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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1941)
I ^ * VOL. LXII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, August 14, 1941 Number 14 _ Achievement Day For 4-H Members At O’Neill August 23 4-H members from all parts of Holt County will compete in the contests at the 4-H Achievement Day to be held at the O'Neill Public school on Saturday, August 23. The program will allow 4-H club mem- \ {bers to compete for a fine group of county awaids furnished by thej O’Neill businessmen and an oppor » tunity to represent Holt County at the Nebraska State Fair this fall, j Members of 4_H home econmics clubs will have a fine opporunity to exhibit the work they have com pleted this past summer as well as entering the judging and demon stration contests from which State Fair teams will be picked. 1 Members of 4-H calf clubs will not exhibit their calves at this time, but will have their opportunity at the calf show to be held later in tiie fall. The judging contest will be open to all members enrolled ir a livestock club and from the win ners will be selected a livestock . judging team to compete in the State contest. Livestock demon strations will also be selected to enter the State Fair. A county poultry judging teair^ will have been selected at an earlie., date. In order that the results of all the contests may be tabulated and the premiums awarded by the end of the day, it is necessary for all exhibits to be in place by 9:00 a.m., so that the contests may start promptly. Premiums will be awarded in all contests and as far as possible, the members winning each event, and who meet the legibility require ments will be selected to represent Holt County at the State Fair. Assisting county agent, Lyndle R. Stout in conducting the contest will be Mrs. John Drayton, who was formerly district Home Demon stration agent for Holt County, v Miss Hazel Leupold, FSA Home Supervisor, and Mrs. Ed. Verzal ot O'Neill. The Livestock judging and demonstration contests will be conducted by Mr. Chet Walters and Pay). Fidler, county agents at Wayne and Ainsworth. The Achievement Day is one. occasion when all 4-H members in the county are encouraged to com-: pete in order that those reprsent- i iing the county at the State Fair contest may be the outstanding talent in 4-H work. Each member j will furnish his own lunch and an} person interested in the boys and girls is invited to attend. Pioneer Residents of Meek Have Silver Wedding Anniversary Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Preston Jones cele brated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their home north of town last Sunday with fried chick en dinner. Five of their right children being home and one in-law, Mr. Walter Devall. It not being so they could all be home but they all took part In pre senting their parents with a very nice dinner net and a very fine chest of Silver Ware also wishes that it might be possible that they may repeat it in Twenty-five more years. Englehaupt-J acox On Sunday morning, August 10, Johanna Engelhaupt of Spencer, Nebraska, became the bride of Kermit Jacox of Long Pine. The marriage ceremony was performed by Reverend Robert F. Barry, pas tor of Sacred Heart church. The couple were attended by Leo Engel haupt and Mildred Liewer. Mrs. Jacox for the past two years was a teacher in the O’Neill Public School. Mr. Jacox is employed at the Strelow Pharmacy at Long Pine. After a short trip the couple will be at their home at Long Pine. Two Holt County Girls Return from 4-H Camp Misses Mable Forbes and Mar gery Rees of Amlia, returnedFri day from the State 4-H Conserva tion Camp held at Seward. The camp which was attended by 85 members from over Nebraska was held for the purpose of teaching 4-H members the conservation of natural resources and ■wild life which is so rapidly disappearing. These girls, who were awarded this trip for their work along conser. vation lines, were the guests of the Federal Cartridge Company. Teaquist-Spangler A vry pretty wedding oecured Wednesday, August 6th, at high noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Teaquist, when their daughter, Miss Clarissa was united in marri age to George Spangler, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Spangler of Stanton, Neb., the Rev. M. Blaine Simon, pastor of the United Luth eran church, officiating in the pres, ence of the immediate family, Mrs. Ilildor Grgen and John William and Mrs. Fred