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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.”
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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.”
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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.