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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1946)
LXV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 NO. 44 SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT mmmm By Romaine Saunders So God created man in his own image, in the image of God cre ated he him; male and female created he them.—Gen. 1:27. Russia denies U. S. charges, U. S. denies Russia’s charges. Now just what’s brewing between two “friends.” You must have a license to loan money in Nebraska. Next time ft fellow would like to borrow a dollar from you tell him you will have to get a state license and will then be glad to accommodate him. One of those power districts in a northwest Pacific coast state announced an income of nearly twenty-three million dollars in 1945. Those millions are sacred funds so far as the tax collector laying impious hands on them. Government property, you know. The proposal to outlaw closed shop in Nebraska by amendment to the constitution will doubtless sweep the state like ft prairie fire if it gets on the ballot. Nebraska citizens are not enemies of organized labor but they stand for even-handed justice for unorganized as well as organized labor. A union card should not be made the passport to a job anywhere in Nebraska. A magazine publisher has gone to the trouble to find out the big gest worries of the farm element. Holt county citizens are not say-] ing much abouit it but there is a deep undercurrent of feeling op posed to ejftravagence in govern ment with no effort to get out of the red, piling up great expense by continuance of useless agencies.; Nobody on the land or in the towns out this way are deprived of life’s necessities but many are concerned over the prospects of national! bankruptcy. _ Americans have been asked to do a little less stuffing of them selves that the hungry of Europe may have a crust. This will never be voluntary. Meal time is the greatest of our institutions. It is both a social activity and the gratifying of mian’s first in stindt. To take just one less of the bounties set before you, let’s see you do it. A curtailment can be made in one direction that might help a little. Those “pink tea” affairs, just leave out the “delicious lunch.’ This genebaftnon of Young America does not know of that national gesture engraved on the silver dollar, “In God We Trust.” • They never see a silver dollar. Perhaps the “trust” of the citizen has been trasfrred to the dollar. Its ramifications cut deep. The ablest lawyers will defend bather than prosecute a criminal—more money in it. The dollar not jus tice. What does the clergyman consider when assigned to a charge, what salary can the com munity pay or what good can be done to that community through his ministry? The medi cal profession has its ethics but dollars are generally the first consideration with many. Of whatever rank of society, we may as well admit that we all are a pretty selfish outfit. Out of the gloom of life’s darker shadows glows here and there a reflection from a human jewel and the fragrance of a min istry in behalf of others. Out of the north woods of a Wiscon- j •sin community comes the story of Dr. MacKinnon, a country i doctor. For 30 years he had ] been ministering to farmers, lum berjacks, villagers and Indians1 \Of the Wisconsin north woods. He has never been known to turn 1 down a call. Somtimes his work of mercy would take him 20 or 30 miles through the night in all kinds if weather to comfort his1 patients, and to nurse them back to heatlh. Under trying con ditions in his years of practice he has delivered mor than 2,900 babies into the world. The i unique characteristic of this man is that he hos never sent out a bill, which was one reason why his community turned out en masse to pay him tribute. This tribute took tangible and worth while form in the shape of a new automobile and other gifts, the comrmwiity declaring a holiday to do the doctor honor. The calendar is pretty well filled with a week for this and a week for Ithat which just about cover the habits ond activities of the citizens. If you ar bewild ered by it all here is another just introduced that may have a soothing effect. April 8 to 14 is to be observed as Sunday School Week. Its sponsors say man kinds worst enemy is hate and they are going to see what can be done in 3 week’s time to burn out the human snarls with broth erly love. Maybe it will be a start; down the rose strewn road to the burnished heights where we can*forgt about Strikes and strife, sword rattling ond bomb bursting, OPA ceilings, tax re ports and national debt. BRIEFLY STATED Arbuthnot Oil Company Ser vice Station has reopened and will appreciate a share of youf patronage. