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The Frontier . 4 VOL. LXIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 NO. 39 BREEZES FROM THE SOUTHWEST By Romaine Saunders Atkinson, Nebr., Star Route No. 5. Most of us know it’s going to be that way, but nobody has said it since Andrew Carnegie made the announcement 50 years ago that he didn’t intend, to die rich. Seven states west of the Miss issippi river, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, can feed the rest of the country if the job is not bung led by official interference. Thomas Jefferson, one of two presidents to sign the Declaration of Independence and to die on the anniversary of that historic day, was a handsome Beau Brummell, a social charmer and one of the democrats’ two idols. Andrew Jackson, the other and father of the spoils system, would frighten a kid out of his wits in broad day light. I “But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.” I would not presume to think! it necessary to tell the reader who spoke those words in the hearing of pride blown Jews in old Jerusalem. They ring down the centuries to rebuke our fan fare and flourish if we have alms to chip in for what ever the real or fancied need is at the moment. Up at the county seat the bugles called to a grand funfest to be held Sunday even ing—an evening our fathers de voted/to church going. This affair was announced to be held in the auditorium of the High School building, ostensibly to raise funds for medical care of infantile par alysis victims. In the absence of word to the contrary, it will be understood there was unanimous consent of the taxpayers of the school district to use their build I ing, in which, they have an inter est, on this occasion for this pur pose. In heaven’s name have we reached a stage that we can’t chip in a 50-cent piece as alms without being froliced and fed? In the giddy whirl of “the last days” that St. Paul wrote about the great apostle charged that we would be “lovers of pleasure.” Are we guilty? Are not those the days of sackcloth and ashes? Shall we celebrate the worlds’ vast funeral with dancing and games? Infantile paralysis—“No known cure. Do the best you can.” Elizabeth Kenny, a nurse down in the Australian bush, got just that brief telegram from a doctor at a hospital in Queensland. Did Nurse Kenny summon the natives to games and dances to raise money to take the six young vic tims of infantile paralysis out to a great hospital. But let her tell it: “I used what I had: water, heat, blankets and my hands.” And the six were restored to normal health and not a cripple among them. Nurse Kenny start ed something. When told what she had accomplished by hydro therapy treatments the doctor who had sent her that telegram of absolute finality, said: “She I has knocked our theories into a cocked hat; but her treatment works, and that is all that counts.” Elizabeth Kenny, gray and motherly, confident and sub-1 stantial, has been demonstrating her methods with capable hands I in American hospitals, without1 fanfare or frills. The National I Foundation for Infantile Paraly- j sis has contributed to her expen ses in the United States, and who wouldn’t be glad to share their last dollar that this noble woman I can carry on her work; but I find myself at this serious hour on the side of Mayor La Guardia who is endeavoring to do away with games and pleasure parties as a means of raising funds for benevolent purposes in the great city of New York. I believe The Frontier editor did not exceed the bounds in the least in designating the friends of Charley Spangler, who died last week as “a host”. It is one of the worthwhile chapters of life that I have been counted among that host. When, a half century ago, booted and spurred I rode a bay gelding into the Mineola country and run across at John Addison’s layout on Lance creek a sturdy young German who was ‘happy as a clam in this land of Uncle Sam,” there started a half century of more than ordinary cordial relation. Charley would inspire confidence and warmpth in a confirmed grouch. It is re v grettable that I had not come in contact with him in late years, he at one extremity of the county, I at another. But the Holt county prairie, the sweep of the winds, the transcending lovliness in lights and shadows at sunset, the fragrance of flowers, the song of birds and the wild things of the open country, friendship of the warm-hearted and open-handed prairie dwellers—that was his life, as it is mine. Mental and