Frontier
LXV
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946
No. 40
SMALL DOSES
FAST AND PRESENT
By Romaine baundcrs
That Hereford aristocat said
to hove brought $51,000 down in
Oklahoma doesn’t mean just that
Tricks in all trades, you know.
One breeder says to another, “ycu
buy mine; I buy yours.” Round
the circle it goes. Some fancy
trades are made, by checks ex
changed and no money spent.
An American soldier of Japan
ese ancestry says the war isn t
over at home. He says it in an
illuminating story in a great little
publication. And we feel rather
honored that he is a Nebraska lad,
humiliated at some things he ran
into when he joined the army.
But his closing paragraph bre thes
the breath of the prairie: “Back
in high school in Nebraska one
of the things they taught me was
that America is a land where it
isn’t race or religion that makes
free men. That’s why I went to
Tokyo. I went to fight for my
country, where freedom isn’t color
but a way of life, and all men
are created equal until they prove
otherwise. That’s an old idea we
have in Hershey, Nebraska, just
down the highway from North
Platte.”
Down at the little town of Ed
rfar a small group of Nebraska
agriculture workers have started
something that the nation has
cocked an ear to heiar. Embattl
ed behind an organization they
have chosen to designate The
American Farmers’ Vigilante
Committee, this segment of pro
ducers has laid down the gaunt
let in a battle to end labor strikes.
From present indications there are
a hundred million Americans
ready to join the movement.
Great movements have humble
beginnings. From the sod houses
out across Nebraska grass lands
there arose like a swarm of grass
hoppers a political movement in
the 1890 decade that swept the
country and left a permanent
impress. And now a new force,
a mighty force with a mighty
weapon when welded into effect
ual organization, can maybe ac
complish what “fact finders”
have failed to bring about.
The letter lay in her lap. Tears
started from deep blue eyes as
she read at the bottom, “why
don't you write—why don’t you
write?” O, she thought, they
don't know, they must never
know, I do not have two cents to
mail a letter. You may name any
one of many pioneer women
facing it all bravely on Holt
county prairies until such a letter
dame from home “back east.”
Then the poverty, the privation,
the bitterness of it all overwhelm
ed her for a moment. But forti
tude, courage, determination re
vived and she stirred up the corn
mean for another “johnny cake”
that would bake over a hay fire.
Just a little reminder of the price
our mothers paid to contribute
their share to the splenlid herit
agt if this generation. A gentle
man returned from Europe says
families are allotted 400 pounds of
coal for the winter. Women
and children suffer the most.
“Give me neither poverty nor
riches,” declared King Solomon.
Greater characters have sprung
from the rootg of poverty than
from the treasure chests of
luxutry..
“Is not this the fact that I have
chosen? —To loose the bands of
wickedness, to unlo the heavy
burdens, to let the oppressed go
free and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to
the hungry and .... when thou
seest the naked that thou cover
him.” A message from a great
prophet to which we have an
other opportunity, probably the
most urgent of all time, to “deal
our bread to the hungry” and
clothe the ragamuffins. Our
armies have broken the yoke, un
done the heavy burdens, set the
oppressed free. Closets have
recently been emptied in Ameri
ca that cargoes of clothing might
move out to sea. Now the need
r of hungry millions bows at the
feet of the Statute of Liberty, j
And Americans will share their
bread. I believe with Hcrbart
Hoover we have enough to do so
without returning to the rationing
program, tightening belts or im
poverishing our overstuffed citi
zens, Food . tares in city and vil
lage are stacked from basement
concrete to plastered ceiling,
cellars and locker'pL nts hold un
counted stores, cr,bs and granaries
and mills are heaped with "raw
material,” livestock fill the grass
lands and crowd the feed lots,
Holt county has come forward
with tons of clothing to “cover
the naked,” How many carloads
of food stuff are we willing to
part with that the hungry may be
fed?
Martin-Chase
Rev. E. B. Mjaxcy of Inman,
performed a double ring cere
mony at the home of Evelyn F.
