•Neb. State Historical Society
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
There is a town in the news
from Normandy spelled Caen. If
the Yankees are there long they
will transpose two letters and call
it Cane.
Late pictures of the highest
ranking government officials
show indeed tired old men, worn
to a frazzle by nearly 12 strenu
ous years.
It is said the opulent C. I. O
has offered Henry Wallace a job
at $25,000 a year. All wish Mr.
Wallace well, but perish his de
signs for a “new world order.”
The better —best—half of the
household ordered that I help
brighten up some rooms with
new wall paper. It is with
pleasure I inform professional
paper hangers that they will
have no competition from me.
It is estimated the war will be
over between early September
and election day. Another four
year presidential period starts
January 1, 1945. What becomes
of the argument that it is neces
sary to reelect the “indispensible
man” to finish off the Nazi?
The Breezes household is in
debted to little Miss Bly for a
carton of sand cherries gathered
on her father’s ranch. Juice has
been extracted— not for bug
juice—but to be converted by
mysterious processes of the Qui
nary art into a table delicacy.
It is said to be a “military
clique” we are fighting in Europe
and Asia. The same sort of a
“clique,” if it can be called such,
has dominated in our own govern
ment since the Mexican war.
Seven or eight million returned
service men will probably have
a still greater influence in gov
ernment affairs in the future.
Political speculators are wond
ering what Mr. Willkie will do
this -election. Four years ago he
“stole” the nomination from
Dewey, who took it graciously
and supported Mr. Willkie. It
may not make much difference
what the gentleman of blasted
hopes does, but he will have to
be put down as a piker if he
doesn’t support Dewey’s candid
acy now that the situation is in
reverse.
According to the convention
report, Holt county democrats, or
such of them who answered the
muster roll at the county con
vention last week, are sold on the
“indispensible” idea as persona
fied in “our grand and noble presi
dent.” Poor Mr. Olsen, heading
the state ticket for governor,
seems to have been .forgotten
in his obscurity at the Platts
mouth cafeteria, as was the ven
erable Maupin of Clay Center
and other state candidates. Have
Holt county democrats room in
their Jeffersonian souls for only
one idol?
It had been a hard day. Man
and beast boiled and sizzled in
the hot August sun. The trying
hours wore on. When would
there come a break?The shadows
at last lengthen. Clouds, tinted
with the gold of sunset, have
gathered across the prairie run.
A pale moon rides high in the
heavens and the awilight deep
ens. The night is hot, the air
oppressive. Then as we stretch
ed full length by an open window
it came. Out of the north the
thunderbirdg rolled bringing
rain and a cooling breeze. It was
like a cold drink when you can
no longer spit cotton. By mid
nightwe reached for the bed cov
ering. An August day on the
prairie. How was it along the
concrete streets in the city—
ablaze and blistering, as the world
is aflame with hate?
Out this way speaking of a
number of cattle together they
say a “bunch,” meaning a herd.
A “bunch” of airplanes, fourteen
'in the formation, crossed our
territory about the time of the
report of the airplane crash near
Naper in which twenty-eight
men lost their lives. Whether
these planes were carrying a
contingent to investigate the
tragedy and care for the dead or
were on some other mission was
not disclosed in their flight over
head. The investigation may or
may not reveal the cause of this
crash close to our own door
yards that leaves twenty-eignt
» more American homes horror
haunted. At any rate the public
Lt. James R. Herre Now
An Army Pilot
Altus (Okla.) Army Air Field,
August 4.—James R. Herre, 22,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto M.
Herre, of O’Neill, was commis
sioned a second lieutenant and
received the silver pilot's wings
of the Army Air Forces today
at the Altus (Okla.) Army Air
Field.
From this advanced 2-engine
pilot training school of the AAF
Central Flying Training com
mand, with headquarters at
Randolph Field, Texas, he
will go on to further
advancer training at a multi
engined bomber or fighter school,
or to the Central Instructors'
School at Randolph Field.
