ym, T.Y11 O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1942 NUMBER 44 SOUTHWESTERN BREEZES By Romaine Saunders Lyle and Marion Addison spent Saturday afternoon at the James ranch in juvenile celebration of the ninth birthday anniversary of their schoomates, Paul James. One of Ralph Leidy’s O’Neill Hatchery Grams found its way into the mail box of the Breezes. Its sparkling pages of original wit and practical punch indicates Ralph should have taken to journ alism rather than chicken hatch ing, though it is noted with pleas ure that he is no slouch at that business. See my esteemed friend, Hdlt county’s able prosecuting attor ney, heads a committee sponsor ing an intensive gardening pro gram. Wonder if Julius would know a cabbage plant from an onion growing in a garden. Grocerymen should not become unduly alarmed over the results of amateur garden efforts. Mr. Brady’s ultimatum don’t set well with ranchers out this way They feel their stock and lands now bear an unequal share of the tax burden. No doubt all taxpayers entertain similar senti ments. Just where is an assessoi to begin with “actual values on land for which nobody ever offer ed a dime? The death of Walter Laviolette brings again to memory's vision, like legends and traditions, the part he played in the drama of community life in O’Neill. Few _perhaps none—will remember tnat his singing when a boy of ten charmed the old town. There was vocal talent of high order but no other childish voice to pour forth liquid notes to thrill and fascinate. Among the out standing bass and tenor singers Grant Smith, Oscar Snyder, Smith Merrill and P. J. McManus were much in demand for con certs or other occasions Mr. McManus is the only survivor of those mentioned. Mrs. C. E. Stout alone remains in O’Neill of a group of sopranos and altos who made community life the richer by lifting their voices in song. There were the Norvel girls, Mrs. Hazelet, Rose O’Fallon and a number of others. And may we hope another group has been found to keep alive the old town’s tradition in the songs of Zion and the ballads of its people. In the death of H. C. Lindsey of Amelia that commun ity has sustained the loss of an honored citizen. Death occurred last Thursday. It had been a short time since he was brought home from Omaha, where he had gone hoping to be benefitted by medical treatment and hospital care. Mr. Lindsey was for a time pastor of the Methodist church in Amelia but retired from the ministery some years ago. For several years he was engaged in the grocery business in Amelia and had a mail route to Ballah. As a citizen, a man, husband and father he was that fine type of character of which the world needs many more. Mr. Lindsey was 67 years of age. The funeral, largely attended and con ducted by Rev. Peacock, assisted by Rev. Pedersen, was held Sun day in Amelia and interment at Chambers. The bereaved wife and daughter who are left to carry on in a desolated home, as well as ether relatives, share in large measure the sympathy of the community. An evening early last week the troubled old earth cast its shadow over the full moon in a near com plete eclipse of the lunar orb. The shadow was noticable soon after the moon appeared above the horizon’s eastern rim in early evening and spread in silent stealth across the glowing disc until a mere thread of light identi fied the moon’s outer circle. The shifting of planets slowly un covered night’s illuminary but for two hours it was decidedly the best display of planetary phe nomena that has been observed in recent years. The night sky viewed from the open prairie is a scene of spangled glory, but that in a sense is commonplace; the eclipse held the mystery and the thrill of the unusual. And then Sunday evening, some hours after what appeared to be a lone army plane roaring high overhead Mrs. Mary M. Polk _ Mrs. Mary M. Polk died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Girrard at Kenesaw, Nebraska, Wednesday morning at 10:00 o’clock, after a short illness. She was a little over 83 years of age. The funeral will be held from the Methodist church in this city Fri afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. V. C. Wright officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery at the side of her husband who passed away j in January, 1929. Mary Ferguson was born at Ottuwa, Iowa, on January 23, 1859. She grew to womanhood near the city of her birth and on February 27, 1875, she was united in marriage to Hiarm A. Polk, the ceremony being performed at Sig ourney, Iowa. To this union two daughters were born, both of whom are living. They are, Mrs. H. E. Girrard of Kenesaw, Ne braska; and Mrs. Eunice Sanders of this city. Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Polk moved to Nebraska, settling in the eastern portion of the state where they resided until 1891 when they came to this coun ty. On their arrival here they purchased a farm northeast of this city where they lived until 1904 when they sold the place and moved to O’Neill. Mrs. Polk made her home here until about four years ago when she moved to Kenesaw to make her home with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Girrard. Neighbors And Friends Honors Old Pioneer On Her Ninety-third Birthday Friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mrs. Wm. Menish, Sunday, March 8th, to help her celebrate her ninety-third birth day. A one o’clock dinner was ser ved. The afternoon was spent playing cards and visiting. Mrs. Menish is one of the early pioneers, coming to Holt County almost sixty-four years ago. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Con O’Connell, Mr. and Mrs. James Donohoe and JoAnn, Mrs. J. B. Donohoe, Gene Donohoe, Mrs. T. F. Donohoe, Mrs. Lizzie Donohoe, Shirley, Dorothy and Ruth Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. W. I*. Dailey, Mrs. R. J. Marsh, Ed Menish and children Mary and Joe, Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh. had passed to the northeast, the glow of northern lights spread its bright curve above the earth’s northern rim. So the night sky has painted for the prairie dwel lers celestial pictures, while others have experienced the horrors of death bombs raining from the skies. On the busy streets of the county seat I have run across in recent weeks such old timers as Jim Fullerton, a rugged gentle man who has come the pathway from the pioneer to the present with head in the air and feet on the ground but our present national bungling has him some what bewildered, though his faith in life’s true values is still anchor ed to solid rock. Through the varied experiences from those early days when he run a stage from the railroad to river points, interspersed with incidents when Jim took off his coat and spit on his hands to impress some one that he meant business, the same sane outlook on life has held him steady. Paul Sullivan, an honor ed citizen that has come up from boyhood on the land adjacent to O’Neill, gave me the glad hand the other day. Paul recalls, with a humorous twinkle in his blue Irish eyes, the days of Indian scares. On one occasion as he was on the open prairie herding cattle, Pat Gahagan spread an alarm. Paul hustled the cattle home and in to the corral. The family hastened to a neighbor’s a half mile away where the settlers gathered determined to sell their scalps dearly. Paul’s mother had brought her bread dough as she had baking on the way when they took flight, and the household military equip ment, a muzzle loader, was load ed and primed and held ready for action. Like many such alarms, the pesky red skins failed to come that way. The pioneers had their fun and their frights, their struggles and their leisure. We would not care to go back to sod houses and hay burners, to picket ropes and wild bronchos, but that era produced a breed from which this somewhat flip pant era may well draw inspir ation. FIFTY-SEVEN HOLT COUNTY BOYS LEAVE FOR ARMY The following fifty-seven Holt county boys, the cream of young manhood of the county, left this morning for Fort Leavenworth, I Kansas, for army service. They left on a special train, which came from the west at 11 o’clock this morning. They are all enlisted in the U. S. Army as of today: Mervin Henry Kee Omar Gates Gibson Louis Frank Kliment Raymond Joseph Conway Edward Leopold Schneider Kenneth Wells Borden Lyle Mervin Green JoTin Edward Flannery Harold Earl Berglund Lawrence Virgil Rouse Cecil Thomas Grenier Carl Paul Meusch Benedict Bernard Turek Jack Lyle Cromwell James Emmett Carney James Ernest Podany George Syfie, Jr. George Francis Schneider Joseph John Turay Raymond John Kramer Eugene Lawrence Wedige Victor Paul Vandersnick Ben Fuelberth Asher John Henry Brunckhorst Edward George Winkler Earl Rodney Hunt Frederick Joseph Knuz Aaron Samuel Lange Marcellus Edward Schaaf Dewey Curtiss Newton James Dell Trobough Virgil Robert Allshouse James Albert Diehl Joseph Clayton Witherwax Joe Edward Luth Arthur Dale Bessert Cletus Patrick Seaman Lester Leon Green Elmer Carl Steskal John Sidney Harkins Harvey Edward Allshouse Delbert Francis Scott, Jr. David Evert Newton Gerard Joseph Babl Delmar Lynn Spangler August Jefferson Schutt Arnie Elmer Mace Orville Fred Eppenbach Frank Raymond Belmer, Jr. Bill Arthur Briles Robert Allen Clouse Louis John Vinzenz Adolph George Wetzler William Wallace Watson George G. Howard Carl H. Butler Raymond Leo Lansberry CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many friends who were so kind and thoughtful dur ing our recent bereavement.