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O'NEILL, NEBR.
’ CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher
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Myth Dispelled
Thousands of persons lining O’Neill’s Douglas street Friday
witnessed a colorful spectacle. It was the Diamond Jubilee parade
—perhaps the grandest exhibition of its kind in the history of O
Neill and certainly a rival of all others ever presented in the re
gion.
But there was a morale factor, too, which escaped few dis
cerning eyes. , _
The Diamond Jubilee parade dispelled a popular myth that
O’Neill could not organize a parade — that no good could come
out of Judea, if you please.
But critics—and they have been numerous and noisy—were
astounded with Friday's mile and a half long spectacle in which
there were about 125 entries.
Some of the entries evidenced hour-upon-hour of painstaking
work and labor. They bore evidence of wholesome imagination.
The parade (as photographs elsewhere in this issue indicate) de
picted the march of progress down through O'Neill’s illustrous
75 years. They ranged from the comic to the sublime. Each told
a story.
But the important fact is this:
(XNeillites are capable of a parade of the highest order, and
Friday’s exhibition will not soon be forgotten.
It is interesting to note that the Diamond Jubilee idea was
on-again-off-again several times during the Spring and Summer.
Each time extenuating circumstances prompted the civic bodies
to alter plans and abandon them.
Then the American Legion —- those men and women repre
senting Simonson post 93 of the Legion and its ladies’ auxiliary'
moved in on the scene. In three weeks’ time they injected enough
new blood, new energy and new ideas to make the Jubilee-Fall
Festival one of the memorable days of all time. Moreover, the Le
gion in plainly-spoken language announced that any profits de
rived from the varied activities would be turned over to the St.
Anthony's hospital building fund—a program already promoted
to the limit.
The Diamond Jubilee-Fall Festival, with the blessings of the
weatherman, went on record as a grand success.
If would be impossible fo mention here all of those persons
whose efforts are directly responsible for its success. But The
Frontier can unhesitatingly say that Commander Gordon O.
Harper, in the executive position only a few weeks when the
rtrivsl was born, held the key to the success of the affair.
He promptly surrounded himself with men of action with his
various appointments, and in short order the Jubilee - i estival
machine was rolling. They were appointments which assured the
success of the day.
M. E. (“Jake”) Jacobson, a relative newcomer in the city,
was made head of the Diamond Jubilee parade committee. James
M. Corkle, already head of the St. Anthony’s hospital building
fund and already knee-deep in plans for a benefit livestock auc
tion, diverted his energies into the auction phase of the celebra
tion. On down the line dozens of others were projected into the
celebration with committee functions and with participation in
the parade. The net result has already been described.
Oldtimers, who came from a distance, were happy that they
came; others, who were unable to be here, already know what
they missed. 4 .
The Frontier doffs its hat to the Legion and is pleased to learn
that the Legion hopes to make the event an annual affair.
A - A
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Hospital Report
First—and most important—phase of St. Anthony’s hospital
building program is over.
It was climaxed Monday night with a $5-per-plate banquet at
the American Legion auditorium and attended by more than three
hundred friends of St. Anthony’s.
The formal banquet, arranged and planned by the hospital
building fund committee, was a climax to a magnificent campaign.
The friend* of St. Anthony'*—and there were many who
came from a considerable distance beyond the O'Neill commu
nity bound* — were united in one purpose: To send the fund
over the top.
Although funds for equipping the hospital still are needed,
the big obstacle has been hurdled in a heart-waiii«uig way.
goal is now in sight. The 40-bed medical center, a few months ago
a plan supported only by an architect’s blueprint, soon will
become a reality. , .. , .
Today in Holt county banks St. Anthony’s hospital c0^ts
something in the neighborhood of 115-thousand dollars. In adc 1
tion, there are some pledges and other commitments.
Monday evening’s finale, through which the fund was swelled
in terms of thousands of dollars, was living evidence of the Words
of the Master when he pointed out the three greatest virtues:
“Faith, hope and charity . . . and the greatest of these is
charity.” _
Mrs. Miller Hostess—
The Lutheran Woman’s Mis
sionary league of Christ Luth
eran church held a meeting at
the home of Mrs. Ewalt Mil
ler on Thursday, September
29 New officers were elected.
They are: Mrs. Ewalt Miller,
president; Mrs. William Kraft,
vice-president and secretary;
Mrs. Bert Barnhart, treasurer;
and Mrs. William Hinze, re
porter. Plans were made for a
food sale on Thursday, Octob
er 20. The next meeting will
be in the home of Mrs. Wil
liam Hinze.
Iowan Here—
Robert Law lor, of LeMars.
Ia., spent the weekend visit
ing friends
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| Prairieland Talk — !
Enforcement of Gambling Laws
Enlivens Monotonous Daily Quietude
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
■
LINCOLN — Enforcing laws
pertaining to gambling has
enlivened what has become a
rather dull and monotonous dai
ly quietude Many state no
tables have sat up and taken
notice. The attorney general’s
office reports sentiment for law
enforcement so overwhelming
that the op
Romaine
Saunders
position 1 s
over shad
owed Some
argu m e n t
has been ad
vanced i n
favor of gam
bling where
the winnings
go to charit
able purpos
es. Wonder
if “Doc”
Middle ton
thought h e
should be re
garded as a saint when he
stole a horse to give to a set
tler who had run into a streak
of hard luck? The “crafty”
Doc some times did this very
thing.
