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LXV1 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1915 _ ( NO. 4
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Another O’Neill Man Makes
Supreme Sacrifice For Country
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harty re
ceived a telegram from the War
Department last Monday morning
giving them the sad news that
their son, First Lieutenant Mich
ael Eugene Hart” was killed in
action on L izon on May 20, 1945.
Lt. Harty had been in tire
armed forces for over four years,
being sworn into the service on
on February 18, 1941. He was in
the Irtfantry and attended offi-,
■ cers training school and in Oct
s ober, 1942, at Columbus, Georgia,
he received his commission. He
was stationed at Fort Lewis,
Washington, and from there was
sent overseas to the Pacific area,
about twenty-two months ago.
He participated in several of the
battles for control of the Pacific
Islands and was also in the sue-j
cessful battle for Manila. He
was evidently still battling in the t
Philippines for the message stat
ed that he met his death on
Luzon.
Michael Harty was born in this
city on June 28, 1917, and would
have been 28 years of age on
June 28. He grew to manhood in
this city,, attended school and was
graduate^ from St. Mary’s Acad
emy with the class of 1935. After
graduation he entered the laun
dry and dry cleaning establish
ment of his father, W. H. Harty
where he was employed until he
entered the army in 1941.
Lt. Harty is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Harty, two brothers, Cpl. James
Harty, in the engineers and now
supposed to be on his way to the
Pacilc Islands, and Pfc. Jack
Harty, of Little Rock, Arkansas,
who arrived home last evening
for a short furlough with the
home folks, Miss Mary
Harty, Chicago, Illinois, and Miss
Helen, at home. He is also sur
vived by several uncles, aunts
and cousins.
Lt. Harty was an outstanding
young man and had a host of
friends in this city and surround
ing country, who will sincerely
mourn his passing; he gave his
lifd for his country, that others of
the rising generation and the gen
erations to come will be able to
enjoy ihe liberties that these of
uTtoday do injoy.
The Frohtier joins the many
friends f the family in tendering
sincere consolation to them in
their hour of sorrow.
SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
^™T^?oma!neSaunders^^
Rt. 5, Atkinson
He that dwelleth in the secret
place of The Most High shaL
abide under the shadow of The
Almighty. Ps. 91:1.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Saunders and
their two boys of Grand Island,
f visited their father on prairieland
and Mrs. H. E. Eno of Lincoln,
last week.
A nation of efficient manufact
urers but they don’t know how
to make a cake. Big bakery
companies should call in the wo
men who will show them how to
do it.
Tom Baktr, manager of the
Riley ranch, the oldest Shorthorn
breeders in Holt county, feels he
is in important company. The
Breeders’ Gazette has written to
tell him that President Truman
was a Shorthorn breeder down in
Missouri. This sets better with
the country folks than the stor
ies that Mr. Truman was once a
probate judge and later had
shady connections with the Pend
ergast ring in Kansas City. If
you are interested in purebread
cattle you are not likely to tie up
with off breed politicians, Tom
thinks.
When life’s flickering torch
went out and the vice-president
became the chief-executive, cour
tesy, a decent respect for the dead
called for a statement of policy
following the groove already
made. Mr. Truman did that in
language involving certain hints.
The hints are being disclosed.
First a cabinent shi(?t. Now the
vJiorrible Mr. Hoover responded to
Km invitation to the White House
and spent nearly one hour in con
sultation with the president.
Much of the bitterness brewed
out of a grave national crisis and
fosterted by a vindictive admin
istration has melted away. Mr.
Hoover will stand out more and
more as a great and able Ameri
can. That the new administra
tion recognizes this, supplemented
by invitations to both Mr. Dewey
and Mr. Landon to visit the
White House, shows Mr. Truman
himself to be of large proportions.
