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▼01.. LXI • O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 NUMBER 17
O'NEILL DAY SEPTEMBER 18, TO BE BIG
DAY IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA
O’Neill Citizens Spending Several Hundred Dollars
To Entertain The People of Her Trade Territory
Join The Parade to O’Neill On that Day; Bring
The Family and Enjoy Yourselves.
The chairmen of the various
committees for the celebration of
O’Neill Day have had two import
ant meetings the past week. One
of the meetings was held last Fri
g day night and was attended by all
of the committee chairmen. At
this meetings the name O’Neill
Day was selected for the event,
receiving all but five votes cast
at the meeting. The name gives
general satisfaction.
Reports of the various commit
teemen were received and from
report it is evident that O'Neill
will furnish one of the best enter
tainments ever given in this section
of the state to their guests.
Another meeting of the chairmen
was held on Wednesday evening,
at which time a program was prac
tically completed and will be finish
ed tomorrow morning.
As at present lined up the pro
gram for the day will consist of the
follewing: The Atkinson, Stuart,
Page and O’Neill High School
bands will be in attendance and will
furnish music throughout the day.
A local German band will also be
in evidence and furnish fun and
music during the day and e#ning.
The festivities will open with a
parade at 10 o’clock in the morn
ing. This will be followed by
street sports, under the direction
of Chairman Jack Arbuthnot, and
will commence at 12 o’clock.
At 1:30 there will be a baseball
game between Redbird and Stuart,
I which will be played at the City
Park, commencing promptly at
1:30. This will be followed by a
Kitten Ball game between Midway
and Page, which will start at 4
o’clock, or immediately after the
base ball game.. The latter prom
ises to be an interesting contest
as both teams will be plugged for
the contest and lovers of the nation
al game are promised a treat.
There will be a baloon ascension
at 5 o’clock, which will be interest
ing to all the young folks and many
of the older ones who have never
witnessed one.
The Kangeroo tmurt win noiu a
session at 7 o’clock and this prom
ises to furnish lots of entertain
ment for the visitors as well as
the local residents. The first ses
sion of the Court will be held next
Saturday evening after the band
concert.
The boxing matches will start
at 7:30 and there will be twenty
five or more matches between some
of the best fistic talent in this
section of the state.
Starting at 8 o’clock there will
be free shows ^t the Outlaw
Theatre in west O’Neill, on Doug
las street. At 9:30 the $25.00 bag
of silver.
I The dances on the pavement will
start at 10 o’clock. For the Mod
ern dance, Chairman Max Golden
has secured the services of Rollo
Sissel and his orchestra. They
have played here various times and
are among the best.
The Old Time dance will also
start at 10 o'clock, music for
which will be furnished by the Joe
Petr orchestra. This dance is un
der the direction of Chairman Am
brose Rhode and both dances wiil
be on the pavement, which will be
prepared for the occasion.
The Booster Committee have ar
ranged for three Booster trips, the
first one next Tuesday. The
Boosters will be accompanied by
the O’Neill School band and it is
expected there will be at least 75
cars in the caravan. Following is
the itinerary for the first day:
Leave O’Neill at 9:00 a. m., ar
rive at Redbird at 10:00; leave
Rcdbird at 10:15 arrive at Lynch at
10:30; leave Lynch at 10:40 and
arrive Bristow 11:00; leave Bris
tow 11:15 arrive at Spencer 12:00,
Noon; leave Spencer 1:00 P. M. and
arrive at Butte 1:20; leave Butte at
1:50, arrive at Naper 2:20; leave
Naper 2:35, arrive at Stuart 3:40;
leave Stuart 4:00, arrive at Atkin
son at 4:20; leave Atkinson at 5:30
and arrive at Emmet at 6:00; leave
Emmet at 6:10 P. M.
Second Day, Wednesday Sep
tember 11, 1940: Leave O’Neill at
6:30 P. M.and arrive at Inman at
6:45; leave Inman at 6:55 and ar
rive at Page at 7:25; leave Page at
7:40 and arrive at Orchard at 8:10;
leave Orchard at 8:25 and arrive
at ESving at 9:15; leave Ewing at
9:30.
