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VOI,. i,xi O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 16,1940 NUMBER 1
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CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S CLINIC BRINGS A
LARGE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE
One Hundred and Sixty-one Children Here From
the Eleven Counties Comprising This District
One hundred and sixty-one child
ren in need of medical care were
brought by their parents, doctors
and social workers to O’Neill on
May 11. Specialists in Pediatrics,
Orthopedics and Neurology ex
amined thg children and advised
with the parents in planning for
their treatment. The Clinic was
arranged by the Crippled Child
ren’s Division of the State Depart
ment of Child Welfare in cooper
ation with the state Elks lodge as
part of the program of both organ
izations to bring expert medical
services to children in rural com
munities in the north central area
of the state. Counties represented
were: Antelope, Boyd, Cedar,
Cherry, Garfield, Holt, Keya Paha,
Knox, Loup, Rock and Wheeler.
The medical specialists in at
tendance were: Dr. George Rob
ertson, Omaha, Pediatrician; Dr.
Ernest Kelly, Omaha, Neurologist;
Dr. Wm. Hamsa, Omaha, Ortho
pedist; Dr. J. E. Thomsen, Lin
coln, Orthopedist. Miss Catherine
Gehrman, Public Health Nurse
consultant, was in charge of the
local arrangements. Miss Regina
Mendel, Medical Social Worker
from the Orthopedicc hospital at
\ Lincoln with Miss Eileen Young,
her assistant, and Miss Robbins,
Orthopedic nurse assisted. Other
nurses in attendance were: Miss
Genevieve Biglin, O’Neill; Mrs. J.
M. Schneider, Creighton; Miss
Madeline Ullom, O’Neill; Miss Car
oline Thompson, Omaha.
August Schneider, chairman of
the State Elks Crippled Children’s
Organization, ably engineered the
work of the Clinic with the benefit
of ten years experience in Crippled
Children’s work for the Elks lodge.
With him was a delegation of
members of the lodge from Nor
folk including George W. Phelps,
Exalted Ruler; George Burton,
secretary; August Manske, George
Farron and N. P. Johnson.
The value of work for crippled
children in Nebraska cannot be
overestimated. Of the 161 child
ren under twenty-one years of age
who benefitted, 90 had not before
been known by the Crippled Child
ren’s Division of the State Depart
ment of Child's Welfare and ser
vices will be made available to
them for treatment which they
might never have received without
the initial assistance of the Clinic.
ELIJAH B. CARTER
Elijah B. Carter passed away at
his home in this city last Monday
afternoon after an illness of sev
eral months of ailments incident to
old age, at the age of 90 years, six
months and twenty-one days. The
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon at 2 p. m., funeral services
being conducted in Biglin’s chapel,
'by Rev. Wiley, Methodist min
ister of Burwell and Rev. Bell,
Presbyterian minister of this city,
burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Elijah Benjamin Carter was born
at Albany, Mo., on Recember 22,
1849. The family moved to Iowa
when he was small and they lo
cated in Mills county, near Glen
wood, where he grew to manhood.
On December 12, 1872, he was
united in marriage at Glenwood to
Miss Josephine Boswell. To this
union ten children were born six
of whom, with their mother, sur
vive and are left to mourn the pass
ing of a kind and affectionate hus
band and father. The children are:
Frank A., Phillsburg, Kansas; Dr.
L. A. Carter, O’Neill; Mrs. Mary
E. Jenkins, and Mrs. Mable Lee,
Chambers; Mrs. C. E. Stitt, Benk
leman, Nebr.; Mrs. J. F. Cox, Wy
more, Nebr. He is also survived
by thirty-three grandchildren and
thirty-two great grand children,
two brothers, Stephen Carter,
Logan, Kansas, and James Carter,
Glenwood, Iowa. All of his child
ren were present at the funeral, as
well as several of his grandchildren.
Also present was a son-in-law,
Harry Sisco and his son, Verne, of
Pawnee City, Nebr., and a nephew,
Riley Carter, of Chambers.
Mr. Carter was a resident of
Mills county, Iowa, until 1891 when
he moved to Washington, Kansas,
where he resided for seven years,
then moved to Burchard, Nebr.,
where he lived until his removal
this city in 1922, where he had
made his home since.
Mr. Carter was a fine citizen,
a splendid hesband, father and
friend. It had been his privilege
to have seen many of the stirring
events of1 the early days of the j
west and he could unfold many
interesting tales of the early years
in western Iowa, when neighbors
and towns were few and far be
tween. It was not often that Mr.
