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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1951)
o o o o A o Air Force Enlistee Feted Before Departure — ° Pusne Lee Cavanaugh, zon of (Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cavanaugh, enlisted in the air force and left Wednesday, December 5, for San Antonio, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhfahl entertained in his honor 05 Tuesday night, Decem ber 4, and on Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cavanaugh enter tained 12 guests in his honor. Big Turnout for Sunday Card Party — A large crowd attended the Friends of St. Mary card party on Sunday evening, December 9, at St. Mary’s gymnasium. This party * was sponsored by the parents of the freshman and sophomore classes. No-Host Dinner — A Christmas party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer C. Skulborsted on Sunday, De cember 9. A no-host dinner was served in the evening and after dinner cards were played and gifts exchanged. Couples Club Meets — Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Doerning en tertained the Couples club on Sunday, December 9. The win ners in bridge were Mrs. D. A. (Nelson and Verne Reynoldson. Refreshments were served. Honor Daughter — t . Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rubeck en tertained in honor of their daugh ter, Elaine, on Wednesday eve ning,. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Rubeck and family. Ice cream and cake were served. ROYAL THEATRE — O'NEILL — Thursday, December 13 0 Today You’ll Be In the Grip of Love*£ Strangest Trip! Alfred Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker. Young America’s idol—a good 1 looking stranger in search of sen sation—and a girl in love. These are th£ people around whom Al fred Hitchcock spins his wonder ful new web of suspense and sur prise. 0 Adm.: 42c. plus tax 8c. Total 50c Children 101, plus 2c tax: tot. 12c Friday and Saturday December 14-15 t WYOMING MAIL . Color by Technicolor Starring Stephen McNally, Al exis Smith and Howard da Silva. The great Wyoming train rob bery! They went out to loot the West with dynamite, bullets and a woman’s treachery! Danger and terror ride the rails . . . with a fortune in gold as the prize! 7 Adm. 42c. plus tax 8c, Tot. 50c Children 10c, plus 2c tax. Tot. 12c Matinee Saturday 2:30 o Sunday, Monday, Tuesday December 16-17-18 JIM THORPE-ALL AMERICAN Starring Burt Lancaster and Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter. Because he wore America’s heart over his own . . . his story belongs to every kid who’s ever dreamed of triumph ... to every guy who’s ever fought over whelming odds ... to every girl 0 whose heart beats for her sweet heart ... to every American who’s ever wanted to see himself in a motion picture! It belongs to your list of all-time “greats”! Adm. 42c, plus tax 8c, Tot. 58c Children 10c. plus 2c tax. Tot. 12c i Matinee Saturday 2:30 Wednesday and Thursday December 19-20 HIT PARADE OF 1951 Starring John Carroll, Marie McDonald, Estelita Rodriguez, “The Cuban Fireball.” The joy show of the year! Song hits . . . sung by stars you love! Rhythm . . . played by bands that send you! With a wonderful background of girls—romance — comedy! The show of a lifetime! Adm. 42c, plus tax 8c, Tot. 50c Children 10c, plus 2c tax. Tot 12c Hear Report from Missionary— The Women’s association, of First Presbyterian church, met in the sanctuary on Thursday, De cember 6, at 8 p.m. Mrs. D. C. Schaffer had charge of devotion als and Mrs. C. E. Yantzi conduct ed the business meeting. Rev. Ralph Chamberlain, of Grand Island, who is the Nebraska Sun day - school missionary, showed slides and presented an interest ing account of his work. The hostesses were Mrs. Felix Hendrick, Miss LeVeta Lehn, Mrs. Earl Ralya, Mrs. Earl Hunt and Mrs. Mable McKenna. They had the church parlor and, tables decorated in the Christmas theme. Visits Grandparents— Little Miss Kathy Sue Burgess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Burgess, of Lincoln, is visiting her grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. She arrived about 2 weeks ago and plans to remain until the Christmas holidays, when they