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The Frontier Woman . . . ‘Lucille’ Suggests: ‘Let’s Take Out Xmas Put Back Christmas’ By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE ■'« Lady, do you realize it’s only a few weeks until Christmas! Here’s an idea for something for the children to make for Christmas gifts if you have some quilt patterns. Choose a pattern, not tbo large, and let the girls select some pretty odds-and-ends from your piece bag of washable cottons. They can piece a quilt block and press it carefully. Cot ton can be used, or old turkish to Weis for lining, and a plain piece of material for the back. Quilt the block after lining is in and back on, and you have some of the prettiest hot-holders you ever saw. These are nice ideas for ba zaars, too. They are made up fairly quickly on the machine, but the children can do them by hand. Another hot-holder idea is that of using unbleached muslin for the holder, and fruit transfers to decorate them. You can now' buy hot iron transfers that can be washed and they make very decorative ideas for manv other things besides hot - holders. I have a set on tea towels that I always enjoy using. Terry cloth can now be pur chased by the yard. When brand new, it can be made up into very presentable, and very washable hot - holders by the youngsters, and a couple of yards will go a long way. A teen-age daughter can also make mom a set of bathroom curtains out of this yard-sold terry cloth. It usually comes in colors suit able for that sort of thing. —tfw— 'Lucille' Wins Subscription— Dear Blanche: A few days ago I purchased a box of Christmas or should I say Xmas cards? Last evening I sat down to get my list of cards ready for mailing. As I sorted through the bunch, I was thor oughly disgusted to find there wasn’t a single one that had any connection with Christmas and the birth of our Lord at Bethle hem. No, there wasn’t a single scene of the stable, wise men or the star! Just a bunch of trees, dogs and snow! I feel like throwing them out but the snow is piling up so I'll fix them and just hope I'll get them mailed. What is thet rouble anyway? Have people forgotten what Christmas really is? Are we set ting such a fast pace in this “keep up with the Joneses” world that we’ve forgotten the important things? > , I guess they’re going to com mercialize Christmas. Seems that Thanksgiving is completely for gotten or overlooked because early in November the stores are full of Christmas decorations and gifts. The clerks will tell you “you must get yours early or they’ll be picked over.” The kid dies hear at school what Santa is going to bring the neighbors’ children and expect just as much. Bui did you notice how sel dom one sees a scene of the Nativity in those Christmas scenes? We are changing the birthday of our Saviour and peace on earth, goodwill toward men into a frenzy of buying, putting a real dent in pocketbooks, forgetting it is not the gift but the giver that counts; there’s confusion and merrymaking until it very faintly resembles the beautiful day it’s supposed to be. Makes one wonder if we had n’t so completely forgotten and ignored Him, would we be in the mess we are today? Yes, it’s just like the thought in a hymn I sang as a child,, “No room for Him, it comes again— an echo of that sad refrain.” Let’s try to take the Xmas out and put the Christmas back. “LUCILLE” —tfw— About Those Last Year's Cards— Do you still have last year’s Christmas cards? They can be used, many of them, to decorate your Christmas packages and lor tags for Christmas packages. Some may even prove suitable for Christmas tree trimmings. It is often possible to use the beautiful fronts of Christmas cards to paste on Christmas packages as trim. A tree cut-out is lovely, a scene of three wise men and a star is another nice idea. Santa’s sleds and such are all ideas. Often a cut-out can be made from the front of the card, punched, a bit of cord added, and used for a card. They are also fine for the chil dren to make scrap books from now that Christmas is approach ing and they want something to do. Some cards are just too beau tiful to waste, do use them. —tfw— Ewing Woman's Recipe Is Published— A recipe for mint glazed car rots, submitted by Mrs. Pete Cooper of route 1, Ewing, is re ported in Capper’s Farmer. The recipe is in “Country Cooking,” a regular feature of the national farm magazine. Ingredients for the interesting variation_for a vitamin-rich veg etable are: 2^ cups cooked car rots; two tablespoons butter; two tablespoons mint jelly. Add butter and jelly to carrots. Cook over low heat until carrots are glazed. Serves four. The Frontier for printing! SAYS