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O'NEILL, NEBR.
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Convince Russia We Are Ready
The people of the United States are undoubtedly concerned
about the international situation, especially the aggressive atti
tude of Soviet Russia and the danger of armed conflict between
the Soviet Union and the Western nations of the world.
The United States, as a nation, has done about as much as
any country can do to demonstrate a helpful attitude toward other
peoples. Since the end of World War II, this country has gener
ously contributed billions of dollars to the welfare of those who
reside in other nations. We have, time and time again, outlined
a friendly and peaceful attitude toward all nations, including
those now dominated by Communists.
It should not be overlooked, however, that this country has
spent many billions of dollars upon its own preparations for de
fense. While anxious to see peace preserved in the world, we are
intelligent enough to understand that it requires the cooperation
of all nations and that it cannot be brought about by unilateral
action on our part.
Consequently, the means of defense remain vital to the
existence of this country and Americans, as a class, have
cheerfully borne the taxation necessary to give us the means
to defend our freedoms.
nifimfi r\r\ tVmro n ro uniooc mVi ioK oricn frnm 1 imp.fn.
time demanding that this country “make peace” with the rest of
the world. We are urged to have an “understanding” with the
Soviet Union. We are advised by some of the more impractical
speakers, to disarm and set the world an example.
While the yearning of people for peace is understandable,
there is danger that the advocacy of peace, without regard to
what other countries may do, will bring about the conflict which
everybody wishes to avoid. Certainly, if the leaders of the Soviet
Union get the idea that the people of the United States are so
peace-minded that they will not fight, the Communist leadership
of Russia will be encouraged to more aggressive moves.
This would be a serious misunderstanding of the temper of
Americans and would, almost inevitably, cause war. Consequent
ly, many Americans think that the best chance for peace lies in
a course which will convince the Russians that we are ready to
fight, if necessary.
We do not believe that the people of this country are willing
for the United States to give up its right in order to maintain a
precarious peace. We are quite sure that Americans, as a class,
understand and appreciate the freedoms that have come to
them and that our admiration for individual liberty is sincere.
Consequently, the temper of our population continues to be
in line with Patrick Henry’s famous remark and, as a people, we
would prefer death to the tyranny that would be visited upon us
in the event of an unsuccessful war with Russia.
About the best course for this country to pursue, as we see
it, is to maintain its armed strength and to vigorously assert its
rights throughout the world. This does not mean going to war
over an incident, like the destruction of the naval plane in the
Baltic, but it means being ready to go to war whenever Russia,
or any other country, makes an attack.
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Mechanized Farming a Cause for Loss
(Guest Editorial from The Neligh News)
Bearing out what many had feared but few actually believed,
Antelope county’s total population dropped off 1,658 people in the
past 10 years, or enough to make a sizeable town.
The reasons for the drop in population may be many but the
principle one is this: More mechanized farming.
It has shown up in a reduction of the rural as well as the
city population. Each of the towns in Antelope county except
Neligh has shown a substantial loss and Neligh’s increase was
but slight.
Antelope county towns, being in the heart of an agricultural
area in which the population was expected to drop, could not
reasonably have expected any gains because their entire econ
omies are wrapped in farm activities and closely tied to the actual
farm population.
Thar* are a number of things which might halt this trend
downward in Antelope county's total population and thus the
numbers of people in each of its 7 towns.
One of these is soil conservation and through it a lessening of
the high rate of soil fertility exhaustion—fewer people are sup
ported by unproductive land. Another, affecting a few people in
the river valley, is irrigation. Through an irrigation project, al
ready proposed for the Elkhorn valley, it might be possible to
increase Antelope county’s population by as much as 500 people.
On these 2 things hinge any possible halting of the downward
trend in population in this area.
Another important thing is for each of the towns in this area
to make living within them more desirable—this means commun
ity improvements of all types. Those communities which are able
to plan properly and work for betterment can keep their popula
tion and prosper.
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Prairieland Talk —
Pat McManus Gave Every Customer
Full Value, Accommodated Everyone
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN — We are daily
reminded: “It is appointed un
to man once to die.”
Pat McManus was probably
the best
known man in
Holt county.
For more than
a half . cen
tury he dealt
with the pub
lie in furnish- i
i n g the
households of
this and ad
joining coun
ties, as well
as an Indian
_ . reservation in
Homaine an earlier per.
Saunders jocj, with fam
ily supplies out of a large stock
of merchandise. He continued
in business a long period of
years because he gave every
customer full value for their
money, accommodated most ev
erybody but if any bozo tried to
slip something over on him
they speedily discovered they
had reckoned without their
host.
The death of Mr. McManus
following soon after that of J.
B. Ryan removes from the O’
Neill scene 2 who had witness
ed the things of the pioneer
period. One had been in busi
ness when the summons came,
the other in the serenity of re
tirement after a long life of ac
tivity in business.
