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The
VOL. LXII O’NEILL.
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SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
DeLance Withers bought a
dozen head of calves and yearlings
of C. E. Addison Monday of this
week.
Frequent rains are bringing the
southwest back to its normal
water-soaked soil and seems to
have “got" the young hoppers
that a hot September hatched.
On a certain road I saw this
sign: “Caution—Men Working.’’
Quarter of a mile up the road sat
one man on a pile of gravel by
the side of the road. Tax Payers’
League, take notice.
Tweny-four magnificent geese,
moving with military precision,
formed a wedge-shaped align
ment as they passed high overhead
some days ago, announcing their
migration in loud salutations to
spectators on the ground.
Believe its the 16th the hunting
season either opens or closes.
There appears to be but few game
birds in this community at this
season but maybe a hunter’s eye
can spot them where I discover
nothing. Pheasants hatched with
in a few rods of the house but I,
Jiave seen but two grown birds
as shooting season approaches.
Neighbor Kennedy came to my
door an afternoon last week to1
say he had something to show
me. The “something” was a 4-ft.
4-inch blue racer he had just
killed down on the meadow where
he had been to investigate if the
grass had dried from recent rains
for the second mowing for this
) easson. The racer had met him
with head raised and coming in a
hissing charge for a fight. A
blow from a claw hammer Bernie
carried finished the fight and left
this blue and yellow streak of
reptile ugliness gasping its last.
Racers are encountered at times,
but rarely one of this length.
Maybe the Lone Eagle was not
far off in his estimate that Eng
English, Jews and Big Wigs at
Washington are luring us to the
cannon's mouth. England, natur
ally enough. Our administration
right or wrong is a matter of per
sonal viewpoint—certainly is on
a course that heads not away from
the zone of conflict. If any group
of our citizens has legitimate
grounds for urging America to
undertake the job of crushing
Hitler it is the Jews and such a
statement in no sense implies “race
hatred.” Maybe now is the time
for J. Bull and Uncle Sam to fade
out of the picture and let Adolph
and Joe destroy themselves.
After an operation at Walla
Walla, Washington, Guy M. Green
died on Wednesday of last week.
He was a brother of John Green;
1 of O’Neill and formerly lived here
when he was employed as a
printer. Guy was a long-time per
sonal friend of mine, as loyal and
true a friend as ever one had and
a sterling character who endeav
ored always to exemplify the prin
ciples of right living. He came
to O’Neill as an uncouth youth
from Madison county in
the late 80’s and learned the print
ers trade on The Frontier and the
old Item. He taught one term of
school in the Michigan settlement,
worked as a printer at Colerige
and at Battle Creek, Mich., pub
lished a paper at Dodge, Nebr.,
ranched in Wheeler county, lived
for a time at Lincoln and went to
Washington some fifteen vears
ago. He was a native of Green
county, Wisconsin, and was about
70 years of age.
In a recent book, “Rim of the
Sandhills,” another Holt county
thoroughbred brings the fresh
breath of the prairie, the fragrance
of the flowers, the mystic faein
ation of northern streams and the
cool shadows of timbered slopes.
Th'> author Will H.Snindler, comer
from that hardy tribe of settlers
along the northern borders of our
county where flows the Eagle, the
Niobrara, the Turkey, the Black
bird—that section rich in pioneer
lore where the scene of his story
lays. He brings us, too, a picture
the strange mixture of human
noVijjjty and depravity—of love
and romance, of spiritual ac
ations, of intellectual attainments;
I of rodyism and debauchery, mur
derous hatred and crime—ele
ments of pioneer life as well as in
this day. The story, interspersed
with many incidents of home and
community life, unfolds the pathos
of a homeless girl who loved not
wisely but too well; of another
who gave up a cherished romance
and her early ideals because of
tragedy in her home but after a
few bitter years returned tu both.