Most every combination of
stuff to sell is shown in stores,
maybe yet the fatuous bull in the
China shop. When I saw up at
Atkinson the other day a hard
ware store window given over to
the display of sweaters and other
knitted articles I wondered what
the hardware business had come
to. Stepping inside for enlighten
ment it wa<l explained that the
products of ^he lower grades of
large window; display was orf the
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County Clerk Zink
Resigned Last Weew
Fred O. Zink, who has been
county clerk since shortly after
the first o(f the year, has tender
ed his resignation, which has
been accepted by the county
board and now he is out of office.
Mr. Zink regretted to retire
from the position, but he has
been suffering from failing eye
sight Ifor the past three months
and his physician told him he
would have to get out of the ffice
to protect his eyes, so he resigned.
Fred was a good officer and those
having business with the county
clerk’s office regret to see him
leave the position, but everyone
wishes him the best of everything
and hopes that his eyesight will
be restored shortly.
the Atkinson schools. The child
ren! have been, learning something
of practical value in the school
room the past school year. The
sweaters seem to compare favor
ably with anything the factories
offer and have an additional charm
of cilor, wrought into things of
value by childish hands. The
supply is to be turned over to the
I Red Cross and will bring comfort
to some of earth’s needy. There
are teachers in the Atkinson
grades who are heading young
sters on the right educational
road.
“Why should ye be stricken any
more? Ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick and
the whole heart is faint. From the
sole of the foot even unto the
head there is no soundness in it,
but the wounds and bruises and
■putrefying sores: they have not
'been, closed, neither bound up,
neither mollified with oint
ment.” Thus Isaiah opens his
flaming message. War, famine,
prison camps, nameless horrors
—the world has been, stricken
wounded, bruished and left bleed
ing. And strivings now to suck
the venom of hatred tfrom this
-great wounc^ and apply the molli
fying ointment. “Ye will revolt
more and more.” A world in re
volt. Revolt from what? Go out
on a star-lit night, search the hea
vens for the celestial constalla
tions and through the open space
of Orion spiritual vision may dis
cern the answer. Is stricken
mankind sunk in despair? This
same Isaiah was given another
message, an invitation, [for those
in revolt. “Come now and let us
reason together.” What, do we
have a chance to talk it over,
make emends and get started on
the right ''track? “Though your
sins be as scarlet they shall be
white as snow. ... If ye be
willing and obediant." And
there it is, the cause, the cure.
Adjourn the world courts, dismiss
the grand assemblies.
Pioneer of Northeast
Holt Passes Away
Funeral Services for Mrs.
Christine Sorenson were conduct
ed from the Biglin funeral par
lors at O’Neill Wednesday after
noon by Rev. Earl Wingberg of
Brunswick. Interment was made
in the Mineola cemetery.
Pall bearers were four grand
sons, Charles, William, and John
Sorenson and Robert Nissen and
two nephews, Nels and Albert
Linquist,
Mrs. Christine Sorenson passed
away at the Wayne Hospital,
Wayne, Nebraska, on June 4, 1945
at the age of 80 years, 4 months
and 4 days. Christine Sorenson
was born Jnuary 30, 1865 in
Denmark. She was united in
marriage t oAnton Sorenson in
1885. Two years later they came
to America and settled at Os
mond, Nebraska. To this union
six children were born Chris and
Sorenson Sorenson of Page;
Marie Storm, of Liscomb, Iowa,
and John Sorenson of Cocolalla,
Idaho. One daughter, Anna pre
ceded her in death at the age of
thirteen.
They moved from Osmond to a
farm twelve miles north of Page
where they resided until her hus
band’s death on March 21, 1918.
Besides her children and grand
children she leaves one sister,
Mrs. Anna Linquist of O’Neill
and a number of other relatives
and a host of friends.
Relatives from a distance who
attended the service were; Mrs.
Marie Storm and daughter, Mar
ian of Marshaltown, Iowa; Mrs.
Earl Black and sons of Liscomb,
IoWa, and William Sorenson of
of Omaha, Nebraska.
