Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1941)
V0L r XI O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6. 1941 NUMBER 43 SOUTHWESTERN BREEZES By Romaine Saunders If I have my bearings, if I have not wandered from the trail, it is not so much aid to the British we are interested in as it is to knock the tar out of Herr Hitler. If the Huns want to be Hitlerized let ’em have it, but why cram it down the necks of all other races of men. According to late announcements, the Fatherland is now to be a sort of breeding stable where every Teutonic girl or woman is to pro duce at least four to six kids. At Ft. Meade, on the Potomac, carpenters on government work are paid $90 a week of seven days—$10 a day for the unionized week of five days and $20 a day for the other two days. Looks like I made a mistake that I did not go ahead when I had a chance to learn to drive nails uhder a master like Alex Boyd, but quit him after we built John Bland’s house. As a brief tribute to the memory of Mrs. Ed. F. Gallagher I wish to mention a characteristic of this pioneer woman that 1 have not seen mentioned and one that is not so generally known. My acquaint ence with the lady dates back to when she was in her early twenties. Quietly without fanfare, she had used her ample means to help many who were in need. In doing alms, Scripture enjoins that we let not the one hand know what the other hand does. Mrs. Gallagher per formed her deeds of helpfulness upon his principle. There appeared in the papers the other day a picture of one of those publized glamour girls they desig nate as stars, selling tickets to a hall for some charitable purpose. Had she stripped her person of the ropes of pearls about her neck and wrists, rings from fingers, decor ations hanging from her ears and other barbaric trimmings of Hot | tentot adornments and tossed them into the charity fund it would have made a real showing. The char itable impulses of some sisters run to the peddling of dance tickets. We hear much in this war mad day about the future of “democ racies.” Just where on this troub led earth is there a democracy? We have a considerable political group among us—growing percep tibly less year by year in Holt county—who call themselves demo crats. The American governments south of the Canadian- line are not democracies, but republics— or gov ernments by representation. Our representatives often represent none but themselves, but we go on congratulating ourselves that we are a great bunch of self-gov erned patriots. I have another “calbdown” for the intelligent compositor. A u ’ k or so in the reverse he had the ab dicated William of Germany saying “War to Nippon.” What I wrote as the words of that deluded emperor was, “Woe to Nippon!” What be came of that vain threat is historic oblivion, and I don’t know but this humble pilgrim may be the only one to preserve the memory of the humorous punch the reading of this remark imparted to the late Col. Doyle. Perhaps I should let it go at that and say nothing of the omission of a portion of a quota tion which left another paragraph stand out in cold relief without sense or reason. When the record is made up, when the accumulated miseries of the race—the revolting crimes that have tom the quivering flesh from mankind, the agony of the groaning victims of monster and bigot, the throbbing pain, the heartaches, scorning the beckoning of a holy leve—who is to escape having con tributed to the record? Time, nei ther hastening nor abating, moves On The Sidelines By Observer I , TOURNAMENT RESULTS Butte 40, Spencer 22. Long Pine 36, Stuart 18. St. Mary's 50, Orchard 30. Butte 42, Page 23. Atkinson 44, Springvicw 21. St. Mary’s 64, Lynch 8. Up to and including Wednesday night all of ur predictions have held good, with all the favorites coming out on top. Tuesday night in the first event of the evening Butte did not im press me as much as it has during the season; whether they have tournament fever or not we can’t say, but we know one thing to be a fact, that the odds for St’. Mary’s to become champions have greatly increased after their victory over Orchard in the finals of Tuesday night. The second game, Tuesday even ing between Stuart and Long Pine, turned out to be Long Pine all the way. In a few years, if we were writing, we might say that Stuart would be a possible contender for the crown as their entire first string is composed of Juniors and Sophomores, with the exception of one Senior. Also in the above mentioned game Long Pine showed themselves to be a strong tournament team, in fact an entirely different looking team than was on the O’Neill High floor last week against the Cardin als from St. Mary’s. Wednesday night the Butte team did not impress me again in their victory over Page by twenty points. Their shots were off and their team work seemed to be sluggish. If Page had received a little good luck instead of all bad, they migh; have given Butte a real run fo- its money. In the last two games of the evening it was all Atkinson and St. Mary’s. With both these teams showing