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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1952)
_ u O'NEILL NEWS Mr, and Mrs. M. M. Langan went to Norfolk on Thursday, De cember 27, to visit their daughter, Mrs. G. L. Sobotka, and little granddaughter, Jane Ann, in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital. Mrs. Mary E. Grady, of Grand Island, is spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. John, Rother ham, and son, James. Pfc. James A. Langan, soh of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Langan, spent the holidays with his par ents. He returned to his air base at Albuquerque, N. M., on Wed nesday. . , Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Holsclaw took their daughter, Miss Mari lyn, and son Pfc. Robert Holsclaw, to Grand Island on Sunday, De cember 30. Miss Marilyn took a bus for Lincoln, where she is employed and Pfc. Robert Hols claw returned to Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., after spending the holidays in O’Neill with their par ents Marvin Holsclaw, another son, returned to Alliance, where he is employed. DR. FISHER, DEHTiBT. Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hill were dinner and supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mc Manus on New Year’s day. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hynes and daughter were New Year’s day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hynes. Mr. and Mrs. Odes Johnson, ol Lexington, were Christmas day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Larry Johnson and family. Mrs. Delia Green, of Powdei River, Wyo., was a guest of hei sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hynes, through th< holidays. On Christmas day, Mr and Mrs. Hynes, Mrs. Green anc Mrs. Nora Brown went to Rav enna and spent the day with Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Young. Miss Elja McCullough was £ Friday and Saturday guest at tfu home of Mr. and Mrs. Larrj Johnson. Venetian blinds, prompt deliv ery, made to measure, metal ei wood, all colors.—J. M. Me Don aid Co.. O'Neill. Mrs. Alpha McKathnie, of At tmaon, was a weekend guest at Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Vic tor Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Johnson were New Year’s dinner guests ol Mr. and Stanley Johnson in At kinson. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ray plan to leave Saturday for Dallas, Tex., where they will visit several weeks, after which they will be at their new home in Loveland, Colo. Mr. Ray and John Ples sel trucked 2 loads of furniture and personal effects to Loveland during the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Hertford took Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Heri ford to Rochester, Minn., Sunday ’ mcming. The Bennett Hertford^ returned to O’Neill Monday. They reported listening to the “Voict of The Frontier” program whil< in the vicinity of Blue Earth Minn. spending the holidays with thei parents. John Bohn, who was visiting ii J 0 O’Neill during the holidays, re turned to Camp Knox, Ky., on ! Monday. John Berigan returned to the | University of Nebraska in Lincoln on Monday after spending the holidays with his parents in O' Neill. Mrs. Esther Harris and Mrs. P. W. McGinnis entertained 25 guests at a party on Sunday, De cember 30, at the home of Mrs. McGinnis in Emmet. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sawyer and family, of O’Neill, and Miss Muriel Niles, of Scottsbluff, were New Year’s guests of Mr. and c Mrs. Frank Grenier. Miss Lydia and Fred Halva re turned to Omaha where they are employed after spending the hol idays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle M. Green went to Creighton on Monday, December 24, and spent Christ mas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Neyens. Guy Harris returned to his stu dies on Wednesday after spending the holidays wth his mother, Mrs. Esther Harris, and his sister, Ruth, who was also home for the holidays. Guy attends Nebraska Wesleyan university at Lincoln. Pfc. Lyle McKim, jr., returned Wednesday to Atlanta, Ga., after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Mc Kim, sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Wales and daughter, of Atwater, Calif., re turned home on Friday, Decem ber 28, after a 12-day visit with Mrs. Wales’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKim. Mr. and Mrs. uene Barneu, or Lincoln, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, were Christmas guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McClellan. Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. Johnson are daughters of the Mc Clellans. The Barnetts also vis ited Mr. Barnett’s father, and the Johnsons visited Mr. Johnson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy John son, of O’Neill. r Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Egger en I tertained Walter Egger and Miss Margaret Egger on Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Necklious, of Alexander, Minn., have been visiting relatives in O’Neill the past week. Sunday they were ov ernight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heermann. Mrs. Necklious is Mr. Heermann’s sis ter. James Merriman returned to Creighton university, Omaha, on Sunday, December 30, after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mer riman. Thomas Harty and Robert Wal lace returned to Creighton univer sity, Omaha, on Monday after REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS WD — Mary Hamik to John i Fred Hamik 12-17-51 $8000- Lots 2 & 3 Blk 16- Atkinson , I WD — Village of Page to Roy Stewart 2-20-51 $1- Lots 11-12 & 13 Blk 23 Page WD—Thomas H Davis to Hen rv F Heiser 12-26-51 $12,000 NEVi , 20-30-14 WD— Kathryn Marsh et al to Leo Burival 10-15-51 $1- SWVi I 23-30- Range 12 WD—Gladys Davis to James E Ramsay 12-11-51 $1- Lots 10 & — Blk 3- Stuart WD—Mary E. Farrier et al tc Myrtle L Fees 12-24-51 $1- Lot l Blk A- Chambers WD — Otto R Risty et al to Earl J Rodman & wf 12-22-51 $30,000- Lot 12 & West 30 ft lot 12 Blk 17- O’Neill Home Rule Theory Is Stressed— The legislative councils com mittee on watershed legislation tossed a sample bill to the public at a hearing on December 18. Sen. John P. McKnight, of Au burn, chairman of the group, said the eommittee”s principal aim i: to offer an easily-understood bill which “will vest control in the owners of the property benefittec and permit the governing body tc accomplish its objectives withou I the aid of courts.” (The Auburn senator said the j home rule theory has beei i stressed in drafting of the sampl bill. The 1951 legislatures publi I works committee turned down p, * watershed bill. , nth for 1 a more beautiful, smoother operating, easier riding, safer car which fea tures^ 46'important improvements. There is new beauty in the car’, road-hugging, sweep ng appearance, and 2C iarmonv Section in the new interior, which are ^Tailored with quality fabrics. Tire In™ interiors blend beautifully with the exterior colors. The ear has all the features for comfort, e^nomy, safety and durability which have become traditional with Plymouth. Shown above is the new four-door Cranbrook sedan. -5. o _A- -k. Capitol Newt . . . Valuations, Leases Gain Almanac Spots LINCOLN — Nineteen -fifty j one was an eventful year in Ne > braska statehouse and political news. Following is a brief almanac of the headline stones of the year. JANUARY 2 — Sixty-second legislature convenes; elects Ed Hoyt, of Mc Cook, as speaker. 15—Bill to reenact penny-per gallon gas tax increases, voted down in 1950 referendum, intro I duced by Sen. Otto Prohs, of Ger ing. 19—Sen. Sam Klaver’s measure to raise old age assistance ceiling by $10 killed by health commit tee. 22—Gov. Val Peterson recam- t mends a biennial budget of $158, 988,252. FEBRUARY 1—Bill to restore license plates to 1950 system advances to gen eral file. 5—Legislature votes pay raises | of $1,500 for most state officials. 7—Lancaster and Douglas coun ty welfare directors label state as sistance program “lousy.” 19—Legislature votes probe of j wholesale liquor industry de manded by Sen. Hugh Carson, of Ord. MAriL.il 1—Bill providing for partisian legislature amendment is axed. 8— Government committee kills constitutional convention meas ure. 9— Sen. W. J. Williams, of Kear ney, named head of assistance in vestigation committee. 14— Governor orders liquor commission to “stop bickering” and hire enforcement officer. 