LXV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946 NO. 44
SMALL DOSES
PAST AND PRESENT
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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