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Neb. State Historical Society
The Frontier
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LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1943 NO. 24
Mrs. Maude E. Pinkerman
Summoned October 14th
Mrs. Maude E. Pinkerman died
at her home at Redbird, Nebr.,
last Thursday afternoon, October
14, 1943, at 1:45 p. m., after a
short illness following a stroke
suffered a few days before, at
the age of 58 years, nine months
and sixteen days. The funeral
was held last Saturday afternoon
at 2 o’clock from the Dorsey
church. Rev. Gene Anderson of
ficiating, and burial in Scottville
cemetery at the side of her hus
band, who passed away on Octo
ber 2, 1943, in a hospital in
Omaha.
Mrs, Pinkerman suffered a
stroke about four years ago and
had not been strong since that
time, but she was up and around
attending to her duties. About a
month ago she accompanied her
husband to Omaha, where he sub
mitted to an operation for the re
moval of a goitre, from which he
never recovered and he passed
away in Omaha on October 2. She
accompanied the body home and
attended the funeral, but it is
thought the shock and nervous
tension brought on another at
tack which she suffered a few
days before her death.
Maude E. Wilson was born at
Deep River, Iowa, on December
28, 1884. In 1887 she came to Holt
county with her parents who set
‘' tied in the northeastern part of
the county, where she grew to
womanhood. On January 17,
1906, she was united in marriage
to Levi Roy Pinkerman. Three
children were born of this union,
three daughters, who are left to
mourn the passing of a kind and
affectionate mother. The children
are: Mrs. Guy Hull of Dorsey;
Mrs. Ted Schessler of Ainsworth,
and Mrs. Joseph Roberts of Oma
ha. She is also survived by three
brothers and one sister. They
are: Ervin LeRoy Wilson, Rapid
City, S. D.; Mrs. Fay Pinkerman,
Dorsey; Ernest E., Burke, S. D.;
William Ray, Dorsey, Nebr.
Mrs. Pinkerman was a charm
ing woman and had a host of
friends in the northern part of
Holt county where she was well
known and universally loved for
her many fine traits of character
and her passing will be sincerely
mourned by a large circle of
friends, outside of the family
circle.
The many friends of the fam
ily extend the bereaved relatives
their heartfelt sympathy in their
hour of bereavement.
WAR FUND DRIVE IS
PROGRESSING NICELY
The War Fund Drive in Holt
county to collect the sum of
$7,945.00, oilr share of this fund,
got under way last Monday, and
already several towns and pre
cincts have exceeed their goal.
Chairman Gallagher says that the
people of this county are respond
ing nobly to the call for money
for this particular purpose and
that there is no question buti that
the county will go over the top.
The drive in O’Neill is going
along nicely and while our quota
is high, $1,063.44, there is no ques
tion but that the amount will be
raised before the end of the week.
Atkinson has exceeded her
quota by over $100 and they are
still going strong on the drive up
there, as they are in other pre
cincts of the county.
Following are the returns so far
received as to the condition of
the drive, many of the townships
and towns not yet having filed a
complete report. From reports re
ceived the following towns and
townships are over their quota:
Quota Paid
Coleman - $ 80.22 $117.25
Emmet & Town.—147.00 176.97
Ewing Twp.- 74.34 87.00
Golden _122.22 154.50
Holt Creek_25.20 35.00
Saratoga _ 71.40 107.50
Stuart _319.20 325.00
Atkinson..—.567.00 673.00
K Dick Tomlinson Operated
On At North Platte
While Mr. and Mrs. Dick Tom
linson and daughter, Sue Ellen,
were visiting relatives at North
Platte last week Dick was taken
with a sudden attack of appendi
citis, and submitted to an emerg
ency operation at St. Mary’s hos
pital last Wednesday evening. He
is getting along nicely. Mr. and
Mrs. Fred McNally brought Mrs.
Tomlinson and Sue Ellen home
last Sunday, and they all return
ed to North Platte Wednesday
morning, where Mrs. Tomlinson
will remain for a week.
Dick is expected to be in North
Platte for about three weeks, re
covering from the operation. His
many friends in this city extend
congratulations on the success of
the operation and hope that he
will soon be home, feeling as
chirp as ever.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonough
recently received a letter from
their son. Seaman 2-c Robert
Francis McDonough, that he is
getting along nicely. He is in the
U. S. Public Health Service Hos
pital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Seger and
son, Ivan, of Atkinson visited in
the T. M. Harrington home Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Higgins of
^ Omaha arrived Sunday to visit
' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brennan.