15— Attorney - general holds pinball machines illegal. 27—Legislature stranded in Gor ing as bad weather breaks up sight-seeing tour. APRIL 3— Education committee kills $24,000,000 state aid to education1 bill. 4— Lt.-Gov. Charles Warner, acting as governor, vetoes con troversial wheat utilization bill. 10 — Attorney general holds Warner veto “nullity.” 12—Wheat bill opponents un cover attorney general opinion measure is unconstitutional; re peal bill introduced. 22—Governor fires Liquor Com missioner Blaine Young for selling insurance to Omaha liquor licen sees. 26—Public works committee kills watershed bill. MAY I— Legislature’s liquor probe committee unable to find evi , dence of wrong-doing despite tes [ timony of payoffs to state agents. , 9—Gas tax increase bill killed t 24 to 17. II— Legislature tours Randall , dam in South Dakota. x 23—Bill creating highway com , mission defeated. 26—Legislature adjourns after - passing $165,000,000 appropriation ^ hill. JUNE 3—State Sen. Hugh Carsbn files for republican nomination for governor. 12— Eighteen southeastern Ne braska counties, overwhelmed by bridge losses in floods, ask gover nor to call a special legislative session. 13— Robert Crosby of North Platte, former lieutenant-gover nor, enters GOP gubernatorial race. JULY ^5—Supreme court upholds ous ter of Blaine Young and murdei conviction of Roland Sundahl sentenced to die for death of Bon nie Lou Merrill, a Columbus cai hop. i 23—State board of equalization turns down plea of Nebraska Stocl Growers association and orders cattle reassessed in 23 “low value” counties. AUGUST 1—Harold Aitkn succeeds Free Klietsch as state engineer. 14__Governor warns county lav enforcement officers he will us< ouster authority if they fail to en force anti-gambling laws. 26—Victor E. Anderson, mayo of Lincoln, becomes 3d man ii contest for Republian nominatioi for governor. 30_Board of control name Mver Avedovech, retired Quake Oats executive, as $8,000 a yea business consultant for state ai programs _. SEPTEMBER 17_State assistance depart me r „ reports 177 out of every 1,000 N< o ° o / o o * 0 ° ° ° o ° O rr rv hraskans over 65 receive old age assistance. 18—First sales of school land I leases start following supreme court decision invalidating 1947 "automatic renewal” law. 21— Nebraska State Education association enters school land lease dispute. 26—Governor turns down lease holders’ request for special ses sion on school land problem. OCTOBER 2—Rep. Karl Stefan dies in Washington. 7—Republican party leaders is sue statement urging draft of Governor Peterson as candidate to succeed Stefan. 14—Senator Carson calls for special session to raise old age assistance ceiling. 18 — Republicans elect R. E. Harrison, of Norfolk, Demo crats pick Fremont mayor Carl Dlson as nominees in special con gressional election. 31—Peterson files for U. S. sen ate. NOVEMBER 6—State Republican Chairman David T. Martin says Third dis trict draft statement “suggested oy governor." 13—Governor orders inquiry ;nto charges by Joe Nekuda, dis charged state employee, that he mas ordered to campaign at state expense. 22— Opponents in highway bat tle show willingness to compro nise at hearing of legislative council road committee. 29—Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry lies in Washington. DECEMBER 4—Harrison wallops Olson 34, 360 to 14,545 in Third district con gressional election. Hugh Butler files for third term in U. S. sen ate. 10— Peterson appoints Hastings publisher Fred Seaton to interim senatorial term. . . . _ . 11— Former-Gov. Dwight Gris wold files for 2-year senate term. 14_Board of control unveils re organization plan for state assis tance department, says consolida tion up to counties. * * ♦ The expected fireworks follow ing the board of control’s shakeup of the state assistance department appears largely to have fizzled >USome observers were expecting a blast from W. W. McDermet, chief of the department’s person nel division. McDermet s was one of two divisions eliminated in the reorganization plan and he was told he wouldn’t be needed after January 1. In a letter to the board, McDer met challenged the legality of his dismissal, after ten and a hail years of service, but said he wouic not fight the order because of