LXV
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946
NO. 43.
SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
By Romaine Saunders
Some of the bare legs need a
shave.
Congressmen are being impor
tuned to pass the Townsend cash
allotment bill. Between th-t and
a billion to Russia let’s have the
allotment It seems to be about
the surest way to guarantee
everybojdy a full purse.
Mir. Truman’s selection for un
der secretary of the navy de
clares his intentions to stay in
the game to “vindicate his char
acter.” To nv.ny citizens nobil
ity of character would shine in
heoric luster if the gentleman
would graciously withdraw his
name and bring lan end to a dis
graceful situation in whioh two
grown men rather act the baby
because they want their way.
If the General Motors automo-1
bile workers accept the eighteen
and one-half cents per hour raise,
the "final offer” of the company,
it will take each individual work
er two years to regain the sum of
money lost while out on strike,
up to the end of last week. The,
strikers have not been without'
emoluments from some source,
however, during the months on
strike, but these have not been
earned, a situation that is becom
ing all too prevalent in America.
i
A depraved brute was convict-:
ed in a Colorado court of
sending ai bullet into a vital spot
of his young wife and as she
lay gasping her uast in his pres- i
ence he raped a young woman
with them in the c.r. j
And the Amazing thing is
that so revolting a crime should
draw from the court a sentence'
of one to eight years imprison
ment. In the frontier days mob
justice would have found spon
taneous expression at the end of
fifteen feet of rope, the prisoner
belore the court maybe not the
only one to feel its final verdict.
A flight to Mars or Venus is
quite possible with a rocket
powered ship which operates mo t
efficiently in very rarified atmos
phere at very high gas spouting
velocities, according to a Nebras
ka University gentleman’s offer
ing in the proceedings of the Ne
braska/ Academy of Sciences.
Twenty-five thousand miles an
hour is the speed limit outside
the earth’s pulling power. “Laryi
ing on Mrirs,” he says, “is accom
plished through a series of ellip
tic orbits of decreasing major
axes, the perachelion of the ellip
ses being at an altitu|de of about
twenty miles.” About as enlight
ening to the average earth dwe ler j
as an OPA defination of ultimate
consumer. Lqave it to a Yankee
to try it.
Everybody talks about the
weather. It has been something
to talk about. Shirt sleeves in
February and March have been
known before in this our latitude
but more frequently Eskimo furs
are the need. Ants and bugs and
birds stept out when the temper
ature rose to 70 and stiffened in
their tracks a few hours later
when a gale from off the Bad
Lands lowered that little dark
line in the glass tube 50 degrees.
And the(n the sun’s warm face
smiles upon the fair land again.
Nature has given of her best the,
long winter through. No Holt
county dweller need have sought
far lands to bask in b.lmy breeze
or strut on shndy beaches. A
day or two of chill to quicken
lagging steps anti weeks of fair
and golden days.
Wh3|t does the individual get
out of life who through the weeks,
months, years goes each morning
to the daily round of business,
industry, profession and home
again when the curfew has tolled
the knell of another departed
day? That depends. Are they
days of deadening drugery or in
spiration from high achievement?
Of inward glow through the con
scious presence of a guiding hand
greater than their own, of the
thrill of being one of the living
stream of throbbing humanity
olglow with the ideals of the com
munity? The y;.«ars roll on a ,d
one day they take their first trip
»/way to the city hospit 1. The
undertaker is calkd and another
citizen has answered to that in
exorable decree, “It is appointed
a life been empty, fruitless, no
into man once to die.” H s such
visits to far places, circumscribed
by the boundaries of a town, a
precinct, a county? Rather are
not such the salt of the earth,
keep alive the schools, the
churches, pay the taxes, sustain
the community life, end commun
ities sustain staite and nation.
BRIEFLY STATED
Neil Dawes attended an in
structors’ meeting of county
agents at Bassett Tuesday.
Arbuthnot Oil Company Ser
vice Station has reopen id and
will appreciate a shade of your
business.
Mlark E. Cramer and Carl
Schwartz, newspaper men of
Rockwell City, Iowa paid us a
fraternal visit Friday morning,
having spent the night in O’Neill.
From here they drove to Valen
tine.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Karnes of
Plainview are taking rooms over
the Harnish store Mi's. Karnes
who at presdrrt is under the phy
sician’s care in the O’Neill hos
pital, is a daughter of Mrs. J. C.
Harnish.
