The Frontier
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER^l.,1945 NO. 21
LX VI
BEVFH FOLLOWS ACCIDENT
TO AN O’NEILL FARM YOUTH
Lyle, the 17-year-old son of
Mrs. Lcatha Morrow, died last
Saturday in Omaha from acci
dental gunshot wounds sustained
at his home just north of O’Neill
the day previous. The young
man had started in an old car for
a potatoc field to dig potatoes
taking a shot gun with him.
The gun fell through an opening
in the floor boards and was dis
charged) a portion of the load
striking him in the head and face,
tearing away flesh, pcnteit tin;
eyes and apparently touching the
brain. Young Carl Adamson, a
neighbor boy and friend of Lyle,
heard the shot and left his work
discing a nearby field and ran to
the scene when he saw Lyle had
stopped his car. He found his
young friend seriously injured
though conscious and able to tell
what had happened.
Dr. Brown, of O’Neill, had the
boy taken to Omaha as an only
chance of saving his life. And
there the injuries proved fatal.
The body was brought to O’Neill
where the funeral was held Tues
day at 2 p. m., at the Presbyterian
SMALL DOSES
PA ST AND PRESENT
By Romaine Saunders
The best pisture of Abe Lincoln
is to be found on the five-dollar
bill, a Federal Reserve Note.
The bachelor has a distinct ad
vantage over the well organized
household; he may have fried
onions at will.
Plenty to eat, plenty to drink.
Is that the epitome of your phil
osophy of life? It may also be
come yoi* epitaph.
Hats off to the past, coats off
to the future, suggests some gent
for the Yankee Motto. How
about a bare arm for the present?
The old timer who started life
on a “salary” of 50 cents a d y
and has anchored his stormtosscd
bark in the harbor of security
and affluence may feel he was
on the stage a half century too
soon in this ten-dollar-a-day age.
—
It’s a long time since Holt
county voted bonds for any pur
pose and now that such means of
keeping the industrial ball rolling
is becoming quite popular why
not bond the county to wire the
rural districts for lights and
power.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur is
credited with saying that only
those are fit to live who are not
afraid to die. The men, the
women, the children, as a nation
who now bow in submission to the
general are not afraid ti die but
it remains to be seen if they are
fit to live.
Learned—or maybe unlearned—
scientists reach across a fancied
period of sixty million years and
split the human measurment of
time to one millioneth of a sec
ond. As the rustic said upon
sight of an elephant for the first
time, is may be said of one mil
lioneth of a second, they aint no
sich thing.
In an analysis of Economic
Planning as espoused by New
Deal fixers, an economist wades
through a column of figures and
words to come to the conclusion
that the road back to full em
ployment is found in reduced and
modifying the restrictions which
the government has placed upon
free markets.
The barbers now have a state
law to back them in setting
prices. Ed Early was in the other
day with a luxurient growth
adorning his face but had it re
moved. And maybe this is a sug
gestion whereby we can make his
highness at the barber chair earn
any increased cost of a shave.
And a lot of fellows feel they
would cast a romantic and pictur
esque shadow if they adopted the
Buffalo Bill style of long hair.
So there are ways to challenge
increases.
church, Rev. Kenneth Scott con
ducting the solemn rites, burial at
Paddock.
Young people from both schools
attendted the luneral in a body,
neighbors of the famiiy and citi
zens of the community came to
the church, many of whom were
unable to get in.
Lyle was born h;re February
2, 1923. The circumstances of
his death at the threshold of life’s
early bloom stirs the emotions of
211 in he community with deep
compassion and tender sympathy
for the mother whose heart has
thus been made to bleed and thr
relatives all who share the grief
of a tragic hour.
Besides his mother there are
left to mourn eleven brothers and
sisters. These are: Cecil Mor
row, of Elk Mountain, Wyo.;
Leonard, Orville, Dorothy, May
nard and Ralph, of O’Neill, Mrs.
John Church, of Seattle. Wash.;
Virgil and LaVerne, in the U. S.
Army; Mrs. John Gruhn, of
Chicago and Mrs. Leo Jeratowski,
of Grand Island, Nebraska.
Pres. Truman hijacks congress
to accept his plan to encourage
idleness by the payment of $25
a week for twenty-six weeks to
unemployed. Why unemployment
with pages of help wanted ads in
all the papers. An equipped
laundry in O’Neill remains idle
for lack of help and it is some
chore for a lone wolf to get his
linen freshened.
