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VOL.LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29,1940 NUMBER 16
JAMES F. O'DONNELL PIONEER CITIZEN
PASSED AWAY LAST THURSDAY NIGHT
He Had Been A Resident of the County Practically
All His Life and Prominent in Civic Affairs
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James F. O’Donnell passed away
at his home in this city last Thurs
day evening about 11:30 after an
illness of less than a week of heart
failure, which was brought on by
a thrombosis in the intestanal
tract, at the age of 65 years, five
months and ten days.
James F. O’Donnell was born at
'* Hazelton, Pa., on March 12, 1875,
and came to O’Neill with his par
ents in September, 1877, when he
was about two and one-half years
old, and practically his entire life
was spent in this city and, since
he reached manhood’s estate he had
been a prominent citizen of this
city and always interested in the
welfare and advancement of his
city, county and state.
On November 12, 1902, he was
united in marriage to Miss Leone
Skirving. Five children were born
of this union, one son and four
daughters, who with their mother,
are left to mourn the passing of a
kind, affectionate and dutiful hus
band and father. The children are:
Mrs. Z. W. Credle, Omaha; Mrs.
L. M. Rieckhoff, Evanston, 111.;
Hugh J. and Grace, of Omaha;
Louise O’Donnell at home. He is
also survived Dy iour Dromers ami
five sisters. They are John O’Don
nell, Omaha; P. J. O’Donnell,
O’Neill; Ed O’Donnell, Okmulgee,
Okla.; M. F. O’Donnell, Dallas,
Texas, Mrs. Bea Rentsler, O’Neill;
Mrs. E. J. Lyman, Omaha; Miss
Anna O’Donnell, O’Neill; Mrs.
Quinten Deaver, Montevideo, Ura
guay; Mrs. J. H. Mclnerney, Chey
enne, Wyoming. All his five broth
ers and sisters were here a few days
^ before his death and in attendance
at the funeral, except Mrs. Deaver,
of Uraguay.
The sudden death of James F.
O’Donnell was a severe shock to
his many friends in this city and
county. A week ago Thursday he
was around town as usual and
seemingly in the best of health.
Outside of having a case of small
pox some forty years ago he was
never known to have been sick. In
his younger years he was active as
a baseball player on our local
teams and with the passing of the
years he took up golf and became
quite proficient in the game. He
loved to hunt and there has not
been a fall for forty-five years
that he has not been in the fields
after the elusive chicken, duck and
then the pheasant and the exercise
he received on these various trips
it is thought should have kept him
in fine physical condition. Of
course years spent in an office is
not conducive to a robust consti
tution, but if any one in the city
had it, that person was Jas. O’Don
nell. He was a genial and com
panionable man, outstanding in any
group for his many witticisms and
was perfectly at home in any com
pany.
f The writer hart Known dames
O’Donnell for over sixty years and
intimately for over forty and, while
we differed in our political beliefs,
we never let that interfere with our
friendship. For about thirty-five
years we lived across the street
from each other and our children
were close associates during'the
days of their youth and still are in
their manhood and womanhood. He
was unswerving in his fidelity to
his ideals and no man ever was
more loyal or would go farther to
assist a friend. O’Neill has lost
one of its constant boosters and
many people of the county have
lost a loyal and true friend.
Since he reached his maturity he
had been engaged in business in
this city and was always ready
either with money or time to as
sist in promoting anything that
would be of benefit to the city he
loved or to the people thereof. For
about twenty-five years he was
engaged in the banking business
here and during the past eight
( years has been loaning money for
governmental agencies in this sec
tion of the state under the
& direction of the officials of the
Iff f Federal Land Bank in Omaha.
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That his services to that institu
tion were appreciated was evidenc
ed by the fact that seven of the
high officials of the bank were in
attendance at the funeral Sunday
morning.
His funeral service was held at
10:30 Sunday morning, Monsignor
McNamara officiating. Monsignor
delivered a splendid tribute to Mr.
O’Donnell for his loyalty to his
family, relatives and church and
one that was appreciated by the
hundreds of the deceased friends
who were in attendance. After
services in the church the body was
laid to rest in Calvary cemetery.
The funeral was one of the larg
est seen in this city for years, which
attested the esteem in which the
deceased was held, not only here,
but in other sections of the state.
