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VOLUME G&—NUMBER 46^ _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947. _____ PRICE 5 CENTS
JOSEPH U. YANTZI
BURIED TODAY
Retred Businessman, 82,
Expires at Home
of Daughter
NATIVE OF CANADA
Tr Joseph U. Yantzi, 82, retired
O’Neill businessman, died Mon
day at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. W. L- Shoemaker, at Stan
ton. He was critically ill for twb
weeks.
Funeral sei vices were held at
2 p. m. today (Thursday) at the
Fi rst Presbyterian church here
with Rev. Kenneth J. Scott,
church pastor, officiating. Bur
ial was in Prospect Hill cemeie.y.
The late Mr. Yantzi was born
in Ontario, Can da, on January 2,
1865. He came to Holt county in
the Spring of 1882 from SeWard
county, Nebraska, where he had
spent three years after leaving
Canada.
On July 6, 1886, he was mar
ried to Kathryn Ernst. Two
daughters and one son were born
to this union.
Mr. Yantzi was for many years
Engaged in the produce and gro
cery business here.
He was a member of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.
Survivors include: two daugh
ters, Mrs. W. L. Shoemaker, of
Stanton; Mrs. C. A. Ives, of Bend,
Ore.; one son, C. E., of O’
Neill; 11 grandchildren; 14 great
grandchildren; four brothers, and
three sisters.
Mrs. Yantzi died February 4,
1940.
Pallbearers at the funeral ser
vices were John Ernst, Dave
Bellar, Clarence Ernst, Ralph
Ernst, Levi Yantzi, and William
Ernst.
WIDOW OF EX-JUDGE
DIES AT ATKINSON
Mrs. Clarence Selah, widow of
tine ex-Holt county judge, died
Monday at Atkinson at the home
of Mrs. Ethel Brown. Mrs. Selah
had been in failing health for
six months.
Death followed an apoplectic
stroke.
The body was brought to Big
lin Brothers here pending funeral
arrangements.
Services will be held at 2 p. m.
Friday in the Methodist church
here with interment in Prospect
Hill cemetery. Rev. Lloyd Mul
lis will officiate.
Mrs. Selah is survived by one
son, Dean, of Grand Island; three
grandsons, William, of Rock Is
land, 111. • Richard and Robert;
and one granddaughter.
—
Pastors Named for
Holy Week Services
AT'''? --
“The Suffering Saviour" will be
the theme for the five noonday
downtown lenten services to be
held at the Golden hotel dining
room under the sponsorship of
the O’Neill Ministerial associa
tion.
The 30-minute services will be
gin at 12:25 p. m., Monday
through next Thursday. On
Good Friday the service will be
gin at 1 p. m. and last for one
hout'.
The schedule: Monday—Rev. J.
M. Cummings. Assembly of God
church; Tuesday — Rev. Melvin
Grosenbach, Holiness church;
Wednesday—Rev. Lloyd W. Mul
lis, Methodist church; Thursday
—JJev. Kenneth J. Scott, First
Presbyterian church. All of the !
pastors will participate in the
Good Friday service.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Errs* and
family were in Omaha and Wake
field Friday and Saturday.
Future Subscribers
CORKLE—Mr. and Mrs. James ,
♦ W. Corkle, of O’Neill, a daughter,
born Friday, March 21, in Our
Lady of Lourdes hospital, at Nor- .
folk.
CRANE — Mr. and Mis. Allen
Crane, of Hartford, Conn,, a
daughter, born Thursday, March
20, at Hartford. Mrs. Crane is
known at Chambers as the for- (
mer Wilma Backman. ,
GADDIE—Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Gaddie, of Chambers, a daughter, '
Patricia Ann, born Sunday, March
• 23. in the O’Neill hospital. Mrs.
Gaddie was formerly Miss Arlene
Jones, of Chambers.
M’GRAW—Mr. and Mrs. Keith
McGraw, of Albion, a son, John
Patrick, born recently, at Albion.
The McGraws are known at In
man.
SPITTLER—Mr. and Mrs. Je
! rome Spittler, of Inman, a daugh- I
ter, born Sunday, March 23, in
the O’Neill hospital.
Extreme Temperatures
Accompany First
Week of Spring
Spring was ushered in like
the proverbial lamb. Before
it had worn a week, however,
Holt countyans had witnessed
extraordinaiy extremes in tem
peratures.