Friday, September 13, 1940:
Leave O’Neill at 1:00 P. M., and ar
rive at Chambers at 2:30 P. M.
People that can furnish cars get
in touch with Fred Saunto, Ben
nett Gillespie or R. M. Armbruster,
or anyone having clown suits noti
fy any of the above persors.
Big Run of Livestock Last
Monday and Fancy
Prices Were Paid
One of the biggest and best
livestock sales of the season was
held at the O’Neill Livestock Com
mission Co. sales yard last Mon
day. Nearly 1450 head of cattle,
about 300 hogs and 250 head of
sheep made up the offering.
The demand for livestock exceed
ed the day’s supply and buyers from
several states were tn keen compe
tition. Prices zoomed accordingly
with all classes sharing in the gen
eral upswing.
Fleshy feeders reached a new top
of $9.85 with bulk of this class sell
ing from $8.75 to $9.40. Good two
year-old steers not carrying so
much flesh brought from $8.00 to
$9.10.
Long end of the yearlings sold
from $9.00 to $9.85 with twtt short
loads cashing at $10.00 to $10.10
per cwt. Yearling heifers brought
from $7.75 to $8.50 with one choice
load paying their owner the nice
price of $8.80. A few odd head in
this class ranged upward as high
as $9.00.
Calves were in rather ngnt sup
ply but prices were execllent. A
small bunch of choice Angus paid
the top price of $11.10. Hereford
steer calves of extra good quality
sold from $10.60 to $11.00. There
were a few good quality heifer
calves here and the toppiest kind
reached $10.25, but most of them
cashed around $9.00 to $9.75.
Fleshy young cows paid an ex
treme top of $7.35 with the bulk of
the cow offering going at $5.75 to
$6.70. Plainer kinds changed
hands at prices ranging from $4.25
to $5.50. Bulls were steady to
strong and moved at $5.75 to $6.15.
An offering of about 250 choice
feeding lambs was a special fea
ture of last Monday’s sale. The
i fancy price of $8,20 per cwt. was
| paid for one band of fourteen head.
! Another band numbering 38 head
j sold at $8.05. Others sold from
$7.75 to $7.95.
About 300 hogs were listed in
the day’s offering. Prices ranged
steady to higher with butcher hogs
reaching a new top of $6.75. Bulk
of this class sold from $0.35 to
$6.60. Sows ranged from $5.70 to
$3.30 and other classes were cor
respondingly high.
The next sale will be Monday,
September 9.
| Band Concert Next
! Saturday Night
March Headliner.Cifmmings
Honour Bound... Keifer....
The Skaters Waltz.Walteufel
Vocal Solo, “Wishing” by Gene
vieve Graves.
Neapolitan Nights...,J. S. Zamecrik
Songs From the Old Folks...
M. L. Lake
j Majestic Gallop.K. L. King
Humn, Bach Chorale.... J. S. Bach
Star Spangled Banner.... F. S. Key
I THIS IS AN AVERAGE FARM
m AM AN AVERAGE FARMER
f BEFORE THE NEW ORAL
THE INCOME FROM THE AVERAOS FARM
WITHOUT SUBSIDIES WAS*1483.
UNDER THE NEW DEAL
THE AVERAGE INCOME ,
WITH SUBSIDIES 15 * 1062.
IF YOU ASK US IF WE ARE FED UP
THE ANSWER IS YOU BET!
HOLT COUNTY FAIR TO HAVE THREE
FULL DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT
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Four-H Boys and Girls Clubs Work Big Feature In
Exhibits. O’Neill School Band Plays Friday.
In order to make room for all
the sports and entertainment that
has been secured for this year's
Holt County Fam the management
is inaugerating three days, full of
fun and thrill packed entertain
ment.
The second day of the Fair has
always been entirely taken for
judging. This year enough judges
have been obtained to take care of
the judging of the stock in the fore
noon. The rest of the day will be
given to a variety sports program
that was in great demand and could
not be squeezed into the other two
days along with the two main fea
tures already signed to appear.
This* day of entertainment, Wed
| nesday 11, is financed by contrib
utions from the business men of
Chambers.