Gray on February 12 at one
o’clock p. m., at which time Miss
Grace Martin of Dallas, Texas, be
came the bride of Virgil J. Chase
of Page, Nebr.
The lovely bride was attired in
an aqua suit with black accessor
ies with a corsage of pink carna
tions. The groom wore a grey
pin-striped suit with a white car
nation boutinier. The only at
tendants at the ceremony were
the immediate family of the
groom.
Both wedding dinner and re
ception were held immediately
after the ceremony. The bride
and groom returned to Omaha,
where the groom is attending the
university.
O’Neill Boy Seeing Lots
Of The Far East
On the USS Vincennes (Delay
ed)—George Murray Mellor, sea
man, first class, of O’Neill, Nebr.,
spent part of Christmas Day sight
seeing in Apia, Upolu Island,
British Samoa.
Sime of the sailors who rated
liberty went into Apia to witness
a colorful Kava ceremony and
dance, traditional native welcom
ing ceremony to high personages;
others climbed the long hill at
one edge of town to see the grave
of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Christmas night the townspeople
gave a, dance fir the enlisted men
of the ship.
Two weeks earlier the ship was
at the French port of Noumea,
New Caledonia, where many of
the men went asho.e to sample
French cooking and ti buy souv
enirs. Others wanderel through
the town gazing at quaint old
houses—and pretty French girls.
Then the Vincennes moved to
Suva on the island of Viti Levu
in the British Crown Colony of
the Fiji Islands, where the men
got a rare treat, fresh milk. Some
trooped to the museum to look ai
the century-and-a- half old re
mains of the rudder of HMS
BOUNTY, famed in the novel
“Mutiny on the Bounty.”
DISCHARGED
Registrants discharged since
February 6, 1946:
Edwin H. Hubbard, Chambers
Benjamin W. Heigh, Stuart
Herbert E. Pfeil, O’Neill
Walter A. Smith, Stuart
Francis J. Hickey, O’Neill
Farmer W. Withers, Atkinson
Joseph K. Rotherham, Ewing
Walter A. Huston, Page
John N. Schmit, Atkinson
Edward G. Winkler, Emmet
Robert N. Sholes, Inman
Robert L. Wood, Page
Wesley R. Slaymaker, Atkinson
Wayne W. Hickok, Atkinson
James A. Arbuthnot, O’Neill
Charles W. Ridgeway, Dorsey
Willard E. Thomson, Chambers
Delbert P. Baum, Stuart
Elwin O. Neal, Dorsey
Lester L. Green, Chambers
Orville M. Seger, Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pilger, of
Portland, Oregon, have been vis
iting friends and relatives here
the past few days. They came to
see M¥. Pilger’s mother, who
lives at Plainview.
Inman Pioneer
Passes Away
Funeral services were held for
one of Inman’s oldest pioneers
Wednesday, February 13 trom the
Methodist church at Inman for
Idiila Ann Brumbaugh, who
died at hdr pioneer home Feb
ruary 9, 1946,
Idiila Ann, daughter of John
and Mary Ann Auten, was born
in Valpariso, Pastur county, Ind ,
July 17, 1858. When thirteen
years of age went with her par
ents in a covered wagon to south
western Missouri where Joplin is
now located. After one year in i
Missouri they returned again by
covered wagon over the Ozark
mountains, through mud, fording
smalls streams, ferrying across
rivers to Valparaiso. At the age
of sixteen years she united with
ithe Christian church.
June 19, 1876, she was married
to Elias Brumbaugh, who was
called December 7, 1936, to his
heavenly home. Two children
were born to this union, Ezra.,
of Los Angeles,Cal. ;and Maysie
Beatrice of Inman. She moved
with her husband and children to
Saunders county, Nebr., in 1881,
an(d the following year to Inman.
Took up a government homestead
three miles southwest of Inman
in 1882, and has since resided at
that place.