• * ,
Broken Bow patriots a r e |
feeling pretty “chesty” over j
having gas squirted into their
town through a pipe line that
reaches to the sources of na
tural gas. The old timers down
that way made out with “buf
falo chips” and the hay burn- |
ers and probably if there was
another frontier to open up
such facilities would come In
to use again.
• • •
Tetraethylhiruamdisulfide is
the name of new drug that is
said to be a cure for alcoholics. J
A thing with a name like that
maybe is what it takes to' beat
"John Barleycorn.”
• • •
There is a sly suspicion that
it is the $ that is the lure
which brings these good will
visitors from abroad.
I don’t know whether it was
the modesty of Montana Jack
or whether it was an over
sight, but here is a poem that
came from his Butte address
unsigned. It has the tone and
sentiment which friends of Mr.
Sullivan will touch a respon
sive chord in all who cherish
the memory of friends.
FRIENDS
If I should get the summons
one and all
Must heed, I do not fear the
call,
For it must come to every
living man,
And life, while sweet, is
only but a span.
I would not have you grieve
or mom for me,
My wish is that you bright
and merry be.
That you should gather on
your onward way
The best of life, a spirit
blithe and gay.
The little things are what makes
life worth while,
The cheery nod, the warm
and friendly smile,
The hearty handclasp of a
loyal friend
Who sticks through ups and
downs, right to the end.
The loyalty of hearts so big
and true,
Who love you for yourself,
because you’re you,
The greatest gift that comes
from God alone,
The gift of friends to cherish
and to love. - ,
Look up and see the beauty of
the skies,
Don’t fret and gloom, but
always realize
That life will pay you back I
the self same score
Of what you gife her, and
nothing more.
See beauty rare in evtry liv
ing thing,
The flowers that bloom, the
tiny birds that sing,
The glories of the earth, the
sea, the sky,
And where we live, the moun
tains, proud and high.
Have charity, for God has
placed us here
To each one help the other;
and the tear
We drop with pity in the
cripples bowl,
May wipe a way some scar
from our own soul.
• • m
Without batting an eye, I’m
an isolationist. That is of no
importance as related to the
general picture. We have been
on the high road of “one
world” and reaching across
seas and continents less than
a generation and what has
been accomplised? Fought two
wars, poured out treasure and
sacrificed countless numbers
of the youth of America upon
the altar of the nations to
bring into a better world with
the net result that today we
look out upon a sorry picture.
Isolationist — just what does
that stand for? A short Yankee
expression tells it. You keep
out of this! Swiss patriots,
Portugees and a few others
are smning examples of isola- i
tion, keeping tneir noses out
of other’s business, and they
are making out "pretty” well. '
• • «
But there was none like
Ahab, who did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight j
of the lord, whom Jezebel,
his wife, stirred up.—I Kings
21:25. There are still Ahab’s
in spots here and there, but
Jezebel left no one to take I
over for her. The sisters are
the stability of things worth
while in civilization.
• • •
I don’t know who figured
it out but it was recently re
ported if all the milk produced
in a year in the United States
was put into quart bottles and
the bottles arranged side by
side there would be 140 rows
of bottled milk belting the
earth, a trail of milk more
than three and a half million
miles in length.
• • *
A story appeared in a news
paper about a native of Po- (
land who knows what a Rus
sian prison camp does to you,
having been himself a victim
of the communist overlords
for many months. He now’
holds a position as a scientist
in our state university. More
and more the education insti
tutions of America are accept
ing instructors like him to the
exclusion of our native sons,
who would like to explore the
fields of science and function
on the faculties of our colleges.
That the Ph. D. from Poland
escaped from the clutches of
the reds is pleasant to contem
plate. But if we have a native
son who can fill that job at
the university why bring in a
stranger to prairieland’s insti
tution of higher learning?
♦ * 9
As it stands at this writing,
Nebraska voters can say at the
next election what they think
of the raise in gas tax and li
cense fees. These measures
were adopted at the legisla
tive session last Winter and
may now go to referendum
vote. It was the judgment of
the legislature that the increas
es were necessary if the de
mands for road work were to
be met, and it will be inter
esting to see what the vote will
disclose as to how much they
want to pay for better roads
in the communities from which
came a mighty howl about the
mud. Mud may now look bet
ter to some of the- voters if it
means paying more taxes.
* ♦ *
There is a grin among the
Washed Gravel
Your Truck
Loaded or
We Deliver
SCHRADBROS.
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expert clod hoppers at the
agricultural college at the U.
of N. new building costing
close to a million dollars is
promised them to take within
its ornate walls the agronomy
set up. Doubtless the experts
find it fascinating toying around
with the soil and plant life.
Agronomy, just another word
dressed in a white collar, that
means farming the land. Prob
ably 99% of the agricultural
state has no fellowship with
the official farmers. The tax
payers are wondering what is
and livestock interests of the
the use of these official setups?
To West Coast—
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess
and Miss LaVeta Lehn left
Monday for a month’s vaca
tion trip to Wyoming, Utah,
Oregon and California. They
will attend the National Den
tal convention in San Francis
co while there and expect to
return by the Southern route
stopping in Boulder. Colo-,
where they will visit Miss
Joanne Burgess, who is atten
ding Colorado university.
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