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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1944)
EMMET NEWS Mrs. Mary Lewis arrived home Monday from Omaha, where she had been visiting her brother, Billy Claussen, who is in the hos pital there. Mrs. Henry Kloppenborg called at the Frank Foreman home Mon day evening. Mr. and Mrs Sewell Johnson and family and Mrs. Sereldia Johnson visited at the Frank Searles home at Redbird Sunday. Harold Winkler had his tonsils removed Tuesday. Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and child ren visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William. Grothe Sunday. Mrs Esther Harris and (family and Roy Johnson, of O’Neil, were dinner guests at the Home: Lowery home Sunday. Mrs. Henry Winkler arr've11 home Monday from Omaha, where she had been visiting her dr.ugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Watenpaugh. Mrs. Cecil McMillan arrived ( hftme from Omaha Friday, whe. - J fehe had been visiting her ch kben.' * Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Peacock were callers in O’Neill f aturday; | Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and family visited with her sister, Mrs. Sam Banks and family. Mrs. John Conard and Mary Lou and Mrs. Fran’; Foreman and Norma Lou were i:i Atkin son Friday. miss itita nabl was a guest o. Florence Winkler Sunday. Mrs. Bert Gaffney went to Ro chester, to be with her husband) who is in the hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. John Conard and Mr. anot Mrs. Guy Cole attended the horse races in Columbus. Word has bei n received that Cpl. Grant Peacock has arrived in Italy. Mrs. Joe Wi lkler and Guy Cola attended the republican county central com ittee meeting in O’Neill Friday evening. Mrs. Jessh *.o\ve y is selling her furniture ir preparation to going to Palmer, Idaho, to make her home with her son, George. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Dan O’Conne 1 and famhy called at the Henry I Kloppenl^rg home Friday even ing. The V/. S. C. S. met at the Pea cock hr me Thu s ay. Mrs. Ruth Wagncn gave an interesting les son. 1 i.'io me. bers and eigh'. visito' s were present. Pvt. George Brainard left Thursday night for Fort Meade, Md., after spending a ten day fur lou h with his parents, Mr. and Mr-. Floyd Brainard and sister ar ’ wife and baby V , , . Worn lias been received by Mr. i nd Mrs. Emmet McCaffery that thei daughter, Alice, has under gene an appendectomy at Marty, S. D. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Cyril Peter, of O'Neill, \ isited at the Joe Ram oid home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Eart Malloy and childr n, ' f O’Neill, visited at the C. E Trr.borg home Sunday. Lois, Bu i ar.d Bob Cole attend ed the boll game in O’Neill Sun day a ternoon. Interest In Harvesting Blue Grama Grass Seed Is Increasing In County Interest in harvesting plue grama grass for seed is increasing, according to Supervisors ottj the' h.o.t So.* Conservation District. A n. ...ber of Holt County furriers1 hi 'e a.ready inquired for ihlqrmu tion on the recommended meth-1 ct, of haryesting this grasp for seed. .ae following farmers ar<b ten* ta.e.y planning on run Vesting sc...2 b.ue grama ior seed: bmiuctt Mcore ana Dewey Schaffer of G -yeid, James Havranek, L. A. Payi.2, J. Pliggim, Raiph Rack, ar.u i^yri Ueck of Atkinson. r. uredemeier, conservation ist of the holt Suit Conservation Li-u-ict, reports that the prospects a: excellent for a good set of , sc d of the blue grama and sidt ba. grama grasses. ..aere are seveiM methods of hen resting the seed from these grasses, ending to information fro. 1 the • strict Oii'ice at O’Noi i. rue best y-w.u.^ of b.».te grama have Mm obtaumd by cutting with headers or swathti , wuidrowing, ai. i threshing with; small oom b.r.es equipped with dick up at u. .aments. Combining direct from th_ fieid has oooii ..ui.iiuw.y.) ou. g.ves somewhat tower yields and iv i res more labor in curing the st< d. Grass seed strippers have Men used n1 the past but yields i ii. usua iy lower ar.d they should: b. used omy wh n harvestings t .upr tent is not readily avail e or when the fields are too1 l gh lor combines. Great i.are should be taken in j thres.i n0 b.ue' 'gr«hnh'i tW avoid; ;o:>s of ecd by too much wind. d ui've. ud direi llv with com-j j 's tial.y requires spreading tad turning until the ^eed G; inoroUeh.v my vo prevent heat| lit 'V The recommendations are much the ..- mi yuL-uai „iama. How r \ r. grain binders have been suc ("ssfuuv us'-d and the bund'es; threshi d throug h a regqlar thresh ing n - It v. as pointed ont that head': ctiQu’d ' mined tn bo s’ re that f fd had set in the florets be r ,-r. bm- |Ov a se<Kl set dT 20 prroerif or'-tr?we . nf :m 3 and 5 p«-rcerit |j# KidreSf . Vf~-e,.i gnu:be v.