SECTION 3 — PAGES I to 2 RONT IER North-Nebraska’s Fastest-Growing Newspaper VOLUME 69—NUMBER 4 O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 2. 1949 PRICE 7 CENTS y r > r ■ : When You and: I Were Young — O’Neill Alright Providing Talent for House Program but Can’t Get Up a Parade ’ 50 YEARS AGO June 1. 1899 Decoration day exercises were well attended in O’Neill Tuesday. There was scarcely standing room in the court house where the exercises op ened and it showed up much better than the parade. It seems to be a weakness O’ Neill is object to that it can’t get up a parade, though we are alright when it comes to talent for a house program. The exercises were "very good.” Mayor Harmon acted as chairman and M. F. Harring ton made an address. Mr. Har rington paid a glowing tribute to the old soldier and to the boys who participated in the Spanish war, magnifying the glory of the First Nebraska a bove that of Admiral Dewey. A choir of girls sang some ve ry pretty selections. Ralph Ev ans also sang a selection and received hearty applause There were 18 members of the Grand Army present. The 1 graveyards were beautifully decorated with sod, flowers and shrubs. The sale of the Short Line took place at South Sioux Ci ty last Saturday and was bid in by John L. Webster, of Om aha, for J. Kennedy Todd & Co., for $1,750,000. This is as was expected. The road will now doubtless be sold to some railroad company. Its future no one can foretell. Last night’s Si5ux City Times contained an interview from a Sioux City banker on the subject. He says: "C o 11 i s P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific, is the man Sioux Ci ty should see regarding the Pacific Shortline extension. I have studied the situation carefully for years and am somewhat familiar with the plans and policies of some railroads. I believe that some day not far distant the Sou thern Pacific will build East ward from Ogden." The hail storm last Saturday evening, though slight here did some damage in the Nor thern portion of the county. The Frontier learns of a few fields of small grain that were hailed out so that no crop will be raised. 25 YEARS AGO May 29, 1924 Norman B. Greer,* member of the livestock commission firm of Greer & Co., of Kan; sas City, was an O’Neill visitor while inspecting Holt county ranch resources last Saturday. Mr. Greer declared that th( Northwest section of Nebraska, from the East line of Holt county West was considered by stockmen and the packing in dustry as the greatest livestock section in the entire United States. Its superiority, he said was due to an abundance of feed at all times of the year, every year regardless of drouths or wet seasons. Mr. Greer is the father of Paul Greer of the Omaha Bee j whom, he states, leaves that 1 publication the first of June to become Sunday editor of the j St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The school board met sever al times recently and has re- j elected all of the grade teach ers and all of the high school teachers, expecting Mr. and Mrs. Dugger and John H. Por- j ter, who had charge of the business course. Dean Moomey, of York, has been chosen as ■ the principal and will teach science. He has also had con siderable experience as a coach and will, no doubt, line up a . football and basketball team for this Fall and Winter. Miss Mariam Gilligan has been elected to a position in the high school. ' Levi Hull was on the Omaha livestock market Friday with 31 head of the cattle that are making Holt county famous as a livestock producing commu nity. The cattle, which averag ed from a year to 14-months of age were put in the feed yard six months ago at an av erage weight of 340 pounds | and recorded an average gain I of 420 pounds. They brought $8 75 a hundred. Forest Smith purchased the tire repair shop of Levi Yant zi, on East Douglas street, the later part of last week, and is now conducting the business. Forest is installing the city water and now has an up-to date repair shop. Mr. Smith was formerly in the tire repair business before coming to O’ Neill. Frost and ice were plentiful Saturday morning. The ther mometer dropped to 29 de grees. The earlv gardens were damaged considerably, and it is thought that some of the fruit was also damaged. 