Fuhr. The ceremony was performed be fore an improvised altar on which were tall lighted candels and vases of roses, and about the room were eight tall baskets of gladiolas, roses and asters. The couple were attended by Miss Cecilia Teaquist, sister of the bride, and Bernard Fuhr. Preceding the ceremony, Mr. Fuhr sang two solos, At Dawn and I Love Thee, accom panied by Mrs. M. B. Simon, who also played the Lohengrin wedding march. The bride wore a cream colored wool suit with a shoulder corsage of gardenias, while the bridesmaid’s dress was a redingote of green geor gette and crepe with which she wore a shoulder corsage of pink roses. The groom and groomsman both wore gray suits with white carna tion buttonaires. Mrs. Teaquist, mother of the bride, wore a dress of orchid and white silk crepe with a shoulder corsage of orchid colored aster pom-poms. A three-course wedding dinner followed the ceremony, the table decorations being in pink and green, with low bowls of pink aster pom poms and tiny ferns, and pink can dles tied with green tulle. A three tier wedding cake formed the cen terpiece. The couple left early in the after noon on a ten-day wedding trip to Denver and other points in Colo rado, and upon their return will resid at the Teaquist residnce in Spencer. Mr. Spangler is a saleman for the Consolidated Mills of Grand Island and has made his headquarters in Spencer for the past year. Mrs. Spangler has livd in Spencer since early childhood and is favorably known. She has been employed by the Bell Telephone company for the past 19 years, being chiel operator at Spencer, Gregory and O’Neill. The best wishes of their many friends are extended.—Butte Gaz ette. Livestock Receipts Heavy Last Week—Prices Good The seasonal run of livestock seems to be gaining momentum as the weeks roll by. Receipts last Monday were the heaviest here this season and showed a marked in crease over a week ago. Prices ruled about steady tho the mar ket was a little easier on some classes. Good steer calves, light in weight, reached upwards to $12.75. Bulk of the steer calves placed from $11.25 to $12.25. Heifer calves were in broad demand and paid from $10.30 to $11.00. A considerable number of yearl ings showed up and several car load lots were sold. Top yearling steers in carload lot, brought $10.55 with their heifer mates paying $10.00. These average 610 pounds and 575 pounds respectively, and were of good quality. Another carload lot of steers, average weight 720 pounds, cashed at $10.30. Their heifer mates rang up $9.65. Extreme top on choice yearling steers was $11.65, but that price was paid for only outstanding in dividuals. Two year olds sola mostly from $9.75 to $10.10. One carload lot, weight 725 pounds, bracketed at $9.90. Heifers in this class reached $9.26. Cows were plentiful and choice fat cows sold from $8.00 to $8.10. Others, less fancy, but of medium to good quality brought from $7.00 to $7.75 with the plainer grade ranging from $5.25 to $6.50. Bull sold mostly from $7.50 to $7.75. Receipts in the hog division were only slightly heavier than a week ago apd prices followed general market tuends. Butchers notcheo mostly from $10.85 to $10.95. Sow. paid from $9.85 to $9.95 with a few hitting $10.05. Pigs were scarce and sold mostly by the head. A few sheep were here, too few to make a quotable market. The next regular auction will be held on Monday, August 18. Miss Rose Taylor of Lincoln, ar rived KSre on Sunday and is a guest 1 at the home of Miss Helen Biglin. Congressman Stefan Has Three Vacancies To Fill Two vacancies for midshipmen at , the United States Naval Academy and one vacancy for cadet at the United States Military Academy will accrue to the credit of the j Third Congressional District cf Nebiaska due to graduation of two Third District midshipmen and one Third District cadet in 1942. Nomi nations to fill these vacancies will be made by or soon after January I 1, 1942. Eligible candidates for these no minations, in addition to being act ual residents of the Third Congress, ional District of Nebraska, must, in the case of the Naval Academy, be not less than 17 years of age or more than 21 years of age on April 1st of the calendar year in which they undertake to enter the Naval Academy and, in the case of the Military Academy, be not less than 17 years of age or more than 22 years of age. Candidates for the Military Academy become inelig ible for admission upon the day they become 22 years of age. Eligible candidates