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    The Frontier
~~LXIV ~ ~~ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, IMS NO. 1
Dedication Of
St. John’s New
Church May 18
The dedication ceremonies of
St. John’s new church, built to
replace the one destroyed by fire
on December 14, 1942, will take
place Tuesday morning, May 18.
at 10 o’clock. Rt. Rev. Monsig
nor J. G. McNamara of O’Neill
will officiate.
The edifice is built along the
lines of Early American Mission
Architecture. The interior follows
the simple but impressive liturgy
of the Church. The liturgical al
tar, cream trimmed with bronze,
columns and letterings, has a
beautiful, wine-colored dorsal for
a background. Over the altar is
a bronzed canopy from which is
suspended the Crucifix. In place
of the side-altars, the richly dec
orated statues of the Virgin and
Child and St. Joseph are recessed
in niches. Beneath the art glass
windows are the two - toned
bronzed Stations of the Cross,
eye-level in height. The Baptistry
has been arranged to be also used
as the babies room. Asphalt tile
covers the entire church, vesti
bule, sanctuary and two sacristies.
There is a full-size basement,
equipped with kitchen, furnace
and store room where socials and
meetings may be held. Complete
in every detail, the building is in
readiness for its dedication, to
which the public is extended a
cordial welcome to attend.
List Of Boys Called For
Induction Into Army
The following Holt county bipys
have been called for induction
during the month of May:
Donald Wayne Jones, Amelia;
Roberta Preston Thompson, O’Neill;
Gerald Thomas McDermott, O
Neill; Charles William Snowardt,
O’Ntil; Edward Marion Kirkpat
rick, O’Neill; Roy Francis Hum
rich, Jr., Stuart; Warren Wayne
Kennedy, Page; Clinton Vernon
Peterson. O’Neill; Gerald David
Ferris, O’Neill; James Thomas
Thompson, Jr., Inman; Robert
Charles Snider, Ewing; Robert
Lee Wood, Page; Robert Ellsworth
Eppenbach, Ewing; Walter Eric
Meyborg, Ewing; John J. Rosser
Buford, Stuart; Emrick Edmond
Rocke, Atkinson; Edward Carl
Kunz, Stuart; Leon Anton Sojka,
Page; Fred Fay Appleby, Inman;
James John Mathews, O Neill;
Merrill Clarence Hicks, O Neill,
George Michael Wilson, Atkin
son; Gilbert Henry Echtenkamp,
Inman; Donald Leo Pollock, Ew
ing; Darrel Dean Schipman,
Chambers: Donald Elvin Loy,
O’Neill; William Nicholas Wilson,
Redbird; Delbert Roy Nissen,
Chambers; Charles Robert Coop
er, O’Neill; Stanley Joe Lambert,
Ewing; Justice Calvin Dierks At
kinson; Donald Sylvester Walter,
Ewing; Maurice Cavanaugh, Jr.,
O'Neill; Joseph Edward Kitts,
O'Neill; Beverly Edson Wanser,
Page; Clayton Joe Deseive, At
kinson; Robert Dean S e lah,
O’Neill; Edwin Gilbert Grubbs,
Page; Floyd Keith Raymer At
kinson; Duward Alfred Loughrey,
Ewing: Arthur Lavern Ellis, Jr.,
O’Neill; Leo Robert Mossman, In
man; Robert Ervin Porter, Atkin
son; Stanley Ervin Primus, Ew
ing: Max Arden Medcalf, O Neill,
George Kenneth Beyer, Atkinson;
Harlan James VanConnett, Cham
bers; Frank Arthur Steinbach,
Stuart: Thomas John Steinbach,
Stuart; Clarence Adolph Wetzel,
Charles Gilson Goodell, Ewing:
Stuart; Charles Gilson Goodell,
Ewing; Bob Ray Kirkland, Atkin
son; Richard Roy Pruden, Ewing.
Get-Together Party Held
For Cpl. Leonard Young
A large company of friends
gathered last .Saturday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Ralph
Young, residing northeast oi
O’Neill, in honor of their son,
Corporal Leonard R. Young, who
is here on a six-day furlough
from the Cheyenne Modification
Center at Cheyenne, Wyo. A bas
ket dinner was served at noon,
after which the time was spent
in playing baseball and
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Young and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Rouse and
family, Mr. and Mrs^ Henry Wal
ters and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Young and family, Christina
Walters, Maude Rouse, Doris Ap
pleby, Arthur Rouse, Jake Long,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rouse and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young
and family.