• • •
An element of Nebraska pa
triots boosting for the addi
tional gas tax are quite hetup
because other patriots oppose
this additional tax and have
gone to the trouble of bringing
that measure to a referendum
vote. Because the legislature en
acted the law doesn’t imply that
it is the answer to the road
question That every wagon and
automobile trail in the state
can be converted into a hard
surface highway is a fancy
notion that will never be real
ized. At times there is mud, and
thank the Lord for it. Every
body has become accustomed to
going about at will and fret if
they have to remain within the
j limits of their barnyard for a
week or so on account of mud.
but that mud will mean more
to them at harvest time than
missing out on a trip or two to
see the movies.
. . .
At least one member of eon
! gress from Nebraska has felt
the pulse of the home folks in
his district- Lincoln citizens and
those elsewhere in the congres
sional district were sent a lot
of questions marks to ascertain
how we feel out this way on
such matters as overseas hand
outs, balancing the budget, farm
and other subsidies, the Taft
Hartley law, socialized medicine,
petering out program. What the
result has been Mr Curtis, w’ho
represents the First district,
i has not yet made public, that
I have noticed.
* * •
Raymond Bly, of Amelia, ac
companied by his father-in-law,
Ed Dexter, were in Lincoln re
cently and made Prairieland
Talker a visit. Both gentlemen
I were in the city for medical
| consultation with the object in
1 view of getting pepped up for
the season’s work on the ranch.
They report Southwest Holt
well wet up and some worries
just now' is getting the new
I crop of calves off to a good
1 start.
• * .
Sheriff William Moses, of
Belle Fourche, S. D., came to
O’Neill once upon a time to ap
prehend an alleged horse thief.
Roscoe Moore, lost his gun, his
official dignity and sustained a
setback in fearsome prestige of
the Black Hills. Roscoe and and
Dave Tierney, an O’Neill char
acter, were doing the honors as
riders on a ranch in southwest
Holt. Sheriff Charley Hall took
the South Dakota officer in his
buggy on the 30-mile drive to
the ranch. Moore was there
with his pal Dave and it looked
like an easy job for the 2 of
ficers Moses, Roscoe and Dave
were left in the bunk house
while Charley Hall went to the
barn to hitch up his team for
the trip back to O’Neill. Then it
happened in true gangland style.
Roscoe and Dave overpowered
Moses, relieved him of his gun
and Moore made his getaway on
a horse, the 2 officers driving
in fruitless pursuit.
* * *
“My grandsire drew a good
bow at the battle of Hastings,”
boasted a husky yeoman in one
of Scott’s stories. That was in
the days of William the Con
queror that grandpap did his
stuff. Hastings has been a town
on the map of England since
the 11th century.
Hastings, Nebr., got going
about the time O’Neill did. Now
Mayor Roy C. Carter down at
Hastings has been exchanging
cordial greetings with John D.
Cooper, mayor of Hastings, ov
er in old England.
Our Nebraska Hastings took
its name from a railroad right
of-way engineer and not from
the venerable English settle
ment of the same name. Mayor
Cooper expresses to Mayor Car
ter the gratitude of his com
munity for American aid and
extends their good wishes with
warm friendlness. In event of
a “set-to” with Joe Stalin it
will be nice to have the friend
ship thus expressed. Making
friends because you may want
to use them, could not possibly
be the motive in the exchange
of greetings between the two
Hastings officials.
• • •
I.ast year reports the extinc
tion of 4,200 small business en
terprises, as compared to 300
in 1946. It is said to be hazard
ous at present to venture any
thing but a filling station.
• • #
To protect themselves from
beasts in men’s form, women
who find it necessary to be out
alone at night should go armed
and shoot to kill.
• • •
Alaska continues to be a
man’s country, 3 husky sour
doughs to 1 woman in the ter
I ritory.
• • •
Painters might find employ
ment in the nation’s capital
| spreading whitewash.
Farewell Gift for
Pastor and Wife
PAGE—The Fellowship Sun
day-school class held its annual
birthday dinner for members
and their families in the Metho
dist church pallors Friday eve
ning. May 26. About 60 were
seated at tables decorated with
spring flowers.
Following the dinner a pro
gram was presented which in
cluded the following: piano so
los, by Barbara Trowbridge and
Vernon Dorr: readings, by
Naomi Steinberg and Marilyn
Lamason, cornet solo, by Car
roll French, and vocal solo, by
Barbara Trowbridge.
Mrs. Herbert Steinberg pre
sented Rev- and Mrs. T. O.
Brownfield with a book as a
farewell gift from the class. A
business meeting was held at
the close of the evening.
Attend Nieces Wedding—
PAGE — Mrs R. F. Park and
daughters, Charlene and Gen
elle, attended the wedding of
Miss Margaret Woods and Mer
lin Kenny at the St. Francis
Catholic church in Randolph
Thursday, May 25. Following
the wedding they attended the
reception at the J. C. Woods
home at Carroll. Miss Woods is
a niece of Mrs Park.
Other Page News
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kelly and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Grass and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Thompson and Linda,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Smith
and 2 sons, all of Page; Mr. and
Mrs- Arthur Pelletier and fam
ily, of Orchard; Miss Velma
A'bnrcy, of Inman; and Cyril
Hanson, of Wayne, were dinner
guests at the home of Mrs. An
na Thompson Sunday, May 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Larbee Kelly were
afternoon callers.