Six Month Old Baby
Dies Of Pneumonia
Eugene LeRoy Lawrence, the
six months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene LeRoy Lawrence died at
,his home in this city Wednesday
morning at 11:30 a m., after an ill
ness of five days of pneumonia.
The funeral was held this
morning at 10 o’clock from St.
Patrick’s Church and burial in
Calvary cemetery.
The Following Will Be
Inducted This Month
List of registrants leaving for
induction during the month of
June:
O'Neill
Claude G. Callen
John E. Schultz
Kenneth G. VanEvery
Atkinson
Robert E. LeMunyan
Donald H. Focken
George J. Schaaf
John E. Troshynski
Calvin H. Henderson
James L. Berigan, Jr.
Amelia
Harlan A. Dierking
Star
Raymond J. Noble
Stuart
Michael P. Schaaf
Raymond A. Estes
Louis H. Shald
Page
Richard A. Trowbridge
Innman
Wallace D. Hopkins
NOTICE
Members of the Commercial
Club, other business and pro
fessional men, and their wives,
who wish to attend the banquet
of the Nebraska Stock Growers
Association to be held on Friday
evening, June 15, should register.
Registration will be on Thursday,
June 14th from 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.,
at the Golden Hotel. Banquet
and dance tickets will be sold to
those who register at the time of
registration. 'Tickets will be
sold on a first come first served
basis. Those who register are
welcome to attend any of the
sessions o,f the meeting. The
Stock Growers extend a cordial
invitation to the business ;«nd
professional men of O’Neill to
take part in the meetings.
Board of Equilizalion
The Holt County Board of
Supervisors will meet as a Board
of Equilization on June 12, 13, &
14, for the purpose of htaring com
plaints and equilizing the assess
ment of property for the year of
1945. The law provides that this
Board must be in session for at
least three days and for not more
than twenty days.
Lt. Neil Brennan Given
Awards For Heroism
Lt. Neil Brennan was recently
awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross and the Silver Star in
Germany. The citation for the
Distinguished Service Cross reads
as follows:
To First Lieutenant Neil F.
Brennan, .01019146, Infantry,
Company B, 735th Tank Battal
ion, United States Army. For
extraordinary heroism in con
nection with military operations
against an armed enemy in Ger
many. On 12 January 1945, Lieu
tenant Brennan commanded a
platoon of the 735th Tank Battal
ion during action to reduce a
pocket of resistance near Wiltz,
Germany. In the course of the
attack, infantry elements the
tank platoon supported became
leaderless, and the tanks were
halted by a concentration of
mines. Without hesitation, Lieu
tenant Brennan dismounted from
his tank, organized the infantry
and fearlessly led an assault
against the German positions, in
spiring the men by his heroic
leadership. Boldly in the lead,
armed with a sub-machine gun,
he charged the enemy in their
foxholes and singlehandedly des
stroyed a machine gun nest.
Under Lieutenant’ Brennan’s de
termined leadership the objective
was attained. The fearless cour
age he displayed and his devotion
to duty exemplify the highest
traditions of the military service.
Neil Brennan is the son of Mrs. F.
M. Brenan, and the late Colonel
Francis Brennan. He has mailed
both medals to his mother here.
These Boys Will Be
Examined This Month
List of registrants leaving for
preinduction during the month
of June.
O'Neill '
Fraser T. Haglen
Bernard L. Madison
William A. Strong
William E. Lieske
Claude Neal
John J. Murray
Donald W. Coleman
Francis L. Hershiser
Francis E. McDermott
Leon L. Uhl
Lionel R. Babl
Horace C. Sholes
James F. Earley
Stuart
Paul H. Kunz
Alfred M. Hamik
Atkinson
William L. Weller
Donald R. Wondercheck
Willard E. Fowler
John E. McDonald
Joseph G. Laible
Charles F. Weichman
Floyd Spence
Paul L. Kubitchek
Robert K. Kissinger
Chester Frisch
Robert R. Pease
Daryl D. Johnson
Ewing
Joseph G. Funk
Donald D. Funk
Dustin
Oscar R. Wondercheck
Chambers
Zane M. Rowse
Grand Daughter Of
Thomas Donlin Married
Omaha World-Herald. Several
guests who arrived for the wed
ding Saturday of Miss Mary
Catherine Regan to Francis
Regan, attended a buffet dinner
Friday-evening given by Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Regan for their
daughter and her (fiance. Among
the visitors are Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Green and Thomas Don
lin grandfather of Miss Regan,,
who resides in O’Neill, Nebr., and
Mrs. Arlo Kirk and her daughter,
Miss Patricia Kirk of Spencer.
