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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1945)
^ Neb. State Historical Society ■ M LXv O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945 NO. 51 I Across history’s crimson pages another chapter is sealed in blood. Hitler, the scourge of mankind, th shame of a once gr 'at people, is reported 4ead. SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT By Romaine Saunders Rt. 5, Atkinson Bow legs in creased trousers is the emphasis on the bow or on V the crease. Crowding for a place in a bus or at a dining table—humanity at its worst. A husky gent will walk com placently beside his mate, allow ing her to carry the kid. Again history repeats. The sur render of the Germans in World War I was announced one week before the white flag was raised. And now our little neighbor county on the north boasts that it has 90,000 bushelB of corn “un der government loans.’' The nation's new first lady ap parently has the poise and quiet charm of Mrs. Hoover, with none of the bold approach to either so cial or political problems. Uncle Sam will stay tied to any setup promulgated at San Fran cisco, but how about other pow ers. A bargain is a bargain with some until it conflicts with their interests. The boys—maybe some girls— who compile the stories of such information as the military, gov ernment and bureaus give out, spread It on thick for the officer I of a unit, the head of a bureau * or government functioning before they get at the thing of real in terest in the community, that of what our neighbor boys and girls are doing. A privilege editors are not overlooking in trimming these reports down to the actual news value. The problem of what to do with the “war criminals” is being sim plified by the liquidation of the leaders in one way or another. The fallen Italian duce is a strik ing example of the insecurity of one floating on the fickle fiction of public applause. Those who once gave him the fascist salute fired the bullets that ended Mus solini's fitful dream of empire, along with seventeen others. The pen of a Shakespear would hardly dip into the inkwell of eloquence and say of him as it said of the greatest Roman of them all, “the foremost man of all this world” has fallen. The yellow bioom of dandelion gives a touch of bright color to the long stretch of somber green, the bursting buds of iris reflects the blue of heaven, the dew of early dawn catches the glow of new day to adorn grassblade and bush with delicate crystle, the sun has started on the long ride to the zenith and bathes in light and life fc an unmindful world—a world ab f sorbed in life’s pretty affairs, life's worries, its load and its laughter—unmindful alike of the beauty, the music, the fragrance ] or the poetry in which nature writes her story. Wilfred A. Peterson, a printer, is credited by the Typographical , Journal with this unique petition in the language of the trade: ‘‘To the Great Printer who prints in all the colors of the rainbow and whose type faces are stars and clouds, autumn leaves and sunbeams, snow flakes and flowers, this is my prayer: That I may set up my life to the meas ure of a man; that I may have the courage, win or lose, to fol low the rules of the game; that I may point my life toward the things that count; that I may lock up within my heart idle tales, gossip, and words that hurt; that I may make ready for the oppor tunities to serve that come my way; that I may register in my memory the splendor of sunsets, the glow of friendship, the thrill of great music, and the mental lift of inspiring thoughts; that I may press rorward in the spirit of adventure toward new horizons of achievement; that I may work and turn out worthy accomplish ments; that the Impressions I make on the white pages of time may encourage, cheer, and inspire all those who cross my path; that I may bind together in my own life all those positive qualities that make for happy, creative, triumphant living; and finally, O Master of Printers, help me avoid the disgrace of making pi of my life and guide me safely around the yawning mouth of the hell box.” — A dollar an hour, dollar and a quarter, two dollars—a strange fascination in those figures, fig ures resting upon a