spiritual qualities kept him active in church work. The last time I saw him he was organizing a group for that purpose and con fided to me that he was using paragraphs from the Breezes in the services, a gracious way to encourage these humble efforts. And why do we wait to bring tribute and flowers to the lifeless form? “Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor’s voice provoke the silent dust Or Flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death?” Assessor Gillespie Opposes The New Revenue Bill County Assessor L. G. Gillespie went down to Lincoln the first of the week, where he was to attend a meeting of the county assessors of the state on Wednesday. On Tuesday he appeared before the committee on revenue and taxation in opposition to the pro posed new tax bill, L. B. No. 16. which proposes to do away with the local or precinct assessors in each township of the county and have the individual taxpayer make his return to the county as sessor, who would be on full time and give the state tax commis sioner, his deputies or assistants appointed by him more power over the assessments in the state. This bill has had several hearings before the committee and brought considerable fire from various sources, while it also has its sponsors. In our opinion the bill is one that should not become a law. The people of Nebraska have been suffering from a bureaucratic form of government during the past ten years and it looks to us as if the state officials are following the national lead in their desire to gain more power for appointed state employees, to the detriment of the people at large. There are probably some changes needed in the state taxation laws, but we do not believe that to delegate power to appointed officials is the way to do it. Infantil Paralysis Fund Drive. Meeting Success O’Neill may well be proud of the way her people responded to the call in the line of a benefit card party, given Sunday eve ning, January 31, at the auditor ium of the public school, funds to be raised for Infantile Paraly sis. People were there from north, east, south and west. There were about 225 people prsent, and most of them played cards of some kind. The friendly smiles and nods gave one assurance that everyone was having a nice time. Mrs. E. M. Gallagher, who took the big responsibility, gets a vote of thanks as well as all the com mittees who worked with her. We are unable to give the ex act amount taken in this week, for there are some ticket sales not accounted for yet. The little “Thankful” envelopes sent to all schools in the county are begin ning to come back with gratifying results. We’re proud of our boys and girls for their responses. We hope that next week we may be able to give a complete report on our drive. However, the theatres will have a‘drive dur ing February for the same cause and funds will be handled in the same way. Mrs. George E. Rector, County Chairman of Holt Co. for Infantile Paralysis. Births Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Bower, a daughter, Patricia Catherine, on January 24. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Gamel, a boy, on January 30. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Parker, a girl, on February 2. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Revell, a boy, on February 2. Mr. and Mrs. William Mullen, a girl, on February 2. Fred Watson, one of the old time settlers and prominent ranchmen of Wyoming township, was a busines visitor in the city Wednesday and favored this office with a pleasant call. Drs. Brown & French Purchase King Residence Last week Drs. Brown & French purchased the residence of Arthur M. King on west Douglas street and they expect to have it fitted up for an office and move their offices there on or about March 1, 1943. The building is on the corner of Second and Douglas street, just a block and a half from their present quarters and an office on the ground floor will be of great advantage to them as many pa tients are nearly unable to climb stairs. They xepect to do some re modeling on the inside to get the house ready for their offices, but expect to have same completed before the first of next month. O’Neill High Defeats Page High Tuesday Night O’Neill beat Page Tuesday night 41 to 26 to run their vic tory string to ten without a loss. Last week O’Neill shattered two teams unbroken records by down ing Butte 23 to 16 and Ainsworth 31 to 24. O’Neill got off to an early lead against Page in the first quarter but the O’Neill seconds lost