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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1951)
The Camera Views the Parade . . . ■ - - ■- I.IW- I-.-I - ttimi i in iifimTiH i "IT 'VOICE' BROADCASTS DESCRIPTIVE . . . The "Voice of The Frontier" special events unit provided a special direct-wire report of the pa rade from the office of Thomas Nolan, 2d floor, Hagensick building (note banner hanging from corner overlooking O’Neill’s main intersection). V * r - -i George Hammond presented the word-picture in the 30-minute broadcast, over radio station WJAG, beginning at 2 p.m. Before leaving the air at 2:30 he was able to announce the parade winners to the radio audience.—O'Neill Photo Co.; The Frontier Engraving. *- ..r-ji.**__ — m ■- ■ - . . SCOUTS IN CAMP SETTING ... The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts each appeared in the Le gion-sponsored celebration parade with outdoor --- . .. camp settings .completed with grass, trees and tents.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving. ANSWLR HURRY UP CALL . . . Tha Stuart Saddle club, in big demand in several states at celebrations and fairs for several years, had not reorganized this year but quickly responded to a hurry-up call from the O’Neill American Le gion post. The White Horse ranch troupe had been scheduled to perform, was cancelled and 36 hours before parade time the Stuart club was asked to appear. Horsemen and horsewomen were rounded up, they rehearsed until midnight on the eve of the parade and filled the bill ad mirably well—at least the crowd thought so. The Stuart club is shown moving east in the parade down Douglas street. — O’Neill Photo Co.; The Frontier Engraving. PORTION OF AIR SHOW CROWD ... I Nearly 3,500 persons were estimated in attend ance at the National Air Show’s performance I Sunday at Municipal airport. Portion of the crowd is shown (above). — O’Neill Photo Co.; The Frontier Engraving. • . .....— -■■■■■......_ _ ' PERENNIAL WINNER . . . The Riverside 4-H club is a perennial < winner in the O’Neil] parades as well as in Atkinson and Holt ( county fair competition. More than half of the club membership c are from the Boyle families. The club this year is celebrating its s 10th anniversary and the float entry bore the anniversary theme i with flags, birthday cake and candles. The flagbearers at the front c WINS ART HONORS . . . Edith Lindberg, 14, daughter of O. F. Lindberg, of Los Angeles, Cal if., is a second year art stu dent in Los Angeles under Miss Gabrielle Le Fevre. Recently she won 3d prize in the hu mane division of the Latham Foundation, international post er contest. The girls’ father was reared here and the family has visited here on several occa sions. — The Frontier Engrav ing. ★ The Frontier FIRST With the Most News ! FIRST in Pictures ! FIRST in Readership ! ★ FDR S NAMESAKE . . . Frank lin Thomson (above), seaman apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Thomson, of Lynch, is serving aboard the USS Piedmont. The Piedmont is furnishing repairs ana main tenance to destroyer-tv pe ships at San Diego, Calif. This vessel was damaged during World War II by the explosion of an ammunition ship she was re pairing and recently has served in Korea. The Piedmont sailed for an unknown destination on July 16. Franklin Delano Thompson was born at Lynch November 8, 1932, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president of the United States. Seevral years later on his birthday anniversary Franklin Thompson received a large silk handkercnief from the late president with an em broidered inscription in one corner of the handkerchief.— The Frontier Engraving. re Larry Joe Boyle and Jerry Beha; “candles” on the cake are facing camera): Catherine Vitt, Frances Boyle, Betty Jane Sny ler, and Helen Boyle; 4-H flagbearers (at rear) are Gene Snyder nd Robert Howard. Other “candles” were Margaret Boyle, Mar am Boyle. Theresa Boyle, Margaret Vitt, Marie Boyle a.id Dor thy Vitt.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving. . y y .y • y||W| JUDGED BEST CAR . . . The James Davidson & Sons entry, an automobile festooned with or chid streamers gathered with clusters of roses, rated tops with the judges among the decorated autos in Saturday’s parade. Mrs. John Davidson was the driver.—O’Neill Photo Co.; The Fron- t tier Engraving. # I GAMBLES PRESENT INDIAN SCENE . . . The Gamble store entry in Saturday’s parade borrowed from Indian lore with the slogan, “Make Gambles Your Stamping Ground.” A round the teepee were Donna Davis, Lorraine Simonson and Carol Johnson, as “squaws,” and Dick Allen as a “brave.” Frank McKenna was driver.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving. McINTOSH WINS MENTION ... A set of wed ding rings topped the McIntosh Jewelry float, which earned an honorable mention. The gold vvedding ring and diamond engagement ring measured about 3 feet in height.—The Frontier Photo & Engraving. 9