After completing his advanced
course he will be ready to carry
the air attack over enemy terri
tory, or return as an instructor
to an advanced school.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my friends for
the many cards sent me during
my stay in the hospital; and to
my neighbors for putting up my
hay, my sincere thanks.
HENRY WALTER.
may never know. Plane crashes
far from the zone of combat are
taking a irighttul toll of young
life. Carelessness, the work o»f
spies, a lightning bolt, mechan
ical perfection not yet wholly
reliable, John Barleycorn at the
controls? Shall it be said, as in
the parable St. Matthew records,
“An enemy hath done this,”
From time to time there ap
pears on the back page of Tne
i Frontier in court notices names
j that float out of the mists of
memory like ghosts of the past.
Fahy, t lanmgan, Fitzgerald, Nor
1 ton, h,ong, unwood, Ceary—men
of a long (lead generation. The
old town had its notables and its
notorious—defaulting o ff i c i a 1 s,
! bankrupt merchants ana bankers
and some enmeshed in scandai.
: It is saia that the seductive Egypt
ian princess Cleopatra, among
many conquests, lured from Js.ing
Herod not omy the old town 01
Jericho on the Jordan, but also
what must be referred to humo
rously as the king s virtue. A
Maaam Brassiield over on the
west side of town lured from one
of our county judges what &£0
may be humorously Mentioned
as the judge’s virtue. bome^
others were draped in soiled^^li
en, but maybe wnen the lecord
is run up tne noble, the worth
while, the manly and the wom
anly virtues 0(1 a young and vig
orous community win balance
the vices and lolly.
After more than 300 years con
tact witn hard-headed whites,
the American Indian is still a
jnystic. While world leaders are
now just coming out with pre
dictions that wars will end this
year, Pathfinder, published in
the nation’s capitol, tells us that
Americans should have known
all that two years ago. It was
the mighty Sioux Nation, once
the terror of the plains, that aug
ured the end of battles on the
Continent by the fall of 1944.
Then, most people were saying
that the war might last ten years,
even twenty.
Eor months the Sioux laid elab
oi-ate plans lor that conclave two
years ago. Indians irom all over
the great Sioux Empire, extend
ing from Canada to Kansas and
from Minnesota to Washington
congregated at Little Eagle, an
Indian village on the Rosebud
reservation, to participate in the
symbolic Sun Dance. Chief
Henry One Bull, 104-year-old
descendant of Sitting Bull, order
ed the tribal ceremony revived.
Uncle Sam consented.
The Indians danced for 48
hours. Then, looking up at
Army planes that droned over
head, a tribal leader called Chief
Kills Pretty Enemy made the
prediction. Rising from a pit of
buffalo skulls, he said: “I have
had a vision. It means that God
has accepted the tribe’s prayers
and that the Sioux now enlisted
in the U. S. armed forces, to
gether with their white brothers,
will come home triumphant. Hit
ler will be beaten in the autumn
of 1944 before the maize is har
vested.”
Last time Chief Kills Pretty
Enemy made a prediction was in
1876 when he told of dreaming
about a horse fallen to the earth,
his hoofs flung rigidly skyward.
“That means,” said the medicine
man, “that the Sioux will enter
battle with the palefaces and
overcome them.” The Custer
Massacre (followed the next
June 25.
Many School Districts
In County Have Not
Contracted Teachers
I ha\e not received any notifi
cation that the following districts
in Holt County have contracted
teachers:
No. 1—F. J. Spinar, Redbird.
No. 3—Arthur Bessert, Redbird.
| No. 5—Geo. Losher, O Neill,
No. 8—John Dick, O’Neill.
No. 9—Leo Burival, O’Neill.
No. 14—Art Doty, O’Neill.
No. 18—Vesta Adams, Dustin.
No. 27—Howard Rouse, O’Neill.
No. 32—W. L. Brady, Dorsey.
No. 33—Lyle Vequist, O'Neill.
No. 36—Mrs. Anna Elder, At
kinson.
No. 37—Robert Donohoe, O’Neill.
