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LXV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944 NO. 32
SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
By Romaine Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr.
Pilrfl of corn like golden-domed
pagodas dot the landscape down
across Nebraska’s corn belt.
Nobody seems to know what
has become of Adolph, but theie
k seem to be a few oyer there who
p can substitute for him.
The heartless thrust at the one
already crushed may be the
Yankee privilege but it cheapens
the Yankee and contributes only
to his shame.
Pearl Harbor got it once.
Tokyo is reaping a four-fold
vengance. Mankind, created
for and capable of better things,
have become snarling beasts.
The Greeks propose to keep at
it if to do so they hafe to fight
among themselves. Just a little
sample of what “policing the
world” lets us in on.
Another Christmas, a few days
away, and a world still filled with
hate, heartache andtragedy May
be we can pause a moment amid
sorrow and bitterness to gladden
the hearts of children and from
out the crushing burden renew
again the heritage of childhood.
If life’s great adventure has left
you stranded on bitter sands
turn again to the angel’s mess
age, "Behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall
be to aU people; for unto you is
born this day ... a Saviour.’’
The “dirty dog.” Shep seems
to be a symbol cf all that is fep
rehensible in man while at the
same time he is classed as man’s
best friend. A soldier bfvk from
the Orient convrms the ia;ter es
timate of the canine. He says
dogs are very valuable as ocr.**-’0**
with the Army. In certain oper
ations each infantryman has a
■ dog bv his side. When the soldier
see^ the hair raise on his dog ^id
a low rumble comes from/his
throat he knows on enem/~Tun*s
some 300 yards ahead. The best
breed of dogs for sentry duty.
o|E the many tried, are the magnif
icent blask dogs of Newfoundland
If you want an interesting dog
story read: ‘‘Lassie Come Home.”
A war-wild world has devel
oped strange ir.Juotricr, Some of
them have came to Nebraska.
A recent shipment ctf a car load
of dogs over the Northwestern
railroad f om a northwest Ne
braska point is one of these. A
car load of huskies was sent on
its way to Alaska from the Ne
braska training grounds, accom
panied by a trainer to keep the
snarling, restless pack from de
vouring themselves. George
Meals, of Atkinson, and Lloyd
Gillespie are two Holt county
men that have had experience in
Alaska wilds and are probably
the best if not the only auuthority
on sled dogs in this section.
George had the harrowing ex
perience at one time of running
onto a driver of a dog team
frozen to death. A driver of a
mail sled far north of Valdez was
three days overdue when a party
of searchers that George was with
found him lying in the snow by
his sled load of mail, the dog
team in harness forming a circle
about their fallen and frozen
driver. George tells me the
huskies are used for mail service
as they are lighter and faster than
the malmute breed, but the heav
ier breed is used for freighting.
F, om a little four-nage school
paper done on a mimograph I
find this poem, bringing to dads
and mothers a new slant on the
youthful view of life.
Make me too brave to lie or be
unkind;
Make me too understanding, too,
to mind
The little hurts companions give
and friends,
The careless hurts that no one i
quite intends
Make me too thoughtful to hurt i
others,
So help me to know
The inmost hearts of those for:
whom I care—
Their secret wishes—all thp loads
they bear,
Chat I may add my courage to
their own.
May I make lonely folks feel less
alone
And happy ones a little happier
yet—
May I not forget
What ought to be recalled, each
kindly thing
Forgetting what might sting
To all upon my way—
Day after day
Let me be joy. be hope—let my
life sing!
Thp Weather
High Low M’st’e
Dec 8 42 26
Dee. 9 _ 33 20
)Dec. 10 26 15 .30
Deo 11 20 4 T 1
Dec 12 30 5
O’Ne 11 Girl Completes
Clerks’ Tra ning In
Womens’ Army Corps
Training Center
Fort DesMoines, Iowa.—Pvt. i
Dorothy Jean Moore, O’Neill,
Nebr., has completed training in
the Clerks school of the First
Women’s Army Corps Training
Center here.
Army specialist schools he.e in
clude Cooks course, where mem
bers of the WAC learn to pre
pare food, cut meat and bake the
Army way; Clerks course where
members acquire a thorough
knowledge of military office rou
tine and maintenance of Army
recoids; Motor Vehicle Operators
course where they learn inspect
ion, maintenance and operation of
Army motor vehicles. Other
specialist schools at Fort Des
Moines include typing, leadership
and hospital ward orderly.
