Historical Society
LXIV
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY, 4, 1944
NO. 52
Getting Ready For
Fifth War Bond Drive
Necessity for an early "kick
off’* in the fifth war loan drive,
in view of the increase in the
state’?, quota, was stressed by of
ficials of the Nebraska^ war fi
nance committee at Creighton
Tuesday evening at a conference
with county chairmen and other
key workers in this area.
Representatives from Knox,
Holt and Boyd counties were
urged by W. Dale Clark, state
ch >rman, and Leon J. Markham,
executive manager, to complete
their organizations and be ready
to start on the opening day of
the drive, which is Monday,
June 12.
Attending the meeting from
Holt County were Lyle Dierks,
Dewey C. Schaffer, William W.
Griffin, G. E. Miles and Arthur
G. MiUer. ......
Faced with the responsibility
of raising the largest quota ever
given the state during a war
bond drive, Mr. Clark pointed
out that each and every county
must make a determined cam
paign to reach all potential bond
investors.
“With grim determination,
each county must make every ef
fort to raise its share of Ne
braska’s quota,’’ he said. Be
cause the figure is higher this
time, we must work harder and
sell more war bonds than ever
before.**
Getting the campaign under
way early, even before the of
ficial opening day wherever pos
sible, is good for morale, Mr.
Markham told the county offi
cials. He pointed out it would dis
close weak spots which might
exist in some of the counties.
“Before the start of the drive,
every county committee should
know where the money is com
ing from for the purchase of
war bonds,” Markham added.
“The organization in each pre
cinct and town also should be
large enough so the burden of
work will not be too great for
any one solicitor. The people must
be fully informed about the
“All available talent, including
banks, newspapers, theaters, re
tailers, women’s groups, farm
organizations. Boy Scouts and
similar organizations, should be
used to the best advantage.
John B. Smith and Leland R.
Hall, field representatives with
the state war finance commit
tee also conferred with the
county groups. The meeting was
one of 22 being held throughout
the state this month to outline
plans for the fifth war loan drive.
Fair Run At Local
Sales Pavilion Monday
Our sale this week had a lot
of hogs as usual with a top on
the best butchers, $12.80 was paid
for a few of the just right
weights, quite a discount was
noticed on heavy butchers, some
down as low as $11.50. Good sows
from $10.10 to $10.30 but the qual
ity not very good. Pigs were not
very numerous and sold about
steady. , ...
We had a fair run of cattle
mostly on the light order with
prices barely steady, good steer
calves sold from $11.50 to $12.50.
Heifer calves from $9.50 to $11.50
for the best, fat cows sold good
as usual as did young stalk cows,
fats bringing to $11.00 with the
stalk cows to $9.90, best bulls
$10.50.
Train You To
Become A Mechanic
United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an opportunity
for male persons to receive 12
weeks training in Omaha under ex
perienced War Department instruc
tors in automobile mechanics. Dur
ing such training, persons chosen
will be paid 67c per hour, which
includes overtime. At the end of
the training period, if the individual
successfully completes the course,
he will be classified as a junior j
auto mechanic at 81c an hour,
which also includes overtime.
This is essential activity giving
individuals an opportunity to as
sist in the war effort in the repair
and reconditioning of motor vehicles
scheduled for overseas shipment.
This employment will be in Omaha.
Obtain applications from secre
tary, board of civil service examin
ers at any first or second class j
post office; the local office of the,
U. S. Employment Service, or the
branch regional office of the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, 416 Post
Office Building, Omaha 2, Nebr.
Old Timer Believes |
In Taking $10 Worth
H. V. Rosenkrans of Dorsey,
one of the old-time settlers in
the northeastern part of the
county, was in the city Friday
and favored this office with a j
pleasant call, extending his sub-;
scription to The Frontier. Mr. j
Rosenkrans put down enough
simoleons to pay his subscription
up to January 1, 1950, thus be
coming an honor man on The
Frontier’s list, being the first
reader of the paper that is paid
up to 1950. Many thanks, H. V.
