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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1949)
I Editorial & Business Offices: 10 South Fourth Street O'NEILL. NEBR. CARROLL W. STEWART, Editor and Publisher Entered the postoffice at O'Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, aa second-class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March t, 1879. This newspaper ;s a member of the Nebraska Press Association, National Editorial Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Established in 1880—Published Each Thursday Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per year; else where in the United States, $3 per year; abroad, rates provided oo request. All subscriptions are strictly paid-in-advance. ‘Tide of Toys’ Commendable A dramatic new application of the Christmas spirit was in progress in O’Neill—and thousands of other communities—this week, thanks to the American Legion. The national Legion head quarters with the cooperation of virtually every post in the land, is sponsoring a nationwide collection of toys to be sent from the children of the United States to the toyless children of Western Europe. The collection began early Monday and will continue through until January 1. The collection in O’Neill and most other Holt communities is taking place at the Legion clubs. Of all the good deeds endorsed and performed by the Legion this gesture might well rank as one of the most valued. When the Legion puts its ponderous weight behind a movement the result is usually quite successful. Only a well-knit organization like the Legion can overnight embark on a program of this sort and overnight produce amazing results. The movement has been officially designated as a "Tide of Toys." Under the plan, first outlined last week by National Legion Commander George N. Craig, each child will be asked to contribute to "TOT" an extra Christmas toy and with it a signed note of greeting to a child in Europe. Legion posts will pack and freight the toys to an East coast port—probably Philadelphia, Pa.—for shipping overseas. Distri bution will be under the supervision of CARE. "We are not shooting for leftovers or discards,” Commander Craig said. “We are asking our children to give up a real prize which the youngster over there may cherish as coming from a pal who wants his understanding and friendship.” Understanding and friendship. These simple and virtuous words hold the key to world peace at a time when there is great misunderstanding and animosity in the world. Some might observe that food, clothing, etc., would be better received and more vital to sick Western Europe. But The Frontier feels that within the Legion’s realm it is performing a very im portant deed in fostering international understanding and friend ship among the small fry. Too many of us underestimate or simp ly don’t realize what good can come from these relationships. The Legion’s action along this line is fairly typical of the con duct of the GI’s in the late war. Wherever they roamed they were worshipped and besieged by kids of many nationalities and creeds. The GI’s were notorious for their generosity and their understand ing and friendship with the kids of the world. These war veterans, most of them now pursuing life in their chosen way, apparently want the upcoming generations of kids to learn understanding and friendship early; to learn to swap letters instead of bullets. Plane Pares Lower Than Rail Eastern railroads were recently given permission to increase passenger fares 12% per cent. With previous increases granted, passenger rates in the territory affected are now about 45 per cent above pre-war levels. The railroads, of course, have their reasons for the increased fares. They say it costs three times as much to operate a train as it did in 1939. The fly in the ointment is that the new rail fares are higher than it costs to fly. A first-class rail fare from New York to Chi cage, with lower berth, is $48.64. First-class air fare is only $44.10. Obviously, there will be many passengers to fly instead of using the trains. ★ ★ ★ Let’s resolve to make 1950 a banner year for personal im provement and general goodness. ★ ★ ★ Our season’s greetings . . . and Happy New Year, everybody! Dew year Greetings to fill OUR HEARTIEST WISHES GO WITH ( YOU THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR A BRIGHT AND PEACEFUL 1950 EMMET HAY CO. Guy Cole, Mgr. Emmet, Nebraska 1949 Chronology (A thumbnail chronology ol the vear 1949. now coming to a close, follows): JANUARY North Nebraska and Holt oeunty were swept by one of the worst blizzards in history. Roads are blocked and many communities are completely iso lated. Mountainous drifts of snow, ranging up to 20 feet in depth . . . James Mathew Beha was the first entry in The Fron tier’s first baby contest . . . Two Burlington steam locomo tives were derailed six 'miles East of O’Neill when the road bed gave away while plowing huge snowdrifts . . . Wayne Cor tez Hamm confessed to break ing into the