County Court
Duane Woods was arrested on
April 28th by Patrolman Meis
trell and charged with having no
operator’s license. He pled guilty
as charged and was fined $1 ana
costs of $3.10. ,
Ralph Mellor was arrested on
May 3rd by Patrolman Meistrell
and charged with having no op
erator’s license. He pled guilty as
charged and was fined $1 and
costs of $3.10.
The annual clean-up day at the
Paddock Union Cemetery will be
Thursday, May 20, 1943.
O’NEILL POPPY DAY
SATURDAY, MAY 29
Faith in America with those
who have died in the nation s
service will be pledged anew on
Poppy Day, May 29, Mrs. Edward
M. Gallagher, American Legion
Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, said
today as the Auxiliary continued
preparations for its annual dis
tribution of memorial poppies.
"The wearing of the poppy is a
personal pledge that we will not
‘break faith’ with those who died
but will carry on to the achieve-!
ment of the things for which they
gave their lives,” said Mrs. Gal-!
lagher. ... j
“Millions of Americans will
wear the poppy this year as a
tribute to tne dead of both World
Wars and a mark of their deter- j
mination to conclude this war
with complete victory. The
flower is the symbol of life given
in service for America. The
wearer makes an unspoken pledge
to the nation’s heoric dead that
he will live as they died, serving
America.”
Poppies will be offered to
everyone in O’Neill by the Aux
iliary on Poppy Day. No prices
will be asked for the flowers, the
pennies of children being just as
welcome as the dollars of the
wealthy. A poppy over every
heart is the goal.
Contributions given to the Aux
iliary’s volunteer poppy workers
will’go in their entirety to the re
habilitation and child welfare
funds of the American Legion and
Auxiliary, where they will help
support the Legion’s and Auxili
ary’s efforts for the disabled fight
ing men of both wars, and for the
children of the dead and disabled.
60 Children Treated At
Clinic Last Saturday
An Orthopedic extension clinic
sponsored by the Crippled Child
ren’s Services in cooperation with
the Elks Club was held Satur
day, May 8, in the O’Neill High
School auditorium. Sixty child
ren, fifty-two of them active cases
already receiving services to
gether with eight new referrals
by their family physician were ex
amined by Dr .William R. Hamsa,
Orthopedist, and Dr. Herman
Jahr, Pediatrician, both of Omaha.
Assisting the doctors were Miss
Fennel, Medical Worker and Mrs.
Haming, visiting nurse, both of
Lincoln. Mr. August Schneider,
chairman of the Elks Committee
for Crippled Children, was pres
ent to supervise the noon day
lunch sponsored by the Elks lodge
of Norfolk.
One hundred twenty luncheons
were prepared and served by the
following ladies of Circle No. 1
of the O’Neill Presbyterian
church: Mrs. J. P. Brown in
charge assisted by Mrs. R. H.
Parker, Mrs. Albert Klingler,
Mrs. A. A. Hiatt, Mrs. Williams,
Mrs. C. E. Melena, Mrs. Kilpat
rick, Mrs. L. A. Carter and Mrs.
A. Cowperthwaite.
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O’Neill Boys Take An
Unintentional Bath
Joe Martin and Frank Clements
took an involuntary bath in Wolf
lake, south of Newport last Sun
day afternoon, when their boat
sank in about ten feet of water,
while they were fishing in the
lake. Both of the boys got out
of the lake all right, but they lost
all their fishing equipment. They
mourned the loss of a lot of fine
fishing equipment and determined
to try and find it. So Tuesday,
accompanied by Norb Uhl, who
was a member of the party Sun
day being in another boat, they
went back to the lake and after
about two hours work they suc
ceeded in finding all their lost
equipment. In securing posses
sion of their equipment they used
a long handled rake, to which
they fastened a long handle and
drew from the lake three boxes
of fishing equipment, as well as
poles reels, etc. The boys were
very lucky. Lucky in getting out
of the lake, handicapped as they
were with hip boots and heavy
clothing and lucky in finding their
equipment, two days afterwards.