On Saturday Old Sol dished
out a sample of Maytime
weather as the mercury climb
ed to 76. The “heat wave” wrr.s
accompanied by an “epidemic”
of Spring fever. The town
broke out in a “rash” of shirt
sleeves and Summer outfits.
Old Man Winter bounded
back into the limelight e rly
today (Thursday) as the citi
zenry Wakened to find the re
gion blanketed in snow. By
noon most of the snow had dis
appearecf Lowest tempeia
ture during the 24-hour period
that ended at 8 a. m. was 15
degrees.
The week’s summary
HI Lo MoLt.
March 21 _ 54 26
March 22 _ 54 27
March 23 76 38
March 24 ._... 60 29
March 25 . 51 23 T
March 26 40 18
March 27 ...... .. 30 15 .16
MOVE TO GENOA
CHAMBERS—Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Childers, who have been in,
Genoa with their sons for the past
two months, spent last week in
Chambers with their son, Lyle.
They had their furniture and
household belongings moved to
Genoa Saturday. They will make
their home there.
ITINERANT SCHEDULE SET
The following itinerant service
schedule for the Nebraska state
employment service has been an
nounced for April: Mondays, Apr.
7 and 21, Holt county courthouse,
1 p. m.; Tuesdays, April 8 and 24,
Holt county courthouse, 8 a. m.
$200 INCREASE
FOR TEACHERS
13 Are Reelected: Other
Contracts Held Up by
Technicalities
A blanket $200-per-year in
crease for the 1947- 48 term re
cently was voted for every teach
ing position in the O’Neill public
school system. At the same time,
Supt. Ira George and 12 members
af the 1946-’47 teaching staff were (
reelected.
Technicalities will temporarily
hold up contracts with at least
seven other teachers.
Those reelected and their 1947*
48 salaries follow;
Ira George, superintendent, $4,->
300; F. E. Saindon, principal and
;oach, $3,200; John R. Urton, vo
cational education, $3,050; Miss
Mice L. French, mathematics and
librarian, $2,400; Miss Esther Kin
lier, commercial, $2,400; Miss
reresina Danese, social science
and Spanish, $2,400; Mrs. Dora S.
Davis, normal training, $2,400.
Miss Hilda Gallagher, third
?rade, $1,865; Mrs. Mary Eliz
aeth Harbottle, fifth grade, $1,
565; Miss Loretta Enright, second
?rade, $1,665; Mrs. Catherine E.
Fritton, first grade, $1,550; Mrs.
Catherine Donohoe, sixth grade,
61,550; Miss LuVerne H. Schultz,
fourth grade, $1,550.
S. E. HICKS,T E
MARRIED 55 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hicks, of
D’Neill, Monday observed their1
55th wedding anniversary at their;
wme here. DesDite their ad
vanced years, both enjoy good
icalth.
Both were born in IoWa and
•ame to Holt county in their
noth. They were married in
TNeill on March 24 1892, by Rev.
jowe'v.
Until 1925 they resided on the
licks homestead, originally
minted to the late Palmer Hicks
rhe place is located east of Meek
rhe couple moved mto O’Neill
ind semi-retirement 22 years ago.
n recent years Mr. Hicks has
ceen practicing some carpentry
vock.
Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are the oa
ents of two daughters, Mrs. Ed
vard Hubby, of Butte, and Mrs.
\delina Sporn, of Glendale, Calif ;
me son, Clarence, of O’Neill;
ught grandchildren, and 10 great
grandchildren.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Wesley C. Taylor, 26. and Mil
ired Catherine Shald. 20, both of
Mkinson, March 15.
Ben W. Medcalf, 20, of O’Neill,
?nd Miss Phyllis A. Carpenter, 20,
af Chambers, March 15.
Charles Jenson, 48., of P’Neill, (
and Almira Wood, 24, of Mission,
S. D„ March 20.
Mrs. W. H Harty was in Sioux |
City Wednesday.
CHAMBERS WOMAN
EXPIRES AT 76
CHAMBERS—Funeral sei vices
were conducted Saturday afte,
noon at the Baptist church for
Mis. Emma Meyers, 76, who died
March 19 at her home in Cham
ers.
Rev. Ward Smith, of Butte, wes
in charge of the services. Pall
befercra were Darrel Gillette, Ed
Smith, Wilson Smith, Art Walt
er, J. W. Walter and T. E. New
house.
