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VOLUME G9.—NUMBER 22. _ O'NEILL, NEBR.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER G. 1949, ★ ★ ★
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KING SAM THOMPSON
QUEEN ALICE MINTON
Jubilee Royalty
Photo and Story
By ELLEN LANDON
* King Sam Thompson and Queen Alice Ain Minton could re
call the covereu wagons which brought them here as they rode
proudly down Douglas avenue Friday in a shiny red convertible
to lead the mile-long parade which was a highlight of O’Neill’s
Diamond Jubilee celebration.
They achieved their royal status by claiming the longest
continuous residence in the O'Neill area—a span of 76 years
for Mr. Thompson and 75 years for Mrs. Minton.
Queen Minton’s luxuriant white hair was set off by an at
tractive costume of navy blue and white for her reign. Her navy
dress was styled with V-neckline, self applique of the same ma
terial on the shoulder line and a gored skirt. She wore an emerald
breast pin. He dark hat was trimmed with white feathers, and she
Wore a white scarf. Her wrap was also of navy.
When it was suggested she appear in a long dress of the
period long ago, Mrs. Minton declined.
“I never wore ankle-length dresses, and I don t see why I
should start,” she said. She wears the sheerest of nylon hose on
her slender legs.
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5,000 WITNESS
JUBILEE PARADE
Douglas Street Bedecked
in Autumnal Colors
for Celebration
In colorful Fall pageantry O’
Neill celebrated her 75th birth
day anniversary Friday.
About five - thousand people
were on hand to witness the
Diamond Jubilee-Fall Festival
celebration here. The elaborate
affair was sponsored by Simon
son post 93 of the American Leg
ion.
The parade, many observers
said, was the biggest and best,
both in quantity and quality,
that O’Neill has ever experi
enced.
As early as 7:30 a.m., rural,
oul-of-counly. and even oui
siate people began io gather
here on the celebration morn
ing, and by parade time most
of the celebration crowd lined
Douglas street to watch the
color spectacle.
Promptly at 10:05 a.m., the
parade moved out from the New
Deal Oil company corner in
West O’Neill and headed East
on Douglas street with two spot
less state safety patrol cars in
the lead.
The American Legion color
guard followed the patrol cars
with the festival royalty, Sam
Thompson and Mrs. Alice Min
ton, riding in a chauffered con
vertible behind the color guard.
(See story above.)
The O’Neill Municipal band
and the floats followed in suc
cession.
All in all between 120 and 128
floats competed for prizes in
the four float divisions.
After the parade had retraced
its steps West along Douglas
street, the float judges, Mrs. Ira
Dickerson, of Atkinson, Mrs.
Guy Cole, of Emmet, and Mrs.
Ira Watson, of Inman, anodnc
ed the winners.
They were, divisions one
through four respectively: first
place—the Methodist church,
Corkle’s Farm Supply store, St.
Mary’s academy and the Omaha
World-Herald newsboy; second
places—Tiny Town, Nu Way
cafe, First National bank and
Carl Asimus.
The float divisions were: (1)
those depicting 75 years of pro
gress or any period during that
time; (2) modern floats; (3) in
dividual floats; (4) youth group
sponsored floats.
First prize was $25 and sec
ond was $15.
Those floats receiving honor
able mention were: Boy Scout
troop 210; McIntosh Jewelry;
(Continued on page 4)
685 Distress
Warrants Out
Six hundred and eighty-five
distress warrants have been is
sued todate on delinquent per
sonal property and delinquent
motor vehicles taxes in Holt
county. These aggregate over
26-thousand-dollars.
Meanwhile, time is running
out for motor vehicle operators
to Tenew their drivers’ licenses.
The two-year licenses expired
September 1 and must be re
newed within 60 days from that
date.
Already 5,100 renewals have
been issued. County Treasurer
J. Ed Hancock estimates there
are about 7,500 motor vehicles
operators in the county.
Dollar Days Sales
Event Is Planned
O’Neill merchants are coop
erating in a series of Dollar
Days sales events to begin Fri- j
day and Saturday, October 14
and 15.
A meeting of interested mer
chants was held Tuesday and
the Dollar Day plan was worked
out.
R. V. Lucas, committee head,
says the sales event will be
staged “every three weeks” and
merchants already are purchas
ing special merchandise to make
the regular Dollar Days over
whelming “successes.”
O’Neill newspapers will an
nounce Dollar Days, set the
dates, and list special Dollar
Day \ offerings from various
stores.
City To Award
Contract Oct. 21
The O’Neill city council is
receiving sealed bids for the
$30,500 sewer lift station and
outfall system already ap
proved. The bids for the con
struction of the system, will be
awarded October 21, according
to Dale French, City clerk.
The bids are to cover mat
j erials, equipment tools and
labor for the complete instal
I lation of the system.