The jury has been called for
Mondty March 11, when the trial
of the Hynes case, continued from
last month will be heard in dis
trict court. Judge Mounts and
Reporter McElhaney have held
court in the other counties of
the district the past week.
Traveling orchestras are num
erous, no less than half a dozen
in town the past wdek, one from
Minnesota, another from North
Dakota, others from lsewherc?.
Maybj the citizens Seek to calm
war nerves through the medium
of twanging orchesra instrument
The clothing drive netted 2640
pounds in O’Neill, shipment h v
ing recently been mape to the
U. S. treasury department. Mr.
Shriner, in charge fothe shipment
reports'that it was a collection of
good, servicable cothing that
O’Neill people donated.
Miss McCullough has found
time during a busy year in the
county superintendent's office to
visit all but five of the rural
schools of the county since schools
opened in September. Open
ro ds this winter made travel
possible to all sections cf the
county.
Mrs. Roy Wells c me from
Grand Island to spend the week
end with her husband. They
were guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Clausen Mr. Wells
is ;n accountant of the state au
diting department with headquar
ters here. They will make their
home in O’Neill at an early daite.
Robert Schulz went to Grand
Island Sunday, remaining the
night there and boarding theChad
lenger Monday for Portland,
Oregon, for a visit at the home
of his son an|d wife. Mr. Schulz
expects to be away three weeks
and will make some stops down
the coast, starting home from
San Diego.
James Golden, Seaman 1-c is
spending a 10 day leave with the
homo folks here from his station
tit San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs.
Golden are also enjoying a visit
with their daughter. Miss Coney
who arrived from Oceanside, Cal.,
having received her discharge
from the ladies’ branch of Uncle
Sam’s navy. ,
Mrs. W. H. Harty has sold her
laundry equipment to Wdliam
Warenburg of MjarysvilLe, Kan
sas, the last of the machines be
ing loaded onto a railroad car
Hvpsday. This leaves O’Neill
with no prospects of a home
laundry, but brought an unex
pected opportunity to Mrs. H.rty
For a profitable sale.
Governor Visits
O'Neill Friends
Its a far cry from the days
i when democr. tic notables like
William Jennings Bryan came to
O’Neill to hatch political plots
and today when it is the republi
can notables who visit our city.
The political drift has undergone
a change. Holt county from be
ing the stronghold of the Jack
sonians has experienced an over
turning in sentiment and today
O’Neill stands out as one of the
polestars of hope for republic ns
of prominence. We were visited
last Saturday by Val Peterson of
Elgin, who was here in the in
trest of his candidacy for the
republican nomination for gover
nor. That evening Governor
Dwight Griswold drove in,
spent the night and Sunday
here, spending the time with
prominent republicans to ascer
tain the sentiment in this com
munity relative to the contest be
tween he and Senator Hugh But
ler. Mr. Griswold went to Ord
from here Monday. Republi
cans, once in the background Out
this way, are now sought o^t.
Many Fatal Accidents
February was another disast
rous month for Nebraska with 15
people kilted in traffic accidents.
This was six more persons than
met death in traffic during the
salme month in 1945.
The Februaries brought traffic
fatalities for 1946 to 40, a 73%
increase over the 23 for the first
two months of 1945- This year’s
i total of 40 is the highest for the
l first two month period in the his
i tory of Nebraska’s traffic records.
A large percentage o these ac
cidents Were du» to carlesness
and inattention. Captain C. J.
Sanders, Nebraska S.tfety Patrol,
urges motorists to use greater
care this year than ever before
as this year may set aln til time
high in traffic accidents.
The car to watch, he said, is
the one behind the one in front
of you.
Nebraska Safety Patrol.
FORMER HOLT COUNTY
COUPLE CELEBRATES
|
Old time Holt county friends
of Jim ar.d Anna Harding will b?
interested in hearing that Ji.n
anfi Anna recently clebrated
| their 57th wedding anniverary.
They have resided since 1929 in
| Whiting, Iowa. Following is a
news item from the Whiting,
Iowa paper.
“Wednesday, March 6, marked
’the 57th wedding anniversary
for Mr. and Mis. James E. Hard
ing of Whiting.
“Miss Anna Wagner and James
E. Harding were married in
Union County, Territory of South
Dakota in 1889. Their first mar
ried life was spsnt on farms near
Moville, Iowa, whret they remain
ed for 13 years, Until 1902, when
they moved to the vicinity of
O’Neill, Nebrnsk i. After 19
years in Holt county, they moved
back to Moville in 1921. In 1929
they again chose Whiting a9 their
home ar^d have resided here
since.
