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VOL.LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 * NUMBER I
CLOSING ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOL YEAR
AT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
The Last Ten Days of the School Year Were Active
Ones For the Graduating Class as Well as
Members of the Entire High School
On May 16th the Junior-Senior
Banquet was held. The scheme
for decoration was most fitting, a
Maytime scene and it put every
one in just the right mood for an
enjoyable evening.
The Senior Class Play, “Grand
A Girl” followed on May 23rd, at the
New Gym, with Miss Catherine
Finley, Miss Mary Ann Meer, and
Bill Kubitschek as the leading
characters. The young graduates
showed marked talent for drama,
and a large and appreciative aud
ience reacted with much praise and
applause.
The intermissions were filled
with splendid musical selections
by St. Mary’s Band under the direc
tion of Mr. Ira B. George.
On May 24th, Field Day was held
for the grades, and awards were
given to the lucky contestants.
Much amusement was created by
the youngsters in their games,
races, etc.
The Alumni Banquet took place
on Sunday May 26th. One hundred
and thirty members participated.
Mrs. Bess Lohaus as toastmaster
kept everyone in good spirits. A
very nice program followed the
banquet, and the members enjoyed
the hearty responses given by
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John G. McNa
mara and Rev. Richard Parr. Mon
signor remarked that he has now
been present at a week of these
Alumni Banquets. He also prais
ed the loyal spirit shown, and said
St. Mary’s must thrive with such
faithful Alumni.
The 28th of May saw the Crown
ing of the May Queen—-the tem
poral one, most popular and loved
pupil by vote of the student body,
Miss Catherine Finley—and the
Crowning of our beloved Queen of
May, Mary Immaculate.
The crowning took place in our
beautiful park on the West side,
with the graduate girls in their
Commencement dresses, sky-blue
taffeta, the Juniors in formals, and
the other girls all in white. The
entire school, grades. High School
and the faculty, took part.
It was a most beautiful pic
ture, one to be remembered. A
fitting close was given by Benedic
tion of the Blessed Sacrament in
the church and the singing of
“Holy God.”
That evening the Eighth Grade
presented a cantata, an adaption
of Longfellow’s “Hiawatha”, in
which they were seeking the right
path of life. Various groups of
the different walks of life came to
advise them, and finally, a High
School group urged them to enter
High School at St. Mary’s as a sure
guide to truth and progress in the
better ways of life. Awards were
given to each grade according to
Honor, Excellence and Merit.
Class Day exercises were held
on May 30th, in the Academy Gym
with William Kubitschek as vale
dictorian.
On Commencement Day, May
31st, a High Mass at 8:00 A. M.
was attended by the entire student
body, all receiving Holy Commun
ion.
The Commencement followed at
10:00 A. M. in church when thirty
two students of the High School
and seventeen Eighth Grade pupils
received Certificates of Gradua
tion.
The address was given by Rev.
Michael Condon of Spencer. Rt.
Rev. Monsignor McNamara con
ferred the honors.
The following received scholar
ships:
William Kubitschek, Creighton
University; Alma Wallace, Naz
areth College, Nazareth, Ky.; Mar
garet Taylor, Duchesne College;
Mary Anne Meer, St. Teresa’s Col
lege, Winona, Minn.; Catherine
Finley, College of St. Catherine,
St. Paul, Minn.; Mary Zirnig, State
Normal; William Biglin, St. Louis
University; Ruth Pribil, Briar Cliff,
Sioux City; Darleen Weber, Mount
St. Scholastics, Atchinson, Kans.;
Monica Hoefs, Marynount, Salina,
Kans.
New Hotel Is Opened
In West O’Neill
The O’Neill Hotel in west O’Neill,
owned and operated by the Asimus
Brothers, opened its doors for
business on Tuesday of this week.
The new hotel is modern in every
respect, three floors and eighteen
rooms, with a bath and toilet on
each floor. This hotel makes a
valuable addition to the rapidly
growing west O’Neill as well as to
the city as a whole.
A Charming O’Neill Lady
? Given Pre-Nuptial Party
A miscellaneeous pre-nuptial
shower was given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hickey on last
Thursday afternoon in honor of
Miss Cleta McNicholas. The af
ternoon was spent playing cards,
after which a delicious lunch was
served.
Margaret Eileen and Pat Hickey
enacted a mock wedding ceremony
which added much to the entertain
ment. The bride-to-be, received
many beautiful gifts.
