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LXV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1944 NO. 31
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SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
By Romaine Saundera
Atkinson, Nebr.
If you have been caught in the
toils, probably the cigarette fam
ine is worse than a bread famine.
Those things that have been
dipped in Diamond dye that they
call oranges are coming in quan
tities from “the valley’’ to which
Texans point with pride.
One of those magazines devot
ed to the innumerable gadgets
Yankees are making shows an
Argentine Hereford with wide
spread frontage and labels it a
pure bred Shorthorn. They may
know their gimlets but not the
beeves.
Fifty-two per cent of the popu
lar vote is not so much to boast
about but it is enough to give the
gents in the saddles a bit of wor y
as to how they are to bring to
fruition the expectations of the
communists, .labor unions and
ohers as they look into the haze
of an uncertain future.
A year ago an English diplo
mat said to a Yankee diplomat:
“You have the world’s most effi
cient big business and the least
efficient big government." Wait
til we get a few more glamour
girls and street sweepers down
there in congressional halls and
that will be remedied.
Holt county is given a costly
lesson to confirm the belief o‘
many that it is a mistake to keep
one man in office indefinitely.
There was a time when a dis
clousre like that brought to light
in the couny clerk’s office would
have been a choice political
morsel. Citizens may now feel
a bit of sympathy and strange
regrets that one in whom they
had placed confidence had let
them down.
I was down in the city when
the season’s fi <st snow hit Ne
braska. A young lady that I
chanced to fall in with as T
walked in a grumbling mood
along the street of snow and ice
was thrilled with the beauty she
saw in driven snow that had
powdered the irees and spread a
white carpet for her feet—feet
that never before pressed aught
but the sands and sods of south
ern California.
Minnesota dairy interests have
protested an endorsement by the
A. F. L. of oleo-margarine as a
substitute for butter. As it ap
pears to an old prairie butter
eater both the endorsement and
the protest are childish. For the
fellow who wants oleo or can’t
afford anything better, that’s his
business. An industry, an enter
prise, a religion, a philosophy, a
movement of any sort, that can't
survive on its own merits is not
much good.
Five below zero is a record
breaker for a November morning
so ifar as my memory seives.
Snow drifted across the grass
lands before an arctic gale the
29th. Nebraska’s Thanksgiving
morning dawned clear and calm,
the weather temperature indica
tor standing close to 5 below
before a blazing sun came out
of the east and spread a flame of
glory across the white prairie
land. After nearly a week of
rain, snow, wind, ice and arctic
cold the sun crossed our sky
field holding a promise of a De
Center thaw.
»- “Informed persons” continue
to hand out the low down on
world conditions, supplemented
by high brow stuff for world
peace. If history and revelation
teach anything the “informed
persons” are butting their in
formed heads against a stone wall
One Person lived a few short
yeais ago who brought the only
rays of light and hope a dark
world hag had. He did not turn
a hand to social reform. He re
formed men by the power of
good will. That does not come
out of the roar of cannon and
crack of machine guns.
A carton on which was printed
in bold letters “A Reminder of
Utah” came to us by express
before Thanksgiving. It con
tained three bunches of celery,
sent by Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Brennan of Salt Lake City. I make
some claims of being a judge of
products of the soil so I don’t
hesitate to pronounce what
our friends have sent vastly
superior to that available over at
Tom Salem’s or up at Atkinson.
The box says a reminder of Utah
It is rather a reminder off the
Brennans. Days, months, years
roll on and here and there we
pick up new friends. Like the
wife of your youth, do you ever
find a new friend who crowds
out cherished memories of friends
of the long ago? And happy are
we when tangible evidence is
handed us that the old friends
^ haven’t forgotten.
If your faith in the race is at
More Bank Power
In The Bond Drive
Banks throughout Nebraska
are urged to put added power in
their drive to oversell the Sixtn
Wap Loan goal .n this state. The
call goes out from Edgar Mc
Bride, newly elected president of
the Nebraska Bankers Associ
ation, who says:
‘‘Nebraska banks were among
the first to demonstrate to the
nation how banker team work in
actual selling can spearhead a
drive to success in War Loan
campaigns. Work done by bank
ers in the five previous War
Loans have led the American
Bankers Association to issue a
call to all banks in America to
increase their efforts to sell bonds
to individuals in ored to reach
a new high in this powerful sup
port to our armed .lorces headed
for victory. I expect every bank
in this state to go all out in the
free gift of its facilities and its
personal endeavor to make the
Sixh War Loan the most success
ful up to date."