must, also, i have graduated from high school! or be assured of graduation not later than the spring of 1942. High school graduates who have also completed one or more years or college or university work will fina the additional academic prepar ation of considerable value in meet ing entrance tests and in pursuing the training following admission tt either academy. I shall make the nominations on a purely competitive basis and the preliminary competition will be in itiated by a Congressional Design ation Examination conducted by the United States Civil Service Com. mission on October 4, 1941. This is not an admission examination but solely an examination to de termine the comparative qualifica tions of candidates for the purpose of enabling me to make nominations, of principals and alternates on the basis of the comparative quali-; fications disclosed by the examin ation. The nominees for admission1 will subsequently be called upon tc j present themselves for physical ana mental tests precedent to actual '■ admission. * i At all times between now ana September 8, 1941, but not latei than September 8, 1941, I shall be; glad to receive the written applica tions of young men who possess the above mntioned qualifications coup. ! led with a desire to enter the Naval Academy or the Military Academy, I as the case may be. The initial application will be to participate in the competitive Congressiona. Examination and each applicai should definitely state the academ. of his choice. All applications and request, for further information should bt addressed to me at 1017 Hous Office Building, Washington, D. f KARL STEFAI Orthopedic Clinic Held Here Last Saturday An Orthopedic extension clinic sponsored by the Crippled Chidren’s Services in cooperation with the Elks Club was held Saturday, Au gust 9, in the O’Neill High School Auditorium. Forty children, thirty of them active cases already receiving services together with ten new referrals by their family physicians were examined by Dr. William R. Hamsa, Orthopedist and Dr. George E. Robterson, Pedi atrician, both from Omaha. Assist inp the Doctors were Mrs. Stanley Soukup, registered nurse and Miss Edna Simonson and Mrs. Lynus Murphy Brennan of O’Neill. Mr. August Snyder, chairman of the Elks Committee for Crippled child ren, was present to supervise the noon day lunch sponsored by the Elks Lodge of Norfolk. The lunch was prepared by the following ladies of the O’Neill Pres byterian church: Mrs. J. P. Brown in charge assisted by Mrs. L. R. Burgess, Mrs. Fred Robertson Mrs. Arthur Cowperthwaite, Mrs. O. S. Goodfellow, Mrs. V. G. Kline, Mrs. C. E. Lundgren and Mrs. H. W. Tomlinson. R. H. Parker and wife just re turned from a business trip to Cas per, Wyoming, and while there made an extended trip through Yellowstone Park, stopping 9 day^ in the Yellowstone, and 2 days in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Also visiting Devils Tower, the so called tree stump 865 feet high o. solid rock with a 2 acre surface or top. The big Deadwood celobr tion, “Days of 1876” w s r f-11 swino ard la f V m m' d bra!" i" first d!s"«- ■ > O’Neill Public Schools Open Monday September 1 The O’Neill Public Schools will open on Monday, September 1st. All grade pupils art; to report to their respective rooms at nine A.: M. High School students will as- j semble in the study hall on the j second floor at nine o’clock. School will be in session only in the fore noon on the first day. That will en able the student to receive their texts and assignments. All the registering for high school work will be done on Monday morning. Students who wish to change their spring registration will have an opportunity to do so at that time. Every new student will be given special assistance in selecting their course of study for the year. Parents are urged to check the courses that the student registers for, and if any questions arise or suggestions; Mr. Martyn and Mr. Grill are eager to confer with you whenever there is an opportunity to be of assistance. A wide range of studies are avail, able for the O’Neill High School Student. Excellent instruction will be given in each of the classes. There will be a full program in the commercial field, normal training, vocational agriculture, first an. second, and third year on second years of home economics, band and vocal instruction, English, Mathematics, science, social sciene, and other classes. Mr. Godel and Mr. Richter have been busy during the summer months