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PAGES THIS ISSUE ' 8 - SECTIONS - 8 All Contents Copyright, 1949, by The Frontier, O’Neill, Neb. A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H ' # VOLUME 69.—NUMBER 8._O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY JUNE 30. 1949 EXTRA COPIES: $1 EACH » ' •ut «*i< t Note from Editor The Frontier publisher assigned to me early last Autumn the work of securing the material for this Diamond Jubilee Edition. I at oncetook counsel with friends who I know grew up in the com munity. Through their cooperation and with much research this __ large undertaking has been brought to completion, it has ' taxed The Frontier to get out section after section of this issue along with the regu lar weekly newspaper and other work. I extend to all who have taken an interest in the enter prise this expression of grati- , tude. There is editorial ob ligation to the State Histiori« al Society, to Colonel Atkin son of the Adjutant General’s staff, to Governor Peterson, to the State Library Com mission and to various local ! sources of information. As there is a starting point there must be a stop ping place. It has been the policy to confine the stories as much as possible to the » period irom 1873 to i»ou. The author’s name accompanies each contribution. I shall bear the blame for unsigned articles and stories. ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Jubilee Edition 206,016 Pages The Frontier This Week Commemorates City’s 75th Birthday This week’s issue of The Fron tier, numbers 64 pages of cur rent and historical news of O’ Neill and the O’Neill region, es tablishes an all-time high in journalistic endeavor in Holt county—probably in North-Ne braska. More than three thousand co pies have been published and The Frontier’s presses have printed 206,016 pages to deliver this edition to its readers. If the columns of news and advertising were laid end-to-end, the mat ter would extend for nearly three blocks. The Frontier ihis week comes in eight sections—A. through H. Each section is composed of eight pages. Research for this edition was begun in No'vember, 1948, when Romaine Saunders, 78, retired O’Neil newspaperman and rancher, was brought out of re tirement to be editor-in-chief. While the first O’Neill colony was established in May, 1874, the settlement was destined to go for several months without organization. Originally the Chamber of Commerce planned a Diamond Jubilee celebration on July 4, but several weeks ago the date was abandoned to avoid conflict with a celebration at Stuart and Neligh. A new Jubilee date—October 12—has been arbitrarily set. All contents of this edition are copyrighted and use is restricted except by special permission. Home Extension Agent Hired The Holt county extension board hired a new home exten sion agent Saturday at a meet ing held in the assembly room of the courthouse, according to Mrs. O. A. Hammerberg, secre tary. „ She is Mrs. Berl Damkroger. of DeWitt. Mrs. Damkroger will assume her duties about August The position was vacated last Summer when Miss Catherine Kirwan accepted a position with the state extension office in Lincoln According to the county a gent’s office, the position re mained unfilled because of lack of applicants^ Mr. Damkroger will teach in the veterans’ training school here. Members of the extension board are: George Rost, Ora Yarges, Ray Siders, Clarence Ernst, Charles Mulford, Mrs. Ed gar Stauffer and Mrs. Hammer berg. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Waller and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Snell, of Page, returned Sunday from a week’s vacation trip to Stewart Lake, Minn. AIRMAN’S REMAINS A R E RETURNING DORSEY—The remains of S/Sgt. Lloyd G. (“Jack”) Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brady, ! of Dorsey, will arrive Friday, July 1, for final burial. Funeral services will be held : Sunday at the funeral home in Lynch and burial will be in the Scottville cemetary. Sergeant Brady was report ed missing in action on April 13, 1944. and 13 months later he was declared dead. As an auctioneer trainee, he joined the Air Force on Dec i emoer ju, rtetz. | He became a ball turret gun ner on a B-17 Flying Fortress and was on his ninth combat mission over Europe when he became missing. The body was originally in terred, presumably under Ger man direction, in the Chievres communal .cemetery at Chiev l res, Belgium. The remains later , were disinterred and “properly I identified”, Sergtant Brady's Fort was in the vicinity of Brussels, : Belgium, where German anti-aircraft batteries scored a direct hit. Ten crew mem bers perished and three oth ers parachuted to safety. J Until recently Sergeant , Brady’s remains have been in I a U. S. military cemetery at 1 . Beuville-en-Condroz, Belgium. Sergeant Brady was a gradu , ate of Lynch high school. His wife was the former Florence Schindler. He became the fath er of a son a few weeks before 1 going overseas. Survivors include: widow Mrs. James Bone, of Beaumont, Tex.; son—Albert Lee, of Mon owi; parents—Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brady, of Dorsey; brother— Lee, jr., of O’Neill. MARYHEWETT, ATKINSON, DIES _ ATKINSON—Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. Hewett were held Tuesday from her home in Atkinson with interment in; Woodlawn cemetery. Rev. Earl Berger, of Rushville, officiated. Mrs. Hewett suffered a stroke last October and had not regain ed her health. She died Satur day in a Rushville hospital. Born in Chicago. 