“Mr. and Mrs. Harding are 78
and 74 respectively.
“Their anniversary was cele
brated quietly in their home, due
to th health of Mrs. Harding, who
has been ill for the past five
weeks.
“They are the parents of four
living children, Mrs. Raymond
Johnson and Lloyd of Hornick,
and Lester and Bert of Whiting.
There are 19 grandchildren and
16 great grandchildren ”
You have heard of the deadly
DDT—deadly to injects. If you
want to know what it is, what it1
will do, how to handle it you
will have three opportunities
next week, one in O’Neill Mon
day at 1:30 p. m. at the music
room of the high school, one at
Atkinson high school on Tuesday,
at 1:30 p. m., ;tnd one at Cham-1
bers the 15th in the basement of
the Methodist church. These
meetings take the place of the
annjulal Achievement day pro
gram and will be the last meet
ings for the Project Clubs.
DISTRICT COURT FILINGS
James Corkk has begun an
action in district coiyrt asking
to have a parcel ol groind on the
east side of the city detached
from the corporate limits of
O'Neill
Three divorce actions, alleging
in tach case dc option, are entered
on the docket. Frances A. Wha
ley vs. Clarence D. Whaley. Mar
ried in Chambers in 1918. Four
children, one of which is a minor.
Merle M. Baker vs. Doris J.
Baker. Married in Burke, S. D.,
in 1936. Two children.
Vernon Gordon vs. Claraidell
Gordon. Married at Blair in
1938 and have one child custody
of which plaintiff asks.
BRIEFLY STATED
Arbuthnot Oil Company Ser
vice Station has reopened and
will appreciate a share of your
business.
The Commercial Club officials
look for a full atendance at the
next meeting Tuesday evening,
March 12. Committees are to be
selected at that time.
I -
Mrs. A. E. Dawes departed
Thursday for her home near
Osceola, Nebr., after a month’s
visit at the home of her son,
Neil Dawes, in this city.
The local OPA office reports
everybody in Holt county “in the
clear” with respect to the gov
ernment Price Administration
Thfe ceiling* are still in force,
howlever.
A. H. Mafquardt of Ewing has
entered his filing p* th-' county
clerk s office to have his name
placed on the republican ballot
for state delegate, voted on at
the primarjMr) June.
Miss Hoffman attended a meet
ing of county clerk's from six
counties at Neligh Tuesday, whin
instruction was given by Floyd
Boihlman from the state hoiee
relative to the duties of county
clerks.
Dr. Frank Galagher departed
Tuesday for La Crosse, Wis.,
wh fre he resumes his medilcal
practice aftt r a long service in
the army. He had spent a week
at the home of his mother h re,
Mrs. J. P. Gallagher,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Spendlove
arrived in the city e. rly in the
week from Hurricane, Utah, and
will make their home here when
they oan find a place to sail home.
Mr. Spei^dlove served as a first
lieutenant in the field artillery,
has recently been discharged and
has taken up wqrk at the local
soil conservation office.
A city official informs The
Frontier that the statement quot
ed last issue that the city has a
the balance being $77,000. It has
th balance being $77,000. lie h s
not been our purpose to misin
form the public and no doubt
was not the purpose of the official
whom we quoted, and the correct
ion is made lest a “congressional
boody with getting away with
investigation" world accuse somc
$23,000 of city funds.
O’Neill jtwoke Wedneslay
morning to a picture for a gifted
Whittier to pen an ode to the last
snow fall. Six inches of wet
snow lay across the land, wr-ppcd
the nude tre <s in white blankets,
covered roofs aq(d made sh (eted
ghosts of automobiles parked
along the streets. It w.s the
answer from the. skies to the wish
of prairie dwellers for a little
moisture on the grass roots.
Preceded by a light rain fall Tues
day afternoon the moisture is
doing much good to the land.
READY FOR RED CROSS
Red Cross Committtees for
O’Neill have been selected and are
as follows:
L C. Willing
Mrs. E. M. Gallagher
George Calkins
Mrs. Lila Hull
Albert Kaczor
Lee Brady
Arthur O’Neill
George Syfie
William Grutsch
James Early
Charles Cole
Move <o Get 2
More City Wells
At a meeting of the city council
lust night a contract was exe
cuted with the Hennigsen Engi
neering Company of Omaha for
plans for two wells south of the
river and th/e pipe line conveying
the water to the city.