— Ralph Millard, Fred Millard, Fannie Messacar, Ruth Hughes. Presbyterian Church Dr. J. E. Spencer, pastor Sunday School at 10.00 A M. Morning Worship at 11:00 A. M. At this time the pastor will speak again on the subject, Two Im portant Questions. The Young People’s Society will meet Sunday eveniing at 7 o’clock. Circle No. 1 will meet on Thurs day afternoon, March 19, at the home of Mrs. Heriford with Mrs. Peterson assisting. Circle No. 2 will meet on Fri day March 20, at 1:00 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Cowperthwaite. A covered dish luncheon will be served. Hospital Notes Charles Clouse admitted Mon day. Mrs. Troy Howard a 10% pound boy on Tuesday March 10. Mrs. Ed Porter dismissed on Sunday. County Court Lawrence Ekeroth of Wakefield was arrested by Patrolman John T. Meistrell and charged with overload on capacity plate. He appeared before the County Court on March 6, 1942, pled guilty and was fined $21.00 and costs $3.10. Harold Cudaback of Grand Island was arrested by Patrolman John T. Meistrell and charged with overweight on capacity plate. He appeared before the County Court on March 10, 1942, pled guilty and was fined $10.00 and costs $3.10. Miss Marion Dickson spent Thursday in Norfolk. SPORT NOTES By Bystander The class B District Tourna-1 ment ended with grand style as I predicted, although it was not a runaway, at least not in the semi-finals in which the game was decided in the last seconds with O’Neill edging Neligh. The O’Neill quintet did not seem to be working right the first half but the last half they pepped up to the game. I want to thank personally Orville Lewis, O’Neill center, for his fine game against Neligh, and Friday the O'Neill boys earned the right to go to the State Championship at Lin coln, when they Ijeat Ainsworth 28 to 18. Two years ago O’Neill won the District Championship and went down to the state Championships at Lincoln and won their first two games before losing in the semi-finals. This year O'Neill will play the quintet from Sarganet in the State Tour nament and I predict the O’Neill quintet to beat them although this is bound to be very good basket ball game. If they beat Sargent tonight, Friday they will play in the semi-finals probably against Geneva. In the county and in the Dis trict Tournaments it has been the semi-finals where O’Neill has had the closet games and it will prob ably be the same in the State Championship. For if they have to play Geneva and beat them they will probably win their next game and be State Champions and this would be the greatest thing, we the people of O’Neill, could ask them to do. O’Neill has a better record of games won or lost then any of the other teams in the class B Champ ionship with 19 wins and one loss. The other teams bidding for the State Championship in class B are Sargent, Geneva, West Point, Auburn, Sidney, Mitchell and Wayne. On offensive O’Neill is second with 31.0 average with Mitchell leading, lyd in defen sive O’Neill is ranked fourth with a 21.3 average, Wayne holding first and Sargent and Geneva holding second and third places respectively and so O’Neill has a fine chance to become State Champions and I am wishing them all the luck in the world and am sure that they will do their best. To all the persons interested, there will be a play by play des cription of the O’Neill-Sargent basketball game direct from Lin coln tomorrow at 9:00 P. M. It will be by direct Telephone hook up amplied through the Public Address System. Bob Parkins will be the announcer and all the people in O’Neill and surrounding territory are invited to attend and although we can not all go to Lincoln we can at least go to the public School gym and cheer the O’Neill team on to victory. The price is 10c for students and 15 cents for adults, tax included. Two other teams around here are going to the State Tournament they are Butte in Class C and Long Pine in Class D. Butte beat Spalding Academy here in O’Neill in the finals and then beat Or chard here last week to go to Lin coln. We wish Butte all the luck we can and hope that they can get far in the State Tournament in class C. Then in class D we have Long Pine representing this section of the state. According to the writ ers Long Pine is one of the fav orites to win the Class D tourna ment and we sure hope that they can. They have lost only two games this year, to Ainsworth and Wood Lake, and they defeated both in return games. They won their tournament at Inman 28 to 21. Then in their first playoff, they for the second time this year, beat Wood Lake 34 to 17. Then at Ord in the final play off they smothered Thedford 49 to 29 to get their chance to go to Lincoln and we wish all three teams huge success and hope that the people Sn this section of the state can greet State Champions. Before we quit writing for this week we wish to mention that there is to be a grade school tour nament here at O’Neill next week both the Academy and the public school, will be entered and the Saint Mary’s and O’Neill grades are seeded to win and both schools here in O’Neill have had good re cords this year and we hope that it will be a grand success. I will pick O’Neill grades to win, al though Saint Mary’s will put up a good fight. See you next week. Subscribe For The Frontier. BUTTE HIGH WON CLASS C TITLE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT Butte’s Wildcats won the chance I to enter the Class C tournament! at Lincoln by defeating Orchard, 43-25 in the play-off here last Fri- j day night. Butte built up a winning mar gin early in the game and held j it throughout. Herb Adkins, star! Wildcat center, stole the show for | his team as their long looping j passes and under-the-basket plays revolved about him. Couch, Butte! forward, co-starred