The message of the American
Bankers’ Association to its mem
ber banks calls tfor the active par
ticipation of every bank in a
nation wide sales force for the
Sixth War Loan. It calls for the
use of new lobby and window dis
plays as well as new merchan
dising and sales ideas in the pio
motion of individual sales. This
country-wide banking organiz
ation again reminds individual
banks that their free gift of fac
ilities and time is to be regarded
as their added contribution to
their natio nat war.
Ho:t County Girl
Training At Camp Carson
Camp Carson, Col.—Lt. Bonnie
N. Berndoltz, Army dietician,
daughter of L. G. Bemholtz, of
Page, Nebr.,1 is now in training at
! the Camp Carson Nurses Training
! Center. She will receive Army
; clothes and take basic training.
Her morning begins with vigor
ous physical training. Classes
are held every day in which she
learns Army nursing and the or
ganization otf the Army. Her
field training includes a trip
through the gas chamber, learn
ing how to protect themselves
from aerial attack and identifi
cation of enemy aircraft. And
hiking and drilling will take its
toll of hours each week too.
Capt. Dorothy Rhedenizer
army nuise incharge of the center
says, “This training makes our
nurses better prepared and gives
them an educational background
of the Army Nurse Corps that
they did not have before.”
Lt. Bernholtz attended the Uni
versity of Nebraska and Fitzsim
ons General hospital school of
dietetics. She has a sister, Velma
Bernhaltz, who is an ensign in
the USCGR.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of express
ing our thanks to the many
friends and neighbor for the
many acts of kindness and ex
pressions of sympathy extended
to us in our recent bereavement.
—Mrs. James H. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Miller, James Ross
Miller, Gladys L. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Kohfin, Mr. and Mrs. N
M. Ross, Elmer O. Ross, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Ross.
OPA Gives Notice
Word has been received that
some stores are selling cigarettes
above ceiling prices. The OPA
wishes to warn them they are
liable to a fine of not less than
$25.00. Minors who are buying
cigarettes at ceiling prices and
Selling them above that price
are subject to prosecution for
price violations as well as for
selling without a license.
The Weather
High Low M’st’e
Nov. 30 _-23 —3
Dec. 1 „_16 —5
Dec. 2 _26 2
Dec 3 _34 19
Dec.’ 4 _35 23
Dec. 5 . 37 21
Dec. 6_45 21
Dec. 7 _-57 29
low ebb take a look at the Red
Cross in action. A venerable and
travel weary couple sat in a rail
road station. They had arrived
on a bus and were there to
await an incoming train some
hours later. A small room in the
station bore a sign “Service Men’s
Canteen.” Here soldiers and
sailors were furnished free
lunches. The night wore on as
the venerable and travel weary
couple sat on a hard bench cast
ing frequent glances at a clock
high_on the wall. The door of
the Canteen opened and a young
woman came through. “Come in
and have a hot drink and rest
where you can lay your head on
a pillow.” They went in—who,
could resist that winning smild
and kindly voice. Two sympa
thetic young women weie in
charge of the Canteen, got no
financial reward for a nieht de
voted to a service of love, of help
fulness to lonely boys in uniform
and a tired old couple traveling
through their midst.
Mabell Osenbaugh
And Erik P. Ericksen
Wed Here Sunday
Tall baskets of white mums,
white chrysanthemums, pink car
nations and cathedral candles
burning in seven branch candelbra
formed a background for the wed
ding of Miss Mabell Deloris Osen
baugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Osenbaugh of this city and
Mr. Erik P. Ericksen, son or Mrs.
Florence Ericksen of Mullen, Neb
raska. The wedding took place on
Sunday afternoon, December 3rd
at four o’clock in the First Pres
byterian church with Rev. Ken
neth J. Scott performing the double
ring ceremony.
Just preceding the ceremony,
Miss Marjorie Ralya sang, “ I Love
You Truly” and “Oh Promise Me.”
accompanied by Mrs. Harold Lind
berg, who also played the wedding
music.
