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St. Mary's Alumni
Converge on City
‘Proper Accomplishment’
Pointed to in St. Mary’s
Jubilee Sermon
Golden jubilee celebration for
St. Mary’s academy is history.
It was a day filled with pray
er and thanksgiving, music and
Laughter, happiness and mem
ories.
From far corners of the land
old graduates, former students,
members of their families and
former faculty came to cele
brate the academy’s completion
of a half-century of service and
start of a new.
Day began with a solemn gol
den jubilee high Mass in St.
Patrick’s Catholic church in
which alumni were officers. An
alumni breakfast followed. In
the afternoon there was a pan
tomime, entitled ‘‘Symbolic His
tory of St. Mary’s, ’ presented
by students; and in the evening
a banquet climaxed the all-day
celebration.
Leading the parade of re
turned graduates were 5 Jesu
its, a secular priest. Mother M.
Erica (head of the Denver,
Colo., provincial mother house
of the Sisters of St. Francis,
former principals, and scores
of others.
St. Mary’s loyalists were giv
en a break by the weatherman,
who had predicted rain. They
happily settled for a glorious
spring day with summerlike
temperatures.
St. Patrick’s church could not
accommodate the throng that
gathered for the jubilee Mass.
Rev. Peter Price, S. J., of De
catur, 111., delivered the jubilee
sermon.
For his text he borrowed
from the Book of Leviticus 25:
10:
“Thou shalt sanctify the 50th
year, for it is the year of jubi
lee.
“We are meeting here today
to carry on a tradition which I
think is very ancient history. It
is a tradition which goes right
back ... to the dawn of that
glorious day some 3,400 years
ago, when, from the majestic
clouds that surrounded Mt. Si
nai, God spoke to Moses . . .
“On that day, no less than
the Almighty Himself command
ed that every 50th year . . .
should be celebrated in extraor
dinary religious celebration.
“Our jubilee, like those of the
ancient Hebrews, has a certain
amount of splendor. It is a day
filled with joy, filled with hap
piness, and that is why we are
allowed to ask the question: Do
we have reason for our happi
ness and for our gayiety?
“Proper accomplishment is
the standard for judging suc
cess,” he told the worshippers.
Special music was provided
by the St. Patrick’s choir.
The O’Neill public school au
ditorium was filled to near-ca
pacity for the pantomime in the
afternoon.
Mrs. Charles (Loretta Carr)
Shatto, 1930, was toastmaster at
the evening banquet in the acad
emy gym.
The room was gaily decorated
in spring colors and alumni and
their wives and husbands over
flowed into several nearby class
rooms.
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State GOP Group
In Delayed Meet
David T. Martin, of .Kearney,
Republican state committee
chairman, and his state GOP
tour organization reached O’
Neill >about 6:30 p.m. Wednes
day night, April 26, for a de
layed meeting with Holt county
party leaders.
Meeting was originally sched
uled for March 8, but was
abandoned because of the March
7 storm.
Martin was accompanied by
Mrs. Arthur Bowring, of Merri
man, state GOP vice-chairman,
and Mrs. Edna Donald, of Grand
Island, Nebraska national com
mitteewoman.
Business meeting began at
7:45 p.m. under diretion of Ira
H. Moss, Holt Republican chair
man.
Huffman Elected
Vice-President
'
M. B. Huffman, vice-president
of the Farmers State bank at
Ewing, Saturday was elected
vice-president of the Northeast
Nebraska District Bankers’ as
sociation in session at Norfolk.
Banks were closed for the Ar
bor day meeting.
F. N. Cronin, president of the
O’Neill National bank, was
named to the resolutions com
mittee of the Nebraska Bankers’
association.
Besides Huffman and Cronin
and their wives, other Holt
county delegates at the meet
ing were: Mr. and Mrs. Edward
M. Gallagher, John C. Watson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grady, all of
O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Brewster and Miss Dorothy
Karo, of Stuart; I R. Dickerson,
of Atkinson.
JAMES H. CARNEY
DIES SUDDENLY
Farmed 2 Miles East of
Emmet; Came to Holt
In 1876
Funeral sdtvices will be held
today (Thursday) at St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church, begin
ning at 10 o’clock, for James H.
