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r »— xhe Frontier LXvi O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 24,1945 NO. 2 Contouring Not Suffi cient Says Farmer “I have fouund that contouring will not solve all my erosion problems,” said E. J. Revell, farmer living one mile west and two miles north of Star. ‘After farming on the contour for three years, I am convinced that there * are other things that must be • done to check erosion.," he con tinued. He has found that the lister ridges are not large enough to hold the w'ater from many of our rains. Mr. Revell has developed plans for a terrace and water disposal system on part of his fields with the assistance of Soil Conservation Service technicians assisting the district. This plan consists of a system of terraces laid at inter vals and grades to fit soil and field conditions. These terraces carry the excess water around the slopes ao carefully selected natural or prepared grassed waterways. Satidiactory terraces can be constructed with a tractor and a two-bottom plow by making ap proximately twenty rounds. They can then be maintained by plow ing a backfurrow on the ridge whenever the field is plowed. Mr. Revell will farm on the ridges of the terraces, thereby sacrificing no land from cultiva tion. The terraces will serve as a permanent guide line for con tour farming. A terrace construction demon stration and a waterway con struction will be held at the time Mr. Revell does these things on his farm, according to Neil Dawes, County Agent. SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT ^^^JyTlomalne'Isaunaer'j1" Rt. 5, Atkinson Do as you like about it, but it takes no ration stamps to buy a war bond. May be its about time to issue the orde(r for the marines to carry Sewell Avery back to the offices of Montgomery Ward. , “Poor boy,” gushed the sym pathetic lady, “I see you have lost your leg.” The G. I. acknowl eged her interest in him but replied, “No lady, I didn’t lose it; ^ I gave it.” A municipal court judge over at Sioux City carried a paper route (for his 14-year-old son who was kept at home with the mumps. That father knows how to pal with his son in a way that they are not likely to grow apart. A woman of the worth while kind was bitten by dogs down in Florida and died. Owner of the dogs was held on a manslaughter charge and the court scratches its judicial head as it ponders what to do with the dags. _______ w Causualties mounting to a cool million on land and sea, uncount ed treasure, a secretary of the navy, a president, desolated homes, broken hearted men and women—a part of the price Amer ica has to pay for becoming in volved in the tragedy of nations. Plums, cherries, berries, ap ples—late freezes laid icy hand on the bloom. Potatoes, cab bage, sweet corn, melons and ch cumbers with other bounties of earth are still vouched safe for we mighty Nebraska eaters. And corn bread with a bowl of rich milk isn’t so bad. Lower 15th, maybe over on 16th, down at Lincoln, is to be decorated with a $100,000 gover m nor’s mansion some day. I have * never been in the present one across the corner from the twtnty million dollar capital but from appearance on the outside believe I could make out to camp there for a while. Died in a Jap prison camp. A father and mother down at Central City have just had the word, six months after the fatal fact. The nameless horrors that son suffered will never be dis closed and father and mother will have only the cherished memory of the loved and lost as countless other fathers and mothers will have, conscious that it was for the flag of freedom that the agony of soul is laid upon them. Who now on the part of the U. S. will make good on the agree ment with respect to Poland the late President Roosevelt defined in these words: “Our object was to help create a strong, independ ent and prosperous nation. That's ^ the thing we must always re member, these words, agreed to by Russia, by Britian and by me. L. Welsh, president of a grain and feed association, says surplus grain on the farms is the root and branch of all our economic de pressions. Personally, I think Mr. W. is talking through his hat. Preceding and during the “econ omic depression” of the gay nineties we called it hard times then—crib and granary were as bare as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. Depressions, hard times, just are; but the gent with a full granary doesn’t go hungry. The picture changes. Back through the lights and shadows of memory looms a frontier vil lage. On the street are unpol ished gents and full-skirted , daughters of