SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
The Battle Creek Sanitarium,
for over half a century a notable
health institution and the pro
genator of the present day
breakfast cereals, has been sold
to the government for hospital
purposes.
Tests made on 22,231 Nebraska
a men for military service, 189 are
^ reported by the public health ser
vice rejected because of venereal
diseases. Still some medical mis
sionary work to do in the eradi
cation of these diseases.
Rationing of gasoline may or
may not be necessary, but we will
smile anyway, knowing that if
there is not more or less fumb
ling and conflicting edicts our
numerous bureau bosses have to
be more than human.
The union printers have shown
their usual good sense during the
strife on the labor front and keep
steadily at their job turning out
books, papers, multiplied print
ing forms and works of art. So
far only four printers have staged
a walkout, and that was in a
small plant in Lincoln.
See who’s here—our old friend,
Charley Bryan, with a whole bag
full of new and ancient tricks to
catch the votes. At three score
and fifteen years most men care
no longer for the strenuous life
of a politician, but not so an in
domitable Bryan. Still inspired
by a mission to reduce taxes,
raise the pensions to $30 and a
few other propositions which
during three terms as governor
he failed to maerialize, Mr. Bry
an seeks now the nomination for
the fourth try at it.
From across the prairie came
if the deep-throated roar of an en
*1 raged bull, then a human voice
that was neither a cry nor a call
sounded above the maddened
roar—a voice of terror, an inde
scrible cry, the very dregs from
out the pit of human agony, that
sent a chill of horror up to the
roots of a listener’s hair. Invis
ible, but no mistaking that terri
fying roar, that human sound of
despair. A prairie dweller was
being battered to death by a bull
gone mad. Then I roll over in
bed, eyes open to another day
and feel relieved that it was only
a dream, but the chilling horror
still linged.
Amid the larger tragedies fall
ing hourly on a troubled world
the news columns have space for
only four lines telling of the
drowning of a 10-year old South
Sioux City lad in the muddy
waters of the Missouri river a
day last week. Fatal accidents,
butchery in battle, bodies blown
to bits, sunk in miles of ocean’s
depths, are so frequent, so com
mon every day, every hour, that
little thought of sympathy goes
out to a single desolated home.
The overwhelming loss to the
parents of that 10-year old boy
who went to his doom in the river
waters is not compensated with
the thought that sustains many
fathers and mothers whose sons
are being sacrificed on the altar
<of freedom, and their grief must
be the more poignant.
The feathered tribe scratching
the barnyard and chasing down
the festive grasshoppers have al
ways been known as poultry, lit
tle concession being made to the
more enclusive if less elegant
term fowl. Now the legal classi
fication goes into effect in Wis
consin that the cackling hens
and crowing roosters are domes
tic animals. It makes no differ
ence to the speckled biddy when
she drops her egg if the learned
men haggle over whether she is a
hen, poultry, fowl or domestic an
imal. Perhaps the legal mind
reasons from the starting point of
animal, vegetable and mineral—
the three kingdoms of our school
days. Certainly a chicken is not a
domestic vegetable nor a foreign
mestic vegetable nor a foreign
mineral, though some tough spe
cimens that have been served at
table could nearly qualify as re
lated to rock. Hence the only
classification, reasons the legal
mind, left for the chicken is do
mestic animal.
Up m the sand hills west oi
Wood Lake, where his ranch is
(located, Sam McKelvie felt it
worth mentioning in his Nebras
ka Farmer that he had ridden a
horse to a neibhbor’s five miles
John I. Cork
John I. Cork of Page died at a
Tilden hospital last Saturday
morning at 12:30 a. m., after an
illness of eighteen days, of urem
ic poisoning, at the age of 58
years and fourteen days. The
funeral was held Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the Meth
odist church at Page, Rev. Vin
cent Bee officiating and burial
in the Page cemetery.
John Ivis Cork was born at
Turin, Iowa, on May 22, 1884,
where he lived for many years.