The Weather
We had a little rain last Tues
day night that turned to sleet and
then snow, so that the ground was
covered with a couple of inches
of the beautiful Wednesday morn
ing. The thermometer dropped to
29 and it is feared that a lot of
the fruit trees in the county, many
of which were in bloom, have
been greatly damaged. Likewise
a good many Victory gardens
have been hard hit by the cold
blast. , T
High Low
May 7 -63 29
May 8 __—50 30
May 9 - 60 42
May 10 —. 64 38
May 11-72 38
May 12 . 65 29
May 13 50 31
Precipitation .37.
Thomas Englehaupt, of the
Chambers section of the county,
was a pleasant caller at this office
last Monday and ordered The
Frontier sent to his address for
the ensuing year, so that he could
keep posted on the happenings of
this big county of ours.
Gus Handlan, Old
Settler, Passes On
The editor of The Frontier re
ceived a letter the first of the
week from Mrs. Mary A. Plank
telling of the death of her father,
A. J. Handlan, at her home in
Portland, Oregon, on April 26,
1943, about 2 o’clock p. m., at the
age of 85 years, six months and
six days. He suffered a heart
attack on Easter Sunday evening
and passed away the following
afternoon.
Augustus J. Handlan was born
at St. Louis, Mo., on October 19,
1857. When a young man his fam
ily moved west and lived in Iowa
for a time and then came to Ne
braska, and Gus—as he was fa
miliarly known here—located at
Plainview, Nebr., where he lived
for a short period. On January
29, 1882, he was united in mar
riage to Miss Della J. Davenport,
the wedding taking place at
Plainview. Five children were
born of this union, three sons and
two daughters, one of the child
ren passing away in infancy, the
others surviving. Three of the
children, a daughter and two sons,
were born in O’Neill. Mrs. Hand
lan passed away on February 17,
1938, at Portland.
The family moved to O’Neill
the summer of 1883 and for sev
eral years Gus was one of the
leading business men in this city.
For several years he served as
manager of a local lumber yard,
until the firm disposed of its in
terests to another yard. Then he
served as clerk in the U. S. Land
Office, and in 1889 he was trans
ferred to Chadron, where he re
mained for about four years,
when he went to the Pacific
northwest in 1893, Anally settling
in Portland, Oregon. He went to
work for the Union Pacific rail
road company and was in their
employ until retired on a pension
when he reached the age limit.
70 years. He was an employee of
the company for thirty-two years.
During the years of his res
idence in this city no man had
more friends than Gus Handlan.
He was an especial favorite of
the young folks, as he was never
too busy to lend assistance to the
| youngsters whom he felt needed
his help. He was one of the most
prominent business men in the
city and was always active in
promoting anything that would
advance the interests of the city
which he called home. There are
not many now left who remem
ber Gus" Handlan, as many old
timers have passed away during
the past Ave years. Mr. and Mrs.
Handlan were here in July. 1936,
and while they remained but a
short time they called on all the
old-timers who were then res
idents of O’Neill and they said
they had a most enjoyable time.
Watson-Opper Nuptials
At Tucson, April 25th
Tall baskets filled with calla
lillies, Easter lillies and white ol
eander were arranged against a
background of palms and ferns
for the marriage of Miss Patricia
Anne Watson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ira L. Watson of In
man to Lieut. Clifford R. Opper,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C.
Opper of Lincoln, which was sol
emnized on Easter Sunday after
noon, April 25.
The service was solemnized at
3 o’clock in the afternoon at the
First Methodist Episcopal church
in Tuscon, Ariz., with members of
the families and a group of close
friends present for the ceremony.
The processional, the bridal mu
sic from Lohengrin, and the Men
delssohn wedding march, were
played by Miss Margaret Cun
ningham, organist, of Tucson.
During the service Miss Cunning
ham played “To a Wild Rose,” “I
Love You Truly,” and “Ah, Sweet
Mystery of Life.”
Mrs. Allen L. Unger of Tucson
was the matron of honor and the
only attendant. Mrs. Unger’s frock
of pink was in the daytime mode,
and her accessories were white.
Her corsage was fashioned of
gardenias and pink roses. Lieut.