10 YEARS AGO June L 1939 Louis W. Reimer, appointed to the office of county . judge by the board of supervisors last Thursday afternoon, to fill the vacancy caused by the I death of Judge C. J. Malone, ; filed his bond last Friday, i which was approved and he took the oath of office and en tered upon his duties Friday afternoon. He takes to the work like an oldtimer and is busy becoming acquainted with his new duties. Mrs. Stella L. Friday, of In man, died at a hospital in Nor folk last Thursday afternoon fter an illness of several days of pneumonia at the age of 53 years, 10 months and 21 days. The remains were brought to this city Friday evening by thq Biglin ambulance and the fu , neral was held Monday after noon at the Methodist church in Page, Rev. Leo D. Carpenter | officiated and burial was in the Page cemetery. Mrs. John McCaffrey, a bout 53 years of age, was instantly killed S:15 this morning, when an oil truck in which she was riding turn ed over rounding the corner at Danceland while coming to O'Neill. Her daughter, Mrs. Edith Ar- : ther, whose husband owned the truck, was _ driving. In rounding the corner the brake on the left wheel locked and the vehicle turned over, throw ing both women out of the cab. Mrs. McCaffrey was in stantly killed and Mrs. Arther suffered severely from shock and bruises and was taken to the hospital here, but her con dition was not considered dan gerous and she was later re leased. Mrs. McCaffrey was a resident of this county for ma ny years, formerly living in the South country and later in Atkinson. Her husband died a few years ago. She leaves u mourn her passing six children. Omahans Here— Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Miller, of Omaha, visited Mr. and Mrs. , Jack Riley, North of O’Neill for the weekend. "Gee, Mom, it's just like you said, anyone can cook on a Magic Chef . . . even me!" GREATEST JJ , Si / u /fr i/i/~'• VET! !<• f‘U> Amoanih Offers a sensational new top burner development that makes cooking easy and fast This exclusive lop burner invention mokes burner cleaning drudgery a thing of the past. These magic one piece burners catch spillovers, lift completely out in one easy motion, wash like dishes. All burners—oven and broiler, too,—light automatically on "CP" models. Many other modern features make Magic Chef a joy to own. a thrill to cook on See it. com SEE IT AT Ralph N. Leidy — O’Neill — THESCOREBOARD NORTH-CENTRAL NEBRAS KA DAY AND NITE Team W L Pet. Atkinson 1 0 1.000 Valentine _ 1 0 1.000 ■Ewing _ 1 1 .500 O'Neill .. 0 0 .000 Stuart _._ 0 0 .000 Ainsworth 0 0 .000 Page 0 1 .000 Chambers 0 1 .000 Results Sunday, May 29: At Ewing 18 . . Chambers 5 (Atkinson at Valentine: Ains worth at O’Neill and Page at Stuart, all postponed because of wet grounds). Games Sunday. June 5: Ewing at Ainsworth. O’Neill at Page. Valentine at Chambers. Stuart at Atkinson. NORTH-CENTRAL Team W L Pet. Niobrara 1 0 1.000 Center 10 1.000 Elgin 1 0 1.000 Petersburg 1 0 1.000 St. Johnson 0 1 .000 Orchard 0 1 .000 ’ C. eighton “B” 0 1 .000 Brunswick 0 1 .000 Results Sunday. May 29: Niobrara 6 ... at Brunswick 0 At Center 9 . Creighton “B" 1 At Petersburg 8 . St. John's 1 At Elgin 10 . . Orchard 2 Games Sunday, June 5 Petersburg at Orchard. Elgin at St. John’s. Brunswick at Creighton “B". Center at Niobrara. INTERSTATE (Standings not available.) Results Sunday. May 29: At Spencer 1 ... . Butte 2 At Pickstown 3 . . Winner 1 At Fairfax 7 . . Bonesteel 6 Verdel 5.at Lynch 0 Games Sunday, June 5: Pickstown at Lynch. Fairfax at Spencer. Verdel at Winner. Butte at Bonesteel. 1 ' .. Sgt. and Mrs. M. H. Christen son left Monday for Salina, Kans., after an extended visit at the home of Mrs. Christen son’s mother, Mrs. Edna Coyne. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Smith and sons, of Portland, Ore., are Page. Mrs. J. K. Bautsch and daughter, Charlotte, left Tue day for their home in Denver, Colo., after 10-day visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. Ed na Coyne. Jack Davidson and Glea H. Wade went to Omaha Monday. Harold Hunt, of Omaha, vis ited his father, Douglar Hunt, this week. Mrs. Thomas Wilson and children, of Chadron, left Tues day after having spent four days with Mrs. Wilson’s sister, Mrs. Theresa Murray. On Memorial day Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Worth and Mrs. Ella Karr visited Mr. and Mrs. Or ville Miller and family North of O'Neill. Mrs. Roy Goree, of Long Pine, and three daughters, Miss Bet ty, Mrs. Eileen Duffield and two children and Mrs. Harold Hetherington and Mr. Hether ington, all of Lincoln, arrived Friday to visit Mrs. Goree’s father, L. A. Simonson and ot her relatives. Miss Bernice Scofield, R. N., of Omaha, expects to arrive Saturday to spend her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Jess Scofield. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shelham er and son, Wallace, were in Chamberlain and Mitchell, S. D., Sunday and Monday. On Monday Mr. and Mrs. Al bert H. Sipes visited at the Henry Bruhn home in Norfolk. Mrs. H. J. Walker and sons', of Sturge’s S. D., visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Walker Tuesday and Wenesday, May 24 and 25. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sul livan and family visite'd the latter’s' mother, Mrs. Hanna Semon, in Spencer Monday. Coming from Winside Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Waller were Mr. and Mrs. Le land Waller and daughter San dra. W. W. Waller and son, Gary, and Leland Waller went fishing at Red Deer lake Sat urday and Sunday. The Wal lers returned to their home in Winside Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Wilson and Shirley and Billy spent Decoration day in Sioux City. Mr. an Mrs. Frank Froelich last Thursday attended t h e graduation excereises of their son-in-law, B. E. Wanser, from Wayne State Teachers’ college in Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gal lagher left today (Thursday) for Chicago, 111., where they will meet their daughter, Betty, and continue on to Washington, D. C Miss Donna Gallagher, who has been visiting here will return to Chicago with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pitcher, of Council Bluffs, spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Green Mrs. Pit cher is a sister of Mr. Green Mr and Mrs. Robert Calvert of Norfolk, spent Sunday vis iting relatives here. Mrs. J. P Protivinsky went to Sioux Falls, S. D.. Tuesdav to attend the eighth grade Graduation of her grandson Robert Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Elein Ray and daughter. Mary Louise. left i Friday for a few davs’ visit in Kimball visiting relatives and friends. RAGGED PLAY IN FIRST ROUND Niobrara, Center, Elgin and Petersburg Cop Openers (Special to The Frontier) Winners and losers alike evi- j denced early season ragged edges Sunday at first round play got underway in the North-Cen tral league. Niobrara blanked Brunswick, 6-0; Center pounced on Creighton “B”, 9-1; Peters burg conked St. John’s, 8-1, and Elgin backed Orchard, 10-2. New entries in the league this year are: St. John’s (only Holt team), Niobrara, Creighton “B” and Center. They replace Clear water, Oakdale, Tilden and Bat tle Creek. League officers are: Oscar Ba son, of Brunswick, president; I James Clifton, jr., of Orchard, j vice-president, and L. H. Van- I derheiden, of Elgin, secretary. Brunswick Bears Lose First Game — BRUNSWICK — The Bruns wick Bears were turned back, 6-0, by a visiting Niobrara ag gregation Sunday afternoon. It was not only the Bears’ first league game but also their first showing of the season. Play was especially ragged for the losers. Niobrara had played twice be fore with non-league opponents. Reassuring, however, was the crowd of loyal boosters that turned out to support the Bears in their try at organized ball. Summary: H H E Niobrara 113 000 001—6 4 1 Brunswick 000 000 00(J—0 4 5 Batteries: Niobrara—B. Breece and T. Breece: Brunswick—Pis hel, Eldean Snodgrass and Stubbs. Center Outruns Creighton "B" — CENTER—The plucky Cen ter entry in the North-Central league thoroughly trounced the Creighton “B” team, 9-1, in a league opener for both teams. Earlier in non-league play, Cen ter had defeated Crofton, 3-2, and lost to Niobrara, 1-3. Two hundred customers were on hand. The field was in good condition despite a quarter-inch shower the evening before. Summary: R H E Creighton B 010 000 000—1 1 6 Center 011 001 24*—9 9 4 Batteries: Creighton “B” — Berman, El wood and Ehrnberg; Center—Carlow and Decker. Petersburg Hurler Sets Down 14 — PETERSBURG - Ray Faust, Petersburg hurler, whiffed 14 St. John”s batsmen Sunday as the Boone countyans spanked the Holt crew, 8-1, in league openers. St. John's crew couldn’t get going against Faust’s speedy de deliveries and Mgr. Del Hcnn’s crew. Summary: R H E St. John’s 13 4 Petersburg 8 12 2 Batteries: St. John’s—Bauer, Filsinger and Funk; Petersburg —Faust and Zuker. Elgin Breezes Through Orchard — ELGIN — The Elgin entry in the North-Central handily dis- : posed of Orchard in Sunday’s ; league opener for both teams, | score 10-2. Summary: R H Orchard —■ 2 3 Elgin 10 6 Batteries: Orchard—Klusman, Moser and Overholt; Elgin — Jochums, Starman and Schrage. CHAMBERS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Don Medcalf and children, of Ainsworth, visited in the E. H. Medcalf i home Sunday. Mrs. Jake Howe and Mr. ■ and Mrs. Wesley Howe, of Fre mont, visited in the Henry Woods home Monday and at tended Memorial services. Mr. and Mrs. Dean V. Ste vens and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mitchell left Tuesday morning for Omaha and Lincoln on hu