An adequate city water supply
is now the most pressing prob
lem, officials say. Or maybe
abundant witter supply is th»e
way to express it. In the event
of a serious outbreak of fire the
present water supply is not suffi
cient as there is barely enough
to take aare of daily household
needs.
Among plains now considered
is a $45,000 investment in wells,
piping and other equipment, the
wells eo be located south of the
Elkhorn on the former airport
grounds. The matter has been
discussed at city council meetings,
Dr. Condra of Lincoln being con
sidered as available to give the
city the benefit of his knowledge
and experience in locating un
derground water flow in various
parts of Nebraska, he being con
nected with the state agricultural
'college. There is interest also on
the table lands out north in irri
gation wells and if Dr. Condra
visits here in that connection his
help will be enlisted to locate
'city wells.
Jack Harty is spending a fe*v
days in Chicago on a vsiit to his
sister, Miss Mary.
Discharged
Registrants discharged since
February 27, 1946:
Joseph Cahoy, ONeill.
Wayne M. Goranson, Ewing.
Ellsworth W. Slovens, Page.
Neil F. Harshfield. Atki son.
Gerald L. Leach, O’Neill.
William H. Newton, Emmet.
Arthur C. Walter, Chambers.
Howard B. Graves, O'Neill.
Harold E. W ildo, Ame La,.
Marvin A. Yarges, Stuart
William L. Galligan, Atkinson.
Robert L. Groeger, Atkins n.
Preinduction
Registrants going for preinduct
ion examination in March:
Dewey WeWayne Brittell,
Chambers.
Marvin E. Holsclaw, O'Ne'll.
Kenneth L. Berglund, Redbird.
Alvin R» Voroe, O'N ill.
D ile V Mlinar, Atkinson.
D. M. Stuart, Page
Robert H. Scott, Chambers.
Franklin D. Schuitz, Atkinson.
Donald J. Ottele, Stuart.
Mlerwyn P. Deterrruan, Atkin
son.
Donald F. Persons, O'Neill.
Robert D. Martens, Atkinson
Edward P. Timmerman, Stuart.
Robert E. McNiehols, O’Neill.
William L. Dexter, Amelia.
Genje D. Terrill, Page.
Induction
Registrants to be inducted dur
ing March:
Louis L. Thiele, Clearwater.
Roy M. Anderson, Atkinson.
Heinrich Frahm, Amelia
Fraklin R. Grubb, Chambers.
Charles R. Johnson, O’Neill.
Joseph W. Kubik, O’Neill.
Joe McNiehols
William Hanley
Mrs. John Shoemaker
Joe Jareske
Other localities of the county
will be i charge of the following:
J. W. Walter, Chambrs
Dr. W. J. Douglas, Atkinson
Don Krotter, Stuart
Mrs. Bessie Spittler, Ewing
Mrs. P. J. McGinnis, Emmet
Mrs Lela Snell, Page
Earl Watson, Inman.
The quota for Holt county is
$4,000 to be raised during March.
CLETUS SULLIVAN
BACK AT CONSUMERS
Cletus V. Sullivan, after three
years in the armed forres, has
resnmtjd his old position as Chief
Clerk of Consumers O’Neill dis
trict office. Sullivan has been
employed in the accounting de
partment of the Interst -te Power
Co. and the Consumers Pufclic
Power District here since Decem
ber, 1926. He left to enter the
armed service, July 11, 1942, and
i served with the 71st Division in
France, Germany and Austria,
participating in the Central
| Euorope and Rihineland cam
paigns. He received his honor
able discharge January 14, 1946,
and returned to work with Con
; sumers on February 5., 1946.
Dr. Fisher, Dentist.
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C. E. FRANCE TO SUPERIOR
C. E. France, who replaced
Sullivan during his service in
the armed forces, has accepted a
transfer with Consumers Public
Power District to Superior. He
left O'Neill February 18 to take
! over his new position as Utility
Accountant in the Superior Dis
trict. France wa|s located at
O’Neill with Consumers Public
Power District since March 10,
1942, having come here from
Seward where he held been em
ployed by Consumers and the
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power
Company since 1930. Mr. France
moved his family to Superior
February 26.
Friends of Mr. Sullivan are
happy to welcome him b^ck to
his old job and all wish Mr. and
Mrs. France the very best in their
| new location.