The Weather
High Low M’st’e
April 28 _54 40
April 29 _57 46
April 30_57 47
May 1 _67 46 .20
May 2 _75 49 .80
May 3 _ 50 40 1.15
4-H Club Members To
Attend Lincoln Meeting
Two members of Holt County 4-H
clubs and one leader were making
plans this week to attend the Ne
braska State 4-H Club week at
the College of Agriculture May 29
to June 3. George Mellor of O’Neill
will attend with the compliments
of Crete Mills as a result of his
work with beef cattle. Miss Mar
garet Pojar of Inman will be the
guest of radio station KFAB where
1 she will compete in the public
i speaking contest for a $150 scholar
ship. Mrs. Arthur O’Neill was
awarded the Burlington leadership
award for Holt County and will at
tend with their compliments.
The 4-H Club week is not limited
to those individuals who are award
ed trips but may be attended by
any 4-H club member or leader
who is willing to pay the registra
tion fee of $8. Transportation will
be furnished from the county. Any
4-H member interested in making
the trip should contact County
Agent Lyndle Stout. Registration
for the week is limited to 300.
Eight Vegetables
Off Ration List
The Sioux City district office of
OPA announced a correction in the
ration point value table No. 14
which becomes effective April 30.
It was pointed out that boneless
beef rump requires 11 red points
rather than 7 red points, as was
previously indicated on the con
sumer chart.
This correction was issued by
the OPA office in order to avoid
confusion and misunderstanding on
the part of merchants and con
sumers.
Butter was reduced to 12 red
points a pound beginning last Sun
day, the OPA announced last week.
Butter has been 16 points since
last October. The new point value
will be in effect through June 3rd,
the announcement said.
The same announcement cut the
ration price of margarine from 6
to 2 red points, also effective since
last Sunday.
Point value for farm or country
butter has been reduced to 8 red
points per pound and processed
butter from 6 points to 4.
Shortening, lard, salad and cook
ing oils continue point-free in May.
Lowering of the point value on
butter is possible because of sea
sonally increased production which
is at the best level since last Sep- ]
tember, OPA officials said.
Points for choice cuts of beef are
up slightly for the month, but lamb
and mutton points are reduced 50
per cent. Veal points remain the
same and pork about the same as
for April. Spareribs are back on
the ration list at one point a pound.
Types three and four bologna and
frankfurters are down a point, and
some sausage items including head
cheese became point free. Some
ready-to-eat meats are reduced 1
to 2 points, and dry beef in con
tainers is reduced from 16 to 12
points a pound.
Rainfall This Year So Far
Mort Than Double 1943
Folliwing is the rainfall here
for the months of January, Feb
ruary, March, April and up to
and including the afternoin of May
3, 1943 and 1944. A glance at the \
figures will show the difference j
in the amount of rainfall in these |
four months during last year and
this year:
January, 1943 -.27 j
February, 1943 -.17 |
March, 1943 _.65
April, 1943 - 2.66
May, 1943, including May 3— .00
Total, 1943 _3.75
February, 1944 - 85
March. 1944 _58
April, 1944 _3.03
May, 1944, tn 4 p.m., the 3rd._2.51
Total, 1944_-8.45 '
These figures were furnished
The Frontier by Elmer Bowen,
who is the Government local
weather observer and they are
accurate.
Music Recitals At
St. Mary’s Academy
St, Mary’s Music Department
is to give three separate Music
Recitals. On FYiday evenng, May
5, the little beginners, first and
second year students, will per
form for their parents and
friends in the Academy As
sembly.
May 12 is the date set for the
Advanced Girls’ Group Recital.
The boys will entertain with an |
All-Boy Concert on the evening
of May 19.
Parents and friends of the stud
ents are cordially invited to at
tend these little Music Socials.
Good Use Being Made
Of United War Fund
Latest figures on casualties of
American armed forces reveal that
there are 33.223 of this country's
fighting men who are held by the
enemy as prisoners of war, and
who are potential recipients of aid
and comfort provided by War Pris
oners Aid, a member agency of the
National War Fund, according to
advices today to the United War
Fund of Nebraska. It is estimated
that over 300 of these prisoners are
Nebraska men.