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tomlin week where Mir. Tomlinson re son were in Omaha early in the ceiced medical treatment. Patricia Kru9e, ONeiH, Nebr., was elected to membership in the “Plainsman Players” at Ne braska Wesleyan University. Marjorie E. Genung has begun action in the district court for divorce from Louis T. Genung. The home of the parties Hasi been in northwest Holt ciunty. Albert Sterns asks for the dem ocratic nomination and Floyd R. Johnson the republican nom ination for supervisor in the First district, making four candidates in that district. Holt county has 265 persons on the old age assistance list, one of the lowest in the state per capita, and February payments were an average of $31.70, opproximately the state average. Mrs. C. J. Malone oame in from Omaha Friday for a few days visit and was the guest of Mrs. Art Cowperthwaite. Mrs. Seth Noble entertained a number of ladies in her honor Saturday afternoon. The O’Neill Woman’s Club will meet on the afternoon of Wed nesday,, March 20, with Mrs. Ben nett Gillespie. Mrs. Ruth Rector will give the book review. Coffee and lunch omitted at these club meetings, the ladies say. Cal Thompson of the White Horse ranch was in the city Mon day and greeted friends with the good old ranchman’s grip. The white horses have wintered the best ever he says and will be in fine trim for the seasin’s ex hibitions. Those boys are on the assembly line again and O’Neill pluticrats who have been planning for a new car will have a dhance soon to roll ou(t in cushioned splendor while the less opulent chug along in the old outfit—and maybe pull a bespattered new one out of a mudhole. Last Friday evening the ladies of four of the several O’Neill church groups had charge of a service at the Presbyterian church on the occasion of what is known os World Day of Prayer. Miss Elja McCullough gave the his tory of the special day, followed by Mrs Kenneth Scott in a dis cussion of the subject, “Things Thalt Make for Our Peace.” Others to take part were Eliza beth Schaffer and Barbara Ben nett in a duet. Mrs. Roy Sauers,' Mrs. Carl Lambert, Miss Mary Bowen, Mrs. Clay Johnson, Mrs. Lloyd Mullis, Mrs. Melvin Gross enboch, Mrs. J. L. Sherbaha Mrs. L. A Burgess and Mrs. Louis Reimer were among those on thu program. O’Neill Girl Wed in Rapid City On Sunday March 10, Miss Ruth Ann Biglin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biglin became the bride of Mr. Don Allen Beng, son of Dr. and Mrs. V. E. Berg of Sioux Falls, S. D. The marriage ceremony was performed by< Rev. Joseph O’Con nell in the rectory of the Immacu late Conception church in Rapid City, S. D. The br^de was dressed in a teal blue tailored suit with a white hat and brown accessories and wore a corsage if white carna tions. She was attended by her twin sister, Miss Rose Mary Big lin, of Omaha, Nebr.. who wore a pin striped gray suit with matching gray and black acces sories and a corsage of pink car nations. The groom chose a gray tweed suit and was attended by his friend Arthur Morgan, of Hoxie, Kansas, who wore his navy blues. Following the ceremony the bridal party was served a three course dinner at the A. and F. cafe. Out of towrt relatives attending the wedding were: Dr. and Mrs. V. E. Berg ar(d daughers, Ruth and Coral, of Sioux Falls, S D ; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biglin of ONeill, Nebraska. The young couple left for a week’s motor trip through the Black Hills, after which they will reside in Rapid City. Mr. Berg graduated from the Sioux Falls High School, served in the navy and is now a Student of the School of Mines. Ruth Anne is a St Marys grad uate and Ettendel school at Ames, Iowa, and attended the Univer sity of Nebraska. She is now en gaged in teaching in the Rapid City High School The many fritnds of Miss Biglin in her native city tendar sincere congratulations and best wishes to her and the man of her choice and hope they will have a long, happy and pros perous married life. The Committee wishes to ac knowledge the receipt of an ad ditional $52.05 for the Polio Fund. $50.05 of this