Some of the characters in the book
I knew personally, some siignuy
and all others by reputation. Out
of the mists of long ago arise the
faces of those who loved and
hated, who laughed and felt the
heartaches, who tread the rugged
trail of the pioneer, and have now
gone the way of all flesh and turn
ed to dust in some lonely ceme
tery. Kid Wade, swung from
a whistling post nea^ Bassett,
Capt. Dodge’s vigilance organiza
tion and William Nollkamper’s I
Eagle Mills are among the prom
inent features of Mr. Spindler’s
interesting book, and the Anne
Hill lived in O’Neill for a time
where she berated the officials
about their activity to apprehend
the abductors of Barrett Scott anu
did not lift a hand when her
husband and son had met a like
fate.
BUTLER-YOUNGS
Sunday at 2 p. m., Miss Mar
jorie Butler, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Butler of Inman,
will become the bride of Marvin
Youngs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Youngs, Inman. The wedding
ceremony will take place at St.
Paul Methodist church and Dr,
Walter Aitken will officiate.
Mrs. Ora Tromble will be at
the organ and Richard Koupal
will sing. The wedding party will
take their places before the altar
decorated with ferns and pastel
boquets. Two seven branch can
delbra will complete the setting.
The bride will be attired in a
forest green velvet jacket dress
fashioned with a peplum and an
eggshell satin blouse. Her only
ornament will be a pearl and
moonstone pin given to her by the
groom. Her accessories will be
black and she will wear a car
sage of tailsmen roses. Mrs. Har
old Brower of Independence, Mo.,
sister of the bride, who is to serve
as matron of honor, will wear a
light wool dress of gold with for
est green accessories. Her cor
sage will be of pastel sweetpeas
George Cornish of Omaha will
serve as best man for Mr. Youngs
and the ushers will be Vere Butler
of Halsey and Rodney Shuman.
The ceremony will be followed
by a reception for 60 guests ai
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Stamper. The candlelit Icae cov
ered table will be centered with
a wedding cake. Garden flowers
will furnish color to the appoint
ments. Mrs. Rodney Shuman and
Mrs. Chester Fowler will preside
at the serving table. Mrs. Paul
Seastedt will be in charge of the
guest book.
Several out of town guests will
attend the wedding, including Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Butler, Bassett; Mr. |
and Mrs. Paul Seastedt, Mr.and
Mrs. Mark Fowler , Mr. and M^. i
Henry Fowler, Dick and Nancy,!
and Charles Fowler, all of Omaha;
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fowler,1
Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Milford j
Youngs, Gladys Youngs and Clar-1
ence Johnson, Council Bluffs; Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Brugeman of
Osmond: Dr. and Mrs. Noyes.
Misses Hazel, Cecil, Julia and
Veva Noyes of Ceresco: Mr and
Mrs. Jay Potior and Miss Mary
Butler of Neligh.
The couple will be at home in
Lincoln where the bridegroom is
employed as branch manager of
the Santa Fe Trads Transporta
tion company.—Sunday State
Journal.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour Club met at the
home of Margaret Keifer on Oc-,
tober 2. The meeting was ca'led
to order by roll call. Several
members were absent due to mis
understanding and rainy weather.
Minutes of the former meeting
was read. Games were played and
several nice prizes were given.
Mrs. Lowell Johnson received the
i rr,and prize. The afternoon was
spent embroidering dish towels
for the hostess. M^. Keifer re
sumed from the Club. A very
! delightful lunch was served con
sisting of hot dinner buns, jello
with whipped cream and coffee.
The next meeting will be held
at Wrs Lowell Johnson’s on Oc
tober 30.
Report No Farm
Help Shortage
“There is a surplus of farm labor
in Nebraska,” WPA State Admin
istrator Felton said when ques
tioned regarding reported short
age of farm labor. “As llong as
workers with farm experience re
main on the WPA rolls, there wiU
be no shortage. We are lending
every effort to find employment
in private industry for every
worker now certified to WPA.
If persons desiring to employ
labor will contact any of our
offices of the Stae Employment
service where every WPA worker
is registered, they wiU be able to
get the desired help oi persons of
the desired skill who are working
on WPA,” Mr. Felton said.
Noel L. Smith, district manager
of the Work project adminisration
at Norfolk, said that all WPA fore
men had been instructed to as
sist employers in securing quaU
fied workers for farm work or
other employment which pays
prevailing wages and provides
reasonable working conditions.