John Kee, living near Emmet,
was a pleasant caller at this ocieo
the first of the week, extending
his subscription to The Frontier.
Miss WiniYed Coyne left Wed
nesday morning for her home at
Denver, Colorado, after spending
several weeks here visiting at the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Coyne. Miss Martha Jan
ousek accompanied her to Den
ver and will visit there and at
Ogallala, Nebr., before returning
home.
Another Pioneer Passes
Passes Away In City
Mrs. Eliza Wilcox passed away
at her home in this city last Mon
day morning at 5:15 a.m., after an
I illness of about three weeks, of
cerebral thrombosis, at the age of
74 years and nine months. The
funeral was held Wednesday
j morning at 10 o’clock from St.
I Patricks Church, Rev Daniel
Brick officiating and burial in
| Calvary cemetery.
Eiza Townsend was a native
of England and came to the
United States in 1873, the family
' locating at Fullerton, Nebr., The
family resided there for a number
[ of years and on August 26, 1895,
she was united in marriage to
Absolem Wilcox, the ceremony
being performed at Central City,
Nebr., and she had been a resi
dent of this city and county ever
since, having come here with her
husband right after their mar
riage.
To this union was born one
daughter, Mrs. Helen Mullen of
thi9 city, who is left to mourn the
passing of a kind and affectionate
mother. Mr. Wilcox passed
away in 1909. She is also surviv
ed by four sisters and two
brohters. One of her brothers,
William Townsend, of Norfolk,
was present at the funeral, as was
also one off! her sisters, Mrs. Jesse
Shepherd of San Barnadino, Cal.
Other relatives from out of the
city who were present at the fun
eral services, were: Dr. and Mrs.
George Stevens, Sioux Falls, S.
D., Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Morton,
Mrs. E. A. Morton, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Morton, Bassett; Mrs. P.
D. Mullen, Nebraska City; Miss
Bea McGinnis, Omaha.
Mrs. Wilcox was a charming
lady and had a host of friends in
this city, where she had made her
home for so many years, and they
will miss her cheerful and pleas
ing companionship and words of
comfort and cheer.
O’Neill Boy Making
Good In Casablanca
ATC Air Base, Casablanca—
Pfc. Anthony E. Rohde, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Rohde of
Spencer, Nebr., is taking part in
the air movement of a war half
way around the world.
Pfc. Rohde is stationed1 at Casa
blanca Air Base, the Hub of the
North African Division through
which flow the fighting forces of
Europe enroute to the United
States and the Pacific. This has
been termed by General Marshall
as the “greatest logistic move of
the war.”
His division, one of the largest
in the Air Transport Command,
utilizes more transport aircraft
than all United States airlines
combined before the war in this
largest air movement in history.
His base is commanded by Colon
el Alexis B. McMullen.
A graduate of St, Mary's Acad
j emy in O’Neill, Nebr., Rohde was
; employed by Lockheed Aircraft
'Corp., in Burbank, Cal., prior to
his entrance into the armed
forces. His wife, Mrs. Theresa
Nightingale Rohde, maintains
their home qt 321 W. Harvard St.,
j Glendale, California.
Marriage Licenses
Fred Grage, 57, of Chambers,
and Ellen Regan, 50, of Inman,
^ on the 31 of May.
George Meals, one of our larg
i est cattlemen and farmers, who
lives southeast of Atkinson, was
in the city Monday and made this
office a pleasant call, extending
his subscription to this dissemin
ator of current events.