111., in 1873. she came to Holt county when 11-years-old with her parents. In 1889 she was married to Wil liam Hewett at Dustin and to I them seven children were born. Her husband passed away 12 l years ago. Survivors include: Daughter —Mrs. R. H. (Laura) Parker, of i O’Neill; sons—William, of Rush ville; Elmer, of Winner, S. D.; Claire, of Newcastle, Wyo.; and Dale, of Ainsworth. A daughter | and a son died in infancy. f .. _ v ««»*9A f, ,rh ^ rRs . .. _ Section A — Pages 1 -A to 8-A ^ , HOSPITAL TUND STILL MOUNTING Contributions from Rural People Continue to Flow In Doantions from rural people continue to be received at Si. Anthony’s hospital building rund headquarters here. Until Wednesday only 26-thousand dollars was still outstanding before the committee achieves its minimum goal of 100-thou sand-dollars. Upon reaching the 100-thou and dollar mark, actual con struction operations will get underway. The popular subscription fund mounted $1,600 dollars during the past week. Eden Rebekah lodge's ben efit food sale added $262 to this week's total, according to Mrs D. H. Clauson, food sale chairman. The sale was held Saturday at the Golden hotel dining room. The minimum goal must be | raised before a federal govern ment grant of lOO-thou^and dollars is available. At the same time, the Sisters of St. Francis, who will staff and op erate the hospital, will assume any “reasonable indebtedness. Tonight (Thursday) at the regular monthly meeting of Simonson post of the American Legion, there will be a discus sion of a hospital donation by the Legion, according to John R. Gallagher, commander. Meanwhile, James G. Fred rickson, of the Fredrickson Livestock Commission Co., made it known this week that the firm will sell, without ser vice charge, in connection with the regular Thursday uction, any livestock brought in pro vided the money is donated to the St. Anthony’s hospital. James M Corkle, chairman of the building fund commit tee, said Wednesday prepara tions are being made for the final push. A similar campaign being carried out at Neligh has gone over the top. The Catholic Daughters of America raised $138.90 for the hospital building fund on Sat urday afternoon and evening at the Corkle farm supply store building on Douglas street. Bingo was played This swells the total to over $1,543.24 the Catholic Daughters have turn ed over to the building fund. Last week they raised $904 at a dance and box social held at the American Legion auditor ium. Originally the group contributed $500. Mrs. Kivett Dies Friday INMAN — Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Methodist church in Inman. Rev. Roy M. Wingate of ficiated with burial at the Inman cemetery. Mrs. Kivett passed away Friday, June 24, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Gallagher, of Inman, after a ; brief illness. She had been a resident of the Inman community fa 33 yo*rs, moving from Page in 1916 after coming to Holt county from Burr Oak. Kans., in 1910. Her husband, George F., passed a way in May, 1939. Mrs. Kivett was born Mary Emily Paxson, July 10, 1875, in ]\yT a pqFi all T a On April 29, 1896, she married George F. Kivett and to them seven children were born. Mrs. Kivett was a member of the Women’s Christian Temper ance Union, the Women’s Soci ety of Christian Service, the LL and the Coffee club. She was al so active in church and civic affairs. Mrs. Elwin Smith, Mrs. Don ald Luben, Kenneth Smith and Clarence Hausen sang three of Mrs. Kivett’s favorite hymns. Pallbearers were: H. J. Harte, James R. Coventry, Edward Chudomelka, Michael Gallagher, Chester Youngs and Karl Keyes. Survivors include: Four daughters— Mrs. J. P. Riley, of National City, Calif.; Mrs. C. A. Rutledge, of Lynch: Mrs. James Gallagher, of Inman, and Mrs. G. W. Cline, of Riverside, Calif.; r.^e sons—Virgil, of Lexington, Mo.; George, of National City, Calif.; and Vaden, of Inman; 12 grandchildren', two great-grand children; sister — Mrs. Arthur Renner, of Inman; brother — Charles Paxson, of Valentine. Out-of-town friends and rel atives attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pax son, of Valentine; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Paxson, of Martin, S. D., Mrs. J. P. Riley and George G. Kivett, both of National City, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kiv ett, of Lexington, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ercle Renner and Mrs. Laura Jones, all of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Chase and daugh ter, Janet, of Sheldon, la. 600 Attend Bank's Open House— CHAMBERS—More than six hundred persons toured the Chambers State Bank at Cham bers Wednesday in connection with the institution’s opening of its new home. In addition to the public, bankers were pres ent from Omaha, Sioux City and several Nebraska counties. This is O'Neill's Douglas slreei—North side—looking West from corner of Fifth street. O'Neill's population today is esti my-: *? -SPrv-:. ' -W /; : v • S 1 ' '**'1 lt‘ k ill • . ’ 4 mated at about 3,200 persons,—The Frontier Photo by John H McCarville. Gen. John C. O'Neill . . . made an impress on time . . . man for whom city was named. Founder of O'Neill By JAMES C. OLSON Superintendent, Nebraska State Historical Society The name O’Neill always will be associated in American his tory with a turbulent group of Americans whose