Wacs have stepped into and
are performing their 239 diversi
fied Army jobs in every one of
the 48 states, the District of Col
umbit and irt every major theater
or opeiations. Women soldiers are
on duty in France, England, Italy,
Africa, Hawaii, Australia, New'
Guinea, New Caledonia, India and
Labrador.
Last Week Of Sixth
War Loan Drive
Holt Sales Lagging
This is the last week of the
Sixth War Loan drive in Nebras
ka, . and while indications were
that over-all quotas would be
'reached in most of the state’s 93
counties, E bond sales were still
far behind those of the rest of the
country, Federal Reserve reports
over the week-end indicated.
Leon J. Markham, Executive
Manager of the Nebraska War
Finance Committee, said that in
dividual bond buying was still
lagging, and that although cor
poration buying was shoving the
over-all totals up, the job could
not be done without individuals
doing their full share.
The state’s apparently slow
buying prompted Dale Clark, Ne
bras ka War Finance Committee
Chairman, to issue the followng
Statement to Nebraskans: “The
path to victory is never cheap,
but if our Nebraska boys can pay
for it with their lives, we can pay
:'or it with our dollars. The G. I.
Citizens dollars must march
with G. I. Joe.”
Governor Dwight unsworn
used a state-wide network of
radio stations, Sunday, to address
a plea to Nebraskans to back up
the Sixth War Loan drive. He
said, “Our current assignment is
to back up Nebraska’s fighting
men by providing the materials
of war that War Bond dollars
must buy.” He referred to Ne
braska’s record-breaking corn
crop, and said that it isn’t enough
to haveproduced such a crop if it
isn’t turned into dollars and cents
that will pay Ifor the fighting
equipment needed to bring Ne
braska men home.
“War Rond buying is the per
War Bond buying is the per
braskan. On that will depend
whether Nebraska meets its War
Bond obligations in the final an
alysis,” the Governor said. He
expressed confidence that the
same Nebraskans who harvested
this year’s tremendous crop are
equal to the task of putting over
Nebraska’s War Loan drive
First county to make its over
all goal, but still lagging in indi
vidual sales was Lancaster county
which topped its $11,609,800
quota last Thursday. Reversing
the order Buffalo county topped
its E bond quota as first in the
state to scoie this victory. Buffa
lo over-subscribed its E bond
quota of $456,900 by exactly
seven dollars, Federal Reserve
reports through Dc cember 6 in
dicated.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sin
cere and heartfelt thanks to the
many neighbors and friends for
their cards received while he was i
in the hospital, and the many
expressions of sympathy received
following the death of our be
loved husband and brother.
Mrs. Agnes Gaffney,
Brother and Sisters.
Know Your State
Traffic Las
During these months of long
hours of darkness seven out of
ten traffic deaths occur during
the period between sundown and
sunrise
Drivers should check on the
condition of their car lights and
keep lights operating efficiently.
The law requires that each car
should have two headlights, which
give sufficient light to enable the
driver to see a pedestrian at least
two hundred feet ahead and must
also havt a lighted red tail-light
which can be seen for at least
five hundred feet.
Watch for next week’s traffic
law tip, it’s best to he safe.
Mr and Mrs. F. A. Miles lert
Saturday for Omaha, where they
spent a couple of days on busi
ness, returning horn. VTondiy
morning
Only 56% Of Holt
County Quota Sold
In Sixth War Loan
This is the last week of the Sixth
War Loan drive in Nebraska and
it begins to look as though Holt
County will let our fighting boys
down, as only 56 percent of our
quota has been subscribed, but
our citizens have until Dec. 23rd
to make their purchases and those
who have not bought their bonds
yet, must get it done by that, date.
The state’s apparently slow buy
ing prompted Dale Cl^rk, Nebras
ka War Finance Committee Chair
man, to issue the folldSving state
ment to Nebraskans: ‘Jbe path to
victory is never cheap, but if our
Nebraska boys can pay for it with
their lives, we can pay for it with
our dollars. The G. I. Citizen’s
dollars must march with G. 1.
Joe.”
So that people in their own com
munity may know how they are
standing in the drive we give be
low the figures by cities and pre
cincts to December 11th, when the
figures were compiled.