amount was turned in by Mrs. John Albers of Cham beis for School District No. 121.1 The money wes raised by op.r-1 ating a lunch counter at a farm sale. This was the largest do nation turned in from any rural school and shows a fine spirit of helpfulness, which is so needed in this war torn world. MRS. ELIZABETH SCHAFFER, Ciunty Chairman, Holt County Chapter, nfantile Paralysis Foundation. Safety Patrol The Nebraska Safety Patrol is now accepting applications for highway patrolmen so that it may properly handle a new state wide short wave radio system. Applications must be in the hands of the Nebraska Safety Patrol State House, Lincoln, by April 1, 1946. Thereafter a num ber yet to be decided will be called in for competattive examin ations. From the tests candi dates will be chosen for the camp, which will be held at theNebras ka Stote Guard Camp at Ashland. Applicants must be citizens of the United States, residents of Nebraska, between 21 and 35 years of age, at least 5 feet 10 inches tall, high school graduates and in good physical condition. Candidates who go through the 5 weeks school will be paid 2.50 a day and given their board and room. Those selected for the patrol will be paid $150 monthly! during a six months probation' period and if permanently as signed will be paid $165.00 a month. EMMET NEWS Miss Alice McCaffrey of O’Neill spent the week-end visiting at the Ray Richards home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Patterson were Friday evening dinner guests at the Leon Price home. ' Tom McDonald, of Boise, Idaho, was an overnight guest at the Dean Perry home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith and son, Daryl, visited at the Vera Hickman home in Atkinsin Sun day afternoon. Mrs. John Bonenberger of At kinson visited Mrs. Jess Wells and Mrs. John Conrad Monday afternoon. Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence Ten borg have purchased the house where Henry Luth lives from Guy Cole. Mrs Bessie Burge and daugh ter, June, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burge of Amelia on o | ti ip to visit relatives at Eureka, California. Mrs. Agnes Gaffney returned; home Saturday afternoon after spending the past six weeks vis iting relatives in South Dakota and Iowa. Mr. ond Mrs. A1 Ivn, of Spald ing, spent the week-end at the Joe Winkler home. Mrs. Ivn is asister of Mis. Winkler. Francis Tenborg returned home Monday morning, after spending the past week in Omaha visiting his sister, Miss Eileen Tenborg. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Potts and sons*, Fritz and Dale, Jr. spent the week-end in Harvard Nebr., visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dusatko have rented and moved ino their apartments in ONeill Sunday afternoon. Bernard is employed DDT Draws In terested Crowd An interested group of citizens gathered in the music room at the public school Monday after noon to hear about the new thing for combatting insect pests. And they learned it wasn’t so new. A German chemist put it over us by about sixty-nine years. But to bring the DDT—a contraction of a long technical name—into practical use it devolved upon Yankee skill. While arrangements were being completed for the demonstration proper Miss Betty Wyant, a high school student, entertained the assembled crowd with a clever reading. Mrs. Corcoran of Lincoln, a state project leader took the floor after County Agent Dawes had stated the purpose of the gather ing and some of the hazards of insect pests. Mrs. Corcoran dis played three small bottles of clear liquid and one containing a white powder. That was the first look of Holt county citizens at DDT. They were told it was prepared for use in the four forms shown, I the liquid to be sprayed and the powder to be dusted- If prop erly used at the beginning of the insect season it is said to elim inate them foi^ the season. Mr. Daiwes handled the spray ing equipment first having ex plained that was why he was ap pearing before a splendidly groomqd audience in blue over- : alls. A good outfit is needed for spraying and is put on like most any liquid spray, but some care j must be exercised. It looks like the old slogan, Swat the Fly, will be passing out and the bugless and flyless age is at hand. I Mrs. Charles Switzer sustained injuries when she fell on the basement stairs at her home Monday. A physicion was called but foufcid no serious condition had resulted from the fall. George Meals and sons, Melvin and Marvin, of Atkinson, are in the city today, appearing in county court in a law suit in volving damages to two head of cattle injured in an overturned truck. We understand thart the Rev. Mr. Ohmairt is confined in a hos pital in Omaha with pneumonia. at the Chevrolet garage as a me chanic. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hagelstein ctnd children attended the funenl of Mrs. Hagelsteins mother at Royal Tutsday of last week. Guy Cole had a very unfortun ate accident on Thursday when (Continued on page eight) Cattle spraying at Vogel ranch in Holt county. Picture courtesy Sears-Roebuck Foundation Treatment of 110 cattle for grubs and lice on the Fritz Vogel ranch north of Atkinson a few weeks ago was witnessed by ranchers who were interested in controlling these pests. A power sprayer developing 600 pounds of pressure was used. The treating agent was 7% pounds of 5% ro tenone powder to 100 gallons of water which kills all grubs that have made holes in the back and lice that are contacted. A second treatment is advised To kill lice three pounds of DDT 50% strength is added to each 100 gallos of water. Somt cattle with lice were examined one acid one-half hours after treatment and it was found that the lice were killed. February and March is the time to spray for grubs. BH1 MacDonald of the KFAB Farm Service had this to say of one Holt county group: The Celia Homemakers extension pro ject club in Holt county for an outstanding community service job.twenty women living in the Celia community north< ast of Atkinson have done every thing from donating funds to the American Red Cross to financing a county book drive. The Cel a homemakers have donated to the Infantile Paralysis Fund and help ed raise funds to build a perman ent public library in Atkinson. No job is too big or small for this up and coming extension project club to tackle when it promises improvement of social community life. Yes, Farm Facts and Fun is happy to salute the Celia Home makers extension project club in Holt county for their outstanding public service record. I James Wiley if Dorsey, was crushed underneath his car Tues day when the jacks gave way •while Mr. Wiley was working under the car. Mrs. Wiley and their daughter were able to ex jtrart him by raising the car sufficient that he could be pulled away from the car frame. The injuries were not thought to be serious. Clarence E. France aviation ordnanceman, third class of O’Neill, has reported td the Naval Air Transport Service at Seattle, Wash. His NATS squadron has pioneered schedule flying under instrument conditions in the | Alaskan-Aleutian area. AAA News Notes Notice. 1946 AAA Program: Meetings for signing up under the 1946 AAA Program are now being completed. If you failed to attend the meeting in your precinct, it is now your responsi i bility to call at the County Office i and complete your report. The ! goal for completing all sign ups is April 1, 1946. All practices under the 1946 program require prior approval by both your commun ity and county committeeman— therefore we suggest you give this matter your immediate a<t tenion. The following meetings are scheduled: Rock Falls—Saturday, March 16, 1946, School District No. 33. Coleman and Saratoga—Mon day, March 18, 946, Phoenix Store. Deloit—Wednesday, March 20, basement St. John’s. Payments have now been com pleted on 1945 dairy subsidy pay ments. Payment will not be made on January, February and March cream stubs until after April 1. You will receive your application for paymnt prior to that time. For those of you who have just moved into Holt county—please advise us and an application will be mailed to you—for your Jan uary, February and March cream stubs, when the applications are sent out. Harry E. Ressel, Chairman, Holt Co. AAA Committee. I Registrants discharged since March 6, 1946: Aithur Kropp, Ewing Ly’e Neil Fix, Atkinson Richard M. Faulhober, Middle branch Willi m G. Schultz, Atkinson Vergil L. Peterson, Page John J. Buhlke, Amelia. . • Arbuthnot Oil Company Ser vice Station has reopen<*d and will appreciate a share of your business. Marriage Licenses William Jonas to Miss Patricia Kendall, both of Gregory, S. D. Edward Wondercheck of Atkin son to Leond Hamilton of O’Neill. Kennotih Ray Asher to Hester Y. Woo«d, both of Page. LeRoy Murt ! Sorenson of Newcastle, Nebr., to Dulcie R mona Warner), of