INDIAN SUMMER
REIGNS IN HOLT
Indian Summer, accompanied
by winds varying from an esti
mated 35 - miles - an - hour to
balmy breezes, was on the wea
ther scene this week.
Temperature ranged this
week from a high of 78 degrees
on Sunday to a low of 35 on
Friday.
With the winds and the warm
weather, the corn is fast matur
ing for picking.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for
the Holt county agent’s office
said there had been no reports
of the starting of corn picking.
It was stated the season is still
another two weeks in the fu
ture.
Some farmers in the O’Neill
region say Fall pastures could
stand some rain.
High temperature a year a-j
go this week was recorded on
October 4 at 79 degrees with
the low recorded on October 6
at 44 degrees.
This week’s weather summa- j
ry, based on 24-hour periods
ending at 8 a. m. daily, follows:;
Date Hi Lo Prec.
September 29 61 35
September 30 - 72 43
October 1 - 73 53
October 2 - 78 53
October 3 _ 76 50
October 4 -— 74 38
October 5 — 70 44
Truck Hits Ditch;
Driver Unhurt—
STUART — A loaded gravel
truck took the ditch Saturday
afternoon to avoid colliding with
a pickup truck 1 % miles East of
here on highway 20.
The truck was driven by Rob
ert Cadwallader, of Stuart, who
escaped uninjured. He saw the
pickup pull onto the highway
and head West.
The Westbound truck wheel
ed into the North ditch of the
highway to avoid a collision.
The gravel truck was badly!
damaged.
Hospital Fund Hits $106,609
Placing of the Siars and Stripes on Iwo Jima by Marines
during World War II was reenacted Friday with a float entered
by Simonson post 93 of the American Legion and its auxiliary.
The float was drawn by a half-track. Playing the role of the
marines in the historic incident in American history were Fred
McCart, Kenneth Oetter, Dale Fink and Joe Fiala. The float did
not qualify for an award because the celebration was Legion
sponsored.—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
STREET LIGHTS
TO BE CHANGED
Council Adopts Overhead
Lighting System
Tuesday
The O’Neill city council un
animously adopted a resolu
tion Tuesday night to install
an over head street lighting
system on Douglas street and
Fourth street, according t o
Mayor H- E. Coyne.
Cost of the new system will
be in the neighborhood of $2,
000.
The resolution was signed
to give Consumers Public
Power district the “go ahead”
signal for the installation ,of
the system.
Mayor Coyne said overhead
lights would be installed from j
the North corner of the O’
Neill public school building
South to the railroad station
and from the East city limits
to Slat’s cafe in West O'Neill.
The council made the adop
tion on the basis of better
lights for the amount of elec
tricity used. The Iigfit posts
along Douglas and Fourth
street will be removed after
the new overhead lights are
installed the mayor stated.
Consumers will begin work
as soon as materials are avail- j
able.
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‘Voice’ Sputters
In Getting on Air
Friday morning during the
height of the celebration parade,
the special “Voice of The Fron
tier” program sputtered in get
ting on the air to broadcast a
running description of the'
event over WJAG, Norfolk.
Mechanical difficulties forced
a 15-minute delay in getting un
derway, but at 10:37 a. m., the
difficulties were overcome. Just
at that time the parade was re-1
tracing its path West along
Douglas street.
The special broadcast lasted
until 11:15 a. m.
The program had originally
been set for 10:20 to 11 a. m.
Sponsors of the special “Voice
of The Frontier” program were:
The Seger Oil and Transport
Co.; Spelts - Ray Lumber Co.;
Ralph N. Leidy; Jacobson’s Ap
pliances and the Lloyd Collins
Implement Co.' Chuck Apgar,
regular “Voice of The Frontier”
announcer, was at the micro
phone and Joseph Biglin was
special engineer.
Attend Family
Reunion Here—
Mr. and Mrs. “Dude” Hoy
er. of Seattle, Wash., are vis
iting the latter’s sister, Mrs.
S- E. Hicks. Sunday Mr. and j
Mrs. Clarence Hicks and fam
ily attended a family gather
ing at the S- E. Hicks home.
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Corkle Hatchery & Farm Supply entered
an authentic covered wagon, replete with
Irai ing cow, water jug, live chickens, and
a bewhiskered driver in Friday's historic Dia*
mond Jubilee parade. Entry won a first prize.
.The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
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St. Anthony's Hospital Building Fund en
tered a float depicting a surgery scene in a
modern hospital. Doctors were "operating" on
a patient. Assisting were several nursns and a
nun, all clad in white.—The Frontier Photo by
John H. McCarville.
(More Jubilee Parade Pictures on Page 9)
Korean Mission Worker Coming
Rev. Harold H. Henderson,
acting secretary of the West
Central ara of the Presbyter
ian board of foreign missions,
will speak in O’Neill at the
First Presbyterian church, on
Thursday, October 6, at 8 p m.