Emma Blair, eldest daughter of
William and Mary Bisir, was
born at Brainard on November 6,
1870.
On July 4, 1890, she was united
in marriage to Joseph Meye s, of
David City. To this union were
born five children, four of whom
survive. Mr. Meyers died on
March 20, 1934.
Mr. £nd Mis. Meyers came to
Holt county 46 years ago.
For 17 years she was janitor of
the Chambers sciioo!.
She is survived by her four
children: Mrs. Jessie Goodspeed,
of Oakdale; Frank Meyers, of
Ewing; William Meyers, of Ver
digre, and Mrs, Ele. nor^ Gibson,
of Flint, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Jones, of Ainsworth, and
Mrs. Bessie Jonosek, of Vufna,
Ariz.; seven grandchildren, and
two great-grandchildren,
S. J. PETERSON
DIES AT ATKINSON
Native of Sweden Came to
Phoenix Vicinity
in 1884
ATKINSON — Srn John
Peterson, 86, a native of Kisa,
Sweden, died at nodn Wednesday
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Albert Widtfeldt. Ill oftly two
weeks, death was caused by a
heart ailment.
The late Mr. Peterson, who
w s born on January 25, 1861,
immigrated to the United States
when he was a youth, landing in
New York City in 1882. He went
to Boone, la., where he worked
for two years in the coal mines.
coming to Holt county in 1884.
He homesteaded in northern
Holt county, no- th of Phoenix,
where he resided continuously for
half a century.
On November 24, 1909, he mar
ried Miss Lottie Ellis at
Butte. They reared a family of
two sons and one daughter. Mrs.
Peterson died in March, 1941.
Funeral arrangements were not
mmnleted at noon today (Thurs
day). although rites are tenta
ively planned at the Butte Com
munity chu'ch. Burial will be at
Butte near the grave of Mrs, ;
Peterson.
Survivo-s include, two sons, j
Vlafx. of Elkhorn. Wis.; Jacob, of
5weet Home. Ore.: one daughter, ;
M"S. Albert Widtfeldt. of Atkin
son; and six grandchildren
STATE INCOME
BILL KILLED
The razor’s edge Wednesday
was applied to LB 444, a state in
come tax measure, in the state
egislature at Lincoln. The mea
sure was buried by indefinite
postponement.
Frank G. Arnold, of Fullerton,
3nd Walter Pierpont, of Omaha,
poth taxpayer league officers,
swung the big bats that hammer
ed out the facts and figures on
why the income tax was not
seeded.
Meanwhile, the legislature is
considering a series of bills to
improve assessments.
A bill outlawing the use and !
sale of slugs fn parking meters
ind Vending machines was among j
'our bills signed thi§ week by
Gov. Val Peterson.
QUIET ELECTION
FORECAST HERE
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3 Petition Candidates for
City Posts; No
Contests Seen
A quiet municipal and school
^lection next Tuesday is forecast
here.
The only candidates for three
city council posts are petition
candidates Hugh Ray, R. E. Arm
bruster and G, A. DeBacker,
whose names were filed last week
with City Clerk J. B. Grady, Ray
is a candidate for First ward
councilman; Armbruster, Second
ward, and DeB cker, Third ward.
The incumbents, John Melvin,
First ward; M. J. Wallace, Second
ward; and Frank Clemens, Third,
are not petition candidates for re
election.
City Clerk Grady said that fil
ings closed on March 19, 10 days
before election.
The Frontier erroneously re
ported in the March 20 issue that
the municipal and school elections
would be held April 8. The cor
rect date for Nebraska second
cla*s municipal elections is the
first Tuesday in April.
At thd same time, the voters
will name *wo members to the
board of education The terms of
incumbants Dr. K. A. Burgess and
George Shoemaker expire. Both
are petition candidates for re
election. W. B. Gillespie is a
third petition candidate.
The polls will open Tuesday at
8 a. m. and close at 8 p. m. The
polling places are; First ward—
Holt county courthouse basement \
Second ward—Knights of Colum
bus hall, second floor; Third ward
—city cduncil chambers.
COYOTE HUNT PLANNED
A coyote hunt will be held Sun
day one mile east of Midway store
north of O’Neill. Gus Karel is in
charge of arrangements. Pro
ceeds will be turned over to the
O'Neill new hospital fund.