Scottville Feeder Calf Club
A meeting was held by the
Scottville Calf Club at the home
of Ray Siders Saturday night,
June 1.
The main topic of discussion was
the cure of warts and diseases.
Raymond Revel, a new member
was voted into the club making
a total of ten members.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Lee Berglund,
June 26.
After the meeting a delicious
lunch was served.
Lightning Strikes Catho
lic Church Wednesday
During the rain storm last Wed
nesday morning, about 10 o’clock
lightning struck the Catholic
church, tearing part of the slate
roof off the building near the cross
on the southwest corner of the
building. The damage is protected
by insurance.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends and neighbors for their ex
pressions of sympathy and assist
ance rendered during the sickness
and following the death of our be
loved wife and mother. Your kind
ness to us in our hour of sorrow
will never be forgotten.—John
Pribil and Family.
—
Superintendent and Mrs. C. F.
Grill and son left the first of the
week for Wallace, Nebr., where
they will visit relatives for a few
days and will then go to Falls City
for a few days visit then on to
New York City where Superin
tendent Grill will spend six weeks
in Columbia University, complet
ing the four year course and will
then receive a Master’s Degree in
Education. This is the fourth
straight year that Superintendent
Grill has spent his summer vaca
tion at Columbia further equipping
himself in his chosen vocation.
Lyndle Stout left Sunday morn
ing for Lincoln, taking with • him
the following members of B’our-H
Clubs throughout the county who
will attend 4-H Club week now
being held at Lincoln: Patti Shaf
fer, of O’Neill, Helen Rector of
Middlebranch, Ralph Allyn of Stu
art and Marjorie and Bob Reese
of Amelia.
Charming O’Neill Lady A
Bride Monday Morning
A very beautiful wedding was
solemnized Monday Morning, June
3, at 7:00 in St. Patrick’s church,
when Miss Angela Pribil, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pribil, Jr.,
of O’Neill, became the bride of
Mr. Charles Denesia of Lincoln,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Denesia of
Wayne. A double wedding ring
ceremony was officiated by Msgr.
McNamara. The church was very
attractively decorated with white
carnations.
The wedding march was played
by Mrs. Agnes Brennan, the vocal
ists were Robert and John Shoe
maker, Jr., cousins of the bride.
The bride wore a formal gown
of white taffeta, fashioned with
shirred neck line and puffed sieves,
her finger-tip veil was held back by
white satin bows.
The bridesmaid was Miss Ann
Loretta Pribil, a sister of the bride.
She also wore a formal of robin
egg blue, set off with pink vel
vet.
The groom wore a suit of teal
blue. The best man was Mr. Fran
cis Pribil, a brother of the bride,
who wore a harmonizing suit of
medium blue. Each wore a white
carnation.
Immediately after the ceremony,
coffee was served for the newly
wed couple in the home of the
bride's aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. John Shoemaker.
At 10:00 A. M. a three course
breakfast was served for immedi
ate relatives of the couple, and
special guests; in the home of the
bride’s parents. The table decor
ations were carried out in blue and
white.
Mrs. Denesia was a high school
graduate of St. Mary’s Academy of
O’Neill, and also a graduate of
Wayne State Teacher’s College, has
attended the University of Nebras
ka, and has been a successful
teacher in the schools of Holt
county for the past several years.
Mr. Denesia was a high school
graduate of Carrol and also a
graduate of Wayne State Teach
ers College, did graduate work at
the University of Nebraska. Dur
ing the year of 1938-39 he was
principal in Vanduser, Mo., and is
now employed with the National
Bank of Commerce, Lincoln, Ne
braska.
The bride’s going away outfit
was a mannish suit of Oxford grey.
The accessories were a dusty pink.
Mr. and Mrs. Denesia plan to be
at their new home in Lincoln after
June 10th ***
Miss Martha Hanley, of Oma
ha, was in O’Neill for Memorial
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. De Hall, of
Birmingham, Alabama, who have
been here for the past two weeks
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Arbuthnot, left Wednesday
morning for Houston, Texas, and
New Orleans, La., where they will
visit before returning to their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonough
returned Sunday night from Clyde,
Kansas, where they were called by
the serious illness of Mr. Mc
Donough’s mother, Mrs. M. L. Mc
Donough. Mrs. McDonough, who
was eighty-three years of age at
the time of her death, suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage, and funeral
services were held on Saturday at
Clyde. Billie, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. McDonough, remained in
Clyde to visit with his grand
father, M. L. McDonough for a
few weeks.
