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VOLUME 69.—NUMBER 8._O'NEILL. NEBR.. THURSDAY JUNE 30. 1949 EXTRA COPIES: $1 EACH
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