th< expense and because if the boarc were forced to retain him ‘“the re lationship thereafter might b< unpleasant.” The chairman of the board o controls, Mrs. Harold Prince would not comment on McDer met’s letter. The bureau chief reminded th< board, which supervises the mul ti-million dollar assistance pro gram, “that if this state is to con tinue to receive funds from trv federal government for assistant programs, the administration o those funds must of necessity b continued by personnel selectei and maintained under personne standards on a merit basis. Ihi is required by federal statutes am the regulations of the social se curity agency.” . . McDermet’s is one of two divi sions being eliminated under reorganization plan, which wo the endorsement of county on cials at their recent meeting 1 Omaha. * • * Watershed Bill — Another watershed bill is certainly in the 1953 legislator (Continued on page d) 1952 Plymouth Goes on Display Friday The new Plymouth for 1952 will go on display Friday at the Smith Motor Co. showrooms, as well as at other dealerships throughout the U.S., on Friday January 4. , Paul Shierk, manager of the Smith Motor Co., explains thai the ’52 Plymouth features a Ion* list of improvements—46 in all incorporated into the engine, th< brakes, the electrical system, th( chassis, and to the inside and out side of the body. The new car, according to Mr Shierk, has been improved anc refined to provide ‘ the most gen tie ride, the smoothest safety evei built into a car for the lowes price field.” Exceptional engine smoothnes: is produced through a newly de signed combustion chamber brakes are stronger and longer lasting; Plymouth’s famous safe ty-flow ride has been made evei more comfortable by improve ments in the springing and to thi Oriflow shock absrobers; and th car’s beauty is enhanced by nu merous styling refinements. The Plymouth has a road-huf ging, sweeping appearance, ac cented by changes in the externa adornment. A new luxurious standard fo interiors is attained with the hig quality upholstery fabrics in hai monious colors which blend bear tifully with the instrument an door panels. The 4-door Cranbrook will h exhibited Friday. A train cai load of ’52s is in transit, M Shierk added. Out of Old Nebraska . . . Girl, 12, Baby-Sits During ’88 Blizzari One of the most serious cata trophes in Nebraska s history was Ihe great blizzard of January 12, 888. The book, “In All Its Fury,” published by the Bilzzard , club, under the editorship of W. H. O’Gara, of Lincoln, for many years president of the club, con tains many reminiscences of the experiences of Nebraskans and others during the great blizzard. Typical is that of Mrs. Margaret Davey, of Greeley, who apparent ly was serving as a baby siter when the storm hit. In latter years she wrote: “I was 12-years-old at the time, , and living with a married sister, but at the time cf the blizzard I was visiting my mother who lived ■ 5 miles south of Greeley. 1 “That morning her neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Cleary, wanted to 1 I go to town to do some trading and, „ they asked me if I would stay f with their children 'while they ’ were gone. There were 3 chil ' dren one of them a baby about 7 months-old. They expected to be gone only 3 or 4 hours. “There was a little boy out ' herding cattle and just before ; noon he came in and said the ' cows were acting wild. So I told p him we would put them in the ; yard and leave them until after :• dinner. Just as we got them in , the blizzard burst upon us. I in vestigated and found no fuel, i There was only about half a bas ket of cobs. There was no milk, no water, not a thing to feed the . baby. e "We had a little old-fashion a ed cook stove to keep us warm, * and I went to the corn crib and n brought in corn to burn. It was about 30 yards to the com CTib and I had to make 3 trips. a I did not have any difficulty in e finding it and getting back to the house as the chickenhouse and 0 O o o o windmill guided „me, but I had a' serious time of it^’ just the same. “1 went 4o thp windmill for water but it was frozen so I had to melt snow forDwater. “In those days women nursed ; their babies so I had to find some- I thing to feed the little one in my care. After a long