In 1895 she was baptized by
Hyrum O. Smith into the Re
organized Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints and develop
ed a strong Christian character, i
She was a faithful wife, a
noble devoted mother. Yet her
great love reached beyond the
bounds of home and family, en
compassing all those whom she
could reach. When doctors were
scarce and hospitals and nurses
there were none, she was called
near and far to minister to the
sick. No day was too hot, no
night too cold, nor storm too |
severe for her to answer a call j
for help. An angel of mercy she
was freely giving her strength
and skill that others might en
joy health restored, that new lives
might be safely ushered into the
world, while those called to their,
eternal home might find the way
smoothed by her gentle care.
In love she gave asking only
love in return. She shared with
her husband the hardships and.
unceasing toil of pioneering. But
was ever cheerful and happy in
her work, The Lord blessed
their land and for every planting
there was harvest, Sometimes
bountiful sometimes scanty, but
always a harvest, Anl no hungry
soul was ever turned from her'
door unfed, Always understand
ing and sympathetic her timely,
kindly council helped solve many
discouraging problems and her
words of comfort soothed many
an aching heart.
Those who knew her best loved
her most. She passed away at
her pioneer home siuth of Inman
February 9 1946 at 12:30 p. m.,
after a lingering illness. For the
ptast twelve years she has made
her home with her grandson,
James Kelley and family.
Those who mourn her passing
are two children, Ezra of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Maysie Kelley j
of Inman. One half sister, Mis.
Disa Coleman of Sexsmith, Al
berta, Canada; fifteen grandchild
ren, sixteen great granlcdildren,
2 great, great grandchildren, be
sides a host of friends and other
relatives. She was preceded in
death by two brothers, two half
brothers and one half sister.
Like the Apostle of old she
could say: "I have fought the
good fight. I have finished my
course. I have kept the faith.
From henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness.”
Her children, grandchildren and i
greatgrandchildren have sustain- j
ed an immeasurable loss. Yet
their sorrowing hearts are com
fortel or their loved one now
rests in the Paradise of God.
Pallbearers were Herbert
Rouse, Cal Geary, Earl Watson,
Earl Miller, John Gallagher, Harry
Harte. The beautiful music was
furnished by Mrs. Elwin Smith
Mrs. Ira Watson, Mrs. Grace Gan
non, Mrs. Eva Mtirten, Kenneth
Smith and Harvey Tompkins,
with Mrs. Harvey T :mpkins as ac
companist.
Those attending from out of
town were: E^cia Brumbaugh,
Los Angeles, Cal., Mr. and Mis.
Sam Kelley, Fairbuiy, Nebr., Mrs.
Lyle Knapp, St. Paul, Miun.; Chas
E. Kelley, Sit. Paul, Minn.; Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Comstock, St.
Paul, Minn.* Thera.1 and Mar
sette Comstock, St. Paul, Minn.
LT. GONDERINGER
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
McClellan Field, Calif.—Lt.
Charles N. Gonderinger of
ONeill, Nebraska, is a civilian
again today following his dis
charge at this army separation
point after three years of service
with the Army Air Forces.
He was overseas in the African
and Middle-Eastern theater as a
assistant State Judge Advocate
from May, 1944, to June, 1945.
Mr. and Mrs. Gonderinger ar
rived in ONeill last Saturday and
we understand he intends to re
open his law offict here.
O'Neill To Be Hosts
To Two Basketball
Tournaments Soon i
The O’Neill High School and!
community will be host to two:
basketball tournaments in the next:
few weeks. These two tournaments
will be the “B” and “C” classes of
this district.
The Class “C” tournament dates
are set for February 27 through
March 1. Representatives of the
twelve schools that will compete in
this tournament will meet at the
O’Neill Public School on Saturday,
February 16 at 2:00 p. m. to make
all necessary arrangements.
The twelve teams that will com
pete in this contest are as follows:
1. St. Joseph (Atkinson)
2. Butte
3. Chanf2»trs
4. Ewing
5. Naper
6. St. Mary’s (O’Neill)
7. Orchard
8. Spalding Academy
10. Springview
11. Stuart
12. Tilden
Class "B" Tournament
The Class “B” tournament will
start on March 6 and continue
through March 9. On Saturday,
February 23, a representative
from each of the competing schools
will meet at the O’Neill Public
School to make all necessary ar
rangements. Nine schools will be
represented in this tournament.