Quota Bought
Antelope_$5062.50 $18.75
Atkinson .20390.00 3625.00
Atkinson City 48540.00 53568.50
Chambers ..11318.00 6843.75
Chambers City ..14271.00 7932.50
Cleveland _ 5946.00 3787.80
Coleman .. 6321.00 1181.25
Conley _ 8968.00 600.00
Deloit_13340.00 4856.28
Dustin _ 6017.00 637.50
Emmet.. 8700.00 3531.25
Emmet City _ 2947.00 1068.75
Ewing ...- 5856.00 1200.00
Ewing City_23538.00 15083.25
Fairvlew -. 4431.00 2300.75
Francis _4170.00 2187.50
Golden_...10688.00 1518.75
Grattan_J25480.00 8925.06
Green Valley_ 6894.00 1818.75
Holt Creek _ 2100.00 1600.00
Inman __16281.00 4825.00
Inman City_ 6815.00 4850.00
Iowa_ 8133.00 2793.75
Josie... 2000.00 NONE
Lake _ 7083.00 3806.25
McClure _ 5504.00 2925.00
O’Neill City 88692.00 69430.50
Paddock __13137.00 3056.25
Pleasantview_ 5528.00 1693.75
Page City __11297.00 3462.50
Rock Falls .... 8499.00 2212.50
Sand Creek. 7477.00 1375.00
Saratoga_ 5626.00 4612.50
Scott _... 9499.00 5062.50
Shamrock 4072.00 2756.25
Sheridan .. 12013.00 8362.50
Shields _ 13237.00 3693.75
Steel Creek ... 9154.00 6337.50
Stuart 24829.00 5606.25
Stuart City ... 25485.00 14443.75
Swan 7020.00 375.00
Verdigris 17705.00 4481.25
Willowdale . 7543.00 1150.00
Wyoming 9165.00 712.50
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AND BOX SOCIAL
A Christmas Program and Box
Social will be held at the Meek
School District 27, Friday night,
December 22, at 8 o’clock.
Pupils and Teacher, Marjorie
Zellers.
Holt Soil Conservation
District Superviors
Held Monthly Meeting
At their regular monthly
meeting Friday, December 1,
Supervisors of the Holt Soil Con
servation District approved three
more farm conservation plans.
These plans, which were devel
oped during November, were on
land owned by Willis Butterfield,
3 miles north of Star, L. F. and
Harvey A. Tompkins half mile
east and 3 miles sourth of Inman,
and David E. Bowen, 3 miles east
and 4 miles north of Page.
The Supervisors also approved
applications for* assistance for soil
conservation work which were
received during November from
Lewis V. Humphrey, Atkinson,
and R. V. Rosenkrans, one mile
west of Dorsey.
The Supervisors of the District
are pleased with the interest
which farmers and ranchers are
taking in conservation work
which is attested by the fact that
(forty-four have made application
for conservation plans on their
land and assistance in establish
ing conservation practices. The
Supervisors now face the danger
of being unable to fulfill all the
needs because of a shortage of!
personnel, equpiment, grass seed ,
and trees. To meetthis danger
they are going to give assistance ;
in the order in which the requests 1
are made.
Run Of Livestock Light
At Local Sale Monday
The run was light at the O’Neill
Livestock Sale Monday, with about:
350 cattle here. Quite a string ofi
cows were in the yards, but no
good ones were here, being mostly
stock cows and cutters. They look
ed at least 25c to 50c higher, and
•old from $8.00 to $9.00 per hun
dred; cutters $8.50 to $7.50; can-'
ners $4.50 to $5.25. No good calves
were here. What were there were
plain but looked at least fifty high
er. There were twelve or fifteen
miik cows and these sold for very
good prices.
A nice run of hogs appeared, and
the market was stronger on all
classes, with a top of $13.45. Sows
and heavies at $13.15 to $13 25.
There were a few feeding shoats
and prices were about steady with
a week ago.
There will not be a sale on Mon
day, Dec. 25th.
Prominent Holt County
Man Dies Suddenly At
Grand Island Tuesday
Robert E. Gallagher passed away
at Grand Island, Nebraska, about
midnight Tuesday night of a sud
den heart attach He had been
employed as an inspector at the
Q. O. Ordnance Plant there for
some time and had just quit work
to return to hix home on the bus
when he remembered he had left
his overcoat anti ran back to get
it. Perhaps Ule extra exertion
was the cause, anti he passed away
shortly afterward-.
