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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1940)
4 AC> * AO' VS*' The Frontier y0L lxj ~ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1949 . NUMBER 12 PIONEER O'NEILL BUSINESS MAN PASSEED AWAY LAST FRIDAY William B. Graves, for Thirty-two Years One of Our Prominent Business Men Passed Away Friday William B. Graves passed away , * at his home in this city last Fri day morning, about 6:30 after an illness of two or three years of heart trouble, at the age of 71 years, three months and twelve days. The funeral was held last Monday afternoon from the Pres * byterian church, services being conducted by Rev. Beers, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of this city, as sisted by Rev. Bell and Rev. Wright. The funeral was in charge of the local Masonic order, of which organization the deceased had been a member for many years. William B. Graves was born at Bethany, Missouri, on April 14, 1869. When a young man he mov ed to Nebraska and was a resident of the eastern part of the state un til July 22, 1908, when he came to this county and opened up a jew elry store here and had been in business continuously ever since. On November 14, 1909, he was united in marriage to Miss Arlie E. Holden, a daughter of one of the pioneer families of Chambers. Mrs. Graves passed away in 1918, leaving one son, Harry A. Graves, who is now a resident of Bellevue. On August 14, 1919, he was united in marriage to Miss Julia Ann Buckley, of Lyons, Nebr., the cere mony being performed at Lyons. Three children were born of this union, two daughters and one son, who with their mother are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate husband and father. The children are: Elizabeth, How ard and Genevieve, all of O’Neill. William Graves was a very fine gentleman and had a host of friends in this city and county, where he had lived for so many years. He always took an active interest in civic affairs but most of his life here was looking after his loved ones and taking care of his busi ness. He had been a sufferer from heart trouble the past three year?, but was always able to be up and around and looked after his store. The last two weeks before he died he spent at home, the extreme heat being too much for him, but he was not considered as seriously ill. He passed away in his sleep early Friday morning and his sudden death was a severe shock to his family and friends. He was a good citizen, a good neighbor and friend and he will be missed in the busi ness circles of the city. The following out-of-town resi dents were here for the funeral of the late William B. Graves last Monday: Mrs. H. H. Haberly, of Los Angeles, Calif., a sister of Mrs. Graves; E. J. Buckley, of Ly ons and O. E. Buckley and daugh ter, Lois, of Winnebago, broth ers and niece of Mrs. Graves; Mr. and Mrs. Graves and three children, of Bellevue, Nebr., son and daugh ter-in-law of Mr. Graves; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jansen, of Omaha, old time friends of the family. The Frontier joins the many friends of the family in extending condolence to the bereaved mem bers of the family in their hour of sorrow. * -- Nebraska, Our Nebraska, “In the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave” Opening advertisement in the campaign to advertise Nebraska was released today. It is directed to the people of Nebraska, urging them to “see Nebraska first” and will appear in every weekly and daily newspaper in the state. Radio announcements stressing the same idea will be broadcast from all Ne braska radio stations. This follows the policy of the state advertising commission an nounced at its first meeting in Lin coln July 8, that part of the ad vertising appropriations will be devoted to educating Nebraskans on the points of interest and recre ation in their own state. Members of the commission point out that stimulating travel by Ne braskans within the state will keep money in Nebraska which might otherwise be spent for vacation travel elsewhere, and will create additional expenditures for local travel, both of which will benefit the state. ^ Text of the advertisement points out that Nebraska has twenty-six recreation grounds and seven state parks, and urges Nebraskans to be come better acquainted with the Cornhusker state. Hart Players Show Here All This Week The Hart Players, showing under canvas on the lot just east of the Nu-Way cafe, opened last Sunday »and have been showing to large audiences each night. This com pany has a fine line of plays and vaudeville, and a good cast, and their shows have been well received by the audience. The Hart Players had intended to show in O’Neill but four nights, but have decided to make it a whole week, and will close their engage ment Saturday night. Friday night they will present their feature play of the week. Mayor Kersenbrock recived a card from Butte Tuesday morning announcing that a bunch of Butte Boosters would be in this city on August 12, at 2:52 p. m., to boost for their big celebration to be put on in that city later, to celebrate Butte’s fiftieth anniversory. i O’Neill Live Stock Mar ket Reorganized The O’Neill Live Stock Market, which has been operated here dur ing the .past few years by Buv Wanser and Joe and Danny Gal lagher changed hands the past week, when the interest of Buv Wanser was purchased by J. J. Berrigan of Ewing and C. H. Ray of Neligh. Both Joe