The following were in attendance
at the funeral from outside this
city: Former Congressman Edgar
Howard and grandson, Findley
Howard, jr., Columbus; D. F. Mc
Laughlin, Omaha, Assistant to the
President of the Federal Land
Bank; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Baird,
Omaha, vice president Federal
Land Bank; Leo E. Manion, Omaha,
| vice president Federal Land Bank;
W. M. Willy, Omaha, sales mana
ger Federal Land Bank; and W. L.
O’Malley, Don Beaton and J. L.
O’Brien, Omaha, all with the Fed
eral Land Bank; Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Mullen, Miss Marguerite
Minturn, Miss Kathleen Cosgrove,
Dr. M. Treach, Hugh J. Boyle, Wal
ter Becker and Mrs. Francis
Finch, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Reece, Valentine; Dr.
and Mrs. Edward Honke, Sioux
City, Iowa; M. L. Honke, Butte, Ne
braska; Mrs. P. J. Donohoe and
Parnell Donohoe, Bonesteel, S. D.;
Mr. and Mrs. James Berigan, John
Miskimmons, Atkinson; William
Krotter, D. A. Criss, Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Crowell, Stuart; Dr. W. M.
Sullivan, Spalding; James Lani
gan, Greeley; Thomas Lanigan,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cronin, Grand
Island; Fred Drayton, Orchard;
Gaius Cadwell, Huron, S. D.; Miss
Mae Hammond, Homer Mullen,
Omaha; Marion Dickson, Norfolk;
D. Clem Deaver, Cheyenne, Wyo.;
Bert Shearer and Mahlon Shearer,
Stuart, Nebr.; Lucien Cook, Spen
cer, Nebr., and James Brennan,
Norfolk, Nebr.
The Frontier force join the many
friends of the family in extending
their heartfelt sympathy to the
bereaved family and all their rela
tives in this hour of their sorrow.
St. John’s Hillbillies Here
Saturday Afternoon
The 5th Annual Tri-County Day
-^Holt, Antelope and Wheeler—
will be held at St. John’s, next
Sunday, September 1. Events be
gin at 3 P. M., with Bingo and
other games. A Fried Chicken
Supper will be served from 5 to 8
P. M. A dance in the evening will
conclude the celebration.
St. John’s Hillbillies will be in
O’Neill Saturday, August 31, at
3 p. m.
Closing Country Club
Tournament Sept. 8.
The Tournament Committee of
the O’Neill Country Club announces
the final tournament of the golf
season to be held Sunday, Septem
ber 8, 1940. Play will be a two ball
foursome with low medal score de
termining the winners. It is ex
pected that about 40 members will
be in attendance. Play will start
at 10:00 o’clock.
All contestants are asked to be
in with their score by 3:30 P. M.
as a driving contest is to be held
at that time. There will be a
special attraction at the 6th Green.
Contestants are requested to get
in their entries early, so that pair
ings can be published next week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lundgren
drove to Omaha on Tuesday on a
business trip.
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I^nt VAM OMt ^
O’Neill Public School To
Open Monday, Sept. 2
Pupils of the O’Neill Public
School will report Monday at nine
o’clock for the opening exercises
of this school year. The various
classes will meet in the forenoon
to receive their texts and assign
ments. Pupils will be dismissed
for the afternoon.
All pupils enrolling in the Kinder
garten must be five years old by
December 1st. Kindergarten pu
pils will assemble Monday at nine
in room two.
High school students who did not
register last spring and those de
siring to change their program of
studies will have the opportunity to
do that Monday.
The faculty for the coming year
will be as follows:
Francis Rotherham....Kindergarten
and Normal Training.
Zelma Waldo. First Grade
Loretto Enright.Second Grade
Hilda Gallagher.Third Grade
Margaret Miller.Fourth Grade
Eleanor Kvam.. .Fifth Grade
Betty Jones.Sixth Grade
Johanna Engelhaupt.Seventh
Grade
Dorlin Lockmon .Eighth Grade
Don Anderson -.Coach and
Mathematics
Harold Connors.Commercial
and Assistant Coach
Ira George.Band and Social
Science
Margaret Eloe.Home Economics
and English
Marjorie Graybill.Music and
Social Science
Virginia Johnston.English and
Dramatics
Alfred Mathis.Vocational
Agriculture
Kenneth Martyn.Principal and
Science
Carl Grill ... ....Superintendent and
Social Science
The first faculty meeting of the
year will be held Saturday after
noon at two.