The body whs brought to this
city and tafeeh to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mfelvin until Friday
morning when funeral services
will be held from St. Patrick's
church at 10 o’clock and burial in
Calvary cemetery following.
Robert Edw*hi Gallagher was
born in York County, Nebraska, on
November 4, 1881 and at the time
of his death was 63 years, 1 month
and 8 days of.fcge. He came to
Holt County Wfiih his parents in
1881 and they^lvmiesteaded on a
farm near Pagdr He attended Ew
ing High School pnd Fremont Nor
mal college. \
He was uniiea in marriage to
B. Helen MeCaCferty on November
19, 1912 at O’Neill and to them
were born two dbns, Lt. John Rob
ert Gallagher, with the U. S. Ma
rines and now stationed at Saipan
and Eugene Frafteis Gallagher, S.
J., of St. Louis, Mo.
He is survived by his wife
and two sons, one brother, Dr. R.
H. Gallagher of Page and two sis
ters, Mrs. Carrie Townsend, Page
and Mrs. Kate Price, Denver.
Mr. Gallagher first went into
the banking business in 1901 at
Page when he was with the Farm
ers State Bank, In 1902 he came
to O’Neill and was employed in the
office of the county treasurer un
til 1906 when he went back to
Page and was a partner in the
Gallagher & Saberson Lbr. Co.
where he remained until 1910. In
1912 he went back to the county
treasurer’s office as deputy treas
urer where he remained until 1916
when he was elected treasurer and
held that office until 1923. Since
that time he has been in the real
estate and insurance business, un
til he moved to Grand Island to
take up war work.
F.F.A. News
Members o|f Vfie O’Neill Chapter
of the Future Farmers of Amer
ica met December 6 to bestow
upon the following green hands
the title of Chapter Farmers:
Richard Fox, Bill Hartman, Alvin
Ott, Bill McDonough and Dale
Hubert. These boys were put
through the formal initiation to
Chapter Farmers and were then
through with their initiation.
Most of the freshmen boys tak
ing Vocational Agriculture were
then initiated to Greenhands and
admitted into our organization.
They are as follows: Walter
Johnson, Muiray Mellor, Duayne
Miller, Clayton. Johrtson, Tom
Jardee, Donald Simpson, J(hn
Moler, Biyce Philips, Jerry Tom
jack and Wayne Harmon,
them push peanuts, run paddles
The initiation committee had
and then have a hand dyed green
The regular December meeting
has been postponed until Decem
ber 20th.
Applicants Needed For
Agricultural Census Farm
Enumeration Next January
A large number of applicants are
needed for the agricultural < r n us
bureau’s farm enumeration to be
carried out next January, Mr.
Richard Sidwell, district supers is
or for the bureau announced to
day. About 175 to 200 enumera
tors will be needed in this district
The agricultural fat in enumera
tion is nothing new as it was first
authorized by law in 1840 Sid
well said, however, that this is to
be the most thorough farm check
up ever held The enumerations
are made each five years
The district headed by Mr Sid
well includes 21 counties. They
are: Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd,
Ilolt, Brown, Rock, Thomas, Loup,
Blaine, Garfield, Wheeler. Logan,
Custer, Valley, Greeley, Sherman,
Howard, Lincoln, Dawson, Buffa
lo and Hall.
According to present plans, the
district headquarters will hold
schools in each county of the dis
trict to teach the prospective
enumerators what must he done.
The enumeration will list crop
acreage and production, kind of
crops, kind of livestock, amount,
condition and age of farm mach
inery and other pertinent facts
concerning the farm population of
the United States The first school
will start December 18th.
The enumeration will be used in
formulation of post war plans, and
may be used in deciding on the al
lotment of machinery to various
states before the war ends. Mr.
Robert O. Moss is the assistant dis
trict supervisor.
Qualifications for enumerators
are not difficult to meet The
enumerator should have an auto
mobile, and must be able to write
legibly and have a common educa
tion. Applicants should send their
names to Richard D. Sidwell, Room
216 Fort Kearney Hotel, Kearney,
Nebraska.
Mrs. Mattie Soukup left Tues
day morning foi Omaha and from
there she will go to Fort Knox,
Kentucky, to visit her son First
Lieutenant Francis Soukup.
St Mary’s Basketballers
Win, O’Neill High Loses
St. Mary’s 17, Chambers 4.
Page 23, O’Neill 22, (one three
minute overtime.)
