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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1945)
THE_FRONTIER D H Cronin. Editor and Owner Entered at Postoffice at O'Neill. Nebraska, as Second Class Matter D. H, Cronin. Editor and Owner Entered at Postoffice at O'Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION One Year, in Nebraska $2.00 One Year. Outside Neb. iska 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names ot subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid tor. it the publisher shall be notified; other wise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscnp tion price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions ere made a part of the contract between publisher and subscriber Display advertising is charged; for on a basis of 25c an inch (onr column wide) per week Want •ds 10c per lmc first insertion | Stibsennent in«'rti<'in<? 5** r'r'r ,r,r ' Boyd Boys Among Those Dicharged Twenty-eight Nebraska men, two of them from Boyd county, received a great surprise last Fri day and Saturday, at Fort Leav enworth. All twenty-eight of the Nebraska servicemen were overseas veterans who had Just been home on furloughs. They expected they would be sent to an embarkation point and be sent to see some service against the men that represent the rising sun. But unexpectedly came the order from the War Department that all those who had the 85 points necessary and wanted discharges would be released Saturday. By 11:00 p. m., Saturday all 28 Ne braska vets had been mustrtd out, which gave most of them time to get home for Mothers’ Day. The two Boyd, county men who were among the “28” were Staff Sgt. Gus Hampl, of Spencer, and Staff Sgt., Russel D L'ffh of| Butte. First Sgt. Phillip S. Sim mons, 39, of O’Neill who is a member of the Seventeenth In fantry, had more points than necessary, 94 in all, but he re fused a discharge. He has been in the regular army 18 years and will be able to retire in two years and have a good-sized pay check coming in each month. He said he would not know what to do with a discharge. Sgt. Simmons spent several days here recently, visiting his sister, Mrs. Robert Cook and other rtlatives. here while on his furlough. His over seas service was in Alaska, the Aleutians and the Philippines, and his coat was covered with decorations for his service in foreign lands. i , KORAB-LEIBERT Miss Leone Korab, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Peterson, of O’Neill, was united in marriage at a double ring ceremony to Coast Guardsman Sl-c A1 Leibert son of Faust Leibert, of Nijfs, Ohio, on Saturday, April * 28, at Hastings, Nebr. They were at tended by Mr. and Mrs. Art Lei bert, of Niles, OhiQ, brother and sister-in-law of the groom. The bride was attired in a sky; blue suit with black accessories. Her corsage was of white car nations with pink rose buds Her attendant was dressed in a suit of brown with matching acces sories and her corsage was of pink rose buds. The groom was attired in his Coast Guard uniform and his attendant wore his army uniform. Mrs. Leibert is a graduate of the O’Neill High school with the class of 1943. She taught school the following year. S 1-c Leibert is a graduate of the Niles High school with the class of 1943. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in ’43 and at present is stationed at the Hastings Naval depot. The couple are residing at 419 North Denver, Hastings, Nebr. O Neill Boy Married At Miami Beach Florida In a double ring ceremony per formed Saturday evening April 28, in the Poinciana Chapel, at Miama Beach, Sgt .Ruth Fogle,' WAC Detachment Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station, became the bride of Maj. Joe W. Cadwell just returned from the European theater of op-! eration. Maj. Caldwell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaius Cadwell of Albion. Chaplain (Captain) Lewis H« Grimes, officiated. Major and Mrs. Caldwell ar rived in Albion Saturday morn ing for several rays visit with Major Vadwell’s parents.—Albion Argus. The Bronze Bell By SARAH FERGUSON McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Features. [ i ' s f. _ 'T'HE day was sunless. Every * where, in all the citiea and ham let^ bells had been removed from bD the churches In Belgium. In the city squsre of Antwerp, the people were gathered, saddened, tense. The children, close-lipped, faces drawn and serious, spoke In whispers If at ail They were strewing flowers and leaves over the bronze bells which the Germans had demanded from the populace. No one paid any attention to ten year-old Anton Beyden. Anton wai not very bright. Long ago, the Germans had looted homes — stores and shops were robbed—brass, iron and bronze were confiscated and now they had called for a thousand more tons of bronze. “But we have no more to give,” the officer was informed. "You have the church bells,” he snapped. “Give us those.” Within the hour the enemy would come. The bells were already stacked in the square. Never again would they call the people to prayer at eventide. Little Anton turned away, pull ing hia wagon behind him, his wooden shoes clumping on the cob bles. Hia wind-blown hair lay In thick blond curls on his forehead, his blue denim blouse open at the neck, his pants long, shabby but clean. He was the son of Pierre Bey den who had been killed