They were ah elderly couple
taking a trip by bus. At bus
stops they would get out and the
old boy would show the old girl
that he was still no piker. After
the first stop they returned with
bags of popcorn. Then was
brought down a carton of sand
wiches and roast weiners. Next
is was ice cream cones which
decorated the old gent’s gray
moustache with a white spot at
each end. Those popular bottled
drinks at the soda fountain were
a secondary supplement and by
Che time he joyful old pair reach
ed their destination in Rock
county they had consumed the
fulsome treats offered along the
way.
October. A bit of chill hangs
over the land at etyly dawn.
And the old earth has made an
other turn to catch the glow of
day on prairieland. The velvet
beauty on cottonwoods and elmsi
calm in the morning sunlight, has
I turned to a duller shade, a step
I in nature’s transition to the flam
ing colors of autumn. The season
brings to man and beast release
from heat and sweat and summer
toil. Birds have flown, flowers
faded and to weary humanity out
on the land there comes a period
of rest, whilo from the poor
blokes in towrn life’s burden is
never lifted.
The emphasis of organized
labor is on pay and hours of em
ployment—twm vital factors—
with little or no attention to pride
i of craftsmanship. Individual;
within organized labor count the
. prodi rt of their capable hands
j and high type of intelligence their
greatest rewar d but are in a hope
j less minority or not awakened to
dangerous trends in organized
labor. Craftsmen have a right
to organize to promote their inter
ests and self improvement. They
also have obligations as citizens
of a country that has placed the
man with a wrench and screw
driver on a level of dignity with
the university professor. For the
most part this obligation was
I fulfilled during the war. Will
! a period of peace now find labor
failing in this responsibility?
Two southeast Nebraska men
have been assigned quarters at
the state pen, one for 30 years
as compensation for killing his
young wife, the other 6 years for
, manslaughter. . .. Senator Wherry
stood alone in opposition to Ache
, son’s appointment as under sec
reary of state. Acheson raised
Wherry’s ire by some ill advised
; remarks touching the situation in
Japan. . . . Heavy snows and cold
(Continued on page eight)
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hammer,
formerly of Chambers and former
publishers of the Sun, now of
Parma, Idaho, have been visiting
relatives and many •friends in the
community the past fortnight. In
company with Mrs. John Boet
cher of Chambers, a sister o. Mrs.1
Hammer, they spent Monday in
O’Neill and wera welcome as
well as profitable callers at Tne
Frontier. They are located on a
farm near Parma where Mr. Ham
mer says he finds his ideal living
conditions. They planned to
start on their return drive at the
end of this week.
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Bonnie Reimers spent
Sunday at her homo in Inman. |
II. J. Birmingham made a busi-^
ness trip to Omaha over the week
end.
Master Sgt. William Miller
spent the week-end in Omaha |
visiting friends.
Miss Mary Jewell Walker left
Tuesday for St. Louis, Mo., where
she will attend Webster College.
Miss Mary Miles, of Omaha,
spent the week-end here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Miles and other relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haas, of
St. Louis, Mo., arrived last Thurs
day to visit Mrs. Haas’ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valla and
other reltives and friends.
The boy who watched his
mother’s tea kettle roiling out
steam and got the idea for an
engine could have had no such in
spiration today. O’Neill dealers
say teakettles are “out of print ",
Mrs. Eleancr Pruss, formerly
at the Putman implement store,
has assumed the duties of senior
clerk at the government employ
ment office which will now be
able to remain open each day.
Mrs. Clyde Streeter entertained
twelve girls at a theat r party
Sunday afternoon, in honor of
her daughter, Barbara’s birthday.
Following the show a delicicus
lunch was served at the Streeter
home.
Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Miles, of
Camp Perry. Ohio, are spending
his furlough with his parent',
Mr. and Mrs. G E. Miles of this
city and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Leinhart of Chambers.
C. E. Stout left Tuesday for'
Rochester, Minn., where he will
get a medical check-up at the!
Mayo Bros. Clinic. He plans cn1
going from there to Chicago and
will take in the World Series
games in the Windy Cnty before
returning home.
Driving the prairie trails you
sometimes come to a fence shut
ting off the road and a “flag” in
the form of a gunny sack hung
i on the wires. The idea has been
i borrowed at the court house,
where a rope across the foot of
the stairs with a cloth draped
over it warns of fresh wax.