The two O’Neill teams broke
even in their fl st basketball
game sof the season, with the
St. Mary’s Cardinals winning,
while the O’Neill High Eagles
dropped an iveilime game to
Page.
The Eagles traveled to Page
last Friday, where the game was
fdayed in the Page gymnasium,,
t was a close game all the way
and it was a hard game for either
team to lose and it took a three
minute overtime before the Page
five registered a 23-22 victory.
The St. Mary's Cardinals were
hosts to the five from Chambers
last Friday evening, with the
game being played at the OHS
gym. The Cardinals did not al
low the Chambers team a field
goal, all of Chambers’ points
coming on four gift tosses. The
Cards played a fairly good game
for so early in the season, but
their shooting was off, as they
missed numerous shots. But
both of the O’Neill teams gave
evidence that they have good
teams this year and with a little
i practice and experience, they
i should both develop into first rate
teams.
Santa Claus Coming To
O’Neill Next Thursday,
December 21st At 3:00
Santa Claud will come to O’Neill
this year as he has in the past and
says that he will be in O'Neill on
next Thursday afternoon, Decem
ber 21st, at 3:00 o’clock to meet all
the children. He says that he will
also have a treat for the children
and would like to have all who can
come to see him on that day.
Also that day Mrs. Rasley will
give her annual free Christmas
show to children, starting at 11
o’clock in the morning, with a sec
ond show at 12 noon.
Grade III Passenger Tires
Off The Ration List
The Sioux City District OPA
Office has announced that, be
cause of their poor quality and
spotty distribution, the few Grade
; III or used passenger car tir: s
still in the hands of tire dealers
! were removed from rationing
December 5, 1944.
Most of these tires are the resi
due of the 6,800,000 used tires
purchased from motorists by the
defense Supplies Corporation two
years ago. In recent months dis
tribution of these tires has be
| come very spotty, with certificate
holders unable to locate su table
used tires ini many areas. Tnus,
i it became apparent that rationing
rtf used tires had ceased to serve
I any valuable purpose and had be
I come an unnecessary burden on
local War Price and Rationing
I Boards.
Because of this, and because
most of the Grade III tires still
I available need tepairs and recaps
to make them serviceable, the de
I cision was taken to remove them
from ration controls.
Used truck tires and new pas
senger tires will continue under
I rationing, however, OPA empha
i sized. Today's action {fleets
only used passenger tires.
Moreover, all tors, both new
and used, are under price control,
OPA pointed out. Purchasers
should check to si i that dealers
| have the maximum prices of tires
i posted and note the ceiling price
of any tires that they intend to
buy. Any attempl in the part of
sellers to obtain more than the
legal ceiling price should be re
ported to a local War Price and
Rationing Board,
In removing used tires from
rationing, OPA also changed the
definition of Grade 1 tires to in
clude factory second and tires
made of reclaimed rubber. Both
of these types, as well as new and
undamaged synthetic rubber tires,
will continue under rationing, and
may he puichased only upon
| presentation of a valid tire ration
ing certificate.
STORES TO BE OPEN
EVENINGS NEXT WEEK
Most of the O'Neill stores will
remain open every e ei, ng of next
w<'<'k until 9:00 o’clock so that
those who have no time in the
day to do their Xmas shopping
may do so in the evening.
Mrs. Romaine Saundes’
Condition Still Critical
The editor of The Frontier re
ceived a note from Romaine
Saunders Wednesday, who is
in Lincoln at the bedside uf his
wife. She was taken to Lincoln
last week, after suffering a
stroke at her home near
Amelia. Romaine saye tiiat
Mrs Saunders has been uncon
scious for nearly a week and,
there appears to he no hope for
recovery. Holt county friends
grieve for Mr. Saunders and still
hope and pray that she may yet
reef.v< r from the attack.
SPORT NEWS
AND VIEWS
Richard Cronin
Over the span of nine seasons
there have been forty-eight teams
that have made, or I should say,
placed in the Top Ten Teams otf
the nation. Nebraska was placed
ninth in 1936 and was ranked
seventh in 1940, while in 1937
they were placed eleventh, and
in 1939 they were placed eight-1
teenth. So that record is pretty
good for the Com husk ers. Min- j
nesota and Notre Dame top the
list. The Gophers have been the
best team in the nation three
times, in 1936, ‘40, and 41. and
they placed fifth and tenth in
1937 and 1938. While the Irish
from Notre Dame won the honors
in 1938 and 1943. Notre Dame!
was placed eighth in 1936, and
Notre Dame and Santa Clara1
were tied for ninth and tenth in
1937, while being third in 1941 '
and sixth in 1942. Other teams
to win the Associated Press my
thical championship were: Pitts
burg in 1937; Texas A. and M. in
1939; Ohio State in 1942 and
Army won top honors this year.