The most recent compilation an
nounced by the Office of War In
formation covers the period from
Pearl Harbor through April 7th,
and also reveals that to date a total
of 1,902 American prisoners of war
have died since they were taken
prisoners, most of them in Japa
nese-occupied territory.
Of the total of American prison
ers of war, 32,048 are men of the
army, while 9.282 are navy per
sonnel. In addition to the service
men held prisoners, there are thou
sands of American civilians who are
interned in enemy concentration
camps and to whom War Prisoners
Aid also sends assistance.
War Prisoners Aid ships to
Americans confined in prisoner of
war camps and concentration cen
ters in enemy-occupied territory
books, musical instruments, athletic
equipment and similar materials
which relieve the maddening mo
notony of prison camp routine.
Under supervision of visiting neu
tral representatives of War Prison
ers Aid, educational classes are
conducted in many of the camps,
and musical and theatrical organi
zations are formed t.o provide en
tertainment.
Citizens of every Nebraska coun
ty contributed to the $950,000 fund
raised by the United War Fund
of Nebraska last fall, a part of
which is used for War Prisoners
Aid.
In one camp for women, a rep
resentative of War Prisoners Aid
recently discovered a complete lack
of anything to afford diversion for
the internees. When this condition
was learned, they were immediate
ly supplied with a ping pong set,
volley balls, a piano accordion, a
phonograph and records, sewing
materials and books and magazines.
Strip Cropping Has
Been Successful
Strip cropping has proven effec
tive in reducing wind erosion, is
the experience of two Holt County
farmers. Their experience is typical
of many in the county, according
to the supervisors of the Holt Soil
Conservation District.
Otto Terrill who lives 2V2 miles
north and 1 mile east of Pago in
telling of his experience said, “I al
ways thought I never wanted to
strip crop but the soil got to blow
ing so badly and destroying the
crops that something had to be
done. I divided my fields into strips
and it sure has helped.”
R. B. Marston, one mile nortli
and one mile east of Dorsey said,
“One of my fields always blew so
I laid it out in strips and haven’t
been bothered with wind erosion
since.”
The width of the strips should be
governed by the soil type. The
sandier and lighter soils should
have the narrower strips. A produc
tion payment for strip cropping
may be earned at the rate of 75c
per acre under the 1944 AAA pro
gram.
Strip cropping alone will not
solve the problem. Other good
management practices as leaving
crop residue and the use of a
winter cover crop are necessary.
Assistance for establishing a strip
cropping system may be had by
making a request to the office of
the Holt Soil Conservation District
in the courthouse annex or at the
county extension agent’s office.
Mrs. Jacob Sandoe
Mrs. Jacob Sandoe, born March
30, 1916, on a farm north of
O’Neill, died in the O’Neill Gen
eral Hospital Monday, May 1st,
1944. Mrs. Sandoe, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benash,
was born in this territory and
lived her entire life here. She
attended school in the Rock Falls
school district of the county,
completing the seventh grade
after which she dropped out be
cause of poor health.
She was married to Mr. Jacob
Sandoe on September 7, 1935.
From this union three children
have been born, Frank Jocob,
8 years; Lloyd William, 6; and
a new baby sister,
Mrs. Sandoe leaves to mourn
her passing her husband, Jacob;
her mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Benash, a sister, Mrs.
Della Harding of Redbird; two
brothers, Gilbert Benash of
O’Neill, and Clarence Benash of
Opportunity; in addition to her
three children. She was preced
ed in death by a sister, Leila
Maria.
Mrs. Sandoe was a kind and
helpful daughter, a devoted
mother, and a friendly neighbor.
The funeral services were held
this afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Pleasant Valley church, Rev.
Kenneth Scott of this city offi
ciating and burial was in Pleas
ant Valley cemetery.
List of Boys Who Take
Examination in Navy
The following Holt county
boys will leave for preinduction
during the month of May:
Stuart
Clement G. Murphy
Edward Ree^c, Jr.