The Christian Endeavor of the
Presbyterian church is sponsoring
a “Talent Night” program. It
will be given in the new high school
auditorium, Thursday, July 13,
starting at 8 o’clock. This pro
gram is being given as a benefit to
help raise funds for sending dele
gates to Summer Youth Confer
ence at Blair, Nebr. Included in
the program are vocal solos, in
strumental solos, readings, duets,
small skits, tap dancing and many
other amusing bits. This will all
be home talenl and the public is
cordially invited to attend. There
will be a small admission charge.
{O’Neill’s Population
{Probably Set At
2501 Officially
Mayor Kersenbrock received
word from the census supervisor
of this district this morning that
the population of O’Neill is
2.501. This was the figure ar
rived at after a complete check
up of the Hat as filed by the
enumerator and the extra Ust as
sent in by the check-up on the
enumerator. From the letter
we judge that the check had
been completed and that this
will probably be the official cen
sus for this city.
BRIEFLY STATED
Rose Bennett spent the week end
with her mother at Rage.
Attorney W. W. Griffen made a
business trip to Norfolk, Friday of
last week.
J. B. Ryan drove to Sioux City,
Sunday, and visited his sister Mary,
returning home in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich left
Monday for Chicago, where they
will spend the coming week.
Frank Biglin and Miss Geneiveve
Biglin made a business trip to
Sioux City on Wednesday of this
week.
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Miss Dawn Howard of New
York City, New York, arrived here
Saturday evening to visit her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Howard.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecile Brown and
family of Winner, South Dakota,
spent Sunday in O’Neill, visiting
at the home of his parents.
Miss Cecile Teaquist, of Spencer,
Nebraska, came Monday and is vis
iting her sister, Miss Clarissa Te
quist.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rose and
daughter, Norma, spent Decora
tion day visiting relatives at Grand
Island, Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus DeBacker and
children went to Hastings, Thurs
day to spend Decoration Day there
visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Margaret Hughes and child
ren of Omaha, arrived Friday and
are visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Lindberg.
Miss Alice Sexsmith left Wed
nesday afternoon for Kansas City,
where she will take a summer
course in art work.
James Kinsman left last Thurs
day for Des Moines and Hampton,
Iowa, on a business and pleasure
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dempsey,
of Omaha, spent the week-end in
O’Neill visiting relatives and
friends.
A food sale will be given by the
Epworth League of the Methodist
church on Saturday afternoon at
2 o’clock at Morrison’s store.
Gordon Anderson, of Sioux
Falls, S. D., arrived here Saturday
to spend a few days of his vaca
tion visiting friends.
Misses Lillian and Terry Night
engale went to Norfolk, Sunday,
where they attended a family re
union.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
H. O’Neill at the Stuart hospital
on June 2, 1940, a nine and a half
pound baby boy.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Mathis and Mrs.
Lyndle Stout left Saturday morn
ing for Lincoln, where they will
visit relatives and friends.
Miss Hazel Gifford left Satur
day for Winner, S. D., where she
will visit until next Saturday with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Catherine Verzel, of At
kinson, spent the week end in
O’Neill, visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Verzel.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Dartt, of Wall,
South Dakota, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Burge over Decora
tion Day.
Cloud Bursts Followed By
Floods Cause Havoc In
Northeast Nebraska
The past week has been a wet
one in northern and northeastern
Nebraska. Starting last Monday,
just before noon here and then
again that night this section was
visited with .66 hundredths of an
inch of moisture. The rainfall was
much heavier east of here and was
a cloud burst at Homer and in that
vicinity where over ten inches of
rain fell, inundated the town and
tore buildings from their founda
tions and swept many of them
down stream. In this vicinity
there w'ere several people drowned,
nine bodies having been recovered
and three others are still missing.
Over six inches of rain fell in Sioux
City and at Pender, south of Ho
mer that town was under water
and business places flooded but
no lives lost.