refinishing floors, paintinff and cleaning in order to have the school plant and classrooms in A-l condition by September. If you wish to have a studenf to work for board or room at any time during the year, the school will be glad to assist you in learn ing what students desire such jobs. | Since there are about twelve grade pupils living in the west end of the school district, the board o? Education has acted to open the West Ward School this year. The school building hjjf^Jjeen prepared for use and the necessary fixtures are being iinstalled. This school will also open on Mon day morning, September 1st. The pupils will be dismissed at noon for the remainder of the day. F. F. A. Boys In Albion Last Week i On Friday. August 8. Mr. Mathis took Rex Oberle and John Ether-! ton to the District meeting at Albion, Nebraska. The purpose of this joint meeting of Vocaeional Agriculture instructors and F. F. A. officers was to train the officers and establish a more efficient Vocation al Agriculture program. A Chapter contest was conducted for all the FFA Chapters in this district. The boys were asked questions on parliamentary proce- ! dure and other facts about the FFA. There were two-man teams and three-man teams. The O’Neill Chapter participated in the two man team. In this Contest, John and Rex won first, winning over the Albion Chapter. This coming school year the O’Neill Chapter hopes to have one of the best FFA Chapters in the state. Brown-McDonalds* Strike Winning Streak Brown-McDonald beat the All Stars Sunday night 21-17. In the first inning the Brown-McDonald team made a run but in the All Stars half inning they also made a run, so at the end of the first inn ing the score was 1-1. In the second and third innings the All Stars were held to 2 runs on the surperg pitch ing of Lowery, while the Brown McDonald bats knocked in 6 runs. At the end of the five innings the score was 14-7 in favor of Brown McDonald. It was then getting pretty dark to play but the All Stars insisted on finishing the game. In the dark the game be came a hitting battle but after the smoke cleared the score read Brown McDonald 21, All Stars 17. A lot of credit should be given *he--e Brown-McDonald boy’s because that afternoon they had playe good ball to beat the K. of C. 11-10. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dishner and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kinsman of Columbus, returned on Monday ev ening from a vacation spent at Perk Panids, Minnesota. Mr. and Mr*. Kin roan .i='ted r rt Tuos < .. i ....».♦ -- *■ r t1 v Residents Of County Furnish 1,260 Pounds Of Aluminum _ Holt County organizations and individuals displayed a fine cooper ative spirit when they donated, collected, and delivered l,2f>0 pounds of scrap aluminum to relieve the shortage in National Defense in dustries. After the county drive was com pleted all scrap metal was concen trated in O’Neill from where it was trucked to the state concen tration bin at Norfolk. From this point it will be placed into defense production as needed. All alum inum will be delivered to the smelt, ers at the maximum price prescrib ed by the Office of Price Adminis tration and Civilian Supply. No profit will be permitted. The campaign was a jrood ex ample of the big job that can be done so easily in this country when everyone does his part. Legalized Beer In Nebraska Eight Years Lincoln, August 11 (Special)— This week marked the eighth an nversary of the return of legal beer to Nebraska. On August 10, 1933, the sale ol beer was resumed after a 16-year “dry” period, under provisions ol a statute passed by the 1933 legis lature legalizing 3.2 beer. This legislation was superseded in 1935 by the present Nebraska liquor control act providing for the j sale of both beer and liquor ana placing administration of the law under a State Liquor Control Coni, mission. The Nebraska Brewers and Beei Distributors Committee, self-re gulatory organization headed by' Charles E. Sandall. reports that: since 1933 the state of Nebraska has collected a total of $3,545,547 i beer excise taxes. Of that amount, some $2,641,183 has been used to help finance the state assistance program for the benefit of the needy aged, dependent ehidren and the blind. The remainder has gone to the state’s general revenue fund. Approximately 9,500 persons are employed by brewers, wholesale and retail beer establishments in Ne braska with an estimated payroll in 1940 of $8,528,000. There are five Nebraska