American Legion hall and stealing $14 to $15 in nickels from the music box . . . Ski-equipped aircraft have been flying mercy missions and er rands to rural people in dis tress during the continuous ser ies of storms . . . The “Voice of The Frontier’’ is being called upon to broadcast special infor mation to storm victims . . . Dorothy Kelly was named head of the 1949 Holt county polio campaign . . . Marsh Van Dov er, 70, was found frozen to death about a half-mile from his home . . . Lewis Slaymaker, 86-year old Atkinson farmer, was reach ed by a rescue party after work ing two days. He had suffered a lingering illness and was un conscious off-and-on for a week ... A fresh storm gripped the region as the mercury hit 17-be low. A rotary snowplow from a Rocky Mountain Burlington di vision left Sioux City to free the marooned locomotives but ice and snow detained the power ful rotary for several days . . . Other deaths: Wallace French, 78, of Page; Mrs. Albert Camp bell, 85, of Atkinson; Mrs. Myr tle Shepard Lee, 75, of Vermil lion, S. D.; Mrs. Abe Stull, 70, of Atkinson; James Murphy, 87, of Page; Gerald Breiner, 43, of Grand Island, formerly of O’ Neill; Mrs. Justin Fritz, 40, of Columbus, formerly of Page; Mrs. Earl McClanahan, 42, of O’Neill; Joseph A. Kopejtka, 56, of Redbird; William F. Sparrow, 92, of Royal; John Ramm, 54, of Stuart; Warren Beck, 40, of At kinson. FEBRUARY Members of the Holt county board of supervisors prepared 1 an appeal for help which was released to the Associated Press. Portions of this statement were subsequently published in most daily newspapers in the United States and excerpts were broad cast on many radio stations. The message stated flatly that ‘‘ma rooned country people and livestock are faced with starva tion and fuel shortage” and out side aid must come at once to avoid an appalling catastrophe . . . KFAB’s mobile special events unit made its way into town and operated out of The Frontier stuidos with a portable transmitter and tape - recorder in a series of special broadcasts over KFAB, Omaha. A full text of the broadcasts through the weeks was published in the Frontier’s “Radio Diary” . . . the Fifth army moved into Holt county with bulldozers as the job of snow removal was be gun . . . A car driven by Will H. David and son, Earl, and a Dan kert Oil Co., truck collided'dur ing a swirling snow storm. Earl David was thrown through the windshield of his father’s car. Fourteen stitches were required to close a wound on his head . . , Operation Snowbound re ceived a setback as fresh storms sent men and their ’doz ers scurrying for shelter . . . State survey showed blizzard cuttle losses 3 Vi per cent for old, 6 per cent for yearlings . . . Morales climbed with the mer cury as crisis neared the end . . . Thirteen jury cases were on the docket as the Spring term prepared to open. . . The body of Richard Jennings, 67, was found following a heart attack. Mr. Jennings was believed to have died three days previous to body’s discoverey . The Rural Electrification Administra t i o n approved an additional loan of $157,000 for the Niobrara Val ley Electric Membership Cor poration . . . Editor Cal Stewart, of The Frontier, wrote and broadcast about his experience after contacting 15 farm fam ilies in the snowbound area by weasel and airplane. Title of ar ticle and accompanying pic tures: “Weekend in a Weasel.” . . . Two days alter fuel sup plies were exhausted two car loads of coal arrived at Ewing ... A flood prepardness com mittee was formed to function under the American Red Cross in the event that wide spread flooding would result from melting snow . . . The two derailed locomotives were freed and expected to chug into O’ Neill after two months of aban donment The last train East from O’Neill was on Tuesday, December 28 . . . Other deaths: Karl Deermer, 65, of Atkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kiltz, of Chambers; F. M. Britteil, 80, of Inman; Richard Jennings, 67, of O’Neill; Mrs. Joseph Skudler, 78, of Atkinson; Hans Obermil ler, 42, of Chambers; George W. Parsons, of Atkinson; John Steinhauser, 83, of Stuart MARCH j Alex Frickel, of Atkinson, | was appointed to the Holt coun- j ty board of supervisors, suc ceeding Ed J. Matousek . . . “Thanks Resolutions” were: adopted by the Holt county j board of supervisors and were | transmitted to military and Red Cross personnel and their res-! pective headquarters . . . Coun-1 ty assessors decided to use 1948 values on livestock instead of the 25- to 30-per cent increase ; for 1949 . . , Holt county’s alio-1 cation for 1949 agriculture was almost doubled over the 1948 figure . . . Flood threat was eased in the Elkhorn valley, but the disaster preparedness com mittee, headed by Glea H. Wade, stood by . . . Cliff Adkins one of the mercy mission air heroes during the historic bliz zards, was honored on a nation wide radio network by Ted Ma lone, famous radio personality . . . The O’Neill city council is sued a “go ahead” to L. C. Wal ling, manager of the O’Neill