^flO^hav vesting i » m , - d Vm tU4 rnf g ot the D Nt. f o l'Ce-nservat on District in the t; . rt Hon-e Ann"'/;r f th' - Co-jitty-AL-nt :»v or:ad*-- - T_:y Are Cuy^ig War Bonds -Are You? This is Seaman 1/c Melachi H. Rich, of Quit man, Georgia. He is only 18 but a veteran of action in tiie Mediterranean. The destroyer escort on which he served was torpedoed and he was hit in the spine. For weeks he could not move liis feet but now can move one foot pretty well. Four buddies arc in the hospital. They were all rescued by a sister ship. The going is tough in the jungles of Rendova. Marine Pfc. David Phelps of Bridgeport, Conn., was thrown from a reconnaissance car and re ceived a fracture of both legs. But he’s doing all right as you see here. Phelps is twenty-two. A smile no Nazi torpedo can wipe off. Marion Porter, Steward 3/c, who hails from Spartanburg, S. C., was in the water three hours after his ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. A 20 mm shell case was thrown against his leg when the tin fish hit and fractured it badly. Now he is waiting for his injury to heal so that he can get another crack at the Axis. left Tuesday to return to her duties at Alemeda, Cal., after spending a twelve day leave with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis, Jardee and friends in O’Neill. Miss Dorothy Kratochvil re turned Sunday after spending a two weeks vacation in Omaha, Lincoln and Crete, visiting rela tives and (friends. ! _ Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin came home Sunday from St. Louis, Mo., where they spent two weeks visiting their daughter and. son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Shelton, Jr. Calmer Simonson returned home Tuesday, after spending three weeks in Hot Springs, Ark., and Omaha. Miss Bea Jardee came Sunday night, after spending a few daya visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jardee of Stuart. Miss Shirley Hill, of Washing ton, D. C., came Sunday to visit her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kirkpatrick. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jonas were in North Platte, Burwell and Lincoln from Sunday until Tuesday on business. Mrs. W. H. Fowler and daugh ter, Nancy, of Omaha, came Wed nesday to visit Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kruse and daughter, Patricia, went to Swea City, Iowa, Tuesday to visit rel atives and friends. Miss Henrietta Schrier left Thursday for Los Angeles, to visit relatives and friends. Miss Katherine Wood went to Omaha Saturday to join the Waves. She was accepted and is to report at Hunter College August 22, for training. Josephine Mlnarik spent the week-end in Ewing visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mlnarik. The Duration Club met at the home of Mrs. Ralph Vocks Wed nesday evening. Mrs. W. J. Biglin returned Wednesday from Sioux City, where she had been visiting for several days. Cpl. and Mrs. Wallace Lundeen of Chickasha, Oklahoma, are the parents of an 8‘A pound girl, born July 28. She has been named Wallis Jeanette. The Misses Lou Birmingham and Donna Gallagher, who spent last week-end in Omaha with friends, returned home Sunday night. Patrick Shea, who has been confined to the local hospital for the past week or so has improved sufficiently to be discharged. He is now at the home od! Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barrett south of town. Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben Franklin Store. 13-1 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welch, of Boston, Mass., came Wednesday morning flor a visit with old time friends in this city and vicinity. Mr .Welch was a former resident of the county, living a few rnileff north of this city. About twenty years ago he went east and has been a resident of Boston since that time and this is his first visit back to the old home town. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Reid and family, of Hastings, came up Wednesday and will make this city their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hill, of Or chard, visited Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick Tuesday. Mrs. Ellen Kagan spent Sunday in Ewing visiting Mr. and Mrs_ John Walker. THE OLD SETTLERS PICNIC WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 17 IN THE ELMER DEVALL GROVE Forwerly the Charles Linn farm 3 miles east and 1 south of MIDWAY S«l. Lesier Shoemaker Writes From New Guinea ‘‘Rather than write each of my correspondents a separate de scription of New Guinea as I’ve seen it to date, I’ve made these few notes on the points of special interest. “This may shatter all illusions you have of tropical islands but