Scofield-Malone Wedding
In LosAngeles October 6
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Scofield an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Doris, to Thomas Ma
lone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Law
1 rence Malone of Los Angeles, Cal.
The marriage was performed on
October sixth at the Mount Wash
ington Church, Highalnd Park,
Los Angeles.
The bjide was attired in a street
length blue dress with navy ac
cessories. Her corsage was of
i orchids.
Mrs. Malone graduated from the
O’Neill high school with the class
of 1940. She was a successful
teacher for the past two years.
Mr. Malone is a grandson of the
late Judge C. J. Malone of this
city. Mr. Malone is employed at
a defense plant in Los Angeles,
where the couple will make their
home.
The many friends of the young
couple extend congratulations and
best wishes for a long and happy
married life.
More Holt County
Boys Inducted
Following are the names of Holt
county boys inducted in the
Armed Forces the fore part of
October:
Army
Glen Davis Hiscock, Dorsey.
Moran Andrew Pettijohn, Stu
dl*t.
Harold Douglas Schaaf, Atkin
son.
Charles William Siegel, Stuart.
Leonard Frank Bowers, O’Neill.
Robert Ellsworth Eppenbach,
Ewing.
Alvin Kloppenborg, Emmet.
Navy
Donald Raymond McKenna,
O’Neill.
Arlin LaVem Caster, Inman.
Kenneth Sylvester Oetter, Ew
ing.
Eugene Marvin Ruby, Ewing.
Robert Louis Groeger, Atkin
son.
Fred Jay Jungman, Jr., Atkin
son.
Melvin Dean Kemper, Page.
HERBERT 0. BRENNAN
APPOINTED TO ANAPOLIS
Congressman A. L. Miller, 4th
, District, Nebraska, announces the
I following appointments as prin
I cipal and alternates for the two
vacancies in 1944 at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis:
Principal, Richard Earl Bryan,
Scottsbluff, Nebr. i
First Alternate, Richard N.
Pierce, Loup City, Nebr.
Second Alternate, James G.
Carter, Chappell, Nebr.
Third Alternate, Rowland H.
Melick, Alliance, Nebr. and:
Principal, Herbert O. Brennan,
O’Neill, Nebr.
First Alternate, Ernest LeRoy
Truax, Gering, Nebr.
Second Alternate, Orlen F.
Rice, Grand Island, Nebr.
Third Alternate, Morris E.
Coon, Gordon, Nebr.
These young men were nom
inated on the basis of grades they
attained in an examination given
by the Civil Service Commission.
Congressman Miller was noti
fied of a vacancy at the Military
Academy at West Point for 1944
too late to permit him to author
ize those who had applied to him
for appointment to take the last
examination. Another examina
tion will be given in January.
Those who desire to take it are
asked to write him at an early
date. Candidates must be bona
fide residents of the 4th District
and between the ages of 17 and
22 years at the date of July 1,
1944.
—
Frank Biglin Home From
Sioux City Hospital
Leo Mullen drove to Sioux City
with the ambulance Wednesday
morning and returning that even
ing with Frank Biglin, who has
been in St. Vicent’s hospital for
the past month under medical
care. Mrs. Biglin, who went to
Sioux City Monday, returned
with him as did also their son,
Captain Robert J. Biglin of Camp
Richmond, Calif., who came from
California by plane to Omaha
Tuesday night and then to Sioux
City.
Frank is feeling fine but he is
still confined to his bed and will
have to take it easy for some
time. His many friends in this
city and county hope that it will
not be long until he will be up
and around again as usual.
Phillip Dempsey and Mrs. Chas.
Tessier of Omaha were dinner
guests Monday at the Bob Cook
home.
Mrs. Harry Graham gave her
brother, Phillip Dempsey, a fare
well party last Saturday night for
fifteen guests to whom she served
a fdied pheasant supper.
Corporal Wayne Fox of Camp
Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., return
ed to camp on Monday, after vis
iting his parents at Emmet and
friends here.