will take her home and spend Christmas with her parents. Patricia McKenzie Feted— ° Mrs. Clyde McKenzie enter tained 12 guests at a theater par ty on Sunday, December 2, in honor of her daughter, Patricia, who was 7-years-old. After the show, refreshments were served at the home by Mrs. McKenzie. Patricia received many gifts. Exchange Gifts— The Janwa club met on Mon-' day, December 10, with a 7 o’ clock dinner at the M&M cafe and then went to the home of Mrs. John Stuifbergen for the exchange of gifts and cards. Mrs. William Naprstek, of PlairiView, a former member, was a guest To State Meeting— Miss Ruth Hoffman, Holt coun ty clerk, went to Omaha Tuesday afternoon to attend a county of ficials’ convention which is be ing held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Vequists Entertain— Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Vequist en tertained the pinochle club on Friday evening, December 7. High prizes were won by Mrs. Arthur O’Neill and Roy Margritz; low by Mrs. Roy Margritz and Arthur O’ Neill. _ Extension Group Dines— The Elkhom extension club held its Christmas party on Tues day evening with a 7 o’clock dinner at the Town House. The group met at the home of Mrs. Florence Schultz. Charles Hill Is 5— Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hill enter tained at a Tuesday evening din ner in honor of their son, Char les, who was 5-ypars-old. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook and family were the dinner guests. ° Jeudi in Session— The Jeudi club met on Wed nesday, December 12, with a Christmas party and dinner at the Town House. Cards were played at the home of Mrs. Allan P. Jaszkowiak following the dinner. Pinochle Club Meets— The Pinochle club held -ti Christmas party at the Town House on Wednesday evening, December 12, with cards at the home of Mrs. Thomas J. Sullivan. infant Is Honored — Russell Dean Strong was 2 fears-old on Sunday, December ). The birthday anniversary was celebrated with a family dinner n his honor. Mr. Bright Honored— Mrs. Archie Bright entertained Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Bright and Ardell on Tuesday evening, De cember 11, in honor of her hus band’s birthday anniversary. Mrs. Sauers Hostess— Merry Myx club held a Christ mas party at the home of Mrs. R. M. Sauers on Tuesday afternoon with a dessert luncheon at 1:30 o’clock. « » m M % M When You and I Were Young .. St. John’s Church Burns 10 Years Ago 50 Years Ago J. M. Morgan, of Atkinson, will fill the unexpired term of coun ty caused by the death of the late Judge Selah. . . One of ^ *+r\r%i m 1 “*ve* piWUOUtik UVV4U4 U44U44 k> of the season was the High 5 and dancing party at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes given in hoonr ofe Miss Dicken son, of Tekamah, a sister of Mrs. Weekes. Six o’clock tea was served to the ladies and the gen tlemen arrived at 9. P. L. Gal lagher was awarded the gentle men’s high 5 prize—a cigar case —and Miss O’Donnell was award ed ladies prize-c-a china cup and sauser. . . Nora O’Malley was an O’Neill visitor. . . Jack Meals has returned from a business trip to Omaha. . . John Green, of Creigh ton, was in the city. 25 Years Ago Miss Roberta Arbuthnot, who is attending the state university, is expected home for the holidays . . . Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Scott drove to Norfolk . , George Van Every received a severe blow on the jaw when the hoisting crank that works the dump box on the Ford truck at the Seth Noble lumber yard was released unex pectedly. . . A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady De cember 14. . . Mrs. Lenna Jef fries was visitng in Atkinson. . . County Clerk E. F. Porter and all the county supervisors with the exception of Joe Stein are in Om ha attending a convention of county supervisors. ° 10 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Parkins en tertained the Dutch treat club. . . St. John’s church at Deloit was destroyed by fire December 15 ... Mrs. Jack Davidson will en tertain the DD club at a Christ mas party . . . Mr, and Mrs. Ralph McElvain returned from Omaha after visiting friends there. . . Mrs. Georgia Rasley spent Monday in Sioux City. . . Mrs. C. J. Gatz entertained her bridge club at her home. . . Oakie Davidson and Art Jurgensmeier went to Norfolk to enlist in the naval reserve. 