the lead in the second quarter and O’Neill was behind at the half 14 to 15. McKenna, Calkins and Wolfe opened up the second half with a barrage of baskets to lead at the end of the third period 29 to 23 and then pulled away in the last quarter for a 41 to 26 final count. Calkins, McKenna and Wolfe led the scoring with 12, 11 and 10 points respectively. Mc Kenna leads the O’Neill scoring with 93 points followed by Wolfe with 72. Other high scorers are Calkins 55 points, Burgess 31 points, Yantzi 16 points and Bruegman 15 points. The O’Neill second team de feated the Page second team 15 to I 12. Selah led the scoring with four points and was helped by Riley and Hershiser with three points each. Valentine led Page with six points. O’Neill plays Atkinson at O’Neill this Friday night, Feb ruary 5. Be Careful, Give No Information Of Value On battle front every day men risk their lives to discover the lo cation and strength of the mili tary units of the enemy. Yet at home, too many of us are pre senting the enemy with informa tion of the same military value, the Office of Censorship says in a statement. This is the informa tion which newspapers and indi viduals are asked not to tell the enemy: DO NOT TELL the names of ships upon which sailors serve, j DO NOT TELL the troop units in which soldiers serve overseas. There is no objection to reveal ing that Pvt. John Jones is in Australia, or that Seaman Tom Brown saw action in the Atlantic, but there is military information which endangers the lives of American fighting men in stating that Pvt. John Jones “Company 600th Infantry,” is in Australia, or Seaman Tom Brown, “Aboard the U. S. S. Wisconsin,” is in the Atlantic. The Office of Censorship says: “We ask editors not to publish these troop indentifications, and we ask parents and relatives not to reveal them. Don’t give the en emy anything that may lengthen the war.” Landis-Pharris Miss Veramae Landis of O’Neill and Walter B. Pharris of Long Pine, United States Naval Re serve, were married at 8:30 p. m., Tuesday evening, January 26th, at the Circular Congregational Church at Charleston, S. C., by Rev. C. Rexford Raymond, D. D. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Clement Gronaas. Mrs. Pharris returned to O’Neill on Thursday to resume her work at Margaret’s Beauty Salon. The Weather High Low Jan. 29. 46 26 Jan.30 33 5 Jan. 31 25 2 Feb. 1 26 0 Feb. 2 42 13 Feb. 3. 51 19 Feb. 4 47 23 Precipitation .14. Mrs. Melvin Ruzicka enter tained the R. E. H. Club at her home Monday evening. High score was won by Mrs. Max Wans er and Marion Dickson. Mrs. Fred Saunto was a guest. Crippled Children Clinic Will Be Held Saturday A crippled children’s Clinic sponsored by the State Division of Child Welfare Service will bei held in the O’Neill High School Saturday, February 6, 1943, Clin ic hours are from 7:30 a. m., to 4:00 p. m., but all registrations should be completed by 11:00 a. m. The Clinic will be conducted by Dr. W. R. Hamsa, Orthopedist, and Dr. S. E. Robertson Pedia trician. They will examine all children having appointments as well as those referred by their local physician for consultation only. Children who are not now re ceiving services under the pro gram of Services for Crippled Children may be admitted to the clinic when referred by the local physician, or in certain cases at the request of the child’s parent or guardian. The clinic is for diagnosis, con sultation, check-up and aftercare services on cases receiving treat ment. Children admitted to the clinic for consultation or prelim inary diagnosis will not receive treatment under Servics for Crip pled Children unless formal re ferral is made and the child found to be eligible. Orthopedic cases may receive treatment if care cannot be ar ranged through private resources. Pediatric ssaes will be accepted by the clinic for the purposes of consultation and diagnosis only and should be referred only by the famliy’s own physician. The Norfolk Elks Lodge is fur nishing, without cost, a noon lunch served by the ladies of the Presbyterian church to all child ren and their parents who are registered for the clinic examin ations. Home Nursing Do you want to know what to do in common ailments and emer gencies in your home; how to keep well and safeguard the health of ydur family; how to make an ill person more comfort able; how to give a bed bath, and change the linen; how to take part in the promotion of good commu nity health? Then join a Red Cross home nursing class being given by your local