quite a variety of shots, and trouncing Springview and Lynch respectively. Four H Club Leader Is Awarded Prize Trip In recognition of his outstanding services as a volunteer 4-H club leader, Marvin Stauffer, of Page, has just been awarded a prize trip to 4-H club week at the Nebraska college of agriculture in June. The Burlington railroad is offer ing the trip to Lincoln Plus one fourth of the club week registra tion fee. Top ranking leaders in t»4 counties will be awarded the honor this year. The Burlington has announced its intention of making a similar award in 1941 to leaders in the area thru which its lines pass. in inexorable certainty to our ulti mate destiny. It is nearing a half century now, a woman lay dieing in a humble little home in O’Neill. She had toiled bravely to bring up her two daughters in the fear of God, and had seen them develop into charming and trustworthy, if | not glamourous young womanhood, i while the man to whom she had ! plighted her love in the bloom of youth—the husband—lived apart from the family in sullen selfish ness. As the end drew near, as the sun was about to set in the oarkness ot death, this noble lit tle woman wished again to see Tom and have a last word with him. Tom—heart frozen to the finer sen sibilities and tender impulses which throb in normal human beings— refused to see her. And with a broken heart that little woman went to her grave. Perhaps not many in O’Neill remember that touching incident; not many are left who could remember. And so it is—the tragedies of yesterday, the sorrow and pain, the hopes and longings—are buried under the bur dens of today. SPECIAL HORSE & MULE AUCTION Monday, March 10 AT O’NEH/L, NEBRASKA Bring your surplus stock to this sale. There will be buyers here for all kinds. CATTLE — HOGS The regular cattle and hog auction will be held immediately following the horse sale. HORSE & MULE AUCTION AT 11:00 A. M. O’Neill Livestock Commission Company PHONE 2 O’NEILL, NEBR. Spring Term of District C'ourt Opens Monday The regular spring term of the district court will convene in this city next Monday morning at 10 a. m. The docket is very light for this session and there will prob ably not be moie than two jury trials and the term should not last over ten days, possibly elss. Following is the list of Jurors for this term of court, with their ad dresses• Frank Pruss, O’Neill; L. A. Sim onson, O’Neill; Roy Karr, O’Neill; Lee Sammons, Amelia; Charles Tas ler, Atkinson; Ed Welton, Josie; Fred Hitchcock, Atkinson; Charles Linn, O'Neill; Elmer MeClurg, Stuart; Donald Huston, Middle branch; Kenneth Smith, Inman; John Schmidt, O’Neill; Charles Berger, Opportunity; J. W. Gun ther, Ewing; Thomas Green, O’Neill; Dick Curran, Dorsey; Levi Yantzi, O'Neill; Fred Vitt, O’Neill; H. W. Tomlinson, O’Neill; C. L, Kiltz, Chambers; Lewis Lauridson, Atkinson; Charley Ernest, Amelia; Theo Scheuth, Ewing, and Fred Straka, Stuart. Henry L. Pajje Henry Lawrence Page died at the home of his son, Harry, three miles north of O’Neill last Sunday, March 2, 1941, at noon, after an illness of about two months, at the age of 87 years, eight months and ten days. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in this city Monday afternoon. Rev. William E. Clyde of the Gospel Mission church officiating, and the body was shipped to Sioux City on Tuesday morning, where services were held that afternoon at two o’clock and interment in Graceland cemetery, Sioux City. Deceased was born at Natchez, Miss., on June 22, 1853. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Champaign, 111., and in 1865, to Boone, Iowa, where he grew to Manhood. In 1872 he graduated from the i Iowa State College, at Ames, Iowa, ; being a member of the first class graduating from that institution after'its founding. In 1881 he was united in marriage to Miss Lucille Caldwell of B>one. Four sons were bom of this union, all of whom survive. They are Stephen Rice, of Los Angeles, | Calif.; Harry L.. of O’Neill; John Paul, of Sioux City, Iowa; Edward C., of Detroit, Mich. He is also survived by ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. E. M. Holmes, of In dianola, Iowa. Mr. Page lived for three years in Western Kansas and Colorado, where he, together with Col. Neil Brennan and others, incorporated the town of Burlington, about 1888. In 1889 he moved to Sioux City Towa, and in 1910 he moved to O’Neill, having purchased the farm north of this city now occu pied by his son. Harry. He re turned to Sioux City in 1919 where he lived until after the death of his wife in 1931 when he again came back to O’Neill and lived here continuously until his death. Mr. Page was a very pleasant gen : tleman to meet and had a host of ; friends in this city and county. McDowell-Kvam Miss Eleanor Kvam, of O’Neill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kvam, of Petersburg, Nebr., and Jarvis McDowell, of Lyons, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. McDowell, of Atkinson, were united in marriage at three o’clock in the afternoon, at Neligh on Saturday, March 1, by the Rev. F. W. Rex of the Luther an church in that city, with Mr. and Mrs. Kvam and Mr. and Mrs. McDowell present at the ceremony. Mrs. McDowell has been employed as a teacher in the O’Neill Public Schools for the past four years, and is one of the city’s most popu lar and charming young ladies. She will remain here until the end of the present school term, when she will join her husband. The Frontier joins the many friends of the young couple in wishing them a happy wedded ilfe. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heart felt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors for their sympathy and assistance rendered following the sudden death of our beloved son and brother, Bernard McCafferty. Your kindness and sympathy in our hour of sorrow will ever be held in grateful re membrance.—Mrs. Mary A. Mc Cafferty; Mr. and Mrs. John Mel vin and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gallagher and family, O’Neill; : Mr. and Mrs. John A. Frenking, of Omaha. The Weather High Low Fberuary 27 .26 -5 ! February 28 .28 11 | March 1 .33 22 March 2 . 34 23 March 3 . 21 11 March 4 . 30 5 1 March 5 . 32 22 Thursday morning, .13 of mois ture—2 inches of snow. William Krotter William Krotter. proprietor of o 'e of the oldest business estab lishments in Stuart, or in the county, met his death last night in the garage at his home in Stuart. Mr. Krotter drove into his gar age about 9:30 o’clock and after he had got out of the car it rolled backward and the door of the car, which was open pinned him against one of the 2x4’s in the gar age in such a manner that he could not extricate himself. His wife came to his aid but she could not move the car and she got two men from the office to come over and they were unable to move the car from his chest. They went for more help and when they returned with help and got the car moved foi-ward Mr. Krotter had lost con sciousness. He died a few min utes later. Mr. Krotter had been a resident of the county for about fifty-five years, formerly being a resident of this city where he worked for the Barnett & Frees lumber com pany. From here he went to Stuart and engaged in the lumber and coal business there, later branching out and for years he has been the owner of a line of lumber yards and hardware stores in Boyd county and in South Dakota. He had been actively engaged in busi ness in Stuart for upward of fif ty years. . William Krotter was a good busi ess man and an indefatigable work er. He had always enjoyed good health and, although 76 years of age at the time of his death, he j got around like a man twenty years | hir, junior. During his residence in j this county he always took an active part in the civic affairs of the county and his home town and was always ready and willing to do any. j thing that would be beneficial to the people of his town, county or state. He was a good citizen and the people of the western part of the county have lost a good booster in his death. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. Grattan Project Club The Grattan Project Club met] February 25 at the home of Mrs. Larry Barrett. , . Six members and three visitors took part in the lessons on “Spring Cleaning and Soap Making." Sev eral leaflets wrt" given to those present. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. , , ,, , The next meeting will be held at the Weingartner home. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Arterburm, | of Lincoln, Nebraska, spent the week end here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Stout. Mr. Arterburm is an engineer con nected with the State Highway de partment, and is now located at O’Neill, where he will be stationed i for the next three or four months. Telephone communications were j completely disrupted in O’Neill and i vicinity on last Sunday and Mon 1 day, as a result of one of the worst i ice and sleet storms in years. Three ■ repair crews of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company were here on Monday, sent to repair the dam age. The crews were from Norfolk, Wayne and Grand Island. There were one hundred and fifty breaks in the line between here and At ! kinson, and numerous other breaks 1 were reported, and a great many i poles were down. A sheet of ice I covered the sidewalks and high ways, walking was a hazardous oc 1 cupation, with everyone using ex treme caution, but a great many falls were reported, the only dam age in most cases being to the dig nity of the person who fell. BOTTLED GAS GAS STOVES At new low prices. New beautiful models with regulated oven. O'NEILL HATCHERY Club Organization Getting Started For 1941 Organization of local groups of boys and girls into 4-H clubs has started for 1941. In spite of the bad weather and roads many groups have reorganized and are making plans for a banner year. Indications are that the present year will enroll over 300 boys and girls in the 4-H work to better pre pare themselves to meet the prob lems of the future. The 4-H work in Holt county is maintained under the direction of county agent. Lyndle R. Stout, and