*4 Basic Qualities in
* Good Education’
Judge Jackson Addresses
Student Government
Group Here
H"Of all things people may do,
activities with youth are not
only most satisfactory but are
also most beneficial,” said Dis
trict Judge Lyle Jackson, of
Neligh, in speaking to 160 mem
bers of boys’ and gills’ county
government, Holt county offi
cials, American Legion and
American Legion auxiliary
.fnembers following a luncheon
in the Legion club Wednesday.
The luncheon was in connec
tion with the second annual
student government program
here.
Using the boys' and girls'
county government as an ex
ivnple, he said "education can
be far more than that which
is learned from books. You
here today will not soon for
get the mechanics of electing
county officials and what are
their duties after they assume
cffice/' he explained.
Judge Jackson outlined four
basic qualities education should
instill in young people if it is
to be considered a successful
education.
1. Ability to understand the
, virtue of hard work.
2. Virtue of thrift—the abil
ity not only to make money but
to save it.
3. Respect for fellow men
and their ideas.
4. Respect and understand
ing for constituted authority.
Mrs. John Davidson, of O’
Neill, district president of the
American Legion auxiliary, was
toastmistress. She introduced
honored guests including Gor
don Harper, Simonson post
commander of the American
Legion, and Mrs. Ira Moss,
president of the Simonson post
auxiliary.
Miss Elja McCullough, Holt
county superintendent and
chairman of the boys’ and girls’
county government program,
was presented a corsage in ap
preciation of her work. She
read a message from Nebraska
Chief Justice Simmons.
Junior class students attend
ing the second annual event
said it was a wonderful oppor
tunity to get an inside, practi
cal view of the workings of
county offices.
Over 125 students from each
of the county schools registered
Wednesday morning at the
courthouse.
Miss McCullough pronounced
the one-day event a “tremen
dous” success and many observ
ers agreed.
The highlight of the day was
the luncheon speech by Judge
Jackson.
The affair got urfderway at
9 a. m. with the registration.
Following a visit to the county
offices to which the students
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Vernon Elkins
Announces Sale
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Two public sales are listed
on The Frontier’s auction cal
endar.
They are:
Friday. December 9—Vernon
Elkins sale, 4 Vi miles East and
6 miles South of Chambers; 32
head of cattle; 13 horses; lots
of farm machinery, and some
household goods. Ed Thorin, of.
Chambers, will be the auction
eer, and Chambers State bank
will clerk. (See advertisement
on page 16.)
Thursday, December 2?—Jo
seph Sobotka, executor for the
Estate of Karolina Sobotka,
will sell 240 acres of Elkhorn
valley land and an Inman town
lot at the Holt county court
house. Julius D. Cronin, of O’
Neill, is attorney.
Both sales are being given
the “yackage” advertising ser
vice provided by The Frontier
_including newspaper and ra-1
dio advertising and handbills.
‘Voice’ to Begin
2d Year on Air
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“Voice of The Frontier”—O’
Neill’s radio outlet— Saturday
will observe its first anniversa
ry on the air.
The remote control program
is head at 9:45 a. m. on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Satur
days through radio station
WJAG at Norfolk (780 kc).
First year of broadcasting
from studios in The Frontier
building has been a historic one.
High spot of the year was yoe
man work performed during
the Recurring Blizzards of 1948
'49, when thousands of listen
ers huddled close to their re
ceivers to hear storm reports
and relief news.
The “Voice” has been versa
tile, too. It has provided lots of
musical entertainment, general
news coverage throughout the
O’Neill region, and timely ad
vertising.
Omahans Here—
Mr and Mrs. Michael J. O
Laughlin, of Omaha, arrived
Monday to spend several days
with Mr. O’Laughlm s cousin,
Mrs. Walter O’Malley and
• other relatives and friends.
'*Mr O’Laughlin is a captain m
the Omaha fire department.
Twila Whaley . . . one of
four national winners in 4-H
club frozen foods contest.