Carter could be induced to talk of
his early days in the west, but when
he did his conversation was always
entertaining and interesting. It
had been his fortune to live more
years than is usually allotted to
man and during his lifetime he
always enjoyed good health and
was able to enjoy life. His many
relatives and friends in this section
will miss him more and more as
the days go by.
4-H Club Members To At
tend Club Week in
Lincoln in June
Several boys and girls through
out the county are planning to at
tend the twenty-fifth annual club
week which is the next big event
on the 4-H calendar. 4-H club
week will be held on the Nebraska
college of agriculture campus June
3 to 8 and several hundred boys and
girls together with local leaders
will meet for one week of education
and enjoyment of the festivities.
Representing Holt county will be
several winners of awards which
are furnished by business firms
throughout Nebraska. Ralph Allyn
of Stuart will attend as guest of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
for his outstanding achievements
in the Cleveland 4-H Better Pas
tures Club. Patty Schaffer of
O’Neill will receive her trip from
the Crete Mills as an award for her
work in 4-H calf clubs and Helen
Mellor of Stuart will receive the
award given by the Burlington
Railroad for outstanding 4-H lead
ership.
In addition to the members re
ceiving awards several other 4-H
members from Holt county are
planning to be present at Club
Week. Among those planning to
attend are Helen Rector of Middle
branch, Margery and Bob Rees of
Amelia. Any 4-H member is eli
gible to attend by registering
through the county agent's office
and paying their own expenses,
which arc very reasonable. All in
all, it looks like another grand
week for the representatives of
the 24,000 4-H members to attend.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the friends and neigh
bors for their kindness and sym
pathy during the illness and death
of our beloved husband and father.
—Mrs. E. B. Carter and family.
O’Neill Star Calf Club
The O’Neill Star Calf Club met
at the home of Mr. Raymond
Bright Friday, May 3, to reor
ganize the 4-H calf club for an
other year. Officers were elected:
Betty Langan, president; Ardel
Bright, vice-president; Gertrude
Ann Sullivan, secretary. After the
meeting lunch was served. The
next meeting will be held May 17
at the home of Pat Sullivan.
Mrs. James Walling entertain
ed her bridge club at a seven
thirty dinner at the M & M Cafe,
followed by cards at her home on
Monday evening. Miss Marion
Dickson and Mrs. Max Wanser
winning high score.
SOUTHEASTERN |
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
I was born in a rail fence country.
As a very young boy I split a few
rails, so I came that close to being
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an Abe Lincoln.
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Democrats condemned Burke for
the self same reason they applaud
ed Norris.
Some time ago there came to
hand a request from a New York
publisher for permission to pub
lish something 1 had written. That
sounded flattering but a little fur
ther on in the letter was a fly in
the ointment in the form of a sales
talk for their book.
Thirty-two acres or less make a
“ranch” in California, but as
ranches go in Nebraska it would
be a mere corral. It was the Mod
isett ranch of 32 thousand acres up
about Rushville referred to in an
item here recently—rather than 32
acres. The Modisett holdings com
prised a scope of country approxi
mately 30 miles around it and was
widely known. Twenty-five years
ago the A. T. ranch, thirty odd
miles south of O’Neill, stretched
the length of the Beaver valley to
the extent of approximately 60
miles around. Perhaps the largest
individual holdings in this section
of the state at present are those of
Charley Peterson of Atkinson.
Beside the highways, signboards
like the side of a barn proclaim
that our governor, now a candidate
for the senate “kept down taxes.”
That was also a Charley Bryan
claim. Some of these chaps after
office make great claims. What
says the record ? The cost of state
government increased from slight
ly more than twenty-two and a half
million in 1935-36 to slightly less
than thrity and a half million in
1938-39. It is immaterial what the
money was spent for—it comes
from the taxpayers one way or
another.
Whether the state Ag. college is
making a specialty of dandelion
culture or not I have not ascer
tained, but the college grounds
yield a mass of yellow bloom that
outdoes the combined efforts of this
hardy plant throughout the en
tire city. There is little love for
the dandelion though it is the
first to bestow a splash of color out
of the dead clods of winter. May
brings the tulips, the iris, the
bloom and fragrance of peach and
plum and cherry, the unfolding of
new life in foliage and plume and
the birds among trees and bushes.
But the note of the meadow lark,
the booming call of the prairie
rooster and the blue and white
flash of mallard’s wings is missing
along the city streets.
I take from the Omaha World
Herald’s picture section a very
good likeness of Sitting Bull, the
once notable Sioux chief, who fell
by the hand of an Indian police,
Lt. Bullhead. And that precipi
tated the battle of Wounded Knee
in which many Indians were slain.