Mrs. Edward Hilderhoff. sister
of the bride was matron of honor
and appeared in a frock of pale
pink satin and chiffon. The close
ly fitted bodice was fashioned of
satin and the long full skirt of
chiffon. She carried an arm bou
quet of pink roses and white
chrysanthemums. The brides
maids wore like frocks of silk
jersey with a heart shaped neck
in a fitted bodice with short sleev
es. The full skirts were gathered
to the bodice in small pleats. Miss
LaVeta Lehn wore pale yellow and
Miss Dorothy Larson wore pale
green. Each carried an arm bou
quet of white chrysanthemums and
pink carnations.
ML Fred Osenbaugh, brother of
the bride served Mr. Ericksen as
best man. The groom and best
man wore dark blue suits.
Pfc Edward Hilderhoff, brother
in-law of the bride and Mr. Louie
Genoa, uncle of the bride, were
ushers. The flower girls were:
Maryln and Caroline Lindberg and
wore dresses of pink and blue net
with tiny bows around the bottom.
The bride was escorted to the
altar by her father, who gave her
in marriage. For her wedding,
she chose a gown of ivory satin,
fashioned with a fitted bodice and
a sweetheart neckline patterned
with beads, and long sleeves which
tapered to hand points from a
shoulder fullness. The folds of
the full skirt ended in a court
, train. The veil of tiered ivory il
lusion was finger tip length and
held to the head by a dutch cap
of shirred silk net. She carried a
shower bouquet of white garden
ias and white chrysanthemums.
Following the service, a reception
was held at the home of the bride’s
parents. The table was arranged
with pink and white sweetpeas in
small crystal urns and tall tapers
in crystal candle holders. A three
tiered wedding cake, ringed with
smilax formed the centerpiece.
Mrs. H. W. Heriford and Mrs. C. E.
Yantzi poured with Mrs. H. G.
Kruse. Mrs. C. W. Porter, Mrs.
Arlo Hiatt, Mrs. Paul Shierk, Mrs.
Harold Lindberg and Mrs. Geo.
Marshall, assisting. The guest
book was in charge of Miss Mary
Jane Iler.
Mr. Ericksen and his bride left
for a short honeymoon trip after
which they will reside on a ranch
at Mullen, Nebr. Mrs. Ericksen
was traveling in a light blue wool
suit with nail head trim and com
pleted her costume with a black
fur top coat and black accessories.
She wore a corsage of gardenias.
The bride attended the Univer
sity of Nebraska and is a member
of the Paladians. Mr. Ericksen is
a graduate of the Nebraska School
of Agriculture at Curtis, Nebr.
Out of town guests included the
groom’s mother, Mrs. Florence
Ericksen of Mullen, Nebr.; Pfc and
Mrs. Edward Hilderhoff of Lincoln,
Nebr.; Miss Vivian Whittaker of
Lincoln, Nebr.; Mrs. Thomas Lyle
Starr, Mullen, Nebr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Louie Genoa and daughters
Mary Lou, and Margaret of Hum
bolt, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Peterson, Ainsworth, Nebr.; Mrs.
Leona Landon, Mrs. Minnie Martin
and Mrs. Albert Lemar of Atkin
son, Nebraska.
Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs.
Clyde Burge Passes Away
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Burge at their home in
Amelia, on Saturday, November
30th, passed away the following
Monday morning at 6:00 a. m.
Funeral services at 2:30 Monday
.afternoon in charge of Rev. Ken
neth Scott and burial in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
Asa B. Hubbard Takes
Over As Sheriff Monday;
Bergstrom Is Deputy
Asa B. Hubbard, elected sheriff
at the November election to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
of Peter W. Duffy, took over the
duties of sheriff of Holt County
on Monday of this week.
He has also appointed C. C.
Bergstrom as deputy sheriff, a
position which Berg has held for
over 25 years under Sheriff Duffy.
Mr. and Mrs. Bergstrom will con
tinue to make their home in the
quarters atop the court house, and
Mr and Mrs. Hubbard will move
to O’Neill as soon as a home can
be secured.
Miss Patricia Kruse left Sunday
ifor Lincoln, where she attends
the Wesleyan University, after
spending the holidays he.e visit
ing at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kruse.
THE WAlt
IS NOT OVER
With B-29 superfort, essis inly
recently having started the bomb
ing of the Japanese mainland, it
becomes increasingly obvious
how ridiculous is the expression,
“The was is just about over.” An
indication that this is far from
true is to be found in the state
ment of Army officials.