ADDIE A. GIBSON
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Lifelong Holt Resident
Expires in Sioux City
After Operation
Miss Addie A. Gibson, 62, a
lifelong resident of Holt county,!
died at 1:35 p. m. Wednesday in
the Methodist hospital at Sioux
City, where she had been a pa
tient a little over a week. Death
followed a surgical operation.
Miss Gibson was born Deoem
ner 19, 1884, at Mineola. She re
sided on a farm all of her life
with the exception of several
^ears spent in O’Neill, where she
jwned a home.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday at the Dorsey
ihurch. Burial will be in the
Mineola cemetery.
Miss Gibson leaves no immed
iate survivors.
LEGION PLANS
JUNIOR BALL
The American Legion post here
will sponsor a junior baseball
team during the 1947 summer sea
son, it was decided Friday. The |
Legion will field a team with
new uniforms and equipment.
Commander Glea H. Wade s id.
Sixteen youths, who were born ]
not later than 1930, will comprise
the team.
A manager and coach will be
selected soon, Commander Wade
said.
Dennis H. Cronin, 78,
Publisher 55 Years, Dies
DENNIS H. CRONIN . . . 1869-1947
‘Goodbye Denny/
Writes Mr. Saunders —
Romaine Saunders, 74, of Lin
coln, veteran editor, printer and
currently a columnist for The
Frontier, has written £ tribute to
his old friend and colleague, Den
nis H. Cronin. ,
His tribute follUWs:
By Romaine Saunders
pFairieland nas blossomed,
scorehed, frozeh and been wind
swept for three score and 10
years since a boy of eight
years, dark eyes opened in won
derment, and black hair crown
ing an intelligent Irish head,
landed with his parents on the
soil that has become almost sa
cred through common devotion
and common sacrifices that we
now know as O'Neill.
Out of the copper mining re
gion of upper Michigan, out of
the smoke and steam of indus
trial Scranton, Pa., had come
colonies at the call of Gen. John
O’Neill to make homes on the
prairie and start a town.
Denny Cronin was that eight
year-old boy from Michigan.
His father bought land that
corners with the northeast lim
its of O’Neill and through the
span of 70 years O’Neill and
that first prairie farm has been
his home.
It has been my privilege to
have known him since as a boy
he brought milk in from the
farm and delivered it to the
homes in the town, on through
the colorful years of a pioneer
community. Not to the man
ner of the farm born, ambition
and energy urged him into
school and the wider scope of
life’s practical and sometimes
hardbitten experiences. At the
hour of youth’s golden glow he
set forth on a career that led to
a life of newspaper work, into
legislative halls and responsible
government positions.
Headstrong and always loyal,
Denny had decided convictions. ;
Political opponents feared and 1
political friends sought his help i
and advice. And through the I
stormy but picturesque period !
of Holt county’s politic 1 evo
lution none was a more colorful
figure than he. He had but a i
few months’ release from life’s
strenuous call until the pale !
hand of death beckoned him
from us—I say us as none seem j
so much of the part of the
whole of a large community.
Goodbye, Denny. Romaine.
Editor Cronin's 'Goodbye'
Dennis H. Cronin s last writ- <•
ten words to The Frontier read
ers were penned on May 16,
1946, a few h(mrs before the pa- i
per went to press qarrying the
news of his retirement.
This week Editor Cronin’s
“Goodbye” is reproduced:
"To The Frontier readers
wherever they may be located:
Goodbye.
“It is with deep regret th t I
pen the above words. For 55
years I have been engaged in
the newspaper business in this
city; 54 with The Frontier.
Part of this time was spent
with a partner, but for the past
50 years, lacking a few months,
I was alone as editor and own
er.
“How well I have performed
my duty, you—the readers—
know, and it is not for me to
say. But I will say that at all
times I tried to be fair in news
dealings and never knowingly
injured anyone through the col
umns of The Frontier. Du ing
these years I have made many
friends and some enemies, for
it is impossible to be in this
business without making ene
mies, when you publicize the
’ shortcomings of the delinquent
officials or of citizens who try
to take the short road to wealth
by crooked transactions that fi
nally get in the courts.
Sadness in Reporting
“We have enjoyed our news
paper career in the empire of
Holt, where we have lived most
of our life. We have chronie’ed
in the columns of The F o tier
the births of many of our pres
ent leading citizens as well as
the marriages of their parenls,
many of whom wc knew long
before their marriages.