0 1 Year Ago Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressel were surprised December 7 by their children, Mrs. Edward Mc Manus and children, Mrs. Clar esse Sullivan, and children and Boyd Ressel, in honor of their wedding anniversary. SICK & INJURED O’NEILL—Jackie Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. William White, has been “quite ill” and under a doc tor’s care. . . Mrs. Pat Hynes was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Norfolk, Saturday eve ning, December 8. She is “inv proving” and is expected home the middle of this week. . . Mrs. Della Eby entered Our Lady of Lourdes hospital, Norfolk, Mon day, December 10. She expects to remain for about a week. . . Mrs. I. R. Ridgeway returned on Sunday from an Omaha hospital where she had been for the past 2 months. . . James W. Rooney is still confined to his home with a back ailment. EWING—Floyd Lee, who is on crutches due to a badly sprained ankle, is “improved." . . . On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gib son and Marcia, accompanied by Mary Alys Dierks, Joelyn Eacker and Patricia Rotherham, went to Tilden to visit with Joan Bink erd, student of the Ewing high school, and Gerald Chapula, the music instructor in the Ewing public school, who are patients at the Tilden hospital. Joan was op erated on Friday for appendicitis and Mr. Chapula on Saturday for the same. Both are “doing nice fy.” CHAMBERS — Marlene Ras mussen underwent an operation at the Lutheran hospital in Nor folk last week. . . Mrs. Merle Fa ?on returned Friday from the 6’Neill hospital where she had been a patient for several days following an injury received in a fall at her home. . . Mrs. Bert Whiting had the misfortune to fall at her home about 2 weeks a- j go and break her right arm. She is still suffering pain and discom cofnfort. PAGE—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence : Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stern ;r and Mrs. Glen Stewart spent Monday in NorioiK wnere Mr. Stewart and Mr. Sterner went for medical care. . . Miss Blanche Graves is spending a few days at her home in Page while recover ing from a foot operation. Miss Graves has been employed at the Baber’s cafe in Plainview and will return to her work as soon as she is able. BELOIT—Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bartak went to Omaha where Adolph received his weekly med ical treatment. . . . Jim Bartak suffered an eye injury while trapping and has been a patient in a Norfolk hospithal. He return ed home last week. . . Zoe Ann Huffman was ill at her home this week. . . Almost every housAold Pas been visited by influenza re cently. o AMELIA.— Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Waldo returned Sunday £rom Omaha where Mrs. Waldo had been a patient in the Methodist hospital. . . Little Sharon Watson was a victim of chickenpox last week, o INMAN—Kenneth Coventry re turned to Rochester, Minn., Wed o _ ° O «s O o o o nesday, December 5, after visit ing a few days here. Mrs. Coven try is still under a doctor’s care at Rochester. ATKINSON — James Nightin gale was released Monday eve ning from Methodist hospital in Sioux City, where he had been a surgical patient 7 days. SOUTH OF STUART — Mrs. Keuter, mother of Mrs. John Kramer, is “recovering nicely” •* J n V, - * ititCi OUiAV-iiiift U A it, .AA l Monday, December 3. Out of Old Nebraska . . . Little Commercial Food Production in marked contrast to condi tions today, when food processing accounts for a large portion of Nebraska’s industrial activity, there appears to have been rela tively little commercial food pro cessing in territorial Nebraska. The answer, of course, is not hard to find—almost all food was pro cessed at home. The dearth of food processing establishments in the territory— aside from flour and grist mills— is evident in the census returns, which in both 1860 and 1870 re port only a few bakeries, confec tionaries, molasses plants, meat packing plants, and cheese fac tories. The census recorded only those • o establishments