with Adkins | in scoring. Each made fifteenj counters. Holbrook of the Orioles j made nine. _ John Cihlar John Cihlar, an old time resi dent of the Dorsey neighborhood, died at the Veterans hospital in Lincoln Wednesday morning at 2:30 after an illness of several months. He was sixty-nine years of age. The funeral will be held at Lynch Friday afternoon, with burial in the Cemetery at Bris tow, Nebraska. Deceased is survived by two sons, and two daughters. They are: John A. Cihlar, Lincoln; Mrs. Ludia Sedivy, Tilden; Joe Cihlar, at home and Mrs. Mattie Klasna, Spencer. Mr. Cihlar had been a resident of the Dorsey section of the county since 1912 and he was recogniz ed as one of the prosperous far mers in that section of the county. He served in the regular army during the Spanish-American war, being in a calvery regiment, and since then had always taken an active interest in the military affairs of this country. Wertz-Odgen Word has been received by relatives of the marriage of Miss [Irene Wertz daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Wertz of Page, Ne braska. Miss Irene Wertz and Mr. Clin ton Ogden of Crawford, Nebraska, were married at Chadron, Nebras ka, January 31st. Irene is a graduate of Page High School attended Study Center, at O’Netfl, Nebraska, and two summer terms at Chadron, Ne braska, and is now teaching her fourth term of school near Craw-1 ford, where she met Mr. Ogden. Mr. Ogden has employment in Crawford where he is well and favorably known, but is enter ing the employ of Uncle Sam’s Army soon. The Frontier Readers Continuing Good Work Extending Subscriptions Frontier readers are continuing to call and extend their subscript ions. Notwithstanding the fact that a large number have renewed during the past two months, there are still a large number who should call and do likewise. Now is the time to get square with the newspaper man, before spring work opens up. The following readers extend ed their subscriptions during the past week: Elmer Wolfe Elite Cafe Carl T. Hoppe Aaron Boshart E. A. Steskal R. B. Pinkerman G. A. Fox Dr. J. P. Gilligan J. D. Osenbaugh D. L. Spellman Nick Bogner Dr. John E. Spencer A. A. Besscrt, new O'NEILL HIGH BASKETBALL TEAM AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT LINCOLN The O’Neill High School basket ball squad left for Lincoln this morning, where at 9 o’clock this evening they will meet the Sar gent team in their first contest for the State Championship in Class B. Sports writers on the World (Herald and the Lincoln State Journal pick O’Neill to win their game tonight quite handily. A good-sized delegation of rooters went along to root for the home boys. Should they win their game tonight there will be a much larger crowd from this city there tomorrow to lend encouragement to the boys and to cheer them on to victory. Orville Van Conent Orville Van Conett died at his home in Page last Monday after noon at 1:30, after an illness of but nine days, following a heart attack suffered at that time. The funeral will be held Friday after noon at 2:30 at the residence at Page, Rev. Gowan officiating and burial in the cemetery at Page. Deceased was born at Page on January 5, 1887, and was fifty five years, two months and four days old. He had been a resident of the county all his life. On September 22, 1906, he was unit ed in marriage to Miss Myrta May Jackson, the ceremony being performed at Willington, Ohio. Five children were born* of this union, two sons and three daugh ters. They are: James Halan, Wisner, Nebraska; Opal Mae Terrill, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Le land Orville, Stoughton, Cali fornia; Norma LaVonne, Stough ton, California; Carol Yvonne, at home. He is also survived by two brothers, Elmer and Vernie of Page and two sisters, Mrs. Iola Hawkins, Lusk, Wyoming; Mrs. Mayme Smith, Omaha. Mr. VanConett was one of the prominent resident of Verdigris township and had a host of friends in that section of the county, as well as in this city, and it is needless to say that all his friends were shocked at his sudden pas sing. Pioneer Holt County Lady Gives Quilt To Red Cross Mrs. Clara M. Cole, familiarly known to her many friends as Grandma Cole, exemplified the true American spirit by making with her own hands, and donat ing to the American Red Cross a beautiful quilt which was sold at the O’Neill Livestock Auction last Monday. The entire receipts,! realized through the sale of this fine piece of handwork, has been turned over by Mrs. Cole to the Emmet Chapter of the American Red Cross to be used by that or ganization. George Fink, Jr., Page, Nebras ka, gave his six bantam chickens for Red Cross benefit and these, also, were sold at auction last Monday. George Jr., has donated the receipts of his sale to the Page Chapter of the American Red Cross. The Tri-State Produce Co., O’Neill likewise, offered 100 baby chicks for sale at the livestock auction. The entire receipts of this sale has been donated to thej O’Neill Chapter of the American Red Cross. These fine examples of gener osity and patriotism are deserving of