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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.
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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.
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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.