The rainfall at Norfolk Monday
night was seven and three-quarter
inches which fell in less than seven
hours. Pilger, Wisner and West
Point, on the main line were also
badly hit with high water. There
was no train from the east into
O’Neill on Tuesday morning, the
west bound passenger train being
held at Fremont and then sent back
to Omaha. A train from Omaha
reached here about 10:45 Wednes
day morning coming via the Al
bion line. No train from the east
today, but one is expected to reach
here about 5 o’clock this evening.
The east bound passenger, also
going down over the Albion line,
as the main line is out of com
mission, went off the track between
Oakdale and Albion, injuring four
people, all but one of whom were
employees of the railroad. It is esti
mated that it will take a couple of
weeks to get the main line ready
for use.
Following is the rainfall for the
month of June:
June 1 .02
June 3 .03
June 4 . 63
June 5 ...-.35
June 6. 30
A total for the month of June
to date of 1.42 inches and a total
precipitation since the first of the
year of 8.11 inches.
Miss Helen Sullivan returned
Saturday morning from Omaha,
where she went to attend the grad
uation exercises of Creighton Uni
versity, as her cousin, Bernard Sul
livan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sul
livan, was graduated from the
Medical school.
the telephone operators of the
Northwestern Bell entertained at a
pre-nuptial shower at the home of
Miss Grace Connolly on Monday
night, honoring Miss Sebanna
Smith, whose marriage to Bernard
Madison will be an event of the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Coyne and
daughter, Verne, left Sunday for
Minneapolis, Minn., where they will
attend a music recital given by
their daughter, Mary Kathryn, a
student in the University of Minn
esota music school. Miss Coyne
will be graduated later this month.
—
Mrs. Clyde Streeter and son, Vin
cent, drove to Lincoln Saturday
where Vincent remained for a vis
it at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Mathews. Miss Elaine
Streeter, who has been visiting in
Lincoln for the past week returned
home that evening with her
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Waite and
daughter, Evangeline, came up
from Loup City last Tuesday af
ternoon to attend the graduating
exercises of St. Mary’s Academy
and were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Cronin and family.
They returned home Saturday
morning.
F. R. Boyens of Plainview, Ne
braska, was arrested by Corporal ]
M. D. Nelson of the State high
patrol, and appeared before County
Judge Reimer on June 1, charged
with driving while intoxicated. He
pled guilty to the charge, and was ]
fined $20.00 and costs of $3.10, and
his driving license suspended for j
ninety days.
THE O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING
EXERCISES HELD FRIDAY EVENING
Capacity of the Auditorium Taxed to Accommo
date the Large Number Attending
The commencement exercises for
the 1940 graduating classes of the
O’Neill Public schools was held
Friday night, May 31, in the new
auditorium. Dr. G. W. Rosenlof,
newly appointed Registrar of the
University of Nebraska, gave the
commencement address. He spoke
on the subject “Democracy Looks
To Youth.” Many favorable com
ments were expressed by the school
patrons about Dr. Rosenlof’s talk.
It was most interesting and timely.
Honorary diplomas were granted
to Duvene Loy, Ruth Page, and
Irma Manzer for rating in the up
per ten per cent of the Senior
class scholastically. Ruth Page re
ceived a Regent’s Scholarship to
the University of Nebraska that
she won by competing with seniors
throughout the State of Nebraska.
A scholarship to any one of the
church schools in the state was
earned by Lbis Jean Robertson. Da
vene Loy was presented with a
scholarship to any of the State
Normal Colleges of Nebraska.
It is hoped that many of the high
school graduates will be able to
continue their education in higher
institutions of learning this fall.
After the recessional the Seniors
assembled at the entrance of the
auditorium to receive congratula
tions from their friends and rela
tives.
O’Neill Boy Seriously In
jured when Motorcycle
Hits Automobile
Last Sunday afternoon, while re
turning from a motorcycle trip to
Sioux City, Bennet Hertford and
Miss Goldine Sekista were injured
when the motorcycle crashed into
a car, just outside of Orchard, Ne
braska. Miss Sekista was not bad
ly injured, and was brought back to
O’Neill Sunday evening by Ben
net’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Hertford, who drove immediately
to Orchard, after being notified of
the accident. Bennet suffered se
vere head injuries, as well as a
broken collar bone, and is at pres
ent in the hospital at Orchard, and
while he has not regained complete
consciousness, his condition was
reported as much better todoy.
Mrs. Hertford remained in Orchard
to be with Bennet.