Say these men: “An unbeliev
able number of persons in almost
countless jobs is necessary to put
a B-29 into the pjr and keep it
there. Many of these jobs can
be handled by women, and the
Army Air Forces needs at 6nce
hundreds of wamen to attend to
the detail tasks of putting those
B-29’s in the air and to keep 'em
flying.”
Endorsing the jcall for WAC
volunteers, General George C.
Marshall adds: “In view of the
urgency df the present world sit
uation, enlistments of women in
the military service should take
piecedence over any responsibil
ity, except imperative family ob
ligations.”
The issue is clear. More
women are needed in the Army
now, and the Army Air Forces
await them.
“Train today for your future
in aviation tomorrow” is not a
mere phrtase. No less an aero
nautical expert than Jack Frye,
president of Transcontinental and
Western Air Line, Inc., has de
clared the aviation industry will
be in great need for skilled women
after the wan. He is of the opinion
they will play a major role in
America’s postwar conversion.
Happy Hour Project Club
The Happy Hour Project Club
met at the home of Mrs. John
Hynes Thursday, November 23,
with all members presept.
Our meeting started at 10
o’clock in the morning so the
leaders could prepare their potato
dishes for dinner. The demon
stration for this meeting whs,
“Potatoes in Popular Ways,” and
we all thought the Potato Puff
recipe, which used cold mashed
! potatoes was both practical and
tasty. *
Mrs. Hugh O’Nefll will serve as
music leader. Mrs. O. J.Drueke
will go as an alternate leader at
the next leaders’ training meet
ing, to be held in O’Neill on Mon
day, January 15.
Our club, together with the
Eagle Creek 4-H Club will hold a
Christmas party December 17, at
the home qf Donald and Doris
Sterns, at) which time we will de
cide when and where the next
meeting will be held.
Consumers Makes Large
Tax Payment
Checks totaling $165,833.89
have been issued by Consumers
Public Power District to covei
first-half payments of Consum
ers $362,000.00 annual payments
in lieu of taxes ti city, county,
state and schoo tax funds in 76
o(f Nebraska’s 93 counties.
The payments we> e allocated
to the various tax funds as fol
lows: State, $15,984.17; county
$21,876.85; school, $78,812.10; city
and village, $46,008.19 and town
ship and other, $3,152.58. In ad
dition to these payments, which
are made semi-annually, the Dis
trict also pays miscellaneous
taxes at various times during the
year totaling approximately
$10,545.00.
The largest payments amount
ing to $38,412 05 were made in
Lincoln and Lancaster county
where annual city, county, state
and school tax payments exceed
$76,800.00. The next largest pay
ments were in Scottsbluff county
where $14,400.00 were paid as the
first half of the $28,800.98 pay
ment for 1944, and upwards ol
$7,200.00 were paid in Gage and
Madison counties where the Dis
trict pays over $14,500.00 annu
ally in each county. Payments
in other counties ranged from
$6,617.06 in Dawes county, where
Consumers annual tax payments
total $13,234.13, down in propor
tion to the amount of the Dis
trict’s property which is located
in the respective counties of
Banner, Sioux and Garfield.
Consumers payments in lieu of
taxes are based on the amount
paid to the city, county, state and
school tax funds by the private
companies the year prior to the
purchase of these properties by
Consumers. These payments total
in excess of a third of a million
dollars annual'y in the 76 counties
in whic properties are operated
by the District, exclusive of prop
erties eased to others • for oper
ation.
William Grady Enlists
In U. S. Navy Monday
William Grady, 17, went to Nor
folk on Monday where he enlist
ed in the U. S. Navy. He was ac
companied by his father, H. D.
Grady and Joe Biglin. Mr. Grady
returned Monday and Bill and Joe
went on to Omaha where he took
his physical examination and pass
ed and was sworn in and will leave
on next Thursday for Great Lakes.
111. where he will take his boot
training.
Bert Gaffney, 63,
Passes Away At
Stuart Dec. 2nd
Word came Sunday morning to
relatives and friends that Bert
Gaffney had passed away in the
: Stuart hospital Saturday evening,
December 2nd at 10:00 p. m., fol
j Bartholomew V. Gaffney was
ssauip guiaaauii b #uimoi i
born Nov. 15, 1881 in Scranton, Pa. |
and departed this life Dec. 3, 1944
i at Stuart, Nebraska. At the time
of his death he was 63 years, two I
s months and 4 days of age. He;
came to Nebraska with his parents
in March, 1883 and spent almost
his entire life in this community.