William Carson, in from north
east Holt Tuesday to “stock up”
on a few items, said many cane
fields out his way were caught
in last week’s freeze and will
probably now be unfit for feed.
Corn in gen eral out that way is ’
fulvy matured and not damaged
by the freeze.
J. O. Walker, resident head of
the seed and feed loan setup in
north Nebraska, has shown his
faith in the future of O’Neill by
investing in two lots on Fourth
street north of the First National
bank. Frame buildings now oc
supy these lots which Mr. Walker
plans to replace with a modern
new structure when building con
ditions become more favorable.
One of these buildings to be re
moved is a monument to the late
Jake Pfund, the other was for
marny years the jewelery store
and residence of the late B. F.
Cole. Speaking of collecti ns on
the largo sums of feed and seed
leans going through his hand?,
Mr. Walker says the part fl cil
year has been the best in that
respect.
Goad Season
For Poultry
Production
l
Probably one of the be t author
ities on chickens in Nebraska is
Ralph Leidy, of the O’Neill Hatch
cry. He specializes in quality
rather than quantity though with
a 66,000 capacity incubator that
works automatically and turns the
csgs every three hoirs he pro
duces around 150,000 chicks in a
season from February to mid
June. The hatchery run is most
ly White Rocks, though other
breeds are hatch d.
The hatchery has been getting
eggs for a number of years from
a flock of Buff Orph. at Shelby,
Mo., that has egg production'
record of 200 to 256 per hen an-1
nuallly, none under 200 and one
of the very few flocks with two
hundred or over record. The,
male birds hatched at the O’Neill
Hatchery are taken by Ed White
of Amelia who has an outstanding
flock of Buffs.
The hatchesy is equipped with'
ultra violet rays that eliminate'
disease hazards by destroying
germs. Mr Leidy says ho has j
found this his most profitable in
vestment in hatchery equipment;
and assures healthy chicks, most
of which are taken by Holt county ,
poultry raisers. The hatchery
also keeps a stock of poultry feed
and supplies
Heavy Production at the
Corkle Hatchery
At the Corkle Hatchery Poultry
farm two and a half miles east
of town a flock of 8,000 turkeys
' have been brought to maturiay
this season, half of which are now
I ready for market/ The hatchery,
' Mr. Corkle tells a "Frontier rep
resentative, docs not process their
birds and the plant handling their
j hatch is not ready just at present
for tmem, owing to a shortage of
help.
Mr. Corkle is primarily in the
hatchery business and is equip
| ped with two 66,000-egg capacity
incubators for chicks, the hatch
erics and brooder rooms. A
32,000-egg capacity incubator
i takes care of the turkey hatch,
i Two large buildings are needed
- for the hatchery in which is also
machinery for grinding feed. A
heating plant is now being in-j
I stalled. The incubators are start-1
! ed in December and continued in
I operation until July.
Mr. Corkle says he finds the
| Austra Whites the favorite of the
j chickens. It is a cross breed ob
I tained through mating White
I Leghorns with Black Ai stralopc
j roosters, an Austrailian breed of
chickens.
He has been operating the tur
j key farm for the past three years,
i the output this season being some
1 in excess of previous years.
Flock of 25,000 Turkeys
at the Tri State
The Tri State Produce Com
pany have the assurance of at
least 25,000 Thanksgiving turkey
roasts, or maybe share up with
Christmas dinner. At their tur
key farm just southeast of town
there has been brought to matur
ity this season flocks in excess by
7.000 of early estimates. F.rst
plans called for a hatch of 18,000
but late season finds the half sec
tion farm taking care of 25,000
beautilul birds.
Mr. Willson, manager down et
the Tri State, says chickens and
eggs are without number in their
daily transactions, the supply
being apparently inexhaustable
and prices somewhat lower than
a year ago. A large grain crop
will mean fattened fowl in
abundance for mighty Yankee
eaters throughout the country.
Late broilers are said to be at
their best at this time.
The dressing of the 25.000 tur
keys for market is some job in
itself and will begin sometime
in November.
Miss Mary Helen Martin, of
Omaha, spent the week-end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Martin.
P. J. McManus says that he got
away >rom Chicago on a recent
trip without the cops getting him
though he was about to slug a
street car conductor who iruulted
him over a question of making
change for his fare when his
neice came to the rescue. And
this was reminescent of a prev
ious experience in the great city
when hi landed on a speculator
in butter with whom he was deal
ing and knocked him through a
window, at which time P. J. made
a hasty getaway before he could
be landed in jail
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Mabelle Bauman spent
the week-end at her home in At
kinson.