chapter. A junior class will start next week under the instruction of Mrs. Frank Froelich. An adult class will be organized about the middle of February, with Mrs. John C. Gallagher as instructor. The following are serving on the local Home Nursing commit tee: Chairman, Mrs. Ambrose Rohde; co-workers; Mrs. Mabel Gatz and Mrs. J. R. Miller. Any one wishing to join the class, call Mrs. Ambrose Rohde. VACCINATION Doctors are now being faced with questions about vaccinations to prevent three diseases. They are lockjaw, diptheria and small pox. The people seem to think that something new has been found to prevent these diseases. We know the farmer vaccinates his hogs, but he expects to market them in a few months. So it is good business to vaccinate them j so they will not become diseased' until he sells them. We know the nation vaccinates j its soldiers. These men will mix j with other strange men in camps within a few months. They may become injured and develop lock jaw during the next few months. However every doctor knows that he can’t promise just how many months vaccinations may be good for. He may guess, but people depend on him. There is not a single disease he can promise to prevent for life. All this about vaccinations in large groups is just a jesture at taking care of people from the cradle to the grave. It is nothing more. In a short time the vaccination fever will die down. Then an epidemic will come and people will mis trust vaccination and doctors. In the valor of our ignorance an other mistake will have been made. Even though the vaccina tion is now all free, still these mistakes cost dearly. Many mis takes are made, but this one must not go by uncalled. Doctors gen erally must not be blamed in the time to come. W. F. FINLEY, M. D. Medical Advisor to County Board of Health. Mr. and Mrs. Await Spangler received a letter from their son, Sgt. Vernon Spangler, last Mon day. He said that he was well and happy and a long way from home. He desired them to remember and give his best regards to his many Holt county friends. O’Neill High Basketball Team Still Undefeated O’Neill High smashed Ains worth’s string of ten victories last Friday night in the O’Neill gym and cut one more team from the undefeated list in the state. The game was perhaps one of the best played in the school gym for some time and earned O’Neill the num ber six spot in the state rankings. Calkins started the scoring after the game was a few seconds old with a short shot to put 0”Neill in the lead. Ainsworth came back with two field goals by Schiessler to go ahead 4 to 2. Schiessler sank another basket to increase the Ainsworth lead to four points. Calkins and Wolfe came through with a basket each to tie the score at six all at the end of the first period. The second quarter O’Neill took the lead through the combined ef forts of Gene Wolfe, who potted three field goals, Gene McKenna’s one-handed shot and Calkins’ free throw to hold a 15 to 10 margin at the half time. The Eagles held Ainsworth to one field goal and two free throws, all of which were made hy center Bell. The second half saw O’Neill in creasing their lead as Burgess found the hoop for five points. McKenna picked up six and Cal kins added five more to bring the final score of 31 to 24. Schiessler was high point man for Ainsworth with 11 points. O’Neill’s was more evenly divid ed, Calkins getting 9 points, Mc Kenna and Wolfe each 8, and Bur gess 5. Burgess and Wolfe did a fine job of making Ainsworth play ball in their own back court, while Har old Calkins, Gene McKenna and John Osenbaugh’s work off the bank board kept the Ainsworth score down. BOX SCORE O’NEILL FG FT F Burgess_2 1 2 Yantzi .. 0 0 0 Wolfe__ 4 0 3 Bruegman ..r_:_0 1 2 Calkins_4 1 0 Osenbaugh _0 0 0 McKenna _4 0 1 Total___ 14 3 8 AINSWORTH FG FT F See .-... 3 0 0 Schiessler _5 1 0 Bell_2 2 3 Jansen _ Oil Hughs .. 