Norman G. Rigg of Sparta, Wis.,
served Lieut. Opper as best man,
and the ushers were Sgt. William
Watson of Doming, New Mexico,
and Flight Officer Allen L. Unger
of Tucson.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, appeared
in a daytime frock in the aqua
shade with which she wore pale
pink accessories. Her corsage also
was of gardenias and pink roses.
Immediately following the cer
emony a reception was held at
the Pioneer Hotel where the serv
ing table was appointed with
pink and white oleanders and
Easter lillies.
Lieut. Opper and his bride left
late in the afternoon for a honey
moon at Camel Back Inn, Phoe
nix, Ariz. The bride traveled in
a black linen suit, with accessor
ies in white. They will return to
Tucson to reside.
Out of town guests at the wed
ding included the bride’sparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Watson, of
Inman; her cousin. Sgt. William
Watson, of Deming, N. M., and
Mr. and Mrs. Thorne A. Brown of
Tucson, formerly of Lincoln.
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Remain* Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rout* No. 5.
The American labor front has
no monopoly on strikes. Thirty
thousand metal workers down in
Australia went on strike over the
question of a holiday.
Nebraska car crash accidents
in two days took the likes of four
people.—Lincoln Journal.
It that’s all it took they can get
a new set of “likes.”
A measure was introduced in
the Missouri legislature to exclude
from the stateTs movie shows all
pictures in which divorced Holly
wood performers were shown, i
That about excudes them all.
The president says workmen
employed by the government can
not strike but upholds the right
to strike in so-called private in
dustry. Why deny the right in
one instance and encourage it in
the other? If the strike principle
is right in the one case it is right
in the other; if wrong the moral
turpitude is none the less in
either case.
Sheriff Peter W. Duffy, out this
way Monday on an official errand,
stopped at the home of the Breezes
for a friendly visit. The history
of Holt county has been some
thing of a thriller, has had some
citizens qualified to stand before
kings, and old timers can spend
a pleasant hour reviewing the
past as related to the present.
Sheriff Duffy has the happy qual
ities of being a “friend to man”
sans the political flavor.
May 8. Jack Frost powdered
the prairie land with his white
crystals and sealed vessels of
water sitting out with a coat of
ice. What this did to fruit blos
soms will be learned later. Early
garden plants survive but growth
is slow for want of warm days and
sunlight. Spring has spread a
carpet of fresh verdue across the
landscape, the green dotted with
floral bits of blue and gold. Cot
tonwoods have tmt forth their
plumes of shimmering silk and
wear a nest of robins in high
branches. Winds swept the prai
rie for a month with a force born
of nature’s limitless energy—force
that emphasizes that there is a
power which transcends all earth
ly power. Heaven grants the op
portunities of another season and
we go forward under the promise
of the King of king# "Trust in
the Lord and do good, so shalt
thou dwell in the land and verily
thou shalt be fed.” We under
stand to “do good” means to do
something.
Two weeks ago Mr. Cronin gave
Frontier readers the story of des
struction by cyclone in a path
through Holt county fifty years
ago. There were some tall tales
came out of the dust and wreck
age of that lashing fury. In my
prairie wanderings on a bay geld
ing at that time, in the freedom
and flush of early youth, I verified
some of the tales—picked chick
ens, skinned house cats and about
everything but sheared sheep.
The George Majors family, living
at the lower end of the old Mc
Clure ranch some 8 or 9 miles
east of Chambers, were in the
path of the storm, which origin
ated in the vicinity of Swan lake,
and had one of the strange ex
periences that day. The storm
tore a hole in the roof of their
dwelling, drew bed clothes from
the bed up through the hole and
left a baby lying on the bed un
hurt. That baby, a brother of
Bill Majors over at Chambers,
now lives at Huron, S. D., and
fires a locomotive on a railroad.
I was at the Majors home a few
days after the storm and learned
of this occurance with others
equally remarkable.
There seems to be painful truth
in recent published statements
that our schools have slipped in
the matter of giving young Amer
ica the history of, and hence the
patriotic reverence for, their
national heritage. I recently
asked a high school student where
General Grant brought the last
of the confederate army to its
knees. He replied “Bunker Hill.”
One or two others did but little
better on similar questions. Per
haps my slight test was not rep
resentative; will trust so, anyway.
