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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1948)
CIRCUS THEMES AT INMAN^ EWING Bareback Riders, Clowns Serve 29 Guests— INMAN—Juniors and seniors of Inman high school partici pated in the annual junior-sen ior banquet Saturday evening. A circus theme was carried out. The high school assembly,1 where the banquet was held, ! was decorated with multi-col ored penants and balloons. Circus animals of every de scription were around the outer section. In the center was a miniature merry-go round with prancing steeds. The tables in the form of a square were placed around the merry-go-round. Three sophomore girls dress ed as bareback riders and 4 sophomore boys dressed as clowns served the 29 guests which included the seniors, the juniors, members of the fac ulty and Miss Elja McCullough, of O’Neill, Holt county super intendent. Miss Carolyn Watson at the piano furnished appropriate music. Georgella Sobotka welcomed the seniors and John Harte re sponded. Tom Clark was toast master. He introduced the faculty members and students who took part in the program. LuElla Watson read the class history. r The class will was read by Deloras Cadwallader, while Leonard Sholes forecast the future of the class. Short talks were made as follows: “The Good Old Days,” Henrietta Sobotka: “Pink Ele phants,” Supt. Ralph Gray; “The Flying Trapeze,” Mrs. ELECTRIFY YOUR FARM! A modern, all-electrified farm or ranch will mean less work and more pro fit at less cost. ★ KOHLER PLANTS * WIRING A SPECIALTY GILLESPIE'S RADIO - ELECTRIC - APPLIANCES Phone 114 Gray: "Managerie.” Mrs. Ira George. Tne bareback riders and clowns put on a “Stunt; ’ Der itha Smith played a piano so lo; 5 bovs sang the class song; Joseph Coon offered the bene diction. Delmont Heck was crowned king and Shirley Appleby was crowned queen. They were chosen the outstanding boy and girl by a vote of the entire high school. Their identity was not revealed until after the banquet. Dancing concluded the eve ning’s entertainment. Mothers of members of the junior class planned and serv ed the dinner. These included; Mrs. Ernest Brunckhorst, Mrs. Dan Sholes, Mrs. James Hop kins, Mrs. Edgar Baldwin Mrs. Gene Clark, Mrs. Thomas Hutton and Mrs. Harry Moore. Gaily Colored 'Big Top' Provides Banquet Setting— EWING—Juniors and seniors of Ewing high school got all dressed up on Wednesday, Ap ril 21, to attend a “circus.” The occasion was the annual junior-senior banquet and jun iors chose “The Circus” as the theme of the banquet. A gav ly colored “big-top” covered the tables which had been sei for 60 guests. Sophomore girls dressed as gypsies served the guests. The “barker” for the big show was Marvin Miller, high school principal and spon sor of the junior class. Circus music was provided by Skip Marquardt, junior class presi dent. He also made the wel come speech to the seniors, who were represented in re sponse by Phyllis Fry, class president. .. > Phyllis Gernousek acted as toastmaster. She introduced these students and faculty members who took part in the program: Rose Funk, who read the senior class history; Betty Shrader, senior class poem, Roger Bennett, class will, and Doris Jean Snider, class pro phecies. Bevota Chambers added a “big top” touch by telling some genuinely gypsy fortunes. Short talks were made on the "Senior” theme by: Marily Woeppel, “Sincerity;” Lois Hobbs, “Enthusiasm;” Walter Sievers, “Nerve;” Evelyn Bar tack, “Integrity;” Miss Elsie Chase, commercial teacher, “Opportunity;” Supt. A. S. Ev ans, “Reward.” The program closed with the reading of an original poem, “You Seniors,” by Violet Al derson. , , The meal was piepaitu mothers of members of the junior class: Mrs. Earl Billings, Mrs. Rose Lauhgrey, Mrs. L. A. Hobbs, Mrs. Ed Cernousek, Mrs. Ray Angus. Mrs. Roy Donaway, Mrs. Alvin Walnof er. Mrs." Marcella Chambers, Mrs. George Montgomery, Mrs. Nels Bergstrom, Mrs. Vic Mar quardt. Mrs. Carl Bollwitt Mrs. Herman Schroeder and Mrs. Bill Schindler. Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Ressel spent Sunday in Plainview visiting with Mr. Ressel’s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Res sel. On Saturday Elaine Res sel and Oonnie Lou Williams visited at the Ressel home in Plainview. William W. Griffin | ATTORNEY First National Bank Bldg, i O'NEILL { The Best Way to Pay IS BY CHECK . . . and the best check on your budget is also by check. The stubs in your check book are your record — the cancelled checks your receipts for all payments. And you never have to carrv large amounts of monev with you and worry about loss or theft. OPEN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT HERE TODAY O'NEILL NATIONAL BANK — Member of the FDIC — FOUR-FOOTED LOBBYISTS FOR ERP . . . Proponents of the Marshall plan for European recovery have pressed even a donkey (symbol of the Democratic party) into service as a lobbyist for the program. The donkey is shown lumbering up the steps of the capitol bearing a sign advocating the send ing of draft animals to Europe as part of the plan. When You and I Were Young — Tenement Houses Needed; Holt Volunteers Organized 60 YEARS AGO April 26. 1888 1 Several of our athletic young fellows have for a long time I b e e n talking of organizing a club and at last the organization has been effected and will be known as the Star Athletic club Walter Tesch is captain; Grant Sanders, secretary; Tim Hanley, treasurer; Dennie Cronin, prop erty man. They have horizontal and par allel bars, Indian clubs, dumb bells, spring boards, trapese and all of the other modern appli ances for developing the 1 muscles. The group will be known as the Star Athletic club. Mr. James Frazer has de cided to locate in O’Neill and has rented Mr. Mack’s store room and will put in a stock of groceries. One more business enterprise for our town. We now have 2 wholesale grocery houses, 6 retail groceries, 3 general merchandise stores, 1 shoe store and 1 exclusive dry goods store. The K.P.’s will give a May party at the rink next Tuesday. The Knights will appear in full dress uniform. They have se cured, at considerable expense, a fine string band of finished musicians from Niobrara to play for their party. 50 YEARS AGO April 28, 1898 | A special telegram was re ceived at our office this after noon announcing that the American fleet had bombarded the port of Mantanza in Cuba and had silenced 4 batteries. A solid shot from one of the American guns exploded a l magazine and killed 20 span ish soldiers. For the past week John Skirving has been engaged in receiving names to form a company of Holt county vol unteers. The boys want to or ganize a company and then tender their services to the governor. The company will be composed of 24 from Stuart and about 40 from this city. Several O’Neillites would like i to enlist if they could secur. commissions as colonels or I generals. Married, at Lincoln, ai 10 a. m., Monday, April 18, Ed itor Romaine Saunders, of the Leigh World, to Miss Rose Meals, of O'Neill. A castle of Royal Highland ers was organized in this city Wednesday night with 65 charter members. Officers are: R. R. Dickson, T. V. Golden, Neil Brennan, H. R. Henry, Clarence Selah, J. B. Mellor, C. F. Englehaupt, Nel son Kane, J. C. Carney, O. F. Biglin, M. A. Coykendall, E. M. Merriman, C. L. Davis, O. O. Snyder, J. P. Mann. Grant Heineriekson expects to move his restaurant and bakery today into the Heiner ickson building on Douglas street. This is a desirable lo cation for a restaurant. , DANCELAND — O’NEILL - Saturday, May 1 DUFFY BELORAD And His Orchestra Adm. & Dance: $1 O'NEILL AUTO REBUILDERS 5 Blocks North of Bus Depot SPECIALIZING IN BODY & FENDER if Repairing if Repainting LINDQUIST & SONS PHONE 133 SKALOWSKY GLASS CO. COMPLETE STOCK OF PLATE and WINDOW GLASS O’NEILL NORFOLK Phone 66 Phone 186 Public Dance AMERICAN LEGION BALLROOM — O’Neill — EDDIE OSBORN and His Orchestra Thursday, May 13 Acini.: -SI Per Person, Including Tax 25 YEARS AGO April 26. 