VOL. LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1940 NUMBER 14
SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
A group touring the state to ad
vance the interests of the G. O. P.
arrange the daily schedule to be at
*ne place for breakfast, another
for “luncheon” and a third for
“dinner.” It would click better in
most of the state to put it break
fast—dinner—supper.
Down below the Mason and Dix
on line a so-called religious body
^ has arisen, who think it pious to
be bitten by copperheads and cot
tonmouth moccasins. I believe in
reverence in the presence of any
of the multiplied forms of church
worship, yet how could there be
aught but the horrors of hell in
a religion in which deadly serpents
are passed from one votary of
this strange cult to another as a
feature of the service?
If Pat Fahey, John McCafferty,
Doc Mathews, Neil Brennan, Dave
Darr, Mike Long—and a score of
others that have returned to dust—
were alive and on the scene there
would be something doing at O’Neill
to corral airplane and munitions
factories. Men who could build
packing houses, railroads, chicoiy
factories and mills out of nothing,
what couldn’t they have done with
the present layout at their dis
posal?
Wheeler county, where I spent
several happy and to some extent
profitable years on a Kinkaid
homestead, is to be left without a
railroad. The Burlington branch
that penetrated a corner of the
county at Erickson has been taken
out. The branch line of this road
at O’Neill is still functioning, but
the dream of the old timers of its
extension to Dunning long ago
faded. Local aspirations run to
still another right-of-way, Ericson
to O’Neill through Chambers,
which reached a stage of promo
tion where Lyman Waterman was
employed at $300 a month. Az
Perry was going to build to the
Rosebud out of Atkinson, but didn’t
nave the luck with that he did with
his Concord stage couches between
O’Neill and Butte.
It depends on which are in ma
jority—democrats with troubled
conscience or third termites with
stomach trouble.
Ira Lamb, who more than a half
century ago started a long careei
as a teacher at Stuart, died recently
at the age of 85 at the home of a
son in Illinois. Among several im
portant posts filled in Nebraska,
Mr. Lamb at one time was con
nected with the Atkinson schools.
Herr Hitler sends good wishes
to Premier Mussolini on the lat
ter’s 57th birthday, concluding:
“And for a victorious ending to
our mutual battle for the freedom
fe of our peoples.’’ So that’s what
it is all about.
The lifeless forms of two men, a
third just able to gasp the word
that the driver was trying to get it
up to 110, an automobile reduced to
scrap iron and the concrete side
guard to a culvert shattered as
from cannonading closed a wild
ride on the Omaha-Lincoln high
way just after midnight Friday.
Such a scene again reminds us
there are things more important
than great speed.
John Bower fell from a hay
sweep Monday forenoon, sustain
ing serious injuries. Dr. Gill of
Chambers was summoned at once
and took him to a hospital at Stu
art. Mr. Bower is about 80, but
has continued in active manage
ment of his 1800 acre ranch and
planned to fill a man’s place in
haying again this season.
General Pershing is quoted to
have said that more than half of
the world is ruled by men who
despise our system of government
and would destroy it. The devils
hated the government of God and
sought to destroy it. But the sun
O’Neill Nine Defeats Bas
sett On Local Diamond
Sunday Afternoon
Bassett lost its second game in
thirteen starts against O’Neill at
C'ty Park by a score of 8 to 5. It
was a hit and run contest. A total
of 28 hits was collected by both
teams, O'Neill got 16 an 1 Bassett
12. Batteries for O’Neill were:
Tomlinson, Troshynski and Pruss;
for Basset, Lindberg and V. Gren
ier.
O’Neill plays at Basset: next
Sunday, August 18.
The O’Neill line-up will be bol
stered by the appearance of Ron
old Carson, Bill Schissler and
Charles Richter, for the remainder
of the season, and beginning at
Bassett next Sunday.
Following is the box score of
last Sunday’s game.
O’Neill ab r h e
Bright 2b .5 12 0
Richter, 3b . 5 2 3 1
Pruss, c .5 12 0
B. Tomlinson, p-ss .5 12 1
B. Trashynski, ss-p .4 0 10
Honeycutt, lb .4 0 2 0
Fox, rf .2 0 0 0
Otter, rf . 2 110
Meyers, If .4 0 10
D. Tomlinson, cf .4 2 2 0
40 8 16 2
Bassett ab r h e
Allen, rf .5 110
Wheeler, If .5 1 1 0
C. Runte lb .5 13 0
Bussinger, ss . 4 0 2 0
V. Grenier, c .5 0 10
Lindberi, p . 4 0 2 0
Gabniel, cf .4 0 10
O. Runte, 2b . 5 10 1
Morris, 3b .3 111
40 5 12 2
The Weather
It has been a little dry in this
particular spot the past week, but
the weather has been fairly moder
ate. Tuesday evening we had a
nice shower here that measured
.12 hundredths of an inch. This
rain was quite general over the
northern part of the county, where
they had from one to two inches.