(See story below)
4-H CLUBYOUTHS
TRIP WINNERS
Twila Whaley One of 4
Winners in National
Food Competition
Two Holt county youths de
parted Saturday for Chicago,
111., to attend the national 4-H
club congress in progress there
November 27 through Decem
ber 3. Xhey are: Miss Twila
Whaley, 20, daughter of Mr.
„nd Mrs. Lloyd Whaley, of u -
Neill, and Edward Boyle, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Boyle, of O’Neill.
They departed from O’Neill
by rail early Saturday
Miss Whaley is one of four
national winners of a $300 col
lege scholarship and an all-ex
pense trip to the congress for
her work in the 4-H frozen
foods program. Her trip is spon
sored bv International Harvest
er Co.
Miss Whaley, a member of
the Up-and-At-It 4-H club and
teacher in district 15, is also
the Nebraska winner in froz
en foods. She has been in 4-H
work for 8 years. Her frozen
foods record includes freezing
meats, fruits and vegetables.
Young Boyle’s trip was made
possible by Allis-Chalmers. He
was a winner in a gardening
contest. Boyle was heard speak
ing from Chicago on a radio
network early Monday morn
ing. He was being quizzed about
his gardening successes.
He is a member of the River
side Community 4-H club.
Twenty - three Nebras ka
youths won trips to the con
gress. The Chicago stay in
cludes sight-seeing tours, gener
al assembly sessions, and a visit
to the 50th annual International
Livestock Exposition.
The climax of the trip for
Miss Whaley will be the award
of her Fowler McCormick scho
larship certificate at the annual
4-H banquet in the main ball
room of the Stevens hotel on
Thursday evening, December 1.
Hospitalized Result
of House Fire—
John Timmerman, of O’Neill,
is hospitalized with first and
second degree burns on the
hands, legs and face after a fire
broke out in his home Tuesday
evening at 9:30.
Observers said that Timmer
man was filling a kerosene
lamp in his home when the fuel
caught fire and the blaze spread
toidly throughout the house.
Estimated damage to the inside
f the house was not fixed.
The blaze was quickly ex
tinguished but not before it
had virtually destroyed the in
ert’nguished but not before it
side of the two-room house.
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MANGER SCENE PRIZE-WINNER . . . The Fron
tier’s display windows were transformed into a
manger scene and the artwork (above) won a tie
for first place in the citywide window decoration
contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
Highly-decorated windows were unveiled simul
taneously. The M & M cafe shared first-place hon
j ors with The Frontier. The Christmas theme was
worked around a huge cake, measuring 27 inches
i in diameter. Second prize went to Council Oak
store for a manger scene and third prize to Sulli
van Cleaners. Judges were Mrs. Mabel McKenna,
Miss Elja Mc Cullough and Mrs. Ira George. The
Frontier’s handiwork was done by Mrs. Charles W.
Apgar, wife of “Chuck” Apgar, Frontier staffer
and “Voice of The Frontier," and Mrs. Carroll W.
Stewart, wife of The Frontier publisher. Their re
verse painting was done from inside the windows
with colored tempera paint. The windows tell the
story of the birth of the Christchild in the Bethle
hem manger. At left is Mrs. Stewart’s manger
scene with angels singing overhead and bells toll
ing. Right panel, painted by Mrs. Apgar, shows
wise men and shepherds following the star of
Bethlehem. The painting showed well against a
white background illuminated with yellow fluor
escent lights.—The Frontier Photo by John H. Mc
Carville.
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The Frontier this week presents its fourth an
nual Christmas shopping edition. It is jam-packed
with hundreds of gift suggestions from virtually all
tho principal O'Neill stores.
This Christmas shopping edition will enter more
than four thousand homes in the greater O’Neill
region—providing an up-to-the-minute guide for wise
early shoppers.