foundation of blood and tears, of hundreds of billions of Indebtedness, of higher and still higher taxation j on homes and lands and incomes. | When spending two dollars for j one dollar value received comes i to an end—then what? Ghost towns, me steady treaa or weary feet on the hunt for a crust, the herd, the land, the home gone to satisfy creditors. But we have "post-war planning,” rehabilita tion. We had once the blue eagle, the PWA, the destruction of live stock and growing and mature grain and cotton. But it took the rattle of war drums, the roar of guns, the swift dive of the bomb ers; it took broken hearts and the dead bodies of children and moth ers and men to bring to our ears the soft, alluring flutter of a dol lar an hour, two dollars an hour. Is the dumb agony of want to loom again across the horizon? Maybe, if you have a home with a plot of ground, hang on. An Iowa newspaper writes up the "city” editor. It finds that if this functionary of a newpaper "combined all the desirable quali ties of the titans of the metropoli tan city desk—Clarke of the Sun, Greaves of the Times, Chapin of the World—his paper still could not be a perfect mirror of his city, in all its humor and its tragedy, ] its splendid majesty and its trivia, I its nuances of emotion and its j heartbeat.” Withal, he manages ] to have a good time at it. Don’t ask how. . ——— " ■ St. Paul gave us a remedy that will sweeten sour apple humanity. "What soever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are Just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, what soever things are of good report— If there be any virtue and If there be any praise, think on these things." Cheerful but not gay, cordial but not familar, modest but sure of your capabilities, convictions not pre judice, an even temper, a clear vis ion and a steady hand. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Cathy Cuddy spent the past week-end with Myra and Bonnie Noble at Star. Henry Grady went to Omaha Thursday to pay a last tribute to his friend, L. C. Peters, who died the day previous. Sheriff Hubbard and Deputy Lansworth attended o conven tion of sheriffs from northwest Nebraska at Ainsworth Wednes day. Sam Barnard arrived from Om aha this week for a sojourn with relatives here and enjoy the genial association of former pals of the town. P. J. has come to it. He had stuck to the A1 Smith cady through thick and thin, but a windy day in May he showed up on the street under a white felt. Rev. Kenneth J. Scott chaper oned a group of boys last Friday for an outing up about Emmet to spend the night there under such primitative shelter as prairie bred kids know how to throw together. Harry White, one of the early pioneers living south of Amelia, with his son Glen and family, were in the city Friday. Mr. White reports the southwest grasslands in very excellent conditions this spring, rapid growth and heavy stand in spite of the apparent drawback of cool weather. Ed Jardee departed Monday on the return trip to Portland, Ore., after a ten-day visit here and at Stuart. It has been twelve years since he left O’Neill and remarked that the town had doubled the population in that time. Mr. Jar dee is sold on Portland, where he is employed in ship building. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carson and daughter Beverly M., accompanied by Mrs. Frank Hunter, came in from the east part of the county Saturday morning in time for Mrs. Carson and Beverly to board the bus for Grand Island, trans ferring there for Hastings where they are spending the week with relatives. A former show place, once con sidered thp swanky dwelling of a former mayor of the town, Jack Harrington, has been moved to the east part of town from the corner of First and Douglas streets to get it out of the way for a modernistic residence said to be in the blue prints for that desirable corner. From the Nebraska City terri tory come reports of prospects for a good crop of peaches. Nebraska is in no great shape as a fruit producing region, but the quality of peaches produced in a limited spot in the state surpass the im ported fruit. And the Jonathan apples they have down there in the shadow of Arbor Lodge are strictly aristocrats. A trip down through the corn belt the