On April 24, 1907, he was united
in marriage to Miss Elsiem Leff,
the ceremony being performed at
Sioux City, Iowa. Five children
were born of this union, four of
whom, with their mother, survive
and are left to mourn the passing
if a kind and affectionate husband
and father. Thre children are:
Mrs. Vivian Steinberg, Page,
Harold, Spencer, and Lloyd, Page.
He is also survived by his mother,
Mrs. Emma A. Cork of Oakdale
and one sister, Mrs. Lula Clem
enson, of Oakdale.
Mr. Cork had been a resident
of this county since 1919, when he
came here from Tilden, Nebr.
For many years he ran a filling
station at Page, until failing
health compelled him to dispose
of his business about a year and
a half ago. He was a good citi
zen and had many friends in the
eastern part of the county, where
he was well known.
Church School Program
On Sunday evening, June 14 at
8:00 o’clock the Daily Vacation
Bible School of the Presbyterian
Church will present its Child
ren’s Day program. This program
will be of interest to all inas
much as it is patriotic as well as
Biblical. It will consist of saluta
tions to the American and Christ
ian flags and to the Bible. The
song, “Nearer, My God, to Thee”
will be pantomined by seven
girls. Also the parable, “The Lost
Sheep,” will be dramatized by
ten of the junior young people.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to come and enjoy
this program.
Too Many People
Words Fail To Come
Ensign Donald F. Mason,
nephew of H. F. Gilday of this
city, who didn’t waste words in
his “Sighted Sub, Sank Same”
message, couldn’t find any at a
city hall reception for war heroes
Monday in New York, when he
was asked to make a speech.
“I am speechless,” he said.
“We could use you in the City
Council,” commented Mayor La
Guardia.
Ensign Mason, along with fif
teen other British and American
war heroes, were greeted Monday
by crowds of cheering New
Yorkers who laid down a barr
age of welcome to them at the
start of a nationwide tour. After
a formal reception given by gov
ernment, city and British off icials
they rode in automobiles along
a parade route which reached
from the Battery to city hall, and
then continued uptown along
Seventh Avenue to the Father
Duffy statute in Times Square.
Ticker tape rained from sky
scrapers as the cars pushed thru
crowded cheering throngs in the
downtown area where many in
stitutions gave their employees
time off to witness the show.
distant. Not to create a contro
versy nor detract any from the
equestrian accomplishments of
another, our former governor has
nothing on this humble pilgrim.
I swung onto a saddle horse at
Atkinson an afternoon last week
and made it out twenty odd miles
to my layout by 6 that evening,
and probably the frosts of sev
eral more winters rest upon me
than on Mr. McKelvie. I have
made the trip many times be
tween home and Atkinson, but
that afternoon was the first time
I got a look at the country. Roll
ing along in an automobile you
see nothing but a track to follow.
On the back of a horse the whole
magnificent scene is open to you
—the rounded hills, the level
meadows and miles of pasture
lands where countless herds
graze, the lakes and water course
from which wild ducks take to
wing as you ride by, the flowers
and birds, the open country and
here and there the evidence of
the security of a home set among
a grove of stately cottonwoods.
I learned to ride and handle a
horse when riding was a neces
sity. Looks like it may come to
that again, and if it does Billy
Biglin is going to be helpless.
i Congressman Coffee
Files For U. S. Senator
Harry B. Coffee, of Chadron,
who now is serving his fourth
term as Congressman from Ne
braska’s “Big Fifth” District,
filed Tuesday as a candidate for
the democratic nomination for
United States Senator.
A consistent non-intervention
ist before the attack on Pearl
Harbor, Coffee asserted, in mak
ing his announcement, that
"whether we wanted to get into
the war or not is no longer an
issue.”
“We have been attacked.
Everything America and democ
racy has meant to us is threaten
ed by our enemies. We must
fight our way to victory and a
lasting peace with every ounce of
strength and courage we pos
sess,” Coffee declared.
At the same time, however,
Coffee said he is firmly convinced
the people and the Congress must
maintain constant vigilance
against subversive efforts to des
troy American standards and in
stitutions from within.