the prairie, sleepy I saddle horses and the covered 1 wagons of a shifting population. Treeless and naked, sweeping winds and drafting sand—the home our fathers sought. Bug gies, bicycles, automobiles in turn have wrought changes. Modes of travel, the things that cover or partly cover deformed or shapely bodies; trees, flowers, the lawn mower, architetcure— and the picture changes to what is thought to be modern, while the fundamental needs of man kind continue unchanged as the centuries turn the pages of time. me uongressionad Record is neither all dry statistics, flights of oratory or tht wisdom of statesmen. A New York mem ber of the house had this insert ed descriptive of the plight of the “common man”: Tax him, tax him all you can, Tax his house and tax his bed, Tax the bald spot on his head. Tax his bread, tax his meat, Tax his shoes clean off his feet. Tax his pipe and tax his smoke, Teach him government is no joke. Tax his “henry,” tax his gas, Tax the road that he must pass; Tax the (farmer, tax his fowl, Tax the dog and tax his howl. Tax his plow and tax his clothes, Tax the rags that wipe his nose. Tax his pig and tax his squeal, Tax his boots run down at heel. Tax his cow and tax his calf, Tax him if he dares to laugh; Tax his barns and tax his lands, Tax the blisters on his hands. Tax the water, tax the air, Tax the sunlight if you dare. Tax the living, tax the dead, Tax the unborn ‘fore they are fed. Tax them all and tax them well And do your best to make life h—11. Louis Reimers. Jr. Receives Promotion Headquarters 66th Infantry Division—Louis W. Reimer, Jr., son of Judge and Mrs. Louis W. Reimer, O’Neill, Nebr., fighting in the St. Nazarie-Lorient pockets in France, was today promoted to staff sergeant. The 66th Black Panther Divis ion is one of the Allied units fighting 60/000 Germans on France’s Atlantic wall. BRIEFLY STATED Mrs. Floyd Reinhardt and children returned to Omaha Sun day evening after spending a week here visiting relatives and friends. Miss Jean Gludson, of Omaha, came up last Saturday to spend j a week here visiting at the home j of her grandmother, Mrs. Augusta 1 McPharlin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harnish of Norfolk, arrived last Sunday to j spend several days here visiting at the home of his mother, Mrs, Jane Harnish. Mrs. Melcina Brown and daugh ter, Kathy, returned last Friday •from Grand Island, where they had spent several days visiting relatives and friends. Musician 2-c Donald E. Bowen, U. S. N., arrived last Thursday to spend several days here visit ing at the home otf his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bowen. Mrs. Frank Clark and son, Lt. Clark returned to their home at Buffalo, N. D., last Thursday, after spending several days here visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reikof ski and family and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Sucksdorf and /family, all of Foster, Nebr., spent Sunday here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ristow. Mrs. Jean Griffith Jones, of San Antonio, Texas, arrived last Friday for a couple of weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. F. H. Grif fith and other relatives and friends here. William Gallagher left Monday morning for Omaha where he en listed in the United States Navy and took his oath as apprentice seaman. He returned home Wed nesday morning to await his call. Mrs. Bernard Matthews, of Omaha, arrived last Saturday evening to attend the St. Mary’s Alumnae banquet and also the graduation exercises of St. Mary’s her nephew, Gene Streeter being | one of the graduates. Mrs. Vincent Mullen and daughter, Jeannie, returned to their home in Stuart last Sunday, after spendig several weeks here visiting at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. James Mullen. Miss Mary Hickey, Cadet at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sioux City, came up last Friday and I spent the week-end here visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Hickey. $ _________ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rotherham j returned last Friday to their home at Springfield, Illinois, after spending the past week here visiting at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rother ham. Lt. Richard Biglin, of the U. S. Marine Corps, and James Biglin, of Hastings, arrived last Thursday to spend a few days here visiting their uncles and aunts and cous ins, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biglin, re turning to their home in Hastings Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Chapman, of Fair