Our boys and girls are missing
the greatest story of adventure,
of romance, of human progress in
government and industry, of de
liverance from the thraldom of
bigotry, intellectual night and the
gloom of spiritual darkness ever
written if they do not get in our
schools the story of America—its
statesmen and patriots, its men
rr'i women of science, letters and
Christian culture. And of scarce
ly less importance those daring
characters that appeal to young
minds, the Daniel Boones, the
Sam Houstons. the Buffalo Bills
and the forty-niners. No “thriller”
of fiction can compare with the
story from the landing of the
May Flower at the “wild New
England shore” down to the pres
ent time. The home and church
Commencement
Exercises May 19
Commencement exercises for
the Seniors and Eighth Graders of
the O'Neill Public School will be
held Wednesday night. May 19.1
at 8 o’clock in the School aduitor
ium.
The Seniors will be attired in
royal blue caps and gowns. The
graduates will participate in a
precessional and recessional to the
accompaniment of musical select
ions played by the band.
The invocation will be given by
Reverend Park and the benedict
ion by Reverend Scott. The com
mencemeent address will be given
by H. K. Douthit, superintendent
of the Nebraska School of Agri
culture at Curtis, Nebr.
The Senior diplomas will be
awarded by Dr. H. L. Bennett,
president of the Board of Educa
tion. The Eighth Grade diplo
mas will be presented by C. F.
Grill. Howard Dean, principal,
will present scholarships that
have been awarded and announce
the members of the class that will
receive honorary diplomas for
being in the upper 10% of the
class scholastically.
The vocal trio composed of
Ruth Burge, DeMaris Benson
and Dorothy Ann Davidson will
sing two selections and Phyllis
Johnson will sing, "Boats of Mine.”
The Seniors and faculty cordi
ally invite you to attend the grad
uating exercises.
Baccalaureate Exercises
High School Sunday Eve
Baccalaureate Exercises for
graduates of the O’Neill Public
School will take place in the
school auditorium this Sunday
evening, May 16, at 8 o’clock.
The invocation and prayer will
be given by Rev. Dawson Park,
pastor of the Methodist church.
The class sermon. “The Captain
Who Enables,” will be delivered
by Rev. K. J. Scott, pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
The Girls’ High School Chorus
will sing two special numbers and
DeMaris Benson wil sing a vocal
solo entitled, “Life”. The pro
cessional and recessional will be
played by Mrs. F. E. Parkins.
The public is most heartily in
vited to attend this service.
O’Neill Public School
Only Half Days
The grades and High school
pupils will have classes only in
the forenoons on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday this coming
week. There wilj be no classes
on Thursday and report cards will
be handed out on Friday morning.
The kindergarten class will
close on this Friday, May 14.
May 21 will bring another suc
cessful schol year to a * happy
close.
Asimus Bill Will Bring
More Tax Money
In the light of developments in
Washington, the plan of Senator
Tony Asimus to allocate more
money to the rural sections for
farm-to-market roads probably
will rate as one of the most im
portant bills considered by the
unicameral this session. As no
priority materials are involved,
farm-to-market road construction
can proceed at once under the lib
eral federal fund-matching plans.
As the Asimus bill stood before
the Lee amendment was adopted,
Nebraska farmers would be ex
tracted from the mud within the
next two years. The Lee amend
ment cut the allotment to rural
sections in half. Asimus planned
the allotment and fought dog
gedly for it throughout the ses
sion. It was killed half a dozen
times, but somehow or other, Asi
mus revived it.—Comment Polit
ical or Otherwise, from the State
Capital, by the Lowell Service.
Mrs. Sarah V. Ewh, Page,
Summoned Last Thursday
Mrs. Sarah V. Ewh died at the
home of her brother, Elba A. Ed
minsten, in the northeast corner
of Iowa Township last Thursday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, of a
heart attack, at the age of 82
years, four months and 21 days.
The funeral was held last Satur
day afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Biglin Brothers Mortuary, Rev.
Beebe of Page officiating, and
burial in the cemetery at Page.
Sarah V. Edminsten was born
at Whitesboro, Texas, on Decem
ber 15, 1860. The family moved
to Nebraska when she was a little
girl and settled in the southeast
ern part of the state. In 1883 she
was united in marriage to Dr.