! and Tom Gaffney, of O’Neill.
On September 7, 1932 he was
I uunited in marriage to Agnes
Allen, who is left to mourn the
Eassing of a kind and loving hus
and. He also leaves six sisters
! and one brother: Mrs. Mary Grady,
Denver, Colo.: Mrs. Nellie Galli
gan, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Rose Cain,
Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Anna Bauer,
Grand Junction, Colo.; Mrs. Bessie
Rotherham, Mrs. Genevieve Flood
Rev. Peacock of Emmet held
services Monday afternoon and on
Tuesday morning funeral services
were held from the Catholic
Church in Emmet with Father
Kovar in charge and burial in Cal
vary Cemetery in O’Neill.
Pallbearers were: Lt. John E.
Flood, John Rotherham Jr., Bart
Malloy, Pat McGinnis, Bob Allen
and Walter Puckett.
County Board May Pick
County Clerk At Meeting
Next Monday, Dec. 11th
The job of choosing a man for
the office of county clerk was be
fore the Board of Supervisors on
Tuesday of last week, but no ac
tion was taken at that time, but
we understand that the board will
meet on next Monday and that
they may take action on the mat
ter at that time.
The following named persons
have made application for the of
fice:
James J. Mullen, O’Neill.
R. L. George, O’Neill.
Mervin H. Butler, Ewing.
Ward Henderson, O’Neill.
H. B. Burch, O’Neill.
Walter G. Sire, O’Neill.
L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill.
F. S. Brittell, Chambers.
W. F. Serck, O’Neill.
SMA First Basketball
Game To Be Played Here
Against Chambers Friday
The St. Mary’s Cardinals will
open their 1944 basketball season1
with a game to be played with
Chambers at the OHS gym tonight
; (Friday). The balance of their
j schedule is as follows:
Dec. 13—Page, there.
Dec. 15—Sacred Heart (Norfolk)
here.
Dec. 17—Holy Trinity (Harting
ton), there.
Dec. 21—St. Joseph’s (Atkinson)
here.
Dec. 28—St. Mary’s (Grand Is
land), there.
Dec. 29—St. Cecilia’s (Hastings)
there.
Jan. 5—Trinity (Sioux City) here
Jan. 9—Page, here.
Jan 12.—Sacred Heart (Norfolk),
there.
Jan. 14 — Spalding Academy,
here.
Jan. 19—O’Neill High, here.
Jan. 23—Chambers there.
Jan. 26—St. Joseph's (Atkinson),
there.
Jan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2—Holt County
Tournament at O’Neill.
Feb. 7—Inman, here.
Feb. 11 — Spalding Academy,'
there.
Feb. 16—O’Neill High, there.
Feb. 20—Tilden, here.
Feb. 23—Bassett, here.
Feb. 28, Mar. 1 & 2—Class C.
District tournament.
All home games will be played
in the O’Neill High gym.
Run Of Cattle Light At
Local Sale Monday Due
To Very Bad Roads
The run of cattle was light at
Monday’s sale due to bad roads.
About 400 head of cattle showed
up and the prices were about
steady on all but the cows and
they looked a quarter lower. A
few good calves were in and the
best sold for $12.25 and one small
package for $12.35 and weighed
430 pounds; heifers calves brought
from $9.50 to $10.50 and the com- j
moner kinds as low as $7.50 toi
$8.50. A lot of cows showed up
and the best sold from $9.50 to
$10.25. Stock cows and cutters
$7.25 to $8.25; canners $4.50 to
$5.25. No heavy steers were in,
but buyers were there for them.
A good run of hogs were there
and the market was lower and the
top was $13.25 for weights from
180 to 270 pounds: heavies and
sows $13.00 to $13.15; pigs were
in good demand and not many
were in. .
There will not be a sale on Mon
day, December 25th, which is
Christmas.
Seaman 1-c Ronald Huebe't, of
the U. S Navy, has arrived back
in the states, according to wor l
received by his mother, Mrs. Edna
Huebert. after spending the past
four months overseas.