No. 39—Jos. Lieb, Page.
No. 41—Mrs. Alice Gallagher, In
man.
No. 46—L. M. Hupp, Ewing.
No. 47—Wm. Stamp, Page.
No. 48—Howard Ooerle, O’Neill.
No. 51—W. L. Coleman, O’Neill.
No. 53—H. V. Kirkland, Atkin
son.
No. 55—J. R. Russell, Page.
No. 60—J. P. Berger, OTleill.
No. 64—W. J. Murphy, O’Neill.
No. 65—Mrs. Ray Hoffman,
Chambers.
! No. 67—Albert Miller, O’Neill.
No. 69—Mrs. Wm. Morgan,
Stuart.
No. 71—Emil Lieswald, Cham
uers.
No. 74—Conrad Frickel, Jr., At
kinson.
No. 77—Jim Ziska, Atkinson.
No. 80—I. B. Simonson, O’Neill.
No. 83—Alfred Doud, Ewing.
No. 84—Mrs. John Storjohann,
Spencer.
No. 86—Percy Sweet, Stuart.
No. 88—H. E. Lampert, Orchard.
No. 89—Louis Goeke, Atkinson.
No. 93 — W. L. Pinkerman,
O’Neill.
No. 95—Amie Mace, Sr., O’Neill.
No. 100—R. L. Hughes. Dorsey.
No. 101—J. Payne, Atkinson.
No. 105—Mrs. Creola O’Conner,
Atkinson.
No. Ill—Mrs. Marjorie Kelley,
Inman.
No. 115 — Seymour Harkins,
Chambers.
No. 120 — Alvin Tangeman,
Chambers.
No. 122—Fora Knight, O’Neill.
No. 124—Mrs. Harriet Anderson,
Page.
j No. 127—J. E. VanEvery, O’Neill.
No. 128—Milo Landreth, Page.
No. 132—Alfred Martens, At
! kinson.
No. 138 — Elmer Trowbridge,
Page.
No. 150 — Mrs. Fannie Ernst,
O’Neill.
No. 152—L. B. Price, Amelia.
No. 155—Mrs. L. T. Genung, At
kinson.
No. 163—M. L. Sageser, Cham
bers.
No. 169 — Lawrence Skrdla,
Stuart.
No. 170 — Vernon Harding,
O'Neill.
No. 171 — Mrs. Eleanor Riley,
O’Neill.
Nq. 172-e-Haro.ld Butler, Stuart.
No. 174—Chas. Kalina, Inman.
No. 178—Jos. Homolka, Cham
bers.
No. 184—Ernest Spahn, Ewing.
No. 187—Henry Albrecht, At
kinson.
No. 194—Walter Puckett, Em
met.
No. 197—Mrs. Ethel Wonder
check, Atkinson.
No. 202 — C. E. Cavanaugh,
Chambers.
No. 203—Dave Peck, Stuart.
No. 205—Mrs. Beulah Miksch,
Stuart.
No. 206—M. B. Higgins, Atkin
No. 208—Cecil Miller, Redbird.
No. 209—Frank Dobrovolny, At
kinson.
No. 210—R. A. Dvorak, Atkin
son.
No. 211—Peter Frahm, Amelia.
No. 215—G. E. Moor, Inman.
No. 216—Clifford Olson, Amelia.
No. 222—A. C. Watson, Amelia.
No. 224—Loyal Hull, O’Neill.
No. 225—Geo. Nelson, O’Neill.
No. 229—Mrs. F. Boettcher, At
kinson.
No. 231 — Mrs. Carl Smith,
Amelia.
No. 238—Mrs. Nettie Bilstein,
Amelia.
No. 243—H. V. Berry, Atkinson.
No. 244 — Henry Timmerman,
Stuart.
No. 245—Mrs. Mae Dierks, At
kinson.
No. 246—Clarence Focken, At
kinson.
No. 248—Mrs. Esther Simmons,
Page.
1 would appreciate having direc
tors notify me when they have
hired their teacher. I know ‘‘every
body” is busy but it will help me
in trying to place teachers.