by a Ger man officer'a car ahortly after the occupation. Ever since, Anton's “Anton,” she whispered. mother had taken in washing to earn a living Before her marriage she had lived at the rectory, a true and trusted servant. Among her many customers was Mme. Phillipe, wife of the rector. Mme. Phillipe helped Anton lift the large basket into his wagon. She raised the lid for him to peer inside, then carefully closed it again, hold ing him by the arm. "Anton,” she whispered, determined to impress him with the importance of want she was about to say. "Here is a precious treasure. Tell your mot er to hide it until the war is over." The boy started off, subconscious ly aware of Mme. Phillipe's warn ing. At the end of the road be stopped. Always about this time the Angelus bell rang. He paused to pray—prayer and the bell went to gether. He clasped his hands and bowed his head. And then he thought of Hans Mueller, the thlrteen-year old German bully. A cold fear possessed him. His legs grew weak and his mouth went dry as he waited for the bell to ring. He had stood longer than usual when he spied the young Nazi run ning at top speed. With Intense fury Anton remem bered. Something within him cau tioned him to guard "this precious treasure” with his life. Instinctive ly he knew the boy would run off with it. With a shriek of rage he threw himself on his tormentor and knocked Hans down, trampling him with his wooden clogs. A strange new light shone in An ton's eyes. They were dark-blue* pools now. He felt like a great sol dier who had suddenly overcome a whole army by himself. In the square the precious bells were already being loaded on trucks and vehicles of every size and kind. Anton trudged on, his head high, pretending not to see what was taking place in his beloved city. But the next day he had almost for gotten again as he went to his cus tomary place to pray. A queer contraction of the throat attacked him as he waited—waited for the bell to ring. The Germans had re moved the Angelus—and God. God and the Angelus were one In Anton's feeble mind. A pall lay over the city. People went about their business half-heart edly. with pale anxious faces. Their hope was gone. Then suddenly, un expectedly, the Allies arrived. . . . , But there was no sounding of the glad tidings in Belgium, as there had been in France. Then miracu lously, out of nowhere, a bell was heard to ring—in soft uneven strokes. Little Anton smiled to himself. Then he began to laugh hysterically —he laughed and laughed. . . . His wan face grew softly serious, and a beautiful smile parted his lips. . . . The hated Nazis hadn’t been able to destroy his Angelus. He and the rector's wife had outwitted them. He thought of the "bronze treas ure” he had taken back to the rec tory in a hamper, one morning. Jack lars From Land l ubbers War Shipping Administrotion figures show that most of the Midwestern seamen are sailing the seven seas. There are now 3,645 men from the shores of Minnesota lakes, 460 from the wide open spaces of the Dakotas 1,155 from the cornfields of Iowa, and 460 from the fertile plains of Nebraska now serving in the mightest merchant marine the world has ever known. What kind of sailors have they made, these midwestern landlubbers, most of whom had never even seen an ocean, let alone set foot on the steel deck of a rolling mer chantman? The best! That is the opinion of the enrolling offi cer in Minneopolis for these five states. 4- Club Week The annual 4-H Club Week usually held on the compus of the University of Nebraska, Col lege of Agriculture, will un doubtedly haife its largest at tendance in its 29 year history. This was the optimistic statement of state club leader L I. Frisbie as he announced that 4-H Week would be held begining May 38 on KFAB. Plans are being made for fif teen special programs during the week. KFAB farm service direct or Bill MacDonald with 4-H ltaders, civic and service organ izations will combine to present programs from many points in Lincoln and Omaha thus bringing the usual highlights of the an nual gathering to all of the 18 thousand 4-H boys and girls of the state. Cancellation of the annual gathering on the campus in Lin coln to conform to ODT regula tions was announced by Frisbie who said trip winners to the event would receive war stamps this year and that all club mem bers and leaders of the entire state would have 4-H Week de livered right into their home by way of KFAB. Complete program plans with speakers and events will be an nounced shortly. Noional Housng Agfency In a move to meet in some measuure the acute housing shortage in O’Neill, Nebr., Holger Holm, State Director of Federal Housing Administration, an nounced today that conversions of existing dwellling structures into additional units will be au thorized, so far as materials are obtainable. Applications to convert or re model such structures should be filed with Holger Holm, Director of the Federal Housing Adminis tration, Woodmen of the World Building, Omaha, Nebr#, to obtain a priority rating to secure the necessary materials and equip ment. The need for providing ad ditional living quarters in O'Neill has long been felt, Mr. Holm said, but he explained that little could be done about it until more materials could be made avail able. . _ Only recently the NHA and the War Production Board reached