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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1948)
PAGE 2—January 1. 1943. vONTIER 0'N»ill. Nebraska •A!’ :OLL W. STEWART Ecu hi and Publisher | .1 the Postofflce at O’Neill, I \ Nebraska, as sec t in il matier under the f .* M | . h t. 1879. This news t member of the Ne ! ie-s Association and the Kdiinrial Association. ii li ed Each Thursday P.st ibhshed in 1880 T rms of Subscription: f biaskd $2.50 per year; • where in ihe United States, $ ^H-r year All subscriptions a. sirnily paid-in-advance. /.Yipiin Youth Joins Journalism Fraternity AMELIA — Floyd Sagescr is ■pond ng his Christmas vacation k re. He is a student at Kan Otate college, at Manhattan, a 1 is nledgfd Sigma Delta Chi. aioional journalism fraternity. Pledges are chosen on scholar ship and work done in the jour e sm field. Only those who pJ"n to remain in the journalism ii Id are . dmilted. f ’’’a1. Lunch Nets Amelia School $217.06 “'MELIA—The Christmas pro s' m *t the Amelia school was • ended by a large crowd. The I rociai and lunch netted t 17.06. r m ly in YuIb Reunion — AMELIA—Mr. and Mrs. Peter F ahm spent their first Christ ie s in seve al years in which sll of their children were home. H-'inie who had been discharg «£ from the Army in the sum r *r, is at home. Mrs. Keith (Mo ie) Shel'hasc and family came from Hastings. Mrs. Jer tme (Hilda) Krutz and husband t, ir ' anton. , Sunday evening dinner guests cf Mrs. Hop j Condon were Mrs. Lsura Burke and Evelyn Stan i ord. pRAIRi ELAND TALK Bv ROMAINE LAUNDERS LINCOLN — I feel indebted lo Editor Stewart for a new volume to add to my book shelves. The title reads. “In All Its Fury.” It is a history of the blizzard of January 12, 1888, and might properly be defined as a collection of in dividual experiences of that day of lury. The authors, W. H. O’Gara and Ora A. Clement, have given the public in perman ent form a notable contri bution to the literature of the prairie. As near as ton gue and pen can tell the story of that overwhelming visitation of nature this new book presents it. But words at the best must fail to convey the picture, as one who sees “through a glass darkly." It was not a snow storm or blizzard in the o din ary understanding. It was a mighty onrush as if the very snow clouds had dropped to earth to be swept across the land by hurricane winds. My own escape from being on the open road between O’Neill and Inman was by an eyelash, and I recall now one touching story among the several mov ing stories of the grandmother out at Dustin who was found frozen in the sled in which she was driving to Stuart and had put her coat and wraps about her little granddaughter to save her from a like fate. Lee Baker, the pioneer druggist of Chambers, started for home and found himself a few hours later the guest in a pen of swine some dis tance out of town. Several men with teams from Dorsey, caught on the road to O’Neill, huddled up in companionship with the hogs they were bring ing to market and they were a sorry looking frost bitten bunch when they pulled ut> at Geo ge Jones' livery and feed barn in O’Neill the fore noon of the 13th. IS Rtll '**»' hum The - Pv c« V you 0n*t»ur,0n MS rigfy of if cafc/j "> /949 '’,nc»o (.ope, say* *o. r°W f“" »We ' ' ",'1' is our ■” *"°«>er New around. r*ar'J 0aV fol/i * mu J°*KS. Managfr Cfco/jp. , Tom Kearny survived the blhzard and leaded east next morning on a brown i broncho to re urn to the | horseranch where he was occasional^ useful as a bron cho-Lu:fer. Con Keys weathered the storm In a barn and came down Douglas street with one horse hitched to a sled, the other horse of the team having given up the ghost during the night. That anyone caught out in the open a distance from shelter su vived was because of pio neer hardihood. Among the contributors to this interesting book is Mrs. Grace Hummel 1-McCoy, teach ing a district school north of O’Neill during the winter of 1888. The McCoy family lived a few miles west of town, where Pat Keys is now locat ed. The book is issued under the auspices of the ’88 Bliz zard Club, printed by the Union College Pi ess at Lin coln. • • • It’s 1948, and so another frear opens on peaceful prairie and-peaceful, enriched by mat erial abundance and the great er riches of the cherished tra ditions of a people secure in the homes of a quiet land set apart from the troubled world. The new year will prolong the joys and sorrows of the old according to the , measure not only of what we [ gather but what we impart to ; community and neighborly wel I f. re. Resolutions to do a little I better may or may not outlive ■ the year; but they are an ex pression of aspi ati ns which reach out for a higher goal. ! And to long as such aspira ! tions throb in the hearts of men so long will Christian | character hold throughout the I commnity. Hap y New Year to friends who care a little lor P.airieland Talk. • • * An able gentleman of the staff of able instructors of the University of Nebraska has been quoted as saying in an address to a college group of students that “the one an swer to the fundamental needs o the world is unswerving loyalty by American youth to what America stands for.’’ Perhaps he meant that for which America has stood. It is not very clear to any of us just what America does stand for at the present. Elliot Roosevelt sold Christmas trees at a dollar each "to make Christains" out of dealers in that yule tida commodity who priced the trees at three and four t mes Elliot's price. Where upon a gent with a grove of everg'eens in Maryland adver ted his free "to make a Christaln out of Elliot Roosevelt." • • * Salads have become a food fad. Try a bowl of white beans thoroughly cooked, sea toned only with salt, and you have something that doesn’t exhaust the grocery budget the first day and gives you that well-fed feeding. WISHES for the N EW YEAR. We can look back a long way . . . back to year* that were better . . . bark to years that were not quite as good; bat always, as we'look bark, we see the smiling faces of a multitude of loyal friends. At the threshold of 1948 we re new our pledge to you of service and cooperation. We reaffirm our faith and confidence in our community. Gillespies9 RADIO - ELECTRIC — APPLIANCES PHONE 114 O’NEILL ’RE swinpinp into our annual inventory and we’ve already found that we’re overstocked on lots of items. Our mistakes are your savings, but you’ll have to hurry because our JANU ARY CLEARANCE prices are at rock-bottom. MOP STICKS—While They Last 15c CLOTHES HAMPERS .NOW—AT COST! Only 4.98 and 5.50 CHILDEN’S SLEDS NOW—AT COST! 2.98 - 3.25 - 4.25 - 4.98 DOLLS....... NOW 1-3 OFF They’ll not be carried over. Bargains you’ll never again find. MAGIC SLATES.. i/2 OFF Now 10 and 25c; Formerly 29c and 59c LAMPS -___. NOW—1/2 OFF Regular 8.90; Clearance Price 4.98 k|AT|f*E| Beginning January 5 Our Store HVllvte Will Close at 5:30 P. M. Daily* SAVE 50% MORE ON THESE: BOYS’ CORDUROYS, HELMETS, WOOL STOCKING CAPS—Choice 49c BOYS’ & MEN’S SWEATERS 69c - $1 Heavy, pull-overs BOYS’ & MEN’S JACKETS. 1.98 Water-repellant, stain and perspira tion resistant BABY BONNETS—Pink, Blue 98c - 1.98 MEN’S 100% WOOL SCARFS . 49c BEN FRA ATIOMAtlT KNOWN — M ft I IIM A. E. BOWEN, Owner O’NEIL! See Our Line of Mittens and Gloves . .-.29c and Up! Farm income is reported to be at an all-time high level. Miybe the farm out-go is at a still higher level. • • • He lifted his 250 pounds of avoirdupois onto the bus where there was standing room for one only. His blue denims and lunch p'il marked him as a knight of the order of ha:d labor, a notable figure in a busload of young college breds with books and brief cases. But he was a notable figure othe wise. His huee bulk had the bearing and com manding dignity of a descen dant of Anakim kings. A mil lion dollar smile uncovered a row of gleaming white teeth and a cheering word from him addressed to the bus driver lifted a little of the weight from th£t hariassed individual Here was a gentleman in ov eralls, a commanding figu e in a compact group o Nebraska’s school town culture. • • • The conflicting ideas as how to go about it discourages the hopes for permanent world peace among men. Most of us insist on our way or we don’t play. Mr. and Mrs. Janies Ccrkle and family spent Sunday visit ing Sister Ca a at the St. John’s academy at Petersburg. Mrs. Sophia Lasmeit, of New port, was a ChrLtmas guest at the D. D. DeBolt home. Mr. and Mrs. Herman DeGroff had as their guests on Christmas aay: Mr. ana Mrs. A t Senn and family, of Ericson; Mr. a"d Mrs.* Ralph Kelly, of Burwell; Mr. and Mrs- Gerald DeGroff and family, Miss Cleora DeGroff, Billy Dierks, Miss Betty WallendorS and Miss Jean Bonenbe ger, all of Atkinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kurtz, of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dexter spent Sunday in Burwell visiting the C. W. Gumb family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ryan, of Kearney, left Sunday for their home sifter visiting since Christ mas day with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dolsm. i Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kelly, Miss Cloora DcGro'f, Jay De Groff and B:lly Dirks left Fri day for a vaeation in Denver and Pueblo, Colo. For income tax assistance see: R. H. ("Ray") Shriner, O'Neill. W. B. Ph rris and Dwayne Landis, of Gregory. S. D.. •'’nd Mr. and Mrs. A,-t Bridge, of Roy al, were guests—on Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Haf lison Bridge. Venetian b’ind7 - day dsliv e y, made to measure, metal or wo~d, all colors. — Brown-Mc Dona’d's, O’Neil. 331f R. L. Bode left Saturday for Ogallala a ter ‘ponding Christ mas with his family here. MONEY TO LOAN ON AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE CENTRAL FINANCE CORP. C. E. JONES. Manager O'NEILL * NEBRASKA CLEARANCE Ends SATURDAY, Jan. 3rd REPRICED !-REGROUPED! ONE GROUP SUITS.NOW i OFF ONE GROUP SWEATERS.1.88 Mostly small sizes; values to 5.95 ONE GROUP BLOUSES.NOW i OFF Slightly soiled ONE RACK DRESSES.3.00 Values to 12.95. Broken sizes, cottons, crepes, one- and two-piece styles, some part wools. Out they go! ONE TABLE FALL HATS.NOW i OFF ONLY 26 COATS.NOW} OFF Exceptional values. Rothmoor, Swansdown, Betty Rose. ONE TABLE FABRIC GLOVES.49c Out they go! — EXTRA SPECIAL — ONE RACK BETTER DRESSES NOW 1 OFF New Fall styles. New fabrics by Carole King, Nelly Don, Georgiana and Trudy Hall. Only 37 of them. ONE TABLE SWEATERS.NOW i OFF Helen Harper’s ONLY 23 SKIRTS 4I, ^.NOW i OFF Assorted Colors ONE GROUP STREET DRESSES NOW i OFF New Styles ONE RACK SKIRTS.NOW i OFF New Fall Styles \ jyjANY OTHER ITEMS too numerous to list. Come in and see these exceptional savings. Buy now .. . and save!