Teachers may use this list at this
time.
Elja McCullough,
County Superintendent.
CARD OF THANKS
I take this means of thanking
my many friends for all the let
ters, cards, flowers and other gifts
received during my stay at the
Methodist Hospital in Sioux City,
Iowa. Each deed of kindness and
expression of sympathy is grate
fully acknowledged.
MRS. CHARLES V. COLE.
Christ Lutheran
Missouri Synod
Reinhard Koepp, Pastor
Sunday, August 13th
Morning Worship—9:30 a. m.
Term of Sermon: Matthew 23,
?4-39 “Your House Is Left Unto
You Desolate.”
Sunday School—10:30 a. m.
Lt. Robert Ryan Receives
His Silver Wings
\ (Denting / Army Air Field,
Deming, N. M.—RobertR. Ryan,
son, o(f James B. Ryan, of O’Neill,
Nebraska, has been graduated
from Deming Army Air Field,
“The AAF’s Border Bombardier
School”, it was announced here
recently by Col. Milton M.
Murphy, commanding officer.
He has been commissioned a
2nd lieutenant, and awarded
silver bombardier wings after
succesfully undergoing the rigid
18-week course in high- altitude
precision bombing as well as im
portant phases of navigation.
Prior to his assignment at DAAF
he had completed training in
aerial gunnery.
Before entering the Army Air
Forces Lt. Ryan attended Loyala
University, Chicago, 111.
Mr. And Mrs Lloyd
Whaley Entertain
A very enjoyable evening was
spent at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Whaley on Friday,
August 4th.
The evening was spent dancing
in the living room, which made
a splendid dance hall. The music
consisted of two violins played
by Wilcey Dimmitt and a friend
from Ewing. T. M. Harrington
and William Babutzke also
played the violin. The piano
players were: Mrs. Lloyd
Whaley and Mrs. William Babut
zke. Much fun was had dancing
square dances, called by Ralph
Simpson. Several tag waltzes
were called by! Lloyd Whaley,
causing much laughter.
A prize was given for the
youngest couple dancing and was
won by Miss Virginia Simpson
two years old and Donnie Dickau,
six. The prize for the oldest
couple dancing was won by Mr.
and Mrs. Wilsey Dimmitt.
Just before intermission Twila
Whaley gathered together a
group of young folks, who played
and sang the following songs:
“Coming In Orr a Wing and a
Prayer,” “When the Lights Go
On Again,” “In An Old Dutch
Garden,” “When My Blue M^on
Turns to Gold Again” and
“There’s A Gold Star in Her Win
dow.”
A very delicious lunch was
Served by* Mrs. Whaley, and
more dancing followed. At 2:20
a. m., the musicians played “Home
Sweet Home” but four dances
and one square dance followed,
when again Home Sweet Home
was played. At 1:30 a. m., the
party ended with every one
happy, but sorry the goid time
was ended.
We want to thank Mr. and
Mrs. Whaley and children for
the spendid evening, and hope
it will happfen again in the near
future. ***
Circus Coining To Town
Thursday, August 31st
Bud E. Anderson’s Jungle Od
dities and three Ring Circus
coming to O’Neill on Thursday,
August 31. Here’s that man again,
the circus press agent. Unfold
ing its mobile arsenal of amuse
ments beneath a big spread of
canvas shot skyward, the circus
will arrive in O’Neill that morning
after rosyfingered dawn has tinted
the morning landscape. The
birds and the beasts will be there.
The clowns, aerialists, the wire
walkers, the bee-you-tiful horses
and the bee-you-tiful riders and
more and more of everything
than was ever before assembled
and labeled a circus will be on
view and Bud Anderson’s circus
will be in town around 6 a. m.,
Thursday morning and will go
direct to circus grounds #or erect
ing.
There will be two performances
at 2:30 and 8:00 p.m., doors open
ing one hour earlier. There will
be old favorites including Dorothy
Anderson. Troups of riders,
trapese performers who flirt with
the grim reaper, and others who
likewise defy death and gravity.
