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* The Frontier ~ North-Nebraskas Fastest-Growing Newspaper SECTION I PAGES 1 TO 8 VOLUME 68—NUMBER 33 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS Page Couples in Golden Weddings Frenchs and Michaelsons Married At Page and Plainview, Respectively, Dec. 28, 1898 PAGE_Two page couples, who were widely separated on their wedding day—December 28, 1898—and now reside in the same community/next week will observe their golden wedding anniversaries. The couples are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Michaelson and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace French. Until Tuesday neither couple had made any special plans for their observance. Mr. French is in “very poor health’’, relatives say, and Mr. Michaelson is partially deaf. Michaelsons Wed Half Century Ago at Plainview — Miss Mary Hilborn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hilborn, of Plainview, and Henry Michaelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Michaelson, of Plainview, were married at the home of the bride’s par ents at 7 o’clock in the eve ning on December 28, 1898, in the presence of 50 relatives and friends. Rev. E. E. Hosman, of Plainview, performed 1 h e ceremony, and was assisted by Rev. D. E. Baldwin, of Battle Creek, a brother-in law of the bride. Their at tendants were Miss Pearl Folsom and Charles Houston, both of Plainview. They lived on a farm north of Plainview for a few years and one year at Orchard. They lived for 14 years at Draper, S. D., moving in 1920 to Page where they have since made their home. They have four children: Mrs. Orville (Alma) Finley, of Los Angeles, Calit., Mrs. Har old Miller (Thora) Miller, of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Eva Hus ton, of Sunland, Calif., and Everett Michaelson, of Wyssa, Ore. There are 10 grandchil dren and two great-grandchil dren. , The minister, Reverend Hos man, who performed the cere mony, is living in Omaha. Mr. Michaelson’s attendant, Char les Houston, is still living at Plainview. Mr. Michaelson’s two brothers, one sister and one sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Michaelson, Walter Mi chaelson and Mrs. Clara Hou ston, all living in Califor nia, attended the wedding as did her nephew, Howard Bald win, now of Kingfish, Okla., and a friend of Mrs. Michael son, Mrs. Verna Jewitt, of Ra pid City, S. D. Deputy Collectors Announce Schedules Deputy collectors ol inter nal revenue have listed the following itineraries for assist ing taxpayers in making up their 1948 returns: January 3—Orchard, Orchard Co-Op Bank, and Brunswick^ Brunswick State Bank; 4 and 5—Creighton, city auditorium; 5 and 6—Niobrara, Niobrara State Bank; 6— Crofton, city auditorium; 7—Verdigre, Ver di gre State Bank and Wausa city auditorium; 10—Atkinson, postoffice and Chambers, Chambers State Bank; 11 through 14—O’Neill, zone of fice, postoffice building. Holt Board to Hold Final 1948 Session The Holt county board o! supervisors will convene in final 1948 session Thursday and Friday, December 30 and 31. George C. Collins, of Atkin son, Sixth district supervisor; W. E. Wulf, of Ewing, Fourth district, and Herbert Jansen, of O’Neill, Second district will be concluding their terms. The board met Tuesday to dispose of some of the routine business. FIREMEN SUMMONED O’Neill volunteer firemen were summoned twice during the past week. Alcohol in the radiator of a Holt county cat caugh afire bout 4:30 p. m. on Saturday near the Lohaus Mo tor Co. On Saturday there was a small blaze at the Elmer Hin shaw residence. Both fires were extinguished before help arrived. MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert Ottos Engelman, 27, of Litchfield and Miss Margar er Katherine Panowicz, 18, of St. Paul, December 16. William Durvin Kipple, 22, of O’Neill and Miss Betty Lou Prange, 21, of O’Neill, Decem ber 18. Mr. and Mrs Sam Regan, of Inman, spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grage. Frenchs Exchange Vows Read by Rev. Blain — Miss Jennie Moffat and Wallace French were mar ried at 8:30 p. m. by Rev. Bart ley Blain at the home of the bride’s parents, four miles east of Page, on December 28, 1898. , That evening they went to their home, now the Harvey i home on the river. They lived there one year and then mov ; ed to the old French home stead, a short distance West of Page, now occupied by Lyman Park. They lived there about 20 years. They moved to Eugene, Ore., where they lived 10 years. The Frenchs have liv ed in the Page neighborhood ever since. They are the parents of three girls all born on the French homestead: Isabel, who died in Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. Alton I (Helen) Braddock, who lives | at Page, and Miss Alice French, ! of Page, a teacher in the O’ Neill school. There is one ■ grandchild, Joe Ann Braddock. Mr. French was manager of < the Farmers Union store in I Page for 10 years. Since then I they have live on an acreage in the East part of town. They have just moved into a home that has been com pleted closer to the main part of town. JOHN F. HANLEY RITES HELD HERE Native of O’Neill Left Here in 1920 to Reside in Omaha John F. Hanley, 68, died on Saturday, December 11, at St. Catherine’s hospital in Omaha. Mr. Hanley was a longtime resident of O’Neill. He had suffered a heart at-* ( tack and was ill for only two' days. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 14, at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here. Burial was in Calvary cemetery. The late Mr. Hanley was born on December 15, 1879. He was the son of Dennis and j Mary Hanely, both of Ireland ] and among the earliest pion eers of Holt county.! In 1920 he left O’Neill to make I his home in Omaha, where he j remained until the time of his death. Mr. Hanley was employed as foreman of the city gard eners of Omaha for 15 years, leaving this occupation in May, 1948. Pallbearers were: H. E. Coyne, John Murray, T. J. En right, Anthony Stanton, James Carney, P. C. Donohoe. Survivors include: Sisters: Mary and Martha Hanley, both of Omaha. Among those from a distance attending the funeral, besides the sisters, Mary and Martha Hanley, were: Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hanley, an Omaha at torney and son of the late James H. Hanley, and Frank Hopkins, of Omaha, a lifelong friend of the family. WE BEG YOUR PARDON The Frontier in last week’s issue stated that the name of the new owner of the Ben Franklin store here, effective in January, was R. B. Lucas. The initials were wrong. Mr. Lucas’ initials are R. V. A. E. j Bowen, present owner, will re- | tire from the store next month, j 800 KIDS GREET SANTA Over eight hundred children greeted Santa Claus here on Saturday in the annual Cham ber of Commerce-sponsored visit. He met his youthful ad mirers at the O’Neill public school. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Gerber entertained the Mariners club to a Christmas party Monday. ' 20 Pages .. .in This Issue SECTION ONE Editorial. “The Christmas Message” Page 2 Romaine Saunders, “Prairieland Talk” Page 2 Drew Pearson, “The Washington Merry-Go-Round” Page 3 Jack and Jill Corner Page 4 Sports _____ Page 4 Society Page 5 “When You and I Were Young" _ Page 6 Blanche Spann Pease, “The Frontier Woman” Page 7 SECTION TWO Churches Page 1 Classifieds Page 4 NOWADAYS Magazine Section Jack W. Hankins, “Good Neighbors Get Together” Page 2 Helen Petersen, “Perk Up with Plaids” _ Page 6 Mortimer Norton, “Rabbits . . . Everyone’s Game” Page 6 GOODWILL TRAIN HEADS FOR EUROPE Holt Represented with Foodstuffs Valued (Jver $3,700 Drive Exceeds 1948 Nebraska’s Christian Rural Overseas Program goodwill train is enroute to Gulf ports today (Thursday! for shipment to Europe’s destitute and hun gry. Aboard the train are food stuffs valued at more than $3,-* , 700 provided by Holt county, ans. The CROP officials in Holt canvassed the county for cash and other contributions and the gifts were converted into largely corn and utility beef. Rev. E. G. Ihrig, of At kinson, chairman of the Ne braska district II CROP campaign and the Holt cam paign, was in Lincoln and Fremont Tuesday for dedi catory ceremonies. Reverend Ihrig said that district II — comprising Holt, Rock, Boyd, Brown and Keya Paha counties — contributed about 10 carloads to the Ne braska train, which surpassed in size the first goodwill train created a year ago. The Atkinson clergyman said that November’s blizzard slow ed the drive in Holt county, but a “quite complete” canvass of Holt residents was conduct ed through the clergy and thq churches. All churches cooperated in the drive at local, state and national levels. Reverend Ihrig slated that "considerable individual giv ing" through the CARE program and to relatives in Western Europe might have affected the CROP results. “In general,’ he continued, “the spirit of giving and co operation was very fine.” No CROP train actually rol- t led through Holt county, coni trary to original plans. Th« entire dispatch procedure was j delayed 10 days because o# congestion at the port of New Orleans, La., and weather. Nebraska’s contribution will amount to more than 67 rail carloads and over 77 thousand dollars in cash. Otto Gloor, of Atkinson, ac companied Reverend Ihrig to Lincoln and Fremont. The CROP campaign was sponsored by the Catholic Rur al Life, Lutheran World Relief and Church World Service or ganizations. College Students Trek Homeward Christmas time finds O’Neill, like other communities throughout the United States, | welcoming its students back from colleges. Among those students and their chosen col leges are: University of Nebraska (Lin coln): Shirley Schaffer, Gor don Hiatt, Robert Bowen, Lu Ann Iler, Duane Miller, John Berigan, Paul MoSeman, Mar jorie McElhaney, Jack Gal lagher, Fred Halva, Edward Condon, Polly Ann Rickly, Ver onica Coyne. University of Nebraska med ical school (Omaha): Keith Vincent. Creighton university (Om aha): James Merriman, Edward Campbell, Paul Kubitschek, Thomas Hartv, Robert Wallace, Stephen Wallace, Louis Sojka Richard Minton. Norfolk Business Institute: Daniel DeBacker, Robert Clem ents, Keith Anspach. Barah College (Lake Forest, 111.): Nancy Froelich, Helen Kubitschek, Barbara Birming ham. Nebraska Wesleyan univer sity (Lincoln): Barnes Bridges. Rosary College (River For est, 111.): Betty Gallagher, Pa tricia O’Donnell. Clarke College (Dubuque. Ia.): Mary Devine Brennan. St. Teresa’s College (Kansas City, Mo.): Marilyn Moore. Arizona State college (Tem pe, Ariz.): Joanne Burgess. Briar Cliff College (Sioux City): Gayle Widtfeldt. Doane College (Crete): Joan Brady. Rockhurst College (Kansas City, Mo.): Jack Harty. Kenrick Seminary (St. Lou is, Mo.): Thomas DeBacker. University of Chicago, (Chi cago, 111): Neil Brennan. Wayne State Teachers’ Col lege (Wayne): Alan Martin. Conway Teachers’ College (Conway, Ark.): Guy Harris. St. Mary’s College (Xavier, j Kans.): Kathleen Flood. Gregg Business College (Chi cago, 111.): Donna Gallagher, | Mary Louise Birmingham. Norfolk Junior College (Nor folk): Edward Hynes. National Business School (Sioux City): Helen Johnson. Missionary Back from Paraguay ATKINSON — Rev Vernon H. Harley, his wife and their three small children landed at New York City on Monday, December 13, arriving from South America where the youthful Atkinson minister had just completed eight years in Lutheran mission work. They traveled from Buenos Aires to New York City aboard the SS Argentina. An Atkinson high school graduate in 1934 who be came an ordained minister in 1940, Reverend Harely spent two and one-half years in Paraguay in Missouri synod * mission work. Following high school grad uation, Vernon, a son of Mr. and Mrs1. Kasper Harley, en tered Springfield, 111., Luther an seminary. In August, 1940, he married Miss Lorine Stoelling, an Or chard beautician. He and his bride sailed for Argentina in November of that year. Init ially he served as pastor and a teacher in the small town of! Macia. , The Missouri synod mission j board then transferred him to j Paraguay where he was the ( i only Lutheran missionary in the country. There he served four missions and traveled by horseback. Frequently his j horse suffered from saddle- , scald due to the long hours j spent wearing a saddle. In the past year he has promoted and help sup port financially the construc tion of a needed chapel at one of the mission stations. He also assisted a native go through pastoral training for mission work. Rev. Vernon H. Harley. Mrs. Harley and their children: Nathan Paul. 2; Lenore. 6. and Paula. 4 . . . they're going to take a jeep with them to Paraguay. His work has been chiefly • in the Spanish and German languages. On several occasions when no musical instruments' were available for his mission work, he dug out his baritone horn that he used to play in the Atkinson high school band. While spending the past four years at Encarnacion, Hoenhau, Paraguay, the Har ley family has resided on the second floor of the chapel. The upstairs was used as a parson age. An outside stairway led to the chapel. One day a torrential rain fell and the tile roofing on the building ripped off in many places and the chapel was drenched. The piano was practically ruined and required Vernon's attention each Sunday morning be fore worship time. The At kinson minister succeeded in stopping the leaks with a canvas until permanent re pairs could be made. Reverend Harley insists that during his one - year furlough he is going to learn as much practical knowledge as he can in regard to medicine. For months, he said, he mar veled at the feats of the war born jeep. When he returns to Paraguay, he intends to take one along. mrs. McCaffrey EXPIRES IN EAST Member of Pioneer Holt Family Dies in Pittsburg Mrs. John McCaffrey, 86, daughter of the late John and Mary Donlin, who were among Holt county’s earliest settlers’, died Wednesday, December 15, in Pittsburg, Pa., where she had made her home for many years. The late Mrs. McCaf frey was a sister of Thomas Donlin, sr., of O’Neill. Funeral services were held in Pittsburg and burial was made there. Mary Donlin was born in 1862 at Pottsville, Pa. She came to O'Neill in 1877 with her parents and three broth ers. The family settled on a homestead five miles north west of O'Neill. This prop erty the family sold in 1904. Later, the Donlins moved onto a place along Eagle creek were Mary Donlin resided un til she married John McCaf frey in O’Neill in 1884. The marriage rite was performed by Rev. J. T. Smith. Following the wedding the couple went to Pittsburg where they lived until their deaths. The late Mrs. McCaffrey was a perennial visitor in Holt county. She spent considerable time on the Donlin home place on the Eagle, which has been in the family for more than 70 years. Because of her frequent return trips, she continued to be well-known here. Survivors include: f o u c daughters, all of Pittsburg, and one brother, Thomas Donlin, of O’Neill. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death. Woman Hurt in Car-Truck Crash CLEARWATER- Miss Min nie Tuttle, of Corydon, la suffered a forehead gash in an automobile-truck collision on Tuesday on highway 275, six miles West of Clearwater. Miss Tuttle was enroute to Winner, S. D. Her brother, Guy Tuttle, owner of the new Chrysler automobile, and an other sister were unhurt. Driver of the truck was James Cooper, of near Ewing Miss Tuttle received medical treatment in Clearwater. Officials said the new car had only 931 miles on its speedometer. Goes to St. Paul — Dr. W. F. Finley left Wed nesday for St. Paul, Minn.. where he will spend the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Gowan Miller. From there he will continue to Chi cago, 111., for a few days. “The Voice of The Frontier . . . 780 on your dial. adv Legion to Decide ‘Hay Days’ Question ATKINSON — An important meeting of Farley-Tushla post of the American Legion is .scheduled today (Thursday) at which time the Legion will decide whether it will sponsor | “Hay Days” celebrations. The Baler club has voted to | turn the “Hay Days” activity I over to the Legion if the war 1 veterans are willing to under ' take the plan. After the business has been , disposed of a coon feed will be held. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davis are new managers of the Legion ' club. Forecasters Blush; Citizens Rejoice The usually reliable weather man provoked embarassment upon himself at least twice during the past seven days, as far as folks in the O’Neill re gion are concerned. On Monday he issued a dire storm warning that made stockmen scurry to their ranches to look after their livestock and made house wives shudder as they looked out into the sunshine and melting snow. Fop this area a cold wave with gusts of wind up to 50-miles-per-hour was forecast. There was to have | been more snow, too. I But that storm never ma terialized. There was a trace of snowfall — almost sleet— but the storm passed to the north of north Nebraska and by Tuesday morning was in the Great Lakes region. Temperatures as low as 10 degrees were forecast Tuesday night, but the mercury never got below 20 during the night. Much colder temperatures are predicted for today (Thurs day) and the redfaced weath erman cautiously suggests there may be a “white Christ mas.” Much snow still lingers from the memorable November 1 blizzard. The weather summary for the past seven days, based on i 24-hour periods ending at 8 a. I m. daily, follows: Hi Lo Pre. December 16 21 10 tr. December 17 29 10 December 18 27 12 December 19 29 8 December 20 40 15 December 21 45 28 tr. December 22 37 20 Washingtonians Here — Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Moody and son, of Cashmere, Wash., arrived Monday to spend the Christmas holidays at the home fo Mrs. Moody’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cavanaugh. Arrives from Omaha — Miss Donna Clements is ex pected to arrive today (Thurs day) to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Frank Clements. Donna is em ployed in Omaha. EWING TO FIGHT CHANGING 108 Oppose Plan to Reduce Highway from State to County Status • EWING—The Ewing Com mercial club held its regular meeting last Thursday eve ning, Dec. 16. The group met ior a dinner at the Broadway ! cafe and conducted business after the meal. The chief topic of discussion was the state highway plan-1 ning board’s proposal to change ! highway No. 108 from state to county status. Ewing is one of the five towns which will be effected if the road is made a county road. The other towns are Elgin, Clearwater, Page and Lynch. The group expressed the •hope that the state highway department may be encour aged by an expression of lo cal opinion about the need tor a state highway in the area to keep 108 under the care of the state. The good roads committee of the Commercial club, head ed by J. Q. Archer, was in structed by the club to take action to study the situation and get backing from nearby towns to help keep the road under state care. Frank Cronk, Holt county supervisor for the area, was present to help clear up some of the technical points involved in the planning board’s proposal. He stated that the county equipment available in the area would hardly allow for the care of 108 as a