activities al most resulted in serious inter national repercussions, and the founding of O’Neill, Nebraska is related quite directly to those activities—including no less an exploit than an attempt to in vade Canada from the United States. In bringing the State Histor ical Society’s greetings and con gratulations to The Frontier in this Diamond Jubilee Edition, 1 like to review briefly those stir ring events of international in terest associated with O'Neill’s founding and discuss the career of that colorful American for whom the town was named, General John O’Neill. I know that other writers for this anniversary issue will treat fully the community’s develop ment from a tiny colony on the empty prairie to one of Nebras- | ka’s most thriving county seat towns. That invasion of Canada mentioned above was but one phase of the far-flung activ ities carried on by a group of hot-headed Irish - Americans organized into the Irish Rev olutionary Brotherhood. Their Car Turns Over Near Clearwater A car turned over early Wed n ^sday morning two and a half miles West of Clearwater, ac- , cording to State Highway Pa trolman Ray F. Robeson. The car’s only occupant, How aid House,.of Norfolk, received shock and bruises. He was tak en to the O’Neill hospital where he remained overnight. It was believed that House was enroute to Stuart from Nov- ; folk when the accident occured. Patrolman Robeson estimated j $200 damage to the car. object was to aid old Ireland in its rebellion against England —or, as American politicians used to delight in saying, against "perfidious Albion." The brotherhood established an “Irish Republic” in New York during the Autumn of 1865, and promptly dispatched a ship to Ireland—the Erin’s Hope, load ed with arms and men for use against the English. Not satisfied with this, some of the bolder spirits in the Fen ian movement (as it usually is called) actually launched an in vasion of Canada as a means of (Continued on page 5-B) BLUE GRASS IS BEING HARVESTED Bluegrass harvesting and drying is in full swing thro ughout Holt county this week with perfect drying weather developing after the first of the month wet period. During the 10-day hot spell, the mercurv soared to a new seasonal high of 06 degrees on Thursday, June 23. Highest temperature recorded a year ago this week was 85 degrees, on June 26. In the Chambers community an estimated 45-thousand dol lars worth of bluegrass seed j has been dryed 'n three of the j four drying yards. An unde- j termined nuantitv is in a yard East of Chambers On Mondav the first shipment ment left Chambers for the market. While the blue grass was in the drying yards most of the Holt county farmers were glad to see the 1.63 hundredths inches of rain that fell Sun day night and the .17 recorded here early Wednesday morning The Sunday night rain was (Continued on page 8-A) MRS. HOFFMAN BURIED SUNDAY — Death Terminates 58 Years of Married Life for Chambers Couple CHAMBERS — Funeral ser vices were held Sunday for Mrs. Jacob S. Hoffman, of Chambers, from the Methodist church here.’ Mrs. Hoffman, 80, died Wed nesday night, June 22, in the O’Neill hospital after being in “poor” health for several years. She had been in the hospital 12 days. Mrs Hoffman, the former Eva Kellar, was the last sur : viving charter member of the Kellar Presbyterian church of I Chambers. Eva Kellar came to Holl county In 1883 when the was 15-years-old with her par ents from her birthplace al Peoria, 111. Upon the organization of the Kellar church in 1884, Miss Kellar became a member. Church services were held in her parents’ home for 15 years prior to the construction of the present church. On October 29. 1891, she married Jacob S. Hoffman and spent more than 58 years of married life on the Hoffman farm eight miles Northeast of here. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, one daughter, Mae, preceded her in death. A quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Adams, Mr> Edward Eisenhauer and Ernest Farrier, sang “Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me," "The Upper Gar den" and “Transformed.” Pallbearers were: Kenneth Adams, Walter Jutte, Edward Eisenhauer, Herman Holcomb, Elmer Wondersee and Guais Wintermote. Survivors include: Husband; two daughters — Ruth, of O’ Neill, and Mrs. Edith Thomp son, of Oakland, Calif.: two sons — Ray and Ralph, of Chambers; nine grandchildren: one great-grandchld; one bro ther, John Kellar, and a Sis ter, Mrs. Bertha Doherty, both of Chambers. Out-of-town people attend ing the funeral were: Mrs. A. F Thompson, of Oakland, Cal if.; Mrs. F. D Anderson. Don na Rae and John, of Lincoln. Mrs. Glea Grimes, Mrs. Her man Holcomb and Mrs. Wil liam Jutte were in charge oi the flowers at the rites. Motorists Urged to Drive Carefully Celebrating the Fourth of Ju ly is an annual affair, with ma ny small town celebrations, fam ily outings, traveling and down to-earth, good American fun, according to the officials of the Nebraska state highway patrol. The highways will be crowded over the unusually long week end with most everyone in a hurry to get some place. “If you’re smart, you’ll take your time, wherever you go, even if it’s down to the corner drug store..” highway officials say. Many people are killed, injur ed and disfigured every holiday because each figures “It can’t happen to me.” Be especially careful this Fourth of July weekend so you can have more down-to-earth, good, American fun.