Mrs. Theodore Lindstrom oil
Pocohantas, Iowa, arrived Sunday
| to visit her sister, Mrs. Augusta
MacFarland.
| Miss Lillian Peter, who is a stu- j
dent nurse at St. Vincent’s Hos-1
I pital in Sioux City, spent the
i week-end here visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrl Peter,
[and other relatives and friends. _
Truck Tire Situation
As Of September 23
During 1941, which was the last
year in which truck tires were
available to commercial operators
in normal volume, 11,100,000 new
truck tires were shipped by manu
facturers. 5,300,000 of these were
shipped to vehicle manufacturers
to be used as original equipment
on new trucks and busses, while
5.800.000 were shipped into the
replacement market. This was the
largest year the industry ever
had. Some of these tires repre
sented forward buying, both by
dealers and fleet operators, with
the fortunate result that stocks
of truck tires were fairly substan
tial going into 1942.
Last year, 1942, OPA released
on certificate 3,500,000 truck and
heavy service tires, including an
undetermined but substantial
quantity of farm tractor and im
plement tires which were not ra
tioned separately at that time.
This volume, of course, did not
anywhere near meet the require
ments. However, through the en
forced use of recap and surplus
stocks owned by fleet operators,
commercial motor transportation
was kept going without the ne
cessity of heavy productions of
new truck tires.
In the first eight months of
1943, though, it has been found
necessary to issue certificatts for
3.600.000 truck tires. Quotas for
the past few months have been
raised to 550,000 tires per month,
and there are still substantial
quantities of unfilled applications.
It is estimated that the demand
for truck tires by present eligibles
will not be less than 2,600,000
from September through Decem
ber, indicating a 6,200,000 tire de
mand for the full year 1943. Na
tionally, there is today less than
a minimum two-month service
stock.
Right now the truck tire de
mand for List “A” vehicles ex
ceeds estimated civilian truck
production by more than 200,000
tires per month. At the present
rate the nation faces a possible
shortage of 1,000,000 truck tires
by the end of this year. There are
indications that continued heavy
military demands, the introduc
tion of synthetic tire construc
tions, shortage of facilities, equip
ment and manpower may cut far
ther into the limited production
of new civilian truck tires.
C. C. Jones, Pioneer,
A Caller Last Friday
C. C. Jones, one of the success
ful farmers and ranchers of the
Chambers country, was in the
city on business last Friday and
made this office a pleasant call,
extending his subscription to The
Frontier for another year. Mr.
Jones has been a resident of the
southern part of the county for
the past sixty years, his parents
moving into Holt county in 1883
and he has been a resident of the
county ever since. He has also
been a reader of The Frontier
ever since he has been able to
read, being one of our real old
time readers. Mr. Jones says that
they had good crops in his section
of the county this year and that
the farmers and stockmen of that
section were prosperous. The only
real drawback is the shortage of
labor, which makes it necessary
for those along in years to do
more work now than they have
had to do in many years. Let us
hope, though, that the day is not
far distant when things will be a
lot easier for all of us.
H. R. Allen, living about twelve
miles east and north of this city,
was in the city Wednesday and
made this office a pleasant call
He informed us that he suffered
the loss of another mule last Sat
urday morning, it being one of
his dapper grey mares, who pas
sed away peacefully in the barn
at his home. Harvey at one time
possessed the finest team of mules
in the county and probably in the
state. Its mate died a short time
ago and the other is now gone
and Harvey says that he has lost
an old and valued friend. The
team was finely matched and
weighed 2400 pounds. The team
was evenly matched in color and
weight, one weighing only eight
pounds more than the other.
Md. Allen raised both of them
and the one that died Saturday
would have been 38 years old
next March. For nearly thirty
years she and her mate had been
Mr. Allen’s main source of power
and during the* years they receiv
ed careful attention, as Mr. Allen
is a lover of animals. The team
was so evenly matched that they
attracted attention no matter
where they went and Mr. Allen
refused many nice offers for them,
but he refused to dispose of them.
He kept them and carefully took
care of them until old age closed
their eye3 in death.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Harrington
entertained the Pinochle Club on
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Victor
Halva received high score, Mrs.
Wm. Lowery low score for the
ladies; Bob Schulz receiving high
and Bob Cook low for the men.
Dave Loy received the traveling
prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller of
Ainsworth came Wednesday to
visit friends. Mr. Miller went on
to Grand Island on business and
Mrs. Miller remained here. j
\BREEZES FROM
j THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
j Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rt. No. 5
Some are making a little money,
but look at the hands stuck out
to grab it. «
Europe, in a marked degree
Italy, is a tragic* example of what
a people are brought to who sur
render government by law for
government by decree.