and Danny Gallagher have retained their in terest in the market. They an nounce that there will be no sale held during the coming week, dur ing the process of reorganization, and that hereafter the weekly sales will be held on Monday, com mencing on Monday, August 12. During the past few years the O’Neill Live Stock market has gain ed a reputation as one of the best live stock sales in the State, with buyers from various localities, at tending the weekly sales. To Mr. Ray and Mr. Berrigan, as well as to Mr. Joe and Danny Gal lagher, go the best wishes of the Frontier and the business and pro fessional men of O’Neill, for their continued success. The Weather W'hile not attaining the exceed ingly high temperatures of a week ago, the weather the past week has been warm and sticky, with 1.35 inches of rain falling the week ending this morning. The rains have been very spotted, but accord ing to reports, practically all of Holt County received moisture some time during the past week, with corn greatly benefited. From the first of April until the thirty first of July we have received 9.88 inches of rain, which fell during the four month period as follows: April, 3.26; May, .03; June, 2.79; and July, 1.90. Following is the weather chart for the week: High Low Prec. July 25 . 94 70 .28 July 26 . 85 62 .03 July 27 . 86 61 July 28 . 90 71 July 29 . 87 67 .25 July 30 . 92 72 July 31*..-91 67 .64 Aug. 1 (morning) .15 Arthur Tibbets left Tuesday for Omaha, where he will visit at the home of his aunt for a few weeks. WE THE_PEOPLE CORNERSTONE * Of OUR GOVERNMENT LAID *V GEOROE WASHINGTON j Band Concert F'or Next Saturday Night March—“Activity" Bennett March—“Gloria” .Losey Waltz—“Moonlight On The Colo rado” _ Morbach Vocal Solo—“When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” . Ball Soloist, Verne Coyne Brass Ensemble — “Imogene—In dian Wild Flower” ... Clay Smith March—“Sells Floto Triumphal” . K. L. King Overture—“Arabian Nights”. . Yoder Popular—“Ma, He’s Makin’ Eyes At Me” . Clare Hymn—“Lead Kindly Light” . . Dykes “The National Anthem” . ..^....Francis Scott Key The O’Neill Band under the di rection of Ira George will leave Friday morning, August 2, for At kinson, where they will participate in the “Hay Days” Celebration be ing held there on August 1, 2 and 3. Next Thursday, August 8, they will play for the Burwell Rodeo, one of the largest in the country. Medical Aid Plan Grow ing In Nebraska Twenty-six medical aid associa tions for rural families embracing 34 Nebraska counties are now in operation, according to a report received by Gerald S. Graybiel, county supervisor for the Farm Se curity Administration, from L. A. White, state FSA director. White said the associations, or ganized with the cooperation of county medical societies and the FSA, are serving approximately 20,000 individuals on Nebraska farms. County medical aid associations are organized to insure emergency medical care for FSA borrower families. The FSA makes loans of appoximately $30 per family for each annual membership. Counties in which associations are operating are: Boone, Box Butte, Butler, Custer, Dawes, Daw son, Fillmore, Greeley, Hitchcock, Holt, Howard, Knox, Nuckols, Sheridan, Grant, Wheeler, Hayes, Boyd, Pawnee, Platte, Polk, Saun ders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sher man, Sioux, Valley, Webster, York, Cheyenne, Deuel, Kimball, Banner, and Morrill. Holt County Republicans On State Committee According to word received from the Republican State Central Com mittee, J. D. Cronin, of this city, who is a member of the State Cen tral Committee, has been appointed a member of the Executive Com mittee and Mrs. Mildred Spann, of Atkinson, who is also a member of the State Central Committee from this district, has also been ap pointed to the Executive commit tee, the appointments being made by Kenneth Wherry, chairman of the State Central Committee. Sen ator Frank J. Brady of Atkinson has been appointed to the Advisory committee. Charley Cole, of Star, Nebraska, was in O’Neill on business on Wed nesday of this week. Holt County Achievement Day Here August 10 On Saturday, August 10, Holt county 4-H members from all parts of the county will gather at the O’Neill public school to compete in the annual 4-H club achievement day contests. The achievement day which is held for the purpose of allowing 4-H members from the whole county to compete for an opportunity to represent Holt county at the Nebraska State Fair will consist of judging contests in livestock and home economics along with demonstration contests, home economics exhibits and a style show. Members of home economics clubs will have an opportunity to exhibit their summed work and par ticipate in the judging and demon stration contests. A style show will he held for members of the clubs carrying sewing work. Livestock club members will not exhibit the animals at this time, but will hold them for the calf show later in the fall. Judging and dem onstration contests will be held to select representatives to attend the State Fair. -a m • /* _ 1 _1 Members ot crops and poultry clubs will be given an opportunity to exhibit and demonstrate but since there is no county competi tion in these clubs, judging work will be held at a later date. Piemiums will be awarded to the first four places in each contest and all exhibits must be in place at 9:00 A. M. as contests will start immediately following. Assisting