brewers, 29 ship-1 ping brewers doing business in the state, 97 wholesale distributors and about 2,250 on-premise beer retail ers. To help preserve these benefits the Committee was organized more, than three years ago to improve standards in the operation of beei j outlets. Dealers have respondeu so well that the “Nebraska Plan' | has been adopted in 13 other states. Two O’Neill Girls On An Extended Tour The annual Geography Tour of the Nebraska State Teachers col lege at Chadron, supervised by Dr. V. Cal von McKim, left Chadron Friday, July 18. The tour this year is through the northeast, in cluding 40 days of travel, covering approximately 7500 miles. Points of interest visited will include all the large national parks in north west Canada, as well as Jasper, Lake Louise, and Watertown. In the United States, parks to be vis ited are Glacier National, Yellow stone, Olympic, Grand Cooley1, Lake Tahoe, and various redwood parks along the west coast. The governors of Washington and Calif ornia have invited the party to use state boats for fishing trips while in those states. Among the forty students who are taking the trip are Vivian Clouse and Elaine Mart field from O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Winchell Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ben Winchell cele brated their Golden Wedding anni versaey at their home here on Sun day. Over forty relatives and friends attended the dinner which was given in their honor at their home on Sunday noon. Out ol town relatives who were here are: Alvin Winchell of Omaha, a son Mrs. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Walter King of P>imrose, Nebraska, and Mrs. Winnie Graham of New Castle, Wyoming. Mrs. Ralph Oppen of Little Rock, Arkansas, arrived on Wednesdav end wiU visit h^re for the ne t six VTrnVs at th° r\C llOP O'NEILL ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA CITIZENS WEDNESDAY There was HaTdly A County In This Entire j Section That Did Not Have Largre Delegations Here _ The second annua] O'Neill Free Day has passed into history and it was a success from every point of view. We do not think the crowd here during the afternoon was as large as that of last year, but in the evening hours they kept (locking into town from all directions and by eight o’clock in the evening the ! streets were jammed with a happy and jolly bunch. People familiar with large crowds and who have had experience in estimating their size place the crowd in this city on Wed nesday evening at about 8,000. which is a lot of people. When the large crowd was on the comer during the distribution of gifts, the free concessions were all running and they were being liberally pat ronized. With three amusements device* for the little folks they all had a swell time and will long remember the O’Neill Day 1941. Shortly after 10:30 in the morn ing the festivities opened with a grand parade in which the five school bands present, Page, Stuart, Ewing, Atkinson and O’Neill par ticipated. The clown band also participated and were the recipients of much praise for their antics and the quality of the music they rend ered. The parade covered over a mile in length and many attractive, floats were in the procession. After the parade the street sports were held and the following were the winners of the three positions in each event: Girls, 25 yard race under 8 years—First, Seding, O'Neill; Sec ond, Murphy, O’Neill; Third, Rzes zotarski, Emmet. Shoe race under 12 years—Groff, O’Neill; Second, Nelson, O’Neill; Third, Ressel, Chambers. 30 yard race under 10 years—j First, Ressel, Chambers; Second Lewis, O’Neil!; Third Langan, I _ i Spencer. 50 yard race under 14 yeais—j First, Banks, Chambers; Second, Kelly, Atkinson; Third Sanders, Spencer. Balloon blowing contest (all)— First, Clemens, O’Neill; Second, Wyant, O’Neill; Third, AnspachJ O’Neill. 1 Crawfish race under 16 years— j First, Sanders, Spencer and Mavis Johnson, Spencer; Seconds Zelma Banks, Chambers, and Higgins, O’Neill; Third, Langan, OfNeill and Wyant, O’Neill. Blind friends contest (all)—First Korf, Ewing, and McNickols, O’Neill; Second, Lewis, O’Neill, and Lewis, O’Neill; Third, Neper, ; O’Neill, and DeBolt, O’Neill. | Potato race, free for all—First, Higgins, O’Neill, Second, McNickol, O’Neill, Third, Langan, O'Neill. Boys 25 yard race under 8 years —First, Asher, Page; Second, Sanders, Spencer; Third, Pearson, O’Neill. Shoe race under 12 years—First, Donahue, O’Neill; Second, Johnson, j Omaha; Third, Mathews, O’Neill. 