an agreement under which enough materials will be made available to permit conversions in connection with the NHA’s lim ited new construction program aimed at relieving the housing shortage for resident war workers and to meet individual hardship areas” where the conversions are NHA must designate “congested areos" where the conversions are needed and must clear with Pro duction Urgency Committees wherever such committees are active. It was pointed out that the of remodelingnew provisions to t new provisions made to take care of remodeling and conversions are not the result of any change in WPB’s Conservations Order L-41. The $200 limit on remodel ing of a dwelling unit in any calander year without priorities and the $1,000 limit for an apart ment building or other type of residence housing six cur more families, still apply. It is neces sary, therefore, to obtain FHA approval before beginning any conversion project, he said. Application to convert should be made on Foarm WPB 2896 and filed with Mr. Holm. Approval of the application authorizes the applicant to receive a priority rating and use on allotment sym bol for the purchase of material and equipment. Want A Shot Gun? Eighty thousand shot guns are going to be put on Uncle Sam’s bargain counter. The shotguns were used in the training of soldiers because of the lack of __I rifles, and the ones declartd safe for further use will be put into civilian circulation. Many of them have been fired 100,000 times, and approximately 30% of the guns will be junked as dangerous. The guns, to be sold through regional offices in Kansas City, Atlanta, New York and San Francisco* will be sold through regular trade channels. The assortment includes single and double-barreled automatic and primp shotguns. They range from 12 to 20 gauge and have barrels from 28 to 80 Inches long. INMAN ITEMS Mrs. Eva Murten was a Neligh visitor Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Youngs visited in Osmond Sunday. Mrs. Marjorie Kelly visited in Norfolk Thursday and Friday. Pfc. Clifford Swaytr, of New York, is home on a furlough. The commencement exercises will be held Thursday evening at the school auditorium. Mrs. Merlyn Luben and baby son, Gary, returned home from the hospital Friday. The pupils of the Inman High school had a roller skating party Friday and a picnic dinner. Pvt Marvin Rouse of Camp Famin, Texas, arrived home Thursday for a furlough. Mrs. Clifford Opper, of Chicago, arrived in Inman to visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs.Ira Watson. Cadet Ruth Watson, of Omaha, arrived home Saturday to visither parents, Mr and Mrs. Ira Watson. The Freshman class entertain ed the Sophomores at a party at I the school house Wednesday evening. Mrs. Vera Butler and daughter, of Newport, visited^at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Butler for threerdays. ^ A group of friends, gathered at the home of Mr.’ and Mrs. Don old Wertz Thursday evening Pitch was tnjoyed. Mr.and Mrs. A. N. Butler and Mrs. VeTe Butler visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Butler of Neligh Tuesday. S. Sgt. John Watson arrived home last Monday on a thirty day furlough. He came home from Germany. The senior class and their spon sor left Friday morning for their sneak day. They visited Omaha. All returned Saturday night The Inman graders are having a community picnic Friday. They had a picnic dinner at noon and races for the children after dinner Mr. ond Mrs. Gerald Risor and family, Mrs. C. D. Keyes aftd Mildred were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rouse. Word has been received by Mrs. C. D. Keyes that her grandson, Pfc. Donald L. Keyes, formerly of Inman, was home on a forty five day furlough. He came from Germany. Mr. and Mrs.Dale HettHck and family, of Osmond, Mrs. Mirtpie Hansen Lyle and Lois, off Creigh ton, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd , Keyes and Murl.and Mr. and Mrs# Er mand Keyes were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hansen, in honor of their son, Roland’s fifth birthday. _ “That Grass is our Living, Son!” What this rancher says to his son is very true. Grass does provide their living ... and a good part of the living for all of us here in America. More than half a billion acres of the United States—roughly, 50% of all our farm and ranch lands—is in grass. "Should its harvest fail for a single year,” said John James Ingalls, "famine would depopulate the world.” Grass is the preserver of much of our agricul tural wealth and the basic raw material of many of our necessities. It is a major crop. And more than that, it’s nature’s way of transferring health building materials . . . vitamins, minerals, and other essential elements , . . from the soil into the foods that nourish the nation. Grass must pass through livestock to be converted into prod ucts useful to man. So let’s give our pastures, meadows and range lands the care they deserve. Grass on your BUY MORE WAR BONDS steeper slopes should never be broken. In the long run, it is your most profitable crop on hillsides because it controls erosion by tying down your top soil and reduces evaporation of essential moisture. Your State Agricultural Experiment Station will tell you of new and improved varie ties of grass you might try to your profit, and they will also advise you about reseeding, lime, and fertilizer. And never overlook this important rule of grass care—don’t overgraze! We at Swift & Company are marketing the products of your grass, and so we say with you, "Grass is our living, too!” WFA’s 8-Point Dairy Program MORE MONEY FOR DAIRY FARMERS 1. Grow plenty of high-quality rough age. 2. Balance your herd with your feed supply. 