district of the Consumers Pub lic Power district, for a new street lighting system for the city’s two principal thorough fares ... Miss Pat Brennan joined The Frontier staff, suc ceeding her sister, Miss Mary Devine, as writer of the “Teen Tattler” . . . Father Isadore, first O’Neill youth to enter the Roman Catholic priesthood, died at the age of 81 ... A check for $100 was received by the Lions club to aid O’Neill blizzard vic tims. The check was from the Cambridge Lions club and was returned so that it could be used to aid distressed persons elsewhere. O’Neill Lions said the gift was duly appreciated but that the crisis was over . . • Weight restrictions of 10,000 pounds per axle, which went in to effect on certain Nebraska highways, “threatens the econ omy of the region.” Protests were made to Gov. Val Peter son, State Senator Frank Nel son and State Engineer F. H. Kleitsch . . . Winter again visit ed the region leaving more than two inches of snow . . . W. P. Daily, of Emmet, has retired after acting as official at the Emmet State bank for 42 years ... Gary Cihlar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cihlar, of Verdi i gre, was killed instantly when a charge from a 20-gauge shot gun hit him in the stomach . . . A delegation of O’Neill truck owners and operators met with Governor Peterson in an effort to change weight restrictions on trucks operating on North-Ne braska highways . . . The body of Pfc. James I. Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox, of Em met, was returned from the Pa cific area for final burial ... A twist in the weather brought rain and snow and a new threat of floods as the storm paralleled the November 18 blizzard . . . O’Neill was host to 1,529 stud ents from 35 schools for annual music contest . . . Fire destroy ed the Page public school build ing which was built in 1915 . . . Other deaths: Mrs. Robert E. I Chittick, 77, of Stuart; Mrs. An na Kaup, of Steinhauer, former ly of Stuart; Harry Fuller, of Stuart. APRIL Paul and Adam Dohman per ished in a snow storm a half mile from their farm home while trying to rescue calves . . . The Elkhorn river was the highest it had been in 25 years. Water washed into the base ments of homes in Emmet . Vot ers vetoed a proposal to bring vocational agriculture training to students at Atkinson high school and St. Joseph’s high school . Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Perkins, of Chambers, donated a 101-acre tract of land to the vil lage of Chambers Mrs. Fred Ott, of Bonesteel, S. D., died fol lowing an accident in which the car she was riding upset in a ditch. ... A plan was bared by officials of Consumers Public Power to move the 1,000-kw diesel engine from O’Neill to Valentine. It is also planned to install a two-way radio short wave transmission equipment so the Consumers maintenance ve hicles Would be able to contact O’Neill headquarters . . . Louise Davidson, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davidson, of Culver City, Calif., formerly of O’Neill, received a contract with NBC for radio-television work on the West coast . . . Work has begun on 15 lineal blocks of water’ main extensions in resi dential districts of the city ... . One hundred and sixty high school juniors functioned in county offices in a student gov ernment one-day program . . . The first pole was set in the Ni obrara Valley Electric Member ship corporation . . . Ralph J. Kelly, publisher of the Atkin son Graphic, has purchased the Stuart Advocate ... A landslide on the Niobrara river near Nap er created widespread interest . Darrell Weingartner, 17, of the O’Neill high school, was select ed as boys’ state delegate for 1949 by the Chamber of Com merce ... A meeting of the Ne braska chapter of the Highway 281 associate i was held to amend the bv laws and consti tution of the association . . . The Stuart hospital has closed down operations . . . Weather temper atures varied 56 degrees during ’a four-day interval. On one oc casion the mercury climbed to 90 ... A petition was circulated in effort to retain the diesel en gine which Consumers Public Power district planned to move to Valentine ... A new electric appliance store was opened by M. E. Jacobson, of Norfolk . . . Carl Asimus deeded a 40-acre tract of land to the Boy Scouts . . . Other deaths: Mrs. Susie J. Wood, 70, formerly of Atkinson; Fred Vitt, 77, of O’Neill; Mrs. Jessie C. Hartigan, 69, of In man; Mrs. Emily Bowen, 88, of O’Neill; Alexander Cooper, 86, of Ewing; Miss Ella Tuttle, 91, of Atkinson; Richard Schoenen berger, 19, of Stuart; Dan Cran dall, 59, of Chambers; Mrs. Mary Head, 76, of Atkinson. MAY St. Joseph’s church at Atkin son overflowed with relatives and friends of Rev. Francis Ku bart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Kubart, of Atkinson, as he celebrated his first mass . . . The hottest May 3 in history of the weather bureau was record ed here ... A rally was held m behalf of a 300-thousand-dollar hospital for O’Neill . . . Mrs. Francis Gilg was elected grand