The St. Mary’s Cardinals bas
ketball team have 3 load to carry
this week, as they will play three
games. Wednesday evening they
will journey to Page for a game
with the Page quintet; then Fri
day evening they wity be hosts to
the Sacred Heart (Norfolk) five,
and Sunday they will travel to
Hartington, where they have a
game with Holy Trinity of Hart
mgton. I believe that the Page
game will be the hardest fought of
the three. Sacred Heart has just
a fairly good team this season,
while Holy Trinity, of Hartington,
should have a fair team but so
far I haven’t heard any reports
on them. O’Neill High will play
Bassett here next Tuesday. I
don’t' know much about Bassett,
either, but they usually have a
fair team. Here are my select
ions tfor the week; Wednesday,
J December 13, St. Mary’s over
(Page, there; Friday, December 15,
1 St. Mary’s over Sacred Heart
Norfolk, here; Sunday. St. Mary’s
, over Holy Trinity (Hartington),
I theie; Tuesday, December 19,
O’Neill over Bassett, here. ,
—
The 1944 All-American Se.viee
Team was picked this week by
the Associated Press. The first
team includes seven men from
the United States Navy and fourj
from the Army Air Corp. The
first team line averages 219
pounds, which is a dream team,
for it would give a coach deadly
blocking and tackling, and the
backfield averages 185 pounds,
has (speed, drive and accurate
passing. Three former college
All-American’s are on the team,
besides former professional play-1
ers. The first All-American Ser- j
vice team is as follows: End Sgt.
Jack Russell, Randolph Field;
Tackle, Lt. J: seph Stydahar, Fleet
City, Navy; Guard, Splc. Garrard
Ramsey, Bainbridge, Navy; Cen
ter, Cadet George Strohmeyer,
Iowa Scahawks; Guard, CSP
Russell Letlow, Camp Peary;
Tackle, Ensign John Woudenberg
St. Mary’s Preflight; End, Lt.
Nick Susoef,, Second Air
Force: Back, Sgt. Charles
Trippi, Third Air Force; Back,
Cadet Otto Graham, North Caro
lina Preflight; Back, Lt Wi liam
Dudley, Randolph Field; Back.
Lt. Len Eshmont, Neman, Navy
Sp2c. Victor Schleich, former
Nebraska Cornhusker, who play
ed for the Iowa Seahawks this
year, and who played a whale of
a game against the Second Air
Force, was namid Tackle on
the Second team, while Hany
Hopp, another Nebraska Corn
husker,'who played halfback for
Nebraska during the Rose Bowl
game in 1941, received honorable
mention. Hopp played for the
Bain bridge Navy the past season
and helped them finish a season
undefeated, and boon ranked as
one of the best service teams in
the) country. Two other Nebras'
kans who played for service
teams this season, but who were
never mentioned on the All
American team, we x Bob De
Fruiter, who played with the
Fourth Air Force, and Vike Fran
cis, who played with the so far
undefeated and untied Randolph
Field eleven. Last Sunday the
Ramblers trimmed the Fourth Air
Force 20-7 to hand the March
Field team their first loss, al
though they had been tied tw'ce
during the season. The last
game of the seasonifor. the Ramb
lers will be played in New York
this coming Sunday, Decembe.
16, when the Randolph Field.
Ramblers will clash with the
Second Army Air Corp for the
Air Forces Championship game.
Wc will stick to the Ramblers to
hang up their eleventh win end
finish an undefeated and untied
season, while scoring almost at
will; and so far in their ten games
their opponents have scored only
fourteen points against them.;
Many of the sports writers, who
have seen Randolph Field play,
say that the Ramblers are one of
the greatest football teams ever
assembled.
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Mrs. D. FI. Cronin left Saturday I
morning for Omaha and Lincoln,
uhere she spent a few days on
business, returning home Tuesday
morning
O’Neill Young Lady
Married, El Pasco, Texac
At 9 o’clock on Tuesday morn
ing, the 28th day of November,
1944, Miss Anna L. Pribil, of
O’Neill, Nebr., was married to
Cpl. Russell S. Knower, of Lynn,
Massachusetts.