Carney, 76, a well-known retir
ed Holt county farmer and
rancher.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sulli
van will conduct the rites and
burial will be in Calvary ceme
tery.
Pallbearers will be John Con
ard, Joseph Winkler, James
Mullen, Patrick Hickey, Frank
Fallon and Edward Murray.
The late Mr. Carney suffered
a heart attack Monday night
and died at 10:10 p.m. He had
been seen around O'Neill dur
ing the day and appeared to be
in “good health.”
The late Mr. Carney was ‘the
son of the late Patrick and
Bridget Carney. He was born
at Danville, 111., May 20, 1873.
Never married, Carney came
to Holt county from his birth
place during 1876 and had
farmed and ranched here since.
He farmed 400 acres 2 miles
east of Emmet. The late Mr.
Carney retired 2 years ago and
had been living in O’Neill. He
had retained his farm and ranch
interests.
Survivors include: sister —
Mrs. Jeff (Catherine) Gibbons,
of Kearney; and a number of
nephews and nieces.
Carney’s brother, John C.,
died in O’Neill April 15.
MILLER ATTACKS
BRANNAN PLAN
Tells Stockmen Scheme
Resembles English
Socialist System
Approximately 250 members
of the Nebraska Stock Growers’
association and Nebraska Brand
committee and their wives Wed
nesday evening, April 26, heard
Rep. A. L. Miller, of Kimball,
lash the Brannan farm program.
Representative Miller was
principal speaker on the eve
ning’s program.
A Republican, Dr. Miller, who
represents Nebraska’s Fourth
congressional district, said “if
we adopt the Brannan plan,
which is similar to the English
agricultural program, you (live
stockmen) would not be able to
sell your cattle without a per
mit; you could not kill them or
produce more than the secre
tary of agriculture would indi
cate; and you would be told
when to sell and what to feed.”
Miller concluded his address
by reminding the livestockmen
“that the strength of our coun
try rests in our soil and the spir
iual makeup of our people.”
Day began with registration
during the morning with the
afternoon devoted to the busi
ness session. The regional meet
ing concluded with a dance. Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Schaffer were in
charge of meeting arrangements.
Jubilee Described
In KCOM Broadcast
Golden jubilee celebration at
St. Mary’s academy was broad
ast in a 30-minute program ov
>r radio station KCOM, Sioux
City, originating through the
radio facilities of The Frontier.
A temporary sound booth in
the St. Mary’s gymnasium was
erected to house the “Voice of
The Frontier’s” remote control
equipment.
Broadcast from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
Sunday, the program featured
recorded excerpts from the gol
den jubilee Mass earlier in the
day, including music by St. Pat
rick’s choir and sermon by Rev.
Peter Price, S. J.; Chuck Ap
gar’s visit with 8 alumni at the
breakfast; Apgar’s descriptive
of a portion of the pantomime,
“Symbolic History o f St.
Mary’s,” and Apgar’s “live” in
terview from the banquet room
with Very Rev. Timothy O’Sul
livan, church pastor; Mother M.
Erica, head of the Denver, Colo.,
provincial Sisters of St. Fran
cis mother house; Sister M. An
toinette, 80, St. Mary’s first
principal; and Mrs. H. E. Coyne,
alumni president.
Commentary from the sound
booth was made by Carroll
(“Cal”) Stewart, The Frontier’s
editor and publisher.
Sponsoring firms were: Mont
gomery Hardware. O’Neill Pho
to Co. and Merri Dr. Pepper.
BARN BURNS
PAGE — A barn with some
hay and grain on the Erwin
Woodworth farm, several miles
northeast of Page, was entirely
destroyed by fire Wednesday
afternoon. April 19. A trailer
with 30 bushels of seed oats
standing near the barn was also
burned •
CULMINATING HALF-CENTURY These St M.. acftd
emy students, appearing in the pantomime “Symbolic History
of St. Mary’s,” are depicting the culmination of 50 years of de
velopment. Pantomime was presented Sunday afternoon in the
O’Neill public school auditorium as a part of the golden jubilee
celebration.