It had been planned to feature
Wednesday’s program with an Air
plane bombing Contest. This plan
has run into a red tape snag in the
form of state regulations. Unless
this can be ironed out, some other
I feature will have to be obtained to
| take its place. Among other
] things on the day’s program is a
| baseball game between Orchard
' and Chambers, a model T Ford
aquaplane race, foot races of all
kinds, horse races and novelty
! races.
The last two days of the Fair
| will feature two main attractions,
the Art B. Thomas Outdoor Stage
Show and the Rodeo. The Thomas
free acts, although it is the same
company that showed here last
year, it has an entire change of
performance from last year. It is
the only time this particular show
will appear in this territory, and
is different than the one booked at
Neligh.
This show has a full retinue of
performances, which will be shown
on a beautiful movable stage in
front of the Grandstand. Two per
formances a day will be given, one
in the afternoon and one in the
evening under the lights.
The Rodeo will be the same high
class contest as last year. Ar
rangements are being made to in
sure a fast run of events, and the
best Rodeo performers. Lynn
Babb, the man who is furnishing
the stock, declares it is the best
rodeo stock he has ever gathered
together.
A full sized carnival will be on
the grounds for three days of the
fair. Five rides will be set up, and
many other places of amusement
will be on the midway. Feature
of the side shows is the ossified
man of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not’’
show.
O’Neill, Page and Chambers high
schools will furnish the music for
the three days. Chambers is sched
uled for Wednesday, Page for
Thursday, and O’Neill’s band will
be on hand for Friday.
Another special attraction will
be presented Friday when the Holt ■
County Chorus will open the day’s |
festivities with their singing.
Kookie Kutter Club
The Cedar Valley Kookie Kutter
Club held a picnie at O’Donnell’s
1 Lake, August 25th. The following
people were present: Mr. and Mrs.
| Elmer Trowbridge and family, Mr.
; and Mrs. Henry Dorr and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Davis and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd De
Lor.g and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy i
j DeLong and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Noring and family, Mrs.
Etto Trowbridge, Ernest Trow
bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Weber,
Mrs. Anna Thompson and Em
j mett, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snyder
and Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Er
win and family, Mr. and Mrs.;
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lama-!
son and Jimmy, Mr. Les Lamason \
and Frances, Mr. and Mrs. Leo |
Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs.!
Jesse Kelly and Beverly, Earl
Grcenhalgh, Arvilla Kies and
Charles Myer. An enjoyable time
was had by one and all, even if it
did threaten to rain all day.
Thus ends a successful club year
for us 4-H girls. Last but not least j
a word of appreciation should be j
given to the mothers of the girls I
who served such nice lunches when
the girls were hostesses to the
club.
A Bunch of Wreckers Are
Running At Large
Some vandals tried to imitate
Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, in
their destructive tactics and raid
ed the City Park the first of the
week and destroyed everything
they could lay their hands on and
left the Park looking like the j
wreck of some Polish city. Mayor
Kersenbrock says that he will give
a reward of So.00 to anyone fur
nishing information as to the guilty
parties and promises that they
will be taken care of, so that in the
future they will have some respect
for the property of others. By
diligent work the city officials
have been getting the Park in con
dition so that people of the city,
as well as citizens of other sec
tions, could enjoy it and then these
rowdies destroy it. They should be
severely punished and not let off
with a few words of warning.
St. John’s Thanks You
Thanks O’Neill!—It was mighty
swell of you to come to St. John’s
and help make our celebration the
best one we ever had. Thanks a
heap!
C. A. BEYERSDORFER
SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Whiskers and calico gowns do
very well for parades, but what our
boys and girls need is the self re
liance of the pioneers.
The county seat will show how
it is done by closing the season of
hilarity on September 18, with an
other of their alluring Free Days.
There is some speculation as to
what that Committee on Red Hats
stands for. Can it be that these
90 months of New Deal has made
my Irish friends at O’Neill see red?
John Bower, injured some weeks
ago when he was thrown from a
hay sweep and was taken to a hos
pital, is now being cared for at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ed
wards.
Mr. Wallace says to curb Hitler
in the western hemisphere by re
electing F. D. R. Not room for two
dictators over here.