50 yard race under 10 years— First, Tibbets, O’Neill; Second, EVery, O'Neill; Third, Johnson, Spencer. Sack race under 10 years—First, Jareaki, O’Neill; Second, Keating, Atkinson; Third, Sanders, Spencer. Bicyle race under 16 years— First, Stuart, O’Neill; Second Varce, O’Neill; Third, Kipple, O’Neill. 50 yard race under 14 years— First, Tibbetts, O’Neill; Stuart, O’Neill; Third, Clarke, Emmet. 75 yard race, free for all—First, Boles, Randolph; Stein, Clearwater, Third, Clyde and Stauffer. Blind friends contest (all)— First, Wallace and Lewis, O’Neill; Second, Uhl and Osborn, O’Neill; Third, Christiansen and Christian sen, O’NeilL Egg throwing contest, .(all)— Firsts, Kelly, and Faust, Atkinson; Seconds, Green, and Green, Atkin son; Thirds, Hynes, and Minten, of O’Neill. At 1:30 a large crowd journeyed to the City Park to see th^ ball | games. The first game was a kitenball game between Atkinson i and Page and was won by the 5 latter with a score of 3 to 1. At 2:30 the bn«e hall frame be 1 bvcen the Spence’- T^Hon team and the O’Neill team was started. This was a good game all the way through and was very interest ing. The game was won by the O'Neill boys with a score of 7 to 5. A very large crowd attended the games, there being over 400 cars parked in the park near the diamond. After supper the boxing program was put on, on a platform on the main square and was witnessed by a great throng of people. The different hovers were pretty will matched and they put up interest ing battles which were appreciated by the huge gathering. The pavement dance started about 10:30 and continued until the early hours of the morning and everyone appeared to be having a good time. The Thayer Family Hold Reunion At Long Pine The first annual Thayer reunion was held Sunday, August 10, af Long Pine, Nebraska, a basket dinner, served Cafeteria, was en joyed by all, having been served in a six room cabin, at Hidden Para dise Park. The afternoon was spent renew ing old aquaintance and acquiring new ones. Some old time fiddling, singing, dancing and swimming were also enjoyed during the after noon. It was decided to hold the 1042 reunion at the same place, the second Sunday in August. The oldest person there was Mrs. Nella Maynard, of Orchard, Ne braska. Also present from Or chard were, Mr. and Mrs. Elltidge Maynard and family. Walnut: Mrs. George Matt and daughter Delores and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pierson and family. Mon our: Mr. and Mrs. Gorg Thayer and grandson, Dewayne Huber. Brunswick: Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lichty and sons and Miss Opal Voael. Winner, S. D.: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Truhe and daughter Viola, Miss Pauline Rysavy, Paul Cohay and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Truhe and daughter Bonnie Jean. Merriman, Nebraska: Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Thayer, Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Thayer and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Thayer. New Castle, Wyo., Miss Ruth Thayer. Elm Creek, Nebraska: Mr. and Mrs. Fr$d Thayer and son Arlie, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Thayer. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thayer and daughter Lela Ruth. Gordon: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Thayer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Thayer and family, Mr. Del bert Thayer and visitors Miss Betty Fish, Charlee Closson and 1ms Cloeeon. New Port: Mr. arid Mrs. Jim , Thayer and family and Mrs. George Vorgason, a visitor. Opportunity: Mr. and Mrs. Pore Knight and family and visitors Misa j Gladys Crippen and Mr. Frank Nous. There were 78 at the reunion, however a larger attendance is expected next year as a numbei from the eastern states and north ern Nebraska were unable to at tend. St. Joseph Church Of / Amelia Holds Picnic Small towns are dying, bnt Amelia laughs at the notion, and invites you to see a live small town Sunday, August 17th. Special dinner from 4:00 till 8:00 P. M., baseball at 1:30, Binvo from 4:00 till 10:00, Music by Mullen’s Orchestra from 9:00 P. M. on, are on the program and other activities, are promised, too. The Picnic is for the benefit of St. Joseph’s Church of Amelia, and you will receive your money’s worth in every item on the program. Do come. Fried Chicken and y ' -cued hams promise to mal dinner one to remember. St. Johns Tri-County Day Sun day, August 31st. 13-4