In the southern part of the county
they were also blessed with a good
rain, measuring an inch at Inman
and south of there an inch and a
half at Ewing. The south country
also had a good rain which was
very beneficial to the pastures in
all parts of the county. It was also
of vast benefit to late corn.
High Low Prec.
August 8 .92 62 .19
August 9 . 87 64
August 10 .88 61
August 11 .83 61 .02
August 12 .82 62 ✓
August 13 .86 68 .12
Florence M. Mclntosch
Florence Marion Mclntosch, of
Page, passed away in the O’Neill
hospital about 10 o’clock Tuesday
morning, after an illness of three
weeks, following an operation for a
ruptured appendix, at the age of 12
years, 9 months and 24 days. The
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon at 2 o’clock from the Method
ist church in Page and burial in
the Page cemetery.
Florence was born at Page, Nebr.,
on October 19, 1927, and was a
resident of that city continuously
since her birth. She is survived
by her parents and two brothers,
Richard, 8 years old and Walter,
one year and three months.
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May Have A Swimming
Pool in City Park
Mayor Kersenbrock and Council-1
men Johnson, Phalin and McNally !
drove to Royal last Monday even
ing to inspect a swimming pool i
near that village. There is some i
talk of building a swimming pool
in the city Park south of the rail-;
road tracks and the members of j
the Council were of the opinion
that it would be a good idea to
inspect some of the pools in this
section.
still hangs above us. The planets
move in their appointed course
and the moon and the stars look
down upon the follies, the hatreds i
and the tragedies of earth.
f now dust* in
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One Hundred and Fifty
Competed In The Annual
4-H Contest In O’Neill
Last Saturday
One hundred and fifty 4-H mem
bers with parents, guests and
friends competed at the annual 4-H
club achievement day in O’Neill
last Saturday to determine the
entries to represent Holt county at
the Nebraska State Fair in Sep
tember.
The day included exhibits of 4-H
work in home economics clubs,
judging and demonstration con
tests in all projects.
In the morning members of live
stock clubs were taken to the
O’Neill Sale Pavilion and the farm
of Hugo Holz where classes of
livestock were used for a judging
contest. Judging contests were
held at the O’Neill Public School in
cooking, clothing and girls room
work along with the placing of ex
hibits in these classes. The after
noon was spent in giving reasons
for the judging and in a demon
stration contest.
Prizes were awarded by the
O’Neill business houses for the
winners of each activity.
Assisting with the activities and
assisting the county agent in mak
ing the day successful were Miss
Henrietta Schreier, Mrs. Jack Hef
fernan, FSA Home Supervisor, A1
Mathis, Vocational Agricultural
instructor in O’Neill, and Mr. Chet
Walters, County Agent from
Wayne, Nebraska.
The following 4-H members re
ceived awards:
DEMONSTRATIONS
Livestock Loss Prevention: Bob
and Bill Rees, Amelia.
Livestock: Patty Schaffer and
Irene Hershiser, O’Neill.
Clothing: Helen Wilkinson and
Donna Shellhase, Atkinson.
Cooking: Marian and Mae De
Long, O’Neill; Florence Spease and
Mardell Burdick, Stuart; Doris Da
vis and Betty Dorr, Page; Barbara
Towbridge and Mary Davis, Page.
Girls Room: Lila Spease and
Shirley Smith, Stuart.
Poultry: Dale and Marvin Stauf
fer, Page.
JUDGING
Livestock: Delbert Robertson,
Chambers; Jack Ressel. Chambers;
Boyd Ressel, Chambers; Bob Rees,
Amelia.
Clothing: Ailene Wilkinson, At
kinson; Theresa Ramold, Atkin
son; Margery Rees, Amelia; Ber
nice Everetts, Atkinson.
Girls Room: Mardell Burdick,
Stuart; Edith Mae Gill, Stuart;
Shirley Smith, Stuart; Lila Spease,
Stuart
Cooking: Mardell Burdick, Stu
art, Florence Spease, Stuart; Lois
Sigman, Amelia; Margery Rees,
Amelia.