“One of the saddest things in
the life of a newspaper man is
that of recording the passing
from this earthly sphere of
many of the closest friends and
chums of his youth. It has
been our sad duty during the
past eight years to record the
passing of neat ly all of a group
of young men with whom I
traveled as a young man 50 and
60 years ago. This makes us
realize that time takes its toll.
“Advancing years and a short
age of competent help forced us
to get out of the business. Had
competent help been available
we would have ended our life
in the harness. That being im
possible, we sold out.
Will 'Haunt' the Office
“As to the future I know not.
I have been here so long that
I am aware of the fact that I
will be like a duck out of wa
ter for some time to come. You ,
'•n’t break off the habits of a |
lifetime in hours or d ys, and
fcr sometime to come I will
probably be haunting The Fron
tier office, hoping that I won’t
be a pest.
“In conclusion, I desire to ex
press my sincere appreciation
to the people of Holt county
for their confidence in me and
mine during the past years,
both politically and in business.
I expect to continue to make
my home in O’Neill and will be
seeing you as the days roll by.
You, my friends and enemies (if
I have any), have m.y best wish
es for a long life, full of pros
perity and happiness, for you
certainly deserve it, for no
county in anv state of the
Union has a finer, more intel
ligent or lovable class of peo
ple. May God bless you all.
—DENNIS H. CRONIN.”
Legislature Mourns
Mr. Cronin’s Passing —
The Nebraska state legisla
ture, in regular session Tues
day, passed the following reso
lution in memory of Dennis H.
Cronin:
LEGISLATURE OF
NEBRASKA
SIXTIETH SESSION
In Memory of
DENNIS H. CRONIN
Dennis H. Cronin was born
in Eagle Harbor, Mich., on Jan
uary 10, 1869, and came to Ne
braska in 1877. He was edu
cated in the public schools of
Calumet, Mich., and O’Neill,
Neb. He served as postmaster
in O'Neill, and as United States
marshal for Nebraska from
1921 to 1932. He owned and
operated a newspaper in j
O’Neill for more than 55 years
and was active in city and st itfe
press association work. He
served in the Nebraska house |
of representatives of the Ne
braska state legislature in 1911,
1913, 1915 and 1917, and was
a member of the senate of the
Nebraska state legislature in
1919 and 1921. He served as a
member of the Nebr ska uni- |
cameral legislature in 1945 and [
in the special session of 1946.
He was always active in civic
affairs and a leader in any !
activity in which he chose to
participate. He was highly re- i
speeted by his colleagues in
the legislature and by eve:yone
with whom he came in contact.
He died in Sioux City, la., on
March 21, 1947, and his death
is mourned by all who knew
him.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of
this body to pay tribute to the
memory of our beloved col
league, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE NEBRAS
KA LEGISLATURE IN SIX
TIETH SESSION ASSEM
BLED:
1. That we pause for a mo
ment in our deliberations and
stand in humility and rever
ence in honor of our departed
member, Dennis H. Cronin,
who served so loyally and ably
as a member of the Nebraska
state legislature.
2. That the clerk of the leg
islature be directed to spread
at large on the legislative jour
nal this resolution, and that a
copy of said resolution, proper
ly authenticated and suitably
engrossed, be sent by the clerk
to the bereaved family of our
departed colleague, as an ex
pression of our respect for the
deceased and our sympathy for
the bereaved.
Introduced and adopted
March 25, 1947.
Siened. ROBERT B CROSBY
President of the Legislatute.
Press Association
Makes Resolution —
The death of Dennis H C o
nin occurod midway in the an
nu l convention of the Nebras
ka Press association being held
at Lincoln. On Saturday the
body unanimously moved to ex
tend sympathy to the members
of Mr. Cronin’s family.
The resolutions follow.
“Be it further resolved, that
in the death this week of
Dennis H. Cronin, for 54 years
publisher of the O’Neill Fron
tier, the press of the strte has
lost a valuable and conscien- ,
tious worker.
“He served the state of Ne
braska well as a member of the
senate and worked tirelessly
for the upbuilding of his home
community.
“Our deep sympathy is ex
pressed for members of the
family in their hour of sadness.
Signed. NANCY MAHOOD,
Secretary-Manager.”