George Ewh at Talmage. Nebr.
He passed away twenty-one years
ago and for several years she
made her home at Talmage, com
ing to Holt county to make her
home with her brother four years
ago last August.
that fulfill their mission fortify
the young morally and spiritually.
The school that fulfills its mis
sion inculcates a high regard for
the national heritage.
NORTH AFRICA NOW
IN ALLIED HANDS
All Axis resistcnce ceased Wed
nesday evening in Tunisa, North
Africa, after the capture of the
German commander in chief. Col.
Gen. Jurgen von Amin, il other
generals, with their staffs and
175,000 troops. A few isolated
pockets of the enemy were still re
sisting. but they were taken care
of early this morning and the
officially the battle is ended.
In the battle for North Airica
American troops covered them
selves with glory and received
the commendation of the British
commanders as well as their own
commanders.
Radio, as well as press reports,
say that the Germans are stricken
with amazement in their home
country at the sudden ending of
the campaign in North Africa, as
they were led to believe by the
war lords that everything was
going fine for their armies in that
sector and now the war lords
have the jitters as bad as the
people as they do not know just
where the Allies will strike next.
Mary Ann Sanders, 76,
Answered Call Sunday
Mrs. Mary Ann Sanders of Ew
ing died in the O’Neill Hospital
last Sunday afternoon, after an
illness of about ten days, at the
age of 76 years, three months and
28 days. The funeral was held at
Ewing, Nebr., last Wednesday
morning from St. Peters church,
Rev. Father O’Flynn officiating,
and burial in the Ewing cemetery.
Mary Ann Vandenberg was
born at Hollandtown, Wisconsin,
on January 11, 1867. She came to
Nebraska with her parents when
a young lady and in March, 1886,
she was united in marriage to
Martin Sanders, the ceremony be
ing performed in Atkinson. A few
years after their marriage the
family moved to Butler county,
returning to Holt county forty
seven years ago, and since that
time she had been a continuous
resident of the county.
Mrs. Sanders was the mother of
six children, four daughters and
two sons. The children are: Mrs.
Sophia Spittler, of O'Neill; Mrs.
Theresa Krachia, of Ewing; Mrs.
Emma Kovar, of Hartford, Conn.;
Mrs. Alys Dierks, of Ewing, Nebr.;
Yvo Sanders, of Omaha. Nebr.;
First Lieutenant Odo Sanders,
O’Reilly Hospital, Springfield,
Mo. She is also survived by one
brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Sanders was a charming
woman and had a host of friends
in the eastern part of the county,
where she lived the greatest part
of her life. She was a devoted
mother and a friend of everyone.
Her many old friends and ac
quaintances in Ewing and vicin
ity and her children will greatly
miss her.
Lt. John R. Gallagher Met
O’Neill Boy, Guadalcanal
Romaine Stein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walt Stein, formerly of this
city, who is now in the U.S.M.C.,
and was on Guadalcanal, while
there met Lt. John R. Gallagher,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gal
lagher of Grand Island, formerly
of this city. It was the first word
Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher had heard
of their son since last December,
when they were notified by the
War Department that their son
had arrived safely overseas. On
Easter Sunday they received a
letter from him saying he was
well, after seeing action in the
active war theatres.
EMMET MOTHER RECEIVES
RADIOGRAM MOTHERS DAY
Mrs. John M. Grutsch received
a radiogram for Mother's Day
from her son, Pvt. John E.
Grutsch, who is an aviation en
gineer in the Army Air Corps
and is somewhere in the Ha
waiian Islands.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors who so
freely gave of sympathy and as
sistance following the death of
our beloved wife and mother.
Your kindness and thoughtfulness
in our hour of sorrow will ever
be held in grateful remembrance.
—M. H. McCarthy and Children.
Marriage Licenses
Duane Woods of Fremont and
Esther Davis of Bassett on Mon
day, May 10th.
Richard E. Berg of Dallas. S.
D., and Jean Broadbooks of Co
lome. S. D., on Saturday, May 8th.
Merle Bowden Spangler and
Annamae Maxine Derickson. both
°L Star, on Tuesday. May 11th.
NOTICE
Will be in O'Neill at the C.