mont, Minn., arrived Wednesday to spend several days here at the home df her mother, Mrs. Augusta MdPharlin and attend the graduating exercises of St. Mary’s Academy, her daughter, Miss Phyllis being a member of the graduating class. Yes, they are some of our un sung heroes, our City Firemen. Saturday morning the fire siren had hardly stopped blowing when the fire chief’s car reached the Richard Minton home, where a shed was blazing. Very closely behind him came the fire truck • The fire had made considerable headway, however, and we un derstand about 80 baby chicks in the shed burned to death and the shed, or barn, was badly gutted. Fire originated from a brooder in the shed. Our hats are off to you boys for your efficiency, promptness and loyal cooperation. Library Will Be Catalogued Miss Elizabeth Latta has been engaged by the Gffcttan Township Library Board to superintendent the installation of a new cata logue and index system in the local library. Miss Latta is an experienced librarian who is at present employed by the Omaha Public Library. She has been granted a thirty day leave from her duties at the Omaha Library to introduce the widely used sys tem in the Grattan Township Library. The merits o(f the new system are many. All references con cerning any subject will be found in the catalougue, showing names of books dealing with the subject desired. The library patron will immediately be able to find every book in the library which con tains information regarding the subject in which he is interested. At the present time the patron, unless he has the names of the books on a given subject, must search the library for books con taining information he desires. As state! above, the new system is used in all larger libraries. Miss Mary McLaughlin and Miss Bernadette Brennan will assist in the work which will commence about June 11th, and continue for the following thirty days. All patrons of the library who have books in their possess ion at present are requested to return them to the library before June 9th. The library will be closed for thirty days following June 11th. Service Buttons The emblem that nobody knows as it is called is a litle gold but ton which signifies that the wear er of one of these man or woman, served his nation in the hour of its need. Many of the wearers of the emblem had given up homes, good jobs, family and some have been injured giving everything they had—for the best country in the world—America. Yes, every man or woman who is seen with this emblem have been given an honorable discharge from the army service. Every man or woman that wears this emblem should be entitled to our rsepect and admiration. The Publisher’s Auxiliary pub lished at Chicago, Illinois, is put ting on a publicity campaign ask ing every newspaper in the United States to print a picture of the emblem to make it well known to all the people in Amer ica. This paper is proud that they can help in a small way to make this wish come true. In a few weeks wq will print the ever growing list of men and women of Holt county who have been honorably discharged Ifrom the United States armed service. A great war correspondent and a great American died on a small island in the South Pacific on April 18, 1945. He wrote many thrilling and sad stories about the common man in uniform; the soldiers, sailors, marines and the1 men of all the other branches of our service. The men loved him j and his many countless friends will remember him for years to come. No history of World War II will be complete without a tribute being paid to this daunt less champion of thee common fighting man. From London comes word that Pvt. Karl Detzer Jr., and G. I. soldiers proposed in a letter to the Army newspaper the Stars and Stripes that the medal of honor be awarded post humously to him. It would be a great honor for a great news paper man, war correspondent and Arerican—Ernie Pyle. I Popular Young Couple Married MILES-BOSN St. Patrick’s Church in O’Neill was the setting for the wedding c<n Monday morning. May 21, 1945, at 9:00 o’clock of Miss Lan one Miles and Raymond Bosn. The bride is the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Miles, of O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bosn, of this city, are the parents of the bridegroom. Sister M. Flores was at the organ for the March Triumpant and the dhoir who sang Ave Maria, Gloria Patra, Panis Angel icus, at the single ring eeermony, which was performed by Mnsgr. J. G. McNamara. The brides gown was a white satin and chiffon, fashioned with a fitted bodice sweetheart neck line, long pointed sleeves