“Workers leaving WPA for pri
vate employment will be immedi
ately reemployed on their WPA
projects when they return, provid
ing they are stiU in need and have
lost their private job through no
fault of their own.,” Mr. Smith
said.
KEE-BATES
Miss Veda Aiadene Kee, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. J ohn E. Aee, of
Emmet, became tne bride of
Wayne Gray don Bates, son of Mr.
anu mis. eiauue natco, also of
Enmiet, at a ceremony performed
imnsuuy afternoon at a o clock
at the Methodist church in Enunet.
ut-v. mumas EeacoeK read he.
service in the presence oi the im
mediate famines anu relatives.
rata* ouuley laaico piayea the
Honengrm music as a processional
and used ttie ivlcud* insohn Wed
Uing iviareii as tne feiuup turned
i '.uni uk! alter. During the ser
vice hie lueioesirauni was soiuy
played.
Nay dene Kee was her sis
ter & only attendant and she wore
a hoor leiigui Uic« or oiue cnen
de einuiometeu maiquioeue. fshe
carried a uuquet ol piniv anu wmte
chrysanthemums.
Mr. Ecuuaru Fox oi Emmet,
servcu ihr. i-ia.es as best man.
The bride wore a gown oi white
marquisette iashioned with a
race usjG.iG'vi anu u iiiii
tiereu situs.. Her ilnger-tip lengtn
veil tu0cd in chantilly face was
held u> a crown ol pearls. She
aisu v. _ a ..eCuiace, a 0ilt oi tne
groom, tier boquet was a white
chi y suuuicniunis.
A reception followed at the
home oi me bride’s parents. The
serving tuoie was centered with
a three-tiered wedding cake and
crystal canUiehoWiers h ol d i n g
white tapers.
After a snort wedding trip Mr.
and Mrs. Bates will make their
home near Emmet. The bride’s
traveling dress was dark green
romaine crepe with black acces
sories.
Mr. and Mrs. Bates are both
graduates of the O’Neill public
school in the class of 1937 and
have grown to manhood and
womanhood in this community.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Dr. J. F. Spencer, Pastor
Rally Day, All Day.
Sunday school at 10:30 o’clock.
All ages invited.
Morning worship, 11.00 a. m.
The subject of the sermon will be:
Opening Chanels for Divine;
Blessing.
Evening service, 8 o’clock. See
a more complete announcement
in another place in this paper.
Tuesday evening, October 14,
at 8:00 o’clock the Missionary
Society will meet at the home of
Mrs. Jerry Miller. The Devotion
al leader will be, Mrs. Sauers, and
the topic leader, Mrs. Burgess.
Mr„ i E. Spencer received
word Fuesday that her sister at
Gilmor" City, Iowa, had passed
away that morning. Dr. Spencer,
who was attending a Presbyterian
mee*inf» in Norfolk, was called
home and they left Wednesday
to attend the funeral which is
being held today.
Miss Lnnone Milos of Noi^
spent Sunday visiting hei^jiBjj
Mi. ;nH Mrs '
BRIEFLY STATED
Phillip Yarnall went to Omaha
Tuesday to spend the day.
Mrs. Harold Lind berg ppent
I Friday and Saturday in Omaha.
Melvin Henry went to Norfolk
Sunday where he spent the day.
Lester Shoemaker underwent a
tonsilectomy operation last Satur
1 day.
Miss Marcella Juracek of Ver
i digre, spent Sunday here visiting
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. J. F, Spencer went
to Sioux City, Iowa, Friday on
business.
Bob Bachman went to Omaha
Tuesday to visit Howard Graves
for the day.
Mrs. E. W. Starlin left Saturday
for Bedford, Iowa, to visit her sis- j
ter, Mrs. U. I. Willson.
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Ernie Nelson of Norfolk, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Reardon.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka
went to Clarkson Shinday to visit
relatives and friends for the day.
Miss Grace Quilty returned
Sunday from Omaha, where she
had visited relatives for the week.
J. M. Hayes want to Norfolk
Monday to attend an insurance
convention, returning Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Klinger
purchased the R. H. Mills resi
dence property the last of the
week.