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Page Wins Tournament
P ge defeated Inman Friday
night 24 to 21 to win the Class
D Championship in the Neligh
Tournament while Sacred Heart
of Norfolk won from Clearwater
27 to 14 for third place honors.
Page opened the tournament
Wednesday night with a 61 to 32
romp over Long Pine Toe high
light of the tournament was
Page's 2 to 26 victory over high
ly favored Sacred Heart. Paced
by Darrell Heiss with 12 points
and Terry Taylor’s magnificent
floor work the Page boys pulled
out in front in the last few sec
onds i tnd stalled the rest of the
game. The load changed hands
four times and the score was ied
six. C-lmey wias the standout
for Sacred Heart.
I The final game was a ding-dong
battle all the way with Inm n
out in front most of game. Taylor
hit a field goal the last second to
give Page a 3 point lead. Hayrns
led Page with 16 points.
Heiss and Taylor were picked
on the all tourney team.
Want a Job Over There?
The United States Army Signal
Corps are seeking workers in a
number of profssionml and skill
ed technical jobs in Jap n, Korea,
and the Philippines. The follow
ing occnipaticns are open:
Cryptographic Technician.
Radio Oper itor, High Speed,
Automatic, CTF-4.
Installer Repairman, Telephone
and Telegraph.
Central Office Technician
Repeaterman, Telephone.
Teletype Mechanic, Radio.
Radio Repairman (VF).
Radio Repairman (FHF).
Radio Repairman, Fixed Sta
tion (FS,SSB).
Enginemen, Operating.
Any person intere ted in apply
ing for any of these positions
should contact Allen B. Connell,
Manager of the U S. Employ
ment Office, in ONeill, Nebr.
NOTICE OF CITY ELECTION
City election will be held on
Tuesday, April 2, to fill the fol
lowing offices:
Mayor.
Orve councilman from each
Ward.
City Clerk.
City Treasurer.
Police Judge,
Two members Board of Edu
cation.
J. B. GRADY,
City Clfcrk.
MARRIAGES
Lyle H. Davis and Miss Elainei
Summers, both of Page, were?
married Monday ; t the* Methodist
church in O’Neill, Rev. Lloyd
Mullis performing the marriage
rites.
Lici ses have been obtained by
James Conway and Frances D.
Burrival both of O’Neill; William
Nichol ^ Wilson an|d Elnora M.
Hoffman, both of Lynch.
Arbufhnot Oil Company Ser
vice Station has reopened and
will appreciate a share of your
business.
JOHN EBBEIN CANDEE
*Born January 8, 1872, at La
Sc lie, Loselle iounty, Illinois, son
of George Harvey Candee and
Sar.ih Almor Candee, passed
away at Hardin, Mont., February
27, 1946, at 8:40 p. m., at the age
of 74 ye xs, 1 month anjd 19 days.
He came to Holt county with
his parents from Papillion, Nebr.,
in the early eighties. His fcf.h r
homesteaded north of the Ray
mond Heiss farm. His mother
passed on in 1883 wh .n Ebb was
eleven years old. The family con
sisted of a brother, Russj two sis
ters, Mrs. Jenni j Lord and Mrs.
Jessie Jekum Butler, all preced
ing him i death.
Jie was unitgi in marriage to
Elizabeth Malone, March 27, 1892,
at Middlebranch, Nebr., by Rev.
B rtley Blain. To this union
were born five children, Roy
passing on in infancy. His wife
also was placed to rest in the
Page cemetery in September,
1938.
i In early life he was a conve.t
to the Christian faith, through
, services of Evangelist Barr and
he and his wife became members
of the Page Methcclist church in
the year 1900,
He l.aves to mourn, his sons,
Ray Ernest, of Portland, Oregon;
Elmo, of Cam -, Wash.,; daugh
ters. Mrs. Louis W;nn. Burbank,
Cal.; Mrs. Fein Sawicki, Colo
rado Springs, Col.; a niece, Mrs.
'Beijlih ink, Ewing, Niebr.; ten
granJchildren, seven great granl
children and many friends.
Those in attenlance were all' of
the living children togethr with
Mr. Sawicki, Mr. Winn and two
grandchildren.
We desire to express our sin
cere and heartfelt thanks to the
many old time friends and neigh
bors for their many acts of kind
ness extended during our recent
sorrowing visit, the burial of our
beloved father and grandfather.
—The Candee Children and fam
ilies.