Teachers new in the faculty this
| year are Frances Rotherham, Zel
I ma Waldo, and Margaret Eloe. Miss
I Rotherham comes from Ewing and
I is a graduate of Wayne Teachers
College. She has also had train
I ing at the University of Nebraska,
I and is a well experienced teacher.
Miss Waldo comes from Amelia and
has had special training for lower
elementary grades. Her prepara
tion and past experience highly
: qualifies her to teach first-grade
pupils. Miss Eloe comes from Aur
ora and is a graduate from Hast
i ings College. She has majored in
j Home Economics and is well pre
' pared in the field of English.
The O’Neill High School offers a
rich curriculum from which the
students can select the courses in
which they desire to receive train
ing. A student can major in Col
lege Preparatory, Commercial, Nor
mal Training, Vocational Agricul
ture, or take a general course.
A number of fine improvements
have been made in the school plant
during the summer and everything
will be in order when school opens
Monday.
Clinic For Crippled Child
ren To Be Held Here
On September 7
A clinic for crippled children will
be held Saturday, September 7, in
the auditorium of the O’Neill High
School. This service is under the
auspices of the State Division of
Child Welfare and Services for
Crippled Children, with specialists
representing orthopedic surgery
and pediatrics in attendance.
While most children are permit
ted to attend, yet the State Div
ision wishes to call attention to sev
eral points of eligibility covering
admission to this extension clinic:
1: Children who"are not now re
ceiving services under the State
program may be admitted to the
clinic when referred by the local
physician.
2. In no event are children ad
mitted to the clinic whose parents
are financially able to arrange pri
vately for specialized medical ser
vices indicated. Those who are ad
mitted must be referred by their
own private physician.
o. /vamission ox new canes tu
the clinic is for diagnosis and
sultation purposes only, and for
check-up and after-care services
on cases receiving treatment. Ad
mission of a new case to the clinic
does not mean that the child will or
will not receive treatment under
Services for Crippled Children.
4. Orthopedic cases may re
ceive treatment if care cannot be
arranged through private re
sources. In no event, however,
will pediatric cases other than cer
tain selected cardiac cases, be giv
en treatment through Services for
Crippled Children. Pediatric cases
will be accepted at the clinic for
the purpose of consultation and
diagnosis only and in general should
be referred only by the family’s
own physician.
5. Registration will begin at
7:30 A. M. on Saturday, September
7, at the auditorium of the O’Neill
High School and will continue un
til 11:00 A. M. Those planning to
attend, should consult their family
physician and also notify the Holt
County Assistance office before
that date.
Plans are being made for a noon
day lunch to be served in the school
domestic service department by a
local organization.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
August 22 .83 54
August 23 . 87 68
August 24 .95 64
August 25 . 84 62 .08
August 26 .67 60
August 27 . 71 60
August 28 .. 81 62
August 29 . .01
CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to express our grate
ful appreciation to our friends for
their many acts of kindness shown
us in our recent loss.
The O’Donnell Family.
4-H Club Members To
Attend State Fair
When the 4-H Club contests
start at the Nebraska State Fair
18 Holt county members will be on
deck competing for state honors
and an opportunity to represent
Nebraska in several National con
tests. Boys and girls attending
Sate Fair have been sleeted from
the winners of the recent 4-H
achievement day in O’Neill.
The judging contests which are
held on Saturday will And a team
composed of Ralph Allyn, Gene
Higgins, George Mellor and Dick
Shearer, all of Stuart, in competi
tion in crops judging, while the
livestock judging team consisting
of Jack and Boyd Ressel and Del
bert Robertson of Chambers will
be representing Holt county in
this project. A poultry team made
up of John Allen, Marvin and Dale
Stauffer will enter from Page. One
home economics team will be pres
ent at the Fair and it will consist
of Mardell Burdick and Florence
Spease of Stuart. All judging
teams will be competing to repre
sent Nebraska at some National
contest later in the year. These
boys and girls have shown some
outstanding ability and are expect
ed to make a fine showing.