search I found a little bit of whiskey in the cup board and I mixed a drink for* him with sugar and water and whiskey so we got along all right, though the children got hungry, of course. I found it hard to have to walk the floor with the baby far into the night. When he fi nally went to sleep his eyes were open and I did not know what to think of that. “The parents were frantic and as soon as the wind began to die down they came home, arriving about 5 in the morning. “The house was frame, with 3 rooms. We did not really suffer with the cold. The wind was penetrating but the walls and wndows were sheltered by deep drifts of snow.” * * * 2 Expeditions Winter | in Washington County— > The winter of 1819-’20 saw lots of activity around the Coun cil Bluff, that eminence in Wash ington county where Lewis and Clark conferred with the Indians in the summer of 1804. Two expe ditions, both part of a larger plan for extending United States in fluence over the trans-Missouri west, halted there for the winter. One was destined to remain to build the first permanent military post in the Nebraska country; the other was to go on the next year to explore the Platte valley. The pne which stayed was the ! so-called Yellowstone expeditior ( under the leadership of Col. Hen ry M. Atkinson; the other was a scientific and exploring parts commanded by Major Stephen H 1 Long. Both left St. Louis, Mo., a1 ' the same time, and both winter ed near Council Bluff. : Both expeditions were to as cend the Missouri in steamboats > Only Major Long was successfu ■ in this venture, however. The > 3 steamboats carrying the mili u uuO O O o ° tary party all h&d to be abandon ed on the lower Missouri, and oh ly Major Long’s “Western Epgi- ° neer” reached the Platte—in so doing, incidentally, it was the first steamboat to ascend the Mis souri to that point. Major Long’s party reached Manuel Lisa’s trading post, a few miles below the Council Bluff, on September 17. There they went into winter quarters, called “en gineer cantonment.” After estab lishing his men in their camp, Major Long returned to Washing ton for the winter. Meanwhile, the, Sixth infantry and other troops under Colonel Atkinson, making their way up river in keelboats, arrived at the Council Bluff on September 29. Here they prepared to build a military post. In accordance with their instructions, this was to be but 1 of 2 posts built along the Missouri—the other was to J?e at the Mandan villages or possibly even farther upstream. Back in Washington, however, congress, impatient with the re sults of the expedition and fear ful of its cost, decided that the fort at Council Bluff would have to do. When Major Long return ed in the spring of 1820, it was with instructions to explore the Platte river to its source, return ing to the Mississippi by way of the Arkansas and th,e Red. The Sixth infantry remained at the Council Bluff to develop Ft. Atkinson, which instead of being simply an intermediate post became the post of the far fron tier. BANK OFFICER UPPED BONESTEEL—The Burke state bank, of Burke, and Bonesteel, S.D., announces that effective Jan uary 2, a change in office man agement at both Burke and Bone ■ steel will take place. Harvey Willoughby, vice-presi dent and manager of the Bone steel office, who has been asso ciated with the bank for the past 1716 years, will become execu tive vice-president of the bank at its Burke office, continuing gen eral supervision of the bank’s facilities at Bonesteel. • As Low As 35c Per Insertion THE FRONTIEI Phone 51 HARRY R. SMITH IMPLS. Phone 562, O’Neill NEW MACHINERY . . . A, B, and G Tractors 10-In. John Deere Hammer Mill USED MACHINERY . . . { I — 1 940 Model A John Deere I —1937 Model A John Deere 1 —1943 Model B John Deere ' I —1937 Model B John Deere I —Regular Farmall ° 1—John Deere Hammer Mill a o o Farmhand Equipment Loaders, Scoops, Bulldozers r r 5 r r i t ' ® O ° ° ° r o°o° °° 0 O qC?o ° '"°o 0_ o „ O _ n O n „ O V Big, No-Tangle Agitator I Largo, scientifically* designed wings wash clothes thoroughly, yet gently. No balling. Automatic Drain Pump I All qnclosed —quiet — positive. Big capacity. Runs only while emptying tub. Giant-Capacity Tubl 27 gallons. 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