SANDHILL SAL What most ladies want in the toe of their nylons is a green back to spend just as they please. Christmas is the best time in the world to give stardust — don’t be too practical. Out of Old Nebraska . . . Kearney Once Free-and-Easy Rendezvous Point for Cowboys By DR. JAMES, OLSON, Supt. Stale Historical Society Though not organized until 1870, Buffalo county on the ov erland trail was the scene of much activity in territorial days and even earlier. The old Mor mon trail ran through Buffalo county, and from 1847 on each summer saw long lines of cover ed wagons wending their way west through the county. Ft. Kearny, established in 1848 just south of the river, became the nucleus of white activity in the region. The earliest settlers in the county were Mormons who made a settlement on Wood river in 1958. Among their number was Joseph E. Johnson, founder of the Omaha Arrow, the first pa per published in Omaha, who settled on the present townsite of Shelton and started a paper, the Huntsman’s Echo. We have a few issues of that paper in the library of the Stale Historical society, and a lively, vigorous sheet it was. It well lived up to the slogan on the masthead, "Independent in everything; neutral in noth * - •• ing. Though Johnson pictured the country in glowing terms in his papers—most of each issue was circulated among the traders and travellers—and set out on5 of the finest flower gardens in the West, he wearied in a few years and went on to Utah. As late as 1870, settlement in the county was confined to the few farmers living along Wood river. Nonetheless, they persuad ed Gov. David Butler to issue a proclamation formally organiz ing Buffalo county—hitherto it had existed only cn paper .md had been attached to Hall coun ty for judicial and revenue pur poses. At first, Buffalo county had no permanent countyseat. Each officer kept the records pertain ing to his office at his home, and the commissioners met at first one place and then another. As was true in most Nebraska coun ties there was considerable diffi culty in locating the countyseat. Gibbon was first selected as the permanent countyseat, but when the B&M railroad joined with the Union Pacific at Kearney (then called Kearney Junction) settlement began to develop rsp idly at that point and soon it was the largest town in the county. A movement got underway to move the countyseat. The people of Gibbon resisted it for a while, but in 1874 the ef forts of Kearney Junction were successful. Kearney was for many years a free-and-easy town. A railroad junction in the midst of a great cattle country, it became a ren dezvous for cowboys. It retained this character until the country began to settle up with farmers, 1 and then it began to quiet down. An important early group of farmers in the county consisted of a group known as the free homestead colony. They arrived at Gibbon in 1871, and their story has been ably told by C. S. Bassett. Lynch Soldier Upped to Corporal— LYNCH—James T. Muller, jr., of Lynch recently was promoted to corporal while serving in Ko rea with the Third infantry di vision. Last winter, the unit cracked the communists’ line during the battle of “Bloody An gle,” one of the bitterest engage ments of 1951. A rifleman in company G of the 15th infantry regiment, Mul ler entered the army in June, 1951, arriving in Korea last Ap ril. His wife, Mary, lives at 2416 W. Erie, Chicago, 111. He is a son of John T. Muller of Lynch. Frontier for printing! LEGAL NOTICE (First pub. Nov. 27, 1952) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND HEIRS County Court of Holt County, Nebraska. Estate of Daisy Shumate, Deceased. The State of Nebraska, To All Concerned: Notice is hereby given that Luella A. Parker has filed her petition alleging that Daisy Shumate died March 2, 1943, intestate, a resident of Holt County, Nebraska, seized and possessed of an interest in Lots “A” and “B”, Barnes Addition : to Newman, Lancaster County, Nebraska. That petitioner is the owner of the above-described property, having derived title thereto by deed. The prayer of said petition is for a determination of the time of death, the heirs, degree of kinship, and right of descent of real property of said deceased; that she died intestate, and that there is no inheritance tax, state or federal, due from her said es tate or the heirs thereof. That said petition will be for hearing in this Court on the 17th day of December, 1952, at 10 a. m. LOUIS W. REIMER County Judge (County Court Seal) 30-32 (First pub. Nov. 27, 1952) George W. Dittrick, Att’v. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S SALE In the District Court of Madison County, Nebraska. In the Matter of the Application of Bernard M. DeLay, Guard ian of Elizabeth C. McKamy, LeRoy McKamy, Joan McKa my, Morris McKamy, and Donald McKamy, Minors, For License to Sell Real Estate. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order by the Hon. Lyle E. Jackson, Judge of the District Court of Madison Coun ty, Nebraska, made on Novem ber 7, 1952, for the sale of the interest of said minors, Elizabetn C. McKamy, LeRoy McKamy, Joan McKamy, Morris McKamy, and Donald McKamy, in the real estate hereinafter described, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the West front door of the court house in the City of O’Neill, in the County of Holt and State of Nebraska, on the 20th day of December, 1952, at three o’clock P.M., of said day, the interest of said minors in the following de scribed real estate: The West Half (WMs) of Sec tion Twenty-four (24), Town ship Twenty-five (25), North, Range Nine (9), West of the 6th P.M., in Holt County, Ne braska. Said sale will remain open one hour. Dated this 26th day of Novem ber, 1952. BERNARD M. DELaY, 30-33c Guardian (First nub. Nov. 27, 1952) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation in the State Capitol at Lincoln, Nebras ka, on December 18, 1952, until 10:00 o’clock A.M., and at that time publicily opened and read for GRADING, CULVERTS ONE WEIGHING STATION and incidental work for the STAF FORD WEIGHING STATION Project No. SF-80a01. The approximate quantities are: 3,000 Cu. Yds. Excavation 55 Thousand Gallons Water, Applied 1 Cu. Yd. Concrete for Culverts 118 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel for Culverts 23 Cu. Yds. Concrete for Pav an ■ — ing Approaches 2,080 Lbs. Reinforcing Steel for Paving Approaches 52 Lin. Ft. 18”xll” Corrugated Metal Pipe Arch Culverts 52 Lin. Ft. 36”x22” Corrugated Metal Pipe Arch Culverts 1 Weighing Station, Complete in Place Each bidder must be qualified to submit a proposal for any part or all of this work as provided in Legislative Bill No. 206, 1939 Legislative Session. Proposal forms for this work will be is sued to contractors who are qual ified to submit proposals for culverts. The attention of bidders is di rected to the Special Provisions covering sub-letting or assigning the contract. Compliance by the contractor with the standards as to hours of labor prescribed by the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938”, approved June 25, 1938 (Public No. 718, 75th Congress), will be required in the performance of the work under this contract. The minimum wage paid to all skilled labor employed on this contract shall be one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per hour, ex cept that a minimum wage of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per hour shall be paid to: Journeyman Carpenters Crane Operators Dragline Operators Journeyman Painters Paver (5-bag rated capacity or over) Operators Power Shovel Operators The minimum wage paid to all intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be ninety-five (95) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be seventy - five (75) cents per hour. Plans and specifications for the work may be seen and infor mation secured at the office of the County Clerk at O’Neill, Ne braska, at the office of the Di vision Engineer of the Depart I —— --- ment of Roads and Irrigation at Ainsworth, Nebraska, or at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln, Nebraska. The successful bidder will be required to furnish bond in an amount equal to 100% of his contract. As an evidence of good faith in submitting a proposal for this work, the bidder must file, with his proposal, a certified check made payable to the Department of Roads and Irrigation and in an amount not less than five hun dred (500) dollars. The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION H. L. Aitken, State Engineer J. M. Crook, Division Engineer Ruth Hoffman, County Clerk Holt County 30-32 (First pub. Nov. 27, 1952) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation in the State Capitol at Lincoln, Nebras ka, on December 18, 1952, until 10:00 o’clock A.M., and at that time publicly opened and read for GUARD RAIL and incidental work on the SPENCER-O’NEILL Federal Aid Project No. F-14(1Q) Federal Aid Road. The approximate quantities are: 139 Guard Posts 200 Lin. Ft. Beam Guard Rail Each bidder must be qualified to submit a proposal for any part or all of this work as provided in Legislative Bill No. 206, 193'J Legislative Session. The attention of bidders is di rected to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract. The attention of bidders is in vited to the fact that the Depart .—...- - —— - ..