O’Neill has the distinction of being North-Ne
braska’s Christmas city, and a study of the adver
tisements in this issue will convince you that these
stores have left nothing undone to bring to the re
gion a magnificent selection of gifts. The study will
also prove rather conclusively that price-wise these
advertisers rival their competitors in the larger cities.
20 PAGES — 3 SECTIONS
The Christmas season, 1949, was officially ushered
in Friday night with a simultaneous store and shop
window,' unveiling throughout the city. Unveiling was
signaled by the sounding of the fire alarm. Suddenly
the city came to life in a dazzling, breath-taking dem
onstration. Throngs of people toured the business
sections, afoot, to admire the handiwork.
It was a colorful affair and President Melvin
Ruzicka. of the Chamber of Commerce, was confi
dent the unvei.ing precedent would be carried on
in future years.
Next on the Chamber of Commerce’s yule agenda
will be Santa’s visit on Saturday. December 17. Last
year the Jolly Ol’ Fellow came by supersonic jet- 1
propelled plane, and until Wednesday Chamber of
ficials had no advice on which method of travel San
ta would be using this year. In any event, he’ll be
laden with goodies for the youngsters and he’ll be
wanting to see and chat with all of his juvenile
friends at the O’Neill public school auditorium.
The title of being North-Nebraska’s Christmas
city is no misnomer, as contents of this edition testi
fy. A shopping excursion will convince you.
Besides The Frontier’s normal 2,200 distribution,
this Christmas shopping edition is entering 1,800 ad
ditional homes in the O’Neill region to serve as a
guide to penny-wise families.
—THE FRONTIER.
SECTION I — PAGES I TO 8
ADAM BAHM,
74, SUCCUMBS
Heart Ailment Causes
Death of Retired
Farmer Here
Funeral services were con
; ducted here Saturday morning
at 10 o’clock in St. Patrick’s
Catholic church for Adam
Bahm, 74, a retired farmer. He
died Wednesday evening, No
vember 23, at home.
Rev. Cyril J. Werner officiat
ed at the funeral services and
burial was in Calvary cemetery
here.
The late Mr. Bahm had been
ill six months. Death was attrib
uted to a heart ailment.
Pallbearers were: Edward
Campbell, H. J. Birmingham,
Joseph McCarville, jr., L. A.
Becker, Patrick Sullivan and
Arthur Berger, all of O’Neill.
Born December 12, 1874, in
Hamburg, Germany, Mr.
Bahm came to the United
States when a young boy. In
1928 he came to Holt county
from Cornlea. One year later,
Mr. Bahm, with his family,
went to South Dakota. In 1937
he returned to Holt county
and lived here thereafter.
Mr. Bahm was a farmer but
had retired a number of years
ago. He had been living here
with a son, Lawrence.
Survivors include: widow —
Christine; sons—Lawrence, of
J’Neill. William, of Ewing, and
John, of Pilger.
Two, children preceeded Mr.
Bahm in death.
Reynoldson’s First
Sale Here Today
Leigh and Verne Reynoldson
will conduct their first live
stock sale in O’Neill today
(Thursday).
They succeed James G. Fred
rickson as manager of the mar
ket, which, henceforth, will be
known as the O’Neill Livestock
Market. Previously it was des
ignated as Fredrickson Live
stock Commission Co. The mar
ket is owned by the O’Neill Civ
ic Club, Inc.
Verne Reynoldson said Wed
nesday that prospects were for
a “strong” market this week
with a good run of feeder pigs
and butchers selling ahead of
the cattle.
Everything from old-fashioned churn to
vacuum cleaners was sold in hospital benefit
white elephant sale. AVWC members pictured
ar« Mrs. Raymer Funk, Mrs. G. E. Gonderinger
an-I Mrs. Robert Gaylor—The Frontier Photo
by E len Landon.