Marvin and Dale Stauffer of Page
will enter a poultry demonstration
on the mixing of poultry feeds and
Bill and Bob Rees of Amelia will
demonstrate methods of prevent
ing loss in livestock shipping. Us
ing rope and making halters will
he given by Patty Schaffer and
Irene Hershiser of O’Neill. Mae
and Marian DeLong of O'Neill will
represent the county in a cooking
demonstration by making attract
ive and delicious sandwiches.
While competition at the State
Fair is exceptionally keen, Holt
county 4-H members are expected
to come through with their share
of the honors.
Stanley Soukups Move
Into Their New Home
One of O’Neill’s lovliest homes
is the new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Soukup, recently complet
ed by contractor Ed Burge. This is
a five room bungalow, strictly mod
ern throughout. It features a ves
tibule, fireplace in living room,
built in cupboards in dining room,
kitchen and bathroom. It has
three clothes closets, also a linen
closet and broom closet. It has
select oak floors throughout, nar
row ivory enamel wood work, oil
buring forced air furnace and is
air conditioned. It is insulated
with rock wool and has an electric
water heater. The house has a
full basement.
The exterior of this house is
stucco. This home is being equip
ped with new modern furniture
and appliances.
They have very appropriately
named their home “The Elstan”
which is a combination of their
given names.
PLANS FOR BIG FREE DAY ARE BEING
RAPIDLY WHIPPED INTO SHAPE
The Large and Enthusiastic Gathering of Business
Men and Women at Tuesday Night’s Meeting
Augers Well For Success of Enterprise
With James W. Rooney, general
chairman, presiding, the largest
gathering of business men and wo
men of the city and citizens ever
attending one meeting in the his
tory of the city met at the Golden
Hotel last Tuesday evening, Aug
ust 27, to make further arrange
ments for the advancement of Free
Day, which will be held in this city
on September 18. The meeting
was very enthusiastic and many
discussions were had on various
subjects. The selection of a name
for the day was brought up and
about twenty-five names were pre
sented. A committee was appoint
ed to cull the names down to six
and then to report to the meeting.
They did so and a name was finally
selected, but not nearly with a un
animous vote. After the adoption
of the name numerous objections
were made and many more since,
so it has been decided that the mat
ter will be taken up by the chair
men of the various committees at
their meeting on Friday evening
and definitely settled.
Gerald A. Miles was appointed
Assistant General Chairman of the
day, by General Chairman, James
W. Rooney.
The following committee was se
lected to look into the possibility
of the purchase of a loud speak
ing system for the city. Members
of this committee are: Chairman,
Sumner Downey; John Markey,
Colonel Walling, Robert Armbrus
ter and Irving Johnson.
The tentative program consists
of a parade, balloon ascension and
parachute jump, old time dance
and modern dance, bag of silver,
baseball game and kitten ball game,
and street sports. All the above
events will be free. Attempts are
being made now to secure free
rides for children and possibly hold
a boxing exhibition. The finance
committee and all committee chair
men will meet at the O’Neill P. C. A.
office at 7:30 P. M., Friday, Aug
ust 30, 1940.
The following committees have
been selected:
Permanent Committees
Finance—Harold Rose, Chair
man; Pat Harty, Ed. Gallagher,
Bennett Grady, Sumner Downer
and Ott Herre.
Publicity—Gerald Miles and D.
H. Cronin, Co-Chairmen. Chair
men of other committees to work
on publicity committee.
Parade—Roy Sauers, Chairman;
Cliff Lundgren, Dorance Crabb,
Henry Lohaus, Irving Johnson,
Frank Biglin, Jack Vincent and
Wm. Hanna.
Concessions — Ted McElhaney,
Chairman; Phil Zeimer, Elmer
Bowen, Mike Kirwan and James
Corkle.
Baseball—Dick Tomlinson, Chair
man; Don Enright, Wylie Rich
ards and Dr. O’Connell.
Street Sports—Jack Arbuthnot,
Chairman; Dick Walters, Stanley
Soukup, Frank Parkins, Fred Har
per, C. E. Jones, Ralph P. Rickley,
Coach Anderson, Coach Conners,
Gifford Bachman and Mary Flan
nigan.