Italy is now allied to the cause
of the allies, where it is suspected
it preferred to be from the start.
What now will be done with Ital
ians in American concentration
camps?
A lexicographer defines pick
erel as “a small pike.” Had he
ever hooked a 10-pounder out of
the sparkling Waters most any
where in Holt county in the “good
old days” he’d never said that.
William Green is re-elected pres
ident of the American Federation
of Labor, Vice President Wallace
says there must be free enterprise
in the post war world, American
newspaper editors on a junket in
England are having tough going
because of the stuff served at
meals and cold rooms. Governor
Griswold has paid his bond bets
with pigs and Tom Baker says the
president’s exports to placate far
mers are useless—they’ll not be
placated.
“Thou shalt not kill.” Four
short words echo from the smok
ing summit of Mt. Sinai. For
plunder, for revenge, out of in
flamed passion during a dispute
one individual slays another and
on the authority of a truck load
of law books he is condemned as
a murderer. In war among na
tions, involving identical priciples
related to the individual murderer
and murdered, the soldier who
knocks out the greatest number
of the enemy has bestowed on
him the greatest number of med
als for valor. There is little pros
pect that man will ever be con
sistent with himself.
If-you are on^ne trail of some
fellow be careful not to set a trap
for yourself. See here what has
escaped from the halls of Con
gress:
Describing Willkie as “the
barefooted boy from Wall street,”
Representative Rankin (d., Miss.)
pointed to a page advertisement
in a newspaper about the story
and photographs of Willkie ap
pearing in a magazine. “I don’t
know who is paying for these ad
vertisements,” Rankin said. “I'm
told the republicans are not. I’m
sure the democrats didn’t.”
Representative Dirksen (r.. 111.)
shot back: “He is one candidate
whose advertising costs are not
taken out of the federal treasury.” ;
The little I have read of a popu
lar American aiithor seemed flat,
stale and unprofitable, but he is
credited with the fatuous remark j
that everybody talks about the j
weather but nobody does any
thing about it. A lot is being said
and published about the “Wither
ing Blight of Bureaucracy,” but
what’s being done about it? Sub
mitted to as a necessary evil of
evil times. Maybe what is needed
to reform if not eliminate much I
of bureaucracy practices is an ap
peal to the public with a slogan
somewhat after Hosea Bigelow’s
rabble rouser—
Wut’ll make you act like freemen?
Wut’ll make your dander riz?
But the home front will put up
with just about anything for the
sake of the Allied cause, and no
body knows that better than the
government bureaus.
The setup for obtaining another !
ration book follows a previous
plan. It is further evidence of a i
lack of intelligent understanding
of things as they are out in the
hinterland. Long trips are impos-1
ed upon many if they get their j
ration books. The best Vic How-:
arth can do is a 32-mile trip to 1
get his. Others down in the cor
ner of Josie will cover more than
40 miles to and from Amelia. Had
they been made obtainable at the
district school houses as in issuing
book No. 1 it would have meant j
a great convenience to large num
bers of citizens. The schools in
this county designated for the
purpose comprise large territor- ;
ies, involving delays, much wait-1
ing and impatience of those fret- j
ting to get back home over that
25-mile prairie trail to milk the
cows before darkness overtakes
them. Personally, I make it by a
12-mile journey. If the books j
were to be had at the district
school it wuld be a journey there
and back of two miles and not to
exceed a half-hour to wait.
Noting a swing from hats to
caps in the style of men’s head .
gear, the editor of the Wamego, j
Kan., Times has visions of the re
turn of the stiff cady hats of a
generation now passing into its
dotage. “Always,’ says the Times ,
editor, “we have believed a nice I
cady hat makes a man look a lord j
of creation. Were it not for the
slouchy, broad and narrow brim J
hats men have been addicted to
Schollmeyer-Harte
Wedding October 18
Monsignor McNamara officiated
at a very pretty wedding which
took place Monday, October 18,
at 7:00 a. m., at St. Patrick’s
church in O’Neill, in the presence
of a few of the relatives and close
friends of Miss Vera Schollmeyer,
youngest daughter of Joe Scholl
meyer, and Mr. Leo Harte, son of
Mrs. William Harte of Inman.