The double ring ceremony, fol
lowed with a nuptial Mass, was
solemnized by tne Rev Father
John McGovern in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, El Pasco, Texas.
Pvt. Gertrude Barnes, a WAC
stationed at Biggs Field, El Pasco,
sang, “On This Day” and “Ave
Maria.” She was accompanied
by Miss Helen Torpy, church
organist.
The bride wore a wool di ess
maker suit of poudre blue and a
veiled hat and accessories to
match. The bridesmaid, Mrs. Ed
gar M. Stevens, of Michigan, City,
Indiana, wore a dressmaker dress
of grey wool with matching hat
and accessories.
Best man was Cpl. Emile R.
Martineau, of Woonsocket, R. I.
Following the ceremony the
bride and groom left with their
guests for the poitez Hotel, where
a wedding breakfast was served.
The table was decorated with two
sprays of pink carnations and
babys breath.
During the breakfast, the wed
ding cake was cut by the newly
weds. The beautifully decorated
three-tired cake was surmount
ed with an oinamental bride and
soldier groom.
Later that evening a reception
was held at the Campbell Hotel,
at which time gifts were present
ed from the groom’s bomber
crew.
Guests at the wedding, break
fast and reception were, 1st. Li.
and Mrs. Morris Lovell, 2nd. Lt.
and Mrs. George Price, 2nd Lt.
John Grant, Miss Jeanette Moore,
2nd Lt. Roderick Phiney, Cpl. and
Mrs. Edgar M. Stevens, Cpl. Em
ile R. Martineau, Cpl. Ray Broad
books and Cpl. James Balfe.
First L.. Richard L. Rooney, S.
J., Catholic Chaplain of Biggs
Field, El Pasco, also attended the
wedding and wedding break
fast.
Mrs. Knower, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Pribil, o|f O’Neill,
graduated from St. Mary’s Acad
emy and attended Wayne State
Teachers. College. Prior to her
marriage she was employed by
the Elastic §top Nut Corporation,
in Lincoln.
Cpl. Knower, son of Mr and
Mrs. Clarence Knower, Lynn,
Mass., is an aerial engineer on
a heavy bomber. Before his en
listment he attended Harvard1
University, Cambridge, Mass.
Thirteen Applications
For County Clerk
The County Board have not yet
selected a county clerk to fill the
vacancy. There are now thirteen
applications on file for the place,
two of the former applicants,
Walter Si e and L. G. Gillespie
withdrawing from the iace. The
following have filed applicalions
for the appointment: J. E.
Smith, Page; W. R. Brugeman,
Bob Parkins, C. C. Bergstrom, W.
F. Sirek, J. J. Mullen and R. I*
George, O'Nei’l: Dale Grover,
Ewing; H. B. Burch, Chambers;
M. H. Butler, Ewing.
The Board may hand ore of the
above thirteen a Chidiras pres
ent at them next meeting, and
they might appoint some othe*^
citizen of the county to the po
sition.
Annual Meeting Farm
Bureau Next Monday
The Annua) Meeting of the
Holt County Farm Bureau will
be held in the assembly room of
the Couit House in O’Neill M n
duy, December 18, 1D44.
The public are invited to be
present and hear tht report; of
this year’s businesss am1 to elect
two directors to so rve on the
board for the next term.
Holt County Gets Credit
For $15,300.00 From
Consumers Purchases
The Consumers Pubi c Power
District answeieu the call for the
purchase of bonds during the
Sixth Wa-- I ,an by investing
$880,000.00 of the District’s re
serve funds in lT. S. Government
bonds, according to officials of the
District.
The bonds purchased include
$200,000.00 of Series C,f Un ted
States Treasu y Notes, maturing...
September 15, 1947; $250,1(00.00 of
United States Treasury Bonds,
maturing December 15, 1954 and
$430,000.00 in United States
Treasury Certificates of Series H
with a mautritv date of December
1, 1945.
Okicials rtf Consumers Dis
trict said the $880,000 bond pur
chases were applied on Nebras
ka's Sixth War Loan corporation
quota and cred't fo - the purchases
was applied to local quotas on the
basis of the number of customers
served by the District in the var
ious counties.
Holt county is credited with
$15,300 as their share of the Dis
trict’s purchase.