All of these schools have fair
teams and it should be a very in
teresting contest.
The nine teams in class “B”
are:
1. Ainsworth
2. Atkinson
3. Bassett
4. Burwell
5. Creighton
6. Neligh
7. O’Neill
8. Ord
9. Valentine
The Delegate Assembly, at their
December 7 th meeting of last year,
approved a new plan of classifying
schools for participation in dist
rict basketball tournaments. Un
der the new plan, schools are clas
sified by the total number of male
enrollment from grades 9 through
12. In this system the classes
range as follows:
Class A—Over 190 boys.
Class B—81-190 boys.
Class C—36 to 80 boys.
Class D—Less than 36 boys.
The city and High School of
O’Neill welcomes you.
Legion Auxiliary
Meets February 21
The regular February meetinf of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
Simonson Unit No. 93, has been
postponed until Thursday, Febru
ary 21. On that date the Unit
will meet at 8:00 p. m., at the
Golden Hotel dining room for the
regular business session. Init
iation ceremoniles will be con
ducted or a number of new mem
bers. A mugieal program of
entertainment will be presented
and refreshments will be served,
becoming members of the Unit
All eligible ladies interested in
are invited to attend. i
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
will be hosts to all ex-se; vice
men of both War I and War II
and also service men home on
furlough, at a Dutch Lunch at
tht K. C. Hall Thursday evening,
February 21, at 9:00 p. m
The V. F. W. will hold their bus
iness meeting at 7:30 p. m., at the
K. C. Hall that same evening be
fore the Dutch lunch.
Merrill Hicks,
Post Quartermaster.
John K. Boyer Dies
Suddenly At Home
Here Friday, Feb. 8
John K. Boyer was found dead
in bed at his home last Friday
morning, having passed away
during tht night from a heart ‘
attack, at the age of 76 years, six [
months and 27 days. The funeral
was held last Sunlay afteroon
from the Methodist church, Rev.
Mullis officiating and burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Deceased was born at Cascade,
Iowta, on July 11, 1869. In Feb
ruary, 1894, he was united in
marriage to Miss Daisy Becks,
the ceremony being performed in
Wisconsin. Ten chillren were
born to this union, five sons and
five daughters, nine of whom are
living and are left, with their
mother, to mourn the passing of
a kind and affectionate husband
and father. The children are:
Benjamin. Portland, Oregon;
Mis. Luella Lieb, Page; Mrs. Ida
Wilcox, Norfolk; Mrs. Daisy Ring,
Norfolk; Mrs. Mable Elder, Nor
folk; Chester, Portland, Oregon;
Harry, Portland, Oregon; Everett,
Holliwood, Oregon; Mrs. Opal
Fulda, Wilmington, Del.
Mr. Boyer had been a resident
of this county since 1910, living
for many years in the Page neigh
borhood where he had many
friends. He had been ill for only
one week.
Frank Nelson Ownes Of
High Bred Polled Bull
Arrived last week from the
Polled Shorthorn beef cattle Con
gress held in Lincoln, Nebr., Feb.
12, is a purebred bull for the1
herd of Frank Nelson. Mr. Nel
son was among the 59 buyers 1
from 15 states and Canada who
took 98 head for an average of
$510.40, the highest in the six
year history of this official show
sale of the breed. Forty-one
bulls averaged $610 and 57 cows,
$439.13. The offering represent
ed the tops in type and quality
from 41 herds in 11 states High
est selling bull brought $2,500,
and the high female, $1,400. Poll-1
ed Shorthorns in the last six
years have shown the greatest j
percent advancement of any beef
cattle breed in this country. New
memberships in that time rose
160 percent.
Traffiic Accidents Show
Increasing Death Toll
Traffic accidents killed 23 per
sons on Nebraska’s streets and
highways in January. This is the
highest total for the month of
January since 1938.