The bride wore an air force
blue suit with matching acces
sories and had a corsage of pink
roses. Her bridesmaid, Mrs.
Charles Neely, sister of the bride,
wore a brown suit with match
ing accessories and had a corsage
of talisman roses. The groom wore
a dark gray suit and the best
man. Gene Harte, brother of the
groom, wore a brown pin stripe
suit.
A wedding breakfast was serv
ed in the blue room at the M. and
M. cafe to the immediate family
and friends. A beautiful two
tiered wedding cake was the cen
terpiece and was on a cake stand
that was a wedding present of
the bride’s parents 47 years ago.
Mrs. Harte, before her marriage,
made her home with her father.
Mr. Harte is a successful farmer
near Inman. Both of the young
people are well known and have
many friends in O’Neill and In
man. After a short wedding trip
to the state of Iowa the happy
couple will be at home to their
friends in Inman.
the past number of years, they
would not have descended to the
low estate they occupy in the
minds of the wimmen, and they
would have been able to stand on
their dignity and demand recog
nition of superiority.” If we are
going into reverse in our hat
styles, what’s the matter with the
silk plugs? There were real “lords
of creation” when twelve-dollar
a-week clerks strutted the streets
in plug hats, Prince Albert coat,
striped trousers and dime -store
walking stick.
A writer for O’Neill papers gave
a worthy coupls, Mr. and Mrs. J.
K. Ernst, an extended and inter
esting story grouped around their
golden wedding. The Breezes wish
also to join in congratulations. In
this day of hasty marriages and
reckless divorce the couple who
have put up with the foibles of
each for a stretch of 50 years
should stand out as a beacon light
to those just starting on the ven
turesome road of romance. Con
gratulating Jake and his compan
ion we also wish them long con
tinued enjoyment of a united
home. I transcribe the name Ja
cob to that of Jake. Jacob means
supplanter and that hardly ap
plies to Mr. Ernst unless in the
sensei that he may have supplant-;
ed a previously dauntless Lochin
var in a contest for the hand and !
heart of Miss Malinda Harris. The
first Jacob mentioned in sacred
history was given a new name,
Israel, which has no racial signifi- i
cance, the primary meaning of
which is Prince of God, or child
of God. I prefer to think of Mr.
Ernst in that light.
A senate committee on foreign
relations approves a resolution i
embracing a number of ideas for j
America’s part in the post war I
world. Among these there stands j
out this clause: “Prevent aggres
sion and preserve the peace of
the world.” There can be no more
worthy object, but in the light of
history, the undeniable fact of
human cunning, it is amazing that
informed men think they can do
it. One of them didn’t. Senator
LaFollette, one of the committee,
ill at his home in Wisconsin, sent
his written disapproval. It has
been demonstrated many times
that treaties and pacts supposed
to be binding nations mean less
than nothing when it is to the ad
vantage of any of them to disre
gard it. But it may be said the
thing that couldn’t be done has
been done countless times. Yes
in mechanics there is no limit.
Human hands and human brains
then deal with the yielding inani
mate things. In a clash with
other minds there is what we
have today, ever have had and
ever will.
The two men, one with the in
herited barbaric strain of the
Sioux Indian, the other a reckless
pale face, confined in the state
penitentiary for the murder of
Fred J. Sexsmith in this county,
have been denied their plea for
release by the state pardon board.;
They both have admitted from
the first the purpose of robbery I
when they went to the Sexsmith
home, but each still deny firing
the fatal shot. The trial at O’Neill
convinced the court of their guilt.
There can be no pardon for mur- |
der in earthly courts. Yet there is
something strange in the persist-;
ent denial of these two men. It
may be wholly fantastic, but is it
possible that there was in seclus-!
ion, unknown and undiscovered,
hidden for ever in the years now
gone, a third person—a sinister
character back in the shadow at
the opportune moment to gratify I
a grudge and hang the crime on
two chaps of the caliber of
chicken thieves? The affair at the
Atkinson depot the past summer, l
had it resulted fatally, shows how
easy a charge of murder can be
hung on an innocent person.