past week disclosed that most of the piles of corn visible on the landscape earlier have dis appeared. At Clearwater several thousand bushels are stored in open cribs near the railroad, the only large amount of corn seen the length of the Elkhorn valley. And tractors have not wholly re placed horses in the field down that way. Many teams are seen at work. “Dad, you will have to put up with me for a time.” It was a J young gent in sildier’s uniform.' baggage, coats—and a bottle, when he got on the bus. “Put up” with him was it. The con tents of the bottle had the usual effect—a loosened tongue that started to sing, producing sound similar to the grinding of cog wheels. The parents of the soldier were at the stopping place of the bus as it arrived at his home town. Groggy but able to get out with a thick tongue. “Helli, Ma " I wonder how Pa and Ma felt when they greeted their son after three years ab sence from home in the South Pacific. Dr Fisher, Dentist. 43-tf St. Mary’s Alumni to Banquet At a recent meeting of the Omaha chapter of the St. Mary's Alumni Association, it was de cided to hold a banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle on Sunday, May 6, 1945, at 6:00 p. m. The following Is a list of those known to be residing in Omaha: Robert Allen Lucille Berrigan Rose Mary Biglin Margaret Hammond Bowker Linus Murphy Brennan Claude Callen Irene O’Donnell Credle Ina Hirsch Culkin Margaret Barrett Dunn Agnes Bazelman Dirgo Margaret McLeod Fangman Florence McCafferty Frenking Agnes McPharlin Gladson Jeanne Gladson Elizabeth Donohue Grady Mae Hammond Catherine Tully Howland Gene Higgins Lois Kaup Agnes Kelly Irene Klrwan Dorothy Kocl Corinne Kubitschek Ruth O’Malley fctcDonnell Rita McGann James McNally Mary Fitzsimmons Massey Winifred Murray Matthews Mary A. Mullen Mildred Sparks O’Brien Geneva Prlbil Ruth Prlbil Rev. Francis R. Price Grace Qullty Mary Dolin Regan Evelyn Mains Schwarte John Shoemaker Kathleen Shorthlll Marie Antoinette Stewart Rose Mary Stewart Eileen Tenborg George Vitt Celia Farrell Wacliter Julia Fitzsimmons Wegner Edna Kelly Willrodt Other members of the Alumni Association living in Omaha, and not listed, please contact Mrs. Bernard Matthews, 312 North 26th Street, Omaha. Telephone: JA 3925. A gentleman once asked the privilege to smoke in a lady’s presence. If a gent draws a fem inate seat-mate in a crowded bus, he may get one who frequently opens her traveling bag, deftly extracts a fag from her pack and lights up, no apologies. Three defenseless guys coming in on the pony cruiser were surrounded and enveloped in a smudge from the smoking dames, not asking permission. Yes, times have changed. New Owner of Alley Corner Bennet Gillespie has bought the building occupied by R. E. Os born and will move his radio and electric equipment into it as soon as vacated. On the south side of the alley and on the west side of Fourth street there has been a saloon or kindred institution since the mem ory of the oldest inhabitant can recall. In about 1880 a lone frame building broke the view of the open' prairie to the west and fire water was dispensed by a husky auburn-haired gent who operated under the classic name of “The Critic Saloon.” The old buiding now houses a hardware business over at Chambers, moved there maybe forty years ago by Bard Hanna. We can not give the names of the long list, and wouldn’t if we could, of those who ministered to the conviviality, moudlin ex uberance and forgotten infamy on that alley corner. It has been the location of a saloon for something like sixty five years with an interval during prohibition. The thirsty will have to go elsewhere when Mr. Gilles pie takes over. BRIEFLY STATED The heating of drums, notes from the horns, und O'Neill is aguin aware that Prof. George’s brightly uniformed school bunds are enliven ing an otherwise drab street scene. The flash of color, the uniformity of movement, the music, all com bines to inspire even a slouchy gent to step up a bit. The Annual Homecoming meet ings will be held Saturday even ing May 12 and all day Sunday, including Sunday evening, May 13th. Rev. Ernest Nelson, if Wausa. Rev. Anderson of Scottsbluffs and Rev. George Hollingshead of Long Pine, will be present to take part in these