There goes that man again—and
who is to restrain adjectives when
the circus is coming to town.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Jerome Spittler and baby
boy dismissed Thursday.
Mrs. Erwin Kramer, of Emmet,
a baby boy, born Thursday.
Mrs. Lonnie Wood, of Elm
Creek, an appendectomy Wednes
day.
Dorothy Holm tonsils removed
Wednesday.
Mrs. George Fick and baby
boy, of Inman dismissed Monday.
Dickie Read, of Chambers, dis
missed Monday.
Scrap Paper Drive
To Be Held In County
On August 18 And 19
The O'Neill Lionc Club will
have charge of the scrap paper
collection in O'Neill on Friday,
August 18th. They ask that you
follow the general rules in tying
up the scrap paper and put it out
on your sidewalk in front of the
home Friday forenoon. Business
places are asked to put their col
lection in front of the stores.
The county-wide scrap paper
drive will be held Friday and Sat
urday, August 18th and 19th.
The county salvage committee
has practically completed all of the
arrangements necessary to bring
the drive to a successful conclu
sion.
We want every housewife in the
county to have a part in this drive,
and ask that she or some member
of her family gather together all
paper available and tie it securely
in a bundle.
Everyone should follow these in
structions:
(1) Tie or bundle all small scraps
of paper in sack or carton;
(2) Tie all newspapers in one
bundle;
(3) Tie all magazines in a sep
arate bundle.
(4) Tie all carton boxes and
brown kraft paper sacks in a sep
arate bundle.
In O’Neill and Atkinson, place
them at the curb in front of the
house and the trucks will do the
rest.
For the benefit of the country
people who may wish to bring in
their paper before the dates desig
nated, they may take their paper
to the following depots in the
towns in the county:
O'Neill—Corkle Hatchery, first
door east of Simars.
Atkinson — Campbell’s Lumber
Yard.
Emmet—Hay office.
Ewing—Library.
Stuart—Boy Scouts.
Page—Place to be found, contact
Mrs. Eva Gray.
Inman—Contact Red Cross or
Earl Watson.
If this paper is securely tied, it
will save much labor for the vol
untary workers and committees.
Stout cord or wire should be used.
Any individual wishing more
complete details, or anyone wish
ing to aid in the pickup, can call
Mrs. Guy Cole, phone 8R2, at
O’Neill. She will be glad to fur
nish any information at her com
mand.
Watch you paper next week for
last minute details.
Michael McDermott Dies
In Idaho,- Funeral Services
Here Friday Morning
Funeral services will be held
Fridav morning from St. Patrick’s
church at 9:00 o’clock for Michael
McDermott who passed away in
Idaho last weekend, and the body
is being shipped to O’Neill for
burial.
Mike McDermott was a veteran
of World War I, and was one of
the first seven men to leave Holt
County in the draft, leaving here
on September 5th, 1917.
An obituary will be published
next week.
Mr. And Mrs. G. E. Moor
Of Inman To Celebrate
Golden Wedding Aug. 20
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moor will
celebrate their Golden Wedding
Anniversary at their home south
of Inman on Sunday, August 20th.
They will have open house to their
friends from 3:00 to 5:00 in the
afternoon and from 7:00 to 9:00 in
the evening.
8th Annual Feeder Calf
Show To Be Sponsored
By O'Neill Business Men
At a recent meeting of the
O’Neill Commercial Club meeting
it was agreed to sponsor the eighth
annual stocker-feeder show this
fall. The feeder calf show is an
event which has grown to be one
of the biggest annual events in
Holt County and is attended by a
large number of 4-H members and
ranchers.
The following committee was
appointed to manage the show:
Lyndle R. Stout, James W.
Rooney, Ed. Gallagher, R. E. Arm
bruster, P. B. Harty, L. D. Put
nam, Norb Uhl.
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth J. Scott, Pastor
O'Neill, Nebr.