We whites of today may learn
something from a long dead Indian.
Sitting Bull steadfastly refused
the government rations. Nature
held what he needed and his hands
reached out and partook. That j
proud old Indian, were he on the j
scene today, must look with con- j
tempt at the many hands of the j
pale face race held out to be filled
with the “government rations.” i
And these government rations in
clude much more than the pittance
the aged and needy receive.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation for the many acts
of kindness and sympathy during
the illness and death of our be
loved brother, John Martin. We
also wish to thank the St. Mary’s
choir for their services.—The Mar
tin family.
ST. MARY'S SENIORS TO DEMONSTRATE
THEATRICAL TALENT ON THURSDAY
Performance Will Be (liven Both Afternoon and
Evening at the New High School Auditorium
“Grand Girl” a comedy in three
acts, will be given by the Seniors
of St. Mary’s Academy, on Thurs
day, May 23, afternoon and even
ing in the High School Auditorium.
Vivian Brown, a self-centered
young girl of twenty-one, consid
ers herself a great actress because
she has played the leading part in
all the plays produced in her home
town. The result is she dominates
her family and it is up to her sis
ter, Beth, to take care of the home,
while she is kept in the background
because of Vivian’s dazzling per
sonality.
How Beth wins out is the basic
theme of the play. Come and see
for yourself how she overcomes
the obstacles in her path and finds
happiness.
Following is the cast of char
acters in the play:
Beth Brown, an attractive young
woman.Catherine Finley
Vivian Brown, her beautiful sister
Mary Anne Meer
Emily Brown, her mother Mary
Jane Iler
Grandmother Ashley, her grand
mother . Ramona Dancey
Ned Gordon, the young man next
door . William Kubitschek
Ben Bean, a baseball player
William Biglin
Isabelle Sprout, a small town girl
Eileen McKenna
Mrs. Forsythe-Brock, an import
ant newcomer Marcella Rubel
Otto Forsythe-Brock, a bored young
man ... Robert Shoemaker
Annabelle Mush, a versatile wo
man . Marjorie Cronin
Mrs. Dell, a neighbor. Marjorie
Ann Mains
Mrs. Norris, a neighbor.Alma
Wallace
Mr. Hayden, an old-fashioned busi
ness man . Basil Price
Mr. Roscoe, a movie scout Robert
Eterly.
Pioneer of Shields Swings
Fluent Pen Qn Visit of
A Shields Native Son
On Monday owning, May 18,
1940, we gathered at the home of
J. B. Donohoe to honor his brother,
Hugh and Mrs. Donohoe. The
occasion was a banquet at which
nothing was overlooked to make
the event a gala one, all extending
congratulations and spoke of the
great pleasure which his many
friends had derived from the the
honor paid to them in the past
week.
Hugh was born and raised in
Shields township and was held in
the highest respect and affection
by the entire community. He was
a man of decided convictions; a
strong sense of fairness made him
always loveable and an honorable
advocate of what he thought was
right. There have been dissapoint
ments and trials but he has gone
on until today he is classed as one
of the prominent members of the
bar of Chehalis, Washington. No
wonder his friends rejoice when he
comes home to mingle with the old
timers and review the old stamping
ground where he spent his boyhood
days and to recall the happy mem
ories of the old school halls.
Entertainment, under the direct,
ion of Henry Lohaus, was provided
at the dinner. P. C. Donohoe was
the toastmaster and Tom Nolan
chairman of the committee on ar
ers responded cheerfully to their
assignment. Mrs. Lohaus and Mrs.
C. J. Gatz started the ball with
several vocal solos, accompanied
on the piano by Mrs. Hugh Dono
hoe, who rendered several choice
musical selections and received
many compliments from the en
thusiastic audience. Thomas and
Mrs. Donohoe sang, “Forty Years
of Married Life” and it was so
realistic that it met with the entire
approval of the house.
P. C. Donohoe advised us to live
as we go and to save a dollar for a
rainy day. If you have more than
you need divide it with the poor
and thank God that you have health
and are citizens of the United
States of America, instead of
Europe.
Most of the guests were called on
for a few remarks, among them
the following, with their subjects:
Mary McLoud, “Wild Irish Rose.”
J. B. Donohoe, A spook story.
Thomas Nolan, Attorneys bar
red at the Gate.
Edward S. Early, Our Embar
assed Guest.
Donohoe Bros., “South of the
Border.”