„ I ment of Roads and Irrigation hast been advised by the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department, of Labor, that contractors en gaged in highway construction work are required to meet the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (52 Stat* 1060). The minimum wage paid to alt skilled labor employed on this contract shall be one dollar and five cents ($1.05) per hour. The minimum wage paid to all intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be ninety-tive (95) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be seventy-five (75) cents per hour. Plans and specifications for the work may be seen and in formation secured at the office of the County Clerk at Butte, Nebraska, at the office of the County Clerk at O’Neill, Nebras ka, at the office of the Division Engineer of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Ains worth, Nebraska, or at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln, Nebraska* The successful bidder will be required to famish bond in an amount equal to 100% of his contract. As an evidence of good faith in submitting a proposal for this work, the bidder must file, with his proposal, a certified check made payable to the Department of Roads and Irrigation and in an amount not less than seventy five (75) dollars. The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION H. L. Aitken, State Engineer J. M. Crook, Division Engineer C. J. Tomek, County Clerk Boyd County Ruth Hoffman, County Clerk Holt County 30-32 Dr. Fisher, Dentist In the Bishop Block—Norfolk Office Phone: 610 Res. Phone: 2842 HUDSON frith an all-time record in stock-car contests for performance, safety and durability sets the style for 1953 _———Mjuuwwuuxuujjwuumj.u.iiii, /\iMtotmcmq a’foikuloaj n&u) HUDSON HORNET (wd a wu) HUDSON WASP Here it is, the fabulous Hudson Hornet for 1953—luxurious new version of the car that won 44 out of 52 stock-car races in 1952, a record unequalled by any other make. See the Hudson Hornet’s interior color har mony in your choice of two ensembles to complement exterior car colors. See and try new foam rubber seat cushions with bolstered and rolled-edge contours for more comfort. See the rich nylon interior fabrics. And try the 1953 Hudsons on the highway! Feel them hug the road: the result of exclu sive "step-down” design and the lowest center of gravity in any American car! For 1953—there are two great, lower-priced running mates to the Hudson Hornet—the new Hudson Super Wasp and Hudson Wasp. The Super Wasp has a high-compression H-127 engine and smart new interiors; and the even lower-priced Hudson Wasp features a powerful H-112 engine. Standard trim and other specifications and accessories subject to change without notice. COME SEE THE 1953 HUDSONS TODAY! Sensational engine development! NEW! TWIN H POWETt A new system of multiple fueling that develops more energy from every drop of gas. And because Hudson engines are so rugged, this power plus can be harnessed for you. *Optional on the Hudson Hornet and Super Wasp at extra cost. UNBELIEVABLE TILL YOU TRY IT/ COME IN TODAY/ Three Hudson series for 1953 — Hudson Hornet, Hudson Super Wasp and Hudson Wasp. Twin H-Power (on the Hornet and Super Wasp), Overdrive or new Dual-Range Hydra-Matic Drive optional at extra cost. GONDERINGER MOTOR CO. — ATKINSON, NEBRASKA © . WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17th B Sale Starts at 12 O’Clock Noon Lunch on Grounds by Amelia Ladies Aid 8 185 -- HEAD OF CATTLE --85 J From Fine, Well-Established Herd of Herefords f 6ft—Head of COV/S, 8 milk cows 10—Steer CALVES I 10-Heifer CALVES 2-Grade BULLS | 1—Reg. Hereford Bull, coming 3-yrs-old 2—Reg. BULLS, coming 2-yrs.-old I ONE SMOOTH-MOUTH MARE I FARM AND RANCH MACHINERY, ETC. VAC Tractor 2—Stock Saddles Table Mounted Saw Allis-Chalmers Tractor Hayrack on Rubber to Fit on Tractors 2-In. Ram Wagon Spreader 34-In. & 20-In. Blades Power Mower 300-Gal. Oil Barrel Wall Post Drill Hay Tools on Skids 22-Ft. Endless Belt, 6-In. Stripper Box Forge Oil Brooder Stove Underslung Turn-Over Separator Harrow Dump Cart Corn Planter Sally Saw Lister 3—Cross-Cut Saws Numerous to Mention 2—Sets of Harness Vise Many Other Items Too I HOUSEHOLD GOODS, ETC. I Dining Table 2—Dressers Baby Bed g 6—Chairs Commode Stand Cook Stove m Kitchen Table Duo-Therm Oil Heater 2—Horsehide Robes m Bed Springs Crown Elec. Apt.-Size Items f Davenport Stove Miscellaneous Other M _ Frame House to Be Moved | I Main Portion 16’6” wide, 30’6” long — Built on 12 20 I £ WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY I f TERMS: CASH 1 K,iiL 'ijfifrf V ayne Standage, Owner) COL. ED THORIN, O’Neill CHAMBERS STATE BANK 1 Auctioneer Clerk 1