“I have vigorously opposed,
and I shall continue to oppose the
activities of any individual or
group of individuals seeking to
take adantage of the emergency
war effort to advance their own
selfish interest,” he said.
There can be no compromise
in our efforts to preserve our
democratic institutions,” he ad
ded. “When the war is over, we
must make certain that there is
a speedy return to democratic
processes of government and to
the liberties which we are fight
ing to preserve. We must be
prepared to extricate ourselves
from the war-born grip of a con
trolled economy.
During his eight years in Con
gress, Harry Coffee has been a
member of the House committee
on Agriculture.
He was the author of the
amendment which authorized the
granting of 85 per cent of parity
loans on wheat and corn.
Wheat growers in Nebraska
received 15 million dollars more
for their 1941 crop as a direct re
sult of that amendment and at a
time when increasing surpluses
threatened a further depression
of the market prices.
Coffee was also the author of
the present Federal Seed Label
ing Act, which has saved farmers
millions of dollars in losses they
might otherwise have sustained
through use of poor and unadapt
ed seed.
He was primarily responsible
for the law authorizing the Sec
retary of Agriculture to dispose
of surplus agricultural commodi
ties through relief channels and
subsidized exports.
The Food Stamp program,
which later solved many of the
country’s relief problems, result
ed from that original legislation.
Asserting that the “Triple-A”
farm program must, in his opin
ion, be continued and perfected,
Coffee said this program “is es
sential to securing the maximum
contribution from agriculture in
the war effort, and to meet the
future emergency needs of agri
culture.”
Harry Coffee was born 52 years
ago on a ranch in Sioux county,
Nebraska, and was graduated
from the University of Nebraska
in 1913.
He volunteered and served in
the first World War as a Lieuten
ant in the Air Service.
He is president of the Coffee
Cattle Company, which has ex
tensive ranch holdings in Sioux
county. He owns several farms
in Dawes county near his home
j in Chadron, where he operated a
successful real estate and insur
I ance business until he became a
' Member of Congress in 1935.
In the last two general elec
tion Coffee carried every one of
I the 32 counties in the Fifth Con
I gressional District.
Steel Creek Calf Club
The Steel Creek Calf Club met
at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Ray Siders on Saturday night,
May 23. All nine members were
present. The record books were
passed out. The discussion cen
tered around choosing the right
kind of calf. It was decided to
have the next meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Flora
Knight and the meeting was ad
journed. After the meeting a de
licious lunch was served.—Glen
Knight, News Reporter.
Pioneer Settlers Observe
Wedding Anniversary
On June 6, 1917, the marriage
of Miss Angela O’Neill, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
O’Neill of Anncarr, and Blake
Benson, youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Benson of Meek, was
performed at Fremont, Nebr.
Julia O’Neill and Carroll O’Neill,
sister and brother of the bride,
were the attendants. After a
short honeymoon the couple re
turned and started housekeeping
on the farm of the groom’s par
ents, where they still reside.
On June 6, 1942, Mr. and Mrs.
Blake Benson celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary. At
about 1:30 p. m., 65 relatives and
friends gathered at their home
to help them celebrate the day.
The afternoon was spent in vis
iting, playing cards and taking
pictures. Two beautiful cakes,
baked in the form of bells and
decorated with roses and silver,
adorned the table. A delicious
lunch was served at 5 o’clock,
which everyone enjoyed.
A beautiful 14-piece set of sil
verware was given to them by
their children: Mr. and Mrs. El
win Benson of Los Angeles, and
Miss Inez Benson, also of Los
Angeles, and Hugh, Demaris and
Stanley at home. A silver pitcher
was presented to them by friends
and relatives.
Much credit must be given to
Mrs. Arthur O’Neill and her
helpers for the success of the
party. Mr. and Mrs. Benson have
the heartiest congratulations of
their many friends who wish
them many more years of happi
ness and prosperity.