The Misses LaVonne Al
bright, Charlene and Genelle i
Park attended the prenuptial
shower for Miss Redella Men
ning at the EUB church at Or
chard Friday evening, May 26.
Marion Mitchell left Satur
day, May 27, for Lincoln where
Mrs. Mitchelll and sons have
been staying at the home of
her parents. Mr Mitchell was
! a teacher in the Page high
! school the past year.
Rev. and Mrs. T. O. Brown
field and Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Bowen drove to Pickstown. S
D.. Wednesday, May 24, to see
the dam. While there they en
joyed a picnic dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lamason
and family, of Lincoln, spent
Saturday night and Sunday,
! May 27 - 28, visiting Mr. Lama
son’s parents. Mr. and Mrs Les
ley Lamason, and his brother,
Melvin Lamason, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell John
son, of Fremont, were Saturday
night, May 27, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Neubauer. Mrs.
Johnson is a sister of Mr. Neu
j bauer.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis, of
Hannibal, Mo., and sons, I. C.
Ellis, of St. Lewis, Mo., and J.
R. Ellis, of Chicago, 111., came
Saturday, May 27, to the home
of Mrs. Ellis’s sister, Miss Maude,
Martin. Mr. Ellis and sons left
Sunday for Alliance and Genoa
and plan to return today
(Thursday). Mrs. Ellis plans
to spend the week with her
sister and other relatives at
Page. They will leave Friday
for Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Saindon
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jestes, of
Denver, Colo-, visited Friday
and Saturday, May 26 - 27, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Woods.
Following are the names of
teachers and places they have
taught the past year who have
returned to Page: Miss Alice
French, and Miss Viola Haynes,
O’Neill; Miss Sybil Ickes, Ash
ley; Miss Margaret Prill, Wake
field; Miss Helen Wegman, Til
den; Miss Harriet Simmons,
Lodgepole, and Miss Beverly
Kelly, Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Braddock,
Audrey. Donald and Gene and
Lorna Stevens, drove to Lyons ,
recently where they spent the
day at the Irvin Miller home.
From there they went on to
Omaha to take Donald Brad
dock to his work there. He had
spent the past 2 weeks with his
parents at Page.
LaVonne and Melvin Albright
returned home last week from
Wayne where they had attend
ed college. Melvin left Sunday
evening, May 28, for Coon Rap
ids, la., where he plans to stay
a week. LaVonne will spend her
vacation at Page. They both
plan to attend summer school
at Wayne.
Misses Mildred and Melissa
Haynes, of Denton, arrived in
Page Monday afternoon, May
22, to spend a few days with
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Haynes, and other j
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Tom Sinnard, of Grand
Island, came to Page Saturday,
May 20, to visit her father, Geo.
Fink, and family and her grand- J
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Snyder. She came to attend
I graduation exercises of her
i brother, Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Town
send and family, of Payette,
Ida., spent Sunday and Monday,
j May 21-22, visiting old friends
in and around Page. Mr. and
Mrs. Arlie Townsend and fam
j ily, of Pendleton, Ore., had vis
ited here the last of the preced
ing week. Both men attended
high school here several years
ago.
Sunday, May 21, dinner guests
at the George Fink home were
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fink and
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Fink and
famliy, of Fremont, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Fink, of Ewing, Mrs.
Tom Sinnard, of Grand Island,
and Mr .and Mrs. Frank Snyder.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Morris,
of Huntington Park, Calif., vis
ited friends in Page Monday,
May 22. Mrs. Morris will be re
membered as Mrs. Rose Craig.
Rev. and Mrs. T. O. Brown
field sold much of their house
hold goods at auction Saturday
afternoon, May 20.
Mrs. Alma Tegeler returned
home Tuesday evening, May 16,
from Lincoln, where she had
spent several days in the home
of her son, Norman, and fam
ily
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Haynes
were Thursday evening, May
18, dinner guests at the home
of their son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Haynes, in O’Neill. After attend
ing the kindergarten program
and graduation exercises at the
O’Neill public school, they were
! overnight guests of Mr. and
j Mrs. J. R- Wells.
Miss Sybil Ickes was honored
with a prenuptial misellaneous
shower in the Methodist church
parlors Monday evening, May
| 22. The prgoram consisted of
I singing and appropriate poems
( read by Mrs. Merwyn French.
i Miss Ickes received many gifts
A luncheon was served. She will
be married to Robert Newberry
on Sunday, August 28.
Ross Taylor and his mother,
Mrs. Nona Bedford, arrived in
Page from Troy, O., Sunday,
May 21. Mrs. Bedford, who had
spent the winter with her son
and daughter-in-law, will re
main in her home here. Mrs.
Taylor will return home with
I Mr. Taylor. She has been here
for three weeks caring for her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Soren
sen, who is recuperating from a
major operation.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Nissen
spent most of last week at the
Laurence Haynes home in O’
Neill. While there Mr. Nissen
did some carpenter work for
Mr. Haynes.
Visits Here
From Omaha—
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lewis, of
Omaha, Friday visited at the
C. W Apgar home. The Lewises
drove to Tilden Saturday morn
to visit wi t h Mrs- Lewis’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Cor
net.
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