1923 The course of the river has been changed south of the old Hershiser place one mile west of O'Neill. The ditch has just recently been finished and con nected with the river at each end. This will be a great help to the bridges in that locality when the spring rains begin. The marriage of Leslie Hough and Miss' Elsie Mary Grass of this city was solemn ized at St. Patrick’s church on Wednesday morning at 6 o’ clock with Rev. J. E. Duhamel performing the ceremony. J. F. O’Donnell and S. J. Weekes attended the meeting and banquet of the bankers of Group III at Norfolk Monday. J. S. Hoffman was signal ly honored at a meeting of -ne Niobrara Presbytery last week when he was the unan imous choice of the Presby tery as the delegate to tne general assembly held in In dianapolis next month. Fire was discovered in the AL SIPES PHONE 207J _ O'NEILL ! Livestock & Grain Hauling any Distance | upstairs rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Zim- ; merman, in the Naylor build- < ing on East Douglas street ' Wednesday evening. The fire ■ seemed to be confined to the Kitchen which was a mass of flames when discovered. Entertain at Breakfast— Mrs. J. D. Osenbaugh and Mrs. Loren Nelson were host esses to 16 guests at a break fast on Tuesday morning at the Osenbaugh home. Guests included the members of Cir cle 2 of the Presbyterian La dies’ Guild. The Frontier: 7c per copy. SUMMERLAND Ewing Sunday, May 2 Music by TERRY GORDEN and His Negro Orchestra Mr. and Mrs. Don Enright ind children and Mrs. F. A. TConnell spent Friday in Dmaha. For a Good Time VISIT THE OLD PLANTATION CLUB Elg’n, Nebr. • Fine Food • Dancing • Entertainment —★— Members and their guests are invited to visit the Old Plantation Club. 9 Baby—bless his b -\vt—what would this disturbed old world do without his bright happy smiles, and goos and giggles? We wonder . . . have you been to Brown-McDonald’s lately to see what we carry in stock for your baby? Or, what we have for gifts for other folks’ babies? We don’t like to pat ourselves on the back, but truly we think you'll be just a little sur prised at what you CAN find; and, of course, we do stretch dollars here the same as elsewhere in our store. Our Regular Stock Batiste Dresses 1.59 to 2.49 Darling little dresses of fine-count batiste in white, pink, blue and maize featuring every conceivable trick of the designer’s skill . . . pleats, tucks, lace trims, ribbon touches and hand embroidery. Choice of butterfly and cuffed sleeves. Sizes 6 . months, 12 months and 18 months. Always try Brown-McDonald’s first when shop- J ping for baby or yourself. '■"^Ouisa Owt Spsdal fojv (Bcdbtf Utsuk. A Lovely Little Handmade Philippine Dress 1.98 For only Isn’t this a break for that shower gift you are planning? Or, that first layette? Very soft fine-count batiste is the material, hand embroidered. You’ll love it (so will the baby), and the price makes it still more desirable. This is a wonderful time to anticipate your gift needs. Sizes 6 mo.—12 mo.—18 mo. Cotton Creepers ■ 1.49 to 1.98 Snap-fastened, or buttoned-crotch styles in plain white, blue or maize fine-count cotton with cute animal design trims. Sizes 6 mo., 1 year, 2 years. ^ , ,g|W - - Toys and Gifts ■w Lovely Wool Shawls |, 2.98 to 5.95 These are all 100% wool and rar.~e from fringed, fine-woven plain weaves, to fan^y woven patterns with hand-knotted fringe. Regular and extra large sizes. White, pink and blue. Sweaters and Sets WOOL SWEATERS . • • coat styles with embroidery trims, and cardigans with angora trims. Novelty weaves. Each .-.— 1.98 TODDLERS' SWEATERS in sizes 1 to 3, 100% wool, same style as above - WOOL SETS consisting of coat sweater, cap and bootees. Individually boxed. 100% wool. Pink, blue or white. Per set 1.9810 2.98 BOOTEES and MOCCASfNS. 100% fine zephyr wool, while, pink and blue with ribbon trims. Per pair 29c „ 98c Dress & Slip Sets Baby Books 1.59 t j 2.49 Gift Section "Eddie "Peejpo "Katie Egg” the Clown” Kitten” These are just three of the very lovely and very unusual Tykie Toys that are so popular. Be sure to look th< over if you are in need of a gift ★ Infant's rayon, trim med with dainty lace. Pink, blue and white.