SPORT NEWS
AND VIEWS
Richard Cronin
—
The football season is almost
i over and we want to congratulate
1 both St. Mary’s undefeated team
and the O’Neill High eleven,
which won four, lost four and
tied one; as well as the men who
have much work to do, but sel
dom get much credit, I refer to
| Coacli Howard Dean, of the O’
Neill High and Rev. Daniel Brick
■ and A. P, Jaskowiak, who did
| their best to see that their boys
on St. Mary’s team received good
training in football and in some
thing that is even better training
I and that is how to be men. So,
Congratulations, Teams and
Coaches.
Well, I guess that that’s about
all there’s to say now for the
1944 football season except, that
Greg McBride's pickings and
! ranking probably ecaused more
excitement in the state than any
i thing else this (fall. His select
i ions! have been good and we must
remember that none of us are
perfect and it is probably hard
to pick winners and rank them
when some times he has not even
seen all the teams play. But if
it wasn’t for his forecasting and
picking of winners I am sure that
the sport fans in Nebraska and
sport fans generally would not be
as happy, for they wouldn’t have
happy, for they wouldn’t have
much to argue about then.
Well, it is now getting to be the
time when all the youngsters
have changed from football to the
great sport of throwing the ball
through the hoop, known to us as
basketball. Both the O’Neill
clubs, the St. Mary’s Cardinals
and the O’Neill High School
Eagles, have been practicing hard
the past two weeks to get in
shape for their opening games
this Friday. O’Neill High will
journey to Page where they will
play the Page quintet in a Friday
night game; while St. Mary’s will
be hosts to the Coyotis from
Chambers here this Friday. Both
O’Neill clubs have several le’ter
men back and it looks like they
should both have good seasons.
Cast year, as "you remember, the
St. Mary’s quintet won the Dis
trict Class C Championship here,
but dropped their playoff game
to Tilden. Here are my predict
ions for the week, December R:
O’Neill High over Page; St.
Marys’s over Chambers. Tues
day, December 12, O’Neill over
Ewing.
Then Tuesday, December 12,the
Ewing quintet will invade the
engagement with O’Neill High
fort and will have an evening
It will be O’Neill’s first home
game of the season.
Since almost all sports writers
in the nation have been working 1
hard the past few weeks select-1
ing their All —American teams,
thought I would try and pick one
so here is my All American Team
for 1944: End, Jack Dugger,
Ohio State; Tackle, Don Whit
mire, Army; Guard, William
Hath ton, California; Center, John
Tavener, Indiana; Guard, John
Fatleauer, Iowa State; Tackle,
Wm. Willis, Ohio State; End, Paul
Walker, Yale; Back, Les Horvath.
Ohio State; Back, Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma A. M.; Back, Claude
Young, Illinois; Back, Felix
(Doc) Blanchaid, Army.
And, so above, is my All Amer
can selection for 1944. Two of
them are freshmen, Clyde Young
and Dac Blanchard, both backs
Ohio State dominates the team
with three selections, while Army
has two, and California, Indiana.
Iowa State, Yale, Illinois and Ok
lahoma A. & M. one each. 1 will
name Les Horvath dr Ohio State
as the best back of the year with
Doc Blanchard, of the undefeated,
untied and mythical national
Army eleven, a close second.
Horvath sparkled the Ohio State
eleven, which finished an unde
feated and untied season and won
the Big Ten Championship, as
well as the mythical Civilian
Championship. He plays as both
quarterback and halfback and
many called him assistant coach
as well as the star Ohio State
player. Blanchard was a sen
sational plebe; he was the main
threat of the Army All-Star back-1
field, which included such stars
as Davis and Minor, and if he
plays three more years of foot
ball for the Army will probably
become one of the gieatest backs
of all time. ,
Richard Clark, St. Mary’s star
fullback, was rated as one of the
best six-man backs in the state
last week, when he was picked
on the World-Herald Stx Man
All State Team. The All State
Six Man team was as follows:
Benno Stransky, 160 pound, six |
foot senior from St Cecelia Ha't
irgs, at one end, with Leo Lyold
141 pound five foot eight junior
from St. Patrick’s (North Platte)
at the other end. The center
pe.sit:on was held down by Wm
Ruthledge, 157 pound six foot two
senior from Wilsonville; Quarter
back was Kenneth Fisher, who
was named as the best back in
the state in either six or eleven
man football. Kenneth, weigh
ing 174 pounds, stands five foot
eleven and is a senior at St. Ed- (
Three-year-old Daughter
Of Mr. And Mrs. Ed Boyle
Rescued From Under Ice
The 3-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Boyle of east of this
! city had a very narrow escape
1 from death on last Sunday when
I she and other children of the fam
ily were coasting on a sled. The
young lady, when taking her ride
j on the sled, rode further than the
rest of the children and the sled
went over the bank of the river
which is only about fifty feet from
their home, and sled and girl went
j into the river.