Deferred Farm Workers
May Accept Other Work
Nebraskans deferred in Class
2-C or 3-C for agricultural rea
sons may accept non-farm work
during the slack winter months
and still retain their deferments,
provided they comply with cer
tain requirements, Brig. Gen. Guy
N. Henninger, state director for
Selective Service, said today. The
requirements, the General said,
are:
Before leaving the farm for
non-work, the registrant must
have the permission of his Selec
tive Service Local Board. He
must engage in his regular farm
work for eight months of the
year.
The non-farm work he proposes
to enter must be in war produc
tion, or in work supporting the
war effort. He must agree to be
back in his regular agricultural
job when the farm season opens
in the spring.
General Henninger said this
plan should be of particular bene
fit to farmers in drouth areas be
cause it will enable them, upon
completion of their harvest, to
engage in remunerative non-farm
work this winter and at the same
time help relieve manpower short
ages in such essential industries
as meat packing, the beet sugar
facturies, and the construction of
the aluminum plant near Co
lumbus.
Finders Of Ration Books
May Drop Them In P. O.
Under arrangements completed
with the post office department,
finders of lost ration books may
now return them by depositing
them in the mails without wrap
per or postage, it was announced
by M. E. Rawlings, district direc
tor of the Office of Price Admin
istration. The post office will de
liver the books to the person
whose name and address appear
on the cover, collecting a 5-cent
postage-due charge.
It is believed that his procedure
will raise the proportion of lost
books returned to their owners,
and that people will be glad to
pay the postage charge for the
sake of recovering the books.
In the event that the addressee
cannot be located, the post office
will deliver the book to the* near
est local War Price and Ration
ing Board.
Dr. E. E. Gallagher returned to
his home in LaCrosse, Wis., Tues
day, after visiting Mrs. J. P. Gal
lagher and other relatives and
friends here. Miss Helen Galla
gher returned to LaCrosse with
him, where she will visit for a
few weeks.
Ed Van Horn, one of the promi
nent farmers living north of At
kinson. was a pleasant caller at
this office yesterday and extend
ed his subscription to The Fron
tier for another year. Mr. Van
Horn said they had a splendid
small grain crop in his section
this year, but that the corn crop
was greatly hurt by the long dry
spell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Pruss enter
tained at a surprise party at their
home on Sunday in honor of Un
cie Heuton of Carroll, Iowa, who
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Pruss. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Pruss, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Pruss of O’Neill, Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Crandall, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
John Martdfeld and daughter,
Elaine, all of Chambers, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Zinky an Mrs.
Cleo Zinky of Atkinson.
Mrs. Frank Biglin went to Sioux
City on Tuesday to visit her hus
band who is in St. Vincent’s Hos
pital. Mrs. F. N. Cronin, who ac
companied her, returned home
that evening. Mrs. Biglin will
meet her son, Captain Robert Big
lin of Richmond, Calif., who is on
a short furlough.
Mrs. Ed Campbell and Mrs.
Frank Froelich entertained four
teen guests at a 7 o’clock dinner
at the M. and M. cafe Saturday
evening, in honor of John Crad
dock of Chicago, who was a guest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Froelich.
Mrs. Dean Streeter returned on
Thursday from Omaha, where she
had been visiting relatives and
friends. Mrs. Mattie Soukupt who
accompanied her to Omaha, un
derwent an operation on her arm
last Wednesday and is getting
along nicely. •
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gallagher en
tertained sixteen guests at a cock
tail party at their home Sunday
evening, in honor of John Crad
dock of Chicago.
Mrs. Maggie Siders and daugh
ter, Beulah, were Sunnay guests
of Mr. and Mrs. August Smith
and Mrs. John Berger at Oppor
tunity.
Mrs. C. E. Stout entertained six
teen guests at a 9 o’clock break
fast at the M. and M. cafe Sun
day morning, in honor of John
Craddock of Chicago.
Mrs. Brookhouser and son,
Percy, of Orchard visited with i
her daughter, Mrs. Grace Wilcox
and daughter Ellen Lois last Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Kerwin and
Dr. and Mrs. Condon of Norfolk
were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Froelich.
Mrs. C. E. Lundgren, Mrs. Jas.
Roonev, Mrs. L. A. Burgess and
Mrs. Jerry Miller of Ainsworth
went to Sioux City on Thursday.
Record Price For 4-H
Beef At Ak-Sar-Ben
With record top prices which
i they received in the annual auc
tion sales, plus regular premiums
and “extras” in the form of cash
and war bonds, the hundreds of
midwestern farm boys and girls
participating in Ak - Sar - Ben’s
sixteenth annual 4-H Baby Beef
and Swine Show at Omaha from
October 6th through October 8th,
were awarded to the tune of more
than $80,000, official tabulations
reveal.