Descendents of Pioneers
Celebrate Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young cel
ebrated their silver wedding an
niversary on June 7. They were
married twenty-five years ago at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Rouse, in O’Neill.
Those who helped them cel
ebrate last Sunday were: Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Young, Alice,
Robert and Marvin; Mr. and Mrs.
Orton Young and Ruth; Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Young, Dorothy, Rich
ard, Mary and Stanley; Paul
Young, Lawrence and Inez; Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Rouse, Lloyd
and Delbert; Miss Maude Rouse,
Arthur Rouse, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Rouse and Marvin; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Walters, Florence,
LaVonne, Allen and Arlene; Mrs.
F. H. Griffith, Leonard Lorenz
and George Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Young’s children
were all here for the occasion,
Leonard, Thelma, Edward and
Helen. A fine dinner was par
taken of at 12:30, which all en
joyed. As evening drew near all
left for their homes after extend
ing congratulations and hoping
that they would be able to cel
ebrate their Golden wedding an
niversary.
New Bulletins Available
At County Agent’s Office
Several new circulars on sub
jects of current interest at this
time have just been published by
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. Some are CC 50, “Home
Grown Proteins,” and CC 52 on
“Saving Labor on Farms.” Ex
tension Circular 9950, “Ways to
Save Sugar When You Put Up
Fruit” has just been published.
It includes information on can
ning fruit crushed, in slices, or
in halves, or large pieces with
the shape preserved, and the
making of jams, jellies, and pre
serves, so as to cut down on sugar.
A free copy of all three may be
obtained from the County’s
office in O’Neill.
The Weather
June 4_ 90 66
June 5. 90 64
June 6_87 61
June 7_ 70 65
June 8_77 63
June 9_77 65
Precipitation for the week .95
inches. ^ r*
1 American Soldiers Pay
Raised To $50 Per Month
A $50-a-month pay scale for
i the personnel of the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
had the overwhelmning approval
of Congress, which voted on
Monday.
In a 58 to 20 vote it instructed
its members of a joint conference
committee to accept house amend
ments to the military pay adjust
ment bill which would give army
buck privates and navy appren
tice seamen $50 a month.
In the same action, the Senate
voted to raise the pay of first
class privates and second class
seamen to $54 and to make all
of the increases for ranks up to
and incuding second lieutenants
retroactive to the first of this
month.
The House meanwhile passed I
and sent to the Senate for action
a compulsory pay allotment and
allowance bill for dependants of
service men.
The House accepted the Senate
deduction and allowance rates
under which a service man with
“Class A” dependents must allot
$22 of his monthly pay to their
support, with the government ad
ding $28 for a wife, $12 for the
first child and $10 for each a
ditional child.
4-H Judging School
Wednesday, June 17
Plans for a combined judging
and demonstration school to be
held in the O’Neill High School
on Wednesday, June 17 are un
der way.
These events which have been
held on two separate days in the
past are being combined to save
time and travel for those 4-H
members who plan to attend.
Team demonstrations will be
given assistance by Extension
Serice specialists in the morning
and the afternoon will be given
to judging of home economics
projects in the school. Livestock
judging will be conducted at
nearby farms. All 4-H members
are invited to be in attendance
and take part in the day’s activ
ities.
Marriage Licenses
Cleo J. Zinky, Atkinson, Nebr. j
Margaret Bourne, Atkinson, Neb.,
on June 9, 1942.
Neil Ray Williams, Johnstown,
Nebr., Virginia Ann Baxter,
Johnstown, Nebr., on June 10,
1942.
Religious Patriotic
Celebration at St. John’s
Before an estimated gathering
of five hundred people, a color
ful Solemn High Mass was sung
on last Thursday, at St. John’s.
Seventy children carying small
American Flags, led by a Cross
Bearer flanked by two large
American Flags, marched from
the chapel to a beautifully decor
ated altar at the southwest cor
ner of the parish grounds. In the
center of the procession, covered
by a canopy, the Blessed Sacre
ment was carried by Father Bey
ersdorfer, assisted by Father Ver
derlaan of Ewing and Father
Parr of O’Neill. During the pro
cession, “My Country ’Tis Of
Thee” and “God Bless America”
were played on the organ.