Or chard. Victor H. True to Evelyn W. Gehring, bath of O'Neill. How the Movement Started A reader writes. The Youth for Christ move ment had its beginning in Chi cago and has grown until it is international in scope and has spread to smaller localities and communities featuring special and local talent and has as its purpose the presenting of worth while entertainment and spiritual values. S.iurday evening March 16, at 7:30 in the ONeill Presbyterian church will be the inaugural of this movement in this area, feat uring a Ladies Trio, Male Sing ing and group singing. Other local talent. An evenings enter tainment for all ages. The services of Albert Schultz, Do:in of Omaha Bible Institute, have been secured as guest speaker. Sunday morning, March 17, Rev. Schultz and the Trio will ap pear at Paddock Union Sunday School, and at 3:00 p. m., at Center Union church in special Services. These meetings are all sponsor ed by the American Sunday School Union. « UT i mi f Basset Man Will Run Sale Yard The board of directors of the O’Neill Civic Club have com pleted arrangements for the leas ing of the Live Stock Sales yards, as ownd by the Civic Club, to James Frederickson of Bassett. Mr. Fredericks in was associ ated with his father for more than ten years in the operation of the Bassett Live Stock sales yards, during which time he built up a very good reputation in the operation of a sale, with complete fairness to seller as well as the buyer. He is a successful auc tioneer as well. The date of the first sale and the day on which the weekly sjales will be held will be an nounced by Mr. Frederickson very sion. He is hopeful that he will be able te have one sale in Masch. Watch for his announcement. The board of directors feel that they nave been very fortunate ia leasing the yards to such suc cessful operator as Mr. Frederick son, and they feel that the stock growers of this terriory will have in he future a very dependable market for their stock, and the buyer will be able to buy in confidence thnt he will be priper ly treated and his patronage ap preciated. Possession of the sale yards passes to the new organization next Monday. _ Settle for $10,000 ^fter empaneling the jury and a day an! a half of matching wits in district court a settlement was agreed upon by all parties in the case of Loretta Hynes, adminis tratrix, against the Arrow Stage j Line and McCue Truck Lines for the death of her husband when bus and ti uck collided near Inman. Defendants settled for $10,000 and costs. William Griffin and J. J. Har rington were the O'Neill attor neys in count. Four more able rmn of the bar from out of town helped negotiate the case through to settlement without a verdict from the jury. These were Judge Flansburg of Lincoln, George Boland of Omaha, Fred M. Deutsch of Norfolk and A. J. Luebs of Grand Island. AT EMPLOYMENT CENTER There were 447 persons who applied at 'the government em ployment office in O’Neill in Feb ruary, 248 were World War II vet erons, six World War I’s, 193 non veterans, of which 97 were women, making the highest num ber in a single month so far. It is also the highest for unemplof I ment insurance claims, with a i total if 171 non-veterans end 48 , veterans. Eight persons we.e placed dur ing the month in good jt bs out of 16 referrals. The local office re ports that there are openings in Washington, D. C., fir 1700 clrk typists and 400 clerk stenograph ers. Fifteen bricklayers at Hast j ings, Nebr., 50 munitions hand lers at Sidney. Nebr. If you went one of these jobs apply at : the ONeill office in the court house annex. MARY BREDZKOEFT PASSES Mary Bred hoeft died in a hos pital in Nor oik Sunday, the body being brought to O’Neill where funeral serv'ces w^re h li Thursday a>t ihe P e by er an church, adminis e ed by Rev. Kenneth Scott. Burial wos in the Page cemetery, where re the f.itiher and mother. Miss BredehoefL w;s born at West Point Nebr., December 17, 1880. Her parents, Louis and Eleanora Bredehoeft, were both natives of Germany. The family lived ot one time on a farm north of Page. Two brothers, Fred of O’Neill and William of OgaJlala, the surfiving members of the family. William was here Sun day on a visit to his brother but had left for home when word came of the death of his sisiter. He was then notified and with his wife returned here and he and his brother Fred perfected ar rangements for the funeral and bUriaL . „ I „ . L -