regent of the Catholic Daugh ters of America here . . . Two Atkinson 16-year-old boys, Har old Klinger, jr., and Melvin Farewell, were drowned in an abandoned gravel pit 1% miles East of Atkinson . . . Storm-bat tered stalks stood up well as corn picking — belated — start ed in mud-laden fields ... A 14 year-old O’Neill boy, James Pat rick Boyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle, died instantly when the truck in which he was riding overturned, pinning him underneath the truck rack. This was Nebraska’s 56th traffic death of the year . . . Hail struck in Western Holt county | ... A tremor which rocked houses in Atkinson and Stuart I was believed to be connected with the Niobrara river land slide near Naper ... A building fund headquarters for St. An thony’s hospital was established on the Northwest corner of Fourth and Douglas with Mrs. Glen Tomlinson as head of staff at the headquarters . . . Grate ful Holt countyans welcomed 2.47 inches of rain . . . Students of St. Mary’s academy crowned Miss Victoria Zakrzewski as May queen in the annual May crowning ritual . . . Other deaths: Mrs. Anton Prussa, 79, of Atkinson; Ray Eidenmiller, 65, of O’Neill; Carol Ann Rem ter, 5, of Bristow; Ed Alder, of Dorsey; Mrs. Theresia May Cies lak, 68, of Stuart; Rev. George Longstaff, 84, of Hastings, for merly of O’Neill; Mrs. Mary G. Murphy, 83, of Portland, Ore., formerly of O’Neill; Walter Po korny, 52, of Atkinson; C. V. Wicks, 71, of Atkinson; Mathew Mick, 73, of Atkinson; Mary C. Meer, of O’Neill; Mrs. Robinetta Malone, 71, of Inman. JUNE The July 4 date for celebrat ing O’Neill’s Diamond Jubilee was postponed because of con flicting dates with the Stuart rodeo . . . War dead of O’Neill were honored in memorial day rites ... It was revealed that O’Neill’s diesel electric plant would continue to be maintain ed and operated here as an aux iliary plant, instead of being moved to Valentine . . . C. W. Apgar, of Lincoln, joined The Frontier staff as radio announc er for the “Voice of The Fron tier” . . . Mrs. Jacob Seigler, of Atkinson; Mrs. Bruce Fleming, of Atkinson; and Mrs. Henry Lang, of Ewing; took citizen ship oaths . . . Farmers were be ; coming impatient with lingering ; wet and damp weather which (Continued on page 4) l —■ ■ ■ - HELPFUL HINTS Budget end homeiMhh| news by Bennie McDmsU NOW IS THE TIME for Christ mas card inventory. Carefully list cards, senders’ names and addresses (check for new ones). Then sort cards . . . keeping some to frame as pictures, oth ers to make up into picture scrapbooks for little tots in hos pitals cr homes. BIGGEST WHITE EVENT IN OUR HISTORY . . . Now in pro gress at McDonald’s. Actually the lowest prices you’ve seen in 8 years ... the lowest you may see for some time. Quality home needs, selling at low White Sale prices! All fresh, brand new merchant _e, specially priced for your savings. Three examples: Heavy white knitted ironing board cover and pad sets . . 99c. Full-bleached real flour sacks 4 for 88c. Double terry wash cloths ... 6 for 44c. OH! OH! Someone left the lid off the shoe polish can. No trouble at all. Just add a few drops of turpentine to soften the polish. HURRY . . . HURRY . . . HUR RY! Can’t miss getting your share of super special values during McDonald’s White Sale. Prices are cut to the bone . . . sheets, pillows, bedspreads, blankets and domestics selling at lowest prices in eight years. 81-inch unbleached sheeting . . 57c a yard. Bleached PEPPER ELL quality sheeting . . . 67c a yard. Medium weight white out ing flannel . . . only 22c a yard. EVERY 13TH PAIR AT NO CHARGE . . . when you join J. M. McDonald’s Hosiery Club. Ladies! Buy your favorite hose . . . any hose priced at 98c and and up ... as you need them. After you have purchased 12 pairs, take home your 13th pair without paying a penny. PRICES HAVE BEEN PUL VERIZED . . . during McDon ald’s big White Sale event! Household needs, linens, domes tics selling at unbelievably low prices. Stock up . . . and save! Plastic pillow covers with zip per closures . . . just 48c. Dish cloths, a big buy at 6 for 44c. HOPE muslin, full bleached, only 26c a yard. Unbleached muslin, 22c a yard. Sheeting mattress covers, twin or full size . . . $2.66. JUST LIKE MAGIC! If color hasn’t been destroyed by pers piration in colored clothes . . . just changed . . . restore color by holding the stain over the opening of a bottle of ammonia. OR by sponging the stain with white vinegar. Sometimes . . . to do the trick . . . use BOTH tricks. HOBBIES . . . INTERIOR DEC ORATING . . . ENTERTAIN MENT . . . coming up on our daily chats over KMMJ, KHAS, KBRL, KODY and WJAG. Ask your J. M. McDonald salespeople for program time. •Wnawc The bells ring onl the joyous New Year and their melody carries the refrain old, but ever new-succest and happiness to you. a JAMES DAVIDSON & SONS Phone 264 O’Neill CHOICE STEAKS FRIED CHICKEN THANKS MUCH FOR ALL THE RESERVATIONS! NOW FOR THE RIG NEW YEAR’S PARTY Friendly Club DANCING - REFRESHMENTS - FAVORS West O’Neill Phone 367