Capt. C. J. Sanders, Nebraska
Safety Patrol, reports that the 23
fatalities is a 64% increase over
the fatalities for January 1945.
Greater care really is needed
this year than ever before, Capt.
Sanders emphasized, because
national traffic expw rts predict
that this year may set an all time
high in traffic accidents. This
is due to the greater number of j
cars on the road, the greater num
be ■ of miles traveled per car s nee
ending of gas rationing, and the
added hazards of snow, ice and
poor visability.
Weary of war time restraints,
many drivers are inclined to take
greater chances. This is particu
larly true in his overconfident
estimate of the distance in which
he can stop safely when driving
fast.
Three cardinal rules for winter
drivers, Captain Sanders said, are I
(1) don’t get too close to the car
in front, (2) drive according to
weather and road conditions, and
(3) keep your windshield clear
and put on chains when needed.
Local Farm Loan Ass’n.
Pays A Dividend
Checks totaling $5,209.00 will
be mailed ito 612 farmers and
ranchers in Boyd, Holt and Wheel
er counties within the next few ,
days it was announced last week
by Harry E. Ressel, president of
the Elkhorn Valley National Farm
Lian Association
The farmers and ranchers who
will receive the checks are mem
bers of the Elkhorn Valley Na
tional Farm Loan Association.
The checks represent a dividenl
of 5% on the stock they own in
the Elkhorn Valley association.
Ressel’s announcemcnit was
made folliwing a meeting of the
association’s board of di.ectors,
which voted to pay a dividend to
all stickholdes of the association
as of September 30, 1945.
“The Federal Land Bank of
Omaha,” said Rcssel, “recently
declared a dividend on its stock,
which is owned by National Farm
Loan Associations in Iowa, Ne
braska, South Dakota and Wyom
ing. This dividend to the asso
ciations enables us to also pay a
dividend to our association mem
bers on their stock.”
Ressel also pointed out that the
dividend paid by the Omaha
Land bank was made possible by
continued excellent agricultural
conditions and a reduction of
bank and association expenses.
The Elkhorn Valley National
Farm Loan Association has loans
totaling $2,083,600 outstanding to
farmers and ranchers of Boyd,
Holt and Wheeler counties. Lyle
P. Dierks is secretary-treasurer
of the association. Directors, in
addition to Mr. Ressel are L. W.
Barthei, C. C. Jacobsen, J. Victor
Johnson, John J. Bauer, and E.
J. Revell.
Mr. Ressel announced that
the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Elkhorn Valley
National Farm Loan Association
will be held in O’Neill, Nebr., on
March 21, 1946.
Eagle Creek 4-H Club
The Eagle Creek 4-H Club met
at the J. B. Mellor home February
3, with allmembers present.
While dinner was being prepared, i
some of the members took ad-1
vantage of the weather and went
skating. After dinner all mem
bers answered roll call by giving
the flag salute.
The lealer handed out the ma
terial for the coming year. The
nine different project^ in the club
are, Stocker Feeder, Baby Beef,
Yard Beautification, Forestry II,
Learning to be a Homemaker,
Girls Rooms, Food Preservation,
Tractir and soil conservation.
Imogene Lanroan was voted in
as a new member.
At the next meeting roll call
climbers will respond by giving
“A First Step" in the ney project.
The coming meeting will be held i
at the LUloyd Hull home on Feb-1
ruary 24.
CHAMBERS ITEMS
Pfc. Mlerle Hansen of Camp
Carson, Col., came home Tues
day of last week on a short fur
lough. He and Mrs. Hansen and
son, Davy, left Mtanday for Bcise,!
Idaho, to visit his mother and
other relatives before reporting
back to duty at Camp Polk, La.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Gillette1
are rejoicing over the arrival of
a baby son, bo n Thursday, Feb
ruary 7, at the Norfolk hospital.
Evelyn Cavanaugh underwent
a major operation at the Norfolk
hospital Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rothchild
and family moved last weiek onto
the Neinand place north of town.
Chauncey Wood received a dis
charge from the army anl is now
a*t the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Wood.