Announcements for Week of
August 13-20
Sunday, August 13th
10:00 a. m.—Sunday School. Mr.
; Sauers, Supt.
11:00 a. m.—Morning Worship.
Sermon, “An Open Door” by the
i pastor.
Tuesday, August 15th
Praver meeting and Bible Study
I at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rick
! ly at 8:00 p. m. Scripture: Romans
II: 1-29.
Barney Hynes went to Wake
field Wednesday to visit friends.
CHAMBERS ITEMS
Jean Wandersee, Reporter
FORMER CHAMBERS BOY
KILLED IN ACTION
Word was received here Wed
nesday morning by relatives of
the death of Sgt. Virgil Putnam
who was killed in action on July
I 16th. He was a member of the
' 134th Infantry which has been
fighting near St. Lo in France.
Virgil is well known here, because
he made his home here with his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Jeffers, for some time. His wife
is the former Bernice Holcomb
who is also well known here. She
and their small daughter are re
siding in Los Angeles, Cal., at
the present time.
Cadet Nurse Maxine Ressel ar
rived home last week for a two
weeks’ visit with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressel, and
her brothers and sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Nelson and
family were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoff
man and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wandersee
and Jean visited at the Duane
Carson home Thursday evening.
Mrs. John Carson visited at the
home of her son, Duane, from
Wednesday until Saturday of last
week. She had previously spent
some time visiting her daughter,
Iris, in New York; also relatives
in Iowa.
The Chambers ball team went
to Inman Sunday and in a very
good game defeated Inman by a
score off 4 to 1. Next Sunday
Chambers plays a return game
with Inman here at Chambers.
Before the game a group of
Chambers people gathered on the
school grounds to have a picnic.
Everyone enjoyed themselves
and there was plenty to eat for
all. The Chambers people also
enjoyed visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. John Lamason and son, Wil
son, of Adams, who are visiting
relatives near Page. Mr. Lama
son formerly taught here in
Chambers.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Thorin,
of Cheyenne, Wyo., are the par
ents of a fine pair of twin sons,
weighing 5 Vi pounds each, born
July 30. The Thorin’s formerly
lived at Chambers.
Connie Jarman is visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Smith and other relatives at
Fonda, Iowa.
Rev. and Mrs. Ward Smith are
the parents of a fine 7 Vi pound
baby boy, named Russel Vernon,
born July 28 at the hospital in
Lynch.
Normand Reninger returned
home last week from Lincoln,
where he has been attending the
University. He intends to remain
here until he receives his call for
the army.
Pvt. Lawrence Couch, of Camp
Konler, Cal., arrived here Thurs
day morning of last week to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Couch, also his sister, Eunice,
while on furlough.
Word has been received here
that Pvt. Norman Nissen is now
stationed some where in Italy. !
Jack El, of Lincoln, is visiting
at the Ed Eisenhauer home at
present. He is a nephew of Mrs.
Eisenhauer.
Dick read, younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tim Reed, underwent
an emergency operation for ap
pendicitis Tuesday evening of last
Harvey Pichler has been in
ducted into the navy and is now
located at the Naval Training
Center at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Mrs. Nellie Starr left last Fri
day morning with Frank Porter
for St. Paul, where she is visiting
in the home of her son, Robert.
Miriam Hoffman spent Satur
day night at the Ed Eisenhauer
home.
Due to his recent illness, Henry
Walter was unable to put up his
hay this year, so a group of the
neighbors gathered last Tnursday
and Friday afternoons to do it
for him. On Thursday afternoon
with seven tractors pulling
eleven mowers, they cut down 105
acres in a little less than four
hours. On Friday afternoon they
put up 24 stacks of hay from
12:30 til about 8:00. Eight rakes
and two stackers, with two power
sweeps to each stacker were used.
Everyone was glad to help and
about fifteen or twenty neighbors
pitched in to do their share. A
very delicious lunch was served
to them each afternoon by Mrs.
