THE FRONTIER
O'NeilL Nebraska
CARROLL W STEWART
Editor and PufoliAier
Entered the Postoffice at OTOeill,
Holt County, Nebraska, as sec
«nd-clas«! mail matter under the
Act of March 3, 18T9. This new*,
paper is s member of the Nebras
ka Press Association and the Na
tional Editorial Association.
Published Each Thursday
Established in 1380
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HOLT COUNTY
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
A practice music meeting for
teachers and pupils will be held
In Atkinson at the Memorial
hall on Friday afternoon, De
cember 5.
Rural children in grades 5, 6,
7 and 8 with their tearherfi are
•specially invited.
1 liss Mary Dodson, of Wilbef?
■will be here to get the children
started on our Holt county chil
«tr n’s chorus for next Spring.
The regular teachers’ exami
nations will be given in O’Neill
on Saturday, December 13.
Arithmetic, the first subject, will
be given at 8 a. an.
Elja McCullaogh,
County Superintendent.
Entertain Husbands—
ATKINSON—Members ef the
AVW club entertained their hus
bands at a Thanksgiving party
Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. Lane Griffin.
For a Good Time
VISIT THE
OLD PLANTATION
CLUB
Elgin Hebr.
• Fin* Pood
• Dancing
• Entertainment
Members and their guests
are Invited to visit the Old
Plantation Club.
Reigning Hay Queen,
a Bride-Elect, Feted
CELIA—The Celia Homemak
ers sponsored a miscellaneous
j prenuptial shower for Miss Li
liah Smith, of Atkinson, on No
vember 19. It was held at the
Lawrence Smith home.
Miss Smith, who is Atkinson’s
reigning hay queen, will marry
! Clarence Heiser, of Lincoln, on
Sunday. The bride-elect grew
i up in the Celia community.
On the serving committee for
the shower were Mrs. Mark
j Hendricks, Mrs. Byrl Beck and
Mrs. A. O. Hammerberg. In
charge of games for the shower
was Mrs. Conrad Frickel, jr.
Guests at the shower were
1 Mrs. E. W. Samms, of Atkinson,
I and Miss Marjorie Samms, who
is here from Pennsylvania and
is visiting the O. A. Hammer
bergs.
REDBIRD NEWS
Fred E. Truax visited at the
Fred Truax, sr„ home November
17.
Mr. and Mrs. Halsie Hull and
John Hull autoed to Lynch Mon
day.
Mrs. Bessie Jonas and children
left for her home in Omaha Sat
urday alter visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Truax, the1
past three weeks.
John Reandeau, of northeast
of Spencer, called on Pete More
November 18.
The Carson sisters were called
to Waterloo November 18 by the
death of a cousin, Mr. Shemwell.
Ed Carson took them to Lynch
to meet the train.
Harley Pereboom, of Dorsey,
made a business trip to Redbird
November 18.
Chester Carsten and family
called at Redbird November 19.
Lee Weeks and daughter made
a trip to Redbird last Thursday.
Ray Wilson drove to Redbird
last Thursday.
Gordon Barta autoed to Lynch
Friday.
Clifford Wells transacted busi
ness in Redbird Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carson,
of Dorsey, were at Redbird Fri
day.
William Podany and family
autoed to Lynch Friday.
Albert Carson was in Lynch
Friday.
Henry Hull and family, of
Verdel, visited at the Frea Tru
ax and Michael Hull homes Sat
urday.
Harold Halstead and family,
of Inman, have moved to the
Leon Mellor farm this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ruzicka, of
near Dorsey, were in Lynch Sat
urday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cihlar were
in Redbird Satufday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, of
Marty Mission, S. D., autoed to
Redbird Sunday for a visit with
Arthur Bes^ert and family.
Leon Mellor went to Inman
Sunday with his truck after the
rest of Harold Halstead’s furni
ture.
Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Cress
will be Thanksgiving day guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Garwood
in Atkinson.