Back row (left to right): Katherine Golden, Jackie Lee,
Patty White, Nancy Beha, Ann Martin, Barbara Becker, Eileen
Angel (Sared Heart), Betty Christon, Karen Donohoe, Leona
“ mhmwi i Bin i mm
Troshynski. Anna Marie Schmit, Mary Ann Koenig, Catherine
Judge (Blessed Virgin). Mary Ann Laur, Helen Ann Lee, Mar
lene Wicker.
Front row: Joan Sullivan (postulant), Marian Troshynski,
Mary Frances Vitt, Shirley Leahy (nuns at left) and Hope Con
don and Gayleen Scholtes (nuns at right).
Kneeling: Lou Ann Fritton, Patrick Hickey (priest), Ellen
Kay Lohaus (depicting 1903 graduate), Rita Corkle and Sue
Hickey (angels), Judy Ryan (depicting modern graduate), Lewis
Genereoux (priest).—The Frontier Photo by John H. McCarville.
5 JESUITS REUNITE ... An unusual feature
of the St. Mary’s academy golden jubilee cele
bration was the reunion of 5 members of the
Society of Jesus, all academy graduates. In the
photograph are Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan,
church pastor, 5 Jesuits and 2 secular priests.
Front row (left-to-right): Rev. Clement Ryan,
S. J., of Denver Colo., celebrant in jubilee
Mass; Father O’Sullivan; Rev. Francis Price,
mm
of South Sioux City, subdeacon; Rev. Mr. Basil
Price, Jesuit seminarian, of Prairie du Chein,
Wise., n aster-of-ceremonies; Rev. Alex J.
Onak, assistant pastor at St, Patrick’s; back .
row: Rev. Mr. William J. Froelich, jr., Jesuit
seminarian, Florrisant, Mo„ master-of-ceremon
ies; Rev. Eugene Gallagher, S. J., of St. Louis,
Mo., deacon* and Rev. Peter Price, S. J., of De
catur, 11.. who delivered the jubilee sermon.
Bill Malloy Going
to Scout Jamboree
William (“Bill”) Malloy, a 15
year-old Life Scout, Friday was j
selected to represent troop 210
of the Covered Wagon council
at the national Boy Scout jam
boree which will be held at Val
ley Forge, Pa.
Malloy was selected by a 7
man committee for the all-ex
pense trip during July. The.
committee was composed of
civic officials selected by the
O’Neill Chamber of Commerce,
troop sponsoring organization.
Monday the Scout troop com
mittee, headed by M. E. Jacob
son, completed plans for spring
and summer Scouting activities.
O’Neill Scouts plan to attend
a camporee at Neligh May 5, t>
and 7. Jacobson said many of
the Scouts will be afforded the
opportunity to earn camping
merit badges at the Neligh
camp.
Other activities include: cam
porees at Johnstown, O’Neill
and Camp Cedars, near Fre
mont; annual Canadian canoe
trip, and numerous overnight
hikes.
Troop committee also an
nounced that a $10 cash prize
will be awarded to the person
submitting a name selected for
40-acres which Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Asimus donated to the O’
Neill Scouts last May. The 40
acres lie east of O’Neill. The
naming contest is open to the
public and will close Monday,
May 15.
It was also brought out at the
Monday evening committee
l meeting that any working boys
of Scout age who would like to
attend a week’s camp during
the summer, to contact A. L.
McMaster, Scoutmaster.
A committee to investigate the
Bill Malloy . . . eastward ho!
construcion of a Scout building
was named. L. D. Putnam is
building committee chairman.
Committeemen include: McMas
ter, J. R. Lyons. A1 Sipes, Ray
mond Eby and Jacobson. All
youth groups in O’Neill may
share in the use of the proposed
building.
REPORT BRIDGE BAD’
BUTTE — Matt Liewer, of
Butte, helped William Podany,
of Butte, haul hay last week
from Holt county, where Mr.
Podany formerly lived. They
reported the Niobrara river
bridge, south of Lynch, in “very
bad shape” and “dangerous to
cross.”
Mr. and Mrs Gerald D. Daily
moved Saturday into one of An
na Brown’s houses.