Crops: Gene Higgins, Stuavt;
George Mellor, Stuart; Dick Shear
er, Stuai*; Walter Fuelberth, Stu
art.
EXHIBITS
Workbox: Mary Jurgensmeier,
Emmet; Lois Cole, Emmet: Clara
Lowery, Emmet; Sadie Marie Low- j
ery. Emmet.
Pin Cushion: Lois Cole, Emmet;
Clara Lowery, Emmet; Sadie Marie
Lowery, Emmet; Mary Jurgens
meier, Emmet.
Slip: Donna Shellhase, Atkinson;
Ailene Wilkinson, Atkinson; Dor
othy Wilkinson, Atkinson.
Dress: Donna Shellase, Atkin
son; Evelyn Elder, Atkinson.
Remade Garment: Helen Wilkin
son, Atkinson; Dorothy Wilkinson,
Atkinson; Ailene Wilkinson, At
kinson.
Cookies: Lila Spease, Stuart;
Mardell Burdick, Stuart; Barbara
Trowbridge, Page; and Florence
Spease, Stuart.
Muffins: Mardell Burdick, Stuart;
Jennie Beth Mellor, Stuart; Lila
Spease, Stuart; Mae DeLong,
O’Neill.
Pie: Margery Rees, Amelia;
Florence Spease, Stuart; Lois Sig
man, Amelia.
Sponge Cake: Florence Spease
Stuart; Margery Rees; Amelia:
Lois Sigmon, Amelia.
Tea Towel: Florence Spease, Stu
art; Lila Spease, Stuart; Mardell
Burdick, Stuart; Eileen Ramm,
Stuart.
Waste Basket: Florence Spease,
Stuart, Mardell Burdick, Stuart;
Lila Spease, Stuart; Eileen Ramm,
Stuart.
Patchwork Pillow and Dresser
Scarf: Celesta Gleed, Chambers.
Mount of 15 Grasses: Ralph Al
lyn, Stuart; Tom Lambert, Ewing.
Style Show: Helen Wilkinson,
Atkinson; Evelyn Elder, Atkinson;
Donna Shellhase, Atkinson; Ailene
Wilkinson, Atkinson.
Picnic of 4-H Clubs In
O’Neill Next Tuesday
The scecond annual 4-H Club pic
nic, which is sponsored by the
O’Neill Lions Club, will be held at
the City Park in O’Neill on Tues
day, August 20. All members and
their families are invited as guests
to become better acquainted with
the Lions and their families.
With Dick Walther as general
chairman of arrangements the pro
gram will start with the parade at
11:00 A. M. All clubs and the
O'Neill band undei the direction of
Ira George are asked to meet on
Highway 281 by the Galena Lum
ber Company where the parade will
start. Four prizes will be awarded
for the best banners in the parade,
being judged on originality of a
4-H idea, cleverness and all ban
ners are to be home made.
All Clubs are invited to bring
a picnic lunch which will be eaten
as a group and ice cream will be
furnished by the Lions Club.
The afternoon program will start
off with field events as follows:
Girls Events:
Age Event Awards
8-11 50 yard dash 1st, 2nd
11-14 Shoe race 1st, 2nd
14-20 Slipper kick 1st, 2nd
Boys Events:
8-11 50 yard dash 1st, 2nd
11-14 Sack race 1st, 2nd
14-20 Wheelbarrow race 1st, 2nd
The afternoon feature will be a
soft ball game between the Lions
Club and the 4-H members. Last
year’s game was won by the Lions
and rivalry will be keener this time.
Following this game will be a base
ball game between two 4-H teams
and a small boys and girls soft ball
game.
Last year’s picnic attracted most
of the 4-H families in the county
and it is hoped that every 4-H
member will make a special effort
to be in attendance and enjoy
themselves again this year.
O’Neill Production Credit
Association Makes Good
Record For First Six
Months of 1940
Holt County members of the
O'Neill Production Credit Associ
ation this week received copies of
the credit cooperative’s semi-an
nual report, showing $345,129.00 in
short-term loans outstanding at the
close of business for the first six
months of 1940.
According to James W. Rooney,
Secretary-Treasurer, this is an in
crease of $23,622.00 over the fig
ure for June 30, last year. All
loans made by the association are
for agricultural purposes, he said,
chiefly to finance livestock and gen
eral farming operations.