3. Keep production records on each cow in your herd. 4. Practice disease control methods. 5. Produce milk and cream of the high est quality. 6* Adopt la Bor-saving methods. 7. Take care of your land. 8. Develop a sound breeding program. - $5 IDEA WINNERS - To test a spark plug, take a lead pencil, sharpen both ends and make a hole in center, place one end on top of spark plug; ground the other end on cylinder head. Spark will jump the gap in pencil. C. W. Wagner, Oak Hill, 111. To save time in greasing the tractor, paint all the daily lubrication spots one color and all the weekly lubrica tion spots another color. These should show up plainly against the color of the tractor. Mrs. L. K. ,y Schatts, West Union, Iowa. Meet Bill Reneker, Swift’s Head Hog Buyer If you have marketed hogs since 1907, chances are that Bill Reneker bought some of them for he has bought more than 30 million for Swift’s . . . some of them in Western Canada where ne was Buyer from 1916 to 19*^3, and the rest in the U. S. A. He became head hog buyer for Swift * Com pany in 1932. When not buying hogs, Bill Reneker likes to judge them m the show nng. night now he’s booked until next September to judge at several shows and hog meet ings. An interest in hogs comes to Bill naturally. His father was a livestock salesman and his grandfather con ducted a commission business in Pitts burgh as far Lack as 1866. His hobby is sharing his vast knowledge of hogs with farm boys and girls. If you should see this big, friendly man in a show ring, don’t hesitate to There’s a Black Sheep in almost every band. But he’s not as bad as his reputation paints him. Permanently dyed black by nature, his fleece can i not be bleached. The | uses for black wool are limited so care must be exercised to keep it prop erly sorted in the wool clip. However, manu facturers do weave it into broadcloth. And— believe it or not—the wool from the black sheep in the flock becomes clothing for the clergy. CASH PRIZES FOR BEST LETTERS Write us a letter, 250 words or less, telling us which of the six Swift & Company advertisements that have appeared in this publication since No vember you prefer, and why. If you wish to refresh your mem ory, mail us a request and we will send you all six advertisements. Let ters will be judged by an impartial committee whose decisions will be final. First prize, $50.00; second prize, $25.00; third prize, $15.00; fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth prizes, $10.00. Con test closes July 15. Address your letter to F. M. Simpson, Department 128, Swift & Company, Chicago 9, Illinois. Swift & Company UNION STOCK YARDS CHICAGO V, ILLINOIS iytl<it/Aa SBopatii iffieci/ie fat WESTERN RANCH MEAT LOAF 2 pounds ground beef, or 1 pound each beef and lamb 1 medium onion H cup diced celery or ground carrot M cup lard or shortening M cup diced green peppers or J 6 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons salt 2 eggs 3 cups soft bread crumbs H cup water H cup tomato juice 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine '-nop onion. Brown onion and celery or carrots in lard. Combine with green pepper, salt, eggs, bread crumbs, and water to make a dressing. Add half the dressing (one and one-half cups) to the meat, mixing well. Pat out half the mixture in ft % two-quart loaf pan. Cover with remaining dress ing, then top with remaining meat mixture. Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) one and one-quarter hours. Baste twice with tomato juice and butted: to keep loaf moist. Yield: 10-12 servings. IT’S 2,049 MILES FROM HEREFORD, TEXAS, TO HARTFORD, CONN. To the west of the Mississippi is produced two-thirds of the nation’s meat. To the east live more than two-thirds of all Americans. Under these conditions either livestock or fresh meat must be transported from the West to the East, and as we know, it has been found to be more economical to slaughter the animals in central plants in surplus pro ducing sections, save the by-products, then transport the meat in refrigerator cars to the consuming sec- v; tions, than to ship the live animals. To have a market for livestock* we must find a mar- .***,*„ ket for meat. The job of nation-wide meat packers is to bridge the gap, an average of {port* than a thousand miles, made up in part from Buch trips as Boise, Idaho, to Boston; from Denver to Detroit from Paducah'to Pittsburgh; and from Hereford, IWas, to Hartford, . J Connecticut. It is necessary to have a large organiza tion with proper facilities to handle efficiently nation wide distribution to the thousands of aiming cen ters of America. • « • This is the last page of information that we will issue until beptember. But please don’t let the recess keep you from writing us when we can be of help to you. Better still, come and see us in Swift & Company’s office building at t]y Union Stock Yards, in Chicago. , ■■■■—■■ ■ ■ ■ * * NUTRITION IS OUR BUSINESS-AND YOURS * * ... _Right Eating Adda Ufa to Your Yearn, and Yearn to Your Ufa