Miss Donna Gallagher arrived
last Thursday from Chicago,
where she had been attending
Rosary College, to spend the sum
mer here visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Gallagher.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wilson and
family moved into their new
home, the former R. R. Dickson
residence.
A group of friends dropped in
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wells of this city Sunday after
noon. The occasion was a sur
prise party for her birthday.
Bridge was played, which was
,fol towed by a delicious lunch.
Considerble Damag Caused By
Heavy Wind Last Thursday
Destructive winds last Thurs
day evening struck through
O’Neill and vicinity leaving
many trees uprooted, window
panes broken, telegraph poles
blown over and many small J
small buildings were blown over.
Although it lasted but seven
minutes the wind storm was es
timated to have caused between
flour and five thousand dollars
damage. Hundreds of small and
large trees in O^Neill and
surrounding territory were up
rooted, and some window panes
in the down town area were
broken out. The high wind also
struck the roof of St. Mary’s Ac
ademy and the loss there is esti
mated at close to five hundred
dollars. During the height of the
storm the fire department was
called when some power lines in
the alley behind the Peterson’*
Bowling Alley started to burn,
but no damage was done.
The wind also struck severely
at Inman and Brunswick al
though O’Neill was reported to
have had the worst of the storm.'
A large barn on the D. D. Hunt
residence north of O’Neill was
destroyed, and the roof was
blown an estimated 50 feet away.
Many other small barns and
buildings were reported to have
been blown away or completely
destroyed. The Northwestern
railroad officials estimated that
they had between forty and ftfty
large telegraph poles blown down
between Inman and O’Neill. An
eighth of an inch of rain accomp
anied the storm and it was the
worst storm seen here in several
years.
O’Neill Residents
Please Take Notice
The housing committee for the
Annual Business Meeting of the
Stock Growers Association June
14, 15, 16 are making an urgent
appeal to the people of O’Neill to
house the many people who will
be here on those days. As near
as can be ascertained there will
be around 500 here for this meet
ing. The hotels and tiurest
camps will be able to accomodate
about 100. This leaves 400 that
must be housed. If you have an
available room in your home
please contact or call Golden
hotel. The guests, will of course,
,be willing to pay for their rooms.
Program Stock
[Growers Meeting
1945 PROGRAM
Fifty-Sixth Annual Business
Meeting
of
The Nebraska Stock Growers
Associatior,
THURSDAY. JUNE 14
Afternoon Session (Royal Theatre)
1:00 — Band Concert, O’Neill
High School Band.
2:00—Call to Order, President
Irwin Adamson.
2:00—Invocation, Rev. Kenneth
J. Scott, Pastor, First Presbyter
ian Church, O’Neill.
2:15—Address of Welcome,
John Kersenbrock, Mayor, O’Neill.
2:30—Response, Honorable Sam
R. McKelvie, Valentine, Nebr.
2:45—Report of Secretary
Treasurer, W. A. Johnson,
Alliance.
3:00—President’s Annual Ad
dress, Irwin Adamson, Cody,
Nebraska.
3:30—“Problems of the Live
stock Industry”—A. D. Brown
field, Deming, New Mexico, Pres
ident American National Live
stock Association.
4:00—General Announcements.
Evening Session
6:00—Stag Buiffet Supper.
Guests of the O’Neill, Commercial
Club at the Country Club.
Theatre Tickets for the fadies.
Guests oif the O’Neill Commercial
Club.
8:00—Special Meeting of the
Sandhills Feeder Cattle Pro
ducers. Sam R. McKelvie, Pres
ident—Golden Hotel.
10:00-—Public Dance at Dance
lnnri
FRIDAY, JUNE 15ih
Morning Session (Royal Theatre)
9:30—Call to Order—President
Irwin Adamson.
9:30—"Looking Ahead”, Harry
B. Coffee President Omaha Un
ion Stock Yards, Omaha.