Vernon J. Tielke
George P. Homik
Robert E. Friedel
Atkinson
Paul F Bourpe
Leslie W. Strong
John H. Liable
Hadold A. Milnar
Charles P. Goldfus
Charles G. Ohde
Glenn L. Gettert
Harold L. Dickau
Vernon L. Siebert
O'Neill
Bernard J. Bazelman
Ivan C. Pruss
Harold H. Parks
Arnold H. Gehring
Inman
Joseph C. Cannon
Bennie H. Johring
Redbird
Lawrence H. Hoy
Oscar D. French
Amelia
Watson K. Greenstreet
Ewing
Donald S. Walter
Bloch-Kubitschek
Bloch-Kubiischek
The following about the wed
ding of one of O’Neill’s prominent
young men was taken from the
North Bend newspaper. The many
O'Neill friends of the groom tend
er sincere congratulations and
best wishes.
“Beverly Ann Bloch, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bloch, be
came the bride of Pvt. Francis J.
Kubitschek of O’Neill, Nebr., on
Thursday, April 13. The cere
mony took place at the Cathilic
chapel at Buckley Field, Denver,
Col. Rev. A. H. Minarek, chap
lain at the Air Field, officiated.
“The attendants were Mrs.
Homer Deadman of Denver, a
cousin of the bride, and Pvt.
James Gaughen of North Bend,
who is stationed at Buckley
Field.
“The bride wore a brown gab
ardine dress trimmed with gold
buttons. Her hat and gloves
were aqua blue and other acces
sories were brown. Her corsage
was yellow roses. Mrs. Deadman
wore a rose wool dress and rose
hat with black accessories. Her
corsage was of gardenias.
Mrs. Kubitschek is a gradu
ate of the North Bend high school
with the class of 1942. For the
past year and a half she* has been
employed by the Martin-Nebras>
ka plant in Omaha, the last six
months as secretary in the Indus
trial Relations office. She will
continue her work there.
Pvt. Kubitschek is a graduate
of the O’Neill schools with the
class of 1938 and attended Ames
college and the University of Ne
braska. Prior to his entering the
armed forces he was employed
as supervsor in the Glenn Martin
plant in Baltimore and the Mar
tin-Nebraska plant in Omaha.
He is with the army air forces
stationed temporarily at Buckley
“After a short honeymoon in
Denver, Mrs. Kubitschek return
ed to resume her work in Omaha
and Pvt. Kubitschek returned to
Buckley Field to await further
orders.”
Michael J. Enright
Michael J. Enright died at his
home in this city last Tuesday
morning at 3 o’clock, after an
illness of about one year, at the
age of 68 years. 7 months and
17 days. The funeral was held
last Monday morning from the
Catholic fhurch, Rev. Father
Brick officiating and burial in
Calvary cemetery.
Michoel J. Enright was born
at Ogden, Illinois, on September
11, 1875, and came to this coun
try with his parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Enright, in 1876.
The Enrights settled right north
of this city about four miles and
it was there that Michael grew
to manhood. On February 6,
1906, he was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Fallon, daughter
of one of the poneer families of
this section. Two children were
born of this union, one son and
one daughter. The children are
Donald, in the army in Texas,
and Mrs. Gary Wrede, of South
ern California. They were both
present for the funeral services.
Mike quit the farm several
years ago and for about 40 years
has been a resident of this city,
where he was engaged in various
lines of business. He loved to
hunt and fish and in the early
days when game was plentiful,
was considered one of the best
in this section, as he was an ex
cellent shot, and he loved the
sport. His health went back on
him a few years ago and for the
past year had been rapidly de
clining, until the final call came
last Friday morning. Mike was a
good citizen and had a host of
friends in this city and county
who will regret to learn of his
passing.
O'NEILL COMMERCIAL CLUB
The regular meeting of the
O’Neill Commercial Club will be
held at the Golden Hotel on Tues
day, May 9th. All members are
urged to attend.
Watching For Black
Market Patrons
Activities of those who sell, buy,
or use counterfeit gasoline ration
coupons were scored by Harold L.
Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for
War, as “unholy and traitorous to
the entire war program.” His state
ment was prompted by alarm ov
er reports that black-market oper-:
ations in the United States are cur
rently draining off more than 2V4,
million gallons of automotive gas-1
oline daily. “The nation’s wartime
gasoline distribution system," Ad
ministrator Ickes said, “has been in
vaded by the gangster, the rack
eteer, and even the killer. The gov
ernment alone cannot stop black
market operators;, the real power to
halt these organized criminal gangs
lies in the hands of the gasoline
suppliers, the service station atten
dants and the motorists themselves.
Black-market activities in gasoline;
have developed to such proportions
that they are seriously threatening
to upset the entire civilian gasoline
distribution program. According to
the Office of Price Administration, i
an estimated 2,500,000 gallons of
gasoline a day are being drained
off by motorists using illegal cou
pons or purchasing gasoline with
out coupons.” Deputy Administrator
Ralph K. Davies said: “Reports in
dicate, according to the OPA, that in
large cities between 15 and 50 per
cent of the total *C’ coupons are
counterfeit. This means, of course,
that the legitimate motorist, such as
the doctor, the nurse or the war
plant worker, is deprived of his es
sential gasoline because some selfish
individual has stolen—actually stol
en—the gasoline that the legitimate
motorist requires.” Mr. Davies
urged all motorists to help stamp
out the gasoline black market by
carefully endorsing all gasoline cou
pons, and by refusing under any
circumstances to accept or purchase
coupons from any person. "The
PAW”, he said, “will continue to
allocate as much gasoline as pos
sible for civilian use, but unless the
black market is checked, the honest
motorist will find his supplies being
taken away from him by the coun
terfeiter and those who deal with
the counterfeiter. The best prospect
for increasing allocations of auto
motive gasoline for civilians lies in
stopping this traffic and thereby
saving this large volume of gaso
line for legitimate distribution.”
S. Sgt. L. G. Brady
Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady of
Dorsey, received a telegram from
the War Department last Thurs
day evening that their son, Staff
Sgt Lloyd G. Brady, was missing
in action over Belgium on April
13. Sgt. Brady’s wife, Mrs. Flor
ence Brady, the former Florence
Schindler and son live with her
parents at Lynch, Nebr. Sgt.
Brady is 22 years old and has
been in the army since 1942.
Sgt. Brady was a ball turret gun
ner on a flying fortress.
It is possible that Sgt. Brady
bailed out of the ship and he
may be a prisoner of war of
the nazi’s in Germany.
Mrs. Charlotte Hoxie
Mrs. Charlotte Hoxie died at
her home in this city last Satur
day afternoon at 4:15 after an
illness of about 17 months, at
the age of 53 years, five months
and 10 days. The funeral serv
ices were held in the Methodist
church last Tuesday afternoon at
2 o’clock, Rev, Dawson Park of
ficiating, and burial in Prspect
Hill cerjetery.
Charlotte Mitchell was born at
Richland. Nebr., on November
19, 1890. She came to this coun
ty with her parents when a
young lady and on September 16,
1919, she was united in marriage
to Clarence Hoxie, the ceremony
being performed in this city. Four
children were born to this union,
all sons. They are Sgt. Raymond
Hoxie, in California; Pvt. Del
bert Hoxie, in New Guinea; Neil
and Vernon, of this city. She is
also survived by her father, six
' sisters and five brothers. *1 hey
are: Frank, Otoe, Iowa; Rudolph,
1 in Arizona; Mrs. Helen Osborne,
'Harrisburg, Nebr.; Mrs. Pearl
Stamp, Gypsum, Colo.; Mrs. Raka
Galehouse, Rittman, Ohio; Mrs.
i Elizabeth Boldra, Omaha, Nebr.;
Mrs Barbara Gutzer, Radium,
[Colo.; Mrs. Mary Schank, Dem
I son, Kans.; Berlin, Stuart;
Charles, Atkinson; Harold. Rick
' reall, Ore.
Mrs. Hoxie was a charming
lady and had a hyst of friends in
this city and county who will re
| gret her passing. She was a good
wife and mother, a good neigh
■ bor and friend.
