a little enow. The
thermometer registered below asro
for five straight days, cnmaarist
last Thursday morning whew it
registered 9 below sero; Friday
I morning 21 degrees below. With
| the five days the past week and taro
days last week below sero It fives
us seven below sero days foe the
first ten days of the month. Wet
a bad record. Snow drifted same
yesterday and it is blowing hard
today and the snow drifting badly
in the country, making cross mads
almost impassable. Following is
the chart for the week:
Hi«h Lew Free.
Thursday . 12 - 9
Friday . 8 -21 M
Saturday -11 - 1
Sunday . 16 - 6 J6
Monday -.*-_21 -12
Tuesday .-16 8
Wednesday . 28 8
Judge Dickson Files For
Re-election as Dist. Jldge
Judge R. R. Dickson, who has
been Judge of the Fifteenth Judic
ial District for many yean,
last Monday for reeleCtyMu The
chances are that the Judge will
have no opposition at the W^taasy
or the general election. We hes
made a good -fudge and the peagle
of the district are apparent)? sat
isfied.
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