V eteran Editor, Solon,
U. S. Marshal Buried
Here Monday
RETIRED IN MAY, 1946
r.
Death came Friday to Dennis
H. Cronin, 78, veteran editor-pub
lisher, legislator and leader, who
died at 2 p. m. Friday in St. Vin
cent’s hospital in Sioux City.
Funeral services were held at
10 a. m. Monday at St. Patrick’s
Catholic church here with Rt.
Rev. J. G. McNamara officiating.
Interment was in the Cronin fam
ily plot at Calvary cemetery.
Mr. Cronin, who retired from
public life in May, 1946, when he
sold The Frontier, has been in
failing health for the past six
months. During that period he
had made one trip to Rochester,
Minn., and numerous trips to
Sioux City in behalf of his health.
He had been in St. Vincent’s hos
pital for seven weeks prior to his
death.
Dennis Harrington Cronin was
born at Eagle Harbor, Mich., on
January 10, 1869, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cronin, who
moved to O'Neill from northern
Michigan in 1877. The Cronins
were among the earliest Settlers
and were identified with the
“Michigander” immigrants. The
family homesteaded one mile
I north of the present site of
O’Neill.
Coedits The Item
Mr. Cronin completed in O’Neill
his elementary education that had
begun at Calumet, Mich.
On February 5, 1891, the late
Mr. Cronin and Clyde N. King
i became coeditors of The O'Neill
; Item, which was one of four
newspapers here. On January
28, 1892, he became one of the
editors and coowners (along with
Mr. King and W. D. Matthews) of
The Frontier, which, in the mean
time, had absorbed The Item.
In 1896 Mr. Cronin assumed
sole ownership of The Frontier,
which he operated continuously
for half a century.
On May 30, 1894, he married
Miss Kathleen Lorge at Randolph.
They became the parents of three
sons, Julius D., Francis N., and
Clinton E., and two daughters,
Beatrice (Mrs. P. B. Harty), and
Geraldine. Mrs. Cronin died
April 6, 1911.
In January, 1919, Mr. Cronin
married Miss Faye Farrand, of
Omaha. They became the pa
rents of one daughter, Marjorie,
and one son, Richard.
He served four terms, 1911-’13,
1915-T7, in the Nebraska house
of representatives. He won rec
ognition in the house as the auth
or of the state aid bridge law.
He served two terms, 1919-’21, in
the Nebraska senate, and at the
turn of the year completed a
term in the unicameral legisla
ture, of which he was the dean.
Marshal for 12 Years
Mr. Cronin was United States
marshal for Nebraska for 12
years, 1921-’32, his last appoint
ment corning from Pres. Coolidge.
He was president of the O’Neill
city council for eight years; post
master here for eight ye_rs • serv
ed one term as president of the
Nebraska Press association,
Mr. Cronin was a leader in most
phases oi community life during
the development of O'Neill and
Holt county.
During his early career he play
ed considerable baseball and he
won ea;ly recognition for his abil
ity as an . ctor. Few home talent
plays in the ’90s and ea ly 1900s
were cast without Mr. Cronin in
a leading role.
He was among the last of the
school of newspapermen whose
personality was reflected
throughout the p. per. He fre
quently engaged opposition, pri
marily political, in heated wo d
battles. Mr. Cionin was co sid
ered a leader in state Republican
circles. His p.cstige a0 a leader
exceeded that of his own news
p-per. T>e c nibi. ctio,i of edi
torial and pun kul activity earn
ed him widespread iecogmtijn
throughout *h state.
‘Best-Known Citizen*
In the funerai sc. men, Msgr.
McNamara described the late Mr.
Cronin as "perhaps Holt county’s
best-known citizen.”
Survivors include the widow;
four sons, and three daughters.
Mr. Cronin was the last living
member of the o.'igingl Cronin
family that came front- noithein
Michigan.
Among those coming from a
distance for the rites were Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton E. Cronin, of
Grand Island; Mrs. B. F. Gleason,
of Randolph; Sister M. Florencia,
of Stuart; Rom.une Saunders, of
Lincoln.
Mrs. F. H Butts, of Santa Barb
ara, Calif., sister of Mrs. Cronin,
was also present. She has been
here for more than a month.
Pallbearers were Frank Nelson,
Guy Cole, H. D. Grady, Ira Moss,
Phillip Harrington, Dean Street
er, G. E. Miles and Carroll W.
Stewart.