With buyers from every section
of the country on hand, eager for
fine beef and pork, sales which
concluded the 1943 program on
Friday, October 8th, showed some
of the widest margins in history
over open livestock quotations
and brought out an all-time high
of $2.10 per pound for the grand
champion steer, a 790-lb. Here
ford shown by Jack Hoffman of
Ida Grove, Iowa.
Hundreds of prize steers, heif
ers and fat swine went over the
auction block at prices ranging
up to $1.00 or more above those
{irevailing on the Omaha market,
n addition their owners received
nearly $5,000 cash premiums and
war bonds provided by Ak-Sar
Ben and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Despite wartime handicaps and
their extra duties while replac
ing elders in the nation’s armed
services, club members from more
than fifty counties in Nebraska,
Iowa, Missouri and South Dakota
staged a show that officials,
judges and spectators unanimous
ly ranked with the finest in Ak
Sar-Ben history and drew praise
of President J. E. Davidson.
“The boys and girls who did
such a wonderful job of fitting so
many fine animals for the 1943
show, as well as the county agents
and club leaders who encouraged
them, deserve special commenda
tion,” Davidson declared. “Es
pecially appreciated is the record
support given the show auction
by packers and other buyers.”
Steers sold at auction returned
an average of $17.13 per hundred
weight, the sales summaries show.
Even without the grand champ
ion, the average was well over
$16.00, whereas only prime corn
fed steers bring $16.00 or better
on the open market, officials
pointed out. Heifers averaged
$16.34 per hundred weight, or
more than $1.00 above market,
while the hog average of $15.49
compared with the Omaha ceil
ing price of $14.45.
The steers and heifers sold at
auction grossed $45,924.63, to
which approximately $20,000 more
was added from the sale of ani
mals which failed to survive the
sifting judge. For their 280 hogs,
the young exhibitors received $9,
929.68. Average weight of all
steers and heifers in the sales was
just under 1,000 pounds per ani
mal; for hogs, 230 pounds.
Livestock Receipts Heavy,
Prices Slip Downward
Receipts of livestock last Mon
day comprised one of the heaviest
runs thus far this season at the
local market. Prices showed a de
cline of a quarter to 50c on most
classes of replacement cattle, as
buyers clamped down and were
determined to buy for less. The
quality of the offering was med
ium to good The outlet was broad
and demand was active. The mar
ket undertone was firm enough
and to all indication the price
downturn was the result of the
glutting of all central outlets with
one of the heaviest cattle runs
in history.
An extreme top of $14.25 was
paid for 350-lb. steer calves, but
the long end of supplies cashed
from $13.00 to $13.75. Heifers in
this class topped at $13.30; bulk
made $12.00 to $13.00.
Yearling steers reached $12.25
on a scattered few, with the bulk
making $11.00 to $11.75. Heifers
placed mostly from $10.00 to
$11.00.
Two-year-old steers notched at
around $12.50. Fleshy heifers
brought $11.00 to $11.50 and feed
er heifers scored $9.50 to $10.50.
Supplies were heavy in the cow
division and the best beef type
scaling 1400 lbs. cashed at $11.75.
Bulk of the better grades made
from $10.50 to $11.50, with many
in the upper brackets. Commoner
kinds placed in the nines; can
ners and cutters ranged from $6.50
to $8.50. Bulls reached $10.00.
Hog receipts were exceedingly
heavy with nearly 750 head on
sale here. Butchers topped at the
ceiling price of $14.10 and bulk of
supplies paid that price. How
ever, $14.00 to $14.05 caught a
part of the offering. Sows, like
wise, touched ceiling at $14.10,
with some falling short of that
figure at $13.80 to $14.00. Feeder
oigs were here in droves and paid
a top of $11.90 on 100-lb. weights.
A few sheep and horses were
sold. also. Next regular sale will
be on Monday, October 25.
Marriasre Licenses
Leonard Wedige, 39, and Rose
Krobert, 33, both of Stuart, on
October 30.
Mrs. Charles Tessier of Omaha
is spending two weeks at the Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Graham home
with her sister, before leaving for
California to be with her hus
band who is in the Army.