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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1948)
PAGE 2—December IS. 1948 THE FRONTIER_O’Neill, NeLr. CARROLL W. STEWART. Editor and Publisher Entered the postdffice at O’Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. This newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year, else where in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provideo on request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. The Christinas Spirit Christmas is fast approaching and the .walled Christmas spirit, which is such a common expression at this season prevails. , It is interesting to inquire what exactly is this Christmas spirit is becoming more and more evident Well, anything which is as intangible as a spirit of any kind is not easy to define. We speak of it in general terms, not being able to define it definitely or scientifically. For instance, we speak of the spirit of man, the spirit of the times, the spirit of the pioneers, the spirit of discovery, the spirit of conquest, etc., but. if we were asked to define exactly what we mean, we would probably be at a loss to say. There are many things which are real, but which are intangible and not easily defined in exact terms. At any rate, the Christmas spirit, as it is popularly called, is always evident at this time of the year and it becomes more and more evident as the season progresses. It appears quite early— several weeks before Christmas—and grows in volume until it reaches a climax in overwhelming proportions in the last few days and hours of the Yuletide. Anybody who has lived through this hectic, but interesting and joyful season will understand and appreciate what we are talking about. To the cynic or even to the casual observer, it might seem that the socalled Christmas spirit is a sort of glorified fnob spirit—a lot of people rushing to and fro at this time of the year to get their holiday shopping done and prepare for the custom ary festivities of the season. They see crowds of people jamming the stores and postoffices, jostling each other with their arms full of bundles on the sidewalks, driving along the streets and roads at a high rate of speed and carrying on other strenuous activities and, then, they see them tired out, exhausted and irritable when Christmas finally arrives. • If that is the Christmas spirit, the cynic might remark, I want none of it. The cynic, however, would bd wrong. That would be only a superficial view of the matter. It is true that the spirit of the Christmas season is mob-like to a certain extent, but it is far more than that. It is really the mob spirit motivated by a friendy and gen erous impulse—what all these people are doing in rushing about so frantically is trying to make somebody, relatives or friends or the poor and needy, happy at Christmas time—and, in so do ing, they are truly expressing the essential spirit of the season. Yes, there is a great deal of noise and confusion and excite ment and, no doubt, some thoughlessness and selfishness at this season of the year, but that is only superficial. Actually, The Frontier believes that most people are motivated by a kindly and unselfish purpose and that the Christmas spirit is now as it was in the beginning of the Christian era a spirit of “peace on earth, good will to men.” ★ ★ ★ Historic Blizzards That was a tremendous blizzard which swept over the Mid west;, including Nebraska, recently and paralyzed business and traffic for a few days. It was the worst snow storm in many years, as could be plainly seen from pictures printed in The Fron tier, and the drfits reached an amazing height. Naturally, the storm was very destructive and wrought ha ' voe to telephone, telegraph and lighting systems, tied up rail roads and did a great deal of other damage. It took several days and cost thousands of dollars for the cities and towns in the path of the blizzard to dig themselves out. It is probable that many of the pioneers now living can recall storms worse than that of November. 1948, and there was one which has become historic and about which books have been written. That, no doubt, was much worse, but the pres ent generation has seen one which was bad enough. A storm like that causes a lot of inconvenience and some hardship even in this modern age and it makes us marvel at the fortitude and courage of the pioneers who had none of our scien tific facilities for combatting it. Once more, we take off our hats to those hardy men and women. ★ ★ * A handicapped person is unfortunate, but many a man and woman have gloriously overcome the handicap. ★ ★ ★ A big snow storm is a lot of fun to the kids, but not to the city dads who have to pay to get the streets cleared. ★ ★ ★ Those people with the superior expression are the ones who did their Christmas shopping early. ★ ★ ★ Deep snow is an inconvenience to pedestrians, but it is of great benefit to the soil. ★ ★ ★ The annual toll of automobile accidents is growing at a frightful rate. ★ ★ ★ At its present rate of growth, O'Neill is destined to be a big town some day. * ★ ★ Some individuals are interesting and some are very uninter esting. ★ ★ ★ Every man and woman should strive to get the most out of life. DUCKS! GEESE! Blue Rock Shoot 1 Mile South, y2 Mile Eaat of O’Neill EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON Sponsored by O’NEILL GUN CLUB j The Burdens of War _ . . ' K~T~\ Z JoHmjPonigyr-rc*— CV\ 1 Nf\ // Prairieland Talk — Romaine Recalls That The Frontier Was First to Sv.itch from Hardset Tyne By ROMAINE SAUNDERS LINCOLN—“The Voice Thet> Frontier” comes to us in Lin coln. From the first issue in 1880 on down through the years The Frontier has been a lead ing factor in every local en terprise and the present man agement of the paper takes one step forward after anoth er. Since the first issues were turned out on a Prouty press with Doc Matthews old black mare furnishing the motive power with a bread mill and later such huskies as George Clark, George Little, Fritz Alberts and j others turning the new press by hani to ihe introduction of electric motors for Tun ning the mac h i n e s. The Frontier has introduced one improvement after another. It was the first in the coun ty to change from hand set type to linotype slugs. Editor Stewart has introduc ed special features, such as pictures and has engaged some capable writers. Now the in troduction of a magazine sec tion is followed by remote control radio broadcasting. The first broadcast was a splendid group of selections of Professor George’s accomplish ed O’Neill high school band with the voice of O’Neill being heard in the person of a few leading citizens, natural, un affected— a pleasing contrast to the pro essional radio spoilers' harsh chatter. The next forward step The Frontier takes is a mammoth edition for the 75th anniver sary of the founding of the town. O’Neill citizens whose fa thers and mothers were among the pioneers are taking an ac tive interest in this forthcom ing edition by writing worths while stories and furnishing photographs. Now is the time to sub scribe. • * * Dark hair, with the first streaks of grey, a fascinating smile, gleaming white teeth, a warm friendliness that lent charm to cultured bearing, shet met the jostling in a crowded bus with gracious consideration and if by chance her bundleladen arms' bumped into a fellow passenger that! smile subdued all resentment and a courteous, “I’m sorry,” made you feel the crowded trip home had been an occa sion to come in contact with one of the race who had ex hibited humanity in a crowd at its best. • • * A man who has been dead for more than a century has no way of defending himself. A lot of things have been at tributed to Thomas Jefferson, correctly or erroneously. The people have a right to be wrong, has been attributed to the colonial patriot. Maybe so until they stub a toe and then get going on the right road. Morally, n o individual o r group of individuals has a (Continued on page 6) , . there IS TOO a Santa Claus. He WROTE to me! 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