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By
ROMAINE
SAUNDERS
O'NEILL — The O’Neill
Methodists have observed the
65th year of the beginning of
the work of salvation as that
church carries on in the com
munity.
The first place of worship
sat forlornly on the open prai
rie with nothing nearer than
Flannigan & Wilcox’s cattle
corral on the south and the
home of the widow of Gen.
John O’Neill on the north.
But it was anything but
forlorn when young and
vigorous Methodism, with
something of the spirit of
the Wesleys and the Fletch
ers, met there for their de
votions. The building itself
furnished living quarters for
the pastor for about 10
years, until a home was
built.
Among the early preachers
was Rev. Bargeldt, who held
down a claim six miles east of
town and shared the responsi
bility of the congregation with
Rev. Bartley Blain. Rev. D.
C. Winship was the first to
give the work of Methodism
in O’Neill permanent footing.
It was in the year 1887 that I
was installed in the somewhat
dubious honor of janitor, and
I recall now the pitiful gather
ing of a few small coins in
the collection plate that seem
ed to be about the only mater
ial compensation for the min
ister and his family, while the
janitor got nothing.
But the membership,
though not flush with mon
ey, made up in basket and
* store what they lacked in
cash. E- H. Benedict, J. C.
Harnish, Mrs. Jake Pfund,
Mrs. Trublood and Mrs. Lew
Shanner were the few stand
bys more than a half-cen
tury ago.
As janitor I never learned
to say with David that it is
better to be “a doorkeeper in
the house of God than to
dwell in the tents of wicked
ness.” From janitor I passed
on to be usher. And it was
even more humiliating to
march down an aisle with a
couple supposed to be in tow
only to lind upon arriving
where I planned to seat them
that they had slid into a pew
in the rear.
The old church building was
remodeled from the original
plan. I think the late O. O.
Snyder had much to do with
giving the present organiza
tion in O’Neill their fine little
church building, which stands
upon the site of the old build
ing but no longer a forlorn fig
uie on the open prairie. As a
friend of the work there of the
long ago I can but express the
hope that spiritual growth has
been in full measure to the ma
terial advancement.
I see Editor Stewart says
he must have another four
bits for a year's subscription
to The Frontier. It started
at a dollar and a half a
year, which remained the
fixed price until increased
costs forced the price up to
two dollars. You can get a
loaf of bread any place but
your local paper is the only
source whereby to keep in
touch with community in
terests. Now is the time to
subscribe.
♦ • *
A Lincoln woman proposes to
render by legislative act the
“misuse of public funds” a
capital crime punishable by
death. Others have felt that
way and expressed their con
victions by suspending the
gent caught at “misuse” from
the end of a 15-foot rope. But
if it is to be legalized how is
“misuse" to be determined?
There are questionable uses
made of public funds that in
volve no moral principle, but
this lady must mean that for
an out-and-out steal the thief
should be given a seat in the
electric chair in place of a
berth for a short time in jail.
• * *
Retail food stores are asking
$5.35 for a sack of potatoes. I
do not knowf what the destruc
tion of tons of good spuds by
orders from Washington may
have had to do with present
prices, nor do I know where
the grower of potatoes comes
in for his share, but I note the
quality of potato served at ta
ble is not what it should be at
the price. Out there on prairie
land we had the best that can
be grown anywhere, so I find
the soggy things imported to
city markets poor substitute for
a good baked potato.
• * *
Thanksgiving dinner at state
institutions will be an event.
The board of control has pro
vided two and a quarter tons
of turkey, more than a ton of
celery, more than a half ton
of cranberries and 130 cases
of oranges and grapefruit for
the occasion. But their is size
able population at the state
institutions, the one at Beat
rice alone having more than
1,600 to feed. Norfolk, Hast
ings, Lincoln, Omaha and oth
er points have “well-filled” in
stitutions.
. , *
A trembling voice comes
out of old Nebraska City
alarmed that the proposed
list of delegates to the GOP
national convention has
been "hand picked." I would
have thought better of the
usually well - balanced J.