county agent, Lyndle R. Stout, in carrying out this pro gram will be Mrs. Julie Heffernan, FSA home supervisor fcr this dis trict, and Mr. Chet Walters, county agent from Wayne county. I Achievement day is one of the few occasions when all 4-H mem bers in the county have an oppor tunity to compete with each other and in order that those represent ing the county at the State Fair may be the best in the county, all 4-H members are urged to attend. Each member or club will furnish their own lunch and anyone who is interested in the work the boys and girls are doing is invited to at tend. Representative of The Ne braska Children’s Home Society To Be Here Soon Mr. Carl 0. Ike of Lincoln, field representative for the Nebraska Children’s Home Society, of Oma ha, will be in this vicinity and O’Neill within a short time to con duct the annual solicitation of do nations for the Society. The So iety is a private agency licensed by the State for the care and placement of normal children of all ages, is non-sectarian and state wide in its work. It is the only such agency to give service to both boys and girls in Nebraska and for Nebraska only. It is operated and supported almost entirely by voluntary donations. It does not receive tax funds. Members of the local board are Mrs. E. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie and Mrs. R. M. Sauers. 4-H Picnic To Be Held at O’Neill, August 20 Plans are being made by the O’Neill Lions Club to sponsor the second annual Holt county 4-H picnic at the new O’Neill park on Tuesday, August 20. With Mr. Dick Walther in charge of general arangements the pro gram is being planned to follow the arrangements of last year’s event which attracted over 500 4-H mem bers and parents. A parade will be held in the business district in the morning, with the assistance of the O’Neill band under the direction of Ira George. Prizes will be given for the four best club banners and also to the clubs having the largest at tendance. A group picnic lunch with the Lions Club furnishing the ice cream will furnish a good time for those attending. Races and ball games will be held in the afternoon with the Lions team again challenging the 4-H members to a soft ball game. All 4-H members and leaders to gether with their families are in vited to set aside August 20 as a day of fun at the 4-H picnic. O’Neill Girls Not Only Beat The Boys, But They Also Beat The Band On Sunday afternoon, July 21, O’Neill people listening to the General Mills program, “Beat The Band” were surprised and pleased to hear the name of an O’Neill girl read over the air as having “Beaten The Band.” The young lady was Miss Marjorie Joan Cro nin, daughter of the editor and wife. On Friday Miss Marjorie re ceived from the General Mills com pany their check for $43.34, with a letter of congratulations for her success. She received $10.00 for the use of the question she sub mitted and $33.34 for her share of the $100 jack pot, as two other contestants successfully “beat the band”. She also received a case of the Mills company’s favorite breakfast food, Kix. The joke on Miss Marjorie is that she had been listening to this program for several months and the only Sun day that she did not listen to it was the Sunday that she was announced as the winner of the “Beat the Band” contest. 4-H Boys and Girls Now Attending 4-H Camp A group of 4-H boys and girls left Thursday morning to attend the district 4-H club camp at Long Pine. This camp is carried on as a regular 4-H activity under the supervision of the extension serv ice from Lincoln. The camp prom ises those attending a full three days of organized recreation and nature study and will attract over 100 4-H members from this part of the state. Among those attend ing from Holt county are: Mild red Irene Miller, Star; Mary Lou Spath, Gloria Ott, Marjorie Sam mons, and Carol Jean Watson, all of Amelia. NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS Watch The City Of Em erald Tint Grow—Other Buildings in Sight Workmen started excavating the basement for the new Seth Noble home last Tuesday morning. This home is to be built on Benton Street, between Fourth and Fifth Street. It will be 34 x 36 feet, story and a half with a full base ment and will be modern in every respect. C. E. Melena has the con tract for the Carpenter work and expects to get to work on the forms and concrete poured for the base ment this week. As soon as workmen complete the excavation for this building they are to commence excavating for a home for Mr. Melena, which will be built on Clay Street, be tween Second and Third streets. This building will also be 34x36. story and a half with a full base ment and will be modern through out. Both of these homes will be completed before November 1st. Notwithstanding the number of new residences built the past year and now in course of construction, this city is still short of housing facilities. Adam T. Hays Adam T. Hays died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. C. John son, just west of this city, Monday morning after an illness of about one month, at the age of 7l years and 11 days. The funeral was held at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning from the Methodist church, Rtv. V. C. Wright officiating, and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Adam Taylor Flays was born in Iowa on July 18, 1861, and at the time of his death had passed his seventy-ninth year. His youth