ODD FELLOWS
CONVENE HERE
—
Elkhorn Valley lodge 57, of
the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, was host Monday night
in a 2-district IOOF annual >
meeting. Districts 47 and 50 in- j
elude the following towns: Oak
dale, Neligh, Clearwater, Or
chard, Page, Inman, Chambers
and O’Neill.
Banquet was held at the I
Methodist church and served by
members of the Woman’s Socie- !
ty of Christian Service. O'Neill
high school students provided
musical entertainment. Session
of the grand lodge was held at
the IOOF lodge hall and the an
nual 2-district meeting was held
at the public school auditorium.
Grand lodge officers pres- j
ent were: Guy A. Spencer, of
York, grand secretary; J. T.
Flelcher, of Orchard, grand
treasurer; Clair Grimes, of
Chambers, deputy grand mas
ter; L. G. Gillespie, of O'Neill,
past grand chief patriarch;
Leon Sargent, deputy grand
chief patriarch.
District officers are: J. Ed
Hancock, of O’Neill, president;
A. E. Bowen, of O’Neill, secre
tary-treasurer.
Visitors were present from At
kinson, Bassett and Lynch.
Third degree was conferred
upon Tony Asimus, James Sul
livan and Francis Hershiser, all
of O’Neill, and 3 other candi
dates from Lynch. An Orchard
drill team performed portray
ing the principles of faith, love
and truth. Spencer made the ad
dress.
Next year’s 2-district meeting
will be held at Orchard. New
officers are: Lewis A. Shrader,
president and John T. Napier,
secretary, both of Orchard.
Frontier for printing ... all
■ kinds . . . prompt delivery.
MAKE ONLY MINOR
HOSPITAL CHANGE
St. Anthony’s Bids to Be
Received June 8 and
Construction Follows
Representatives of the Sisters
of St. Francis, of Denver, Colo.,
federal and state officials, de
partment of health officials and
members of the O’Neill building
committee Friday conferred here
on the proposed St. Anthony’s
hospital.
At the meeting, held at St.
Mary'* academy, minor revis
ions in the plans were dis
cussed with Frank McNelt,
architect. The party visited
the hospital building site im
mediately west of St. Mary's
academy.
The 40-bed, $400,000 health
center will face south, accord
ing to James M. Corkle, chair
man of the hospital committee
in O’Neill.
Corkle explained this was the j
final meeting before advertis
ing for bids, scheduled for May
15. Contract for the hospital
construction is slated to be let
on June 8.
Following persons attended
Friday’s meeting:
Verne Pangborn, of Lincoln,
director of the division of ho:
pitals, Nebraska department o
health.
Graham Wolfall, of Kansas
City, Mu,, official of the U. S.
Public Health Service.
Donald Westover, of Lincoln,
engineer with the division of
hospitals, Nebraska department
of health.
Frank McNett and Herman
Riherd, both of Grand Island,
architects.
Russell Fickes, of Grand Is
land, mechanical engineer with
McNett architectural firm.
Mother M. Erica, of Denver,
Colo., provincial superior of the
Sisters of St. Francis.
Mother M. Elma, of Minot, N.
D., superior of St. Joseph’s hos
pital there,
Mother M. Patrice, of Alli
ance, superior of St. Joseph’s
hospital there.
Sister M Dolores, of Alliance,
school of nursing, St. Joseph’s
hospital there.
Sister M. Lenore, of Denver,
Colo., provincial secretary.
Sister M. Elenius, of Minot, N.
D., of St. Joseph’s hospital there.
James M. Corkle, James W.
Rooney and L. D. Putnam, mem
bers of the St. Anthony’s hospi
tal building committee.
McMullen Joins Leidy’s
As Salesman, Serviceman
W. M. (“Bill”) McMullen, III,
of Burwell, has joined the staff
of Leidy’s, of O’Neill.
Ralph N. Leidy, proprietor,
! said Mr. McMullen will be en
; gaged in sales and service for
Magic Chef ranges, Servel re
frigerators, bulk and bottle gas.