nevertheless, here goes! New Guin ea is quite a far cry from the luscious islands you see in the movies and I’m very doubtful that I’ll ever see a native who looks like Dorothy Lamour, however, I’m still watching! I’ll take back part of my statement because it really did look like something out of a movie as we sailed into a shore lined with graceful palm trres, native huts here and there and natives themselves out in '•anoes and little sailboats. A few lays of vading around in the mud soon took away that nice first im pi '-ion. however. “One of the most amazing things j to me was all the activity about J the place. Naturally when they] said New Guinea, 1 thought of a :,iace that was probably all wilder ness but from what was a wilder- j ness not long ago, they have made quite a flourishing port and base., Planes of every type are buzzing | in all directions night and day,, ships come and go every day and j you can see most any kind of j vehicle there is. It must have been a huge job to clear the place when they began operations here1 as the trees are thick all along the | coast and up to the very top of the j mountains. They have tried to1 build roads but its a never-ending job due to the heavy rainfall which turns them back into a mud pud die in no time. You have never seen so much mud back home as there is here all the time. “It rains on an average of oncei every day. Some days it will just' be a shower and there are the numerous other days when its a twenty-four hour downpour. It doesn't fool around any either but comes down in torrents. You just get used to slopping around in it after a while and take it as a mat ter of course. When the sun shines it really gets warm, especially because the humidity is so high and you can sweat your head off if you’re doing much work. The night, however, are grand for steeping and you can always use a blanket over you before morn ing. One of the few good points! “As is the custom over here, all buildings are of the open type construction. Some of the build ings, like the chapel, post office, etc., are built in the native man ner with thatched roofs and frame work made from trees. We live in a frame construction which is ele vated off the ground about two feet, has open sides and canvas over the top. Each houses four or five men. We have canvas cots and each had its mosquito net which fits over the cot at nights like a canopy and tucks in under neath. Each outfit must build their own living quarters, offices, etc. when they arrive. This also in cludes any items of equipment or furniture you want. “That brings up tne point oi tne •arious insects and animals. Their o i worry here is the mosquito which carries malaria. Every pre aution is taken to prevent it and the percentage of cases is rela tively low from what I can find n a. We take a tablet called “Ata b ne” every day which builds up resistance against malaria but : r t necessarily keep you from 'etting it if you’re bitten. Its a • !!ow tablet and after you take hem for a while your skin takes m a decidedly yellow hue. We are •ed --nt to oynose ourselves un necessarily by not wearing shirts, •: ng after dark and numerous| jther precautions. Pools of water are sprayed with insecticide to prevent mosouitoes from breeding, natvie labor being utilized for this mb. As to the “beasts”, they are •-' + v~rv much ;n evidence, prob ab y due to civilization moving in, hov-over the jungles aren’t far and one could find possibly anything there — including Jap skeletons. Not having had the time for exploring. I oan't say much about it but intend to investigate one of these days. We do see unite a few lizards, rats and an occasion al snake. - ' /■ r _— For thorough Scientific Eve Ex amination and Correctly Fittod r7^'ic;$ps. co© Dr C.W. Alexander. 0. D. ^PT.'WHET''1ST TUESDAY; AUGUST 8th / T HO TEX O'NEILL \ In Inman evcmn« and Sunrfav* “Of interest to everyone are \ the natives. They are surprisingly j smart and it isn’t too difficult to; converse with them. They go in | for bargaining in a big way, sell-, ing old coins, sea shells, etc. They j will also scale the tallest of cocoa-1 nut trees and bring down cocoa-! nuts for two or three shillings. Its j amazing how they can practically i walk up a tree with no exertion 1 at all. They wear only a loin cloth; never wear shoes and walk over the sharpest pieces of coral with out it even phasing them. Most of their villages are off limits to visitors unless you’re properly es corted. They keep their women in I the villages most of the time, how- | ever I did see several of them walking down the road one day. They were carrying huge packs on their backs while the men had nothing—the usual custom. They wore a loin cloth like the men but also had a bra, such