Mrs Nevin Ickes and sons of
Page, and M!rs. Rawlings Paul of
Brunswick, spent Minday at the
E. R. Carpenter home. Mr. Paul
brought them up and drove on to
Newport on business returning
for them that evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell drove
to Hastings Monday on business.
The Women’s Society of Christ
ian Service met Thursday in thej
basement of the Methodist church. I
PFc. Norman Reninger of Fort J
Meyers, Va , is spending a fifteen
day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mlrs. W. D. Reninger.
Gerald Young is spending a
few days with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mirs Clarence Young,
while his parents are away.
Albert Neimand of Bassett, is
spending a five day leave with his
parents at Chambers.
Mrs. Lela Crandall left Sunday
For San Diego, Cal., where she
plans to work.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Stevens
Frank D. Howard
Passes Away At His
Home Here Sunday
Frank D. Hward, one of the
pioneer residents of this city,
passed away at his home here
last Sunday morning at 9.15, after
an illness of several months at
the age of 66 years, nine month3
and two days.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock in
St Patrick’s church, Rev. Ray
mond Lisco officiating and burial
in Calvary cemetery.
Frank D. Howard was born
in Omaha ,Nebr., on May 8, 1879,
in Omaha, Nebr., and came to
and came to O'Neill in 1884, with
his parents, coming here from
Wahoo, Nebr., and this city had
betn his home ever since.
On October 7, 1901, he was
united in marriage to Miss Gert
rude Warner, the ceremony being
performed at Bassett, Nebr. Five
children were bom to this couple,
two sons and three daughters,
all of whom survive and with
their mother are left to mourn
the passing of a kind and loving
husband and father. The child
ren are: Mrs. G. F. Davison,
Salem Oregon; Francis W., Mar
garet, Mrs. William Browh and
Lynus Howtard, all of O’Neill.
Frank learned the blacksmith
trade and operated a shop here
for many years. He was a good
workman and had a host of
friends in this city and com
munity who will mourn his pass
ing.
St. Joe Again Trims
St. Mary’s Cardinals
St. Miary's travelel to Atkin
son Friday to lose to a powerful
S)t. Joseph team 34 to 22. It
was a hard fought game with
both fighting on even terms until
the last quarter, when St. Joe's
widened the margin to 12 points.
The first quarter was a toss up
with neither team having an ad
vantage. This quarter ended with
the score tied at 5 all.
The second quarter found St.
Joe picking up a little. They
were quite lucky during this
quarter, having several partially
blocked shots drop through the
hoop. The score at the half was
17 to 9 in favor of St. Joe.
St. Joe started the second half
off with a bang by pushing four
baskets in before St. Maiy’s
scored. The end of the third
quarter found St. Joe still in the
lead 27 to 18.
The final quarter WuS hard
fought with little or no advantage
being held by either team. The
final tabulation was 34 to 22.
Froelich and Condon were high
for St. Mary’s with 6 points each,
while Sco t with 14 points was
high for St. Jce. St. Mary’s held
Pat Miller to the grand total of
4 points This was achieved
through the steller work of Mer
riman and Wallace, St. Mary’s
hard working guards.
S’. Marys Reserves lost to St.
Joe Reserves 18 to 9.
moved the first of the week into
the Genevieve Bell house in the
north part of town.
Word was received from Jim
NVwhouse that he had been pro
moted ti T-4. Jim is statio.nel on
Okinawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred DeHart and
son, F ederick, left Thursday t'cr
Los Angeles, Cal., where they will
visit his sister. They plan also
to visit their son and daughter
in-law,, Mr and Mrs. Kenneth
DeHart, also in California and
th ir daughter and son>-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ramington
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner
received word from their son,
Robert saying that he had been
promoted to S. Sgt. He is lo
cated at Heidleburg, ermany.
with the Hdqrs. of the Seventh
Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Thomson
left Sunday for Omaha on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner
and Mlrs. Mildred Thomson and
Judy drove to Orchard Friday on
business.
Cleo Alderson arrivel home
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