and a long train. Her fingertip veil, edged with lace, fell from a high beeded tiara. She carried an arm boquet of red roses, a rosary which was a gift (frm the groom and a white prayer book, a gift from Msgr. McNamara. Miss Mary Miles, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. She wore a long pink dress of net with matching headdress and carried a boquet of pink and red carna tions. nJHI George Bosn, brother of the groom was best man. The bride is a graduate of S. M. A., class of 1938 and also atr tended Duchesne College in Omaha. She was employed at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Grand Islond, and lately with the Holt County Independent. The grom is a graduate o(f the Assumption High School at Dwight, Nebr., with the class of 1937, and attended St. Procopius College in Chicago, 111. He is employed at the Midwest Motor company, of O’Neill, as parts manager and has held this position for the past two and and one half years. A reception was held at the Miles residence. The tea table which was covered with a lace table cloth which was a gift to the bride’s mother on her recent 25th wedding anniversary, was centered with a three tiered wed ding cake and two crystal cand leabra with tall white taptrs. Mrs Clara B. Miles, grandmother of the bride, presided at the tea table. Miss Dorothy Bosn, sister df the groom, had charge of the guest book. A 1:00 o’clock breakfast was served to the wedding party, mem bers of the families Mnsgr. Mc Namara and Father Daniel Brick at the M and M cafe. After the breakfast the young couple departed for a two weeks wedding trip. The bride wore cerise colored tailored suit with black accessories. Out of town guests were, Miss Dorothy Bosn of Omaha, sister of the groom; Miss Esther Troudt of Grand Island, and Mrs. Dale Junker, nee Miss Virginia Nol lette of Valentine, Nebr. Anoother Holt ^County Boy Wins Honors With Sixth Infantry Division on Luzon—Staff Sergeant Win. H. Derickson, Jr., husband of Mrs. Elvyn L. Derickson, of Star, Nebr., has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the com manding general of the Sixth Infantry Division for heroism in action against the Japanese in the Cabaruan Hills, Luzon, P. I., on January 27. Although suffering from two head wounds Derickson led his squad in knocking out a Jap machine gun and killing two snipers, refusing to leave his men until his commanding officer gave him a direct order to return to the aid statiin (for medical treat ment. Derickson is a squad leader in a front line rifle company of the First Infantry Regiment which gained fame when it played a major part in clearing the Japs from Bataan Peninsula. Dr. Fisher, Dentist. 24tf Pioneer of Holt Co., Buried at Pa^e JOHN G. KENNEDY John G. Kennedy eldest child of James R. and Amanda Royee Kennedy, was born near Belle Plaine, Iowa, on August 16, 1861 Not long after his birth his father left to serve as a lieutenant in the Union Army. Following his father’s dis charge from the army the family joined the westward movement seeking a new home in what was then the territory of Nebraska. The family crossed the Missouri rived on a ferry, on thejr young son John’s third birthday. They settled on the Platte river valley twenty-five miles of what was then Fort Omaha. As a very young boy, John G. i Kennedy watched the buildilng of the UnionPacific, the first trans continental railroad, that passed through the meadow near his home. On these same grounds Indians often camped in the win ter. The friendly Indians fre quently entered the Kennedy home seeking food or warmth from the kitchen fireplace. Later the family moved to Pa pillion, where John, now a young man, found work in a frontier j combination store and post office. On June 2, 1881, he came to Inman by train to visit his par ents who had homesteaded north east of the present town of Page. He intended to stay two weeks but was prevailed upon by his pioneer father to file on the pres ent Kennedy homestead. This he did as soon as he reached the required age of twenty-one. He hauled the lumber from O’Neill to build his one room house on the treeless prairie. On his land, broken by a team of white oxen he planted cottonwood and wil low seedlings from the Elkhorn , river. To this homestead he brought • his bride, Lida Gartner Kennedy, September 27, 1887. Here they lived for nearly fifty years. Mrs. Kennedy passed away June 11, 1934. Here were born six daugh ters and three sons, all of whom grew to maturity on the family homestead. Of these, three child ren, Florence John Ross and Louisa preceded their parents in death. Throughout