highest praise and we feel sure that the several Red Cross Chap ters are genuinely grateful for such splendid response in this time of emergency. A very special vote of thanks is extended to each of these contributors to this most worthy cause the American Red Cross. Victory Home And Garden Pledges Victory Home and Garden pledge cards will soon be display ed in windows and homes of hundreds of Holt County homes. Victory leaders appointed for each precinct under the Civilian De fense committee assumed the re sponsibility of distributing the pledge to every family in the County. Leaders receiving in structions at Victory Home and Garden meetings this week were very enthusiastic and indicated willingness to actively cooperate in the educational war effort. The attractive red and white pledge should be displayed in the front window of the home to show visitors and neighbors that memb ers of the family are doing their bit in the food production effort of 1942. An attempt will be made to contact every farm family and most of those living in town to get the whole hearted support of all the family in the Victory effort. Homes of those contacted will want to keep a garden record and conservation record book this year. Most of the others who sign the pledge will keep a simple record of their production and use of home produced foods on the j back of the Victry Home and Garden pledge. The pledge includes, in addi-1 tion, growing and eating home, produced food, the elimination of waste in food and material, and the maintaining of civilian mor ale Many families who are not in a position to grow food will want to take an active part in some other phase of the Victory program. O'NEILL HIGH WON CLASS B TITLE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT The O’Neill Eagles won their second Class B District title in three years with an impressive 28-18 victory over Ainsworth in the finals last Friday night. O’Neill’s five jumped into an early lead and never was in trouble although the Bulldogs rallied often. The Blue and White quintet led, 10-4 at the end of the first period and added to this margin until the score was 14-6 at the half. Center Orville Lewis, playing his best game of the year, with Guard Gene McKenna, led the Eagles in the last half. That per iod was the closest in the game, but O’Neill held a safe lead throughout to win by her nine point margin. Lewis, only Senior on the Eagles’ first team, and McKenna took scoring honors for the Eagles with eight points each. Junior See of Ainsworth earned live for his team. O’Neill’s starters were Burgess, Wolfe, Lewis, Calkins and Mc Kenna. St. Mary’s Students Will Present Musical Play As a program honoring St. Pat rick, the grade school pupils of the Academy have prepared a musical play to be given Sun day evening, March 15, at 8:30 in the public school auditorium. The story of the play is as follows: Sheila O’Hara, whose dream is to be a singer in America, is given the magic O’Hara wishing ring on her eighteenth birthday, which falls on St. Patrick’s Day. The family celebrates with a picnic, during which she loses the ring. She returns alone and hunts frant ically for it, being led over the moors by the will o’wisps, and fin ally falls asleep, exhausted. She dreams of the fairies, and on a wakening finds not only the ring but also her cousin Kathleen, who has been stolen by the gypsies many years before. As the charm ed ring will only make one wish come true, Shelia sacrifices her own wish to go to America and wishes instead return, home wth her. Cast Of Characters Sheila O’Hara_ Pattie Keiser Mrs. O’Hara Polly Ann Rickly Mr. O’Hara _James Merriman Grandpa O’Hara_Bill Froelich Kate O’Hara _Devine Brennan Danny O’Hara __Gene Brennan Dennis O’Hara_John O’Neill Eileen O’Hara - _Barbara Birmingham Bridget ..Beverly McCarthy Bill O’Toole_Bobby Wallace Maureen Mahoney _ _Kathleen Flood Twin Colleens...Helen Kubitschek, Lois Hoffman. Gypsies - Dorothy Wilson, Donna Clements. Dance_Irene Bazelman, Margaret Hickey, Doris Roach, Jean Froelich, Bobby Wallace, Kathleen Flood Gypsy Queen . Betty Pinkermau Fairies _Dorothy Hamilton, Lois Hoffman, Dottie Merritt, Janet Enright, Donna Bauman, Mary Ann Gallagher, Betty Gallagher, Ethel Such. Will O’ the Wisps Helen Kub itschek, Ann Harty, Jane Froe lich, Bonnie Hynes, Dorothy Forelich. Songs to be sung during the performance. Macushla _Solo Danny Boy . —.Solo The Dear Little Shamrock . Solo I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen _ Duet The Gypsy Song _Chorus Smilin Through -Solo Days of the Kerry Dancing .. Glee Club and Chorus Shure a Little Bit of Heaven — _Glee Club and Chorus Did Your Mother Come From Heaven _Glee Club Shure It Was Just An Irishman’s Dream_Glee Club Accompanist Mrs. Tom Brennan Band Slection under direction of Ira George: Americans All — Caneua and Mc Allister Phantom Trumpeters — Gillette Americana — Buchtel ■ Births I Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cork of I Spencer, girl, March 10, 1942. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Troy Howard, a M boy, March 10, 1942. Jjj