Rev. Henderson was engag
ed for 2’ years in the educa
tional and evangelistic work
if the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions at Taiku,
Korea As the enthusiastic
principal of the Boy’s Acad
jmy, he helped develop many
if today’s Korean Christian
eaders. When need arose, he
»vas active in instituting in
iustrial work in connection
,vith the school.
In 1939, when the mission
withdrew from the academy
and it was taken over by the
continued to work among the
Presbyterian, Rev. Henderson
students meeting with them
for Bible study and Christian
fellowship.
He prepared a New Testa
ment concordance in Korea.
He also supervised the ac
tivities of number of
churches in the villages about
Taiku.
In 1941, when Mr. Hender
son was unable to return to
Korea, he took an active part
in the ' missionary furlough
fellowship and served as in
terdenominational head of the
church work among war work
ers at Richmond, Calif.
During the absence of Rev.
John C. Corbin on an assign
ment to aid Christian groups
in Japan and Korea, Reverend
Henderson will serve as secre
tary of the West Central Area
home base office of the Pres
byterian board of foreign Mis
sions.
He received his elementary
education in Olympia, Wash.,
is a graduate of the University
of Washington, Seattle, Prince
ton Theological seminary and
received his masters' degree
from Columbia University,
New York.
Mrs. M. D. Brewster, of Co
lumbus, visited Mr. and Mrs
1 Charles Lawrence Tuesday.
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! Banquet Formally Marks
End of Building Fund
Campaign
More than 370 friends of St.
Anthony’s hospital put on their
best bib and tucker Monday
night, paid $5-per-plate for a
chicken dinner, spent $1,419 in
an auction of miscellaneous
items, and nine persons and
firms pledged purchases of $1,
000 room memorials.
It was a formal climax to the
building fund drive and sent
; the cash on-hand total to $106,
609.70.
The $5 chicken dinner at the
American Legion auditorium
was turned into one of the
finest social affairs in many
years.
The program, arranged by
the St. Anthony’s hospital
building fund committee, be
gan at 7 p.m. with music by
the O’Neill municipal" band.
The band was stationed out
side the auditorium.
James M. Corkle, building
fund chairman, made a short
address of welcome.
He pointed out that the
building of the 40 - bed 300
thousand-dollar health center
here will “make the Sand
Hills area a healthier place in
which to live and will enable
the region to take its place
with others in the Nation”
where similar medical centers
have been developed.
Mr. Corkle said for sever
al months workers have
been "earnestly engaged" in
raising funds. His listeners
knew it was an understate
ment, because the fund-rais
ing program has been long
and difficult. The chairman
paid particular tribute to
women workers.
Mr- Corkle introduced Don
Cunningham, of Sioux City,
the master - of - ceremonies
who, after several preliminary
remarks, introduced D. H.
Clauson, song leader, and A.
E. Bowen, pianist- The audi
ence sang “Home on the
Range”, “I want a Girl' and
“Pack Up your Troubles” —
the latter tune dedicated to
Corkle.
For invocation Mr. Cunning
ham asked the audience to
i “rise and pray each in his own
way.” He pointed out that the
gathering represented virtual
ly every religion and creed.
After a minute’s silence ser
ving was begun by the Amer
ican Legion auxiliary. Menu
consisted o f: tomato juice
cocktail, fried chicken (choice
pieces only), masihed potatoes,
string beans, gravy, cabbage
salad, ice cream, cake and cof
fee.
A 30-second sound film en
titled. “You’re the Doctor”,
was shown.
The film graphically pre
sented the internal operations
of a hospital and explained the
operating cost, the growing need
for hospitals and the place of
the hospital in modem com
munity life.
Mr- Cunningham introduced
the farmers and ranchers who
have contributed livestock to
the Friday auction. The sale
netted the building fund $3,
209.25. Ray Siders, prominent
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Chambers Port
Gets More Land
CHAMBERS— Mayor Edwin
Thorin said this week that an
additional 18.6-acres of ground
have been acquired by the vil
lage with which to df*v',1op a
housand-dollar airport.
Earlier in the year Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel B. Perkins, of
Chambers, deeded to the city a
100-acre tract which village of
ficial H'-r^ded ro convert into
an airport.
Civil Aeronautics officials
are working with the village in
setting up federal and state aid.
Recently the Perkins gave
additional land to the village to
provide a driveway into the
proposed airport. The land ad
joins the village on the South
east.
Charged With
Reckless Driving—
James Muller, jr„ of Lynch,
was arrested Friday night by
State Highway Patrolman Faye
Robeson in Northwest O’Neill
and charged with operating a
motor vehicle “recklessly.”
Robeson reported Muller lost
control of his car and went off
into the ditch North of the cem
etery.
The case will come up m
county court Friday, October 7.