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Honor Old Time Resident
At Red Bird Last Sunday
Relatives gathered at the Red-1
ird Ball Park at Redbird last Sun
day to honor Mrs. Zack France
end he- granddaughter, Alberta
Jackson, of Camas, Washington,
who are visiting in Holt and Boyd
counties. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Pinkerman, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Pinkerman and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Pinkerman and
son, Mr. and Mrs. John Pinker
man and son, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Schollmeyer, all of Dorsey, Nebr.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilson and fam
ily, of Red Bird; Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd France, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Phelps and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Hasenflu, all of Lynch,
Nebr; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tomlin
son, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Tom
linson and son, Mrs. Henry Bruhn
and family, of O’Neill; Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell and son of
Creighton, Nebr.; Mrs. Jack France
and Miss Alberta Jackson, of Cam
as, Washington. Dinner was serv
ed at noon.
Mrs. France lived at Norfolk for
a number of years, going to Camas
Washington last October to make
her home. ***
Mrs. Cambre Formerly
Of O’Neill Dies In
Illinois
Word has been received by
O’Neill friends of the death of Mrs.
Beatrice Cambre in Lincoln, 111.,
on Monday of this week. Mrs.
Cambre formerly lived in O’Neill,
where she had many friends who
will learn of her death with sorrow
and who extend to her two child
ren, Peggy of Lincoln, Illinois, and
Louis, of Los Angeles, California,
their deepest sympathy. Bob
Sauers, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ivi. i
Sauers of this city, and who now
lives at Sargent, Nebr., left for
Illinois to attend the funeral.
A. C. A. News
The Federal Crop Insurance
Program provides that any per
son sharing in the wheat crop to be
seeded on a farm may apply for
Wheat Crop Insurance against all
natural hazards such as waterkill,
drouth, plant disease, insects, hail,
flood, fire, wind, etc., should call at
the Holt County Agricultural Con
servation office prior to the begin
ning of the seeding of wheat on
his farm or August 31, 1910, which
ever date is earlier.
Patrloman Russell Receiv
es Interesting Letter
From Aunt in London
The following letter was received
by Patrolman Lawrence Russell of
this city from his aunt. Lady
Harry Russell Campbell, of London,
England, and tells graphically of
doings in the English Isles during
these war torn days. Lady Camp
bell’s husband was formerly Lord
High Sheriff of London and is at
present holding a responsible po
sition in the British government.
They have a large country estate
some miles out from London and
they have given up most of their
home to refugee children, who are
attending school in their mansion.
Although there are numerous raids
on England the people, according
to the letter, seem to take it as a
matter of fact and calmly go about
their usual affairs. They have a
lot of courage and faith in event
ual victory.
June 6, 1940
I am sitting on my terrace where
the roses are beginning to bloom,
looking over the peaceful gardens
and a border of bright summer
flowers. Two gardeners are mow
ing the lawns and there is a smell
of new cut grass warmed by the
sun. The only reminders of the
war are the cricket nets on the low.
er lawn where the small school boys
f ractice cricket and my grandson,
lavid’s, clothes spread out on gar
den chairs in the sun before being
packed away for the winter. This
would not have been allowed in the
days of peace, when this part of
the garden was kept as tidy as the
drawing-room. The bell has just
rung in the house for the school's
morning break in lessons, and the
voices of the boys leaving the
classrooms carry a considerable dis
tance. These are not very war-like
sights or sounds, and no longer
surprise me; in fact, when the floor
shakes above my head at bedtime
in the dormitories, I no longer
think a bomb has fallen on the
roof, and I believe that if a bomb
fell near enough to rattle the win
dows I should go on calmly with
whatever I was doing, thinking the
boys were being a little more
noisy than usual.
When we go out on the roads
signposts are missing, and we car
ry identity cards in case of chal
lenge; this does seem awful in the
neighborhood of one’s own home
but we agree that it is necessary.
We used to read in our history
books about our forefathers in the
days when they had to carry guns
to church to be ready for Indians
on the warpath. Preparing for
the parachutists is a reminder of
those times.
My son-in-law, John Kusseu, nas
returned safely from Belgium—one
of the last to'leave Dunkirk. We
had days of acute anxiety, increas
ing as the hours wore on and oth
ers returned but still no news of
John. And, when Alison heard
from his brother, in the same regi
ment, that he had last seen John
“up to his neck" in water trying
to find a place on one of the motely
craft that were sent to get the
troops off, and still no Message
came, she almost gave up hope.
It was a few hours later that she
heard from his Colonel that John
was safe, and soon after that a
telegram came from John himself.
He had boarded a barge with oth
ers, but the engine nad broken
down and they had maneuvered the
vessel half way across the Chan
nel when they were picked up by a
motor launch. Alison is with him
now, and writes that he is in mar
velous health and spirits and none
the worse for the ordeal those men
have had to endure. I shall see
him tomorrow and hear the excit
ing narrative of the great retreat.