Hyde Sweet. Hand-picked
—why not? The job of in
jecting life into the political
parties has always devolved
upon a few. who have been
willing to spend their time
and means for the "good of
the cause." The cry of hand
picked is made by those
who have no suggestions for
a better way of making up
a slate.
• * *
A Lincoln concern has been
awarded some sort of recogni
tion for outstanding efforts for
the prevention of accidents
| during the- year—a year now
drawing to a close with a rec
ord of fatal accidents that sur
passes in number all previous
years in Nebraska.
• • •
Whatsoever thy hand find
eth to do, do it with thy
might, for there is no work,
nor device, nor knowledge,
nor wisdom, in the grave
whither thou goest.—Eccl. 9.10.
• • •
Armistice day has become
somewhat of a flop. But it
still gives the boys and girls
on the public payroll another
day off duty.
CELIA SIDELIGHTS
Many from this neighborhood
attended the Frank Henderson
sale Friday. Mr. Henderson has
sold his farm, it is said, to the
Fritz Naber family, of the Phoe
nix neighborhood.
Bob Pease has purchased a
model A Ford coupe from Har
old Goldfuss.
Highway 11, which runs north
of Atkinson, is a “mess” these
days with “washboard rough
ness.” Residents of Celia com
plain loudly as they jounce over
it.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hoffman
dropped in on the Henry All
brecht family November 16.
Mr. and Mrs- R. L. Pease, of
Atkinson, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Pease, of O’Neill,
on November 16. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Pease and family, of
Emmet, dropped in during the
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hamik, of
near Stuart, and their small
daughter were Sunday night
callers at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Spann, who live near
Atkinson. The two families got
to reminiscing and told many
fascinating stories of “old times”
much to the fascination of the
Ray Peases, who had stopped at
Spanns on their way home.
| George Beck sold cattle at the
Atkinson livestock pavilion No
vember 18, as did Bob Pease.
Mrs. Beck attended the sale to
see how their cattle sold. Alvin
Heiser sold 16 head of calves.
R. L. Pease and son, Bob,
went to O’Neill on November 19.
Last Thursday Mr. Pease broke
his underslung hay cabling out
fit and had to make a trip to
Atkinson and O’Neill again. He
was accompanied by Alex Frick
el.
Bob Pease called at the Law
rence Smith home Saturday. He
was looking for repairs for his
car.
Mrs. F. W. Kilmurry was a
delegate from the Celia Home
makers club, as well as Mrs. S.
V- Johnson to the State Garden
club convention at Fremont on
November 15. Your correspond
ent did not know that Mrs. Kil
murry went along when the
news was sent in last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo:*je Beck, of
Celia, were guests on November
16 at the Arthur Pacha home
south of Atkinson. Also guests
I of the Pacha's that day were
the Ed Milnar family, the Wil
liam Morgan, sr., family, and
Mrs. Mary Pacha, of Atkinson.
Lex Forsythe, of this commu
nity, left for Nogales, Ariz., No
vember 22 by bus. He is taking
a vacation trip and will visit his
sister, Mrs. Lon Delman, at No
gales. He left at the right time,
because it has been biting cold
at Celia.
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Nebraska’s
Beer Industry
Is Firmly
Regulated
No other state in the Union
has a better beer Self-Regula
tion program than Nebraska.
Our State Liquor Control Law
is one of the best planned and
best executed in the nation. It
is often considered the model
by legislators of other states.
Our lawmakers, back in 1935,
studied the state’s problems
and devised our present com
prehensive and practical liquor
control legislation. This wis
dom ftas been well proved.
This Committee, which is
concerned with the proper
administration of this law,
works closely with your law
enforcement officers and aids
in seeing that action is taken
against any who abuse their
license privileges.
These good laws, ably en
forced, have given Nebraska
high rank in maintaining good
beer-selling conditions.
NEBRASKA COMMITTEE
United States
Brewers
Foundation
Charles E. Sandal), State Director
7«o Flrw Nat*| Bank Bldg., Lincoln
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