C. J. Gatz, Good Lager Beer.
Margaret Donohoe, “One Imper
sonator Enough.”
Hugh Donohoe, Attorneys Ex
empt.
EVeryone enjoyed the evening
and all expressed themselves as re
paid for their attendance, and be
fore leaving extended their thanks
Community 4-H Club Or
ganization at Emmet
Tomorrow Night
A community 4-H Club organ
ization meeting will be held at the
Emmet Public School at 8:00 P. M.
Friday, May 17, for the purpose
of organizing any 4-H club need in
the community.
The meeting which will be con
ducted by county agent, Lyndle R.
Stout, has been prompted by the
numerous requests for additional
4-H work in that community.
All boys and girls who are in
terested in 4-H work are invited to
be present with their parents.
Holt County Club Mem
bers will Attend The
State Convention
The Nebraska Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs which will
meet in Scottsbluff next month will
be attended by several members of
Holt county womens project clubs.
Official delegates for this county
will be Mrs. Vern Sageser of
Amelia and Mrs. George Rector of
Middlebranch. At this date others
planning to attend include Mrs. D.
C. Schaffer of O’Neill and Mrs.
Blanche Pease of Atkinson.
The convention, which will fea
ture several national speakers, is
being planned to furnish a very en
joyable program for those mem
bers who will be in attendance.
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MRS MARY PROKOPEC'
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Mary Tejkle, bom in Bohenpia,
came to America with her parents
at the age of twelve years. On
April 29, 1886, she was united in
marriage to Vine Prokopec of
Clarkson, Nebr., where she since
made her home. Twelve children
were born to this union, one pre
ceding her in death. The living
are daughters, Mrs. Frank Peter
and Mrs. Cyril Peter, of O’Neill;
Mrs. Joe Zrust, Mrs. Anton Dvorak,
and sons, Frank, Joe, John, Vine,
Louis, Cyril and Charles, all of
Clarkson. She also leaves one
brother, Frank Tejkle, of Stanton,
and twenty-two grandchildren.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning at 10:00 at the Clarkson
Catholic church, and burial was
made in the Stanton Catholic cem
etery.
Six of her grandchildren acted
as pallbearers. Out of town rela- j
tives and friends attending the!
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank j
Peter, Cyril, Frances, Anna, George j
and Frank Jr., O’Neill; Mr. and
Mrs. Cyril Peter, Elsie and Lillian, I
Mrs. John Peter Jr., Frank and
Helen, Chambers; Mrs. Blanche
Peter and son John, Mr. James
Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vitt,
Millie Jindra and Mary Fiala of
O’Neill.
to thd committee, Mrs. J. B. Dono- !
hoe and to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Donohoe in particular. E. S. E.
HIGH SCHOOL AND ACADEMY STUDENTS
WIN HIGH HONORS AT KANSAS CITY
Notwithstanding the Fact that Fifteen Thousand
Contestants Participated, O’Neill Entrants Won
Signal Honors in National Music Contest
Eleven students from the O’Neill
High School were entered in the
Kansas City Division of the
National Music Contest held at
Kansas City, Missouri on May 9
10-11.
Fifteen thousand contestants
from seven states competed at the
contest. Each of these fifteen
thousand contestants had qualified
by winning a Superior ratin'* in
his own state, in either solo or
group competition.
Five possible ratings are listed
in National competition: Highly
Superior, Superior, Excellent, Good
and Average.
EVery contestant who wins a
rating in the first three divisions is
given a medal, gold for Highly
Superior, silver for Superior, and
bronze for excellent rating.
Every student who represented
our school received either a silver
or bronze medal. Superior ratings
were awarded to: Davene Loy,
girl’s high voice; Genevieve Graves,
girl’s medium voice; Phil Yarnall,
bass horn solo; Howard Graves,
Dorothy Lowery and Dorothy Yo
cum, Comet Trio. Excellent rat
ings were awarded to: Roy Lund
gren, French horn solo; Clarinet
Quartette, Keith Vincent, Lydia
Halva, Jerry Toy and Marion Ol
son.
This is the first time a student
from the O’Neill Public Schools
has won a Superior rating at a
National contest.
Last week three of St. Mary’s
students attended the National
Music Festival at Kansas City, Mo.,
where students from seven states
played, sang and marched before
some of the foremost musicians of
the country. The three represent
atives from St. Mary’s had received
Superior ratings at Fullerton,
where the District Music contest
was held, and were thereby en
titled to attend the National con
test.
Alma Wallace, clarinet soloist,
playing in a class of 78 entrants,
received a rating of excellent, even
though the competition in this
large class was unusually great.