Married, McMullen has been
at Burwell since his separation
from the service in 1946. He was
in New Caledonia during World
War II. His wife and son, Monty,
2, will join Mr. McMullen here
when housing arrangements can
be completed.
Mr. McMullen has had sever
al years’ experience in the gas
field.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Emiel Olday and Lilly Mae
Holm, both of Stuart, April 20.
Carl L. Kempowicz, 34 and
Gertude A. Brella, 37, both of
i Omaha, April 25.
CHAMBERS LODGE
PLANS TO BUILD
Golden Jubilee Event
Is Starting Point
For Project
CHAMBERS — The Cham
bers lodge 239, Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, Tuesday
evening celebrated it golden ju
bilee anniversary.
But the affair was more than
an anniversary celebration. It
was the starting point for a
campaign to purchase another
site for a new, 2-story, modern,
fireproof building which will
serve as a permanent home for
the lodge and provide rental
property as well.
Invitations to tha jubilee
were sent to all members of
the lodge and to each IOOF
lodge in Nebraska.
The Chambers chapter was
instituted on April 26, 1900, with
10 charter members. They were:
E. F. Porter, D. T. Dowd, Chas.
Parsons, William Nesbitt, Wal
ter Trussell, John Dunan, J. W.
Holden, Ed Cappoc, M. W. Bee
bee and Nathan Jones.
Mr. Porter Is the only living
charter member still belonging
to the lodge. He was also the
first noble grand. Mr. Porter
came to Chambers in 1898 from
Brainard where he had been a
member of lodge 108. Assisted
by O. O. Snyder, of O’Neill,
grand master of the O’Neill
lodge, he organized the Cham
bers chapter.
Mr. Porter served as first
noble grand. Other officers
were: Dan Dowd, first vice
grand; Ed Cappoc, secretary,
and M. W. Beebee, treasurer.
The lodge meetings were
The lodge meeting* were
then held in the John Doher
ty building, which was locat
ed where the Smith store now
stands. The present hall was
purchased later from Thomas
Higgins.
H. J. Porter, known to his
friends as “Uncle Dick," was
the first to be initiated into the
Chambers lodge and he has
continued h i s membership
through a half-century. He re
sides at Chambers.
The lodge grew steadily un
til about 1925 when, due to ad
versities and the depression, it
was difficult to keep going.
However, in 1935, conditions
improved and at present the
chapter counts a membership of
110, the largest in Holt county.
Sixty persons attended the
open-house observance. Guy
A. Spencer, of York, grand
secretary of the Nebraska
I OOF, was present. Congratu
latory messages were read
from Havelock, Lyons and
several other chapters.
E. F. Porter, charter member,
and H. J. Porter, first initiate,
were presented wallets, and
Louis Nielsen was awarded a
40-year jewel.
Present officers are: E. A.
Wink, noble grand; Edward
(“Duke”) Reed, vice - grand;
Clair Grimes, secretary; and
Louis Neilson, treasurer.
Mr. Grimes is district deputy
grand master for this district
To Install City
Officials May 2d
O’Neill’s retiring Mayor, H E.
Coyne, Tuesday made one of his
last official inspection tours of
a city improvement,
Coyne inspected the new $32,
000 sewerage pump and lift sta
tion in the industrial section
Work began last week on dig
ging the 14-foot hole in which
the pumps and the lift station
will operate. Coyne said the ,
Diamond Construction company,
of Grand Island, contractors,
had excavated about 10 feet of
the hole. The new pump and
lift station is located south of
the Chicago & North Western
railroad tracks on the east edge
of the old mill race.
Meanwhile, Coyne will step
down from the mayor’s position
on May 2 Mayor-Elect J. E
Davis will be formally sworn
in and the newly-elected city
councilmen will take their res
pective positions at the organi
zational meeting.
New councilmen are: L. H
Diehlman, First ward; Tony Asi
mus, Second ward and C. E.
Jones, Third ward.
Retiring councilmen are:
James M. Corkle, First ward;
Merle Hickey, Second ward and
James W. Rooney, Third ward.
Ruth Hoffman, Holt county
clerk, spent Tuesday at Nor
folk attending a regional meet
ing of North-Nebraska’s county
clerks