Mr .and Mrs. Edward Flood and
family moved Tuesday to the Clift
home, formerly onTpied by Mrs.
Tina Cliff and son.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Harrington
went to Sioux City Sunday to
attend a Shoe and Harness con-|
vention, returning Monday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoemaker
and son, Richard, went to Norfolk
Friday to spend the day with
their son Harold and family.
Mrs. John L. Quig and Mrs.
Pace left Saturday for St. Joe,
Missouri, where they will visit
relatives for ten days.
Mattie Soukup, Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Streeter, Elaine Streeter and
Gene Streeter went Ainsworth
Sunday and spent the day at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Perkins.
Mrs. Irving Johnson entertain
ed the 99-FF Bridge Club at her
home Thursday evening. Mrs.
Bennett Gillespie won high, Mrs.
Lyndle Stout second and Mrs.
Harold Weir third.
Shelterbelt Si{jn
Up Now On
According to word from Shelter
belt headquarters at Grandlsland,
the “sign-up” for 500 additional
miles of field and livestock pro
tection shelterbelts for planting
in Nebraska next spring has
started. According to the forest
service at Grand Island, applica-j
tions for 91 miles of tree belts
have already been accepted for
planting on nearly 200 additional
farms next spring.
Forest service officials explain
that several hundred applications
are on hand and that it will be
necessary for other interested land
owners to voluntarily place their I
applications as the Forest Service
will do no soliciting. Seedling
trees for the shelterbelts are re
ported to be of fine quality this
year. They are being grown in
Forest Service nurseries at Fre
mont and Norfolk. Digging and
grading of the seedlings will begin
by October 15.
The WJA cooperates with thei
Forest Service in the shelterbelt
program. Labor and some of the
supervision will be furnished by
the WPA to dig and grade the
seedling trees this fall and plant
the shelterbelt next spring. The
Forest Service furnishes the over
all plans and technical supervis
ion of the work. Under this coop
perative arrangement 3,800 miles
of shelterbelts have been planted
in Nebraska since the beginning
of the program in 1935.
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be about nuity-uve tatting paiJ
in ms pageant and ll win ut
pleasing, nujiumg raid instruct-j
ive througnoui. The or cites a*. |
and yuun6 people s choir win as-1
slst in the music. A child tnat is
to be sold win be placed upon the
auction block and the biudem
will state their olfer. The prin
cipal characers are the child, Caro-1
lin Goodfellow; life, Chicky ller.
church, Eunice Schwisow and her
musical messengers; pleasure,
Ruth Burge and her happy mo
ments; wealth, Margaret Halva
and her money values; fame,;
Helen Rector and her winged mes-;
sengers; service, Betty Williams
and her three atendants, Leone
Korab, Irene Yocum and Pauline
Kipple.
Everybody is invited. No ad
mission will be charged but a
good will offering will be taken.
Miss Marjorie Morris of Osceo
la, and George T. Robertson of.
Omaha, spent the week-end vis
iting Mr. Robertson’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Robertson.
MONEY in bank
here means you
have cash for instant
use at any time, while
we assume (he re
sponsibility for keep
ing it safely ii (he
meantime. i
O’NEiLL^^I
BRIEFLY STATED
W. W. Griffin was a business
| caller in Neligh Wednesday.
Miss Laura Myers left Saturday
for Norfolk and Lincoln, where
she will visit relatives for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Crabb
went to Fargo, N. D., Thursday on
a business trip. They returned
Monday.
Miss Nadine McNally came up
from Schuyler Monday to visit
her father, George McNally, re
turning on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Ferris and son, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ferris’ folks at Dorsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shoemaker
came up from Omaha Friday to
spend a week visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoemaker.
Mr. and Mis. James Welsh and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Welsh and
son, Jackie, of Dorsey, spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. William
Welsh.
R. E. Armburster went to Hast
ings Sunday evening, where he
attended a meeting of the Brown
McDonald company managers
until Tuesday.
The members of the Alpha Club
entertained their husbands to a
weiner roast Saturday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Robertson.
Rev. Spencer left Monday to
attend a Presbyterian meeting
that is being held in Norfolk
Tuesday, Wednesday and Tnurs
day of this week.