Arriving at the enclosed altar,
which was trimmed in Gold and
White, and small American Flags
flying from the tops of the enclos
ure, and “For God and Country”
lettered in midnight blue direct
ly over the altar itself, a Solemn
High Mass was sung followed by
Benediction of the Most Blessed'
Sacrement.
After Benediction special pray-,
ers were said for the Boys in the
Armed forces of Our Country.
The entire congregation then j
sang the “Star Spangled Banner” j
closing the ceremonies. Father
Byersdorfer is the pastor of St.
John’s
Presbyterian Church
Dr. J. E. Spencer. Pastor
Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.
Morning worship at 11:00 a.
m. The subject of the sermon
will be: “Divine Ideas for the
Present Age.”
Evening service at 8:00 o’clock.
At this time the church school
will present its Children’s Day
program.
Circle No. 2 will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh on
Thursday afternoon, June 18th,
with Mrs. C. E. Jones assisting.
Mary Lois Mohr spent Sunday
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Mohr, at Atkinson. I
The Methodist Church
V. C. Wright. Minister
Children’s Day program, Sun
day, 10:00 a. m.
Public Worship 11:00 a. m.
Youth Fellowship, 7:00 p. m.
Summer Institute at Stanton,
June IS to 22. Betty Lou Harris,
Phyllis Johnson and Leah Brueg
man will go as delegates from
O’Neill. Miss Ruth Harris will
have charge of the music at the
Institute. Rev. Howard Yoder of
Lima, Peru, and Rev. Adrian J.
Edgar of Nebraska Wesleyan Un
iversity will be two of the spe
cial leaders.
Holt County Boy Wins
Two Weeks Scholarship
Two junior students in the Col
lege of Agriculture at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, will
receive an intensive course of
study in live stock marketing at
the eighth annual Live Stock
Marketing School, to be held in
Chicago June 22 to July 2 under
the sponsorship of the Union
Stock Yard and Transit Com
pany, operators of the Chicago
market.
According to William J. Loef
fel, head of the animal husband
ry department, those who will
attend from Nebraska are Miles
E. Cadwallader, whose home is
in Oxford, Furnas county, and
Millard Ickes, Page, Holt county.
The scholarships will entitle
them to the two-week course, in
cluding all expenses while in
Chicago. They will be associated
in the school with selected jun
iors from 17 other state agricul
tural colleges.
Approximatey 100 men prom
inently identified with the live
stock industry at the Chicago
Stock Yards will appear on the
program of the course, which
will reveal the workings of the
world’s largest live stock market, j
Anton Toy, Jr., Enlists
In The Naval Reserves
Anton Toy, jr., 20 years old, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy of
O’Neill, has enlisted as a flying
student in the United States Na
val Reserve and has been sworn
in at the Kansas City Naval Av
iation Cadet Selection Board. He
was graduated from the O’Neill
high school in 1939 and has at
tended the University of Nebras
ka for two years.
Toy soon will be ordered to a
pre-flight training induction cen
ter for three months of physical
conditioning under several of the
nation’s leading athletic coaches,
and then will begin preliminary
flight training at one of the na
val reserve aviation bases.
Page Reporter To
Suspend This Week
Edward L. Jordan, who has
been operating the Page Report
er for the past year, having the
mechanical work done at Ewing,
announced in his last issue that
this week would see the end of
the paper, as it would be sus
pended after this issue. Running
The Reporter was a side issue
with Mr. Jordan as he is and has
been for several years the super
intendent of the Page Public
School. The Reporter was in its
thirty-eighth year and at one
time was a suceasful little town
paper, but for the past fifteen
years there has been hard sled
ding for a man to make expenses
there. It is the same all over
the country. The building of
good roads hit the litle towns
hard, as the people then began
to travel to the larger towns to do
their shopping where they had
larger stocks from which to make
their selections. Page is the sec
ond small Holt county town that
has lost its newspaper, the first
being Inman, a few years ago.