which produced goods in the value of ° $500 an nually. Hence, a rather consider able number of small home es tablishments, which may have produced for sale as well as for home consumption, were omitted from the returns. This appears to have been particularly true of sorghum mills. A sorghum mill could be established for a capital outlay - f w* «a> asanusa •«*< 9 V number of them appear to have 3 been in existence in Nebraska in the late 1860's. They normally wer^, in opera tion only a month or 2 in the fall of the year to use up the annual harvest of cane and sorghum. Likewise, there were quite a few local cheese factories, some of which turned out rather large quantities of cheese. Cheese was manufactured in Nebraska City in 1859, and in Brownville as ear ly as 1860. The river towns also became interested rather early in meat packing—it was really “packing” then, with the product put down in brine and shipped out in bar rels. Brownville and Nebraska City were early pork packing centers The winter of 1866-67 saw a rather ambitious temporary pork packing plant established at Arago. During the winter, hogs were slaughtered and packed in dry salt in the hope that the meat could be shipped down the river ' - _ ■ before hot weather set in. There appears to be no record of the success of the venture. The territorial pioneers, it hardly needs to be stated, relied ^ i ■ ^ ^ ^- 4 very little on meat packing estab lishments for their meat. Most meat processing was done at home, with the neighbors fre quently pitching in to help. t_ 1_ jr * a ——— ST. MARY’S ALUMNI ANNUAL BENEFIT BALL » American Legion Auditorium O WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 From 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. o ADMISSION: S1.00 MUSIC BY BOBBY MILLS and HIS ORCHESTRA o 0 0 o Everybody Welcome 1 o < ° ' ° O r, C o XMAS TREES Priced 80c and Up o Come Early and Pick a Good Tree Across from K&M Cafe AMERICAN LEGION Simonson Post 93 o “DUESERDUE FOR ’52” I PUBLIC SALE I HAVING DECIDED to quit farming, 1 will offer at public auction the following de- Sj scribed personal property at the farm, located 1 7 miles northeast of O’Neill, or I I I mile south and 2 miles east of Opportunity, on — 0 , ° . \ i;tytS|j| I FRIDAY, IEC MBER 21 I Sale Starts at 1 P.M. Lunch on Grounds 1 131 - Head of Cattle - 311 111—Milk COWS, 7 giving milk now, . 5—HEIFERS, coming 2-years-old. I I others to freshen by spring. 11—CALVES. • I I 2—Stock COWS. 1—Registered Hereford BULL CALF, I I 1—Registered Hereford BULL, coming born April 17,1951. I I 2-yrS.-oId in ApriL *—HORSE, 10-yrs.-old, broke to ride I I | J * or work. 1 I 1—HORSE, smooth mouth, weight l,100^ride or work. I ■ ——^ _ H Farm Machinery j 1—IHC 2 Row Horse Eli 1—W-W Feed Grinder 1—Briggs - Stratton Washing I S 1—John Deere 1-Row Lister 1—Wagon Box Machine Motor I ! *—3-Section Harrow 1—Grindstone 50 Ft. Garden Hose 9 Vi?5 . ° 2—Sets Harness Fuel Barrels and Barrel Pump 9 1 1—IHC ti l t Mower 2—Saddles, stock and Shetland 3 Dozen Hens m 1-Janesville 1-Row Cultivator Hog Troughs ° 14—Muscovie Ducks 9 ?rUlky *?°W 1—8-Ft. Deering Binder, with 1—Janies way Brooder Stove ■ 2 Hay Rakes, 10 and 12 ft. power take-off attachment Chicken Feeders 9 1 4-Wheel Trailer 1—IHC No. 3 Cream Separator 1—Vice 1 Anvil 9 1—15-Ft. John Deere Tractor 1—IHC No. 9 Trail Mower, 0 Other Tools 9 . tr°°d 2 yrs. old 2—3-Section Harrows 9 1—IHC Tractor Eli, used 1 yr. 1—Wagon 0 1—1-Horse Drill 9 1—Farmall Tractor Sweep, good l_John Deere 2 Row Pull-Type 2—1-Row Horse Cultivatore B Power Sweep Lister 1—1-Row Lister 9 1 Haystacker 1—Manure Spreader, Bradley 1—2-Horse Eli 9 Some open pollinated yellow seed corn; some brome seed. I Household Goods I 1—Kitchen Cobinet 1—Rocking Chair Stone Jare Fruit Jars 1 •Chains and Table 1—Clothes Closet Some Canned Fruit 1 1 Cupboard 1—Dresser ° 1—Comfort Cook Stove I 1—Wash Stand Cooking Utensils Dishes Many Other Articles Too I ° 1—Dining Table and Buffet 1—Daisy Churn Numerous to Mention I _ Q _ ^ HUl ° TERMS: Cash or See Your Banker I CLARENCE ENASH, Owner I I COL. WALLACE O’CONNELL, „„ FIRST NATIONAL BANK, I I Auctioneer o o • ° ° „ O’Neill, Clerk I o o o oft o o ° °° 00 ° ° o . ct, 0 ° ° ° ° °