Vets' Wives Spearhead Drive
Atkinson Club Needs
$15,000 to Assure
New Hospital
F hoto and Story By
:llen landon
T._.NSON — Not even a
ift of a single dollar bill looks
is important to t ie 14 members
c.f the Atkinson Veterans’
Wives’ club, who last March
iledged themselves to the gar
gantuan task of raising the $25,
000 necessary to start a much
needed, long-dreamed-of Atkin
son hospital.
i This week when the $75 pro
ceeds from the club’s latest pro
ject, a white elephant sale,
were counted the hospital fund
amounted to $24,563, and it
seemed quite probable that
ine lund would go over the top
before the January 1 deadline—!
especially following an an-1
nouncement that at the last reg-:
ular meeting of the Atkinson
American Legion auxiliary there
was over a two-thirds majority
vote to give the organization’s
bond's plus enough from the gen
eral fund to make $1,000 for the
Atkinson hospital fund.
This might seem like a time
for the 14 women of the AVWC
to exchange their campaign ac
tivities for the more convention
al pursuits of young home
makers, but this will be far
from the case.
B asoned by nine months of
w;rk end far wiser in the
ways hospitals are bulb than
they were last March, these
young members with the Ira
d i t i o n a 1 determination of
women who have made up
their minds will embark as
soon as the hospital is under
way on the final task of rais
ing 15-thousand - dollars to
complete the cost.
They will combine this deter
mination with plain old hard
(Cor^inued on page 19.)
^DISTRICTING
ATTRACTS 400
Two-Thirds School Board *
Officials in County
Present at Meet
Nearly four hundred Holt
county, boar d of education mem
bers and other interested per
sons attended a meeting here
Friday fn "connection with pro
posed redistricting.
Miss Elja McCullough, Holt
county superintendent of public
instruction, presided in the ses
sion held at the O’Neill public
school auditorium. Stanley Haw
ley, of Lincoln, member of the
state department of public in
struction, was present and dis
cussed the redistricting laws
which were adopted by the last
unicameral legislative session at
Lincoln.
it was estimated tnat rwo
Ihirds of the board of educa
tion members in the county
were present.
Balloting was done to select
a redistncting committee for
the county, but Miss McCul
lough declined to release the
names of committee members
immediately. State Senator
Frank Nelson, of O’Neill, was
one of those elected to the com
mittee but because he is a leg
islator there is a question. Miss
McCullough said, that he may
not be eligible. Therefore, she
said, the committee is not of
ficially complete.
Those attending the session
heard Hawley say that the re
districting will be a “slow and
involved job"
Some at the meeting were of
the belief that ^districting was
going to be accomplished on tne
1 spot. Flection of a county com
! mittee in a preliminary.
The redistricting, if it i'>
r zc'mn'ished, will have a
bearin'* on f e r~ 1 eVate
school tax distribution.
It will tend to equalize the
tax burden, proponents say,
where school taxes and pupil
population are relatively low in
comparison to some other dis
tricts. ,, ,.
Some opposition to the redts
tricting plan may be expected.
Gun Wound Fatal
To Young Woman
A .22 calibre gunshot wound
in the forehead proved fatal
earlv Monday to Miss Dorothy
Jordan, 25. who lived on a
ranch South oJ Bassett.
The injured woman was
found lying near a shed in the
farmvard. She was rushed to
the Bassett hospital but was
dead upon arriving there.
The Rock county coroner
was to have made an inquest.
Miss Young resided near the
Holt-Rock county line.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday with burial in the
Rose cemetery, South of Bas
sett. R'w. L oyd officiated.
Infant Alligators
Travel Parcel Post
ORCHARD — Kieth Thelan
der, last week received a par
cel post package from H. H
Drayton, who is visiting in
Florida.
Mr. Thelander was dumb
founded to discover two in
fant alligators, measuring a
bout 9 inches in length, when
he opened the package.
The alligators are doing well,
but their owner has his doubts
how they’ll like the snow.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cronin
and three daughters, of Grand
Island, were Thanksgiving d*y
guest of relatives here. ,