his long life Mr. Kennedy took an active part in the affairs of the community and especially the church. He helped build the Maxfield church, the first church in the community He served for many years as a Sunday school superintendent and on various other positions in the church. He always lived the life of a true Christian both in his home and community. Daily reading of the Bible was a life long habit that followed to the very last. He served for years on the district school board. He carried the petition for the first rural mail route out of Page when- the Rural Free Delivery was new. Although never seek ing office, he was always a well informed citizen on state and national issues of his country. He is survived by six children Mrs. Grace Rasmussen of Blair; Mrs. Gladys Demming, of Fort Calhoun; Harley G. Kennedy, of \Page; Mrs. Genevieve Mumford, of Beatrice; J. M. Kennedy, of Ainsworth; and Mrs. Elyda Allaly of Tekamah. There are eighteen grandchildren and five great children. Of his sceven brothers and sisters their remain Mrs. Es tella Tracy, of Max, the Misses pSmma atnd Amy Kennedy, of Lincoln, and a brother, J. Royce Kennedy, of San Diego, Cal. Funeral services for Mr. Ken nedy was held at the Methodist church in Page Sunday afternoon. May 20, with Rev. Kattner in charge. Music was furnished by a quartette comprised of Mrs. Harold Heiss, Mrs. Feodor Katt ner, Raymond Heiss and Edgar Stauffer with Mrs. Harry Snyder as pianist. Pallbearers were, George French, George Rost, R. D. Copes, Walter Snyder Leonard Heiss and J. I. Gray. Relatives from a distance who atended the services were, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kennedy and family, of Ainsworth; Mr. and Mrs Lewis Rasmussen, of Blair; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Demming, of Ft. Calhoun; Mrs. Genevieve Mum ford, of Ft. Calhoun and Mrs. Amy Kennedy, of Lincoln. Upon life’s cruise, He had no fear, Through weather good or bad. For Christ was pilot of his ship, He trusted Him, My Dad. When death came to take him home He answered, “I am glad, For Ive been ready a long, long time." And that was like my Dad. We know he’s happy over there, So why should we be sad. There’s rest at the end of the road And peace, and Heaven and Dad. —Written by his son, Harley Kennedy. O’Neill Young Lady To Graduate From Rosary College Next Week Veronica Coyne, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne, will i receive her barchelor of arts de 1 gree from Rosary College River Forest, Illinois, in commencement exercises to be held on May 31. His Excellency the Most Rever end Samuel A. Stritch, Arch bishop of Chicago, officiating at the ceremony, will confer degrees [ on ninety seniors. Miss Coyne chose home econ omics as her major field, but during her college career was \ very active in the music depart ment, participating in the Glee club and the choir. A distinctive part of the grad uation exercises is the traditional candle and rose ceremony held the night before commencement, i Each junior presents a red rose to a senior from whom she in return receives a lighted candle, the symbolism of this being the vir tues o!f charity and truth which appear on the college coat of arms. On the Sunday preceding grad uation, after a solemn high Mass celebrated by the Reverend Fred erick E. Klueg, college Chaplain, the baccalaureate address will be delivered by the Very Reverend Mgr. Howard J. Carroll, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in Washing ton, D. C. I HOLT COUNTY BOY NOW IN PHILIPPINE AREA With the 32d In, antry Division in Pangasinan Province, Luzon, P. I.—Private Albert Garhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Garhart, O’Neill, Nebr., has arrived in Luzon in the Philippines and has been assigned to the veteran 32d (Red Arrow) Infantry Division. Private Garhart will serve with the Division’s qrack 128 th In fantry Regiment. The Division which for three long years has fought its way up the “road back.” from Australia to the Philippines, is. currently fighting amid the precipitius mile-high peaks of Northern Luzon’s Caraballo Mountains. Entering the army in July 1944, Pvt. Garhart completed basic training at Camp Walters, Texas, and left the U. S. for overseas duty in February 1945. Marriage Licenses Water Stracke, 23, of Stuart, ans Miss Wava Maritz, of Bassett, 17, on May 21. Raymond A. Bosn, 26, and Miss Lanone Miles, 24, both of O’Neill, on May 19. Dee Grass, 24, and Miss Fern Robinson, 23, both of Page on May .19. Miss Lucille Reagle ofValen tine, arrived Sunday to spend several days here visiting friends.