as it was! “Australian money is used al most entirely here and is some what of a stickler at first. Their smallest coin is called threepence and is actually figured at 4c and following in order—sixpence (8c), shilling (16c), florin (32c), and that constitutes the coins. Next comes a half-pound note ($1.60), pound ($3.20), five pounds, ten pounds and so on up. It isn't diffi cult at all after you once forget American money and concentrate on this. As to living conditions, tney could be much worse. Our par ticular mess hall has excellent food and I believe most other mess halls are fairly good, depending uron the cooks of course. Ahout the only thing we don’t have is fresh vegetables and fruit and fresh milk, but otherwise we aren’t minus a thing. There are no soft drinks or beer at all but there is a rumor that they may have a monthly quota of beer, starting in August. One can buy a little candy when its available and some of the necessary toilet articles but the stock is very limit ed. Swimming is popular, inas much as the ocean is at our front door and there are movies a couple of times a week for entertainment. There is also a government operat ed radio station here which plays recordings of the programs which are broadcast back home, as well as up-to-the-minute news. Recep tion is excellent and you don’t have the bother of commercial announcements to spoil the pro grams. “Summing it up, New Guinea certainly isn’t a paradise but as you can see, it could be lots worse!” SGT. LES SHOEMAKER Miss Sharon Miller, of Bassett, came down Sunday to spend a week visiting with her grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jareske and family. Soil Conservationist Visits Other Parts Of State To Study Other's Practices L. F. Bredemeir, Conservation ist of the Holt Soil Conservation District, has returned to O’Neill after spending several days in other parts of the state studying conservation practices for pastures and range land. These practices are to be incor porated into the range program that fits conditions in Holt County. Mr. Bredemeier pointed out that many good practices are already in use in Holt County but that their effectiveness could be in creased by working them into a complete range program. The conservation and manage ment practices must be used which will solve the particular problems that exist in each pasture or range. Some are designed to being back those grasses which will improve the quality of vegetation while others need only maintain the good conditions which exist. Mr. Bredemeier stated that the Holt Soil Conservation District will help ranchers develop a graz ing program that will fit their case. Requests should be made to the office in the courthouse annex basement or to Lyndle R. btout, County Agent. BRIEFLY STATED Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen cel ebrated their silver wedding an niversary Sunday* at Carney Park with friends and employees of the Ben Franklin store. They were given a hassock by the employees. t S. 1-c Gene Davidson left Fri day for San Diego, Cal., to return to his ship, after spending a fourteen day leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haddad, of Beckley, West Va., spent Monday and Tuesday in O’Neill visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Saunto. Miss Mary Jareske resigned her position at Harvey’s Body Shop Saturday morning. Miss Elvira Eideomiller return ed Monday, after spending a two weeks vacation in Denver, visit ing Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Serck. Gordon Elkins left Wednesday for Wisner and Lincoln to visit friends. Harold Elkins returned Wed nesday after spending ten days visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen McCord of Wisner, Nebr. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Godek, of Omaha, came up Sunday to spend their vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bazelman and son, Benny. Miss Polly Kipple left Friday for Oak Park, 111., after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kipple and family for two weeks. Miss Margaret Halva returned to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lin coln, where she is a student nurse after visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Halva for two weeks. Mrs. C. E. Yarnall and daugh ter, Mary Lou, returned Friday from Norfolk after visiting Mrs. Robert Calvert for a few days. William Davis and Louis An derson, of Omaha, were guests of Richard Cronin Friday and Satur day. Quinten Cavanaugh visited friends and relatives in Norfolk Sunday. Mrs. Grover Shaw left Wednes day for Sioux City, where she will receive medical treatment. S. 3-c and Mrs. John Spelts, of Niobrara, visited Mr. and Mrs. William Spelts Tuesday, while