Henry Walter. Pictures were
taken of the crew and their
machinery by Mrs. Wayne Smith
and Miss Ardith Roth. Paul
Roth brought out a case of pop
to treat the crew.
Miss Phyllis Carpenter and Miss
Genelle Held arrived home last
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I
State And County
Levy Reduced .20
Mills Under 1943
The Holt County Board of Sup
ervisors have set the levy for the
county for the coming year and
have made a reduction in the coun
ty levy of .36 mills from the 1943
levy. The state have increased
their levy by .16 mills which still
makes the levy for 1944, .20
mills less than the previous year.
The levies for ’43 and ’44 are aa
follows:
State Levy
1944
General Fund_2.44
Care of Insane_.60
! School Fund_.10
TOTAL _3.14
County Levy
| County General_2.23
I County Road_.15
• County Bridge...27
County Fair_.10
i Soldiers Relief.._.02
Unemployment Relief .. .28
! Mother’s Pension_.01
i Refunding Bonds_
TOTAL_3.06
, Total State & County_.._6.20
4-H Achievement
Day To Be Held In
O'Neill Sat., Aug. 19
1943
2.38
.50
.10
2.98
2.40
.26
.10
.03
.50
.01
.12
3.42
elo
The arrangements for the An
I nual 4-H Achievement Day, to be
held at the O’Neill Public School
on Saturday, August 19th, are
nearly completed and most of Holt
County’s 200 4-H members will
be in attendance. A full program
I is planned. Starting promptly at
9:30 a. m., exhibits of Home Eco
nomics products will be judged at
the O’Neill school. Judging con
tests in all Home Economics will
be held in the morning. Livestock
judging contests will be held at
the O’Neill Sale Pavilion.
The afternoon program will in
clude demonstration contests in
both agricultural and Home Eco
nomics projects. Merchandise pre
imiums will be awarded the win
! ners of all contests and in so far
as eligibility and transportation
will allow, the winners of events
will be taken to compete at the
Nebraska State Fair.
Up And At It Club
The Up and At It 4-H Club
held their ninth meeting at the
home of Helen Johnson July 30.
We had our meeting down
along the creek. The meeting
was called to order by Twila
Whaley with a surprise roll calL
Miriam Schmidt led the 4-H
pledge and Helen Johnson led the
flag pledge.
After the meeting we had a
weiner roast and lemonade.
The report of the last meeting
was not printed in the paper.
This was the report. We met at
the home of Alice, Twila and
Donna Whaley. Response to roll
call was a poem about Independ
ence Day. Every member
brought work to be inspected by
the other members.
Our opening song was “The
Star Spangled Banner.” The
closing was “Auld Lang Syne.”.
Uncle Sam's Cookers
Uncle Sam’s Cookers 4-H Club
held their meeting Thursday
evening, August 3. The program
for Achievement Day was plan
ned. It wa decided it wiuld
be held Friday evening, August
11th.
J. B. Ryan Brome Grass
Harvest Biggest in County
J, B. Ryan, producer and dealer
of grain, hay and livestock in
O’Neill, is believed to have har
vested the largest acreage of brome
grass for seed in Holt County this
year in the opinion of L. F. Brede
meier, Conservationist of the Holt
Soil Conservation District. Mr.
Ryan harvested 32,000 pounds of
bromegrass seed from 150 acres
for an average of 213 pounds per
acre.
Mr. Ryan states that he is well
pleased with the results he has
been getting from bromegrass. He
stated that it did best on the low
land. This is in line with exper
ience of other farmers in the
county who have found that brome
grass is not so well adapted to the
higher and sandier soils.
This bromegrass was originally
planted by Michael Holland in
about 1900. Seed from this orig
inal plot has been used for all sub
sequent seedings. Last spring Mr.
Ryan sowed 80 acres and plans to
i sow approximately 100 acres more
this fall. He now has approxi
mately 200 acres in bromegrass.
Miss Constance Biglin left this
morning for Sioux City, after
spending a three weeks vacation
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. Biglin and family.
Constance is a student nurse in
| St Vincent’s hospital.