and early manhood was spent in his native state and at Blockton, Iowa, on March 4, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Jane Stephenson. Five children were born of this union, three of whom are left to mourn the pass ing of a kind and affectionate father, his wife passing away in January, 1933. The children are Mrs. L. 0. Johnson, Mrs. John Mill er, O’Neill; Mrs. V. C. Johnson, Lin coln, all of whom were in attend ance at the funeral. He is also sur vived by two brothers, Joe Hays, of Table Rock, Nebr., and Bert Hays of Quay, Oklahoma, who were also in attendance at the funeral. He is also survived by three sisters. Mr. Hays came to this county from Table Rock, Nebraska, nine years ago and since the death of his wife had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Johnson. Prominent Northeast Holt County Girl Married Last Month Lynch, Special.—Miss Phyllis Farrand and Leslie Stewart were married at the Methodist church at Bassett on July 15. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Blair of Spencer were the attendants. Mrs. Stewart is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Farrand of Scottville, and is a graduate of the O’Neill Academy in 1937. She was dressed in a check sharkskin suj,t with white accessories. Leslie is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Stewart and was a grad uate of the Lynch schools in 1934. The happy couple returned Fri day from their honeymoon trip through the Black Hills. Hearty congratulations are extended.— Spencer Advocate. CARD OF THANKS Words cannot express what our neighbors and friends have meant to us in this time of sorrow. We truly hope you will accept our thanks. To the Masonic Order for their kind help and beautiful serv ice, we say thank you.—Mrs. Julia A. Graves, H. A. Graves and fam ily, Elizabeth, Howard and Gene vieve Graves. • PROMINENT FARM OWNER PASSED AWAY FRIDAY JOHN JACOB SCHMOHR John Jacob Schmohr died at his home west of this city last Mon day morning, between the hours of ten and twelve o’clock from a heart attack, which was evidently brought on by the extreme heat, at the age of 59 years, 6 months and 9 days. The funeral was held yes terday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Methodist church, Rev. V. C. Wright officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. Schmohr was bom in West Prussia, Germany, on January 20, 1881. W’hen a young man he came to America and located at Dewitt, Nebr., until he moved to this county in the spring of 1909. Mr. Schmohr purchased a farm a few miles west and a little south of this city where he lived up to the time of his death. On January 5, 1917, he was united in marriage to Mar tha Elizabeth Wayman, daughter of an old neighbor at DeWitt, and with whom he came to the county in 1909. No children were bom of this union, but deceased leaves to mourn his passing his devoted wife, three sisters and six brothers, all of whom live in or near DeWitt, except one brother, William, who lives northwest of this city. Mr. Schmohr had always enjoyed good health, never having known sickness and Monday morning ap peared as hale and hearty as ever. After breakfast he went out into the yard to feed the hogs, went into the corn field and cut some corn and fed them. When he did not come in for dinner Mrs. Schmohr went into the yard to look for him and found him lying on his aide in the hog yard, dead. She called this city and Dr. Brown responded, but he said that Mr. Schmohr had been dead for several hours when he saw the body. Mr. Schmohr was a good citizen and a prosperous farmer and his sudden death was a severe shock to his wife, relatives and friends in this section of the county, where he was well and favorably known. Summer Meeting of Pro ject Clubs Held Eighty seven reading leaders, music leaders and project club presidents met in O’Neill last Tues day to start the fall season of pro ject club work. Representatives of 24 of Holt county’s womens project clubs gathered at the O’Neill pub lic school to receive instructions from Mrs. Ethel Bowen, Miss Grace Finch and Miss Gladys Mor gan, representatives of the exten sion service from Lincoln, on what promises to be a continuation of several seasons of successful pro ject club work. The morning was spent outlining the year’s program and installing Mrs. George Rector of Middle branch, the newly elected county chairman replacing Mrs. Vern Sageser of Amelia, who has serv ed in this capacity during the past two years. The county project club chorus was present to receive special in structions from Miss Finch on the state fair mass sing and rehearsal for appearance during the Atkinson Festival was held. After a covered dish luncheon at noon those present were divided into their respective groups where instructions were received on the progam to be carried on by the clubs during the year. Many of those attending commented on the interesting activities to be taken up during the year. Other groups of ladies within the county, who are interested in carrying this work during this fall are invited to get in touch with the county agent’s office in O’Neill for full particu lars. Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Rennet and family returned home Sunday night from a three weeks visit, two weeks in Colorado and then home for one night, then to the lakes in northern Minnesota, where they put in a week fishing. They report having had an enjoyable trip.