Young O’Neillites Imitate
Their Elders at Party
One of the most successful so
cial affairs of the season was held
last Thursday evening, when the
very young set were entertained at
a no-host dancing party at the Gol
den hotel. Dancing started about
eight o’clock, and lunch was serv
ed at ten, after which dancing
continued until ten-thirty, at
which time the party broke up, all
the young guests declaring that
they had never had a more enjoy
able time. Those present were, the
Misses Ann Harty, Lou Ann Her,
Donna Gallagher, Beverly McCar
thy, Betty Gallagher, Lou Bir
mingham and Yvonne Sereck. Bil
lie Froelich, Jimmie Golden, Ed
Campbell, John Lee Baker, John
Brennan, Eddie Martin and Joe
Biglin. Miss Bernadette Brennan
and Mr. and Mrs. Max Gqlden act
ed as chaperones.
Under^rads of St. Mary’s
Entertain Class of 1940
The undergrads of St. Mary’s
Academy entertained a group of
St. Mary’s Academy 1940 gradu
ates at a formal dance, followed
by a midnight supper at the Golden
Hotel last Friday evening. Out
of-town guests included Mary
Wynn Johnson, of Wisner, and
Carolyn Colburn, of Lincoln, who
were the guests of one of the 1940
graduates, Marjorie Ann Mains,
of Emmet.
Marriage Licenses
A marriage license was issued
to Herman E. Gans of Stuart and
Rinnie A. Kubart of Atkinson,
June 3rd.
Win. E. Luckow of Truman,
Minn., and Elizabeth Holz of Cham
bers were issued a license to wed
on May 31st.
Thomas E. Welsh of Walnut and
Ellen Jo Vonasek of Verdel were
granted a marriage license on
June 5th.
Gordon Smith of Atkinson and
Alvin Seger of Stuart were issued
a manage license on June 4th.
Native of The Michigan
Settlement Dies At
Butte, Montana
O’Neill relatives received word
last Saturday that William Dwyer
died at Butte, Mont., that morning
after an illness of about one month
of sleeping sickness, at the age of
58 years.
William Dwyer was born in the
Michigan settlement northeast of
this city where he grew to man
hood and attended the schools of
this county. After finishing
school here he attended Creighton
University, taking up dentistry
and after his graduation moved
west where he practiced his pro
fession for a time and then gave
up the work considering it too con
fining. William had never married
and he leaves to mourn his passing
two brothers, Father Isadore of
California and Judge J. V. Dwyer
of Butte, Mont., and a sister, Mrs.
C. E. Stout of this city. Mrs.
Stout and her daughter, Mrs. H. J.
Birmingham, left Saturday night
for Butte to attend the funeral
which was held last Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Anastasia Fallon
Mrs. Anastasia Fallon, 82, wid
ow of the late William Fallon, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
B. C. Sechrest, Omaha, last Mon
day morning. The body was ship
ped to this city for interment at
the side of her husband, who pass
ed away on January 1, 1925. The
body was supposed to have reach
ed here on Wednesday morning,
but the train that evening was an
nulled and later reinstated, but
the undertakers were not notified,
so at this time 11:15 Thursday the
body has not yet reached the city.
It is on a train that is being held
up between Oakdale and Albion;
the trains having to run via the
branch line, on account of the wash
outs on the line made during the
deluge of last Monday night. It is
expected that the train will arrive
some time this afternoon.
Mrs. Fallon is survived by nine
children. They are: Mrs. B. C.
Sechrest, Mrs. Agnes Brundage,
Mrs. W. L. Yarlotz, Mrs. Geo.
Walker, all of Omaha; Mrs. C. R.
Mares, Schuyler; Mrs. C. G. Zim
mer, Nebraska City, and Miss Rose
of Chicago; sons, William, of
O’Neill and James, Santa Barbara,
California.
Miss Anastasia Corcoran wa3 a
daughter of one of the real pio
neers of this section of the state.
On March 12, 1878, she was united
in marriage to William Fallon, the
ceremony being performed in this
city by Rev. Father Smith. They
lived on a farm her* for many
years then moved to this city where
they lived until 1923 when they
moved to Omaha, several of their
children being residents of that
city. Mr. P’allon passed away in
January, 1925, and since that time
Mrs. P’allon had made her home
with her daughters in that city.
For over fifty-five years she had
been a resident of this city and
county and was well acquainted
with all of the old timers of the
county. She had been a resident
of Omaha for 17 years.