is offered free to any community that can enroll five members be tween the ages of 10 and 20. ?7ach club elects a local adult leader to act as an advisor for the year’s activities. Although the work has been es tablished in Holt county for a num ber of years and many high honors have been received by some mem bers, there are many communities which are not taking the best ad vantage of the opportunities that 4-H clubs offer the boys and girls. New groups in the county wishing to organize a club should contact the county agent’s office in O’Neill for assistance. County Agent’s Office Moved In Court House Since March 1 is generally con sidered the farm moving date, the county agent’s office has taken ad vantage of this season to move its office into the southwest corner of the basement of the courthouse in O’Neill. This office was formerly occupied by the Farm Security ad ministration which recently ob tained offices in the new County building. BRIEFLY STATED m_ Johnny Connelly returned on, Thursday from Omaha, where he spent a week on business. John Robert Gallagher left on Thursday morning for Omaha, to resume his studies at Creighton University, after spending the past week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gallagher. Harold Conners and Bob Mc Donough will leave on Thursday for Washington, D. C., where Har old has accepted a government po sition and Bob will visit relatives for a short time. Mrs. Pete Heriford and Mrs. James Roberts, of Brunswick, re turned on Friday evening from Lin coln, where they were to attend the funeral of a friend of Mrs. Rob erts. _ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davidson and Mrs. R. R. Morrison returned Fri day evening from Omaha, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. David son’s son, Steve, a student at Creighton University, Omaha. F.mmet Carr and John Connelly drove to Norfolk on Wednesday afternoon to attend the basketball game between O’Neill and Stanton, played Wednesday afternoon in the Class A tournament. Mrs. L. K. Stout entertained the members of the Tuesday after noon bridge club at her home on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J. R. Miller won high, Mrs. James Roon ey, second and Mrs. H. Peterson, low score. ______ The following Holt county boys reported to the local draft board this morning at 1:40 and took the train for Omaha, where they will be inducted into the U. S. services: Theodore Braun, Bennie G. Braun and John Raymer. The regular jury term of Court, which was to be held in Butte, on March 3, 1941, was changed by order of the Judge of the District Court, It. R. Dickson, to March 17, 1941, at which time court will convene at 10 A. M. Miss Frances Rotherham, normal training and kindergarten teacher, in the O’Neill public schools has been selected as one of the Judges at the North Central Conference Declamatory contest, to be held in Ainsworth on Friday evening, March 21. _ Mr. and Mrs. Pete Curtis return ed on Wednesday afternoon from Berwyn, Nebraska, where they have been living for the past nine or ten months, and will again make O’Neill their home. They are vis iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burge at present. Mrs. Roy Sauers entertained the I D. T. Club as a seven o’clock din ner at the Golden Hotel on Thurs day evening, followed by cards at i her home. Mrs. J. M. Hayes won | high for the ladies, and C. F. Grill, high for the men. Mrs. Dwight Harder won average, while C. E. Yantzi won low score. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dailey, of Emmet, John Dailey, of Winner, S. I)., and Miss Marie Biglin left on Thursday for Jerome, Idaho, to at tend the funeral of Frank Dailey, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey and John Dailey returned Tuesday evening, while Miss Marie Biglin went to Salt Lake City for a visit. O’Neill (iirI Sings With I Washington Choir As a member of the choir of the National Catholic School of Social Service, Washington, D. C., Miss Roberta Arbuthnot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot, sang at a luncheon given by the Wash ington Auxiliary of the School for the purpose of sponsoring “Inter American Collaboration in the Field of Social Service.” State and Labor Department of ficials, judges, and wives of the South American diplomats were honor guests at the luncheon. The principle speaker, Rt, Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Ready, general secre tary of the National Catholic Wel fare Conference, praised graduates of the School as a “social militia” trained to defend “human dignity and liberty and to champion the in tegrity of the family.” Among the guests were Snora de Garland, wife of the counselor of the Peruvian Embassy, Senora de Castro,' wife of the Minister of El Salvador, Mme. Lescot, wife of the Haitian Minister, Mrs. Merchant Mahoney, wife of the Commercial Counselor for the Canadian Lega tion, and Carl Spaeth, executive assistant to Nelson Rockefeller, de fense coordinator for Pan-Ameri can Relations. Miss Arbuthnot, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, will complete the two year course of fered by the National Catholic School of Social Service in June, 1942. She is a major in Child Wel fare and is now obtaining her ac tual field work experience with the Traveler’s Aid Society, Washing ton, D. C. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Madelynne Hynes returned Friday from Riverton, Iowa, where she has been employed for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lohaus and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gat'/, and son, Jack, drove to Norfolk on Sunday, where they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Agnes, and where they met Mrs. Mary McLeod, who was returning from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Mark Fangman in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Y;ictwr Halva were surprised by u group of friends on their twenty-second wedding an niversary last Monday night. The evening was spent in playing pin ochle and visiting after which a delicious lunch was served. The guests departed at a late hour after wishing Mr .and Mrs. Halva many more happy anniversaries. The following Holt county boys have been selected to be inducted into army service on March 17, 1940: Steve Ceislak, Herman Friekle and Leonard Lawyer. On March 25 there will be five sent from this county to Omaha, for in duction into the army, to replace the five that were rejected from those reporting on February 19. They have not yet been selected. F. L. Bain, who has been visiting at the home of his daughter and husband, Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Wright, at Winslow, Arizona, since last November, returned home last Fri day night. Frank says that he had a dandy visit and enjoyed the win ter in the “sunny south” very much, but that he was glad to be home again. Holt County Pupils Are Participating In School Lunch Program Eight hundred and thirty-seven school children in Holt County are now participating in the School Lunch Program according to Coun ty Assistance Director, Thad E. Saunders. Applications covering an additional 276 school children are pending approval. Surplus agricultural commodi ties are made available to these schools through the Nebraska De partment of State Assistance and Child Welfare. These foods have been purchased by the Surplus Mar keting Administration in an effort bo stabilize prices to fanners. They are donated by the Surplus Market ing Administration for free distri bution to eligible schools. Many of these nourishing foods which in clude flour, corn meal, lard, eggs, pork products, fresh fruits and vegetables have been purchased in Nebraska resulting in considerable benefit to Nebraska farmers and processors of food products. The Department of State Assist ance and Child Welfare states that approximately 29,500 children in 1,220 schools in 82 Nehraska coun ties are at the present time eating their lunches prepared in whole or in part from surplus commodities. Mr. Saunders points out that there are other schools in Holt county that may avail themselves of the opportunity to obtain these sur plus foods for school lunches if they so desire. All applications should be made at the Holt County Assistance Office in O’Neill. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Dora Davidson, of Omaha, who spent a week here visiting rela tives and transacting business, left on Sunday for her home. Miss Bernadine Protivinsky and Ralph Bauman will leave on Thurs day for Washington, Mo., where they will visit at the home of Miss Protivinsky’s sister and her hus band, Mr. and Mrs. B. Thomas. Bob Biglin, of Omaha, returned to his studies at the University of Nebraska medical school at Omaha, after spending the week end here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biglin._ Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Freaking and children left on Monday for their home in Omaha, after coming to O'Neill to attend the funeral of Mrs. Frenking’s brother, Bernard McCafferty._ Mrs. Bob Cook was surprised by a group of her friends who went to her home last Friday night to wish her a happy birthday. Four tables if pinochle were played. Prises were won by: John Schmidt and Mrs. James Oppen, high; Fred Grandorf and Mrs. John Schmidt, low; Mrs. Frank Greenier, booby. A delicious lunch was served at midnight and before leaving for home the guests wished Mrs. Cook many more happy birthdays. At a special meeting of the mem bers of the school board on Mon day evening, Robert Houtchens was elected to take the place of Harold Conners, who resigned to accept a position in Washington, D. C. Mr. Houtchens, who will be the commercial teacher, is at pres ent at Genoa, Nebraska, and is ex pected to report some time next week. OF all kinds of hunger there is none like money hunger. Physical starvation may be the result of financial improvi dence. 4 The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, •140,900 00 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Offlcer* or Stockholder*. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