The Friendly Neighbor Club
met with Mrs. F. H. Griffith on
Thursday afternon, April 20,
with Mrs. Clay Johnson assist
ing hostess. There were twelve
members present. The Club de
cided to hold meetings during the
summer months. The sum of
$2 50 was donated to the Red
Cross The members of the Club
are making a quilt for the War
neke family who had such a
disastrous fire last week. Other
business was attended to, after
which Mrs. Griffith and Mrs.
Johnson served a delicious lunch.
Marriage Licenses
De Loss Malcolm, 46, of Spen
cer, and Mary Burgen, 33, of
Bristow, on the first of May.
Robert W. Johnson, 21, of Port
land, Ore., and Miss Lorraine
Avis Carlisle, 18, of Stuart, on
April 27th.
Small Trucks
Given Exemptions
Small and specially designed mo
tor trucks operating in over-the
road service are exempted from or
ders of the Office of Defense Trans
portation requiring registration of
empty or partially loaded trucks,
under general permits just an
nounced by the ODT, effective im
mediately. The permits (General
Permits ODT 3, Revised—5A, and
ODT 17-14 A) extend the relief
formerly provided by similar per
mits under the Joint Information
Office program, which was replaced
by the new Traffic and Vehicle
Registration program, the ODT ex
plained. The exemption from the
registration provisions was granted
on the condition that such vehicles
be loaded to capacity while oper
ated over a considerable portion of
the outbound or inbound route
traveled in the over-the-road op
eration involved, the ODT said. The
carriers are required to use “due
diligence” in maintaining capacity
loads.
O’Neill Country Club
To Be Recreation Spot
With the continued small al
lowances of gasoline, it appears
that there will be few if any va
cations taken by O’Neill people
this summer. The O’Neill Coun
try Club will be a recreation cen
ter for the citizens of this city
as well as for many people in
the surrounding territory.
Golf will be the main interest
at the Country Club, as usual,
with Clyde Bowden in charge of
the maintenance of the course.
Continued rains assure that the
grounds will be in perfect con
dition during the spring and sum
mer. As in past years, there will
be dinners held at the clubhouse
at frequent intervals and these
events are most enjoyable. La
dies’ parties, of course, will be
on the schedule as well as
dances to be arranged by the en
tertainment committee.
R. M. Sauers is chairmon of
the membership committee and
will be glad to explain the
schedule of dues to any interested
party. It is the desire of the di
rectors to encourage as many
people as possible to join the club
and all citizens of O’Neill will
be welcome as members.
With the continuation of the
war a certainty for the summer
at least, people will find that
some recreation is necessary. It
is to be hoped that the member
ship of the O’Neill Country Club
for 1944 will equal or exceed that
of any of the past 30 years of
the club’s existence.
State Demonstration
Clubs Meet Next Month
Members of Holt County Home
Demonstration Project Clubs will
be interested in learning that the
state council meeting will be held
in Broken Bow on June 6 and 7.
Mrs. G. H. Grimes, county chair
man, will represent Holt County as
the official delegate. Also attending
will be Miss Della Lewis, district
home demonstration agent. Other
members who plan to attend should
contact the county agent’s office to
arrange for transportation.
BRIEFLY STATED
Misses Irene Hershieser and
Pat Wood spent Tuesday in
Omaha on business and visiting
friends.
Mrs. Francis Murphy received
word that her husband-, Pvt.
Francis Murphy, is now stationed
at New Caledonia.
Lt. Frank Gallagher has been
promoted from lieutenant to
captain, according to word re
ceived by friends here. He is
stationed at San Luis Obispo,
California.
Mrs. Robert Jenkins spent
Sunday in Omaha visiting her
husband, Sgt. Robert Jenkins,
who is stationed at Fort Crook.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fager of
Lincoln spent Saturday here
visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gillespie
spent Saturday in Norfolk on
business.
Ross E. Harris left Saturday
for Sioux City where he will
spend a few days visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bergstran
made a business trip to Omaha
Monday, returning Tuesday eve
ning. _
Miss Marion Bosn left for Lin
coln Monday to spend a few days
visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Esther Harris and daugh
ter Betty spent Friday in Nor
folk on business.