Mrs Charles Downey and son,
Jimmy, returned to ScottsblulT
Saturday after spending several
days visiting her mother, Mrs.
Georgia O. Rasley.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boshart ac
companied their daughter, Mrs.
Dwight Hammerlin or spencer, to
Norfolk Friday, where she had an
appendix operation Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus DeBacker
returned home Sunday from Om
aha, where Mr. DeBacker had
been attending a meeting of the
managers of the J. C. Penney
stores.
Mr. and Mrs. James Rooney
went to Albion Sunday to attend
the wedding of Miss Joyce Ann
Jouvenaut and Leighton Kunckl.
Miss Jouvenaut formerly lived at
Atkinson.
Mrs. Julius Moeller of Leigh
and Mrs. John Burns of Columbus,
came up Thursday for a visit at
the home of their sister, Mrs. M.
J. Enright and family. They
returned home Tuesday.
Mrs. Peterson of Polk and Mrs.
Chester A. Morgan of Denver,
Colo., arrived Thursday to visit
Mrs. Peterson’s and Mrs. Morgan’s
sister, Mrs. C. E. Jones. They
returned Wednesday to Polk
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Enright and
son, Donald, Mrs. Julius Moeller
of Leigh and Mrs. John Burns of
Columbus, went to Wagner, S. D.,
to see Mr. and Mrs. William Fallon
who are in the hospital there as
the result of a car accident a week
ago.
Art Jurgensmeier of Emmet,
started working at the Penney
store Saturday. Mr. Jurgens
meier is taking the place of
lip Yarnall, who is pi;
leaving for Califor*
of the week, _
Mr, and Mrs, Matt Beha spent
Wednesday in Norfolk on busi
ness,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Williams
went to Erickson Wednesday on
business.
C. E. Jones and c. E. Lundgren
were in NorfoiK Wednesday on
business.
Miss Grace Suchy spent Sunday
in Wayne at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Verzal.
Mrs. M. J. Lyman came up from
Omaha Friday and is visiting rela
tives here for the week.
William Payne, cashier of the
Travelers Insurance company, of
Omaha, spent Tuesday nere.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller are
the parents of u son born Sunday.
He will be known as George
Edward.
Mrs. James Oppen and daughter
left Wednesday for Omaha to join
Mr. Oppen who has a position
there.
Miss Constance ingiin returned
Saturday from North Platte,
Nebr., where she hud spent the
past ten days visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robert
son of Omaha are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Carl Widt
feldt.
The annual stag party was held
at me Country Ciuu Wednesday
evening, this being the closing
event of the year.
Mrs. T. J. Coyne returned home
from Wauoay S. D., Saturday
after spending a week visiting her
parents, Mr. uuu mis, aoim ounce.
Robert Gordon, who has been
visiting his brother, Jack Gor
don ior the pass. month returned
to Lawrence, Mass., Tuesday.
Mrs. F. M. urcmian returned
Saturday from Jji UUJ c city, where
she had been in St, Vincent’s
hospital for the pusl tiiree weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Widtfoidt and
Miss Donna Kurt*: cailecl oil Mrs.
Dwight Hammerlin at tne Lady of
Lourdes hospital ir Norfolk Sun
day.
Mr. and Mis, :.oy Harder and
family of Armour, S. D., spent
Sunday here at the home of his
brother, Dwight Harder and
family.
The Merrimyx Giuo had a 7:00
o’clock dinner at the MM cafe
Tuesday evening, playing cards
at the home of Mrs. Paul Shierk
afterwards.
Mrs. Mabei Gatz entertained
her contract club at her home
Wednesday evening. High scores
were won by Mrs. H. L. Walling
and Mrs. C. J. Gatz.
A. J. Kubitschek of Eagle Grove,
Iowa, arrived here Friday to visit
at the home of his nephew, F.
J. Kubitschek and family, return
in on Thursday.
Mrs. D. Hunt entertained two
tables of bridge at her home Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Geo. Mit
chell winning high, Mr$ Frank
Clements traveling. .|jg|
Mr. and Mrs.
wont to Omaha,
their car^
John
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