At the insistance of Secretary of
State Swanson, a Gage county man
was fined $25 for selling real estate
“without a licence.” A chap who
can sell a block of ground just now
cught to be awarded a premium.
I’ll have to put a mark against the
secretary of state.
Douglas county clamored for
“legal” bets on the races. Now
they have a ten thousand dollar de
faulting county official, who has
been playing the ponies with the
taxpayers’ money.
A lady with a flawless German
tongue tells me it is pronounced
No-ze, the o having the short sound
with accent on the ze. The mean
ing of the term, The Nazi, she ex
plained is “the Nationals.”
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Doolittle of
Lancaster county, visited relatives
in this cfcmmunity a few days last
week. Mr. Doolittle is a cousin of
Mrs. Bernard Kennedy and Art and
Earl Doolittle.
The boys and girls of the neigh
borhood went bouncing to school on
their ponies Monday for an eight
month term in the Berry district.
Miss Voss, of Tilden, making her
home with Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy,
is the teacher.
Mrs. Saunders and myself have
been at Lincoln since the breezes
last floated out of the southwest
for the two-fold purpose of attend
ing the annual state convocation of
the church group with which we are
identified and responding to an in
vitation to the wedding of our son,
Ned, which occurred on August. 18,
when he and Alice Jackson were
united in marriage at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Itoyal J. Jackson, near Bruning,
Nebr. There was a large guest list,
all of whom were strangers to me
except the bride’s grandfather,
CATHOLIC WOMEN WILL ENTERTAIN THE
WOMEN OF THE OMAHA DIOCESE
His Excellency, Most Reverend Bishop Ryan, Will
Be in Attendance at the Meeting And Will Be
Honor Guest at Other Functions
The Omaha Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women will hold their
eighteenth annual diocesan conven
tion in O’Neill on Sunday and Mon.
d?,*T, Sontpmber 22 and 23, at which
delegates from every parish in the
Omaha diocese will be present.
His Excellency, Most Reverend
Bishop Syan, will attend and will
deliver the sermon at 10:30 o’clock
mass on Sunday morning.
A tea will be served at four
thirty Sunday afternoon in the
Alumnae room of St. Mary’s Acad
emy, and the banquet will be held
at the Golden Hotel at seven on
Sunday evening, at which the Bish
op will be the principal speaker.
Several other speakers will also be
presented, including Mr. J. Fran
cis McHerwaiall, T. S. G., of Oma
ha. On Monday mass will be cele
brated at eight o’clock, followed
by a business session, which will
last until noon; luncheon will be
served at the Golden Hotel, and
then the closing business session,
which will last until five o’clock.
Following are the committees on
arrangements: General Chairman,
Mrs. H. E. Coyne.
Publicity Committee—Mrs. Pat
Harty and Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell.
Reception Committee—Mrs. R. E.
Gallagher, Mrs. J. J. Harrington
and Mrs. C. E. Stout.
Banquet Committee—Mrs. R. L.
Arbuthnot, Mrs. H. J. Birmingham,
Mrs. H. J. Hammond and Mrs. P.
J. Dishner.
Luncheon Committee—Mrs. Leo
Carney, Mrs. Bart Hickey, Mrs.
Von Dollen, Mrs. John Donohue.
Tea Committee—Mrs. W. J.
Froelich, Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mrs.
Max Golden and Mrs. F. J. Kubit
schek.
Reservation Committee — Mrs.
F. N. Cronin, Mrs. Ira Moss, Mrs.
Anna Jordan, Mrs. W. P. Daley,
Einmet; Mrs. F. J. Spittler, Ewing;
Mildred Rysary, Lynch, and Mrs.
James Berrigan of Atkinson.
Registration Committee — Mrs.
Ralph Tomlinson and Miss Anna
O’Donnell.
Hospitality Committee— Mrs.
j Jerry Graybiel, Miss Bernadette
Brennan, Mrs. W. H. Harty and
Mrs. J. H. McPharlin.
Music Committee—John V. Sul
livan and Mrs.F. H. Parkins.
The program committee is head
ed by Mrs. J. C. Tighe of Omaha
as chairman. •
The council is looking forward to
a profitable and enthusiastic con
vention, as well as a large gather
ing.