Mrs. Bea Gallagher spent the
w'cek-end in Omaha visiting
friends.
Miss Ann Mathrie, of McCook
spent the week-end here visiting
friends.
Miss Goldyne Sebasta, of Oma
ha, spent the week-end here vis-1
iting friends.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Sherbahan
left Tuesday for Brainard, Minn., I
on a vacation trip.
Abe Saunto came over Sunday
from Sioux City and will remain
here for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. James Rooney
went to Atkinson Tuesday to at-;
tend the funeral of William
Shultz. ]
Mrs. Harry Shelton, who has'
been visiting at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs John Mel-,
vin, departed today for her home
in, St. Louis, Mo.
Bard Hanna arrived in the city
Tuesday from Wichita, Kansas,
where he had'been employed in
defense work the past three years,1
and went on to his home at
Chambers the same day.
L. D. Putman retires as John
Deere representative effective
November 1. Lloyd Collins, of
Burke, S. D, is taking over the
business at that time, when he
may find it advisable to erect a
new building for an increased
implement business, though this
has not yet been determined
upon. Mr. Putman has ranch
interests in this county and else
where that requires much of his
time.
Paul Osborne, a Missouri fruit
grower, was a discouraged gent
in town during the touch of tough
weather last week. In town
with a load of pears he hit it just
right ti experience our first snow
of the season a^d a subsequent
freeze. By dropping a dollar a
basket in his cargo he was able
to pr tty well unload some nil—
stuff ■for O’Neill housewives to
work over into table dishes.
Some of the construction work
now in progress is “tuning up"
the Northwestern depot and ro
I laying some brick of the platform.
A new furnace is being installed
at the Presbyaerian Church and
the basement enlarged by ex
tending it under the north study
room. The Midwest Motor Co.
, are erecting a warehouse on Fifth
street between the two railroads.
Asimus Bros, are adding a ware
house to their interests over on
the west side and other minor
repair work incident to prepar
ation for approaching winter.
The Federal Employment office
in the court house annex report
more jobs than applicants. Mr.
Connell, in charge of employment
in this area, finds that the present
is a period of inactivity and re
laxation on the part of most men
and women who have been under
the heavy strain of war and war
work, which accounts for the few
applications thus far for employ
ment, but he anticipates a later
full use of facilities his organ
ization has to offer in placing the
unemployed. They receive now
many inquiries bearing on future
jobs and feel they will be able
to do much for men and women
seeking placement in industry,
both civilians and returning
soldiers.
Continued on page S
I
SUDDEN DEATH 0? O'NEILL
MERCHANT CAME AS SHUCK
The citizens of O Neill were j
shocked and grieved last Satur
day morning when word wrs
passed around that Anton Toy,
one our most popular ami be^l- (
loved merchant, had passed away,
during the night, |of a heart at
tack, at the age of 58 years, six j
months and twenty-five day :.
Deceased had not been troub
led with his heart until early in!
September, when he had a slight
a tack and another a few days be
fore his death. A ter having a
fairly good day he became ser
iously ill Friday evening and from |
this attack he passed away abou;1
! 11:30 that evening, remaining
conscious until a few moments
before the end.
Anton Toy was born in Syria
Ion March 3, 1887. He spent hii
boyhood in the land of his birth
and in Sidon, Palestine, where
I he attended a Missionary school.
I In 1904, at the age of 17, he came
i to Montreal, Canada, remaining
there eight months and then com
' ing to this city, where he resided
up to the time of his death.
| On January 7, 1909, he was
united in marriage to Miss Sophie
Laham. To this union six child
ren were born, three son and
1 three daughters. The children I
are: Ray, San Diego, Cal.; Lt.
(j. g.) Anton, Jr., U S. Navy now
in the Pacific; P:'c. Gerald, P. S.
Army, Camp Bowie, Texas; Mrs.
Edward Swanson, San Diego, Ca'.:
I Helen, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Milo
Jones, O’Neill, who with his be-i
loved wife are left to mourn the j
passinfi of a kind and affectionate ,
Holt County Boy
Marries English I^ady
On August 21, 1945 at 11:00 a.
m.,Mias Mciina, N. Meyler, 21, be
came the bride of T. Sgt. Aib r<.
J. DericRson, 25. The single ring
ceremony was performed at the
village church at Broadway, Lang
harne, Carmartheu, South Wa es
Great Britian.