& N. W. Depot from noon un
til 4 o'clock p. m. on Wednes
day, May 19th to accept con
signments of WOOL for the
C.C.C., undeT government reg
ulator Will also be in Atkin
son from 10 o'clock a. m. until
2 o'clock p. m., on Tuesday,
May 18th.
ARTHUR J. RUNNELS
Need For Scrap
Metal Is Urgent;
Trucks To Help
As the call comes to Nebraskans
to enter the third scrap gather
ing campaign, the question might
arise in some peoples minds as
to just how badly this scrap is
needed.
At some points in the state,
scrap piles have been but partial
ly removed. These are few but
undoubtedly give the impression
locally that scrap is not a serious
problem.
Various reasons can be pointed
out for this condition, but that
which covers most cases is that
dealers have gone out of business,
or have been called into the serv
ice. To point out the true scrap
picture, we quote from an editor
ial of the "Waste Trade Journal,"
addressed to dealers:
“This is no time for complac
ency, and there would be none if
the public were made aware of
the seriousness of the situation;
if it were made to realize that
substantially as much scrap will
be needed in 1943 as was the case
last year, and unless proper safe
guards are taken the scrap supply
is likely to prove a greater head
ache this year than it did in 1942.
“It is conservatively estimated
that the steel industry will con
sume approximately two million
net tons of purchased scrap each
month this year, or a total of 24
million net tons. It is important
to bear in mind that this is pur
chased scrap; scrap that must
come from households, from au
tomobile graveyards, from indus
trial plants, from farms and from
highways and byways of the
nation.
"The scrap supply problem is
something that cannot be gambled
with. The safety of the nation and
the lives of millions of our own
and of our allied soldiers depend
upon the steel mills delivering
the implements of war when and
where needed. Scrap must not be
permitted to become a bottleneck.
It will be far safer to have too
| much rather than too little. We
; certainly cannot rick recurrence
! of the shortage that developed
! last year.
"No one knows how’ long this
war will last. We must
pared for any eventualiti
only insurance against a scrap
iron shortage is to build up an
adequate reserve. Unless this is
done and quickly, and unless the
appropriate machinery is put into
immediate motion to assure this
stockpile, the consequences may
be disastrous. This is no time to
engage in wishful thinking or to
take chances.”
The state highway department
has offered its services in helping
collect large piles of scrap iron,
the state salvage headquarters an
nounced Tuesday. Salvage offic
ials urged county chairmen to co
operate with the highway de
partment by listing locations of
these scrap piles for collection,
rather than expecting immediate
pickups.
State Engineer Wardner Scott
assured salvage chiefs that if the
lists were turned over at the close
of the campaign, the state would
try, within a reasonable time, to
fit the collection job with regular
trips of its trucks.
Fred Larkin. Jr., assistant sec
retary of the state salvage com
mittee, said that all county or
ganizations have been set up and
that the real work is under way.
I Many counties are using a plan
similar to the one in Douelas
county. Each school district takes
the responsibility in its area. Of
ficials aim to see that every fam
ily in the state is contacted.
Prices On Hops Lower
At Monday’s Auction
The hog market was down
again at Monday’s sale here. Cat
tle prices were steady to lower.
There was a light run of both
cattle and hogs.
Steer calves brought from SI5
to $17 per hundred and heifer cal
ves from $1450 to $15.50. Year
ling steers sold from $13.30 tb
$14.25 per hundred and yearling
heifers from $12.80 to $13.10.
Two-year-old steers brought from
$13.10 to $13.45 There was a nice
run of cows, with prices ranging
from $8 to $11.85 per hundred.
In the hog market, butchers
sold from $13.80 to $13.95, and
•sows from $13 60 to $13.85. Stags
brought from S12 tt> $13 per hun
dred. There was a good run of
bred gilts that sold mostly by the
head. Next sale will be on Mon
day, May 17th.
Grape Hoes Available For
Tending Shelterbelts
A report was received by Coun
ty Agent Lyndle Stout that the
Soil Conservation Service will
make available to Holt county
people several grape hoes, with
which to cultivate shelterbelts.
These implements will be made
available at the various towns in
the county and farmers wishing
to use them should get in touch
with the county agent’s office or
the AAA office in O’Neill.