10:00—“Meat Problems in the
Present and Post-War Period"—
R. C. Pollock, Secretary-General
Manager National Livestock and
Meat Board, Chicago.
10:30—“Advertising and other
Progress of the American Meat
stitute”—Wesley G. Harden
berg, President, American Meat
Institute, Chicago.
11:00—"Future Road and High
way Development in Nebraska”
—Wardner Scott, State Highway
Engineer, Lincoln.
11:30—Luncheon Recess.
Afternoon Session (RoyalTheatcr)
12:45—Ladies Luncheon, Gold
en Hotel. Guests of the Nebraska
Stock Growers’ Wives, O’Neill.
1:30—Call to Order, Vice-Pres
ident C. J. Abbott.
1:30—“Future of the Packing
Industry,,—Edward Wilson, Pres
ident Wilson & Co., Chicago.
2.00—“Activities of the Ways
and Means Committte of the U. S.
' Congress”—Carl T. Curtis, Mem
( ber of Congress, Washington, D. C.
2:30—“The Joint Livestock
Committee and Its Program”—P
O. Wilson, Secretary, Joint Live
I stock Cimmittee, Chicago.
Another Holt County
In The Air Forces
Palm Springs, Calif.—Flight
Officer Lloyd R. Vequist has
graduated from an intensive
course in transition flying for the
Air Transport Command, at a
school conducted by the 5th Oper
ational Training Unit, Ferrying
Division of the ATC, Palm
Springs Army Air Base, Califor
nia, according to Lt. Col. Robert
J. Goevrey, Cmmanding Officer.
Flight Officer Vequist was se
lected from his previous station
to take this course and in addition
to undergo throrough study in ad
vanced instrument flying in order
to equip the dfficer pilot for the
long hours of flight over the great
distances.
Pilots graduating from this
school will play an important part
in the missions of the Ferrying
Division of the Air Transport
Command in the transportation of
personnel, material, to the far
flung battle fronts of the Pacific
war against Japan. They may
also fly the wounded back from
these areas to hospitals here in
the United States.
Phillip Yarnall Now
An Aviation Student
Aviation Student Phillip L.
Yarnall, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Yarnall, 1110 California Avenue,
Lynwood, California, today be
came a Second Lieutenant in the
Army Air Forces after complet
ing bombardier training at the
Carlsbad (New Mexico) Army
Air Field.
Second Lieutenant Yarnall is
now one of the most highly
trained men in the Army Air
Forces. At Carlsbad he received
instruction in dead reckoning
navigation as well as the standard
bombardiering course.
As an officer in the Army Air
Forces ready for active duty, his
destination is not disclosed.
His wife is the former Delores
M. Claussen, O’Neill, Nebraska.
Miss Bonnie Reimers spent the
week-end at her home in Inman.
3:00—‘‘A Forward Look”—Don
Cunningham, Secretary, Sioux
City Live Stock Exchange, Sioux
City.
4:00—Demonstration, Wilson &
Co. Six-Horse Hitch.
Evening Session
(High School Auditorium)
6:00—Annual Banquet. Toast
master, Irwin Adamson, Cody.
Nebraska.
Invocation—Rev. Daw-on Park.
Introduction of Guests.
Address—Governor Dwighi
Griswold.
Address—Honorable Kenneth
Wherry, U. S. Senator from Nebr
aska, Washington, D. C. (If duties
in Washington will permit).
Remarks—Th is. Wilson, Wilson
and Co., Chicago.
9:00—Dance (admittance by
ticket only) at Danceland. Duffy
Belohrad’s 11-piece Band.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
Morning Session (Royal Theatre)
9:30—Call to Order—President.
Irwin Adamson.
9:30—"The National Nutrition -*
Program”—Dr. A. L. Miller, Mem
ber of Congress, Washington, D.
C.
10:00—Report of Committees.
Election of Officers.
Meeting off Districts.
Selection of 1946 Convention
City.
Meeting of Executive CounciL