The children called their father,
1 Ed. Boyle and his brother Chas.
| who was there, and they ran to
rescue the little girl. By this time
l she had floated down the river
to where the river was coated over
with ice and had gone under the
ice, and the men could see her
going down the river under the
ice. They went ahead and broke
a hole in the ice and tried to catch
her as she came by, but missed
on their first attempt, but were
successful the second time.
The young lady was taken to
the house then and given artificial
respiration by her mother and ie
now feeling fine, and did not even
catch a cold from the ordeal.
It seems that the girl traveled
about 45 feet under the ice and it
is thought that she could have been
under the water for nearly five
minutes.
O'Neill High Opens The
Basketball Season At
Page Friday Evening
O’Neill High will open their
1944 basketball season with a
game to be played at Page, Friday
evening, Dec. 8th. Tneir first
home game will be on Tuesday,
December 12th, with Ewing. Their
schedule is as follows:
..AT HOME...
Tuesday, Dec. 12—Ewing.
Tuesday, Dec. 19—Bassett.
Friday, Jan. 12—Neligh.
Tuesday, Jan. 23—Page.
Friday, Jan. 26—Ainsworth.
Friday, Feb. 9—Plainview.
Tuesday, Feb. 13—Atkinson.
Friday, Feb. 16—St. Mary’s.
Holt Co. Tourney—Jan. 29-Feh.
1st and 2nd.
...AWAY...
Friday, Dec. 8—Page.
Friday, Dec. 21—Atkinson.
Monday, Jan. 15—Burwell.
Tuesday, Jan. 16—Ord.
Friday, Jan. 19—St. Mary’s.
Tuesday, Feb. 6—Bassett.
Tuesday, Feb. 20—Neligh.
Friday, Feb. 23—Ainsworth.
George Mellor And
Leonard Engler Get 4-H
Club Trip To Chicago
George Mellor of O’Neill and
Leonard Engler of Stuart left Fri
day night to attend the National
4-H Club Congress at Chicago,
December 2-7. The two outstand
ing 4-H club boys received this
all-expense trip as a result of
having the first place agricultural
team demonstration at the Ne
braska State Fair last fall. The
boys will not compete in a Nation
al Contest at Chicago but will re
ceive the trip for their past
achievement.
These two boys have had out
standing 4-H club records both in
Holt County and in the state over
the past several years. Although
neither have reached the age limit
for 4-H club work both boys are
climaxing their 4-H club careers
with this trip. Both plan on being
inducted into the armed services
in the near future.
This honor has been earned by
these boys through hard work and
they are very deserving of the
award.
Christ Lutheran
Missouri Synod
Sunday, Not. 26th
Reinhard Koepp, Pastor
Sunday, Dec. 10th
Sunday School — 2:00 p. m.
Worship — 3:00 p. m. Text:
Romans 15, 4-13, “Be Of One
Mind in The Faith.”
ward. Halfback post was given
to Orville McVey, 155 pounds,
five foot eleven senior from Suth
erland, ard as I said before, full
back went to Dick Clark, 175
pound five foot ten senior from
St. Mary’s, of O’Neill.
Dick was also the youngest
player on the All State Team,
being just sixteen years of age,
while the other five are all seven
teen. The World-Herald spoils
writer said about Cla.k: “Dick
Clark, the great running back of
St. Mary’s (O’Neill) completes the
mythical backfield. Clark with.
199 points set the scoring pace
for the season. His record was 33
touchdowns and one extra point,
an average qjf 22 points per game
and sixty per cent of his team’s
score. Weighing 175 pounds, he
has tremendous drive and speed *
to go with it.” It also shoul*"*
have mentioned that Dick is an
expert blocker and a great de
fensive man, making many of
St. Mary’s tackles during the
year. So, congratulations Dick,
and I am sure that O’Neill :s
proud of you. as you are the first
one from O’Ne'll that ever made
any All Staje Team.