Geo. A. Williams, a prominent Ne
braska republican, who had served
as lieutenant governor. Ned and
his bride are at present anchored
in Lincoln, expecting to go soon to
DesMoines, and before winter to
California. The earliest decree re
specting human relations was that
a man should leave father and
mother and be joined to his wife.
And so one by one sons and daugh
ters go out from the parental roof
to take their places in a none too
friendly world while mother and
dad are left by themselves and
their fruitless reflections over the
blunders and failures of parents.
I am in no sense a reporter of so
ciety affairs, but think Mr. and
Mrs. Jackson gave the boy and
t their very charming daughter a
I swell wedding. Ned has promised
to be up one of these days to see
his Holt county friends.
Holt County Citizen Says
Sign Is Misleading
O’Neill, Nebraska,
August 31, 1940
Located along one of our high
ways at the entrance of O’Neill is
a liquor billboard advertisement
that is one of the most misleading
and farthest from the facts of
any I have ever seen the liquor in
terests put out.
The picture depicts a smiling,
well dressed man in an easy chair
with a book in his hand and a bot
tle and glass on a little table at his
elbow. The picture bears tthe cap
tion “Portrait of a Happy Hus
I band by a Smart Wife.’’ And the
i name of the beverage bringing out
j the idea that the use of that brand
j of liquor is smart and necessary to
j happiness and success, which is
! farthest from the truth. There
j may be happiness where liquor is
but there would be just as much
; happiness without it, so the liquor
| is not a contributing factor. And
j lo every home where happiness can
be found with liquor, so many more
j can be found where unhappiness,
poverty and heartaches are the re
! suit that it makes the odds against
j its use so great.
I 1 seek no contention with those
addicted to its use—I sound a
warning to youth. In real life the
i picture is more often ene of faded
! frocks and children’s shoes worn
j through at the toes.
Fay A. Puckett.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
people for their kindness and help |
given us during the time our baby
was sick. It is deeply appreciated.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ira George.
Pairings Announced For
Last Golf Tournament
The following twosomes are par
ticipating in the final golf tour
nament, featuring 18 hole medal
play: Max Golden and Mike Kie
van, Pat Harty and Emmet Moore,
J. B. Grady and Harold Conners
Ed Gallagher and Bob Armbruster,
Fred Harper and Ira George, Dr.
Burgess and Henry Lohaus, Bob
Parkins and Rev. O’Brien, Wm.
Biglin and Ted McElhaney, Em
met Carr and Art King, M. L.
Crandall and C. E. Stout, D. E.
Seger and Paul Kubitschek, P. J.
O’Donnell and Norman Gonder
inger, Harry Reardon and C. V.
Sullivan, Mike Harty and Norman
Gallagher, Ben Harty and Frank
Parkins, Billie Biglin and Hugh
Coyne, H. J. Birmingham and Rev.
Beyersdorfer, G. S. Graybiel and
Rev. Parr.
Players are asked to contact
their partners and make arrange
ments with another team, as all
play rnust^ be in foursomes.
Prizes will be awarded to the
four low medalist teams and the
team with the highest medal score
will also be awarded a fitting prize.
A driving contest is also sched
uled as a special feature with an
attractive prize for the winner.
Refreshments will be available
for all contestants.
Prizes will be awarded after the
regular Sunday night dinner at the
Country Club.
Busy Hour Club
Due to all difficulties the Busy
Hour Club did not get to meet with
Mrs. Henry Wayman on August 1,
o met with her on August 30. All
members but cne were present.
The afternoon was spent in work
ing tea towels for the hostess and
playing games. Those winning
prizes were Mrs. Margaret Keef
er, Mrs. Ruby Wayman and Mrs,
Lizzie Schmohr. Ruby Waymab
also received a birthday gift from
her mysterious eister. Visitors
were Mrs. Wm. Schmohr and
daughter, Gladys. At the close of
the meeting the hostess served a
delicious lunch. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Mar
garet Keefer on September 26.
The Weather
High Low Pree.
August 29.80 G4 .01
August 30 .78 45
August 31 .85 45
September 1 .93 64
September 2 .94 60
September 3 .91 61
September 4 .85 65