county road. After the meeting a grpup of the Commercial Club members and their wives adjourned to the Legion club to sack up treats for Santa’s annual visit to Ewing. . Under the sponsor ship of the Commercial Club, Santa willl visit Ewing Satur day afternoon, December 18. Housewarming Held At Grasmick Home A housewarming was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Grasmick Saturday evening, December 18. The decorations were of a Christmas motif. Pinochle and cards furnished the entertainment. Prizes went to Mrs. A1 Kline, Mrs. Robert Jonas, and Melvin Lorenz. Re freshments were served at the close of the evening. Guests included: Patrolman and Mrs. Knotwell, of Plainview: Officer Jack Strain, of Atkins n; Of ficer Harold Miner and Dale Jones, of Allan: Patrolman and Mrs. Fay Robeson, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lorenz, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Kline, Mr. and Mrs' Robert JonaS and daughter, all of O’Neill. Gambles in Yule Party — Thirty persons attended a dinner-party Monday night at Slat’s cafe. The affair was a Christmas party for official^ and personnel of Gambles store here and several of their guests. ' CHURCHES PLAN YULE OBSERVANCE City's Schools Dismiss Today for Christmas Vacation Unit Sales Increase The story of the birth of the Christ child in the Bethlehem manger nearly two thousand years ago again will be retold this weekend in Holt county churches. Virtually all churches have made special Christmas plans. At St. Patrick’s Catholic church high masses will be held at 6 and 10 a. m. and there will be a low mass at 8. The St. Mary’s choir will sing Christmas carols before the high masses, including “Silent Night”, “O, Little Town of Bethlehem”, and “Jesu Bam bino.’ The choir will be heard in "Adecte Fidelia" during the offeratory. Kohlman’s Christ mas carol mass will be sung. The Sunday-school program at the Methodist church will be presented at 7:30 o’clock on Christmas eve. The annual program by the children at First Presbyterian church be gins at 8 o’clock on Christmas eve. A carol and prayer service is planned Sunday at 10 a. m. at Christ Lutheran church here. Christmas eve rites will begin at 8 o’clock, featuring colored slides. (For additional news con cerning 18 Holt county churches, turn to “Churches” on page one, section two.) Class at St. Mary's acad emy will dismiss today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. for the holidays, resuming on Monday, January 10, at 9 a. m. At O'Neill public school, classes will dismiss at the same time, but studies will be resumed a week earlier —Monday, January 3. Most rural schools are clos ing for at least a week’s Christmas vacation. Meanwhile, a survey of ‘O’ Neill business firms indicates that the volume of Christmas sales in the city is about the same as a year ago. Unit sales are believed to be up. A number of firms report sub stantial increases and others show a slight decline. Veteran merchants indicate that November’s blizzard and accompanying bad road condit ions cut into the shopping vol ume. Others were in the po sition that stocks have been depleted for the past 10 days, having underestimated the 1948 yule volume. Atkinson Mission Worker to Be Heard “The Voice of The Fron tier’s” listeners will be treat ed on Christmas day in a pro gram of Christmas music with details to be announced. Monday’s program will in clude an interview by Bill Be ha with Rev. Vernon H. Har ley, of Atkinson, who has just returned to the U. S. follow ing eight years of Lutheran missionary work in South Am erica. Wednesday’s program will feature Johnnie and Jeannie Mullen — The Harmonairs — whose popularity is mounting rapidly as evidenced by mail being received at the O’Neill studios of WJAG. “The Voice of The Frontier” is heard each Monday, Wed nesday and Saturday at 9:30 a. m. by remote control over .adio station WJAG, NorxoiK, 780 on your dial. The O’Neill program is com pleting its third week on the air. The studios are in The Frontier building. CDA in Annual Christmas Party— The Catholic Daughters of America held its annual Christ mas party Tuesday, December 21. The evening was spent ex changing gifts and playing cards. Mrs. Ellen Sullivan won high, Mrs. Anthony Stan ton, low, and Mrs. Anthony O’Donnell, the all-cut. A des sert luncheon was served. Those on the committee were: Mrs. Lois Saindon, chairman, Mrs. Loretta Hynes, Mrs. Stan ley Holly, Mrs. Irene Martin, Mrs. Joseph Bazelman, Mrs. Clarence Sauser, Mrs. Ellen Sullivan, Mrs. Arthur O’Neill and Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, assisted. • McDonald's Personnel in Store Party — Thirteen staff memebrs of the J. M. McDonald store, fori merly Brown-McDonald’s, were entertained at a dinner Pjurty Tuesday evening at the Tom Tom Cafe. Manager Joe Stutz was the host.