The bride is an only child and
the daughter of H. F. Langharne.
During th" war rhe was a rnemb r
of the Navy, Army, Air Forces,
Institute of England. She was
attired in a gown of white and a
floor-length veil edged with lace.
She carried a large boquet of
beautiful flowers. She was at
tended by a bridesma d and a
I maid of honor.
The groom wore his regulati n
Army uniform. He was attended
by a close friend of the brii.e and
her father.
After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served at a hotel
in Langharne. Immediately fol
lowing, the guests gathered at
the home of the bride for a re
crpuun j'n the early evening the
bride and groom le t for th.’ii |
honeymoon, which was spent in i
I London.
Albert is the son of William
Derickson, of Star, Nebr. lie
graduated from the I.vnch High
School with the class of 1937. On
August 22, 1941, he enter d the
service and he has now been over
seas nineteen months. He met |
his bride in England, when he
landed there in March, 1941. He
is now si a* oned in Gern any. He
expects to be sent home soon, but
his bride will not be able to come
until shr* can obtain a passport,
which will take some time.
2 Per Cent Receive Assistance
According to the County As
sistance and Child Welfare office
there are 300 on the assistance
list in this county. That would
be about 2 per cent of the popu
ation that through misfortune or
other causes are not self-sustain
ing either wholly or in part. The!
average monthly payment at
present is $30 per person for the
aged.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
kind friends and neighbors for
their assistance and sympathy at
the fire at our home. Also wish to
thank the O’Neill Fire Depart
ment. Your kindness will never
be forgotten.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Donohie
and family.
husband and father.
Anton Toy was a capable busi
ness man and a genial and com
panionable associate. Even
tempered he always had a smile
and a cherry word of greeting for
his friends—and they were
legion—h? had no enemies. He
always took an active interest
in the civic affairs of the city
and was always willing to assist
financially in supporting that
which lie believed would be
for the bent fit of the people of
the city end county. Sta ting in
business here with very little
capital, but with a desire and
willingness to work, he built ud
a nice business, rais d a splendid
family of young men and women,
leaving them fairly well off and
while their hi sband and father
lias passed on he had held the
respect, confidence of his business
associates, customers and the
people of his adopt d city. In hi*
passing the city suffers a distinct
loss and he will be greatly missed,
not only by his family but by hi*
business associates and the people
of the community as a whole.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the res
dence, Rev. Kenneth J. Scott
officiating and burial in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. The funeral
was very largely attended, all of
his children being present for the
last rites except Lt. (j. g.) Anton
Jr, who is somewhere in the South
Pacific. The Masonic Ord r, of
which the deceased had been a
member for twenty years, had
charge of the funeral services.
Archbishop Of Omaha
Designated the twenty-second
Archdiocese in the United States
by Pope Pius XIII, the Catholic
diocese of Omaha will be formally
established as a Metropolitan See
at brilliant ce'emonies on next
Wednesday, October 10, at St.
Cecelia's Cathedral in Omaha.
Assisting at the inauguration of
the new Archdiocese will be the
Most Reverend Amlcto Giovanni
Cicotmani, Apostolic Delegate to
the United States who will install
the Most Rever nd James H.
Ryan, present Bishop of Omaha,
as ihe Archbishop of Omaha.
Hold Family Reunion
A family reunion at the Allen
Connell home started Sunday
with the arrival of Mr. Connell’s
mother, Mrs. Anna Connell, and
Mr. and Mrs. G en Fry, all of
Hcmingford, Nebr., the pleasant
occasion continuing into Monday
with the arrival of others, Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Connell—a brother—
from Oakland, Calif. Another
brother, R. E. Connell with his
wife and daughter rom Lincoln,
Nebr., his brother Wilbur from
San Diego, Cali . and Miss Bev
erly Connell, of Lincoln, a neice.
Pioneer Of Eastern Holt
Dies At Home In Iowa
II. V. Rosonkrnrv' was in Mon
day from the Dorsey community
and informed The Frontier of the
death of William Alder, who died
at his home at Sac City, Iowa, re
cently. The deceased was the
youngest of nine beys in the
Alder family, early settlers in
northeast Holt, and until eight
i ccn months ago had always lived
in this county. Ray Alder and
his sister. Miss Goldie, still reside
j on the old home place. William
j went to Sac City about a year
and a half ago. He is survived
by his wife, besides other rela
tives Burial was at Sac City.