0 0 1 Total 10 4 5 _ I Seed List Being Prepared In County Agent’s Office, j Each farm in the county was asked this week to furnish to the I county agent’s office in O’Neill a list of the farm seeds which he has available for sale for spring planting. Also those seeds which each farmer will need to buy for spring planting. As soon as enough of these re ports are received, a seed list will be made up which will enable any farmer to locate the supplies needed with the minimum incon veniences. This seed list will be returned to all those reporting, and will be available to all others upon request. This year an attempt will be made to locate available ma chinery which could be sold in or der to me'et the serious farm ma chinery shortages in some locali ties. This service should enable farmers to meet their spring need with unnecessary loss of time and driving. VICTORY GARDEN CERTIFICATES AWARDED This week three hundred Holt county families were awarded a certificate of recognition for their achievement in having satisfac torily completed the requirements of the Nebraska Victory Home and Garden program. This recog nition was awarded through the Nebraska Advisory Defense Coun cil by the Governor of Nebraska, Dwight Griswold. Considerable increase in vic tory gardening efforts in Holt county was predicted here by County Extension Agent Lyndle R. Stout, following announcement of the canned fruit and vegetable rationing program to start this month. Greater emphasis is to be placed on home production of foods, and it is felt that many Ne braska people could do even bet ter than they did in 1942 in the production and conservation of food at home. Nebraska signers of Victory Home and Garden pledges put up thousands and thousands of quarts of food in 1942. Members of home demonstration project clubs alone put up 1,618,237 quarts | of vegetables. Eighteen Boys Register During Month Of January Following is the list of those registering for army service dur- j ing the month of January. The first figure is their order num ber, second serial number: 11313A, W-19A, Darrel Dean Shipman, Chambers, Nebr. 11317A, W-23A, William Larson Lofquest, Ewing, Nebr. 11333A, W-39A, Eugene Francis Kramer, Stuart, Nebr. 11338A, W-44A, Charles Robert Cooper, O’Neill, Nebr. 11343A, W-49A, Irvin Dale Nightengale, Dorsey, Nebr. 11363, W-69, Eugene Leo Gesir iech, Atkinson, Nebr. 11364, W-70, Clayton Joe De seive, Atkinson, Nebr. 11365, W-71, Calvin Jay Har vey, Page, Nebr. 11366, W-72, George Murray Mellor, Stuart, Nebr. 11367, W-73, Edward Oscar Reed, Chambers, Nebr. 11368, W-74, Robert Dean Se lah, O’Neill, Nebr. 11369, W175, Donald Franklin Cadwallader, Stuart, Nebr. 11370, W-76, Floyd Vernon Harding, O’Neill, Nebr. 11371, W-77, Michael Peter Schaaf, Stuart, Nebr. 11372, W-78, Willis Dean Sand ers, Ewing, Nebr. 11373, W-79, James Junior Yo kum, O’Neill, Nebr. 11374, W-80, Edwin Gilbert Grubbs, Page, Nebr. 11337A, W-43A, Donald William Milner, Atkinson, Nebr. Will Represent Nebraska In National Known Orch. Nebraska was well represented on Fred Waring’s “Victory Tunes” broadcast on Monday, February 1, when the Pennsylvanians pre sented the voted song favorites of the men at the U. S. Army Air Base at Scribner, Nebr. Three of the Waring group are natives of Nebraska and helped make the program a gala one. Donna Dae, Waring’s featured singer, is a native of O’Neill and | is well known professionally in her home state. At nine, she had her own program over radio sta tion WAAW in Omaha, and was an established radio and theatri cal personality in her early teens. Jimmy Atkins, baritone with the Pennsylvanians, was born on j a farm at Sedan, Nebr. As a hill- i billy singer and guitarist, he got his start in radio during high school days at Clay Center, on station KMMJ, where today’s film star, Robert Taylor, also sang and played the cello after college hours. Donna used to travel to Clay Center for Saturday radio ap pearances. And, Don Purviance, native of Lincoln and today a clarinetist with Waring’s orches tra, was another KMMJ-er. The three met again in New York, after joining Waring’s group, and often reminisce about their Cornhusker state. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEETINGS “Helps for Home Sewing” will be the demonstration given to all i Holt County Home Demonstra tion Clubs during the month of February. In order to help carry out the program of conservation of cloth-1 ing, everyone should follow the slogan, “Every Garment in Active Service.” This means that unused clothing hanging in the closets should be remade for members of I the family, or given to someone; who can use them. The demon- j stration for this month will show' ways in which remodeled gar ments may be given that “dressed up” look. Decorative finishes, helps in fitting, and hints on re styling will be featured at this demonstration. Miss Della Lewis, Home Dem onstration Agent, will give the demonstrations to the project leaders in O’Neill on Monday, February 15; Atkinson, February 16; Chambers, February 19. Marriage Licenses Raymond Robert Dexter and Pearl E. Jacobson, both of Amelia, on January 30. Alfred A. Steiger and Myrtle C. Detrich, both of Sioux City, Iowa, on January 30. Clifford B. Henningsen of Laus ten, S. D., and Betty Marie Jury of Burke, S. D., on. February 1. Glenn R. Carlisle of Stuart and Jean Slaymaker of Atkinson, on January 28. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller en tertained six guests at a 7:00 o’clock dinner at thqjr home Sun day evening. The evening was | spent playing cards. Mary Ann McCafferty, Pioneer Resident Here, Passed Away Tuesday Mrs. Mary Ann McCafferty died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Gallagher, in this city last Tuesday morning, February 2, 1943, after an illness of about six weeks of ailments incident to ad vanced years, at the age of 83 years, eleven months and twenty days. The funeral was held at 10 o’clock this morning from St. Pat rick’s church and burial in Cal vary cemetery at the side of her husband, who passed away on September 21, 1920. Mary Ann Murphy was born in Warrem, Mass., on February 11, 1859. When she was a little giri her parents moved to northern Michigan and from there they came to this county in 1878, when she was nineteen years old. Her father purchased a farm one mile east and one mile north of this city. On December 12, 1880, she was united in marriage to John J. McCafferty, the ceremony being performed in St. Patrick’s church in this city. Eight children were born of this union, three sons and five daughters, of whom five have preceded their mother in death. Those living are: Mrs. John J. Melvin and Mrs. R. E. Gallagher of this city and Mrs. John A. Frenking, of Omaha. She is also survived by six grandchildren: Lt. John R. Gallagher, of the Mar ine Corps; Eugene F. Gallagher, S. J., St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Mona Melvin, St. Louis, Mo., and Mary Ann, Jo Ann and John F. Frenk ing, of Omaha. Mrs. McCafferty was one of the real oldtimers of this city and county. When she came to this county in 1878 there were only » couple of little buildings in this city and the country northeast of O’Neill was one vast wilderness, . without a building in sight. But within a few years the country filled up and that section of the county was thickly populated with people that came here from the copper mines of northern Michigan, many of whom were old friends of the few Michigand ers that were already here. Since her marriage in 1880 she had been a resident of O’Neill up to the day of her death, a period of 63 years. During her lifetime she saw O’Neill grow from a little place with only two buildings to a fair sized little city, with all the modern conveniences of the elite east. In the early eighties she took a prominent part in the civic and social life of the city. She was a. charming hostess and was a favor ite at gatherings, her ready wit and social repartee making her outstanding at all gatherings. As her children grew up she had less time for social activities, prefer ring to give her time, care and at tention to her family. After they were raised and established in homes of their own she then de voted a great deal of time to her grandchildren, all of whom she was justly proud. She was a charming woman, a splendid wife, mother and friend. She had a host of friends in the city and county, who, while she lived to a ripe old age, and en joyed perfect health practically all her life, regret to see her leave, for she will be sadly mis sed, not only by the immediate members of her family but by countless friends and admirers. War Production Course Started The first meeting of the war production course was held in the agriculture class room at the O’Neill Public School on Febru ary 1. The enrollment consisted of seven men and three women, a total of ten. The class is study ing egg production. The first les son was on culling mature hens and young pullets for egg produc tion. The farmers and their wives that are coming to this class are doing their part in the war effort by learning the new and more ef ficient ways to produce more eggs in the interests of our war needs. The class meets on Monday and Thursday nights at eight o’clock. The next meeting will be held on Monday night, February 8. The topic for that night will be “Pro viding Adequate Equipment.” Not only farmers, but city folks who are interested in keeping a back yard flock, may enroll in this course. Come and bring a friend next Monday evening. County Court Albert Daniels was arrested by Patrolman Meistrell and charged with overweight on capacity plates. He was fined $10 and costs of $3.10.