Bob Shoemaker, who played the
saxophone, also received an excel
lent rating for his fine playing.
Bob Parkins, third entrant from
St. Mary’s played in a trombone
division of 66 entrants, and received
a good rating.
The students from O’Neill High
and St. Mary’s should be congratu
lated for their fine showing, es
pecially since the ywere compet
ing with such expert musicians
from the whole middlewest.
The students of St. Mary’s wiah
to thank the ladies who sponsored
the bake sale, the patrons who made
it a success and all those who
bought tickets for and attended
the band concert. The entire trip
depended on the people of O’Neill
and again, the students of St.
Mary’s thank all those who helped
to make this enjoyable, educational
trip possible.
O’Neill Country Club
Coming Activities
The ladies of the O’Neill Country
club held their annual May tea last
Monday afternoon in the dining
room of the Golden Hotel. It was
well attended by Country club
members and their guests.
After the tea an informal busi
ness meeting was held to discuss
the various social events of the
coming season. The date of the
opening dance was announced for
Thursday, May 23. This is a com
plimentary dance for club members
and all those interested in joining
the club.
It was decided to continue the
popular weekly dinners which will
he held every Sunday evening, the
first of which will be given on June
2, 1940.
Miss Geraldine Cronin was ap
pointed chairman for the ladies
activities during the tournament,
which is scheduled for June 16, 17,
and 18(h.
There was a vote of thanks given
to Miss Marjorie Dickson and Miss
Helen Biglin for so ably serving
the club as heads of the ladies
board for the past several seasons.
The new board consists of the fol
lowing members: Mrs. W. J. Big
lin, Mrs. L. A. Burgess, Mrs. Henry
Lohaus, Miss Geraldine Cronin,
Miss Helen Biglin and Mrs. Edward
M. Gallagher.
Next Senator From Ne
braska Visited O'Neill
Friends Wednesday
Hugh Butler, of Omaha, repub
lican nominee for United States
Senator and his campaign man
ager, Val Peterson, of Elgin, were
in the city Wednesday noon and in
formally met with a bunch of lo
cal republicans at luncheon at the
Golden Hotel that noon. Mr. But
ler is on a get acquainted trip
through this section of the state, |
coming here from the south, hav
ing put in a few hours at Chambers
this morning. From here they
went west and visited Atkinson in
the afternoon and then went on to
Springview. Mr. Butler is of the
opinion that the chances for repub
lican success next fall are getting
brighter every day.
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Red Cross Meeting To Be
Held Here on May 21
There will be a meeting of the
Holt County Red Cross at O’Neill
on Tuesday, May 21, called by
Dr. L. A. Carter, county chairman,
for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year, and also to
make arrangements for raising
their quota for a minimum war
relief fund of ten million dollars.
Dr. Carter has received the fol
lowing telegram from the national
organization relative to the quota
of Holt County:
St. Louis, Mo., May 10th.
Dr. L. A. Carter,
Chairman Holt County Chapter
American Red Cross, O'Neill, Ne
braska.
With the invasion of Poland,
Belgium and Luxemborg the war
has entered a phase which will in
evitably and at once bring wide
spread suffering to millions of
helpless men, women, and children.
In order to inaugurate widespread
relief measures the American Red
Cross is at once launching a cam
paign for a minimum war relief
fund of ten million dollars. Your
chapter quota is $540. Please at
once mobilize the entire leadership
of your chapter and community in
order that your quota may be rais
ed and exceeded without delay.
Chapters may retain fifteen per
cent of collections to cover their
local war relief expenses. Letter
instructions follow.
NORMAN H. DAVIS.
Son of Native Daughter
Wins Honors in Utah
An O’Neill native, now living in
Salt Lake City, John Brennan,
sends us the following clipping
from the May 11 issue of the Salt
Lake Tribune. John Dugan, the
winner of the contest, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dugan, of
Salt Lake City. Mrs. Dugan was
formerly Miss Lillian Brooks, who
was born and grew to womanhood
in this city.
John Dugan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Dugan of 35 Haxton place,
was awarded first place Friday In
the annual Judge Memorial school
oratorical contest for senior stu
dents.
Other winners, in order, were
Robert Flynn, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph W. Flynn of 47 west Fifth
South street; Miss Ann Doak,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Doak of 280 East Fourth South
street, and James Riley, son of
James A. Riley of Los Angeles.
The contest is sponsored annual
ly by the Most Rev. Duafie G. Hunt,
bishop of the Catholic diocese of
Salt Lake.