South Side
Improvement Club
The South Side Improvement
Club held their May meeting at
the home of Mrs. Bessie Burge.
On account of the bad roads
several of the members were not
present. It was an afternoon
meeting. Plans were made to re
elect officers at the next meeting,
which will be held at Mr. Ralph
Fritton’s.
Martin Cronin of New York
City arrived Friday morning for
a visit with relatives and friends.
Martin left here about twenty
years ago and he misses many of
the old faces. He says O’Neill
has grown so during the past
twenty years that he would never
recognize it. I
Former O’Neill Girl Has
Prominent Part In
Washingon Club
Archbishop Curley paid his an
nual visit to the Curley Club of
Washington on Thursday night
of last week and was presented
with a $1,000 check to be used
for Catholic education.
In accordance with his annual
custom, His Excellency indorsed
the check and turned it back to
the club to be used by it for the
establishing of Catholic high
school scholarships.
At this annual reception to the
Archbishop by the Curley Club
only the honored guest and mem
bers of the organization are pres
ent.
The Curley Club was organized
many years ago and adopted the
Archbishop’s name. Its member
ship represents many States of
the Union, for it is composed of
Catholic young men and women
who left their homes to take up
employment in the Capital City
of the Nation.
Miss Mary McGee was the
founder of the club. The organi
zation meets on the second and
fourth Thursdays at the Contin
ental Hotel where social events,
including bridge and dancing, are
| held. These social events have
added much to the happiness of
the members. There have been
many marriages in the organi
zation.
The club’s record in establish
ing scholarships for deserving
boys and girls has been a notable
one. Many boys and girls have
been given a Catholic higher ed
ucation and invariably have been
most successful in their various
avocations.
Miss McGee welcomed the
Archbishop. She emphasized the
responsibility of the members of
the club in reaching members of
their faith who are serving in
Washington. There are many of
the Catholic Faith who have
come to Wasshington in recent
months, said Miss McGee, and it
behooves the members of the
club to try to get in contact with
them and see that they enjoy the
benefits of Catholic associates
and environment.
Miss McGee is a sister of Ed
and James Earley north of this
city and was a former resident
of this county, but has been em
ployed in the governmental de
partments in Washington for sev
eral years. There are a few of the
old timers here who will remem
ber Miss McGee.
Youths 18-20 To Register •
For Draft June 30
Nebraska’s 105 local selective
service boards are being given
leeway in making arrangements,
for the June registration of an.
estimated 30,000 youths between
the ages of 18 and 20, Major H_
R. Turner, chief state registra
tion officer, announced Monday.
Local boards will announce*,
the location of registration
stations for their respective jur
isdictions and decide whether
they will use one, two or three
days for the job.
“Although Tuesday, June 30,
is the official date set for the
registration over the nation,” the
Major explained, “Nebraska
boards may spread the task over
a three-day period if they wish.
"Boards electing to use three
days will begin their registra
tions on Saturday, June 27. No
board will be permitted to take
registrations on Sunday, June
28, and all must accept registra
tions on June 30,” Major Turner
said.
Youths subject to the June
registration are those not now
registered who will be at least
18 years old on June 30 but were
not 20 years old, or older on Jan
uary 1, 1942. Young men under
20. who have enlisted, need not
register since they are already in
the service.
Like members of the 45-65 age
group, youths under 20 are not
now subject to call to military
service. Upon reaching their
twentieth birthdays, however,
young men who register this
month will become eligible for
classification and induction, the
Major said.
Registration hours will be the
same as in the previous four
registrations—7 a. m. until 9 p.
m.—and volunteer help will again
be used.
Mrs. H. G. Kruse entertained
the M. and M. Club at her home
Wednesday evening. Honored
guests were, Mrs. Bachman and
Mrs. Howard Richards. High
score was won by Mrs. Cole and
low score by Mrs. Kersenbrock.
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