services. All are invited to attend, any or all of the services. Bring your basket dinner Sunday. Marriage Licenses Mitchell V. Pock and Mrs. Bertha Siemsen, both of Atkinson. Eldon Weibers, 28, Beresford, S. D., and Darlene Bennington, 22, of Centerville, S. D Returns After Death of Sister Mrs. M. A. Summers returned a week ago from six weeks spent in Blair and Omaha, with her sister, Mrs. Sherry Moore, of Blair who was taken to a hospital in Omaha, where she died April 25. Mrs. Summers is 85 and the oldest of a family of thirteen children if Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cruickshank, is remarkably ac tive and mentally alert. On Easter Sunday at the ser vices held in the congregational church in Blair there were two large boquets of flowers in the church the gift of W. J. Rogers, a member of the Biard of Deacons, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cruickshank. Mr. and Mrs. Cruickshank were among the founders of the church in 1872. Mrs. Summers says her sisters all came to Blair during the ill ness, death and burial of Mrs. Moore, who is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. T. Blanchard of Blair. Lt. Ullom Re turns to Service Lieutenant Magdelene Ullom departed Thursday for a replace ment camp in New York to re enter army service. Since her arrived home early in March Miss Ullom has awaited the day when she could return to duty as an army nurse. Rested, refreshed, amply fed and calmed in nerve after the harrowing experiences in the far Pacific Islands and a Japanese prison camp Miss Ullom returns to army duties with memories of a pleasant stay at home and many honors bestowed upon her by friends here, endearing herself to all with whom she came in contact. She graciously respond ed to many calls for an address at public or party affairs and the well wishes of the -•ommunity go with her as she returns to army service. Two of Us in Naval Training Dorrell D Obcrle, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Obcrle, Dor sey, and James W. Hungerfoid, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hungerford, O'Neill, are receiv ing their initial Naval indoctrin ation at the U. S. Navol Train ing Center, Great Lakes, 111. Their recruit training consists of instruction in seamanship, military drill and general Navol procedure.During this period a series of aptitude tests will be taken by the recrui's to deter mine whether they will be assign ed to a Naval Service sc'noil, to a shore station or to immediate duty at sea. When their recruit training is completed, these men will receive a period of leave. Kitchen Queen, if You Don’t Know how to Cook, Here’s Your Chance Bernice Warner will be In O’Neill to conduct cooking dem onstration on Wednesday, May 16. The theme of the demonstra tion will bo "Let’s Get Acquainted With Electric Cookery" but much other Information on cooking and homemaking and meal prepara tion will be discussed. Mrs. Warner, as Home Advisor of Consumers Public Power Dis trict, has long been working with homemakers In this area, and will have some helpful suggestion again at this meeting. The demonstration will be held at the Golden Hotel dining room here starting at 2:30, May 16, ac cording to L. C. Walling, Con sumers local manager. Every homemaker, regardless of the type of range or method of cook ing she uses, Is urged to attend. Mrs. Warner says she will dem onstrate cooking of actual meals. She will show the advantages of cooking vegetables with little or no water on the surface of the rai^ge, thus saving precious vita mins and healthful minerals. She will also demonstrate how elec tric cooking prevents shrinkage of meat and how to use cheap cuts of low-point meats and meat ex tenders to best advantage, mak ing them tasty and nourishing. Mr. Walling promises that there well be useful gifts for every one In attendance and, in addition, the food cooked at the demonstration will be given away. One of the highlights of the meeting will be the showing of an entertaining and educational talkie film, "The Way To A Man's Heart.” ► Ratings in Music Contest The following received superior rating: Girls’ Octette: St. Mary's and Stuart. Madrigal Group: Wheeler Co. and Atkinson. Mixed Octette: Atkinson and Stuart. Class C Girls’ Glee Club: Atkin son, St. Mary’s and St. Agnes. Class B Girls' Glee Club: O'Neill. Class B Mixed Chorus: Neligh. Girls Sextette: St. Agnes, Ains worth, Atkinson, and Neligh. Boys Quartette: Neligh. Mixed Quartette: Long Pine, O'Neill, and Ewing. Boys Octette: St. Mary's and Atkinson. French Horn Solo: Robert Wal lace, St. Mary’s. Baritone Horn Solo: Rosaline Bosn, St. Mary’s. Trombone Solo: Robert Hana ker, Ainsworth; Kenneth Hop kins, Neligh; Marjorie McEl haney, O'Neill. Tuba Solo: Paul Mossman, O'Neill; Nadine McNichols, St. Mary’s; Richard Selah, O’Neill. Girls Medium Voice: Jeanne Scott, Atkinson; Delores Fred rickson, St. Mary’s. Boys High Voice: Bill Mc Donough, O'Neill; Joseph Blglin, St. Mary's. Girls Trio: St. Mary’s, St. Ag nes, and O’Neill. Clarinet Trio: Neligh. Trumpet Trio: Ainsworth and St. Mary's. Class D Band: Wheeler Co. High School. Class C Bands: St. Mary's. Class B Bands: O’Neill and Ne Hgh. Brass Sextette: O’Neill and St. Mary’s. Trombone Duet: Neligh. Twllers: Bonnie Miller, Neligh. Girls Low Voice: Marilyn Painter, Kay a Paha; Madelyn Conger, Neligh; Ardyce Rabe, Orchard; Sheila Taffe, St. Mary's; Hetty Tooker, Atkinson. Hoys Low Voice: Deraid Smith, O'Neill; Jim Adams, Chambers. Coronet Solo: James Golden, St. Mary's; Dick Brandt, Neligh. Girls High Voice: Thelma Reefe, St. Mary's; Kathleen Flood, St. Mary's; Helen Johnson, O’Neill; Isla Mae Klatka, St. Ag nes; Jackie I’oRvar. St. Agnes. Alto Saxophone Solo: Fay Whitla, Butte; Donna Rae Clem ents, O’Neill; Jim Merriman, St. (Mary's; Roger Baker, Neligh. Boys Medium Voice: Max Far rier, Chambers; Marvin Hosclaw, i O’Neill; Billy Park, Orchard; Wil liam Froelich, St. Mary’s; Dale Dallege, Wheeler Co. High School. Piccolo Solo: Atkinson. Flute Solo: Mary Jane Mellick, Neligh. Oboe Solo: Betty Humphrey, Atkinson. Clarinet Solo: John Berigan, St. Mary’s; Joyce Reiss, Neligh. Piano Solo: Jane Chase, Atkin son; Donna Lienhart, Spencer; Marita Vander Heiden, St. Mary’s; Cathie Titus, St. Agnes. Piano Accordion Solo: Colleen McNertney, St, Agnes. Plano Accordion Duet: St. Ag nes. Number of superiors for each school: St. Mary's—20 superiors. Neligh—13 superiors. O'Neill—13 superiors. Atkinson—11 superiors. St. Agnes—8 superiors. Wheeler Co.—4 superiors. Stuart—3 superiors. Orchard—2 superiors. Ewnlg—2 superiors. Long Pine—1 superior. Butte—1 superior. Keya Paha—1 superior. Chambers—1 superior. Spencer—1 superior. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Dangal Allen and wife to Dewey C. Schaffer—a body of land in section 20. 21, 27, 28 and 34 twp. 28, range 13, $16,800. Agnes Gaffney et al land lying in sections 21, 22, 23, 29, 28 and 27, twp. 28, range 13, $22,800. Harry Cadwallader and wife to Sarah Lilly Johnson —Two lots in Stuart, $500. Albert Deuther to Glenn Gar wood—el/2 of 10 and wV4 11-25 16. Assignment. Federal Land Bank to Dewey C. Schaffer—Two tracts, ni/2 21 28-12 $1,600; land in 22, 23. 26, 27, 34 and 35, all in 28-12. Stevens heirs to Delbert R. Boelter—sw«4 23-29-9, $2,100. Eugene C. Wilbur to Page Lumber & Hardware Store — A part lot in Page, assignment. F. L. Cashatt and wife to Wil ma M. Eppenbach—Lot in Ewing, $15. Bridget Enright Chase to Al ferd J. Drayton—80 acres in 18 30-11, $800. Sam Reinke and wife to Ray and Rose Rees—ne*4 24-25-11, $1,280. Lloyd E. McDowell to Peter C. Tushla Part neV4 sei/4 32-30-14, $2,500. Elizabeth Angus to John H. and Eleanor Angus—Two lots in Ew ing, $1,500. Elizabeth Mallay to Charley L. Mallay—80 acres in 29, m/2 32 29-13, $4,000. Itoy E. Osborne and wife to Win. and Florence Egger- - Lot 21, blk. 21, O’Neill. $5,500. Frances Siemer to Wm. Egger --Lot 15, block 16, O’Neill, $2,400. HOLT COUNTY NEEDS LAHOU Farmers and ranchers needing help are urged to make their,.la bor needs known to either the County Extension Agent or one of the following local labor repre sentatives: Frank Uridel of Ew ing; Harly Hardware of Cham bers; A. C. Berner of Stuart; Claude Humphrey of Atknison; Mrs. Guy Cole of Emmet. TREE -PLANTING Tree - planting demonstrations create much interest among ranchers, farmers and business men. A demonstration will be held on the Roy Nilson farm, two miles north and two miles east of Atkinson, on Friday, April 27, from 2:00 to 3:00 in the after noon.