Members of Ministerial
Union Make Appeal
In recent months many re
marks have been published about
the growing juvenile delinquency
problem. Mr. Edgar J. Hoover of
the F. B. I. has been the author
of many of them. Here are two
judges from the south and the
statements they have made about
the same problem and these were
published in the weekly paper,
“Now”.
“ ‘We have never had an ac
tive church boy in real trouble
in the juvenile court,’ says Ju
venile Court Judge Philip Gilian
of Denver.”
“His advice to parents is ‘Take,
don’t send, your children to
church services.’ ’’ Taken from
Nashville Banner August, 1943.
“Juvenile Judge Sam Davis
Tatum of Nashville, Tenn., has
tried 4,000 cases of youths under
17 years of age, from June 1,
1939, to August, 1943.
“The facts deduced from these
trials are three, viz:
“1. Of the approximately 4,000
cases, only 17 were those of regu
lar Sunday school or church
service attendees and of these
17, nine were not guilty.
“2. Only about six of the fami
lies of these 4,000 were regular
attenders of a Sunday school or
church.
“3. Over 75 per cent of the
youngsters appearing before
Judge Tatum were from broken
homes. Either the parents were
separated, divored or one or both
dead.
“Juvenile judges surely cannot
be charged with ‘Puritanic ten
dencies,’ but their advice to par
ents and guardians is to take the
children to Sunday school and
church services.”
Because of the acute situation
and statements made that large
numbers of homes are not con
tacted by any church in this dis
trict, the North-Central Minis
terial Association of Nebraska,
which is cpmposed of co-operat
ing ministers of all denominations
for this district, have had ques
tionaire cards printed and dis
tributed to teachers and school
superintendents. These cards when
returned will be sorted and given
to the church preference desig
nated, whether Catholic or
Protestant, and that church will
be able to get the Bible and its
Christ to many of the unreached.
We ask your co-operation in
this matter and please return the
card as complete as possible. In
doing this you will serve your
country in two ways, viz: first,
we are able to strengthen our
most necessary spiritual front;
secondly, we are able to conserve
on the much-needed gasoline and
rubber for the “second front”.
Article submitted by Pres. Al
bert J. Harris, Chambers, Neb.;
Vice Pres. Kenneth Scott,
O’Neill, Nebr.; Sec. C. C. Norlin,
Stuart. Nebr.; Chairman of Boyd
County F. J. Schank, Spencer;
and Chairman of Holt County
Dawson J. Park, O’Neill.
Engagement Holt Co.
Girl Announced
Announcement has been re
ceived here of the engagement of
Mise. Ethel Devall* (laugher of
Mr. ad Mrs. W . S. Devall of
O’Neill to Pvt. 1st Closs Robert
H. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Craig of Waukau. Pfc.
I Craig recently returned to the
states after 18 months service in
Greenland and is now stationed
J is now statioed with the fnfantry
with the infantry at Camp But
at Camp Butner, N. C. Miss is
I ner ,N. C. Miss Devall is em
ployed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
BRIEFLY STATED
Ray R. Kocina of Omaha was
here transacting business on
Wednesday.
Fred Ristow spent Wednesday
in Atkinson attending a confer
ence of the Lutheran laymen.
Mrs. Walter Pharris spent Sun
day in Neligh visiting friends.
Mrs. Ellen Regan and Mrs.
Helen Sirek spent Sunday in
| Ewing visiting friends.
—
Mrs. Helen Simar left Saturday
| for Omaha to attend market
i week and visit friends.
Aviation Cadet Ted Sirek has
been classified as a pilot at San
[Antonio, Texas, where he is tak
ing pre-flight.
Miss Mabell Osenbaugh, who
is teaching at Mullen, Nebr.,
spent the weeek-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Osen
baugh.
Eric Erickson, of Mullen, was
a house guest in the John Osen
baugh home over the week-end.
Miss Dorothy Larson and Mild
red Stuart spent the week-end
with Miss Larson’s parents, near
Clearwater.
Mrs. Helen O’Donnell, of Sioux
City, spent the week-end in this
city with her husband, P. J.
O’Donnell and other relatives.