S. 3-c Spelts was enroute to h s base at Farragut, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones spent Saturday and Sunday in Omaha on business. Mr. and Mrs. George Robert son spent from Saturday until Tuesday in Omaha on business and visiting friends. Mjss Alma Wallace returned Sunday from Custer, S. D., after spending a two weeks vacation there. Miss Eldora Lowery began work at the Central Finance company Monday of last week. Mrs. George Lye, Sr., son George and daughter, Velma, le t Sunday for Almont, Mich., to1 visit relatives. Mrs. A1 Fritton returned from | Sioux City Thursday, where she had been for several days under going medical treatment. Tom DeBacker anu jonn Ddkt-r returned Friday from Omaha where they had visited several days while on vacation. Mrs. Anton Toy went to Omaha Sunday to visit her brother, Eli Lahan, of Wichita, | Kansas, and her sister, Mrs. Mary Abdousch of Omaha. Albina Bartos went to Page Monday on her vacation. Ed Campbell, William Froelich, James Early, Don Willson and William Kelly returned Thursday from Winnebago, Minn., where they have been working on the railroad. Norb Uhl went to Hastings on busines Wednesday. Mrs. Mattie Soukup returned Wednesday morning after spend ing several days visiting relatives at Mills City, Mont., and Lead and Gill, S. D. Mr. and Mr-. W. J. Froelich re turned Thursday from New York City, after spending a week there on business and visiting friends. Mrs. Cora Pettijohn visited rel atives in Orchard Sunday. Ralph Kelley, editor and pub lisher of the Atkinson Graphic, spent Friday in the city on busi ness. Miss Gertrude Jones returned Wednesday from Breasdly, Kan., where she had spent a month visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rooney and family. Lact Monday Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armbruster purchased the Elizabeth Grady residence on west Douglas. Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben Franklin Store. 13-1 Dorothy and William Wads worth, of Tampa, Florida, are vis iting at the farm home of their aunt and sister, May McGowan. James Hart, of Bruell, Idaho, came Monday to visit relatives near Inman. Future Farmers Put Food Profits in Bonds s - Throughout the nation the FFA boys are making a substantial contribution to the war efiort through the production of the all-important food supply and pur chase of War Bonds with their profits. Shown here are come instances. No. 1 shows Robert Hill of the Wel come Chapter FFA, North Carolina, with three of his eight registered dairy calves. North Carolina FFA boys owned 9,299 dairy cows and invested profits in War Bonds totalling $308,650. No. 2 shows two Wilson County, Tennessee, boys of the Green Gale Chapter at Lebanon repairing farm equipment. At an auction of this farm equipment, a total of $85,000 w:nt into War Bonds. No. 3—Edward Jones of Pittsboro Chapter FFA, North Carolina, and some of his 455 high-produc ing victory hens. Edward made a net profit of $548.12 from his flock last year and is putting his profits in War Bonds. No. 4 shows Colin English, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, Herbert Shuman, president Palmetto Chapter FFA, and Harrison E. Barringer, State Senator, all of Florida, at the high light of an annual Father-ar.d-Son banquet. The Florida Future Farmers bought a $1 000 War Bond with the funds irom their farm produce grown on their own class project. Back the Attack—Buy More Than Before. V. i. T. Henry Lohaus spent Wednes day in Norfolk on business. Father Burke, of Ewing, was visiting in O’Neill Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph Brown received word that her husband, Master Sgt., Ralph Brown, USMC, had arrived safely in San Francisco August 3, after serving overseas for a year and a holf in the Pacific area. Mrs. Charles Hurt,of Plainview, left for home Wednesday, after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dave Loy. Miss Marie Young returned Monday, after visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young, of Atkinson, on her vacation. Miss Helen Reagle, of Atkin son, spent Saturday and Sunda in O’Neill visiting Miss Bernadin Langon. Miss Irene Gilday left Thurs- J day for Vancouver, Wash., where she will visit friends. Mrs. A. M. Beelart, Jr., left Wednesday for Ewing, where she will visit Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Beelart, Sr. Miss Nyle Jaszkowiak enter tained fifteen guests at a party j to celebrate her fourth birthday. Tt was held at the Country Club Sunday. Ice cream 20c pint.—Ben Franklin Store. 13-1 V I Mrs. Neil Ryan returned home THirsdav .torn Del Monte, Cal., where she had been visiting her husband, S. 1-c Neil Ryan, who is stationed there. Storekeeper 3-c Mary Jardec