1 feel I must say how impressed
I am, not for the first time, by the
spirit of my adopted country. I
can remember walking along the
streets of London during the dark
days of March, 1918, and looking
at the faces of the people. We
had then been at war for nearly
four years. It seemed to me then
that the patient spirit and self-ef
facing courage of the British was
unbeatable. We never had quite
the same threat to British soil and
civilian population that we have
now. At the same time, we had
been through so much and I think
long strain is harder on the nerves
than sudden emergency. Believe
me, you can trust the British, and
I pray that when this war is over
there will be a deeper sense of
brotherhood between us and Am
erica. It will bear fruit in a bet
ter, peaceful world.
Letters from America come,
quickly and regularly, and we are
greedy for them. Almost anything,
seems to pass the censor, so do notj
be afraid of writing openly. They:
are a great source of encourage-j
ment and support in these times, I
particularly to me. Nigel, who
does not as a rule ask to read my
letters, always asks me now if i
have had any letters from America,
and everyone I see asks the same
question. It is not only that eveiy-,
one hopes for support in material.
Three Vocational Agricul
ture Students Accom
pany Their Teacher To
Meeting At Albion
Mr. Mathis, instructor of Vo
cational Agriculture in the O’Neill
High School, accompanied by Bob
Hanley, Maurice Crutch and Rex
Oberle, went to Albion last Friday,
Mr. Mathis attending the meeting
of the district Vocational Agricul
ture instructors, and the boys at
tended the district FFA officers
meeting.
In the forenoon they listened to
the different schools compete in
proceedings of holding meetings.
The correct and wrong methods
were discussed. The state FFA
officials were introduced.
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In the afternoon all the delegates
in attendance had their pictures
taken. Several good speakers were
introduced, all of whom spoke
briefly, and also Norman Kruse,
who last year became a Star Am
erican Farmer. This is the highest
honor that can be bestowed upon a
member. He received an honorary
medal and a $600 prize. The local
FFA officials learned new ideas and
ways of improving their chapter.
After the business meeting a hog
calling contest started, which was
very amusing to those who were
not in the contest. Mr. Mathis
discussed ideas on Vocational Ag
riculture Instruction with the oth
er teachers and the meeting was a
real benefit to all present.—
Maurice Grutsch.
Two Holt County Students
Receive Degrees From
State University
Two Holt county students are
among the 288 granted degrees by
the University of Nebraska at the
close of the 1940 summer session
Friday. Lawrence N. Hanna of
Amelia and Donald H. Anderson
of O’Neill received M. A. degrees.
This is the largest number of de.
grees to be granted in the history
of the summer session, officials re
port, and brings the total granted
during the year up to 1383, also a
record surpassing the previous high
mark of 1324 the year before. In
1939 there were 247 degrees grant
ed at the close of the summer ses
sion.
Old Settlers Picnic Will Be
Held Next* Thursday
The Fortieth Annual Old Settlers
Picnic will be held next Thursday
at the John Liddy grove, on Eagle
Creek, 19 miles north of this city
on Highway 281. There will be
a band concert by the O’Neill
School Band at 1:30 and baseball
at 2 o’clock between the Spencer
American Legion Team and the
Midway team. There will also be
a Ladies Kitten hall game and a
Shetland Pony race; Foot races,
Sack race and Children’s races.
Bowery dance in the evening. A
carnival with Ferris wheel and
Merry-Go-Round will be on the
grounds all day. A large crowd is
expected to be in attendance as
this is the place where all the old
timers return to visit the friends
of former years.
Golden Rod Club
Last Sunday our club held their
annual picnic at the park, which
was also enjoyed by our families.
A splendid lunch was prepared,
which we all enjoyed, topped off by
delicious ice cream and cake.
Shortly before our departure the
Club presented to Mrs. Russell, as
a token of our esteem, a beautiful
picture. We regret to lose her as
a memhe*, as the Russells leave
O’Neill next week.
Our last regular meeting was at
Mrs. Norbeit Uhl’s. The subject
discussed was “Nebraska’s One
House Legislature.’’ This was a
very long and interesting subject.
Mrs. Cunningham, generous as us
ual, had a fine treat for us, of
strawberries and whipped cream.
Mrs. Mary Uhl helped with the
serving.
ways; it is equally that we want
the sympathy and encouragement
of a country who we feel must be
our friends in this struggle.