Band Committee—Dr. Bennett,
Chairman; Harry Clauson, Archie
Bowen, Dr. Burgess and Ira George.
Bag of Silver—Melvin Ruzicka,
Chairman; John Sullivan, Art King,
Tony Asimus, M. J. Wallace and
Ray Shellhamer.
Booster Committee — Robert
Armbruster, Chairman; Ralph Mc
Elvain, K. Fenderson, Bennett Gill
ispie, Chauncey Porter, Fred
Saunto, Lod Janousek, Levi Fuller,
Bart Brennan and Ralph Leidy.
Old Time Dance — Ambrose
Rohde, Chairman; Ben Harty and
Matt Beha.
Modern Dance — Max Golden,
Chairman; Jack Davidson, Gus De
Backer and Harry Reardon.
Lighting Committee — Colonel
Walling, Chairman; H. G. Kruse
and Fred Robertson.
Boxing Committee — Don En
right, Chairman; L. D. Putnam,
Norb Uhl and Pete Peterson.
Women’s Costume—Agnes Grif
fin, Chairman; Martina Dishner,
Mrs. Anna McCartney, Helen Si
mar, Margaret Clauson, Mrs. Ras
ley, Helen Sirek, Mrs. McMillan,
Edythe Castleman, Mattie Soukup,
Mrs. Alma Evans, Mrs. Margaret
Stannard and Claire Blackburn.
Safety Committee—John Kersen
brock, Chairman; Peter W. Duffy,
John Osenbaugh, Harry Brt, Chet
Calkins, C. C. Bergstrom and
Frank Grenier.
Red Hat Committee—Alva Mar
'cellus, Chairman, and ninety three
others.
The ladies costume committee
for O’Neill’s celebration to be held
on September 18, headed by Miss
Agnes Griffen as chairman, has de
cided that the women shall wear
either blue or red cotton dresses,
street length and any style they
desire. They are also to wear
either red or blue bandannas, which
may be worn either on the head
or around the heck. The regula
tion for costumes for the women
has not been made very strict, and
any costume, which is in keeping
with the occasion may be worn,
but it is requested and hoped that
all the business women and girls
in O’Neill will cooperate and ap
pear on the street wearing some
costume in keeping with the spir
it of the celebration.
Prices Stronger At Sale
Monday at O’Neill Live
stock Comm. Co. Yards
With a very liberal run of live
stock at the O’Neill Livestock
Commission Co. last Monday prices
were much higher than the week
before.
About 992 cattle, 400 hogs and
1 horse were sold to buyers from
Nebraska and surrounding states.
Top steer calves cashed at $10.00
and several small lots sold between
$9.50 and $9.75. Top yearling
heifers cashed at $8.76, average
sold between $7.75 to $8.50. Top
load yearling steers sold at $9.85
weighing 650 pounds, the long end
of yearling steers cashed at $8.75
to $9.60. Bulk of steers weighing
900 to 1100 pounds sold at $8.60 to
$8.80. Cows carrying lots of flesh
cashed at $6.50, lower class run
from $6.50 to $6.00. Butcher bulls
reached $5.95 top. Hogs of all
classes cashed at higher prices.
Top Butchers cashed at $6.40, top
sows sold at $5.75. Pigs sold by
dollar for $2.45 top.
The next sale will be held on
Monday, September 2.
Superintendent C. F. GriD
Receives Masters Degree
At Columbia University
Superintendent and Mrs. C. F.
Grill and son, Jonnie, arrived last
Monday from a ten weeks stay in
the east and a short visit with
relatives at Allentown, Pa., Chi
cago and Falls City, Nebr., where
Johnnie spent his vacation period
at the home of his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Sandrack.
Superintendent and Mrs. Grill went
to New York City where he en
tered Columbia University where
he completed the course, started
four years ago, and received his
Masters degree which better equips
him to follow his chosen profession.
During their absense they re
ceived The Frontier each week
and he said that way they were
enabled to keep track of the hap
penings at homo, as well as to
keep them from getting lonesome.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to the many kind
friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and sym
pathy expressed during the sick
ness and following the death of
our beloved wife and mother; also
for the many beautiful floral of
ferings.—Ferdinand Krutz and
family; Fdward, George and Wal
ter Fick.
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